Force Roam - Found!

[P90wn3r]

Phone has been configured this way for 13hrs, and I have 60% battery life after a few calls and playing with google maps for a while.

Your issue isn't present on my device.

I have noticed though, when I send a text message, the phone drops back to 1x until the message is sent and the reverts to EV again.

On EV I get 500kps down and 450kps up!

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by P90wn3r

Phone has been configured this way for 13hrs, and I have 60% battery life after a few calls and playing with google maps for a while.

Your issue isn't present on my device.

I have noticed though, when I send a text message, the phone drops back to 1x until the message is sent and the reverts to EV again.

On EV I get 500kps down and 450kps up!

thats the same issue we were having it just randomly drops EV and goes to 1x, signal is erratic. i didnt experience any issues until i moved to a different geographical location and then it started giving me a world of trouble. in my home network area i had no issues.

[clockcycle]

Originally Posted by P90wn3r

Phone has been configured this way for 13hrs, and I have 60% battery life after a few calls and playing with google maps for a while.

Your issue isn't present on my device.

I have noticed though, when I send a text message, the phone drops back to 1x until the message is sent and the reverts to EV again.

On EV I get 500kps down and 450kps up!

SMS and calls are all done on 1X part of the network.

-CC

[Mr. X]

Change these values to get 4 options in the network service settings

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSett ing]
"ItemValue2"=dword:00000004
"ItemName2"="Standard"
"ItemCount"=dword:00000004
"ItemValue4"=dword:00000002
"ItemName4"="Automatic-A"
"ItemValue3"=dword:00000003
"ItemName3"="Automatic-B"
"ItemValue1"=dword:00000001
"ItemName1"="Home only"
"ServiceTitle"="Phone: Preferred Serving System"
"ServiceName"="Network Service"

[ocbizlaw]

Originally Posted by Juggalo_X

Change these values to get 4 options in the network service settings

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSett ing]
"ItemValue2"=dword:00000004
"ItemName2"="Standard"
"ItemCount"=dword:00000004
"ItemValue4"=dword:00000002
"ItemName4"="Automatic-A"
"ItemValue3"=dword:00000003
"ItemName3"="Automatic-B"
"ItemValue1"=dword:00000001
"ItemName1"="Home only"
"ServiceTitle"="Phone: Preferred Serving System"
"ServiceName"="Network Service"

Is my only option to force roaming or can I get my phone to just let go of Sprint and roam when the roaming signal is better?

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by ocbizlaw

Is my only option to force roaming or can I get my phone to just let go of Sprint and roam when the roaming signal is better?

that would be the "standard" option

[puff]

Juggalo... maybe the Sprint PRL is different than the Telus PRL

Originally Posted by P90wn3r

Phone has been configured this way for 13hrs, and I have 60% battery life after a few calls and playing with google maps for a while.

Your issue isn't present on my device.

I have noticed though, when I send a text message, the phone drops back to 1x until the message is sent and the reverts to EV again.

On EV I get 500kps down and 450kps up!

When sending SMS or making a call, that's normal behaviour on my 6700, 6800, and 6900

Originally Posted by Juggalo_X

thats the same issue we were having it just randomly drops EV and goes to 1x, signal is erratic. i didnt experience any issues until i moved to a different geographical location and then it started giving me a world of trouble. in my home network area i had no issues.

er, dont think its an issue or least not the same issue

Originally Posted by clockcycle

SMS and calls are all done on 1X part of the network.

-CC

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by puff

Juggalo... maybe the Sprint PRL is different than the Telus PRL

I know it is lol, and so is the radio.

[Petabyte]

Tonight I was at a meeting and noticed my phone was warm and not getting a good signal. No background programs running. nuePower showing 161mA, but my battery had dropped about 40% over 45 minutes. Using Touch Pro on Sprint. No roaming icon shown. Turning my phone off was not an option because kids with sitter and sitter had my cell number. In Settings>Phone>Services>Roaming the only options are for:
0 Sprint
0 Automatic

And Automatic was checked.

If I do the registry edits noted, will I see additional options on this page:
0 Sprint
0 Automatic
0 Roam

???

In this setting I would not mind having the option of changing back and forth between "Automatic" and "Roam" since Verizon uniformly has a stronger signal throughout the city. I am thinking that If I could get a stronger roaming signal my battery would be preserved longer.

I don't want to have to keep changing the registry everytime I want to change between Sprint and Roaming. I don't mind making changes in Settings.

It would be nice if there were a program to automatically switch to roaming when the Sprint signal is low. I know that that is what the "automatic" setting is supposed to do, but it does not do it efficiently....and most often I don't even get the roaming icon even though I am in an area where I know the Verizon signal is strong (I used to be a Verizon customer, but switched to Sprint when Verizon gimped their Touch Pro).

[P90wn3r]

22hrs on Automatic-B and 40% batt left