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TheBundo 09-12-2009 03:45 AM
I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
I tested it, and works great. Use a registry editor, and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSett ing

Change the ItemCount to 3

Add a String Value called "ItemName3" with the string being "Roaming Only"

Add a DWORD called "ItemValue3" with the DWORD Data being "5" (in Decimal)

Do not enter the quotation marks in the directions above. After exiting the program, wait a minute or 2 and then shut the phone off, wait a few seconds for good measure, and turn it on again. Or soft-reset by taking the back cover off (big hassle), or use the soft-reset program floating around.

You can get a free registry editor here:

http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/

pbeaul 09-12-2009 04:54 AM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
I'm confused... Why is this useful? Why would you want to roam?

JZ* 09-12-2009 05:31 AM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBundo (Post 1159310)
I tested it, and works great. Use a registry editor, and got to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSett ing

Change the ItemCount to 3

Add a String Value called "ItemName3" with the string being "Roaming Only"

Add a DWORD called "ItemValue3" with the DWORD Data being "5" (in Decimal)

Do not enter the quotation marks in the directions above. After exiting the program, wait a minute or 2 and then shut the phone off, wait a few seconds for good measure, and turn it on again. Or soft-reset by taking the back cover off (big hassle), or use the soft-reset program floating around.

You can get a free registry editor here:

http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/

BIG THANKS! (and Thanks given)..I was looking for this; had it on my TP1 but couldn't find it! :mrgreen:

TheBundo 09-12-2009 05:42 AM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pbeaul (Post 1159355)
I'm confused... Why is this useful? Why would you want to roam?
When it is in automatic, while you are in a weak area on your system, in and out of service, it will keep jumping back to your own carriers weak signal whenever possible, even though the roaming carrier has excellent signal all the way through. Hence, when going through a bad area for your carrier, with this hack you can force it to stay on the good carrier until you get into an area better for your own carrier.

JackG058 09-12-2009 01:29 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Very sweet. It works as you've advertised, so I hit the thanks button for you. Nicely done sir!

Ticklemepinks 09-12-2009 03:12 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
with the new 450 plan would you use mins if your roaming???

jmalu84 09-12-2009 03:21 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hotboy8628 (Post 1160174)
with the new 450 plan would you use mins if your roaming???
All Sprint plans include roaming...and I am pretty sure it is the same for all other carriers...if you go to sprint or any other carriers website...you can see that the plans include roaming (including sprints new plan)

JZ* 09-12-2009 03:43 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jmalu84 (Post 1160187)
All Sprint plans include roaming...and I am pretty sure it is the same for all other carriers...if you go to sprint or any other carriers website...you can see that the plans include roaming (including sprints new plan)
I would check this...I "believe" the new Mobile everything plans, charge for Roaming minutes...I have a call into my rep for this, but if true, may not be a good deal for me (I travel a lot)...When I hear back, I will let you know...unless someone else knows for sure?

jmalu84 09-12-2009 04:23 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JZ* (Post 1160235)
I would check this...I "believe" the new Mobile everything plans, charge for Roaming minutes...I have a call into my rep for this, but if true, may not be a good deal for me (I travel a lot)...When I hear back, I will let you know...unless someone else knows for sure?
There's the answer to roaming charges for Sprints new plan...it says No Roaming and I also chatted with the online help and they stated that Roaming is free...you can double check for yourself to be 100% certain...

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1598/captureol.jpg

boredandtattooed 09-12-2009 04:33 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hotboy8628 (Post 1160174)
with the new 450 plan would you use mins if your roaming???
yes it would!

Quote:
Originally Posted by jmalu84 (Post 1160187)
All Sprint plans include roaming...and I am pretty sure it is the same for all other carriers...if you go to sprint or any other carriers website...you can see that the plans include roaming (including sprints new plan)
wrong!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by jmalu84 (Post 1160298)
There's the answer to roaming charges for Sprints new plan...it says No Roaming and I also chatted with the online help and they stated that Roaming is free...you can double check for yourself to be 100% certain...

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1598/captureol.jpg
wrong as well... here:this is Sprints offical page on the new plan , notice it says NO Roaming http://anymobileanytime.sprint.com/?...P_Freedom_Plan its says "Excludes calls made to international numbers or while Roaming" right on it...

hope that helps... roaming, will use your regular minutes(the 450) for the anymobile anytime..

jmalu84 09-12-2009 05:04 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
my apologies for the roaming misinformation...

JZ* 09-12-2009 05:18 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by boredandtattooed (Post 1160312)
yes it would!

"Excludes calls made to international numbers or while Roaming" right on it...

roaming, will use your regular minutes(the 450) for the anymobile anytime..
Thats what I thought! "Pays" to read the small print...not sure, for me anyway, that this is now a good deal:scratch:

boredandtattooed 09-12-2009 05:25 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jmalu84 (Post 1160364)
my apologies for the roaming misinformation...
eh, no worries, besides i think every plan, but this one, on sprint does include roaming, so werent all that misinformed anyways...and my apologies if it seemed like i jumped down your throat with the correction

Quote:
Originally Posted by JZ* (Post 1160381)
Thats what I thought! "Pays" to read the small print...not sure, for me anyway, that this is now a good deal:scratch:
sure would "pay" for some people, if they have poor signal and roam often and didnt know their using their minutes... use all your minutes the first week lol

budney 09-12-2009 06:50 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
1 Attachment(s)
Who here knows how to edit a cab?

This cab has all the right registry enteries, except "ItemValue3" which is set to 3 not 5.

JackG058 09-13-2009 07:08 AM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Actually, roaming is included on any "Everything" plan, including the new 450 minute plan. If I have that plan, and I'm roaming and call a landline, then it counts against my 450 minutes, but I don't incur roaming charges, which are typically quite high for any carrier. So the technicality is that "any mobile to mobile" doesn't count if roaming.

freeza 09-14-2009 06:48 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
I can't get this to work. My phone just sits at "no service" and never picks up a verizon signal. weird.

Can someone post their HKLM\Software\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSetting as well as HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\NetworkService entries please? Thanks.


EDIT: Never mind, I fixed it. :)

1454 09-17-2009 10:18 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Does anybody have this for verizon? I know there is a better tower where I live because it always is jumping back and forth. As always any help would be greatly appreciated.

KilgoreBA 09-18-2009 12:39 AM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
I too tried this on Verizon's Touch Pro 2 to roam only onto Sprint and it just keeps searching for a signal when I know Sprint has signal where I am.

jhormaze 09-18-2009 09:48 AM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Can someone please post the cab for this?

christr 09-18-2009 12:53 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Dumb question, but where do you set this on the phone? My registry entries were already setup for 3 options and one of them was roaming only, but when I look thru Settings -> Phone I can't see where I can set it? I see 2 radio buttons that say Automatic and Verizon Only for roaming and that's it.

thanks
--Chris

tokfume 09-20-2009 08:21 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
I currently use this cab for Sprint Mogul but my job has recently given me a T-Mobile TP2 and would love to to have this same feature on it. Does anyone know if there is a CAB for Tmobile TP2?
Does the 'Roaming Only" registry deal work on TMobile?

Thanks in advance
A neophite.

TheBundo 09-20-2009 08:31 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
I only know the very sinple regedit works on Sprint. Even if it's in the same registry location on the others, perhaps the values would be different.

1454 09-21-2009 10:39 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBundo (Post 1181633)
I only know the very sinple regedit works on Sprint. Even if it's in the same registry location on the others, perhaps the values would be different.
That is what it looked like to me. It gave me different reg values that what you had posted.

8notime 09-21-2009 11:01 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1454 (Post 1184338)
That is what it looked like to me. It gave me different reg values that what you had posted.
This is not applicable to a Verizon phone. Do not do it.

8notime 09-21-2009 11:02 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
1 Attachment(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by jhormaze (Post 1175981)
Can someone please post the cab for this?
Here's a cab. Install and soft reset. Can someone on SPRINT test it out?

pokerpot 09-24-2009 09:27 AM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Does the clean up package by GoodThings2Life include this? I think it does.

1454 09-24-2009 07:33 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 8notime (Post 1184386)
This is not applicable to a Verizon phone. Do not do it.
I assumed as much when I saw different reg values. Hence the reason I stopped and asked if anyone knew of one for verizon.

bmrisko 09-24-2009 09:04 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 8notime (Post 1184390)
Here's a cab. Install and soft reset. Can someone on SPRINT test it out?
Has anyone tested this out yet?

bmrisko 09-24-2009 09:24 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBundo (Post 1159310)
I tested it, and works great. Use a registry editor, and got to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSett ing

Change the ItemCount to 3

Add a String Value called "ItemName3" with the string being "Roaming Only"

Add a DWORD called "ItemValue3" with the DWORD Data being "5" (in Decimal)

Do not enter the quotation marks in the directions above. After exiting the program, wait a minute or 2 and then shut the phone off, wait a few seconds for good measure, and turn it on again. Or soft-reset by taking the back cover off (big hassle), or use the soft-reset program floating around.

You can get a free registry editor here:

http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/
Thanks...this worked perfectly. I didn't need the .cab

I will give this a try at work tomorrow to see if my battery life improves. Right now I am constantly in and out of Sprint service as I hover around 1 bar at my desk.

xrayg 09-24-2009 10:42 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
ok so i have what may be a silly question , how is this different from going into comm manager and selecting phone and settings , then selecting roaming and hit get settings ... it then shows , sprint , auto or roaming only .. i went ins and changed it to roaming only and it went off the network and then back on with 3 bars ... seems ok to me ... please tell me if i am an idiot lol thks

bmrisko 09-24-2009 10:44 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by xrayg (Post 1191937)
ok so i have what may be a silly question , how is this different from going into comm manager and selecting phone and settings , then selecting roaming and hit get settings ... it then shows , sprint , auto or roaming only .. i went ins and changed it to roaming only and it went off the network and then back on with 3 bars ... seems ok to me ... please tell me if i am an idiot lol thks
My TP2 from Sprint didn't have "Roaming Only" as an option. Only Sprint and Auto. This reg edit adds the 3rd line and associated functionality.

xrayg 09-24-2009 10:52 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
ok so i think that the good things tweaks package installs this hack so that you can change the setting in the comm manager .. so i have it set will test tomorrow and see whats up with the battery life

chlodad 09-24-2009 10:55 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pbeaul (Post 1159355)
I'm confused... Why is this useful? Why would you want to roam?

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBundo (Post 1159379)
When it is in automatic, while you are in a weak area on your system, in and out of service, it will keep jumping back to your own carriers weak signal whenever possible, even though the roaming carrier has excellent signal all the way through. Hence, when going through a bad area for your carrier, with this hack you can force it to stay on the good carrier until you get into an area better for your own carrier.
Another great use for this mod. I live in a town where sprint has no 3G but Verizon does. I put it on roam and I get on verizon high speed network. Works great. Many thanks to TheBundo for this great mod =D>

pdawg17 09-24-2009 11:11 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Stupid question but how do you know when you are roaming?

chlodad 09-24-2009 11:26 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pdawg17 (Post 1192000)
Stupid question but how do you know when you are roaming?
Page 19 in the Basics Guide will show a description of the Icons

Townshend 09-25-2009 09:22 AM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by freeza (Post 1165225)
I can't get this to work. My phone just sits at "no service" and never picks up a verizon signal. weird.

Can someone post their HKLM\Software\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSetting as well as HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\NetworkService entries please? Thanks.


EDIT: Never mind, I fixed it. :)
How did you fix it? I'm having a simliar issue.

1454 09-27-2009 11:37 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Anybody figure this out for verizon?

escribzz 09-28-2009 04:52 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
What would be great is 1. Something for VZW and 2. A setting for signal level to jump networks. So if signal level is 1 bar it looks for roaming.

AstronusX 09-28-2009 05:00 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Be careful when you do "Roaming Only" on Sprint. Sprint might disconnect your service if you do too much roaming. See here http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...hlight=roaming

ajbent86 10-04-2009 06:43 PM
Re: I got the "Roaming Only" thing working
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBundo (Post 1159310)
I tested it, and works great. Use a registry editor, and got to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSett ing

Change the ItemCount to 3

Add a String Value called "ItemName3" with the string being "Roaming Only"

Add a DWORD called "ItemValue3" with the DWORD Data being "5" (in Decimal)

Do not enter the quotation marks in the directions above. After exiting the program, wait a minute or 2 and then shut the phone off, wait a few seconds for good measure, and turn it on again. Or soft-reset by taking the back cover off (big hassle), or use the soft-reset program floating around.

You can get a free registry editor here:

http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/

Doesnt work, My phone just searches for service when i do this reg edit.


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