Has sprint stopped EVDO data roaming?

[j-man22]

I've been trying with roam only too and no luck. I was wondering about this because it worked just fine with the touch pro.

[Sentinels]

Originally Posted by texasez

I was able to get evdo roaming before getting the TP2 and it was alltel or Verizon

Are you sure? Sprint does not want their customer to be roaming if possible. The incentive for people not to forever have their phones roaming is to only give them 1x data. Sprint goes into negative cash flow when their customers roam. If people can roam with EVDO on Verizon, most of them will just lock their phones to stay roaming and it will cost Sprint a fortune especially how these PPC phones are very data intensive.

[aaron580]

Wow I never knew EVDO roaming was possible either... no matter when I roam I always get 1x since my mogul. course I only had this phone for a day

[Bigsmith]

Originally Posted by texasez

I was able to get evdo roaming before getting the TP2 and it was alltel or Verizon

It was Alltel.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sprin...el-27557.shtml


It is fairly well-established that Sprint does NOT have an EVDO roaming agreement with Verizon. I've never seen anything official from either carrier that says such an agreement exists.

[texasez]

Originally Posted by Bigsmith

It was Alltel.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sprin...el-27557.shtml


It is fairly well-established that Sprint does NOT have an EVDO roaming agreement with Verizon. I've never seen anything official from either carrier that says such an agreement exists.

Didn't Verizon buy Alltel?
lb

[texasez]

Originally Posted by Sentinels

Are you sure? Sprint does not want their customer to be roaming if possible. The incentive for people not to forever have their phones roaming is to only give them 1x data. Sprint goes into negative cash flow when their customers roam. If people can roam with EVDO on Verizon, most of them will just lock their phones to stay roaming and it will cost Sprint a fortune especially how these PPC phones are very data intensive.

Very sure it worked on the Mogul and the Touch Pro. Where I live has no sprint evdo for about 180 miles north, 290 miles west, 100 miles east, and at least 125 miles south. The only time I got EVDO is to force roaming in the above area. I live in the technological wilderness of northern Texas.

[j-man22]

Originally Posted by Bigsmith

It was Alltel.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sprin...el-27557.shtml


It is fairly well-established that Sprint does NOT have an EVDO roaming agreement with Verizon. I've never seen anything official from either carrier that says such an agreement exists.

That's what I thought. It's Alltel, but I still can't figure out why this doesn't work on the TP2. I've been playing with the settings for a while now ,no luck

[texasez]

Originally Posted by j-man22

That's what I thought. It's Alltel, but I still can't figure out why this doesn't work on the TP2. I've been playing with the settings for a while now ,no luck

When I change from roam only to automatic, I get a EVDO signal for up to a minute. I tested it at 1000 bps. It then goes to sprint 1xrtt at 50 kps. The signal is there if someone can figure a way to keep it.

Larry

[j-man22]

Originally Posted by texasez

When I change from roam only to automatic, I get a EVDO signal for up to a minute. I tested it at 1000 bps. It then goes to sprint 1xrtt at 50 kps. The signal is there if someone can figure a way to keep it.

Larry

I noticed that too, I'll report back if I find a solution

[texasez]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...7&postcount=42

check this out if you are using roam only. A small program to toggle between roam and automatic.
works so far.