Roam Only - Page 5

**HBOOT** · #1 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 05:49 PM

Nah man ,this will make your TP just use other carrier signal like Verizon , instead of trying to capture your carrier weak signal, so it does the opposite,it saves u battery and gives u good signal,win win

infamous styles · #2 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by hbenz2008

Nah man ,this will make your TP just use other carrier signal like Verizon , instead of trying to capture your carrier weak signal, so it does the opposite,it saves u battery and gives u good signal,win win

yep. ive had this change for about a week now, and i defintely see an improvement in my phone's battery while im at work. i hated how my phone would just bounce from one tower to another tower pretty much every couple of mins and drain the battery in the process.

CountryDevil · #3 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tygger

Won't roaming only also kill your battery even faster than normal?

Yes... if you were roming on analog.... but those days are past and gone... You will not use any more power on digital roaming than you would on your home carrier.

tygger · #4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by hbenz2008

Nah man ,this will make your TP just use other carrier signal like Verizon , instead of trying to capture your carrier weak signal, so it does the opposite,it saves u battery and gives u good signal,win win

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Originally Posted by CountryDevil

Yes... if you were roming on analog.... but those days are past and gone... You will not use any more power on digital roaming than you would on your home carrier.

Does this also apply to data roaming? (no extra battery drain?)

For the past couple days, my signal at work has been weak. Could this be the explanation why my battery drained from 90% to 20% in a matter of 1-2 hours? My phone was very warm and I made sure I had no programs running. I did a soft restart and it was still the same...

**HBOOT** · #5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2009, 11:36 AM

did you have your TP on Roam only while at work? Lots of TP's gets warm while under heavy usage...was yous plugged in , were you watching som corn or sumthing....

yotoad · #6 (**permalink**) 01-27-2009, 12:08 PM

ran the cab and it works just fine, but when it roams it only shows up 1x, granted full bars, but i KNOW that Verizon has EVDO full coverage where i am -- any way i can choose?