No signal while "Roaming Only"

[WarChild]

sounds like maybe there is a batch of phones that are not capable of forceing roaming in this manner

[yettie10ff]

Originally Posted by osva

Guys I messed with the registry and I found a solution.
At least its working for me
I changed ItemValue3 and ItemValue4 to 5
and now I can choose roaming or Roam Only without going to ##778#

Try it and let me know if it works.. Because I made a lot of changes before, but I have it working with those settings.

You guys are life savers! I'm in Chicago here, and I have a refurbed sprint touch. On my first touch, the forced roam worked great, however on this one it doesn't work at all. I've been on the phone and in the store for hours. The tech at the store told me its not my phone, but the network, and that alot of people in Chicago are having a hard time roaming. Which is complete BS.

I just used the ##PRT# edit, enter MSL method and it worked great. However, I tried to change item value3 to 5, and it didn't work. I don't even have an itemvalue4, so not sure there.

Either way, can't wait to walk into the store and show the tech how the ##PRT# edit actually works!

Let me know if anyone has found out how to avoid having to use PRT all the time....

[gezs]

Wanted to say thanks for all the people that posted in here. I finally got my Roam Only working.

My registry settings are as follows:
ItemCount = 3
ItemName1 = Sprint Only
ItemName2 = Automatic
ItemName3 = Roaming Only
ItemName4 = Standard
ItemValue1 = 1
ItemValue2 = 4
ItemValue3 = 5
ItemValue4 = 5
ServiceName = Roaming
ServiceTitle = Phone: Roaming

A soft reset was required. After that its worked every time. Thanks again..

[tanjaka]

Thanks guys, this is awesome. I also could not pick up a roam signal. I needed roam only because the roam signal in my apartment is solid, while the sprint signal hangs on by a thread. On automatic, my phone chooses a weak but present Sprint signal over a stronger roam signal. However I could roam when the Sprint signal became unavailable. I just needed to manually choose the stronger roam signal.

The ##prt# method works great for me. A lot of work but worth the trouble. Then I changed my registry like ^^^ and now "Roam Only" works directly from the settings. Perfect!

I'm not sure why ItemValue3=3 works for most, but we need ItemValue3=5. I also added ItemName4 and ItemValue4 just to be safe. Doesn't hurt.

By the way I have a Palm Treo Pro.

[RChris173]

Originally Posted by gezs

Wanted to say thanks for all the people that posted in here. I finally got my Roam Only working.

My registry settings are as follows:
ItemCount = 3
ItemName1 = Sprint Only
ItemName2 = Automatic
ItemName3 = Roaming Only
ItemName4 = Standard
ItemValue1 = 1
ItemValue2 = 4
ItemValue3 = 5
ItemValue4 = 5
ServiceName = Roaming
ServiceTitle = Phone: Roaming

A soft reset was required. After that its worked every time. Thanks again..

This worked for me too! Thanks for the info!

[HBOOT]

cool, you guys prolly installed a bad cab for Roam only or whoever cooked your ROM did. I installed the ForceSprint Roam cab last year and always worked.....anyway all good

[WarChild]

trying now

[HBOOT]

In case any1 still hving beef with roaming.Try this cab.

[WarChild]

I have tried several cabs and none of them worked for me. The last reg edit seemed to work though thanks for the help it's been a long time.

[HBOOT]

Good news Cle=D>