Anyone else getting "digital roaming" when booting with the new Rev A?

boe · #1 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 02:20 PM

Hello,

I live in Los Angeles - practically culver city to be specific - in case anyone else in that area has tried it.

WHen I boot my phone since doing the updates it often says digital roaming - sometimes for just a second, somtimes for an hour (today I've gone to radio 3.35 - also tried 3.37) I've tried JD's and Mustan's customs - more than one version of each so I don't think it is anything to do with a unique setting in one of the custom jobs.

I'll have a little triangle at the top of my screen and when attempting to call it says digital roaming and then I get a message LA recording 01 - can't place the call at this time... I also can't browse the web when it says digital roaming.

nzaw4 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by boe

Hello,

I live in Los Angeles - practically culver city to be specific - in case anyone else in that area has tried it.

WHen I boot my phone since doing the updates it often says digital roaming - sometimes for just a second, somtimes for an hour (today I've gone to radio 3.35 - also tried 3.37) I've tried JD's and Mustan's customs - more than one version of each so I don't think it is anything to do with a unique setting in one of the custom jobs.

I'll have a little triangle at the top of my screen and when attempting to call it says digital roaming and then I get a message LA recording 01 - can't place the call at this time... I also can't browse the web when it says digital roaming.

Whats up buddy, i acutally had that problem when i did the jd rom flash. after i flashed the JD rom, i didnt do a hard reset. Which i thought was the problem, after the hard reset. Everything seemed fine. Also ironicly i live in culver city in la also =D>.

boe · #3 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by nzaw4

Whats up buddy, i acutally had that problem when i did the jd rom flash. after i flashed the JD rom, i didnt do a hard reset. Which i thought was the problem, after the hard reset. Everything seemed fine. Also ironicly i live in culver city in la also =D>.

I thought I did a hard reset - not just putting the stylus in the hole but maybe I did it wrong. How did you do a hard reset? - just reset (talk and end) and clear data right? I'll do that right now in case that is what I forgot.

Thanks

DOOH - I just did it and that doesn't seem to resolve the issue- FYI I get 3-4 bars in my apartment. It seems to be a roll of the dice if it is going to work right away or not.

jgatter · #4 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 08:00 PM

Funny,

I was around culver city yesterday for a brazilian bbq, using GPS on the freeway and noticed that. I thought I was on a dead and it was roaming... Since I could get a lock on the GPS I soft reset the phone and that's when I got that for a few minutes...

Quote:

Originally Posted by boe

Hello,

I live in Los Angeles - practically culver city to be specific - in case anyone else in that area has tried it.

WHen I boot my phone since doing the updates it often says digital roaming - sometimes for just a second, somtimes for an hour (today I've gone to radio 3.35 - also tried 3.37) I've tried JD's and Mustan's customs - more than one version of each so I don't think it is anything to do with a unique setting in one of the custom jobs.

I'll have a little triangle at the top of my screen and when attempting to call it says digital roaming and then I get a message LA recording 01 - can't place the call at this time... I also can't browse the web when it says digital roaming.

nzaw4 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jgatter

Funny,

I was around culver city yesterday for a brazilian bbq, using GPS on the freeway and noticed that. I thought I was on a dead and it was roaming... Since I could get a lock on the GPS I soft reset the phone and that's when I got that for a few minutes...

lol, we're the west la PPCgeek crew

nzaw4 · #6 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by boe

I thought I did a hard reset - not just putting the stylus in the hole but maybe I did it wrong. How did you do a hard reset? - just reset (talk and end) and clear data right? I'll do that right now in case that is what I forgot.

Thanks

DOOH - I just did it and that doesn't seem to resolve the issue- FYI I get 3-4 bars in my apartment. It seems to be a roll of the dice if it is going to work right away or not.

hrmm.. well all i did was hard reset it till it acutally booted up connecting to sprintpcs. I know what your talking about, but i dont kno why mine finally got signal after almost like 2 or 3 hard resets. Now im all good though.

boe · #7 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 09:12 PM

Yep - seems like a roll of the dice (sometimes I get Sprint right away -sometimes I'm stuck with digital roaming and a useless cell phone)- not sure if it is the radio version or the newest PRL isn't set properly for Culver City. Glad I mentioned the location - perhaps people in the other part of the country aren't experiencing it with this beta.

boe · #8 (**permalink**) 05-01-2008, 12:07 PM

OK - I seem to live in a nexus where this occurs a lot. I have found a work around that works far more reliably than resetting my phone - 1 out of 5 seems to get me to Sprint instead of digital roaming. Go to comm manager - disable just the phone part and re-enable it - 1 out of 2 seems to get it working.

Donatom3 · #9 (**permalink**) 05-01-2008, 12:55 PM

I'd suggest using Derek Jenny's v19 or OMJ's roms. They're both Sprint specific. Well OMJ has a sprint version and a verizon version. But with Derek's or OMJ's sprint roms in the phone settings under roaming you have the original sprint options not the ones from the alltel rom. Of course these options didn't show up for me until after I did a hard reset after installing the rom, but they're there. I didn't keep JD's rom on long enough to see if it did this to me.

BTW my personal preference between the two roms is Derek's. It's the closest to the original sprint rom while still being 6.1 and not having alot of extra stuff installed. I've just never been a fan of quick menu.

boe · #10 (**permalink**) 05-01-2008, 01:42 PM

I'm currently on Derek's v19 - tried JD's original as well as his hybrid and mustan 1.3. Derek uses a different comm manager but it still has the same issue - my guess would be either the PRL 17 has a problem with Culver City and Malibu or the radio might not be ideal yet for Sprint. I think I just happen to be in the wrong spot more often than others so it is more noticeable for me. I've tried 3.35 and 3.37 radios.

The solution of turning off the phone and turning it back on - just the phone not flight mode or bluetooth etc seems to take care of the issue quickly.