Force Roam in new Sprint ROM

[mindfrost82]

Can someone that has the old ROM with the Roam Only option in the Phone Settings please list all keys and values from the registry located here:

HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\NetworkService

And

HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\AllowRoaming (this was set to 1 and I changed it to 0 but it didn't allow forced roaming)

Thanks!

[mindfrost82]

I think I figured it out (atleast it seems to work for me).

Under HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting
Change AllowRoaming to 0 (not sure if this is needed or not)

Under HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\NetworkService
Change ItemCount to 3 (instead of 2)
Create a new String called ItemName3 with the value of "Roam Only" (without quotes)
Create a new DWord called ItemValue3 with a value of 3

You don't even have to soft reset. You can go into your phone settings and now have the option of Roam Only and when you select it you get the little triangle for roaming.

See this post for the workaround on getting the settings to stick after a soft reset: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...60&postcount=9

[boxermansr]

Sweet.. works Just tried it and tried to dial out and got an alltel erorr message (cuz I didn't dial the area code before dialing the number).

[chickenthan]

quick question, i've tried to make these changes, but when i make the call, i get a msg from verizon wireless saying they haven't authenticated my phone. is anyone one running into the same problem?

[boxermansr]

I just noticed that after a soft reset (quite some time after doing this) that the option to roam only is gone again..anyone else have this happen or stick?

[chickenthan]

yea, this happened to me as well

[budney]

Originally Posted by boxermansr

I just noticed that after a soft reset (quite some time after doing this) that the option to roam only is gone again..anyone else have this happen or stick?

Same here! Had the phone sit a while too before I did the soft reset.

[mindfrost82]

Originally Posted by boxermansr

I just noticed that after a soft reset (quite some time after doing this) that the option to roam only is gone again..anyone else have this happen or stick?

I noticed a post in the Titan forum where someone figured out the same settings with the Titan's recent ROM and they noticed the same problem on a soft reset.

I guess for now, if someone really needs this feature, maybe someone could write a mortscript or a small app to add/change these reg keys that we could place in startup. Anyone willing to try?

[SprintTouch08]

do the reg entries in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSett ing

change ItemCount to 3

New string: ItemName3 Value- Roaming.

New Dword: ItemValue3 Value- 3



and reset. now it sticks

[chickenthan]

does ne one have a suggestion for the verizon authentication i'm getting on roaming? wish this wasn't an issue, but roaming is the only way i get reception from my house...