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WM6 ROM: Anybody having the "roaming" issue?

Hello all,
I have the WM6 rom and I seem to be having this annoying little problem where the phone tells me that I'm roaming even though I'm in an area where I know from past experience I shouldn't be roaming
In fact, I can receive calls just fine with no warning messages telling me that I'm roaming or whatever.
This ONLY occurs when I'm using activesync for push e-mail with mail2web.
Why is this happening?
Also when I'm setting up the push e-mail I can't seem to enter "ad2" for mail2web... the field is dimmed and I can't type anything on it.
I don't recall having this issue when I was using the WM5... what gives?
I know thta I can set it up so that I won't have warnings but I'm worried because what if I am indeed roaming?
Then I would surely be charged for my uses.
Could this possibly be because I'm on the US T-Mobile network and this ROM in no way has anything to do with US T-Mobile?
Is anyone else having this issue?

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It is because you have a rom that is not carrier specfic it reads roams all the time on any network

sandrobber said:
It is because you have a rom that is not carrier specfic it reads roams all the time on any network
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I seriously doubt that...
Sounds like just another weird issue with this PRERELEASE crossbow rom

sandrobber said:
It is because you have a rom that is not carrier specfic it reads roams all the time on any network
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Uhhh... Are you quite sure of your facts there Sandrobber? If so, then that must be new to WM6, as I have a non carrier specific WM5 ROM and I don't get that problem....

Well I would bet that he was just speculating since he posed on the form of a question.

shnjb said:
Hello all,
I have the WM6 rom and I seem to be having this annoying little problem where the phone tells me that I'm roaming even though I'm in an area where I know from past experience I shouldn't be roaming
In fact, I can receive calls just fine with no warning messages telling me that I'm roaming or whatever.
This ONLY occurs when I'm using activesync for push e-mail with mail2web.
Why is this happening?
Also when I'm setting up the push e-mail I can't seem to enter "ad2" for mail2web... the field is dimmed and I can't type anything on it.
I don't recall having this issue when I was using the WM5... what gives?
I know thta I can set it up so that I won't have warnings but I'm worried because what if I am indeed roaming?
Then I would surely be charged for my uses.
Could this possibly be because I'm on the US T-Mobile network and this ROM in no way has anything to do with US T-Mobile?
Is anyone else having this issue?
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It was there in WM5 long time ago, which is no bug at all. If you don't like the roaming prompt, just go to activesync->schedularing->check "using it during roam", all set.

cellneuron said:
It was there in WM5 long time ago, which is no bug at all. If you don't like the roaming prompt, just go to activesync->schedularing->check "using it during roam", all set.
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Are you sure?
I don't recall setting that to "use this setting when roaming" on WM5.
Also, doesn't this mean my phone would check e-mails when I'm not on t-mobile network, costing me a fortune?

shnjb said:
Are you sure?
I don't recall setting that to "use this setting when roaming" on WM5.
Also, doesn't this mean my phone would check e-mails when I'm not on t-mobile network, costing me a fortune?
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I don't think your carrier will charge your roaming fee. Which network are you in?

cellneuron said:
I don't think your carrier will charge your roaming fee. Which network are you in?
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USA T-Mobile using the blackberry 19.99 internet plan.

shnjb said:
USA T-Mobile using the blackberry 19.99 internet plan.
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I am using T-Mobile 5.99, no roaming fee.

cellneuron said:
I am using T-Mobile 5.99, no roaming fee.
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No roaming despite using push e-mail with the "use this when roaming" box checked?
If that's a yes, sounds great.

Update
I am very sure infact I'm positive you can turn off the roaming indicator. If you dare go through the registry and find the settings for your carrier and apply it to this rom. Most of us(like me just turn it off beause I have unlimited raoming). I have experienced this first hand with I-Mates frimware on many of my phones. None the less here is where the key is to turn it off
Change the dword value from 0 to 1
HKLM\drivers\builtin\ril\"DisableRoamingIndicator" = dword:00000001

I am not roaming, I am home. arrrggh!!!

For some strange reason my phone thinks I am roaming when i'm not and keeps warning me about additional data charges everytime I check my email. I tried to choose my provider from the dropdown list but there are no Canadian providers listed..... and yes I am in Canada. I don't mind the warning so much but it also won't connect automatically and check my email. How can I fix this?
thanks.

Hi Dongetti
Welcome to XDA-Dev
Your question is fine, but it would be better placed in the regular Kaiser forum as it does not related to Upgrading/Development.
I will move it to the Kaiser Forum with an expiring (6hrs) redirect from the Kaiser upgrading Forum. So by tomorrow you will know where to look for it.
Cheers
Mike

Where in canada do you reside? are you close to a border of some kind?

Roam?
I have that same (problem) with my 8525, after I got the Tilt I added a second line and even though the phones have shared minutes and are billed together the Hermes still thinks it's roaming when the Tilt doesn't.
I called the carrier and she told me it was a fix on their end and that I would have to call back to customer service, it's not the phone or ROM.

dongetti said:
For some strange reason my phone thinks I am roaming when i'm not and keeps warning me about additional data charges everytime I check my email. I tried to choose my provider from the dropdown list but there are no Canadian providers listed..... and yes I am in Canada. I don't mind the warning so much but it also won't connect automatically and check my email. How can I fix this?
thanks.
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I'm running Dutty's WM6 on AT&T Tilt, in Toronto on Rogers, works fine.

Thanks for the replies....
By the way, i'm running Sleuth 1.0 on AT&T tilt and no I don't live anywhere near the US border.

I'm having the same damn problem. In the morning there's a stupid triangle up on my today screen. Is that what you are talking about?

No my problem is this:
go to control panel (start -> settings ).
Then go to the connections page.
Then tap connection setup, it will give you a list of Countries to choose from and and then a list of providers below that. The problem is that my provider is not listed and that makes the phone think i'm roaming when I am not. Even though I enter my connection settings manually it won't connect 'automatically' to check my email. Therefore, I have to go in and send/receive manually to see if I got any new mail and it always warns me that i'm roaming(when i'm not) and checking my email may result in data charges.

That's not your problem, you can always manually configure your connection settings to your carrier's.
The problem is that your phone think's it's roaming based on the wireless signals from the tower...

dongetti, probably you're using fido sim?
if that's the case, then it's not fixable. As you know since Robbers acquired Fido, they have integrated the tower. But for some reason, the code for fido was being left in your sim (they don't change it to Robber's code). No other choice than to use Rogers signal, since that's the only one available now anyway.

Are there roaming charges if it is roaming between rogers and fido? even after the merger?

SHiBBi3 said:
Are there roaming charges if it is roaming between rogers and fido? even after the merger?
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No there wont be any roaming charges.. for more info on this check the fido section in the howard forums website, also you can check with fido's customer service about this issue
i've been with fido for about 3 years now with an unlocked phone right from the start and every phone i've had has the little roaming symbol at the top, but i've never seen any roaming charges on it yet

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Let me get this straight. Must you use a t-mobile sim card and have t-mobile service for this to work?

chiles said:
Let me get this straight. Must you use a t-mobile sim card and have t-mobile service for this to work?
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reply yes this is for the unlocked tilt on tmobile service

Wow!
I mean Wow!
Or, use HTC connection manager and it'll detect the tmobile sim and change all of the connection settings automatically...

Alibaba0101 said:
Wow!
I mean Wow!
Or, use HTC connection manager and it'll detect the tmobile sim and change all of the connection settings automatically...
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hey i'm a newbie i search everywhere thru out this form no one had a straight answer and this is the first time hearing about a htc connection manager, and regardless how would the manager have help me get FREE INTERNET SERVICEit just would have made the corresponding connection setting for tmobile the setting that was set with...

ok?
so how is this thing done?

Rogers Phone [unlocked], FIDO SIM, always Roaming...

Hi everyone. I have been doing a tonne of reading trying to figure out a couple of things for my Treo 750.
It is a Rogers phone for which I paid an online service provider to unlock. I am using my FIDO SIM in it without any problems.
It says I am always roaming and although assurances from FIDO I won't be charged Roaming fees, it gets kind of annoying everytime I check my email that it tells me I am roaming and asks if I am sure I want to do this....
So, I understand there is carrier specific info in the carrier.pxp file. I am told the Rogers network code is in this file.
Am I able to edit this to include the FIDO network code 302370 so the phone doesn't think it is always roaming?
Would it be better to unbrand / unlock the phone to WM6.1 via the methods I see here in the forums? [dubLeE's method].
Thanks everyone,
Ryan

It has nothing to do with your phone. It's the fact you are using the Fido GSM card on a Rogers network. It has nothing to do with whether your phone is locked or unlocked, and changing the carrier code won't do anything.
To disable the roaming network check when you check email, from Outlook Mobile go to Tools -> Options, choose the email account you've setup, then go to Send/Receive Schedule -> Advanced Settings -> check "Use automatic send / receive schedule when roaming"

Hi number16. Thanks for the reply.
The "Use automatic send / receive schedule when roaming" doesn't seem to prevent the "You are currently roaming. Synchronizing may result in additional charges" dialog box when the schedule is set to manual. In fact, the checkbox is greyed out and not selectable with a manual schedule. Even with an automated schedule configured, you are still prompted when doing a manual send/receive.
I was thinking that if the phone was configured such that it thought its' home network carrier code was the FIDO code, it wouldn't consider me roaming.
Anyways, sounds like I am stuck with it. Thanks again for the info

I have the exact same problem with my work Exchange email on a Rogers Touch Diamond. The roaming has to be defined by the ROM or registry. When I put my Fido SIM in a Rogers Samsung Jack flashed with the Fido ROM, there is no issue with roaming.

Hi there,
Same issue here, I am using my unlocked Treo 750 from Rogers on Bell network.
It works fine, except for the roaming issue.
How to get rid of that triangle icon on the top?
Were you able to edit the carrierDB.pxp file?
Please help.

Did you change your network settings over to the correct settings for the network of the SIM card you are using?
Unlocking a phone will allow other SIM cards to work, but if you don't change your network settings, then the phone will still try to connect to the Rogers network.

How do i unlock the network, i have a samsung corby phone which is rogers based and am using a fido sim card. Everything works except the internet which comes up as network error. please let me know if you can help. email- [email protected], thank you.

alyssaripley18 said:
How do i unlock the network, i have a samsung corby phone which is rogers based and am using a fido sim card. Everything works except the internet which comes up as network error. please let me know if you can help. email- [email protected], thank you.
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This is a Palm Treo 750 forum. You should find a forum specific to your handset for exact instructions.
In general, your phone probably has a 'Settings' menu which would have some sort of option to edit your network settings. That's where you would make the change. You would have to get the proper settings from Fido.

startngate said:
Did you change your network settings over to the correct settings for the network of the SIM card you are using?
Unlocking a phone will allow other SIM cards to work, but if you don't change your network settings, then the phone will still try to connect to the Rogers network.
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If I have the APN set to the one for the network of the SIM Card I am using then will I not get charged roaming?
Is it possible for it to actually be roaming and me not knowing about it?

Using G1 with other networks?

i have had my G1 unlocked, and tried using Vodafone and 3G UK sims in it, but i get a 'No Service' message on the home screen.
is it only going to work with T-mobile?
sorry if this is a faq, but i looked in the informative thread, and didnt find an answer...
edit: i am trying to use it with Talkmobile (which uses the Vodafone network)

Yes it can be done. You prolly need to go and change your apn settings or browse for networks and choose your network.

supremeteam256 said:
Yes it can be done. You prolly need to go and change your apn settings or browse for networks and choose your network.
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i tried this, but i get a message that says 'Your sim card does not allow a connection to this network'. it works fine with t-mobile though. i got unlocked over the net, is this any way to make sure it is definitely unlocked? i am quite sure it is though.

As long as your able to put your sim card in and it don't give you an error message than it is unlocked.

supremeteam256 said:
As long as your able to put your sim card in and it don't give you an error message than it is unlocked.
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im still getting this message though:
'Your sim card does not allow a connection to this network'
i have tried adding the apn settings, but still no network.
it only works with tmobile. i am close to selling this phone as i cant use my normal sim in it. if anyone has got past this hurdle, please tell me how.

bump (getting desperate here )

I'm on O2 pay and go in the UK, never had any problems. It didn't require APNs but when I did put them in I got full 3G. That seems very weird. I get home from holiday (yes, in my hotel room ) in a few days I will test my vodaphone SIM. Could you post the APN? (for a pay and go SIM).