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Why would a Tilt have to be manually set to a network?

A friend of mine with a Tilt will find it showing "no service" fairly often. He has to manually set it to the network to restore service. Tech support thinks it's the phone, but I've never heard of this before.
Anybody have any ideas?
Could an unlock gone wrong cause this?

I have to also manually set the network after unlocking problem
Hi, I am having the same issue after I have unlocked the phone. Apparently the Tilt constantly searches for a signal and it eventually gives up and I have to manually monitor it for proper network connectivity. This is a real pain. Is there a way to lock the phone back to it's original setting?

GSM build.prop (or other tweak) for Data While Roaming?

I am on Straight Talk, an MVNO. Here's my issue. I am in a fringe area, but when it does pick up, it will pick up either AT&T (which comes up as a home network), or more often, local cell company's towers, and comes up as Roaming. My problem is that each time it loses and regains signal (which is very often), I have to go back into Settings -> Battery & Data Manager -> Data Delivery -> Data Roaming, check it, and then I have data again until it loses signal and reacquires again. This is more than just a minor annoyance, since this is the home area I live in.
I tried the app "Roaming Control", but it had little or no effect. I then went into build.prop, and added this entry, based on what I found in a search on XDA:
Code:
gsm.operator.isroaming=false
This also had no effect. Honestly, this is a big deal for me, as I need to keep my data up all the time, no matter what. Does anyone have a work around for this?
For reference, I have had this issue with .906, AOKP, and now on Eclipse. Any help would be vastly appreciated!

Lots of views, but no suggestions? Surely I am not the only one with this problem?!?!?

nemiroG1 said:
I am on Straight Talk, an MVNO. Here's my issue. I am in a fringe area, but when it does pick up, it will pick up either AT&T (which comes up as a home network), or more often, local cell company's towers, and comes up as Roaming. My problem is that each time it loses and regains signal (which is very often), I have to go back into Settings -> Battery & Data Manager -> Data Delivery -> Data Roaming, check it, and then I have data again until it loses signal and reacquires again. This is more than just a minor annoyance, since this is the home area I live in.
I tried the app "Roaming Control", but it had little or no effect. I then went into build.prop, and added this entry, based on what I found in a search on XDA:
Code:
gsm.operator.isroaming=false
This also had no effect. Honestly, this is a big deal for me, as I need to keep my data up all the time, no matter what. Does anyone have a work around for this?
For reference, I have had this issue with .906, AOKP, and now on Eclipse. Any help would be vastly appreciated!
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I used the below for my XT860 for many custom rom installs... hope this helps you:
Adding this line can enable it. I find it useful as I travel between Canada/USA often. Remember that data roaming causes charges by your carrier, so be diligent!
In Notepad++, go to the very bottom of the build.prop file and, on a new line type:
ro.com.android.dataroaming=true
Now hit File, Save

use
ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=0
this would stabilise 3G GSM data

LaZiODROID said:
I used the below for my XT860 for many custom rom installs... hope this helps you:
Adding this line can enable it. I find it useful as I travel between Canada/USA often. Remember that data roaming causes charges by your carrier, so be diligent!
In Notepad++, go to the very bottom of the build.prop file and, on a new line type:
ro.com.android.dataroaming=true
Now hit File, Save
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OK, tried this for a couple of days, and unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work. Any other ideas?

Kind of ghetto, but, can't you set up tasker ( or similar ) to change that setting for you automatically?

SeiferTV said:
Kind of ghetto, but, can't you set up tasker ( or similar ) to change that setting for you automatically?
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Not familiar with this method. Can you tell me more?

Nemiro, did you try kapilthio's suggestion? It would be interesting to know if it helped or not.

LaZiODROID said:
Nemiro, did you try kapilthio's suggestion? It would be interesting to know if it helped or not.
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I actually already had that mod in my build.prop. But that brings up something else, this particular phone system I am having so much trouble with is EDGE only- no 3G/4G.

nemiroG1 said:
Not familiar with this method. Can you tell me more?
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Tasker or similars ( I think theres "Locale" too )
Are tools that let you automate tasks you perform regularly, so you could, make a little routine ( I'm not calling it script because it doesn't require you to actually write code ) that switches values somewere with a single touch.
As I say, it's not a solution, it's more of a workaround, but, if nothing else helps, it's better than nothing, right?

[Q] Is there a way to disable roaming?

I have a quite rare problem. I'm in Ireland and use 3 operator. It does not have coverage on many places and it has some kind of contract with o2, so whenever the signal it lost, phone automatically switches to o2. Problem is when I'm back in place with full 3 coverage again, WP does not switch back. I have to select network manually several times a day. It's very annoying. Is there an option somewhere in settings to disable roaming completely? I found it only for data but I need it for calls. Phone is Lumia 920.
Thanks

emkovicz said:
...so whenever the signal it lost, phone automatically switches to o2.
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I imagine specifying your network provider as "3 IRELAND" or whatever it's called will stop it from connecting to O2? The setting is under Mobile Network (under the roaming options, at the bottom) and is set to "automatic" by default.

at45 said:
I imagine specifying your network provider as "3 IRELAND" or whatever it's called will stop it from connecting to O2? The setting is under Mobile Network (under the roaming options, at the bottom) and is set to "automatic" by default.
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First thing I tried, but it did not help. Maybe problem is that the other network has same name - probably to ensure seamless switch. (it's actually Vodafone, sorry for my mistake: http://www.vodafone.ie/aboutus/media/press/show/BAU002953.shtml )

emkovicz said:
Maybe problem is that the other network has same name - probably to ensure seamless switch.
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I'm not saying I'll be able to help, but could you elaborate a little on why roaming comes into this? Are you changing countries between two places where the operator is called "Vodafone"?
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at45 said:
I'm not saying I'll be able to help, but could you elaborate a little on why roaming comes into this? Are you changing countries between two places where the operator is called "Vodafone"?
Don't forget to help on my Bing Vision query
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No I don't. It's actually a funny thing. I live in Dublin and yet you can find here many places without signal coverage. I think, but not exactly sure that 3 is the last operator who entered on a market here, so it does not have proper infrastructure and negotiated with Vodafone national roaming for places where native 3 signal is not available. In general it's not a big problem, you can make calls like in your home network, price is same, you can even see on your phone you are connected to 3 network but with a roaming. (because in fact you are connected to Vodafone)
I'm trying to disable roaming completely because mobile data on the roaming are just GPRS while in native 3, you got 3G.
It would not mind me if phone would automatically switch back on 3 when available. (when I had WP 7 it was doing like this) But now with WP8 the behavior seems to be changed and as soon as it enters the roaming it never reverts back to native network unless I manually select the 3network again.

[Q] Network Operators

Hey guys,
I live in a border city in Canada, and to avoid roaming charges whenever it automatically switches to AT&T, I have manually selected Telus.
However, my particular building has very poor reception, and every time I lose my signal, the network operation selection menu always pops up and interrupts what I am doing, and is a huge annoyance.
Is there anyway to stop the menu from popping up?
Thanks.

a_loo said:
Hey guys,
I live in a border city in Canada, and to avoid roaming charges whenever it automatically switches to AT&T, I have manually selected Telus.
However, my particular building has very poor reception, and every time I lose my signal, the network operation selection menu always pops up and interrupts what I am doing, and is a huge annoyance.
Is there anyway to stop the menu from popping up?
Thanks.
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Might sound strange but assuming your using a Telus SIM try manually registering on AT&T. You should get an error that your SIM is not supported or something similar and then register on Telus after that error. And that should resolve it.

lampel said:
Might sound strange but assuming your using a Telus SIM try manually registering on AT&T. You should get an error that your SIM is not supported or something similar and then register on Telus after that error. And that should resolve it.
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The issue I'm having is that there are dead areas in my apartment...and it picks up other carriers. Then the list of the network operators always pops up randomly, and prompts me to choose something. I am fine with it losing signal, and fine with it connecting to telus whenever it can, I just want that list to stop popping up randomly. Also, AT&T has a roaming thing with Telus, so I have to manually connect to Telus to prevent it from switching to AT&T.
It's just that darned list that keeps prompting to select a network and interrupts everything im doing.

a_loo said:
The issue I'm having is that there are dead areas in my apartment...and it picks up other carriers. Then the list of the network operators always pops up randomly, and prompts me to choose something. I am fine with it losing signal, and fine with it connecting to telus whenever it can, I just want that list to stop popping up randomly. Also, AT&T has a roaming thing with Telus, so I have to manually connect to Telus to prevent it from switching to AT&T.
It's just that darned list that keeps prompting to select a network and interrupts everything im doing.
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I've had the same issue randomly with my last three phones. I understand your frustration with the pop-up. Trying to register on the wrong network (with roaming disabled) usually worked for me. Sometimes I would also power down and remove the SIM wipe the contacts and reinsert but usually the first thing worked, at least for a while.
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S6 Active on T-Mobile roaming data not working

Wondering if anyone can help me out. I've already spent hours on the phone with tmobile and they can't seem to solve it.
I've had this problem ongoing since getting this phone. Basically I get no data roaming. Places Ive tried: Canada (several cities in BC as well as Quebec and Ontario), UAE, Bahamas. I spend a lot of time in Canada so its a real issue. Things I have tried:
- Factory reset
- Upgrade to 5.1.1 using Odin.
- Try sim card in friend's phone (4G works no problem in Canada)
- A bunch of other stuff I don't remember
Symptoms:
- About 50% of the time the phone works for calls and text
- The rest of the time it says "emergancy calls only". Restarting the phone immediately restores ability to make calls/send text. This happens regardless of signal strength.
- Data connection never works. Only time I got 4G was the very first time I entered canada with this phone. . Restarting the phone would make it connect to 4G for about 1-2 minutes before it would lose data connection. Restarting the phone would bring it back. After about half a day the phone completely lost ability to make data connection and has never been able to get data connection internationally since then.
- Sometimes I get this message: "you have lost data connectivity because you left your home network with data roaming turned off". Data roaming is definitely turned on. I've enabled in settings and also via #RON# short code.

reobaird said:
Wondering if anyone can help me out. I've already spent hours on the phone with tmobile and they can't seem to solve it.
I've had this problem ongoing since getting this phone. Basically I get no data roaming. Places Ive tried: Canada (several cities in BC as well as Quebec and Ontario), UAE, Bahamas. I spend a lot of time in Canada so its a real issue. Things I have tried:
- Factory reset
- Upgrade to 5.1.1 using Odin.
- Try sim card in friend's phone (4G works no problem in Canada)
- A bunch of other stuff I don't remember
Symptoms:
- About 50% of the time the phone works for calls and text
- The rest of the time it says "emergancy calls only". Restarting the phone immediately restores ability to make calls/send text. This happens regardless of signal strength.
- Data connection never works. Only time I got 4G was the very first time I entered canada with this phone. . Restarting the phone would make it connect to 4G for about 1-2 minutes before it would lose data connection. Restarting the phone would bring it back. After about half a day the phone completely lost ability to make data connection and has never been able to get data connection internationally since then.
- Sometimes I get this message: "you have lost data connectivity because you left your home network with data roaming turned off". Data roaming is definitely turned on. I've enabled in settings and also via #RON# short code.
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This sounds like a config issue to me. the random drops to emergency seems to be issues with roaming not being set up right. It sounds like your APNs are not setup correctly or something. have you gotten any info from t-mobile on Roaming APNs? i'm not sure if it needs to be adjusted for roaming or not.

Karlinski said:
This sounds like a config issue to me. the random drops to emergency seems to be issues with roaming not being set up right. It sounds like your APNs are not setup correctly or something. have you gotten any info from t-mobile on Roaming APNs? i'm not sure if it needs to be adjusted for roaming or not.
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Yeh thats what it seemed like to me as well but I went over the APN settings with them on several occasions. I also looked them up online. Everything seems correct. The only thing they had me change was APN roaming protocol from IPv6 to IPv4/IPv6.

Dial *#*#4636#*#* (on stock dialer), in Device Information try to change network settings to LTE/WCDMA.
What are your APN settings? Provide info about all fields.

Did u ever solve this issue ? I'm having the same problem...