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Is their anyway I could force android to use ONLY the 3G UMTS network ? it keeps jumping to 2g randomly and the download speed drops from 500kb/s to 15 !!!! So its really pissing me off.
If anyone has ANY idea how to do this, please let me know
Krgrds,
Waseem
Well sometimes 3G networks aren't available and your phone can't connect to them. So it uses 2G networks to preserve the download and the connection
Download Any Cut from the market.
Make a short cut using Activity.
Select Phone Info.
Select from the drop down list towards the bottom "WCDMA only".
there is an option on the hero rom to use only 3g networks
Weees said:
Hi
Is their anyway I could force android to use ONLY the 3G UMTS network ? it keeps jumping to 2g randomly and the download speed drops from 500kb/s to 15 !!!! So its really pissing me off.
If anyone has ANY idea how to do this, please let me know
Krgrds,
Waseem
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If you did this and were downloading something you would get tons of dropped connections. T-Mobiles 3G is still kinda in its beginning stages and isn't near as available or reliable as the bigger networks (Sprint/verizon/AT&T)
dkb218 said:
Download Any Cut from the market.
Make a short cut using Activity.
Select Phone Info.
Select from the drop down list towards the bottom "WCDMA only".
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Dude.....YOUR A GENIUS
Thanks abunch for the suggestion !! Yea..it worked just fine
I would have never guessed that one !!
Thanks to everyone else who contributed ! appreciate your help !.
The reason I wanted this is because my G1 sometimes suddenly drops the 3G and goes to 2g in a zone where 3G signal is excellent and im downloading at 400kb.s but for some wierd reason it switches to 2G and I have to wait untill it decides to switch back to 3G. But thats solved now.......FINALLY
Weees said:
Dude.....YOUR A GENIUS
Thanks abunch for the suggestion !! Yea..it worked just fine
I would have never guessed that one !!
Thanks to everyone else who contributed ! appreciate your help !.
The reason I wanted this is because my G1 sometimes suddenly drops the 3G and goes to 2g in a zone where 3G signal is excellent and im downloading at 400kb.s but for some wierd reason it switches to 2G and I have to wait untill it decides to switch back to 3G. But thats solved now.......FINALLY
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That makes sense. I'll have to keep that in mind when STL eventually gets damn 3G
thank you!!!
On my operator (italian - TIM) i was going from 4mbit to 8kbit on "edge"
my operator thanks you also (as i was going to switch to another operator with better coverage)
Set phone for only 3G (WCDMA)
There is yet another way...
From the dialer, type exactly:
*#*#4636#*#*
After a moment, a screen will appear called "Testing". Select the drop-down that says "Phone Information". From there, scroll down to where it should say "WCDMA preferred", and change it to "WCDMA only". Use the back key to get out. It should stay selected even through a reboot.
This works on CRC1 (the latest US 1.5 "Cupcake" ROM) but I can't say for sure if it will work for other phones (myTouch) or other markets (UK).
It's essentially the same as AnyCut/BetterCut, you're just using a different way to get there. This uses more battery than 2G (GSM), but everyone already knew that, right?
HTH!
voxluna said:
There is yet another way...
From the dialer, type exactly:
*#*#4636#*#*
After a moment, a screen will appear called "Testing". Select the drop-down that says "Phone Information". From there, scroll down to where it should say "WCDMA preferred", and change it to "WCDMA only". Use the back key to get out. It should stay selected even through a reboot.
This works on CRC1 (the latest US 1.5 "Cupcake" ROM) but I can't say for sure if it will work for other phones (myTouch) or other markets (UK).
It's essentially the same as AnyCut/BetterCut, you're just using a different way to get there. This uses more battery than 2G (GSM), but everyone already knew that, right?
HTH!
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thank you that worked a dream,am based in uk
voxluna said:
There is yet another way...
From the dialer, type exactly:
*#*#4636#*#*
After a moment, a screen will appear called "Testing". Select the drop-down that says "Phone Information". From there, scroll down to where it should say "WCDMA preferred", and change it to "WCDMA only". Use the back key to get out. It should stay selected even through a reboot.
This works on CRC1 (the latest US 1.5 "Cupcake" ROM) but I can't say for sure if it will work for other phones (myTouch) or other markets (UK).
It's essentially the same as AnyCut/BetterCut, you're just using a different way to get there. This uses more battery than 2G (GSM), but everyone already knew that, right?
HTH!
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I tried this with Internet Radio in the Car and it seem to cut out less often, just wondered if there was any other way to increase the 3G signal on the phone as it has not external connector for a 3g antenna, is it possible to solder a connector in, is there any know mod, it would be so cool to listen to internet radio without so many cut outs.
Hi all i am also trying to do this. I have createt The shortcut just fine but if i follow the shortcut and choose from the dropdown menu It doesnt remember the settings when i quit... And there is no save/apply button. Or is there something i am missing here?? please if someone can help i will be wery happy
Well, for me I just choose WCDMA and wait for a few seconds untill the 3G signal appears then just hit the back button and thats it. Its forced to use 3G only. No need to push any save buttons.
Confirmed not working here either, select wcdma, come out of menu, go back in, and it's already changed it back to gsm/cdma auto. Seems it refuses to apply settings.
Galaxy S on t-mobile uk.
Working good using any cut. Thanks!
wtf
this toatly messed up my phone, i swhiched to wcdma preferd and my data speeds have competly crashed, when i go to change it it now says unknown and dosent save my choice
voxluna said:
There is yet another way...
From the dialer, type exactly:
*#*#4636#*#*
After a moment, a screen will appear called "Testing". Select the drop-down that says "Phone Information". From there, scroll down to where it should say "WCDMA preferred", and change it to "WCDMA only". Use the back key to get out. It should stay selected even through a reboot.
This works on CRC1 (the latest US 1.5 "Cupcake" ROM) but I can't say for sure if it will work for other phones (myTouch) or other markets (UK).
It's essentially the same as AnyCut/BetterCut, you're just using a different way to get there. This uses more battery than 2G (GSM), but everyone already knew that, right?
HTH!
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dude.. ur awesome ty this helped alot!
The above will not work on jelly bean 4.1.1 any other ways to set wmdca only
Confirmed not working here either, select wcdma, come out of menu, go back in, and it's already changed it back to gsm/cdma auto. Seems it refuses to apply settings.
Galaxy S on t-mobile uk.
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in my case it does apply settings, soft of. Switching GSM only ---> WCDMA only, all my bars immediately appear and I the phone starts getting a signal. The settings remain there if I check repeatedly. However the setting do not survive the the phone reboot. It goes back to "GSM only" mode and I have no reception. I can help it changing the settings again, but it is quite annoying.
Started happening to my phone after I travelled with it to east europe. Had some troubles there making it work with their sim-card and had to call the provider. They must have fixed something in my phone remotely. Now I'm back to asia and this is kind of **** is happening.
So the *#*#4636#*#* GSM battery fix has been all over but I am unsure if it actually changes anything.
Here is what I have found:
I do the the *#*#4636#*#* dial, go to phone info, hit menu, then select radio band, force close, change to CDMA auto (PRL), then hit home.
Now here is the problem. Hold down home for recent programs and go back into testing (I found doing the *#*#4636#*#* lags and kills my phone sometimes). Hit Menu, force close, and take a look at what the preferred network type is: GSM.
As a test to the “visual glitch” theory, I changed the type to GSM/CDMA auto, when I return to the test menu, GSM/CDMA auto stays. So this menu is showing what it is actualy set to.
Every time you go to menu and select radio, the force close shuts off the radio and the menu says GSM. Is there really a “visual glitch” or does the GSM show because of the procedure followed??
Also it is referring to the PRL, which is the roaming list provided by Sprint, which is not going to have any GSM listing anyway.
I am not an expert by any means but there is more to this mystery then everyone is lead to believe. Battery life is a big issue and I am unsure if the “solution” is actually helping people.
The Time Without Signal fix works. Here's why.
Hitting menu and causing the force close causes it to reset to default. If you actually set it to GSM auto PRL, it is reading the Sprint towers off the PRL, and searching for a GSM signal at the same time. Try changing it to GSM only, and seeing if that causes the TWS to rise dramatically.
This solution was only meant to help people who's phones were searching for a non-CDMA signal.
Do we know if this is still a problem with the offical Sprint 2.1 update?
It hasn't been a problem for a few months now.
abcdfv said:
It hasn't been a problem for a few months now.
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I did not know that, I wonder how many people are doing this needless now.
I have been running fresh 2.1.1 and do it every time I reboot. No wonder I never saw a difference!
abcdfv said:
The Time Without Signal fix works. Here's why.
Hitting menu and causing the force close causes it to reset to default. If you actually set it to GSM auto PRL, it is reading the Sprint towers off the PRL, and searching for a GSM signal at the same time. Try changing it to GSM only, and seeing if that causes the TWS to rise dramatically.
This solution was only meant to help people who's phones were searching for a non-CDMA signal.
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So if my phone is CONSTANTLY at 50% +/- TWS... is this normal or should I change something?
kelmar13 said:
So if my phone is CONSTANTLY at 50% +/- TWS... is this normal or should I change something?
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You should follow my guide on how to reduce it. It's in the sticky wiki.
i have two one the htc one's and one will connect to 4g the other will not. anyone else have the same problem. also anyone know the ##code to get into the edit/program section?
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i have two one the htc one's and one will connect to 4g the other will not. anyone else have the same problem. also anyone know the ##code to get into the edit/program section?
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are you leaving both on the table and checking or is one in your hand?
BrianBaker said:
are you leaving both on the table and checking or is one in your hand?
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doesn't matter driving down road, in car next to each other. it is a replacement phone but it was brand new from the store just got it setup last night
greggwv said:
doesn't matter driving down road, in car next to each other. it is a replacement phone but it was brand new from the store just got it setup last night
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the one that has 4G pick it up and due something that uses data and see if it drops to 3G
Heres the code
Tesiting
*#*#4636#*#*
Field Trial
##33284#
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the one that has 4G pick it up and due something that uses data and see if it drops to 3G
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it doesn't can run speed test on it and get 25-28 mbps everytime my original phone did as well
greggwv said:
it doesn't can run speed test on it and get 25-28 mbps everytime my original phone did as well
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found in the testing screen the preferred network was set to cdma only, not cdma + lte/evdo auto like my other phone but it wont stay to the other, don't know if that is it or not
I'm having the same problem.
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I wasn't able to connect to LTE until I changed my network mode under Settings > Mobile Data to either Automatic or LTE/CDMA. It was defaulted to CDMA Only.
~ Sent from the HTC One ~
greggwv said:
i have two one the htc one's and one will connect to 4g the other will not. anyone else have the same problem. also anyone know the ##code to get into the edit/program section?
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Hmmm..I just exchanged my silver for a black one and also cannot get 4g. My wife has one and hers gets it just fine. My old one did as well. I have checked all the setting suggested above and still nada. Seems this one is going back as well.
I'm on my 2nd HTC one and it operates the same as my 1st one.. In the dock of my car it connects to 4G just fine..with in a few seconds of handling the phone it drops to 3G..It works fine in great signal areas but on the out skirts of an LTE tower it just won't hold 4G..
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Update prl and update profile
Im in the same boat. Seems like 4g is HORRIBLE with this phone. Had the Note 2 and wife has GS4 both pick up 4g no problem, but the One picks up 4g for couple seconds then drops off completely. Yes, I tested this in the same areas.
really bummed out cuz I got the phone used so i can't return it. Love the phone, but its useless if i can't get 4g because Sprint's 3g is so slow its unusable.
slayer69 said:
Hmmm..I just exchanged my silver for a black one and also cannot get 4g. My wife has one and hers gets it just fine. My old one did as well. I have checked all the setting suggested above and still nada. Seems this one is going back as well.
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Well I just exchanged my black and went back to silver and still the same issue. I am starting to think the guy that set up my phone on my account jacked something up. I have been all through the service provisioning matching it to my friend that has one....and only found one difference. Seems my phone is only picking up CDMA-EVDO Rev-a instead of CDMA - eHRPD. When I change the prefered network from LTE/CDMA it will try to connect to eHRPD but then switches back to EVDO and no 4G. So I will try to call sprint and have them inspect my account as I have not seen a way in the service programming to force eHRPD. It would be nice to have the others that are having this issue check the Mobile network type as well and see what they are running.
Try not touching the phone and see that it holds 4G until you touch it...I know its pretty useless to not be able to touch your phone but this has been my experience.
In my experience, not touching the phone does not seem to fix the problem. I do notice a small signal loss if I have the left side of the phone against the palm of my hand. The real issue here seems to be related to the phone having some sort of broken threshold from when to switch to 3g to 4g and how much better the 3g signal has to be in order to decide to switch off of 4g to 3g.
I noticed that the LTE Scan Time is set way higher than what the EVO LTE is set to with latest firmware (300 on the HTC One vs 5 on the EVO LTE). I have not had much time to test changing this to see if it makes a real difference or not though. You can check what your LTE scan time is set to in ##3282#. You will need to get your MSL to change it if you want to do that (there is a method to get your MSL without rooting here on XDA).
Another thing you can try to see if it is indeed a reception problem or a problem with the phone not switching between 3G and 4G smartly is to set the phone to LTE / CDMA(1xRTT) only. You can do this in *#*#4636#*#* under the phone information submenu. Tap where it says "CDMA + LTE/EvDo auto" and change it to "LTE, CDMA" or even "LTE only".
kwolf said:
In my experience, not touching the phone does not seem to fix the problem. I do notice a small signal loss if I have the left side of the phone against the palm of my hand. The real issue here seems to be related to the phone having some sort of broken threshold from when to switch to 3g to 4g and how much better the 3g signal has to be in order to decide to switch off of 4g to 3g.
I noticed that the LTE Scan Time is set way higher than what the EVO LTE is set to with latest firmware (300 on the HTC One vs 5 on the EVO LTE). I have not had much time to test changing this to see if it makes a real difference or not though. You can check what your LTE scan time is set to in ##3282#. You will need to get your MSL to change it if you want to do that (there is a method to get your MSL without rooting here on XDA).
Another thing you can try to see if it is indeed a reception problem or a problem with the phone not switching between 3G and 4G smartly is to set the phone to LTE / CDMA(1xRTT) only. You can do this in *#*#4636#*#* under the phone information submenu. Tap where it says "CDMA + LTE/EvDo auto" and change it to "LTE, CDMA" or even "LTE only".
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Issue resolved for me! After 6 phone exchanges I was able to uncover what was causing the phone to not get on eHRPD which is Sprints upgraded software on the towers. I called sprint support and made them verify my UICC ID under about/phone identity, this also is the same as number as the SIM id. They did not match what was on my account. I went back to Best Buy and they called activation's and they sent a profile update with the correct SIM and UICC ID and it solved the issue. No more 104 data issues and I can get 4G now. WOO HOO!
I do want to say that Sprint really went to bat for me to get this resolved. I have to say thanks to the San Diego Sprint rep who kept in touch with me through out all of this.....Thank you man!!!
slayer69 said:
Issue resolved for me! After 6 phone exchanges I was able to uncover what was causing the phone to not get on eHRPD which is Sprints upgraded software on the towers. I called sprint support and made them verify my UICC ID under about/phone identity, this also is the same as number as the SIM id. They did not match what was on my account. I went back to Best Buy and they called activation's and they sent a profile update with the correct SIM and UICC ID and it solved the issue. No more 104 data issues and I can get 4G now. WOO HOO!
I do want to say that Sprint really went to bat for me to get this resolved. I have to say thanks to the San Diego Sprint rep who kept in touch with me through out all of this.....Thank you man!!!
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I had the exact same problem. My phone will not connect to 4G LTE. I have a few questions. How do I know the UICC ID, SIM? Where do I find them under my account?
Thanks a lot
bondseven said:
I had the exact same problem. My phone will not connect to 4G LTE. I have a few questions. How do I know the UICC ID, SIM? Where do I find them under my account?
Thanks a lot
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You have to call sprint customer care to have them verify what you have on your phone. I recommend calling from some other phone when you call though. Just explain that you are having issues with your data and you heard that sometimes the UUIC ID/SIM ID are incorrect. They might come back and tell you, "well thats for international only" but in fact the SIM ID is used for LTE from what I found out. Just insist (nicely) that you just want to try it.
On the phone you can see your SIM ID under settings/about/Phone Identity.
One way to see if this fixes the issue is look under settings/about/Network and look under Mobil Network Type. If it is always running in EvDo rev A. then you have the issue if the towers in your area have Network Vision updated towers.
Hope this helps...PM me if you want more information. I can also get you tower data in your area if you would like.
slayer69, Thank you so much for your quick response. My phone runs with EHRPD when it showed 3G, not rev. A. However, my phone had the same issue, not connecting to 4G/LTE. From time to time, it will show 4G signal on the bar. However, when I tried to use it, it will switch back to 3G. I will call sprint to verify if tI have the sim card issue.
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I talked with Sprint. It seemed that my SIM/UICC code is matched with the system. So my problem is still not resolved. I used an app to check the signal information, which showed that I have -70dB LTE signal. However, I just can't connect to LTE.
It seems that it is not only me. Check this link
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/0...ivity-issue-in-select-markets/#comment-231589
slayer69 said:
You have to call sprint customer care to have them verify what you have on your phone. I recommend calling from some other phone when you call though. Just explain that you are having issues with your data and you heard that sometimes the UUIC ID/SIM ID are incorrect. They might come back and tell you, "well thats for international only" but in fact the SIM ID is used for LTE from what I found out. Just insist (nicely) that you just want to try it.
On the phone you can see your SIM ID under settings/about/Phone Identity.
One way to see if this fixes the issue is look under settings/about/Network and look under Mobil Network Type. If it is always running in EvDo rev A. then you have the issue if the towers in your area have Network Vision updated towers.
Hope this helps...PM me if you want more information. I can also get you tower data in your area if you would like.
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Thanks to all in this thread. I had the same problem while in Oakland. My wife has an S2 on sprint and she had a strong 4g connection and mine was stuck on 3g. Now if this is a hardware issue that this phone has what if anything can we do. Can we exchange for a different device
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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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I recently rooted my Sprint HTC One M7, as well as my Samsung Mega SPH-L600. My goal was to get the phones unlocked to accept GSM sims. Both phones continue to show invalid sim no matter what. But I could switch the preferred network to CDMA and pick up the Sprint signal without any hassle. At some point, I had lost the Sprint signal. I have tried what seems like everything. Switching the network types. Turning roaming on and off. Switching sims. Installing different custom ROMS. Including CM10.1 in order to try switching from NV to RUIM. That did nothing. The weird thing is once in a while I will pick up the phone and see bars. And its the Sprint network. But a few seconds later, it will X out again. Before, I constantly had a signal full of bars, with a little triangle above it.
I would normally wonder if maybe a setting was changed. But why would this affect both of my distinctly different phones? Does Sprint block you if your phone is tampered? Or is it possible that if your service stays in roam that they will eventually block you? Just trying to find some answers here.
Thanks.
joem789 said:
I recently rooted my Sprint HTC One M7, as well as my Samsung Mega SPH-L600. My goal was to get the phones unlocked to accept GSM sims. Both phones continue to show invalid sim no matter what. But I could switch the preferred network to CDMA and pick up the Sprint signal without any hassle. At some point, I had lost the Sprint signal. I have tried what seems like everything. Switching the network types. Turning roaming on and off. Switching sims. Installing different custom ROMS. Including CM10.1 in order to try switching from NV to RUIM. That did nothing. The weird thing is once in a while I will pick up the phone and see bars. And its the Sprint network. But a few seconds later, it will X out again. Before, I constantly had a signal full of bars, with a little triangle above it.
I would normally wonder if maybe a setting was changed. But why would this affect both of my distinctly different phones? Does Sprint block you if your phone is tampered? Or is it possible that if your service stays in roam that they will eventually block you? Just trying to find some answers here.
Thanks.
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NV/RUIM might've messed things up. Try changing it back to what it was before.
The only other answer I can think of is that where you are atm, Sprint doesn't have good service. Try moving the phones outside (or somewhere else).