Hi,
i live near the border so my phone sometimes roam to another foreign network. I was wondering if there is any way or app that could help me block these foreign networks and just stay at 'limited service' if my local network is not available.
Thanks
Set your phone network manually to one provider in settings. Also I think I saw some roaming on/off widgets around.
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just go in to wireless and networks>mobile network and uncheck the data roaming
As in not data roaming but roaming itself. And is there any free apps? Cuz I can't find any.
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Off to France on Saturday and I'm dreading the automatic connection any tips of making sure my phone won't connect and cost me the earth currently on t mobile UK
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Sure.
Go to settings - wireless and networks - mobile networks - untick the box that says data roaming and your phone will not use data whilst abroad.
Hope this helps.
Rik.
Or just hold down the power putton and choose the bottom option "Mobile Network" and this will completely disable the data connection.
Phil
I'm on t-mobile and have just had a great 2 weeks in France. Wherever I went I seemed to get a 'E' connection which was very good and fast enough for Google maps.
Cost me £10 for 50mb over 31 days but you can get 20mb for a fiver to use in 7 days
I use phone for work emails and found the French signal very good. I choose Orange sfr I think which had the best data signal.
Hope this helps
Only guaranteed method to avoid data charges is to call your carrier and ask them to DISABLE roaming on your sim, also to make a record of it on your account.
Even if you do somehow manage to enable data roaming on the phone the sim won't allow it.
In Norway I live close to the border to Sweden. I have to roam in my area to a Norwegian Network, because my phone company only have their own network in the big cities here. Before I had an operator the had their own networks in my city.
So when I now roam with the other Norwegian network, I have to disable that "Disable network data when roaming". And sometimes I now get connected to the Swedish network and have to pay 20x times more pr MB.
Is there a way to disable 3G/2G on different networks of my choice?
Hope someone know of something that will help.
Sorry for my English.
Setting-wireless and network-mobile network-dataroming unchecked
Something like this cause mine is in dutch.
Like I said, I have to have it unched cous of my network today is not the default of my operator, so I'm romaing all the time when I use my phone. I want something that can read the operators name and then enable the 2G/3G data connection is it is one of the networks I've accepted. If it's not, then disable the connection.
Cant help you with your roamaing problem, Sorry. But maybe you should consider going back to your old network. If you have no signal at your home you may have the right to cancel your contract.
The clue is that I pay 20£(with use in Norway) until 1.1.2011 to use the phone(sms/mms, calls, MB) as much as I want for only 20£. After 1.1.2011 I'll pay 20£ for 500sms, 500 minutes and 500MB.
But that only works with the operator network and the one they rent(like I use). The one I rent belongs to Telenor, the biggest phone company, as they have the best signal too, I want to stick. But they suck at priceing, so I want to be with my new operator.
But why is it so hard to read the operator name with an app? Than then can enable/disable data connection?
My phone is Desire and it is rooted, running OpenDesire.
Sorry for misunderstanding the first time.
One option you could try is Tasker. I think it has the option to turn data off/on when connected to a certain cell tower. It's not the exact thing you asked for but i don't know any other options.
You have to program it yourself, but just download the app from there site (gives you a 7 day trial) and try it if you can make it work.
Cell Tower, is that the operators ID or the tower itselfe(a operator has many towers)?
Maybe I'm dumb, but I can't find the roaming control settings. I live in Mexico and cross everyday into the United States.
I need to turn my settings for roaming like this:
Domistic: Data & Voice
International: Only Voice
I also have the Call Guard on because it alerted me if I was "International" Roaming or just "Domestic" Roaming when I was going to answer a call....
I had the Epic 4G and had those controls as does my chick in the Photon.... is it because of having the Nexus? Is there a way or an app to get the settings back?
Thanks!
I'm running CM9 so it might/probably be different.
Go to settings, then hit the menu button (three dots)...there should be an option to click 'Data roaming' and 'Restrict background data'.
Right but it doesn't give the option to block International Roaming while keeping active Domestic Roaming....
That's my problem. Living in the border city, I get some domestic roaming down here and I want that... its just the international roaming that I don't want to access. Every other Android phone i've had has that setting that differentiates.
The phone doesn't tell me when I am roaming domestically or internationally either. Do any custom roms address this?
sorry OP, but i also have a similar question... I'm using CM9 and I'm going to japan and i would like to only use my phone on wifi and disable all data. how would i do this
I recently bought an unlocked Galaxy S3 (T999) and have set it up for use with Straight Talk, but I have an issue with the phone auto selecting network operators (settings>more settings>mobile networks>network operators). My straight talk sim will only work when the At&t network operator is selected. My phone, however, will automatically switch the network operator to T-Mobile when my signal for At&t is poor, even though I can't roam or use it. This is annoying because it makes it appear that I have signal bars, when in reality with At&t I don't.
Is there any way to disable the phone automatically changing these settings, and is there a way to edit the Default Setup option, it's currently greyed out and unchangeable. Thanks for your help!
Delete other apn...
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That's not it. The only one on is the straight talk one. Any other ideas on how to stop the auto network operator changes?
Hi,
Here's my situation: I moved in a new place, but the signal is pretty bad (basement). I'm with Videotron, which relies on Rogers for coverage in areas where Videotron network is not available. I found out that sometimes, my phone says I'm on roaming and I can place calls and receive text messages. Turns out my phone switches from Videotron to Rogers.
I would like to force my phone to use the partner network when I'm at home. I just need to find a way to force it, then I guess I'll use some Tasker scripting and set it up only for when I'm home.
Anyone knows how I could do that?
Thank you
Under Settings, More Settings, Mobile Networks, Network Operators, Search Now.
Thisll let you manually select the network. Not sure how to go about this in Tasker though.
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