I have a rooted Desire Z aka Vision running CM 7.1.0 stable since it came out.
Past weekend I crossed the national border into Austria, and to my surprise the phone didn't even attempt to log into the foreign network. No problem to switch networks manually, but I would expect the device to do that just by itself (it's a tough job to go into "Settings - Wireless & Networking - Mobile Networks - Network Provider" etc. while driving a car...).
To save myself from excessive costs I have disabled data roaming on the device, but I'd like my phone to be able to be called up even while being abroad.
Is this something CM7 is not supporting? I think I remember that other ROMS including Stock HTC Sense supported this, but I'm not too sure about that.
If there's no proper support available, is there some alternative method like manually entering foreign network providers into some kind of "preferred networks" list?
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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.
Hi,
since the merger between Orange and T-mob, we are able to use each others network. Now, I have just signed up for this via their site https://kareena.orange.co.uk/share/
I does say you need to set network selection as auto rather than manual. I can't see this in settings - has anyone else sorted this?
Thanks
I haven't done anything with mine, just setup the share thing on the website and then followed the instructions. It works pretty well.
Does using the t mobile signal affect your bill in anyway?
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No,,they are the same company basically, so you can use for free
I had issues with T-Mobile (HSDPA) automatically switching to Orange (GPRS) whenever there was an Orange signal. Now I'm with Orange there is no such issue.
To set you DHD to find and select networks automatically follow ->
Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks > Network Operators > Select Automatically
Remember to enable "Data Roaming" if you wish to use data, this is purely 2G (GPRS) at the moment. I believe they will be rolling out 3G roaming 2011 sometime.
Since I set it up aswel every like 5 to 10 minute my network changes over all the time T-Mobile then orange then back again i noticed also orange way better signal than T-Mobile as soon it gose back to T-Mobile i only like have 1 to 2 bars
HTC HERO - HTC HD2 - NOW HTC DESIRE HD & SAMSUNG GALAXY S Bring on the modding.
I have a slightly odd requirement, and I wondered if there was any way to fix it:
My carrier has a partnership with a second carrier so we can roam on each others networks for no extra cost.
Where I live, my own carrier only gives me a 2G signal, whereas the other gets 3G. Thing is, I have to physically select the other network. If it's on Automatic, it always "prefers" my own carrier.
This is fine until I'm on the other side of town where the other network gets no signal at all. I then have to manually select my own carrier again!
Is there any way to get it to prefer the other network, or even more ideally, prefer the one that offers the better signal at any given point?
Hi,
a bit of *bump* because I'm struggling with the same issue. I had such option on my previous samsung i780 (oooold) and it worked like a charm.
Currently my mobile operator has 2 roaming partners and if I want to change quickly the preferred order (because in some location it might have better coverage but only there and only for a while) I wold have to switch simcard to the old phone...
Isn't there at even a separate aplication to do that? Does andorid API allow such modification?
Glad I'm not the only one!
Interesting you mention an app to do it... i've not looked actually. If an app can access the list of networks and actually set the phone to use one, then I guess it would be possible. I'll check it out...
to the best of my understanding this is somewhat network option/setting and when suggesting an app I was thinging abount some way to read this setting, modify it and then save/send back to network. It would be a matter of access to the network settings from the API and knowledge how to operate it....
Still investigating this. Looks like the stuff to access the list of networks is in some internal APIs, so a little harder to access. I'll post back when I learn more...
Hey I hope you guys can figure this out have you tried the *#*#4636#*#* command and changed the radio? This will select the most preferred network.. e.g. I'm with Telstra in Australia, the stock radio defaults to 2100MHz but Telstra's HSPA+ is 850Mhz.. so I have to switch to AUS2 radio so it defaults to that every time.
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@Simmo3D
It's not about the radio band but about the service provider itself.
For some odd reason I can still get SMS and Calls but I cannot connect to the internet except through Wifi. I noticed while on the play store that I don't have a Carrier[1] even though i'm obviously registered with Verizon Wireless.
I attempted to find the APN settings although CloudyG3 Completely re-arranged the network settings and I can't find it. I found something similar[2] under the mobile networks[3] tab (Settings> Tethering & Networks> Mobile Networks> Network Mode) but i'm not sure too if that is APN or not. (If someone knows please let me know)
I had Full LTE connection available yesterday before I flashed CloudyG3. I also had this problem when I attempted to flash Jasmine 7.0 and failed. My friend fixed it by doing something with the location services but I'm not sure what it was.
Network settings[4]
TL;DR LTE is not activated, can still send SMS and Voice Call. Phone is not registered under a carrier.
Enable Data Roaming and see if that works.
Tried that, nothing
Thanks for the suggestion
I'm on EE UK but the preferred network type setting doesn't appear to be present in SIM options?
It appears that some providers suck hard and don't want to allow you to switch networks. That's not a phone thing-y, it's a provider thing-y. Which means that your phone will of course still change networks, but only if the "higher" one is not available, ergo your phone will only connect to 4G, if 5G is not available - if the 5G connection is bad, that will probably cause problems for you, because your phone will probably not want to connect to 4G automatically.
I can easily switch preferred network types
Settings -> Network & Speed -> SIMs -> (scroll down, between 4G Calling & Carrier settings version) -> Preferred network type (5G, 4G, 3G, 2G).
It that's not available, your network carrier sucks. No more to say here.
I'd suggest you either switch providers, or contact your provider to see if they are willing to change this. It's definitely on their end, cuz people like me can change the settings easily.
cd993 said:
I'm on EE UK but the preferred network type setting doesn't appear to be present in SIM options?
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You may be able to change preferred network type with *#*#4636#*#* dialer code.
cd993 said:
I'm on EE UK but the preferred network type setting doesn't appear to be present in SIM options?
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EE (& BT Mobile) hide the menu.
Morgrain said:
It appears that some providers suck hard and don't want to allow you to switch networks. That's not a phone thing-y, it's a provider thing-y. Which means that your phone will of course still change networks, but only if the "higher" one is not available, ergo your phone will only connect to 4G, if 5G is not available - if the 5G connection is bad, that will probably cause problems for you, because your phone will probably not want to connect to 4G automatically.
I can easily switch preferred network types
Settings -> Network & Speed -> SIMs -> (scroll down, between 4G Calling & Carrier settings version) -> Preferred network type (5G, 4G, 3G, 2G).
It that's not available, your network carrier sucks. No more to say here.
I'd suggest you either switch providers, or contact your provider to see if they are willing to change this. It's definitely on their end, cuz people like me can change the settings easily.
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Or you could just make sure Adaptive Connectivity is enabled and not worry about it.
You would have to drag me away from EE (BT Mobile) screaming and kicking given the coverage and speeds they have, to say they suck over one menu option missing is absolutely laughable.
cd993 said:
I'm on EE UK but the preferred network type setting doesn't appear to be present in SIM options?
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When the Note 20 first came out a lot of carriers wouldn't let you change network type but there's an app in the play store that was working on the notes.
Force 4G/5G Only - Apps on Google Play
Lock your phone to 4G/5G mode or VoLTE network
play.google.com
ggrant3876 said:
When the Note 20 first came out a lot of carriers wouldn't let you change network type but there's an app in the play store that was working on the notes.
Force 4G/5G Only - Apps on Google Play
Lock your phone to 4G/5G mode or VoLTE network
play.google.com
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Crashes or alternately just disappeared for me when I click on the first option "4G LTE with only one SIM". Reported the crash. Thanks, though. Maybe they'll update it.
An alternative to the dialer code is to boot into safe mode, and the preferred network type setting will appear in: Settings -> Network & internet -> SIMs between Data warning & limit and Carrier settings version (at least it does on my Google Fi Pixel 6 Pro).