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[Q] National roaming on Bulletproof MIUI?

as the titles says, is there any way to turn on national roaming on Bulletproof MIUI?
Thanks

I have this option on my rom (meXDroid), and I don't even know what National Roaming is! So I turn it off xD

Haha i didn't know either until i needed it xD is your rom a mexican version of MIUI?

I'm using meXdroid. What DOES it do anyway?? I just keep it off..the word ROAM scares the crap out of me, roaming charges and all...

i thought that too! but it's just an option that makes data enabled on a carriers "borrowed" cell towers. my carrier (3 Denmark) has only 3g cell towers, so they need to borrow towers from other carriers, when there's a poor reception. that means when im in my home country and i get out of range from the 3g towers, i can't use data (i think you understand my problem) that's why i need it

That's what I thought at first, but couldn't find anything on it on Google. I guess I'll turn it on then haha...

Never in my life heard of "national roaming" but you can turn on ROAMING. Settings, system, mobile network, press roaming.
Just beware you do get charged for roaming, and its usually a decent amount of scratch.
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you are completely right that i am going to be charged if i turn on roaming and leaves the country! but it's actually really important for me to turn on national roaming, otherwise my mobilephone thinks im roaming in my home country, in low reception areas. it's a little thing called MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) and it works just as i stated above

bump. anyone?

I told you how. If that doesn't work there is no other way of doing it
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[Q] Question about 3G service(AT&T)

Hey I've been looking for an answer for about an hour and people don't seem to understand what I mean; What 3G service does AT&T use?
e.g. - EVDO, EVDV, RTT, CDMA, etc.
I'm only wondering because Sprint service is non-existent here in Dallas and I'm planning on switching to them and grabbing a Galaxy Note or something else that can actually receive signal through a small, plywood, house.
Okay the house isn't "plywood" but it IS extremely thin wood and dry wall with no bricks so I'm wondering why I never have cell phone or 3G and especially no 4G anywhere in my entire city.(Grand Prairie)
I've walked here and there from one side of the city to another and I only got 4G with 1 bar in a few random locations like the baseball field and at the grocery store. 3G was here and there but I received signal and then it would drop off like it was never there. Cell phone reception is 1-2 bars consistently.
I know it's not my phone that's the issue because they sent me an Airvana and now I have phone signal and 3G but it's nothing to write home about.
Also my wife's Epic 4G is in the exact same position with no 3G, 4G, etc.
Any advice? I will have to pay them $350 for the etf, which I don't have, as well as the $110 for the bill, which I actually don't have either...
Help?

Hspa I believe. Someone correct me if I'm wrong
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Exactly whereabouts in Dallas are you getting such a bad signal? I live in Valley Ranch and get 3-4 bars of 4G. I work close to I-635 and the Dallas North Tollway and get full bars of 4G there. So far I haven't found anyplace in the Metroplex where I don't get at least a decent 4G signal.

Edge is 2g, HSPA is 3g, and HSPA+ is 4g.
/*edit- If the coverage map shows you have no service at your house, you can push to get the ETF waived. Just call Customer Service until you get someone to help with that. But, be aware if you do so, you will not be able to re-start your service for ~12-18 months if you choose to come back.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Edge is 2g, HSPA is 3g, and HSPA+ is 4g.
/*edit- If the coverage map shows you have no service at your house, you can push to get the ETF waived. Just call Customer Service until you get someone to help with that. But, be aware if you do so, you will not be able to re-start your service for ~12-18 months if you choose to come back.
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Everyone in metroplex should prepare to start losing 3g service as the LTE rollout is beginning, San Antonio is seeing that now, however if you're having trouble with 4G, especially in the DFW area, that's a phone issue, yes possible with both of the phones, but I would definitely check service map first, especially if you're planning to leave Sprint and watch your cell phone bill skyrocket any where else, as well consider that soon unlimited data will be gone, but those currently on Sprint service at that time, will not lose that service
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Edge is 2g, HSPA is 3g, and HSPA+ is 4g.
/*edit- If the coverage map shows you have no service at your house, you can push to get the ETF waived. Just call Customer Service until you get someone to help with that. But, be aware if you do so, you will not be able to re-start your service for ~12-18 months if you choose to come back.
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EDGE is 2G, UMTS is 3G, HSPA and HSPA+ are 4G under the rewritten standards.
Fixed

Atts 4g *not lte* is only 3.5G lol hspa+
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(Q) about how roaming works.

So I've been using one of the Verizon prl files for a while and today I flipped back to Sprint to see if any of these tower upgrades made a difference. One thing I noticed is that sitting in the train station I have 0 signal on Sprint. X inside of the bars and everything. After 15 minutes of no service the phone still wouldn't flip itself into roaming so I flashed a Verizon prl again and had full bars including almost 1meg on a real quick speed test. I guess what I'm wondering is why wouldn't the phone switch to roaming when it had no service, not just bad service, and there was a super strong Verizon signal available? And yes I have roaming set to automatic.
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Preferred Roaming List is what PRL is and this is a defined list of towers the phone is allowed to use. When you have a Verizon one this allows for use of the obvious. That's why when on a sprint one you won't get service in an area with terrible Sprint coverage.
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Right, that I understand. What I don't understand is why when I'm on the most current sprint prl my phone won't roam when I have NO Sprint signal, even though there is a strong VZW signal available. I always figured if it's week they leave you on Sprint because they don't want you roaming, but if there is absolutely no sprint connection at all shouldn't it switch and roam?
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Because it is cheaper for them if you have no signal for a small period of time than if you are roaming.
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"Roaming"?

I got my Sprint GS3 a few days ago, and noticed even before I rooted and flashed FreeGS3 that my phone occasionally warns me that I'm roaming (and displays a small triangle by its signal bars) when I'm in certain parts of my house that have bad cell service. Is this some kind of bug or am I going to be charged for roaming?? If it's the latter can someone confirm exactly which boxes to check under Roaming to simply deny me cell service rather than have me get charged extra for accessing a separate network?
Thanks!
EDIT: I guess if I change "Roaming network" to "Sprint only" it won't let the phone roam. The follow-up question is still then whether or not domestic roaming costs anything and if not whether or not there's a reason to keep it off.

Domestic roaming is included in your plan. They will not charge you for any data or voice you use during roaming. However, if you use excessive roaming data or minutes, sprint will boot you off their network. By the way, when you roam, you're connected to Verizon's network.
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As mentioned, you can roam at no extra cost... but the "roaming alert" does get really obnoxious. I have several dead zones inside my house and I hate when the notification pops up, particularly if I'm on wi-fi and not even doing anything on the phone that would use the cellular network.

Ascertion said:
Domestic roaming is included in your plan. They will not charge you for any data or voice you use during roaming. However, if you use excessive roaming data or minutes, sprint will boot you off their network. By the way, when you roam, you're connected to Verizon's network.
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Ah alright. I was messing with the Roaming settings to try and get the roaming alert thing to stop bothering me but I couldn't figure it out. I had domestic roaming guard off, network set to automatic, and the domestic roaming boxes checked for voice and data. Anything else I should be doing?

advancedbasic said:
Ah alright. I was messing with the Roaming settings to try and get the roaming alert thing to stop bothering me but I couldn't figure it out. I had domestic roaming guard off, network set to automatic, and the domestic roaming boxes checked for voice and data. Anything else I should be doing?
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Bug the hell out of sprint... Why should any of us be "roaming" So much to begin with. Seriously, I would (and I personally have done this) call them and complain about how much roaming you "do"... That way you are on record whenever their roaming dept. calls you to bust your chops about roaming data usage. Just my 2 cents...
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International raoming warning popping up in New York

Im in New York State and sometimes I will start roaming and if I go to send a message it will say you are international roaming, additional charges apply. Then it gives me a choice to send anyway, cancel, and resend when in a domestic network or something like that. Why does the phone think I am international roaming? I had this same issue on my old Samsung Moment and i was charged some crazy price that sprint ended up removing. But how am i international roaming? I have roaming set to automatic because where i work i go in and out of sprints towers. Under Roaming settings I have international voice and data unchecked. I was also getting this message when I would try to use data.
Anyone have any clue?

Upstate new york? Like rochester? It must think your in canada or something. Or Maybe the towers your roaming to are under canadian license.

Yupp exactly rochester!!! I remeber when I had the Samsung Moment the GPS in that phone was aweful and had me in some place in chine when I would open maps. Not sure how I could be roaming in a canadian tower unless its coming over lake ontario which in my case would be well over 50 miles lol

I get this all the time too, and no, I'm no where near a border. Also, I cannot roam - data stays off, and voice calls go straight to Verizon saying I can't use their network unless I pay.

I was getting this in Virginia yesterday. Last time I checked, Virginia was nowhere near any international cell towers.
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ive been getting this in nyc, staten island since the day i got the note II

I am in my basement and I get international roaming in Queens. ....
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i think sprint is having trouble with its towers..somehow verizon knows this and they are trying to bilk people however they can..i asked a sprint manager today why verizon is asking me for a CC# to complete local roaming calls...the manager said they weren't sure what was going on...

I was internationally roaming in long island ny.
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I got the international roaming warning near St. Louis.
C'mon, man!
Hope I don't see some huge charge for the text I sent to my wife!

I am getting these constantly in the SF Bay Area. I think it relates to LTE rollout and testing because I'm constantly switching from 3G to 4G and I get these warnings whenever that switch happens. Turning off 4G (which isn't launched here yet anyway) makes them stop.

hausman said:
I am getting these constantly in the SF Bay Area. I think it relates to LTE rollout and testing because I'm constantly switching from 3G to 4G and I get these warnings whenever that switch happens. Turning off 4G (which isn't launched here yet anyway) makes them stop.
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My 4G is always off and it still happened. I live on a very unpopulated Island called "Long Island" so there is no reason to turn it on anytime soon.
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jamesey said:
My 4G is always off and it still happened. I live on a very unpopulated Island called "Long Island" so there is no reason to turn it on anytime soon.
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wasn't there a petition from some States few days ago to leave US post election results? )))) That would explain international roaming for sure