There may be another setting somewhere to switch between automatic and manual roaming. Manual roaming option is useful for people who live on fringes of territories of service providers so that they do not roam automatically back and forth unnecessarily and pay extra charges for roaming.
Sanjay Chitnis On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:44 AM, al74 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Something is wrong with your phone or settings. My G1 roamed > automatically with no issues on my latest trip from Boston to Maine. > > > > > > > On Jan 20, 2009, at 1:56 PM, calif1961 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ladies and Gentlemen at Android Dev., > > > I purchased a G1 from T-mobile the day after release.I like the > > > unit. However, it has come to my attention that this is not a cell > > > phone. I am not sure how to categorize it. Every "cell phone' I have > > > owned in the last 10 years has an automatic roaming feature enabling > > > the user to receive calls coast to coast with little interruption. > > > Regardless of carrier, reciprocal agreements exist allowing a T-mobile > > > or At&T , Verizon etc.. customer to roam on other carriers networks > > > thereby creating a virtually seamless mobile communication > > > experience. I have gone into detail in my explanation for the purpose > > > of illustrating that not once in ten years, with different carriers , > > > different cell phone makers and the like, has anyone ever told me to > > > go to my phone settings and manually select a different carrier > > > each time my phone is out of range of a T-mobile cell tower, which > > > happens frequently in metro areas as well as when traveling cross- > > > country. This is entirely unacceptable for a cell phone , it may be > > > acceptable for a laptop whilst > > > sipping a Latte' at the local coffee house , but cannot be workable > > > with a cell phone. BlackBerry phones roam, My wife has one. Not once > > > in our recent visit to Louisiana did my wife notice her phone was > > > without service. My G1 however, was without service for several hours > > > apparently. I missed numerous calls, and would not have noticed > > > but for my wife who was receiving calls from people who could not > > > reach me. No missed calls log, no voicemail notification....no email > > > for several hours because I " neglected" to check my phone every few > > > minutes to see if I needed to manually try and connect to another > > > network because I was out of range of T-Mobile. I challenge any of you > > > to try and use this phone as a primary cell phone while traveling. It > > > is not possible. I have complained to T-Mobile and their official > > > version is that the "phone" is intended to work this way. Can you > > > imagine what will happen when all the fools like me figure out why > > > they are missing their calls? I intend to broadcast this far and wide. > > > This is absolutely irresponsible to represent this as a cell phone. It > > > is not. It cannot be used by grown ups who intend to actually be > > > reached when traveling even a short distance from home. My wife's > > > phone grabs AT&T often inside the city limits of Houston Texas in > > > areas poorly served by T-Mobile. By the way, The official word > > > from G1 support is that this was intended to work this way and that > > > since it was a "Google" software dev. team > > > in charge, we shouldn't expect you guys to understand how cell phones > > > work. I was actually told this by a T-Mobile Supervisor. I was also > > > informed that there will be no patch or fix in the near future. > > > Believe me if this is the case , I will be sure to make lots and lots > > > of noise about this. Fix it or get ready to lose lots of people to > > > unlocked I-phones. I cannot believe you guys didn't do your homework. > > > This is only one of many many many flaws in the design of this thing. > > > I understand some bugs. New software, new platform...I get it. You > > > guys missed the basics, that's just poor quality testing and design. > > > Come on , a cell phone that can't auto select another network when out > > > of range......pleeeeaasse! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
