Is this really the case if you have SELECT AUTOMATICALLY within SETTINGS for AVAILABLE NETWORKS?
I haven't had or even heard of this issue? It's unfathomable to force chronic manual selection of the network as you travel. , Michael Martin http://www.googleandblog.com/ _____ From: Muthu Ramadoss [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Serious design oversight! This can't be true. IF this is true, then G1 we got a problem! take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:30 AM, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
