FWIW, I had problems with the same issue when traveling to NC. T- mobile has service there as they recently acquired SunCom. However, the signal was still showing up as SunCom in some places, and so I had to manually select it in order for my phone to work. Then, when returning to California, I had to manually select T-Mobile again.
Maybe I'm blind, but I can't find an option for manual/auto roaming. There's only the option for using data services while roaming... Anyway, "broadcasting this far and wide" probably isn't the best solution. It is a software issue that should be reported (cordially) to Android devs. As far as getting T-mobile to push out updates and bug fixes... well, maybe some mass complaining might help. I don't think they know how to work with an open source project yet. Their lack of transparency is currently pissing me off... but I suppose that is a discussion for another thread. Sam On Jan 20, 9:50 pm, "Michael Martin - MM Agency" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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+91-9840348914http://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
