An electronic device, comprising: a radio circuit that is adapted to establish wireless communications over a connection with a network, the radio circuit is adapted to support communications over plural supported radio frequency bands; and a control circuit that is adapted to control the electronic device to carry out a full band scan by scanning the supported radio frequency bands in a prioritized scan order, wherein the prioritized scan order comprises all bands that are supported by the electronic device, wherein the control circuit is adapted to determine the prioritized scan order for the full band scan by executing logic to: ascertain a locally-stored location value; and prioritize the order of the supported radio frequency bands, characterized by the control circuit being further adapted to: use the locally-stored location value to determine a region of the world in which a subscriber identity module card associated with the electronic device has its home public land mobile network (PLMN); identify bands most commonly used by PLMNs in the determined region and supported by the electronic device and associated with the locally-stored location value from a data structure stored by the electronic device, and place the identified bands at the beginning of the prioritized scan order and other supported radio frequency bands following the identified associated bands in the prioritized scan order. a radio circuit that is adapted to establish wireless communications over a connection with a network, the radio circuit is adapted to support communications over plural supported radio frequency bands; and a control circuit that is adapted to control the electronic device to carry out a full band scan by scanning the supported radio frequency bands in a prioritized scan order, wherein the prioritized scan order comprises all bands that are supported by the electronic device, wherein the control circuit is adapted to determine the prioritized scan order for the full band scan by executing logic to: ascertain a locally-stored location value; and prioritize the order of the supported radio frequency bands, characterized by the control circuit being further adapted to: use the locally-stored location value to determine a region of the world in which a subscriber identity module card associated with the electronic device has its home public land mobile network (PLMN); identify bands most commonly used by PLMNs in the determined region and supported by the electronic device and associated with the locally-stored location value from a data structure stored by the electronic device, and place the identified bands at the beginning of the prioritized scan order and other supported radio frequency bands following the identified associated bands in the prioritized scan order. ascertain a locally-stored location value; and prioritize the order of the supported radio frequency bands, characterized by the control circuit being further adapted to: use the locally-stored location value to determine a region of the world in which a subscriber identity module card associated with the electronic device has its home public land mobile network (PLMN); identify bands most commonly used by PLMNs in the determined region and supported by the electronic device and associated with the locally-stored location value from a data structure stored by the electronic device, and place the identified bands at the beginning of the prioritized scan order and other supported radio frequency bands following the identified associated bands in the prioritized scan order. use the locally-stored location value to determine a region of the world in which a subscriber identity module card associated with the electronic device has its home public land mobile network (PLMN); identify bands most commonly used by PLMNs in the determined region and supported by the electronic device and associated with the locally-stored location value from a data structure stored by the electronic device, and place the identified bands at the beginning of the prioritized scan order and other supported radio frequency bands following the identified associated bands in the prioritized scan order.