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[Touch Pro, Fuze General] darbag:
I asked this in the regular forums and didn't get any helpful response, so I thought I would try here. I'm sure there is something you cookers can come up with. :)

I've searched for an answer on this and couldn't find any. My apologies if I didn't search for the correct thing.

I have an AT&T Fuze that is unlocked (using an EnergyROM) and I am using it on the BELL HSPA network. Everything works fine but the phone thinks it is roaming all the time. It's not, but the phone thinks it is.

This doesn't present much of a problem except with apps that don't allow or always prompt for permission to use data while roaming. I am using custom ROM's and right now the one thing I can't use and would like to is the Twitter tab in Sense 2.5. I can use it on WiFi but over cellular it gives a connection error.

Is there something I can change in my settings or the registry to make my phone realize the Bell HSPA network is the correct network and that it isn't roaming?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
No Help from Bell...

Hi, I am in the exact same situation. I had to search around the settings on Bell WM phones to find the data APN = pda.bell.ca (try and get that info from anyone working for Bell)... :mad:

I have the same "roaming" issue but I only noticed it with the weather tab not using "My Location" in NRG's SenseUI rom. :confused:

I have been trying many different settings and am about to try replacing the manila registry :eek: with NFSFAN's Sense manila registry settings from my CDMA TP (BEST ROM I HAVE EVER USED BY THE WAY).

I just got this new phone because the HSPA network gives better reception than CDMA in some areas I am working right now.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
Still roaming...

I have not had any success yet, but I am looking at how Bell phones differentiate between the multiple networks since they share with Telus.

I am considering trying to get a hold of a Samsung Omnia II from Bell, since it uses WM 6.5.

Bell and Telus use the same equipment, so I am looking to extract some info from the rilphone.dll or whatever it uses to determine if it is roaming or not.

In searching through the forums I have found a number of individuals with this unique problem.

Apparently Bell/Telus use a few different network home settings, and the one to use is not the first one on the list.

A quote from my findings so far - "Technically, 302610 and 302860 are Bell and Telus respectively, and they both use the 302880 network."

If anyone has the ability to extract this info on how the Bell Mobility phone does this, there are a growing number of us that would like a fix for this little issue when using phones from other networks on Bell or Telus.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
Roaming on the Fuze, but with a Bell GT-I8000L to dissect

I have found an interesting CAB file on the Bell Omnia II that changes the data settings on my Fuze, but I have not got it to work yet. It is attached to this post.

Bell has chosen to make the data settings hidden from the user, and this file accomplished that much on my Fuze.

My hope is that maybe someone can look at this file and gain some insight on how Bell settings are different from the rest of the world.

I also have copies of the registry files, but am having a little difficulty uploading them for the moment.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
I'm in the same boat with my AT&T Topaz that I've got running on Bell. Any help on this would be appreciated.

Does anything in Settings->Phone->Network need to be changed when provisioning the phone? Mine only shows 302880 and Rogers as available networks, with 302880 being the preferred.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
302880 is Bell, and I think it could be Telus as well.

I am really hoping that someone smarter than me can look at this file and modify it to work in an HTC phone.

I have only looked at it with Notepad after unzipping the file with 7-Zip, and the xml file puts a bunch of settings into a Samsung folder in the registry.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
My provisioning process...

Here's my provisioning process. Maybe someone can point out something I'm doing wrong:

a) Start->Settings->Connections->Connections->Advanced->Select Networks

b) Click "New"

c) Under "General" enter "Bell Mobility" as name

d) Under "Modem" click "New"

i) Enter "Bell Mobility" as name

ii) Select "Cellular Modem (GPRS, 3G)" under Modem type

iii) Enter "pda.bell.ca" under "Access Point Name"

iv) Leave User/Pwd/Domain blank​

e) Under Proxy Settings:

i) Check "this network connects to the internet"

ii) Check "this network uses a proxy..."

iii) Enter "web.wireless.bell.ca" under "Proxy Server"

f) Under "Network Manager" Select "Bell Mobility" from the drop down under "Programs that automatically connect to the internet should connect using:"​

For MMS, I repeat the process above, replacing "Bell Mobility" with "Bell Mobilty MMS". In the messaging app, I go into "SMS/MMS" and select "MMS Options" from the menu. On the "Servers" tab I enter the following:

a) Server Name: "Bell Mobility MMS"

b) Gateway: <leave blank>

c) Port Number: 80 <this is the default>

d) Server Address: "http://mms.bell.ca/mms/wapenc"

e) Connect via: "Bell Mobility MMS"

f) Send Limit: "300K"

g) WAP Version: "WAP 2.0" <this is the default>

h) Select "Done" to go back to the "Servers" tab

i) Select the "Bell Mobility MMS" entry and click "Set as default".

j) Select OK to close the MMS Options and Reboot/Soft Reset​
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
Link to Bell Samsung Omnia II Registry files

Provisioning looks fine.

This thread is dealing with the roaming issue on Bell Mobility.

I have uploaded the registry files from my Bell Mobility Omnia II for someone to see what can be modified on my Fuze or any other HTC phone for that matter to work on Bell without the roaming symbol.

I noticed a number of unusual items when searching for "302"

Bell Samsung registry files
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
There are quite a few differences under the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr] vs what I have on my hand provisioned phone. I'm tempted to just delete that branch of my registry and reimport this one just to see what would happen along with the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Comm\RasBook] branch. I can always hard reset is there's a problem.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Cellular\RIL] also has some stuff that I don't have.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
I have tried making a copy of the ril.dll file, but it seems to be blocked from copying from the Bell phone. There are also a few rilbubble.dll files and a rilgsm.dll file on the Bell phone.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
I tried importing the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr] and [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Comm\RasBook] branches but it made no difference. In fact I noticed that the phone thinks its roaming before the HSPA connection even comes online. I'm starting to think that this is something to do with the network and not the phone. Is it possible that Bell is monitoring IMEI numbers at the network level and that any IMEI they don't have in their DB they identify as roaming?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
Did you notice that [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\State] has a lot of subdirectories containing "302"?

ie [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\State\RIL\NetID\CS]

"302880"="Bell"

I also wonder about the Samsung directory being full of phone stuff.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\State\SAMSUNG\Phone]

If any of these are being referenced by the ril.dll file or some other file, I cannot even figure out how to copy these files from the phone to dissect.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
Did you try to copy the dll files to the SD card with Total Commander?

Btw, I don't see a [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\State\RIL\NetID\CS] branch in the registry files you posted.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
Sorry, I will upload the registry files before a sim card was inserted later this evening. I thought about that after. I just cleared memory on the Bell phone, and a bunch of registries are not there now. I may have cleared memory with a sim card still in it before.

Yes I have tried Total Commander and a few others, and the files will not be copied. I am ready to try dumping the rom and checking to see what I can.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
I do need to sell this Omnia 2 soon before it starts to lose its value too much.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
I doubt the ril files will make any difference on a HTC anyway. They basically broker the calls between the OS and radio firmware. The HTC radios will be so different they wouldn't do anything anyway.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
Well I have tried importing a number of these settings to the point that other things have dropped off, or changed, but that annoying little roaming symbol remains.

I have an I8000 kitchen, and I am going to dump the ROM from the Omnia2 before I sell it, so I have something to take apart and examine. I don't know how that would interface with an HTC kitchen, but I will keep on trying until I get this.

I believe that Bell would have a program AND some settings in the registry to cause problems for other phones. Just talking with ANY Bell rep about basic internet settings on the HTC shows off their bad attitude and pride, so I would not put anything past them.

Thank you for your help on this codf4ther. I know their is a growing number that would like to see this issue resolved.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
I've been looking at some other threads on howardforums about unlocked phones. Whats interesting is that the NexusOne doesn't seem to show as roaming. Telus Android phones (Milestone) don't show as roaming, but Rogers and Fido Phones do.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
Bell and Telus share the same towers and basic connection, so it seems reasonable that a Telus phone will work fine on Bell. I am tempted to get a Telus SIM and try that theory with this Bell Omnia2, but I have yet to unlock it. I'm looking for the best unlocking price (free would be great since I will be selling it anyway).
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
Telus is explainable, but why wouldn't the Nexus show up as roaming?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] prcme:
Just did a quick search for NexusOne and found that it was designed to be compatible...

"Canada

Two versions of the device are currently offered. Both versions support four GSM radio frequencies (850/900/1800/1900), but the supported 3G/UMTS bands will differ depending on the version selected. When ordering, you'll be able to select either of the following devices:

3G coverage on networks that use the 850 MHz, 1900 MHz, and 2100 MHz frequency bands (recommended for use on AT&T in the US and Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility and TELUS in Canada)"

http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=166507
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
Yeah but both of our phones support 850 & 1900 too, and to my knowledge Bell doesn't support the 2100 band. Maybe Android 2.1 is smart enough to ignore the network telling it that it is roaming if it runs in-network.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
I called into Bell Support on this and they said that the "home" network is set on the phone firmware somewhere and that there's nothing they can do about it. Does anyone out there know how to update this or disable the roaming check completely on Windows Mobile?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] shaevy:
Htc support has no answer to this question neither.

They only tell you to talk to your carrier(?!).
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bobzero:
Same issue here.

Unlocked Fuze on Bell network, shows roaming.

When I put a Fido SIM card into the Fuze it also shows roaming. (But I think that's normal because it hits the Rogers towers?)

Any updates?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Mach2003:
From my OmniaII on Bell, it looks like this regy might be helpfull.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bobzero:
Thanks I'm going to give it a try. Is there an easy way to import all of that into the registry without having to do it manually one by one?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bobzero:
I used CeRegEditor to compare my HTC Fuze's registry and your omnia's registry and there were only a few differences.

I added the different keys and values manually from your rgu file, did a soft reset but my Fuze still thinks it's roaming.

The "networkcontexts" doesn't seem to stick, its default is 1, and when I try to change it to 3, it gets reverted after the soft reset.

Here's what my registry has in that area, see attached below. It has a few extra keys than your omnia.

cheers
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Mach2003:
Is was worth a shot :(

Do you want a copy of my whole registry?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bobzero:
Sure, if it's not too much trouble, it could be of potential use in figuring out this problem.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] BiOs2k:
Hey I'm joining this thread, I have a AT&T Tilt 2 on Bell and got the roaming icon. I,ve try many many thing and no success, I would like to help you.

Is it possible that there is a lock on the Radio rom ?

I'm posting to bring back this thread to live.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bobzero:
I'm reposting my message here as I don't think it's as useful in the mytouch 3G thread:

@bios2k

I searched around to a fairly moderate extent and I have found many people with the same problem, yet I can't find any resolution to this issue.

I'm not even sure where the issue lays. Is it with the hardware/firmware? SIM card? Windows Mobile? Is it the rilphone.dll? or maybe some registry entry. Maybe it's on the Bell network side?

Someone told me they put a Rogers SIM into their Fuze and it didn't show up as roaming, yet when they put a Bell SIM in, it's back to roaming. So what's the difference between Bell and Rogers?

Here's a question for anyone who has this problem, when you boot android does it still show as roaming?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] codf4ther:
My Topaz shows as roaming under Windows and Froyo, so I don't think the issue is at the registry or dll level. My suspicion, is that this roaming flag is sent down to the phone from the network. I'm guess Bell keeps track of their own IMEI numbers, and when it detects a non-Bell IMEI is send "roaming" down through the network (ie we're SOL in terms of ever fixing this properly).
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bobzero:
i had wondered if that is the case. but then people are able to use nexus one, and other unlocked phones with bell without suffering from the incorrect roaming state.

so the exact culperate, once again, is still up in the air...
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bobzero:
I saw this thread at HOFO and wondered if maybe our SIM cards are to blame?

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1683260-New-SIM-card-text-from-Bell

Sure enough, I have a 007 SIM. Could updating to the newer SIMs help us? That would be awesome...

To the folks having the roaming issue, what type of SIM do you have? 007? 009? 010? ect.

To find your SIM card number look at the contact-less side and you should see: BM606xxx
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bobzero:
got one of the new sim cards, but unforunately it did not change anything. any new developments from you guys?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bobzero:
next thing I want to investigate is the possibility of adding our proper configurations to HTC connection setup DB:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=599436

But i don't have time for a few months. Maybe someone else can investigate this?
[HD2 General] Mano75:
Hi there!

Sure it's easy to fix this problem of mine but I just did not find the way.

If I make a call, the screen automatically turns off, that's fine. However, when I call somewhere where I need to dial a few numbers, I tap a button to turn on screen again, however, I haven't been able to find a way to turn it off again.

Yesterday during a call to my ISP where I needed to press 1-3-4, I accidentally hang up the phone call 3 consecutive times with my cheek, just because the screen was not turned off.

Thank you in advance.

Cheers!
[HD2 General] MalekoUK:
I believe it has a proximity sensor, so the screen turns off when its close to sommit. The sensors are top left of the phone. Just try it, and see if it always stays on when you put your hand close to it.
[HD2 General] Mano75:
Hi MalekoUK.

Thanks for your answer. I already tried this and it did not work, this is why my call got hung for 3 consecutive times...:confused:

Is there a Default switch or parameter in the registry to test if this sensor is activated? Another way to test if it works properly?

Cheers!
[HD2 General] MalekoUK:
Well there is a tweak for the proximity sensor in development now, take a look and see if it helps or fixes it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=624206

Maybe you have a faulty prox sensor? Also, maybe a hard reset will fix it?
[HD2 General] Mano75:
It's strange, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

My ROM is an Official 1.48 ESN

No one else has had this issue?

Cheers,
[HD2 General] Mano75:
Well, I'm somehow glad to see I'm not the only one... See Here

Cheers,
[HD2 General] :
someone found a app in my thread check it out :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brios86:
hello there xda i use wireless tether all the time and i just find it a pain having to open the app all the time, is it possible to create a widget, it dosent hve to be fancy it could look like the original app icon just be a widget?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoder:
Even easier would be to just eliminate the "press here to start tethering" screen -- just activate it and self terminate.

No need to go to the extreme of making a memory munching widget when all you need is a button!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klyentel:
:cool:the widget is a good idea, but would be memory consuming, i prefer a simple option in settings or spare parts, you can always use any cut to create a shortcut to the homescreen from it. But I got the app on home screen so its really not much trouble just few extra clicks....automatic enable/disable, or one button access would be nice though
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brios86:
thank you, i will try better cut...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brios86:
better cut doesn't seem to have to option
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dphase:
Tested, works, and works well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=639662
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] darchstar:
Ya, I saw that before I released the update and was thinking of putting it in, it just didn't look genuine enough and I also like the transparency. Lol
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ImmortalLuD:
Seems to be a fab that dies quickly... Too slow, I'll pass!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Street_Knowledge:
anyone feel like putting together a flashable zip?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] david279:
I tried it. Slows my down some.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] irishman06:
The transparency bugs me, but I'd be OK if we didn't have the 3D effect. Probably a bit quicker too, if we could get that :).
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Gregalous:
I'd love to have no transparency with the same speed as the current launcher. Does anyone know how to do this? I just looked through both .apk's and all the images in each are identical, so my guess is that it has to be a change in one of the .xml files. I just don't know which, nor do I know if you can port the transparency without the 3D effect.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ortholithos:
Hello -

Having had my 1.76 Hero unlocked (£20) to allow vodafone use, it now has to go into HTC to repair a broken g-sensor. It will come back locked to t-mobile again, with upgraded t-mobile ROM.

I intend to replace the Rom anyway, with Modaco custom ROM.

So do I need to unlock it all over again (I don't have a t-mobile sim card), or is there a way to go directly to the ROM flashing?

thanks,

alex
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsmonkey:
Do you have the option to input an unlock code?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokies:
Edit: A recovery can be found at bottom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anarchyuk:
why would he need a gold card for a network lock? he needs a nck code to unlock it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokies:
Edit: Just trying to help. Sorry for my poor english and knowledge.

I myself never tried a gold card before so I'm not sure how it work. I'll have a look at everything I'm going to mention next time.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anarchyuk:
He isn't asking about rooting, instead of spamming every post in the forum with answers maybe just dont assume he wants something he didnt ask for?

you have even contradicted your post saying he needs a gold card in the last post!

recovery image with a rooted rom using http://android.modaco.com/content/h...ng-the-patched-recovery-image-on-your-device/
[Hero CDMA General] grifforama:
Anyone else have this ?

My homescreen consists of Beautiful Small Home, Audiomanager Small, couple of other smaller Beautiful Widgets, and SD Card and Internal Memory Widgets.

On other screens I have Facebook and messages widget.

My question is this.

On a reboot, when everything appears to have loaded, my homescreen still has blank entries for most of the widgets, unless I swipe to another screen and back again, and then they refresh.

Why does it do this ?
[Hero CDMA General] swears11:
+1

I have this issue as well. Doesn't seem to happen when sense is disabled.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] graphic914:
I have the sprint vogue that I ran Android 1.5 from my sd card with sprint network. I updated to eclair on the sd card but find my phone says T-Mobile, don't think its a big deal.When I was running 1.5 I was able to find apps like pandora to down load, know on t-mobile network and eclair a lot of apps are missing? Is their a way to unlock the market.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] skipbarker:
You need market enabler. :)

http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/

Edit: This pretty much just adds paid apps.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] cp0020:
I don't know if that will work cause he was able to download Pandora before and that's a free app, market enabler just to gives you paid apps
[Touch CDMA Android Development] skipbarker:
My bad. I misunderstood. :o
[Touch CDMA Android Development] PaceyWhitter:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=628353

Read #5
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jnadke:
It's a problem with the Android SDK.

Starting with 1.6, Google introduced screen sizes: Small, Medium, and Large. Our devices have Small Screens (along with the HTC Tattoo). The G1/Dream has a Medium screen, and the Droid/Nexus a Large screen.

The problem is the SDK defaults to Medium and Large screens. It's up to the application developer to test the application for Small screens and proactively add the indicator for Small screen support.

Most developers never bother to indicate the app can run on Small screens, so it gets excluded from your view.

I'm not sure if the small screen thing is linked to the /data or your Google user account. If I knew which, I'd figure out some way to spoof it, so we can get the full market on small screens. If it's on the /data somewhere, then that's a much easier fix.

The fact that clearing your /data and booting up a 480x320 fixes it, seems to indicate it's a value in the /data. It'd be interesting to do a dump of two /data directories with only the market resolution changed and see how they differ on a binary level. Then perhaps we can add a patch to the menu of NoMoRootfs (or a patch that's applied every bootup... or lock down the file that's modified).

If it's on the account, then either you'd have to intercept the Market App's data packet that indicates screen size and modify it proactively, or you'd have to change parts of the SDK to report the screen size as larger than it really is (this would be hard to do because apps use that interface too... you'd have to be able to detect if the request is coming from the Market App).
[Touch CDMA Android Development] myn:
That is a great idea.

Do you have the capacity to perform the differential on the two directories?

I have deodexed the 1.6 Vending.apk and can post the source for everyone to review. I think the more eyes on this the better.

The only reason I run 320x480 is because I want a full market 100% of the time.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] graphic914:
All is working, I used the link that PacyWhitter gave, followed Tatnai directions and know have full market!!!