MrGreg

Update: Sorry, I don't visit this thread very often. Please check out the Roam Control website for newer info.

***Requires Root Access***

Roam Control allows you to force roaming on your CDMA cell phone. Supports HTC and Samsung phones, geared towards Sprint users.

Note that Samsung phones may not be able to find roaming service in certain parts of the country. I wouldn't call this a defect in the app, rather than a limitation based on the internal Samsung code.

Version 1.5
* Now includes a plugin compatible with Locale and Tasker

Notes:
* Requires root access. No way around this right now, sorry.
* If you navigate to the Android settings page where you choose a roaming mode, you will probably lose the "roam only" setting and it will default back to "home only".
* Please be aware of how your cell phone plan works with roaming. I am not responsible for anything that happens with this app.

Roam Control - Android app on AppBrain



IF YOU HAVE ISSUES, PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH THE FOLLOWING INFO:
- Type of phone
- Are you rooted?
- Which ROM you are using (name and version please)
- Logcat (main buffer)
- Contents of the log file (available in the About tab)

Last edited by MrGreg; January 18th, 2011 at 10:53 PM.

jbig224

Thank you so much it does work.....
Does data roam in 3g or 1x?

MrGreg

This app puts your phone in a "roam only" mode, so it's however your carrier's roaming agreements are defined. For Sprint, it will roam in 1x.

In my experience, it is more reliable and has no side effects when compared to the PRL hack to get 3g roaming.

I'm glad it works for you. What phone/ROM are you running?

Last edited by MrGreg; August 30th, 2010 at 03:23 PM.

jbig224

EVO. Yeah thats okay about the roaming at 1x just happy to have a choice once again at my house where I get horrible sprint coverage.

silliybilly

Awesome! I will buy this app as soon as I feel comfortable rooting my EVO. Or as soon as an easy root tool comes out for 2.2! I hope this works because you could have a hit on your hands! Thanks.

johnson8c

Does it work for the all new Epic 4G?
How to do it after rooted?

reefer

I just rooted my epic 4g and tried it. It seems to have no effect. I chose the reboot option and roam. After the reboot, it still connected to the sprint 3g services.

MrGreg

Expect an update within the next week which will support the Samsung Moment and Epic 4G. Thanks for being patient!!

fraztn

how do you root the epic? I desperately need the application to force roam.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mustachio

I just bought Roam Control, now I'd like to know how to use it. I see buttons for Automatic, Home, and Roam. Please explain what the buttons do. Also, is there a user guide? Or even a website?

Like others here I get crappy Sprint signal strength here at home, so I want to use a Verizon tower to see if that improves things. (My Time Without Signal is usually above 90% and it kills my battery.)

Thanks!

Mustachio

Also, how do I know if it's working? Is there a data/information screen that I can display to verify this?

MrGreg

OK, thanks everyone for being patient. I had some family stuff going on this past week and wasn't able to spend much time on this.

Right now, I have an "internal" build that will force roam on an Epic, but it's not consistent yet. It still needs a little bit of work. Hopefully in a couple of days...

silliybilly

This is a very easy app to use. You are over thinking things. If you want to roam, press the "Roam Only" button! Wait a few seconds and you should see a triangle above the signal bars. That means you are now "Roaming" on a different carrier. Home means Sprint service only. And Automatic is probably what you have now. It will always look for and hold onto Sprint towers before switching over to Roaming when no Sprint service can be found.
You need Root access for this app to work and there are some issues with Samsung phones right now.

Matt -- HB Cali

Works with unrEVOked3 on an EVO w/2.1 but I am getting an error when I attempt to send a text. I get a text from 9230 stating the message could not be delivered due to a network setup error. Then it tells me to call customer care and lists error 2112. I'm assuming it's due to unrevoked3 not being a full root. Will have to fully root and then try it again.

Quicksand Jesus

Waiting with my Moment in hand.....

Matt -- HB Cali

Tried it again today from work. Didn't get the error messages this time, texts actually went through, but my phone started to bog down seriously. Had to restart. Must be unrEVOked3.

silliybilly

MrGreg, thank you for making this app! Question for you, will this app only allow 1X data roaming with Sprint? The reason I ask is because in my area, Sprint has a 3G roaming agreement with US Cellular. When I travel in a USCC area(no Sprint), my EVO will allow 3G data roaming. But when I force roaming using your app, its only 1X. Is this something that can be addressed in future builds of your app? Thanks again. Its great to be able to force my EVO onto USCC where I know Sprint is weak. FYI, I'm running stock Froyo from Sprint.

MrGreg

Sorry for the extended absence. There is a bug going around and you know how that is. I have a version that appears to be working consistently with the Moment. I'm hoping to do a release tonight, otherwise very soon.

Hmm, that's interesting. All I'm doing is changing the mode to "roam only", and then the phone takes over from there. I'm assuming that it just follows the PRL and roaming agreements, but maybe there is something else going on here. I'll have to think about it.

silliybilly

Thanks Mrgreg. I'll help you out with more info, there is a USCC tower about a 1/4 mile from my work parking lot. I have a clear line of site to the tower. When I force my EVO into roam with your app, I get the roaming triangle above the signal bars and the 3G indicator is still present. But when I run a speed test or try using a data app, the data speeds are slower than slow. Maybe USCC was having problems yesterday when I was playing around. I will try again later today using the same tower. Thanks for listening and I hope you are feeling better!

silliybilly

Ok, I played around with your app while on break. My data is still very slow when I force my EVO into roam using Roam Control. I drove to an area where Sprint has no service. My phone went into Roam on its own and the data speeds were very 3G-ish! I then used your app to force roam and data went from fast to slow. Very strange. Calls and texts work just fine when using your app. I ran a speed test using the phone's browser while forced roam, and the ISP was ID'd as Sprint PCS. But phone calls are going through on USCC's network. Very strange...

MrGreg

I updated the app to version 1.1 to include support for Samsung phones. Please let me know whether or not it is working for you. I have very limited access to Samsung phones. Thanks!!

nathan909

I just installed new version for my rooted Samsung Epic. "roam Only" had no effect on phone ever after reboot.

MrGreg

Probably the busybox thing...check out the next release if you don't want to deal with that. I'm hoping to spend some time on it tonight after work/family.

MrGreg

OK, I made an update to v1.2 which will affect all Samsung users. Please report any issues to my email address (see the "about" tab in the app). Thanks!

Dantedrac

Hey man thanks for all the hard work. Just bought you app tonight in hopes of having the Epic4g working 100% in the future. Rooted with noobl's 1.30 kernel and the stock busybox that titanium backup installs (1.16.0) your app does not work.

How ever when I installed BusyBox from the market and it updated my busybox to version 1.17.0 your application just nukes the signal/radio when I hit the Roam Only button. I lost all radio signal completely. I can not really duplicate this bug though. I rebooted a few times and now I can freely switch between Roam and Automatic with out rebooting.

Heh at any rate cheers for making this app man, I appreciate it.

(BTW all this occured with me running the latest Epic4g update DI07)

Edit: This was with v1.1

MrGreg

Hopefully v1.2 will work for you. No one should need to mess around with this stuff, the whole idea is the app should just work.

silliybilly

I was able to confirm that my data connection is CDMA 1X while using this app. I dialed ##33284#, pressed "configuration", and the 1st line "Technology" said CDMA-1X. Dialing the same code while roaming naturally (ie: without Roam Control), it said CDMA-EvDo rev A. Hope this info can help if/when you look into this "problem". Thanks.

Dantedrac

Update works great for me. No need to change busybox version or any of that mess. Thanks man.

joaor111

Im not able to find that app on the market
i been trying for 4 days can someone help. i tried market and app brain with no luck i get the message "the request item could not be found"
im using flipz rom thanks

thekarens

The QR code is in the first post. Use that.

joaor111

Even with the QR i get "the request item could not be found" from market
i dont know what to do i really need that app

MrGreg

It's a protected app right now, so it's probably one of those issues where protected apps don't show up in the market. Check around with google and let me know what you find.

Quicksand Jesus

Wow, now my Moment kicks butt!!! I've been wanting this app since day 1. Does EXACTLY what I wanted! Thanks MrGreg!!!

MrGreg

I just wanted to give a quick thanks to supporters. Some guy ripped off the app and is trying to sell it on his own. I'd recommend not using that version.

Dantedrac

Sorry to hear that MrGreg, if you don't mind I am going to spread the word about your app across various forums?

MrGreg

Of course you can, I really appreciate it too. I'm sure there are lots of people in need.

In the meantime, I'm playing around with some ideas and will hopefully come up with some improvements and/or new features for the app.

artgirl1

It doesn't work on my phone -

MrGreg

Do you get an error message? Are you rooted?

Can you email me? It might be easier to communicate that way.

Last edited by MrGreg; September 22nd, 2010 at 07:01 PM.

juanchos

Not working in my samsung moment using meatkernel v2.

juanchos

where can I find the /data/data/com.vuvuzela.roamcontrol/files/rchelper.log

crono6664

I keep getting an error message.

"Error: could not determine pid"

I have the Samsung Intercept & Sprint service.

MrGreg

See my emails.

WeirdEd

im getting those same pid errors send me an email about it samsung intercept

Barky5

Same error message for me.

"Error: could not determine pid"

I have the Samsung Intercept & Sprint service.

MrGreg

This generally means your phone is not rooted.

I honestly don't know much about the Intercept, so I'd recommend to start reading through this forum:
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/intercept-development/

If you are able to root your phone, I'm sure people would appreciate it if you shared how you did it!

Last edited by MrGreg; September 23rd, 2010 at 04:14 PM.

juanchos

What rom are you using?

artgirl1

Yes, I got the same: "error: could not determine pid"
I have a Samsung Epic. I guess I am rooted, I did everything to get rooted and the app downloaded onto my phone.

MrGreg

Can you download "Android Terminal Emulator" from the market? When you open it, you should see a "$" prompt. Type "su" and hit enter/return. Is it showing a "#" prompt now, or did it give you an error?

MrGreg

I released version 1.3 to the market. You shouldn't really notice any differences. Since the app is no longer protected, let me know if you have issues upgrading.

juanchos

Version 1.3 still does not work in my samsung moment usig:
basbrand version: s-m900.8.os.d106
kernel version: 2.6.29
build: meatkernel v2 sdx-developers