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Old Feb 11, 2015, 6:06 pm
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unmesh
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Jose, CA
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Originally Posted by NickP 1K
Umesh, thanks for the update. I'm bringing up the Smartone HK roaming issue to T-Mobile folks I've worked with on roaming issues. The way I've gotten it to work more reliably is:

Set phone (if you can) to 2G only: connect to Smartone; verify you have GPRS data (if not ensure you are using fast.t-mobile.com as APN)

Once on Smartone, set phone back to 3G/Auto. I tested this two weeks ago in HK when also seeing similar issues.

On Malaysia (I'm there end of the month) I've not tracked latest on roaming carriers there; if you can comment back once there on who is working for roaming for you it would be helpful for the Wiki.
I'm getting HSPA on the MY MAXIS network in Penang, Malaysia. None of the other networks would connect.

I will be transiting via Hong Kong tomorrow and will try the Smartone trick in the interests of science

Added: Could not get a network connection on Smartone with the phone in GSM mode or LTE/HSPA mode

Last edited by unmesh; Feb 13, 2015 at 1:56 pm Reason: Added postscript
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