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From: sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
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Subject: Re: Is there any disadvantage to roaming in the USA?
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 08:24:25 -0800
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On 1/6/2021 7:52 AM, sms wrote:

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> The Android App that turned off the 1900 MHz radio was called “Roam 
> Control” and was available for some HTC and Samsung phones on Sprint. It 
> pulled off the Android App Store for understandable reasons, likely due 
> to complaints by Sprint.
> 
> You can read about it here: 
> <https://sites.google.com/site/roamcontrol/home> and the archived web 
> page is here: 
> <https://web.archive.org/web/20151212093544/http://www.roamctrl.com/>.
> 
> At the time Sprint was very upset about users that had figured out how 
> to force Verizon roaming by modifying the PRL or by turning off the 1900 
> MHz radio with Roam Control, or by other means. They went so far as 
> kicking off subscribers that were excessively roaming.

Forgot to mention, there were also custom ROMs for rooted Android phones 
that allowed the phone to be forced into "Roam Only" mode. That's not a 
setting that any phone manufacturer included. "I use a HTC Droid 
Incredible 2 phone that I installed Cyanogenmod 7.2 custom ROM. That ROM 
has the ability to switch to a 'Roam Only' mode. And in my area, it will 
always roam to US Cellular."

Also see 
<https://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g-rooting-roms-hacks/24643-forced-roam-hack-cyanogenmod-nightly-build.html>