[dxbsam]

Im on BIS and currently roaming, since yesterday (all was ok before) im experiencing some wierd things....im disconnected from EDGE and can only see either edge or GSM....i thought it was the 4.5 crashing or something.....i downgraded and.....well...same thing.....any ideas?

PS: i have an international BIS plan that includes roaming, so its not plan related.

[cmguerra77]

TRy a battery pull. That has worked for me in thw past.

[dxbsam]

did that :( nothing....

[Concept]

You didn't give too many details but it might be a carrier problem. When I had my pearl while I was in Iraq all I could get was GSM. Then when I was transitioning through Kuwait it would switch from EDGE/edge/GPRS quite often. Whenever I would get edge, I'd just do a alt+caps+delete (reset) and hope for the best when it restarted. Sometimes I'd jump to a new tower sometimes I wouldn't. I'd just wait it out and an hour or so later, EDGE would come back.

[dxbsam]

well that is exactly what is happening to me but after 2 hours it came back to normal.....but the wierd thing is that i did not move an icnh

[ricpac]

That'd probably be a carrier issue.

[swankestlemon]

Wirelessly posted

What's the difference between edge and EDGE?

[Sith_Apprentice]

edge - no connection to RIM
EDGE - connection to RIM

[dxbsam]

ok its so wiered....it happened again to day at the same time as yesterday and back to normal at exactly the same time.....any creative ideas?? lol ?

[strike2tamu]

Originally Posted by Sith_Apprentice

edge - no connection to RIM
EDGE - connection to RIM

I did not know this, what does it mean really, anything different about being and not being connected to RIM?

[Sith_Apprentice]

yes, edge - no push services (email, or data) or RIM data (regular browser) you have to use the carrier APN/TCP settings and then a third party browser.

Basically the difference between a handheld organizer and a blackberry.

[strike2tamu]

Good to know, thanks.

[Sith_Apprentice]

no problem

[dxbsam]

any ideas for my issue? :( pleaseeeee

[Sith_Apprentice]

call your carrier (whoever you are roaming on) that has to be a network related issue where you are. that or it could be the provisioning on the phone

[The BlackBerry Kid]

you have to have EDGE (in caps)

[dxbsam]

Originally Posted by Sith_Apprentice

call your carrier (whoever you are roaming on) that has to be a network related issue where you are. that or it could be the provisioning on the phone

what do u mean by provisioning on the phone?

[nrivas]

You can try registering your Blackberry again with RIM (unfortunately this requires you have an upper EDGE available):

Goto Options...Advanced Options...Host Routing Table
Click on Menu key...Select Register Now

If this happens all too often then I would call Tmo support.