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Apparently there is no way to defeat voice roaming on this phone. When I get near Mexico which I do 3 or 4 times a month I have to turn the phone off or the more powerful Mexican network hijacks it. At that point any call I make is "international" and billed to me at 1 dollar a minute. I know how to turn off data roaming but from what I have learned this phone was sent out to customers with no way to prevent this kind of hijacking. Anyone have any ideas about how to fix this?

I had no problems with my other phones, just this one. Verizon recommended this phone to me as a replacement for my Droid RAZR MAX which had a defective USB port which, of course, Verizon refused to repair. So, if you don't like having your phone hijacked, stay away from this puppy.

Rgrds-Ross

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halo79

If you enable Roaming alert in Sounds, u will be notified when your picking up roaming towers and just don't use it at that point. Pretty simple, maybe u can find an app that will disable voice roaming which would mean you wouldn't be able to use your phone anyway if it picked up on a roaming tower.

How far are you from the border?

rsalinger

About three miles. I'll try the notification trick, it's better than nothing. What's frustrating is that Verizon does have a tower, the Mexican tower is just stronger so the phone "prefers it" and switches to GSM and there we go with one dollar a minute. I end up there about 3 or 4 times a month. I may just get a non smart phone that can have the feature switched off but I distinctly remember that my old phone didn't evince this behavior.

Rgrds-Ross

Ann154

Would it be cheaper to add a Mexico calling plan feature to your account to cover an roaming charges?

I do wonder if you call customer service and have them block any international roaming on your line.

halo79

Do you have the phone set to Global? U might try setting it to cdma home? Let me find that app that gives you more network options , its called

halo79

Try this app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.andirc.lteonfoff

Verizon_Support

Hi rsalinger,

I understand your predicament! Please ensure that global data is not enabled. Go to settings>more networks>mobile networks>network mode>select LTE/CDMA and test on your next trip to the border. Keep us posted.

AntonioC_VZW

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