Network operator lock - Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
my friend got Moto G few months ago and he lives near border (and traveling to another country for few minutes and then come back to home country) so his phone goes a lot of time in roaming mode. I said to him choice network operator manually and it should fix this, well it didn't (I tried it myself).
I know on android 2.1 this worked just like on old phones. You went to another country and you was without network signal until you came back in home network range, but stupid android 4.3 + wants you to change network operator...
on my CM11 with xperia SP it asked every 30 seconds to change network even if I say I don't want it (very nice when you need GPS navigation in car and stupid android wants you to choice network operator). On moto G with stock rom it is even worse. It changes automatically to roaming even if you choice your network operator manually 10 minutes ago. All I want is lock to home network operator and if the signal is gone..silently wait until my home operator is within range and connect to it.
I have no luck to find solution for now, any apps that can fix this? root for now is not an option, but if there is an app that fix this maybe I will be able to convince him for rooting

so no idea how to do this?

@wolfyy - What model Moto G is this? What version of Android exactly? This feature works as you describe in Stock Motorola Firmware based on my experience. Maybe the Android installation on the phone has become corrupt. A factory reset in Android may fix this, or alternatively it is possible to flash a Factory Firmware Image even with a locked Bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795​
There is also an app called Roaming Control - which appears to allow disabling of calls while Roaming.

I saw roaming control, but it does not do what I want. After factory reset there is still the same problem.
I don't want that I can't call when I am in roaming, but I want that when the phone loses home network for a second (minute...5 minutes) it doesn't connect to roaming but it silently waits for home network.
phone is Moto G (2013)
andoid: 5.0.2
build n.: LXB22.46-28.1

wolfyy said:
I saw roaming control, but it does not do what I want. After factory reset there is still the same problem.
I don't want that I can't call when I am in roaming, but I want that when the phone loses home network for a second (minute...5 minutes) it doesn't connect to roaming but it silently waits for home network.
phone is Moto G (2013)
andoid: 5.0.2
build n.: LXB22.46-28.1
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That is the normal behaviour if you choose: Manual.
Sometimes ROM corruption cannot be repaired by Factory Reset and requires flashing the Factory firmware Image and wiping of Internal Storage.
See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795

Ok I will try to convince my friend for ROM flashing.
however I remembered yesterday evening that on my phone (xperia SP) when i choose manual it was constantly asking me to select new mobile network, that is why I go back to automatically because that popup goes in loop and I needed to reset my phone. And looking around a lot of people have this problem. The phone simply just don't want to wait to come back in home network, always want to connect to available networks.

@wolfyy - I have to admit I'm no longer sure of how 'Manual' behaves in Lollipop. I used the option more when I was running KitKat. But certainly have root access and Xposed or running a custom ROM will offer more options on how this setting would behave.
Note: Flashing a Factory Firmware Image does not <normally> require Bootloader unlocking, or root access.

well in 4.3 did not do this way in CM11 I even had no option for manual select network but for now I am back on stock ROM (still waiting when (not if) my phone will die again ).
as I said I am asking this for my friend, I live 15 km from border and only when I drive close to border from time to time changes signal to roaming, but friend lives 2 km from border and have stronger signal from roaming mobile network, then from home network and I hoped that there is easy way to fix this but looks like only option is to try different ROMs.

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New Motorola Defy, Major Connection Issues

Bought a brand new unlocked Moto Defy and I'm having some WiFi and data connection issues...
To start things off, I cannot get any kind of data on this phone. I'm able to make/receive calls and texts with no problem but when it comes to accessing data, it's a total fail. I've added APN's for ATT (ATT MMS, ATT PHONE, AT&T PTA), switched the 2G/3G/auto under Mobile Network Settings, and I just can't seem to get data working. I get data just fine on my At&t Samsung Focus with WP7.
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Uploading a short video showing the WiFi problem.
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[Q] Constantly loosing connection

Almost since I got my nexus 5 last year it has been loosing its connection about two times per day. It does this in three different ways.
1. total loss. The little outline of a triangle appears and a notification that I have lost my connection. Clicking the notification opens the manual selection of networks. I select the network and all is fine.
2. full connection with an exclamation mark. solves it self by waiting for a while.
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First I thought its a hardware problem, but since I don't want to part with my phone I never sent it back to google for fixing.
When android 5.1 was released I installed that manually and surprisingly did not have any problems at all after this. But then I went abroad and using the same sim connected to a local network in the country I went to. It took 4 tries to join one of those networks. When I then came home this problem started again.
My thought is that there is some setting that should be there that stayed from my trip. I have tried clearing all caches from the storage in settings and the dalvik cache. No difference. I'm not to keen on re-installing my phone again. So my question is, has this happened to anyone else? Did you solve it? Is there something I can do to remove all previous settings for the network to make it work again? Other suggestions?
This happens to me, at least 4 times a day for me, it has only been doing it since I installed 5.1 on my nexus 5, which was a brand new one from Google since I smashed my screen and they just gave me a new one, I'm in the UK btw, not sure where you are but it does take forever to connect to mobile network when I turn wifi off too.
I constantly lose connection at my house going from E to H+ to LTE throughout the day
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kieran_bondflashy said:
This happens to me, at least 4 times a day for me, it has only been doing it since I installed 5.1 on my nexus 5, which was a brand new one from Google since I smashed my screen and they just gave me a new one, I'm in the UK btw, not sure where you are but it does take forever to connect to mobile network when I turn wifi off too.
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I'm in Spain.
For me it happened before 5.1 as well. But 5.1 fixed it temporarily, until I travelled with my phone. Have you had to switch to another network with that phone?
For some reason when manually looking for a network it seems to be running on a timeout function because it takes me 60 seconds to get the list, always. This feels like a very antique solution, they should just populate the list as a network is found like wifi does it.

LG G5 Sim not detected only for SMS and calls

As stated I'm using the LG G5 H830 T-Mobile variant. I am getting 4G LTE data connection and everything runs well (Not in any WiFi range) Yet for SMS and calling as well as mobile hotspot I get "No USIM card' error. This happened after wiping the system and formatting data. Rebooted recovery (as per instructions on forum) then installed the stock firmware & Patch with systemless root and xposed. After this I did factor reset when just pulling the sim didn't help. Still nothing. I reflashed just the stock firmware with TWRP and SuperSU and issue is still happening. I've disabled rebooted and enabled the phone radio. SIM is in good condition and tray as well everything is SECURE and should be good to go.
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Thanks!!
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Anyways. I don't think I messed with anything, even so I've done everything to start the phone from scratch. Going to replace it, just more or less curious at this point and maybe others have had the same issue.
I believe I had the same issue as you and it was driving me crazy. I was constantly wiping data, system, etc but my phone kept giving the message "roaming indicator off" where it should show the name of the carrier. This resulted in me having LTE data and that's it- no 3g, no phone calls, etc. I couldn't even access the mobile network menu.
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What ended up fixing it was using an app called v10 hidden settings which allowed me to access the network mode menu directly and re-choose the lte/wcdma/GSM setting. Incidentally on first access to this menu through the app there are only two network settings available. Once you choose a GSM setting, the rest appear.
I'm not sure if this was your issue but I hoped this helped because this took me about a week to workout.

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