motorola v710 and banner problem

In article <29fc543b.0408221302.369d5f8e@posting.google.com >,
croth <crothman@optonline.net> wrote:
>I have set up a banner message in the Preferences menu.
>
>My problem is that the banner appears sporadically, then disappears
>and the phone says "Verizon Wireless" where the banner should be.
>"Verizon Wireless" appears much more often than my banner, which
>appears erratically at times which appear to have no pattern.
>
>Does anyone know what I am doing wrong, how I can correct it or
>whether it's a "defect" of the phone?

It is a "feature" :-).

This is exactly like the (now discontinued) T720/T730. "Verizon Wireless"
is the enhanced roaming indicator, saying that you are on a Verizon
system. It would say "Extended Network" if on a non-Verizon network which
is part of America Choice. I haven't been able to figure out the pattern
either. I think that it has something to do with showing the roaming
indicator for a period of time after the phone registers with the network.

Yes, one of the better Motorola "features". :-)

Oh well, at least I'm not alone. let's hope they do come up with a software
fix.

I dialed *228 and chose Option 2, but that didn't correct it either.

"CharlesH" <hoch@exemplary.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article <29fc543b.0408221302.369d5f8e@posting.google.com >,
> croth <crothman@optonline.net> wrote:
> >I have set up a banner message in the Preferences menu.
> >
> >My problem is that the banner appears sporadically, then disappears
> >and the phone says "Verizon Wireless" where the banner should be.
> >"Verizon Wireless" appears much more often than my banner, which
> >appears erratically at times which appear to have no pattern.
> >
> >Does anyone know what I am doing wrong, how I can correct it or
> >whether it's a "defect" of the phone?
>
> It is a "feature" :-).
>
> This is exactly like the (now discontinued) T720/T730. "Verizon Wireless"
> is the enhanced roaming indicator, saying that you are on a Verizon
> system. It would say "Extended Network" if on a non-Verizon network which
> is part of America Choice. I haven't been able to figure out the pattern
> either. I think that it has something to do with showing the roaming
> indicator for a period of time after the phone registers with the network.
>