I live outside the city limits, so when my tower goes out like it does every now and then I have no service or poor roaming service. But last time it went out it connected to 1x800 with a great signal but would not stay connected. It kept jumping from 1x800 to roaming to no service. I seem to only connect to 1x800 in extreme circumstances and even then it will not stay on it will jump around. This phone acts like its allergic to 1x800 lol.