Note 4 - International Data though Sprint not possible

So I plunked down close to $100 for an international data plan for my trip to Europe last week. hoping to use my phone for data.

When I got there the phone part worked fine however couldn't get the data to work.

Turns out the firmware on the phone locks down the Access Point Settings on the phone and the correct APN for global data cannot be selected.

After contacting Sprint International customer service they confirm that this issue happens on most Samsung phones and that they need to fix it...

I had the same issue a couple of years ago on another Sprint Samsung phone, back then it was also fixed by a firmware update.

Pretty sad they can't get these phones right...

[08:24:07 AM] me: Will there be an update to the Note 4 soon so the APN settings are not locked down so I can use the phone next time abroad?

[08:25:46 AM] Armand K.: I do not know. We are waiting on Samsung to correct that issue,

[08:26:03 AM] me: ok, so you are aware of the problem

[08:26:33 AM] Armand K.: All Samsung devices have the issue.

[08:27:41 AM] Armand K.: They fixed it before pretty quickly when the S4 first had the issue, am not sure why it is taking so long to get it correct now, or why it keeps having to be fixed every time Google drops a New OS update.

[08:29:03 AM] me: I remember having the same issue with my S4...

[08:31:01 AM] me: but then it was rooted and was able to fix it myself...

[08:31:24 AM] Armand K.: Rooting will get you passed the problem.

[08:31:37 AM] Armand K.: But not something we advise everyone to do.

I ended up buying a local sim with a data plan which worked fine btw...

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