non home country systems u201d in this embodiment may comprise gsm and wcdma carriers in europe asia india and or other continents other embodiments may comprise various home systems and home countries without departing from the scope of the invention in step 220 a re acquire home more preferred network wait period is imposed before scanning for availability of the home network control proceeds to step 222 where scanning for the home network is performed if the home network is become available control flow proceeds to step 224 where the user is returned to its home system if the home network remains unavailable control flow returns to step 218 to repeat the process of scanning for availability of a more desirable roaming partner than the current roaming partner and waiting to check for availability of a more preferred network including home network if the an 00 s condition occurs in step 202 during roaming because the current roaming network has been lost the next most desirable user stored in step 218 will be acquired fig3 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary wireless device capable of world mode scanning control 300 wireless device 300 comprises a wireless communication transceiver 304 and.