Here is my plan. Buy a t-mobile note 2. Unlock it and use it on AT&T until i can come up with the money to cancel my contract with them then switch my plan to T-Mobile.
My question is, can i flash the t-mobile note 2 with a AT&T rom to enable 4g while i use it on AT&T still?
I searched and found these 2 threads. showthread.php?t=2096495 & showthread.php?t=2026571, but they didnt answer my question in full and they seem rather old and before it was discovered that the T-Mobile and AT&T note 2 have the same radio frequencies.
There is an issue with gps from what I've read. For me, it that's a deal breaker. I don't know for sure, but I'm 99% I was reading about it a couple of days ago.
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Warrior1975 said:
There is an issue with gps from what I've read. For me, it that's a deal breaker. I don't know for sure, but I'm 99% I was reading about it a couple of days ago.
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hmm yeah that would be a deal breaker for me ass well. thank you for the reply. i know the phone will work on att using a tmobile rom i just might not get full 4g speeds.
Everything works 100%
Im running straight talk att mvno on my note and I get 4g speeds. GPS is fine. Go for It
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You won't have lte until we get it pushed to our notes. However there is a way to enable hspa+ on at&t.
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Ermmmmm im assuming you are planning on buying used? I was just thinking if not,the money to buy a new one would pretty much equal buying out your contact and getting the discount as a new tmo customer.
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Hey guys a buddy of mine sold me his note 2 from tmobile. It is unlocked and working on my att service. My question is what can i do as far as the slow download speeds? I have LTE service and yes i know its not enabled on the tmo version yet but is there any way to get better download speeds? Flash a certain rom or flash a certain modem maybe? I wish the tmo version can be turned into a att version.....
What sorts of speeds are you getting exactly?
I'm getting around 1-2 mbps... is that normal on att hspa?
Wondering if I need to set the apns? I currently only see one option....
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Wondering if I need to set the apns? I currently only see one option....
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Nobody has an answer here? Is there anyway to hack the LTE on to work on att?
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Nobody has an answer here? Is there anyway to hack the LTE on to work on att?
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If someone had one they would post it stop spamming the thread
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Wtf.. stop spamming my own thread? Here we go again with people acting like they are better than someone... your response is spamming... douche
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Wtf.. stop spamming my own thread? Here we go again with people acting like they are better than someone... your response is spamming... douche
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I'm not sure what the rules are on self bumping questions, but you waited 24 hours, which in my opinion is fine. Again, I don't know the rule, if there is one, but by my logic your actions were fine.
I wish I could help, I have the opposite problem. I have an ATT S3 unlocked, but I'm on T-mo. I only get EDGE. I'm selling the S3 on ebay though, I'll probably grab the Note 2. Although the March 15th "launch" of the SIV may make me hold off. Or get the Note 2 and use the return period to see if the SIV launches.
afaik the stock ROM doesn't have LTE built in, even on T-mo. Doesn't T-mo use the AWS split 1700/2100 for 4G too? That'd render the frequencies available non-compatible.
Hey muqail... Thanks for confirming I wasn't spamming. I guess the guy thought I was new like yesterday. .. Anyway have you tried to do the steps to get gs3 working on tmobile? Its In the
gnote 2 section for att. I can put a link as soon as I get home. ... People have their att note 2 working on tmobile band.
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Hey muqail... Thanks for confirming I wasn't spamming. I guess the guy thought I was new like yesterday. .. Anyway have you tried to do the steps to get gs3 working on tmobile? Its In the
gnote 2 section for att. I can put a link as soon as I get home. ... People have their att note 2 working on tmobile band.
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For sure hook me up. It works for voice, SMS and MMS, but EDGE only data speeds, which is SLOW. Hopefully someone will buy my S3 soon. Probably buy a Note 2 full off contract price and get the SIV when it's out with an upgrade price.
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For sure hook me up. It works for voice, SMS and MMS, but EDGE only data speeds, which is SLOW. Hopefully someone will buy my S3 soon. Probably buy a Note 2 full off contract price and get the SIV when it's out with an upgrade price.
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Hey buddy... here is the thread for the note2 i'm sure you can get this to work on your s3....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
Good luck!
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For sure hook me up. It works for voice, SMS and MMS, but EDGE only data speeds, which is SLOW. Hopefully someone will buy my S3 soon. Probably buy a Note 2 full off contract price and get the SIV when it's out with an upgrade price.
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Why are you receiving only 2g speeds? I unlock att sgs3 for tmobile on a daily basis and get full 4g. What are you doing wrong?
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I'm thinking about purchasing a note 2 from att from a friend. I understand the phones unlocked already from factory. Just needs to be rooted.
Now I know Clean rom is an international rom and when you flash it asks what carrier like Verizon etc. If I got a att phone and used Clean rom and flashed it for Verizon on att is this how it would work for me?
Anyone with experience know?
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The general rule of thumb is no.
Verizon is cdma but maybe this will help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
Cdma phones generally canot be used on gsm networks.
Some truly "world" phones have sim cards but again the bandsare different . I remember being on the d2g forums and there was a way to send I your d2g to one of the devs and they hacked it to work.
But more than likely you will never get the full benefit of the lhone thats made specifically for the carrier.
Read the link .
Imo these kind of things are fruitless and a waste of time.
But hey go for it.
Fully? No. It won't work at ALL. incompatible technologies, and Verizon will only activate Verizon phones on their network.
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Fully? No. It won't work at ALL. incompatible technologies, and Verizon will only activate Verizon phones on their network.
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Absolutely and my bad about my previous post, i missread what you wrote.
Sorry if there was any confusion from it. You can flash phones from verizon to other carriers like cricket who share the same type of bw, and possibly hack them to other networks but as entropism said , what you were asking is not possible. Even if you could, the later of entropism's post is what kills it.
Always hated that about big red.
And I stand by what I said.
Imo complete waste of time.
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I have an att note 2. Im going to be transfering to tmobile so im going to unlock my device. I know how to unlock it. My question is if I unlock the note 2 am I going to be able to use data at 4g hspa+? Or since even lte since tmobile is rolling out with it?. I know when u unlock a phone you get edge. Thanks for your help.
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I have an att note 2. Im going to be transfering to tmobile so im going to unlock my device. I know how to unlock it. My question is if I unlock the note 2 am I going to be able to use data at 4g hspa+? Or since even lte since tmobile is rolling out with it?. I know when u unlock a phone you get edge. Thanks for your help.
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I'll tell you this, I unlocked my friends TMO GN2. So he could use it on AT&T. Flashed a custom Rom he was getting h+, & h. But when he upgraded to the newest TMO MODEM. He getting much higher speeds.
Hope that helps..
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Is it true that our AT&T Note 2s will work in Europe when I travel there?
I just got back from Munich. It worked fine, at least with a prepay sim from O2. I didn't try at&t service at all
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I thought this was in the "AT&T Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting". If I missed something please let me know what.
An unlocked smartphone can run on any gsm network. At least a 1,000 people every week take their unlocked phones to Europe and buy sim cards there.
Your next question might be 'how do I unkock my phone?'
It is unlocked. I thought they used different bands.
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It is unlocked. I thought they used different bands.
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Just buy a pay as you go sim card from the country you are going to and use as normal. I just got back from two weeks in London and had no problems what so ever.
I was also under the impression that the HSPA and LTE bands for our Note 2 is different from what they use in Europe. That's why they sell the "international" versions (7100 & 7105) there. That won't matter much if you don't get a data plan though as you could always use 2G and 3G (?) to make calls. Please correct me if I'm wrong as I'm interested in this topic as well.
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I'm using it in Lithuania right this moment with a prepaid sim card. Zero issues.
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I'm using it in Lithuania right this moment with a prepaid sim card. Zero issues.
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Are you using data there?
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All countries in Europe use the same bands as at&t USA. Some countries also have tmobile frequencies.
The international note will only get 3G speeds but your note will get 4G when it is available.
I would like that to be true, but in reading the wikipedia summary of the Note 2 bands used, that's not what I'm seeing under "Table of Variants". There are 2 international Note 2 models: one with Lte (ie 4G) but on different bands than ours.
Intl-7105: Lte bands 3, 7, 8, 20.
Att-317: Lte bands 2, 17, + AWS (which I think uses part of band 1)
Sorry in advance if I am wrong about this - that's just the way I read the wikipedia article. If you know this to be wrong I'd appreciate an explanation. Unfortunately it's also easy to get mixed up since the European roms refer to the various cell radios differently than stock att does - as those who have flashed 7105 base roms well know, ie 4G = H+ Lte = 4G (Att = Eur)
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I'm using it in Lithuania right this moment with a prepaid sim card. Zero issues.
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Yes I am.
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Don't worry about bands.
Its the frequencies that count.
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Yes I am.
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Shaolin,
Im using my note 2 in Egypt now and im getting very weak signal. What ROM and baseband r u using. Thxs
I was on Jedi X15 I believe or 14 TW ROM when I went to Lithuania. Modem was I317UCAMC3
Shaolin, thats what I used also but with poor reception. Thxs
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Hello, all.
I recently decided that I must move from T Mobile to ATT because of unresolvable signal issues with the Note 3 at work. The phone was paid for in full at T-Mobile, and I was told that all I needed to do to move to ATT was to follow an unlocking procedure, which I did at the ATT store. At the ATT store I also moved my Nexus 5 over to ATT without a hitch, but the Note 3 has no LTE or data for that matter. Voice and text work fine. This had the ATT employee stumped.
Is there a technical reason for this and if so, how do I fix it? Many thanks.
You need to add the APN for AT&T data. I'm running a T-Mobile version on AT&T as well.
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At&t is better than tmo? Better NAHHHH. Better speeds? Mayyyybe just maybe
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You need to add the APN for AT&T data. I'm running a T-Mobile version on AT&T as well.
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I played around with the APN settings, eventually just copying what was on my Nexus 5 and PERFECT! Everything works now.
Much thanks!
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At&t is better than tmo? Better NAHHHH. Better speeds? Mayyyybe just maybe
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I really didn't want to give up T-Mobile because I was getting amazing 40/10Mbps LTE. It doesn't matter to me what I get at home, since my home connection is 100/5. Now I'm on AT&T I am getting about 6/1 but at least I can use my phone at work without worrying about reliability.
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I really didn't want to give up T-Mobile because I was getting amazing 40/10Mbps LTE. It doesn't matter to me what I get at home, since my home connection is 100/5. Now I'm on AT&T I am getting about 6/1 but at least I can use my phone at work without worrying about reliability.
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How different are your nexus settings compared to mine? Also, don't just say thanks but slap the thanks button too.
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How different are your nexus settings compared to mine? Also, don't just say thanks but slap the thanks button too.
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Yes, just slightly.
But on the Note 3 the URLs were some sort of Cingular address.
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Can I get ATT version of Note3 on t-Mobile and get 4G since T-Mobile refarmed their towers?
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Can I get ATT version of Note3 on t-Mobile and get 4G since T-Mobile refarmed their towers?
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Yes you can! The newer galaxy models like the note 3 and synchronized what bands they utilize for communication.