hello men/women im in a rock and a hard place i have a us cellular note 2 cdma sch-r950 thats has never been hooked up brand new from the factory and i been trying to found out how to unlock it for the past couple days and had no luck at all wondering if anyone has any clue how to do it by the way trying to hook it up for at&t. thanks in advanced.
Give this a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34661189&postcount=1
I know it's not the right phone but I'm almost positive that ive read about people using this method for other versions of the note 2, and I used it with my Galaxy s3. Hope it's what you need.
Please hit Thanks if I've been helpful at all.
Nope
I tried that a couple times no luck idk of it matters but this phone has never been hooked up at all.
US Cellular phones are CDMA meaning cell service is loaded and programmed internally the SIM card slot found is for the 4g lte service only. At&t tmo etc are gsm and use the SIM for cell service. GSM phones if unlocked and can be used on different networks.
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I changed phone been using iphones since 3g. I have rooted the S3, unlocked the baseband installed the cleanrom 4.5. Changed the apn too show the att's ones however i still cannot get data on my phone. I used to have LTE/ 4G however i can only make call and text now. Advise me please!!!
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supam said:
I changed phone been using iphones since 3g. I have rooted the S3, unlocked the baseband installed the cleanrom 4.5. Changed the apn too show the att's ones however i still cannot get data on my phone. I used to have LTE/ 4G however i can only make call and text now. Advise me please!!!
first post been reading in here a couple days now. thank you
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hate to tell you but you've posted in the sprint s3 forum regarding an at&t s3 on verizon lol.
also att and verizon are 2 different techs (gsm vs cdma). it won't work. can't put a gsm phone on a cdma carrier (we have no sim cards) and vice-versa.
hamagc said:
hate to tell you but you've posted in the sprint s3 forum regarding an at&t s3 on verizon lol.
also att and verizon are 2 different techs (gsm vs cdma). it won't work. can't put a gsm phone on a cdma carrier (we have no sim cards) and vice-versa.
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i never posted before check my profile. There is a slot for gsm and ATT is working. It even came with a Verizon sim in it!
supam said:
I changed phone been using iphones since 3g. I have rooted the S3, unlocked the baseband installed the cleanrom 4.5. Changed the apn too show the att's ones however i still cannot get data on my phone. I used to have LTE/ 4G however i can only make call and text now. Advise me please!!!
first post been reading in here a couple days now. thank you
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One swing and two misses, how does that happen?
As the other user said, you're in the wrong forum with that question but I'll entertain an answer.
Short version: it's not going to happen. AT&T is GSM, Verizon is CDMA. Both phones use different frequencies to provide service with and I don't believe they support each other.
Jamin13 said:
One swing and two misses, how does that happen?
As the other user said, you're in the wrong forum with that question but I'll entertain an answer.
Short version: it's not going to happen. AT&T is GSM, Verizon is CDMA. Both phones use different frequencies to provide service with and I don't believe they support each other.
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sorry i found the answer myself 1900mhz!!! thank you
Morning guys...
This is my very first thread on this forum so please bear with me if something was not done the right way.
Since I couldn't find an specific thread for this specific topic that's why I decided to post a new thread on this.
This thread will help you get a Stock AT&T Samsung SGH-i317 Galaxy Note II LTE phone with a stock ROM into Simple Mobile network with working 4G.
I can't guarantee this method would work on other Galaxy Note II models so please make sure your phone is exactly the same as the specs described on this link.
Also please be aware I cannot and will not be responsible for any damage this thread could cause to your phone. All I can say is, I tried this myself on my own phone and it worked for me and my only intention here is to share my experience to other users on my same situation.
So let's get into business!
Verify the phone specs. Please make sure your phone is an AT&T Samsung SGH-i317 Galaxy Note II LTE phone and that it matches the specs described here.
Get your phone unlocked. On a personal note this appears to be a must, so if you can't get it unlocked for some reason don't even bother moving forward down the list. I followed this thread to unlock my phone. Yes, the thread is for a Galaxy Note I, but it still worked for me.
Get it rooted. That can be done here.
Flash a stock T-Mobile ROM. That also can be done here which is the same thread as of step 3.
Enable AWS band. Is worth mentioning if you made it here successfully, then you already can use Simple Mobile just fine!, however you'll be stuck on 2G/EDGE unless you Enable AWS band here. This will let you enable 3G and 4G on your phone!.
Now at this point I'm sure you may be able to use another ROM of your desire, but I'm not 100% sure if that would work. On my personal recommendation I would first try the 5 steps EXACTLY as described above. Then if you still want to use another ROM, then you may need to repeat steps 4 and 5 with another ROM.
Now I also want to say, the credit is not all mine here. All I did was to compile the information altogether for you guys. Please don't forget to thank me, as well as the original thread owners compiled in this list.
Good luck in the Kitchen!
Reserved!
^^^Thanks, thread moved to general and stuck for easy reference.
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Wait, You Menchtened LTE and 4G, And in which T-Mobile doesnt have. T-Mobile has 3G/3.5G HSPA+ but not 4G..
U dont need aws band on at&t phonez lmao noobs all u need is your phone unlocked and youll get on t-mobiles fake 4g .its cause t-mobile now shares at&t spectrum stop giveing people false info.
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That is not entirely true sir. Not ALL areas have the 1900mhz Tmobile yet. You do need to unlock the AWS band for some areas to get the 4g. In my area (South Florida) they happen to have the 1900mhz 4g. I know because I sold an unlocked Infuse 4g (AT&T phone) to a buddy with a tmobile sim card and he got 4g on his phone.
rootyourphones said:
U dont need aws band on at&t phonez lmao noobs all u need is your phone unlocked and youll get on t-mobiles fake 4g .its cause t-mobile now shares at&t spectrum stop giveing people false info.
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lol ignorance speaks. People, dont listen to this clown.
MrBooMY said:
That is not entirely true sir. Not ALL areas have the 1900mhz Tmobile yet. You do need to unlock the AWS band for some areas to get the 4g. In my area (South Florida) they happen to have the 1900mhz 4g. I know because I sold an unlocked Infuse 4g (AT&T phone) to a buddy with a tmobile sim card and he got 4g on his phone.
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Good information man. Ignore the OTHER GUY that is giving false information.
Everything worked for me, except one thing: CDMA VS GSM preference.
My CDMA signal is weak, so 4g cuts out. The phone just wants to default to EDGE as a first priority. How can I make CDMA the default preference so I always get 4g when available?
thanks!
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lol ignorance speaks. People, dont listen to this clown.
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Yeah who listening to you.
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I have a sgh-i317 with at&t radio uamc3 or something like that and jedi master 14 with aws mod. I also restored my friends nv item backup from his sgh-t889 with jedi master 14. I am getting the 4g bands but my phone will not connect to the lte bands of t mobile. is anyone else having this problem? I have tried everything to get lte includes odin to stock wich should allow me to connect to tmobiles lte but wont. other people are connecting with no problem. can anyonw help me think of more ways to fix this. or is this particular phone not support 1700mhzaws. I really dont get it as the specs everyware state it does. also when I select all lte bands and selct t mobile it say unable to connect, try again later. I put my sim in a s4 t mobile and lte works so it cant be the sim. I also put at&t sim in my phone and lte works so my lte chip/radio is working fine. is maybe the free unlock methode not unlocking my phone completely? any way to relock and do it with an an unlock code. franky I am puzzled. I am in an area getting t mobile lte, confirmed on both my friends with a note 2 and s4 from t mobile.
I currently own a note 2 L900 sprint version flashed over to boost mobile. Right now I have it on ebay. I want to get one I can use with straight talk or other gsm providers. I hear it's easy to get the ATT version on straight talk. I also hear the Verizon version can be flashed over to straight talk but idk why if it was unlocked the apn couldn't be added to use straight talk. If anyone can clarify that please let me know. Also I see different versions for Verizon and different versions for ATT. Please help me in deciding the perfect note 2 for me! Thank you all very much for viewing and any input I may get on this. Also being able to go back to boost mobile might be a plus. Where I go Verizon is the best signal but I'm all done with paying such a high bill and only getting squat for data. Also I would like to add Sprint service sux!
ok, from what I gather the sprint/verizon phones can be used and run on verizon signal. Att and tmobile run on ATT. Anyone know if there's any phones that can be programmed to accept both signals. that would be fantastic. CDMA vs GSM would be the stopper but what about the 4s and it being CDMA and GSM?
jd14771 said:
you will never find a phone in the usa that will run both cdma and gsm. unless you came from the future 0.o
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this is so wrong that its not even funny. ever heard of the touch pro 2? a world phone with pentaband radios and a gsm sim card slot that runs cdma on sprint.
the moto photon was also a world phone as well as many blackberrys.
↑ austin420 must be from the future... lol
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Hello everyone.
I'm sorry if i write bad English because I'm not really good at it. Sorry in advance.
I have a ATT Note 2 which i bought from a friend and i unlocked it by using the free method from the forms.
When i first unlocked it my phone went to lte signal and my data was working fine and i was getting lte speeds.
I made a phone call which usually drops the single to HSPA+ aka 4g/3g but for some reason my phone doesn't go back to lte after.
I even called t-mobile they said they see my phone was on lte but they don't know why it's not going back to lte.
If anyone here running Tmobile sim in Att note 2 and still getting lte speeds after phone call is made please provide me some instructions as because I've tried everything possible i can from the forms. I've been trying for almost more then 3 to 4 months i still haven't found any solution to this problems.
If anyone can help me out that will be great.
Thank you and sorry for my bad English.
That's odd, mine is unlocked and I use Tmobile but I dont have those problems... maybe it's the modem, could be reception... sorry to head you're having issues dude.
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justforgot said:
Hello everyone.
I'm sorry if i write bad English because I'm not really good at it. Sorry in advance.
I have a ATT Note 2 which i bought from a friend and i unlocked it by using the free method from the forms.
When i first unlocked it my phone went to lte signal and my data was working fine and i was getting lte speeds.
I made a phone call which usually drops the single to HSPA+ aka 4g/3g but for some reason my phone doesn't go back to lte after.
I even called t-mobile they said they see my phone was on lte but they don't know why it's not going back to lte.
If anyone here running Tmobile sim in Att note 2 and still getting lte speeds after phone call is made please provide me some instructions as because I've tried everything possible i can from the forms. I've been trying for almost more then 3 to 4 months i still haven't found any solution to this problems.
If anyone can help me out that will be great.
Thank you and sorry for my bad English.
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I'd verify the APN and make sure you have the most recent modem flashed.
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I'd verify the APN and make sure you have the most recent modem flashed.
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First things first, what solutions have you tried? If we don't know what you've tried it won't help much. Also what method did you use to unlock it?
If you used the free unlock then you have the J2 modem - that's the earliest stock AT&T modem. Since you were able to downgrade, I'm assuming you can upgrade too. Depending on your location (whether t-mobile is using the refarmed AT&T bands or using their own) you can use the latest modem or you can search for a t-mobile modem.
But speed is what matters, not what icon is displayed. Check the phone status under the settings menu to see the actual network type you're connected to.
There is an unlocked Sprint Note 4 for sale for 100.00.
I have been searching forums looking for a clear answer that says someone did it and speeds and functionality worked 100% but so far I haven't found anything clear.
So my question is...can an unlocked Sprint Note 4 be flashed or modified to work on T-Mobile without speed/communication issues or because the Bands are different there will always be issues?
And if it is possible where is the tutorial to do so?
Thanks in advance for your help
KYJoe said:
There is an unlocked Sprint Note 4 for sale for 100.00.
I have been searching forums looking for a clear answer that says someone did it and speeds and functionality worked 100% but so far I haven't found anything clear.
So my question is...can an unlocked Sprint Note 4 be flashed or modified to work on T-Mobile without speed/communication issues or because the Bands are different there will always be issues?
And if it is possible where is the tutorial to do so?
Thanks in advance for your help
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Yes and No. But first let me state i use at&t/cricket not t-mobile.
You will definitely not get Lte. But you will get 4g H+ speeds. At least i do with at&t.
I've been using a sprint phone on gsm for 3 years. Just recently got a tmobile one for lte. Only difference i use at&t/cricket.
If you can do without lte, no problem. Or just find a tmobile one.
Use this website, it's helpful for these questions.
http://willmyphonework.net
I also attached 2 pics. One is speed of sprint phone on 4g, other is tmobile phone on lte.
Good luck with your choice. If you decide to get, message me, and I'll give you pointers for setting up roms to be more gsm.