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SGH-I747M from Telus

Ok, so yesterday i bought a SG3 from Telus(Im from New-Brunswick Canada, so its Telus, Bell or Rogers)... but the thing is i dont know if the kernels/recovery and roms in this section works for that model of SG3, its a SGH-I747M.... so i was wondering, if anyone knows about the hardware? Is it similar to the one from AT&T, Verizon etc? can i use the same roots/recovery/kernels etc? Thanks

Att telus same hardware different software. Interchangeable yes
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Woolios said:
Att telus same hardware different software. Interchangeable yes
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Thanks you! so that means i can use all the firmware stuff the AT&T phone uses right?

It should work. I haven't flashed any custom roms yet, but rooting works with the ODIN/CWM/Root method. I don't believe we can use the no-flash counter method since ODIN should refuse to flash that firmware to our devices (based on previous experience with the S2 LTE/Skyrocket).

I just flashed a AT&T rom, it works fine, except it says at&t everywhere -.- now im looking for a more "universal" rom or something that isnt carrier related

Are you able to toggle off LTE? How is the cellular connection stability?
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Are you able to toggle off LTE? How is the cellular connection stability?
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Yeah everything seems fine, 4g connection and its stable too but like i said i get some error messages saying AT&T stuff has stopped working and at&t logos everywhere

4G data on an ATT GS3

Hi
So long story short, my Tmo GS3 got stolen at my work :/
So my mom gave me her ATT GS3 cus she was up for an upgrade,
i been reading its possible to get 4G on an ATT GS3 but so far no luck,
i know i have the right APN cus i copied the one from my Nex4 to my GS3, i set the network to manual and choose Tmo, but still all i get is Edge.
Does it have to do something with the way i unlocked the phone?
I been reading it has to be factory unlock and i unlocked mine by dialing *#197328640# and doing the required steps.
Can anyone help me with this?

Maybe you should try posting in the ATT S3 forums? I'm pretty sure that most people here have the TMO variant, while you are looking for tweaking of the ATT variant.
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klin1344 said:
Maybe you should try posting in the ATT S3 forums? I'm pretty sure that most people here have the TMO variant, while you are looking for tweaking of the ATT variant.
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hahahah good idea XD
thanks bro

Also if you havent already tryed flash the tmobile modem and ur att gs3 is unlocked?
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deron37129 said:
Also if you havent already tryed flash the tmobile modem and ur att gs3 is unlocked?
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Nop my galaxy is not rooted. And yes it is unlocked but with the method i said not with unlock code.
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Don't flash a T-Mobile modem, it will brick. T-Mobile and AT&T use different frequencies for hspa+ in most places, and the AT&T version doesn't have the hardware to pick up the most used T-Mobile frequency I believe. So you're probably stuck with edge
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I'm stuck on edge too buddy....
orphan22 said:
Hi
So long story short, my Tmo GS3 got stolen at my work :/
So my mom gave me her ATT GS3 cus she was up for an upgrade,
i been reading its possible to get 4G on an ATT GS3 but so far no luck,
i know i have the right APN cus i copied the one from my Nex4 to my GS3, i set the network to manual and choose Tmo, but still all i get is Edge.
Does it have to do something with the way i unlocked the phone?
I been reading it has to be factory unlock and i unlocked mine by dialing *#197328640# and doing the required steps.
Can anyone help me with this?
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You ARE stuck on edge.... I know it sucks. unless you are in a refarming area http://www.airportal.de/ , (major cities) your AT&T S3 1900/2100Mhz high speed data (4G) band will not work on T-Mobile's 1700/2100Mhz networks. I would sell it on e-bay or craigslist and got your T-mobile S3 again. or get the T-Mobile S4 after you sell your att S3 :cyclops:

[Q] Note 2 Big Issue - PLEASE HELP!!!

Sorry I m a Beginner in the android world, so i will do my best to explain my issue
Please help me all help needed
1) I bought a Galaxy Note 2 from a person - he said that Note 2 was BLOCKED by T-mobile - I verified with T-mobile and the IMEI is indeed theirs and it is BLOCKED - so we know this is a REAL phone, NOT a clone
2) when I bought it he said that the phone was unlocked and is being used on AT&T - I verified and saw that he was using on AT&T network before he Reset everything and gave to me.
3) i went home and put in my AT&T sim and the screen read "Sim Network Unlock Pin" with Unlock and Dismiss button below. I thought this was the sim lock, so i removed the sim lock, but it still show that on the start screen - so here I thought that the Phone Might have been Un-Unlocked due to Reset.
4) I went ahead and follow the direction on how to unlock S3/Note 2 from XDA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982), - btw i did this Successfully on 2 S3 before. Here is another problem: Under Lock Network screen (option 6) I cannot see option 4: [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ (Does not exist) - So I have no way of unlocking it since this option is not available.
5) I thought that he did somekind of custom rom, but no - i checked and the Binary counter is 0 - phone status is Normal.
Please help me.
All I want is to use ATT now.
Please help me I will stay all Night till this is solved.
Thanks all in advance.
BTW attached is my About screen in case anyone have question.
*** second issue that we will talk later is - i have another note 2 bought directly from t-mobile with 4.1.2 - this one does not have [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ . either. - how weird.
I check at the store and their note 2 4.1.2 HAS that option. !!! - we shall talk about this issue at another time

Can anyone please help me

I thought Tmobile and ATT shared blacklists.. How did he use it on ATT?
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You_got_owned123 said:
I thought Tmobile and ATT shared blacklists.. How did he use it on ATT?
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No, i dont think they share blacklist. When i bought the phone it clearly showed att and use normally, then i took his sim out and reset the phone and brought it home. Test with T-mobile sim right away (i have both tmobile and ATT) - t-mobile say SEARCHING.... it is block so could not find any net work, but when i pop in at&T it said "Sim unlock pin"
Also the reason y i know t-mobile and att don't share the same black list is because i used a blocked s3 on att before

Oh, learned something new today!
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You_got_owned123 said:
I thought Tmobile and ATT shared blacklists.. How did he use it on ATT?
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Oh, learned something new today!
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hi,
i did some research and i think T-mobile and AT&T will potentially share the blacklist - but don't know it worked on my s3 before.
I just came up with an IDEA and would like to hear from Pros see if it will work.
What is if Install Samsung ROM - but the international version (usually my t-mobile i would download tar.md5 from t-mobile, same for att). What would happen to my phone if i download and install International rom - would it make my note 2 INTERNATIONAL - that mean it is NOT lock to any carrier?

andrey84 said:
hi,
i did some research and i think T-mobile and AT&T will potentially share the blacklist - but don't know it worked on my s3 before.
I just came up with an IDEA and would like to hear from Pros see if it will work.
What is if Install Samsung ROM - but the international version (usually my t-mobile i would download tar.md5 from t-mobile, same for att). What would happen to my phone if i download and install International rom - would it make my note 2 INTERNATIONAL - that mean it is NOT lock to any carrier?
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Not going to help.
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I'm not sure how the store model had this option because it shouldn't. Anyways, use Odin to restore an older firmware then follow the unlock process and you'll be good.
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kintwofan said:
I'm not sure how the store model had this option because it shouldn't. Anyways, use Odin to restore an older firmware then follow the unlock process and you'll be good.
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^this. Should be on any 4.1.1 then you'll have the [4] option

You have to downgrade to the lj1 modem I think. Whatever was before ll4 then unlock then reflash mb4 modem
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Stay clear from blacklisted phones. Solves this issue
I hope that blacklisted s3 was not the phone someone stole from me.. I would never buy a Black listed phone. I do know all of them are not blacklisted because reported stolen. But if you take the ability to sell them People will STOP STEALING THEM..
Just as a quick note. In The future it might be best to not Buy blacklisted or bad imei Phones.. Some are from contracts not fulfilled .. Questionable as to rather a carrier should be able to black list or not..
But equally number of them are STOLEN. What if it were your phone.
I so was not going to write this post . But it It really much different then software piracy or buying Stolen goods...
Just my opinion.. Ohh and yes i think the carriers are evil in near every way.
Good Luck and hope you get it fixed but only if it was not a Stolen phone. if it were . Well my above comment will tell you my thoughts.

Is there a way for you to talk to that person and ask him where he got the phone from? i hope this gets resolved ASAP

Hello all
Thanks for helping.
Indeed i have downgraded to 4.1.1 and now have 4 option and was able to unlock it for AT&T
However, i have a silly question that i hope to find a RIGHT answer.
I know that we can do Custom Rom for note 2 - however, I was wondering if we can install ATT OEM Rom to T-mobile note2, or T-mobile OEM Rom to AT&T note 2?
DOnt know if i made it clear enough.
Please help.
Thanks

MetroPCS Version

I have the MetroPCS (SGH-M919N) version of the S4. I don't see a specific forum for my model. I was wondering, since T-Mobile and MetroPCS have merged, can I use the same instructions on this forum to root my device. Thanks in advance.
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Caloba said:
I have the MetroPCS (SGH-M919N) version of the S4. I don't see a specific forum for my model. I was wondering, since T-Mobile and MetroPCS have merged, can I use the same instructions on this forum to root my device. Thanks in advance.
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Truthfully, I was wondering why the MetroPCS version didn't have its own forum.
The S4 is particularly important, since it's the first MetroPCS smartphone to use T-Mobile's GSM network instead of their standard CDMA. You can use your S4 in places where you never had MPCS coverage before -- in Portland, Oregon, for example.
The next place I'm going to look for comments on the SGH-M919N is in the T-Mobile forum, since we're already using their network anyway.
The standard T-Mobile version of the phone seems to be called the SGH-M919 (sans N).

Let me know if you find anything. I'm dying to root this phone and get rid of all this Samsung and MetroPCS bloatware, thanks.
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Well as far as the S4 all the S4 and even the international quad core version are the same phone. So you wont have any issues there. And as far as not having it's own forum. XDA dont use lower class carriers like MetroPCS and Cricket. You could go to AndroidForums.com they have metro pcs phones in there

gypsy214 said:
Well as far as the S4 all the S4 and even the international quad core version are the same phone. So you wont have any issues there. And as far as not having it's own forum. XDA dont use lower class carriers like MetroPCS and Cricket. You could go to AndroidForums.com they have metro pcs phones in there
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Thats not true at all. If they were all exactly the same they'd have one root method for all the devices.
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I was able to root my metropcs S4 using the instructions for the T-Mobile version. But now I can't see the contents of my SD card. The funny thing is when I install CyanogenMod, I can see it just fine. The Sd card seems to not be mounting in CWM or in the stock rom. Is this a permissions issue or what? Any help would be appreciated.
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Thats not true at all. If they were all exactly the same they'd have one root method for all the devices.
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If it wasn't all the same devices then people couldn't flash roms in between carriers and international. These are the same phone hardware. Only thing that change is the modem. Unlike the S3 where you can't flash roms from international but you can between US carriers.
And for root. On my S3 they had to get a stock rom Odin with root in there because it would striped the flash counter.

gypsy214 said:
If it wasn't all the same devices then people couldn't flash roms in between carriers and international. These are the same phone hardware. Only thing that change is the modem. Unlike the S3 where you can't flash roms from international but you can between US carriers.
And for root. On my S3 they had to get a stock rom Odin with root in there because it would striped the flash counter.
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That's not entirely true. Most of the s4's are the same excluding the i9500.
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gypsy214 said:
XDA dont use lower class carriers like MetroPCS and Cricket. You could go to AndroidForums.com they have metro pcs phones in there
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You seem unaware of this: T-Mobile not only bought MetroPCS a few months back but are using their own network mainly -- not simply MetroPCS's -- for the Galaxy S4 currently sold by MetroPCS.
The whole reason I bought a MetroPCS S4 is because I can use it anywhere in the US that you can access the T-Mobile network and because I can unlock it and switch to T-Mobile if I like in three months' time.
Both T-Mobile and MetroPCS have confirmed this, and it isn't true for any other current MetroPCs phone.
Also: Most analysts have concluded that the introduction of a cutting-edge phone like the S4 is unprecedented for that carrier and is likely T-Mobile's idea.
The phone was was $100 cheaper than from T-Mobile and the monthly service is a lot less expensive (unless you can use Google Voice with a legacy plan on T-Mobile).
So why was it again that you felt the standards of XDA members were too high for them to use MetroPCS?
Oh, and the single difference in iterations of the phone itself appears to be one added letter. T-Mobile's S4 is the M919; the MetroPCS/T-Mobile version is M919N.
Those are the reasons I'm hoping that someone at XDA might confirm that this is essentially the T-Mobile iteration.

For people who've been wondering whether these iterations of the S4 are the same:
They really are.
Have a look at this conversation between a person rooting their MetroPCS S4 and a ROM dev for the MetroPCS S3:
http://androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/740568-metro-pcs-gs4-root-sgh-m919n.html
the metropcs sgs4 is literally the same device as the tmo one with a new model number, after talking with the cm folk it seems they arent going to make a seperate build, just adding support to the tmobile one
when you install rom manager and tell it to flash cwm you can pick the tmobile/metropcs variant
thanks, and no there wont be any updates as far as you can tell, you are best off . . . installing it and choosing tmobile sgs4 as the recovery.
this phone is so tmobile they dont even mention metropcs in the apn's to connect to data :/
after consulting with the cm guys they arent even going to do a separate cyanogenmod build for the metropcs versions, you guys will be expected to flash the tmobile roms.
everything ive been told is use teh tmo cm10.1 builds (id hold off on 10.2 for now). make a nandroid, if it doesnt work out well revert
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Son in the end, is it gonna get its own forum section or would any tmo ROM work with it? Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the s4 use MetroPCS' LTE and TMobile's HSPA+ 3G, thereby bringing the best of both, real LTE and high speed 3g?
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I've used the T-Mobile variant root process for my my metro S4, but it breaks wifi. Remove the root, wifi works. Is there no root for the MetroPCS variant that has EVERYTHING working on it?

Let me know
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I've used the T-Mobile variant root process for my my metro S4, but it breaks wifi. Remove the root, wifi works. Is there no root for the MetroPCS variant that has EVERYTHING working on it?
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I would love that. My Rooted G2x fell into the Ocean and I run my old ........(ok don't get scared young people) Nokia 6310i (Battery last 4 1/2 days btw). I was considering the S4 w Metro. Good exp. with the lte speed? Any exp. w/ Tethering etc?

sooo
so no one here knows how to root the metro s4? cause i bricked mine using the cf root for tmobile

Why dont you stop by here:
http://androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/
Its a place for the MetroPCS S4

robcop19 said:
so no one here knows how to root the metro s4? cause i bricked mine using the cf root for tmobile
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I've had no problem using CF-Auto-Root method on my two metro S4s. Have rooted, unrooted, and rerooted a couple times without issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2294005 post #2 is how you root metro s4.
Do you have latest version of Odin, Samsung USB drivers installed, and Kies turned off? If you have all these covered, it should be just downloading and flashing the CF-Auto-Root TAR file and done. Not sure why your phone would be bricked from this.

I know it is late but if you are still using metoPCS S4 then root is now very simple.you can do that with Odin.You have to download CF-Root file.Then just Flash it via Odin Flashing tool.Done!!
Root Metro PCS S4 running Kitkat-->>http://rootmygalaxy.net/root-metro-pcs-samsung-galaxy-s4-sgh-m919n/
Root MetroPCS S4 running Jelly bean 4.3 -->>http://www.andromods.com/root-unlock/sgh-m919n-metropcs-galaxy-s4-mk5-rooted.html
I don't have Metro PCS S4 so i haven't tested any of these.So do a research before following these guides.

Swithcing Carriers

I have the att sgs3 but i will be going to tmo, when i do switch to them will i still use roms in this thread?

super1395 said:
I have the att sgs3 but i will be going to tmo, when i do switch to them will i still use roms in this thread?
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Yes unless you're buying a T mobile S3. Dont try flashing a tmo rom on your At &t s3 you'll probably brick your phone.
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