Rogers i317m Band 7 support? Slow LTE? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II

Hey guys, got a bit of a complicated question.
So I remember when I got my Galaxy Note 2 back in September I was getting LTE speeds well over 40 Mbps up/down. I've been using custom roms since day one and never really had any issues with LTE speeds (Though I do recall I would sometimes install a new ROM and my speeds would drop down to ~15 Mbps up/down, and I would just flash back to the original Rogers ROM and then flash whatever new ROM and I'd get my 40 Mbps back, but this wasn't always necessary).
Anyway, it's been several months now and I've noticed I can't get those high speeds anymore; I'm back down to 15 Mbps. I checked my LTE band preferences using the dialercode *#2263# and I noticed the only usable band I have now is Band 4 (1700 MHz). I can switch to Band 17 (700 MHz) but Rogers doesn't support that. What's really weird is that I can't select Band 7 (2600 MHz) which I've read is Roger's faster LTE network (I am theorizing this is what gave me the 40+ Mbps connection).
If I remember correctly, the I317m supports 700/1700/2600/others, so I don't think this should be happening. I should still be able to select Band 7. I can tap that Band 7 option as much as I can but it does not change anything on the phone, whereas selecting Band 4 or Band 17 will switch the bands.
I don't suppose this has anything to do with my modem as it's occurred on both I317MVLALJ2 and I317MVLBMA3 modems. I'm using CleanROM 4.9 but I don't think this should be an issue. I've also had the same issue on other TW roms as well as CM based ROMs like Paranoid, Vanilla RootBox, and others.
Does anyone have any insight on this issue? It's really bugging me that I can't select Band 7. Maybe it was disabled by Rogers on their side but it shouldn't have blocked it on my phone. Let me know if you guys have had any similar problems or if your data speeds have also slowed down since you first got the phone.

APN setting ???
Perhaps it has changed from the carrier...
For example...I can choose ATT phone...and be limited to sub-LTE speeds....regardless of network switch settings..
But when choosing our ATT pta setting...LTE jumpes to max network speed...
These APN entries are separate from any onboard network switch.....and are largely ignored by a modem that contains the proper RIL's...
Just a thought here....as I'm on a different carrier......g

gregsarg said:
But when choosing our ATT pta setting...LTE jumpes to max network speed...
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I want max speeds, how do you access the pta setting?
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Thanks for the insight guys. I should have mentioned that I did try other APNs. I know that Rogers has another APN rogers-core-appl1.apn, which I tried earlier. Unfortunately, I was only able to get 3G/H+ with that APN.

PTA is the LTE APN that is defaulted in the stock UCAMA4 or UCAMC3 builds using those respective modems..
It is also found in CM 10.1 under APN settings. ..
Note...you must be using the stock modems listed above. ..even if you have already selected the proper APN..
Users on networks other than ATT, using this device. ..will not see the higher speeds as they are indigenous to the ATT network. ..g

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LTE APN?

What is the stock APN for LTE on the Note 2? I flashed a custom rom but im used the Telus option so I can use Network Selection.
I know I can google it but When I google LTE apn I get the pta apn which is not what came on the phone.
If LTE works with the 'phone" APN then what is the pta apn for?
Only APN I have. Works fine on LTE.
Name: ATT Phone
APN: Phone
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: default,mms,supl
APN protocol: IPv4
Everything else blank.
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Are you referring to forcing EDGE or HSPA+ only? ATT modems do not allow this. I am very interesting in getting this to work on att?
Can I ask which rom you flashed and which modem? Now that you got the LTE APN how is performance?
MattMJB0188 said:
Are you referring to forcing EDGE or HSPA+ only? ATT modems do not allow this. I am very interesting in getting this to work on att?
Can I ask which rom you flashed and which modem? Now that you got the LTE APN how is performance?
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No Im not refering forcing to GSM/WCDMA. I was referring as I did not have the LTE phone apn.
And I dont have an issue switching between GSM-Edge/WCDMA-HSPA+ at all on my phone....
And I dont know how LTE is yet, Not in an LTE area just near them in 2 directions.
I flashed my note 2 with CleanRom. I like it. Seems fast enough and I like the features. The thing that bugs me is that my network status icon always shows as either 4g or H+. Never LTE and I wonder if I'm actually on an LTE network, or just the enhanced 3g. I get about 6 mbps down and 1 up according to speedtest. Not bad, but I've seen people in my area getting 15 down and 8 or 9 up. Granted I'm on AT&T and they were on t-mobile. But my impression was that t-mobile wasn't going to be LTE until sometime in 2013.
I've set my APN to the settings in this thread. It's possible that I just won't see the LTE icon.
Any thoughts?
Do you have the N7100? If so I dont think that supports LTE.
beng2k said:
Do you have the N7100? If so I dont think that supports LTE.
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No... I have the AT&T Version. had the N7100 while back
michaelanthonyaz said:
I flashed my note 2 with CleanRom. I like it. Seems fast enough and I like the features. The thing that bugs me is that my network status icon always shows as either 4g or H+. Never LTE and I wonder if I'm actually on an LTE network, or just the enhanced 3g. I get about 6 mbps down and 1 up according to speedtest. Not bad, but I've seen people in my area getting 15 down and 8 or 9 up. Granted I'm on AT&T and they were on t-mobile. But my impression was that t-mobile wasn't going to be LTE until sometime in 2013.
I've set my APN to the settings in this thread. It's possible that I just won't see the LTE icon.
Any thoughts?
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Clean Rom uses an international base which means the icons are different. AT&T LTE = 4G, you can also verify which network you are connected to by going to Settings > About Device >Status > Mobile Network Type. If you are connected to LTE, it will show you LTE:14.
el_chiefo said:
Clean Rom uses an international base which means the icons are different. AT&T LTE = 4G, you can also verify which network you are connected to by going to Settings > About Device >Status > Mobile Network Type. If you are connected to LTE, it will show you LTE:14.
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Depends. Mine Shows 4G for HSPA+ and LTE for LTE

[Q] LTE Lost

Hello all, I'll be as brief as possible.
Bought Bell ZL C6506 bootloader cannot be unlocked, Unlocked carrier, used with Fido.
Everything worked perfectly, hated Bell Bloatware, tried to root with Binary nothing happened.
Flashed generic us firmware using flashtools > no LTE and loss reception here and there
Updated multiple times with PC companion/update service, fixed reception a little, still no LTE. 3G works though.
Any suggestions? It's obviously the generic us firmware that messed it up but it was for the c6506..
PS. Awesome phone, crappy screen > even my xperia S looks better but I'm happy overall
Are you using the correct APN for LTE?
papped said:
Are you using the correct APN for LTE?
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Yes, I've confirmed with fido. Tried 2 different APN's.
moeali77 said:
Yes, I've confirmed with fido. Tried 2 different APN's.
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So if you are with Fido, you do use ltemobile.apn as the APN setting (its the same as Rogers).
And if so, have you checked the "Phone Information" by typing *#*#4636#*#*
You should be able to select the band. Try using LTE only to see if it picks it up. Maybe yours is defaulted with "WCDMA preferred".
I'm with Rogers and it is by default at LTE/GSM auto (PRL). This is on FW. 244 if it makes a difference.
Did it ever work in the past, was a different baseband flashed on it in the past for whatever reason?
If you had an xperia S in the past and had data, you were using 3G and H+. The Xperia S didn't support LTE. Did you get the SIM card compatible with LTE?
Crash338 said:
So if you are with Fido, you do use ltemobile.apn as the APN setting (its the same as Rogers).
And if so, have you checked the "Phone Information" by typing *#*#4636#*#*
You should be able to select the band. Try using LTE only to see if it picks it up. Maybe yours is defaulted with "WCDMA preferred".
I'm with Rogers and it is by default at LTE/GSM auto (PRL). This is on FW. 244 if it makes a difference.
Did it ever work in the past, was a different baseband flashed on it in the past for whatever reason?
If you had an xperia S in the past and had data, you were using 3G and H+. The Xperia S didn't support LTE. Did you get the SIM card compatible with LTE?
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The apn setting is exactly that; ltemobile.apn
My sim card is LTE ready.
I have already tried going to "testing menu", but will try again as I'm typing.
Last time LTE only would just lose reception entirely (no bars, red x)
I switched LTE/GSM auto (PRL) to LTE only.
This time, it went to zero bars. I turned on Mobile Data and LTE showed up on the status bar. I tested this on a couple of websites and they loaded up quickly. Now If turn off mobile data, reception would return to 4/5 bars.
Maybe the baseband was changed..
I don't why the reception is 0/1 bar(s). Anyways LTE now works so that's an improvment, Thanks.

Phone stays on HSPA when LTE is available

So I own a D851, currently on T-Mobile with good LTE speeds in my area but quite often the phone switches to HSPA and doesn't utilize LTE coverage when I need it. I end up having to either switch data off/on or accessing the radio settings menu and setting it to LTE ONLY. I understand the slower network coverage saves battery but to just stay there I don't get when I'm getting download speeds of 9mb on HSPA and 30mb on LTE in the exact same spot. The thing that sucks about setting the radio to LTE ONLY is that I can't browse while on a call. Anyone know a workaround?
xlxcrossing said:
So I own a D851, currently on T-Mobile with good LTE speeds in my area but quite often the phone switches to HSPA and doesn't utilize LTE coverage when I need it. I end up having to either switch data off/on or accessing the radio settings menu and setting it to LTE ONLY. I understand the slower network coverage saves battery but to just stay there I don't get when I'm getting download speeds of 9mb on HSPA and 30mb on LTE in the exact same spot. The thing that sucks about setting the radio to LTE ONLY is that I can't browse while on a call. Anyone know a workaround?
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I had the same issue with ATT, unlocked phone. Made sure the APN was correct, tried may other APN settings, and finally called Consumer Cellular. They advised I did, indeed, have the correct APN (my first version). They did some type of reset on their end, and viola.
On my OnePlus it was the similar. APN was correct, same APN as the G3, but until I called CC, and their reset, phone would not show LTE at all, only H and H+
apn settings?
JeffDC said:
I had the same issue with ATT, unlocked phone. Made sure the APN was correct, tried may other APN settings, and finally called Consumer Cellular. They advised I did, indeed, have the correct APN (my first version). They did some type of reset on their end, and viola.
On my OnePlus it was the similar. APN was correct, same APN as the G3, but until I called CC, and their reset, phone would not show LTE at all, only H and H+
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What are the apn settings that are working for you? I've tried several times to address this issue with CC but lte STILL isnt working on either of our 2 devices. Had no problems when used with an att account.
I am still having this same problem on my LG G3 (vs985) on Cricket Wireless

Cricket SIM in AT&T E980 data issue

Hi all,
Before I rooted and put a costum ROM on this E980, I would get LTE service on this phone with the cricket SIM, about 6-8 mbps, since I put the custom rom on, I dont have any data from the get go, but if I put the cricket APN settings in, I get H+ data but its less then 1 mbps... I need to figure out how to to get the LTE to work on this.
When i try to enter AT&Ts APN settings into the phone, and I hit save, to save the APN settings, it wont save it and everything disappears. I've tried this on 3 different ROMS..
any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
If it was that slow it wasn't LTE. For example when using my Sim in a vzw phone if I set to global it would say LTE but be slow as balls, not send texts. When set properly it said H+ and everything worked
joe3681 said:
If it was that slow it wasn't LTE. For example when using my Sim in a vzw phone if I set to global it would say LTE but be slow as balls, not send texts. When set properly it said H+ and everything worked
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AT&T Caps cricket customers to 8MBps on the LTE network, at&t customers get 40mbps or so. but I'm getting under 1mbps... has to be some sorta setting or APN issue. When it used to say LTE, i was getting close to the cap of 8mbps.
Then try flashing a radio. The ROM itself shouldnt mess with anything like that really

Explain my 4g LTE woes, Verizon on T-Mobile

I may be trading my Verizon G4 for a T-Mobile H811 but before I go through the trouble I'd like to see if my problem can be fixed.
My network options are:
Global no sub-network menu
LTE/CDMA also no sub menu
LTE/GSM/UMTS with sub menu options LTE/Legacy 3GPP multi, GSM/GPRS/EDGE only, and UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ only and the option to choose network operators.
When I choose LTE/CDMA I get 4g LTE all the time, great speeds, but am unable to send texts, not sure about calls(don't use the phone much for calls)
If I choose Global I get intermittent LTE but mostly HSPA or HSPA+. Again texts only work when it switches to H.
If I choose LTE/GSM/UMTS I mostly get HSPA but occasionally it will switch to LTE.
I'm not used to having all these network options to choose from. I've tried a few different APN settings and all give the same results. I'm in a very good LTE coverage area and my G2 always ran on Band 4 LTE which is enabled on my G4 and obviously works in the correct mode based on my speeds 28mbps down, 18mbps up. Plus Verizon LG G2's are able to work correctly on T-Mobile's network and they have the same bands as the G4.
If my phone has the band's enabled to work with T-Mobile, namely band 2 and band 4 LTE, then why can't I always have LTE AND be able to text and call at the same time?
If anybody has an answer to this I'd love to hear it! Otherwise I'm going through with the trade (and trouble of setting my phone back up all over again).
Sent from my VS986
Have you tried to delete the Verizon Apns? I used a Verizon g3 on ATT and had some issues until I cleared all APNs and set new ones up.
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daniel4653 said:
Have you tried to delete the Verizon Apns? I used a Verizon g3 on ATT and had some issues until I cleared all APNs and set new ones up.
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Yeah they're gone. All I have is 2 different T-Mobile ones.
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I'm having the same issue, i just got mine yesterday. I tried rooting and trying to disable and enable lte bands from the hidden menu but it didn't do anything. I also tried the epc apn and for some reason still kept giving me lte like the settings aren't saving.
chrisc9000 said:
I'm having the same issue, i just got mine yesterday. I tried rooting and trying to disable and enable lte bands from the hidden menu but it didn't do anything. I also tried the epc apn and for some reason still kept giving me lte like the settings aren't saving.
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My tip to you is don't disable any of the bands. You can enable all you want. I made the mistake of disabling thinking it would force the phone on certain bands. Then went out of town and lost all data. Somehow I remembered the command prompt line to get back into the hidden menu, re-enabled and I at least got edge...
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I got same problem while my G3 VS985 does not

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