Not much Dev support for our device.. - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II

So as I surf the other galaxy note 2 forums im starting to realize there is hardly NO dev support for our devices.. I mean other galaxy note 2 forums have tons of new development and custom ROMs and what not, but out TMobile forum is pretty much crickets.. lol.. were are all the devs at...?
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I'm guessing it's because the T-Mobile variant isn't as popular, to put it in laymen terms, it's a niche device, even though Samsung has sold millions of T889s. You can always head over to the AT&T or the international forum, flash the rom and flash the t-mobile radio. I haven't personally tried it but it technically should work. Anyone who has the skynote rom on their t889 mind sharing how to do that?

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. I mean you could use some att roms but you have to be careful and flash kernels and even still you'll have data drops and who wants that. I'm just a little pissed at Sammy for the lack of support for our note 2,with so many phones being released you would think they would have worked on 4.3 when it was released from Google and gave it to carriers and told them to not release it until after the note 3 was released, but that's just me I guess. I believe I'll go back to nexus after this phone hopefully by then they will have 64gb and 5000mah battery's inside. :-/ oh and it's not that simple to just flash our modem, there's efs and other technical stuff.

If you flash intl roms make sure they are for the N7105 and not the N7100.
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ungraph said:
I'm guessing it's because the T-Mobile variant isn't as popular, to put it in laymen terms, it's a niche device, even though Samsung has sold millions of T889s. You can always head over to the AT&T or the international forum, flash the rom and flash the t-mobile radio. I haven't personally tried it but it technically should work. Anyone who has the skynote rom on their t889 mind sharing how to do that?
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As long as the frequencies from the two carriers are the same, it'll work. (I don't recommend it though, bricked my phone, but thank nandroid backup)
Smack that thanks button if I helped.
N7105 Note 2 LTE International powered by Illusion ROM 2.6
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I've had sky note on my t889. You flash the rom then reboot. Reboot to recovery and flash devil kernel. Then boot back up and enter tmo apn. Works good if your in an lte area but data drops on 4g.
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I'm not a dev, but I've been building from source for the tmobile gs2 and now have the note2. I should be able to build pretty much any stable rom for this device that is built for any other note2. I'm running slimkat right now.

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Rom bases

Idk if this isnposted but i found one not much detail abot rom bases tmobile vs att rom bases on us and the skyrocket the bases what better or what the pro's and cons or our t898 vs att skyrocket
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don728871 said:
Idk if this isnposted but i found one not much detail abot rom bases tmobile vs att rom bases on us and the skyrocket the bases what better or what the pro's and cons or our t898 vs att skyrocket
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There are different version of the galaxy s2 I wrote a thorough detailed post on that in this QA section if you search my past posts.
Basically the att S2 is actually a different phone with incompatible CPU, GPU and chipset. Att S2 Roms will NOT work on tmo S2.
T989D is different but not by much don't just flash a skyrocket ROM that had not been modified and listed under the T989 development thread.
If you Google Samsung Galaxy S2 models there is a whole wiki page on the many different versions where they where released and some of the differences.
WARNING IF YOU FLASH ATT S2 ROM TO TMOBILE S2 YOU WILL BRICK (KILL) YOUR PHONE DON'T TRY IT.
ALWAYS RUN NANDROID BACKUPS ALWAYS
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL DEVICE.
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RealPariah said:
There are different version of the galaxy s2 I wrote a thorough detailed post on that in this QA section if you search my past posts.
Basically the att S2 is actually a different phone with incompatible CPU, GPU and chipset. Att S2 Roms will NOT work on tmo S2.
T989D is different but not by much don't just flash a skyrocket ROM that had not been modified and listed under the T989 development thread.
If you Google Samsung Galaxy S2 models there is a whole wiki page on the many different versions where they where released and some of the differences.
WARNING IF YOU FLASH ATT S2 ROM TO TMOBILE S2 YOU WILL BRICK (KILL) YOUR PHONE DON'T TRY IT.
ALWAYS RUN NANDROID BACKUPS ALWAYS
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL DEVICE.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the AT&T (i727) is a different phone yes, but with that being said is rather almost identical in build, all that would really need to be swapped is the drivers, or kernel in this sense..
Also, the SGH-T989 and T989D are actually IDENTICAL devices, with only differences being simply
The carrier information (information in build.prop, CSC folder, CSCFiles.xml, SW_Configuration.xml, CSC_version.xml, carrier bloat, carrier apks, and libs, such as wifi calling for T-Mobile, etc. To say they are "different" persay is a little misleading.. if you wrote a topic regarding these, why didn't you research your data?
Also, its better to post your sources when providing information that is obviously going to be cross checked.
Here ye go:
link to wiki on galaxy family
The galaxy s2 has an awesome boot method where the devices system actually boots similarly to a BIOS on pc, which then loads a kernel, in this stage the phone is actually running debug mode, meaning, unless you flash the rom and forget to flash our kernel and instead flash a i9100 or something n00bish, the galaxy s2x is rather hard to brick, its so easy n00bs can do it (look through the forum..)
If the device does get bricked for whatever reason, wtf is a nandroid gonna do?
Your posts so far have been rather missleading...

International N7105 firmware confirmed working on i317!!!

For any of you who want to have your cake and eat it too, you can now flash the international N7105 firmware onto your AT&T branded i317!
What does this mean? It means that you can give AT&T the middle finger by having unlocked firmware with none of the restrictions and bloatware. By extension, this also means that you can benefit from the development going on for the international devices.
Finally, this also means that you can reap all those benefits without sacrificing LTE access in North America!
Now that this has been confirmed to work with the i317, I wonder if the T889 is next...
Check out the main thread over here.
This is nothing new.
Well known information.
NightHawkUndead said:
This is nothing new.
Well known information.
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News to me
Anyway this can help us with the n7100 roms?
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Jt004 said:
Anyway this can help us with the n7100 roms?
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Check this out
I'm confused now. Is there an international ROM we can just flash onto our at&t device?
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NightHawkUndead said:
This is nothing new.
Well known information.
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news to me. Just got device a week ago. Was wondering why most mods were compatible.
Why do we have only 5 of the same roms in development section?
ekerbuddyeker said:
I'm confused now. Is there an international ROM we can just flash onto our at&t device?
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We tried flashing the international N7105 firmware onto the i317 using Odin, but that didn't work. However, the procedure seems to be working if, instead of using Odin, you flash a re-packaged stock N7105 firmware using a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP, just like flashing any other custom ROM. Once that's done, just flash the AT&T modem/kernel, and you're all set!
Unfortunately, there hasn't been much development for the N7105 yet. Root, CWM, deodexing and all the other basics are there, but that's all for the moment. Devs are still trying to work out N7100/N7105 inter-compatibility. N7100 firmware will flash to an N7105, but the modem won't work, so that's pretty useless, and that's what we're all trying to fix.
At least, in the mean time, you can enjoy a stock N7105 experience in North America without AT&T/Rogers sticking their fingers in the pie
Is the 7100 the non LTE version and 7105 LTE? If this allows us to get FM Radio on our North American Note 2s, I'm going to be very happy!
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Sword Fish said:
Is the 7100 the non LTE version and 7105 LTE? If this allows us to get FM Radio on our North American Note 2s, I'm going to be very happy!
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No, fm radio is built into the specific device
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Jade Eyed Wolf said:
For any of you who want to have your cake and eat it too, you can now flash the international N7105 firmware onto your AT&T branded i317!
What does this mean? It means that you can give AT&T the middle finger by having unlocked firmware with none of the restrictions and bloatware. By extension, this also means that you can benefit from the development going on for the international devices.
Finally, this also means that you can reap all those benefits without sacrificing LTE access in North America!
Now that this has been confirmed to work with the i317, I wonder if the T889 is next...
Check out the main thread over here.
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Very nice.
Upon thinking about it. I believe there is a way to use this method to give us international firmware and also retain our NA CSC's so we keep carrier specific settings such as Wi-Fi access, Fast dormancy and the like too.
Currently working on it and will get back to people once I am finished.
Glad to see someone else was working on this as it was something I wanted to get around to messing with but have been busy poking into Bootloaders and dialer codes.
Jt004 said:
No, fm radio is built into the specific device
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Agreed however, no one knows for sure it isn't present in our devices and that Samsung just removed the driver at the request of the greedy NA companies. They don't want us listening to something for free when they can force us to connect and use data. Maybe the driver is in the 7105 firmware...
My phone is rooted, what is so good/different about the international version?
Ghetto Geeksta said:
My phone is rooted, what is so good/different about the international version?
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Read this for the in-a-nutshell version.
Works great for me on my i317.
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I installed this on my At&t Note 2 its feels suoerfast and no At&t crap.
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dbzgod said:
Very nice.
Upon thinking about it. I believe there is a way to use this method to give us international firmware and also retain our NA CSC's so we keep carrier specific settings such as Wi-Fi access, Fast dormancy and the like too.
Currently working on it and will get back to people once I am finished.
Glad to see someone else was working on this as it was something I wanted to get around to messing with but have been busy poking into Bootloaders and dialer codes.
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Did what Miscom had done and got the latest GT-I7105 Unbranded firmware release LJ5, with this one I injected the Canadian CSC's and everything seems to be working except a few carrier apps that check for the proper model number they would force close on me.
Going over this firmware, seems okay but doesn't seem to be any better then the stock LJ2 that came with the phone.
My main hope with using an international firmware would be unlocked dialer codes, and I was correct in my testing, any carrier locked dialer codes are controller within the firmware + check what CSC you have as well.
Got some working that I couldn't before hand, however the main one that I wanted to use was the *#7465625# to view network lock status, it was one that I couldn't get working, but I believe that it wasn't working because my phone is already a factory unlocked one so to really know for sure I'd half to have one that is known to be locked.
Anyways, glad this experiment worked, I will definitely be looking at this again in the future, however I know that the Samsung Canada is planning on releasing an updated firmware for the phone at the same time or soon after the Canadian S3's get their Jelly Bean updated, and it is also rumored that they will be 4.1.2 as well. So with this possibility I will be going back to Bell's Stock firmware and see what we get in a few weeks.
ROM is up
Please visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575 to download it.
News to me too
Now, I've got to convince my wife to let me have it for flashing.
Oh, does this mean you can do MultiView as well??
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dvdmkr said:
News to me too
Now, I've got to convince my wife to let me have it for flashing.
Oh, does this mean you can do MultiView as well??
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To my understanding, yes. I am downloading it now and will be flashing it shortly. I'm curious if the Wallet issues were NA specific to ATT as well? I should reread those threads to see what the problem was...

Can you use a Kernel for i9505 or I337 on M919?

Good day to all,
I am just checking to see the full flexibility of the S4 in terms of development.
I'm looking over the specs on all of the different variations that are out for the S4.. a little more then called for.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S4
From my point of view.. the GT-I9505, SGH-I337, SGH-M919 are basicly the same.. only huge difference is the i9505 LTE bands compared to the M919 and I337.
I know if i flash the wrong kernel or mod, it can, and most likely would brick the phone..
i'm not smoking crack here.. but is it possible.. is there a way to use a I337 mod/kernel and flash over .. i guess the radio for the m919?
Can you? Maybe. Should you? No. Would it involve flashing the modem in any case? No.
People, come on now.it's never smart to run things from other phones.unless you want a fancy paper weight
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TheAtheistOtaku said:
People, come on now.it's never smart to run things from other phones.unless you want a fancy paper weight
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I run at&t rom's and kernels on my S3 all the time. In fact I run nothing but AT&T versions of slim and kt kernel.
I plan on doing the same thing with my S4 once they get their b/l unlocked.
Free Quasi!
FlyGurl said:
I run at&t rom's and kernels on my S3 all the time. In fact I run nothing but AT&T versions of slim and kt kernel.
I plan on doing the same thing with my S4 once they get their b/l unlocked.
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Exactly!
But, i came from the i9300... and it was a no no to run a i9305 on the phone with the hardware issues... but.. are the AT&T and T-Mobile phones the same?? hardware anyways??
T-Mobile and AT&T variants were next to identical on the GS3, i havent looked at specs for the S4, but i would definately NOT flash international S4 stuff to your US S4, no no no no no dont even think about it!
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are the GS4 variant i337(AT&T) and M919(T-Mobile) identical? I need to get the t- mobile files on the att GS4, because i use it on tmobile.
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are the GS4 variant i337(AT&T) and M919(T-Mobile) identical? I need to get the t- mobile files on the att GS4, because i use it on tmobile.
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I am also interested in this.
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You probably cab but it will probably have bugs. For instance. On my s3 I can flash kernels from any other carriers and if I do sprint I get rotarion issues.
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You can flash the ROMs for other models no problem as long as you flash a kernel made specifically for your device. I haven't experimented with kernels for other devices, but I can say that I have made the mistake of flashing both AT&T ROMs and i9505 ROMs and forgot to flash a TMO kernel and all I got was a nice failure to boot after the initial Galaxy S4 splash screen. Can't speak for the other carriers, but I just make it a point to flash KT kernel for the TMO device with each ROM I flash given the problems I've encountered with AT&T and i9505's models.
A brick waiting to happen. You should never flash a kernel that is NOT made for your device. Oh well going to be a good thread to watch a few days. Makes for some good reading, and good lessons for others.
Carry on!
Your welcome
As @lordcheeto03 stated I flashed i9505 rom on ATT and forgot to flash kernel and booted, it displayed a notice on boot that Non-AT&T software is detected, and didn't boot...
I also tested to flash i9505 Modem on i337 and it/ i.e. odin displayed notice, of a failure due to knox [sic] rejecting it...
I booted into recovery manually flashed i337 kernel and it successfully booted without any brick.
@TheAxman

OMG Galaxy s4 Kernel Source Code Dropped

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...e-files-is-this-the-google-edition-galaxy-s4/
Sorry if this is a super noob question/Thought
If We Download This And Flash It In The "Download Target" Screen or "Download Mode" (power + Volume Down + Home Button) Does This Mean I Can Upgrade To Google edition (Or Are we somewhat close to the port) ?:fingers-crossed:
Once again i apologize for the thought:angel:
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75 views and no feedback? Damnnn..:thumbdown:
I thought we were excited about this. ..
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I would not expect too much interest in a kernel that can't be used on this device for TMo service.
luckyduck69 said:
This has "I9505" in the link. What is the model number of you T-Mobile GS4?
Second thought, please go ahead & flash it. Then post back here with the results.
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Would be funny but that's kinda mean to break a $650 device o.0
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luckyduck69 said:
This has "I9505" in the link. What is the model number of you T-Mobile GS4?
Second thought, please go ahead & flash it. Then post back here with the results.
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First off, you should not even joke about telling someone to flash something they shouldn't. EVER. Some people will take you seriously. Please don't do that...
Second... you and others should realize by now that our M919 can flash 95% of all software items made for the international i9505. M919 is simply the Tmo version of the 9505, as you should know....the hardware is identical. So many people still think they are different phones just because ours say M919. The only catch is you can never flash another carriers modem...it's that simple.
99% of the ROMs from the international i9505 forums and all other carriers...Verizon, AT&T, Sprint etc, run perfectly on our M919....ya just gotta flash a universal kernel directly after flashing the i9505 ROM....ie, Faux or Ktoonez etc. Aside from people who have to have certain Tmo specific software (WiFI calling, visual VM etc)...I have no idea why people are still using the old and outdated MDL firmware.
To the OP...wait for the ROM and kernel to be released in the international forums and then wait again for Faux or Ktoonez to make the kernel universally compatible with multiple variants of the i9505.
Seems there are still peeps out there that think they are stuck to using only Tmo M919 software. I'm surprised more Tmo users are not using the latest and greatest firmware for the i9505. Smearing, camera lag...you name it, was fixed long ago on the international firmware.
My M919 is FLYING with Wanam's 1.2 MF2 ROM, Faux v6m kernel.
@ Hoggles
Thanks for that informative post.
Regarding the WanamLite ROM you installed, is Call Recording operating properly?
Skvalex from CallRecorder asked me to try this
http://galaxys4root.com/t-mobile-ga...i9505attt-mobilecanadianapp2sdcall-recording/
to see if CallRecorder works. It's version 1.1 but I read it may break 4G LTE.
I see the ROM you installed is 1.2 and just wanted to know what your experience was with either the call recording feature native to that ROM, or if you've perhaps tried CallRecorder, and if 4G LTE is working without issue.
@ luckyduck69
The op was just trying to be helpful.
Everyone is learning, and not just on xda, but in life in general.
Hoggles just didn't want the op or anyone else to Bork their new, expensive S4 and was passionate about that.
As we all know, sometimes things are said that are taken literally, and considering their are millions of xda members, there may have been several that would have flashed something they're not supposed to, and have a brick in their hands.
The above is just my observation. Nothing personal
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To the OP...wait for the ROM and kernel to be released in the international forums and then wait again for Faux or Ktoonez to make the kernel universally compatible with multiple variants of the i9505.
Seems there are still peeps out there that think they are stuck to using only Tmo M919 software. I'm surprised more Tmo users are not using the latest and greatest firmware for the i9505. Smearing, camera lag...you name it, was fixed long ago on the international firmware.
My M919 is FLYING with Wanam's 1.2 MF2 ROM, Faux v6m kernel.
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Thanks my brother, I appreciate you understanding my point of view
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[Q] Can We Flash At&t Roms?

Like The Heading Can We Flash At&t Roms because we flash slimbean From At&t And I Have Read That Both types of phones are alike?
I never had to flash ROMs from other carrier coz we have all the best roms here... But u can flash ROMs from at&t as long as u flash a tmobile kernel rite after u flash ur ROM.....
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Just thought I'd add a quick statement to that. Yes you can flash AT&T roms to our T999. But unless you consider yourself experienced with the S3 model T999, I would just stick with what we already have here. You can't just flash and have them work 100%. Often there are different tweaks or changes that need to be made.
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Just thought I'd add a quick statement to that. Yes you can flash AT&T roms to our T999. But unless you consider yourself experienced with the S3 model T999, I would just stick with what we already have here. You can't just flash and have them work 100%. Often there are different tweaks or changes that need to be made.
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But at least with the Dandroid ROM, built on S3Rx, you can flash the AT&T Stock MG2 kernel.
Yup, AT&T kernels are compatible with our T999. In fact, some of the custom ones are AT&T kernels just ported over here. At least they were at one time. Haven't looked in a while.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Yup, AT&T kernels are compatible with our T999. In fact, some of the custom ones are AT&T kernels just ported over here. At least they were at one time. Haven't looked in a while.
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Hey doc Glad to see that you are still here.
I have flash several roms from att out of the box working. Like you said att kernels are compatible. Sprint, verizon roms have to do some tweaking as for to get data working etc but it still fun to do with.
Been a while since I really did something but slowly doing stuff when the time is right.
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