Well, I have a carrier unlocked Note 2 from AT&T, and I have 1 sim from AT&T and another sim from T-Mobile... Okay... My Note 2 right now is with the International ROM that is all over the AT&T forums here on XDA (and t-mobile forums as well) with the multi-window feature... I added the AT&T APN and I get LTE with my AT&T sim of course...
Now, when I insert the T-Mobile sim I only get Edge on T-Mobile, just like the Note 1. All I need is to flash a hybrid modem or T-Mobile modem and I should get HSPA+ (3.5G) on T-Mobile, exactly as the Note 1...
I already ordered from ebay the dual sim adapter, I just need to wait for an Hybrid modem to show up and I am all set with high speed on both networks...
In the case of AT&T and T-Mobile... If you are going to use both networks... The best bet is to use a T-Mobile ROM and use it with AT&T instead of the other way around, because T-Mobile rom has wifi calling... So... The best choice is to use a tmobile rom and use it with tmobile and AT&T... The issue at this point in time is that there is no tmobile rom with wifi calling and multi window... So, that is why I am using the International ROM right now... Because of the multi window feature, but as soon as there is a ROM with wifi calling and multi window... Then that's the best choice...
But my question... Can anyone confirm a successful T-Mobile ROM Flash on the AT&T Note 2? Same for T-Mobile Modem... Any 3.5G with T-Mobile on AT&T Note 2 instead of EDGE...
I'm currently on att with a note 2 and i've switched to t-mobile and will be recieving a new phone in the mail soon. Should i return it and just flash a t-mobile rom onto my current phone? or should i just sell my att one on craigslist and keep the new t-mobile phone? Any possible loss of features or functionality by sticking with the phone i have?
Keep the tmo one.
It dosent have lte yet, so hang on to att one too I suggest but tmo has added aws band.
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prepaidguy9081 said:
Keep the tmo one.
It dosent have lte yet, so hang on to att one too I suggest but tmo has added aws band.
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I don't understand your answer to the OP.
I'm in the exact same situation as the OP. I'm with AT&T but they just took my unlimited data plan away so I'm probably going to switch to T-Mobile.
Are there any bands that the T-Mobile Note 2 has that can't be unlocked on the AT&T model? According to Wikipedia both AT&T and T-Mobile version of the Note 2 have AWS. I heard that you can enable the high speed bands on AT&T's model to work with T-Mobile. Is taht not true?
rogerbacon50 said:
I don't understand your answer to the OP.
I'm in the exact same situation as the OP. I'm with AT&T but they just took my unlimited data plan away so I'm probably going to switch to T-Mobile.
Are there any bands that the T-Mobile Note 2 has that can't be unlocked on the AT&T model? According to Wikipedia both AT&T and T-Mobile version of the Note 2 have AWS. I heard that you can enable the high speed bands on AT&T's model to work with T-Mobile. Is taht not true?
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Tmo hasnt released the update to let tmo gnotes2 work on their lte network, because its not up and running most places... Possibly only update customers who are in Kansas City.
Not too clear if att gnotes2 with att specific firmware would work on tmo's network. Theoretically it should work, but their might be some radio issues that give u shoddy service. Unlocking phones is illegal now, so idk if u could sim unlock ur phone through att to work for tmo anyways. Might have to go through ebay or something to do so.
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I saw an N900t on Ebay. The seller sent me a picture of the phone.
Here it is
It says model number is SM-900T but the seller says it won't work with LTE on AT&T, even though the phone is unlocked. The seller is nice enough to tell me that it won't work with ATT LTE..
The instruction manual photo says it is n9000.. but he sent a picture of n900t label on phone.
Are there n900t phones which won't work on AT&T
Unlocked Note 3 Tmobile
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I saw an N900t on Ebay. The seller sent me a picture of the phone.
Here it is
It says model number is SM-900T but the seller says it won't work with LTE on AT&T, even though the phone is unlocked. The seller is nice enough to tell me that it won't work with ATT LTE..
The instruction manual photo says it is n9000.. but he sent a picture of n900t label on phone.
Are there n900t phones which won't work on AT&T
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I would also like to know if this would work.
I have an unlocked Tmobile Note 3 working on a Straight Talk ATT sim card. Its the old sim with the att.mvno apn. The new sims work with a tfdata apn. My status bar does not say 4G lte just 4g. Wondering if I need the new ST sim to get LTE if that even works .
Anyone else have some insight?
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I saw an N900t on Ebay. The seller sent me a picture of the phone.
Here it is
It says model number is SM-900T but the seller says it won't work with LTE on AT&T, even though the phone is unlocked. The seller is nice enough to tell me that it won't work with ATT LTE..
The instruction manual photo says it is n9000.. but he sent a picture of n900t label on phone.
Are there n900t phones which won't work on AT&T
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LTE works fine for me on my 900T on AT&T
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LTE works fine for me on my 900T on AT&T
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Thanks.
Using an N900T on AT&T LTE as well. There is a big forum in AT&T General on this. Good luck.
The posts from people using it answers your question but you can do some searching as this has been talked about quite a bit. From what I have read, the T-Mobile version was the most desirable model since it includes all the ATT bands plus the T-Mobile band so it will work on both networks. The ATT model is missing the T-Mobile LTE band so that is why some people using ATT bought the T-Mobile version to begin with. It lets you use it on either network without restrictions.
Hope this helps...
He might using the tmobile version to take pictures and replies to ebay questions, which doesn't mean he using the same phone he selling
Yes the SM-900 Model won't support LTE because its international variant so its only supports 4G.
you can take a look at the list below hope it helps
SM-N9002 Dual Sim variant for Chinese Market
SM-N9005 LTE variant
SM-N900K for KT Telecom South Korea
SM-N900L for LGU+ South Korea
SM-N900S for SK Telecom South Korea
SM-N900W8 - Canadian
SM-N9000Q Turkish
SM-N900A for AT&T United States
SM-N900P for Sprint United States
SM-N900T for T-Mobile USA
SM-N900V for Verizon Wireless
N9008W --- the Mexico Note 3 from Telcel
SM-N900,International variant
SLC22 for KDDI AU Japan
SGH-N075 and SGH-N099 for NTT Docomo Japan
I just bought an unlocked N900T for my AT&T and am getting LTE speeds.
just checked and got a 22Mbps download speed with the LTE APN configuration
What , I think, many don't realize that you should register at&t lte capable device imei on your account. Then this phone should work fine. For example, if you already have at&t sim that gets you lte - you are fine.
However, if you buy the tmobile phone and then try to open new at&t account while using imei of n900t - you may not ever get lte.
Opposite is the same. I registered my old at&t note 2 with tmobile and never could get lte. Not even when I got n900t. Support was clueless. Last thung I said to csr before she wanted to file a ticket to their engineers - 'could you please switch my imei' and oops I got lte in 2 minutes.
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So I am figuring which Note 4 variant to get. One factor is which one has best compatibility across US and internationally.
AT&T seems to list these specs:
4G-LTE Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 17, 20, and 29
3G - UMTS 850/1900/2100MHz
T-Mobile:
Quad Band GSM; UMTS: Band I (2100), Band II (1900), Band IV (1700/2100), Band V (850);
LTE: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17
So it's seems that for LTE AT&T has best compatibility (bands 20 and 29 extra with 20 being popular in Europe), while for
For 3G T-Mobile supports band IV (1700/2100) which, I suppose is AWS band only in use by T-Mobile.
So overall, AT& version seems to have better compatibility.
Other factors are, however, locked bootloader, availability of root (preferably without know tripping), amount of crap applications and other restrictions.
One thing that I observed with my T-Mobile Note 3 is that I couldn't change voicemail number on Cricket sim card. Worked fine on AT&T phone though.
So any thoughts on that? What other things worth considering to make a choice?
for me the AT&T Version is better because you gonna have full perfect coverage without issues just only have to wait for root but very soon somebody its going to do something with root.
The only reason people bought the T-Mobile or Canadian versions of previous Samsung phones was because of their LTE support. The UK version supports all the bands below and is 100% free from carrier molestation. It's $906 all-in delivered 2-day FedEx from an authorized Samsung UK reseller which means its 2-year warranty is intact (you have to send it to the UK for a claim though). It's also Exynos vs. S-805 which is a big deal to some people. If my Note 4 wasn't a free Next upgrade and I had to pay I'd be getting the UK version. And how exactly does warranty coverage work for a T-Mobile phone when there's not a T-Mobile account associated with it? Has anyone actually had a T-Mobile phone repaired by them as a non-customer?
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The only reason people bought the T-Mobile or Canadian versions of previous Samsung phones was because of their LTE support. The UK version supports all the bands below and is 100% free from carrier molestation. It's $906 all-in delivered 2-day FedEx from an authorized Samsung UK reseller which means its 2-year warranty is intact (you have to send it to the UK for a claim though). It's also Exynos vs. S-805 which is a big deal to some people. If my Note 4 wasn't a free Next upgrade and I had to pay I'd be getting the UK version. And how exactly does warranty coverage work for a T-Mobile phone when there's not a T-Mobile account associated with it? Has anyone actually had a T-Mobile phone repaired by them as a non-customer?
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I paid off the balance on my T-mobile Galaxy S4 and took it to AIO (Cricket) shortly after purchase. After a few months, the GPS module quit working. I had to return it to stock and send it back to Samsung for warranty service. I doubt T-Mobile would have helped me at all without active service so I didn't even try.
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The only reason people bought the T-Mobile or Canadian versions of previous Samsung phones was because of their LTE support. The UK version supports all the bands below and is 100% free from carrier molestation. It's $906 all-in delivered 2-day FedEx from an authorized Samsung UK reseller which means its 2-year warranty is intact (you have to send it to the UK for a claim though). It's also Exynos vs. S-805 which is a big deal to some people. If my Note 4 wasn't a free Next upgrade and I had to pay I'd be getting the UK version. And how exactly does warranty coverage work for a T-Mobile phone when there's not a T-Mobile account associated with it? Has anyone actually had a T-Mobile phone repaired by them as a non-customer?
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Having an active account has nothing to do with their return or warranty policy. T-Mobile will honor the returns or repairs.
I've never had to have a repair, but I have returned a phone within the return period without having an active account without issue.
This is my unlocked T Mobile Note 4 on AT&T network. Smoking quick!
How long you been using the tmobile note 4 on att martinezma99? You are in Charleston, SC? Have you noticed any issues with connection being dropped or similar as lots of people had experienced with previous samsung tmobile phones on att? Thanks for the info. I'm thinking about trying this.
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How long you been using the tmobile note 4 on att martinezma99? You are in Charleston, SC? Have you noticed any issues with connection being dropped or similar as lots of people had experienced with previous samsung tmobile phones on att? Thanks for the info. I'm thinking about trying this.
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@mnorris0678 It has been 48 hours since I got the T Mobile Note 4 running on AT&T. Yes, I'm in Charleston, SC.
I've noticed zero issues with connection drops. I also own the AT&T Note 4 and tested speeds. Zero difference.
Call quality is supurb.
Repairs...
A lot of people seem to be worried about repairs if they buy a tmo variant. Peace of mind is SquareTrade, they cover phones now. Just get a plan during the first 30days 99 bucks and 75 for replacement if needed.
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Have you noticed any issues with connection being dropped or similar as lots of people had experienced with previous samsung tmobile phones on att?
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hmmm...I think the vast majority of people haven't had any problems with previous Samsung phones on ATT in my opinion. I've had my Tmobile Note 3 on ATT for over a year and haven't had any problems and I've traveled quite a few places in the US. The main issue I have seen is people's LTE switching to HSPA sooner that ATT's version in places where LTE is weak.
I've only heard great things about the Tmobile Note 4 on ATT so far.
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hmmm...I think the vast majority of people haven't had any problems with previous Samsung phones on ATT in my opinion. I've had my Tmobile Note 3 on ATT for over a year and haven't had any problems and I've traveled quite a few places in the US. The main issue I have seen is people's LTE switching to HSPA sooner that ATT's version in places where LTE is weak.
I've only heard great things about the Tmobile Note 4 on ATT so far.
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I can confirm that the LTE drop to HSPA problem that I experienced with the Note 3 is definitely not happening with my Note 4. I was definitely concerned it would and overly sensitive to watching for it, but have now ruled it out as an issue.
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I can confirm unlocked att note 4 works great on t-mobile. LTE works great. you have to input apn settings though and I found you have to enable smart handoff from wifi to DATA
martinezma99 said:
@mnorris0678 It has been 48 hours since I got the T Mobile Note 4 running on AT&T. Yes, I'm in Charleston, SC.
I've noticed zero issues with connection drops. I also own the AT&T Note 4 and tested speeds. Zero difference.
Call quality is supurb.
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I'm trying to do this too. Did u have to sim unlock it? I threw my ATT SIM in the phone and entered apn settings. Bam LTE popped up! However after 2 to 3 minutes, data dropped out completely and couldn't make a call or text. Is this due to not being SIM unlocked? I got it from a friend at rent a center for cheap. He assured me my ATT SIM would work. It is not lol. Any ideas guys? I've done everything except SIM unlock, and root/unlock bootloader.
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I can confirm unlocked att note 4 works great on t-mobile. LTE works great. you have to input apn settings though and I found you have to enable smart handoff from wifi to DATA
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Smart handoff? I'm having major issues. I can't get my phone to stay connected.
Yes, I did a SIM unlock to get phone to work on AT&T.
for me the AT&T Version is better because you gonna have full perfect coverage without issues just only have to wait for root but very soon somebody its going to do something with root.<br/>
I wouldn't hold my breath on the AT&T Note 4 getting root.
i switched from ATT to tmobile. i have ATT version that i am using on TMobile.
So with the band information that you gave i should not have any problem right. there is no reason to switch TMobile version of the Note 4 except root. am i right?
hiverli said:
i switched from ATT to tmobile. i have ATT version that i am using on TMobile.
So with the band information that you gave i should not have any problem right. there is no reason to switch TMobile version of the Note 4 except root. am i right?
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Root and Wifi Calling.
zounduser said:
I'm trying to do this too. Did u have to sim unlock it? I threw my ATT SIM in the phone and entered apn settings. Bam LTE popped up! However after 2 to 3 minutes, data dropped out completely and couldn't make a call or text. Is this due to not being SIM unlocked? I got it from a friend at rent a center for cheap. He assured me my ATT SIM would work. It is not lol. Any ideas guys? I've done everything except SIM unlock, and root/unlock bootloader.
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Smart handoff? I'm having major issues. I can't get my phone to stay connected.
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I've had the T-mobile note 4 on AT&T since the second week when phone dropped. I actually had to call AT&T and have them turn tri band on for my phone. My phone still shows as a blackberry on my account but LTE and cell service is perfect.
I have both AT&T and T-mobile versions. The AT&T lags a lot. I prefer my T-mobile only because of root. I can't live without Titanium Backup. And being able to remove that annoying volume warning is priceless since I use it for streaming in the car daily.
What about the Canadian W8 version on AT&T? It has all LTE bands the AT&T version has except B12, where T-Mobile version has all except B7. Is AT&T using either of those bands? In Colorado AT&T is using B17 I'm pretty sure.
I want to buy the G4 to use on ATT.
Is it possible to buy a model that is unlocked and unbloated to use on ATT? It must work with the LTE bands. Does the international version work?
If ATT introduces WiFi calling as promised this year, will I not benefit if not using the ATT model? How is WiFi calling supposed to work?
The International model will work and supports all AT&T bands, minus one, Band 30. Band 30 is the newest one and is supposed to go live this summer.
I don't think WiFi calling will work but I'm not positive on that.