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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Word, I'm stoked. This seems very possible.

I wonder, since you are actually deving this, if a new post in the dev section isn't warranted. Would get some testers for sure

Swyped from the white galaxy, 2 stars to the left.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Deth Becomes You:
I second that!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Since both btyork and deth say so, I'll post in dev. :)

I'll preface that I was working on this when I stumbled onto this thread in the first place, so it's all good.

Sent from my O3D/Thrillz thing. Maybe....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Word, this will take off in the dev section

Swyped from the white galaxy, 2 stars to the left.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
I personally think it is easier to just leave it here. It would be so much harder to see this topic with the hustle and bustle of that section.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Maybe, but he is actually developing something, and I know at least 50 percent of the people in the developer forum don't come here.

More help will come from that forum.

Swyped from the white galaxy, 2 stars to the left.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
I'm going to run it by the Mods for the region, and if/when I post there I'm going to link back here. I don't want to cause any issues despite being a recognized dev. ;-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] the.mister.d:
Hi, so just to make sure, put the Notetest3.zip on SD card and select Update (Flash an update.zip) in CWM. Is that right?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Put that & a stock modem (preferably the one you already use) on your SD. Pick install zip from SD in CWM or your preferred recovery and choose that zip file.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eksasol:
The MX uses the same Exynos chip and it will officially support pentaband. The price is good too, but I won't get it due to no SD slot. Its supposed to have good sound quality typical of Meizu.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crazy talk:
yeah. with any luck we'll be able to rip the Modem out of the Meizu and stick it in the note with a few changes and get 3G working.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] FAILHARD:
Not that simple as I pointed out earlier. SOmeone has tried this with another phone that possibly had SKY77604 and it didn't work. The modem.bin has to be rewritten.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crazy talk:
what phone? the SKY77604 is a brand new chip, as far as i know it hasn't been used in any other device.

if your thinking of the Samsung T-989 (T-mobile Galaxy S II) i strongly doubt it's using the 77604. and even if it was the differences between an Exynos based chipset and a Snapdragon based chipset would be enough to stop an unmodified Modem from working.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
Lawl, even with $840, looks like no developer is interested in this. :D I am pretty likely to buy the Note in the next week or so but =(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] refatb:
There are 2 more people here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1367998&page=4

that is willing to give $50 and $20 please add it to the bounty OP

getmouse - $50

MOTH477 - $20
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crazy talk:
thanks. got them.

posted up in the Captivate thread where they enabled 850Mhz on that device. hopefully we get some bites since no Note developer seems interested in our money.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prech:
I'd be glad to pledge $20 to get us on the T-mobile train

Merry Christmas, all!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cu_ninja:
Bummer. I thought at least one developer would jump on this.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Yuhfhrh:
Put me in for $30 as well
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eksasol:
So I guess this dream is dead. Therefor, I went ahead and bought a Galaxy S 4G from ebay with my job's bonus, to use the 4G for now. I guess it's up for T-Mobile will do something, I'll retire this phone to the closet for now.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Yuhfhrh:
It is so sad! :( Nearly $1000 wasn't enough of an incentive, so I'm assuming it must be pretty dang difficult to do lol
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
I don't know if anyone else has considered another very important factor: Internal antennae.

Think about it. Even if you could enable the chip's 1700mhz capabilities via a modified modem.bin, the Note doesn't likely have antennae designed or tuned for that band, so either you won't get any signal at all, or if you do, it would likely be very poor anyway.

Sucks, I know...

However, there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. Now this is purely speculation, but considering the roaming agreements that AT&T and T-Mobile now have as a side effect of their failed merger, it's possible that future devices from both carriers will be made to be compatible on both networks. So here's to hoping that the AT&T Note will have baked-in support for AWS1700!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] guitarplayerone:
It has been proven that the GN7000 is hardware-compatible. I registered on this site just to post this. The GN7000 has the proper radio, as well as a menu for selecting the proper frequencies.

The issue is that the modem.bin needs to be rewritten, not the hardware.

The first post here has links with a teardown revealing that the proper radio for pentaband is there.

I understand why there might have been some confusion, as the menu for activating the frequency had been found some time ago, but there was no direct proof of the radio supporting the correct frequencies.

However, second of all, has anyone thought about the upcoming ATT GNote supporting their 'LTE frequencies'. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that means that it WILL have 1700/2100 MHz radios for the LTE use.

It will also have the same processor (and likely radio) as the T-mobile GSII.

Could someone confirm that if the radio supports these bands that we're in business?

There might be at least some purpose of getting an ATT Gnote after all...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Maroon Mushroom:
As an AT&T user, I'm really rooting for you guys. It's easily the best phone out right now and I would love for you guys to be able to experience it to it's full potential

Edit: Even though I'm not on T-Mobile, put me down for $5 ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Yuhfhrh:
I dream about this myself, but sadly I think we are a bit too early for att to release any aws hspa+ phones yet... I didn't know that a radio supporting aws lte automatically supports aws hspa?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jimpatrio@gmail.com:
Currently living in Rio but will be returning to US permanently in the near future. Always use T-Mobile when in the States. Will be returning for a month long visit and to pick up my Note in 10 days. I pledge $100 for working solution.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
I'm pretty sure AT&T's LTE is on the 700MHZ band, not 1700AWS (it would have been if they succeeded in acquiring T-Mo).

As for the hardware support, there are two parts to the hardware: Chipset, and antennae. I don't doubt that the chipset may in fact support the 1700MHZ band, and maybe it can be enabled by using a custom modem.bin. All I'm saying is that, even if you manage to do that, there may not even be a 1700MHZ tuned antenna inside the Note anyway.

It'd be like finding out that your cable box has an unlockable feature to pick up satellite broadcast, but then you're hooked up to a regular VHF/UHF antenna instead of a satellite dish. Not gonna work.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Yuhfhrh:
I did some Googling and understand this concept now... What are the chances thought that the antenna does support it though? Is it not worth trying?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
I would say it's probably not worth trying honestly. Like I said before, even if you could enable the 1700AWS functionality on the chipset via a modified modem.bin, the chances of being able to get a decent signal are pretty slim, unless the antenna inside has already been tuned for that frequency (which I doubt). But hey, you can still hope to try! Worst case scenario is you enable the 1700mhz band, but you get no signal at all (or very poor signal). Or you could get lucky and find that the Note does in fact have the proper antenna after all, and everyone rejoices!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] the.mister.d:
Hi, sorry for being a pain. Taking a nandroid backup as i type.

Can you please tell me where would find modem.bin? I mean under which folder? I've root explorer installed.

I am thinking I will use Mobile Odin to flash the modem.bin.

Thank you!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Open the zip and pull it out of it (use es explorer, astro or root explorer)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] the.mister.d:
Hey bedwa, i meant my existing modem.bin, installed on note. I searched using Root Explorer/Astro and both of them could not find modem.bin.

I already extracted your version of modem.bin (from notetest3.zip) and got on SD card.

Just can't find the one installed on Note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Need to get it from the modem thread over in development. :thumbup: ;)

Sent from my O3D/Thrillz thing. Maybe....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] the.mister.d:
Okay.

So flashed modem.bin from notetest3.zip using Mobile Odin.

No service

Baseband shows Unknown

Flashing second time.

Do i need to do anything with the ServiceMode?

----- EDIT 1 -----

When i enter

* # * # 1 9 7 3 2 8 6 4 0 # * # *

or

*#*#0011#*#*

ServiceMode comes up blank

----- EDIT 2 -----

After flashing second time, same results.

When i enter

* # * # 1 9 7 3 2 8 6 4 0 # * # *

or

*#*#0011#*#*

ServiceMode comes up blank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
That would mean it's not even connecting to the modem..... :-\ Flash original. I have a feeling I'll need to pull other files as well. Thanks for the prelim test.

I have responses from 2 of the 3 mods in the area and I'm getting ready to post in Development as soon as I sit down at my actual computer.

Sent from my O3D/Thrillz thing. Maybe....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
It just got real :p

Swyped from the white galaxy, 2 stars to the left.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] the.mister.d:
Alright flashed original. Back on EDGE :(

Will wait for your next update in here or in new thread (Hopefully)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] yalkowni:
how about you use the radio from a t989??? I pulled it off of mine these are not flashable through anything but can be unpacked and modified

DLLINK http://dl.dropbox.com/u/62305509/modem.zip
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
and we're live. New thread here.

Edit---------

We'll see, but I think this is qualcomm based, not Infineon baseband. I'll report back after downloading and looking at a hex level.

Edit2-------

Yes. This is for Qualcomm based devices, not the baseband we are looking for. Thanks though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jonathan3579:
Good to see it will be getting more attention. The anticipation grows. :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
and not just more attention, but approved as well. That's the key. :) (now, enough clutter here, getting back to the grindstone.)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] claud_face:
Any way to close this thread so we can focus on one??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jonathan3579:
I believe the OP has to be the one to request that. Maybe they can close it themselves.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Larro13:
So'd ya guys give up, or what?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
No. The project has it's own thread now.

Swyped from the white galaxy note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Ty.

Sent from my O3D/Thrillz thing. Maybe....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sigsegv0x0B:
From the terrible pictures of the Note teardown from the Chinese site I think I can make out the Infineon XG626 baseband which is the same baseband as the Galaxy Nexus so you might have a good chance using Galaxy Nexus baseband firmware with the Note.

---------- Post added at 06:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:23 PM ----------

Also it seems someone in the thread already pointed out the Note and GN share the same baseband.

And someone else pointed out that the ATT Skyrocket (SGH-I727) can be made to do AWS with a "simple" flash of the modem from the T-MBO hercules (SGH-T989).

The reason why that works is that they have the same modem the Qualcomm MDM9200 not because of the same soc. I am sure same SOC made it even easier to do but the it's the baseband firmware that's the star here not the SOC. And anyway the modem is a separate IC not part of the APQ8060 that's on the ATT and T-MO Galaxies.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
True. (On both accounts.) I should have been more concise on the Qualcomm baseband issue.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sigsegv0x0B:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/15360-baseband-radio-galaxy-nexus-gsm-summary/

Here are some basebands from the Galaxy Nexus dig thru these and see if you can flash them or extract the modem baseband and flash that somehow if their zips won't work.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Was specifically tried in previous thread. Didn't work. Attempting hex edit of a NAM modem.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ronkuba:
Is this dead now. I can't find the other thread
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kawgirlval69:
i think bedwa got mad at all of the jerks not being patient and being demanding so he pulled the thread... now when he finds the fix just hope he shares it...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
No, it's just gone with the wind somehow.... Hmm..... I need to set down sometime this weekend and regrind things for you guys..... After tinkering with a few other devices, my optimism is lower on this project, but I did say I would see it through.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kawgirlval69:
glad to know it just disappeared... have to love the surprise disappearances around here...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Tony832:
I realize I am a lowly nooob, but I would like to pitch in $25.00 towards the ....thing with the Tmob phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maximo12345:
+1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] giri@xda:
Dev thread for this discussion

I just got my SGN N7000 and was curiously scanning all pages. When I click on the new URL in Dev Section, it does not take me there.

Has it been moved elsewhere?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
It was removed as it wasn't really development (according to the Mods.)

Also, with the announcement of the T-Mobile Note, I'm not sure this will ever happen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] giri@xda:
:crying: Somehow thought we could make it happen with everyone's contribution.

Seems like moving to ST or Gophone is the only way out for now..... :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LxMxFxD:
Has the tmo note been officially announced? A good friend of mine works in t mo sales and she still has heard nothing. All the hype is of course going to the s3.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Tony832:
I have the GT-N7000 activated and running like a champ with Red Pocket. 4G (HSPA+) is everywhere in Houston. They cap data at 2GB. That is only complaint.

No hacks, no settings, just dropped the sim in and bam.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tamasrepus:
Red Pocket (MVNO) uses AT&T's network (850/1900 MHz), doesn't it?

What does the obvious have to do with getting the Note working on AWS (1700 Mhz) and T-Mobile, or were you just trolling?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
Not true at all... AT&T wanted to buy T-Mobile, but the DoJ stepped in and prevented the deal from going through. However, because the two carriers are both GSM, they have entered roaming agreements with each other (while still remaining separate companies) much like how Sprint and Verizon roam on each other's networks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mmorabe:
Next month it releases. My friend at TMO is beta testing the Note version right now. I really hate not having 3g/4g, so I'm either going to wait until the TMO note comes out or get an SIII until the Note 2 releases in October :crying:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Tony832:
I got it working on Red Pocket and I wasn't trying to troll. RP uses both Tmob and ATT you just tell them which network your phone is on and they give you a sim. I said Tmob and it works. Yet when I try my Tmo sim I can't get past Edge.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] giri@xda:
Bedwa, please let us know if you had time to start over on this again. Sorry, I am not looking at any ETA here, but interested in our tests seeing light of the day.... :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Drunken1:
All your efforts are appreciated bedwa, no matter the outcome. Rumor mill is saying the Note II is right around the corner, September -ish? I wouldn't be opposed to starting a fund for that, as although I love the I717 I have, and thanks to you gurus on XDA, it runs like a top on Tmobile, but the International flavor of these devices is almost ALWAYS better, and I'd sell or give my note to my wife if the New version can run on Tmobile at 3g or 4g.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Question for you guys.... Any of you have a reasonable N7000 available. I'm wanting to seriously do this, but my last deal was a rook job, so I'm having to be more frugal and careful this time around.

Overall, I'm at an impassable spot unless I can get a device in hand. :(

Note: not looking for charity in and of itself. Just a bone. ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] BigBrotherMotown:
You wont be able to if you have the INTERNATIONAL galaxy note...that phone does not contain the 1700 mhz band....you will only be able to get 3g/4g if you use att

..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
The chips do, the modem and programming don't, thus the reason for this thread.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
Bedwa, from your previous post....are you looking to buy a Note or something? I wasn't sure if that was the message you were trying to convey.

Also....pardon my ignorance...but what's a rook job? Lol.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Rook job-got stiffed on a deal. Made the payment, no phone.

And yes. Looking to buy, as cheap as I can seeing the above.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
sorry for the double post, but.....

I am currently using a G-Nex, will have the note here on Mon (Thanks Tito!) And then will be starting cross modem hackery.

What I know so far.....

1. Modem determines how the hardware interacts with the software for modem bands. Evidenced by LG Optimistic 3D/Thrill.

2. On Samsung devices it also interacts with the EFS partition, determining IMEI.

3. Part of these communications seem to be in the kernel.

4. If these do not match up, there is no IMEI and more importantly, NO SERVICE period.

5. I've found out through playing with a Captivate, if I Bork my IMEI and can have service (fake imei), then delete all on the EFS partition, reformat the device, it repopulates the IMEI. This may help me.

Wish me luck guys. I start experimenting in earnest next week. I'll check in every week or so.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
May the force be with you.

This thing working would be a bigger bonus than CM10 altogether for us TMo users. Lol
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Deth Becomes You:
I believe in you bedwa! You have sound theories. Accomplishing this could make you a hero. Making this a reality before the Big Android BBQ, I may kiss you. :o
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ramirez3805:
Loved you for trying as hard as you did before. I'm glad your gonna keep hacking at it. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Reynaldinho111:
I thought you'd given up brother! I'm not a T-Mobile user it I've used your work since my Samsung Confuse... I mean Infuse days :p It'd be awesome to see you succeed at this and I'm sure you will!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ~~Tito~~:
My note is in excellent hands now ;). Good luck man!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mmorabe:
Good Luck Bedwa! I still have my N7000, but using a GS3 until we get the radio band!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
I have noticed a few things.....

Under normal circumstances a borked / deleted EFS folder/partition will try to rebuild itself upon master reset. (Note, I say try....)

With the G-Nex modem, it couldn't even do that, but with the Japanese sgs II (sc-02d) did rebuild the folder, but no IMEI.

It could be both in the kernel AND ROM/rild files.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Deth Becomes You:
Don't know if you were following threads from a few modems ago but maybe this little bit of info can help. Or not.

The releases LRK & LR1 caused unlocked N7000's that were being used out of country of origin, to re-lock. After flashing, the message "network sim locked..." or similar appeared. Even using the samsung galaxy 2 unlock app did not work like it had in the past. Criskelo came up with a fix. I think once applied fixed the problem for any modem. I personally tried many different rom/kernel/modem combos before any fix and none of them worked. Only returning to a backup would work or flashing a rom with an older modem build.

Maybe this helps. Maybe it doesn't. Just sharing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Very interesting.......

Edit: its a changed libsec-ril.so. shows I'm on the right path with the ril files. If I want to use a G-Nex modem, ill need to work on both the rils AND the kernel as I'm sure its a different implementation. Could ril change possibly for sc-02d. Hmm......
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gedster314:
Fingers are crossed and Thumbs are being squeezed.

Interesting. I've done the deleting of efs for the generic imei but how difficult is it to change the imei to something else and have the phone still work. I have seen the boxes like Z3X but is there a way to do it on the Note without the box?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
I've restored on my old cappy by deleting, then reflashing a stock ROM via Odin. Not for the feint of heart. I'm hoping to avoid something like that if possible, but I'm afraid it may not be as simple. I'd rather brick the phone I've got than any one else's.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
Back up your EFS folder before you go all happy deleting the folder Lol.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
I "dd if of"d the whole partition. Restored it 3 times this evening already. ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
Man, it's going to be epic if you get this thing going. Lol. You're going to make headlines on TheVerge, Engadget, and every other tech site known to man. Lol.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
That would only be due to the method working for other devices as well. But till its accomplished, its still only a theory. ;)

Edit: Though this adventure has taught me one HUGE thing. Never dev one a device not in your hand. SO much easier and quicker in hand.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crazy talk:
Crazy to see this thread still going on. hopefully you have some luck and what you learn will transfer over to the Note II.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Fyi, I'm digging through kernel code, gettin my grep and cat on.

Slow going, but I'll be the first to let you guys know anything.

Note: I understand the note added to the op at a mod's request, but it's not as much about the money at this point. More about stubbornness, pride and an idea I want to see to the end.... ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
Linus Torvalds would be proud lol.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] redman3170:
Hey Bedwa any new news?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Drunken1:
Should we be considering diverting these funds to a Dev Bounty for the Note 2 at this point? Or starting a completely new one for the Note 2.......
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Up to you guys on that one.... I'm sifting through kernel code ATM.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gedster314:
I never donated so my input should not matter, I had always planed on kicking him a few bucks for a case beer if I actually downloaded something. I would hate to see Bedwa pull it off and not get anything. Maybe keep some of the funds in reserve incase he does do it.