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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crazy talk:
Word From the Moderator: No one wants a TMO Note more than me, But Bounty Threads such as these seldom reap the desired benefits they strive to reach. We at XDA encourage development, but remember, we are a free form organization and as such, trying to insert a bounty offer in a free form system is problematic at best........ so a word of caution.......

here's what we know, the power amplifier (the part controlling what frequencies the phone runs on) supports T-mobile USA's 1700Mhz bands. which would allow us to enable 3G. we also know the phone lists 1700Mhz in the service menu (*#2263#) but doesn't appear to enable anything or causes other problems on the device.

more than likely the issue lies in the Modem.bin within the device. after that I'm in the dark. consider me more of a cheerleader than a developer.

the initial thread can be found here. Clicky

Contributions.

1.) Crazy talk -$50

2.) Hammerfest -$20

3.) daddymatt -$50

4.) lawalty -$20

5.) Jason370 -$100

6.) yentlequible -$20

7.) the.mister.d -$25

8.) cu_ninja -$30

9.) ItsMathematics -$50

10.) mike2518 -$40

11.) biswasd -$100

12.) n25philly -$20

13.) Seeking -$40

14.) Rockky -$100

15.) yayaja67 -$25

16.) refatb -$50

17.) cadavar -$100

18.) getmouse - $50

19.) MOTH477 - $20

CURRENT TOTAL: $910

(Note, as of 9/3/12 i can't imagine many of these promised donations will come through)

I'll do my best to keep up with any contributions and add them to the list. if you believe I've skipped you feel free to PM me.

ANYONE in the united states that wants a Galaxy Note should be willing to put up a contribution, AT&T is causing more problems than they are worth for those of you using the Note with their service. I have yet to hear about T-mobile stone walling imported phones on their network.

I Personally don't intend to donate to any developers until we have a working product. but I'm not in control of how others intend to handle their pledged contributions.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xAnimal5:
I've had 0 problems from AT&T, I grandfathered my unlimited data plan about 5 years ago which may be why they are leaving me alone.

Anyways, T-mo and AT&T are merging soon and AT&T is gonna basicly cannibalize their network, so...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Hammerfest:
You are one of the lucky few not having issues with AT&T, theres a few threads devoted to the **** AT&T is trying to pull.*

And yes, AT&T is trying to cannibalize TMo, but until that happens, and even when that happens, just like you, its "grandfather" time :P

*It was said in the AT&T text of death thread that someone went in and talked to a manager at a local AT&T store, and was told by them, that they where told not to activate the Note (got that?), I went in to 3 local AT&T stores down here and 1 of the 3 store managers told me the same thing, now 1/3 is low odds, but the other 2 looked... lazy... so its possible they got it but ignored/didnt understand the message, but the warning should be there...

EDIT: as said in the post below me: http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/19/223231/att-officially-ends-plans-to-acquire-t-mobile-usa /// http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/19/att-cancels-plans-to-acquire-t-mobile-usa/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crazy talk:
AT&T abandons T-Mobile merger plans
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Avictus:
To get back on topic:

I managed to get the 1700 band to stay enabled, but once I enable it, I can no longer connect to T-Mobile. I've tried with all bands enabled (GSM 850, 900, 1800, and 1900; and WCDMA 850, 900, 1700, 1900, and 2100) and I've also tried with only enabling what I think are T-Mobile's bands (GSM 850 and 1900; and WCDMA 1700 and 2100.) In all cases, once I enable 1700, I can no longer connect to T-Mobile and it doesn't even show up in the Network Providers list when I search. I can still connect to AT&T, however, with only emergency calls allowed. Once I turn off 1700, I can connect to T-Mobile just fine.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] seeking:
I will donate $40 (more if I get the new job I've been after by the time this goes through)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Hammerfest:
yeah, this requires someone to mod the radio or firmware for the radio to enable said bands... just changing the option in debug menu wont automagically enable it..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tids2k:
move the thread to GENERAL please.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Hammerfest:
bounty threads are probably the only type other then dev allowed to be in the DEVELOPMENT thread for those who DEVELOP to see... see similar dev threads in: Photon/TouchPro2 and many others...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rockky:
Thanks to the good folks at my ATT store I got a skyrocket imei and have had smooth very fast 6_9000kbps sailing here in Chicago....BUT would jump to TMobiles Hspa+ network.

I'll pledge $100 to the project
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] yayaja67:
I'm in for $25!! Go Devs Go!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] refatb:
Gnote on tmobile 3g/4g

I will add $50, for the cause i want to get a galaxy note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] refatb:
I grandfathered my unlimited data also BUT at&t throttled my data down to Edge speed after i passed 2GB thats unacceptable for $199 per month for 2 lines.....iam going to T-Mobile for their Monthly 4G with no contract unlimited talk n text plus 5GB data for $70, also by the way any new customer can grand father the data plan to unlimited, go to at&t store with a iPhone 2G and say u lost your iphone 4 and u want to use the 2G as back up for now, then when you activate it thru itunes it gives u the option to get unlimited edge internet for $20 and then u cut the sim and put it in your iphone 4 and the system will automatically upgrade it to the unlimited 3G data for $30 but what good is it if they throttle it down to edge after 2GB?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xAnimal5:
I use about 10gigs/ month and I haven't gotten throttled, only a warning when I hit 12gigs.

It depends on how fast you used your data. For example, on day 1 of your billing cycle, the throttling bar is anywhere from 500mb-2gbs and increases incrementally. So using 5gbs on Day 5 would get you throttled, but not on say... Day 15.

That's why LTE phones get throttled so fast.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cadavar:
Count me in for $100. I am a bit speculative that it will work, but I've seen a lot of amazing things happen here at XDA.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cu_ninja:
I just read that T-Mobile will be rolling out their new 1900 band. Does anybody know if that will give us note users 3g? I know the note supports it but want to make sure before I get too excited.

Edit: adding link. http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobile-rolling-out-new-3g-bands-20111220/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crazy talk:
Bumping the thread with the new total, only a stones throw from 1,000 now.

have any devs even looked at this?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] FAILHARD:
I'm not a developer, but I do have some ideas about these things. I know that other Samsung Phones used this same power amplifier, SKY77604, and that different modem.bin files could be flashed for use with different carriers. While it is impossible to flash another phones modem.bin, a logical step would be to investigate the other modem.bin's and begin the creation of a new modem.bin for the Galaxy Note based on those. Just a suggestion. Please devs, I want this phone very badly, but I cant live without 3g/4g.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
My understanding of this is that T-Mobile isn't rolling out their own 1900 band per-se, it's more likely a byproduct of the 7 year roaming agreement that have made with AT&T as a result of the failed AT&T/T-Mo acquisition.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crazy talk:
what other samsung phones are using the 77604? i suspect the Meizu Mx has a 77604, but it's not out yet. so it's hard to confirm.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Oh yeah, last question before I flash this...

I'm on ICS, that matter?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Don't know yet, but shouldn't.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Flashed - It's booting - ICS is optimizing the apps as we speak.

Want any debug info or a logcat or anything?

Edit - No signal - when I try to access mobile networks it tells me to insert a SIM.

---------- Post added at 04:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 PM ----------

Can't switch the frequency to 1700 from the dialer codes as there is no network connection for it to transmit the code.

Should I try switching back to ICS modem, switching to 1700, then flashing?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Yes. If you can get logcat/debug of boot-up and flash back to ICS modem. Hex hackery is in order.

That or another idea...... hmm.......
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Okay, I'm back on ICS - had to make a call....

Want me to get into the baseband selector - select 1700 - reboot into CWM and flash the test - reboot while running logcat?

Sound profitable? :P
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dkotoric:
oooh comon please work

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joshnichols189:
Hate to be a Debbie downer.. it probably won't.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
There is no way in hell you want all this logcat info...

How would you like it filtered?

---------- Post added at 05:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:32 PM ----------

Troll.

People say stuff wont work all the time... and time and time again it gets proven wrong...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
I'm stubborn. The telephony stack is tricky, but I'm downloading a note rom to compare all rild files. The telephony stack is comprised of the baseband, all rild files and the telephony application. Hopefully swapping or Modding the first 2 will work, if not, I'll have to dig into the 3rd. Urg.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
I can't get to the baseband selector. None of the USSD codes seem to work on ICS.

Didn't think they'd change them, but apparently they did, as I accessed these codes yesterday before switching to ICS. So until I can figure out the code to get into the service menu.... I got nothing as far as selecting the 1700 mhz
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
GSM G-Nex is 6260 chip as is G-Note. Read here.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us...le-communications/mobile-phone-platforms.html

Read specs. Possible, not easy. Point made.

Anything rild or radio oriented. Please.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
I hope you get the bounty. Good luck.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Thanks man.

FYI for tech geeks, this is what I'm up against.

http://www.netmite.com/android/mydroid/development/pdk/docs/telephony.html
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Okay, I'm tapped out for the weekend, couldn't get the log in time. If I can get the time to set up adb on my netbook ill run the log again. Time for Mini vacation.

Swyped from a white note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joshnichols189:
I'm not trolling anything. I have a Note coming in in a few days and being on T-Mobile, I want it to work. I understand the chips are the same. I'm all for our newest dev attempting to make this work but there is a reason the bounty hasn't been claimed yet.

Also kindly show me where "probably" means "definitely".

Maybe my comment was unnecessary but you don't have to say I'm trolling anything when I'm not.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
Sigh.....for the sake of all mankind...I mean, Galaxy Note owners............why!!!??? :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Cactoes Gel:
ha ha ha, I check this thread countless times daily hoping for some good news.

I think "we're" making progress. Let's get it done. Have a great weekend everyone!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dkotoric:
ooooh man comon lets get this shlt done

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Working on it, but I want to do it RIGHT.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Ill have some downtime tomorrow, ill see about getting adb setup so I can debug some more

Swyped from a white note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
I do want to mention one thing though. While yes, part of my modivation may be monitary, it is mostly NOT monitary. I have been planning to get a Euro Tab 7.7 as soon as my taxes come in and experiment with something along these lines anyways, so if I solve the issue here, I've got a method to make the Tab 7 Plus and 7.7 from Europe work on T-Mobile's 3G as well. Everybody benefits. Plus, what tech geek doesn't like a good challenge, right? (That was just to get it out since I know a few may be thinking it.)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Good stuff sir. We carefully appreciate it.

Someone else here has got to be able to help as well

Swyped from a white note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
There are actually 3 things I would like to get from someone with ANY ICS leak build. I need the rild file from the system/bin folder and the 2 .so files with ril in them. One will be libril.so and another should be similar with sec in the name. G-nex's is libsecril-client.so. Thanks guys!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dkotoric:
any new development on this

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prech:
Looks like the Canadian version might support TMO HSPA+ natively

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22657448
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
Youre running the Snapdragon SoC yes? 1.5ghz dual-core?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zafeer:
I got the Canadian galaxy note and when im looking at the debug menu and bank selection, i don't see the 2100 band. Also it seems that the model number is different. Its an sgh-I717M as a pose to the N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dkotoric:
i wish someone could confirm that the canadian one will work so i can order one up

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] teseme:
Go to WindMobile Store put in the SIM. If you are getting 3G on there after unlocking please let's know. If that doesn't work, modem flashing is the next option. I am eagerly waiting for the outcome. I am both T-Mobile USA and Windmobile Customer.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
I still want to work on getting this to work on the Exynos, "pentaband" model. It IS possible. Could someone get me the files requested earlier?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] claud_face:
Natively no, but my flashing T-Mobile modem, I sure hope so

:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
If you don't have the file by Monday, ill get then to you

Swyped from a white note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] daddymatt:
http://db.tt/aCqAHYx1

Here's the rild file but there isn't a .so inside of bin folder... maybe somewhere else? This is from Chinese leak of 9220.

sent from my Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] daddymatt:
http://db.tt/pdC2b8lD

Found it... here's one...

sent from my Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] daddymatt:
http://db.tt/kmalc1WA

...And here's the other!

sent from my Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Yuhfhrh:
I'm going mad checking this thread every hour!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Cactoes Gel:
That makes the two of us. :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] claud_face:
Same here cause if this works Samsung 7.7 also is a win!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zafeer:
So has anyone else with a Canadian note tested it? I havent had a chance to unlock mine but Ill do so as soon as i get home and post back.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Yuhfhrh:
Yup one hour later guess where I am!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] claud_face:
Even unlocked I think its definerly not going to work until cwm is available and web could flash a T-Mobile radio onto it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Ok, got the files and will be starting hex diffs this evening. Thanks for your patience and support guys.

Sent from my O3D/Thrillz thing. Maybe....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lashton:
I had 1704 on a rooted ROM, the issue is NOT all note CPUs can reach 1.7GHz, so NO bounty will be collected cause of this
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] itsjusttim:
No offense but read what we are talking about. Had nothing to do with clock speed
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] claud_face:
Lol
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
That's clock speed, lol. So fail.

Good luck with the hex edit

Swyped from a white note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lashton:
opps

Opps shouild have read properly
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ramirez3805:
If they find a way to get it working does it matter which note I have? I haven't bought it yet waiting to see which note to buy?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] itsjusttim:
Yes, since this is in the int note section, this only applies to the int note. The north America note is completely different.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ramirez3805:
I actually was gonna get the int version. So I should go for it? You guys thinking it won't be long till we get 4G working?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] itsjusttim:
This could never work, IMHO the at&t version has a better chance of working with T-Mobile 3g
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ramirez3805:
How can you be so certain? I thought it was a possibility.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btyork:
Because he has done nothing but troll this thread for a week now.

Swyped from a white note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Excuse me, but look at teardowns of both the note AND the G-Nex. You will see the same x626 modem chip on both. I never said it would be EASY, just possible. Quit trying to go against the community and with it for a change. K?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] itsjusttim:
Me? Haha, no im on T-Mobile USA, and really want a Note so I have been following the thread closely.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
<Removed> Pointless banter on my part.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] claud_face:
From his last few posts idk why you guys are flipping at itsjustin. All he said was there was a bigger chance for att note and that there's a chance this will never work which is quite true.

Then he mentioned he has T-Mobile and would like to have note?

Relax people...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joshnichols189:
What is wrong with you people? I was the first person that said the first method PROBABLY won't work. I was voicing MY opinion, and guess what, the first method didn't work. I have no problems at all with a dev working on this, like I said before I have T-Mobile and I have a Note coming in on Tuesday. I appreciate our newly found undertaker of this task, but the reason this hasn't been claimed is it isn't that simple. I support our dev taking his time to finish this, and I will gladly donate money if it does happen, but it will not be something so simple.

You guys are attacking itsjusttim when he wasn't even the one who posted the first time, and for you to both ridicule him is just beyond me. He was voicing his OPINION that the AT&T Note would be more likely to work. You guys have some nerve attacking someone who was actively trying to support the past endeavors in this thread. Also since most people have "nothing useful to say" other than "Gosh I hope this works on T-Mobile!!" I expect you want them to GTFO as well? As far as actually helping the dev, BTyork is really the only one doing anything.

Also BTyork, I fail to see how one post means I've been trolling the thread for a week but nice try :)

The chance is bigger because the SKYROCKET, an AT&T PHONE, works on T-MOBILE with a simple modem.bin flash from the T-MOBILE SGSII. The SKYROCKET and the AT&T NOTE have SIMILAR SoC's.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] itsjusttim:
I have seen the teardowns many times. Did I say it was impossible?

How am I going against the community here? I don't know why are getting so angry and defensive here... this is a forum correct? I simply stated my opinion on the matter, lol, not even in a demeaning way.

Take a step back man and read.. I want this as much as you guys do.

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Exactly what tone was it in? I was not condescending or negative?

What "crap-tastic morale" do you sleek of? Again, I never said anything bad or negative about any dev or casual looker working on this... have I?

Dude.. relax man. We all want this.. just telling a guy that logically the at&t note has a higher chance of eventually working on T-Mobile 3g. The work required to get the int version to work is insane.

_____

Lol, thank you. I suppose some people don't understand what I'm saying.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joshnichols189:
Dude, you aren't even reading or comprehending anything. The AT&T Note is more likely to work BECAUSE OF THE SIMILAR SOC. No one ever said swapping the modem.bin into an international Note would work. I never said the dev's approach didn't make sense either. Please take time to read before you respond.

You talk to me like I have no idea what's going on, but clearly you don't even bother to read anything before you respond.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joshnichols189:
Hmm, well if you had bothered to read the past two pages, itsjustim was responding to someone who asked WHICH NOTE WAS MORE LIKELY TO WORK ON T-MOBILE. All he did was answer a question and you and btyork decided to get on your high horses and attack him for saying it was more likely that the AT&T Note would work on T-Mobile.

Seriously, you need to grow up and learn how to read and respond to posts on a forum. You should also work on your conversational skills because you obviously can't follow a conversation that has more than two people involved. Also, you should try and do all of this before you attempt to talk down on someone and make yourself look more like an asshole.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] itsjusttim:
This. ^

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And this. ^

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And this ^

Thank you.

Now let's get this thread back on topic. :-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bedwa:
Ok. I may have overreacted alittle due to negative frustration. For that I apologize, but for frustration and anger at what seems to be complete pessimism I do not apologize for. In addition, if you want to try for the skyrocket or AT&T note on T-Mobile, head over to the respective forums with the right chipset, please. As a dev it can be frustrating enough with little "are we there yet" posts (those can be mostly overlooked as long as they aren't as frequent), but constant pessimism when a "valid" theory is out there is alittle over the top.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joshnichols189:
I never said your theory wasn't sound, it really actually is. All I was saying was if it was simple, it would have been done by now. I wish you the best of luck and will be donating to the cause.

Also, my family in Chicago says the weather is beautiful today in IL ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joshnichols189:
You're so generous! I'm not sure how fully supporting the Dev is being a debbie downer, or how saying that if it was easy it would be done by now is either, but to each his own. I would rather be a debbie downer than an asshole, I guess. I don't see you adding anything positive to the thread other than snapping at itsjustim, or someone who was defending him.

You even said yourself the "first time" I posted you thought voicing my opinion was okay, so I'm not sure where you're going with any of this.

Also I have an international Note, but thanks for trying to be a smartass and teach me how to use the forums!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
<Removed the top portion> Pointless banter on my part.

Your theory is sound, I get where you're coming from given the links to the diagrams you've shown previously. Keep at what you're doing. Not everyone has the talent to think outside the box (I honestly didn't see it coming from the G-Nexus) moreover know how to fiddle with the code.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joshnichols189:
Do you even know what a debbie downer is? I must not have seen the definition where it says that saying "if it was so simple it would have already been done" is being a debbie downer but alright, let me go do exactly as you tell me because you still want to argue over nothing. Kudos, sir.

I'm not adding anything to the thread but I'm not telling people to add something to the thread then adding nothing either, like you. Nor am I attacking anyone who was trying to help someone, nor am I being an asshole for no reason. Have fun arguing with me over the internet some more though :)