yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Play by play ...

1. Download file to sd card

2. Unzip

3. Rename unzipped file from build.prop.test to build.prop

4. Go to folder /system/ in root explorer

5. Click mount rw at the top of the page

6. Long press build.prop

7. Select rename

8. Rename that file to build.prop.original

9. Put that file in a very safe place in case you want to come back to it. Save it on your external sd not your internal ... So you have it if you do full wipe one day

10. Go back to the build.prop you unzipped and renamed earlier.

11. Long press that file

12. Press copy

13. Go back to the folder /system

14. Select paste

15. Reboot

16. Profit
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] oka1:
Ok Tom I copied it into system then delete the existing one?? as it did not overwrite it So I am assuming you do not want both in the system folder
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Yeah,

Move the original one to a safe location like your external sd card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] oka1:
Thank you for the response I figured as much...... just double checking.

I live on an Island and the towers are only 65 feet tops so reception is not the best. What is funny was before on the Gnex inside the house I got good reception and outside sucky reception. Now it is the other way around....... go figure I tried the VK1 Wasn't that good the Kid Modem much better for me...... I am 13 miles from San Francisco My d/l here in the house is 1.2 mb outside I am getting pretty consistent 3mb....... So, That makes this phone totally useable at those speeds. :D:D:D...... Now all we need is Team Kang to make an AOKP ICS Rom for this baby and we will be Rockin'
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Great! Glad it's working for you. You might also want to try the Telus radio. It is my favorite by far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mythus:
Ugh, no idea whats going on. Shows 4g active, and calls work properly, but speeds are crippling. It almost looks like it has strong packet lost. I go from 4mb/1mb in one test to 23kb/12kb in the next one. I tried all three of the modems and used the build.prop too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] oka1:
Might install the build.prop Tomin.fhl's post 113 another thing not sure why this is helpful, but go to wireless/network then go to mobile networks/ then network operator go to manual and then select Tmobile.

While there go to network mode then select GSM/HSPA/LTE, then say yes then close.... Then open up and go to network mode and then select the Gsm/Hspa one this time, then say yes and close.

Not sure why or if it really worked for me or just coincidence, but this made my speeds stabilize. My only real problem I have now is the weak signal bar strength. But on the Island I am on it is not uncommon. I need to get off the island and drive a few miles away to see if it is a real issue or only subject to my present location.

Weak signal looks to be the only real Issue I am going to have to deal with....... hopefully the next radio hack will improve this.:cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Do me a favor and try this ... plug your phone into your computer ... usb connection ... make sure your pc is plugged into the wall (in surge protector etc.)

Tell me if you get a stronger signal but more importantly, tell me if you get more throughput ... faster speeds indoors. If you can, also tell me if you get slower speeds/lower signal when you disconnect the phone. Do a number of tests to see if there is a pattern ... faster speeds when connected ... slower speeds when disconnected.

EDIT: Also, do it when your phone battery is not full but is charging so that it is drawing power from the pc/outlet.

EDIT2: You can als try the wall charger instead of the pc ... and let me know how that goes as well. Trying to test the theory about the power levels

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mythus:
I've gone through these steps, although network mode isn't listed for me. I did set cdma to 1700 manually though, and regardless it hasn't stabilized. Ive tested with my old vibrant, and the speeds are ok. It seems to be reading the correct frequency, something is simply not working.

Manually selected Tmobile

Tested all 3 modems

Copied the build.prop in post 111 to my /system/

Tested automatic and manual setting of wcdma to 1700

Speed Test with other phones, same sim

Have rooted ATT rom, tested Saurom

Wiped to factory and removed cache

Went back to default rom and reapplied att rooted

Like I said 4g is detected, and calls are clear, but my data is usually not higher than 200kbs down and 80kbs up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Try to remember YMMV ...

Beyond that ...

What's your location?

Can you run a number of tests and put up a screen shot

You said you got 4Mbs/1Mbs at one point. Was this right after you installed? Do you ever get beyond 1Mbs down?

Also, you said you set CDMA manually to 1700 ... what steps did you take to do that?

Lastly, stick with one configuration for a while ... whichever gives you the "best" results, stick with it for a while and try various locations.

EDIT: just stick with the orignal build.prop for now. One tweak at a time.

EDIT2: A number of tests from different locations
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mythus:
It just randomly bursts at times. Just continuous speed test usually gets me higher download speed, although the test takes several minutes and its never consistent. The download speed only captures the sudden burst in speed, then it drops to almost no activity, but records the burst.

To set the wcdma, i went to phone dial and typed *#2263# which brought up my band preference, clicked wcdma band preference and clicked on 1700. I also went to *#*#4636#*# and made sure wcdma is preferred.

I live in northern NJ and have tried local locations that are within 10 miles; I have tried NY and PA, which were further away. It is pretty much consistently bad all around. The speed test usually takes 5 minutes to complete. I have uploaded a screen shot of some results, and my *#0011# . I have also reapplied my default build.prop.

(cant post images yet, so sorry for not hyperlinking)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
And you have network roaming selected right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mythus:
I just enabled it, rebooted and ran about 5 more random locations speed test, not much has changed sadly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] oka1:
I did all you said below......... That's Freaking weird...... I get better signal inside now still weak 1 bar but before I wasn't getting that 4mb d/l average.

This would lead to 2 theories to me :

1. the increased voltage assists the volt drop on the radio because there is a slight voltage difference in the hack which is causing the issue or

2: The added connection either improves the antenna or improves the grounding within the phone which causes less line resistance... Either way it is weird

Hope that helps

Either way I do get better connection for sure but still weak signal Normal on my Gnex it is 3 bars inside.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Yep yep yep. Funny right!!! I am thinking about both of those theories though I am leaning towards theory 1. It is very possible that the T989 modem (mdm.bin) doesn't provide sufficient power to the Note's radio. The skyrocket using the t989 radio had similar issues

EDIT: By the way,, did your indoor speeds increase. Mine increase by at least 500Mbs.

EDIT2: So you're saying you get 4down/1up on average when it's connected?

---------- Post added at 11:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:25 PM ----------

:)

Ok. The server location shouldn't matter that much in this day and age so I am not as worried about which server location you select as much as I am about where you are physically located when you run the tests. If you can test when your phone is in different locations that would be great.

For now, keep your phone as is ... stock rom, the radio you are using (which is it btw?), and the stock build.prop. I really recommend the Telus radio but if KID or VKL1 works better for you ... stick with it.

Then

Go to this website on your mobile browser ... http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

The speeds might be the same but the test seems to be a lot less "jumpy."

Can you try that and get back to me.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] oka1:
Tom yes my speed improved, If in Hex you can raise the millivoltage up you need to know what should be the ceiling. I am wondering what the existing I7000 Note voltage settings on the modem.bin is... since it is GSM It may be a better model to emulate, But having both voltage parameters from both Versions would be best. You could then compare and find a starting point or min and max settings. I wonder how the 989 skyrocket mod got resolved, it may have some clues as how to resolve this as well.

Either way if antenna strength can be improved we have a winner
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NJBROTHA2K:
Bein the fact that its a tmobile modem. Would the SIMPLE MOBILE carrier work for the att galaxy note? Bein the fact that SIMPLE MOBILE runs on the tmobile network.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mythus:
Ok well, It's still unstable, but when I changed the apn to wap.voicestream.com (previously epc.tmobile.com) the speeds have increased dramatically. I had some tests going up to 8mbs down. The upload still doesn't go over 400kbs, and like I said, it just seems that there are times where it just hangs, then takes off and goes to town.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jamesd86:
Yes but you will get simple mobile speeds..better off with something like straight talk.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alnova1:
Man I wish this could work...I mean dependably. I would love to try to make the $30 100 minutes and 5GB of 4G to work as a monthly plan. I know thats not a lot of minutes but if I could have dependable 4G I could use Groove IP since my main number is my Google Voice number. I have tried Groove IP on 3G and haven't had much luck...plus I have someone that wants to trade me an International Galaxy Nexus they want to trade me plus cash....I love my Note though but 4G on both networks would be good. I keep lurking....:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NJBROTHA2K:
Thanks but what network does STRAIGHT TALK in?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
On Straight talk you can bring your own phone and it uses tmobile and att towers. It's a mvno provider. Just buy a sim that fits your phone- att or tmobile. You get 3g, unl text, capped data at 2-3Gb(they say unl), and I think unl minutes. Check out their site. Your phone does not need to be unlocked for their sims to work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NJBROTHA2K:
Oh iight. I keep that in mind. Hows the 4g network speed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Straight talk is only 3G- not 4G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NJBROTHA2K:
Thanks, but ima stick with the SIMPLE MOBILE. Simple mobile have hspa+ running on tmobile network. Plus it only 40 per month.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jamesd86:
Simple Mobile's 40 dollar plan is 3g and their 3g is throttled to around 200 kbps. Straight Talk is 45 with up to 7.2 mbps connection almost anywhere ..compare their coverage maps...use at$t prepaid map and T-Mobile prepaid map..big difference in coverage area.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NJBROTHA2K:
Ok. Ima give it a shot once I buy the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] AllGamer:
I'm getting a similar result as you did

basically in places where reception on my T989 is perfect to get 8~9 Mbps download on the Note i only get no reception or if i do is only 1~2 Mbps down

However using the same modem, if i go to say the basement or any oher area outside with poor reception, then i an get good reception and 2~3 Mbps down

so far the Tmo KID and Telus modem T989 are working the best.

on my T989 i'm using KID modem, so it's a good reference to compare

Have you found a way to make the connection more stable?

my hunch tells me the radio is trying to use too much or too little power, basically it believe it's on LTE, and thus those odd intermittent connections

as it stands right now the G'note on AWS 1700 works great as a internet tablet, but not reliable enough to expect those important phone calls

oh also i found t actually can pick up signal faster if i leave it on GSM/HSPA auto, but set the default band to 1700 on *#2263#
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alnova1:
I wish I could find a way to make the connection more stable but I haven't. The only place where I get great speeds are at my house with 1 bar....go out somewhere with full bars and speeds drastically go down and most of the time the data will freeze up. I believe you might be right about the radio and the power thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] edulienko:
Slower than EDGE?!?

Hi guys,

I dd exactly as stated in the original post #113 to enable 3G/4G on my beloved Galaxy Note AT&T. Since then, everything works OK with custom SAURUM ROM, but my downloads and uploads speed as well as PING is very very sluggish......I get on evarage .15-.25Mbps for downloads....and uploads are ridiculous as well...very slow, in fact slower than 2G EDGE before....I tried flashing all 3 radio files and no luck...I am ready to pay $50 as promised for bounty, but if my speeds are slower than EDGE, than I am sorry I cannot pay....It simply does not work...Phone is stable, but the internet speeds are slower than EDGE. Any suggestions please?

Ed from Honolulu
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] oka1:
That's Hawaii on TMO......... their system out there is pretty weak I have to work out there from time to time and I have found most all the islands are the same for TMO edge only, there it may be better to have a verizon hotspot module.... sorry to say but That was My experience out there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] oka1:
Speed test

The very bottom test is inside my house and then just above on wifi the rest of the tests are all over the Island I live near San Francisco 15 miles away. You can see it is pretty good but not consistent. I have found the higher the antenna signal 4 bars+ I get slower tests.... weird. I am using the Telus radio currently with the modified Build.prop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] timfresh:
I live in houston and my galaxy note is running so bad on 4g that i had to switch it over to edge cause i couldn't get pages to load. I still paid bounty as promised but i really wish a fix come about soon r i will have to sell my note.my GS2 gets 11mb down and 3mb up in my area.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] raysacr:
I'm located in Fountain Valley, CA (Orange County/Socal), and found that KID works the best. Both Telus and VLK1, my data is always super slow (around 100kbps) even though the 4G icon is showing.

Even though the KID works, it's still not 100% perfect or stable. Sometimes I get 6mbps, 1.5mbps, and sometimes 100kbps. Data speed is definitely nowhere as consistent as it was on my Galaxy S2.

We definitely need more development on this. And look at the other files, and not just use the mdm.bin

So now, I'm debating whether or not to get rid of my Note. Even tho I love the screen so much, not having consistent data speed is a big pain.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jonathan3579:
I'm in Houston too. I'm waiting on my unlock code to see what kinda speeds I'll be getting since I just got my Note delivered this morning.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] AllGamer:
im exactly in the same boat right now

i really like the G'note, and the pencil writing on it is simply sweet and natural

games and movies are amazing on it

if i could only get stable data, i'll definitely keep the note, but with this unstable data, it's really hard to use as a daily driver phone

i'm considering returning it or selling it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alnova1:
Thats the way it is...my best speeds are inside my house with one bar...my worst speeds are with full bars in different areas.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] itsjusttim:
I am also getting similar results
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] edulienko:
Hawaii 3g/4g

Well, before I owned unlocked ATT Galaxy note, I had HTC sensation on Hawaii TMOBILE. I did get consistent 4G speeds of 7Mbps down and 2-3Mbps upload, but not with my current Galaxy note with the "fix" applied...so it is not the TMOBILE coverage in Hawaii......
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alnova1:
Yea I think its pretty much the same with everyone it seems...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1517134
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CB620:
Which modem did you try?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kc720:
here it is... almost got it working... well picks up hspa but freezes...

the far right one is a screen cap. was able to pull that off before it froze lol :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] itsjusttim:
Mine seemed to work but would freeze
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] itsjusttim:
Had to change to stock rom so I lost root.. so could not get any log cats

_____

The ones provided in this thread. I'm order of appearance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kc720:
yeah freezing is the issue... i flashed bell kernel and it freezes less.... but still freeze never the less. some one suggested that it could be the att rom causing issues... if there was a bell full odin maybe i would try that. btw the pics above is Telus_SGH-T989D_Kj3_radio with bell stock kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jamesd86:
Pull a logcat. Also do you have any sounds coming from the device?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kc720:
how do i do that ? lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CB620:
:-)

I guess the right combo have to works or maybe a custom rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yalkowni:
Run in adb logcat -c and what modem are you running...

Sent from my SGH-T989
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kc720:
running Telus_SGH-T989D_Kj3_radio and bell kernel...

ill pull logcat
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yalkowni:
Has anyone tried to flash a t989 rom.....?

Sent from my SGH-T989
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CB620:
Good question.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zozodouce:
i did that and it **** up my phone

i had to take back to bestbuy to get a new one
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yalkowni:
So you flashed it and it got bricked??

Sent from my SGH-T989
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zozodouce:
yes i did

but that was before we had Clockwork Recovery.i don't know if that makes any difference. i flashed it using odin stupid of me lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yalkowni:
You flashed a t989 Odin rom???

Sent from my SGH-T989
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zozodouce:
yes i did

very stupid of me haahahaahaha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yalkowni:
Lol yea....

Sent from my SGH-T989
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CB620:
OK so who is gonna be the brave one and flash a rom???

:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mythus:
Yup in new jersey and my 4g is not working. Its not working in new York either. I had to shift over to edge. Setting it to 1700 is heating up my phone and eating my battery with inconsistent speeds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alnova1:
I never said anything but it did seem like my phone was a bit warm when I had the T-Mobile radio installed..thought it was my imagination.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ryanscool:
Count me in on buying it! Anyway, like unsatble as in switching between edge and 3g/4g or just changing data speeds?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] van131:
TM sucks on my note, going back to straight talk unlimited for $41 a month ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CB620:
I'm getting 7-8mbps on mine. Can't complain.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] raysacr:
Unstable as in, the phone struggles to maintain consistent data speed with the network even the phone is showing the 4G icon. Most of the time my phone shows 4G, but depending on location, that 4G can mean 6.9mbps or 100kbps. Strangely enough I get faster speeds inside my house than when I'm out and about in southern california.

It must be your location.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shazam1203:
I am wanting a white galaxy note for tmobile 4g, and was wanting a debranded one without the att logo, or at least the digitizer without att on it.. has anyone see anything like this??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jamesd86:
You guys should try to death grip the phone and see if poor signal equalling better speeds holds up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yalkowni:
Pretty sure the telus note is what you are asking for
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thanhdang:
In Canada, they have Telus, rogers, bell notes. Which one I should get to work on T-Mobile? or apply the fix to work on T-Mobile?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jonathan3579:
They're all virtually the same except for pricing. I just pulled the plug on a white AT&T Note. I was very adamant about not seeing that hideous logo but it's bearable for now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Eric-1987:
Still that much left to donate? Where did everyone go?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ruebs:
Did you guys make any progress down the voltage/power to the radio alley? From what I've seen on my phone, it really does get worse with more "bars" of signal. It most likely lowers the power to the radio when it has a better signal since it makes sense not to be transmitting at full power when you are right next to a cell tower, and this lower power is under-powering the radio. Is there any way to extract the "voltage table" or something similar from the radio file? Or, is there any way to get the real-time voltage at the radio?

Also, maybe a moderator could consider starting a new subsection for T-Mobile radio development? Or is this not a big enough deal? ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] leyvatron:
I also like the clean look of my galaxy nexus and wished the Note didn't have any branding. Anyways, Tmobile and so far so good. The battery doesn't seem as great as people made it seems but I'm still testing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jonathan3579:
Did you guys update? I'm still on stock ROM and it says there's an update available but the server is busy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] AllGamer:
here's a good tip

when your DATA is bottleneck-ed, use a DATA on/off widget to reset it

I noticed the data goes in burst

if you keep it running like downloading apps or tethering it will work fin for a long while

but as soon as the data goes into iddle, it chokes and waits until there's a large enough data stream before it power back up again, if left it be

so, using the DATA on/off widget you can call up the data on demand

it also works for phone calls.

if left normal the radio seems to simply go into dormant state, so when i tried to call myself from a land line, the first phone call will always go to the voice mail when the data is iddle

and i call myself again a 2nd time, it gets through, meaning the 1st phone call generated enough data to trigger the modem to wake up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] leyvatron:
I just noticed the same thing... I wonder if this affects the battery.

I don't like this, I tried browsing and doing other stuff and couldn't until I reset it. Boo to this. Maybe we can figure something out.

thanks for the tip AllGamer.

Question: Did you have sync on or off? Mine was off.

What about having sync on and always having data connected? Let me try that for a bit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jonathan3579:
Finally got her unlocked. I haven't applied anything other than that so far. I am debating if i should wait it out a little more and use it on edge in the meanwhile til this becomes more stable. Advice? Also, is there no way to set the phone to GSM only and all that? It doesn't make sense to not have the menu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] AllGamer:
mine is always on + sync, i have unlimited data plan
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] savagepagan:
Tmo 3g coverage sux because they have not completed its deployment. I am in NC and I don't have 3g. Just 4g and edge. At best, my edge is 200kps. Now Tmo is talking about LTE service.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hyelton:
4g is 3g......