yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tspx23:
doubt the ATT note will get similar performance when the TMO radios drop. I had the skyrocket and posted some Flashable tmobile galay s2 radios... and the speeds were consistently about 4mbps less. weird lol probably cuz ur tricking the lte bands into picking up hspa
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bobbyrulez:
I'm getting no change at all with this mode. I still have 20 mb/s down and 3500 Mb/s up on Telus 4G LTE network
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
I have done a combo of the 2 posted photos in the OP with the aluminum tape. I am in North Jersey, and my speeds are erratic without this mod. sometimes at nite they are fantastic, and the day are crap. With this mod, they have stabilized during the day at 4 down, .4 up. I sometimes get 9 down and .8-1 up, but that is unusual.

Again, the foil does help at least double the UL. I have the sgII leak ICS modem running with Flapp's ucle2 ics rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SirWizzAlot:
I think everyone is attributing the spikes in network speed to the foil when in reality it may (or may not) be due to the network load at the time of test. The more data being consumed in an area at any given time, the slower your speed will be. Without the mod, my speeds range from 600kb dl and .4kb ul to 7mb dl and 1.4mb ul. My speeds depend on a variety of factors: network load (as i mentioned earlier - faster speeds at night when less people are consuming it), location (better speeds farthest away from major metropolitan areas like Manhattan, again where more people are consuming data), and radio (I find that the leaked S2 radio and the Blaze radio function best, in my area at least).

The foil trick MAY work, but in my opinion it is largely placebo effect, especially for those claiming that a bump to 2mb dl is the determining factor.

No disrespect to OP.

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I guess you missed the part where the title stated it was for better speeds on t-mobile...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
i was skeptical at first as well, but after numerous tests, my speeds were more stable and faster overall.

you can do a simple test by placing your phone on a sheet of metal then running the speed test several times. then move away from the metal and repeat testing.

i used an aluminum clip board for papers.

is it a cure, no, of course not.

but its free to try and kind of fun.

EDIT: lol @ LTE speeds. "I'm getting wired internet speeds, why isnt it going faster?"

this is something people on a poop network have to deal with, BEGONE! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
I just got my T-Mobile note today, first speed test 16mbs down/ 4mbs up, much better than what I could acheive on the AT&T Note.

Root Time! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bryan05:
Do yall think it would work on mytouch 4g?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
What is the baseband for that phone? What android version is it? Inquiring minds want to know. . .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
Baseband: T879UVLF5

OS Ver: 4.04

Kernel: 3.0.8

Update: just flashed CWM using Odin. You can't get into download mode vis DnVol/Power, so I used "adb reboot download" from my Linux machine, then plugged it into the Windows machine to flash the i717 CWM recovery.

Backing up now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alexzicong:
Can you tell me what Rom and radio are you using for Mobilicity? Im using Saurom and the Blaze ICS and my download speeds gets just around 1m/s
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mha1021:
Can somebody share their t-mobile note's Rom with us. Nandroid backup would do for me. Thanks in advance. I just want to restore it in my At&t note.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
As I predicted, the T-mobile modem does NOT fix the data performance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
what does that mean? It doesn't improve things on the att note running on tmobile's network?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
Correct, my bet is an antenna swap will be the solution. I will swap them tomorrow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
The nandroid won't contain the new modem.

If you don't know of him, Rotohammer is a very gifted engineer in the cellphone rhelm and he is unbelievably generous with his talent. Just sit tight. . . You will have everything you need.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Good luck! We all appreciate your efforts!:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mha1021:
I think it does contain the new modem in nandroid b/c today i flashed one of blaze's modem to my At&t note and i was't getting any signal even when i flash back the stock modem so i did a restore from nandroid and fix the non Signal problem. So the modem was in nandroid that fix the problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sumeet909:
Now that T-Mobile Note is out, why not just trade for that? That will work with both AT&T and T-Mobile HSPA+ out of the box.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
There is no modem in a android. If you flashed a stock modem then a nandroid restore you got the correct APN settings for the stock modem because that is the default setup.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Which modem files are you using. Can you upload them?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
So why won't the reverse problem be there???? t-mobile note not working on ATT?

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@ Rangercaptain- You certainly took a roundabout way to point out his thread was in the wrong section!:silly:

So.....Is a rotohammer the same as a jackhammer?????:p

Hi Tomin! nice to see you again! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bbobarino:
Rotohammer can u please post the radio u tried to flash so jeet can tweek it

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2

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Sory just seen u had posted the radio thanks rotohammer

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30020519

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
Using Flapjaxxx AOSPXXX ICS Rom and The ULVK modem "Vk1_test"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
Wtf? A physical hardware antenna swap? I hope that is not what you meant. Unless we can buy the antenna some where on ebay for cheap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
Yes, thats what I meant. They will become available from the parts distributors. It's easy to swap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
Thanks for the quick answer, you sound like you've done this before. Very interesting, I hope it is not very expensive to buy and is available soon. Did you try the radio with the original T-mobile rom or you just flashed the radio on top of a at&t rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
Just the radio so far, and its real laggy, like its missing something in the framework. I didn't flash the tmo nandroid to the AT&T Note yet as Its way past my bedtime. I have to get up in 4 hours :(

The antenna should be cheap, for example:

http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-SGH-I717-Loud-Speaker-Module-p/smsng6113825.htm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
Screw sleep, I'm restoring the nandroid onto my AT&T Note.

Booting....

Its working, but still super laggy. Something isn't right with the modem then, as it was bad on CM9 too. Ill flash back working modems.

Flashed a 989 modem, ui working fast again with the official tmo rom. Whew.

FWIW, the tmo modem isn't the answer everone was looking for anyway, so enjoy the rom :)

I thought data was working fast, but I had wifi on, damnit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
Witch rom? the tmobile rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] adiprince1:
Ok so i have installed from your backup and i can confirm that everything is working i can even make calls and see T

the 3g sign.however, the data isn't working at all even if its showing 3g. I can make calls and its fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
Wow 4 real
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
Try flashing the T-Mobile radio if you haven't done so.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sazfar13:
Do you know how much it costs? One needs to be logged in to view the prices.

Thanks for antenna solution though. Would be great if it works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
I just flashed his nandroid backup and I'm getting 4G, everything seems to work fine. Downloading speedtest right now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sazfar13:
Does this combination works well with Mobilicity or you just prefer the rom and the modem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
I'm getting more bars and my home download speed is 1.6mbps....not bad at all.

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1.6 mbps down and 1mbps up...not bad....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
What was your download before and how are your upload speeds in terms of consistency? Can you get 1 Mbps consistently?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jerrybritt:
Which Radio?

T-Mobile radio and nandroid or just the nandroid?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
Rom is optional, but i find the VK1_test modem to be the best/most stable one. mind you its an ICS modem, so probably wont work for GB. for GB, i recommend the Juggernaut ROM and the Blaze 4G modem in AllGamer's thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
I did just nandroid....nandroid should have replaced the radio right?

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YES!! Wifi calling is working too. Cant wait to do more testing, field testing, now I have to get to work, but I will be doing tethering and pandora through my car, hope the data is consistent.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Young Cardiac:
Can't someone just post a flashable .zip file with the modem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
I downloaded the nandroid backup how do i go about this. ... Just flash the downloaded nandroid?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
delete...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
:angel:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
IMO the rom is irrelevent . just use the modem thats the most stable for you in your frequented areas of travel. for me the VK1_test modem works best. previously the Blaze 4G worked best.

you'll still get 2 Mbps down and 1 Mbps UP

at best

. normally 900 kbps down and 30 kbps up is standard. (with Mobilicity)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Kflan22:
Hmmm how to get better data speeds on T-Mobile?

Switch to Boost, metro, Sprint, virgin, att, Verizon, cricket, simple mobile, straight talk, etc etc etc :p jokes jokes

This public service announcement brought to you by my SAMSUNG rocking ★The Collectives ★ AOCP CP DEUCE

My thread of awesomeness(also my first thread):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29570977
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sazfar13:
Even with aluminum tin foil hack?

For some reason, since yesterday I am getting better download speeds 1.5-2mbps. Not sure why as I did not make any chnages.

Another question I wanted to ask you is does your phone seamlessly transition to roaming when you are out of the Mobilicity network?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
Does the T-mobile rom allows tethering? I cant connect using foxfi or the mobile hotspot that came with the original t-mobile rom...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
You take the backup file inside the download folder out and put it in your CWM backup folder. Then you reboot into recovery and restore the backup.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
cant answer that as i NEVER use roaming. yeah, i'm cheap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
where is the CWM backup folder i cant find it ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
am restoring from the nandroid to see how it goes , and am amiga lol amigo thx :)

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oh my god is booting

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i dont see 4g on this still E flash am i mising something
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
Give it time.

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now i want to root the t-mobile version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
i only flash the nandroid back up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
I did the same, as the nandroid backup should have the radio....corect me if i'm wrong.

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Rooting the t-mbile rom with the odin style shouldn't brick my phone right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
and u get the 4g ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
Bad news, I was wrong, the antenna swap didn't work. It appears to have a different rf chip on the pcb. It basically worked as good as the foil trick.

The T-mobile Note gets 16000kbs up and down speeds, simply amazing. Beats the heck out of my SGS2 Hercules, so for me it was worth it. I just gave the wife my AT&T Note since I'm such a generous sob :0
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
time to sell this i717 off :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
Theres no radio in the nandroid.

I flashed the i717 cwm in Odin under PDA.

Now to go for CM9. I forget how to get past the version error when trying to flash, search time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
what happens if we flash the blaze ics on the tmobile
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
Let us know :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
ok on my way to test

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terible just terible puffff suckssssssss
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
If that is true, than I'm basically using the T-Mobile rom with the Blaze ICS radio. Because all I did was restore the backup and the Blaze was the radio I had on there before the t-mo flash. It is working pretty well, I'm getting faster speed than my previous HTC Sensation phone at work. Cant imagine when the true note tmobile radio get implemented into it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
u did what ????? u flash the blaze ratio then the tmobile nandroid ?? and it work ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
From what roto said, the radio wasn't included so that mean the rom was using the previous radio which was the blaze radio that I installed for the att version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
i went back to black star rom ill come back to this if it ever gets done right

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ok i guess ill install the black star install the blaze ratio with i dint have before and re do the restore and see how it goes , then thers the how to get root

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oh my god how do we root this thing lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
Tmo rom or att roms? att is through odin, i'm guessing the tmo would be the same?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
so who will do the honer and test lol

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i meen the tmo rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
I'll do it when I get home ...well when i have the time, pick up people, then to the gym, maybe tomorrow, but I have a fishing trip tomorrow. maybe monday? lol

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I just flashed the Blaze radio to the t-mo rom, fixed the laggy issue with the t-mo radio...dont get it considering its the same rom and same radio that came from your t-mo note.

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Phone is back to normal...but still have not gotten the chance to test out the t-mo radio...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
i just did the odin root but guess what it dint work it did NOTHING sooooo moving on ... keep searching
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] easyguy:
I too just did the Odin root and it bricked my phone, restoring it as we speak...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
i think ill just stick with black star till this gets stable ....

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i need my root and togles :( so am goin back to star
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] strangetator:
That's what I did.. And I now have working wifi calling

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Eww double post check above.comment
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sazfar13:
but do you see the letter R on top of the screen to suggest you can make calls if you wanted to?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
yessssssssssssss got all set up , i wonder if i can install togles in this rom ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
This is what I had months ago with an ATT note on t-mobile, rooted, flapps ucle 2 ics rom, ?radio? I went thru 3 or 4 to find the one that worked best and can't remember what one I settled on. I think it's the sg2 one.

Based on how difficult things are to get t-mo stuff working on our att notes, I don't think I can get better than this. I was hoping to get better upload speeds. This screen shot is from tonite and I was really surprised how good the DL speeds were- 9-14 mbps. Although it is 11pm. UL speeds are usually from .1 to .3- tonite much better- .5mbps!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vicious Von:
Which modem are you using sir?

sent from Gods gift to smartphones
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Note quite sure. I think its the SGII modem. As I said went thru 3 or 4 and it was months ago. I am on the east coast- North Jersey.

Does anyone know how I can check????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vicious Von:
I dont know how u can check but I'm in NY and I don't get results like that. That's what I'm looking for.

sent from Gods gift to smartphones
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
I'm 30 min west of NYC.

This is what i tried- the modems on my card that I use to flash stuff-

ileet blaze ICS

ICS UCLE2

SGII ICS leak

It's one of those 3. What I did was flash one, test, and write down your speed test results. If you don't write it down, you go nuts trying to remember.

I went through all 3, flashed each one and ran speed tests, then went back and flashed the one that I thought worked the best for me. It could be any one of the above modems.

I just found my test sheet, and the best UL speeds were with the ileet blaze ICS. I probably would have went with that one since that was my goal, to improve the upload speed.

Good luck!

If anyone knows how to track the radio they have installed, please let me know???? Thank you.

@Vicious- I remember sitting outside of Juniors by the theatre district and having really crappy t-mo data. That must be a dead spot for t-mo towers.

Also, with my Galaxy Nexus phone on t-mobile sitting in the CitiField watching the Mets I had horrible data too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vicious Von:
Good to know guess I gotta a lot work to do. I get crappy service in my crib so I gotta ho outside first fond a good spot then start testing.

sent from Gods gift to smartphones
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Maybe you'll get lucky on your first test and get great results!!!!Done!:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] freekquency:
You tmobile pep might already know...

But we are running around right now getting all sites up to full capacity. And in a few weeks a major buildout for moderniZation begins. New cabs (duw-30s) for all the sites now being brought to full capacity with the older tx/rax Boards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Can you "dumb" this down for me? :p Is it T-mobile data and reception will be better after all of the above is done??

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vicious Von:
Where did u get your modems from? Did u get them from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1573568 if so I should just download all of the ICS modems then correct?

sent from Gods gift to smartphones
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
Settings> about phone> baseband info is your modem.

Sometimes the Blaze 4g modem leaves the naseband info blank.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Well that's what I tried- and it was blank! So is blaze the only modem that

leaves the baseband blank? If it is than I have the ileet blaze modem installed. So now modem=radio=baseband. (knew the first 2)

Thanks Rangercaptain!:o

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I got all the modems from All gamers thread (his avatar is a genie). I'll try to find it for you.

**************************

Still looking- asked for help!

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How the heck did you find that!!!!!

Yes that is the thread!! Start with the first and go down the line. Good luck! I would start with the blaze first, then sg2, I didn't do the other 2. I must have collected some from all gamer's thread too.

Sorry Jeet- that was your thread that had all the modems. No wonder I couldn't find them!:o
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vicious Von:
I get around *tupac voice*
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Just flashed google now from here-

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29756226&postcount=2856

works great! I used the M6- permissions were correct. I did not need to change them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
I wanted to share this tweak- compliments of Rob4828

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1931679

It doubled my UL speed from .2/.4 to .5/1 mbps. It boosted my DL speeds from 8 mbps to 15 mbps. Great tweak. Only works on touch wiz roms- using it on Padawan. You need to redo it on every reboot. But worth it.

Thanks again Rob!:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hbfitt:
just want to thank the OP and other members who posted on this thread. I am new to andriod (being an iphone person) and I have successfully rooted and now using the galaxy note on tmobile. I have the i717 and getting 4g internet. My best has been 18mb/s download/ 2.1mb/s upload. I bought this phone hoping for at least 5mb/s but i am very impressed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jacky37:
Wow that is some speed you got. My highest was 13 down but I'm happy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] delacrow:
Rotohammer, Good evening.

I have a question about T-Mobile antenna for at&t galaxy note i717. Last week h0tw1r3 shared a modem /amss bin combination that made all the old T-Mobile modems we used with i717 just fly. It appears that he's been using it for a while, but it didn't seem to be shared in xda forums. But at any rate - it works absolutely great (I compared side by side with T-Mobile note ii - almost the same) - the only thing I am finding the reception inside the building to be a bit worse than T-Mobile phone so it switches to edge.

My question is - you mentioned earlier that it is quite easy to replace the antenna on the note to replace with the T-Mobile antenna, so can you tell me the part number for T-Mobile antenna for the note? I hope you have this as you swapped the antennas before, and you did mention that antenna could improve the reception.

By the way i tried your aluminum foil trick and I don't see improved reception (though i may keep trying). But if you know the part number and I can order a true T-Mobile antenna then some of us stubborn i717 users may have a long-awaited perfect fix.

Thank you and have a great holiday season!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Christogq:
Could you please share the Modem / Amss bin combination or provide a link for it? I need that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] delacrow:
Here is the link to my flash able zips I am using. H0tw1r3 was using uvlg3 modem and amss bin in his new stock ROM thread, and it works great. I tried using that amss on blaze to some success too. Please let me know how it works for you.

http://db.tt/9z1D7TGb - blaze

http://db.tt/q0Bvtc1i - uvlg3