yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
Just because the phone is capable of running on AWS doesn't mean the antenna is calibrated for it. There might be subtle hardware differences. So yeah, you'll pick up T-Mobile HSPA+ (and even LTE because the AT&T S3 and Note 2 do T-Mobile LTE out of the box), but the HSPA+ may not be as fast because the phone's antenna isn't as fine-tuned to 1700 MHz as T-Mobile's devices are.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 96hondaex:
Have you tried switching sim cards?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
Actually, were you guys both on the same APN? fast.t-mobile.com. There's also an older one, epc.t-mobile.com (usually the default).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HumanXv2:
Yeah I'm in the new but I don't know about him. The sim card is a week old
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheNoobling:
I have used Ultimatum
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fmllc:
OK...well I finally got my down speeds similar between 1900 and 1700....but can't get the up on 1700 to where 1900 is at.....

A quick change on the APN settings gave me comparable down speeds on 1700 and 1900 but I can't figure out the up....anyone?????
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fmllc:
Nvm....I think I got it...last two tests on 1700!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 96hondaex:
You're missing the "-" in apn setting. Try fast.t-mobile.com
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HumanXv2:
Ok now that I'm selling it I just need to Odin att modem and factory image? What about recovery and boot loader?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fmllc:
Actually saw and tried that too but for some reason I was getting better speeds without the "-"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bradhoschar:
Great!

So, I just did the mod in the OP, and was wondering....

How do you check if you have 1700 or 1900?

I flashed all 4 files on my I747, factory reset, installed CWM and SU, then flashed Hellybean 4.2.2 with the newest GAPPS.

3G is fine, but how would I go about getting 4G or H+?

Thanks all!

:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackmamba:
Has anyone been able to make this work with i747m? Also, how does one use the sgh-i747m-16gb PIT file as linked in the dropbox location?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
That's just for repartitioning your device if you have to. Keep it in a safe place, but having to use it is rare.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fmllc:
On 4.2.2 3g is what you are accustomed to seeing as 4g
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackmamba:
I'd like to add another $25 to the bounty for a solution for i747m
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DeeVine:
If we ever get a working I747m, will it work for wind mobile since its 1700 frequency?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackmamba:
Yes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DeeVine:
Even if my phone is Rogers I747M
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackmamba:
I believe so. All Canadian S3s are i747m so Rogers, Telus and Bell would work. I have a Rogers too...waiting for this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NardVa:
This bounty has been out since July 2012. Glad to see it's still being worked.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kwaalude:
man, that sucks for Tmob... as the smallest of the 4 big carriers, i'd imagine they have the least amount of capital and because they're stuck with such high frequencies they have to double their investment in infrastructure? on top of having a narrower profit margin based on their pricing plan, it's no wonder they're always playing catch-up.

i switched to ATT a few years ago and i know a handful of other folks that have recently left Tmob too and it was all due to coverage and poor signals in buildings.

shame cos i like an underdog :(

sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread. just going through these posts to see if i want to enable this frequency or not. i'll be going to italy, croatia, slovenia, and bosnia in a couple of weeks and i was curious as if hack would help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
An AWS hack (which so far works on the Note 2 only) only enables 1700 MHz, nothing else. So unless there are carriers you want to use in those countries that use 1700 MHz, it's not going to help.

And yeah, I just switched from Straight Talk AT&T (constantly being throttled because they don't sell AT&T SIMs anymore and they want people to stop using them) to T-Mobile's $30 100 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data (5GB before EDGE throttle) plan. Signal sucks in my house, but outside it's fine. And I can pull up to 12-15 Mbps on HSPA+! But like I said this is on my AT&T Note 2, where the AWS hack works.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kwaalude:
so i just did a quick search and no 1700 will be necessary as each of those countries are 900/1800/2100. curious as to why they just dont enable all the bands the radio is capable of in the first place??

i get great signal everywhere i go (even better than my verizon work phone) so i'm always baffled by complaints about AT&T's coverage. i guess it's just really good where i live.

got a pretty good deal w/ ATT too: unlt talk/text and 10GB data for 65$ which includes taxes and fees. it's a shared plan but the two other people on the plan almost never use more than a GB each a month so the remaining 7-8GB is ALL MINE...mmuhhhhahahhahha :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
It's because AT&T doesn't want one with 1700 MHz, either because Samsung charges them per radio band, or because they don't use it and they don't want people switching to T-Mobile. Also because T-Mobile is moving to 1900 MHz anyways. So rather than Samsung making different hardware, they just soft-disable the band in the code.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kwaalude:
ahh.. well that makes sense. i didn't know tmob were going 1900. since i settled on a ROM i really like, i haven't been back to flash anything else, and as a byproduct, i've missed out on all the goings-on over here. now i'm playing catch up!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mekan:
Can you send me the bootloader file?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gotshoaib:
So Whats news for i747M Canadain S3 , any modem modifications out yet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ysr84:
No update yet....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] effortless:
What is the best ROM to use after ODINing the required files? I rooted and installed the ATT TWRP 2.5 recovery on the ATT i747. I then flashed S3Rx 1.0 (LK3) (an ATT custom rom) but have had bad service. Stays on G most of the time and sometimes 4G but never see LTE come up. I'm in San Diego, where it's refarmed and my brother has a note 2 that gets LTE in some parts. Just wondering what people have had the best results with.. also, is it possible to use a stock T-mobile ROM instead??.. and possibly use WiFi calling.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] babalgill:
solution

This bounty is for hacking "non-aws band" phones to work on "aws band frequency"

that means att phones to make them work on tmobile network or rogers phone to work on wind or mobilicity network.

as this thread is too long and i could not read all of it cuz i m too lazy to do it......

i would ask if anybody has found this solution and collected the bounty.. if NOT THEN I HAVE AN EASY SOLUTION TO THIS, WHICH WOULD TAKE ONLY 5-6 MINS TO DO IT.....

************plz reply to this post if there is still no solution yet.... and i will post the solution and would like to collect the bounty....!! :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DeeVine:
So far what I'v been reading is, only the I747 (at&t) have it working by using the four files from Keith. Now for the I747m, still a no go. Plz correct me if I'm wrong. We would appreciate if you tell us your methods n thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
If you're going to suggest trying the Note 2 method of applying the QCN backup from a T-Mobile S3, I and others have suggested this and it doesn't work on the S3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] babalgill:
solution

its not a qcn method....it is similar to qcn in some steps but totally different though...

but there is one problem in my method..

if you restart your phone its gonna reverse the settings and you have to connect back to your computer to get it working

(okay the first time you are doing it takes 5-6 minutes because you have to change some setting...but after that if you accidently restart your phone it only takes less than a minute to make your device working again but you need a pc and 1 software and 1 file........ i would suggest you to put the file and software on your phone... so that if you are travelling and your drains out and you have any pc near youuuu.. its really easy to do then... takes less than a minute.. not even 30 seconds)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackmamba:
What's your solution? WOuld like to try it out.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] babalgill:
this method works on rogers SAMSUNG-SGH-I747m i use rogers phone tooooo and i made it work on wind...!!!!! so far i have tried it on rogers phone only..!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] strifej:
Does the i747 with this mod work on all AWS band carriers?

Specifically, if I buy a a US AT&T i747 and change the 4 files, can I use it on Canadian Wind Mobile/Mobilicity? Seems like a better compromise than waiting for the i747m to get a fix (if any).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
It most likely repartitioned your device as a T999. Meaning the i747 recoveries don't work because your phone IS a T999 now (not just "acting like one"). The memory locations are all the same as the T999 as opposed to the i747.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] effortless:
Mine did not get repartioned like that. Goo manager still recommended the ATT TWRP and that's what worked. Still is identified as i747 everywhere else as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iamone007:
If you are thinking about changing NV Parameters 01877's value to 06 instead of 04 than some generous people have already done DIY for that(that too without claiming bounty) in the current post itself.... people are finding way to permanently open 1700mhz band.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] i_build:
Flashed the 4 files via odin and then installed twrp and wicked (installed as tmobile). Selected 1700 as my prefered and it sticks i get 1600kbps down on my speed test consistently in that ballpark over a few days. I can switch my sim to my tmobile htc one s and get triple that down in the same exact spot. Should I expect not to get the same performance with my ATT SG3? maybe I'm missing something...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bradhoschar:
"Should I expect not to get the same performance with my ATT SG3?"

If this wasn't done on an S3, what phone did you flash it on???

How did you enable 1700?

Thanks,

;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] i_build:
Sorry I wasnt clear enough. I did flash the 4 files on my AT&T S3.

Also I went into the *#2263# menu and selected 1700 as my WCDMA Band Preference (which is probably wrong)

Please forgive my newbness...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bradhoschar:
Ahh....I was prepared to be shocked if that worked on anything other than an S3!!!!

And don't worry bro, we have all been 'n00bz' before! :good::good::good::good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackmamba:
I have a Rogers i747m too. Can you please share your method?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SaHiLzZ:
^ Listed here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36410875&postcount=197
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackmamba:
Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DeeVine:
Is that permently or you have to do it again after u restart?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] beer-2k:
I'm on tmobile $30 monthly 4g plan using the Nexus 4. My wife is on straighttalk att sim unlimited plan using AT&T s3. We just swapped phones yersterday. Of course with her straighttalk att sim inside my nexus 4 phone, she will still get H+ 5.0+Mbps download speeds/1.5+Mbps upload. Compare to me, with my tmobile sim inside her att s3, Edge baby! Ok, so the download links from tmokeith still works. Using odin 3.07 I swapped the original platform_t999ucalj2*.md5 file with this one>> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426. resulting = SUCCESS!!. First boot gave me G (gprs) signal only but upon a 2nd reboot, wala! the 4G icon is now actively displayed! Well, I have not done anything since the 2nd reboot because I was still typing this post out. So, thank you tmokeith and friends! :good: I shall be back later! Off to do some testing!

Tmobile sim card in ATT i747 Speedtest.net results are very similar to when I had my Tmobile sim card in the Nexus 4. averaging 7.5Mbps download/1.5Mbps upload. Looks like it's time to ditch straighttalk and switch my wife over to the Tmobile $30 montly 4G. currently I use Vonage mobile app to make calls; very good quality.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] effortless:
If you use the TMO T999 UVDLJC (their latest stock).. works perfect and you also get WiFi calling :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] beer-2k:
O m g. I shall be back once more!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iNeedICS:
Ok I flashed now im factory reseting , can anyone confirm tmobile lte?

Ok here are my results

Therefore I confirm t-mobile lte

Using the fast.tmobile.com apn

But I have some issues with mms
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 96hondaex:
I can also confirm tmobile lte on $5.99 tzones.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iNeedICS:
What rom are you running? So apparently you don't have to stay stock to have lte lol that's good,... So my phone still says that it's a i747 so I root it the same way right? Or do I root it with t999 recovery and such

Sent from my i747 on Tmobile LTE ;P
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
T-Mobile LTE should just work out of the box. The phone already supports AWS for LTE.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iNeedICS:
Ok great!... Wassup Fred.! How's ur note2?i finally got my dad's to work with aws mod he was about to kiss my feet lol

Sent from my i747 on Tmobile LTE ;P
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
Pretty good. I actually ordered a T-Mobile Note 2 for $395 on eBay with a messed up USB port, and got the replacement part for $20 (So $415 total). Otherwise mint condition. So I'm probably going to sell my AWS-modded AT&T version and toss in my Nokia wireless charger/charging patch since they don't work with the T-Mobile version. But I only did that because the cost was low; I wouldn't spend more than $450 on a Note 2, which is how much I got my AT&T one for. It never made sense to me how the T-Mobile ones go for $550+, even though they don't do wireless charging, and they don't have the extra LTE bands that the AT&T one does (850 and 1900 MHz for LTE)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sci2:
Ok, so I followed TMOKeiths instructions and it seems that I've now got a working i747 with TMO rom (4.0.4). I'd now like to update that to their latest JB rom. I tried entering download mode and using Root66's prerooted T999_UVDLJC firmware using Odin 3.04. I *JUST* did this and not the modem, bootloader, or csc and it failed with a "secure check fail: aboot" message. Not sure what that's about. I guess I'm confused about whether my phone thinks it is a T999 or an i747 at this point and which set of directions I'd need to follow for modifying/rooting? Any help would be appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iNeedICS:
You should just flash a recovery and flash a rom that's the fastest way lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sci2:
I did that as a matter of fact! I assumed since this procedure uses a T999 Rom that I should continue to do so, so I tried with the Aamir modded stock fw found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2259478

Seems to be working fine. One thing though is that in the about section, the device now reports being a T999. It still showed it as a i747 before this.

I'm currently on 4G right now, but I'll have to wait until I pass through a known Edge area to see what's what. Still, data and calling are working fine...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
If you're talking about in the ROM, you can use a build prop editor to make it identify itself as an i747. Since you downloaded a T999 ROM, the build prop was set up for that device.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fmllc:
This mod will enable aws but I have yet to find a way to update the modem to any tmobile modems....if anyone who has done this mod checks, no matter what you set your phone up as or whatever rom you flash you will still be on ATT's H1 modem....

With terrible battery life.....at that!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
Well yeah, because most ROMs don't come with a modem. You have to flash that separately. But you'll lose LTE since T-Mobile S3's don't have LTE. The entire point of this mod is to add functionality, not trade it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fmllc:
Some people (los angeles) arent in an lte area and would like better speeds when connected on 1700

The REASON why this mod was thought up of in the first place...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aibal:
Dunno if this helps anyone..but I run the latest stock rooted att 4.1.1 rom with the rest of the files from tmokeith and have full 1700mhz and LTE when in a TMO LTE area. I did at one point flash to a T999 TMO stock rooted 4.1.1 rom and it worked fine on 1700mhz but took away the LTE functionality.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tjtenor4:
Hey all - sorry to pop in here all unannounced and such. I've done a ton of searching, and I can't find a direct answer to this question:

Will the AT&T SGH-I747, completely bone stock (but SIM unlocked), properly work on T-Mobile's LTE network (assuming the proper APN is set)?

It's my understanding that the i747 radio has the AWS (1700 MHz) bands for LTE, and that it should work... but reality doesn't always match the theory.

I understand this thread is primarily about getting 3G/HSPA+ to work on the i747 on the AWS bands, but that's not really a concern for me: I'm asking because my wife has an unlocked, AT&T GS3, and we live in an already-refarmed area. So, we don't need the AWS bands for 3G/HSPA+. I'd like to leave the radios stock and just use the newly refarmed PCS (1900 MHz) bands for 3G/HSPA+ service.

All I care about is whether or not I'll have to upload any new radios or anything to the phone in order to get T-Mobile's LTE to work on it. I'd like to leave it as "stock" as possible.

As I said, I know the phone has the AWS bands for LTE - I am just looking for someone to confirm whether or not it will work "out of the box." Another poster earlier up in the thread said it "should" work, but I can't find here (or anywhere else) someone who has outright confirmed that T-Mobile's LTE network will work on the i747 without making any changes to it.

I hope this isn't considered to be hijacking this thread, but other people have been talking about LTE in here, so I figured it was OK to ask. Thanks in advance!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
Yes, it'll work. My AT&T Note 2 can connect to T-Mobile's LTE network (I'm using a T-Mobile SIM in it).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] popi09:
when you did this did you put the 'PHONE' 'CSC' and 'BOOTLOADER' files in there spot? or did you just flash the file you linked to? any info would be greatly appreciated!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] beer-2k:
yes i used the 3 files (csc, phone, bootloader) and used the rooted stock file i linked in place of the platform*. md5 file
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] popi09:
i asked this question after i tried it the way tmokeith stated. will you method still work? or should i try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771687

nevermind i figured it out! thanks for your help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] beer-2k:
NP. i was just about to say that i had just did a nandroid restore to stock and did the flash again sucess.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HolyGhostBoy1:
hey beer-2k so u said that it now works with the tmobile sim and u can get 4g ??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] popi09:
It should, I did what he said and I'm getting 4G now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jamesbishop17:
Can someoneplease direct me to a working link to the files?... thanks in advance
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nodyarg:
ok so all we have to do is root, install cwm, then flash a tmobile rom and a tmobile radio? u guys should put this info in the op and get it stickied.

edit: didnt realize its not for canadian phones. cant wait for this fix
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Razgriz:
Seconded. All of the links to TMOKeith's files and mirrors are dead. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] C3cars:
Link to Files

Can someone please post a download link of the files. Thank you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HolyGhostBoy1:
can we download a aokp tmobile rom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sci2:
You should be able to use any rom you want as long as you use the modem this specifies. I'm using Aamir's mod rom and it works great.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] GerardAnthony:
Files

Torrent Magnet Link

PM'ed if you need this to be seeded
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] strifej:
Please don't hate me as I know this is the i747 forum, but I have an opportunity to buy the I9300 which is quad core. Would know anyone know about the modem specs and can say if it would be compatible with this hack or not?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Product F(RED):
You can't enable a frequency on a modem that never supported it in the first place. The i747 is just a T999 with 1700 disabled (though still supported) and LTE enabled, for cost-effectiveness in manufacturing. As someone who just sold their i9300 that they've had for a year, there's 100% no way to do what you're asking for. The N7100 (International Note 2 without LTE) uses an Intel-based modem, while the N7105 and all Note 2's that support LTE (so all US/Canadian models) use Qualcomm-modems. My guess is the i9300 also uses an Intel-based modem. Check out the Note 2 Wikipedia page to see which one specifically.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] strifej:
Ah, was hoping otherwise because everyone said it couldn't be done for the i747 in the beginning. Guess I'll buy a i747m then.

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] C3cars:
Video Tutorial

Anybody who has successfully applied this mod willing to post a video tutorial for the community?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iNeedICS:
All it is is matching the files in Odin, there's really no need for a tutorial, match the file that has csc in its name with the csc spot, the platform with pda, the bootloader with bootloader and the modem with phone and that's all, press start and you should be good to go, but you'll boot into 4.0.4 so just flash a custom recovery and flash a rom and it should work :)

---------- Post added at 08:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 AM ----------

So did he get the bounty? Lol he did make it work
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] C3cars:
Is it safe to use Mobile Odin Pro to flash these files?