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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] loaferkan:
My friend if the hardware is not build in, the modem doesn't make sense....Unless at&t Note 2 is a Pinta or however you spell it, if it doesn't have the 1700 frequency, it wouldn't work on tmobile....trust me.

Now, Since T-Mobile is a Pinta frequency, it will work on at&t as well at the 3.5 speed, but if you can unlock the LTE that is assumed the same as at&t then it will work on both networks the same....

I got an Iphone 4 that is build for at&t it doesn't work on my tmobile 1700 frequency, now tmobile is rolling out the at&t frequency in spotted areas and I can the 3G when I travel out....

But T-Mobile in long run is rolling out at&t frequency after 2013, so we can see a time when you can just unlock your note 2 and be able to use it on either networks....but for now if you are using at&t then just stick with Note 2 for at&t

but once you hear this, everyone of you will want to switch to T-Mobile.

I got Five phones on T-Mobile Value Family Plane:

Unlimited whenever mint on the first 2 lines, unlimited text on all

Unlimited speed internet no slow ever on 1 line

Unlimited speed 2GB fast speed on all four lines

The rest 3 lines gets each 500 whenever min

This plan include unlimited mobile to mobile as well nights and weekends...

In total I'm paying only 163 dollars per month - 15% discount. That price is include the tax.:)

the catch is that you have to bring in your own phones.....And I just bought my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 on Craigslist for just $360...I waited a few days to check on the deals...but hey I saved lots of money.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlczl:
Hey loaferkan, I already told him that but he just doesn't understand.

Anyway, I have the same plan as you on T-Mobile except I don't have data on 2 of my lines so I pay $125 per month for all of that..........truly awesome deal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TEKHD:
Trust me... All note 2 are the same... See my posts from yesterday... Darkshadow was able to get LTE on AT&T with the T889... 100% true... No hardware limitation... All notes LTE.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlczl:
No they are NOT all the same. I think you just don't understand what we're saying TEKHD. What we're saying is the same thing you're saying on this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2028509

In this post:

The at&t Note 2 and the international Note 2 can't use T-Mobile's hspa+. They can't because they are missing the AWS bands.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TEKHD:
Damn, my friend, that was a while ago... Is proven and tested already... I have both I317 and T889, and you can get LTE on both... Ask Darkshadow and he will confirm... We are all on IRC... Testing AT&T modem on T889 and viceversa, Tmobile T889 modem on I317... And if a T889 can get LTE on AT&T and HSPA+ on tmobile... And viceversa , is proven they are identical... Is just a matter of time until we can get even a hybrid modem that works on both carriers... I know what I am talking about... I have both models and I have each one with a dual sim card adapter / 1 tmobile sim and 1 at&t sim... Ask Darkshadow, he already has it working, he is trying to create a tested guide with all the info soon... You will see... This is not a joke, trust me...by the way... Is already well known that the T889 has LTE... Just waiting for Tmobile to offer 4G... Currently just in 3.5G... And as soon tmobile brings 4G, it will be enabled on the T889... So is not something so woooow what we are doing, is just getting 4G working before tmobile does it by an OTA... So no big deal really...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlczl:
Your post I quoted was from yesterday (December 14th). Yes, they can both do LTE but they both can't do hspa+ on T-Mobile's network. Why? Because they are NOT identical. The at&t Note 2 does NOT have the AWS bands needed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Byangmang:
Hey TEKHD, he is trying to say that Tmobile's HSPA+ network on the AWS (1700) network is not supported by the I317 version of the Note 2 and that not all Note 2s are identical hardware-wise. As far as I know, the I317 does not support the 1700mhz AWS network.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pakkerat:
A friend has a i317m Note 2, she rooted it and flashed the tmobile modem...didn't work! So have you actually done this or just surmising that it would work?

We are looking for *anyone* who has actually got an AT&T Note 2 working on T-mobile and getting the AWS HSPA+ bands working (ie 3G). If you have actually done it, the can you please tell us exactly what you did AND what works when on T-mobile network (we don't care about LTE...would be very happy just getting 3G working on Tmobile using our i317m).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Arrio:
I317 won't run aws, simply because the chip doesn't support that frequency.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pakkerat:
The i317 LTE bands use those same frequencies (AWS 1700 and 2100) so the chip apparently is able...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] imtiaz78:
I read the entire thread.

There is still the confusion about the AT&T Note 2 working on the 1700 frequency that T-mobile uses for 3G.

Would be very neat if this was possible since I am on the T-Zones data plan from tmobile and want to replace my Galaxy Nexus with a Note-2.

Problem is the Tmobile version does not work on my T-Zones data plan and need to upgrade my internet package.

But if the AT&T version supports Tmobile 3G (I don't have the new refarmed 1900 coverage yet) it would be awesome.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlczl:
No confusion. The at&t Note 2 does not work on the 1700 frequency that T-Mobile uses for 3G period. It does not have the necessary hardware to use AWS for 3G.

It is not able. Those are the LTE bands it uses not the 3G bands it uses. Apples and oranges.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sjravi:
AT&T does have the HW capability to support AWS band. I have working solution posted in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35933247#post35933247
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlczl:
I don't want to come off negatively, believe me I too hope the at&t version of the Note 2 will one day be proven to work on T-Mobile's AWS to achieve hspa+ speeds but I went through that whole thread and I didn't see one person who was able to get it working correctly.

Could it be done at some point? Maybe.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TEKHD:
I can confirm it works perfectly...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlczl:
Well, you've been saying that for over a month despite the fact some people are barely now starting to discover the possibility of doing it. So you'll understand if I am waiting on someone else's true experience before I can recommend this to others.

This is your post from November 21st on this very thread:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sjravi:
Jlczl I can understand your point, I am not forcing your to try it but I can assure it works :)

I agree with your tekhd refrence, I have been reading his posts before working on the mod. This time it was me who did the changes on his device.

Sent from my Note 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] distortedloop:
Too much confusion with all the crosstalk about the I317 here in the T889 forum. You guys have gotten me totally lost now, especially with all of TEKHD's flip-flopping back and forth on what works and what doesn't.

Since this is T889 forum, if it's actually possible to unlock the AT&T LTE radios for those of us with unlocked phones and both TMo & AT&T SIM cards, maybe someone could post here, in a unique and properly titled thread, exactly how it's accomplished on a T889.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ryancox1036:
AT&T Note II working on T-Mobile HSPA+ - CONFIRMED

Hey guys, I bought my I317 from the AT&T store for full price, called AT&T support for an unlock code, and went and picked up a prepaid plan at T-Mobile. The rep in the T-Mobile store tweaked the bands the device was using just by going through some settings. I now have a AT&T Note II running on T-Mobile's HSPA+. My phone says it's on 4G, occasionally dropping down to Edge in certain buildings like the mall I was in yesterday. Nevertheless, I just did a speed test and got 8Mbps down and 1 Mbps up. That seems pretty typical of HSPA+ in my area (Mesa, AZ).

HOWEVER: Be warned! AT&T Note II I317 is having serious issues updating to new firmware. AT&T "rolled out" the 4.1.2 update featuring the multiwindow functionality almost a week ago and I am still unable to update to it. I am not alone on this one either, TONS of people are in the same boat. I will actually be returning my AT&T Note II I317 because of this. Also the fact that AT&T does note include the Samsung headphones with the device like all the other carriers do. These little details are enough to make me place more faith in T-Mobile and their soon-to-be LTE network than I do in AT&T.

Seriously AT&T, you are turning into Verizon, and believe me, that is NOT a good thing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] lojak29:
Crazy talk use a vzw note 2 youll get the 3g with atat and tmobile sim and they are unlocked factory
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] danmanca:
Final Verdict?

I have a tMobile T889 note 2 and I want to use it with the AT&T LTE network. Based on the prior posts I am seeing conflicting results. Can I flash it with the stock AT&T firmware and will that activate the LTE? or is there another custom firmware or modem firmware I can use to activate the LTE?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] FiveOhFour:
Did you ever find an answer to this, amazing how vast the threads can be its intimidating

---------- Post added at 09:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:38 PM ----------

So the ATT note II can utilize Tmo's HSPA bands and the T-mobile Note II I assume can likewise utilize ATT HSPA network ( correct me if I'm wrong please)

As far as LTE, does the ATT note II have the ability to be tweaked to use TMobiles LTE network and likewise does the Tmobile have the ability to use ATT's LTE network.

Thanks for any and all help, I am finding lots of discussion but not landing on any definitively answering it, but I'm so burnt out with this stuff I wouldn't be surprised if its right in front of me and if that's the case I do apologize in advance to whoever takes pity on me and links me to what I should have found obvious, we've all done it once or twice.

Thanks guys and gals
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rogerbacon50:
I'm using an AT&T Note 2 on T-Mobile and am getting LTE. I did the mod to enable the AWS band http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2068041 but I'm not sure if that was needed or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] FiveOhFour:
Do you get HSPA+ 42 speeds when not in LTE coverage or just edge
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
I go to the Catskills a lot, and, except when I'm in a "big" town, I'm on Edge (literally and figuratively).

I tried enabling national data roaming and selecting LTE/GSM/WCDMA, but when I search for network operators it takes forever and doesn't find anything.

What do I need to do to connect to AT&T up there?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rogerbacon50:
Well, before they turned LTE on I was showing the "4G" in the topbar so I assume I was getting what T-Mobile called 4G before LTE. I haven't gone out of Houston since I got the phone a couple of months ago though so I'm not sure how it will act outside of big cities.

I'm going flying on the 27th though so I'll see how it works in a rural area then.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gedster314:
I use a TMobile Note2 on ATT, been doing since Janurary. No mods needed except for APN.

I tried my friend's Verizon Note2 on ATT, I needed to hack in the APN but other then that is worked fine. The signal meter showed less signal then my TMobile on ATT but it did not perform any worse and it seemed to have the same drop outs and data speeds. The Verizon Note2 on TMobile only had edge data. The Verizon Note 2 also had working data on ATT's $50 gophone plan without having to pay extra for data pack. Who knows how long before ATT adds the Verizon Note 2 imei to their block database?

My area does not have LTE for any network and does not have HSPA+42. TMobile 1900Mhz is also not in my area.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
Do you mean that you have a T-Mobile branded device with an AT&T sim card in it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] intruda119:
I had to flash a att modem, lte speeds here in GA.

Getting about 10mb down 10mb up in my house. Drive about 1 mile and that jumps to 30mb down 10mb up
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gedster314:
Yes I have a TMobile Note2 on ATT HSPA+. Just unlocked it using the free unlock, inserted the sim and entered the APN. The best I have seen in my area is 8 Mbps down and 1.5 Mbps up. I normally get 3Mbps down during prime time. If LTE ever gets to my area, I'll look into flashing the modem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
You flashed an i317 modem on your T889? I have an i317 and I wanna try flashing a T889 modem. I already did the AWS hack to enable 1700 MHz (so I can eventually switch to T-Mobile), but AT&T RAT-locks their modems, so you can't switch frequencies and you can't force LTE to be off. You just flashed an i317 on your T889 and it worked?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] id10terrordfw:
Its actually in the AT&T SIM cards, you can select bands with a T889 ROM and T-Mobile SIM on the i317.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
Really? Because I'm using Straight Talk with an AT&T-based SIM and I don't know if that could be it? Because ST AT&T SIMs impersonate AT&T SIMs (that's how they're able to work in locked AT&T phones).

So if I were to put a T-Mobile SIM in, what would happen? Like what visually-noticeable difference would I see?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] id10terrordfw:
I have done it. I have an i317 on T-mobile running the stock rooted T-Mobile rom with the latest i317 baseband with the 1700 band enabled and it allows me to select bands with *#2263#.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
I'm using an ST AT&T SIM because of coverage; I'd love to switch to T-Mobile but they're spotty over here. If I can get my hands on a T-Mobile SIM though, I'll give that a try. Thanks a ton man. I've been looking for a clear answer to this.

EDIT: Ok, so I know about how to get to that menu while an AT&T SIM is in. There's a menu option to temporarily turn off the RAT lock until you reboot. However if I use *#2263# without a SIM in the phone, it works right away. So hopefully if I flash a T-Mobile ROM, I can keep using my AT&T ST SIM and not be restricted. I'm pretty sure it's the modem, but it's worth a shot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] distortedloop:
There's way too much talk about using the i317 on T-Mobile in this thread which is supposed to be about the T889 on AT&T's LTE, it's confusing.

Would you please clarify some stuff for we simple folk? I'd really appreciate it.

You have a T889, correct?

You're using it on AT&T's LTE network and getting LTE speeds?

You accomplished this by just flashing the i317 modem onto the T889?

I'm assuming you had to enter AT&T APN settings manually, right? Can you share the specific settings?

Your AT&T SIM is on an LTE plan? I'm still grandfathered on unlimited data with them, but I think that's 3G only.

I want to make sure this will work before changing my AT&T account to enable LTE.

My AT&T SIM works fine in my Note II on HSPA, but LTE remains the question.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
Out of the box, both the AT&T and T-Mobile Note 2's support AT&T and T-Mobile LTE. I have both phones and can confirm this. Plus, if you Google the specs, you'll see they both support 700 MHz (AT&T LTE) and AWS (1700/2100 MHz - T-Mobile LTE).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] intruda119:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2196624

This is modem im using. I extracted the modem from this rom and using it with jdevil zodiac rom. Havent switched roms in awhile.

I think the key is to have lte plan on your account.

Had tons of people pm me back when I made that post snd the only thing that was different was the data plan we are on. I also switched my grandfathered plan over to lte plan (no price difference).

Im using the att pta apn(google this) so nothing special.

Assiming that was atleast 6 weeks ago been rocking steady without issues since.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] distortedloop:
Well, I'm stumped, from what you two are saying, I should be getting LTE this morning, but I'm not.

Online tech support, after taking my IMEI, just now informed me that this phone does not support LTE on AT&T network, but we all know how reliable online tech support's information can be.

Will you confirm you're getting an actual LTE signal with AT&T SIM in your T-Mobile branded (unlocked, of course) T889? If so, could you post a speedtest.net results page? Not the one that shows all your test results, but the one you get when you click one of those results and it gives details. That one shows LTE/HSPA/Cell, etc. Thanks.

The modem in that ROM is the T889UVBMB4 modem, which I'm already running.

I tried the pta APN settings, and NO signal at all, voice or data. Played around with a few other APNs as well, still no luck.

I called AT&T and switched my account to the 5GB LTE plan. I'm in an LTE service area.

I even tried flashing an i317 modem, and it also got no signal at all. Had to flash back to the TMo radio file.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] intruda119:
Why didnt you stay on unlimited plan?

Flash the modem on top of the rom I was using and switched my data plan to lte based.

Thats all I ever did. Dont know why so many people are having issues.

My wifes phone which is a att sg3 has the same att pta apn. She gets really high speeds also.

Assuming you have another phone to test with. Know someone in your area that gets lte?

Im located in smyrna ga.

And I have no clue what the poster before is talking about.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] distortedloop:
My data plan was iPhone 3G unlimited. Doesn't work with LTE, or so I was told. Too late now, anyways. Stupid "unlimited" was throttled to EDGE speeds at 5GB anyways.

What data plan do you have that is unlimited LTE? What's it called?

Your modem is T889UVBMB4 (Settings, About, Baseband version...)? If it's not, what does it say there?

Nope, no other phone that is compatible with AT&T LTE to test with.

I may just cancel my AT&T account.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
In order to get the the phone to prefer LTE over HSPA+, I had to go into the dialer, dial *#197328640#, go into UMTS, DEBUG, PHONE CONTROL, BAND SELECTION, LTE PREFERED, LTE ALL, and then go back (menu - back) and hit AUTOMATIC. Then give it a minute.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kp432:
I unlocked the SIM. Used a prepaid service that uses ATT towers and recieve 4G LTE.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
What service? I know recently straight up AT&T prepaid enabled LTE. But I don't need about any AT&T MVNOs that do.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kp432:
H2O Wireless
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
Hmm. I used to be on Straight Talk but I left them because AT&T started cracking down and permanently throttling people to 256 kbps. Now I'm on T-Mobile and I pay $30 a month. 100 minutes at 10 cents a minute afterwards, unlimited texts, and 5GB of unthrottled data, but unlimited on Edge afterwards. Includes LTE which my neighborhood is covered with. Only issue is indoor coverage, but I wouldn't pay $60 a month for H20.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] distortedloop:
It's not a matter preferring LTE over HSPA, it's a matter of getting a data signal at all with LTE.

I went through the steps you mentioned above, but they didn't make a difference. Still no signal for LTE.

It still seems like there are more people saying it doesn't work and just a few of you you say it does. Very confusing.

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Please share what your baseband is from the phone's About menu.

Confirm it's a T889 you have, and show a screen shot from Speedtest app showing an LTE data connection.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
Well, that's what worked for me. What can I say? The phone would list the networks in a manual network search, but would refuse to connect until I did the steps I outlined. Now it connects on its own.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] distortedloop:
Yeah, still can't make it work here. I even got a new SIM from ATT.

The phone's hardware should support this, and others say it's working for them, but there's something I'm missing. Something different about my phone, and others who can't get this working as well, that we're missing. Some setting or software.

Really frustrating.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
Are you using the right APN and everything? I've read about a guy who has it working fine. Someone said use this APN and it should work fine:

Name: AT&T 4G

APN: phone

Proxy: Not set

Port: Not set

User name: Not set

Password: Not set

Server: Not set

MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net

MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net

MMS port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication type: Not set

APN type: default,supl,mms,hipri,dun

APN protocol: IPv4

Enable/disable APN: APN enabled

Bearer: Unspecified
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] distortedloop:
Did you have an AT&T branded LTE device associated with your account at some point? If so, that might be the difference I've been looking for. I've never had one, and never will. I read in a different section, the T Mobile HTC One section, that to get the HTC One to work on AT&T LTE, you have to have had a prior AT&T LTE device IMEI registered to your account.

If that's the case, I'm screwed unless I find cheap LTE phone to get the IMEI number from.

Now that I've thrown out my unlimited data trying to do this, I may just cancel my AT&T account and stick with T Mobile and Verizon. I have accounts on all three networks, but AT&T 3G isn't interesting or useful to me anymore.

Yes, I've tried that APN, and several variations of it. The best I can get is HSPAP on the phone no matter what APN I've tried. As mentioned above, I think the issue is with my account and not the phone. I'm not sure how to best remedy that situation without further financial: outlay but I'm not interested in making.

I'll ask you the same thing I did above, have you had an AT&T branded LTE device prior to attempting to make a t-mobile note 2 work on AT&T? I think you have, because I've seen your posts in the I317 forums, talking about modifying the non-volatile data on the i317 to enable AWS on that device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
Yes. I had the i317 (Note 2 - AT&T), then switched to the T889 (T-Mobile Note 2) because I wanted a pentaband device. You should be able to call them and tell them that you're using an LTE device. You can even specify that you're using a T-Mobile Note 2, which supports all of AT&T's LTE frequencies. They don't limit their service to AT&T branded devices. They even just enabled it for their prepaid customers.

And yup, you have seen me there, and that was what I was posting about; enabling AWS HSPA+ on the i317, which worked for me. I just wanted the T889 because AT&T removes a LOT of important options from the debug menu, like being able to lock GSM/HSPA+/LTE onto a specific frequency for example.

Evidence that someone's got it done:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xuanphucn:
called AT&T, they said they dont support non ATT devices. Bummer:mad:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
That's BS. They just need to activate LTE on your account... Ask to speaker to a manager. You don't need them to help you with your phone; you need them to put it on your plan.