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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] karlcheong:
SIM card Mod

Some of you might interested.

some Chinese guys on taobao claim the L900 Now can be used with GSM/WCDMA SIM card, (also the CDMA RUIM card)

They said that it is done by exchange the L900 SIM cardmodule with the N7100 one.

No need to solder anything, just need to open the back and exchange the module, then cut the plastic cover to fit the simcard slot.

No software mod is mentioned so I assumed that there isn't any foreign SIM lock.

Notice: I don't own a L900 nor I can test the mod by myself. Do the mod at your own risk

Source: (chinese)

http://www.diypda.com/thread-914600-1-1.html

The original post needs registration and reply in order to see the pics so I just copy them to here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] XxLostSoulxX:
Didn't read the whole thing but reason it's SIM. Is that lte is gsm technology using the 800 and 1900 frequency used on Sprint network
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] KB112:
That Would be awesome if it is truly that easy Karlcheong.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] busyychild:
I wish I could read Chinese. The Google translations are pretty funny though. This would be amazing if it was as simple as swapping that module. I wonder how hard it would be to request a LTE SIM from Sprint. I know they are given to IPhones and their other Global LTE devices.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Fromthelou:
That looks promising. I just ordered a N7100 sim module/connector and a N7100 mid plate. I guess I'll find out in 10-25 days, lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
You ordeed !? How much did it cost with shipping? What carrier SIMs will you be trying? If your's works I will order one also. ARe you going to use a specific dual SIM software?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-sam...7100-sim-card-and-sd-card-reader-contact.html

And I don't think you need a dual SIM software. Once you swap the module you will loose LTE because you don't have an LTE Sprint SIM and I don't think they will give one to you - it would be very hard to explain why do you need one :). So the idea is to use Sprint L900 module in the US and swap it for N7100 one when you go outside. Not ideal but workable if it's easy enough to swap.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Fromthelou:
I ordered mine from the only place where I could find them both in stock. Parts4Repair had them both in stock for $29.xx shipped.

www dot parts4repair dot com/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-n7100-sim-holder-flex-cable/- $10.49

www dot parts4repair dot com/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-n7100-middle-cover-with-side-keys-white/-$14.90

Only reason why I ordered the middle cover was that I plan on adding wireless charging and wanted to keep the stock middle cover so that if I had any warranty issues I could return it to stock before repair/replacement.

I'll be trying Verizon, Tmobile US & UK, O2, Lebara (Netherlands) and Proximus (Belgium) sims.

etradesupply has a nice price on that, but $15 shipping is just crazy. I believe that a store on aliexpress has it as low as $12-13 shipped.

That is my understanding as well. I'm ok with losing the Sprint LTE because I don't have Sprint LTE in my area, but that said my main goal here is to be able to use this overseas while traveling for work & pleasure. So ideally I'll just carry the N7100 module and a small screwdriver with me and do the swap on the plane (it is a 8hr flight). I can only hope that there aren't any "heros" that get the wrong idea. :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
No need to explain...I understand. I thought it was a dual SIM mount. It's actually an "instead of". If it's easy to swap out then in an emergency OR for worldwide travel , a different SIM may be able to be used. It would be 3g only and will just work for certain carriers (depends on frequency) but at least it would be an option. And for 10 bucks!!! Please come back and tell us if it works. What SIMS will you be trying on it?

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This is my thought precisely. Quick swap and good to go. I have a tMobile sim and an Att sim. They are both full size though. is the mount micro sim or full size?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Lord Syrics Jr.:
Ok, I'm still a little confused after reading.

Will you lose lte forever or ONLY when that small part is swapped when your over seas? I'm a military guy so if I'd have lte here and cheap alternate (by swapping piece and Sprint not finding out) there that would be AMAZING! Getting to talk to my lady for cheaper would be the greatest gift ya'll devs have ever given me

Sent from my SPH-L900
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] busyychild:
MicroSIM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
That would truly be awesome if this would work on any GSM including US providers.

can we "clone" sim cards? for example could we get the iphone lte sim and "clone" it with the info from the chip built into our phones? they it would be the all around perfect solution. ???

I have third party insurance on my note II so I am not worried about warranty issues. also the white middle should be fine as I don't think you "see" that unless you remove the battery back.

would REALLY love to hear or some progress on this front. The Note II is nice enough that I can see it being my only phone for the next 2-5 years or even more possibly.

anyone found another link to order that swap out board? $11 for one is not bad $15 for shipping is intolerable :(

also I can't really vote on the poll because I don't understand what the options mean.

what I would like is to replace the middle plate giving me the sim cut out and then whatever you make especially if its solder free!!

I would gladly pay $20 or $30 plus cost of the middle plate especially if it gave me access to US GSM networks! and retained access to LTE sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JMHershey125:
h/ttp://phonepartsusa.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2-n7100-simcard-memory-card-flex-cable001141?filter_name=N7100

The one I just bought for $20

remove the / in h/ttp because I can't post links yet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
goto ebay and type in note ii sim found one for $6.74 shipped. found a middle for $18 shipped might order that. (has anyone confirmed that the middles for other varieties of Note II will fit the sprint note ii ?

thinking about cutting away all the plastic covering the flex cable unit portion so I can unscrew and "swap" that component without having to take the phone apart again.

now we just need to get US SIM's working :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
What do I do then? I can't cut the normal size sims up to fit because I need them in other devices as well. Suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
don't they make adapters ? ie cut sim to micro and then insert into adapter to use in non micro phones?

also any chance of us getting DUAL SD cards so we can have more storage? (yeah I know long shot) I have a 64gb card and I am already tickling the max point of that card !!

yep. about $5 to $9 on ebay for the cutter and adapters. so cut to micro and then use adapter when you need to use in a "full size" device.

I just bought this one for $8 and it ships from US 190762728523

Nano cutter with adapters for micro and standard so I am covered every which way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
Link?

Edit:

http://www.gizmowatch.com/3g-usb-modem-5-reviewed.html

A naive question for this forum. Can't we use a USB 3g sim adapter device through the USB OTG portion of our phones? I have seen quite a few that are worldwide and US and accept micro and standard sim size.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
use the number I posted and put it into the ebay search engine.

190762728523

my GUESS is that the usb sim adapters don't LINK the "radio" portion of the sim card to the "radio" portion of your phone

sim cards can hold DATA I think those adapters simply give you access to the DATA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] daiuton:
http://phonepartsusa.com/samsung-ga...emory-card-flex-cable001141?filter_name=N7100

This is awesome, saves me a lot of time, I'm still going to continue making the parts until I receive mine in as well, once I do we will see if it works, if it does I will make a video for doing the mod unless someone beats me to it, btw sprint does have SIM cards for LTE (iPhone 5 uses LTE SIM), so if this works you should be able to just replace the midplate and this adapter and guilt them into giving you one from the iPhone 5.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
getting a sprint sim for lte would be awesome. the trick would be getting them to change the id number of whatever esn/imei equivalent the sim has to enable LTE then we would not need to swap any parts :) or we would need to figure out how to CLONE the identification info to the new sim card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] daiuton:
I am sure we have someone who has the system to flash SIMs, if we can get that we can get the data from the chip, we just need to find the chip information through the software, or kernel. But i am going to try the beating them up first since I have 5 lines they usually give me what i want.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
hehe would be nice since that would be the all around ideal solution. just swap sims :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JMHershey125:
once I get the Sim slot board, what is needed on the software end to get the sim working, just tell android to go to GSM/UMTS Network Mode, and would any sim card work, like an AT&T sim or do we need to "unlock" the phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ranchosteve:
I just tried this mod on the sprint GS3.

I installed the sim reader just fine, gonna try flashing roms.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2002515
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
only one way to find out.

question I have is WHERE is a phone "sim locked" is it locked in the sim circuitry or is it locked in software? IE simply installing this might be all that is needed ??

I have no idea.

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well before doing that just try putting in a US GSM sim and see what happens ?

On another note. I am pretty sure the Note II actually has GSM radio's inside (is it quad band ?? anyone know?) it indicates GSM freqs on the box and has GSm options in the menu structure.

Does the S3 also have GSM radio's inside ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
As far as I understand - US SIM cards will not work as the phone's software is programmed to ignore US carriers. you can observe it if you put phone in GSM/UMTS mode and search for networks - it doesn't finds anything in US but does find carriers in Europe. Also my understanding is that it is not SIM locked so once it has SIM slot it will accept international SIM card. Let's wait for brave people in this thread who already ordered their parts and will soon get them and report the results.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
is this "ignore" us carriers (how is that even legal ??) thing moddable? IE is it even possible to correct this corruption to allow it to see us carriers?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fryingpan0613:
This isn't even confirmed right now unless he can prove other wise.

Is not going to find us gsm because the chip isn't intended to, that's why they are trying to make it so we can put a us sim card in it and see what happens.

sent from my awesomely huge Note II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] daiuton:
Absolutely, we do not need to run rampant with what ifs until we get the products made or arrived, until we have that it is not wise to make such speculations. BTW even if it was locked down, that doesn't mean it is permanent, we DO hack our phones right(most of us), we install roots and take over the system, just saying since the statement has been made.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] francisatrm:
ordered

My sim part arrives in 3-5 days and I have an international sim ready to roam. Wish us all luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
nice. mine shipped but its coming from china so 2-3 weeks if I am lucky :)

I have a couple tmobile prepaid sims. will use one and see what happens.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] francisatrm:
simparts

Phonepartsusa dot com

They ship from vegas but I paid $13

Well worth it if it works. If not ill just wait for a ligit part that works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
I am cheap. $6.47 from china shipped :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] francisatrm:
sim toolkit application

What im really hoping for is that when everything comes together sim card recognized/ network is set to gsm-umts, that just like on my motorola photon, there is an applications called "sim toolkit" thst pops up in my apps. Its native and only pops up in my apps once sim is recognized and my photon is running on GSM. I have seen this app downloadable for nexus' ill post pics as soon as I get the part.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JMHershey125:
when I put in a random sim I had lying around and switch to GSM network mode, I have a Sim app in the app drawer, it starts by saying an option to

unlock

press ok, then it says

IIC-ID: XXXXXXX

press ok, then it says

IMEI Checksum: XXXXXXXX

press ok, then it says

Random Number: XXXXXXX

press ok

then it asks for an unlock code, if I try and go into mobile networks again it says insert a sim card to gain access to settings
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] francisatrm:
So your doing this on a sprint note 2 with the n7100 sim adapter right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JMHershey125:
Yes, and suprizingly you can still use cdma, just without 4g and switch to sim when every you want, it there a way to bypass insert sim card to access network settings to change the mode back to cdma?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] francisatrm:
I am just super confused with your statements.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JMHershey125:
I will have my new Sim card tomorrow and will be able to see if it will work with US Carriers, Crossing my Fingers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nach2103:
Has anyone actually travelled with their sprint note 2 outside of the US yet? If so, did it work for you?

Ive been following this thread since it began as I was on the way to the Philippines and have been here since early November.

I had my phone unlocked for international roaming before I left the U.S., only to arrive here with no service. When switching over to GSM option it scans for carriers to connect to and all 3 major ones show up, but the good news stopped there for me. Once one of them is selected it goes thru with great optimism stating "registering on smart" only to have it timeout 2 minutes later with a connection error.

Oddly enough when I came over at the end of summer for 2 weeks, my evo 3d worked flawlessly roaming its little heart out allowing US calls to come in and outgoing of local calls and to US calls.

I purchased a gmate from skyroam and put in a local sim only for it not to work either. The vendor stated that it would have to be paired while on my home network in the US first before it would work here. Sprint customer service has been subpar and I WANT to roam right now at their rediculous rate and still nothing.

Needless to say im ready to get back stateside and get something going that is functional. I return again to PI in March. Ive been making do this trip with a local wifi hotspot with me at all times and using the magicjack app and my office number from the US. Its been working fine aside from always having to charge the hotspot.

Thanks for sharing all the info, looking forward to see if anyone else has shared the same experience internationally with this "world phone" that I have. Cheers to a solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
Sounds Like sprint didn't properly activated your phone in their system for international roaming, so the local system didn't recognize the roaming agreement and denied access.

on the side note, did you ever consider Google Voice/GrooveIP. I have Goole voice number set the same as my Sprint number (Google-Sprint integration) ant then have GrooveIP running on my phone and I have both incoming and outgoing calls for free on my phone everywhere I have wifi overseas.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] LMMT:
I'm not sure what, if anything this means. I found this, while looking through /system/csc, in the feature.xml file. The majority, if not all, of the entries are either "true" or "false" (to enable or disable the setting). But, the entry for Sim Tool Kit, has "LaunchBrowser," instead of "true/false". I understand it's a variable, but I don't quite understand why "launch browser".

As I said, I don't know if this is helpful or not, but changing the "LaunchBrowser" entry to "false" may be worth a try.

This line is in the RIL section.

<CscFeature_RIL_DisableSimToolKitCmds>LaunchBrowser</CscFeature_RIL_DisableSimToolKitCmds>
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nach2103:
I chose not to install google voice as it took over my phone on my original evo, i presume its a bit better now as 2 years in application development can work wonders. The other downside was that my original GV number was from quite a few years back when I resided in Arkansas and I never wanted to go through the hassle of changing it for the fee, however that seems like a minuscule inconvenience compared to what I'm experiencing now. Thank you for the info, I believe I will revisit the gvoice option once again. I'm looking forward to seeing the results of this sim board swap once I'm back stateside. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] francisatrm:
got the part

i received the part this morning, but i was also on my way to work. ill update tomorrow if i decide to call out and work on this. maybe it will boost my ego if you guys click the thanks button lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
you do not need to install google voice on your phone, just GrooveIP and you can register new google account and get a new google voice number, doesn't have to be the same account as your Android one
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] francisatrm:
hmmm....

so i managed not to do any work today its 2:00 pm eastern time and this is what i have. i will post the rest of the pics later. sorry this is a rush post. i tried a t-mobile sim card but the phone failed to get signal. i also tried the *#197328640# code to get into the phones bios but it did not work. is there another way or does sprint have a different code? i will try my roaming international sim when i get home.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JMHershey125:
I just inserted my Straight Talk AT&T Sim, and got no signal, error when searching for networks.

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Could it be the modem that is causing the problem, could we try flashing an AT&T Note 2 Modem, or T-Mobile Note 2 Modem?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
I suspect you will not get any GSM signal in US, but does it recognize the SIM somehow? can you try with this tool ?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5nc21kZXYuc2ltY2FyZCJd
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
BTW , you did put the phone in GSM/UMTS mode, right? attached is how it looks with original Sprint LTE SIM in CDMA/LTE mode. If i switch to GSM mode the Phone type changes to GSM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nach2103:
Again thank you again for the info. I attempted to do the sprint/gvoice pairing last night but since im getting no service it wouldnt go thru. I did get groove ip downloaded amd was able to call out, im guessing it used my existing gvoice number. Ill work on the sprint part when I return back stateside. Thanks again for your response and info. Im getting anxious and cant wait to order these parts. :beer:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] francisatrm:
Instaled. Now what do you want me to try? Btw 3g is no longer available 99% of the time. I have tried all the settings in network auto/cdma/ cdma-evo-lte none of the above lets me connect to data.

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Sorry noob here. How were you able to go in that folder

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Never mind 3G works on the CDMA setting but not CDMA/LTE maybe because..... there isnt an lte chip lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
when you run the app you should see the screen similar to ones i've posted, does it recognizes the sim ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JMHershey125:
Screenshot from sim card app
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
ok it does not say Sprint in the operator name and SIM operator code is 310410 which is not Sprint ( I think it's AT&T, is it? ) Sprint is 310120 so I assume it recognizes the SIM - it's a good news!!!! now the next step is to take the phone outside of the US and see if it will work with international SIM.

Also would be nie if someone can hack the modem software to make it see US operators , perhaps we can try to FLASH a modem form a GSM version of GN2.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2031575

is the phone number on the screenshot 717XXXXX 08 your Sprint number or the phone number from the SIM?

How difficult was it to install the SIM module?

Please remove your screenshot ASAP - it has too much info on your phone so someone might clone it. I photoshoped my screenshots to remove those numbers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] francisatrm:
It did recognize the sim . SIM country ISO : PH / SIM operator code :51502

Im using a Globe Telecom SIM from the Philippines im still looking for my smart SIM card that is activated to roam. Oh and something does come up like the SIM tool kit application that comes out on the motorola photon when a sim card is inserted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JMHershey125:
That is my sprint phone number

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On the stock rom it has a sim card app that pops up, with the option to unlock the sim, on a custom rom I am running (Jellybomb) it doesn't show up. I just flashed atti317ucalj2modemfixed.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1987541 and it got to the lock screen and as soon as it tried to start the modem, the phone rebooted, it was a bootloop, i fixed by reflashing the LJC sprint modem. So, a no go with flashing a different modem, we need to hack our own, sorry guys, I am bummed about this too, we need an awesome developer, maybe get a donation pot together and get U.S. gsm carriers working on our phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
And are you able to unlock it? Does it mean that the phone accepts the SIM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JMHershey125:
Is the sim locked or the modem? I need to get an unlock code
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] leond:
Perhaps it is just asking for the PIN number associated with the SIM, do you have a Pin code that came with the SIM card? is it asking for a 4 digit code?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis72:
Hi is there a possability that the JB - 4.1.1- XXLS2 from the Note N7000 can be ported over to the tab 7.7 since both have exactly the same

hardware! of course there will probably be a kernel issue I'm not sure since I'm not a developer but I hope that this might be a way to make our

Tablets revived for a few more months since it still is probably the tablet with the best possible screen and size!!!! Lets hope for the best
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassem.mohsen:
what's really would help is getting the documentation of the whole chipset.

they need details for developing the hardware abstraction layer (HAL), this will help in all later android releases not just JB.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldriod:
Man I've been wondering about this same exact thing!!!!...Would really like to get Project Butter 100% on my 7.7. Although, I think the devs have done an awesome job so far...I also wonder if they would be able to incorporate the touchwiz/multiscreen UI as well with JB onto CM10.

Is it as simple as just dropping the "image/rom" from the N7000...idk, Im completely noob when it comes to this stuff.

I really wish Samsung would just release a fully functional OTA JB on this tablet. It blows the Ipad mini out the water.