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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Sheolrock:
If you followed the instructions in op you should have a backup that you made yourself.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] edman201:
Greetings Sheolrock

If you noticed in my previous post I clearly stated that I forgot to create a backup; for this reason I am asking for help. :silly:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
I just wanted to jump in and say thank you to all of you that worked this out and make it possible for others to find and use.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] techrider6262:
I wish I could say thank to someone but it did not work for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
What didnt work? what steps did you use, more info is needed.:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] techrider6262:
I tried this

1. Download and Install QPST, version 2.7 build 374 or higher

2. Go to hidden menu on phone, dial *#7284#

3. Once in Menu choose the option for USBSettingsMenu, then choose the option RNDIS+DM+MODEM.

4. Hook up the phone to the PC via USB at this time if you haven't already. This option works on STOCK TOUCHWIZ.

5. Go to your PC Control Panel. We need to get into the Device Manager to determine where your phone is being recognized as far as the COM ports. For this, go to System -> Device Manager (on the left) or System -> Hardware -> Device Manager (depends on your Control Panel setup). Anyways, scroll down to Ports (may say Ports & LTP, Serial, depends on version). Anyways, find your phone under it, and take note of the COM# (mine was COM9, yours can and probably will vary). If you have exclamation marks anywhere then install the Samsung drivers and try again.

6. Now go to Start Menu -> All Programs -> QPST -> QPST Configuration

7. Click on the Ports tab. Click on Add New Port, then add your Port# where it says Port and name it something you can remember. Hit OK.

8. Now click on Start Clients -> Software Download. Click on the Backup tab. Make sure your phone is listed under Port. If its not, hit Browse, choose the COM that is your phone, and hit OK. Now where it says QCN File, hit Browse, find a safe spot to store your backup on your PC, and name it. Hit OK. Now hit Start. Make sure backup gets to 100% with no errors.

9. Go back into QPST. Go to Start Clients -> Software Download. Click on the Restore tab. Make sure your phone is listed under Port. If not, browse to the appropriate COM port.

10. Choose the QCN backup in the first post of this thread. Click Start, let it finish. Phone should reboot. If it fails rebooting, just do a manual reboot. First boot will take a bit, let it do its thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
When I flash the Patch I get E, and when I restore my qcn file I get 4G,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] techrider6262:
I did all the steps and installed a tmobile sim but it's still on edge:crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
ok 2 questions for you guys only getting edge.

First are you in an area that tmobile has 1700/2100 hspa coverage?

Your not out in the sticks are you?

and second on the phone there is a menu to force it to the 1700/2100 frequencies, band 4 can you force it to go to those and then see if you get hspa?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] techrider6262:
Thank you that's the one thing I didn't do now I see 3g/4g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
This method was found to work on the AT&T S3 as well, using an NV backup from the T-Mobile S3 LTE (T999L, just released).

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
Which Menu? is it the *#2263#
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
I get nothing when I switch to WCDMA, and the 2nd screen is when I am on Edge, this is when I am on original qcn file with 4G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
How do I know if this patch is working, what command I shall use?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
*#2263# is what I found however I dont have the phone so I am going by what I read.

Before we get to the menu though lets look at this.

If your on the stock nv settings, which is what it looks like your saying, band 4 is not available, its locked out by att settings.

So first use QPST to save yours (which I think you already did but wanted to make sure) then use the downloaded .qcn file from the First post using the recover tab browse to where you put that downloaded .qcn file and let it restore.

At that point the phone needs to reboot. I dont know if you need to go back into the menu to turn off diagnostic mode though.

After the phone has rebooted use that 2263 menu and chose wcdma band 4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
I have gone through your instructions, I am still getting E, when I select WCDMA and select 1700, I lose service
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
choose the wcdma all option, this will let your phone connect to any.

Your on t mobile in Washington DC?

You should have access to tmo lte as well, do you?

The fact that your phone gets those bands now tells me this worked.

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Can you get a screenshot of this screen when wcdma 1700 is selected please.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
You shouldn't have to select anything. Apply the mod and everything should just work.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
I did, but it doesn't work

I have done this over a dozen of times, this one is a no go

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I have selected all, still no luck
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
do you have a chat program preference, such as google or facebook?

I would like to go over a few things and doing so in real time might be lot easier
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
Some people have Note 2's that this doesn't work on for some reason.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
Do you see in the screen shots, wcdma 1700 is * so it seems to be selected.

I wonder if it has anything to do with other settings.

I see in another screen shot that his phone info menu is unknown but signal is there. maybe apn is incorrect? maybe other things.

I also see that it appears he has refarmed 1900 hspa, just not the faster DC of 1700/2100
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
Yeah when I select 1700, I go dark, i get disconnected from the T-Mobile Network.

My wife Note is Flawless, The Patch works fine just like the previous one's I patched
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
Still not sure why it shuts down 4G and I only get E, is the patch blocking the other bands?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
The screen shot you have shows its connected to PCS BAND 1900

going to the other menu and force it to wcdma 1700. So the * is on that one and then reboot the phone and go back into this menu and see if it says band 4 screen shot it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
I did, and rebooted, still no service,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
can you put up the screenshot?

The service part, like you did where it shows 1900
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
her it is
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
thank you.

that is very strange, what is the apn setting?

also does lte work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
epc.tmobile.com

I tried also

fast.t-mobile.com

same thing

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If you flash an AT&T Modem, won't you get a fresh qcn file, do you still need the backup qcn file
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
I dont know for sure if the modem flash will reset the modem, that is what I hear though.

It seems very strange. and you say other note 2's you have done worked no problems?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
Yes, no issues, in fact that is why I bought the damn thing, but friends keep buying it from me, I am not sure what else I can do.

If the hardware is the same, radios are the same, I just don't understand why it wouldn't work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DorkyDev:
Did ya try Odin factory image? Then start all over again from rooting and loading a well known/respected Rom maybe something TouchWiz, like SeanScreams Melted Butter SkyNote them the qcn aws flash.

I say Odin cause that way it'd be fresh and clean again more so then a factory reset or rom wipe.

I mean when in doubt wipe the whole table clean and start all over again back from square one.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
I did, but I will try again and let you know
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DorkyDev:
Sounds like something is getting hung up also I always go for modemless roms. Are ya on a 500mb or 2gb only 4g plan? If so might wanna make sure ya aren't over your 4g data cap.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
I am over my 500MB data plan, but the issue is the 1700 band is not locking, I might be wrong, let me plug my daughter sim card, she is not over 500MB yet

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Yep I got an Edge,

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I flashed using ODIN I317ATTALJ2, and I317ATTAMA4 to no luck still getting E
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
I guess I will sawap with my wife, as she doesn't care
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
When you get throttled, they don't kick you down to EDGE. You should still be on HSPA+ or LTE. They just reduce the speed to EDGE speed. Are you sure you set up the APN correctly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhater:
True,

I am using

epc.tmobile.com

and used

fast.t-mobile.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pookeyster:
Just curious...is T-mobile able to throttle those with non-Tmobile roms though? I read another xda thread about removing throttling on T-mobile phones and seems like part of the throttling process is on the handset itself....was just wondering if anyone here has gone beyond their allotted high speed data w/o being throttled
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
Most people are on the $30 plan, which they don't tell you has a 15 Mbps throttle. The throttle is enforced on the phone end. If you find the "throttle" folder, empty it out, reboot, and then remove Write permissions to it (so it can't be written to anymore), then you can go above 15 Mbps. I've done it and it works. To be honest, I'm glad the throttle is on the phone end because:

1) It's extremely easy to get rid of

2) You're able to get rid of it in the first place

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bob60626:
I regularly got results in the 20's on my S2 and as I'm in a refarmed area with LTE coming out see that on my i717 occasionally. I've never seen anything that would indicate that plan being throttled to 15.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] saffant:
I successfully got my phone unlocked to work with AWS networks, but now my phone is extremely slow with 4G networks ie LTE. Anyone else having this issue? Is this normal after an antenna unlock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wallabe:
What I found out friday was that if you are getting somewhere between 4 and 10 MBPS you are getting the 4G only. Which is about the same as I'm getting. You are either not near a LTE tower or T-Mobile has yet to provide a wider coverage area in the city.

I have done almost everything to fix this issue. check post #118 in here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43095761#post43095761

I'm probably going to flashed the T-Mobile modem back onto my phone and play with the settings to see if that works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] alphahere:
Please give exact location of this folder.

Thanks

Sent from dumb phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] genat:
Whhat settings or drivers should be installed to get communications wit the Note 2?

I have problem with Samsung Mobile device driver on Windows 7 64 for I317M phone . In PDA mode it works as supposed to.I see my device in Windows explorer ,in device manager. But when I switch into Modem mode with RNDS+DM+Modem option to work with QPST and Samsung Tools program I get “Drivers not installed correctly for the device”message. In Device Manager I see in”Other devices” 2 Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM devices with yellow exclamation signs on them and no ports installed. I am using Windows 7 64bit OS. Tried on two computers and got the same result.What settings have to be changed on the phone or in computer to get it working in Modem mode and get access to the phone ? What drivers have to be instaed for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM ? My phone is unlocked I317M, not rooted.Here is a screenshot:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tinkerer76:
I've been checking out this and a few other threads for over an hour, but I may as well ask at this point.

Is it possible to check if 1700/ 42 hspa+ is enabled on AOSP rom, or do we have to go back to TW?

I have 2 bars of LTE and can't get over 8mbps. The area is fairly suburban, really lucky to have LTE. It shouldn't be congested. These LTE speeds are the same as hspa+ speeds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wallabe:
TW....ASOP Roms don't like phone codes to much.

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Go here to download the Samsung USB Drivers. That's why you are not able to find your phone. Once that has been done recheck Device manager to see if the phone has been recognized and retry the QPST again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
I was searching if there was an app that would tell you if your on 1700 or 1900 but sadly it seems not.:crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] genat:
My phone is not rooted, so there is a stock eom, I guess.I just want to use enable AWS band, but I unable to do that because I do not have access to the phone in Modem mode

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Can you be more specific?What do you meen "Gp here"? I downloaded drivers from this site, from Samsong oficial drivers-they do not work.

Yesterday I downloaded and installed Windows Mobile Centre to get Qualcomm Technologies MSM driver issue fixed and it did not work eather

Can you send a link to the drivers that work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
When you dial *#7284# on the dialer do you see 2 options in a top box, modem and pda?

and below them Qualcom Usb settings? <---- that is where you tap, then it brings up a new menu with

MTP

MTP+ADB

etc.

stock it should be MTP + ABD

for dm mode you need to use one with dm in it. I use DM+MODEM +ADB. That gives me adb while still allowing dm connection.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] genat:
I use DM+MODEM +ADB too, but get no connection with the phone

I use DM+MODEM +ADB too, but get no connection with the phone, as in Modem mode computer assignes 2 Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM drivers to it, which are not working at all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
Which version of the phone do you have? what carrier I mean.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
He said i317M, which is the Canadian (probably Rogers) version. It's the Canadian equivalent to the AT&T model.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] genat:
Yes, it is Rogers

I think, during akk that trucks I did to install Z3X box on my computer someting broke in the Registry, something missing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tinkerer76:
I'm getting the following error when trying to add port in QPST "There was an error in enabling 15. The port may not be working properly or may be busy. (-2147467259)

Can I go into advanced settings in properties and change to com1 or com 2?

Edit: Tried that, no luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
When you change USB modes, you're unplugging and re-plugging in the phone, right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tinkerer76:
I was doing that, changed USB port, I restarted my comp. Still had the problem. I tried using my third unused usb port and noticed it was on com2 which was already in qpst. Voila! It worked! 1700 enabled!

I really wish I had this while on vacation the past 2 weeks with Edge. I just figured T-Mo didn't have 3g in that coastal area. I come to find that I could have had 3g all vacation :-/

Thanks for this thread and the support.

I saw your post earlier about removing a throttle for the $30 T-mo plan. I did that and removed write access to the folder. I haven't noticed much speed increase. Still only around 8mbps on LTE in suburban Odenton Maryland (no way it could be overloaded) with 2-3 bars. It just doesn't make sense that they would put throttle controls on the phone, and furthermore that they would be able to place the file in a custom AOSP rom (I'm using PACMAN). Are you sure that it's not placebo?

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After enabling 1700, my hspa+ speeds have been awful. Before I've always had around 8mbps, but since enabling 1700, I'm at sub .5 mbps.

Some initial testing: only enable 1900 band, back up to 8mbps. Only enable1700, back down to sub .5 mbps. Setting to automatic, sub .5mbps. This won't do. Can I set it to prefer 1900 and only use 1700 when there is no 1900 available?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
The throttle removal doesn't improve your speeds. It allows your phone to go above 15 Mbps if the network supports it in your area. In mine, I can get up to 24 Mbps on LTE and 18 Mbps on HSPA+. Before doing the trick, my phone wouldn't go above 15 Mbps no matter what. If I was getting say, 10 Mbps either way, it wouldn't help my case.

I think you choose WCDMA Band Preference -> 1900 MHz and then go back and choose Automatic. I have a T-Mobile Note 2 now because I didn't want to deal with the hack anymore even though the speeds were the same for me when comparing the T-Mobile Note 2 and the AT&T Note 2 with the AWS mod.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tinkerer76:
I tried choosing 1900, then going back to automatic. Still seeing sub .5mpbs speeds. I tried using 2100 and got nothing in my area. Does this mean T-mo migrated all the 2100 traffic to 1700 and 1900?

I don't want to have it "stuck" on 1900 because if I was traveling and it had 1700/2100 only then I'd have to wipe my AOSP rom, install a TW backup, go back to automatic, and then reinstall aosp.

This mod might have boned me because at least before I could use 1900 while at home and then it could auto-switch to 2100 if need be while traveling.

Can anyone else provide insight into setting band preferences?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] van131:
Quick question I need to unRoot my phone so i can reset flash counter so that HDCP will work on my Netgear push2tv. What I need to know is will I need to do this whole process over again to get Tmobo?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
No, in non-refarmed (non-1900 MHz) areas, where AWS is used, 1700 MHz is used for upstream data and 2100 MHz is used for downstream data. That's how they're able to provide so much bandwidth; because the data going in and out of your phone is split into two different frequencies. The reason you got nothing when you chose 2100 MHz is because you need both for data to work. However, if you're in an 1900 MHz, you only need 1900 MHz.

T-Mobile is basically transitioning from DC-HSPA+ (aka dual-HSPA+, capable of 42 Mbps), to "normal" HSPA+ on a single frequency (1900 MHz, capable of 21 Mbps only). The reason they're doing that is:

1) 1700/2100 MHz HSPA+ is only used by a few networks, in the US and Canada. So most non-T-Mobile phones won't get 3G ("4G") on T-Mobile.

2) They're current re-purposing 1700/2100 MHz for LTE. Here's a chart to help you understand:

Basically, they want to use move HSPA+ onto 1900 MHz and LTE onto 1700/2100 MHz (which is what their LTE is currently working on). Unfortunately, this doesn't necessarily mean better signal (AT&T uses 850/1900 Mhz for 3G, and 700 MHz for LTE, which means much better coverage/building penetration). The lower the frequency, the better and further the signal covers. But, what this does mean is better compatibility with phones. Pretty much every GSM phone sold in North America and Europe supports 850 and 1900 MHz for 3G. AT&T phones do, because that's what AT&T uses. AT&T phones also support T-Mobile LTE frequencies out of the box (they're included because AT&T uses the same frequencies for LTE as T-Mobile in a few areas). So right now, if you're in a non-refarmed area using an AT&T phone, you'll get EDGE and LTE. But when your area is refarmed, you'll get EDGE, HSPA+, and LTE.

In 2014, T-Mobile is going to be bidding on 600 MHz spectrum, and if they win it, that would mean possibly even better signal than AT&T since it's even lower than AT&T's lowest used frequency (700 MHz for LTE and 850 MHz for HSPA+). In other words, if T-Mobile wins that spectrum, they have the potential to become a much, much stronger network. No more losing signal when going inside a building or driving along a stretch of highway. It sounds crazy but, if they play their cards right, they could become the next Verizon in terms of network coverage and quality. And hopefully that puts pressure on AT&T and Verizon.

Anyways, sorry for the lengthy write-up. I just wanted to be thorough :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] New Optimus:
There is a script that enables diag mode on aosp roms, no need to put stock rom back on.

However if your getting such poor aws speeds there is something wrong. First check your coverage, sensorly.com and see what other tmobile users get in your area, the 2g3g map is the one your looking for.

Then check your apn,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tinkerer76:
1900 gets 8-10

1700 gets an initial 3, then subsequent tests get .3-5

Band 4 gets 8-10

2100 gets nothing

Band 17 gets HD voice

What can the script do?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
You can't just choose 2100 MHz. 2100 is used for data coming to your phone and 1700 is used for data going out from your phone. When you choose 2100, you're telling the phone to only be able to download (you can't even start the speed test, which requires an upload to start)

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gkong:
That's actually not true the 2100 MHz is band 1 aka IMT and used by majority of carriers in the rest of the world for 3G. That's the original band allocated for UMTS network.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
On T-Mobile, 1700 MHz is used for upstream data and 2100 MHz is used for downstream data. If you're in a refarmed area, it's just 1900 MHz. If you're not in a refarmed area, you need BOTH 1700 MHz and 2100 MHz. That's why even though all phones have 2100 MHz, phones that don't have 1700 MHz will only get EDGE on T-Mobile in non-refarmed areas.

AWS is a weird spectrum that requires BOTH 1700 MHz and 2100 MHz for any data transfer to be able to occur. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. You can look it up if you doubt me. 2100 MHz is one band, but AWS is the combination of 1700 and 2100 MHz.

Non-AWS networks (like AT&T or T-Mobile in refarmed areas) only need one band for data to work. AT&T, for example uses 850 and 1900 MHz for HSPA+. But if your phone supported only one of those bands, it would still work (provided the area is also covered by that frequency). With AWS you need both bands. That's why T-Mobile has DC-HSPA+ (42 Mbps vs regular 21 Mbps). Because it's splitting the data usage across 2 different frequencies; one for uploads and one for downloads. It's more efficient. When they refarm, you lose DC-HSPA+ and end up with normal HSPA+, but it also means more any phone that does 1900 MHz (e.g. AT&T phones or unlocked phones from Europe) will work on T-Mobile's HSPA+ network. It also means more LTE coverage since AWS is being used for LTE as well.