yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wingww:
Have you tried both the *#2263# and manual network registration trick?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Poriotis:
Indeed I did.

Just wanted to add, that using the stock radio (UCMD3), I got LTE in some areas at speeds of 24Mbps! :victory:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] scariola:
LTE showing in inland empire, CA only after putting in fast.t-mobile.com APN.

Surprised its showing this far outside of Los Angeles. :D

I had no service this morning on the epc.tmobile.com apn. So I tried and boy what a surprise. Its a little dodgy, but its better then HSPA+.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nunu10000:
T-Mobile is refarming their 4G frequencies. Eventually, every unlocked AT&T phone will have the same speeds (or faster) on T-Mobile.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pazzu:
I think there are confusing messages on this thread, because some people are referring to Custom ROM like JellyBeer, and some people are referring to the official AT&T Jelly Bean ROM.

I am writing about the official AT&T Jelly Bean ROM, and T-mobile AWS network.

The official AT&T Jelly Bean ROM that you flash with ODIN has modem I717UCMD3, which actually can do T-Mobile AWS (not refarmed) frequencies. You just have to enable it in the dial pad.

In order to use T-Mobile AWS 3G, I went to the phone app, input *#2263#, and I picked WCDMA Band Preference, WCDMA ALL. (I might have selected 1700 too before I selected WCDMA ALL.. play with it. It really does work.)

The *#2263# trick would only work with Samsung Touchwiz ROM. i.e. unofficial ROMS like JellyBeer, Pandawan etc won't have this.

To summarize (option 1):

use ODIN to flash the official AT&T i717 ROM (which includes the AT&T modem)

(optional) use ODIN to flash Open Recovery, then use recovery to flash supersu (if you want root)

input *#2263#, and pick WCDMA Band Preference, WCDMA ALL

Personal tip: once you have the modem I717UCMD3, flash the Canadian Jelly Bean ROM http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41155145&postcount=1 (don't use the modems listed there). You will get a much cleaner ROM, and tethering works just like in an ASOP ROM.

Hence (option 2):

flash I717UCMD3 modem (which you can find in this thread), and the Canadian Jelly Bean ROM

input *#2263#, and pick WCDMA Band Preference, WCDMA ALL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
I have been testing modems this weekend. I ended up finding out a surprise.

I am running PadawanJB2. I can access the *#2263# menu. I flashed the Blaze ics modem. It had blank signal bars. Just for kicks I did speed tests and found it works well with this rom. I am getting >8mbps down and >1mbps up. consistently. Calls work great.. You just don't know how strong a signal you have since the bars are blank. If I go into about phone>status it shows -95dBm. This is better than some of the roms I tested. Sticking with this one for awhile.:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] boyboy1222222222222222:
Sent from my

---------- Post added at 10:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 PM ----------

what's the name of your modem? you said it comes up as 'unknown in settings'.

Im aware of the T89, and T67 modems but both don't say 'unknown' in settings.

so must be using a different one, if you can recall The name I could try and look upa linkon my own.

thanks for the posts btw
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
The name of the modem is BLAZEics. Here is the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26731687

When you flash it, under settings>about device>baseband version it will say unknown. Don't know why, just the way it is. Always was. Been using it on and off for a year or so. When you flash it on the new JB roms you will have blank signal bars, but it works well anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dposcorp:
Thanks for the tips. I just got my best DL speed ever.

Located in Metro Detroit, MI

Using Walmart Family Mobile (T-Mobile service)

I am running this 4.1.2 ROM: |ROM|| STOCK|| SGH-I717UCMD3 || Deodex + Root |

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2267199

Under Build Number is says: Padawan JB

Stock I717UCMD3 modem

I did this in this order:

1) input *#2263#

2) and pick WCDMA Band Preference: (1)WCDMA850

3)Hit Menu, back

4)input *#2263#, and pick WCDMA Band Preference, WCDMA ALL

Reboot.

Now my phone almost never drops out of 4G speed, and my best speed test is:

14.48 Mbps Download speed (Upload on this test was 2.03 Mbps)

I'll stay like this for a while and report back if I have any issues.

Gonna try the fast.t-mobile.com, as opposed to my current epc.tmobile.com and see what happens.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bob60626:
Just to clarify, on stock JB AWS can be enabled by the menu (no need to mess around with radios, modems, whatever)? Sweet! I've got a stock rooted JB Note on the way (my other one is still ICS). I'm also in a 1900 area and have seen LTE a few times so I should be set.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Poriotis:
pazzu and dposcorp let me ask you this. Before you made all these configuration changes, were you getting Edge (2G - 'E' in the signal bars)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Chattersking:
Not trying to be a smartass or anything but those on Wind Mobile in Vancouver/Toronto region personally I have found that the best modem that works is UVL3Gfor1717 and Im using it on CM 10.1

Before this I have tried about 8 different modems along with different roms and have finally settled in for this. My connection bar has never dropped since I flashed it 2 months ago and my download speeds range about 6-8 MB in Vancouver region.

Hope that helps.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Poriotis:
Attention everyone. I believe we need to have a standard or ideal coverage area in order to find the best modem or configuration. So, the ideal coverage area has to be as follows:

Must be in an area where T-Mobile has 3G-4G coverage

Must be in an area where T-Mobile does not have LTE coverage

The area must not have T-mobile's refarmed network.

If you have met all the above conditions, then you should be getting 2G ("E"dge) only. If you are getting anything above Edge that means you're in a refarmed area or getting LTE.

Now install whatever modem or make network configuration changes and if you are able to switch from Edge to 3G or 4G, you my friend have just hit the jackpot :victory: or in other words the "right" modem/configuration. Please then post your findings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chipmcd:
I just switched over to Tmobile a little while ago and I'm a little new to this. I'm still on stock ICS with my i717, so not sure if this really applies. I've been using the VKL1 modem but I'm not sure how it really compares speed-wise with others or know what I should be getting.

The network is shown as HSPA11 when using the "epc" APN. It shows HSPA15 when I use the "fast" APN. The results with Speedtest are 13.46Mbps/2.97Mbps/52ms with the "epc" APN. On the "fast" APN, I get 14.42Mbps/1.52Mbps/64ms. The band selection I left automatic. A couple of side questions I have: How come it doesn't show up as HSPA+ (offered here in LA) and what speeds should I expect from HSPA+ and is HSPA+ 42 available in LA?

Also, I've read that LA is supposed to have LTE going online this month. I really haven't checked while I'm out but, where are folks in LA getting it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
I'm on the northeast coast, but anything on the download of >10mbps and upload >2mbps is really great on t-mobile. That's for non lte- 3g or hspa.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
Hmmm not sure with the new att JB modem i only get E with Tmo sometimes pick 4g but Honestly maybe i will switch with the new go phone plan that now have LTE but not much data only 2GB plus TMO Monthly 4G got unlimited data :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Try the blaze modem. I know it is not for JB but it works well. Only thing is you will have blank signal bars. But I get 8-10 or better on the DL and 1-2 on the UL. To check your signal go into settings>about phone>status and check the signal. -100 or lower is OK. -85 is very good, less than that is great. I have good signal if it stays around -95 or lower.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] RaiderWill:
Been using the UVLG3 ( with all 4.1.2 / 4.2.2 ROMS ) on my AT&T Note that's on the T-Mo $30 a month plan for as long as I can remember.. for those of you modem shopping, If you do MMS.. Verify that it works with your modem of choice.. When I was shopping modems I had humans tell me they were not receiving my pics.. Have not had that issue with UVLG3.. as long as I am in an area with a decent signal it's a fine modem..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shayneflashindaily:
Where is the uvlg3 modem Lol for the life of me I can't find the download or I'm blind as a bat ?

£|@$h•h°|i©
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] RaiderWill:
Google should be your friend... I got it back in 2012.. :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shayneflashindaily:
What's Google ? ..........................;) don't know why I didn't do that already

£|@$h•h°|i©
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
TLMC4 Telus modem with Blaze amss ;)

and got my sinal bars back tested on att JB

ROM and TELUS JB :D

Sent from my ULTRA KANGED Gnote
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
I went looking for this modem, but the link posted requires a subscription to download. I tried t989D_TMC4- don't know if it is blaze-amss- but I had no signal at all. and no connection. circle with a line thru it.

am on an old padawan rom- 5.1, with i717UCMD3 and it is working well. I can even get it to say 4Glte, but the speeds don't reflect it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
damn i will try to upload to my dropbox account if until exists :( and i will pm you the link with Telus JB Rom the speed are more fast :good:

---------- Post added at 10:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:10 AM ----------

well anyway there is the link for this modems ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Thanks. I think that's the one I already tried, but I am DLing again to give it another go. The first one at the top of the post- correct? That's the only tlmc4 I see. I am running tmobile sim so I'll see if it works. It doesn't specify blaze amss, but I hope it's the one!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rastlin:
Ok heres a question for everyone. Let's say that you don't live in one of the refarmed areas and you have the stock att modem. I called tmobile and asked a bunch of questions and from what I was able to gather our phones are basically stuck on a 900mhz frequency and 4g and or LTE is either on 1700mhz or 1900mhz. I have tried the *#2263# and selected the 1700mhz frequencies and then backed out of it. Using "pimp your rom" it still shows that I am under the 900mhz band. Is there a way to change that since *#2263# doesn't seem to actually switch the bands?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shayneflashindaily:
I've changed bands using that method but my phome starting overheating

£\@$/-\○|~|●|i €
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
this works you NEED change your APN to the fast.T-Mobile.com then choose the 1900mhz band but for my testing this depends on the ROM so you need try first :o
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Dofdoom:
Some areas are still using the 1700 mhz band only.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Siegel Racing:
I made a separate post, which I should probably delete, and I'm a bit embarrassed that I can't figure this out, but, is there any way to have JB and wifi calling on an i717 on Tmo? Preferably still with TW...

TIA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rastlin:
Well I can assure you that there is no tmobile jellybean ROM. When I called tmobile and spoke to them but basically what frequency that are transmitting in my area I had also asked about when jellybean will come out and the best answer was to check on Samsung keis but other than that he doesn't know. So personally I wouldn't hold my breath
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hpanimalpak:
i wouldnt put all my faith in the knowledge of a tmobile/att/carrier representative, they know less than you'd suspect as they are expected to know only a certain amount on all things/products/services provided by tmobile so expecting them to know specifically about a jellybean release for a specific model of phone is unlikely.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rastlin:
I do agree with you and I take what they say worth a grain of salt. I was kinda hoping that since it was advance tech support that they might have heard something by a know?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shayneflashindaily:
I'm thinking of going ahead and getting the unlimited plan for Tom.. I'm on the 50$ plan but I run out of 4g data too quick dayum

RooT-4/20-BoX
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jlpatte2:
Trying to read the posts, I fear this question has already been answered, or at least the information is present, but I can't seem to combine it all in my head; Is it physically possible to get LTE and the non refarmed hspda working? I live in an area that is not refarmed , but commute into an LTE area.

With the latest ATT modem, I get great LTE service at work (Raleigh, NC) but by the time I get about halfway home all I have is edge. If I use the Tmobile ICS Note Modem I get "DC" or HSPDA+ pretty much everywhere (but no LTE at all) but one small super rural area. Is some halfway that has both LTE and HSPDA just not physically possible with our hw, or is it just a mater of getting a smarter/better modem?

Also, do the tmobile NOTE modem files work on our device as is, or does someone have to do some binary modification to make them work?

Again sorry if this has been fully covered already.

Thanks, Josh
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Hi josh. I have been playing/testing tmobile modems,radios- (same thing)- for the i717 for the last year. Not all work well for you depending on the rom used and the area of the world, country you are in. It's all trial and error. Some heat up your phone, some just don't work, some work on data and not phone calls (and vice versa). Best advice is search, do your reading on others experiences, and try for yourself. The Blaze modem for ics works for me in north jersey on any rom- even JB (but you will not have visible signal bars on JB). Presently I am using Avatar JB with i717UCMD3 on 4.2.2JB running on a tmobile sim. It will also depend on your band choice. gsm,wcdma,lte,etc. Lots of trial and error.

forgot to add that your apn also come into play. Now, some are for lte, and some are for 3g/3.5g/4g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
I got TMO Monthly 4g $70 bux all unlimited :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Christogq:
This is what I'm on. Last month I had a total of 10G data lol. No throttling at that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
got friend that blow it with 50GB he's lives near a tower got TMO LTE and damn it downloads @1.5mbps :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shayneflashindaily:
Downloads should be more than 1.5mbps if he has LTE and next to a tower ....just saying

RooT-4/20-BoX
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] scariola:
Yes it should. I average 20mbps both download and upload on tmobile LTE.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Jealous!! I get 8-10mbps down and 1-3 up on 4g.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
Yes I will ask him again :cool:

and BTW when I got home I see this but can't believe it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thystra:
Has anyone had an issue when flashing modems of zapping the baseband (unknown, no phone number, no IMEI)?

I've tried a variety of modems and so far everyone has zapped the baseband. This was tested on CM 10.1 and the stock 1 click restore package.

I'm on Tmobile and would like to take advantage of the network, but it seems like I won't be able to :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shayneflashindaily:
You see what ?

This changes alot but I come back to the best!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
Not sure but yesterday my service was crazy on Tmo too seems that soon we got LTE :rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thystra:
I see the phone say it has a "unknown" baseband and it doesn't know it's phone number or IMEI. I have restored back to stock through KIES as of right now. I'd post a picture but can't just yet (10 posts).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Poriotis:
Has anyone ever tried the solution posted in this thread, At&t Note / T-mobile 3g/4g fix? I guess this person also received an award for coming up with the solution.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thystra:
I tried the modems and flashing via CWM, but still had the unknown baseband. I might try it again now that I am back to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Was your modem you flashed blaze? That always shows up as unknown. But works just fine.

---------- Post added at 05:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:31 PM ----------

This has something to do with the "efs" file. You are suppose to back up this file incase of loss thru chronic flashing and boo boos. I don't totally understand it but when you lose your imei it's not good. Sometimes difficult to recover it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thystra:
It was one of them, probably the first. I had no service with it.

I'll try again tonight. the efs file is part of the 'system' in CWM back up, I take it?

---------- Post added at 05:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:39 PM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546

Looks like this is the tool to back up and restore the EFS section - EFS Pro 2.x. Is this what you were referring to?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Not really sure - think its part of the original firmware- except if it gets lost, you lose your imei and some other important stuff. I don't really understand it totally. It is recoverable if you do back handsprings and stand on your head kind of thing.... I don't even know where to point you here. Google "efs" or effs files, lost on i717 and you probably will find the thread here on xda. Good luck!:)

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

Never saw that thread before, but looks promising. Before doing anything, I would reach out for help on the stupid question thread, or the general question thread for someone who knows how to fix that.

When I backed up my efs file, I copied just the file out of the rom. I'm not sure I even did it properly. Reached out for some help for you. Good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thystra:
ok thanks :cowboy:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yomaosh:
UVMA1 radio?

Hey guys,

I am trying to flash UVMA1 radio from SGH-T879 (T-Mobile Note), but it is getting stuck at boot screen...

When I did try it on AT&T ICS 4.0.4., there was pretty much no internet whatsoever. But it doesn't even wanna boot with Jelly Bean... Anybody have any idea?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
This modem not is compatible with att note :( well until someone tweak them :rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
When the tmobile note first came out, it was found to have different antenna's. Someone who had both notes switched antennas and he found that still did not fix the problem. So the hardware has enough minor differences to prevent the tmobile modems from working. There was a whole thread about it. Then they hacked the blaze modem and that started me using tmobile on my att note. The tmobile blaze phone happens to have the same thing that counts in hardware as our att notes. That's why it works so well on mostly any rom. Check the tmobile note forum if you want the background. Therefore the tmobile modems will not work on the att notes until someone hacks them to work with the att note.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thystra:
So what is the preferred method to install blaze from stock?

CWM -> ROM -> Blaze?

or

CWM -> ROM -> Blaze -> ROM again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
You can use cwm or twrp as long as you have the flashable zip file. You can do it at anytime.

Flash your rom, reboot, let it settle, set up your phone using wifi if need be, then nandroid a backup, flash your new modem, and wipe cache and dalvik.

If that modem does not work well, repeat flashing another modem. No need to wipe rom and reflash rom. Just flash new modem. reboot, see how it is. Keep testing till you find one that works well. As long as you have a nandroid back up, no fear of losing your stuff.

Just flash modem zip file and it will replace whatever modem you are currently are using. Blaze worked for 2 JB roms for me- PadawanJBv2 and AvatarJB 4.2.2. Just be aware you will have blank signal bars in the status bar with the blaze modem only. It also shows up as unknown baseband in about phone. You can go into settings>about phone>status, and you will see how strong your signal is. -85 is great, -95 is good,-105 is poor. My signal always vassilates and you can watch the screen and watch the numbers change. I am presently using UCMD3 on Avatar and am having no problems. I am in a refarmed area so that may be why.

No need to wipe anything to flash a modem. I have flashed 5 on top of each other to test. When you settle on one you will be using, Wipe cache and dalvik, reboot and enjoy.

I am assuming you are rooted with the custom recovery of your choice. TWRP seems to do better for flashing the JB roms. Either works for the modems.

For the most part, when you flash a new rom, your modem stays the same as what is installed unless the rom included a modem in the build.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Poriotis:
Thanks sashusmom for the run-down :)

Just so everyone knows the UCMD3 is the stock ATT modem. The link to it is in this thread, I believe in the 8th page.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Thanks for that clarification on the UCMD3. I have flashed so many modems I am not sure whose is whose. That is probably why it is working so well for me in the tmobile area with refarmed towers. They are picking up the att bands.

I would like to add to all the modem stuff that your band choices will make a non- functioning modem work when switching from wcdma, lte, gsm, etc. Along with your apn- an lte apn will need an lte band selected to work. This happened to me in Vegas. I had lte working for data, but calls just did not work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jlpatte2:
I have seen this and it magically went away after 're flashing the same rom I was on dirty... I took it to mean the modem flash must alter something that really belongs to the rom space...

Josh
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thystra:
thanks. I'll give that a shot this weekend.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thystra:
So, originally, this is what would happen when I flashed a modem (any) - no baseband

Thanks to jlpatte2, I tried the dirty flash, and got success. Tried a couple modems, and managed the best with the i717-ICS-UCLF6 modem. I didn't try blaze, but I'm happy with these results.

speed test -

success -
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Congrats :highfive: So glad you got it sorted out and working again. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Anthony820:
Old thread, but as someone who will be jumping from AT&T to T-Mobile in a few days, I had a hell of a time finding the SGH-T989D-TLMC4-amss-from-blaze file, so I figured I'd upload a working link for any future people like myself.

http://d-h.st/Fp0
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shayneflashindaily:
I got it already but cool Anthony

2$HAYNE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Hi Anthony! :) Think this would this work on the cm9JBS?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Anthony820:
I flashed it with jbs, but I'm still on AT&T, so I was only pulling edge using it. I hear from reliable sources that it does work, though.