yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mohan_kr:
Yeah..not too mention..their whole money making business depends on so called "roaming" aka foreign SIM's.

I do have a question, since I am getting the T-MO Note 3. I do have unlimited LTE plan, but the device does not have the micro sim which is what the NOTE 3 needs. So do I just go and buy the micro sim card and not change my plan? Any suggestions from people who have done it.. I know ATT will do anything for me in a heartbeat, since I have been feeding the beast close to $500 a month for the last 10 years..but just wanted a painless no talking to clueless CSR way..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] LosFive3:
Wow thanks dude, I went to an att store and the guy just scanned an imei from a note 3 and I rebooted the phone clicked on LTE and now I'm officially on LTE
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] les_garten:
I've worked for Broadband service providers where custmoers brought their own gear.

We didn't care.

The end game is to have the most customers and get churn down to a minimum.

Happy customers don't churn.

I would say if anything they would give preferential treatment to new customers or month to month, off contract types.

Not saying this, but Directv doesn't reward loyalty...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] aalupatti:
Its a **** load of crap regarding these rumors.

Att does not discriminate based on imei.

Even if they do it, there is a huge lawsuit waiting to happen. Your phone and data plan is not bound to the device.

You just need a compatible device.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
Exactly... Tired of reading all of this non sense crap... You just need a freaking gsm smart phone (with compatible bands, like tmo version) from planet Earth, and you are good to go... No limitations, no discrimination, no cap and no crap...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tneil:
AT&T Note 3 is Rooted

The AT&T Note 3 is Rooted!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2472760
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Yup, updated the OP early this morning.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
You are in for a treat LOL. They need an IMEI number prior to giving you a new sim for your new phone. Give them a non ATT phone IMEI and let the pain begin. How do I know? Just read my previous posts. Just do yourself a favor and give them an ATT IMEI that is LTE equipped.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] LosFive3:
I never rooted any phones before, I'm planning to root my note 3 but what are some of the benefits of rooting it?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sharl1987:
I have been to AT&T store twice over the past 3 months to change from a regular sim to a micro sim. There were no charges whatsoever and they did not give me any problems. Both phones were non AT&T phones (both international), and they only asked me for the IMEI and gave me the sims. I was in and out in 5 minutes both times.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
Lucky you. They dropped my data plan and only then did the issues begin with non att imei
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] snovvman:
CLICK HERE!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Awww, the poor guy is coming from an iPhone and probably never had an Android phone before. Show him some android love. Pretty funny still. :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
As the previous post said there are a lot of good articles out there. Most people new to rooting will go straight for adaway. It removes all ads from apps and your browser.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] snovvman:
Sorry, just couldn't help myself... :D
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
I would try just getting a sim card for the line you want to use it on and tell them the phone is on the way or something to that effect. But above all don't give them the IMEI. The easiest way is if you can have them keep the IMEI that's on your account.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Capt4Chris:
Well... I figured it out! I called Straight Talk and a nice lady from the Philippines helped me straighten out my APN settings. I had a few minor things incorrect... Being new to using a GSM phone, I'm surprised there's not an easier way to get the settings automatically to prevent user error!

Here's the summary because I know you want to know LOL:

NAME: Straight_Talk - Should have been Straight Talk

MMS PROXY: mms3.tracfone.net - Should have been .com

All is well now!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] user0112358:
I used a SIM card cutter to turn a standard SIM card into a micro SIM. It worked 3 times so far, haven't broken a SIM card yet. It cost about $5.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jmarquesh:
To all who recently bought Tmobile Note 3. Could you share your experience here:

[Q] Where to buy?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] les_garten:
You've obviously Been there, Done that, and got the same ugly T-shirt I got!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] LosFive3:
Lol is cool, I always do that to others as well, I did google it, but sometimes getting an actual reply feels a little better. Thanks Man!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Updated OP. IMO it is not safe to odin any recoveries and flash roms at this point. Multiple people have reported unrecoverable boot loops. It would be wise to wait until devs have found and verified the cause and a fix.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] badmonopoly:
Why switch out perfectly good sims? I cut mine down by eye with a pair of harbor freight scissors LOL. A template isn't even required.

See above :D
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sharl1987:
I tried that first, I was lazy and I didn't want to drive all the way to the store. Anyhow, somehow I managed to ruin my SIM, so I ended up driving there anyway.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] kingtana1:
just want to add another confirmation that this works, TMO N-900T Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on ATT network with LTE enabled...also if anybody is wondering the visual voicemail works for me, just have to download the app in the play store, search att voicemail it should be first result. thanks to everybody for the help.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] flymods:
I just wanted to say that in theory you guys are right however in this particular case you are WRONG. If you give ATT your T-mo IMEI your LTE will NOT work. As soon as I called in and changed to my Tmo IMEA I lost my LTE. I have a friend that works at the store and I went in and had him look at my account. He said that ATT's system doesn't recognize the IMEI and thus can't tell what type of phone it is (meaning if it is capable of LTE or not) therefore it defaults to only 4G. As soon as he changed my IMEI to a device that supports it I rebooted and immediately got LTE back. For whatever reason ATT doesn't recognize the Tmobile IMEI. Just clarifying it for anyone else having issues.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
Why would you ever give them your imei from an outside phone... Of course they don't recognize the imei. We are talking about buying an N900T an inserting your AT&T sim... And there are no side effects there... Why on earth would you call AT&T and tell them "hey, I am using another phone"... That makes no sense unless you want to **** yourself... You just insert your AT&T sim and good to go...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] les_garten:
They have some types of filters on the Voicemail app. I'm surprised you can see it.

I search with my Wife's S3 and it's right there at the top

I use my original Note and it is nowhere to be found.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
Filters are for none compatible phones... Note 3 is compatible, no matter the flavor. Same for S4...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] flymods:
AT&T doesn't give a s**t what phone you have as long as you keep paying your bill. I was simply verifying what the previous user was saying which is that you cannot use the IMEI of the Tmobile device if you want LTE to work. I had to call and switch my IMEI since i sold my previous phone and didn't want it attached to my account/name anymore.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
Peace & Love lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] snovvman:
Just curious--if ATT's system/switch "sees" an unknown IMEI long enough on an account, will it automatically switch the provision to a lower tier (non-LTE)? I presume not, since the S4 folks have been at it for some time?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
That's a negative... At least for the past year I have been using my international note 10.1 on AT&T without a single issue... Still LTE working and nothing has changed on plan... I really don't think so...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] iB4STiD:
tmo version maybe the way to go
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] edouble312:
My tmobile note 3 works great on at&t. I used chainfires app to unlock it. I did load a custom recovery and installed a ROM without issue but it's not recommended yet until a more stable solution is out.

LTE works greal. I do notice that after a phone call when it switches to 4G, it can take up to two minutes for LTE to switch back on.. on my att s4 it was usually a matter of seconds.

Phone is amazing though
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
I got LTE to work on the Note 3 900T via ATT Network. Had to supply them my S4 IMEI number.

Weird thing is when I put my sim card back inside the ATT S4 it just sees HSPA and sticks to WCDMA preferred. However if I remove the SIM card and perform the *#*#4636 thing it goes back to LTE/GSM pref.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jmarquesh:
Tmobile Note 3 available in Negri Electronics

Tmobile Note 3 available in Negri Electronics, I just ordered mine.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Ya, they show the white version in stock. They raised the price to $729 though.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] indecentspeech:
A valid reason for doing that could be that you didn't have a smartphone or data on that line before.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] yeeson:
SM-N900A have LTE？

SM-N900A is MSM8974？

Not SM-N9005？
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Yes and yes. The 900A is the AT&T version with the locked bootloader.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
In other words, don't even look at the 900A... Lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] yeeson:
Can you and N9005 general flash？
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
I don't understand what you are asking. The 900T can flash roms. The 900A can not at this point. If you are in China I'm not sure why you are in the AT&T forum. You will need to check your bands but the 9005 might get better service over in china with LTE. They have different frequency bands. The 9005 can flash roms also.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lemataf:
A Special Thanks to Mircury!

So, you swayed me to get the 900T and run it on the AT&T network. Followed the instructions to the letter in your OP and all is well. Coming from the original Note, I did have to take the extra step and cut/shave/file my AT&T SIM card down to a Micro SIM format but templates are easily available online.

With all the folks running the 900T on AT&T we may need to petition the moderators for our own sub-forum!

Again, BIG Thanks!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] starrscream22:
Hey I ordered unlock code from cellunlocker.net but I have been waiting for 5 hours?

Those of you who also used cellunlocker, do they reply to emails and will I even get my code at all?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lemataf:
Ordered mine yesterday morning, received it 14 hours later... - But it worked!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] starrscream22:
Thanks for the update.

All you do is enter unlock code and then phone works, or did you have to do additional steps?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lemataf:
With the phone off, inserted the AT&T SIM - never used the T-M SIM I had to purchase with the phone. Turned on phone and it took me right to the unlock screen. Typed in the code and was done.

Just follow instructions in the OP and you should be fine.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] starrscream22:
Thanks.

We use the 8 digit network code right?

Did you have to change APN settings, or you got LTE without doing that?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
Lol... That's right, we need somekind of hybrid forum... I am trying to find a genuine AT&T White battery back cover... (the one with the AT&T logo...) So I can swap my back cover that says t-mobile... Already ordered the N9000 original back cover that says Samsung... But I really want the AT&T one...

I will even change the boot and power off animations... Will get the AT&T ones...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
They are very good. Don't rush them lol

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Stole my wife's Att note back cover. Lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
Asking for AT&T boot and poweroff animations...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2478302
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] starrscream22:
hey i am looking for same back cover as you

how do you change the boot and power off animations?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
You need to replace:

bootsamsung.qmg

bootsamsungloop.qmg

From... system/media/
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] starrscream22:
I got 4G LTE at&T working on t-mobile. Unlocked from cell unlocker and followed the guide. thanks mircury
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
AT&T Boot/Shutdown Animations with sound...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2478302
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] starrscream22:
Hey I need help. I got my t-mobile note 3 working on AT&T.

I have 1 problem. I can't send or receive MMS. I am not on straight talk. I am on a family plan from AT&T.

Can anyone help? Thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Double check your apn settings in the op.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] starrscream22:
Thanks! Careless me lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
Here...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
Here:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] MattMJB0188:
What do all you guys with the $6.99 insurance do? AT&T will not warranty a T-Mobile device. Not too mention the phone shows up as a generic phone and will require a data plan change. I wonder if that old IMEI trick would work. Have a dumb phone on your account and get unlimited HSPA+. AT&T's system won't recognize the phone because it's not one of theirs.

Wouldn't it just be so much easier to switch to T-Mobile? Unlimited data. UNTHROTTLED SPEEDS DURING CALLS! Cheaper service.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] barondebxl:
Long live unlocked bootloaders. Rooting this sucker took 3 min if not less
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lilhectord:
I tried this method and MMS is still not working for me. :( I'm on Straight Talk and unlocked T-Mobile N3.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
So you double checked and triple checked the APN settings in the OP and you switched to LTE? If you still haven't found the error post some screen shots of your APN so we can take a look.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lilhectord:
Yepp! Tried all the apns listed. I do have LTE I'm just in a 4G area. Here's my apns :
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lilhectord:
On the top left you see a little message and an X. It says message not downloaded :/
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
I would do this anyway,

"Then go to the home screen menu setting, more networks, mobile networks, network mode and change to LTE/WCDMA/GSM."

Reboot the phone, try and send an MMS. Let's at least get the sending working first.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lilhectord:
Sending them works! Just downloading them is the problem.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
So now you are not getting a download notice at all? From the screen shot it doesn't show you received anything today (Friday).
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lilhectord:
Right before reboot, sent but no "download" button after reboot I got it. But the message doesn't download. Same APN as before.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] starrscream22:
if you don't mind me asking, what's the background image that you have for your messaging app?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lilhectord:
Calvin and Hobbes Galaxy :) I love Calvin and Hobbes and I came across it and fell in love with it! It gives it the "Galaxy" touch! Plus it's black which helps the battery. ;) link: http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/10/22/one-more-galactic-wallpaper-for-you/

here's my lockscreen.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] starrscream22:
I love Calvin and Hobbes too! I loved reading them growing up :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lilhectord:
Same!! Haha sorry it got off topic, but if ANYONE has a fix for MMS working on Straight Talk, please help. I LOVE my phone just that minor issue.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
We know that the APN works on the tmo note 3 because others have used it here so lets try,

1. Delete the APN you created and add it again. Make sure there are no spaces on the ends or the beginnings of the urls and other info you enter. Don't touch info that is not supposed to be changed. Also make sure the APN is selected at the end. (The blue dot)

2. Also, have you tried sending a mms to yourself from multiple sources. (different phones/people)?

3. Call Straight Talk and make sure you are provisioned correctly and also confirm with them the apn settings.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lilhectord:
No dice. :( tried literally all the above. Apparently, it's a "hit & miss" according to a straight talk rep. Either it works or it doesnt. But I still don't understand why 1/2 MMS would work if it's going through the same network.. maybe a custom ROM might help?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Did you also try the alternate straight talk APN that I listed a few pages back? It might not give LTE but you could at least test the mms.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mdcarter67:
It took a day before my note 3 would receive mms after setting up on straight talk. I am using the same APN settings.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] barretp:
I coming from a non LTE phone. How do I get ATT to provision LTE for my T-mobile note?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TEKHD:
Just give them any imei from any lte at&t phone... For example a demo note 3 from their own store...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] les_garten:
Strange but true!

Walk into a corporate store to do it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] barretp:
Just did this! I went up to my local store and snagged the IMEI of the demo note 3, then came back home and chatted with a guy from tech service. Grandfathered unlimited LTE is so nice!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Skizzy034:
What we won't do for our data lol.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] indecentspeech:
why is it a bad idea to give ATT the IMEI off of a TMON3?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
Read.some of my previous posts and also forum member Mircury.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] KingDavid63:
So i cannot flash the recovey on my ATT version? any help would be greatly appreciated.....
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Skizzy034:
No you can't.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] snovvman:
WiFi tether?

So, running ATT SIM on T-Mo... how do we achive WiFi tether? Is/Are there ways to do this using the stock rooted T-Mo ROM? If yes, how? Thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
It works without any modification and without root. Just go to tethering and mobile hotspot in your settings. Click on it. Enter your settings and turn it on. Super simple.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] snovvman:
Thanks. To confirm, I can use the native t mobile tether app?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Yes, don't go crazy with it though if you have unlimited data. I've been doing it for years and haven't gotten a message like what these people describe.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2470374
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] les_garten:
I installed FoxFi for ATT and it works perfect.

If it comes up and says call ATT and the buttom says "OK" just hit the home button and ignore it.

If you hit the OK button, you get a text message from ATT that you are tethering.

I don't get this,but some fd apparantly. Tethering works perfect for me with FoxFi for ATT
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Skizzy034:
Has anyone from the states tried placing the AT&T sim card into the T-Mobile Note 3 before trying to unlock or using the Region Lock Away app?

I flashed the stock FW and it should have reset the region lock but my AT&T sim card still works. I'm wondering if maybe it already is region unlocked here in the US.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] snovvman:
Fyi I'm using the saber kernel and it's working great. No issues so far with ATT and it's now "permissive".
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] aimfire72:
Man, I'm using AT&T Straight Talk sim in my Tmobile Note and the data speeds are awful. Ridiculous high ping too. All my APN settings are correct. Does it have anything to do with not having the proper ril files for AT&T?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
How was it before rooting ?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] aimfire72:
I'm stock, no root. Bought the unlock code.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] alynch75:
Buy a sim card cutter/adapter from amazon

Buy a SIM Card cutter kit.. it will cut sims to nano and micro. It includes adapters if you ever want to go from nano to micro....micro it normal .. or nano to normal. That's what i DId they cost $7 to $10 bucks well worth it to me.

This is the one I got...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3SD8QI/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3SD8QI/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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I had this issue when I used the S4 with Straight Talk. Apparently there are like 8 or 9 different APNs for straight talk that work however they don't tell you that. I will look around for what I did. Also since they began selling the AT&T sims again there are different setting for the 4G LTE. You can try to use google to figure it out. I used the setting from the website however I found a guy on youtube that had different settings. When I used his settings my speeds were higher. Where i used to get 4mbs down I now get 17 to 20 and where I used to get 2 down I now get 6 down.

.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jmarquesh:
It is safe to unlock without activate first?

I got the N900T yesterday from a Tmo store, cancelled my order with Negri placed October, 9. Today I requested the unlocked code from cellunlocker.net but want to confirm something with you guys.

I haven't activated my phone, I don't have a Tmo plan. I see some people here that had to activate their phones with TMobile in order to get the unlock code from cellunloker and others didn't have to do that. When I requested my code I saw a message saying that the phone needed to be activated with the carrier first. I plan to use my phone with Aio Wireless. My question is: It is safe to unlock the phone without activate first and then use the Aio Sim card?

I guess the people from Cellunloker are making all this because some people are probably buying Note 3, unloking and trying to activate with SIMs from other regions but I don't think that is a problem if you use a SIM from the same region of the phone.

Can somebody confirm this? I'm sorry for asking again but I just want to be sure before pulling the trigger. Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
As far as I remember cellunlocker just needed my imei number
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jmarquesh:
So your phone was not active with TMobile when you unlocked?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
I believe it was active as I set it up. Once setup I placed my order with the good guys at cell unlocker
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] les_garten:
PM me if you are interested in buying my TMO SIM I got with my phone. It is a Pay as you go with $10 on it. I brought the phone home and immediately got my att unlock code. I'mm make you a veritable deal on it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] GoldfishTX:
I have activated two T-Mobile note 3s without a T-Mobile sim with no issues.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] derek210:
+1 the note is region and sim locked. However if you are purchasing to use on a local carrier you only need to worry about the sim lock
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Quickvic30:
Sold my att note 3 yesterday for $650 and picked up a t-mobile note today for $575 and unlocked it. I used the $3 unlock method from chianfire's region unlock (it also unlocks sim) and it worked like a charm. I had no sim in the phone when I did the unlock method and it worked great! Now running att LTE on the T-mo phone. Thanks for all the great info in this thread and on xda :thumbup: