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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] smegma11:
Note 2 Unlocked for overseas

I have a note 2 that I got in August 2013 that I have had unlocked. I explained to them I wasn't getting service at my home and I wanted to try AT&T. The original try to get it unlocked didn't work so the customer service told me she would put in a request that I was going overseas and I needed it unlocked. They then E-mailed me the unlocked code and it said Network unlock successful.

I now have my Note 2 on AT&T with the AT&T apn settings inputted but I still don't see LTE anywhere I go and I know they have it here because my iPhone 5s gets it. I have followed the video and the only difference is the settings under network mode say (Automatic LTE/4G/3G/2G) instead of (LTE/WCDMA/GSM) setting.

I am wondering if;

1- My phone is only unlocked for outside the US.

2- It may take a while to log on to AT&T LTE Services.

3- It's not working because the service is cancelled but I haven't gotten the final bill to pay off ETF

4- I dunno.

Any suggestions?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
What carrier brand is your note 2? BTW, you are in a AT&T Note 3 forum.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ukcain:
Thanks OP now I have a new tmobile note 3 on at&t network.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] smegma11:
Sorry

I originally got it from T-mobile at Walmart.

Sorry, these discussions get so intertwined. It seems like there is not much difference in the 2 phones.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
The T-mobile note 2 does support 700mhz LTE which is what AT&T is on (T-Mobile uses 1700mhz). What phone does AT&T think you have for that account? Because if they think you have anything other than a AT&T branded phone you will not get LTE. It's something with their system. If you called them or they scanned it in the store they most likely got your T-mobile branded phone which is bad. Give them an AT&T Android LTE based phone IMEI and you will be good. There are multiple people in this thread that went through the same thing with their Note 3's. Just read the posts and what they did to fix it. Other than that you will need to go to the Note 2 forums for additional help.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] smegma11:
Help

I went there and couldn't figure out which forum it would be in. I assume I have to take another phone in and register that imei number to get it off the books.

Could you give me a link and get me started on how to fix this.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
There are multiple people in this thread that had your problem meaning this discussion thread. Not forum. You are already in the right place to look at that. Just go back some pages in this discussion. There were at least 2 people. One of them not to long ago. Look at post #473 for the start of one of them.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] smegma11:
It;'s a good thing you told me about the part that I shouldn't have had my IMEI number scanned. I have started my own thread for help on how to fix it.

The threads get all mixed up with people jumping in with different phones and it's confusing. the start out with a thread about T-mobile phone on att and then someone jumps in who's doing just the opposite or actually has a different phone............

Thanks for your help.

jim
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Yup, pretty easy to fix. Hope you get it sorted out soon.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] m_reyna_16:
guys, sorry if its been discussed before but is it possible to flash an att csc file and if it is, will it help any?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Here is a post with the csc file attached. csc files can contain a lot of different carrier files and settings so I don't know what all it does or if it will break anything with your current rom. I haven't flashed it because I'm not having any problems. I'm running stainless rom. Also if you flash darthstalker the csc file is flashed when you select your carrier.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] snovvman:
Reading through the posts, out of curiosity, I was looking around *#2263#, and realized that anything I select becomes the default with a "*" next to it. The setting survives a reboot.

Question is, what is/should be the correct default setting? [1]Automatic?

For someone who has not played around with the service mode menu, can you please enter service mode (make no changes) and see if there is a "*" next to any of the entries?

Thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Jayster0966:
I have not played with the service mode before and the only entry with (*) is [1] Automatic.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
Would you care to elaborate on how to fix it?! I'm another victim... :-/
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
Sure, I just want to make sure you have read the op, especially about lte and the part in red text. Also read posts 473 through 496. I want to make sure we are on the same page.

Sent from my SM-N900T
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
I did! Thanks. I made the sinful mistake of giving them my Note 3's IMEI #. I absolutely cannot get the IMEI # for another AT&T-branded LTE phone sadly... short of buying one which will defeat the purpose. So when I saw you mention there's an easy fix to being a victim of getting your phone blacklisted, I figured I'd ask what that is. Sorry, I should've explained my situation in more detail...

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
hmmm... So you don't know anyone who has an AT&T Android LTE phone? What about a store demo unit? Also, to clear up a few things about blacklisting. Giving AT&T another imei will get your LTE back because it's an imei that's in their database of phones. The tmobile note 3 is not in there database so you don't get LTE. AT&T hasn't blacklisted it. It just isn't in the list of phones that they have bought from Samsung. If your phone is blacklisted from non payment or marked as stolen there is nothing here on xda we can do.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
True! I don't know anybody on AT&T with an Android LTE capable phone. Haha that's sad I know... BUT.... I did manage to find an IMEI # anyway........ Don't ask how (I guess it doesn't matter anyway!). I'm rocking and rolling in AT&T LTE speeds as I'm typing this on my T-Mobile Note 3! I did have to change my APN settings since I'm test driving an AT&T GoPhone SIM card. The tech had me change a few things when I went over what I had (originally taken from this thread). But it's working now, which is primarily thanks to the OP and the rest of the folks contributing here. I'll post the APN settings for GoPhone in this thread shortly so folks can use it if needed.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
Don't hate me for asking this question here, but I have a feeling someone here can answer this: does the same thing that AT&T do with a T-Mobile Android phone when you give them the IMEI, to a T-Mobile iPhone? Wife has an iPhone 5 and I don't want her to lose LTE when we switch... If they do the same thing, to prevent it do I need to give them the IMEI number for another AT&T iPhone or any LTE-enabled AT&T phone's IMEI will work?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Bob Simons:
questions about best practices with the N900T on AT&T

I've basically followed the info here to buy an N900T and use cellunlocker to use it on AT&T with the de la Vega root and the APN settings in the OP. So it's more or less stock: I've been waiting on AOKP before making major changes although I might go CM11 now that it's official as of yesterday. I used to use Task's AOKP on my Former S3 and S4 and have CM 10.2 on my BN Nook HD+ so I've been around the block at least a few times. But this is the first time I paid about $800 cash for a phone so I'm a little more gun shy than in the past.

I've got a bunch of general questions. I've read so much in the last few weeks it's hard to keep straight.

(a) should I only be looking in the T-Mobile N900T forums for software as N900A ROMs and modems, etc, will lock, brick or worse my 900T? This is what I think is true: stay far away from 900A ROMs and such

(b) if I use 900T ROMs, are the APN settings in the OP the only major thing required to use it on AT&T, aside from the obvious things like T-Mo specific apps? Is there a list or download of the AT&T account management apps and their TTS/VM apps to easily use the T-Mo ROMs on AT&T? Is there a difference of opinion as to the best APN settings?

(c) is there a different modem available for better results on AT&T? as I said above, I understand that 900A modems can't be used. I've seen a bunch of comments for example that N900Ts on AT&T have completely inaccurate signal strength info which should be ignored. I'm wondering if this is a modem issue and if other modems exist which are worth flashing.

(d) should any 900T ROM be equally usable on AT&T with the correct APM settings and possibly some AT&T apps? Same modem questions as above.

(e) is it still true that as soon as I change the bootloader or ROM I lose the Knox counter? Is there a workaround expected any time soon, or should I just expect to trade that for a better ROM?

(f) any warranty/insurance available which could get me a replacement if I have a hardware problem? I think it's hard to get Assurion without a T-Mo service plan. I've heard I can get Square Trade for up to 30 days on Amazon but I haven't checked that yet.

(g) anything to check or confirm as working before losing any ability to return the phone to T-Mobile for a swap? I've herd that I should be sure the GPS is good: mine works fine there

Thanks in advance for any help.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
a) Yes

b) Yes

c) Doubtful

d) Yes

e) Don't know

f) Good question! Still don't know!

g) Don't think so. You shouldn't lose the ability to return the phone since you can undo everything as far as I know...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Bob Simons:
I thought there was no swap warranty at T-Mo w/o service

Thanks for the fast answers

also, I thought that any kernel or bootloader change blows Knox which then is obvious to a store. Maybe a Custom icon or else? I haven't seen exactly what happens here. But I thought it was obvious to anyone looking at the phone.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
I think you can load the stock kernel at any time & also revert back to the stock ROM to be as good as new... Haven't done my research but this would be the wrong thread anyway. Look for it under the T-Mobile Android Development thread or wherever normally general unlocking, etc. guides are stickied.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
This is kinda off topic so I'll be quick. I am not sure on this but yes, I think it is the same way only you will need an IMEI from a AT&T iphone if she has an iphone. I don't think an AT&T Android IMEI will work. Someone said that they were kicked off LTE coming from an iphone. I am no expert on iphones so I don't know about the unlocking process. There are probably iphone forums around that would be able to answer a lot better than here.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
It's debatable whether t-mobile checks the knox flag or not. I guess it depends on the rep you get. I did get squaretrade as a backup though with the accident insurance. My plan of attack if I have a faulty hardware problem is: 1. Try to get to stock. 2. Go to T-mobile. 3. File a claim with squaretrade.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Zachhockey2:
I currently have a T-Mobile branded, unlocked Note 3 on AT&T. However, LTE does not currently work yet my plan supports it. APN settings are correct. I'm assuming I need to give them an IMEI since my phone shows up as a default grayscale flip-phone on my AT&T online account. I didn't give them the number from my note 3, by the way. It's just been like that since I switched from an iPhone to a nexus 4. I think. Anyway, what is the best way to obtain one and is it possible to have the same IMEI registered twice. In other words, can I look around for someone who posted their IMEI in their ebay auction and use their code without consequences to either party? Or should I take one from an AT&T display unit? I've been reading countless pages and could never find a clear answer despite reading Mircury's claims that they were mentioned at some point. I apologize but I got tired of reading :angel: Double points for someone who can provide me with an IMEI that would serve as needed :D Also reassurance that AT&T isn't going to call me out on the dummy IMEI or whatever would be nice too :p social engineering isn't my strong suite.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Bob Simons:
there's a go-to guy for social engineering

I hear Kevin Mitnick does consulting these days. He was credited as being among the best in getting people to do things that were not in the their best interests. Interestingly, the uninformed called that "hacking." More likely those writers were hacks. Anyhow, Kevin may be your man.

http://mitnicksecurity.com/
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Zachhockey2:
Haha, well I don't think that I need that level of social engineering consulting.

I used stealth to infiltrate my local AT&T store and made it out with the IMEI number of their note 3 display unit. I'm on a shared plan that is paid for by my father so I passed him this number and asked him to call CS to change my IMEI. Unfortunately, being away for college I was not present when he made the call. They informed him that they needed 3 numbers in order to make the change. The IMEI number, my sim number, and "a number under the battery". I have the first and second, but I don't think I can get the serial number which is what I assume is the third number. This being due to the security device that AT&T keeps on their display models. So now I'm not 100% sure what to do besides have him call again and be there when he makes the call and see what I can think of at the time. Maybe getting a different representative would help. Last resort being a visit to the AT&T store and begging? :o

So if there's anyone reading this who has had to change the IMEI in the manner that I need to, please post your experience.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
I've changed mine twice but at no time did they ever ask for anything other than the IMEI number. Definitely have him try a different CSR. Better still, they can make this change at any at&t store too--I think...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Zachhockey2:
Thanks for your reply. Yeah I think he'll just need to talk to a new rep. I was surprised when he told me about the other two. If we get no luck by calling again then I'll run up to the store and try my luck there. Thanks again! I'll post the results afterwards.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
In any case, you have the IMEI & SIM card numbers but you can also get the s/n from the same About -> Status screen & give it to them just in case. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable sharing that much info with them just because I know others have done this with as little info as just the IMEI number... Anyhow, good luck!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Zachhockey2:
AT&T's system recognizes T-mobile Note 3

I chatted with an AT&T representative online and he was able to get me LTE... using my Tmobile Note 3 IMEI. Instead of lying, I told him exactly what was going on. After some chatting he asked for my Tmobile IMEI and I hesitantly gave it over. He then entered it in the system and apparently ATT's system now recognizes it. He then had me turn off my device, changed my data plan to LTE behind the scenes, and now it's working. The little picture of my phone on the online overview of the account still shows up as a grayscale flip phone though. Data speeds seem HSPA+ like, but hopefully I'll start seeing LTE speeds soon enough. This is my first LTE phone so I'm not really sure what to look for. I figure I'll know it when I see it.

But anyway, giving one's tmobile IMEI may not be a bad idea anymore.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] wdkingery:
Did you just noob your way in here again and contradict yourself, again?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] les_garten:
For the folks that are buying the TMO phone for use on the ATT network, is it a concern that the TMO phone does not have all the 4G Frequencies that the ATT phone does?

Does the TMO phone have a TMO brand on the case of the phone?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] flashcity90:
my store made me get a plan lol. but warranty wise im going to buy a squaretrade warranty from amazon i have 30 days.

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it actually has all the bands the att phone has + some extras
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] JAmerican:
Thanks for this post! I was the 4th one in my area to buy a GNote 3 from T-Mobile. Only one of the two stores I checked had some in stock (8 total). I'm glad I can unlock and switch to AT&T if needed. In my area, I got 4G LTE/3G HSPA+ on the highway and major areas but in my house, I get EDGE. I may switch to the $60 GoPhone plan. Anyone on that?

Yes, it has the T-Mobile branding that replaces the more classy-looking SAMSUNG logo
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] wai_lai416:
hmm so the tmobile version have both 1700 and 2600 lte?? that means i can use in canada and hong kong no prob?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] les_garten:
Where is the best place to get this info about the 2 LTE phones?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] markysd:
so if i get a note 3 from negri electronic i can just slap my att sim and just set up the apn info and tada i have a t-mo note 3 working on att LTE with a unlocked bootyloader? if so im going to order it asap....:good:

can someone give me link on what one to get? just want to make sure i dont order a wrong one as this will be my first full price phone and i see all sorts of version... cant seem to find a white version

thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] pachi72:
Its missing thr important 850mhz LTE band. 850 LTE is very important.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] showone91:
Nice work,
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Kawaisa:
white version isn't available yet on their site, at least not the T-Mobile version
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] drmacrofish:
??? That's not what I read in the OP here.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mocsab:
Regarding CF Autoroot - I don't know why you had the issues you had - I used the CF Auto Root posted in the TMO Note 3 Threads and it worked beautifully - no hang up - no issues - wam bam thank you mamm and it was done.

To anyone else who is considering using a TMOBILE Note 3 on ATT - the TMO Note 3 IS NOT Bootloader locked - period. It is SIM LOCKED(But that can be changed) - and it has KNOX Security but that is an entirely different thing from BOOTLOADER LOCKED. I don't know all of the ramifcations for KNOX yet. I know earlier it was blocking me from using Exposed Framework AP - but then someone posted a link to the new Beta version and that worked beautifully - ( you can find all of those things in the TMO GN3 threads.

GOOD LUCK!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] phobic99:
Strongly considering picking up the T-mobile version today (as long as I can confirm it has all the bands ATT uses). I guess my only concern is the sim unlock but from the looks of it, that's not really an issue at all.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ekerbuddyeker:
So just to be clear, there is no downside whatsoever to buying the t+mob device? Get it sim unlocked, it's bootloader unlocked.. And there are no radio bands missing???
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
No bands are missing. The only downside is you don't get that cool AT&T logo. Bahaha.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] phobic99:
Awesome, thanks. I'm on my way to try to buy a T-mobile Note 3 right now. Hopefully they'll just sell me the phone without having to buy service. :D
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ekerbuddyeker:
Off to tmob

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Anyone managed to get a white one from tmob
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mehdi_s82:
Let us know how it goes! Good luck :good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
If the store doesn't want to sell it to you and you know a friend with tmobile you might go with them. I think they just want an active account before they sell it to you. They don't have to use the phone on their account or sign up for new service. My 65 yr old mom is on T-mobile and I know they couldn't deny her a brand new shiny note 3. :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] phobic99:
Well he absolutely would not sell it to me without an account so I took a $50 hit by buying a prepaid plan. I don't know anyone with T-mobile here because, frankly, their service is really hit or miss here. I'm probably silly for paying an extra $50 but oh well. :eek:

Anyway, I paid for a SIM unlock about 45 mins ago and I'm still waiting on the unlock code but as far as the phone itself... :good: much much better user experience than the G2 I just returned.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] flymods:
It's not a matter of lying or being honest the fact remains that att"s network won't identify the imei of your tmo n3 and you will not get lte. Which is why your device doesn't show on your account and you are getting hspa+ speeds.

You need an imei from an att lte phone to get out working.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
Short version: Been there; done that. You're not getting LTE.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Zachhockey2:
I am getting LTE though. I mentioned that.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
My bad. From your own post I gathered you were not:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Zachhockey2:
What I meant by that is just that the speeds just seem slower than I think LTE is supposed to be. Just ran a test: 12.22mbps down and 2.95 up. I think that is the best down speed I've seen so far... So I mean, it's possible that the lte logo is more or less fake. I'll have to run tests from more than one location. If I continue to see the same issue I can attempt to give them the store model's IMEI again.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
oh your speed looks fine to be honest with you... I do occasionally get 30 or so but yours look much better than HSPA+ in my opinion...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] les_garten:
You're getting LTE, quit screwing with it.

ATT is badly oversubscribed on their Network in vast areas. That's what you are seeing.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zerogun:
You are sooooooo getting LTE!!! Unless you're in the middle of nowhere, and the only person on the tower, you're not going to see the 25Mbps+ speeds. I'm on LTE, and I rarely get more than 8 MBPS in the middle of San Diego.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Zachhockey2:
Ok ok, so I'm getting LTE. Definitely doesn't have the joy to it that I thought it would lol... I wish the USA had the wireless tech of Japan and south Korea. Although, the speeds I'm getting are perfectly fine for anything I do with my phone while on the go, it would just be cool to have those speeds. Thanks again everyone.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] XooLoo:
My takeaway from all of this is: I'd rather get consistent 8+Mbps speeds on AT&T than extremely spotty 30+Mbps on T-Mobile. When my cell phone's T-Mobile switches from LTE to whatever crap they have that is not LTE, I might as well just go back to the days of no cell phone data. It's just non-existent. Rant off. :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
Need a thread like this for those with an N900A on T Mobile network.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mircury:
I thought about this but with the amount of features you lose by doing this I think it's just easier to sell the n900a and get the tmobile version. 1. No Wifi Calling or carrier apps if you use it. 2. Restricted modem frequencies (Only 850/1900 UMTS according to FCC and removed LTE frequencies) 3. Locked bootloader.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
Perhaps it is or it is not worth creating a new thread. But my circumstance is the following: I bought a N900T used it on ATT until yesterday, switched to T Mobile, but wife's Note 3 is the N900A. I am thinking that there must be folks out there especially now with what T Mobile is doing that have the ATT version.. I dunno....

EDIT: I also, do not want to sell her N900A as I may get a dud unit, her's works perfectly with no wobbly buttons nor screen issues. Just do not wanna go through that lottery per se. I mean for argument sakes, if I were to sell her N900A which is perfect and SP unlocked how much would I get? $500 max? Then I would have to spend another 200 for new one.