yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cgi:
Not are not exactly wrong, but the bands 18 and 19 are very close to bands 5 and 6. Both are supported as far as I can tell, although 6 is only for UTMS. But that means that the power amps and antenna tuning should be there. Also, qualcomm advertises this "rf360 solution" which is supposed to support more or less all bands between 700 and 2700MHz. No idea, whether is is in the note3 though.

So you see, I did give this some thought.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sonorus:
We might want to make a separate Bounty for this kind of thing. Such as unlocking ALL frequencies supported by the Snapdragon.

I prefer to make the assumption that people have honorable intentions. For several people, they're just trying to get LTE on AT&T.

There's no good reason that anyone would want to use illegal frequencies, since such frequencies would likely not give them cell service anyway. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] asaqwert:
I think what he means (judging from the knowledge he would seem to have on the topic) frequencies that are not certified for use in a given jurisdiction, not "illegal"frequencies in some other way. In the US fir example, if you use a device that transmits on any frequency that your device has not specifically been passed for by the fcc (and above a maximum power limit which is rather low, from what I recall) then you are breaking federal fcc regulation with respect to creating possible interference, transmitting radio signals on a band your device want created for etc. It can get you into big trouble. Having said that, unlocking your phone in the states is legal to, but no one is ever going to find out. Same thing with the frequency thing, they have those laws so that a) when someone creates interference they can stop/prosecute them and b) so they can stop people importing devices for sale that are not certified.

Having said that, if it is not a frequency that is explicitly supported by the hardware then but that is simply close to a supported one, it would require more than just a hack. It would require reverse engineering the Qualcomm code and then writing your own hardware interface software etc, that is assuming that the bands are close enough that the amps and antenna would work, then you would have to hack the rest of the firmware to actually utilize these new bands and actually talk to your other new software.

In short, it is highly unlikely that it would be possible, at least given the time and resources that most people would spend on dev work (which I understand is a lot but this is a much bigger deal than dev work on open source code) and also Qualcomm probably would not look to kindly on us reverse engineering their stuff. Also, it is quite possible that the hardware commands simply would not exist for the software to ask the hardware to do this. I am not familiar enough with the Qualcomm hardware nor mobile hardware in this way, as I've never programmed or dine dev work on android phones(single dad now with not enough time as it is) so I can't say for sure here but I have a hunch that the hardware simply was created to offer functionality on certain bands and that is all it would offer. If it was unsupported in software but supported in hardware, that's one thing, but unsupported in hardware pretty much means you're sol in my opinion
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cgi:
That's exactly what I meant. If it was just a matter of editing a config file, it would be unlikely to cause any interference. I do assume, that the original radio firmware is well-behaved and doesn't start sending on a given frequency unless it picks up a cell tower there first. However, regulators have been known to look unkindly at uncertified devices, especially if you cause interference. And you most certainly void your certification if you modify the radio.

Anyway, I did unpack the radio firmware and looked around in it with a hex editor a bit, hoping for a lucky find of the needle in the haystack, so to say. What I found was not very encouraging. It's a batch of binary files. Some looking like bootloaders, others looking like L4 realtime kernels. There also seems to be a qurt kernel, whatever that is. Maybe some kind of Qualcomm realtime os implementation. Also dsp firmware or some such. Then I found some strings that might be part of digital signatures. I did some googling on suggestive strings I found, but if there is any documentation on that stuff, then Qualcomm keeps it secret (or I am too stupid to find it).

There was no such thing as "SupportLTEon700MHz=false" or something like that. Not that I expected anything like that.

So unless there is an insider somewhere willing to violate all kinds of NDAs and contracts, it is unlikely that this will happen, I think.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sonorus:
Both of you are making this more complicated than it probably needs to be.

For one, the phones that DO support 700 and 1700 use the same chipset. This is something that was done on the Note 2. A simple config change unlocked those frequencies. I believe we'd only need to repeat the concept for the Note 3. In other words, all we need is for someone familiar with the process to take on the job.

The Snapdragon 800 (N9005's chipset) does accept the LTE_B17 line of flags. (LTE band 17). It's already in the hardware, we just need to turn it on.

This bounty explicitly states for 700 and 1700 LTE bands, which the chipset DOES support at least 1 of those bands. This isn't about the Japanese bands, that was brought up by someone else and isn't what this topic is about. Please make a separate bounty for that feature so that people aren't confused about THIS topic.

This has already happened on other phones. It's a matter of incentive.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] WorldIRC:
http://wccftech.com/enable-t-mobile-hspa-aws-bands-on-at-t-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337-sgh-i337m/ as reference
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sc2ascend:
Ahh I would love to see this come out for the Note 3 :) a nice simple way to pick up the extra bands our hardware is capable of.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] @Class:
Me and another member got relatively far with this but was not able to flash the N900W8 modem onto an N9005 because the boot loader is locked. We were going to try a few other things before I gave up and just bought an N900W8 for cheaper than what I paid for the N9005.

The QCN file was edited to match that of an N900W8 with respect to a few entries in the LTE BC CONFIG. Unfortunately just changing it resulted in no service. We then proceeded to change the WCDMA band configuration to match, but like members of the S3, this is apparently overwritten some how by the device on boot. You need to reboot the phone for the modified QCN to take effect, so basically it did nothing.

Whatever solution you guys come up with its probably a matter of a complete modem and QCN file then reboot to make it happen.

I tried to write a custom update.zip file that overwrote the two partitions containing the modem.bin and NON-HLOS.bin without success.

Rogers parameter 6828:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9KfOSKSSjgdSEE2Z043U09JTGc/edit?usp=sharing

LTE BC CONFIG MENTION:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33234706&postcount=43
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sonorus:
In regards to an update.zip. You must execute the flash after following the same sequence of steps as when flashing with odin. (eg remove battery, put battery in, hold vol down and home, plug in USB cable, then odin will come up) Except instead of vol down, use vol up. Something about this sequence unlocks the ability to flash modems (in odin, recovery and root). (if you don't do it, writes to the mmc will timeout)

While you /can/ flash modems for W8 and T on the N9005, they will fail to boot, apparently enforced by the PBL (the lowest level bootloader on the device).

Changing individual parameters in NVRAM may not take effect for a number of reasons;

1) There are two partitions (MODEM*1 and MODEM*2) that seem to contain NVRAM parameters, but are not directly part of EFS. They look like backups of critical parts of NVRAM, i suspect during the boot sequence, these BINs push NVRAM parameters into EFS, overwriting any changes. I was unable to trivially decipher the contents, but i didn't put a lot of effort into it.

2) Some kind of failsafe similar to the Modem flashing problem. (modem wont stick! maybe NVRAM wont either!)

3) Modem itself may set certain parameters in NVRAM. Only way to test this i think would be to try changing IMEI in NVRAM, and see if it reverts back on reboot. As the modem doesn't pertain to your IMEI, it would never correct it if it was incorrect.

Personally i think #2 is the case, and will try to enable change via cold boot method.

I have successfully changed the modem partition to contain arbitrary data, as long as the binaries are untouched. As soon as they are modified (even eg. changing the name of the baseband), they will not operate. So they are probably protected by signature or hash.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sonorus:
Got NV#06828 to stick as 5B0001. It was originally D50008.

It however, does not enable the necessary bands, it would appear. The value is persisting across reboots, so indeed it has been changed permanently.

I suspect NV#01877 needs modified as well. But i've been unsuccessful in getting it to stick.

I'm attempting to change 040002 to 060000 in item 1877.

The fact that i was able to write NV#06828 suggests that 01877 is likely changeable as well. Still haven't figure out what conditions are allowing writes to persist. Luck of the draw seems to be what makes it work.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sc2ascend:
Interesting. Thanks for the information.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Syn3rgetic:
Bumping this
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
I'll pledge $20 for 700MHz AT&T band
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sc2ascend:
Anybody hear of any progress on this? Bounty seems to be $40 and a bit coin lol
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MatAuc12:
just FYI. "40$ and a bitcoin lol". That's 450$ for a bitcoin. So roughly 500$ for a supposedly small csc hack for anyone with the capacity.

Seems like a decent amount.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
I have a theory that Edward Snowden owned a bunch of bit coins and leaked the NSA info to increase their value.

Their price has tripled in the last 6 months.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
Bump. Need LTE!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xaviero17:
Promise $40 more to the person who achieves 700MHz band

Plizzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
[Galaxy Note 3 General] IamNoone:
Yes the current 1BTC stands. That's currently 900USD. You could buy another note, all you gotta do is make N9005 support ATT LTE bands. :)

NSA doesn't have significant effect on bitcoin value which is more affected by the factors that affect gold.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PatienceWithin:
Hell, I'll slap an extra $20 on this! It seems so simple but I'm not the guru to tackle this!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PatienceWithin:
Keep this thread alive!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PatienceWithin:
HELL! I'll even throw in a Day One Xbox One!

and yes I'm being serious. :svetius:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
I must have missed something, this should only require extracting a n900t modem and flashing it to the n9005 right?

This clearly is not the case or someone would have done it by now as the bounty is quite substantial.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] IamNoone:
Flashing a N900T or N900W8 to a N9005 results in an unstable phone. The PBL blocks loading, presumably due to a bad signature.

Unfortunately nobody is showing interest despite the bounty.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] chrisrotolo:
$40

$40 from me for ATT LTE bands. thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cpgeek:
I'll throw in another $20 via paypal for AT&T LTE
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rbeavers:
Pledge 2¢ for LTE in Columbus Oh.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cpgeek:
*bump* - this is still really bumming me out. getting about 1/8 the network speed i got on LTE on my note1 i717.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Expliciate:
+1

Need this for Telus and other Canadian carriers
[Galaxy Note 3 General] justimagination:
I guess this won't be possible anytime soon if at all.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] noahk11:
Would really love to see this, however is it even possible? I feel like the radio would be locked to the bands its shipped with, and trying to mess with it would make the phone unstable.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Salamonti:
i will donate 20$ if this is done :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] allessence:
I would certainly want in as well. and would donate..

I have both an ATT n900 and the 9005 and for some reason I like the 9005 better crazy right..

I have used the phone info app and it shows the hardware as being the same.

Device type hlte (9005) vs hlteatt (900)

sm-n9005zkemm1 vs sm2n900azkeatt

Modem board is the same: MSM8974 for both..

Not that this info will help anybody and I'm certainly not a phone guru.. Just stuff I've looked at.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cpgeek:
is anybody still experimenting with this? still a serious drag :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xdm9mm:
$30 for 700 1700 and 1900 so ATT and Tmobile LTE are all covered.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] seeinthelight:
Still looking for to activate the LTE bands here in Canada

Not only would I like to get the LTE bands in Canada working on this phone, I would like to change the CSC to Bell mobility, but until these bands can get figured out I'm stuck with a overseas region phone and on 4G.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Arrancamos:
Bump!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
Bump :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xdm9mm:
I returned my Note 3 and might buy a Sony instead which has worldwide LTE frequencies... I am opting out with my current bid for the bounty...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaru:
Anyone close to get to the bottom of this?

It sad to have a really powerful phone with such lame limitation. :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cpgeek:
I totally agree. I've been hoping that this would have been solved since I got my sm-n9005 phone in feb.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Arrancamos:
OMG no solution??

I pledge $20 thru paypal...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] soundping:
The good bump.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cpgeek:
bump!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] pmvsdt:
Hi, Did anyone find out a way to get the AWS frequency on this N9005 Note 3. Got this ultra powerful device as a gift but feeling bad as I cannot use this with my Wind mobile in Canada which uses AWS.

Please let me know if anyone found out a way to flash modem on this phone for AWS frequency. I dont mind spending few bucks for this. Show me you have a solution. I will transfer money once I get this phone working and this is a promise.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mormegil:
http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/thread-progress-please-leave-im-updating-t2871269
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BlackSoulxxx:
Seem interesting....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BlackSoulxxx:
Any body wanna try to unlock LTE from me? There will be some dangerous so you should rethink when you become tester.....And I don't know if the hardware is support that band........

So first you need to know it's how to connect to QPST (Yeah I think people know this because they flash n9008 nv? ) and install QXDM, get me the value of 6828 and 1877...........
[Galaxy Note 3 General] meneses.leonardo:
i will

[MENTION=5733862]BlackSoulxxx[/MENTION] here they are

1877 562950035735424 rf bc config

6828 524501 lte bc config

tried to change 1877 with the key from your other post (the key mztool gives is 2307813334319039360), but after rebooting it goes back to the original

and let's do everything necessary!!!! I'm all way in.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BlackSoulxxx:
Try to change NV to this:

+ NV 1877: 3460734838925427584

+ NV 6828: 594143 (add lte band 1700 and some other band too.....)

I currently research how to remove modem bin from NV without any trouble (test show remove it will make changed nv stick but the phone is unstable) because when you start the phone, ROM will automatically load modem bin file from NV and overwrite it if some changes is detected.....Samsung is f*ck....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] meneses.leonardo:
ok [MENTION=5733862]BlackSoulxxx[/MENTION] i got news, the 06828 key stayed after reboot via QXDM but not the 01877
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Grooby97:
definitely in for testing.

Also saw this from youtube last night but didn't really work..not sure if I need NV write or what but I have it enabled on my N9005 and the config sticks after reboot. However, I still don't get LTE on T-Mobile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-aAc6DJXc0
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dineshh:
2300 LTE

Add 2300 LTE Band on n9005

is it possible as In India Airtel 4G is on 2300 LTE Band:cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Grooby97:
the band does not stick...I've done similar mods but after reboot, the setting returns to default.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] frosty400:
Also looking how to use LTE on SM-N9005, in Canada

Never thought modifying bands on SM-N9005 would be so difficult, or perhaps impossible?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Up8QSky:
I edited the NV on my n9005. Values stayed but no new bands. Idk what's happening -.-
[Galaxy Note 3 General] meneses.leonardo:
well, it seems nobody's home, if you want please contact me (because i couldn't find the way to pm you) so we can settle anything needed such as payment or whatever, Í'm really interested
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sc2ascend:
Did anybody figure out how to do this yet? I'm using a n9005 on Rogers Wireless in Canada but the coverage isn't so great since it's missing those bands. I'd really appreciate any help I could get, I looked into this a lot at release but didn't get anywhere and was wondering if anything has changed. Thank you! :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] TONKAFORCE:
anything?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Zenumasu:
this is depressing
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 424778940:
Tried, Nv items not be restored after reboot, but new band still not work
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 0scarwilde:
You need to amend the NV items mentioned in Qualcomm NV Calculator app ; that goes without saying.

But aren't you overlooking the policyman in the EFS, that might override the NV settings and that might just need to be deleted, after appropriate backup of course?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Zibri:
on my n9005 I had 6828: 524501

I entered 594143 and it survived reboot... but still no LTE BAND 3 :(
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] jayas.mayank:
hello guyz..

Guyz i am not able to transfer contents from my sprint htc one to my computer as htc sync manager is showing me error 1016 (reconnect device)...i am using windows xp...i have installed htc sync manager 2.1.77.0 either my drivers are not installed (because htc mtp driver and adb drivers are not installed)...then i downloaded HTCDRIVER_4.2.0.001.exe (xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191279 by CNexus) but the drivers are not able to install...

then i uninstall htc sync manager and tried to install Cnexus driver but still drivers are not installing...I ALSO INSTALLED UNIVERSAL NAKED DRIVERS BUT IT DOESNT HELP...

SO PLZ TELL ME WHAT ALL DRIVERS AND SOFTWARES ARE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER CONTENTS FROM MY PHONE TO COMPUTER OR VICE VERSA??

PLZ TELL ME THE STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO INSTALL DRIVERS, HTC SYNC MANAGER..!!

I HAVE ALREADY GOOGLED FOR THE ISSUE BUT IT DOES NOT HELP ME..!! ALSO I HAVE CHECKED MANY THREADS ...BUT NO HELP..!!

SO GUYZ I AM STATING A NEW THREAD FOR THE ISSUE...PLZ FORGIVE ME IF THE SAME THREAD WAS ALREADY STARTED..!!

THANXX DEVS..!!

USING SPRINT HTC ONE (SILVER 32GB)

PREVIOUSLY HAVE MICROMAX CANVAS HD
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] demo27vol1:
Try uninstalling all HTC drivers, then HTC sync and rebooting your computer. Then put your phone in fastboot and connect it via micro usb. Let the drivers installed and then install HTC sync. This work for me but I'm running Windows 8.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Konfuzion:
If the above doesnt work uninstall drivers and HTC Sync and install this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2386956

Then reboot your PC and you may also have to disable any antivirus or firewalls, including windows firewall.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] jayas.mayank:
Thnxx sir but it doesn't help...:(
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] jayas.mayank:
Sir tried this but no luck...
[Galaxy Camera Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colenigel:
Guys

Total newbie

Just got a Galaxy Camera which is cool but when I connect it to the PC I would expect to see thumbnails of the pics I have took but no ??

Yes I can download them and see them there but in my exp of androids/ cameras in general you should be able to see the thumbnails as you connect to the device ?

Anything you chaps know??

Cheers

Nige
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mklbndl:
Is there a way to enter the service mode main menu in Note 3 where you can tap UMTS like in Galaxy S4?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellrama:
from your dialer, enter *#2263#

Enabling a specific frequency will not enable it on your device if Samsung has crippled it for your specific carrier. The only way to enable another modem frequency is to flash a supported ROM for your model and enable the ROM through the carrier settings.

Hope this helps!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] odie3:
I hope someone can help!

When I last restarted my SX66 I lost a few programs. They are:

Mobile Word

Solitaire

Bubble Breaker

3rd Party Checkers

3rd Party Dominoes

While I can easly reinstall my 3rd Pary Games, I have no idea how to get Word, Bubbles, and Solitaire back.

This did happen once before on a Soft reset about a week ago but they where completely different programs. While this did happen before it seems to be a new issue with my WM5 and SX66. I have ran WM5 since it was released and this "disappearing" programs just started!

[Last lost programs where: Microsoft Voice Command and PHM Registery Editor]

Thanks for any input on the issue or how to get the core WM5 programs back!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] odie3:
Well, nm they are still there but the Short Cuts where gone.

Very odd! But at least they are still there and all I had to do is recreate the Short-Cuts!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] TheAppleAndroidGuy:
Thanks, wrong section....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Galloway:
I am on Liquid Smooth 2.9 (4.2.2) and using TWRP 2.6.3.0 phone is an i747m 32GB model. I tried upgrading to LS2.10 which is 4.3. Installed ROM OK but after first reboot phone froze on the Samsung logo. It wouldn't even get the the boot animation. I tried several methods of flashing as requested but to no avail. Today I tried the latest nightly of Carbon ROM which is 4.3.1 and encountered the same issue. I tried rebooting after flashing GAPPS and it just froze at the Samsung logo without going to boot animation. I did flash the latest bootloader in between while trying to diagnose as well.

Does anyone have any suggestions or similar situations? I would really like to upgrade to a 4.3 ROM but seem to have hit a hurdle...

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Galloway:
So I've had a little time to try some other things. I've verified the MD5sum of all files trying to flash. All are good. I've tried installing the latest nightly of Carbon ROM after doing a full wipe of all internal. I haven't formatted my external yet. Flashed ROM and phone boots fine. I've tried flashing GAPPS both during initial flash, after initial flash and not at all. In every case the phone boots fine after the initial flash and functions perfectly. It will not boot a second time at all. In all cases so far on reboot it just stays on the Samsung logo screen and I've left it for about a half hour just to make sure it isn't that I'm not waiting long enough. I hold the power button for 8 seconds and then boot into recovery. I've tried doing a factory reset and rebooting. No go. I've tried refreshing the ROM and it still won't boot after. I haven't taken a logcat yet as I just haven't had time but I'm really confused why multiple ROM's. I've currently restored back to 4.2.2 liquidsmooth 2.9.

I'm really hoping someone has a suggestion or that they've come across this before.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Norduxx:
When you flash the ROM, are you wiping dalvik cache as well as wiping all data/ factory reset and cache?