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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpug:
ah thanks, found it, was really helpful:good:

so technically speaking international n9005LTE will not be compatible with t-mobile's 3g or 4g LTE? as the bandwidth as I see the people mention in that forum is not compatible?

I went to a store to check the phone out and a seller of the international n9005 told me the data will be running on H? would you happen to know what it means?

Thanks !
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpug:
Ah I see, so would you assume that getting the T-mobile one will be better compare to the international n9005LTE?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limeybastard:
HSPA perhaps? I am not rooted or have I used Chairfires method. I have two options to prove this case, either buy a UK sim card here and put it in my phone and see what occurs or wait til I get there.

The N900T seems to okay, yes if you want to use it here on ATT or T mobile at least. With perhaps a little roaming overseas.

There is also another thread named something like Region locked, its over 100 pages, good luck!

Here you go..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2457964
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
The order of speed is this: (Network/Signal Designation)

GSM/G (2G)

GPRS/G+ (2.5G)

EDGE/E (2.75G)

UMTS/3G (3G)

HSPA/H (3.5G)

HSPA+/H+ (3.75G)

LTE (3.9G)

LTE Advanced (4G)

So H is HSPA = 3.5G.

International N9005 can get the 3G signal on pretty much any frequency, including US. It's the LTE bands that are incompatible.

T-Mobile US runs LTE on the 1700Mhz band, and 3G on the 1900Mhz band.

AT&T and Verizon use the 700, 1700 and 2100Mhz band for LTE, and 850 and 1900Mhz for 3G.

Sprint uses the 800, 1900 and 2500Mhz for LTE, and 800 and 1900Mhz for 3G.

N9005 International gets:

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

4G/LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpug:
yea I read through that whole forum but was just confused about the differences
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limeybastard:
Let us not forgot what other Bands the T MobileN900T has for LTE ;) not just based on what they run here..
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpug:
ok now im understanding it better, I was trying to find information through the forums but I guess I got confuse reading information here and there cause some people were saying it runs on 2g and some says 3g.

Thank alot!:laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limeybastard:
I think in all honesty the best speed I will get with my Note 3 N900T in the UK will be 3G. Not until they start using band 7 2600 which is still not used but reserved for future.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
I just compared the N9005, which he asked about, with the US cellular providers. Having multiple bands is lovely, but if your provider isn't using them, they're also a bit pointless ;)

It can get a bit confusing, yes.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limeybastard:
I thought he was like me and wanting to travel.? LOL
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpug:
Your both correct lols :laugh: I mostly live in the US but for when I do travel which is often, its nice to know what the phone can and cannot do.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limeybastard:
Don't worry I've done my research and concluded, if you live in the USA and travel then go for the N900T. I did :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpug:
lols How often do you travel? Majority of the time i'm in the US
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limeybastard:
Not much, but when I do travel ( excuse the pun ) I go to the United Kingdom and occasionally whilst there travel to Gay Paris.:laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpug:
haha:laugh:, at least your traveling to Paris, I know people who would love to go there but haven't got the chance yet.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EricGarcia:
So pretty much you won't be able to get a factory unlocked LTE Note 3 working on T-Mobile LTE? Please tell me I'm mistaken.
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
Hey Guys,

Just got mine in the mail today (how is a secret ;D) So if anyone has any questions let me know. Not that its going to be all that different than the other versions lol. So yeah, WOOO! I love this thing :]
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
If you can get your MSL, try to enable the LTE Bands 26 and 41 in the ##DATA# dialer code and see if you are able to connect to the Band 26 and 41 LTE.
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
Just got the MSL and enabled both. Its rebooting. What if anything should I notice?

Okay so when i enabled them both I noticed no difference, HOWEVER there are two other values in there for priority of each band. I set them all from 1 to 0. Now LTE is staying connected even tho it goes from 1 to 0 bars. Even with zero bars im getting 3 megs down and 1 up compared to 3g .5 megs and .1 up. So appearently this seems to be a way to force LTE on as I still havnt switched over to 3g
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
0o0o00o....I have so many questions. Ok which market do you live in? Like which city? I want to see if you have any LTE 2600 (B41) in your area and if you do I would like to see if you can connect to a LTE 2600 tower. I am trying to confirm if LTE 2600 (B41) is truly working when you manually enable it through MSL. Also can you change your Band Priority to have B41 set to "1" to have it enabled and set B25 to "0" so it is set to lower priority.

The concern is that since as you know when you activated it with Sprint, the B26 and B41 LTE bands were disabled by default. Normally folks don't know how to enable this and the question is WHY!!!
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
outside of the Atlanta Ga market. The weird thing is that when everything was set to 1 I never could connect to lte. When i set them all to 0 with all bands enabled I get a slight LTE signal. So maybe its like 0 high priority and 1 normal? And yes those bands were disabled by default
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
According to this thread http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4886-lg-g2-users-thread/page-2, a "0" is meant for low priority and a "1" is for high priority.

Hmmm outside of Atlanta, GA isn't specific enough. It might be hard to verify this. There is LTE 2600 available in certain parts of Atlanta, GA blasting out the signal right now but I think I need more details like the community and nearby major cross street in town.
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
Well so far my tests have proven otherwise. Right now I just have 2600 enabled and the other disabled, With 0 value set I stays on LTE with 1 set it trys LTE but then lets go. Ill tell you Im in the worst market for lte in my area. 10 minutes in either direction and i get LTE, but where I live theres VERY little.
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
Well having B26 and B41 enabled doesn't mean your LTE will perform any better if the only LTE you have around you is B25. The reason to enable is that the hope is that if you are in an area where B41 LTE is available, the G2 should try to connect to that tower if it is within range. Its ok though, I am probably blowing your mind already with the stuff I am asking you to do so you can forget it. Thanks for the information though.

Btw, just curious did you get your phone already because you are an employee of Sprint or did you preorder early on Oct 11th? I preordered my LG G2 but I have not yet heard any confirmation of shipment.
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
lol blowing my mind? XD Its just LTE values :P. But yeah got it early as employee
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
I wasn't sure how tech saavy you were. Most people would have their minds blown by now. I guess you are not the average employee. HAHA ...i just wish I could get my LG G2 , get the MSL and enable the B26 and B41 LTE bands and go to my local towers that i know for sure is blasting out LTE 2600 and verify that I am getting and able to use the LTE 2600 signal.

There is an Android app called SignalCheck Pro (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blueline.signalcheck&hl=en) that can show which frequencies you are connected to.

And then you would have to verify that you are truly connected to the B41 LTE band using the ##DEBUG# dialer code under LTE Engineering.
[Sprint LG G2] rquiett:
Oh shoot its HaiKaiDo. Have not seen or heard from you in awhile there friend. Now I see you are back on the same device as I am just a different carrier.
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
ill grab that app. Sounds useful. Also yeah, I work as a tech in a repair center (not that, that carrys much weight as alot of the tech are brain dead idiots!) and ive done some rom development in the past for a few phones, so no worries about things going over my head lol.
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
Duuuuude!!!! Nice :D Hooray! Maybe we can do something on here once things get going :]
[Sprint LG G2] rquiett:
I am sure there will be a way to do that even with different carriers. Brings back memories of my old captivate seeing you here
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
I still think that was the best phone I ever had lol.
[Sprint LG G2] schnergun:
I got my SPRINT LG G2 as well today! so far I like it alot. Something I noticed though is now I dont have LTE in my house. however on my htc one and samsung note 3 I did. Other than that its been pretty smooth so far
[Sprint LG G2] xtremeyouth1:
You guys are killing me! I've had my phone on order since the 11th and still no phone. Any word on if they may ship any pre-orders early? Ordered mine from Best Buy
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
Ahh i see. Well good to hear from you. Yeah that SignalCheck app is cool. I definitely recommend you getting the Pro version for $2. The app was actually developed by a member at the S4GRU.com forums and it has been very useful in finding LTE especially with the Network Vision project going around Sprint by giving you audio and message alerts when LTE and 1x800 is nearby.

There are a lot of smart people over at S4GRU.com that know a lot about Network Vision and about smartphones in general. I learned all my information from that website alone. It is because of that site, I am able to find out which areas across the US that have B41 LTE that is broadcasting live at this moment.
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
hey HaiKaiDo. I have been reading in other forums that the Sprint LG G2 may be suffering from B25 LTE connectivity issues? Can you confirm if you are having LTE connectivity issues thus far?
[Sprint LG G2] o0adam0o:
Root it!
[Sprint LG G2] schnergun:
i can confirm this. im standing right next to a lte tower that i know worked on my old phones and it isnt coming it at all. strong 3g though haha
[Sprint LG G2] oesjmr:
Microphone hole

Is there a microphone hole on the back above the flash like AT&T's model or no hole like T-Mobile's version?
[Sprint LG G2] schnergun:
I see no hole :)
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
Do you happen to have both B26 and B41 LTE bands enabled? If so..try disabling B26 and B41 and see if this improves RF performance on B25.

The reason why I say this is because perhaps Sprint put in the firmware different LTE threshold limits where if the phone was configured for just B25 it may have a more lenient signal threshold since it is assuming that is the only LTE band you are capable of connecting to. However if you have B25/B26/B41 LTE bands enabled the firmware could be configured to have a smaller B25 LTE threshold since it is expecting to handoff to B26 or B41 for better LTE reception. I hope this makes sense. At this point this is just more data collecting rather than proposing a final solution.

Try that and post back here what you observe.
[Sprint LG G2] schnergun:
ill for sure give that a shot..... if you can explain to me how to do what you just said lol
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
HAHA...I think I have my answer already. The fact that you don't know how to enable/disable B26 and B41 through the dialer codes tells me that you only have B25 LTE enabled. Its ok I read in another forum that disabling the B26 and B41 LTE bands doesn't seem to make a difference. It could be an issue that Sprint has to address shortly after launch.

Just FYI in order to enable B26 (800 MHz) and B41 (2500 MHz), you need your MSL code and do the following:

1. On your dialer, enter the dialer code ##DATA (##3282#)

2. Select View or Edit. In order to enable or disable your LTE bands you will need to select Edit option which prompts you to enter MSL code. Select View so you can see what the menu looks like

3. Select "LTE" and you can see LTE Enabled/Disable, Band 26 Enable/Disable, Band 41 Enable/Disable.

4. Repeat step 2 if you selected View the first time and now select Edit and it will give you the option to modify the settings.
[Sprint LG G2] schnergun:
both 26 and 41 were diabled. I went ahead and enabled them to see if it helps. ill report back when i know.
[Sprint LG G2] uToTMeH8:
How did you guys get yours to activate? I tried many different ways and Sprint is telling me that my serial number is not in the system
[Sprint LG G2] schnergun:
I did mine in FDT as im on a business plan and not a employee account. Are you on a employee plan? if not PM me the esn and your # and I can try to get it done for you.
[Sprint LG G2] Big Boy Laroux:
So am i reading all this right? Sprint is providing the phone with only one band enabled?

Why?
[Sprint LG G2] schnergun:
who knows! sounds like a sprint move haha
[Sprint LG G2] uToTMeH8:
I am on an employee plan. Maybe I'll try through FDT...this is torture not being able to activate it!
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
By default yes but you can manually enable B26 and B41 if you have the MSL code. You just have to go to the ##DATA# dialer code to enable these bands. There could be different reasons why Sprint at launch has done this. For one thing B26 and B41 LTE is not spread out yet so it doesn't really matter if it is enabled or not.

Sprint will provide a future firmware update to enable those LTE bands so don't worry. Who knows it could be on launch date on Nov 8th along with some other fixes that they couldn't get in the factory image firmware.
[Sprint LG G2] Big Boy Laroux:
Yeah, I figured it would be done with firmware update in the future. Just seems like extra work. Is there a negative to having all bands enabled if you don't have all 3 bands in your area?
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
how would you like me to set everything before I report back?
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
I guess my first question is, are you having LTE connection issues in the first place? It seems like some people are having LTE connection issues and I am trying to go back and forth between here and S4GRU.com forums to find out if its an RF issue (looking more and more like its not) or a LTE authentication issue.

There was speculation that maybe having Band 26 and Band 41 enabled by defaulting is causing LTE connection issues due to the different internal LTE signal thresholds that Sprint might have incorporated in the firmware. For example if Band 25 was enabled, the firmware might have a higher LTE signal threshold before dropping out vs. if Band 25, 26 and 41 are enabled where the firmware knows it can offload the B25 LTE onto B26 and B41 LTE band so the LTE signal thresholds for B25 could be reduced. Hopefully this makes sense to you.

But really I am juust looking for the first question which is...are you getting a stable LTE connection on your LG G2? If so, what is your configuration? LTE B25, 26 and 41 bands enabled? LTE B25 enabled and B26/41 disabled?
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
I have all the bands enabled and everything set to priority 1. At home I have problems keeping connected but thats because inside Theres little to no signal. at the time of writing this im at work and have full LTE bars with no connectivity issues.
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
Awesome you have been a great help. Now I am just curious why some folks are having issues with LTE on B25.
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
No problem. Yeah that's quite odd. While ive got a few people looking at the thread here, I was curious about something. Does the root work for all variants? And also are the kernels available in general development universal?
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
No idea about the root method yet. Also I had a follow up question, can you tell me in your Band Priority settings, what bands you have set for 1, 2 and 3? I guess I am trying to collect more data in terms of the LTE band order you have.
[Sprint LG G2] droidburke:
Google Wallet Tap to Pay on Sprint LG G2?

Do you have Google Wallet installed? If you do, or can, is Tap to Pay available?
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
No idea if there is a negative in having all 3 LTE bands enabled in an area you don't have B26 and B41 LTE available. I think the only reason to manually enable B26 and especially B41 because there are places like in my area that have B41 LTE live and I want to test if the phone can truly accept the B41 LTE connection or is there some firmware limitation that won't let me at this time.

My gut feeling is that there shouldn't be any firmware limitation preventing you from connecting to B41 LTE if available other than in order to do this, you need to know your MSL code and know where to manually enable the LTE bands which Sprint doesn't expect 98% of the Sprint customer population to know how to do anyways so they are not worried. With a firmware update, I am sure the firmware will set B26 and B41 bands to Enable state by default so people do not have to muck with knowing their MSL codes and having to go to the debug menus.

However I feel that Sprint will only do this when they feel that there is enough B26 and B41 LTE live which we don't know that time frame and for all we know it could be until sometime 2014.
[Sprint LG G2] adrianr514:
I got mine in today.
[Sprint LG G2] nacker044:
Where did you order yours?
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
Just to warn you that you may have issues connecting to LTE.
[Sprint LG G2] adrianr514:
Im a Sprint Rep

And i am not having issues connecting to LTE im having issues connecting PERIOD lol. I literally loose data wether its 3G or LTE and i seem to have zero bars of anything when i have 3 bars on my iPhone 5
[Sprint LG G2] schnergun:
im having the same issues on mine. right now wishing I would of stuck with my note 3 until they came out with a fix. I imagine it wont be long before they do.. I HOPE
[Sprint LG G2] uToTMeH8:
We are all having that issue. Hopefully it's just the APNs that need to be pushed.
[Sprint LG G2] adrianr514:
Spoke to an LG rep today and they are waiting till official launch date to push out a quick fix for it
[Sprint LG G2] Big Boy Laroux:
Didn't see this posted in the forum, but sprint issued a press release about their new tri-band network, that they are calling "spark".

http://m.cnet.com/news/sprint-unveils-spark-its-ultra-fast-1gb-wireless-service/57610032

The interesting part of the article (that I have seen on other sites as well), is that the G2 will get its update IN 2014, while the mega and mini will get their update almost immediately.

Why the delay for g2?
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
Im not sure why everyone is having problems with staying connected to data. I mean at my house i have like 1 bar of 3g or non and the same for lte.....but when i leave the house and theres a reasonable data connection I have 0 problems what so ever.

And to answer that iPhone questions about "why iphone has bars when lg has no bars >:D" Pretty sure that the iphone states its current data connection and the signal bars and or dots show you your voice connection to the network as to where the g2 shows you your actual data strength. For instance when I make a call, before I hit dial i have 0 bars at home, then when i hit call the data symbol disapears and then i have 3 bars of voice. So yeah, call me crazy but thats my experience/findings so far.
[Sprint LG G2] Ascertion:
True that and I love that feature. You'll have your signal display the highest data signal strength instead of voice 24/7. I pretty much have voice in 100% of the areas I visit and quality is great. I'm more concerned about 3G/4G.
[Sprint LG G2] puch0021:
Best Buy Pre-Orders

If anyone is wondering or had signed up for the Chose your Freedom promotion from Best Buy ($50 dollar gift card to upgrade and sign any 2-year contract agreement before 12/31/13), I have confirmed it does stack with the existing $50 gift card they are offering. In the fine print it states it shouldn't stack with any other gift cards but apparently it does. I'd call and ask to get a note placed on your order!

Essentially, I am paying $7 to upgrade my phone! ($99 contract price, -$50 instant gift card, -$50 from previous offer.) Plan on trading in my Epic 4g touch to sweeten up the deal as well!

Details for the past promotion:http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Misc/re...02/pcmcat274000050002.c?id=pcmcat274000050002
[Sprint LG G2] ghostcamed302:
HaiKaiDo, how is the battery life so far on the phone. Normal usage not playing with it even though its hard not to haha. Compared to what i have i know if won't last as long as i do now but i'm on my phone a lot, Chrome,ifunny,some games, and streaming pandora/spotify, and it lasts two full days from a 8am day one to day two at 11 or so pm with 30% left usually. But soon ill be using it less so im wondering how the day to day battery life is like on the G2, i've heard and seen some amazing times of 50+ hours but thats other carriers and modded roms etc, what about stock phone pretty much? Thanks

p.s. coming from a Note 2 user with a zero lemon 9300mah haha its amazing :) highly recommend.
[Sprint LG G2] Big Boy Laroux:
I assume that promotion is no longer open?

Very cool for people that got it, though. G2 for free essentially? Awesome!
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
Hopefully this is true and the Sprint LG G2 will not have 1.9 GHz LTE connectivity issue after this launch firmware fix on Nov 8th.
[Sprint LG G2] Sherlock Combs:
Looks like you can't pre order from best buy anymore and that the price will go up to $199.99 as all the other variants are now $199.99. My upgrade just came up and I haven't been able to pre-order.
[Sprint LG G2] HaiKaiDo:
Well unfortunately I havnt experienced any of the awesome battery life. I think this has alot to do with sprint being cdma. Ive always had better life on GSM, dont know what the difference is but its def. there. However thats not to say that I have poor battery life. I can easily get through a day with no problems, and of course this is with me doing all sorts of terrible things to my phone lol. for instance today was a slow day at the sprint store...sooooo I played alot of my favorite tower defence game...alot XD. Taking phone off the charger at 7:30AM till time of writing this(5:11pm) with ALOT of use im at 15%. I honestly thing this isnt that bad with so much use and on a stock rom. So yeah this DEF isnt going to be anywhere close to your note 2 experience eith extended battery but hey, things can only improve from here with custom kernels. So yeah I would say dont worry about it too much, youll love this device. One thing that I read was that technically the battery in the G2 is easily removable so maybe zerolemon will come out with a solution :D
[Sprint LG G2] ericdabbs:
the battery life has nothing to do with CDMA...I can tell you that. Verizon is CDMA as well and I hear people have great battery life. Again every person is different because each person has different apps installed and is configured differently. You may have some apps that are pushing updates/syncing too often. Also I am not sure what area you are in but usually a weak signal is a huge battery drainer since it causes the radios to blast out at high power "screaming" for a signal. So its hard to pin point what the exact thing is but I suggest you do take a look at your surroundings as well as the apps on your phone. I have seen issues where people assume it was the phone that sucked and was draining the battery but in fact it was a particular app that had a memory leak and was draining batter like crazy.

I personally have had this happen to me with an app in the past and I read forums where people were reporting the same thing.