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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
I just checked and had the same thing, but my phone has been okay since enabling CA yesterday.

Then I changed my LTE REL to 10 (see pic), and my status changed from "wrong" to "not configured" (see pic).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
I had started to add that, but wanted to be sure about the consequences first. If you force B4, will it utilize other bands if B4 isn't available? Even if it doesn't, I could still add it with a note stating that. I just want to be sure that everything in the OP is based on fact. Please confirm for me and I'll add it in.

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] changt34x:
When you force B4 mode, it will only connect to B4, so no 1X or 3G (voice or text) will go through. To get full functionality again just hit automatic, and everything reverts back to how it was before (voice, text, data). No reboots necessary, just it takes about 30 seconds to reacquire signal after switching back to automatic.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
So, maybe I'm missing something...so forgive me if I am. But, what is the point of forcing it then? If B4 is available in your area and you enable the B4 band and set it as your preferred band wouldn't it utilize it without forcing it?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] changt34x:
Unlike the iPhone, I haven't found my Note 3 or the S4 to reliably connect to B4 by itself. Forcing it is useful to see if any service is available in a particular location or just to get it connected when you want it to.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] saddog5523:
Switched mine to 10 and the 'wrong' changed to 'NOT configured' as well. Maybe something that has to be added in with some future update. That's probably a bust for now. I don't live in an area that has the Band 4 available yet, so I can't test anything until I go to Chicago this week.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] BobC43:
Here are two additional Codes

*#66336# brings up a CPRAMDUMP screen, no idea what this is

*#0*# will bring up a great screen to look at sensors, as well as many other things on the device.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] millerd79:
I'm not exactly sure what I did but I can no longer make/receive phone call ...but I have data....and can send/receive text..Is there a easy way to reset these settings to factory?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kampana:
Apologies if this has been asked before, but what is "UE Setting" and can I access it from an unrooted device?

Thanks,

Mike
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] phind123:
Disabling the Wifi Power Saving seems to have fixed Wifi constantly dropping for no reason.

No clue why this was enabled by default...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] millerd79:
Guys, I really need some help...I don't know what I changed by I can't make any calls...I wiped the phone and it's still not working?...Do these setting stick even after a wipe?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] saddog5523:
You might have to do a full restore via Odin. If it doesn't work after using Odin, you might have defective hardware. Check this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2483380

The bad part about all of this stuff, is that no one really has any idea what most of the settings do. Everything like this is a risk. I've been messing with some of it here recently, but I always take notes of what I changed and how I got to what I changed, just in case anything like that happens. Keep us posted so we know what we will have to do if we do screw something up. It will contribute to this thread.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] millerd79:
Yeah, so I spent 2 hours on the phone with tech support...they couldn't fix it....good thing I work at a VZW store so I swapped my phone out :)....but I changed sim card, wiped, odin flashed back to factory still nothing...I don't know if it was something that I changed in those settings or if it was a fluke...but i could still send/receive txt and data worked...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
Man, Sorry I was away all day and not able to check in on the thread. It almost definitely was a setting you changed in ServiceMode...those are firmware settings and do stick through factory resets. Most likely a mode or band setting. I've tried them all and several of them turned off voice. LTE only will only give you data...you need LTE & CDMA for voice & data. Sorry I didn't get to you in time!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
Discontinuous Reception (DRX)

DRX CONTROL appears to be a protocol to reduce network utilization and reduce device power consumption. The question is whether or not turning this protocol off will help network connectivity and/or speed AND what effect it has on battery performance. I will turn mine off and see if I notice anything on either front. However, I live and work in an area with very good coverage, so I'm not sure that I'd be a good test case for the network speed/connectivity portion. I will definitely monitor battery consumption.

This setting can be found under [2]UE SETTTINGS & INFO, [1]SETTING, [1]PROTOCOL, [1]AS, [4]DRX CONTROL
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] AlpineMan:
I also disabled WiFi Power Saving...but it didn't help. WiFi is still dropping for no reason.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] anewday:
Anyone got access to servicemode on stock unrooted?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FAUguy:
Has anyone found how to change the Vocoder and P_Revision on the Note 3?

On Motorola and LG phones in the Service Menu, you can get to the Vocoder (13K, EVRC, EVRC-B 4GV-NB) and the P_Revision.

I always change the Vocoder from EVRC-B 4GV-NB to the original EVRC, since it sounds better as it's less "compressed", but also have to change the P_Revision from 6 to 4.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] :
Ue setting protocol menu

PROTOCOL

[2]UE SETTING & INFO > [1]SETTING > [1]PROTOCOL

[1]AS (AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM CONFIGURATION)

This menu allows you to mod:

-[1] FREQUENCY LOCK on certain bands. Best left at full in order to receive all frequencies when traveling. can expeirment to see which frequencies work best stationary.

-[2] RELEASE VERSION, Read more here about what they do. I'd leave UE revision level at Dynamic to receive coverage in all areas. however LTE 3gpp can be updated to release 10 however 64 qam may not be supported in all areas which will lead to more loss of 4g. Release 9 still supports 16qam

-[3] DUAL MODE IMPROV - No selection

-[4]DRX control (Discontinuous Reception & Transmission), factory setting is on, (Advantageous to battery life)

-[5] SECURITY CONTROL (Not sure what these do)

-AMR CONTROL (Adaptive Multi Rate) Speech coding to improve call quality. Read more here

[2]NAS (NETWORK AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM CONFIGURATION)

**Sub menu

> [1]NETWORK CONTROL

This menu allows you to mod:

- [1]Service Domain, CS + PS. PS = Packet Switched or GPRS = General Packet Radio Service. Colloquillay referred to as 2.5G. CS = Circuit Switched. Colloquially referred to as 2G data.

-[2]Acquisition Order. when booting or searching for signal this tells the system which to search for first. I'd leave it at automatic, as either may become available before the other. however GSM is typically slower at aquiring signal than UMTS

-[3]PLMN Cell selection Read more here. But automatic is best ;)

-[4]Modify the band preference of each signal mode.

-[5]Run only select modes.

**

[2]AUTO ANSWER - Self explanatory

[3]SELLOUT SMS - ??

[4] DUN ENABLE/DISABLE (Dial Up Network)

[5]LTE RELATED SETTINGS - Don't phuck with the APN Rules they are carrier set, and only modified for unlocked devices.

[3]CDMA

Not much to play with here

eHRDP- is like the middle man between 3g and 4g speeds. Leave on for good non 4g data.

RTRE - Runtime RUIM Enable -- (R-UIM) Removable User Identity Module verizon users leave sim on.

Thats all I feel like messing with right now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
Good Info...thanks!

- Ed
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
We should talk to DesignGears about getting the debugging/engineering builds he has and see if ServiceMode will let us play with other settings.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xdadevnube:
Can we get rid of the persistant Non-Verizon SIM notification?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FAUguy:
So far I've gone through all the settings listed in that menu and have yet to find one that allows selection of the CDMA Vocoder between EVRC, EVRC 4GV-NB, and 13K. I'd find it weird that this option isn't listed somewhere (maybe another hidden menu)?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Marvelicious75:
Try freezing the Verizon setup app.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xdadevnube:
That worked. Thank you very much.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Marvelicious75:
Not a problem. I'm instantly suspicious of any app that has the V-word in the title!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] :
##3282#

Haven't played with them yet myself. Good luck. Don't forget to thank. ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FAUguy:
I gave that a try ##DATA#, but I don't believe the settings are saved.

First when you go into View/Advanced it shows the P_REV and Vocoders as <not set>.

If you go back to Edit/Advanced, you can view the vocoders (EVRC, 13K, 4GV), but it doesn't save, and still says <not set> after reboot.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] :
Looks like we may need to enable another setting before they will stick. I'll see if I can figure anything out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FAUguy:
Is you look in the Sprint forums, they have the same settings, but they are saved, as they were changing them to a different vocoder to get better voice quality.

By default, the phones use a P_Rev of 6, which means the vocoder is set by the tower, regardless of what you set in the phone. So first the P_Rev has to be changed to 4 (which I can't) and then the Vocoder changed to standard EVRC (not EVRC-B 4GV-NB) or 13k uncompressed.

Its so simple to do on Motorola and LG phones, not sure why this is locked down on the Note 3 and GS4.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mwebb34:
Will this work on Hyperdrive rom?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gcutter:
It wouldn't work for me on HD on ROM-SLot2 but rebooted into Stock SLot with Slot ROM and it worked.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
I noticed an improvement when doing this. going to monitor battery life but at work download speeds almost doubled from 8 to 16 so i will continue to watch and monitor

well now it went down but ping is still better so idk
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FAUguy:
I tried with DRX on and off and haven't noticed any difference in my area for LTE speed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
i dont think i have either really now. and battery life seems unaffected as well
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tuxdreamerx:
I would love it if this could be done without root. I am required to have Good for Enterprise on my phone, so no root for me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LuczOr:
I just tried this out to up my wifi and see if aws was available in my area. I dunno if I touched something I wasn't supposed to but now my N3 won't make any phone calls.

Any suggestions on what parameters I might have screwed up?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FAUguy:
With DRX set to Off, I've noticed a lot of WiFi drops at the house. I changed it back to On and WiFi isn't dropping. I had already turned off the WiFi Power Saver mode.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jlear3:
Does anyone know what to do if your efs file is empty? Thanks.

Edit: found it. You need to enable root in file explorer. I'm sure it's been said somewhere else
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Not sure if all these things can be done without root but last night I went back to completely stock MJ7 from Kies and I was still able to reach these menus. Didn't change anything because I'm running an experiment currently and didn't want the variables thrown in, but worth trying if you're not rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] akellar:
Pretty sure that's because the EFS partition isn't touched on wiping anything. (unless of course you tell it to)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
When using Kies the phone is returned to bone stock, literally like it came out of the box, so there shouldn't have been any scrap of data left over. I guess he'll have to check since his device has never been rooted but mine is completely locked, unrooted and back to the way it was originally currently and the dialer codes still work...now, like I said, I don't know if changing anything will work.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] akellar:
Correct but EFS isn't touched, which is where you enable the service menu to function. Stock doesn't have it enabled.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Wow, that's strange, just read the OP again and realized you're right...I wonder why that is the case. I also wonder what other areas aren't changed when using Kies to return to stock...I guess there's no way to really return to a stock untouched state. Sorry for my confusion.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Deekayy:
like everyone else here. Disabling Wifi power actually makes my net slower and slower download rate through the play store.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FAUguy:
Between having the WiFi powers save mode Enabled or Disabled hasn't made any speed difference for me, but turning it off did fix some WiFi dropouts that I was having a few weeks ago.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Turgur:
Turning off Wifi Power Saving Mode caused my battery to drop 13% overnight (with data off). It usually goes down 0-1% (
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jlear3:
Yeah, the general consensus is that it's useful. Leave it on
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] njfoses:
I wouldnt say there is a general consensus one way or another. It seems many people no longer have the "unstable connection" once they disable it. I have tested it both on and off and have not noticed any additional battery drain with it off.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] njfoses:
[MENTION=3846621]edwmsjr[/MENTION] Any update on the other settings you messed with?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
I got kinda tied up on a project and haven't had a lot of time to play with them, but I didn't notice any significant difference either way.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
I agree. I tested this pretty thoroughly and the battery drain was negligible. I think people are experiencing the Google Wi-Fi & Mobile Network Location thing that was causing huge increases in battery drain recently and showing up as "Google Services" under battery usage.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] njfoses:
I did some more testing between yesterday and today. It turns out, at least in my case that disabling the wifi power saving does increase battery drain pretty significantly when connected to wifi. Keeping all other settings exactly the same i average .7%-1% idle drain per hour when wifi power save is enabled (stock setting.) When i disable power save, idle drain goes to 2.5%-3% per hour. Looks like i will be keeping the setting enabled.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mwebb34:
I have done everything i could think of and mine still kicks me off wifi in the bedroom not even 15 feet away from my 12meg router. In my bed room i dont get any signal bars and that seems to be when i get booted from my wifi connection.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
[MENTION=2627180]njfoses[/MENTION], do you have "Google Wi-Fi & mobile network location" enabled in the Location Services menu? If so, would you do me a favor and disable (uncheck) it and see if you experience the same amount of drain with the wifi power saver disabled. I'm wondering if the combination of those two (wifi power save off & wifi location enabled) are causing more drain than I'm seeing. I was having terrible drain & read several articles that google had done something that was causing the wifi anonymous location thing to really drain batteries across several devices. Since I disable the google wifi location setting, I've had great battery life...even with the wifi power save off. Thanks in advance!

Ed
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] njfoses:
The only location setting i have turned off is location reporting in google location settings. I just disabled the setting you mentioned and turned off wifi power save. I will report back in a few hours.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Looking forward to hearing your report - I drop wifi waaay too much for my liking but also had the drain increases you mentioned. I DO have the "always-on" wifi setting enabled so if disabling it loses the drain but keeps the wifi signal help then I'm gonna be a happy camper :cowboy: here's hoping!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] njfoses:
So my drain went back up to around 3.5% an hour but I am not sure how much of that is just from disabling wifi power save. Certainly a part of the issue is that disabling google wifi and network location caused a google search/google now wakelock. I use google now frequently so i need to have location settings checked anyways. So at least for my particular usage/settings i will be keeping wifi power save enabled.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mwebb34:
I dialed ##3282# and went to advance. MEID and ESN was set. The rest wasnt set

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I found out how to edit the home vocoder and page vocoder. What should they be set to? Vzw galaxy note 3 running clean rom v1.5 MJE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cntryby67:
Came that way?

Don't know what this means, but my LTE b4 was already enabled.

I do live just south of Atlanta.

I received my GN3 Thursday, I'm rooted & running CR 1.5.

I work in Atlanta, I'll give the test a run at a few different locations when I get back up there.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] edwmsjr:
Which release are you on? I believe the MJE update enabled band4.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kampana:
How do we actually connect to B4? Currently, I need to force my Note 3 to connect but the Moto X connects without issue. This is is San Francisco.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] NoFanboy:
For some reason I can't get into servicemode. I entered in both codes with the # at the end and nothing happens. I'm rooted and running Beans B5, and I edited the file to ON. This is weird
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gerg004:
Has anyone noticed much slower download speeds on WiFi and LTE following the MJE update? I seem to be getting kicked into 3g whenever downloading a sizeable file, as well as extremely slow speeds on WiFi.

I only noticed after Odin the MJE and flashing Beans5. Don't think its a rom issue tho. Ive also read this entire thread and didn't notice anyone mention it.

Are there settings on these menus that could help me?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gmony01:
How I connected to Band 4 on MJE update:

First off, you need to make sure you are in an area with the band active. I live in Lake Mills, WI. None here, but it definitely is active in Milwaukee and Madison, which I frequent alot. Go into service mode and got to the setting section to enable B4. Select disable B4. It will tel you to restart the phone, DON'T! Press the Menu key on your phone and choose "end". Then reboot phone. after rebooting phone it should automatically default back to enabling B4. Verifying by going into Service Mode and checking the setting you changed before. Lastly check "Basic Information" in first menu. Took me a few tries to figure this out, but worked every time. Mind you I never acheived 100+ mbps on band $. I got around 55mbps on it though, compared to the max 32-40 mbps on Band 13
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Njzkrish:
I know this is the Note 3 section and I have the S4 on verizon but i figured the Service mode should be similar in this situation. Was anyone able to disable 4g LTE through the service mode? I was able get the options for

CDMA HDR LTE ONLY (Normal setting)

GSM WCDMA ONLY

LTE ONLY

CDMA ONLY - Gives me 1x only (No phone calls/texts)

HDR ONLY - Gives me 3g only (No incoming phone calls, Outbound works and text works)

I switched to HDR only to get 3g connection since at work 4g is horrible and keeps disconnecting and screwing up my mobile tethering but with 3g it's steady. But my issue is I get no calls as they go straight to voice mail. Is there another option to just disable LTE?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] AlpineMan:
Look for "Phone info" here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2115862 install it, run it. Select 'Device Information' > scroll down > then select "CDMA auto (PRL).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] changt34x:
I tried all the tricks I knew and I don't think it is possible anymore (if you are on the latest firmware). I know Phone info doesn't work anymore on 4.3 Note 2 and MJE Note 3 (which leads me to believe it should be the same on new S4 builds) because that service menu is now locked, but if you are on an older firmware it may still work.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] AlpineMan:
Phone info still works on the S4 and Note 3 on the latest basebands. I just tried it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] solowun:
Phone info app stopped working for me as well. I installed Advanced Signal Status on my phone yesterday and it allows you to reach the preferred network type like the Phone info did. You must be rooted to use it though...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] changt34x:
Thank you! Now my battery won't die in 6 hours!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sing1gnis:
Will it tell you what band you are connected to?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] changt34x:
No, you need to use hidden menu *#0011# to find that out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sing1gnis:
That's the problem I'm having. That code doesn't work anymore for me. Bummer.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] burtinboy:
Curious, what baseband you on?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] changt34x:
Thats interesting, it still works for me on MJE. Have you made sure the HiddenMenu file still is set to ON?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sing1gnis:
MJE.

I do have it on. It just quit working for some reason.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nviz22:
File will not save. Can someone help me with the hidden menu?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bogie03:
?

i cant even get into the menu?

i tried dialong both
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tw1n5nak35:
You need to be rooted on stock or custrom rom slot. Here is my post on JellyBeans rom and the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2523159&page=329 post # 3285

If you still have issues, please feel free to post what you find. Good luck and happy testing :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] P2o8wer:
Damn!! I was up near philly today and forgot to check for band 4... Will do next time I'm up there and post results.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] rogerwalker22:
I have tried and tried to get into this damn EFS folder. I was on Jelly Beans B5 and couldn't get it to work, I went back to stock and couldn't get it to work. I am now about to install Beans B6. If this doesn't work then idk what else to do. Is it because of MJE?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] lion_sta:
Do you have ES Explorer installed? Then, have you enabled hidden items and root something?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] rogerwalker22:
I had tried on build 5 but it wouldn't work. It is now though on build 6 finally. **** was driving me nuts
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LeonTLR:
Can anyone help. I followed the instructions, I'm using a Verizon note 3, I'm rooted, running MJE, eclipse rom,

Dialing *#06# works and shows me my MEID, but no other command seems to work no matter what I do, Multiple reboots and battery pulls. Nothing.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sing1gnis:
I'm pretty sure the MJE update killed it. No way around it that I have seen yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] e30bimmer89:
I managed to get Service mode to work, even says I'm on band 4 but instead of saying 20mhz it says 10. Did a speed test and only managed to pull a whoopin 22mbps. :crying:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LeonTLR:
Are you on MJE? if you are, how did you get it to work?