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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] patrickpingpong:
Straighttalk Verizon LTE sim

Has anyone with a Straight Talk branded or Page Plus branded Verizon network LTE sim tried switching their APN to Verizon APN? I'm on straight talk t-mobile with 20+ mb dl. Speeds and I noticed that after using 3 gigs of data they throttled it down. I switched my APN to T-Mobile's APN rather than their APN they tell you to use since it uses their towers and Not only am I not throttled but speeds get 30+ dl. My experience is that Straight Talk only throttles the APN they tell you to use for their phones. I wonder if a standard Verizon APN on Straight Talks Verizon LTE would get higher dl. speeds ~20+mb on Verizon network? Does anyone have Verizon LTE MVNO and would try it? I ordered a ST verizon LTE sim and would like to know if dl. speeds are possible at higher than 5-6 my before I go through the hassle of switching with their customer service.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] domhall:
Bought 2 Note 4s on TMobile... I'd like to also use my VZN Note-3 on TMobile so this helps! But what does ELSE does it take to install and run various 4.4.4 T Mobile roms? Or are we basically running VZN roms on TMO network (using SafeStrap) with necessary network tweaks listed here?!?!? And if so, and that would be fine too, then what of updating to 4.4.4, or eventually, 5.0 roms??? Though I do not imagine it would be any different... Update your VZN Rom to 4.4.4 or 5.0 (using SS of course)... Reinstall your network tweeks to obtain connectivity no???
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] vipersinu2:
If you upgrade the N900V to 4.4.4 doesn't that lock the bootloader and loss of root?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Mrhunter13:
The phones bootloader is already locked ...lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] summer_dawn:
verizon note 3 4.4.4 unrooted to tmobile?

Ok i hope this question is not as dumb as if feels but i have read many times that i could slip a tmobile sim into my Verizon note 3 and it will work. I am unrooted with android 4.4.4 i do not have to be rooted for this to work correct? Obviously i cant root on 4.4.4 so i hope i am right. Anything else i should know? Put sim card in and edit apn right? Can i edit apn if not rooted? Sorry for all the questions and thanks you guys rock! Id be lost without xda....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alphahere:
I don't know for sure because my phone was rooted. I did not get do anything using root.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] enriqrez:
Would i be able to enable LTE, unroot and take OTA updates??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] BladeRunner:
You should not need root to edit the APN
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] maxmalz:
Is there a way to determine if you have band 4 enabled without rooting your phone?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Tabaqui:
same

I bought an unlocked verizon note 3 to use with tmobile Off ebay. I love the phone, the only thing that bugged me was that I wasn't getting the best signal and in some places none at alll. Even after editing the apns and switching between the different network modes I was having the same issue. I contacted the guy I bought the phone off and he told me there was a probability that since I was using a Verizon I wasn't going to get the primary tmobile tower signal, but a secondary one because of the difference of bands. Hence the weak signal. So after a week of dealing with that I decided to buy a tmobile version instead. If anyones interested in buying my verizon, I'm reselling it on eBay . So pm me :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] YankInDaSouth:
Thanks for this guide OP! Had to do this cause I borked my Nexus 6 ... Got me a SIM adapter yesterday and followed your directions and all is working great!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] csjo90:
I did this on my phone but after a couple days it says it's on att network and won't turn back unless I Factory reset then another couple days it says att again how can I get it to stay saying tmobile. Any help????
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] x2delight:
I'm on 4.4.4 and band 4 was already enabled so I didn't have to do all this service mode stuff. Any way my question is to the people who are on tmobile with band 4 enabled I'm wondering if the lollipop update by any way blocks band 4 or anything courtesy of Verizon. Just wanna be sure if I update I'll be fine. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tankyard:
I'm on T-mobile and I did the Lollipop update fine. No issues, although I did notice that it wiped the APN info and I had to re-add it...less than 2 minutes to do it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] vick1377:
I'm in the same boat though using Verizon note 3 on tmobile. So you did like no ram wipes and flash new rom and re-enter apn settings? Root and all intact?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tankyard:
My bad...I should have stated that I am not rooted. I took the 4.4.4. OTA. I did no wipes and actually used the Verizon Update tool to update. In order to do that you have to put back in your Verizon Sim (only initially to set up and install the Update tool to your computer). Thereafter you can put back in your Tmo Sim, connect to the computer and install the update. I don't believe they've been able to root the Lollipop version as yet (I may be wrong), but if they did, the process of installation should be the same as any other ROM and it should not affect any APN settings.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dogblood:
a little confused - I have a verizon note 3 which has been updated to lollipop. If enter in the Tmobile APN can I get all the networks (LTE etc)?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tankyard:
Yes.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] revlis240:
Which rom did you use dogblood?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dogblood:
no rom, stock.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] wpcprez:
I also have 4G LTE on AT&T without any extra work. Not sure why all the posts here say it won't work? It didn't require any special work since verizon unlocked band4 on these devices with the newer updates.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Netwizzard221:
HOW???

I am in the same boat. I have a Verizon Note 3 and I switched to ATT. However, I do not get 4G LTE. I have changed the APN settings and I am currently using GLOBAL setting without Rooting my phone. What did you do to get the 4G LTE?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] AlpineMan:
If you want to add additional LTE bands on your Verizon Note 3, have a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-add-rf-lte-frequency-bands-to-t2886059 (I've read a post in this thread confirming that someone got additional LTE bands to work on the Verizon Note 3)

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/3g-lte-frequency-nv-items-qualcomm-t2950491

I've done it on the Verizon Note 3 (w/ kitkat 4.4.4), Note 4, Note Edge, and S5... but I'm not sure if's working. I don't know what LTE bands are available in our area. I also need to figure out how to force the phone to connect to a specific LTE band.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] VirusZer0:
Can you please fix the links, not working!

Thanks for the advice, can't wait to check it out!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] AlpineMan:
Links fixed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Chocu1a:
Just wanted to bump this with the news the Note 3 now works on AT&T LTE. I popped my wife's Straight Talk AT&T sim in my Verizon Note 3 and was pulling a stronger LTE signal than Verizon.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] whereistony:
?

I was told, via the Tmobile website, that a stock lollipop Note 3 would not work on their network. Did something change since this info was posted?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Chocu1a:
Most csr have no idea what they are saying. Now, you won't get wifi calling on T-Mobile, but you will get data & service on their network.

Cricket said my phone would not work on their network(at&t), but it does.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kcallis:
Question about Straight Talk

I know this is for T-Mobile, but since I have not found anything remotely close to what I have been looking for, I thought I would try here. I have a Verizon Note 3 and thought I would try my Straight Talk SIM. I have voice of course, but no data. I used prop build to allow me to make changes to my APN, but have not found the right entries for the LTE apn. Could someone point me to where I can get the settings for getting the APN right for Straight Talk.

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alphahere:
Check out the straight talk website for apn settings.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nanosp:
OK, I'm trying to get this working on band 4 but I'm still getting the activation notification and "network not available" message every time. Anyone have a way around this? Using a metro sim and apn is properly set up

Edit: got everything working properly and set up
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dogblood:
So would you say it's fully compatible with tmobile?

I have a note 3 verizon that I've replaced with a s6 - would love to use either the of them to replace my s4 that I use (work phone)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nanosp:
It should since MetroPCS is basically T-Mobile and it even says T-Mobile on my lock screen. I get LTE with Band 4 and for voice it drops to H+ on 1700
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dogblood:
Cool beans I'm gonna give this a go. I don't think I can get band 4. The note I'd on android 5.0 stock .. no way around that eh?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nanosp:
I'm not sure but I think it may be enabled. You can always go to the service menu to see if it's enabled to be sure but I believe it should be on by default as it was enabled in 4.3/MJE.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dogblood:
Yeah I can't get to service mode without root, and no root for 5.0 .. can't seem to find anyway around that to see if it is enabled.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Hollieanne:
How can you root the galaxy s5 g900v?

---------- Post added at 01:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:34 AM ----------

How do you root the galaxy s5 g900v?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dragogt05:
Bumping this, I just followed this for my N900V 5.0 works perfectly; And I'm on ATT Go Phone. Will also post my APN jic someone could use it.

I will say that band 4 was turned on but for whatever reason it would not work until I turned it off and turned it back on again.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bigd187:
My TMO APN Setup (San Antonio) Pics only - 100% Working

Title says it all...yes I did leave MMSC field populated for both apn's (I blame possible laziness:p) With this setup you have a dedicated APN for MMS and a dedicated APN for everything else TMO. I hope this helps... :victory::cool:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] QuimaxW:
Another question, after scouring this thread and others I haven't found an answer....

If I've already unlocked the bootloader and loaded a custom rom, CM12.1 in my case, how can this be done? In the not-stock ROM none of the dialer codes work. I don't completely know if something in the stock rom is adjusting firmware settings or simply something in the OS and if that's the case, then can it even be done on a non-carrier rom?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nandekuru:
Did anyone succeed in adding more LTE bands on n900v? (Ex : band 8)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] rmergist:
That will not work as 3G and lower on verizon are CDMA. All LTE is gsm and uses sim card abilities. That is why 3G and gsm/edge do not work on Verizon note 3. If you had a Tmobile note 3 unlocked you can get the LTE to work.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nviz22:
Will a Android 4.4 update undo the band 4 LTE activation?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tengtengvn:
I have the Verizon Note 3 on t-mobile and I got 4G LTE with fast.t-mobile.com. Previously, LTE works with the Verizon G2 too.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TheGman125:
I only got H+ with LG G2 bc AWS isn't activate in Alabama yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Krylon-o-Logic:
So could I...

I still do not understand why you would want to have a the VZW Note 3 (which is actually my main device) at all?

But since you can switch a VZW to TMo...

Could you take a TMo Note 3 and use it on VZW?

If so, that is what I would want to do considering the bootloader, just like Frosty was saying, and the lack of a decent ROM! (hint hint to developers) :p
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] brianburen:
I believe its not the VZW version they/we want. Its what we have and we want kick big red to the curb and go with another carrier such as T-mobile using the equipment we already have.

:cowboy:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
The VZW is the only one with the hardware, there was a lawsuit that singled out VZW so it doesn't work the other way. VZW is the only carrier choice for all the in-between areas tmo doesn't cover, it's huge.

SM-N900V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dyavrom:
if i may ask a general question here, i just got a verizon note 3 but i have tmobile service. I flashed the verizon hyperdrive rom, then went through the steps mentioned here to get service, as well as getting "servicemode" band 4 enabled, but i cannot get any service with my tmo sim card.

even on the stock rom, my tmo sim cannot be read by me verizon note 3, which is odd as I understand these come as factory unlocked. the verizon sim works just fine though.

do i either need to flash a tmo rom? or flash the tmo modem on top of Hyperdrive? any help would be greatly appreciated.

*#0011# shoes that the phone is IDLE BAND 4

thank you
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Krylon-o-Logic:
That makes sense. I love the coverage of VZW but absolutely hate the boot loader. I hope soon someone figures out how to unlock it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] referendum:
Anyone with a VZW Note 3 running on T-Mobile:

Were you guys able to get mobile hotspot working? I'm using the stock hotspot app that came with it from Verizon, but when I connect my laptop to it... it won't access the internet.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
Read through this whole thread but I can't find what to add to get MMS to work. I just switched to T-Mobile today with my VZ Note 3 and hope I can get it working cause I really need it.

Anybody?

PS - Great post.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
More bad news. I found some settings for MMS from a link I can't post but they don't seem to be working. Here are the settings I got:

Go to System settings, Connections, More networks, Mobile networks, Access Point Names. Here you will see the APN "T-Mobile US LTE" Click this and copy down all of the information. For the Note 3 it should say

Name - " T-Mobile US LTE "

APN - " fast.t-mobile.com "

Proxy - Not set

Port - Not set

Username - Not set

Password - Not set

Server - Not set

MMSC - " I'm not allowed to enter the url cause I don't have enough posts yet "

Multimedia message proxy - Not set

Multimedia message port - Not set

MCC - " 310 "

MNC - " 260 "

Authentication type - Not set

APN type - " default,mms,supl "

APN protocol - " IPv6 " <----------------This is what I changed

APN roaming protocol - " IPv4 " <--------This is what I changed

Turn APN on/off - " APN turned on " checked

Bearer - " Unspecified "

Mobile virtual network operator type - " None "

Mobile virtual network operator value - " Not set "

Here are my symptoms, repeatable every times, when I restart my phone:

Phone restarts, I can access the internet but I can't receive incoming calls. MMS messages come in but the attachments never download. I get alert sounds when a SMS or MMS message comes in and when downloading MMS attachment fails. Phone shows "no service" where I normally see T-Mobile.

I make a call out, the call goes through. Sounds on the phone suddenly become muted or very, very low (the SMS/MMS messages become muted). Phone shows T-Mobile service connected.

I call into the phone, call goes through and ringer rings at normal volume. MMS messages still won't download attachments but now audio is no longer muted/very low but has returned back to normal.

If anyone has any idea of what is going on I'd really appreciate the help. The phone is rooted and I have the VZW Band 4 LTE setting enabled.

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
Ok, so I figured out the MMS issue I have been having (and verified that I can receive picture messages now). I changed the "APN protocol" from "IPv6" to "IPv4/IPv6" this morning and my picture messages are coming in to me. This is super important because I get email to text alerts from work for all sorts of fun things from server down to customer left vmail and if they are larger than 160 characters it was hit or miss on having it come through, so far this morning has proven to be 100% reliable receiving of these message (though I can't sent text to email address which I used to be able to do when I was on VZ but that may be a network issue). Also, in case you're wondering what the missing url in this field here is:

This still doesn't seem to resolve my issue of "no service" on restart until I make a call out first but at least it resolves my MMS issues

I'll try to add it in a way that might be translatable by anyone looking for it.

MMSC - "hyper text transfer protocol :// mms . msg . eng . t-mobile . com / mms / wapenc"

Obviously without the quotes.

Hope this helps a few people out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
[MENTION=2973747]louspinuso[/MENTION] thanks for the running commentary, good stuff to know. Maybe you should try to turn off the VZW band 4, tmo probably doesn't have that and it may be confusing to the modem software, as I understand it, that is a forced hack. Otherwise the best I can do is bid you good luck, I may never have the opportunity to divorce VZW but I can cheer those that have!

SM-N900V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
Once I put the new ssim card in it seems to automatically turn VZW band 4 on. As far as I can tell it's meant to work that way on T-Mo.

Though, I'm back to MMS not working all the time again *sigh*
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
OK, I think I finally fixed it. I changed the APN Protocol and APN Roaming Protocol both to IPv4 and then restarted my phone. And then I jumped in the shower. And when I got out I was receiving and sending picture messages like a champ.

Not to mention inbound calls were working and the phone showed T-Mobile for my provider and outbound calls work and, well, everything except sending a text message to an email address (though MMS from an email address to my phone works, so that's awesome). And my audio is not all messed up. I guess I just needed to let the damn phone register to the network itself and leave it alone.

Anyway, I hope this helps anyone else who's having problems with doing this. Thanks for listening to my rant and letting me post my step by step here.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
I tell ya man, I have been trying to get this working for hours now. I cant receive any incoming calls or send or receive any texts. I must be missing something.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Nikon5400:
2 questions --

Will blacklisted VZW Note 3 work on T-Mobile? Does "Global" setting make it work?

Does the procedure above work 100% with all T-Mobile data frequencies?

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
Make sure the APN is set correctly. Also global is important. Does the T-Mobile simm work in another phone correctly? It could not be registered on their network right. And definitely reboot when you change the APN settings and wait for about ten minutes.

Good luck.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
Well. somehow its working now :good::good:

What is the diff between the ipv4 and ipv6 protocol?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
Good to know my phone can make the switch though I doubt I'll ever be in a tmo area.

Internet Protocol IPv4 is running out of numbers so enter the replacement IPv6. It will be a long time to switch and both will be in use. In the vzw apn they are listed together: IPv4,IPv6

SM-N900V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
I'm currently on IPv4 as of now, but I do see that I could change to 4/6. Maybe I'll give it a shot.

Voice & data has been great... This is a speed test from inside my house. Long Island NY
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
They are both address numbering schemes for internet protocol. IPv4 is the more familiar and common as that is the scheme that had been in use since IP was used to address machines. A few years ago (20) a new format for addressing machines connected to the internet was formed, IPv6. It has not gained much popularity yet (3% of connections to Google as of 2014 according to Wikipedia) and may or may not be implemented in your area. I'm sure that if it is, so is IPv4 as older phones that don't have support for IPv6 still need to be able to connect so it is the safer alternative. Let's not forget that even though it had been 20 years since it was proposed and initially implemented, Windows XP doesn't have native support for it (and maybe even vista, not sure) though it is starting to finally gain popularity. I, for one, would be willing to bet that I'll be on another device before IPv4 is no longer supported.

Maybe even another os at the rate it's going.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xdadevnube:
I am interested in possibly switching out my VZW Note 3 for T-Mobile Note 3.

I'm just wondering if anybody had successfully done this.

If an active VZW SIM were popped into a T-Mobile N3, would it work or would VZW disable data because of the IMEI or ESN. That leads me to wonder if changing the IMEI of the T-Mobile device would be of use.

This leads to whether EFS would need to be restored from the VZW N3 to the T-mobile N3.

Or, would a VZW kernel on the T-Mobile N3 suffice?

How about flashing the VZW Dev edition bootloader to the T-mobile N3?

IT SHOULD BE IDENTICAL HARDWARE. Some combination of software ought to do the trick.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
I think someone mentioned that it would be blocked by vz network based on imei. Not sure how accurate that info is though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xdadevnube:
It should be simple enough to change the IMEI to that of a VZW phone. Dunno if that and APN edits would be all that is needed.

Anybody know whether the T-Mobile Note3 had band13 support?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] abced123:
is VZ Note 3 factory unlocked ?

So, the VZ Note 3 is factory unlocked ? and able to use with any GSM ? I am kinda confused since I asked in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51252226 and some users advised me to get the international version instead ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fizan:
I just wanted to say that I tried the steps twice but I still didn't get lte signal. I'm on t-mobile $30 plan and using Verizon note 3. I only get hspa+. Other ppl in my area with t-mobile note 3 get lte. So Idk what's going on.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
You have to activate it in service mode.

How to put your Verizon Note 3 on T-Mobile w LTE: http://youtu.be/h-aAc6DJXc0
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fizan:
Yea I know I did that I just did it now again but H+ is so far the max speed for me. Maybe I have to restore and try again.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
Does it say lte in your status bar?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fizan:
No.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
Are you certain that there is lte in your area
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fizan:
Yes because my coworker has t-mobile note 3, and he was getting lte while I was getting h+. I'm home now so I will report tomorrow when I go out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
I have the same issue with my wife's Moto X and my VZW note 3. She'll have 4g and I'll be on H or H+ right next to each other. I've figured out that even though the VZW note 3 is sim unlocked, it doesn't recieve all of the same gsm bands. I think it's missing 1700 which according to T-Mobile tech support, is a very heavily used band.

So to really take full advantage of their network you'd need to be on a true us gsm device.

I'm selling my note 3 probably next week and getting a Nexus 5 until something big comes along. I'll let you know if I see a difference