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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] toolbit:
Fixed text issue

So I have read forums in XDA religiously and noticed recently the users who own a Note 3 (either DE or Retail) with Verizon and decided to switch to T-mobile had success ( as I did). However, a select few ran into issues with sending out text. Well I had the same issue as research for hours, even took my phone into the store so they can look at (they were stumped). As I was talking to them a thought came to mind, everything else on the phone work but the text, almost like a firewall was up. So I thanked them and went home, decided to install a different sms/mms application to test this theory, well it worked like a charm (using go sms). Now I can send and receive texts.

I hope this can help.

Toolbit
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
Such a pain in the ass man. It took a lot of testing but I have it working on stock mms now. Although with hangouts it's been flawless. If you would like me to share my apn settings let me know
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
The VZ Note 3 is unlocked for global use so yes, you can pop any SSIM in and use it if the network supports it. The problem is that data will not necessarily work, and neither will MMS.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xenic:
I am experiencing the same issue.

I am connected to 4G LTE, but where it normally says "T-Mobile" (upon pulling down the top bar), I see "No Service". Obviously when this happens, I cannot send text messages. As suggested previously though, when I dial any number, it somehow connects me to the T-Mobile network. I'll have H/H+ for brief 5~10 seconds after I hang up, but I'll be connected until I restart my device and can actually send text messages using stock app.

Is there any way to configure my phone to automatically connect to T-Mobile network instead of me having to call a random number every time I restart my phone?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] abced123:
Will HSPA data work ? I dont care about LTE .. thought all modern phones support UMTS 1900/2100 or so
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mycomputerisjunk:
Can you post the APN settings? I would like to send texts at some point.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
Sure. Here you go. Been rock solid for me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mycomputerisjunk:
Strangely enough, that is what i have exactly and it was not working. Reset and re added the apn and it works. Thank you sir.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
No problem. If you wanna get rid of that "non Verizon sim" after reboot.. Just freeze setup wizard in titanium backup
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mycomputerisjunk:
Does mms work for you?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
I've had the occasional issue with stock messenger, but have been using hangouts as of late
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] louspinuso:
I had an issue on and off on mine for a while so I called T-Mo and had them open a ticket after going through all the settings with them. I just got a message saying that the issue was resolved and they closed the ticket. Funny thing is that after I got off the phone with them I decided to try using handcent and it works fine with handcent so that's what I've been using. Gimme a minute and I'll uninstall handcent and unfreeze my stock messaging asp and restart my phone. I'll see if it's working for me then. Could be they actually did change something.

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Nope. Still not working for me. Handcent is a good alternative though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xenic:
Make sure to call a number (any number) before you dismiss it as not working. Even though it says 4G LTE it wasn't connected until I made a call and hang up.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fizan:
Thank you so much op, it wasn't working for me at first but i deleted the apn, and reset, its working now. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] milan03:
My VZW Note 3 worked perfectly fine when I first got it. Matter of SIM swap and changing APN settings. However, for the past 2 months, when I pop in T-Mobile SIM instead of bars I get prohibitory stop sign... AT&T SIM works fine (HSPA+ only), but it looks my phone IMEI is blocked in T-Mobile database? I really have no idea what else could be the reason for this.

In the meantime, that same T-Mobile SIM works in Nexus 5 and an iPhone 5s. Weird.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TheGrimEvo:
help. sm-n900v

I need help with this thing, have root, have b4 on, apn setting are good, have deleted my apn's and restarted and reapplied them, still nothing but edge, I have 3 other tmobile phones that get lte and hspa+ but my n900v just wont get it, signal goes way up but just a circle and no service until it posp up and sez switch to global? what am I doing wrong
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] FormeriPhoney:
Are you in global mode?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TheGrimEvo:
Yes on global. Nothing else works. But now im not sure b4 is on in my area. Same issue with my s4. No b4 lte. But s4 gets hspa+. My note only sees edge.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] recDNA:
If t mobile would do this for me I would consider it. This process is too complex for me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] vsaciol:
Well done. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cdavid469:
please share the apn settings
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] akasan:
how to enable tethering

So I unfroze google+ a last week and forget to check backup photos on wifi only and used up my entire 2gb in less than an hour. I was pissed and Verizon was unmoved so I decided to make the switch to t-mobile with my note 3. Everything works fine except I am unable to activate tether, I'm on the $80 plan so I get 5gb tethering. Unfortunately I did the update to 4.2.2 so I can't root at the time. Is there any way to get tethering to work? Also I cant set up visual voicemail. Everytime I do it asks me for a pin and to renter pin, which matches but then I get invalid pin. Is this related to the phone?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mexiking713:
Try foxfi. The stock Verizon tethering app works with my phone on Tmobile but I'm rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Bobguy21:
hey

do you still have your unlimited plan? can i have it?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] trevorcobb:
i'm assuming that a Tmobile Galaxy Note 3 device would allow for automatic switching between HSPA+ and LTE, without having to manually disable Band 4 and change APN settings. Is this correct?

If so, why does it have to be a manual process on the VZ Galaxy Note 3?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Fitchman:
you misunderstand. If you turn on band 4 and change APN settings on your Verizon not 3, then it will automatically switch between UMTS (HSPA) and LTE. But while the LTE speeds rock, this does not have a fast HSPA+ radio so it will be slower than the T-Mobile version on 3G.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Just want to say thanks for this thread. After monthe of my device dropping between 3g and 4g I decided to try a month prepaid on T mobile. Getting 25mb down where I was lucky to get 2-4mb before on Verizon. Take note I use to get 15-20mb down on Verizons network a year ago at my house. Everything is working flawless...gotta luv XDA. :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Tharinduudu:
Changing the Lte band on VWn note 3

I need to change the LTE band on my verizon galaxy note 3. I rooted it and enabled the servicemod. There is band 3 but cannot enable it. I need to know how can it be done, Somebody help please! I need band 3 to be selected.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] trevorcobb:
thank you for clarifying.

my understanding is that T-mobile originally used frequencies for their GSM phones that are not commonly used by other GSM carriers like AT&T or others throughout the world. T-mobile has been "re-farming" their network to operate on more customary GSM frequencies for some time now, likely so that they could sell the iPhone, and also be compatible with a wider range of phones, and not require phone manufacturers to offer phones with specs unique to t-mobile's weird ass older frequencies.

with the advent of LTE, and most worldwide carriers rushing to adopt it and claim specific frequency ranges within specific bands for themselves, handset manufacturers have had to make their phones compatible with a wide variety of bands that will allow them to be used across multiple carriers so they don't have too many varieties of the same device.

with verizon LTE phones being "world" phones that can take GSM SIM cards to operate on carriers with common GSM frequencies world wide, and with some VZ LTE phones being LTE band 4 capable, this means that these phones can technically operate on T-mobile and achieve decent 3g HSPA and even HSPA+ speeds in areas where T-mobile has re-farmed their frequencies for those technologies, and also connect to T-mobile LTE frequencies on band 4.

my initial confusion with the original post was the suggestion to use an alternate APN in areas where T-mobile LTE reception is poor or lacking, and also I was unaware that there is existed HSPA+ (21mbps) and DC-HSPA+ (42mbps). I now understand that T-mobile started implementing 42mbps DC-HSPA+ since 2011, but that VZ LTE world phones are only capable of 21mbps on T-mobile's network.

please correct my understanding if i'm mistaken anywhere here.

***

Also, THANK YOU OP!!!! I've successfully ditched VZ completely and my VZ Galaxy Note 3 is running AWESOME on T-Mobile in the Washington DC Metro Area, as is my wife's VZ Galaxy S5 following these same instructions (although band 4 was already enabled on both by default already). THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

:)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Yea T-mobile is great in my city but soon as I leave the city my device goes to emergency calls only everywhere. So unfortunately I have to deal with sluggish LTE speeds at home in order to have good coverage outside of town.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nemofbaby2010:
Only issue I have is when I reboot my phone I have to toggle the global setting to get my texts working again
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Evolved_St8:
So I flashed a TMO Rom to my phone and everything works on it except WIFI calling. its amazing. Want to try flashing a stock TMO Rom via ODIN and see what happens.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nemofbaby2010:
You have a retail or dev edition?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Evolved_St8:
Retail. Bought it on release day. What I wouldnt give for Aroma Installer so that I can try some of the higher rated T-Mo roms
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] lewster291:
To share my experience for anyone looking to jump ship from Verizon to tmobile, I can confirm that a Verizon note 3 does work on t mobile.

My Verizon Note 3 had the following setup prior:

Safestrap 3.75 Installed

Rooted Stock-Deoxed Verizon Note 3 4.4.2 (N900VVRUCNC2)

Also had the NC2 Firmware/Modem

With 4.4.2 Verizon turned on band 4 so there's no need to do any allservicemode steps.

I bought a prepaid T-Mobile prepaid microsim activation kit(which I think T-Mobile is giving for free now on there website) and went with the $3/day plan just to test out T-Mobile's service in my area and places I commuted

I simply put $10 into the account.

Now the steps I took to ensure I get service and mms was the following.

1. Put phone into airplane mode than turned the phone off. Removed Verizon Sim and put in T-Mobile Sim.

2. With the phone fully booted(still in airplane mode) I went into SETTINGS->MORE SETTINGS->MOBILE NETWORKS->NETWORK MODE --- and selected GLOBAL

3. Than still under NETWORK MODE-> ACCESS POINT NAMES --- I clicked the (+) top right corner and added the following APN Name T-Mobile US LTE ( The first two attachments show the exact settings)

4. Since I was already in the menu, I added a second APN just in case I wasn't in a band 4 LTE area, APN NAME : T-MOBILE HSPA+ (The 3rd and 4th attachment includes the APN settings.

5. I selected the APN: T-Mobile US LTE. Turned off airplane mode and turned on mobile data.

6. Rebooted my phone and voila T-Mobile service up and running found out I was in an area with band 4 LTE.

I tested the internet, calling, text messages, and MMS all working that night.

Now the next day I drove from my house to my job which is a 36 mile commute from Long Island into NYC. And can confirm that I had 5 BARS LTE SERVICE the whole commute. (While I've only had 1-3 bars on Verizon) Did a speedtest as well and Tmobiles network is definitely faster in comparison to Verizon.

Now I did run into a few areas where I didn't get LTE and it switched to EDGE (while with in GLOBAL MODE -- set in Step 2). Edge was unbearably slow so it's a nuisance but I changed global mode to GSM.

And changed the APN to T-MOBILE HSPA+ (Created in Step 4.) And was able to get HSPA+ in those few areas that didn't have LTE service.

You can changed back to LTE for areas in which you do know has it by changing back to global mode and choosing T-Mobile US LTE APN.

My experience has been good and I'm sold on switching to T-mobile permanently. But what I still want to do is get T-Mobile WIFI CALLING/Texting working on my Verizon Note 3.

I deduce by flashing a T-Mobile Rom under safestrap would enable the feature and I have read somewhere that it is possible, or possibly flashing CM ROM and getting the t mobile WiFi feature added onto that somehow but have yet to commit.

Has anyone had any experience switching over and getting T-Mobile WiFi calling to work on a Verizon Note 3? If not I'll try a few methods I think will work and post back with results.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] lewster291:
What was your results using ODIN to flash a T-Mobile rom
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Flashing a Tmobile stock firmware package could very well brick. We can run the same kernels and roms, but the bootloader and radio are different.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Evolved_St8:
I never tried ODIN to flash a TMO. That was a thought but I was afraid of bricking.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] suzook:
I'm thinking of dumping Verizon for t mobile. I too live on long island and work in NYC. I'm wondering if you are happy with the switch??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
What I have found is in the bigger cities Tmobile seems to be far better then Verizon with LTE. The problem is if you are like me and travel out of the city, you will run into no service(emergency calls only) frequently. Part of this could be because the VZW N3 does not support all bands Tmobile uses, so in fringe areas you could run into no service where if you had a dedicated Tmo device it may not be a issue.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Craleb:
Just used this to transfer my Verizon note 3 over to AT&T. Yes just H+ but everything works fine.

I couldn't turn down the att 50 percent discount for employees.

P.s.

Running Alliance rom.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] suzook:
So my first day using T-Mobile on my vzw note3. I am using test drive which gives me a week free trial. I put the Sim from the iPhone they lend you, and made all appropriate changes...and I'm working. T-Mobile service is actually better in NYC, EXCEPT when inside a building. Then its mediocre at best. I guess that's where CDMA shines. It goes everywhere, while gsm is very limited going thru walls.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] syntheticexctasy:
I tried this on my Note 3.

Got myself a prepaid t-mobile GSM, made the proper accomodations for it on my phone, and ran it for a week or so. T-mobile is definitely lacking in the coverage department in my area.

I live near Romulus Michigan, and whenever I travel into rural washtenaw county, t-mobile either doesn't work, or is flaky at best, giving only edge service when there is any at all.

I travel a lot so unfortunately this won't be for me, but nice to know that it works.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] lewster291:
Did you flash it using safestrap on your retail vz note 3? And if you did, did you use the stock slot or other slot?

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So i am happy with the switch...

With Verizon i never had service at my house, I had service everywhere else except my house. But even if I had a few bars of Verizon LTE the speeds were nowhere near as fast as they were 2 years ago and I blame the abysmal speed on the fact that Verizons network is now congested with too many users. Hence why they released xlte... But I've only gotten xlte when I was within a mile from Manhattan. So until they fully implement xlte into their full infrastructure.... It will continue to be slow...

Tmobile on the other hand I was able to get decent service in my house but had LTE 95% of Long Island and 100% in NYC and the surrounding 5 boroughs. As well the LTE speeds blew away Verizon. Verizons xlte in Manhattan was faster than tmobile LTE. But I'd still rather have reliable, fast tmobile LTE than just have fast xlte in Manhattan and abysmal Verizon LTE speeds everywhere else.

Tl:Dr

I'm happy with t mobile... And the plans are way cheaper than Verizons overpriced plans.... Now if I can only get wifi calling n texting working on my vz note 3...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kevace1:
can you tell me exactly what it is you did to get the vz note 3 to pick up tmobile service? im on NC4 and i cant get the phone to recognize my sim, and im rooted and safestrap installed
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] lewster291:
What android version are you running?

and directions I posted at the bottom of PAGE 9 of this thread
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kevace1:
Im no 4.4.2 nc4 software stock Verizon but have successfully put root, SU, busybox and safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] @moe:
I got 4glte on at&t working
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kevace1:
Can someone please point me in the right direction........i am just trying to get my VZ note 3 to get tmo services to work, but no matter what i do, nothing works...

I have tried on the stock rom before rooting or anything following these steps listed in OP== NO DICE

I have rooted, installed safestrap 3.75 b4 and tried the steps again===NO DICE

I have installed a custom rom, specifically jasmine rom 2.0( which requires to flash the NC2 modem afterwards, which i did successfully) in hopes that that would help and====NOOOO DICEEEE

i can't access any service menu listed in this whole WEBSITE, none will work, not even an app from the play store that executes them....

I just keep getting that stupid INVALID SIM error and the bars indication stay blank and nothing happens.....WHAT THE #&@% AM I MISSING????

I HAVE NEVER RAN INTO SO MANY ISSUES BEFORE, im not a newbie in flashing stuff or anything like that, been using XDA since teh Windows Mobile days in HTC's prime, but this has be off the wall.

ANY HELP at all would be appreciated....since im the only asswhole that cant seem to have tmobile work on the VZ Note 3.......
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nemofbaby2010:
Try flashing a tmobile rom

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And the sim card must be active toy might be able to sweet talk tmobile to activate it for free
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kevace1:
I was finally able to fix this issue. I ended flashing back to stock nc4 through Odin and then doing all the steps all over again with rooting and safe strap and then finally, my sim got service. Not sure why the hell all that was necessary, but it worked. But I still can't access any service menus with codes, I'm currently running the Alliance rom, any ideas on that???

Gonna try and flash a tmobile rom and see how it feels, getting tired of seeing all the vzw crap....any suggestion??? Looking for a slim lightweight Tmo rom but stockish....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] nemofbaby2010:
I'm using the s5 port
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] seemcity:
Flashing t-mobile rom on verizon phone is not recommended. You may end up with bricking your phone. Verizon and

T-mobile chipset versions are different.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] suzook:
I'm using eclipse on my vzw n3 on T-Mobile, and EVERYTHING works perfectly. So glad I made the switch!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ndskr33t:
Thank you for this post. I just set up my girlfriend with a Verizon Note 3 that I replaced the screen on. This post was very helpful. I had challenges with the MMS. I used your MMSC setting and just added wapenc to the end. (http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc) This fixed my mms problem.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kevace1:
I just flashed a t-mobile Ron and everything works perfectly fine. Smoother even, and no more VZW crap, now I deal with t-mobile bloat!!!!

BTW currently using the Vision X N3 rom from the t-mobile section. No complaints at all so far.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Let's clarify a couple things. You flashed a T-mobile .zip rom from recovery correct? You did not flash a stock T-mobile firmware package in Odin?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kevace1:
Yes a tmobile rom zip. I did not venture into trying to flash a Tmo Odin firmware....though I'm eager to try, as this is my spare phone.....Odin would flash it back if need be as long as I can enter download mode...

Though I wonder if it's possible to flash a Tmo radio/baseband and see if it runs to activate the WCDMA 1700mhz band on the vz note 3....?????
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Chances are you will brick by flashing t-mo firmware. I am guessing it would be a radio/modem brick and you will loose service.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kevace1:
So you saying not even a Odin flash back to VZW firmware won't restore back the the VZW radio/baseband?

Is anybody able to access their service settings the conventional code way? I can't access anything no matter what code I enter. Nothing happens. Is this phone related or ROM related?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stryver:
+1 to that. Im trying to get 4g on simple mobile (runs on tmobiles service) global works but i get terrible cellular signal unless i switch to gsm which at best gives me 3g. I would love to get 4g on gsm...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
yes because the T-Mobile radios are different. you could potentially loose cdma by flashing the stock T-Mobile firmware. the best way to get T-Mobile service is to install the T-Mobile sim card, then set mobile networks to global, then add the T-Mobile apn that was posted a couple pages back. any other way could potentially be playing with fire.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kevace1:
I understand those steps fully and I'm pretty sure everyone else here too. What I'm implying is activating the WCDMA 1700Mhz band that T-Mobile runs their H+ service on, which they also run their HD Voice service on there as well. That is why I would like to try to flash the T-mobile radio baseband through Odin...I mean hardware wise, the phones are identical except for the CDMA radios that the VZW version comes with....

And I'm still waiting on an answer from anybody that has been able to access their service menu from the phone app....cause I cannot
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] seemcity:
Unfortunately Verizon Note 3 does not have WCDMA band 4. This band is not available there at all. So you won't have this band on verizon phone. Plus you will brick the phone if you flash T-mobile radio on Verizon phone. If you still want to try it, go ahead, but you've been warned.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] stryver:
Have you tried different verizon radio versions to get into service menu? I read in the droid forums that it has more to do with radios than firmware and custom roms.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] scoobysnack:
How's your wifi working? If in enable WPS or have to enter a password my wifi will no longer turn on. Also are you able to get call over wifi? Mine worked for a little bit then stopped.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Go ahead and try it...let us know how it works out for you. Like I just got done saying flashing another carriers modem will likely cause issues. Just because the hardware is the same means very little. Do some research around the forums...it has always been a big no no to flash another carriers firmware. I get PM's routinely from folks trying the same thing and my reply is simple...JTAG!