yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UnixSlayer:
In Total Commander, it shows the contents of the zip are fine... the .bin, the .mbn.. and metafiles....

Sent from my rooted Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge - SM-G935T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] stealthee:
so now that i have the bin file. I think im supposed to put it in a specific directory but I cant remember where that would be. Any clues ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UnixSlayer:
Sent from my rooted Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge - SM-G935T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] tengtengvn:
I see more files than that when I open with 7zip.

[IMG="https://i.imgur.com/51wzpXI.jpg"]https://i.imgur.com/51wzpXI.jpg[/IMG]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] goofwear:
I have a question how are you able to download that on a pc if Samsung

will only allow connections from a specific user agent header string.

I have a packet dump of the download and I have verification from the server and the correct file size in bytes and the MD5 Hash sum. They also match yours so I can verify you and I both have the full correct file from the OTA server
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] tengtengvn:
What you need to do is pause the download, start package capture, resume the download.

From the PCAP, merge the Host part with the GET part. My download link is still working after 3 hours. I use Chrome to download

My link looks like this:

http://fota-secure-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/TMB/SM-G935T/nspx/360ad212968a4bf88775210654d8be20.bin?px-time=XXXXXX&px-hash=XXXXXXXXX&px-wid=XXXXXX-XXXXXX&px-wctime=2016-1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] stealthee:
is this the ota.zip file?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] tengtengvn:
This is the file that the OS Updater pulling from Samsung OTA server.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] wilson289:
how do we use this to update our phones? i'm on U firmware, is it still possible?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] stealthee:
ah so no way yet to make my tmobile s7 edge update yet?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] nugzo:
put it on sd card in a folder u create "fota" then boot into recovery and flash from recovery
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] goofwear:
Thank you very much. I used packet capture on mine. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts.sslcapture&hl=en

Is that the same one you used?

here is my idea on how to repair / correct the header of the zip so it may be flashable via recovery. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69874795&postcount=1002

If not then I think it can only be flashed with the fota.apk I think it does something to the zip before it flashes it.

I also did some poking around in the zip file and notice the update script is checking for the exact 6.0.1 build and flashing everything as a DIF, not as a regular update would.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mandy06:
I've downloaded the BIN file provided in the forum, now what should I do to install the update?!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] douglas12107:
if it helps any ive downloaded this zip file and when trying to copy it to SD Card i get a unexpected error that device may have been uplugged but any other file i try to copy works without issue, theres definetly some sort of security, ive also redownloaded file 3 times to see if it was a download issue which i now know its not

Edit: downloaded straight to sd card into FOTA folder for the hell of it tried to flash it and get 2 errors, 1. footer is wrong and 2. signature verification failed
[Samsung Gear S3] mastermindx85:
Every time I try and install the uber app for gear on my phone it says item is not available. Anyone able to get the uber app working?
[Samsung Gear S3] mrdiggz:
Having the same problem with my LG V20.
[Samsung Gear S3] mastermindx85:
Ok thanks for the reply l. I wonder if we can sideload it or something.
[Samsung Gear S3] kajos:
I've uploaded the SamsungGearApp.apk

I got it started on my MediaPadX2, GearS3 is shown by Bluetooth, but app force close, when watch set up

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69870240&postcount=2

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69882759&postcount=4

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[Samsung Gear S3] Torridred04:
Uber app will not work on our devices at the moment as the companion app only populates with a Samsung device (my guess based on the lack of issues downloading it on my Note 5/S7E/Note 7 when paired with my Gear S2 Classic 3G). The widget looks mighty nice and handy on my S3, but with the V20 no companion app yet :/

Not sure if sideloading is possible for it to work. Read a thread where someone stated they did sideload and still no go. Personally, I couldn't even find it to try sideloading and test it so that's where I'm for now as well
[Samsung Gear S3] kajos:
Now I understand...

I noticed "uber" as a spelling mistake;)

So my last post is misplaced
[Samsung Gear S3] nique0201:
Can someone with a Samsung device post the apk for the companion app

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We need the Uber complain app not the gear app that's already available for every phone
[Samsung Gear S3] kajos:
look at post #6

The gear ap isn't available on every phone, for example not for MediapadX2, like I already described... (link post #4)
[Samsung Gear S3] kajos:
Now I found this by google search:

https://support.t-mobile.com/thread/129601?start=0&tstart=0

There are two apps...

It seems to be not available for non SamsungDevices

I'm from germany, so no use for uber;)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] treIII:
Has anyone ever seen 3 way carrier aggregation while using T-Mobile with Pixel XL or Pixel? I called T-Mobile support and they do not have an answer to whether or not it will utilize 3x aggregation. I personally have not seen it myself and I'm in an area where it is enabled. Network signal guru only shows 2x aggregation on my phone. Thanks to those who may know if 3x may be utilized with T-Mobile or possibly in the future
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Smallsmx3:
I think that it supports 256 QAM but not 4x4 MIMO. I think I read that the SD 821 is capable of 4x4 but I think it's missing other hardware like an amplifier or something. Im no expert but I try to read up on the tech and understand it. The other thing is that the pixel needs to be updated to activate 256 qam
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] trace1er:
If I'm not mistaken only the T-Mobile variant of the LG V20 supports this at the moment.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
Can you explain how you're getting "Network Signal Guru" to show you current CA status? I've downloaded the app and I see no information on current aggregation status.

To my knowledge, There is no way of seeing active CA status on the Pixel XL. Or any phone for that matter outside of the known samsung field test app.

Using a Pixel XL on T-Mobile I've achieved a max download of about 114Mb/s. Which I suspect is only 2x aggregation.

I've achieved 147Mb/s on VZW with 2x Aggregation (I'm guessing 2x due to my Nexus 6p getting the same speeds. Which only supports 2x CA).
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] treIII:
Scroll to the right
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
Rooted?

If you give it root access, It's a completely different app. Awesome stuff with root.

N6P with Root

http://cdn.141networks.com/images/NSG-N6P.jpg

Pixel XL without Root

http://cdn.141networks.com/images/NSG-PXL.png
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
So since you guys turned me on to the Network Signal Guru app I did some testing.

I'm convinced the NSG app can't display Carrier Aggregation if it's on the same band. IE 2x CA 4+4 or 3x CA 4+4+12.

With my TMO sim in my Pixel XL, I got speedtests in excess of 100Mb/s. When those tests were ran, The most the app ever reported was 2x CA, Band 4 + Band 12.

The reason I'm convinced it doesn't display CA when it's on two band 4 channels is I ran speed tests >80Mb/s when it claimed I had one 20Mhz Band 4 channel. Which is a FAR reach for a single 20Mhz channel. With this being said. If you're ripping 100+ Mb/s speedtests, And it's showing 2x CA B4+B12, I'd suspect it's acutally 3x CA of B4+B4+B12. And the app just isn't reporting it correctly. Perhaps someone can post an NSG screenshot of it showing 2x B4 channels to prove me wrong.

Here's a screenshot of 1 B4/20Mhz carrier doing 73Mb/s

http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-TMO.png

I'll further comment to say that while the Pixel XL claims it'll support 256QAM, I never saw anything past 64QAM. So it's either not supported. Or not live in my area (Central Florida). We're all aware 4x4 MIMO is also not supported by the PXL.

While I was out and about. I also ran some testing with my primary SIM (Verizon Wireless).

Screenshot of ~109Mb/s on 3CA Band 2 (5Mhz) + Band 4 (20Mhz) + Band 13 (10Mhz) for a total channel width of 35Mhz

http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-3CA.png

And finally, The local tower that always gives me dumb speed test results. I always assumed it was 3x CA. It reports 2x (B4+B13). Meaning this serving cell is either super unloaded, Or once again, I'm not seeing a 2nd descrete B4 carrier. And it's actually doing 3x CA.

Screenshot of 2x CA doing ~140Mb/s

http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-2CA.png
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Smallsmx3:
256 QAM went live nationwide in October. According to Tmo the only devices that can utilize it is the gs 7 and gs7 edge. We know the pixel can do it the problem is we need for it to be able to access it on T-Mobiles network. I'm also central Florida
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
Interesting! I bet they're doing something IMEI based identification of the S7 / S7E that allows it to run a different IMS barer that will run at up to 256QAM. I also suspect this is downlink path only. As in my testing, I never topped 16QAM on uplink (Both TMO and VZW).

I wonder if they have a different APN. Anyone have an S7/S7E that can confirm they have the normal fast.tmo APN?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Smallsmx3:
According to the article I read support for those devices were coming via software update. And it's only download. Upload was 64 QAM. I'll see if I can find the article.

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Here https://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2016/09/t-mobile-touts-launch-4x4-mimo-256-qam
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Smallsmx3:
I just contacted Google about this. They said this was coming with the next update. So if we're getting 7.1.1 in a couple days I guess we'll find out
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] treIII:
I also called them and they said to me that it was all depended on T-Mobile. So it's strange that they would give to others who have called a different answer.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
This is because your average rep has no idea what you're talking about. And their script doesn't have any resources to help them answer. You could call three times and get three different answers. Being that TMO pushed a software update to enable it on the S7/S7E, I would argue they would have to do the same to the pixel/pixel xl. Which probably means they would need a TMO specific build. And I just don't see that happening personally.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cstark27:
Hey there, here is NSG on my Pixel showing 2xCA of B4+B4. [IMG="2xCA B4+B4"]http://i.imgur.com/Dl2RuIf.png[/IMG]

I have a location in town that does B2+B4+B4 on a V20. My Pixel will not do 3xCA at that location, just 2xCA of B2+B4 or B4+B4. I will verify the V20 with NSG again when I get my hands on one. I only used the built-in engineering mode on the V20 at the time.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smallsmx301:
I had a feeling that 3x CA didn't work. Another feature of the phone that's not activated. I'm sure something needs to be updated by Google to access this on Tmos network. I'm having Volte issues on TMO with mine. T-Mobile support just tells me to disable it.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Golf c:
I wonder if this is what you're talking about. Pixel only supports 2x2 mimo.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Alcolawl:
The 2x2 MIMO listed there is in reference to the Wi-Fi capabilities of the phone. The Snapdragon 821 uses the Snapdragon X12 modem which, according to Qualcomm's site supports 3x20 MHz carrier aggregation, 256-QAM, and 4x4 MIMO on one carrier.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smallsmx301:
What carrier does it support 4x4?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
It doesn't; While the phones x12 modem DOES support 4x4 MIMO and 256QAM, It lacks the hardware (Something about an amplifier and antenna array for 4x4 MIMO). 256QAM is only supported on one of the foreign carriers to my knowledge right now. But They claim it will be enabled on the phone for use with TMO in some future update.

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Don't know what happened to my first reply here. So sorry if this is a double post.

I did find that NSG shows 2xCA of the same channel (Found out with a Sprint SIM, B41+B41). And as in my post above. Apparently the Pixel has 3xCA issues with TMO and TMO only.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cstark27:
I'll admit I'm not well versed in MIMO tech (and have seen the other reply about the Wifi spec), but I have seen others report their device does 3xCA on other carriers: Cricket , VZW/ATT

Yep, that's me (the OP of the Reddit thread) :P I also started a support thread on the product forums if anyone has any experience to lend to the discussion. https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/phone-by-google/C04ACMHAYX8/mKs9CKAdDAAJ
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
Ha, We meet again. (Victimofareload on reddit).

I wonder if anyone has run 3x CA with those specific bands on ANY carrier (2+4+12), The phone claims to support it. But perhaps this isn't a TMO specific problem. They're just the only ones running 2/4/12, And have "exposed" the issue. I guess that doesn't explain why the phone only reports as a cat6 device to the ENB. /Thoughts outloud /shrugs
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cstark27:
Hey there, haha.

You had mentioned you tested a bit on VZW, right?

Maybe if you are feeling adventurous, and if Verizon works this way, you could find a site that can do 3x CA of B2 + B4 + B4? :P

I don't have any T-Mo B12's in my area so I can't test that one. But the B2 (5mhz)+B4 (5mhz)+B4 (10mhz) is what I've been testing against.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
Don't have any VZW towers carrying 2x B4 channels in my area.

Me and a buddy actually got a bit obsessed for awhile, And apparently have far too much free time. I work for a wireless ISP in central Florida. Likewise, I've got my own gear on towers all around Central Florida. Being that I spent a decent amount of time at tower sites. I started to become familiar with who's on what tower around here. Same goes with a buddy/coworker of mine. Well That kind of spiraled out of control to the point that we have pretty much every tower in the county labeled on a google earth KMZ file. Along with the PCI's on the tower, And the bands it's serving. Completely worthless data outside of opening NSG and going "Oh, I'm connected to the Avenues flag pole cell".

Anyways, Out of ~45 mapped towers. Only 2 of them carries ONLY band 13(10Mhz). And Only 3 of them carry 3x CA of 2(5mhz)/4(20mhz)/13(10Mhz). The rest carry 2xCA 4(20Mhz)/13(10Mhz). They all display the same EARFCN, So the freq/width is the same in this market across every tower. So, Can't test on VZW.

I haven't mapped any other carrier anywhere near as extensively. But TMO seems to carry 4(20Mhz) and 12(5Mhz) extensively here. I've yet to see any TMO band 2 in this area. But I can probably find some. They appear to have a licence for it here looking at FCC docs. I'll throw my TMO sim back into my test N6P and if I find anything new during my rounds about the county, I'll switch it to my Pixel XL and get some testing screenshots. (Pixel XL is my daily driver on VZW, So I can't keep it offline too long).

It's pretty obvious when the cell carries 2x of the same channel. As you'll see two channels with different EARFCN's off the same PCI. Which I see all the time with Sprint's 41(20Mhz)+41(20Mhz) config. You can also watch the phone switch between the two 41 carriers when not in a downlink CA operation depending on which one carries a better RSRQ/SINR.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smallsmx301:
You seem to have good knowledge on all this stuff. Have you used your pixel extensively on TMO? Have you seen Volte stop working? I'm in Central FL and Volte stops working after a day or so and doesn't come back without a reboot.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
No, I haven't used it much on TMO. The SIM card I have isn't activated. So it won't make any calls. But it will still let me do speedtests and it will associate to the tower. I did have my buddies TMO sim in the phone for about an hour the other day and never lost VoLTE. But that doesn't really help you.

Let's start from the top. How are you determining you're NOT on VoLTE?

I use to have this problem back in the day with my Nexus 6P on VZW. Might have a few quick fixes for you. But let's answer the above first :P

Also, Interesting that you're on TMO in Central Florida and see 2x B4. I've never seen that. I'm on the east coast (Brevard County, Melbourne/Cocoa Beach area). Where abouts are you?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smallsmx301:
I'm in Orlando. I don't know if I've seen 2x B4......I don't use any apps to test. When I make phone calls LTE drops to 3g/H. If I reboot the device all my calls are on LTE for about a 24 hour period. Then I have the same problem
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
Ah, Then yes. I suspect the Orlando Market is the same as it is for me over here. Only 1x 20Mhz B4 Carrier, And 1x 5Mhz B12.

Next time it falls off VoLTE. Try forcing LTE only via the *#*#4636#*#* menu. That's what I use to do all the time on my Nexus 6P. Set it to LTE only. Let it reassociate and it'll say LTE for both data and voice. Then swap back to Auto GSM/CDMA or whatever the default one you're set to is. And it should drop again and come back up on LTE for both Data and Voice.

Not a "Fix" by any means. But might save you from rebooting. I never found a fix on my N6P. Would have to capture the conversation when it falls off via NSG. See if it's getting pushed off. Or if the phone is falling off on its own.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smallsmx301:
I'm in Orlando. I don't know if I've seen 2x B4......I don't use any apps to test. When I make phone calls LTE drops to 3g/H. If I reboot the device all my calls are on LTE for about a 24 hour period. Then I have the same problem

Thanks. TMO gave me some lame excuse that not all towers support it or they have been upgrading things on other towers. Ive had every Nexus prior to my pixel and never had any Volte issues prior to my pixel.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smallsmx301:
Well I tried what you suggested. Setting it to LTE only doesn't let me call out at all. The call immediately ends. Once I switch it back it goes back to dropping to 3g/H for calls
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
And after a reboot it works fine? That's strange. I'd argue that if it can't register to VoLTE when LTE is forced. Something is wrong with the provisioning on TMO's side. But with a reboot fixing it, I'm not sure what to tell you. Sorry Buddy.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smallsmx301:
Yep... That's about where I'm at. I don't know all the technical stuff but im good at trouble shooting from all angles and nothing seems to fix it. Hopefully with 7.1.2 rolling out and carrier optimizations allot of the problems are addressed like 3x CA and my VoLTE problem
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] dpw2atox:
I have the same issue with VoLTE on t-mobile but not after 24 hrs......for me it seems to happen randomly. I can go for 2 weeks without an issue then other times a few days after a reboot VoLTE will stop working. I'm trying to narrow down the cause but as best as I can tell, if you are on a VoLTE call and leave an area with LTE and drop down to 3G it sometimes gets "stuck" so to speak and won't go back to using VoLTE. Data will go to LTE just fine but calls get stuck using 3g.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] crowsnestitsupport:
AT&T Band 30.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cstark27:
Back to 3xCA. Still not seeing it on beta 7.1.2 (T-Mobile). Just wanted to include that bit of info.

(3) Available connections, only 2xCA still. Again, I still need to verify what NSG says with a V20 just to be 100% sure.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] J:
Not sure if this help. Its from a Tmo V20 (Yesterday) of a friend of mine.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cstark27:
He'll need to load a Speedtest in the background (Speedtest app or fast.com in Chrome) and go back to NSG and check. It should change to 2xCA LTE or 3xCA LTE at the top in red (or something similar). The first tab will show available connections. "P" being the "primary" connection. Then "S1", etc are the added for CA. "N" is neighbor cells that I don't believe are connected (they are not white like P and S1).

Second, the user will need to know for sure their area is a 3xCA site. The V20 makes it easy to do so with it's built-in engineering mode. Again, start a download and go to Dialer, type in 277634#*# and a window should pop. Hit the "previous" button in the UI (not the Android back button) until you get to "LTE" pages. This is what (I assume is) 3xCA on the V20 looks like (2 LTE pages and the 2nd page has 2 freqs listed): http://imgur.com/a/DVDEX

Someone can freely correct me if I'm wrong. I am not an engineer, just a nosy user.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] J:
Second Attempt from Friends V20 :)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smallsmx301:
Been on the latest beta for 20 + hours and so far my VoLTE issues seem to be gone. By now on 7.1 id already be dropping down. We'll see how things go today
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] NickOlsen8390:
Looks like it didn't pickup the 3rd sup carrier. Presumably due to it's poor RSRP (At a -123, The phone barely heard the beacon). Tell your buddy to go stand at the tower :P
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cstark27:
T-Mobile LG V20 H918 on 10j update

Google Pixel on 7.1.2 beta (bought from US Google website)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cstark27:
Noticed the Pixel was on B2 primary, whereas the V20 was on B4 primary, on that last post. Here is V20 on B2 primary, 3xCA.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] vivanshah:
Still no 3xCA after the feb update, just like you guys. fingers crossed it will come in the march update.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cstark27:
http://cellularinsights.com/pixel-xl-four-months-later/

This goes over the specifics with T-Mobile and 3xCA.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] smallsmx301:
This is a good read.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] xdadevnube:
Thanks for the article! Now I have a ton of questions for the gurus in this thread.

1. If I'm understanding this correctly, T-Mobile should have 3X CA support with 256QAM working with the Pixel in a future update, correct?

2. Do the second and third carriers work with 256QAM, or just the first?

3. Is 256QAM is working on VZW? If not, will it in the future?

4. Also, we can confirm the Pixel doesn't have a 4 x 4 MIMO capable RFFE?

5. Is there an Engineering screen in the Pixel? I found an APK for the Nexus 6 called 'Nexus 6 LTE Engineering Mode' that enabled a working Engineering screen for the Nexus 6. I usually find AOSP is barren when it comes to Service Mode or Engineering screens.

6. Has anybody tried the PCI Lock feature of Network Signal Guru? This app is amazing, though the developer emailed me back regarding my question about whether they would offer a lifetime purchase. They said not at this time. So in order to use PCI Lock, I have to make a purchase every 30 days? Bummer!