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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] srichardson:
Good evening all,

I am really hoping someone here can answer this question for me. I have a Note 9 purchased from T-Mobile model SN-N960U. It has been carrier unlocked using the tmobile app. What I was looking to do was take the phone with me over to AT&T Firstnet and use it there. The problem is band 14, which is the primary band firstnet uses. Will my phone work with Firstnet on band 14??? I called Firstnet and they said it would work. The manager at the local AT&T corporate store said since it is a T-Mobile phone that it will not work with band 14. What makes things even more confusion is it appears all Note 9's have the same model number regardless of the carrier it was made for. So can someone here confirm for me if it will or will not work on band 14 for Firstnet?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] iceepyon:
From what I have been able to find out the N960U does not support the use of LTE band 14. Check here for more information: https://www.phonemore.com/samsung-galaxy-note-9-sm-n960u-512gb/specs/4164
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] srichardson:
But then you look at GSM arena's site on the Note 9 it says something completely different.

gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note9-9163.php

So that, along with the conflicting info from ATT and Firstnet is why im so confused.

:eek: :confused: :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] iceepyon:
In that case I would take your device to a AT&T retail branch and ask if they have a test SIM, which they can use on your device.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mr. Orange 645:
Yes. The Note 9 will absolutely work on FirstNet. Doesn't matter if it's a T-Mo device, they are all identical. When you put in the FirstNet SIM it will provision for that carrier.

https://about.att.com/story/samsung_joins_firstnet_devices.html
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] srichardson:
I actually did try that today and they said they do not have "test" ones and can only do it if they actually setup an account which would require me porting my number over from Tmobile and going through all that.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] srichardson:
Mr. Orange thanks for that article, that is one I had not seen yet while doing my research. Are you sure that article is not talking about just ATT "branded" Note 9's? I am cautious because when I put it in to service mode *#2263# it does not list band 14 with all the other ones it has. Is it some kind of hidden band that will enable itself when a Firstnet SIM is put in to the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mr. Orange 645:
It doesn't matter. ALL US Note 9s are identical hardware-wise and capable of supporting the same bands.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] iceepyon:
Really, I thought that the Carrier Branded devices had different hardware specs than the unlocked variant....:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mr. Orange 645:
Nope. This has been discussed many, many times. Since the S8/+ all the US (and Canadian) Galaxy devices have identical hardware. That is why we can flash the N960U1 firmware on the N960U and vice versa. If the hardware was different, it wouldn't flash. It's just different firmware and carrier features preloaded on each device version.

N960U1 = N960U = N960W
[LG G8 Accessories] doblebo:
This is one slippery mofo. Any skins out there? Less than 24 hours and this thing keeps slipping off what I thought were flat level surfaces. If I set it flat on the palm of my hand or on a newspaper on a table, I can watch it slowly inch its way to its doom.

I hate to admit I fell for this line from LG:

But if you actually look up what this means... you see its pure and simple marketing buII**** as your "controlled environment" can consist of a careful 4 foot drop onto plywood.

So yes.. skins to keep this thing from slipping are needed.

I ordered the Invisible Phone Guard front/back and will show how it works here when it is received. ATT was supposed to give me a screen protector.

I attached a picture to show what happened here. This is from 2 or 3 falls only 2'5" drop onto a laminate floor. The scratches cannot be seen without good light and the photos were taken using a DSLR and macro lens.. so it isn't terrible, but rest assured this has weakened the gorilla glass and the front screen will eventually shatter if it keeps jumping off tables.
[LG G8 Accessories] doblebo:
From dbrand
[LG G8 Accessories] doblebo:
screen protector

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EDYQG6Q7JY

i found this to be a good review of the BodyGuardz Pure Arc Curved Tempered Glass Screen Protector for the G8 ThinQ

i thought it was a shill channel looking at other reviews, but he seems to hate this. it fits GREAT, but only has adhesives on the sides and has a visible dot matrix.

on top of that, he says there is an unnatural hollow feel to it due to the adhesive not being full screen. i imagine this will negatively affect the oled speaker.

this is a $50 screen protector that AT&T is giving away as a part of a promotion.

skins... not much out there and only dbrand has responded (with a NEVER).

the Invisible Phone Guard screen protector was OK and visibility was good, but i found the sound to be very slightly muffled as if it is dampening a certain high frequency.

i'm keeping the back on until i find a decent skin.

this film seems like it will blemish easily. it certainly gets dirty easily. pics here...
[LG G8 Accessories] Double0EK:
Having this phone for a few days now and the OP was not lying about how slippery this phone is. A case or skin is a definite must have!

Ordered a Ringke Fusion X.
[LG G8 Accessories] Caboose27:
I ordered this case - https://www.ebay.com/itm/273759783563 - I should be getting it later today, I'll post about how well it works.

No sooner did I post this than it came in the mail. Fits on easy, stays on snugly. It's matte rubber without feeling like you're holding a car tire. I had one for my Nexus 6P I really liked and this feels equally good.
[LG G8 Accessories] Arcanen:
This thing is indeed incredibly slippery. I think I'm just going to be extra careful about where I put it down (it's not too slippery in my hands I find, just on certain surfaces), I hate hiding the slick design of the phone with a case. This is also the first phone I've had in a very long time where the camera doesn't bulge out the back, which I really appreciate and don't want to diminish with a case.
[LG G8 Accessories] kyn1972:
Well there are a number of skins now at the varies skin sites though I personally skipped them and simply put the phone into an Otterbox Defender case.
[LG G8 Accessories] Deathmeter:
I used a cheap curved glass screen protector ( was like $9) and some loca glue (like $10) to make a DIY full adhesive whitestone kit.
[LG G8 Accessories] stamos*bp:
hey everyone - just got my lg g8 a few days ago. i got my case and glass screen protector yesterday. in my head i feel like maybe the screen protector is 'muting' the sound from the screen. has anyone else noticed this, or is it just in my head?
[LG G8 Accessories] kyn1972:
I have not had that issue and I am using a Supershieldz screen protector however my brother who is using an Iphone 7 recently had that issue with one due to a screen protector he picked up at Walmart though it resolved once he removed it.
[LG G8 Accessories] DrivenKeys:
It's amazing to watch this phone slowly creep off of my wireless charger, which has a rubbery grippy surface! My case arrives today...
[LG G8 Accessories] pongalong:
I'm using slickwraps for the back of my phone and I like it. I would say they are slightly less precise than dbrand, but still great quality. If people would like photos, please let me know.
[LG G8 Accessories] Jaa-Yoo:
I'm using a Nillkin slim case, adds no bulk and provides some grippiness.

I also have a Spigen Crystal Clear gel case that's very nice, but is more bulky than the Nillkin.

As for screen protectors, i've found that glass ones are useless for this phone. I tried a couple full adhesive brands with the idea that i would fill the little gap on the edges with LOCA but of the 6 protectors that i applied, they all had a problem sticking fully in some flat areas of the screen. It was always the exact same spots so I came to the conclusion that the LG screen itself isn't 100% flat in those areas so I settled on the Ringke Dual Easy Film screen protector.
[LG G8 Accessories] slickwraps:
Huge Thanks!

Weston
[LG G8 Accessories] WiseManWhite:
You may want to think about giving the Skinomi Full Body Skin a try. It definitely keeps my phone from slipping off of surfaces, giving the phone a bit of a plastic-rubber feel while still letting the beauty of the phone show through. The back protector doesn't interfere with any cases and offers a bit of mental relief for those times you want to carry your phone without a case.
[LG G8 Accessories] dirt_squirrel:
Dude, I had my g8 for 2 days. Was in. The washroom and the phone was on a roll of toilet paper (the flat side, obviously haha) and got a notification. Before I knew it the phone slid off and landed on the bottom right corner, heard an alarming "tink" sound but didn't think anything of it. A few mins later I saw a small crack, then I looked again and realized that there were multiple cracks on the screen. Ended up getting it replaced by my carrier, I said it was damaged in shipping. Point is that this phone is a glass cannon: it's very powerful for specs but it will have a broken screen if you sneeze on it the wrong way. This is one of the massive downsides to the new gorilla glass. Sure it's scratch resistant but with the wrong amount of pressure it will get destroyed :/
[LG G8 Accessories] doblebo:
I've dropped this thing so many times because it's so slippery. Seems like every other week I hear it jump off a table a few minutes after I leave the room.

I have a crack on 3 corners, but nothing across the screen. My case (which I tend to take off when connecting it to things such as controllers or some USB cables) almost hides the cracks.

However, these are more like small missing chunks of glass on the corners. I've never had such a fragile phone. I tried super glue on the corners to keep it from spreading, but eventually just went to town on the corners with silicone conformal coating that I had sitting around. It seems to be working great and keeps the little shards coated and sort of glued in there. I kind of prefer this to replacing the screen as replacements have only gone down slightly to around $150 shipped from China and I know I'll just end up breaking that one.

There's always been one or two deal breakers with all of my LG phones and that's why I kept going to a different manufacturer as soon as I could. I hate to say it but after this, I'm never going back to LG again no matter what cool unique feature they're wooing me with.
[LG G8 Accessories] doblebo:
I basically used this phone with a broken screen for 5 months. Replacements are still $150 (better than $200 back when it broke). It dropped approximately 1.5ft face down onto a clay tile floor and front screen has cracks all over. It almost looks somewhat inverted now as if the screen was designed to have tension. Well I went and got a note 10+ and man it is great to have a real phone again. Doesn't have some of the edgy LG stuff that I really loved and theres no headphone jack... but bigger/brighter screen that isn't broken is so nice to have. Good luck with your screens guys.... I'll replace mine when the price is reasonable and either go back to using it or put it on ebay.
[LG G8 Accessories] staatsof:
I have reached the same conclusion about the screen not being flat enough to utilize a hard glass protector even if you avoid the very curved edge portions. I tried the curved, glued only on the edge types first but that always had a weird optical effect and wasn't very ruggedly glued on, none in the middle. Why? I haven't tried using whitestone glue yet.

So the suggested one sounds interesting. https://www.amazon.com/Ringke-Compa...dge-Application/dp/B07NHMBNLH#customerReviews

I think I'll watch the videos first.

I also found these but yes a firm, solid piece of glass is a no go IMHO. Not a fan of these new case designs for all the new phones. Why de do dat?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QQD2BCG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_MkrHDb48GTKZN

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QB9MN28/

Still hoping for a solution. I had great luck with Spigen Crystal screen protector SGP10855 for my LG G3 which is hard but I believe would be flexible enough if it skipped the curved edges but they don't make anything like that?

UPDATE: After watching the LG G8 video on YouTube I decided to go with the Rinke.

I'll report back. This will be 4th type attempted.

I put it on this morning. It is pretty easy to get this on with good alignment and no bubbles.

Two things.

1. If you watch the YouTube instructions the place where the dust dust cleaning sticky backing splits in half does leave a slightly perceptable crease in the soft protector. Maybe it will smooth out with time? It did not with the squeegee.

2. It's soft so you can possibly nick with your fingernails and it's also easy to lift an edge ever so slightly during final finishing so be careful.

I see no installation flaws but it also isn't a hard glass but then those do not install properly even when undersized because the screen is not level as you get near the edges as far as 1/4" away. The film eliminates this issue but will it protect and stay on.

We shall see.
[LG G8 Accessories] zeek6228:
I sell a lot of these devices and it is even hard to photograph them on a smooth surface because they will start around on my table. Put it in a case, the screens are expensive.
[LG G8 Accessories] fmachnik55:
Suggestion to reduce slippage

Suggestion to increase friction on back of phone

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I use GRiPhone narrow Anti-slip Decal - these thin black rubber strips (w/adhesive backing) can be placed on the body of the phone. I put down a strip on each side (of the back of the phone). You can cut to size. They removable. Simply peel off and clean adhesive left on phone. (from Amazon.ca $5.99 Cdn)
[LG G8 Accessories] Carrazangomezmartin:
I have this back skin on my LG G8s ThinQ. I am from Argentina and I bought this Beech wood simile vinyl and in front as I could not get anything else, I have an iPhone XS Max tempered glass ?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFGydzBF1il/?igshid=zrq7khmd9ry4
[LG G8 Accessories] Neera:
Tried a bunch from Amazon, but they were all crap. All of them only had the adhesive on the outer black border and would fall off.

Granted installation was easy and bubble free, but since these didn't seal right, dust and stuff would creep in and go under the protectors even AFTER perfect installation.

Long story short, I tried the Zagg InvisibleShield Glass Curve Elite LG G8 THinQ.

It's currently cheaper at Walmart ($11.94 online) than Amazon and also comes with free shipping!

It's the only tempered glass protector that actually has a full adhesive!!

Now, the installation is a nightmare I won't lie...

They include an installation tray/frame which makes the placement super easy, BUT there will be bubbles... tons of bubbles!! No need to panic though, they can ALL be worked out with the squeegee. Took me about 10-15 minutes and then it looked and felt perfect!!

As soon as I tried to put on a case (Incipio) one of the edges started to lift a little, so I worked the bubble out again and left the case off for the rest of the day & overnight to cure the adhesive.

The next morning I put the case back on and no lifting, it sits tight and secure and feels great. Very little fingerprint smudging also.

Zagg got it right with this one!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
Welcome to CyanogenMod 11
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
BUILD #002 is up get it from the OP

CHANGELOG

Camera works now with slow motion & fast motion video recording, picture quality is still **** but is tons better than it was on stock rom.

Rebuilt the system layout and merged most /vendor files and folders to /system

Fixed gallery keeps stopping error even though it wasnt

Cleaned up the GUI scaling to produce cleaner icons etc etc changelog is in /etc for anyone that wants to look

Changed the Live lockscreen wallpaper to something much simpler & better looking.

Converted entire system to single sim & removed Gemini where i could & set props to disable what i couldnt find of it, repathed ril to run through mtk-ril.so also added init.volte.rc, volte_imsm.so/volte_stack.files to help ril call clarity as certain parts of the stack are interacting with ril even though its a GSM Radio ;)

Added getenforce & setenforce to /bin and file_contexts to try and get my init.rc props for setenforce to run the kernel permissively for some extra init processes, BUT setenforce for some reason is receiving permission denied cannot symlink so i hope to have this completed & working in build #003

Added /product/build.prop dir to deal with zram for swap & ext4 /data partitiion under logical boot partitions.

Added new android apple crime screen power off logo

Added some misc ringtones, notification tones and ringtones other than the cyanogen tones.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bigrammy:
Nice Work Matty1993!!

You have been a busy bee :highfive:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DJ Robby:
Hello,

I am new to ROMs, Could you give me detailed instructions on how I would install this?

Thanks,

Robby
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
Haha yeah one of my old projects ive been meaning to get finished for ages, finding out how to attach android to UBIFS on top of UBI was a pain in the ass lol got to experiment with ril on this one as it was dual sim and tried running gemini through it but as it was a source build dual sim compatibility dosent work :( so had to depract gemini and set single sim still been working on the tuba build tho taking my time with it as sony really like to mix things up, also finishing a lineage OS 14.1 build for Alcatel Pixi 3.5 that was from source also but dualsim works on this one even though this phones a single sim phone haha go figure lol
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
What model is your R11 max clone phone it must be HS_Q6_MB_V1.0 board revision or it wont boot on your device and i will need to build one for your revision if so as the kernel will be different,

You can find the board variant by taking the backing off the phone and looking at the sim slot see pic attached,

Check this out first or youll brick it 100% i gaurantee it, google how to take a firmware backup using SP flash tool before doing anything SP flash tool can be downloaded from here aswell as the MTK Vcom drivers for flash tool,

https://spflashtool.com

If your board is different i need the BOOTIMG.file from your SP Tool backup so please do this first before anything or i wont be able to build you anything as i need your stock kernel from boot.img to decompile and make changes for my rom aswell as the boot.img is highly modifed with CM source
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DJ Robby:
Hello,

I can't find a number like that, I looked everywhere.

Here is a full backup of the phone: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15P9KutXb0FrxHRTj4qrQ-KW94XA6J2SI/view?usp=sharing

The kernel is the same though because if I go to settings it shows the same kernel number as the one in this post.

Thanks,

Robby
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
Hey mate the kernel number may be the same but the config of the kernel will be diff, if it dosent have a number in the sim slot it will deffo not be a HS_Q6_MB you may have the ZMA_12_MB or ZMA_9_MB board

So deffo dont flash any of this stuff if you get me the stock boot.img & recovery img from your R11 max i can build the recoveries and rom for your board revison just upload them here in a .zip file when you get the chance :)

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DJ Robby:
I added the link to a full backup of the phone through the SP flash tool on my above post which includes the boot.img and recovery.img, Also thanks so much for all the help!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
Hey mate,

Sweet ill get onto it and post link here to a new thread ill make for your variant r11 max.

Ive got a new build just about ready also which is build #003 so ill start your variant from #003 which has vast improvements from build #002 :)

# edit

Glad you didnt flash your R10 is eMMC ext4 fs and not ubifs just finished the boot.img off anyhow
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
Try these recoveries tell me if they boot uo and everything is ok with them

Oppo touch recovery for R10_zm19e_eMMC+ext4

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZUZ3jmNhVkWSTB-57ifPh9_Lmm_jjkCB/view?usp=drivesdk

CWM recovery for R10_zm19e_eMMC+ext4

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WO44rtoWttfeeAvCdff_97JqbuXboeXB/view?usp=drivesdk

Open sp flash tool & load your scatter file,

Then click on the recovery path and load a recovery into the slot,

MAKE SURE that download only is selected and NOT format all + download this is very very important

Click download with phone switched off plug into pc & recovery will now flash,

Once flash is complete remove then re insert the cord wait for the charging screen to appear,

You can now boot to either recovery by holding the volume up button and power button until the first boot logo appears then release only the power button and keep holding power up to see if they will boot or not,

If they boot all sweet ill upload the rom as its just about finished being built :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DJ Robby:
I can try when I get home but I already got TWRP with the Easy Magic Installer except it is an older version: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2798257
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
More or less just to test for device compat is all glad you told me youve got TWRP tho as my rom dosent have mount asserts in the script as they were causing error 7 so ill have to rebuild the meta-inf again as ive got set for perm aswell whereas TWRP uses meta-data to set file permissions
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DJ Robby:
So when do you think the ROM will be ready?

Edit: Oppo Touch Recovery works, I'd rather not bother with CWM if that's ok? And if you could port a TWRP instead of Oppo Touch Recovery I would appreciate that since it is more advanced.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
Rom will be ready soon it takes time to convert things to ext4 from ubifs patience is a must for these things unless you want a brick ? Lol plus ive got another 5 projects on the go so lots to do and not enough time to do it all, just finished lineage 14.1 android 7.1.2 for alactel pixi 4027A using a stock kernel on android 4.4.4

as for TWRP probably not due to the size of your recovery and the size of most twrp is about 3mb to short for your partition youll need to use cwm ive added mount points to the script for your data & system partitions so if it dont flash mount in CWM and then flash if it still dosent use the take a log option in my installer and forward it to me so i can see if it was the mounts or what,

Also i havent set meta-data for permissions ive set perm & perm_recursive which is specifically for CWM so please flash with that,

I make no gaurantee it will boot as i dont have one in front of me to work on & debug but everything should work ok though link will be up in roughly half hour max
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Matty1993:
Links up tell me if it installs and boots ok is based off my cyanogenmod 11 new unreleased build #003 for ubifs

CyanogenMod 11 R10

emmc + ext4

BETA TEST BUILD

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CvP3TPjo5fxXi6tHKI388WFN5KnWTyZ4/view?usp=drivesdk

If it dosent flash remember to get the log from my modified installer

if it dosent boot past first logo tell me it will be fstab issue which ill need to adjust

If it gets stuck on infinite bootanimation tell me ill need to adjust the vold

If any errors just flash back your backup with SP flash tool using download only mode and youll be back up and running with it until i get it fixed if it does need fixing.