I was on h+ here where I live in Spokane WA, that's the best I could get.
I'm using a Verizon s7 with a cricket (att) sim card.
Well I rooted with the root on here that don't trip Knox, then I used hidden menus Explorer and selected all lte bands.
After that I rebooted my phone and still stuck on h+ with 3 bars played with it for a hour still h+.
So I decided to go back to stock uprooted just flashed the stock recovery with Oden, once my phone rebooted I had lte 4 bars and faster internet.
Not quite sure what's going on but I like it.
Find out what band your on using LTE discovery.
IIRC there is one band built in that supports AT&T LTE I cant quite remember
What is the advantage of this, better service?
cmlucht said:
I was on h+ here where I live in Spokane WA, that's the best I could get.
I'm using a Verizon s7 with a cricket (att) sim card.
Well I rooted with the root on here that don't trip Knox, then I used hidden menus Explorer and selected all lte bands.
After that I rebooted my phone and still stuck on h+ with 3 bars played with it for a hour still h+.
So I decided to go back to stock uprooted just flashed the stock recovery with Oden, once my phone rebooted I had lte 4 bars and faster internet.
Not quite sure what's going on but I like it.
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Hi. I had same situation and I live in Spokane too) The best way to unlock LTE it is flash your device to S930U. You will get clear device without any VZ apps and with working LTE)
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Hi i have Galaxy s3 ATT i747 unlocked and every ROM i install give me 3G.. If i leave stock ROM it gives me 4G with know problems.. Is there any fix i can do that will give me 4G and modem i can install. Im on tmobile network
Can you see your IMEI number? I lost mine while flashing roms and the network couldn't recognize my phone, so it booted me down to 3g (but I'm on ATT).
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Hi i have Galaxy s3 ATT i747 unlocked and every ROM i install give me 3G.. If i leave stock ROM it gives me 4G with know problems.. Is there any fix i can do that will give me 4G and modem i can install. Im on tmobile network
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Can you see your IMEI number? I lost mine while flashing roms and the network couldn't recognize my phone, so it booted me down to 3g (but I'm on ATT).
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Yes I can see my imei
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Do your roms have the correct apn's?
I'm having connectivity challenges when trying 4.2.2 roms on Rogers w/ my i747m.
Tried most of the recommended modems on for i747m (complete modem list) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831898
with CM10.1 and AOKP Task650.
The result, at worst little to no connectivity, at best intermittent connectivity. It doesn't seem to want to switch between towers and getting connectivity better than gprs or edge is pretty much non-existent
When I burn the rooted Rogers ROM - root66_RWC_I747MVLDLK4.tar.md5 I get good connectivity switching and 3G. I haven't seen LTE yet but it was only officially rolled out here 9 days ago so it's still crap and only partially out.
I'm about to roll back to the rooted ROM and apply the latest Canadian patch via KIES and give up on S3 mods. If some kind canadian has the time or inclination a faq/step by step on a S3 rogers install that actually works would be very appreciated. I've tried most of the recipes on XDA, task650, cyanomodgen and can't seem to come up with a working combination that gives me data/phone service that is at least as good as stock.
thanks,
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Hi i have Galaxy s3 ATT i747 unlocked and every ROM i install give me 3G.. If i leave stock ROM it gives me 4G with know problems.. Is there any fix i can do that will give me 4G and modem i can install. Im on tmobile network
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This may be correct. Do other ROMs switch between 3G and H+? Do you see 4G vice 4G LTE on stock rom? What download speeds are you getting on stock and other ROMs? With AT&T, HSPA was labeled 4G instead of H or H+. They had to add LTE to the 4G after LTE went online for them in order to differentiate a difference. The majority of places have HSPA labeled as H or H+ and LTE is considered true 4G. I have noticed that many ROMs will show 3G until data is received/sent and it switches to H+.
Has anyone here bought an unlocked AT&T S3 to use on the MetroPCS/Tmobile network? If so has there been any issues? shorter battery life, bad connectivity?
I am debating getting the S3 unlocked or HTC One S. I would prefer the HTC One S but it doesn't have microSD slot
I have a SGH T999 Lte at&t branded unlocked and use on TMobile with the T999L lte rom with no ill effects.
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I have a SGH T999 Lte at&t branded unlocked and use on TMobile with the T999L lte rom with no ill effects.
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Is that the same model as my phone? So it would be advisable, after I got the S3 to flash it with a MetroPCS ROM after activation by Metro?
I thought there would be no need of a flash if I got an unlocked phone.
edo101 said:
Has anyone here bought an unlocked AT&T S3 to use on the MetroPCS/Tmobile network? If so has there been any issues? shorter battery life, bad connectivity?
I am debating getting the S3 unlocked or HTC One S. I would prefer the HTC One S but it doesn't have microSD slot
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You will have issues with 3G HSPA+ on 1700mhz, but 2G EDGE & 4G LTE will work just fine. If you live in a large metro area with a lot of LTE coverage it will be fine. I just went through this with my wife's phone, she had to have the Red one (AT&T specific).
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Is that the same model as my phone? So it would be advisable, after I got the S3 to flash it with a MetroPCS ROM after activation by Metro?
I thought there would be no need of a flash if I got an unlocked phone.
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There is no need to flash anything, just unlock it and add/edit the APN for TMo.
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You will have issues with 3G HSPA+ on 1700mhz, but 2G EDGE & 4G LTE will work just fine. If you live in a large metro area with a lot of LTE coverage it will be fine. I just went through this with my wife's phone, she had to have the Red one (AT&T specific).
There is no need to flash anything, just unlock it and add/edit the APN for TMo.
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Sweet thanks! Both areas that I frequent have 4G and LTE coverage. My only concern is when I'm driving long distances which I often do, being in college and losing 2G signal in the middle of no where. So far with my Metro phones, I haven't seen anywhere I had 3G coverage. its always 2G and 4G/LTE
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Sweet thanks! Both areas that I frequent have 4G and LTE coverage. My only concern is when I'm driving long distances which I often do, being in college and losing 2G signal in the middle of no where. So far with my Metro phones, I haven't seen anywhere I had 3G coverage. its always 2G and 4G/LTE
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Good, that is exactly what we are seeing as well. Mostly LTE coverage with EDGE to fallback on. Most all Metro areas and major highways/interstates will have good coverage. Funny enough we live in the middle of nowhere, but there is a major highway nearby so we get LTE coverage.
On a side note, US carriers marketed HSPA as 3G and HSPA+ as 4g, but both are technically 3G. True 4G is LTE. I am not sure if Metro ever had HSPA service, I think that they were just CDMA then later added LTE and have been migrated to TMo's GSM/HSPA network which now uses Metro's LTE as well. Only the newer GSM Based phones would connect to HSPA.
I have my s3 i747 unlocked an on metro I cannot get no data
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I have my s3 i747 unlocked an on metro I cannot get no data
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Check your APN settings.
i cant even get to the apn's when i goto more network then mobile networks it says insert Sim card to access network services but calling an text work fine
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i cant even get to the apn's when i goto more network then mobile networks it says insert Sim card to access network services but calling an text work fine
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What firmware are you running?
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4.3 rooted.. I got data now that I flashed a modem but its very slow datai don't know how to find the right 1..heres what the one I downloaded is called modem_CWM_I747UCUEMJB
Define Slow data please. Post Speed test results.
normally around 0.15mbs but sometimes it works great and I get around 15.00mbs
Given this is not an LTE device, that sounds about right. Weather, tower congestion do affect results.
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Given this is not an LTE device, that sounds about right. Weather, tower congestion do affect results.
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The I747 is an LTE device, my wife's (running on TMo) works just fine on LTE, just not HSPA+ 1700MHz. I'll run speed test if people would like.
Unlocked att siii will not access metro/t-mobile data
Can someone verify for me what the correct apn settings are? Should there be a network operator? And since I think the apn is finally right, do you have any more suggestions? Also, do you know if this is CDMA or GSM?
can I ask why people want to buy an ATT phone to use on a Tmobile carrier? On the S4 and Note versions, people buy Tmobile phones and use them on ATT, myself included. This is because of the bootloader, and the Tmobile phones cover ATT LTE channels while not the opposite.
Wasn't planned
I didn't intentionally set out to buy an AT&T phone, I was just looking to upgrade and this was the best deal. Or at least it looked to be on the surface. Do I just need to forget it and try to sell it?
If you are in an area recently upgraded by T-Mobile, the I747 will work just fine. However, if you are in an are not upgraded with LTE, etc, it's waay more trouble than its worth. The above post about not getting HSPA+21/42 is worth considering too though.
T-Mobile and AT&T are both GSM networks btw.
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I am actually on Metro P.S, but they are on the T-mobile network now in Atlanta, Ga where I live. We do run 4glte,but so far the fastest mine will connect to shows "E" on my phone, edge maybe? One of the many I've spoken with at metro said E is 3g. One of their repair techs said I needed a different SIM card because I had a CDMA phone but when I got to the store that had one he said it was a GSM phone. It's already about been more trouble than it is worth, but as much effort as I've put into it already, I'd like to resolve it.
As the title states. Can at&t radios and or firmware be flashed onto a sim unlocked tmobile note 3? Im noticing less lte strength and dropped signal at times. Usually have 4 full bars. And before anyone says it i have the correct at&t apns set.
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As the title states. Can at&t radios and or firmware be flashed onto a sim unlocked tmobile note 3? Im noticing less lte strength and dropped signal at times. Usually have 4 full bars. And before anyone says it i have the correct at&t apns set.
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Guy was asking for it the other way around.. I thought the N900T had more radios.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2626477
I saw a thread that a few users were able to do it. I tried last night and mobile odin and odin wouldnt flash them.
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As the title states. Can at&t radios and or firmware be flashed onto a sim unlocked tmobile note 3? Im noticing less lte strength and dropped signal at times. Usually have 4 full bars. And before anyone says it i have the correct at&t apns set.
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You cant flash Odin att rom on a tmobile you will hard brick it. Now as for the modem, Im experiencing the same reception issues on my note 3(running on att) you mentioned and i do believe its because we don't have the att modem installed. I have tried odin and mobile odin and both wont install. I believe one way we can push an att modem to out tmobile note 3 is through custom recovery or a flashable zip, but such file does not exist yet.
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You cant flash Odin att rom on a tmobile you will hard brick it. Now as for the modem, Im experiencing the same reception issues on my note 3(running on att) you mentioned and i do believe its because we don't have the att modem installed. I have tried odin and mobile odin and both wont install. I believe one way we can push an att modem to out tmobile note 3 is through custom recovery or a flashable zip, but such file does not exist yet.
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Yeah i noticed no flashable zips yet.
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As the title states. Can at&t radios and or firmware be flashed onto a sim unlocked tmobile note 3? Im noticing less lte strength and dropped signal at times. Usually have 4 full bars. And before anyone says it i have the correct at&t apns set.
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Mentioning the bars is taboo I think. haha. It's been discussed before here but the only way you can compare is with a signal app that compares db's. The formula that t-mobile uses to calculate bars is different than AT&T's. Also AT&T got in hot water a while back for "faking" bars. Sure they say "more bars in more places" but they fix it to show more bars. If you can do an experiment and compare a N900A beside a N900T with the db's that would be helpful. The carriers have a lot of control over the radios I imagine.
Think about this. At some point, as LTE signal get's weaker, HSPA+ is going to be faster than LTE. At what db strength do you as a carrier fall back to HSPA+? For a T-mobile phone that usually runs on T-mobile with a faster HSPA+ network than AT&T's that may be higher.
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Mentioning the bars is taboo I think. haha. It's been discussed before here but the only way you can compare is with a signal app that compares db's. The formula that t-mobile uses to calculate bars is different than AT&T's. Also AT&T got in hot water a while back for "faking" bars. Sure they say "more bars in more places" but they fix it to show more bars. If you can do an experiment and compare a N900A beside a N900T with the db's that would be helpful.
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Totally agreed, Wife's N900A shows 2-3 bars my N900T shows 1-2 bars. Db is identical however, using Network signal info. Both phones are on the same network.
I have a att note 2 with a go phone sim card in it. I get hsdpa+ but can not get lte. When the sim card was bought it was used in a vzw note 2 would that effect it cause the vzw note 2 imei number was used to activate the sim. All the ready I have done someone said somewhere that the sim is probably not provisioned for lte. Well the point im getting at is I need help in trying to get lte and I know where im at there is lte cause my Co workers are currently on lte.
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H+ is LTE. Check the phone status >> mobile network type and you will see you are connected to fastest available network.
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I have a att note 2 with a go phone sim card in it. I get hsdpa+ but can not get lte. When the sim card was bought it was used in a vzw note 2 would that effect it cause the vzw note 2 imei number was used to activate the sim. All the ready I have done someone said somewhere that the sim is probably not provisioned for lte. Well the point im getting at is I need help in trying to get lte and I know where im at there is lte cause my Co workers are currently on lte.
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If you are on a go-phone plan I would be very careful using mobile data. My wife doesn't use her phone much so she has a go-phone plan. I experimented with it some and a couple of apps got updated via mobile and it ate her $$ up in a hurry -- something to the tune of $17 in just a couple of minutes.
Then again there are a couple of different go-phone plans so this might not be the case for yours.
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H+ is LTE. Check the phone status >> mobile network type and you will see you are connected to fastest available network.
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Sorry but h+ is not lte. And according to documents on att.com and other varies websites you can connect to lte with this phone on go phone plans
It is LTE if the rom doesn't have an LTE icon.
And how do you know you are in an LTE area? I'm in a large California city, and I almost never see the LTE icon.
HSPA+ is considered "4G" by ATT, but it is not 4G LTE.
AT&T 4g icon... yaya
At&t stock roms will show 4g icon in the status bar for both HSPA+ and LTE. This is where the confusion starts yay AT&T.
To check to see if you are on LTE I would go to settings / about phone / Status and check the mobile network type. I think this will give you a better indication of the network you are on.
An information app similar to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gdip.android.network may also help.
If you are still not getting LTE with your at&t go phone I would start by checking your apn settings.
I have used a few of at&t mvno's I have had straight talk, at&t-go, and currently prefer(and use) AIO wireless (now re-branded to Cricket). All of at&t mvno's don't even require you to unlock your carrier you can use any at&t phone on their networks.
I hope this clears things up a bit.
I've checked apn settings they are what it should be and in the settings menu it reads hspa+. And where I live and work both have lte. Gettysburg pa is where I live and I work in baltimore,md and people I know all have lte. I called customer service and they could see I was in a lte area and only receiving hspa+. They have a trouble ticket in. I know the icon in the notification bar always shows 4g thats why Ilike to always go off setting/about. Thank you for your help
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you need a new sim, you can get LTE with at&t prepaid but if you have an older sim,it wont work. i had a note 1 on postpaid and was only getting h+ until i went to the at&t store and got a newer sim.
some people will try to say there is no lte on at&t prepaid,there is.
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At&t stock roms will show 4g icon in the status bar for both HSPA+ and LTE. This is where the confusion starts yay AT&T.
To check to see if you are on LTE I would go to settings / about phone / Status and check the mobile network type. I think this will give you a better indication of the network you are on.
An information app similar to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gdip.android.network may also help.
If you are still not getting LTE with your at&t go phone I would start by checking your apn settings.
I have used a few of at&t mvno's I have had straight talk, at&t-go, and currently prefer(and use) AIO wireless (now re-branded to Cricket). All of at&t mvno's don't even require you to unlock your carrier you can use any at&t phone on their networks.
I hope this clears things up a bit.
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My ATT Note 2 has a 4G icon and a 4G LTE icon...
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I agree with getting a new sim. Go to a corporate/retail store not a dealer/franchise store, as the corporate will give you a new reprovisioned sim and the dealer will say it won't matter, or charge you.
I just saw the LTE icon for the first time, but I am far away from my home now.
So I bought a Verizon Note 4 (Verizon sim from previous owner installed) and a Gear S from a person off craigslist for $400 total. I have not activated Verizon service yet, only using on WiFi for right now. The phone has been updated to the latest BOG5 firmware from Verizon, so looks like no root for me as well ... Anyways...
...Is it normal for the phone to show 4G and a signal for about 30 seconds after powering on, then have no signal or LTE? Again, I have not activated the phone on Verizon yet, so keep that in mind.
I have checked the APN, and it seems I can't change or edit the Verizon APN. It is greyed out. It also seems it's incorrect. I'm wondering if this is why I get no signal at all.
Anybody have any ideas? I tried putting my metro PCS sim in it as well, and same result, no signal or LTE icon. Even added the correct APN for metro PCS and still nothing.
I also have a Verizon Samsung S6 Edge Plus that is not activated yet either, with a Verizon sim installed and it shows 4G and signal. Also, I can put my metro PCS in the Edge Plus and it works perfectly, without changing or doing anything.
Anyone have any idea as to why the Note 4 isn't working?