Enable AWS band (3g/4g Tmobile) on ATT Note 2 stock baseband

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ViciousLSD

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Did you try going into *#7284# usb settings and find out if your in mtp+abd and try again

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djkid

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I can load the file and everything. just my phone wont get the signal would not find the wind home zone and my bell would barely connect to the network. but if i load the original back up file bell is fine and wind doesnt work. so im not sure what is going on. and not sure what mtp_adb would do with the signal issue. phone is stock rom and not rooted either.

Did you try going into *#7284# usb settings and find out if your in mtp+abd and try again

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ViciousLSD

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Just try to see if it will connect to your phone... your saying it connects to one and not the other right?

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Dilandu

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Just try to see if it will connect to your phone... your saying it connects to one and not the other right?

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yea it connects qpst shows ( serial number ) connected other one just says ( no phone ) i put it on mtp mode and now the usb port number in my case 17 is no longer showing , phone just shows up as a mass storage device.
 

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yea it connects qpst shows ( serial number ) connected other one just says ( no phone ) i put it on mtp mode and now the usb port number in my case 17 is no longer showing , phone just shows up as a mass storage device.

Try rebooting your pc and connect the phone in any dm mode.
 

djkid

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Make sure at *#7284# both the options says pda and pda and for Qualcomm should be rndns + thing

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TEKHD

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im having similar issue. i have done this mod successfully on one rogers note 2. but the other seems to be giving alot of trouble. i am able to flash the qcn file with no problem. but i start to loose signal very fast and not able to connect to any network. i tried my bell sim and it would go from 4 to 1 bars as i make a call and calls never connect. my wind sim wont even see wind home. but just wind away. i have flashed the phone back to factory setting by flashing the oem software file. if i restore it back to original my bell works but obviously wind doesn't. has there been any solution to that so far.

Try this, put the qcn file on a pen drive and restore it from the pen drive... Not from the hard drive... For some reason it works for me from the pen drive only...

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djkid

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I tried that same thing plus data won't connect. Apn is there. And same signal issues.

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van131

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I just want to confirm this. I can change my rom without screwing everything up, right?
 

ViciousLSD

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From what I have read is that it's the modem..... flash any rom you'd like but don't flash modem and your good to go

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AWESOME!!!
I just tried this QCN file on my AT&T Galaxy Note II SGH-i317 using Simple Mobile on T-Mobile Towers (which was stuck on 2G/EDGE) and now I can get 4G right up!

I'm so excited!!!!

Thank you SO MUCH for your help sjravi! You rock!
 

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yea it connects qpst shows ( serial number ) connected other one just says ( no phone ) i put it on mtp mode and now the usb port number in my case 17 is no longer showing , phone just shows up as a mass storage device.

I had the same problem. If you having trouble connecting to PC after trying everything else make sure the following settings are correct. Be carefull changing these settings.

*#197328640# Service Mode
Main Menu -> [1] UMTS
UMTS MAIN MENU -> [6] COMMON
COMMON -> [4] DIAG CONFIG
DIAG CONFIG -> [2] DM/DUN over HSIC

My phone would not show up in qpst until DM/DUN over HSIC was set. How did I find this? I looked at another note 2 settings for diag config and found that mine was different. Don't know why mine was different.

Hope this helps someone. It was driving me crazy. Once I solved the qpst connection problem I restored the qcn in post #1.

The 3G bands for T-Mobile worked great on a i317m Bell phone. hpsa speeds were as fast as nexus 4 on hpsa 42+. Everything worked well. Also no problem with AT&T LTE speeds. It is strange but where I live T-Mobile so called 4G is faster than AT&T LTE. Yes I did check to make sure I had an AT&T LTE network. Whatever.

Thanks to all that contributed to this thread.
 
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Never care for prepaid plans until now.

Prepaid $30 4g from tmobile
DL: 12.9mbps UL:875kbps

2 year at&t contract $75 monthly
DL: 3.6mbps UL:1mbps


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    Method 1:


    Easiest method to enable AWS and DC HSPA (42Mbps) is to restore the attached qcn backup on ATT note 2. Use software download tool in QPST to restore the attached qcn file.

    Restoring qcn will not change your imei, so be worry free and restore :) Thanks to TEKHD for sharing the T889 qcn backup.

    If you face issues with data rate and stability, restore your device original qcn on top and change the value of 01877 to 115868544 in NV browser of QXDM or use 80 03 E8 06 in the text file and write it to device. DC HSPA or 42 Mbps will be disabled after this

    Thanks to Arrio for helping me remove imei from qcn file. I have attached my note 2 qcn backup.

    Now it should be piece of cake for all :)

    How to posted by Joogle


    1. Download and Install QPST, version 2.7 build 374 or higher

    2. Go to hidden menu on phone, dial *#7284#

    3. Once in Menu choose the option for USBSettingsMenu, then choose the option RNDIS+DM+MODEM.

    4. Hook up the phone to the PC via USB at this time if you haven't already. This option works on STOCK TOUCHWIZ.

    5. Go to your PC Control Panel. We need to get into the Device Manager to determine where your phone is being recognized as far as the COM ports. For this, go to System -> Device Manager (on the left) or System -> Hardware -> Device Manager (depends on your Control Panel setup). Anyways, scroll down to Ports (may say Ports & LTP, Serial, depends on version). Anyways, find your phone under it, and take note of the COM# (mine was COM9, yours can and probably will vary). If you have exclamation marks anywhere then install the Samsung drivers and try again.

    6. Now go to Start Menu -> All Programs -> QPST -> QPST Configuration

    7. Click on the Ports tab. Click on Add New Port, then add your Port# where it says Port and name it something you can remember. Hit OK.

    8. Now click on Start Clients -> Software Download. Click on the Backup tab. Make sure your phone is listed under Port. If its not, hit Browse, choose the COM that is your phone, and hit OK. Now where it says QCN File, hit Browse, find a safe spot to store your backup on your PC, and name it. Hit OK. Now hit Start. Make sure backup gets to 100% with no errors.

    9. Go back into QPST. Go to Start Clients -> Software Download. Click on the Restore tab. Make sure your phone is listed under Port. If not, browse to the appropriate COM port.

    10. Choose the QCN backup in the first post of this thread. Click Start, let it finish. Phone should reboot. If it fails rebooting, just do a manual reboot. First boot will take a bit, let it do its thing.



    Messing with NV parameters can brick your device.
    5
    I solved my own problem after 3 hours of trial and error. For those people having "no phone connected" issue with QPST. follow the following steps.

    1. dial *#9090#
    2. select [2]DM/DUN over HSIC
    3. phone automaticlly reboots.
    4. QPST should detect the Note 2.
    4
    So I'm about ready to pull the trigger but wanted some clarification due to conflicting reports in this thread.

    I've read that if you are not in an LTE area, the phone will default to edge, even in refarmed 1900mhz areas. Can someone elaborate, confirm, or deny? Thanks. (BTW I'm referring to T-Mobile)

    No.

    1. If you were take the phone out of the box (assuming it was unlocked), and even if you never rooted it or attempted this mod, you would get T-Mobile LTE in areas where it's available. The phone's hardware natively supports 700/AWS (1700/2100) MHz for LTE. You can use http://ltemap.org/tmobile to check if you're in or near a T-Mobile LTE area. It's a non-official, crowd-sourced map.

    2. In line with the above, if you do not apply this mod on the phone, you WOULD get HSPA+ (up to 21 Mbps, not 42 Mbps DC-HSPA+) in areas where 1900 MHz T-Mobile spectrum is available and running. These are referred to "refarmed" areas. You can use http://airportal.de to check if you are in or near one. It's a non-official, crowd-sourced map.

    3. What applying this mod does is turn on the already-supported (software-disabled) AWS bands (1700/2100 MHz) for HSPA+ ("4G"), so that you don't need to be in a refarmed area to get normal T-Mobile data speeds. It additionally turns on DC-HSPA+, which won't do anything for your speeds on AT&T, but will allow you to reach up to 42 Mbps on T-Mobile.

    This mod is completely undetectable and doesn't even require root or a custom ROM. You will need to reapply it, though, every time you flash a modem, whether it's a different one or the same one.

    Aside from some minor unrelated hardware differences, the AT&T and T-Mobile Note 2 are the exact same phone. Here's why you need to apply the mod. Out of the box:

    AT&T Note 2: HSPA+ 850/900/1900/2100 MHz, LTE 700/850/1700/1900/2100 MHz - The 1700 MHz for HSPA+ is there but turned off by the modem.

    T-Mobile Note 2: HSPA+ 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz, LTE: 700/1700/2100 MHz

    In the modem memory area, there are various "on-off" switches for different things. The T-Mobile Note 2 has AWS turned on, while the AT&T Note 2 has the same option, with the setting turned off. This area of memory is called NV Memory. The reason you have to reapply this mod every time is because the settings are defined by the modem, and flashing or reflashing a modem on an AT&T Note 2 will revert it to OFF. All this "mod" is, is restoring a backup of the T-Mobile Note 2 modem settings on an AT&T Note 2 to turn the option ON.
    3
    Anybody have a working link for QTSP or QXDM?

    So the tool that is needed to flash the zip file or restore current backup is QXDM?

    thanks in advance

    Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app

    I'll put them up on my anonymous ftp server for you. Just give it a few to upload as my server is co-located at a different location than I am at, so I have to upload to it.

    ftp://www.industrial-logic.com
    3
    No need to Follow this method anymore.
    There is a much simplified method if you follow OP
    .
    Go back to 1st post and follow instructions









    Here is what I did to enable AWS on my Rogers note 2:]
    I'm not responsible if you brick your device. Follow instructions at your own discretion.

    Also please dont forget to thank sjravi for his fantastic workthat enabled us to use AWS band.


    1. Download and back up NV files via NV writer+reader. Also make sure that you Samsung drivers are installed on your PC.

    2. Google for QXDM Professional (I have 3.12.714 on Win7 64bit) & QPST (QPST is required to run QXDM, so make sure you download both programs).

    3.Back up qcn file via QPST.(If something goes wrong you can just restore you qcn backup to get your phone back to functioning state) Here is the link on how to backup your qcn

    4. Download note2_aws_nv.zip (created by sjravi and I have also downloaded nv aftr qxdm removed imei.zip by Manni.k

    Note: you can use either one of them, you dont need both. Personally for me Manni.k's text file worked.

    5.Then after downloading NV backup text file (in my case it was nv aftr qxdm removed imei.zip) I have changed the line 01877 in text file to look like this :

    01877 (0x0755) - OK
    80 03 E8 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | €.è.............
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
    basically added 80 03 E8 06 according to this post
    After changing that, I saved the file on my desktop. (you will need this modified text file later to restore via NV reader/writer tool)

    6.So now I moved to QXDM and QPST tools. First you need to make sure that you have added your usb port in QPST. Follow this instruction (Step 1 to 9) to add a port (as QXDM will not work if you dont add it).
    Note that after adding a diagnostic port you might see your phone name as ???. Dont worry.

    7.Now you need to add above diagnostic port in QXDM. Use this zip by sjravi and follw instruction. Also after adding your device port go ahead and open NV browser (check the zip for instruction).

    8. You will need to manually enable these lines in NV browser. Simply click on the number and hit write (bottom right corner), wait till it says NV Written. If it says No response or No diagnostic response received, then keep hitting Write until you see NV Written. Check spoiler below for the NV parameters that need to be enabled. You will need to enable all of them in NV browser..

    00719 (0x02CF)
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    Also go to line 01877 in NV browser hit read and change the input number to 115868544 then hit Write. Make sure you get a response saying "NV Written". You can verify if it changed successfully by hitting read again and now input should say 115868544.

    9.Now go back to NV Writer + Reader tool and restore modified NV text file that you saved on your desktop (Not your actual NV backup, but the one you downloaded and modified line 01877). Remember NV writer + Reader tool will keep saying device does not respond or connect. Be stubborn and keep trying to restore, you will eventually succeed (at least I had this problem).

    Reboot your phone, insert T-Mobile or Wind Mobile SIM and go to Settings-->More Settings--->Mobile Networks and choose your desired network operator manually. (assuming you have already unlocked your phone , if not use this method to unlock. It worked for me.)
    Also make sure you have correct APN addedto be able to use internet.
    Even after adding correct APN I still had no data, so I turned off Data toggle in notification panel and turned it on. I got H+ right away :).

    If you experience issues just restore your qcn backup via QPST and start all over again.

    For Canadian users if you have Wnd Mobile add the following APN:

    If you have voice & data plan add internet.windmobile.ca
    If you have data only plan such as usb stick then add broadband.windmobile.ca


    I was in the same situation as most of you are at the moment. Was very confused so thats why I decided to share my little noobish experience with you. Dont blame me if I missed something or if your phone blew up. I'm just as noob as you :)