T-mobile SGH-T989 modem.bin in the Galaxy Note??

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Has anyone Change the Modem.bin file in the note yet to that of the SGH-T989 from T-mobile. To see if the 1700 band is working??????????

Originally Posted by getmouse

Has anyone Change the Modem.bin file in the note yet to that of the SGH-T989 from T-mobile. To see if the 1700 band is working??????????

Please Christ somebody do this...

Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

I did a quick google search because this seemed like an interesting idea. As far as I can tell, the bands a radio is capable of is defined by the hardware, not software.

I am not saying with any certainty that the idea won't work. I just don't think its likely.

Here is what I read, http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone8.htm

Originally Posted by Pops_G

I did a quick google search because this seemed like an interesting idea. As far as I can tell, the bands a radio is capable of is defined by the hardware, not software.

I am not saying with any certainty that the idea won't work. I just don't think its likely.

Here is what I read, http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone8.htm

Well I'm hoping the hardware in the two are the same and it just a software change that is needed.

Originally Posted by getmouse

Has anyone Change the Modem.bin file in the note yet to that of the SGH-T989 from T-mobile. To see if the 1700 band is working??????????

If someone cares to give it to me, I'll give it a try.

- Frank

Originally Posted by ChodTheWacko

If someone cares to give it to me, I'll give it a try.

- Frank

Here you go..................

my Note shows 1700 band when entering *#2263# code

I hope this works so I can hurry up and order mine

Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App

Originally Posted by tocache

my Note shows 1700 band when entering *#2263# code

If you don't mind me asking which country galaxy note do you have? And also where did you purchase it from ?!

Still on HTC HD2 (love the phone!) but need something with a bigger screen that will work on t-mobile... *sigh...*

Originally Posted by tocache

... Got at Sincere Podium, second floor at 5480HKD, hong kong unit

After checking *#2263# I can see there's 5 bands for 3G! 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100!

Never mind , I found it. I was hoping I could purchase it online...

Originally Posted by tocache

my Note shows 1700 band when entering *#2263# code

Just because you see it in an option list doesn't mean it works.
Mine has that too - trying to enable it basically hosed my phone and I had to factory reset.

How do I install this .bin file? I haven't really done this before.
Can I just swap the files and reboot or do I have to use the install script? (and if so, how do I back it out?)

- Frank