[Q] Note3 Unable to get Three 4G OTA update even after unrooting - Advice needed pls

Medical HRH said:

Ouch. That's me told. Please accept my apologies sir.

Not sure what to suggest then.

All I know is I desperately wanted 4G and that method sorted it for me.

Hope someone can help you sort it another way,

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Sweet. Welcome to the 4G club!

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At work in middleton. 22Mb down 23Mb up. 23 up. Wow.

punkstoner said:

At work in middleton. 22Mb down 23Mb up. 23 up. Wow.

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Nice.

I got 21 down and 21 up in Preston and 15 down/4.4 up in Swinton. It does seem to vary wildly from place to place and even in the same place at different times.

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Medical HRH said:

Nice.

I got 21 down and 21 up in Preston and 15 down/4.4 up in Swinton. It does seem to vary wildly from place to place and even in the same place at different times.

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I hope this isn't off topic but I'm wondering if I should flash an official KK update via odin - such as the Poland one.

Can anyone comment on whether or not there's a significant improvement over 4.3?

Now I've got 4G sorted I don't want to break it if it's not fixed, as it were. Also, if I flash it via ODIN, will I lose all my current 4.3 customisations?

Medical HRH said:

Nice.

I got 21 down and 21 up in Preston and 15 down/4.4 up in Swinton. It does seem to vary wildly from place to place and even in the same place at different times.

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I hope this isn't off topic but I'm wondering if I should flash an official KK update via odin - such as the Poland one.

Can anyone comment on whether or not there's a significant improvement over 4.3?

Now I've got 4G sorted I don't want to break it if it's not fixed, as it were. Also, if I flash it via ODIN, will I lose all my current 4.3 customisations?

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Im planning on staying on 4.3mj6 for a while. Kitkat as call recording issues and you cant roll back. 4g is 10 times the speed of 3g, and on mj6 battery life is awesome. My humble opinion? 4.4 is not worth it yet.

After all that drama getting 4G functionality, I'm now wondering if it's been worth the hassle. The Note 3 itself isn't really all that it's cracked up to be. I only "upgraded" from the Note 2 for 2 reasons: 1) To get 4G - but it's not available everywhere so I'm mostly using 3G and 3's HSDPA speeds are excellent anyway. 2) To get a better camera. Hmm. I can't honestly say that the Note 3's camera is noticeably better or worse than the Note 2's.

So does anyone else feel that it's a pointless change and that it's better just to stick with the Note 2?

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Medical HRH said:

After all that drama getting 4G functionality, I'm now wondering if it's been worth the hassle. The Note 3 itself isn't really all that it's cracked up to be. I only "upgraded" from the Note 2 for 2 reasons: 1) To get 4G - but it's not available everywhere so I'm mostly using 3G and 3's HSDPA speeds are excellent anyway. 2) To get a better camera. Hmm. I can't honestly say that the Note 3's camera is noticeably better or worse than the Note 2's.

So does anyone else feel that it's a pointless change and that it's better just to stick with the Note 2?

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LOL Oh dear, camera is OK tbh 13MP is good enough, I rarely use mine. I came from a HTC One which was very nice... I only went to the note for screen size, nothing else.

I might be posting a bit early as Im not near a three 4g mast so cant guarantee the network is going to log me in (problem for another day).. But I've been suffering with the same problem and been trying to be patient

Today my patience ran out.. Three told me as the phone is off contract I'll have to get the update from Samsung..

To prove a point I stuck a friends sim that has had the update in my phone.. Lo and behold i had the 4g option in network settings....

Now what surprised me is... The setting appears to be a once time toggle... Having stuck my sim back in and rebooted.. Still have the 4g setting.. And I'm connected to H+ using the 4g/3g/2g setting..

Phone is stock unrooted and unmodded.

Hope this helps someone

I have the Note 3 on 4.3 bought from France. When I inserted my Three SIM, it showed up as 4G and no text message was received.

The network is very congested in the London area and speed fluctuates throughout the entire day. I get very good speeds of over 25Mbit download after 2am whilst at work.

SimonGoldberger said:

I might be posting a bit early as Im not near a three 4g mast so cant guarantee the network is going to log me in (problem for another day).. But I've been suffering with the same problem and been trying to be patient

Today my patience ran out.. Three told me as the phone is off contract I'll have to get the update from Samsung..

To prove a point I stuck a friends sim that has had the update in my phone.. Lo and behold i had the 4g option in network settings....

Now what surprised me is... The setting appears to be a once time toggle... Having stuck my sim back in and rebooted.. Still have the 4g setting.. And I'm connected to H+ using the 4g/3g/2g setting..

Phone is stock unrooted and unmodded.

Hope this helps someone

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So this did work got 4g connection while out and about today

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SimonGoldberger said:

So this did work got 4g connection while out and about today

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Sorry to Nero the thread but people likely will still be having 4G issues on three network...
1st you need to check the micro sim you are using on three is 4G as some only provide h+ aka 3g+ or 3.5g all micro sits on three offer that however only some will be 4G.
Secondly 4G will automatically on a your mobile devise rooted or not when you come in range of an active 4G transmitting tower... when this happens the new 4G option will now appear in settings an alternative is plug in someone's 4G active sum then switch back

my nexus 5 of a me in Peterborough and I accepted then was 4G my note 3 just to a with no text or options 4G icon appeared and went live..

So to reiterate
1 4G devise
2 4G enabled simple
3 4G active tower

rooting and custom rooms do not effect the other as I'm rooted on both and one uses custom rom.
now all we need is the new note 3 patch currently on a in uk to enable download booster and know from the sg5