[DEV][BOUNTY][Hugs And Kisses] Enabling 1700Mhz on the Note (for T-mo USA)

[crazy talk]

Word From the Moderator: No one wants a TMO Note more than me, But Bounty Threads such as these seldom reap the desired benefits they strive to reach. We at XDA encourage development, but remember, we are a free form organization and as such, trying to insert a bounty offer in a free form system is problematic at best........ so a word of caution.......

here's what we know, the power amplifier (the part controlling what frequencies the phone runs on) supports T-mobile USA's 1700Mhz bands. which would allow us to enable 3G. we also know the phone lists 1700Mhz in the service menu (*#2263#) but doesn't appear to enable anything or causes other problems on the device.

more than likely the issue lies in the Modem.bin within the device. after that I'm in the dark. consider me more of a cheerleader than a developer.

the initial thread can be found here. Clicky

Contributions.
1.) Crazy talk -$50
2.) Hammerfest -$20
3.) daddymatt -$50
4.) lawalty -$20
5.) Jason370 -$100
6.) yentlequible -$20
7.) the.mister.d -$25
8.) cu_ninja -$30
9.) ItsMathematics -$50
10.) mike2518 -$40
11.) biswasd -$100
12.) n25philly -$20
13.) Seeking -$40
14.) Rockky -$100
15.) yayaja67 -$25
16.) refatb -$50
17.) cadavar -$100
18.) getmouse - $50
19.) MOTH477 - $20

CURRENT TOTAL: $910
(Note, as of 9/3/12 i can't imagine many of these promised donations will come through)

I'll do my best to keep up with any contributions and add them to the list. if you believe I've skipped you feel free to PM me.

ANYONE in the united states that wants a Galaxy Note should be willing to put up a contribution, AT&T is causing more problems than they are worth for those of you using the Note with their service. I have yet to hear about T-mobile stone walling imported phones on their network.

I Personally don't intend to donate to any developers until we have a working product. but I'm not in control of how others intend to handle their pledged contributions.

 

[xAnimal5]

here's what we know, the power amplifier (the part controlling what frequencies the phone runs on) supports T-mobile USA's 1700Mhz bands. which would allow us to enable 3G. we also know the phone lists 1700Mhz in the service menu (*#2263#) but doesn't appear to enable anything or causes other problems on the device.

more than likely the issue lies in the Modem.bin within the device. after that I'm in the dark. consider me more of a cheerleader than a developer.

the initial thread can be found here. Clicky

Contributions.
1.) Crazy talk -$50
2.) Hammerfest -$20
3.) daddymatt -$50
4.) lawalty -$20
5.) Jason370 -$100
6.) yentlequible -$20
7.) the.mister.d -$25
8.) cu_ninja -$30
9.) ItsMathematics -$50
10.) mike2518 -$40
11.) biswasd -$100
12.) n25philly -$20


CURRENT TOTAL: $525

I'll do my best to keep up with any contributions and add them to the list. if you believe I've skipped you feel free to PM me.

ANYONE in the united states that wants a Galaxy Note should be willing to put up a contribution, AT&T is causing more problems than they are worth for those of you using the Note with their service. I have yet to hear about T-mobile stone walling imported phones on their network.

I Personally don't intend to donate to any developers until we have a working product. but I'm not in control of how others intend to handle their pledged contributions.

I've had 0 problems from AT&T, I grandfathered my unlimited data plan about 5 years ago which may be why they are leaving me alone.

Anyways, T-mo and AT&T are merging soon and AT&T is gonna basicly cannibalize their network, so...

Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

 

[Hammerfest]

I've had 0 problems from AT&T, I grandfathered my unlimited data plan about 5 years ago which may be why they are leaving me alone.

Anyways, T-mo and AT&T are merging soon and AT&T is gonna basicly cannibalize their network, so...

Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

You are one of the lucky few not having issues with AT&T, theres a few threads devoted to the **** AT&T is trying to pull.*

And yes, AT&T is trying to cannibalize TMo, but until that happens, and even when that happens, just like you, its "grandfather" time



*It was said in the AT&T text of death thread that someone went in and talked to a manager at a local AT&T store, and was told by them, that they where told not to activate the Note (got that?), I went in to 3 local AT&T stores down here and 1 of the 3 store managers told me the same thing, now 1/3 is low odds, but the other 2 looked... lazy... so its possible they got it but ignored/didnt understand the message, but the warning should be there...

EDIT: as said in the post below me: http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/19/223231/att-officially-ends-plans-to-acquire-t-mobile-usa /// http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/19/att-cancels-plans-to-acquire-t-mobile-usa/

 

[crazy talk]

I've had 0 problems from AT&T, I grandfathered my unlimited data plan about 5 years ago which may be why they are leaving me alone.

Anyways, T-mo and AT&T are merging soon and AT&T is gonna basicly cannibalize their network, so...

Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

AT&T abandons T-Mobile merger plans

 

[Avictus]

To get back on topic:

I managed to get the 1700 band to stay enabled, but once I enable it, I can no longer connect to T-Mobile. I've tried with all bands enabled (GSM 850, 900, 1800, and 1900; and WCDMA 850, 900, 1700, 1900, and 2100) and I've also tried with only enabling what I think are T-Mobile's bands (GSM 850 and 1900; and WCDMA 1700 and 2100.) In all cases, once I enable 1700, I can no longer connect to T-Mobile and it doesn't even show up in the Network Providers list when I search. I can still connect to AT&T, however, with only emergency calls allowed. Once I turn off 1700, I can connect to T-Mobile just fine.

 

[seeking]

I will donate $40 (more if I get the new job I've been after by the time this goes through)

 

[Hammerfest]

To get back on topic:

I managed to get the 1700 band to stay enabled, but once I enable it, I can no longer connect to T-Mobile. I've tried with all bands enabled (GSM 850, 900, 1800, and 1900; and WCDMA 850, 900, 1700, 1900, and 2100) and I've also tried with only enabling what I think are T-Mobile's bands (GSM 850 and 1900; and WCDMA 1700 and 2100.) In all cases, once I enable 1700, I can no longer connect to T-Mobile and it doesn't even show up in the Network Providers list when I search. I can still connect to AT&T, however, with only emergency calls allowed. Once I turn off 1700, I can connect to T-Mobile just fine.

yeah, this requires someone to mod the radio or firmware for the radio to enable said bands... just changing the option in debug menu wont automagically enable it..

 

[tids2k]

move the thread to GENERAL please.

 

[Hammerfest]

move the thread to GENERAL please.

bounty threads are probably the only type other then dev allowed to be in the DEVELOPMENT thread for those who DEVELOP to see... see similar dev threads in: Photon/TouchPro2 and many others...

 

[rockky]

Thanks to the good folks at my ATT store I got a skyrocket imei and have had smooth very fast 6_9000kbps sailing here in Chicago....BUT would jump to TMobiles Hspa+ network.
I'll pledge $100 to the project

 

[yayaja67]

I'm in for $25!! Go Devs Go!!

 

[refatb]

Gnote on tmobile 3g/4g

I will add $50, for the cause i want to get a galaxy note

 

[refatb]

I've had 0 problems from AT&T, I grandfathered my unlimited data plan about 5 years ago which may be why they are leaving me alone.

Anyways, T-mo and AT&T are merging soon and AT&T is gonna basicly cannibalize their network, so...

Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

I grandfathered my unlimited data also BUT at&t throttled my data down to Edge speed after i passed 2GB thats unacceptable for $199 per month for 2 lines.....iam going to T-Mobile for their Monthly 4G with no contract unlimited talk n text plus 5GB data for $70, also by the way any new customer can grand father the data plan to unlimited, go to at&t store with a iPhone 2G and say u lost your iphone 4 and u want to use the 2G as back up for now, then when you activate it thru itunes it gives u the option to get unlimited edge internet for $20 and then u cut the sim and put it in your iphone 4 and the system will automatically upgrade it to the unlimited 3G data for $30 but what good is it if they throttle it down to edge after 2GB?

 

[xAnimal5]

I grandfathered my unlimited data also BUT at&t throttled my data down to Edge speed after i passed 2GB thats unacceptable for $199 per month for 2 lines.....iam going to T-Mobile for their Monthly 4G with no contract unlimited talk n text plus 5GB data for $70, also by the way any new customer can grand father the data plan to unlimited, go to at&t store with a iPhone 2G and say u lost your iphone 4 and u want to use the 2G as back up for now, then when you activate it thru itunes it gives u the option to get unlimited edge internet for $20 and then u cut the sim and put it in your iphone 4 and the system will automatically upgrade it to the unlimited 3G data for $30 but what good is it if they throttle it down to edge after 2GB?

I use about 10gigs/ month and I haven't gotten throttled, only a warning when I hit 12gigs.

It depends on how fast you used your data. For example, on day 1 of your billing cycle, the throttling bar is anywhere from 500mb-2gbs and increases incrementally. So using 5gbs on Day 5 would get you throttled, but not on say... Day 15.

That's why LTE phones get throttled so fast.

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[cadavar]

Count me in for $100. I am a bit speculative that it will work, but I've seen a lot of amazing things happen here at XDA.

 

[cu_ninja]

I just read that T-Mobile will be rolling out their new 1900 band. Does anybody know if that will give us note users 3g? I know the note supports it but want to make sure before I get too excited.

Edit: adding link. http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobile-rolling-out-new-3g-bands-20111220/

 

[crazy talk]

Bumping the thread with the new total, only a stones throw from 1,000 now.

have any devs even looked at this?

 

[FAILHARD]

I'm not a developer, but I do have some ideas about these things. I know that other Samsung Phones used this same power amplifier, SKY77604, and that different modem.bin files could be flashed for use with different carriers. While it is impossible to flash another phones modem.bin, a logical step would be to investigate the other modem.bin's and begin the creation of a new modem.bin for the Galaxy Note based on those. Just a suggestion. Please devs, I want this phone very badly, but I cant live without 3g/4g.

 

[Jade Eyed Wolf]

I just read that T-Mobile will be rolling out their new 1900 band. Does anybody know if that will give us note users 3g? I know the note supports it but want to make sure before I get too excited.

Edit: adding link. http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobile-rolling-out-new-3g-bands-20111220/

My understanding of this is that T-Mobile isn't rolling out their own 1900 band per-se, it's more likely a byproduct of the 7 year roaming agreement that have made with AT&T as a result of the failed AT&T/T-Mo acquisition.

 

[crazy talk]

I'm not a developer, but I do have some ideas about these things. I know that other Samsung Phones used this same power amplifier, SKY77604, and that different modem.bin files could be flashed for use with different carriers. While it is impossible to flash another phones modem.bin, a logical step would be to investigate the other modem.bin's and begin the creation of a new modem.bin for the Galaxy Note based on those. Just a suggestion. Please devs, I want this phone very badly, but I cant live without 3g/4g.

what other samsung phones are using the 77604? i suspect the Meizu Mx has a 77604, but it's not out yet. so it's hard to confirm.