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How to get T-Mobile network working on GT-N7000 galaxy note

Hello everyone. I been using the international galaxy note ever since it came out. Still using it here on T-Mobile edge network. I head that its possible that the unlocked galaxy note can also use T-Mobile 4g now. Can anyone please give me some more info. About it. Is it actually possible ? If it is how ?. Plz need some help. I'm paying for 4g but stuck with 2g on my lovely note.
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jewel165 said:
I head that its possible that the unlocked galaxy note can also use T-Mobile 4g now.
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Then you heard wrong I'm afraid!
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Dave
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T-mobile is "refarming" 1700 and 1900mHz frequencies, so as I understand it, 3G and H+ speeds should be available for the GT-N7000, and iPhone, in your area soon. I was assured it would be working while at the store today when I got a new SIM for mine. (Given that I was getting the SIM and service for the H+ speeds, I can't imagine the reps there would be misrepresenting what's available). I'm still only getting an E, but I may not have the right radio/modem firmware.

it has nothing to do with your radio or your firmware.... the radio for 1700 has not been successfully cracked yet so it is all up to tmobile... if they told you its on in your area and youre still getting edge its probably something you misunderstood or was told wrong... either way they are adding the 1900 freq which is in the international 7000. the key word there is adding. now tmo has stated they want it to be across the usa by the end of the year so take that how you may... so far they have added cities to the list that have been turned on to the 1900 freq... i believe you can find where has been and whats upcoming from either the tmo website a free call to 611, or a trip to a corporate store....
so they have heard right to a point... just in a few areas so far... soon to be more... we hope...

Just a "note" to say don't give up hope. I've been waiting forever and getting by with a combination of EDGE on my Note, or putting my SIM in a TMO GSIII to get HSPA+ there. Last week I bought an international Note II which has the same 1900 3G band as the Note 1. I was literally on the day where I'd have to decide whether to keep the Note 2, or return it and wait for the TMO version to get 3G. That very night, I got home and found EDGE totally gone. No data at all on the Note 2. As I was calling TMO to ask what was going on (and hoping beyond hope it was refarming) the TMO site serving my house flickered its refarmed 1900 3G on for a test. I couldn't believe it. It felt like Christmas!! I got speeds of over 7Mbps on my first tests. I sat there running speed tests instead of going to sleep lol. Alas, the 3G was gone by morning and for a while even EDGE was gone, but it came back later in the day. That was Monday. Since then (now Thursday), 1900 3G has been going on and off on more sites around my area. It's working fairly well at my work right now, but comes and goes now and then. They are obviously preparing my area for a proper switchover which, given the amount of testing they are doing, will hopefully be soon. I've gotten 12Mbps on a couple of daytime speed tests! Anyway, the fact that it seems imminent for my area, pretty much cemented my decision to keep the International Note 2 GT-N7100. I guess the moral of the story is, TMO are definitely working on it! I'm in the Chicago north west suburbs BTW.
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I really start hoping that they change the frequencies here in Utah soon. I'm getting tired of 2g.
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Yup we just need wait... I was getting HSPA in some area here in LA and its looking good can't wait to be completely rolled out.

This is a community type project and not official but here is a map of refarmed areas.
http://www.airportal.de/

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This is a community type project and not official but here is a map of refarmed areas.
http://www.airportal.de/
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Second the airportal link. Some areas have a lot of 1900 filled out already... where are you located OP?

i thought i would bump this old threat instead of opening a new one. im in nyc and tmo refarmed their 3g in december last year. just wanted
to see if there were any success stories as far as using the n7000 with the new refarmed frequencies. many thanks
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There are quite a few areas covered by the new 1900MHz from tmobile. If your place is still uncovered, just be patient...
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Hi,here just south of Chicago I started getting 3G and HSPA+ around 1st week in January on T-mobile on same international version GT-N7000. It's not consistent but in areas around my job I get 3G solid for whole day. Also wanted to add Zedomax. (HighOnAndroid). just relased Youtube video that T-mobile
is updating to 4G LTE in certain areas. Waiting anxiously, just hope my note is capable.
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Bellingham, WA
I have been getting 3G and H+ signal on my N7000 for about a week now here in Bellingham, WA. But where I live in Blaine, WA I am still getting 2G signal. Hopefully T-Mobile will get it working in Blaine soon. It's only about 12 miles from Bellingham.

ATT or TMOBILE?

Hi guys...
I am stoked for this N4 to come into my hand.
which carrier would be a better choice for me?
I live in NYC. thanks.

T mobile you will get much better speed than att
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What he said^^^^
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T-Mo for speed is probably the best.
However for (possibly) a better look at coverage, may I suggest looking at the Root Metrics Coverage Maps or the Sensorly Coverage Maps. They're based on user submitted tests and data that offer a much better look at where reception is good or bad.

T-Mobile is spending a lot of the money ATT gave them to beef up their network. T-Mobile wants to be a viable competitor again. Their Hspa+ is about 3-4 times faster than ATT. With those things said I chose T-Mobile today. In addition to everything I said they also have truly unlimited 4g and they are cheaper.
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it is based on your location, tbh...
Maybe some NYC XDA people will comment on their experiences with both here...

Depends on location. T-Mobile worked great for me and speeds were incredible for HSPA+. But the problem with me was I had no reception in crucial areas, kinda suck if you can't receive calls text at home or some areas at work.
Att allows you to use their post paid plans without signing a contract. And you can try T-Mobiles $30 100 min, unlimited text and data and only be down 30 of it don't work out

Thinking of getting off Verizon and on T-Mobile with nexus 4

I hate how Verizon doesn't support gsm phones, I can't upgrade my plan without loosing my unlimited data, and I can't activate any of the manufacturer version of a device because they only support CDMA.
How is everyone's satisfaction with T-Mobile? That's the only carrier I can go to and I'm in Massachusetts. If anyone can give me a good idea on what the difference in service is like that would be great.
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it depends on where in MA for instance, in the western MA thinks performs well however west Worcester county(ware/w. Brookfield) it's more challenging
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Not sure where you are, but this site helped me a lot when I was doing research on carriers in my area.
http://www.rootmetrics.com/compare-carriers/united-states/worcester/worcester-january-2013/
I took a quick glance there... and it looks pretty bad.
Compared to my area:
http://www.rootmetrics.com/compare-carriers/united-states/sacramento/sacramento-december-2012/
T-Mobile coverage/service is great here.

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it depends on where in MA for instance, in the western MA thinks performs well however west Worcester county(ware/w. Brookfield) it's more challenging
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i agree, i live in kentucky and i easily use about 6-10gb a month and not having to worry about a data cap is lovely. i have been in a few spotty areas before but for the most part ive always been able to make calls and i havent dropped one yet. ive tried straight talk att here before i went to tmobile and while i did like att service the capped me at 1.5gb and i was only 1 week into the service.
id say look at the places you will be going most and see if tmobile has the coverage there and see if youll be ok with it first, if so make the jump, i did and i havent looked back yet.. im on the $70 unlimited no contract plan

T-No works well in all cities I go to and I have been with them for 7 years or so... check their coverage maps. They are very accurate ...
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My wife and I made the switch from Veriz to T-Mob a few months ago.
There is one big overriding rule. In big population centers... T-Mob is just fine. Building penetration is not as good as Verizon though. Driving around through the lesser populated areas (outskirts and countryside), there is very little (read: none) T-Mob data coverage.
We live in Charlotte, NC and here I am completely happy with the service (data speeds are excellent). But just outside of the metro area, I am roaming. On a trip back to Iowa, the only place we had T-Mobile data was around Des Moines. Outside of Des Moines, we were roaming the whole time (even in Iowa City with population over 80,000).
You can roam with voice and text, and that generally works fine.
You can roam on data (small monthly allowances... depends on data plan) but speeds are very (read: painfully) slow.
But, for us it made sense... It saved us over a thousand dollars a year.
My two cents: If you spend your time in big cities... I'd go for it (or at least try a monthly pre-paid plan). There will be a drop off in coverage compared to verizon, but it is completely tolerable in my opinion.
If you live in (or spend a lot of time) in a small town, or you are on the highway, don't do it if you need data.

I'm really happy with T-Mobile coming from sprint. I live in south Florida and I get full bars almost everywhere I go. Data speed is just awesome I get between 8 to 14 mbps. Compare to sprint in a good day 750 kbps. And plans start at $30 which is what I have!
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I live in Brooklyn, NYC and tmo has been great....well at least to me. Building penetration is lacking, but I can live with that! My speeds are usually great and the $30 data plan takes care of my needs...so for me its perfect!

I live jus north of Boston, Lynn to be exact and have great service. I work in Needham(out skirts of Boston) which I also get great service. My wife's family lives in the south shore (brockton) where the coverage is not so great. I go to the cape every year and the service there is not so great. Both those areas are mainly switching from E to 1 bar on H. Hope this info helps you. Good luck.
Also my wife and friend have att and they get good service jus about everywhere. I don't know how the data speeds are for att but they have better coverage and more expensive than T-Mobile.
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QUIETLYloud said:
it depends on where in MA for instance, in the western MA thinks performs well however west Worcester county(ware/w. Brookfield) it's more challenging
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Lakeville. Its a little southwest if Boston close to Middleborough
And thank you everyone for all the info! I think I can deal with a little less coverage.
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I hate how Verizon doesn't support gsm phones, I can't upgrade my plan without loosing my unlimited data, and I can't activate any of the manufacturer version of a device because they only support CDMA.
How is everyone's satisfaction with T-Mobile? That's the only carrier I can go to and I'm in Massachusetts. If anyone can give me a good idea on what the difference in service is like that would be great.
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I'm on the south shore and recently switched from vzw to tmo. Factually, the network is worse but there hasn't been a time when I couldn't use the phone. Data speeds are fine and I'm not missing messages or calls. My low usage(save for data) didn't justify the exuberant cost that vzw charges and the limits were annoyingly restricting.
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I made the same decision as you last month and here is what I did.
I bought the n4 and the T-Mobile 30/month plan while I still had my Vzw account. I then tested the network and data in my two week return period Google gives. I then decided it was good and canceled my Vzw account.
Once I canceled Vzw and was on tmobiles 70/month unlimited plan, I started having issues that I personally couldn't live with. Tmobiles data speed are excellent (7-42mbps) however their signal is very spotty and my phone was constantly dropping to edge. I could live with this because of the cost savings, however when i noticed I was getting delayed text (sending and receiving) and phone calls not going through, I really started regretting Vzw which was always solid for me. T-Mobile tech support reminds me of the Citibank commercial "this is Peggy" and it sucks!
I then switched to att cause I love the n4, and was able to sign up contract free which I love. Their speeds are a lot slower, but their coverage is very solid. This is when I started actually becoming angry that the n4 didn't support lte since att has lte in the area and tmobile doesn't.
I work in north attleboro ma and this is just my 2 cents. I personally travel for work sometimes and really didn't want to run into no coverage zones with T-Mobile and not be able to roam. Att is not as good as Vzw, so only time will tell. Worst comes to worst I sign on with Vzw again in the future and get their latest and greatest, would have lost unlimited data regardless. Let me know if you need any more advice
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andybfmv96 said:
I hate how Verizon doesn't support gsm phones, I can't upgrade my plan without loosing my unlimited data, and I can't activate any of the manufacturer version of a device because they only support CDMA.
How is everyone's satisfaction with T-Mobile? That's the only carrier I can go to and I'm in Massachusetts. If anyone can give me a good idea on what the difference in service is like that would be great.
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I live in Boston, work in Cambridge - T-Mobile is a beast!!
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why dont you try Solavei its basically is t-mobile no contract for $50 unlimited talk , text, data! and if you dont like you can always go back to verizon
www.solavei.com/SignUp?un=benjaminbribies&from=Invite

Yep. Moved to T-Mobile! Loving it. Love my nexus 4 too
T-Mobile has 4g in my area but hspa+ is fast enough for me. And I always have enough service to send calls and text. Whereas on Verizon it was spotty and only worked some of the time.
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Wise move... Enjoy T-Mobile on the N4! Cool

Month to month, no contract sounds good to me.

Three network vs T-mobile (Pay monthly)

Hi guys, I have a pay monthly sim which is from T-mobile and it will end in 4 Months and i am waiting for Samsung s4 release. Basically which network provider is better? I want to swap to Three because they have cheap and good plan for the S4.. What is your experience with this network provider? Do they have fast internet? are they better than T-mobile?
Regards.

LTE has been deployed in a few cities already and the DC-HSPA speeds are pretty good. Not sure about Three though as I've never really heard of them. LTE speeds seem to be consistently 20Mbps down and around 30-50msec pings from the screenshots I've seen for KC and Vegas. And getting the $30 5GB plan is really good.

I assume you're talking about the UK? Three aren't rolling out 4g until q4 of this year, tmobile will never roll out 4g, you need to go to EE for that. Three's dchspa is great from my experience-
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I assume you're talking about the UK? Three aren't rolling out 4g until q4 of this year, tmobile will never roll out 4g, you need to go to EE for that. Three's dchspa is great from my experience-
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Oh duh. lol

Tmobile just launched 4G Lte march 27th.
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I have a Nexus 4 on Three currently, using their £12.90 plan with AYCE data, speeds seem to fluctuate alot for me, between 0.5Mbps and 12Mbps in the same room of my house, depending on the day. Ping times are lower than 100ms 80% of the time, so fast page loading. My Mum is on T-Mobile (using an iPhone 4 so no DC-HSDPA, not sure if T-Mobile support it anyway) and her speeds are never higher than 2Mbps down with 200ms ping, haven't tried her sim in my phone so can't comment on if it's phone related or network, but what I suggest is get a Three payg sim, top it up with a bit of credit and check the speeds in your area, also check their coverage map as they don't have a 2G backup everywhere (only rural places with little to no 3G)

AIO Wireless (AT&T mvno)

http://www.aiowireless.com/home.html
Has anyone tried this yet? I'm definitely gonna be ordering a sim (theryre only $9.99) and giving it a go next month
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Not available in South Dakota.
What are the rates? It's kind of stupid that they won't even let you shop if they don't serve your area.
EDIT: Ok, the coverage map down the page says they cover my city. When I type in my zip in that map, it locates it fine and I have coverage. When I got to shop for plans and type my zip in, it says they don't cover me. Seems like they need to update/sync their database. Although, I'm getting the same message that I got a few weeks ago about being only in 2 cities at the moment, maybe they just need to update their validator on the page?

Oops, I read on a website that it was available nationwide now, I guess not but the rates are $40 for 250 mb of HSDPA, 55 for 2 GB, and 70 for 7 GB, all with a soft cap to edge data afterwards.
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For 70$ on T-Mobile I can get unlimited 4g and everything elce
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Oops, I read on a website that it was available nationwide now, I guess not but the rates are $40 for 250 mb of HSDPA, 55 for 2 GB, and 70 for 7 GB, all with a soft cap to edge data afterwards.
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That's pricier than StraightTalk.

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That's pricier than StraightTalk.
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It is but at least you don't have to worry about random throttling, since the data limits are clearly defined. I used to be in st at&t, their throttling is a joke. Ditched them after a month
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For 70$ on T-Mobile I can get unlimited 4g and everything elce
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Of course tmo is a better deal, but in many areas (mine included) at&ts network is waaaay better than tmo.
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Of course tmo is a better deal, but in many areas (mine included) at&ts network is waaaay better than tmo.
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And I can personally vouch for this exact scenario. AT&T covers the entire city of Marshall and all of the outskirts, whereas T-Mobile only covers the "downtown" area. I live JUST outside of downtown and get NO service whatsoever. I told T-Mobile to kiss off and have been using H2O Wireless for maybe a week or so and it's been nothing but pleasurable. The service "just works." I'll definitely be switching to AIO when it's available nationwide because their customer service seems to be state-side, whereas H2O is outsourced and VERY difficult to work with and they have no patience. Definitely crap customer service but hey, you get what you pay for I guess?

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And I can personally vouch for this exact scenario. AT&T covers the entire city of Marshall and all of the outskirts, whereas T-Mobile only covers the "downtown" area. I live JUST outside of downtown and get NO service whatsoever. I told T-Mobile to kiss off and have been using H2O Wireless for maybe a week or so and it's been nothing but pleasurable. The service "just works." I'll definitely be switching to AIO when it's available nationwide because their customer service seems to be state-side, whereas H2O is outsourced and VERY difficult to work with and they have no patience. Definitely crap customer service but hey, you get what you pay for I guess?
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From what I read aio is actually owned by at&t kinda like how gosmart mobile is owned by tmo. So hopefully it will be decent. Even though max DL speeds are capped a 4 mb/s, that's way more than I need just to surf the web or occasionally watch a YouTube video. Plus I'm getting real sick of tmos crappy building penetration & low-latency data connection.
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All right. Old thread, I know but I didn't know where else to ask this and I figured it'd be better to revive an old thread rather than make my own.
I really want to use Aio this coming month (billing cycle ends in a few days) but I'm having troubles finishing my order. As posted earlier, I live in SD, not one of the "beta cities". I can now get into the site, shop plans and devices and whatever. The only problem I have right now is I can't check out. I'm in my cart and I press the "Continue" button, and nothing happens. I don't get redirected, I don't get a prompt, nothing. I'm just wondering if anyone else is getting that problem, or if maybe it's doing another location check, and I'm failing it (because they are either not nationwide yet or they haven't updated this page to reflect that they are). Or maybe they removed the window popup that says I'm not in those beta cities but forgot to remove the actual check?
In any case, if someone has some spare time, could they go to their site, add something to the cart, and try checking out? Just see if you can get to a screen that prompts for a payment method or something? I get nowhere and I want to try their 7gb plan.
And side-bar: OP, did you actually go with this service? How's the quality? Are you satisfied?

I ordered a sim and the $55 plan last night. I've been using straight talk byod for well over a year and it's just slow and annoying. I'd rather pay a little more and hopefully get better speeds.
Who's used it? Comments?
Thanks
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scottx . said:
I ordered a sim and the $55 plan last night. I've been using straight talk byod for well over a year and it's just slow and annoying. I'd rather pay a little more and hopefully get better speeds.
Who's used it? Comments?
Thanks
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I'm in Cape Canaveral Florida, and I switched to AIO for one month and the data speeds were under 1Mbps!!! I called their tech support and they said there was an outage in the area and it would be fixed in a few days, data speeds got up to just over 1Mbps and stayed there for the remainder of my month. I even had my IMEI changed to a 4G phone to see if that was the issue, tried several APN settings, with no luck. I went back to T-mobile. AIO had better coverage but the data was just too slow.

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I'm in Cape Canaveral Florida, and I switched to AIO for one month and the data speeds were under 1Mbps!!! I called their tech support and they said there was an outage in the area and it would be fixed in a few days, data speeds got up to just over 1Mbps and stayed there for the remainder of my month. I even had my IMEI changed to a 4G phone to see if that was the issue, tried several APN settings, with no luck. I went back to T-mobile. AIO had better coverage but the data was just too slow.
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T-Mobile here has crap service where I am. Att and all the mvno's they have are the best around here. I don't need super fast speeds, just stability. It will be here Monday says UPS so we'll see.
They shipped my stuff ups 2nd day air for free.
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