tried the build.prop with blaze modem... but here's the thing
before i updated modem, the phone got on edge
after update, nothing...
just wondering if anyone else was had success
Not really sure which ICS rom was installed on my Note. I purchased it a couple days ago and it already had ICS on it. I purchased a sim unlock code and flashed the blaze modem. I get 3-4mbps in certain areas and 8-9mbps in others. Upload ranges from 1mbps - 2.5mbps. I get great speeds at work and home and haven't had any dropped calls or dropped data.
Question - does anyone have any idea what is different with the Saurom rom that allows me to get LTE speed (18-20 down, 4.2 up) with the status notification switching to LTE for data, while no other ROM does? (Baltmore area). I tried a couple of the new UCLD3 roms today, achieved somewhat decent 4G speeds, but no LTE. I kept the UCLD3 modem and went back to the Saurom rom, and boom - back up to LTE speeds again with proper switching when making calls.
I'd really like to know what Saurom rom has (in the build.prop maybe?) that the others don't. Would love to switch to an ICS for daily, but download speed is the priority.
Thanks.
tmaurice said:
Question - does anyone have any idea what is different with the Saurom rom that allows me to get LTE speed (18-20 down, 4.2 up) with the status notification switching to LTE for data, while no other ROM does? (Baltmore area). I tried a couple of the new UCLD3 roms today, achieved somewhat decent 4G speeds, but no LTE. I kept the UCLD3 modem and went back to the Saurom rom, and boom - back up to LTE speeds again with proper switching when making calls.
I'd really like to know what Saurom rom has (in the build.prop maybe?) that the others don't. Would love to switch to an ICS for daily, but download speed is the priority.
Thanks.
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Mabey an overclocked kernel.....
"Since God created man, and man created the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note are like a gift from God, Randal!*"
I'm getting lte speeds with the latest ics leak.
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Hey,
It seems like most of you guys prefer updating the rom and all that, but I just needed the root for 4g radios on tmobile and for tethering. I am currently using the KID blaze and I'm only getting 1-2mb dl and .03-.6 ul. I used to get much better when I used a tmobile gs2 here in nyc. Which radio would work best on stock?
Also, I cant install busybox through the play store installer, I used the odin and cwm method. Could that possibly be the reason?
Honestly that is probably about what you can expect on a Note flashed with a hacked tmo radio. Mine gets WAY slower speeds than my GSII did. But I'm ok with it, everything else about the phone makes up for it, plus when tmo drops the note in July, we will probably see a huge increase in performance due to being able to flash actual radios designed for the Note on tmo. For now, if you want there is a thread here about increasing tmo speeds by adding a strip of foil under the battery cover on the lower left hand of the phone. Surprisingly a lot of people are reporting great results.
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Haha. I just tried the foil trick. I got one 4mb result out of about 15-20 tests but rest were worse or equal than regular results. I was also noticing service dropping out randomly and having to reboot to get service back. I can't wait for Tmobile note radios.
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Hey guys I'm have trouble with a radio that is for T-Mobile not. I have the At&t Galaxy Note. But I have T-Mobile service. Any other Modem I flash (icsblaze or KID) works fine.. But the [RADIO][MODEM] TMO Galaxy Note UVLG3 I flash kills my phone.. makes it slow and hangs a lot.. Other people have the same problems also.
Here is where I got it from. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842207&page=13
Anyone have any ideas what the problem is?
You already have two working modems and you're flashing one that doesn't work.
Yeah. the T-Mobile 879 rom is super fast that's the reason for changing.
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I'm pretty sure just about everyone trying to use the actual T-mobile Note (SGH-T879) on the AT&T Note (i717) are having problems with slow downs and freezing constantly. It sounds like you just simply like the ROM better....? So if that's the case, why not just use the T-mobile ROM, with the ICS Blaze modem? Quite a few people seem to be doing that... Me, I use Dark Star ICS w/ the ICS-Blaze modem and am perfectly content for now...
I don't care which rom I have. I just want the speed of the 879 modem. Lol.
Yesterday on my SGS 2 I got speeds over 20 mbs. I would like to have that on my Note
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The 2 Notes have different antennas. That's why the tmo modem will not work well on our att notes. The closest I have come is the blaze modem- great DL speeds- redzone- 10-12, poor UL speeds- .2-.4. I'm in No. Jersey. I am trying out straight talk for the month with the att sim. The speeds are poor as compared to t-mo. No better than ATT on DL- 1-3, and poor on UL- .5-.7. So I am going back to t-mo and porting my # to google voice. I will deal with the poor UL speeds is return for the $30 plan
try blaze
try the latest blaze radio with the backstair vi rom, for me in miami i get average 3-5 mbps download. I also have this on my phone, it maybe a placebo effect but for me i think it made a huge difference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1666342
Where can I find the latest blaze radio?
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effective radio and rom for Los Angeles
I'm in the Los Angeles area. Would anyone recommend any radio rom combinations for the note i717 on t-mobile that has been effective for the Los Angeles area?
Thank you in advance.
Just want to share this tweak by Rob4828- doubled my upload speed and raised my DL's to 13-15 mbps. On Blaze.
works on touch wiz roms- need to redo with every reboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931679
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Just want to share this tweak by Rob4828- doubled my upload speed and raised my DL's to 13-15 mbps. On Blaze.
works on touch wiz roms- need to redo with every reboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931679
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Doing the above does make a difference. I'll also do it if I'm having a particularly spotty connection. Seems to refresh everything.
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ICS blaze modem
I am running T-Mobile too with ics blaze modem and have pretty decent speed when I was using black star Rom. I'm now on liquid Rom and the highest I got was 13 down and 2 up.
Hi everyone,
I'm new to the Note, but definitely not new to Android or XDA.
I've got the phone "unlocked" via the radio trick here: http://str8pt.blogspot.com/2013/06/unlock-simfree-method-for-galaxy-note.html
I've rooted it, and have tried a few different ROMs with different radios.
The Blaze radio (and others) I mention are from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679722
I am in Melbourne, FL in case location makes any difference.
Here's what I am seeing:
CyanogenMOD 10.1.3 - using Blaze ICS radio I am getting only EDGE speeds. Using "Official TMO ICS Radio" (I'm guessing it's the one from the TMO Note?) , I get NO connectivity.
Stock 4.1.2 - using Blaze ICS radio I am getting 4G, however the signal meter is totally empty as if there's just enough signal to register connectivity but not enough to register a single bar. Download speeds are abysmal in comparison to other TMO phones I've used here - I am seeing downloads at around 1.5MB - other phones are 6, 7, even 8 MB.
My question are as follows:
Using CyanogenMod, should I be using the i717 version? Or the TMO Note version? Is there anything I can do with ANY particular radio to get better than EDGE?
Using the Stock ROM (or a variant), is there are a way to get the signal cluster to function properly? Any way to get better download speeds?
I read that the TMO 4.0.4 stock ROM image can be installed via ODIN and apparently it works correctly (if I am reading correctly) - would the TMO 4.1.2 stock ROM image be installed via ODIN and work as well? (If I can even find a full download of it?)
Should I expect to have to re-flash the radio each time with each ROM? From what I've seen, if I don't, I lose any ability to get 4G until I flash it again. I'd be stuck on EDGE.
Thanks so much guys! I've searched and read till my eyes are crossing and not finding the answers I need. I hope that with the experience that can be found in this forum maybe I can get where I need to be!
Thanks again!
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Hi everyone,
I'm new to the Note, but definitely not new to Android or XDA.
I've got the phone "unlocked" via the radio trick here: http://str8pt.blogspot.com/2013/06/unlock-simfree-method-for-galaxy-note.html
I've rooted it, and have tried a few different ROMs with different radios.
The Blaze radio (and others) I mention are from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679722
I am in Melbourne, FL in case location makes any difference.
Here's what I am seeing:
CyanogenMOD 10.1.3 - using Blaze ICS radio I am getting only EDGE speeds. Using "Official TMO ICS Radio" (I'm guessing it's the one from the TMO Note?) , I get NO connectivity.
Stock 4.1.2 - using Blaze ICS radio I am getting 4G, however the signal meter is totally empty as if there's just enough signal to register connectivity but not enough to register a single bar. Download speeds are abysmal in comparison to other TMO phones I've used here - I am seeing downloads at around 1.5MB - other phones are 6, 7, even 8 MB.
My question are as follows:
Using CyanogenMod, should I be using the i717 version? Or the TMO Note version? Is there anything I can do with ANY particular radio to get better than EDGE?
Using the Stock ROM (or a variant), is there are a way to get the signal cluster to function properly? Any way to get better download speeds?
I read that the TMO 4.0.4 stock ROM image can be installed via ODIN and apparently it works correctly (if I am reading correctly) - would the TMO 4.1.2 stock ROM image be installed via ODIN and work as well? (If I can even find a full download of it?)
Should I expect to have to re-flash the radio each time with each ROM? From what I've seen, if I don't, I lose any ability to get 4G until I flash it again. I'd be stuck on EDGE.
Thanks so much guys! I've searched and read till my eyes are crossing and not finding the answers I need. I hope that with the experience that can be found in this forum maybe I can get where I need to be!
Thanks again!
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I recently obtained an I717 too, unlocked it, and got it functioning with my tmobile prepaid plan. I'm still on gingerbread rom and using KID radio with decent success. just 4G , using WCDMA band 1700 (*#2263#). I get consistent decent speeds but not LTE.
The hands down best modem to use is UCMB4 - Google it. But it can cause problems with some jelly bean ROMs.
If you want jb more than anything, play with modems. If you want speed AND stability, go jellybean sandwich or black star X with the aforementioned modem.
If you want WiFi calling download skeleton key.
Ucmb4 with any of those three and the proper APN will get you LTE as fast as it's offered in your area
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The hands down best modem to use is UCMB4 - Google it. But it can cause problems with some jelly bean ROMs.
If you want jb more than anything, play with modems. If you want speed AND stability, go jellybean sandwich or black star X with the aforementioned modem.
If you want WiFi calling download skeleton key.
Ucmb4 with any of those three and the proper APN will get you LTE as fast as it's offered in your area
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Hi Anthony820,
I'm currently running your Skeleton Key ROM - not bad at all! But definitely want to try to get CyanogenMod or PACman JB running.
I'll give the UCMB4 radio a shot this evening !
When I had service with TMO (via Straight Talk) I had the best luck with UVLG3.
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When I had service with TMO (via Straight Talk) I had the best luck with UVLG3.
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Using which ROM?
I've got CM 10.1.3 for i717 installed right now, going through and testing each and will post results.
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Using which ROM?
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At the time I was running CM 10.1 nightlies.
Uvlg3, if I recall, will get you good down speed, but mediocre up. Otherwise, it's a solid choice and may be more cooperative with jb builds.
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Uvlg3, if I recall, will get you good down speed, but mediocre up. Otherwise, it's a solid choice and may be more cooperative with jb builds.
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Looks like you're right - here's just 4 radios that I just tested:
UCMB4 - EDGE only
UVLG3 - 3G/DC(WTF??)/H+ 6.01Mbps up/1.07 Mbps down
UVLE1 - Phone freezes, locks on black screen, had to pull battery
ICSBLAZE - 3G/DC/H+ Network communication issues message when running speedtest.
By the way, what the heck is "DC" on the network indicator where 3G or H/H+ normally is? I've never seen that before!
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Looks like you're right - here's just 4 radios that I just tested:
UCMB4 - EDGE only
UVLG3 - 3G/DC(WTF??)/H+ 6.01Mbps up/1.07 Mbps down
UVLE1 - Phone freezes, locks on black screen, had to pull battery
ICSBLAZE - 3G/DC/H+ Network communication issues message when running speedtest.
By the way, what the heck is "DC" on the network indicator where 3G or H/H+ normally is? I've never seen that before!
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I believe It stands for dual channel.
By the way, just checked and CM's WiFi tethering is working as well - nice!
Not sure what I did differently this time but this evening the signal indicator is showing real signal strength, equivalent to what I was seeing on another phone on CM.
JWhipple said:
By the way, just checked and CM's WiFi tethering is working as well - nice!
Not sure what I did differently this time but this evening the signal indicator is showing real signal strength, equivalent to what I was seeing on another phone on CM.
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Good to hear. I believe not seeing any signal strength is a known issue specifically with the Blaze modem.
Make sure you're changing your APN from epc.* to fast.t-mobile.com
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Make sure you're changing your APN from epc.* to fast.t-mobile.com
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I'm guessing that would get me LTE if it's available in my area?
I just switched over to it and only got EDGE...
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I'm guessing that would get me LTE if it's available in my area?
I just switched over to it and only got EDGE...
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If you're on a modem that'll work with LTE, yep. Otherwise HSPA or Edge.
Make sure, I forget and my Note no longer has service, that the top option is set under Network Type or whatever it is. Network Mode? I don't know, you'll figure it out. The thing that lets you pick between GSM, WCDMA etc..etc..
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If you're on a modem that'll work with LTE, yep. Otherwise HSPA or Edge.
Make sure, I forget and my Note no longer has service, that the top option is set under Network Type or whatever it is. Network Mode? I don't know, you'll figure it out. The thing that lets you pick between GSM, WCDMA etc..etc..
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Ok, I got it figured out. I am on the FAST APN and set to WCDMA/LTE . I'm on 3G/H+ here in the house now - will see how it goes when I head out tomorrow.
Either way, I think it's time to make a backup - it's running marvelously and doing everything I would expect it to!
NOTE: Newest PAC ROM (4.3) running smoothly with UVLG3 modem on T-Mobile without issue
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Scratch that - it worked great until I did the first reboot - then it wouldn't boot up again, even with a battery pull.
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Ok, I got it figured out. I am on the FAST APN and set to WCDMA/LTE . I'm on 3G/H+ here in the house now - will see how it goes when I head out tomorrow.
Either way, I think it's time to make a backup - it's running marvelously and doing everything I would expect it to!
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I went ahead and flashed UCMB4 and was showing 4g lte after reboot. my phone info setting says WCDMA preferred (it shows no LTE option at all ) and the *#2263# menu setting says "automatic". on the fast.t-mobile.com apn
I use UCMD3 and get LTE almost everywhere. Hellybean is a pretty good ROM, try it out!