Is there a better modem to use on the sgh-i717 for metro pcs.I have a flashed note for metro and am not getting 4g.I only get the E with up/down arrows.Ive tried all the different cdma/gsm frequencies.I'm in florida and there is 3g/4g coverage in my entire area.I've looked for the correct apn info,the apn on my note is for tmobile???Maybe that is the problem I'm not sure.Please Help!
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Hello all
I haven't seen the issue below posted so I thought I'd put it out there and maybe we can figure out whats going on.
I recently purchased an ATT Galaxy Note because of price and vanity . I have an ATT Galaxy Note which I have rooted using mashi's ROM. Its unlocked. It has Rogers LTE sim and I have an LTE data plan. However I do not appear to get LTE connection/speeds. No LTE indication in the top bar. Speed test reveals HSPA+ - esque speeds. This is throughout my LTE coverage area in my city. No LTE indication has ever been shown on my device. Support has confirmed everything is okay from their end.
I was under the impression that the ATT Galaxy Note used 1700 AND 700 for LTE or at least it had the radio enabled for said frequencies. Rogers network uses only 1700 I think (from what I understand the 700 spectrum in Canada has yet to be auctioned off for LTE). Only possible issue I see is that perhaps ATT Galaxy Note only has 700 band enabled for LTE and thus it makes sense that it doesn't work on Rogers' LTE.
The att website says band 4 and 17 for LTE on the galaxy note so I would think both 700 and 1700 are enabled for LTE. However further reading on the internets suggests that ATT only uses 700 for LTE, and Rogers only 1700 as suspected. I suppose my assumption was incorrect and ATT disabled 1700 LTE for fun (along with NFC and hspa+/LTE toggling).
Any one else experiencing the same issue? Maybe flashing Rogers radio onto the ATT Note will fix it (and break video playback)?
Thanks
What are your APN settings? Can you flash the attached Rogers LTE APN Backup and Restore xml and see if you get anything? Make sure you are setup to use Rogers LTE apn settings
APN:
ltemobile.apn
apn type: internet+mms+supl
I double checked each setting on that setting page with support and they said they pushed the settings onto my phone, twice.
is the file you attached just all the settings for the access point settings page?
cheers
Hi,another option you have, now there is a custom Rom based off rogers software in the development section that you could flash. I have at&t software on my telus note and i have had some problems
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Hello all
I haven't seen the issue below posted so I thought I'd put it out there and maybe we can figure out whats going on.
I recently purchased an ATT Galaxy Note because of price and vanity . I have an ATT Galaxy Note which I have rooted using mashi's ROM. Its unlocked. It has Rogers LTE sim and I have an LTE data plan. However I do not appear to get LTE connection/speeds. No LTE indication in the top bar. Speed test reveals HSPA+ - esque speeds. This is throughout my LTE coverage area in my city. No LTE indication has ever been shown on my device. Support has confirmed everything is okay from their end.
I was under the impression that the ATT Galaxy Note used 1700 AND 700 for LTE or at least it had the radio enabled for said frequencies. Rogers network uses only 1700 I think (from what I understand the 700 spectrum in Canada has yet to be auctioned off for LTE). Only possible issue I see is that perhaps ATT Galaxy Note only has 700 band enabled for LTE and thus it makes sense that it doesn't work on Rogers' LTE.
The att website says band 4 and 17 for LTE on the galaxy note so I would think both 700 and 1700 are enabled for LTE. However further reading on the internets suggests that ATT only uses 700 for LTE, and Rogers only 1700 as suspected. I suppose my assumption was incorrect and ATT disabled 1700 LTE for fun (along with NFC and hspa+/LTE toggling).
Any one else experiencing the same issue? Maybe flashing Rogers radio onto the ATT Note will fix it (and break video playback)?
Thanks
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I was having this problem on my Telus Note.. Not sure if you have tried this. Settings-Wireless and Network-Mobile Network,Network Mode.. Mine was set to GSM/HSPA Auto Mode, Switched to GSM/HSPA/LTE Auto Mode and all is good for me now.
Thanks taking the time for the suggestion, but the ATT Note does not have the network mode option in the settings (ie I cant enable/disable LTE), but the Canadian Notes do have this option.
It seems that I cannot get any straight information whether Verizon galaxy s4 works with Metro PCS. After all update to 4.3 and rooted, I try different carriers sim card such as tmobile, att, they all work fine both voice and data, but when I try Metro PCS sim and set APN correctly, phone does not have any network. Does anybody have any idea? If so, do I need to do full metro pcs flash? Please advise.
I have a Note II. It was an AT&T phone but I had it unlocked. Seems to be OK on Metro. I used the T-mobile APN epc.t-mobile etc. Download speed depends on location I've seen up to 33 down and 18 up but mostly a lot less. Although they are using the t-mobile infrastructure the phone doesn't work as good as my T-mobile Note 1. The signal is spotty and phone service is inconsistent. I paid for a month so I will see.
Sorry i can't help your specific situation but it seems to work with T-mobile so I don't see why it wouldn't with Metro PCS.
I recently got an unlocked Verizon Galaxy S4 to use with T-Mobile. I live in an area that gets HSPA+ and LTE 4G. I have manually configured my APN settings to recognize T-Mobile, but I can only get an Edge network connection. I was wondering if anybody could help me fix this problem, because this should work. I even have 4.3 installed, which unlocked an extra 4G band.
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I recently got an unlocked Verizon Galaxy S4 to use with T-Mobile. I live in an area that gets HSPA+ and LTE 4G. I have manually configured my APN settings to recognize T-Mobile, but I can only get an Edge network connection. I was wondering if anybody could help me fix this problem, because this should work. I even have 4.3 installed, which unlocked an extra 4G band.
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I had to get a app called phone info and use that app to do gsm lte only to get 4g lte on tmobile
Hello All,
A family member recently purchased a VZW S5 and now I've helped to move them from VZW over to T-Mobile.
The phone is factory unlocked, and with the addition of the T-Mo SIM + the T-Mo APN, everything is up and running.
The key issue I am seeing is the signal strength vs. that of a true T-Mobile Handset. Example, in my house, I have 4 bars on my T-Mo Galaxy Note 3 but 1 bar on the VZW Galaxy S5. Additionally, it's constantly switching from LTE to H+ to 3G.
I've rooted the S5, custom ROM'd it, and even did the mod to unlock all of the different LTE bands but this hasn't helped.
The phone was running the latest FW from Verizon with the most recent Modem, but I'm wondering if there is another modem I could flash that is T-Mobile oriented that may help to improve the service.
Please let me know, thank you!
- Taxmaster
Taxmaster said:
Hello All,
A family member recently purchased a VZW S5 and now I've helped to move them from VZW over to T-Mobile.
The phone is factory unlocked, and with the addition of the T-Mo SIM + the T-Mo APN, everything is up and running.
The key issue I am seeing is the signal strength vs. that of a true T-Mobile Handset. Example, in my house, I have 4 bars on my T-Mo Galaxy Note 3 but 1 bar on the VZW Galaxy S5. Additionally, it's constantly switching from LTE to H+ to 3G.
I've rooted the S5, custom ROM'd it, and even did the mod to unlock all of the different LTE bands but this hasn't helped.
The phone was running the latest FW from Verizon with the most recent Modem, but I'm wondering if there is another modem I could flash that is T-Mobile oriented that may help to improve the service.
Please let me know, thank you!
- Taxmaster
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My understanding is that the phone simply doesn't have the hardware for all of the bands. It's not as simple as just flashing, to my knowledge. For example, I don't think the phone supports 2100 which is used by Tmobile in some areas.
I just went through the same process. Enabled the bands, tried different modems, no improvement. Finally, bought a T-Mobile S5 and sold the Verizon. Performance is far better, plus it supports Wi-Fi calling.
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Hello,
I have been trying to search for this information for a bit already. I just ordered an unlocked AT&T Alpha unlocked from amazon.com and I would like to use it with the METRO PCS $60 unlimited 4G plan. Will this work? I couldn't tell if I needed to have the phone rooted or just unlocked.
Thanks!
I have phone unlocked and have been using it on tmo without issues for a couple of weeks now
Thanks for the reply. I am assuming that it should work on the network, since Metro PCS and TMO are the same network. I want to go with Metro PCS to save the $20 per month for the same maxed out plan. I read reports of people using other phones, like the One M7 and were able to get it working on Metro PCS along with being able to do the tethering trick.
Anyways, thanks again for the reply.
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I have phone unlocked and have been using it on tmo without issues for a couple of weeks now
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I am planning to get 850A to use on Wind mobile(Canada)
does it work on tmobile HSPA network?
I have this phone Galaxy Alpha 850M
on Metro PCS right now.
I have excellent voice and call quality
no texting issues etc and lock onto signal extremely well.
Just drop a SIM in set up with Metro and will be fine IF international factory unlocked 850M .
You will have LTE and drop to 3G H H+ during calls usually with voice and Data and even have E in very bad signal areas- all the Bands are in the Phone.
Better speaker than AT&T Qualcomm and cool , black menus.
4 G LTE Metro PCS Branded phones have VoLTE so you have Voice and Data while staying on LTE Band-
This phone of course lacks the Metro Software to do that so will always drop to 3G H or H + during calls or where LTE Signal is weak but still an excellent phone.
For WIND MOBILE - the 850M I have has the 1700 and 1900 Bands for 3G,H, H+ ( 1700 shows up sometimes in Service Menu but not listed in most specs for 850M).
The LTE bands are :
700/850/1800/1900/2100/2600 AND
AWS .
So you should be good in Canada since most Carriers are same Bands as TMobile/Metro USA..
I have the AT&T 850A and I use it on my T-mobile network.
I just disable all the ATT software n once you do that, you dont see it anymore. Its in hiding. Hotspot will work if you root it, but all ATT have blootloader lock. Wifi calling will not work.
This is my secondary phone I use for when I go jogging. My primary phone is the Note 4.
Thanks for the replies. I got the phone and it is working wonderfully on Metro PCS but the odd thing is that it is on the AT&T network and not T-mobile. I have no idea why. I thought Metro was only for T-mobile but it works just great! Cute phone and quick.
For those looking at this thread, I got an unlocked AT&T branded phone from Amazon.Com and it does work on Metro PCS. However I haven't tried the WiFi bypass yet.
Wow. That is weird but good.
You mean you have a Metro PCS Sim but the phone is showing AT&T ?
That is probably just the phone Booting under AT&T but actually on Metro PCS with Tmobile Towers.
On lower left corner you will see Metro PCS..after start up.
Are you getting LTE ?
And when you make a call does Status change to 3G ?
No it isn't. The contract has Metro PCS printed next to AT&T. I never saw that before.