[Q] LTE Radio - Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello Everyone,
So I am unsure if the company I got my samsung galaxy note from gave me the european version of the HK version. They said the HK version is actualy N-7000 and the European version is the GT-N7000.
The reason I am asking is because when I go into the network settings of the phone it only has an option to set the phone for GSM/WCDMA or GSM only but mentions nothing of LTE. When I check a phone at NTT DoCoMo (I am in Japan currently) they have GSM/WCDMA/LTE and then GSM only.
I am worried that they accidently gave me the Hong Kong version instead of the european version with LTE. Even if the LTE freq's dont work with the DoCoMo version I would still like to know if I indeed have the one with LTE that I was expecting.
Does anyone know a way if I can check on the LTE radio using some # command.
Can someone with the european version check the network settings on the phone and see if it says GSM/WCDMA/LTE on their LTE phone of if it doesnt show but they do have LTE/4G working.
Thanks very much everyone!
-Xisdibik

Only galaxy note that has LTE is the Korean version which also has a different processor.... All the other versions are the same basically only the software is a bit different

The easiest way to know whether or not your Note is LTE is to check whether the SoC is 1.5ghz, made by Qualcomm, or 1.4ghz made by Samsung.
Samsung Exynos = HSPA+
Qualcomm Snapdragon = LTE

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I'm hoping it would still do high-speed 3G because it covers some of AT&T's 3G bands???
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Eh. You cant get a international version in usa. If you get one from singapore it will be international ver. It will have problems on at&t as they use 850/1900 mhz for 3g while international ver uses 900/2100mhz. Before you buy a device please make sure the 3G radio will work with your telco. If you are in usa then buy one from the telco you will be using as it will be set up right. But for rest of world we can get away with standard international gsm ver
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galaxy Note band selection on ATT 3G 4G LTE

I got a Galaxy Note (LTE with Snapdragon ) sold by SK Telecom in Korea. Back in States, voice is working fine but ONLY 44kbps internet speed on my ATT account with a new sim card.
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You might want to ask around in the Vivid forum. Iirc there were differences in their Holiday and the Att Vivid. Maybe its just the radio though.
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Someone else here had an issue with the same thing. The Korean Note doesn't have the 3G bands enabled. There was a link to a blog posting about the Korean Note where a lot of Korean purchasers were unhappy because Samsung and the carriers in Korea were using it to launch LTE there and the users were unable to unlock and use it on 3G.

[Q] No 4G option on Lumia 1320

As the title says I have a Lumia 1320 with a 4g sim which worked fine on my galaxy s4 but on this , when I go into mobile settings it only has the option for 2g or 3g ?
I have flashed the latest UK rom because it came with a Thailand rom on it
Is there a rom I could flash that has the 4g option enabled ?
Are you sure it supports your 4G bands? If you bought it from outside the region (sounds likely) it might not have access to the 4G band(s) that your carrier uses.
GoodDayToDie said:
Are you sure it supports your 4G bands? If you bought it from outside the region (sounds likely) it might not have access to the 4G band(s) that your carrier uses.
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So its the hardware ?
I thought if I flashed a Uk rom it would change the radio ?
The phone only physically supports certain radio bands. Re-flashing *might* let you use, say, 1800MHz for LTE (4G) where previously you could only use it for HSDPA (3G), but if your phone doesn't *have* an 1800MHz radio, you're out of luck (and maybe even if it does, depending on how the hardware is configured; i.e. if the radio does the relevant encoding and collision detection and such internally than it will be tied to a specific cellular technology).
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I am interested in buying US version (Snapdragon) of factory unlocked Note 8. However, it's full specs on network/radio bands are not listed yet even on Samsung official site.
I looked in full specs for Galaxy S8 unlocked (SM-G950UZKAXAA) vs carrier version such as Galaxy S8 for T-mobile (SM-G950UZKATMB), and noticed that carrier versions all listed support for 4G TDD LTE: B38(2600),B39(1900),B40(2300),B41(2500), while unlocked version does not. As the screenshots show.
So will Note 8 unlocked (Snapdradon) also be missing the 4G TDD LTE bands (B38, B39, B40, B41)?
Or maybe the specs listed on Samsung official site are not accurate and unlocked also supports those bands? Wishful thinking.
4G TDD LTE is used in some countries like China. So anyone with unlocked S8 on tmobile traveled to China can confirm if 4G data worked in China with t-mobile SIM?
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Yeah I was trying to figure this out as well. So far, from other sites, I have seen mix messages. One site FrequencyCheck.com states that it does have those bands and other show them is missing...not sure which one is correct. Also, for other sites I have seen that the T-Mobile version also has 3G TD-SCDMA: B34(2010), B39(1880) and the unlocked version has 3G CDMA: 800/1900. I really can not make heads or tails of this information....is it correct, who is wrong??? I called Samsung that they don't have the information yet, so I don't know either way. I'm leaning to go with the Unlocked by Samsung version, but I am in the same boat with regards to this matter.
Looks like it, i have a Unlocked verdion of the phone.
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N950F/FD on T-Mobile LTE

Just got my N950F/FD
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Used LTE discovery and it sees the LTE. But the icon on top does not turn to LTE.
Mobile settings also does not have option for LTE, only 4G/3G/2G
Went in to T-mobile today to have the sim card replaced with no success, still stays at 4G
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Baseband Version: N950FXXU1AQHB
Build Number: NMF26X.N950FXXU1AQI3
Not sure where that model is from though if it's a import they typically only say 4g. That's lte in other countries. Best to look at network status and see if it says your connected to lte network.
criptix said:
Not sure where that model is from though if it's a import they typically only say 4g. That's lte in other countries. Best to look at network status and see if it says your connected to lte network.
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Indeed, my Samsung Tablet S2 LTE international model shows only 4G on the USA T Mobile network, but its actually connected to LTE. For some reason in USA they use LTE symbol whereas the rest of the world notes it at 4G.
Im assuming like most other things, its all about making things sound bigger and better LOL
Thanks so much for the answers! I Will have to do a speed test... connection sucks at my apartment! LoL
Look in settings> about>SIM status. That will tell you. See mine for example.
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Does anyone know if this specific Note 8 model, SM-N950F, supports the new 'gigabit' LTE promoted by T-Mobile and Qualcomm? Supposedly, only the S8 family, including Note 8, and the latest LG flagship support this gigabyte spectrum; but since the N950F has the international chipset by Samsung (Exynos?) compared to the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset in the other models, will this still work? If anyone can verify
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did you figure it out. I am planning to get the same phone and want to use it with t-mobile
agr.prashant said:
did you figure it out. I am planning to get the same phone and want to use it with t-mobile
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