Will the lte version of this phone work where i live? - Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help &

Hi all. I have a great opportunity to buy a lte version of sgs3 from a friend who has been purchased in the usa, i9305. I live in Macedonia(Europe), and the carrier is t-mobile, but we don't have a 4g network yet, so I'm wondering if i could use this phone on my network. I know that calls, sms and even 2g would work, but I want to know if 3g would work? I asked the customer service for t-mobile and they told me a lot of things but not the answers to any of my questions, I guess they didn't know too..
So if anyone could help so i don't by the phone and end up with no 3g.
thanks.
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vonuzu said:
Hi all. I have a great opportunity to buy a lte version of sgs3 from a friend who has been purchased in the usa, i9305. I live in Macedonia(Europe), and the carrier is t-mobile, but we don't have a 4g network yet, so I'm wondering if i could use this phone on my network. I know that calls, sms and even 2g would work, but I want to know if 3g would work? I asked the customer service for t-mobile and they told me a lot of things but not the answers to any of my questions, I guess they didn't know too..
So if anyone could help so i don't by the phone and end up with no 3g.
thanks.
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You should call local Samsung customer service for the answer if the network provider cannot answer you.
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U.S companies that work with the GT-N7000

What companies does the international galaxy note work with in the u.s?....
T-Mobile and Straight Talk are the main two.
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To be honest, any GSM carrier. There's really only two GSM carriers, T-Mobile and At&t. Since the GT-N7000 is unlocked for the two, almost any sim will give you service. Stick with straight talk if you wanna keep it cheap. $15 Sim, and $45 unlimited everything.
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AgentCherryColla said:
To be honest, any GSM carrier. There's really only two GSM carriers, T-Mobile and At&t. Since the GT-N7000 is unlocked for the two, almost any sim will give you service. Stick with straight talk if you wanna keep it cheap. $15 Sim, and $45 unlimited everything.
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And how is your 3g ?? I see there is some problems with 3g on T-Mobile. Please response.
I'd like to buy Note but I hate contract plan's and I like fast 3g internet.
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I'm happy with it on AT&T... noticeably faster than wifes 4s
vasiaeva said:
And how is your 3g ?? I see there is some problems with 3g on T-Mobile. Please response.
I'd like to buy Note but I hate contract plan's and I like fast 3g internet.
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as has been posted many times on here and in the 3/4g tmo dev radio thread youre not going to get 3/4g unless you live in an area that tmo is using the 1900 frequency and thats out in the northwest... n7000 = 850/1900 freq tmo = 1700/2100 (except a Very select few areas that they use the 1900
as for the quick answer for anyone still wondering what carrier... any that uses the 850/1900 freq... the 1700/2100 ones are out of luck until bedwa or another dev finds a radio to flash to make it work...
well if any one is still looking to get a gnote on t-mobile, maybe you should wait.....the word is it coming out officially on tmobile.....no more hassles on making everything work on tmobile....lol....but its weird...now that i can get it for tmobile in a couple of months.....i want it on verizon/sprint cdma network....lol...does anybody know if its coming out on a cdma network?.....ive read about it coming out on cdma as the galaxy journal but when?...or the real question is....is it coming out on cdma at all?....lol..
This is correct, but woefully incomplete.
TMO is limited to EDGE with the Note given incompatible 3G wireless bands, so while it will "work", it will be a dog on data.
The only practical carriers for the Note in the USA are Straightalk and ATT
AgentCherryColla said:
To be honest, any GSM carrier. There's really only two GSM carriers, T-Mobile and At&t. Since the GT-N7000 is unlocked for the two, almost any sim will give you service. Stick with straight talk if you wanna keep it cheap. $15 Sim, and $45 unlimited everything.
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Optimus 4X in USA network

Does anyone have this phone in the USA and if you do what service provider do you use? I wanna get this phone for myself within a month and I wanna know if it will work in T Mobile network.
Thanks
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LostInNorth805 said:
Does anyone have this phone in the USA and if you do what service provider do you use? I wanna get this phone for myself within a month and I wanna know if it will work in T Mobile network.
Thanks
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Ofcourse it will work, if its unlocked that is.
since T-Mobile is refarming to 1900, some major cities get 3G
in Boston area i only get 2G/EDGE
theofficialpimp said:
Ofcourse it will work, if its unlocked that is.
since T-Mobile is refarming to 1900, some major cities get 3G
in Boston area i only get 2G/EDGE
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I had to make sure, I was looking at T mobile frequencies and O4X frequencies they match up but I had to get another person feedback. Thanks tho!
Also, your only getting 2G/EDGE in Boston? I figure you would atleast get 3G in a city like that.
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My knowing was that international phones won't work with TMobile USA other than edge but on att just fine.
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LostInNorth805 said:
Does anyone have this phone in the USA and if you do what service provider do you use? I wanna get this phone for myself within a month and I wanna know if it will work in T Mobile network.
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I used it with AT&T in UMTS in the west coast states. The quality and availability of UMTS by AT&T is okay.
T Mobile isn't working in UMTS because of the frequency band which doesn't work with this phone, but GSM will work.
I am using it on Att prepaid. Works great.
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[Q] i9305N LTE not working

Hi there! I'm sorry if there already is such a thread but I couldn't find anything quite like this.
I bought this i9305N second hand and it had the famous IMEI problem 00/02. I went to a service center and there they were able to restore the IMEI of the device. And the phone was able to connect to the 3G as normal but not the 4G network. I've never seen the 4G working on this phone and have no idea what to try. What I tried was:
different modem firmwares.
flashed CM 10.1 and again tried those modems.
tried to set the phone to lte only via the *#197328640# code.
I think that in Sweden this phone is supposed to work on only the tele2 and telenor 4g network. I've tried sim cards from both operators.
Has anyone experienced something like this? Does anyone have an idea what is happening and what I can try?
Thanks in advance.
Does yr provider support 4G?yr sim card support 4G? If all above Yes then yr area doesn't support 4G or the coverage of 4G very poor till none.
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my operator supports 4G. There is 4G coverage and I've tried cards from every carrier here on contract and prepaid.
Try a phone wipe and install the stock firmware for your network .
jje
hspilkov said:
Hi there! I'm sorry if there already is such a thread but I couldn't find anything quite like this.
I bought this i9305N second hand and it had the famous IMEI problem 00/02. I went to a service center and there they were able to restore the IMEI of the device. And the phone was able to connect to the 3G as normal but not the 4G network. I've never seen the 4G working on this phone and have no idea what to try. What I tried was:
different modem firmwares.
flashed CM 10.1 and again tried those modems.
tried to set the phone to lte only via the *#197328640# code.
I think that in Sweden this phone is supposed to work on only the tele2 and telenor 4g network. I've tried sim cards from both operators.
Has anyone experienced something like this? Does anyone have an idea what is happening and what I can try?
Thanks in advance.
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What system software and modem firmware versions do you have installed at the moment?
Here they are.
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have you tried choose LTE in network mode
Was that a joke? Yes of course!
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hspilkov said:
Was that a joke? Yes of course!
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Note joke you would be surprised at the number of muppets on here who don't check the basics .
I would find your network providers latest firmware and flash either the firmware or the modem .
jje
hello5629 said:
have you tried choose LTE in network mode
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Just out of curiosity, have you tried cards confirmed to be on 4G-enabled contracts? I had to call Tele2 and ask them to change my contract over to a 4G one before I would receive 4G speeds. Another silly thing you could check is if the phone is actually connecting to the 4G APN, for Tele2 this would be 4g.tele2.se.
Hi! This is the thing! I havent found a card with confirmed 4G on it. I was told that sim cards on contract have 4G enabled on them. I was wondering if there is some sort of a tool to scan networks around and see information about them like what freq and speed etc... I am using my comviq card now in the phone with the apn that you mentioned and that was set automatically as the phone is with the tele2 firmware. The most brutal thing was when I went to the tele2 office and asked for a 4g activated sim to try on my phone and they said that they don't have any!!!! I went to the telenor shop and when I asked for a demo sim card with 4G so that I can test my phone and he gave me a 3G prepaid card. After 10 minutes of changing settings and stuff on my phone I asked him if that card has 4G on it at all he said - no, its just a 3G. I am going a bit of topic but my point is that it is extremely hard for me to find out where the problem is.
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hspilkov said:
Hi! This is the thing! I havent found a card with confirmed 4G on it. I was told that sim cards on contract have 4G enabled on them. I was wondering if there is some sort of a tool to scan networks around and see information about them like what freq and speed etc... I am using my comviq card now in the phone with the apn that you mentioned and that was set automatically as the phone is with the tele2 firmware. The most brutal thing was when I went to the tele2 office and asked for a 4g activated sim to try on my phone and they said that they don't have any!!!! I went to the telenor shop and when I asked for a demo sim card with 4G so that I can test my phone and he gave me a 3G prepaid card. After 10 minutes of changing settings and stuff on my phone I asked him if that card has 4G on it at all he said - no, its just a 3G. I am going a bit of topic but my point is that it is extremely hard for me to find out where the problem is.
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My point is how are you planning to use 4G on the phone if you do not have a 4G contract? I mean, why all the fuss if you cannot use it anyway?
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My point is how are you planning to use 4G on the phone if you do not have a 4G contract? I mean, why all the fuss if you cannot use it anyway?
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I want to be sure that the phone works on 4G after the reparation before getting a 4G contract.
Find someone with a 4G contract and ask to test his SIM in your phone.
I had a friend enable lte on his contract and then tried the sim on my phone. LTE didn't kick in. I don't know what it could be. Any suggestions please?
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Hi.
I live in the "kära grannlandet" Finland and i had to call my operator to put my i9305 as my active phone.
(They change the ownership of the phone on their computer)
I bought my phone 2hand but it was factory sealed new. operator locked to the same operator that i use.
The phone was "active" to somebody else without 4G so thats why it didnt work for me.
Hope this helped at all..
Lycka till!
My friend had similar issues with his S2, I went into the phone options menu using the #xx# number and the phone itself was not set to lte mode. I am sure you can find the menu codes somewhere on the forums as I don't have them memorized. It is worth checking if you have not done so.
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[Q] C6606 LTE with ATT

Hi all,
I just bought TMobile version of C6606. I got a code and unlocked the phone.
I am trying to set it up with ATT. H+ and voice works except the LTE.
I found it only has one band 4 for LTE.
I am wondering how to make it work with ATT LTE???
I am pretty new, so I you know the solution please give me more details or direct me to a link.
Thanks a lot
joephone1983 said:
Hi all,
I just bought TMobile version of C6606. I got a code and unlocked the phone.
I am trying to set it up with ATT. H+ and voice works except the LTE.
I found it only has one band 4 for LTE.
I am wondering how to make it work with ATT LTE???
I am pretty new, so I you know the solution please give me more details or direct me to a link.
Thanks a lot
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It won't work with lte on att. Is like the C6603 or C6602 non of them gets lte in the USA well on the C6602 u can flash a C6603 rom and it will get lte on att or t mobile one of the 2. I forgot what one. The C6603 won't get lte period in the USA and only gets hspa + on att the C6602 will get fully hspa + on att and tmobile.
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[q] how can i enable mms and lte for at&t?

I have a verizon note 3 sm-n900v that I want to use on AT&T. I have rooted it and accessed the service mode screen and enabled b4. I have set up the APN and I am able to send and receive texts and make and receive calls. My data works, but it is on H and H+. I can not get on LTE or send MMS messages....can someone please help me?!
I have read that AT&T runs on a different LTE band, so I am just checking to see if this is true and also ask that if I pay for a factory unlock if it will fix it so that it operates the way it is supposed to.
Thanks
gsxrchick said:
I have a verizon note 3 sm-n900v that I want to use on AT&T. I have rooted it and accessed the service mode screen and enabled b4. I have set up the APN and I am able to send and receive texts and make and receive calls. My data works, but it is on H and H+. I can not get on LTE or send MMS messages....can someone please help me?!
I have read that AT&T runs on a different LTE band, so I am just checking to see if this is true and also ask that if I pay for a factory unlock if it will fix it so that it operates the way it is supposed to.
Thanks
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Well Verizon is CDMA where att is GSM, totally different and not sure it is even possible.. Odd that you can even see it.. this is probably your issue. Only other provider I think you can fully work on is sprint (and other mini ones that are CDMA)
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Zugshad said:
Well Verizon is CDMA where att is GSM, totally different and not sure it is even possible.. Odd that you can even see it.. this is probably your issue. Only other provider I think you can fully work on is sprint (and other mini ones that are CDMA)
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actually tmobile works fine on it. You can switch the APN to gsm and it works just fine. The verizon note 3 is the only one that came factory unlocked to run on any network...you just need to tweak the settings.
gsxrchick said:
actually tmobile works fine on it. You can switch the APN to gsm and it works just fine. The verizon note 3 is the only one that came factory unlocked to run on any network...you just need to tweak the settings.
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I know tmobile works fine as it is GSM, but never heard of Verizon or sprint working. Think last i seen those 2 didn't use a sim card like att which could lead to other issues as well
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I meant to say att works fine on it aside from those two issues I can't figure out.
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gsxrchick said:
I meant to say att works fine on it aside from those two issues I can't figure out.
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Is your main provider att or Verizon. If v then my guess might be that you don't have an att sim that they can validate for the lte etc.
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My provider is Att. I want to use a Verizon phone on att
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Have you try this by switching to GSM on your phone, May work give it a try. Skip to 10:28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlpKzqv4h5c
LTE will not work.
Only HSPA+
Change APN settings for MMS
I did change the apn and still nothing. I'm stuck without knowing what to do. I can receive pictures but not send and surf the Internet fine on h and h+ any ideas?
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This?
I actually had that. Att needed to do something internally for it to work. Thanks!
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