So I have a singapore 960 F/DS that I just got. What will I miss while using this in Canada?
1- Wifi calling / VoLTE (any workarounds without root)?
2- Samsung Pay (will android / google pay still work)?
3- If it supports all LTE bands, then will I have signal issues? I've heard of carrier aggregation and stuff, but it seems to have all bands
4- anything else worth considering?
Thanks!
hkalltheway said:
So I have a singapore 960 F/DS that I just got. What will I miss while using this in Canada?
1- Wifi calling / VoLTE (any workarounds without root)?
2- Samsung Pay (will android / google pay still work)?
3- If it supports all LTE bands, then will I have signal issues? I've heard of carrier aggregation and stuff, but it seems to have all bands
4- anything else worth considering?
Thanks!
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why would you go through the trouble of getting a rootable phone just to not root it but rhen want to achieve goals that require root?
I haven't rooted in years so I am kind of scared, although I used to be very techie before. Do I lose any functionality with root?
1- banking apps?
2- google device policy / corporate e-mail / outlook
3- play store
4- anything else?
Or is it fairly easy to bypass all that? Is root relatively easy for the singapore model?
hkalltheway said:
I haven't rooted in years so I am kind of scared, although I used to be very techie before. Do I lose any functionality with root?
1- banking apps?
2- google device policy / corporate e-mail / outlook
3- play store
4- anything else?
Or is it fairly easy to bypass all that? Is root relatively easy for the singapore model?
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You'll have to wait for more roms if you want to benefit from rooting. At the moment dr.ketan rom is missing csc features.
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hkalltheway said:
So I have a singapore 960 F/DS that I just got. What will I miss while using this in Canada?
1- Wifi calling / VoLTE (any workarounds without root)?
2- Samsung Pay (will android / google pay still work)?
3- If it supports all LTE bands, then will I have signal issues? I've heard of carrier aggregation and stuff, but it seems to have all bands
4- anything else worth considering?
Thanks!
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I have the same phone (960 F/DS). I got it primarily for the dual-SIM and 512GB and don't really have plans to root (those days are long gone for me)! Wifi Calling/VoLTE will not work. Samsung Pay kind of works (only with AmEx), but Google Pay works just fine. I'm with Rogers and have had no issues with reception (I'm in Vancouver and not sure about anything that's far away from a city). The only other thing worth considering is the warranty - we will get no support from Samsung Canada!
Hope that helps!
rajeshr said:
I have the same phone (960 F/DS). I got it primarily for the dual-SIM and 512GB and don't really have plans to root (those days are long gone for me)! Wifi Calling/VoLTE will not work. Samsung Pay kind of works (only with AmEx), but Google Pay works just fine. I'm with Rogers and have had no issues with reception (I'm in Vancouver and not sure about anything that's far away from a city). The only other thing worth considering is the warranty - we will get no support from Samsung Canada!
Hope that helps!
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Yes, I'm also not comfortable with root. Android is open enough that I don't need root. However, I noticed that LTE speeds are much slower. I have two note 9 phones side by side...one canadian model and one F / DS...I am using Fido (Rogers)... at the same time, I am getting 25mbps on the F / DS, and 101 mbps on the Canadian variant...another thing I noticed is that when I call myself from the landline, sometimes the F / DS doesn't ring and the call goes straight to voicemail, while the canadian variant isn't showing this behavior. I am guessing it is because of LTE dropping to 3G, and sometimes that drop may not go well. Are you finding any of this?
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Yes, I'm also not comfortable with root. Android is open enough that I don't need root. However, I noticed that LTE speeds are much slower. I have two note 9 phones side by side...one canadian model and one F / DS...I am using Fido (Rogers)... at the same time, I am getting 25mbps on the F / DS, and 101 mbps on the Canadian variant...another thing I noticed is that when I call myself from the landline, sometimes the F / DS doesn't ring and the call goes straight to voicemail, while the canadian variant isn't showing this behavior. I am guessing it is because of LTE dropping to 3G, and sometimes that drop may not go well. Are you finding any of this?
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i have the same problems lte speed are lower, im on claro honduras, and i have a note 8 and the speed are faster
heara67 said:
i have the same problems lte speed are lower, im on claro honduras, and i have a note 8 and the speed are faster
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What's claro honduras? So your note 9 is slow but your note 8 is fast? Are both F / DS models?
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What's claro honduras? So your note 9 is slow but your note 8 is fast? Are both F / DS models?
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claro is the cell phone company, and yes both are F/DS maybe it has something to do with csc, because in latin america this year samsung change the exynos for snapdragon
I'm using my F/DS on ATT and have experienced no issues. I also have a F/DS note 8 and it isn't slower than my ATT note 8. I tested data speeds side by side for days. Sometimes the F was faster, other times the ATT I was faster, I don't know why. But v little difference. For me anyway.
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I'm using my F/DS on ATT and have experienced no issues. I also have a F/DS note 8 and it isn't slower than my ATT note 8. I tested data speeds side by side for days. Sometimes the F was faster, other times the ATT I was faster, I don't know why. But v little difference. For me anyway.
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How about carrier aggregation? I heard it doesn't work.
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This time around, I will most likely be getting the Exynos version of the Galaxy Note 8. There are 2 versions that I am looking at specifically:
SM-N950F
SM-N950N
I've seen a few threads on here where people are trying to get them to work with AT&T, but never asked outright, so I am making this thread in hopes that it could possibly serve as a reference point for everyone:
Has anyone gotten the Exynos, international version of the Galaxy Note 8 working with AT&T, and get full LTE, VoLTE, Wifi calling, etc.?
If so, which Exynos model is it, and how did you get AT&T working?
Thank you so much!
I was using a UK Exynos S8+ on AT&T. You'll get none of AT&T's advanced features. Also, and I didn't realize it until I got the unlocked Note8, LTE speeds are slower with the Exynos radio. If you use Samsung Pay be careful which CSC you buy. Not all of them support U.S. use of Samsung Pay.
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I was using a UK Exynos S8+ on AT&T. You'll get none of AT&T's advanced features. Also, and I didn't realize it until I got the unlocked Note8, LTE speeds are slower with the Exynos radio. If you use Samsung Pay be careful which CSC you buy. Not all of them support U.S. use of Samsung Pay.
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How much slower are the LTE speeds we are talking? I can understand if it's slightly slower, but if it's much slower, then no-go.
Honestly, I use AT&T Prepaid, and it already doesn't have things by default such as VoLTE and Wifi calling (I think), so as long as I get stable and relatively fast LTE, it won't matter much.
I just purchased a SM-N950N 256gb I plan on using it on ATT I really do hope LTE works on it as I returned my note 8 snapdragon to get the exynos variant.
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I just purchased a SM-N950N 256gb I plan on using it on ATT I really do hope LTE works on it as I returned my note 8 snapdragon to get the exynos variant.
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That's good; if you could please update this thread with your direct experiences, I could then update the OP if it will work definitively or not. I already read in another thread that it works perfectly with T-mobile, so I can't see why not with AT&T.
UK N950F (XEU Single Sim) on ATT and it's working fine for me... LTE works, VoLTE works and HD Voice works (although i'm not sure if i can initiate a HD call. when i see the HD icon, i assume it's someone calling me via Wifi calling). i'm in some fringe areas, but i still get avg DL speeds of 35-40 mb/s. upload is consistently in the 20 mb/s range which is fine for my needs. @BarryH_GEG, what are your average speeds with the ATT Note 8? thanks.
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UK N950F (XEU Single Sim) on ATT and it's working fine for me... LTE works, VoLTE works and HD Voice works (although i'm not sure if i can initiate a HD call. when i see the HD icon, i assume it's someone calling me via Wifi calling). i'm in some fringe areas, but i still get avg DL speeds of 35-40 mb/s. upload is consistently in the 20 mb/s range which is fine for my needs. @BarryH_GEG, what are your average speeds with the ATT Note 8? thanks.
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Did you have to flash any CSC or anything to make it work with AT&T, or did it just work out of the box?
ajm786 said:
Did you have to flash any CSC or anything to make it work with AT&T, or did it just work out of the box?
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Yes, had to root and then flash the CSC for ATT.
cortez.i said:
Yes, had to root and then flash the CSC for ATT.
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Are you able to use Android Pay, Samsung Pay, or Magisk?
ajm786 said:
Are you able to use Android Pay, Samsung Pay, or Magisk?
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not Samsung Pay but Android Pay with Magisk works.
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not Samsung Pay but Android Pay with Magisk works.
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That's good enough for me. Do you have a guide to this, or a link to where I can download the CSC?
This is interesting. Would love to get more info about this. If it works that is what I will get. Exynos Already having custom roms, kernels is a huge plus.
where to buy
tokoam said:
I just purchased a SM-N950N 256gb I plan on using it on ATT I really do hope LTE works on it as I returned my note 8 snapdragon to get the exynos variant.
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I was looking to buy one do you
know where is the best place to buy one
donkey4114 said:
I was looking to buy one do you
know where is the best place to buy one
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Wonda Mobile has it. I ordered my unlocked Huawei Mate 9 from them. They're reputable. This is the model you'll want: https://www.wondamobile.com/samsung...MI7-Wty-Te1wIVxp0bCh1exgzcEAQYASABEgKq9fD_BwE
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Are you able to use Android Pay, Samsung Pay, or Magisk?
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Just saw this thread.
If you can can you point me to the csc file you flashed and if you can how did you flash?
I've tried a few that are out there and they all caused simple things like call forwarding not to work.
TIA.
LouK said:
Just saw this thread.
If you can can you point me to the csc file you flashed and if you can how did you flash?
I've tried a few that are out there and they all caused simple things like call forwarding not to work.
TIA.
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Start reading from this post down.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74388037&postcount=166
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Start reading from this post down.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74388037&postcount=166
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Yeah read that thread. Was last post there.
Only other LTE phone I have is the Note 5 which is also not an At&t branded phone, which I assume is what is needed to turn on all the other features.
Thanks
ive been looking everywhere and im not 100% on this BUT will this model work on at&t? lte and everything? might trtade my unlocked note 9 for one
It will work on at&t but you might miss out on some network features like carrier aggregation which gives you faster download speeds. But other than that it would work fine on at&t.
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ive been looking everywhere and im not 100% on this BUT will this model work on at&t? lte and everything? might trtade my unlocked note 9 for one
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Works fine. You're not going to have wifi calling, and there's a band or two we're don't have on the phone they ATT uses.
I have been using a 960f/ds on AT&T for a week or two now.
Megaflop666 said:
Works fine. You're not going to have wifi calling, and there's a band or two we're don't have on the phone they ATT uses.
I have been using a 960f/ds on AT&T for a week or two now.
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You run into any problems with it? Decent data speeds? I have at&t prepaid so I dont get wifi calling anyways lol
blane3298 said:
ive been looking everywhere and im not 100% on this BUT will this model work on at&t? lte and everything? might trtade my unlocked note 9 for one
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It will work but you will miss lots of AT&T Features and a few bands are missing, Also no wifi calling thats one of the features there's more features that wont work can't remember now, So if you care about your AT&T Features then it's really not worth getting theses International Phones, Also the Network is Slower Than the one Snapdragon AT&T Has on there phone, Cause of the Bands Missing.
I on att on 960F/DS. Works fine. Speed is the same where I am compared to my att note 8 but that could be because if where I am. If I'm missing a couple of options it's worth it for the flexibility. No issues.
I am thinking of getting n9600 for use on t-mobile and at&t
Will losing B71 band mean too much of a hassle, or I won't even feel it?
Any ideas?
Anybody here using that. I am gravitating towards that due to dual sim
tsk1979 said:
I am thinking of getting n9600 for use on t-mobile and at&t
Will losing B71 band mean too much of a hassle, or I won't even feel it?
Any ideas?
Anybody here using that. I am gravitating towards that due to dual sim
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I'm using n9600 in bay area with simple mobile (tmobile network) and get calls, sms/mms and lte data out of the box.
I didn't have to but i flashed detonator anyway for the wifi calling, Volte and video calling. I don't ever use those but it's nice to know it's there.
Seeing as the N9600 is a Snapdragon device, you should be able to use it in the states without any issues.
iceepyon said:
Seeing as the N9600 is a Snapdragon device, you should be able to use it in the states without any issues.
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The problem is
1. No CDMA
2. Some bands like B71 missing. Am wondering if it won't be too much of a hassle
iceepyon said:
Seeing as the N9600 is a Snapdragon device, you should be able to use it in the states without any issues.
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Misleading and oversimplified statement...there's more to it than simply Snapdragon or Exynos.
I just got one (n9600) for Metro by TMobile. Would love video calling, volte, Samsung pay. Any ideas?
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The problem is
1. No CDMA
2. Some bands like B71 missing. Am wondering if it won't be too much of a hassle
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It's going to depend on where you are whether the missing bands are going to be a hassle or not. I live in an almost purely Band71 area so it would be almost useless to me at home, however I travel to areas where it's band 4 so it wouldn't be an issue there. So the question is, where do you plan to use it the most?
Is Note 9 model SM-N960F/DS (Dual Sim) fully compatible with T-Mobile?
Is there anything I need to know about this compatibility?
The N960F lacks support for LTE band 71 which T-Mobile US has been rolling out recently. It cannot properly aggregate US LTE bands so data speeds will be limited to the capacity of a single band. Out of the box the phone also cannot use T-Mobile's advanced services like VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling. Developer TEKHD has created a package called Detonator (link below) that installs the TMB CSC and makes other software tweaks to enable all the advanced services, essentially transforming the phone into an N960U variant, but you must be rooted to install the package. Rooting a Samsung phone permanently trips a hardware fuse which disables Samsung Pay and may prevent you from obtaining warranty service.
http://tekhd.com/detonator-p/
^well explained! ?
Aggregation Included in Fix?!
5upon said:
The N960F lacks support for LTE band 71 which T-Mobile US has been rolling out recently. It cannot properly aggregate US LTE bands so data speeds will be limited to the capacity of a single band. Out of the box the phone also cannot use T-Mobile's advanced services like VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling. Developer TEKHD has created a package called Detonator (link below) that installs the TMB CSC and makes other software tweaks to enable all the advanced services, essentially transforming the phone into an N960U variant, but you must be rooted to install the package. Rooting a Samsung phone permanently trips a hardware fuse which disables Samsung Pay and may prevent you from obtaining warranty service.
http://tekhd.com/detonator-p/
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When stated that the TEKHD Detonator enables all the advanced services, does that include LTE Aggregation? Also, the link loads a non-existent site - is there another way to acquire TEKHD Detonator? Thanks for your time.
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When stated that the TEKHD Detonator enables all the advanced services, does that include LTE Aggregation? Also, the link loads a non-existent site - is there another way to acquire TEKHD Detonator? Thanks for your time.
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I’m also interested in the answer to this question. @5upon Do you by chance have any additional insight?
jsteg94 said:
I’m also interested in the answer to this question. @5upon Do you by chance have any additional insight?
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I don't have a Note any more, but it looks like TEKHD's files are still available.
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=281789
5upon said:
I don't have a Note any more, but it looks like TEKHD's files are still available.
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=281789
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Has anyone done this? I very much would like to know. Currently with US variant phone, which I could turn back in for one of these if I only knew I could actually root it and still have T-Mobile's aggregation, etc.
I can actually answer this one with some real world experience. I bought my N960F in Germany, the dual sim Exynos model unlocked. I used it with Deutsche Telekom which is owned by T-Mobile and it worked just fine in Germany. When I returned to the U.S., I brought my phone back with me and started up a plan with T-Mobile because the Deutsche Telekom people advised me that it should work just fine. Lo and behold, it worked just fine except for WiFi calling at first. Weirdly, WiFi calling did eventually start working properly after a week or 2 which was great because my house is in a pretty bad cell coverage area. All I can remember doing to get it to work is keep messing with the settings and eventually it started working one day. My speeds are great on LTE, streaming HD Youtube and whatnot while I'm out so I can't say there is any issue with the LTE bands that I'm aware of.
It's worth noting that I rooted my phone and then unrooted it while I was in Germany, but I never changed to a custom ROM or anything so that probably didn't have any effect on the network compatibility. One issue I'm having now is that the phone does NOT work with Verizon, I just found that out yesterday. I'm sure someone knows the technical reasons for this but just know that you might be stuck with T-Mobile if you want to keep using the N960F in the U.S. But it does work! I can use hotspot, WiFi calling, and VoLTE as well.
Is the lack of band 71 a software or hardware difference? I thought it would be a hardware difference, as the 600 MHz frequency requires a longer antenna than higher frequencies. Or is it that all Note 9 have same hardware, where the differences are in disabling certain features?
I have an up to date verizon note 9 although still paying for it I had it on their service for over 6 months so legally allowed to use on another service currently using it on cricket with no issues other than no VOlte which I've never had with cricket no matter what phone because I won't use the phones they have because I don't like them but that's another story....Since I can't get volte on my Verizon model note 9 that's fully updated for US I was wanting to switch to tmobile...I was set up with a sim card on their magenta plus plan worked great till I got to my home which is in a more rural area but did show verified coverage at driveway on their map I had no signal so I went to settings searched for mobile networks found tmobile listed registered and it connected like 2 bars LTE but within min lost service did it again lost service again while I had lte I was able to call and use data...so my question is could this be me using a verizon phone for it not latching on by itself or holding the signal I know note 9 has the 600mhz band but was wandering if I went ahead and got a tmobile phone if it would actually latch on and hold the signal that Verizon's addons and changing is playing well with tmobile...UNLESS someone can tell me how to get VOlte on cricket with this note 9 then I wouldn't need tmobile then 3g calling has went to crap over a year....thankyou for any input
Terasman210 said:
I have an up to date verizon note 9 although still paying for it I had it on their service for over 6 months so legally allowed to use on another service currently using it on cricket with no issues other than no VOlte which I've never had with cricket no matter what phone because I won't use the phones they have because I don't like them but that's another story....Since I can't get volte on my Verizon model note 9 that's fully updated for US I was wanting to switch to tmobile...I was set up with a sim card on their magenta plus plan worked great till I got to my home which is in a more rural area but did show verified coverage at driveway on their map I had no signal so I went to settings searched for mobile networks found tmobile listed registered and it connected like 2 bars LTE but within min lost service did it again lost service again while I had lte I was able to call and use data...so my question is could this be me using a verizon phone for it not latching on by itself or holding the signal I know note 9 has the 600mhz band but was wandering if I went ahead and got a tmobile phone if it would actually latch on and hold the signal that Verizon's addons and changing is playing well with tmobile...UNLESS someone can tell me how to get VOlte on cricket with this note 9 then I wouldn't need tmobile then 3g calling has went to crap over a year....thankyou for any input
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All N960U and N960U1 devices are EXACTLY the same. The only difference between the devices is software.
Flash the software for the carrier your running including the Userdata for you Note 9. It should work for all features especially on T-Mobile. T-Movile fully allows unlocked devices on their network whereas Verizon doesn't. I'm pretty sure at&t is like Verizon through when it comes to unlocked devices, and they own cricket so that rule probably trickles down to them as well.
You can get all carrier version of software for your Note 9 on samfirm or sammobile
Jammol said:
All N960U and N960U1 devices are EXACTLY the same. The only difference between the devices is software.
Flash the software for the carrier your running including the Userdata for you Note 9. It should work for all features especially on T-Mobile. T-Movile fully allows unlocked devices on their network whereas Verizon doesn't. I'm pretty sure at&t is like Verizon through when it comes to unlocked devices, and they own cricket so that rule probably trickles down to them as well.
You can get all carrier version of software for your Note 9 on samfirm or sammobile
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But my question would be would my phone latch on to tmobile towers using tmobile firmware better than my current state using verizon firmware I'm excluding wifi calling and volte just trying to determine if I would have a difference in service availability picking up towers and holding them with stronger lte signal or if it's just poor coverage both ways and will be no different than you for your advice as well
Terasman210 said:
But my question would be would my phone latch on to tmobile towers using tmobile firmware better than my current state using verizon firmware I'm excluding wifi calling and volte just trying to determine if I would have a difference in service availability picking up towers and holding them with stronger lte signal or if it's just poor coverage both ways and will be no different than you for your advice as well
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You will not have a difference in coverage. T-Mobile did the same thing with where I live and listed it on their map as being fully covered. I barely get LTE at my house or anywhere in my neighborhood.
Jammol said:
You will not have a difference in coverage. T-Mobile did the same thing with where I live and listed it on their map as being fully covered. I barely get LTE at my house or anywhere in my neighborhood.
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Okay thank you for saving me the trouble of doing firmware swap or just buying a phone from them just to try and have same result and have to return....man I wish cricket would sell the note 10 or 9 where I could get the volte...but thankyou for your time
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Okay thank you for saving me the trouble of doing firmware swap or just buying a phone from them just to try and have same result and have to return....man I wish cricket would sell the note 10 or 9 where I could get the volte...but thankyou for your time
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You will never know until you try it, so why not try it and find out? Make it an SM-N960U1. Debloated and ready to go with any sim you install. Flash the unbranded firmware that can work on any of the US providers. That's what I have, and when I loaded a T-Mobile sim, I got VoLTE and wifi calling. I've run a lot of custom firmwares in the past, but this is the best phone and firmware combo I've ever had. And it's pure stock.
Also, this stock One UI with dark mode is very slick. VERY! No Substratum, no themes, no fuss. Just clean and black.
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You will never know until you try it, so why not try it and find out? Make it an SM-N960U1. Debloated and ready to go with any sim you install. Flash the unbranded firmware that can work on any of the US providers. That's what I have, and when I loaded a T-Mobile sim, I got VoLTE and wifi calling. I've run a lot of custom firmwares in the past, but this is the best phone and firmware combo I've ever had. And it's pure stock.
Also, this stock One UI with dark mode is very slick. VERY! No Substratum, no themes, no fuss. Just clean and black.
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His goal is better service reception.
Only the carrier can fix that by actually providing the coverage they put on their maps.
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His goal is better service reception.
Only the carrier can fix that by actually providing the coverage they put on their maps.
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Lots of people have reported better or worse quality service, all other things equal except for firmware/software: different radios enabled/disabled; different optimizations. I just read another thread where someone got better tmobile reception at his house after flashing tmobile software over US unlocked software. There are more variables than just the carrier side of things.
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Lots of people have reported better or worse quality service, all other things equal except for firmware/software: different radios enabled/disabled; different optimizations. I just read another thread where someone got better tmobile reception at his house after flashing tmobile software over US unlocked software. There are more variables than just the carrier side of things.
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Thankyou then that kinda answers my question that although phones are equal between verizon version and unlocked internally and firmware being the difference that using a tmobile phone with their firmware I'd stand the best chance of service and since my area uses extended range area I would probably have a better experience than on my note 9 verizon...thankyou again
Terasman210 said:
Thankyou then that kinda answers my question that although phones are equal between verizon version and unlocked internally and firmware being the difference that using a tmobile phone with their firmware I'd stand the best chance of service and since my area uses extended range area I would probably have a better experience than on my note 9 verizon...thankyou again
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Yes. I think it may make no difference at all, or it might (much to gain, but nothing to lose), but most of the evidence in these forums, when it comes to connection quality, is extremely variable and anecdotal. Nobody can know an answer to this kind of question, unless they test it out for themselves. Good luck!