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SM-N960F/DS VoLTE Enable

Hey guys. I got screwed buying a note 9 off of ebay because the seller in the USA did not say it was an international model SM-N960F/DS. I use t-mobile and don't have VoLTE, or VoWifi. Can someone walk me through the process on how to enable this through whatever means necessary. I'm not an idiot with technology and phones but also I have never flashed a new rom or anything. Thanks in advance for your help

Bippoptl said:
Hey guys. I got screwed buying a note 9 off of ebay because the seller in the USA did not say it was an international model SM-N960F/DS. I use t-mobile and don't have VoLTE, or VoWifi. Can someone walk me through the process on how to enable this through whatever means necessary. I'm not an idiot with technology and phones but also I have never flashed a new rom or anything. Thanks in advance for your help
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There's a thread a few inches down in this section about this.
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Bippoptl said:
Hey guys. I got screwed buying a note 9 off of ebay because the seller in the USA did not say it was an international model SM-N960F/DS. I use t-mobile and don't have VoLTE, or VoWifi. Can someone walk me through the process on how to enable this through whatever means necessary. I'm not an idiot with technology and phones but also I have never flashed a new rom or anything. Thanks in advance for your help
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Am afraid you can't get VoLTE enabled on the T-Mobile USA network with the international SM-G960F model
You needed the UN-branded US-model SM-N960U or SM-N960U1, or the BRANDED T-Mobile model SM-N960T

Hey it aint no screw i would love a f model in US
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Bippoptl said:
Hey guys. I got screwed buying a note 9 off of ebay because the seller in the USA did not say it was an international model SM-N960F/DS. I use t-mobile and don't have VoLTE, or VoWifi. Can someone walk me through the process on how to enable this through whatever means necessary. I'm not an idiot with technology and phones but also I have never flashed a new rom or anything. Thanks in advance for your help
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Someone else posted this in the forum:
http://tekhd.com/detonator/#tmodetonator
I cannot vouch for it's effectiveness,but,the dev/user is known here @ XDA.
I'd definitely message 'em before use.
If you use this,please post your results here,lots of people here would be interested & thankful for any info/user results. :good:

With the International model you probably wont be able to get wifi calling or VoLTE working on Tmobile

KOLIOSIS said:
Someone else posted this in the forum:
http://tekhd.com/detonator/#tmodetonator
I cannot vouch for it's effectiveness,but,the dev/user is known here @ XDA.
I'd definitely message 'em before use.
If you use this,please post your results here,lots of people here would be interested & thankful for any info/user results. :good:
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Guy is legit. He's done wonders on previous models. If he says it works, I would say it does.

HAYDENB said:
With the International model you probably wont be able to get wifi calling or VoLTE working on Tmobile
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non sense

It works..tried it
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non sense
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You will be able to get VoLTE option in the International version. Just insert VoLTE capable sim from your provider and restart the phone. I have tried it with an Indian sim and works perfect. Once you remove the card, VoLTE option disappears.
Ibrah

Does not work in on Thailand phones. Tried my volte sim in a n960f/ds and volte option does not appear

Tinker901 said:
Does not work in on Thailand phones. Tried my volte sim in a n960f/ds and volte option does not appear
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non sense

Tinker901 said:
Does not work in on Thailand phones. Tried my volte sim in a n960f/ds and volte option does not appear
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I have TMO with VoLTE/WifiCalling working on the F/DS model ordered through ebay with an original CSC of MYM (Thailand/Unknown). You have to have root, make a backup with TWRP, and use the detonator from the thread posted above TekHD's thread. Go to their telegram channel there is more support there and an updated version from bigTINY on TekHD's channel. Do some more reading on it but it is possible to get all your carrier features enabled on the international phone.

Bippoptl said:
Hey guys. I got screwed buying a note 9 off of ebay because the seller in the USA did not say it was an international model SM-N960F/DS. I use t-mobile and don't have VoLTE, or VoWifi. Can someone walk me through the process on how to enable this through whatever means necessary. I'm not an idiot with technology and phones but also I have never flashed a new rom or anything. Thanks in advance for your help
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Your not alone. My samsung Galaxy Note 9 has the same problem. Yet it in my network information 4glte app it says my phone has volte enabled yet it doesn't work or seem to work for anyone?

After updated to N960FXXS3CSG1, the VOLTE and VOWIFI not work

I am considering picking up a SM-N960F/DS Samsung Galaxy Note 9, installing LineageOS 17.1 with MicroG and use with T-Mobile in the US. I have read that certain T-Mobile Services don't work out of the box, however, I have also read of a TMO Detonator configuration that can be installed which restores those missing features. Is anyone able to share their experience with this Note 9 version on T-Mobile? Did you use TMO Detonator? If so, did TMO Detonator fix all the T-Mobile compatibility issues? If not, which features are still missing? Does Carrier Aggregation work? If not, what LTE Data speeds are possible? Are you happy with the SM-N960F/DS Note 9 experience on T-Mobile? Is there still a site which holds the TMO Detonator File/Package along with Instructions? Any other thoughts or advice? Thanks for your time.

can anyone tell me if a tmobile sim will work on a verizon note 9?

so will it work?

It probably won't work as the Verzon variant of the Note 9 is designed to operate on Verzon's own LTE network.

Yes

iceepyon said:
It probably won't work as the Verzon variant of the Note 9 is designed to operate on Verzon's own LTE network.
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i asked a Samsung representative and he/she said that it will work, just to be sure i asked twice and he/she said that he/she was absolutely certain.

I have note 9 verizon with att sim, but I also test the t-mobile and it works as well

kb389 said:
i asked a Samsung representative and he/she said that it will work, just to be sure i asked twice and he/she said that he/she was absolutely certain.
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It will work. ??
ALL US Note 9s are exactly the same. Just different carrier. ??

Verizon started doing carrier locks on the Note 9 like other carriers do. Once it is unlocked you can use Odin patched to flash the globally unlocked firmware or any carriers firmware.

Yes it will work.
Verizon's version is factory unlocked for anysincard lte network across the world.

Note 9 and Firstnet

Good evening all,
I am really hoping someone here can answer this question for me. I have a Note 9 purchased from T-Mobile model SN-N960U. It has been carrier unlocked using the tmobile app. What I was looking to do was take the phone with me over to AT&T Firstnet and use it there. The problem is band 14, which is the primary band firstnet uses. Will my phone work with Firstnet on band 14??? I called Firstnet and they said it would work. The manager at the local AT&T corporate store said since it is a T-Mobile phone that it will not work with band 14. What makes things even more confusion is it appears all Note 9's have the same model number regardless of the carrier it was made for. So can someone here confirm for me if it will or will not work on band 14 for Firstnet?
Thanks!

From what I have been able to find out the N960U does not support the use of LTE band 14. Check here for more information: https://www.phonemore.com/samsung-galaxy-note-9-sm-n960u-512gb/specs/4164

iceepyon said:
From what I have been able to find out the N960U does not support the use of LTE band 14.
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But then you look at GSM arena's site on the Note 9 it says something completely different.
gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note9-9163.php
So that, along with the conflicting info from ATT and Firstnet is why im so confused.

srichardson said:
But then you look at GSM arena's site on the Note 9 it says something completely different.
gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note9-9163.php
So that, along with the conflicting info from ATT and Firstnet is why im so confused.
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In that case I would take your device to a AT&T retail branch and ask if they have a test SIM, which they can use on your device.

Yes. The Note 9 will absolutely work on FirstNet. Doesn't matter if it's a T-Mo device, they are all identical. When you put in the FirstNet SIM it will provision for that carrier.
https://about.att.com/story/samsung_joins_firstnet_devices.html

iceepyon said:
In that case I would take your device to a AT&T retail branch and ask if they have a test SIM, which they can use on your device.
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I actually did try that today and they said they do not have "test" ones and can only do it if they actually setup an account which would require me porting my number over from Tmobile and going through all that.

Mr. Orange 645 said:
Yes. The Note 9 will absolutely work on FirstNet. Doesn't matter if it's a T-Mo device, they are all identical. When you put in the FirstNet SIM it will provision for that carrier.
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Mr. Orange thanks for that article, that is one I had not seen yet while doing my research. Are you sure that article is not talking about just ATT "branded" Note 9's? I am cautious because when I put it in to service mode *#2263# it does not list band 14 with all the other ones it has. Is it some kind of hidden band that will enable itself when a Firstnet SIM is put in to the phone?

srichardson said:
Mr. Orange thanks for that article, that is one I had not seen yet while doing my research. Are you sure that article is not talking about just ATT "branded" Note 9's? I am cautious because when I put it in to service mode *#2263# it does not list band 14 with all the other ones it has. Is it some kind of hidden band that will enable itself when a Firstnet SIM is put in to the phone?
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It doesn't matter. ALL US Note 9s are identical hardware-wise and capable of supporting the same bands.

Mr. Orange 645 said:
It doesn't matter. ALL US Note 9s are identical hardware-wise and capable of supporting the same bands.
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Really, I thought that the Carrier Branded devices had different hardware specs than the unlocked variant....

iceepyon said:
Really, I thought that the Carrier Branded devices had different hardware specs than the unlocked variant....
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Nope. This has been discussed many, many times. Since the S8/+ all the US (and Canadian) Galaxy devices have identical hardware. That is why we can flash the N960U1 firmware on the N960U and vice versa. If the hardware was different, it wouldn't flash. It's just different firmware and carrier features preloaded on each device version.
N960U1 = N960U = N960W

Do I have to get a VZW Note 9 (960U ?)to have Wifi and HD calling on Verizon?

I just cracked the front glass on my Note 8 and UbreakIt wants $250+ to replace the glass/screen so I am looking into a Note 9 as an option.
I am wondering Do I have to get a VZW Note 9 (SM-N960UZBAVZW for instance ) to have Wifi and HD calling on Verizon? Or can I buy an Exynos model and wifi and HD calling will still work on the VZW network?

plainbum said:
I just cracked the front glass on my Note 8 and UbreakIt wants $250+ to replace the glass/screen so I am looking into a Note 9 as an option.
I am wondering Do I have to get a VZW Note 9 (960U ?) to have Wifi and HD calling on Verizon?
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I don't think so.

plainbum said:
I just cracked the front glass on my Note 8 and UbreakIt wants $250+ to replace the glass/screen so I am looking into a Note 9 as an option.
I am wondering Do I have to get a VZW Note 9 (SM-N960UZBAVZW for instance ) to have Wifi and HD calling on Verizon? Or can I buy an Exynos model and wifi and HD calling will still work on the VZW network?
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I don't think so.
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no, but you do have to be running vzw firmware which is flashable in Odin.
you CANNOT use a Exynos anything on vzw tho. gsm only phones.
any of the N960U models will work as long as they have the vzw firmware on them
ps: it requires the vzw f/w because its a vzw service that needs to be provisioned

youdoofus said:
no, but you do have to be running vzw firmware which is flashable in Odin.
you CANNOT use a Exynos anything on vzw tho. gsm only phones.
any of the N960U models will work as long as they have the vzw firmware on them
ps: it requires the vzw f/w because its a vzw service that needs to be provisioned
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Thanks for your reply.
Are any Snapdragon models rooted?

plainbum said:
Thanks for your reply.
Are any Snapdragon models rooted?
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no sweat
the korean N9500 are snapdragon and are rootable

youdoofus said:
no sweat
the korean N9500 are snapdragon and are rootable
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btw that's an note 8 model from either China or south America.
Korean N950N and N960N devices are rootable exynos phones.

bober10113 said:
btw that's an note 8 model from either China or south America.
Korean N950N and N960N devices are rootable exynos phones.
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yes, i mistyped the n950 as n9500

youdoofus said:
yes, i mistyped the n950 as n9500
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but again n950 is not a model. exynos korean N950N is.

bober10113 said:
but again n950 is not a model. exynos korean N950N is.
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but again, G960 isnt a model number either, but people say that all the time to refer to the overall model. During the 4 years i used a G900P, you wouldnt even believe how often it was referred to as just the G900. if youd like i can go to several of your posts and nit pick the fu*k out of them too

youdoofus said:
but again, G960 isnt a model number either, but people say that all the time to refer to the overall model. During the 4 years i used a G900P, you wouldnt even believe how often it was referred to as just the G900. if youd like i can go to several of your posts and nit pick the fu*k out of them too
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fell free its just that saying that a korean n9500 is a snapdragon device is wrong in many ways.
plus the correction of saying its a korean n950 snapdragon is also wrong. a typo is a mistake that dosen't really change anything in a statement. being wrong across the board needs to be adressed or at least corrected especialy when this information was supposed to serve as help and be informative to another user(which in this case had 2 problems in the statement). I'm not trying to nit pick at you, more at the relevance and correctness of your posts so that others get the correct information.
the only bootloader unlockable snapdragon devices are the Chinese and south American n9500, n9600, etc.. and so on
the korean n950n, n960n and so on are exynos.

youdoofus said:
no, but you do have to be running vzw firmware which is flashable in Odin.
you CANNOT use a Exynos anything on vzw tho. gsm only phones.
any of the N960U models will work as long as they have the vzw firmware on them
ps: it requires the vzw f/w because its a vzw service that needs to be provisioned
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Once you insert a Veriozn sim card doesn't it automatically install Verizon firmware? Hence BYOD?

dave678 said:
Once you insert a Veriozn sim card doesn't it automatically install Verizon firmware? Hence BYOD?
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no. they assume that when you B your O D, they assume that its purchased outright and has no carrier balance or ties financially. If you want vzw firmware on a phone, youll have to flash the vzw version for your hardware

youdoofus said:
no. they assume that when you B your O D, they assume that its purchased outright and has no carrier balance or ties financially. If you want vzw firmware on a phone, youll have to flash the vzw version for your hardware
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Samsung's own website says it installs the firmware automatically when you insert the sim card. Yes I know it has to have been paid off.https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00078492/

dave678 said:
Samsung's own website says it installs the firmware automatically when you insert the sim card. Yes I know it has to have been paid off.https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00078492/
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on n960u and n960u1 devices, which are multi sim, have all US carriers csc files already. it will just switch.
on international devices such as the n960f for example, this behavior will not happen since the region of the device doesn't contain USA (XAA) csc.
but that's just talking about csc.
if we talk about modems and the technology used to connect to bands, Verizon uses CDMA. all n960u and n960u1 have the hardware to use both cdma and gsm. on the other hand, the n960f ( and F/DS or even n960n) unfortuanlty do not have the hardware required to connect through CDMA networks. so F devies wont even connect at all to provider.(neither F/DS or n960n)
this is pretty common knowledge and is not new. search and read.
one caveat would be the intl. Chinese or South American N9600 devices. they have the ability to connect to both CDMA and GSM networks plus having the ability to unlock the bootloader(custom recovery/rooting). the advanced carrier options will probably not work completely( csc). but that being said ,calls and data will work fine. uppon rooting, some of the xda community have made flashable zip files to try and restore these missing csc festures.( volte, wificalling ...etc)

youdoofus said:
no, but you do have to be running vzw firmware which is flashable in Odin.
you CANNOT use a Exynos anything on vzw tho. gsm only phones.
any of the N960U models will work as long as they have the vzw firmware on them
ps: it requires the vzw f/w because its a vzw service that needs to be provisioned
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I believe that only AT&T is the only Service Provider in the States that supports the use of Exynos devices....

iceepyon said:
I believe that only AT&T is the only Service Provider in the States that supports the use of Exynos devices....
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incorrect. Exynos devices are GSM only and will run on virtually any stateside GSM provider. The main two are AT&T (as you mentioned) and T-Mob. Exynos versions of this phone will work on either of those and pretty much any other GSM service
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Samsung's own website says it installs the firmware automatically when you insert the sim card. Yes I know it has to have been paid off.https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00078492/
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it wont. go ahead and try it for yourself. For example, you wont get hd calling on a sprint note 9 with a verizon sim without flashing the verizon firmware

youdoofus said:
incorrect. Exynos devices are GSM only and will run on virtually any stateside GSM provider. The main two are AT&T (as you mentioned) and T-Mob. Exynos versions of this phone will work on either of those and pretty much any other GSM service
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it wont. go ahead and try it for yourself. For example, you wont get hd calling on a sprint note 9 with a verizon sim without flashing the verizon firmware
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I guarantee you it will. BYOD means everything works including VOLTE and wifi calling. It basically flashes the firmware for you. https://forums.att.com/t5/Samsung/Galaxy-Note-9-will-not-switch-to-Verizon/td-p/5784127

wow ...lol
lost cause.

dave678 said:
I guarantee you it will. BYOD means everything works including VOLTE and wifi calling. It basically flashes the firmware for you. https://forums.att.com/t5/Samsung/Galaxy-Note-9-will-not-switch-to-Verizon/td-p/5784127
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Your guarantee is based on a thread that debates the legitimacy of Samsung's BYOD capabilities by literally saying that it didn't work for someone who tried it? That's a bold move there, Cotton.

cmatg said:
Your guarantee is based on a thread that debates the legitimacy of Samsung's BYOD capabilities by literally saying that it didn't work for someone who tried it? That's a bold move there, Cotton.
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Did you read the whole thing? Or you're just jumping to a conclusion?

Question [Dead](QPST) Enabling Cellular Bands on the Snapdragon 888 on Mi 11/Pro/Ultra

Hello,
I'm looking to inquire some help on enabling otherwise blocked bands on these devices. I live in the U.S. and could greatly benefit from it. I looked at some posts on using the QPST and QXDM tools for Qualcomm devices, however I am a bit out of my depths as far as this goes. I know that 888 has a built-in modem (x60) but I couldn't find any material on all the bands it supports. If anyone of you could help point me in the right direction, it would be very much appreciated. Thanks

iamrance.asa said:
Hello,
I'm looking to inquire some help on enabling otherwise blocked bands on these devices. I live in the U.S. and could greatly benefit from it. I looked at some posts on using the QPST and QXDM tools for Qualcomm devices, however I am a bit out of my depths as far as this goes. I know that 888 has a built-in modem (x60) but I couldn't find any material on all the bands it supports. If anyone of you could help point me in the right direction, it would be very much appreciated. Thanks
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how about just to flash Modem.img from Global to Chinese via cmd

They're was some ussd codes posted in this forum recently that supposedly unlock carrier aggregation in the China model, maybe some one can remember where and link you to them.....

Type this: *#*#4636#*#*

avetny said:
how about just to flash Modem.img from Global to Chinese via cmd
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Never worked...

avetny said:
Type this: *#*#4636#*#*
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I get :
No VOLTE , maybe it isn't in this country

speedtripler said:
I get :
No VOLTE , maybe it isn't in this country
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*#*#86583#*#* (VoLTE)
*#*#869434#*#* (VoWIFI)
These worked for me. It will say turned carrier check off then you can find the option to turn VoLTE/VoWIFI on under the sim section (for each sim installed).
However, I'm trying to enable blocked bands on the snapdragon's modem. Some of them they don't enable on different phones because of legalities and some just aren't supported by the chip.

iamrance.asa said:
*#*#86583#*#* (VoLTE)
*#*#869434#*#* (VoWIFI)
These worked for me. It will say turned carrier check off then you can find the option to turn VoLTE/VoWIFI on under the sim section (for each sim installed).
However, I'm trying to enable blocked bands on the snapdragon's modem. Some of them they don't enable on different phones because of legalities and some just aren't supported by the chip.
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Thx friend
Those codes worked a treat!
Now I have VOLTE and VoWifi

speedtripler said:
Thx friend
Those codes worked a treat!
Now I have VOLTE and VoWifi
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Carful with Wifi calling... sometimes it gives strange things. Example first 5 seconds caller don't hearing your voice....etc