Hello.
Living in France, and having imported a Hong Kong Galaxy Note 5, so it miss B20 (800Mhz) frequency band to have 4G optimally.
Is it possible to activate this frequency band or another by changing the CSC firmware? How to do please?
The only models currently offering all French frequency bands are the N920C and N920CD (Dual SIM)
Apparently it is possible to do it on a Galaxy Note 3 and 4 ....
Thank you.
Not currently. Other Samsung phones that use Qualcomm chipsets can through a program called QPST, but its a complex process to do. You essentially bought the wrong phone.
Also this is the wrong forums. Mod please delete!
Maybe you bought the wrong phone.
These are the bands up on my note 5
http://imgur.com/Q0MdaZA
siriom said:
Maybe you bought the wrong phone.
These are the bands up on my note 5
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Wich model you bought? and where?
I hope there was a solution for your problem.
I'm in the same deep hole...
920i and Ebay . Also im in Portugal atm. My phone is originally from singapore i believe ... it had the singtel bloatware on it.
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Hi guys,
Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been following several threads on the Note 4. IT will be my first android coming from iphone, and i've got a couple of questions:
1) I'm in Brazil, carrier Vivo, Band 7, 2600 MHZ. Can I get the SM-N910U instead of the SM-N910C which will be sold here next month? Will SM-N910U work just fine with my LTE network?
2) What online store has a good price for the phone and will send it fast? I'm also looking at a 60% import tax on my crappy country, so it has to be a store that I know will send the correct model.
Thanks!
SM N910U still can use both 4G and 3G so you can use 910U
I think most of note 4 with exynos chipset can use 4G
About store i dont know because i live in asia and those phone in most of country here at the sameprice.
That what i can tell you
1-Yes the N910U has LTE on band 2600MHz.
2- You can buy it in Ebay and in 28mobile.com ask them for the N910U version.
Hi All,
I am on Vodafone who don't use the Band 20 frequency for 4g.
I have the Note 920i version, I have now found out it doesn't work on vodafone 4g as the phone doesn't support that frequency.
I assume there is no way around it?
Thanks
Someone mentioned chamging in service menu but also that could not work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3182455
main networks that use B20 in the UK are o2 and vodafone I think, EE and Three also have a little spectrum at 800Mhz not sure how much its deployed, I think I read that EE was using 800Mhz in rural areas because they could not support alot of handsets on it at the same time due to the limited spectrum/bandwidth that they have. A pity since the 800Mhz frequency is the one which travels through buildings better.
So is the US t-mobile variant SM-N920T the only one with B20 ? What chance is there in unlocking a phone bought off ebay? From what I gather T-Mobile handsets can only be unlocked by T-mobile and not other online services. On the Note 4 it was known that you could flash another carriers firmware on it and then unlock using one of the web services.
I am from slovenia I am waiting for note 5 N920I and we will see how it works now I had 915s note edge Korea version and I didn't have any problem and it was missing band 20...
Sent from my SM-N915S using XDA Free mobile app
drakulinho said:
I am from slovenia I am waiting for note 5 N920I and we will see how it works now I had 915s note edge Korea version and I didn't have any problem and it was missing band 20...
Sent from my SM-N915S using XDA Free mobile app
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But did it connect to Band 20? maybe your older phone just used different band that your network supports
Greetings!
I see that there are many different threads asking about what bands are on each model. I have made a basic spreadsheet that has the various bands by model type. I have noted the resource that I have used for this. I'm still missing the SM920c model. If there are any mistakes or additional items please let me know and I will adjust accordingly.
http://1drv.ms/1L0LImY
I hope this is helpful for those importing and ordering for their specific needs.
Thanks for the time and effort
Nice job! This is what i've been looking for. I can't believe these devices are so different.
You are welcome! If someone has the SM-920C model and send me a picture from the back of the box this would be helpful!
I have a SM-N920C but unfortunately nothing is mentioned on the box about supported bands.
Will see next week if European bands are supported by this model
Check *#2263# under Band Selection
Already checked that and it looks promising. Though not sure if all those bands are supported...
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I hope this is helpful for those importing and ordering for their specific needs.
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Hi, thank you for your efforts on this.
Unfortunately, I'm not a tech person at all and don't really understand how to determine an answer to my question. I'm wondering if you can answer this for me:
I have a Note 5 that's the n920w8 model. It works with my Canadian carrier, Wind, which is AWS 1700/2100 to which they say, "20 megahertz AWS-1" (whatever that means). But they don't offer LTE yet (though they're working on it).
However, it's only 32gb. I've been looking to importing an international version that's unlocked and has dual sim. Its model number is N9208. However, I can't find a definite answer online of whether the imported version will work with my provider and I can't afford that $1000 gamble.
If I'm reading your chart correctly, the difference between the two is that the W model has 1700 and 2100 but the 920 only has the 2100. You've noted on the right that Wind uses that 1700. Since you didn't note on it, is the 2100 in your chart also Wind?
In short, should I import this phone?
Thank you very much.
Thanks for your work on that
No GN5 is compatible with 2600mhz 4G?
Best choice to import in France is choosing a N9208 ?
I can already confirm band 20 is supported by the SM-N920C.
And band 3 as well.
Can someone please confirm... According to this spreadsheet. The hongkong version N9200 and the N9208 will get LTE on the Canadian Rogers network?
I picked up a Silver Titanium Duo Sim version and it definitely works with Fido's LTE.
I am using n9208 on Rogers with lte
Sent from my SM-N9208 using XDA Free mobile app
Has anyone got the N9200 (dual sim) in the UK? I have seen it being advertised as supporting bands 20/26 for LTE.
@aez and @Deliximus, can I ask where you guys got your phones? And are either of you able to confirm they work on Wind? Is there a Wind shop near you you could pop into and check by having the drop a sim in? I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.
Hmmm. I'm a bit confused as my T-Mobile Note has many more bands than what is on the website... See attachment. I wondering if the *#2263# is actually accurate?
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Hmmm. I'm a bit confused as my T-Mobile Note has many more bands than what is on the website... See attachment. I wondering if the *#2263# is actually accurate?
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I have the exact same bands on my N920C. I don't think those are all the supported ones, beacuse I believe the N920I has exactly the same displayed, but band 20 isn't working on that model...
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I have the exact same bands on my N920C. I don't think those are all the supported ones, beacuse I believe the N920I has exactly the same displayed, but band 20 isn't working on that model...
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Ah... That's what I thought. I believe the original list is indeed correct.
will a sprint note 5 work on ATT. I entered the serial number in on att website and it said it would work? would I still get lte
Hello people.
I’m here to ask you some stuff. I’m about to buy a Note 8, because sadly my beloved Note 4 got stolen (It was time for a replacement, either way)
So, I found the model SM-N950N which is form Korea and has 256 gb of internal storage.
I read a lot this few days about this model, but I wanted to ask you some questions because there are certain things I’m not sure about.
1) It is necessary to use the phone with a Korean SIM card to unlock it, or I just put my SIM from Argentina? (I already check the bands and in theory it should work)
2) The updates are going to be affected because the phone doesn’t have a Korean SIM?
3) In my country, Samsung Pay isn’t available. But according to what I read, this feature only works in Korea. Is it posible to change that without triggering Samsung Knox?
4) I read somewhere this phones doesn’t include google services (This model, or SM-N9500, I’m no sure). If so, Is it difficult to make them work??
I know other possibility I have is the model from HK, SM-N9500, but I would like to use an exynos variant.
According to your answers I’ll decide if it is worth it to buy this model, or but the local one and be happy with 64 gb.
This is new territory to me, so be patient!!
Thank you in advance! Probably other questions will arise and I’ll add them in this thread.
gjtiri said:
Hello people.
I’m here to ask you some stuff. I’m about to buy a Note 8, because sadly my beloved Note 4 got stolen (It was time for a replacement, either way)
So, I found the model SM-N950N which is form Korea and has 256 gb of internal storage.
I read a lot this few days about this model, but I wanted to ask you some questions because there are certain things I’m not sure about.
1) It is necessary to use the phone with a Korean SIM card to unlock it, or I just put my SIM from Argentina? (I already check the bands and in theory it should work)
2) The updates are going to be affected because the phone doesn’t have a Korean SIM?
3) In my country, Samsung Pay isn’t available. But according to what I read, this feature only works in Korea. Is it posible to change that without triggering Samsung Knox?
4) I read somewhere this phones doesn’t include google services (This model, or SM-N9500, I’m no sure). If so, Is it difficult to make them work??
I know other possibility I have is the model from HK, SM-N9500, but I would like to use an exynos variant.
According to your answers I’ll decide if it is worth it to buy this model, or but the local one and be happy with 64 gb.
This is new territory to me, so be patient!!
Thank you in advance! Probably other questions will arise and I’ll add them in this thread.
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1. no, just use it. Korean models don't have any SIM or carrier locks, or regional SIM activation requirement
2.. SIM is unrelated to updates - as long as it is unmodified it will still get updates
3. you will want to search more about this but no you won't be able to use it in your country
4. it does include them, not sure where you read that.
Kalm_Traveler said:
1. no, just use it. Korean models don't have any SIM or carrier locks, or regional SIM activation requirement
2.. SIM is unrelated to updates - as long as it is unmodified it will still get updates
3. you will want to search more about this but no you won't be able to use it in your country
4. it does include them, not sure where you read that.
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Thank you for your answer!! @Kalm_Traveler As I say before, I check and this model has all the necessary bands for 3G and 4G in my country. But at in some sites it says it is 2G quad band, and other than it only has bands 900, 1800 and 1900, when in my country we use 850 too.
Is FrecuencyCheck a reliable source? Thank you!!!
gjtiri said:
Thank you for your answer!! @Kalm_Traveler As I say before, I check and this model has all the necessary bands for 3G and 4G in my country. But at in some sites it says it is 2G quad band, and other than it only has bands 900, 1800 and 1900, when in my country we use 850 too.
Is FrecuencyCheck a reliable source? Thank you!!!
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Frequency check is not a reliable source as far as I'm concerned.
Back in January I was researching the Samsung Tab S2 international models. One model was the SM-T819N and the other SM-T819Y which I bought in the end. They listed one less band on their website for the 819Y model.
Luckily for me, I used Samsung's own website to check the bands before I purchased it. In my case I checked Samsung Singapore website to see it's tech specs .
So you should check the frequency by visiting Samsung's Korea website and not rely on Frequency Check.
Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
Seeing that I might have to order a SM-N9500 version of the phone, this is just like the Korean version? I can put my Argentinian SIM out of the box? Thank you!
From the Korean Samsung website:
2G GSM
GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
3G UMTS
B1(2100), B2(1900), B5(850)
3G TD-SCDMA
B34(2010), B39(1880)
4G FDD LTE
B1(2100), B2(1900), B3(1800), B4(AWS), B5(850), B7(2600), B8(900), B12(700), B13(700), B17(700), B18(800), B19(800), B20(800), B25(1900), B26(850), B28(700)
4G TDD LTE
B38(2600), B39(1900), B40(2300), B41(2500)
gjtiri said:
Hello people.
I’m here to ask you some stuff. I’m about to buy a Note 8, because sadly my beloved Note 4 got stolen (It was time for a replacement, either way)
So, I found the model SM-N950N which is form Korea and has 256 gb of internal storage.
I read a lot this few days about this model, but I wanted to ask you some questions because there are certain things I’m not sure about.
1) It is necessary to use the phone with a Korean SIM card to unlock it, or I just put my SIM from Argentina? (I already check the bands and in theory it should work)
2) The updates are going to be affected because the phone doesn’t have a Korean SIM?
3) In my country, Samsung Pay isn’t available. But according to what I read, this feature only works in Korea. Is it posible to change that without triggering Samsung Knox?
4) I read somewhere this phones doesn’t include google services (This model, or SM-N9500, I’m no sure). If so, Is it difficult to make them work??
I know other possibility I have is the model from HK, SM-N9500, but I would like to use an exynos variant.
According to your answers I’ll decide if it is worth it to buy this model, or but the local one and be happy with 64 gb.
This is new territory to me, so be patient!!
Thank you in advance! Probably other questions will arise and I’ll add them in this thread.
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I am in the US and Samsung Pay works perfectly.
- R. Kruse Ludington:
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Hi guys,
i'm using a Note 8 N9500 128gb in italy, with TIM carrier.
under 4G coverage, the phone rarely show the 4G+ icon in the status bar, but other phones like the older Note 4/Note Edge, shows 4G+ icon in same situation. In my house for example there is full 4G+ coverage with the Note Edge and LG V10 that connected in 4G+, meanwhile Note 8 only shows 4G icon.
with the Note 8 i have saw the 4G+ only a couple of times...
is the Note 8 antenna that bad?
or can it be another kind of problem?
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Sad story....
Note 8 N9500 support all bands used here in Italy, B3, B7 and B20, but only support carrier aggregation with bands B3+B7 and not B3+B20
Hi!
I have also SM-N9500 csc is TGY(HONGKONG)
you can check here
http://www.phonemore.com/compare/pho...-n9500/6303040
it is only Rom problem,
normaly SM-N9500 much more capable from SM-N950FD,
but i think china don't give a permissions for video calling,
and our SM-N9500 has a software barrier for this.
Are there any people will solve this problem?
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Sad story....
Note 8 N9500 support all bands used here in Italy, B3, B7 and B20, but only support carrier aggregation with bands B3+B7 and not B3+B20
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You are right about CA. 4G+ just means CA is active, 4G is still LTE. Same goes for LTE & LTE+ icons for other variants/CSC which is the equivalent to 4G & 4G+. When I get high speeds I'm usually connected to only one band & CA is inactive, well that's the case for my area anyway.
My N950F originaly had 4G & 4G+ icons. If you use Network Cell Info the app will show you. I'm using TMB CSC now & they don't use seperate icons. The icon is 4G/LTE whether CA is active or not but with Network Cell Info I can see when CA activates.
If you change your CSC to your country or carrier you may get the additional CA combos for your area.
muhmak said:
Hi!
I have also SM-N9500 csc is TGY(HONGKONG)
you can check here
http://www.phonemore.com/compare/pho...-n9500/6303040
it is only Rom problem,
normaly SM-N9500 much more capable from SM-N950FD,
but i think china don't give a permissions for video calling,
and our SM-N9500 has a software barrier for this.
Are there any people will solve this problem?
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Yes same thing here. Can anyone solve the video calling on SM-N9500 TGY. Thanks.
icteyemd said:
Yes same thing here. Can anyone solve the video calling on SM-N9500 TGY. Thanks.
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Use Phone INFO or Shortcut Master & try to launch 467 (IMS Settings). Under IMS Service Switch see if you have MMTEL switch, VoLTE, VoLTE-Video etc. Enable them if you do to see if that works.
N9500 snapdragon
Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me out. I've got the imported N9500 256GB dual sim which runs a snapdragon chiset. In South Africa, where I'm from, the local devices are Exynos. The CSC for all these devices are obviously for Exynos chipsets. Here's my question, would it be possible to get my country's CSC for the snapdragon variant? My country code is XFV (VODACOM / VODAFONE) or XFE (UNBRANDED)
The reason I'm asking is because my Note 8 won't ever connect to LTE-A unlike my locally sourced A8 2018. If the above is not possible is there any other way of getting the carrier aggregation to work? Thanks in advance.