Note FE- is still good choice in 2019? - Samsung Galaxy Note FE Questions & Answers

I have Note 5 and Note 9 and consider sell Note 5 and buy used Note FE for about 420$.
This decision is good in 2019? Maybe keep Note 5 because difference between Note 5 and FE isn't too big.
Thanks in advance.

I love my Note FE but here in the states it has never been reliable on LTE for voice calls or text messages. I run it on 3G/2G to get around that issue. There is a fix with S7 Edge files extracted from the ROM and flashed over to change the country specific code (csc) and enable VoLTE and WiFi calling, but that is no longer available with Pie.
Much love, but I would not buy one today.
All this is without root of course, but I've not been one to root phones the last couple of years.

Exact opposite for me. I use it on AT&T in United States and have no issues with 4g. Yes I am rooted.
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lazarom said:
I love my Note FE but here in the states it has never been reliable on LTE for voice calls or text messages. I run it on 3G/2G to get around that issue. There is a fix with S7 Edge files extracted from the ROM and flashed over to change the country specific code (csc) and enable VoLTE and WiFi calling, but that is no longer available with Pie.
Much love, but I would not buy one today.
All this is without root of course, but I've not been one to root phones the last couple of years.
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Any chance you are using T-Mobile? I am using my Note FE with T-Mobile in the US and have the same problems. I am on Pie and currently rooted, but the issue existed before. I hope that the Note 10 is actually worth upgrading to

butchieboy said:
Exact opposite for me. I use it on AT&T in United States and have no issues with 4g. Yes I am rooted.
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I really like this phone. I have an S7 Edge as a hot standby AND an original Pixel XL also just sitting there. This has the best form factor and I dont want to give it up.
As such I've been seriously considering rooting all week. I may pull the trigger to the same ROM you are running (I found the thread) tonight or sometime this weekend. If / once I get it done, I will 'report back' on network performance soon.
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r3xx3r said:
Any chance you are using T-Mobile? I am using my Note FE with T-Mobile in the US and have the same problems. I am on Pie and currently rooted, but the issue existed before. I hope that the Note 10 is actually worth upgrading to
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Technically I'm not on T-Mobile (I'm on SIMple Mobile) but it is "by T-Mobile" and uses their network. My friend has another Note 7 purchased at the same time in a different area of the country, and is on T-Mobile proper and has the same issues.
On Pie, I am using an app called "4g Fix" from the app store to switch to "WCDMA Preferred" and that solves the phone/text issue with LTE, by disabling LTE. :\
Going to try rooting and running "superfast9" https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...-superfast9-stable-note-7-fe-android-t3921332
Edit: On Oreo, I used to mitigate the issue by loading in the CSC file from my S7 Edge. I tried that on Pie but it doesnt work and won't enable VoLTE.

The best way I found was to Odin back Oreo, if Prenormal exist do the changing date trick in and to activate OEM unlock. Then intall TWRP..root..then flash rom.
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butchieboy said:
The best way I found was to Odin back Oreo, if Prenormal exist do the changing date trick in and to activate OEM unlock. Then intall TWRP..root..then flash rom.
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Ty for the heads up on stupid PreNormal (so many times I waited a week until I learned about the date trick!) and advice, its much appreciated. I'm inspired and am running a full backup.

Hope you get everything up and running, if you need anything I will help as much as I can[emoji106]
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Are you up and running?
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r3xx3r said:
Any chance you are using T-Mobile? I am using my Note FE with T-Mobile in the US and have the same problems. I am on Pie and currently rooted, but the issue existed before. I hope that the Note 10 is actually worth upgrading to
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I'm testing a customized version of Superfast9 with the TMO csc (osc, technically) from the S8 built in. So far I have VoLTE and WiFi calling and once I'm sure that "weird LTE telephony intermittent connectivity" truly isn't happening, and the original author has OK'd it, I will share it.

@butchieboy Totally, with VoLTE and WiFi Calling too.

I dont have wife calling..volte yes but no wifi calling. Tried to activate it with shortcut master but didnt work
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Im on At&t
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lazarom said:
I'm testing a customized version of Superfast9 with the TMO csc (osc, technically) from the S8 built in. So far I have VoLTE and WiFi calling and once I'm sure that "weird LTE telephony intermittent connectivity" truly isn't happening, and the original author has OK'd it, I will share it.
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Awesome! I am excited to get volte working.

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Awesome! I am excited to get volte working.
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Its working great. I'm uploading it onto google drive and will privately send you a link shortly for testing purposes.

I got everything working. Used CSC from TWIZtd Note 8 rom, have Volte..wifi calling..advanced messages..and enhanced LTE services
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VoLTE on Nexus 6 on AT&T....

Don't get your expectations high (if VOLTE availability is a concern anyways) but all internal paper for sales for the Google Nexus 6 (branded as Nexus 6 by Motorola) does not appears that a VoLTE capacity will be a sales point with AT&T for the Nexus 6.
To be fair with AT&T, Voice HD is not deployed on all markets and I guess AT&T does not wanna screw up on this but yet again, the device we all know is VoLTE capable but seems AT&T might not provision on rate plan speaking the feature.
Of course this is as of know I have seen all documentation.
Might update when the device gets circulated officially.
You may be able to add the ims settings for att. I have been meaning to try this on my maxx.
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The APNs Settings sound plausible, I will preorder mine by midday.
I will try to confirm with the Store's representative if there any update.
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No one at Store knows if the device will physically have the HD Voice capacity turned on.
So, I hope that via settings or APNs do the trick.
Does anyone have the ims settings for att volte?
I too am interested in getting this working if possible. Does VoLTE work on ATT with the Nexus 6?
Right now HD voice is limited to a select few handsets in a select service area ATT did not go nationwide at once like Verizon. In order to be HD it also has to be a call to another compatible ATT phone also located in the select service area.
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AT&T doesn't offer N6 Volte support.
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AT&T doesn't offer N6 Volte support.
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Can you please tell us why this is so?
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Can you please tell us why this is so?
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Have to talk to them on why. You might see nexgen in apn thats their volte apn but at&t never enabled it. I haven't seen anything att volte related on shamu, just Verizon. I recall when we (Bliss) added support. I couldn't live without it. Lol had it for 2+ years. So ask att why they won't enable the APN. Get on them.
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I just had a live chat with someone from AT&T and he told me if HD Voice is in your area, it should automatically connect and you shouldn't have to enable anything. I'll have to try it out and see if he was right or not.
HD voice may be in "your area" and most likely is. You just can't access it. With a Nexus 6... Put your sim in another nexgen phone and BAM you've got volte. ie gs6, g4, etc, n6-nope.
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They have it, probably large coverage. They just never activated it on N6. Be specific when you call. And ask why do you not enable volte APN on the N6.
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It's enabled in alot of areas but not for the Nexus 6, put your sim in an iPhone 6 and you will see it works if its active in your area, they just never activated it on the back end for the nexus 6
If any of you are still rocking your N6 and want to give this method a shot to get VOLTE on ATT , look at my post here...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/how-to/att-volte-op-5t-possibly-phones-t3717177
I know its a different device, but the principle is the same. I have VOLTE on my OP5t doing just that
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If any of you are still rocking your N6 and want to give this method a shot to get VOLTE on ATT , look at my post here...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/how-to/att-volte-op-5t-possibly-phones-t3717177
I know its a different device, but the principle is the same. I have VOLTE on my OP5t doing just that
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Wanted to take a look but the URL is invalid
@EpicKip: The link was working yesterday, however I know why it was deleted: it involves using the IMEI of another device. The moderators likely believed this to be an end run around the site's rules regarding discussions about changing the IMEI, as in this case the IMEI change is done at the carrier rather than on the device.
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@EpicKip: The link was working yesterday, however I know why it was deleted: it involves using the IMEI of another device. The moderators likely believed this to be an end run around the site's rules regarding discussions about changing the IMEI, as in this case the IMEI change is done at the carrier rather than on the device.
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It was left up to me whether I wanted to keep it going. I was allowed to leave it up but considering the conflict amongst mods I let it be. The method however is still working for me.
Ok so I came to the conclusion that doing this unless it is an AT&T branded Nexus 6 is not possible. However, for a brief period of about 2 minutes a few weeks ago I was able to get IPv6 working on LTE after yelling at AT&T support for an hour or so and giving them some AT&T IMEI I found from searching on eBay for a galaxy s8. It was giving me an IPv6 ping for a brief period (WiFi was disconnected and disabled on the N6 and I have IPv6 disabled on my router for the home network so I know it was from LTE).
It stopped working after that brief period when it probably recognized I was using a non at&t Nexus 6 and then I gave up.
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apophis9283 said:
It was left up to me whether I wanted to keep it going. I was allowed to leave it up but considering the conflict amongst mods I let it be. The method however is still working for me.
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I may try that but I read the thread and just know you aren't the only one the mods like to troll. The developer of the Spotify dogfood mod was troubled with them in the past week too.
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Ok so I came to the conclusion that doing this unless it is an AT&T branded Nexus 6 is not possible. However, for a brief period of about 2 minutes a few weeks ago I was able to get IPv6 working on LTE after yelling at AT&T support for an hour or so and giving them some AT&T IMEI I found from searching on eBay for a galaxy s8. It was giving me an IPv6 ping for a brief period (WiFi was disconnected and disabled on the N6 and I have IPv6 disabled on my router for the home network so I know it was from LTE).
It stopped working after that brief period when it probably recognized I was using a non at&t Nexus 6 and then I gave up.
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I may try that but I read the thread and just know you aren't the only one the mods like to troll. The developer of the Spotify dogfood mod was troubled with them in the past week too.
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They didnt bother me quite the opposite. They took in under consideration if it violated XDA terms. They actually ruled in my favor. I dont blame them for checking what I was doing thoroughly so it didnt violate XDA rules. However doing it this way should take the branding out of the equation. As my OP5t isnt branded.
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They didnt bother me quite the opposite. They took in under consideration if it violated XDA terms. They actually ruled in my favor. I dont blame them for checking what I was doing thoroughly so it didnt violate XDA rules. However doing it this way should take the branding out of the equation. As my OP5t isnt branded.
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I sent you a PM
@apophis9283 Do you or anyone else know of any ROMs for Nexus 6 that work with VoLTE (maybe for AT&T or have VoLTE at all in the ROM) specifically using the carrier side IMEI workaround? I'm running DU 7.1.2 right now and I cannot get VoLTE to work for the life of me. I see no option to disable the VoLTE icon in the statusbar icons settings either so this makes me think maybe this ROM has no VoLTE support.

Anyone replaced their T-Mobile model with international unlocked?

Right now (just started looking into this) this seems like a no-brainer. Performance is much better and it's rooted!!!! I know you lose wifi calling in theory (although mine hasn't worked since I purchased it despite hours of troubleshooting and tweaking (sucks bc no coverage at home (rural)), but that can potentially be addressed by a custom rom? Thoughts?
I did the switch. Battery life is better. Speed difference is unnoticeable. Signal/Calling quality is fine. I would most likely switch back if root was available for the t-mobile model (but wouldn't if advanced calling was available for international).
Getting wifi calling + VOLTE + video calling is no small task if that matters to you (the S6's wifi calling was never ported to international models even though they shared the same chipset). It would take porting a qualcomm written csc to a exynos chipset and either porting t-mobile's custom ims implimentation or making the standard ims implimentation work with t-mobile. That being said, it has been done. The Galaxy S5 saw advanced calling from the S6 ported back, HTC's flagships have had wifi calling ported.
I had an international Note5 on T-Mobile's network. I hated not having WiFi calling and advanced messaging features and such. I was able to flash a ROM that included some of the lost features luckily, but that would not be the case here since the chipsets are different (at least not possible now). Additionally, for some reason the signal was always worse than my girlfriend's Note5 even when side-by-side. Consistently worse... I wouldn't deal with the hassle again.
hi, I switched too and I'm glad I did, battery is definitely better and I didn't notice performance differences (nor reception). I believe wifi calling hasn't been/can't be ported but some roms support VOLTE. Just be advised that samsung doesn't honor the warranty of international variants in the US hence insurance companies such as Upsie won't insure your device.
How do you switch?
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You have no warranty though, and Samsung Pay can be tricky to get working.
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Just got an international variant yesterday. Loving it but been struggling to change my CSC to one that supports Samsung Pay. I know the LYS CSC supports it and I've flashed it in Odin which reported success and did fine but upon using my device it didn't change my CSC. So confused as to why...
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Buy a 935F from ebay/swappa. Pay off your 935t, sell it on swappa/ebay.
mackentosh said:
How do you switch?
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This is the first phone I've owned that I really haven't felt the need to root. I used to want to root to disable bloatware and to change the theme of the system which I can do on the S7 edge without root. Only thing I do miss is the ad blocking with root but that's a small annoyance that I can live it. Also with the T-Mobile version you get all the necessary bands for extended range LTE which is amazing here in the LA area. Everywhere I go I have solid LTE whether it's indoors or oudoors. I also just used Samsung pay yesterday for the first time at Sprouts grocery store and it worked so easily on the first try! This pay system is flawless. The old lady behind me had a surprised look on her face when I payed that way. Got a free $20 gift card from Samsung for using it for the first time. Just my personal opinion on why the carrier branded T-Mobile version is better.
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The international variant supports all the LTE bands supported by the tmobile one (and more) see http://www.phonemore.com/compare/ph...-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-sm-g935f-64gb/3305854
And the G935F connects fine to band 12
srod562 said:
This is the first phone I've owned that I really haven't felt the need to root. I used to want to root to disable bloatware and to change the theme of the system which I can do on the S7 edge without root. Only thing I do miss is the ad blocking with root but that's a small annoyance that I can live it. Also with the T-Mobile version you get all the necessary bands for extended range LTE which is amazing here in the LA area. Everywhere I go I have solid LTE whether it's indoors or oudoors. I also just used Samsung pay yesterday for the first time at Sprouts grocery store and it worked so easily on the first try! This pay system is flawless. The old lady behind me had a surprised look on her face when I payed that way. Got a free $20 gift card from Samsung for using it for the first time. Just my personal opinion on why the carrier branded T-Mobile version is better.
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This is my SM-935T Model phone two sim cards active okay..?
i bought it on ebay dual sim for 620$ shipped. its way snappier and the battery life is significantly better. i havent rooted it yet
Remix22 said:
The international variant supports all the LTE bands supported by the tmobile one (and more) see http://www.phonemore.com/compare/ph...-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-sm-g935f-64gb/3305854
And the G935F connects fine to band 12
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What CSC are you on?
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Nitemare3219 said:
I had an international Note5 on T-Mobile's network. I hated not having WiFi calling and advanced messaging features and such. I was able to flash a ROM that included some of the lost features luckily, but that would not be the case here since the chipsets are different (at least not possible now). Additionally, for some reason the signal was always worse than my girlfriend's Note5 even when side-by-side. Consistently worse... I wouldn't deal with the hassle again.
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My experience with my international S6 was very similar to yours. I moved back to the states with it and signed up with T-mobile. In my gym, which is underground, I could barely get a 4G signal (or nothing at all). Emails and notifications wouldn't come through even when I was connected to 4G. I got the s7e on tmobile and although signal still isn't strong, notifications come through reliably.
Not too scientific as they are different phone models and I've never paid this observation too much mind but now that I've heard your story, I'm inclined to think that carrier specific models might be better at picking up signal on that carrier.
Been using international version for a while, returned my t-mobile version on the 20th day, by that time it was apparent to me that the t-mobile version would not be getting rooted anytime soon. In my opinion this device is much better rooted, especially since i like a lot of color schemes on my status bar and the Ads were driving me crazy. would've preferred a rooted t-mobile version, but a rooted international version is light years better than a stock version of any kind imo.
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What CSC are you on?
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Why get international version

I have been looking into getting 935F in order to root it and be able to flash customer ROMs and to be able to uses titanium and TWRP for backups, etc.. With custom kernels now available, might even be able to use duel/multiboot again.
In going through the international threads, I have run into US users getting 935F's, but then getting Samsung Pay to work - which means the device cannot be rooted, as it trips KNOX. They then wish they could have other features like WiFi calling that they already had with their US 935T.
What I don't understand is why anyone would get the 935F in the US if they were not going to root it, as the locked bootloader 935T has Pay and the other features they would like on their 935F. What am I missing here?
Good question (I have a 930F that I use rooted on t-mobile). Without root, my reasons for liking it might be improved battery life and performance. Another would be the dual sim model could be useful for some purposes. The next reason might be cost (as t-mobile officially sells the 930T for $670 new while the 930FD has been on ebay for $530 new. Potentially, if the person traveled abroad, the flashable cscs or non-tmobile volte/wifi settings may work better with international carriers.
I switched over from a G935T to an F model for a few reasons, 1: Speedy'er updates (Or the ability to apply new updates from any region); 2: Option to root if I want to; 3: Identify unsaved numbers option
I managed to get Samsung Pay working. I did lose WiFi Calling (Might be able to get it back as some firmwares such as the one I'm on (AMO) has it. I also lost VoLTE. I wish I still had those two features but I never used WiFi Calling and don't browse much while on a phone call anyways, and if I do, I still get standard 4G while on a call. Thinking about it, I also lost native video calling and rich communication messaging, but those are also baked in, just haven't figured it out yet. Anyways, I basically switched for more freedom and options. There is way less bloat and it seems a bit snappier than the SD version.
Have any questions? Ask away.
Having switched from a G935T to a G935FD, I would say the two aren't even comparable in terms of performance. The FD is MUCH faster, has less bloatware, and practically never hangs or pauses. The phone is just in a different world. Add to that more than 2x the battery life, and it's not even a contest. I'd love to root and add some other features, but I find Samsung Pay more useful and practical for the time being.
And after spending some time with the FD, I'm still kinda chafed about the T version, like I got scammed, having read all kinds of great things about the S7e that were just never delivered. And then the FD exceeds all those expectations.
So there's that....
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And as for VOLTE -- I never used it, though I wouldn't mind if it was available. For wifi calling, I just have my number set to forward to a Google Voice number (also used for voicemail), and with the Hangouts Dialer, I can answer over wifi or LTE just fine when I don't receive a call or signal inside a building for some reason (which is rare).
Oh, and my download speeds are testing out at 3x what I was getting on the T version. Not sure why that is, but the speedtests don't lie. I'm getting 60+ Mbps down, 20+ up.
Tmobile version is Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
and g935fd is Exynos 8890 Octa with dual SIM card,
I just want to ask people which version is better but now as you said like exynos 8890 is better
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Thanks for all the responses above. Waiting on possible root on 935t, but looks like may be only temporary root.
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Having switched from a G935T to a G935FD, I would say the two aren't even comparable in terms of performance. The FD is MUCH faster, has less bloatware, and practically never hangs or pauses. The phone is just in a different world. Add to that more than 2x the battery life, and it's not even a contest. I'd love to root and add some other features, but I find Samsung Pay more useful and practical for the time being.
And after spending some time with the FD, I'm still kinda chafed about the T version, like I got scammed, having read all kinds of great things about the S7e that were just never delivered. And then the FD exceeds all those expectations.
So there's that....
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And as for VOLTE -- I never used it, though I wouldn't mind if it was available. For wifi calling, I just have my number set to forward to a Google Voice number (also used for voicemail), and with the Hangouts Dialer, I can answer over wifi or LTE just fine when I don't receive a call or signal inside a building for some reason (which is rare).
Oh, and my download speeds are testing out at 3x what I was getting on the T version. Not sure why that is, but the speedtests don't lie. I'm getting 60+ Mbps down, 20+ up.
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Do you have any issue connecting to band 12?
If you don't mind, can you point me to the Samsung Pay thread for the FD?
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Do you have any issue connecting to band 12?
If you don't mind, can you point me to the Samsung Pay thread for the FD?
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Not sure about band 12. I'm in New Orleans, and I seem to be on band 4 most of the time here. Reception seems quite a bit better than my G935T, for whatever reason.
For firmware, any firmware for the G935F will work for the FD. I followed this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-...ernational-t3340821/post67009736#post67009736
And I updated with the most recent version in this thread, along with the Spanish CSC_HOME file, as Samsung Pay works in Spain now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3335065
Be sure to wipe the cache partition after upgrading.
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Not sure about band 12. I'm in New Orleans, and I seem to be on band 4 most of the time here. Reception seems quite a bit better than my G935T, for whatever reason.
For firmware, any firmware for the G935F will work for the FD. I followed this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-...ernational-t3340821/post67009736#post67009736
And I updated with the most recent version in this thread, along with the Spanish CSC_HOME file, as Samsung Pay works in Spain now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3335065
Be sure to wipe the cache partition after upgrading.
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Want to confirm that pay will only work on un-rooted 935f and fd
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My understanding is that's correct. Once the Knox counter is tripped, Samsung Pay no longer works. Flashing a stock rom appears to be OK.
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Do you have any issue connecting to band 12?
If you don't mind, can you point me to the Samsung Pay thread for the FD?
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I don't have any issues with band 12 on my 935FD. Everything seems to be exactly as my Tmo Note 4.
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I don't have any issues with band 12 on my 935FD. Everything seems to be exactly as my Tmo Note 4.
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Have you tried any of the firmware that has WiFi calling and can be set up for Samsung pay?
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Have you tried any of the firmware that has WiFi calling and can be set up for Samsung pay?
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Which firmwares are those exactly? As far as I know, WiFi calling isn't available on International version and I have my Knox tripped already.
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Which firmwares are those exactly? As far as I know, WiFi calling isn't available on International version and I have my Knox tripped already.
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There is a thread in the international section for setting up Samsung Pay on different firmwares - think there were references in it to firmwares that also had WiFi calling.
Update - think it was a CSC thread instead
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My understanding is that's correct. Once the Knox counter is tripped, Samsung Pay no longer works. Flashing a stock rom appears to be OK.
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Quick question about Samsung Pay. Once you trip Knox it's unusable forever or just until you run the stock ROM again?
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Want to confirm that pay will only work on un-rooted 935f and fd
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naruto.ninjakid said:
Quick question about Samsung Pay. Once you trip Knox it's unusable forever or just until you run the stock ROM again?
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Knox is forever. If not tripped, you can go back to official firmware and it will still work.
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Knox is forever. If not tripped, you can go back to official firmware and it will still work.
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So once you trip Knox Samsung Pay is forever gone? Lol that's crazy
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So once you trip Knox Samsung Pay is forever gone? Lol that's crazy
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That is apparently why %#$=<<&& Samsung also locked the bootloader in the US. I stopped using it for that reason even before I rooted - s___ them!
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gaww said:
That is apparently why %#$=<<&& Samsung also locked the bootloader in the US. I stopped using it for that reason even before I rooted - s___ them!
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This is why I always make it a point for me to never become too dependent upon something. Same thing with investing so much into a service where you can’t go without it. Eventually they will do something you don't like and you will have no choice but to accept what they want. I know root and android pay didn't mix so I won’t bother with Samsung pay either. I find it faster to pull out my wallet anyway or I prefer to pay with cash. Than to pull out my phone, login and start fiddling with it to pay. I'm looking to get a Note 7 and the only thing I hope is that the Iris scanner won’t be disabled when I root and Knox is voided. Other than that I never used knox for anything.
Samsung pay may play a reason in why Samsung Locked bootloaders in the US but i also think carriers are to blame. We know Verizon and AT&T do it for money and there business users and now T-Mobile has started. Even though T-Mobile claims it was Samsung i think they did it to stop people from tethering and hiding it using root. Remember they had wrote that article making rooters seem nefarious and stealing data lol. This could have played a role in them now locking their bootloaders to prevent root in my opinion.

s7 edge is having trouble with TMobile's LTE mobile data

So I recently purchased s7 edge g935fd from Taiwan. The phone was working fine there in Taiwan. When I came back to the States, however, the phone seems to have trouble connecting TMobile's LTE mobile data. The LTE goes on and off , no matter where I am. The phone still says that it is connected to LTE even when the data is not loading. I tried to reset the APN setting but no avail. I also tried that sim card on my old ASUS Zenphone 2 and the LTE worked fine so it is probably not the sim card's fault. The weird thing is that I can still call, text, and even use 3g network, it's only LTE that is not working properly. Anyone got a solution to this?
Have you gone to settings>mobile networks and checked if it's set to auto connect?
I took off unlimited data from my account because **** sucks here In Aurora Colorado. Isn't worth an extra 20 a month when I got WiFi at home and at work. Plus 2gb free is cool with me. Still got bingeon
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I used to have a note from Verizon Unlocked, but seems they've done that on and off signal quite a lot. Since their phones from T-Mobile have everything pre-installed, you can't even delete or edit their APN.
That's why I got a phone with then GS7E works like a charm.
nano303 said:
I took off unlimited data from my account because **** sucks here In Aurora Colorado. Isn't worth an extra 20 a month when I got WiFi at home and at work. Plus 2gb free is cool with me. Still got bingeon
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sorry to break it to you but you need to have 3GB or more to have binge on bud
tonyec7 said:
sorry to break it to you but you need to have 3GB or more to have binge on bud
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Oh well. Like I said even with that sht I can NEVER load a video on Netflix on my lte, I would miss flights before this crap loads. I like t-mobile because it's the only one that's "good" in my area if t-mobile is "good" I don't want to know what's bad. That's cool it works for you. But I rather pay $55 a month for text talk and 2gb of free data
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I have a 935FD on TMO and never have had a problem. I actually have a 935T also, just made sure the APN's matched. The FD however, has never shown an LTE icon although it shows connected to LTE in settings. This could be to being rooted and running a custom rom. But to your main question, again, I've had no issues.
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I have a 935FD on TMO and never have had a problem. I actually have a 935T also, just made sure the APN's matched. The FD however, has never shown an LTE icon although it shows connected to LTE in settings. This could be to being rooted and running a custom rom. But to your main question, again, I've had no issues.
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So you bought and international version? I think I may have to do the same for the Note 7 but not sure how compatible the international versions are with T-Mobile
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So you bought and international version? I think I may have to do the same for the Note 7 but not sure how compatible the international versions are with T-Mobile
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Yes, I bought an International version after realizing it would probably be some time before the 935T got root. From what I understand, and don't quote me on this, but the international version of just about anything is compatible with TMO or any other GSM network. The Note 7 should be just as compatible as my 935FD is with TMO.
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Yes, I bought an International version after realizing it would probably be some time before the 935T got root. From what I understand, and don't quote me on this, but the international version of just about anything is compatible with TMO or any other GSM network. The Note 7 should be just as compatible as my 935FD is with TMO.
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Do you get wifi calling with the international version? It also seems Samsung won't honor the warranty and SquareTrade won't as well since Samsung isn't.
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Do you get wifi calling with the international version? It also seems Samsung won't honor the warranty and SquareTrade won't as well since Samsung isn't.
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No, and that is the only reason I've kept my TMO version is for the wifi calling. If the buildings where I work weren't blast proof we would have cell signal inside them. Since we don't, the wifi calling is our only Option, besides landlines of course. For all these reasons we're talking about is why I'm looking at getting an HTC 10. I'm getting tired of all the Samsung lock down on stuff.
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No, and that is the only reason I've kept my TMO version is for the wifi calling. If the buildings where I work weren't blast proof we would have cell signal inside them. Since we don't, the wifi calling is our only Option, besides landlines of course. For all these reasons we're talking about is why I'm looking at getting an HTC 10. I'm getting tired of all the Samsung lock down on stuff.
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Lol that's the exact problem I have at work there is absolutely no service in certain parts. It's pretty sad for T-Mobile. We're basically forced to get there version.
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Is it me or is AT&T software absolutely crap?!!

Like the tittle says. I've owned a tmobile s7 edge for 7 months. Works greats till I intentially broke the screen with my Keychain(testing scratch) en pink line develop tmobile insurance is horrible couldn't get me a new phone. I've noticed the at&t s7 edge suffers from horrible battery life compared to tmobile s7 edge...has way more bloatware. And takes more time to charge while using phone on at&t. Not just my s7 edge. Whole family. I have 2 s7 edge on tmobile.
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I just switched from t-mobile to att and noticed the battery life being a major issue. Charging seems the same. The first one I got on Christmas eve lasted 10 days, updated all software to November update day one, crashed it after rooting 5 times in 10 days, then the touch screen went out in lower right hand side. Replaced it, didn't update software, rooted, no problems, other than shorter than normal battery life.
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I just switched from t-mobile to att and noticed the battery life being a major issue. Charging seems the same. The first one I got on Christmas eve lasted 10 days, updated all software to November update day one, crashed it after rooting 5 times in 10 days, then the touch screen went out in lower right hand side. Replaced it, didn't update software, rooted, no problems, other than shorter than normal battery life.
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The android system is taking 29% while android OS taking another 19% unplugged my phone last night and even put it on power save while I went to sleep. At 95% woke up with 90% throughout the day I am getting bad battery life. Quite disappointed
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Now I have an issue where phone goes into 3G and stays there. Won't go back to LTE or even 4G. Have 15 days. Today is 12th taking it back tomorrow. Sticking with tmobile. Good luck. You guys going to need it
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I am on ATT with ATT variant but flashed with Tmobile firmware. Faster data speeds, doesn't overheat and lag, more control in debloating, and no ATT crapware. So I get the coverage I need with ATT but better performance with Tmobile firmware on ATT's own network. On another post it was speculated that ATT must have some kind of limiter in its firmware that Tmobil's does not. Must be true because the results are repeatable. ATT was averaging around 27mb/6mb vs 60mb/20mb on Tmobile firmware. This despite Tmobile firmware not having a couple of the radio bands ATT network uses. Same place. Same phone. Same towers. Different firmwares.
nano303 said:
Now I have an issue where phone goes into 3G and stays there. Won't go back to LTE or even 4G. Have 15 days. Today is 12th taking it back tomorrow. Sticking with tmobile. Good luck. You guys going to need it
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I am on ATT with ATT variant but flashed with Tmobile firmware. Faster data speeds, doesn't overheat and lag, more control in debloating, and no ATT crapware. So I get the coverage I need with ATT but better performance with Tmobile firmware on ATT's own network. On another post it was speculated that ATT must have some kind of limiter in its firmware that Tmobil's does not. Must be true because the results are repeatable. ATT was averaging around 27mb/6mb vs 60mb/20mb on Tmobile firmware. This despite Tmobile firmware not having a couple of the radio bands ATT network uses. Same place. Same phone. Same towers. Different firmwares.
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Sounds great man glad it worked out for ya! Today I will be taking back my s7 edge to AT&T
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I am on ATT with ATT variant but flashed with Tmobile firmware. Faster data speeds, doesn't overheat and lag, more control in debloating, and no ATT crapware. So I get the coverage I need with ATT but better performance with Tmobile firmware on ATT's own network. On another post it was speculated that ATT must have some kind of limiter in its firmware that Tmobil's does not. Must be true because the results are repeatable. ATT was averaging around 27mb/6mb vs 60mb/20mb on Tmobile firmware. This despite Tmobile firmware not having a couple of the radio bands ATT network uses. Same place. Same phone. Same towers. Different firmwares.
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Can you let me know what you're using and how you did it for AT&T with the T-Mobile firmware? I've been at work off and on my phone and down to 35% after 6 hours of just on time.
Go to the following link to get the Tmobile firmware-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/odin-apk1-tmobile-tmbg935ttmb4apk1-t3494724
If you get an SHA-256 error during flash with latest Odin, you will need the Princecomsy modified Odin to get past it. I got it from the following forum-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/root-s7-att-g930a-g935a-t3410538
Direct link to the modified Odin below-
http://d-h.st/gsDA
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You will loose wifi calling and video calling. Everything else works. I then disabled some of the bloatware. Phone is awesome now.
*On a humorous note, my wife complains about it not being fair that on those occasions I play Pokemon Go with her and the kids, everything shows up first on my phone before theirs. I keep telling her that when she is ready I would change her firmware to T-mobile's as well. That is the difference between our phones and it is consistent. My GPS locks are faster than hers on ATT firmware as well.
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Like the tittle says. I've owned a tmobile s7 edge for 7 months. Works greats till I intentially broke the screen with my Keychain(testing scratch) en pink line develop tmobile insurance is horrible couldn't get me a new phone. I've noticed the at&t s7 edge suffers from horrible battery life compared to tmobile s7 edge...has way more bloatware. And takes more time to charge while using phone on at&t. Not just my s7 edge. Whole family. I have 2 s7 edge on tmobile.
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If you use T-Mobile why not just flash their firmware? You would have all the features. You would only use WiFi calling if you actually use AT&T service.
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Which root method you used
I was tempted to flash the unlocked fw, but I don't want to lose HD voice/enhance LTE Services. I might back up and flash it anyway to compare the two. I hate having disable over 90 apps and services on my g935a just to feel more comfortable using it.
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Go to the following link to get the Tmobile firmware-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/odin-apk1-tmobile-tmbg935ttmb4apk1-t3494724
If you get an SHA-256 error during flash with latest Odin, you will need the Princecomsy modified Odin to get past it. I got it from the following forum-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/root-s7-att-g930a-g935a-t3410538
Direct link to the modified Odin below-
http://d-h.st/gsDA
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You will loose wifi calling and video calling. Everything else works. I then disabled some of the bloatware. Phone is awesome now.
*On a humorous note, my wife complains about it not being fair that on those occasions I play Pokemon Go with her and the kids, everything shows up first on my phone before theirs. I keep telling her that when she is ready I would change her firmware to T-mobile's as well. That is the difference between our phones and it is consistent. My GPS locks are faster than hers on ATT firmware as well.
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I am curious and maybe I am mistaken, did you only flash the modem file?
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Which root method you used
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Root is NOT needed to install the stock T-Mobile or 935U firmwares
nate0 said:
I was tempted to flash the unlocked fw, but I don't want to lose HD voice/enhance LTE Services. I might back up and flash it anyway to compare the two. I hate having disable over 90 apps and services on my g935a just to feel more comfortable using it.
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I am curious and maybe I am mistaken, did you only flash the modem file?
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I flashed the 4 files. AP, BL, CP, and CSC files.
Anyone know where I can get the att stock pk1 files can't unroot with out it

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