Samsung Galaxy Note 4 update to Marshmallow

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@ddd22 wrote:
Repeating myself here but Verizon users CDMA technology. Antiquated and not what the rest of the world uses. Stick with GSM. Even att dumped their tdma system 30 years ago at great expense to upgrade to GSM, and acquired cIngular and others to provide  modern cellular service.  Verizon cheaped out and stayed with historically old technology. If you never leave the country i guess it's fine but it's like buying an Edsel instead of a tesla. 

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That might have been true years ago but all verizon phones in the last 3 years have GSM radios and they are unlocked and some of the phones have LTE bands that work on other carriers.

@GLIMMERMAN76Yeah, but this is somewhat misleading (not your statement, the perception).

While some/most Verizon phones now have *some* GSM bands, they don't have much "crossover" with AT&T and the other carriers, or overseas.

For example, someone with an S7 was posting the other day, and I helped him figure out why his speeds were so slow, he only had one(1) AT&T band on his phone.

While these phones may "function" as long as the tower you're near has the requisite band or two, they don't function well, particularly since none of them seem to have band12.

I can find the graphic, that shows band interoperability, and repost, if there's interest?

Bottom line: Yeah, the phones will function, but generally the user has a bad-to-horrible experience.

I think iOS devices from Verizon are an exception, not 100% on that, but I'm pretty sure, they just ship one phone, with all the antennas, like my 950XL (okay, it doesn't have Verizon's 13).

*If this (or another post in this thread) fixes your problem/issue, please mark it as solved, and I'll tag it, to make it easier for others to find the answer(s). Thanks.

@GLIMMERMAN76 Agreed 100%, I guess I didn't read "some of the phones" quite that way, so I added my $0.02.

Nice pic of the S7 spec, that clarifies it quite a bit.  

We had a user here a couple of days ago, and he was "topping out" around 2-3mpbs on an S7, obviously with the limited band scope.

I was going to chime in this about the security update patch thinking it was MM but ya'll beat me to it. 

Question, has anyone had to deal with ATT insurance company on the phones? How much out of pocket might I pay for a Note 4 edge?

Where did you find the ROM? At this point h*ll would freeze over before AT&T releases an official update, I just want MM security features.