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Under the [ROM] Frankenstein EC05OCE v1 *public beta* I read that I was able to flash modem back to DK28. And I was wondering if it is possible to do on other ROMs like the ACS sydicaderom frozen specifically. If it's in the thread I didn't see it cause I am only able to search on my phone cause I lack Internet in my house. I just wanted to know if it would work, I want to see if it betters my battery life any more than I'm currently getting.
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zbreakz said:
Under the [ROM] Frankenstein EC05OCE v1 *public beta* I read that I was able to flash modem back to DK28. And I was wondering if it is possible to do on other ROMs like the ACS sydicaderom frozen specifically. If it's in the thread I didn't see it cause I am only able to search on my phone cause I lack Internet in my house. I just wanted to know if it would work, I want to see if it betters my battery life any more than I'm currently getting.
Thanks guys
I'm still learnin more and more about android everyday.
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The ROM will say what specific modems it will work with; most new ones will work with eb13 and ec05 modems. I think frankenstein is by itself with its ability to go back to dk28 (though not sure why you'd want to)

DK28 modem will work on any of the new FROYO ROMs,it even works on DI18...
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At some point in the future I will be posting a thread with Odin-flashable modems for DI18, DK28, EB13, and EC05. Maybe all the rest, too. They're not paired with specific builds, and there's no reason it shouldn't be easy for you all to flash between them and decide which gets you the best combination of battery life, signal strength, and data speed - just like on the WinMo devices of old.

I am very interested about this as well.
On the stock phone I was downloading at very high speeds, since flashing to SRF 1.1.1 and Frankenstein I have been DLing at approximately half of my old speeds. It's very disconcerting as I LOVE the SRF in particular.
The concern that I have, and I have searched and looked through the wiki, is where do I find the modems, how do I flash them etc... There doesn't seem to be a lot of direction within the Epic forums for this, although there is a lot of talk about what modems people are using.

Check it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123103
Also check qbking77's youtube videos on how to flash modems, and a million other things. He's been an awesome resource for the Epic so be sure to thank him...

+1 for qbking77, And I still find DK28 to be the best for me, ee03 was ok, ef02 was really bad at work, great at home. DK28 may not be the fastest, but it stays connected and has the most reliable connection for me, so better battery life...
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Your Los and You...

I have had this phone since day 1 and was in the first group of people to start rooting and screwing around with it. I can tell you that I have had LOS since pretty much day one and struggled with it tremendously. I've noticed that when I've been on trips in areas with bad reception and constantly roaming and unroaming I would get LOS 20+ times a day. I started getting LOS at home on my Airrave while connected to Wifi constantly on the ROM that I had been running for a long time with a kernel that I had also been running for awhile. I read about Strongsteves Odexed ROM and decided to give it a whirl, why not, I've tried every other ROM. I've been running this ROM for a week now with zero Los issues at all. The kicker for me was this weekend I took my family on a trip and again I had bad reception and was roaming in and out all day yesterday. I had zero Los the entire day. I can't explain why it works, but it works. I not even close to a developer but more of a power user/Flash test dummy. I know my way around Android as far as flashing and screwing my phone up and getting it back but other than that, I'm not much help. All I can tell you is it works so long as you don't go dumping other kernels over it. Anyway, just thought I'd get this out there, hopefully more of you will try it and verify that it works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323763

The most likely reason it "fixed" your LOS is it changed your kernel back to stock, via chris41g's stock EG30 kernel repacked with CWM and you are in a scenario where you wouldn't have had any LOS if you had stuck with the stock kernel. There are some folks who are in a situation where they would have had LOS even on stock kernel, and this wouldn't have helped them.
So definitely if you see LOS, it is worth a try to go back to stock EG30 kernel, either the completely stock EG30 kernel or the stock EG30 kernel repacked with CWM, to see if the LOS goes away. It won't "fix" the LOS bug as that is in the base kernel/rom from Samsung, but it could make it so in your situation you see it much less or don't see it at all.

sfhub said:
The most likely reason it "fixed" your LOS is it changed your kernel back to stock, via chris41g's stock EG30 kernel repacked with CWM and you are in a scenario where you wouldn't have had any LOS if you had stuck with the stock kernel. There are some folks who are in a situation where they would have had LOS even on stock kernel, and this wouldn't have helped them.
So definitely if you see LOS, it is worth a try to go back to stock EG30 kernel, either the completely stock EG30 kernel or the stock EG30 kernel repacked with CWM, to see if the LOS goes away. It won't "fix" the LOS bug as that is in the base kernel/rom from Samsung, but it could make it so in your situation you see it much less or don't see it at all.
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And that's pretty much why I posted this. I'm so tired of reading threads of the latest and greatest kernel and then guys saying "omg, omg, los, los!". This has fixed it for me and many others. I'm not going to bash anyone else's work because I sure the hell can't do it, I just think it would clear a lot of the los pandemic up so the devs could focus on what's important, a true AOSP ROM.
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I,m on my 4th day with no Los. I went my 1st 2 weeks stock in September with no Los. I started getting Los when I started flashing. I'm sticking with strongsteve. I'll let you know if I do get Los.

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And that's pretty much why I posted this. I'm so tired of reading threads of the latest and greatest kernel and then guys saying "omg, omg, los, los!".
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That's cool.
I'm just clarifying your suggestion and saying people can achieve the same behavior with their existing ROM by flashing either the stock pulled EG30 or chris41g's stock pulled EG30 repacked with CWM. I like StrongSteve's work, but the critical factor in the behavior change you saw was the kernel that he included, which can be installed separate from StrongSteve's ROM.
Note, I'm careful to not say people can "fix" their LOS with the stock EG30 kernel, just that they can achieve the same experience (w/r/t LOS) of installing StrongSteve's work, just by installing the stock EG30 kernel with their existing ROM (assuming their existing ROM will work with a stock EG30 kernel)

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That's cool.
I'm just clarifying your suggestion and saying people can achieve the same behavior with their existing ROM by flashing either the stock pulled EG30 or chris41g's stock pulled EG30 repacked with CWM. I like StrongSteve's work, but the critical factor in the behavior change you saw was the kernel that he included, which can be installed separate from StrongSteve's ROM.
Note, I'm careful to not say people can "fix" their LOS with the stock EG30 kernel, just that they can achieve the same experience (w/r/t LOS) of installing StrongSteve's work, just by installing the stock EG30 kernel with their existing ROM (assuming their existing ROM will work with a stock EG30 kernel)
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I totally understand. I wasn't stock for probably a day so for all I know I never would have had the issue stock. I kind of thought the kernel could be the reason but so many people have said there is no way it's kernel related that I've kind of latched on to that.
Either way if the people that are crying the worst about los would try it, it could help. Anyway, thanks for the input.

i can see this LOS topic is going to be annoyingly redundant.
LOS has nothing to do with you being rooted, stock, whatever. it is random.

cobraboy85 said:
i can see this LOS topic is going to be annoyingly redundant.
LOS has nothing to do with you being rooted, stock, whatever. it is random.
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Then don't read or reply to them.
If you're not getting Los, good for you, keep on keeping on. Those of us that are, are trying to figure out WTF we can do to not miss important phone calls, or emails, or text, etc, etc...
I'm sorry you clicked on a thread and felt obliged to comment on it.

just stating.. it's a randomly occurring thing
there are like 20 threads on it

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just stating.. it's a randomly occurring thing
there are like 20 threads on it
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Good thing this is an open phone forum.
I'm trying to help someone out, obviously you don't need it, but there are many cluttered kernel threads about los issues. I'm not smart enough, obviously, to know if it's kernel related or not. I am however smart enough to know when my los is occurring and when it's not, right now it's not and I flashed a different ROM with a different kernel. So if I can help just one person stop posting in Dev threads about their Los so we can get Devs working on the **** that really matters, I'm happy.

well, i guess i shouldn't say it is completely random as SOMETHING is causing it to happen.

cobraboy85 said:
well, i guess i shouldn't say it is completely random as SOMETHING is causing it to happen.
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Why u still posting? He is trying to help someone out and offer a possible solution. If u don't like it don't post. Go back to your better evo3d.
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How many los threads are up now?
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You guys still keep feeding Sprint and Samsung by buying this phone and giving them the impression that it's great and rosy. Vote with your pockets and send them the message.
That's what I did. One would think by now that some fix would have come from Samsung concerning their flagship phone, but nothing.
I got tired of missing calls and emails and constantly checking to see if LoS had crept up or not, it got annoying. Went back to my trusty Nexus S.
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Zero LOS on stock kernel. Got a couple on early custom kernel . Went to pulled stock and zero since. I am running strongsteve's ROM as well and haven't had a single issue with it. I don't understand why if someone takes stock kernel, adds CWM and overclock odd issues seem to arise. If I need to flash something, I use stock w/ CWM5 but go right back to pulled stock after. Maybe I am being overly cautious but I have had 100% success on stock. I am sure we will get an update fix and things will take off from there. Also, my Nexus S 4g doesn't get near the signal strength (especially on 4g) as this phone
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Going to try the Rogue pulled stock w/ CWM5 and see if it's as stable ad pulled stock by itself
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JohnCorleone said:
Going to try the Rogue pulled stock w/ CWM5 and see if it's as stable ad pulled stock by itself
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I actually did some beta testing for him. I've been running it for 2 days now with zero issues. Again, I know this isn't a fix for everyone, but I'm so tired of reading the custom kernel threads with people crying LOS without at least trying this. I've talked to several people that this has worked for.

The Official Unofficial EKO2 Modem Thread

The biggest talk around here has been this EKO2 Modem. Devs have been scrambling to find a way to get back to EG30 so that we can flash the EK02 modem.
Now let me ask the most important question here: How is this EK02 modem?
I have been on EG30 modem w/o seemingly no LOS. I have been on stock rooted, StrongSteve's and now Venum's ROM. I'm yet to encounter any LOS.
For you guys on EG30 who have not really had any problems have you upgraded to EKO2? If so what were your results?

we have a eg30 modem now, a true eg30!
eg30 tar is HERE

But wasn't the big deal about the EG30 Modem the ability to flash the EK02 modem since that couldn't be done from EG31?

Yep. That and the ability to return to full true stock
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SantinoInc said:
But wasn't the big deal about the EG30 Modem the ability to flash the EK02 modem since that couldn't be done from EG31?
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Yes, but a leak was uploaded last night. The leak is a official tar of EG30 ROM/Firmware Image. This allows us to roll back to EG30 from EG31, or EK02, and EG12.

From the guys coming from EG30 to EK02: do you see any significant differences?

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From the guys coming from EG30 to EK02: do you see any significant differences?
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I have yet to get LOS on ek02, but it's only been a day
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From the guys coming from EG30 to EK02: do you see any significant differences?
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I saw no noticeable difference aside from flaky WiFi connection. The Sprint community forums have people complaining of slower data after the OTA, no data, etc.. It seems to be hit or miss, so I would recommend making sure you've downloaded the EG30 tar in case you decide to go back.

I was on EG30 and moved to EK02 when it leaked about 2 weeks ago. I never had LOS on a EG30 stock kernel, although I did a couple of times on a custom compiled kernel. Still, the areas I frequent around San Diego aren't very LOS prone it seems.
However, after moving to the EK02 modem and stock EK02 kernel, I drove up through central California for the Thanksgiving holiday, through many dead zones and roaming areas. If anyone has ever driven up Interstate 5 from SoCal to NorCal, you know what I'm talking about regarding cell signals. Not one single LOS on the way up or back. If I'm going to get LOS anywhere, it's where every breath I take smells like cow ****.
Otherwise, I've found signal strength and stability to be about the same. My overall take is, there's likely an improvement somewhere in there, but for people like me that didn't experience problems on EG30, it'll be barely noticeable.
What I'm looking forward to however is going back to a custom tweaked kernel now that the EK02 source is available. That'll be the true LOS test ... for me anyways.

Ek02 complete ROM and modem is great. Signal seems more stable (no jumping to no signal to full signal), no LoS, speeds are about the same
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Ugh, heres my experience:
Had eg 30 first, los was there, about twice a day. Flashed eg 31, los was horrible but signal was better. Flashed back to eg30 yesterday and flashed the ek02, los is better than eg31 but worse than eg 30. So looks like I'm back to eg 30 and the los script. Gotta say, I think I'm done with samsung after this phone. Between this issue and the basically worthless life my og epic lived, I'm looking at making the switch back to htc.

rianbechtold said:
Ugh, heres my experience:
Had eg 30 first, los was there, about twice a day. Flashed eg 31, los was horrible but signal was better. Flashed back to eg30 yesterday and flashed the ek02, los is better than eg31 but worse than eg 30. So looks like I'm back to eg 30 and the los script. Gotta say, I think I'm done with samsung after this phone. Between this issue and the basically worthless life my og epic lived, I'm looking at making the switch back to htc.
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What kernel are you using?
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Right now I am on calk's 2.0.1a with the EK02 and the EK02 modem. The interface has been pretty glitchy but it might have to do with me running the new adw launcher ex update.
I went to disneyland tonight and I had the strangest thing happen... it showed no bars with a 3g signal, then it went down to an edge signal, back up to normal 3g with bars. It would continue this cycle even though I was sitting in the same spot. I restarted with no changes. Starting to doubt this ek02.
On eg31modem with the stock eg30 kernel it was running like butter.
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I wouldn't switch if I were you. This is honestly a great phone. I just left the best HTC sprint has at the moment and I am a lot more happy. The fact is the more stuff they cram in it the more stuff can and does go wrong. Do you think someone's electric window motor went out in their car 50 years ago? The only phone your going to find with zero problems is a tin can and string. Samsung has the most solid hardware out now, period. The software is subject to human error. Give it time. I am running stock everything rooted and I have much much better signal. My wifi has and still sucks but it works. But, if jump ship I would just have another phone with different issues. Do what you want, but you will never be content.
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This will be my last Samsung phone as well. But I wont say too much cause I knew what I was getting into from the start.
Im locked in roaming and on the EG31 radio, I haven't had a LOS in weeks. Im bout to do the PRL hack next. Its definitely a sprint tower issue.

phatmanxxl said:
This will be my last Samsung phone as well. But I wont say too much cause I knew what I was getting into from the start.
Im locked in roaming and on the EG31 radio, I haven't had a LOS in weeks. Im bout to do the PRL hack next. Its definitely a sprint tower issue.
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Make sure to check network.sprint.com to see if they are performing upgrades in your area. If they are, give it a bit of time, then make a decision.

Day 2 on ek02 modem and ROM. Definitely slower data speeds through 3g AND wifi. Difficulty connecting to wifi and sometjmes disconnects on its own.
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mrush said:
Day 2 on ek02 modem and ROM. Definitely slower data speeds through 3g AND wifi. Difficulty connecting to wifi and sometjmes disconnects on its own.
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I already switched back to EG31 modem with the EK02 kernel. I also noticed some glitches on my setup and the modem was my only change
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squiggie said:
Make sure to check network.sprint.com to see if they are performing upgrades in your area. If they are, give it a bit of time, then make a decision.
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I did and there wont be any, well see what happens and how long they'll allow me to roam. I can get an obscene discount with T-mobile through my job anyway if Sprint drops me.

I went from stock EG30 in the Chicagoland area where I would get LOS multiple times a day, to the leaked EK02 and in several days time I have yet to have one reception issue or LOS.
Seems to be good to go. 4G seems to be able to kick on and connect faster as well.

Los after updating to EK02??

I updated to EK02 radio yesterday and got 2 Los the same night. Full circle with line. Went from EG31 to EG30 then updated to EK02...
Anyone else? I'm wondering if mix matching with this particular build causes issues.
Calk's 1.5a + rogue 1.1.3 + EK02.
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Duce HD2 said:
I updated to EK02 radio yesterday and got 2 Los the same night. Full circle with line. Went from EG31 to EG30 then updated to EK02...
Anyone else? I'm wondering if mix matching with this particular build causes issues.
Calk's 1.5a + rogue 1.1.3 + EK02.
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That's a good question. I think that different ROM\Kernel\Modem combos definitely work better that others. You can always try a different modem and\or kernel and just play around with that until you find one that works best. Flash trifthen's LoSD script. I get LoS roughly twice a day and each time the LoSD script is able to repair the radio without having to reboot my device which is great. So once it detects LoS it's maybe 30 seconds I'm without service and even then I usually still get my texts\VM's.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374560

Thanks. I usually don't get Los using EG31 radio with my current set up. It was just weird that after updating to the "fix" I got Los twice... Lol. I really didn't see people reporting it after updating,
Now I'm back on EG31 cause I can't risk Los. I'll give it another shot once I move to all EK02.
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I don't think the radio plays a big part on LOS. I think it is mostly the kernel. Best combo would be the ek02 modem and ek02 kernel.
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Weird I would always get los at, two places on my bus ride yo and from school since I flashed ek02 modem it hasn't happened. I

Duce HD2 said:
Thanks. I usually don't get Los using EG31 radio with my current set up. It was just weird that after updating to the "fix" I got Los twice... Lol. I really didn't see people reporting it after updating,
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I've only been testing the EK02 modem a few days since I wanted to wait until there was a way to flash back to the EG30. So far I haven't really noticed much of a difference at all. My 4G speeds have always been good but connection has been sketchy (maybe because of all the buildings in downtown Portland?). 3G speeds are still awful but the phone signal is good as I never have dropped calls. LoS has been pretty consistent but I notice that if I don't switch between 3G\4G\Wifi I usually don't get it at all.
Yes I'm willing to put up with all this **** just for unlimited data

Duce HD2 said:
I updated to EK02 radio yesterday and got 2 Los the same night. Full circle with line. Went from EG31 to EG30 then updated to EK02...
Anyone else? I'm wondering if mix matching with this particular build causes issues.
Calk's 1.5a + rogue 1.1.3 + EK02.
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Please see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382189

crzchn said:
Please see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382189
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I got LoS on the completely stock ROM too. So while I'm not saying the ROM's aren't playing a part I think dude should have just made a request for a stock EK02 ROM\Kernel to test that theory. To make a thread like that is just ****ty.

Duce HD2 said:
I updated to EK02 radio yesterday and got 2 Los the same night. Full circle with line. Went from EG31 to EG30 then updated to EK02...
Anyone else? I'm wondering if mix matching with this particular build causes issues.
Calk's 1.5a + rogue 1.1.3 + EK02.
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Try upgrading to Calkulin's 2.x ROM which is based off the EK02 OTA release.

Just flashing the modem is by itself not going to change anything regarding LOS. It's probably your kernel. People reported a lot of LOS on Rogue 1.1.3. SH just posted a kernel update that includes the EK02 source changes, v1.3.0. I'd flash that and see how it goes. While you're at it, you may want to consider updating to Calk's EK02 based ROM as well.

That's kinda what I was thinking about the kernel playing a bigger part on los, probably helps having the matching radio with it?...maybe?
I think I'll give Calk's latest release today... Time to upgrade.
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What do you guys suggest as far as kernel goes? Chris41g's EK02 stock rep? Or Rogues stock EK02?
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Duce HD2 said:
What do you guys suggest as far as kernel goes? Chris41g's EK02 stock rep? Or Rogues stock EK02?
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Depends on if you want a stock or custom compiled EK02 kernel. So either of these two should work well (I would start with Rogue's latest custom kernel ... if you get LOS move to stock) ...
Custom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341564
Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368207

Duce HD2 said:
What do you guys suggest as far as kernel goes? Chris41g's EK02 stock rep? Or Rogues stock EK02?
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I would try them both. I am on a 2.3.4 ROM and I am having the best results with EG31 modem and Chris's EK02 kernel.
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Thanks guys, just had another Los on EG31 wtf Lol. It has to be related to kernel, cause I've flashed a couple different ones to try out yesterday, and ever since Los is my friend now. So maybe the EK02 radio had nothing to do with it.
I like custom kernels, so I'm giving rogue 1.3.0 a shot. If not, Odin bts and start fresh again.
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LOS... Might as well be POS...
I went back to bone stock, no root EG30 so I could take the OTA. Took the OTA and left the phone completely stock. That very day I got 3 LOS back to back in about an hour. Next day 2 LOS back to back within about an hour.
EK02 didn't fix LOS. WTF, Samsung?
This is my first Samsung device (that I kept) as I returned my first POS called a Nexus S. This will be my last.
I love the phone otherwise, though.

First post. Seemingly unique problem.
Hi everyone,
I have been reading several posts on the XDA, and would like to thank everyone for the wealth of knowledge and willingness to share it.
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but this is the closest thread subject to my problem, that I could find, without starting my own thread.
I had no issues with LOS or poor battery, etc. with the stock phone at all. The only thing that I noticed was that the wifi would quit working after a few mins, and I would have to toggle it a few times (2-5 times) and it would start working again. Then when the EK02 update got pushed to the phone I noticed a few things were different. I seemed to get GPS lock a lot faster than before, and the other thing was that the wifi connection would get disconnected very frequently (once every 120-180 seconds). And since the phone was constantly disconnecting/hunting/reconnecting the wifi, my battery life took a big hit (was reduced to 1/3 - 1/2 of what it was before)
I tried several modem/kernel combos (Calkulin's) but nothing would fix the problem (other than reverting back to bone stock EG30 modem and rom).
Has anyone else experienced something similar? Especially after the EK02 update? Or does anyone have any ideas about why this might be happening?
Any help/clues are greatly appreciated.
--K.

a couple of questions about modems/radios

So after flashing a couple of ICS roms i really like calkulin's ICS and will stick with it. But as soon as i went from GB to ICS roms, my signal strength and service in certain areas has gone to *&^%.. Im getting LOS more too.
I determined that it was time to update modems(i was still running el29)
I tried fh23 and FI03 and FI03 seems to be the better out of the two, but my buddy is still on el29 and seems to get better service regularly(i put him on the same version of calkulin's rom as well)
My questions are as follows:
1. What exactly does a modem do?
2. why does sprint release so many, and is there that much of a difference?
3. how do i find out which is the best modem for me?
4. (sounds like a stupid question but here goes) What is the difference between a modem and a radio?
Thanks!!

bmxr123 said:
My questions are as follows:
1. What exactly does a modem do?
2. why does sprint release so many, and is there that much of a difference?
3. how do i find out which is the best modem for me?
4. (sounds like a stupid question but here goes) What is the difference between a modem and a radio?
Thanks!!
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A modem is the same as the radio. They help bridge the software and the hardware for your radio components. There were so many modems because there was a bunch of leaks we have gotten. You find out which ones best by flashing them. Each phone as well as each area can be different. So you just have to find out.
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patrao_n said:
A modem is the same as the radio. They help bridge the software and the hardware for your radio components. There were so many modems because there was a bunch of leaks we have gotten. You find out which ones best by flashing them. Each phone as well as each area can be different. So you just have to find out.
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Thanks for the crazy-fast reply!
I have cracked open quite a few e4gt phones and they all look the same and parts always swap(data ports,camera,glass)..I don't get it..
Is it possible that, collectively, we have made a couple of assumptions only because of the amount of variables(and outcomes) between users that are involved?
I just refuse to believe that these modems are location specific.
I do, however, think they could be hardware-specific being that the e4gt is made in a couple different locations...But, does anybody come across a modem that just DOESN'T WORK on their e4gt?

I believe some of the modems are actually the same. They are just called different because it was a later build date. But it was the same modem. And yes I have had a few just not work. The fd series gave me horrible reception. I'm talking not being able to make one call. Then in the same place moments after I would flash the el29 or fc15 and it would be full bars again.
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Is there any thread in which people discuss this topic a little further? I'm interested in getting to the bottom of all this..I'm about to go to sprint right now to see what modem their new phones are running! Also, i have a GF in los angeles..I'll have her do the same..She got her e4gt about a month ago and hers was running fh13 out of the box.
What modem are you running right now?

bmxr123 said:
Is there any thread in which people discuss this topic a little further? I'm interested in getting to the bottom of all this..I'm about to go to sprint right now to see what modem their new phones are running! Also, i have a GF in los angeles..I'll have her do the same..She got her e4gt about a month ago and hers was running fh13 out of the box.
What modem are you running right now?
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install FI03. It fixes a lot of battery and 4g speed issues. best modem since EL29.

Oh..i just read your signature..Is fb21 still the modem you are using? Why did you choose this one? Why not FI03? Isn't that the newest? Have all of these people really flashed all of these modems or is that overkill? Is my analysis of all of this overkill? LOL

I use FF18 and that works quite well in my area. I haven't tried the newest leak yet but I might soon.
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No I am not on fb21. I stopped maintaining my signature when I picked up tapatalk. I am on fi03 right now
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patrao_n said:
No I am not on fb21. I stopped maintaining my signature when I picked up tapatalk. I am on fi03 right now
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oh ok..cool..Thats the one I'm on and its seems to be awesome!

bmxr123 said:
So after flashing a couple of ICS roms i really like calkulin's ICS and will stick with it. But as soon as i went from GB to ICS roms, my signal strength and service in certain areas has gone to *&^%.. Im getting LOS more too.
I determined that it was time to update modems(i was still running el29)
I tried fh23 and FI03 and FI03 seems to be the better out of the two, but my buddy is still on el29 and seems to get better service regularly(i put him on the same version of calkulin's rom as well)
My questions are as follows:
1. What exactly does a modem do?
2. why does sprint release so many, and is there that much of a difference?
3. how do i find out which is the best modem for me?
4. (sounds like a stupid question but here goes) What is the difference between a modem and a radio?
Thanks!!
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I am on FI03 and its the best for signal strength and data speed I have ever had.
If you do not get the same service as your buddy it might not be the modem firmware that is the problem. I was having lots of signal issues and my friend was not. I finally took the phone to sprint and had them run a signal check on it and it failed. I got a replacement phone since mine was still under warranty. The refurbished phone running under FI03 is getting great signal where the other was barely getting anything. So it might not be a firmare issue but a hardware one.
Sprint will charge you $35 for the test.