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Anyone know if the stock .tar for ODIN is available yet or know a timeline of how long they usually take to become available? I kinda rely on them because I'm always screwing something up while flashing.
Not available yet. We are waiting on either an official release from Sprint, or a leak once the in-store techs get it (usually 2-3 weeks after release).
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Anyone know if the stock .tar for ODIN is available yet or know a timeline of how long they usually take to become available? I kinda rely on them because I'm always screwing something up while flashing.
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I've been pestering samfirmware and sprint daily.
I don't know why Sammy or Sprint wouldn't just release t the day the device comes out. It would save them a lot of returns from people screwing up their phones from rooting.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
I've read these forums since they were put online and I've followed all the issues with the phone even before I got it. I knew about the LOS issues and even with it I got the phone. While I've had LOS a total of 4 times even before I rooted my phone after rooting it I did notice it a bit more.
kinda going to reference this thread that was just brought up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360375
Now normally I would not really post a thread but I do have a few ideas after reading a lot of the things on this forum over the last few months. I remember reading that the source that samsung released for the phone was not correct(correct me if I am wrong here) Was something about it not matching the md5 check with what we have on our phones exactly (ie sounds like samsung left things out or maybe they put up an old source code?)
But this got me to thinking after rooting the phone the other day and noticing LOS far more then I ever have (10 times within 4 days and this was running Calk's rom granted all roms do have the issue not trying to single any one rom out by any means)
What if Samsung actually did something within the kernal itself (and they left it out) that either beefed up the radio for cell signal or something along those lines yet they left out "their" code for doing the same thing for rooted phone on purpose? Don't get me wrong I do love this phone rooted or not (which I currently went back to stock without root tonight)
My reason for bringing this up is this. While I was un rooted (regardless of seeing LOS or not which I did) I noticed a few things between stock and root when it comes to phone signal. Even before rooting I've never really had many issues with my phone in my APT never once had LOS yet after rooting I did. I normally put my phone in one spot while I'm on my computer I don't pay attention to it much cause if I'm online I normally am not going to be on my phone yet after rooting the other day and doing what I normally do with my phone a few hours later I went to leave and picked up my phone and noticed I had a LOS and it had been there for awhile.
Now this is normally a spot where I get full 3G bars and NEVER have any issues at all yet after rooting it showed up. After going back to stock tonight I did what I would normally do and no LOS in sight. It honestly makes me wonder while I know a few people are having the LOS issue even with the stock rom (I've had it) it would seam that after rooting it comes it far more often then not which I find very odd why would "root" cause this issue and on top of that why would the 3G signal actually drop from Full bars to 2-3 bars in the same spot. It's almost like Samsung in general did something with the Android Source and the radio together to kind of deter people from rooting.
I dunno just some thoughts I had mind you it is 5am here and I am a little tired so not all of my thoughts are totally there and kinda scatter brained but this just crossed my mind and figured I would bring it up and see what others might think about this.
Seriously, you wasted all that time posting this this when you should have just went to bed?
Next time you have the choice to post something like this or to just go to bed, choose go to bed...
-> eman is very mean this morning. I need to be nice, it's Thanksgiving and all my posts since I have awoken have just been mean!
Going to try and be nice the rest of the day! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Yes thanks for being an ass and not even actually contributing anything. Great work in that department.
Update your modem to eg31, go back to stock kernel. If you have los go into task manager and clear ram to get rid of los. That's all we can do now to limit los until we get another modem update. Los happens if your rooted or not, some more than others
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Ontop of the los its bad enuff that samsung makes poor radios in general compared to moto and htc.. i believe even if the los is fixed the ooor radio build that samsung is known for will still contribute to problems ... if they had the radio strength of the photon the epic touch would be far superior ...but until then we need a phone to function and act as a phone and sgs2 wont ...
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What if Samsung actually did something within the kernal itself
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Nice thought, but the reality is that there many, many stock phones with LoS. The only reason that there appears to be more issues with rooted phones is that most rooted users are using custom kernels. Go to a stock kernel and watch your LoS drop back to the same level it would be on a non-rooted stock phone. I have the luxury of having a stock phone in the house along with my rooted one and I have been able to verify this in realtime on an ongoing basis. To the point that I can definitely say that my wife's stock E4GT experiences twice as many LoS incidents as my rooted E4GT running the Rogue Stock 1.1 kernel.
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Update your modem to eg31, go back to stock kernel. If you have los go into task manager and clear ram to get rid of los. That's all we can do now to limit los until we get another modem update. Los happens if your rooted or not, some more than others
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I couldn't disagree more! DO NOT update to the EG31 modem and then go to stock kernel. You may be asking for trouble and since there is no going back from EG31, you could be stuck in a bad way as many have reported.
What you want to do is flash a stock kernel with your current setup and give it a few charging cycles/days to settle in and see if that helps. If not try some of the other posted fixes for data and signal. There are many. Some in my signature.
If none of those work and you feel like you have too many LoS experiences and poor data, then you could try flashing EG31 to see if it helps (knowing in advance that it is a one way ticket and you'll be stuck on that modem until someone figures out a way to provide the EG30 modem or some official source is released.) Might also make it difficult to return the phone for any reason as you will never be able to get back to showing the stock EG30 Baseband in the About phone menu (though most techs won't be savvy/care enough to check.) EG31 works great for me, but it does not for many others.
It's been crazy watching people flashing modems for no good reason and then *****ing about the outcome.
Reading first is better than flashing first 100% of the time.
Haven't had one Los on stock kernel, vipers fix works. End. feels good to be unbanned and able to help
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OP, while we do appreciate your efforts in the brainstorming department you could have picked one of the hundreds (literally) of threads discussing this to post in.
A few things:
1.) Rooting does not cause LOS
2.) Stock phones get LOS
3.) Custom Kernels seem to increase LOS occurance
4.) You can be rooted with the stock kernel (and have the same frequency of LOS as pure stock)
5.) Some people are more heavily affected than others
6.) Being in a fringe service area seems to make it worse for some but not others
7.) This has all been discussed ad nauseum
A few other things:
1.) mkasick built a kernel to be as-stock-as-possible. I ran it for almost 2 weeks without a single LOS. I am now running it again. I got less LOS than stock (which was infrequent but did occur), but, I'm going to stick with calling it 'as good as stock' LOS performance.
2.) chris41g has integrated the changes mkasick made into LoSTKernel experimental builds. Others may have as well.
3.) Different phones seem to have varying levels of susceptibility in the same physical area with the same configurations...It appears there may be a hardware component to some units.
4.) Whether Sprint/Samsung's update can address all of these issues (if they are even separate issues at all) remains to be seen.
5.) Don't screw with flashing modems unless you know what you are getting yourself into. (I, personally, am having an awesome time with EG31 modem and mkasick's kernel....others are experiencing nightmare LOS with stock kernel). There is no going back to EG30 modem yet
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daneurysm said:
OP, while we do appreciate your efforts in the brainstorming department you could have picked one of the hundreds (literally) of threads discussing this to post in.
A few things:
1.) Rooting does not cause LOS
2.) Stock phones get LOS
3.) Custom Kernels seem to increase LOS occurance
4.) You can be rooted with the stock kernel (and have the same frequency of LOS as pure stock)
5.) Some people are more heavily affected than others
6.) Being in a fringe service area seems to make it worse for some but not others
7.) This has all been discussed ad nauseum
A few other things:
1.) mkasick built a kernel to be as-stock-as-possible. I ran it for almost 2 weeks without a single LOS. I am now running it again. I got less LOS than stock (which was infrequent but did occur), but, I'm going to stick with calling it 'as good as stock' LOS performance.
2.) chris41g has integrated the changes mkasick made into LoSTKernel experimental builds. Others may have as well.
3.) Different phones seem to have varying levels of susceptibility in the same physical area with the same configurations...It appears there may be a hardware component to some units.
4.) Whether Sprint/Samsung's update can address all of these issues (if they are even separate issues at all) remains to be seen.
5.) Don't screw with flashing modems unless you know what you are getting yourself into. (I, personally, am having an awesome time with EG31 modem and mkasick's kernel....others are experiencing nightmare LOS with stock kernel). There is no going back to EG30 modem yet
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Yeah, I got lucky I guess. I am one of those who has better results on EG31 but I wasn't at first. I was quietly regretting my decision until Chris updated the kernel to EG31 w/CWM5. If you aren't having severe LOS then stay put and experiment with different kernels. I was not happy for a few days as I didn't have LOS to begin with, I thought it was the fix and jumped in immediately. Thankfully things have really stabilized and actually improved for me
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Yeah, I got lucky I guess. I am one of those who has better results on EG31 but I wasn't at first. I was quietly regretting my decision until Chris updated the kernel to EG31 w/CWM5. If you aren't having severe LOS then stay put and experiment with different kernels. I was not happy for a few days as I didn't have LOS to begin with, I thought it was the fix and jumped in immediately. Thankfully things have really stabilized and actually improved for me
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I took a few days to think about it and gauge the responses from others since I actually have almost no LOS problems stock, none on mkasick's kernel and very very very few on LoSTKernel exp. But the vast majority of issues seemed to be from people who were on a custom kernel. The rest that were on stock kernel seemed to match the percentage that is screwed no matter what so I jumped in. I'm glad I did. I haven't ventured off of mkasick's kernel, LoSTKernel exp will be next up. That kernel just flies...
Either way Wifi and 3G performance is better, but, I would not recommend anyone to flash EG31 modem...make risky decisions on your own.
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I took a few days to think about it and gauge the responses from others since I actually have almost no LOS problems stock, none on mkasick's kernel and very very very few on LoSTKernel exp. But the vast majority of issues seemed to be from people who were on a custom kernel. The rest that were on stock kernel seemed to match the percentage that is screwed no matter what so I jumped in. I'm glad I did. I haven't ventured off of mkasick's kernel, LoSTKernel exp will be next up. That kernel just flies...
Either way Wifi and 3G performance is better, but, I would not recommend anyone to flash EG31 modem...make risky decisions on your own.
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Yeah, fortunate for us, it has worked out for the better but if you do it, know that you have to live with your decision until the next update or go to EG12.
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Running lost kernel on my Refurb e4gt and I've only had Los 3 times. My old phone with zedomax would loss almost every other day
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Running lost kernel on my Refurb e4gt and I've only had Los 3 times. My old phone with zedomax would loss almost every other day
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How does the stock kernel fare?
daneurysm said:
OP, while we do appreciate your efforts in the brainstorming department you could have picked one of the hundreds (literally) of threads discussing this to post in.
A few things:
1.) Rooting does not cause LOS
2.) Stock phones get LOS
3.) Custom Kernels seem to increase LOS occurance
4.) You can be rooted with the stock kernel (and have the same frequency of LOS as pure stock)
5.) Some people are more heavily affected than others
6.) Being in a fringe service area seems to make it worse for some but not others
7.) This has all been discussed ad nauseum
A few other things:
1.) mkasick built a kernel to be as-stock-as-possible. I ran it for almost 2 weeks without a single LOS. I am now running it again. I got less LOS than stock (which was infrequent but did occur), but, I'm going to stick with calling it 'as good as stock' LOS performance.
2.) chris41g has integrated the changes mkasick made into LoSTKernel experimental builds. Others may have as well.
3.) Different phones seem to have varying levels of susceptibility in the same physical area with the same configurations...It appears there may be a hardware component to some units.
4.) Whether Sprint/Samsung's update can address all of these issues (if they are even separate issues at all) remains to be seen.
5.) Don't screw with flashing modems unless you know what you are getting yourself into. (I, personally, am having an awesome time with EG31 modem and mkasick's kernel....others are experiencing nightmare LOS with stock kernel). There is no going back to EG30 modem yet
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+1 Pretty much wrote the same thing one post above yours. I think it is very good to repeat this point over and over. I can't believe that people still flash **** without any pause nearly 4 years into Android's public existence. I've spent the entire week helping people who flashed the EG31 modem without even knowing what a modem is or what it does. And then seeing people recommending EG31 left and right as a fix for everything from slow data to gout. Of course not warning anyone of the fact that this is a flash of no return. It's crazy.
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There has been a development today on the LoS issue, someone in the dev thread (sorry, don't remember their name at the moment) found some interesting things in the logcat that occur only when LoS. I plan to work on the script tonight and get another build out. Stay tuned
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There has been a development today on the LoS issue, someone in the dev thread (sorry, don't remember their name at the moment) found some interesting things in the logcat that occur only when LoS. I plan to work on the script tonight and get another build out. Stay tuned
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It was trifthen and yes he did find some interesting info. I am very curious to see what happens when you integrate that into LoS Checker.
I also have to say that you continue to impress with your unending spirit of cooperation in everything you do. I remember that same spirit everytime you were around at MIUI.us and was appreciative of it then as I am now. More about advancement, less about ego. We need more devs like you viper.
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In the few hours I was running stock kennel I didn't get los lol
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In the few hours I was running stock kennel I didn't get los lol
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That's all I'm sayin', lol.
Spoke too soon, rebooted my phone 4 times in the past 2 days for los
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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.