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This is a thread to discuss the FG20 build for the Boost Mobile version for our phone.
As to my knowledge there are no issues running it on our Epic 4G Touch without of course a simple APN fix to get MMS.
What we've noticed is that its a more polished version of FF18 and what we should have essentially gotten for our phone.
I would like to know your experiences on FG20 and how it's running for you.
And note any bugs you notice please!
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Everything seems fine, some (but fewer than FF18) apps FC on me. The multitask bug is still there, I haven't tested if the exchange bug is still there. Battery life seems a bit sketchy, but better than FF18's. This is near 92-95% percent of what our ICS update should have been in the first place.
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I not sure to try the full ROM because I only flash the modem and can't even make a good call 95% of calls drop on me and the people I tell to call me they all went directly to my Voice mail.
Maybe I should try full ROM but dunno.
Edit: I just notice a few hours ago service get a Lil better, I will try again maybe was Sprint Service problems.
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guys i dont know if it was just me or something, i flashed agats kernel and it didnt boot, so im guessing something is different in the kernels, also mobile odin didnt recognize it...
T.C.P said:
guys i dont know if it was just me or something, i flashed agats kernel and it didnt boot, so im guessing something is different in the kernels, also mobile odin didnt recognize it...
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Damn. That does seem a little mysterious. I wonder what's so different in these BST builds...
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Omar04 said:
I not sure to try the full ROM because I only flash the modem and can't even make a good call 95% of calls drop on me and the people I tell to call me they all went directly to my Voice mail.
Maybe I should try full ROM but dunno.
Edit: I just notice a few hours ago service get a Lil better, I will try again maybe was Sprint Service problems.
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I've been on the fg20 modem for a few days now and not had any problem, I've have no 4g in my area and spotty 3g... my 3g speeds have been more or less the same as they were on ff11, but the consistancy and stability of the connection has improved and this has helped my battery life, not that I had an issue with my battery life... voice calls have been good and I've not noticed any change from what I experanced on ff11, which prior to this was the modem I got best results with
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Hello, I tried the FG20 rom and noticed that there was no Roaming option in the settings, so I did a quick search for Boost mobile roaming and found that BST doesn't allow roaming. So for now, it's back to the somewhat unreliable (WiFi) FF18
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Hello, I tried the FG20 rom and noticed that there was no Roaming option in the settings, so I did a quick search for Boost mobile roaming and found that BST doesn't allow roaming. So for now, it's back to the somewhat unreliable (WiFi) FF18
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Did you try Roam Control to force roaming?
cferd said:
Hello, I tried the FG20 rom and noticed that there was no Roaming option in the settings, so I did a quick search for Boost mobile roaming and found that BST doesn't allow roaming. So for now, it's back to the somewhat unreliable (WiFi) FF18
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Not sure about your location but i went from ff18 to el29 and it's a world of difference.
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Toleraen said:
Did you try Roam Control to force roaming?
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No, sorry. And since my last post, I've gone even further back to old reliable Blazer 4.1. But am keeping the FG20 modem however, figuring that it should be at the very least no worse than either FF18 or EL29.
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Not sure about your location but i went from ff18 to el29 and it's a world of difference.
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LOL! So did I as noted above.
cferd said:
No, sorry. And since my last post, I've gone even further back to old reliable Blazer 4.1. But am keeping the FG20 modem however, figuring that it should be at the very least no worse than either FF18 or EL29.
LOL! So did I as noted above.
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I'm not sure what you're questioning, but I'll try to be more specific. After trying the FG20 ROM/Modem and realizing that it had no roaming option, I first reverted to a backup of FF18 ROM, keeping the FG20 Modem. But FF18 has an annoying WiFi issue where it often disconnects while in sleep mode. So I then restored old reliable a.k.a Blazer 4.1 ROM which doesn't have any issues whatsoever, or at least any that bothered me. The modem itself, whether EL29, FF18 or FG20, all performed about the same regardless of ROM type, so as of yet, there is no reason to go back to an earlier version than FG20.
Bottom line, when I mentioned WiFi issues, they had nothing to do with modems..... I think.
I am still trying to figure out what makes these builds so different.
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Seems like more trouble than its worth. I think a lot if people thought fg20 would be our silver bullet. I have a feeling we'll see an update for our ics before too long
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I'm running this but I'm also on boost. Find it to be an improvement over the last few ics leaks. Using agat's latest release 4 which I loaded thru Odin since mobile Odin doesn't recognize the device anymore. All in all pretty smooth with good battery.
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Sooo im sure alot of people noticed the 4G speed drop but what sad is that the fact of the s3 3g speeds are faster than my 4g on my s2
welp time to leave since sprint keeps making bad choices because now im an unhappy wimax user i use to see about 5 - 7 mbs
now all i can see is barely 1+mb on 4g unless......is a hack or fix to tweak this or is it that lte chips are jus super fast
because i did the proxy bypass thing where you change the proxies to 0 across the board a lil better but still slow
and well most of all no official jb and well you know by the time we really get jb
everyone will be on key lime pie lol just saying...
Tha_Dynasty2049 said:
Sooo im sure alot of people noticed the 4G speed drop but what sad is that the fact of the s3 3g speeds are faster than my 4g on my s2
welp time to leave since sprint keeps making bad choices because now im an unhappy wimax user i use to see about 5 - 7 mbs
now all i can see is barely 1+mb on 4g unless......is a hack or fix to tweak this or is it that lte chips are jus super fast
because i did the proxy bypass thing where you change the proxies to 0 across the board a lil better but still slow
and well most of all no official jb and well you know by the time we really get jb
everyone will be on key lime pie lol just saying...
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see you later then.. lol go get a phone with key lime pie! at least you have wimax.. will beat my 1x speeds in my area on 3g
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elliwigy said:
see you later then.. lol go get a phone with key lime pie! at least you have wimax.. will beat my 1x speeds in my area on 3g
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wow....then u should have posted this lol
naw i know what you mean but arggghhh its just soo bad
maybe its modem related so ill chill and go from there
What rom are you running?
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If you're in the northern/north eastern part of the US some of your problem may be due to sandy and the associated storms up there. There was a lot of infrastructure damage to the networks of all carriers up there, but with sprints infrastructure being overloaded already the damage puts even more strain on the remaining parts of the network that are functional from users being offloaded from damaged/downed towers to ones that are functioning. They were saying there would be network outages and slower speeds/increased dropped/missed calls from Minnesota east as far south as Missouri thru north Carolina. They are working on getting it back up currently and they are going ahead and doing the NV and LTE deployment instead of just patching up the damaged old towers.
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Tha_Dynasty2049 said:
Sooo im sure alot of people noticed the 4G speed drop but what sad is that the fact of the s3 3g speeds are faster than my 4g on my s2
welp time to leave since sprint keeps making bad choices because now im an unhappy wimax user i use to see about 5 - 7 mbs
now all i can see is barely 1+mb on 4g unless......is a hack or fix to tweak this or is it that lte chips are jus super fast
because i did the proxy bypass thing where you change the proxies to 0 across the board a lil better but still slow
and well most of all no official jb and well you know by the time we really get jb
everyone will be on key lime pie lol just saying...
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What Kernel are you on? If you're not running a stock kernel, 4g speeds get borked. I got 8mpbs down on stock, then would flash a JB rom and wouldn't break 1mpbs -- it would stick right around 650kpbs. Then I could flash right back to stock and speeds would be back up. I'd try flashing back to stock and see if that's it. If so, the only other kernel that I've found that doesn't break 4g is AGATS FI27 stock repack.
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What Kernel are you on? If you're not running a stock kernel, 4g speeds get borked. I got 8mpbs down on stock, then would flash a JB rom and wouldn't break 1mpbs -- it would stick right around 650kpbs. Then I could flash right back to stock and speeds would be back up. I'd try flashing back to stock and see if that's it. If so, the only other kernel that I've found that doesn't break 4g is AGATS FI27 stock repack.
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Soo i tried exactly wat you said...switched to AGats fi27 and i also changed my modem to fi27
then i updated prl and profile and now im gettting 10 mbs down and 2.5up
kinda wierd that fi25 was that horrible....im running blazer rom ics but all is fine now just have a yellow triangle in the middle during boot
but i can live with it for now until i actually feel like fixing my phone with a new rom and theme lol but thank you
It is so odd how source built kernels destroy data speeds. Don't make since. Its true. That's why blazer ROM always ran stock and it runs great
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Tha_Dynasty2049 said:
Soo i tried exactly wat you said...switched to AGats fi27 and i also changed my modem to fi27
then i updated prl and profile and now im gettting 10 mbs down and 2.5up
kinda wierd that fi25 was that horrible....im running blazer rom ics but all is fine now just have a yellow triangle in the middle during boot
but i can live with it for now until i actually feel like fixing my phone with a new rom and theme lol but thank you
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I personally found using FI03 kernel did better for me. Might have to retest again
Tha_Dynasty2049 said:
Soo i tried exactly wat you said...switched to AGats fi27 and i also changed my modem to fi27
then i updated prl and profile and now im gettting 10 mbs down and 2.5up
kinda wierd that fi25 was that horrible....im running blazer rom ics but all is fine now just have a yellow triangle in the middle during boot
but i can live with it for now until i actually feel like fixing my phone with a new rom and theme lol but thank you
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You can use the triangle away app in the play store. All the triangle means is that a custom kernel has been flashed, doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with the phone.
GPadraic said:
You can use the triangle away app in the play store. All the triangle means is that a custom kernel has been flashed, doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with the phone.
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good good....thanks
but im still gon flash a new rom and make a new theme and see if i can fix this
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You can use the triangle away app in the play store. All the triangle means is that a custom kernel has been flashed, doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with the phone.
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Mobile odin won't cause the yellow triangle when flashing kernels
cm10+fi27 modem.
CM10 gets fast speeds now? I was throttled like crazy on cm9
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stinkbud said:
CM10 gets fast speeds now? I was throttled like crazy on cm9
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mines fast.
calisro said:
mines fast.
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How fast? What kernel and rom are you running?
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How fast? What kernel and rom are you running?
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paranoidandroid 2.54 which is built on CM10 beta 2 source. I get 10meg dl and 1-2 ul.
calisro said:
paranoidandroid 2.54 which is built on CM10 beta 2 source. I get 10meg dl and 1-2 ul.
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Thanks. I'll give it a whirl and report back with my findings!
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paranoidandroid 2.54 which is built on CM10 beta 2 source. I get 10meg dl and 1-2 ul.
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Funny. I tried it and my DL speeds topped out at 600kbps then restored my nan and went right back up to 9mbps. Weird.
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GPadraic said:
Funny. I tried it and my DL speeds topped out at 600kbps then restored my nan and went right back up to 9mbps. Weird.
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odd. I get 10 dl right now.... modem? prl? weird stuff. at least we know cm10 is capable of it.
Here are the stock MC3 Kernel and Modem in separate CWM flashable zips. I havent modified anything, just dropped them in a flashable zip for anyone that might want them. I needed them for my new ROM im building so I thought I'd share since I didn't see anyone else post them. Thanks to Sextape and the gang for the stock MC3 odin tar leak and for everything they do for xda and the community.
http://d-h.st/kIs -MC3 stock modem Download
http://d-h.st/jAc -MC3 stock kernel Download
Freeza has both in his thread. Lol. But thanks
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Vfan23 said:
Freeza has both in his thread. Lol. But thanks
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ahh, didn't know if anyone had posted them yet since I didn't see a specific post for them. Freeza is the man. Yet I never would have known if he posted them on his thread or not without having to keep up with his thread. Anyway here they are a little easier for people to find if they need them.
Edit: Just saw that Freeza dropped the stock MC3 odexed and deodexed ROM zips and had the kernel and modem zips there. We must have been uploading at the same time cause his post wasnt there before I uploaded these zips.. My bad...
Thanks Freeza for all you do bud
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ahh, didn't know if anyone had posted them yet since I didn't see a specific post for them. Freeza is the man. Yet I never would have known if he posted them on his thread or not without having to keep up with his thread. Anyway here they are a little easier for people to find if they need them.
Edit: Just saw that Freeza dropped the stock MC3 odexed and deodexed ROM zips and had the kernel and modem zips there. We must have been uploading at the same time cause his post wasnt there before I uploaded these zips.. My bad...
Thanks Freeza for all you do bud
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Its cool don't worry all good. Thanks either way. More options = good ^_^
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Spider_Pig27 said:
Its cool don't worry all good. Thanks either way. More options = good ^_^
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Thanks. Figures someone would beat me to it by like 5 minutes lol
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Thanks. Figures someone would beat me to it by like 5 minutes lol
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It happens lol. Even when your about to reply to a problem someone beats you lol
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That's always my luck. I'm pretty used to it lol
Radio Not Sticking
i've flashed the modem like 4 times but my baseband ver never changes. i'm on JB 15.30 & just wanna see if i can get better reception. after flashing my baseband still reads LJ7
sugarsine said:
i've flashed the modem like 4 times but my baseband ver never changes. i'm on JB 15.30 & just wanna see if i can get better reception. after flashing my baseband still reads LJ7
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Most likely a bad DL or you may not be flashing the correct zip. Have you re=downloaded the zip?
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reverepats said:
Most likely a bad DL or you may not be flashing the correct zip. Have you re=downloaded the zip?
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yea i did like 5 times lol still no joy
Hey mate, thanks for the contribution! Downloaded and flashed while running SlimBean build 3. Not sure if it's just me, but I seem to have poorer reception with the MC3 Modem than I do with the MB1 Modem. With MB1 modem, I had a signal of -98 dBm. With MC3 modem, I get -120 dBm. I ended up flashing back to MB1, thanks for providing a download though!
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Hey mate, thanks for the contribution! Downloaded and flashed while running SlimBean build 3. Not sure if it's just me, but I seem to have poorer reception with the MC3 Modem than I do with the MB1 Modem. With MB1 modem, I had a signal of -98 dBm. With MC3 modem, I get -120 dBm. I ended up flashing back to MB1, thanks for providing a download though!
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Funny... I'm also on SlimBean v3, MB1 and lately my data is so unreliable. I know Sprint is actively working my area, but I was hoping MC3 modem would solve my problem.
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jerry42570 said:
Funny... I'm also on SlimBean v3, MB1 and lately my data is so unreliable. I know Sprint is actively working my area, but I was hoping MC3 modem would solve my problem.
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Ive noticed that different modems act differently in different locations. For example some modems work great on the west coast and don't work good on the east coast etc. I would just stick with whichever modem works best for you in your area.
Redundant much?...hahahaha
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manufan721 said:
Redundant much?...hahahaha
Infecting the world, one rom at a time.
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Since im being redundant, hey manufan, its Time for you to come back to the dev school. Class is in session on how to apply gradients and compile .9pngs. Oh and xml editing, and how to decode smali, and add options in settings/layout, oh and i guess i could go over how to batch color multiple images for theming if you haven't got that down yet either.... So how's that modem working for you bro?
Lmao
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Since im being redundant, hey manufan, its Time for you to come back to the dev school. Class is in session on how to apply gradients and compile .9pngs. Oh and xml editing, and how to decode smali, and add options in settings/layout, oh and i guess i could go over how to batch color multiple images for theming if you haven't got that down yet either.... So how's that modem working for you bro?
Lmao
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You may have won the battle this time...but not the war..teste this morning arent we? Hmmm...wonder why....?
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sugarsine said:
i've flashed the modem like 4 times but my baseband ver never changes. i'm on JB 15.30 & just wanna see if i can get better reception. after flashing my baseband still reads LJ7
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check the jellybomb thread this has been an issue for all the new modem josh doesnt want to update to, hopefully he does sat some point lol. but just to let you know what you're looking for you have to manually edit some build prop lines to say MC3 instead of LJ7. doing this will also stop the update from popping up if thats happening to you as well. :cheers:
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check the jellybomb thread this has been an issue for all the new modem josh doesnt want to update to, hopefully he does sat some point lol. but just to let you know what you're looking for you have to manually edit some build prop lines to say MC3 instead of LJ7. doing this will also stop the update from popping up if thats happening to you as well. :cheers:
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The build prop shouldn't affect what the baseband says in about phone, unless Josh did something completely different.
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The build prop shouldn't affect what the baseband says in about phone, unless Josh did something completely different.
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Agreed. The modem will refect the build separate from the build prop. Also packed this modem in a zip directly from the odin tar released by sextape AND tested the zip. After flashing it reflected MC3 and i had no issues. Several members of my team and other xda members have reported that they've flashed it through CWM and mobile Odin with the same results. I do believe that you must have flashed the wrong zip.
hi all,
I didnt find any threads that answered my question well, so if its a repeat my apologies. I am running Blu Kuban 1.0.5.4, it runs nice and smooth, i love everything about it, but i dont know JACK about modems in this sense. In about phone it says my modem is FF18, which seems right from everything i HAVE read lol, but then the BK build # say FL24.
i have read that GB and ICS modems are interchangeable, but i have no knowledge of where to start or IF i should bother messing with it. i know i have to travel to downtown orlando to catch a 4g signal, and 3g kinda sux and i get almost nothing inside my apt, and wifi is alot lower than i expected given i run a full dual-band DDWRT gigabit cat6 network.
so the crux of the question is the modem in the build number what it seems like? are the 2 conflicting or am i just misunderstanding al together lol and more, is there a better setup i can use, i know that tends to be phone specific but it seems like in general some prove to work well together and some dont.
thanks in advance for any/all help
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hi all,
I didnt find any threads that answered my question well, so if its a repeat my apologies. I am running Blu Kuban 1.0.5.4, it runs nice and smooth, i love everything about it, but i dont know JACK about modems in this sense. In about phone it says my modem is FF18, which seems right from everything i HAVE read lol, but then the BK build # say FL24.
i have read that GB and ICS modems are interchangeable, but i have no knowledge of where to start or IF i should bother messing with it. i know i have to travel to downtown orlando to catch a 4g signal, and 3g kinda sux and i get almost nothing inside my apt, and wifi is alot lower than i expected given i run a full dual-band DDWRT gigabit cat6 network.
so the crux of the question is the modem in the build number what it seems like? are the 2 conflicting or am i just misunderstanding al together lol and more, is there a better setup i can use, i know that tends to be phone specific but it seems like in general some prove to work well together and some dont.
thanks in advance for any/all help
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FF18 is fine to run in BK FL24. Both are ICS. However, modems vary from phone to phone, location to location. I would try updating your modem to FL24, and after you reboot, update prl and profile, and see if that improves signal. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. But the short answer is no, the build is not conflicting with your modem, it's most likely the area you are in. Play around with other modems, see if it helps! Good luck
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FF18 is fine to run in BK FL24. Both are ICS. However, modems vary from phone to phone, location to location. I would try updating your modem to FL24, and after you reboot, update prl and profile, and see if that improves signal. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. But the short answer is no, the build is not conflicting with your modem, it's most likely the area you are in. Play around with other modems, see if it helps! Good luck
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ok so i tried that...wifi speeds jumped up by like 5 mb/s on the download side but i lost all 3g/4g capabilities...hmm, i used the kuban updater to d/l ffl24, and it all went smoothly, is it possible i missed a step in the process, i have read that some people need to re enter msl or things like that my cell # is right but the msid looks like someone elses phone # and prl is 21097... so im not sure if thats right or not lol
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ok so i tried that...wifi speeds jumped up by like 5 mb/s on the download side but i lost all 3g/4g capabilities...hmm, i used the kuban updater to d/l ffl24, and it all went smoothly, is it possible i missed a step in the process, i have read that some people need to re enter msl or things like that my cell # is right but the msid looks like someone elses phone # and prl is 21097... so im not sure if thats right or not lol
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Hmmm, sounds like you may have flashed a bad modem. Flash back, see what happens, then try another ff, fi, fk build
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jdsingle76 said:
Hmmm, sounds like you may have flashed a bad modem. Flash back, see what happens, then try another ff, fi, fk build
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Edit: here's the link to all modems...try different ones, see what works!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764210
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jdsingle76 said:
Hmmm, sounds like you may have flashed a bad modem. Flash back, see what happens, then try another ff, fi, fk build
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Edit: here's the link to all modems...try different ones, see what works!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764210
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thanks, i tried a couple of different modems from the series' you suggested and none help, and most actually caused reboots and lockups, so im back at the FF18 and im gonna call it a failed experiment...im almost always on the wifi anyway but, it was worth a try
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thanks, i tried a couple of different modems from the series' you suggested and none help, and most actually caused reboots and lockups, so im back at the FF18 and im gonna call it a failed experiment...im almost always on the wifi anyway but, it was worth a try
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What method are you using to flash? Flashing modem shouldn't be causing all that
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great inglihd
for the first one the FL24 i used the internal updater built into BK, but after that i switched to mobile odin bc i was afraid it was an updater issue...though my battery was a tad low but it was on the charger, and a straight wall charger too not a usb to my pc charger. ah well im not sweating it, like i said im mostly home anyway so having a kick ass rom thats rock solid is more important anyway lol
Not sure if you know but mobile Odin does not support the flashing of modems for the epic touch. It may look like it flashes but nothing happens. Either desktop Odin or recovery is the only way to flash a modem.
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patrao_n said:
Not sure if you know but mobile Odin does not support the flashing of modems for the epic touch. It may look like it flashes but nothing happens. Either desktop Odin or recovery is the only way to flash a modem.
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wow..no i didnt know that, some of the other boards hinted at it working through mobile odin and some said nothing at all, a friend however said it could so i took his advice...its possible he had the same thing where it looked like it flashed but didnt...it would explain the probs i had with the other modems lol
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Not sure if you know but mobile Odin does not support the flashing of modems for the epic touch. It may look like it flashes but nothing happens. Either desktop Odin or recovery is the only way to flash a modem.
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Good catch patro...thanks! House crisis here, I totally missed the MO reference. :thumbup::beer:
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Don't Use Mobile Odin for Flashing Modems...
jdsingle76 said:
Good catch patro...thanks! House crisis here, I totally missed the MO reference. :thumbup::beer:
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Read RWilco's comment in tutorial for flashing TAR and TAR.MD5 files, and it is a blanket statement regarding modems and Mobile Odin/Mobile Odin Pro (don't do it).
micmars said:
I don't believe this applies to GB and ICS modems. Let me check SXTP for confirmation.
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I don't chance it flashing any modems. Everything else, sure. Modems, I use CWM exclusively.
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Agreed, Just Read RWILCO's Warning, will delete post...
jdsingle76 said:
I don't chance it flashing any modems. Everything else, sure. Modems, I use CWM exclusively.
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Thanks, JD.
micmars said:
Thanks, JD.
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with that in mind i will try using only cwm, and see if that makes a difference...thanks all for the help and the quick responses you guys all rock! im not a complete noob with flashing and such, but im not a pro either, i spent alot of time in IT and helpdesk, but now im back in school for programming, still only kinda towards the end of what would probably still be considered an apprentice level code monkey and while i some experience with linux/unix, in that realm i WOULD call myself a noob lol
ok so...i guess i have one more question, im running Blu Kuban, which uses a modified AGAT recovery...is it ok to flash a modem from that or should i just stick with desktop odin?
grt1msag3 said:
ok so...i guess i have one more question, im running Blu Kuban, which uses a modified AGAT recovery...is it ok to flash a modem from that or should i just stick with desktop odin?
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It's ok to flash from that. If it doesn't take, then try pc Odin. But like I said, I use CWM exclusively for modems.
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jdsingle76 said:
It's ok to flash from that. If it doesn't take, then try pc Odin. But like I said, I use CWM exclusively for modems.
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can i just say...you are the MAN...i really appreciate all the quick responses. i usually just set it to send me an email when someone responds bc i expect it to take at least a few hours lol...so really thank you, i made sure i sent you all thanks too. i will test it all out and post results when i get them. thanks guys!
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grt1msag3 said:
can i just say...you are the MAN...i really appreciate all the quick responses. i usually just set it to send me an email when someone responds bc i expect it to take at least a few hours lol...so really thank you, i made sure i sent you all thanks too. i will test it all out and post results when i get them. thanks guys!
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Thank you for keeping us posted on your progress. Sprint/Boost/Virgin Mobile should just link to this forum in their communities for all tech support issues. It's faster, better info, and way friendlier. And wow it beats the heck out of going into their stores. I remember when Garwynn would post in the Sprint forum for the E4GT, and his input was far better than the Sprint monitors.
Ok guys and gals, here we go again. This is a stock, deodexed, version of the latest OTA MG2 build for Boost/VM variants of the Samsung Galaxy S III, with SuperSU and Busybox installed. Apks are also zipaligned. This will not install a modem and should not wipe your device. This was built from the Samsung Official MG2 build tar.
The reason I say for both variants is because as far as I can tell, this update is a “generic” update. What I mean is that whatever carrier you are on, it will update your phone and not change any of your carrier’s settings, ie, mmsc url, carrier banner, etc.
Thanks:
Google and XDA, for obvious reasons
Kennyglass123 - For posting guidance and all the awesome moderating he does around town
Stryke_the_Orc - For believing in me, for being a great friend and mentor, and always pushing me to do more
Garwynn – Without you showing me how to “catch” this, I would have never had the tar to build the zip from. Thanks for all your help and support.
Remotehugger – For being patient as I built this. I know you’ve been dying to test drive it!
If I have forgotten someone, please, please, let me know. I am all for giving credit where it is due.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for whatever you do with your phone. Please flash at your own risk
Download Link:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291678176
Md5: d813784d8ce01c45a9870bc9981445ef
Flashing Instructions:
This will NOT flash a modem. If you are coming from stock MD7, you will keep MD7. Same goes for whatever baseband you have right now!
1. Download zip to your sdcard
2. Reboot into CWM, TWRP, or other compatible recovery (I recommend CWM 6.0.3.1 Touch)
3. Wipe Data, Cache, Dalvik(might be able to flash dirty if coming from stock TW, try at your own risk)
4. Flash zip
5. Reboot
6. Profit
Issues:
Not an issue per se, since Sprint hasn't updated to MG2, but for some reason, flashing this to Sprint, even with the modem, is causing data issues. Might be an apn/mmsc issue, but I don't have Sprint, so I can't confirm. If someone with Sprint figures this out, please post it for all to know
Note:
As I said before, this will NOT install a modem. Until we get some modem zips, the only way that I have found to get the modem I want is to flash the OTA tar, to get the modem, then whatever zip rom I want(if that makes sense).
Downloading now !!!!!!! now i will stop getting those pesky push notifications that a firmware update is available - lol - thank you tons jd - so very much appreciated -
Thanks for the hard work! Is there anyway someone can post an up to date modem that i can flash. For some reason I am not getting data.
Is this jb4.1.2 still or 4.2 yet?
neemot said:
Thanks for the hard work! Is there anyway someone can post an up to date modem that i can flash. For some reason I am not getting data.
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Update your profile. If that doesn't work there is a thread with all of the Sprint modems in the this section. I
Sprint Modem thread. This will give you the tools you'll need to flash the modem and also revert back if needed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787677
tofumonster said:
Is this jb4.1.2 still or 4.2 yet?
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Still 4.1.2 unfortunately.
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ghostzyden said:
Still 4.1.2 unfortunately.
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So what would be the advantage over L710VPBMD4?
neemot said:
Thanks for the hard work! Is there anyway someone can post an up to date modem that i can flash. For some reason I am not getting data.
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Here you go. I dropped these last night. Enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47569788
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tempests said:
So what would be the advantage over L710VPBMD4?
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I'm on Boost, and therefore have MD7, which is Boost and vm version of MD4. And I haven't noticed any real differences, except a few app updates. Sprint has not updated to MG2, only Boost and VM that I'm aware of. However, I have a theory I'd like a Sprint user to give me feedback on. If a Sprint user flashed this, please tell me what your dropdown banner and network(settings/about device/status)reads. Also, please verify mms works sending and receiving. Thanks! And enjoy. And look at the post above for the modem for this. I'll add it to the OP later.
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I'm on Boost, and therefore have MD7, which is Boost and vm version of MD4. And I haven't noticed any real differences, except a few app updates. Sprint has not updated to MG2, only Boost and VM that I'm aware of. However, I have a theory I'd like a Sprint user to give me feedback on. If a Sprint user flashed this, please tell me what your dropdown banner and network(settings/about device/status)reads. Also, please verify mms works sending and receiving. Thanks! And enjoy. And look at the post above for the modem for this. I'll add it to the OP later.
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Hi there - I'm on Sprint. I flashed your rom but unfortunately I can't get very far. I am not able to get data either with the MD4 modem or the MG2 modem. Rom will only work on wifi.
nyfl2004 said:
Hi there - I'm on Sprint. I flashed your rom but unfortunately I can't get very far. I am not able to get data either with the MD4 modem or the MG2 modem. Rom will only work on wifi.
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Hmmm, that's interesting. So even flashing my MG2 rom, you're unable to get any data? I would think that it would be the same concept as me(being on Boost), flashing a Sprint ROM...have you checked your apn and mmsc settings? They may be causing the issue. I may change the heading to just Boost/VM then, if that's the case. Thanks for the information.
Edit: Did the banner stay Sprint?
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Hmmm, that's interesting. So even flashing my MG2 rom, you're unable to get any data? I would think that it would be the same concept as me(being on Boost), flashing a Sprint ROM...have you checked your apn and mmsc settings? They may be causing the issue. I may change the heading to just Boost/VM then, if that's the case. Thanks for the information.
Edit: Did the banner stay Sprint?
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You're welcome. I'm currently at work, so I don't have any wi-fi. I should be home in about 2 hrs. I will check all settings and the banner and report back. Thanks
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You're welcome. I'm currently at work, so I don't have any wi-fi. I should be home in about 2 hrs. I will check all settings and the banner and report back. Thanks
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Shouldn't need anything at all to check that. I meant just the pulldown notification bar(should read Sprint), and in settings/about device/status, what does the network say....and I'm sure you know, but if you change your mmsc/apn settings, you'll need your MSL. Good luck, and thanks again for the info.
For those of you reading this and have a phone with the newest Boost MG2 update then you will need to call Boost to get your MSL. No way to get it with the old methods. Trust me, I've tried. LOL.
They'll give it to you easily enough. I had mine 10 seconds after telling them I wanted it.
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Shouldn't need anything at all to check that. I meant just the pulldown notification bar(should read Sprint), and in settings/about device/status, what does the network say....and I'm sure you know, but if you change your mmsc/apn settings, you'll need your MSL. Good luck, and thanks again for the info.
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I had to end up flashing back to LJ7 when I first got my phone, then do the six zeros in the terminal emulator trick, lol. Real pain in the butt, but got it. Thanks for passing this info on though :thumbup:
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wetbiker7 said:
For those of you reading this and have a phone with the newest Boost MG2 update then you will need to call Boost to get your MSL. No way to get it with the old methods. Trust me, I've tried. LOL.
They'll give it to you easily enough. I had mine 10 seconds after telling them I wanted it.
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The above message should be for you! Stupid app, lol!
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The above message should be for you! Stupid app, lol!
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I had to have my MSL to use the Prl Write feature. You don't need your MSL to change your APNs. All I do to change mine is flash a Boost xml with the APN Backup and Restore app.
As for the LJ7 modem, I'm running it now. I've spoke with several of us Boost guys and we're all getting better reception with the older modem. So much for newer being better.
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I had to have my MSL to use the Prl Write feature. You don't need your MSL to change your APNs. All I do to change mine is flash a Boost xml with the APN Backup and Restore app.
As for the LJ7 modem, I'm running it now. I've spoke with several of us Boost guys and we're all getting better reception with the older modem. So much for newer being better.
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Have you tried my MG2 modem zip?
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jdsingle76 said:
Have you tried my MG2 modem zip?
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No. Thankfully I kept my backup. I just use the restoremodem.zip to restore my backup of MG2.
If I decide to switch back I'll give it a try. Going to stay with Lj7 right now since I'm getting better signal.
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wetbiker7 said:
No. Thankfully I kept my backup. I just use the restoremodem.zip to restore my backup of MG2.
If you decide to switch back I'll give it a try. Going to stay with Lj7 right now since I'm getting better signal.
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Fair enough. What rom are you running?
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