hi everyone, i am a spoiled ex-EVO owner where all hardware updates were incorporated into the ROMs. will this be the case moving forward the ROMs here on the sgs3 or will we still need to use ODIN to update. Also, will the radios be incorporated into the .zip as well? from what i've read, and searched, the stock recovery is required for this update.
thanks for helping, samsung is a different animal.
How can a hardware update be done via software? You mean firmware update?
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How can a hardware update be done via software? You mean firmware update?
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yes, the firmware
Personally, I always flashed the radios separately on my Evo 4G. I think the only ROM that ever had radios included was Sprint Lover's, but I didn't pay much attention to Sense ROMs. Anyway, there are individually-flashable modems (that's apparently what Samsung calls them) in the development section. You can just flash them in CWM.
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I'm coming from cm10 and I'm going to flash zedomaxs high on android rom and I read I needed a stock modem to go along with it since it's basically a stock rom and there's so many which do I chose since coming from cm10??? Any help appreciated
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Actually its not the modem. Those should work with any of the roms here. You are thinking of the kernel I believe. Theres only a few to choose from and it boils down to preference.
If you are going to the UVALH2 update or later, you will need a purely stock kernel. Custom ones aren't working yet.
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Actually its not the modem. Those should work with any of the roms here. You are thinking of the kernel I believe. Theres only a few to choose from and it boils down to preference.
If you are going to the UVALH2 update or later, you will need a purely stock kernel. Custom ones aren't working yet.
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thanks very much for clearing that
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suhailstar said:
thanks very much for clearing that
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There is a new flashable radio from jelly bean leak..
please let me know if i can flash different radios on my rooted/stock rom uvlh2? I want to try and see if i can get better data speeds in my basement. Im using modem flasher 2.0 but dont want to screw up my phone, but i want to flash UVLI2 (the leaked ICS radio). Thanks again, i appreciate it
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Umm... how? I don't think it's possible. Apparently you know a way but don't want to share? Also, iv wouldn't count on EVER getting good speeds in your basement. The bands TMo uses aren't meant for it.
I don't think you can
Of course you can flash radios. Why wouldn't you be able to?
Assuming, of course, you know what you're doing..
As long as you have a T999 model, you can flash any of the radios released in the dev section. Any radio on any rom. some work better than others but everyone has a different best one. Its up to you to test them all for yourself.
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ddont know if this applies... but i used to flash radios, through my galaxy S (first generation), usually through odin, or a zip file and cwm... not sure how it would work for the gs3, but pretty sure itd still apply, if any method is best, probably through cwm as that shouldn't (in theory) affect your flash counter
Correct, though I personally recommend twrp. Just read the ops for any of the many released modems in dev section for more info.
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I use the tool provided by Team Sonic in the Development section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1860592
ingenious247 said:
I use the tool provided by Team Sonic in the Development section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1860592
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oops. just reread the op. thought he wasn't rooted. nevermind.
What are the differences between all of the base bands made for this phone.. I am on UVLJ4 and was wondering if I should even bother to update to UVLJA?
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What are the differences between all of the base bands made for this phone.. I am on UVLJ4 and was wondering if I should even bother to update to UVLJA?
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You can try flashing the newer radio and see of you feel a difference. It depends on your location whether the newer baseband will give better results or not.
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Just use the simple tmobile galaxy s3 modem flasher tool by the Sonic team which you can run directly from clockworkmod and it lets you select all the different modems for you to try out and it tells you latest ones too. I always just use that one simple tool that can be ran from clockworkmod or twrp and it saves hassles since it already has all the modems included for flashing so u don't have to download individual zips
I'm trying to find 4.2.1 ROMs to flash, but having a hard time telling which ROMs are 4.2 unless it says it in the thread title. Is that the only way to really tell? I tried Google but I don't want to download something not for sprint. Any advice?
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Read the entire op. It will say based on for example LJ7 which is sprints latest official version of 4.1.1.
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Read the entire op. It will say based on for example LJ7 which is sprints latest official version of 4.1.1.
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Like what he said; it's in the title of the thread / OP.
Though if you're looking for 4.2.x, they'll be only AOSP roms as of now. And please only flash sprint roms.
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I'm trying to find 4.2.1 ROMs to flash, but having a hard time telling which ROMs are 4.2 unless it says it in the thread title. Is that the only way to really tell? I tried Google but I don't want to download something not for sprint. Any advice?
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Try the sprint sg3 original development thread. And check out the 4.2.1 slim ROM. You'll like it!
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I was just looking at that one and considering it. Think I will! Thanks everyone. To update my prl, radio I need to flash back to stock and unroot right? Not sure if I need to do that or not..
You don't need to unroot, you just need to be on a TW rom for prl and profile update. To update modems(radios) just find a zip you can flash in recovery.
Ok now that I'm confident in my ability to flash ROMS and Kernels in the new Linux 3.0 & 3.4 versions that came with JB, is there anyone who could help me out with finding modems and flashing them and what each modem is for and etc? I really don't understand the new system as i came over from the OG EVO and from what i understand thus far, its not exactly the same as flashing radios as it was with GB or ICS. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tried looking through stickies but couldnt find anything.
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This thread will guide you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38172219
Posts #1 through #5 where you will find links to modems. LJ7 and MD4 seem to work best. But these devices are not like HTC devices so don't put that much concern into it.
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Ok thanks for the help. About updating the PRL on AOSP roms though.... I downloaded the script and ran the scripts using script manager exactly as the guide said to do so, but i cant enter diagnostics mode. Any idea why?
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Ok thanks for the help. About updating the PRL on AOSP roms though.... I downloaded the script and ran the scripts using script manager exactly as the guide said to do so, but i cant enter diagnostics mode. Any idea why?
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Won't really work on the S3... Best and easiest thing to do is make a nandroid then flash tw rom update prl and profile and then restore nandroid
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Ok, was just curious about that. I know about the nandroid backup and all. Its basically the same as it was with the old aosp/sense system. But thanks a lot for your help. And hopefully I'll see an improvement in my signal strength and quality. Do you have any other tips that could help?
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Nope other than stick to TW roms, signal strength will be better and lte, 3g exchange is much better.
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Yea well it wouldnt make too much of a difference with 3G and LTE considering I'm in an area that doesnt have LTE coverage yet. And just curious here, but the synergy port from verizon IS considered a TW rom right?
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yeah no lte it makes no difference. I don't know about synergy but just look in the OP it's either TW, AOSP or AOKP. If you don't have to flash gapps it's TW.
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Ok thanks for your help.
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All AOSP are 3.4 kernel's now. CM needs MD4 to flash. It's in freeza's thread
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Ok now that I'm confident in my ability to flash ROMS and Kernels in the new Linux 3.0 & 3.4 versions that came with JB, is there anyone who could help me out with finding modems and flashing them and what each modem is for and etc? I really don't understand the new system as i came over from the OG EVO and from what i understand thus far, its not exactly the same as flashing radios as it was with GB or ICS. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tried looking through stickies but couldnt find anything.
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I flashed the md4 after edfunkycold told me where to find and DL them. But i am on md4 modem and am running cm. It IS on the 3.4 but the scripts still dont work so im just going to do the touchwiz trick.
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Ok thanks for the help. About updating the PRL on AOSP roms though.... I downloaded the script and ran the scripts using script manager exactly as the guide said to do so, but i cant enter diagnostics mode. Any idea why?
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Since the update to the 3.4.x kernel the scripts don't work anymore. Flash a TW ROM and follow those instructions