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Diagnosing the best modem

Hey alll..
I am thinking I have a phone that does not prefer ec05's modem. Is there any method or (free) app that can help me move this from observation to some actual data showing that my phone and ec05 are not playing best?
Thanks.
J
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Flash the EB13 modem, and if it improves, you found your culprit (but with data problems, it's a near-guarantee it's the modem).

You could use something like this app:
Speedtest.net Mobile (in market and free)
To test what speeds you're getting using EC05 modem (run a few and average them out).
Then odin EB13 modem and run the tests again.
Then you'll have some data to compare.

Thanks for the feedback. I am trying to be more imperical than my perception. My primary concern is not the speed (although maybe that is an issue) but my signal. It seems my wifi drops in parts of the house that were solid before and my 3g seems weak. All I am working off of is the signal bars for now...I was kinda hoping for a logging/reporting thing.
I thought I read that the eb13 did speed improvements and so on. I don't wanna lose anything but I am reading people going all the way back to dk28 and the idea of a beta or rc modem being better makes little sense to me.
Thanks again.
J
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You won't lose anything by flashing the EB13 modem, it's a simple Odin flash.

k0nane said:
You won't lose anything by flashing the EB13 modem, it's a simple Odin flash.
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Thanks again. I know that...just worried about the placebo affect and was hoping to "prove" my observations.
I will probably try it. Thanks.
J
Edit: Sorry I just got what you meant. In my second posting I was referring to the loss of the enhancements alleged in EC05
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There is an app called aLogCat; it logs everything going on with your phone. The logs are pretty large but you can filter the data. Maybe that could help?
I used it to help test some things for devs.

jdelano said:
There is an app called aLogCat; it logs everything going on with your phone. The logs are pretty large but you can filter the data. Maybe that could help?
I used it to help test some things for devs.
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Heard of it and checking now. Thanks for the guidence
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The DI18 modem always worked best for me. Would it work in a 2.2 ROM?

arashed31 said:
The DI18 modem always worked best for me. Would it work in a 2.2 ROM?
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I just read it should
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I'm also having problems with a weak signal on ec05. Did u try eb13 yet?
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musclehead84 said:
I'm also having problems with a weak signal on ec05. Did u try eb13 yet?
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I have played with them all at some point. I haven't found the info I am seeking in logcat so I caant really tell you. One chef is claiming substant5ially better battery life from using dk28 and I have seen some android sensor usage issues reported as resolved from going to eb13. I think the devices are different and different results are happening per device.
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[DISCUSSION] FG20 Build

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

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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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.
gilbydakid said:
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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???
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gilbydakid said:
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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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Cell Signal Poll for FH13 Modem

Would like to keep track of who all is having issues, or experiencing better signal with the latest FE13 modem (either leaked or official).
If you could please vote in the pool, that would be wonderful.

Tittle should say FH13.
I have crappy signal with almost every modem except for EL29 and now FH13 still kind of crappy but definitely in same league of EL29 for me. I'm at Puerto Rico 00612
Will answer your poll as soon as I get home.
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Bah.
I don't know why I keep thinking it is FE... Well, the poll title is wrong as well.

GH0 said:
Bah.
I don't know why I keep thinking it is FE... Well, the poll title is wrong as well.
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it happens
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Improved for me pretty much everywhere but work. I roam there now for some reason but get better signal pretty much everywhere else. I am using my stock rom based off the leaked tar provided by Sextape.

I havent noticed anyhing spectacular with any radio since el29. But here in mexico only 3g works. No issues with phone calls or sms tho
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Same not very good usually.
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I don't know if it's network/tower congestion or what but fh13 seems worse than el29. I don't know if it makes a difference because I used to run different modems than the rom I was on but lately I've been using the same modem/rom.

Boost rom data error's

This discussion is only for user's who have had their E4GT flashed to Boost.
I have tried almost all the roms. Including the Samsung Boost leaks. When I'm on all the ICS roms I get a data error then update profile and it's gone for a while but comes back often. I have been running Calk's 3.0 GB and never have a data error.
Of course, that is why my daily is the aforementioned Calk 3.0.
Anyone have any similar experiences?
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Any Boost user's out there?
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I wonder if you have to flash anything anymore now that E4GT is on boost legitimately.
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acrown said:
I wonder if you have to flash anything anymore now that E4GT is on boost legitimately.
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Both leaks for ics that were Boost leaks had this same problem.
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rigel1326 said:
This discussion is only for user's who have had their E4GT flashed to Boost.
I have tried almost all the roms. Including the Samsung Boost leaks. When I'm on all the ICS roms I get a data error then update profile and it's gone for a while but comes back often. I have been running Calk's 3.0 GB and never have a data error.
Of course, that is why my daily is the aforementioned Calk 3.0.
Anyone have any similar experiences?
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And how about 4G any to loose it when flash a sprint rom???

bumping this up because I have the same wondering mind as acrown.
Contract is up with sprint, would like to move to boost, but the Sprint S2 is cheaper than Boost's
Wondering if I could tinker with a Sprint version on a Boost ROM.
Guess no one has gotten that creative yet? Too soon?

bigtimeweb said:
bumping this up because I have the same wondering mind as acrown.
Contract is up with sprint, would like to move to boost, but the Sprint S2 is cheaper than Boost's
Wondering if I could tinker with a Sprint version on a Boost ROM.
Guess no one has gotten that creative yet? Too soon?
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I've used both paranoid Rom 2.2 (which I'm currently using) and the stock ff18 Rom and have never had the 3g stop or anything related to that and I'm on boost. I also wrote an updated guide on how to COMPLETELY flash that can be found somewhere in the older flash to boost thread in this section.
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vasiaeva said:
And how about 4G any to loose it when flash a sprint rom???
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In order to have working 4g you need to clone or change your 4g mac address to a working active sprint address or a clear mac. Reference this thread for more info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447615
Your will not lose 4g once you have done this by just changing roms since this setting sticks.
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bigtimeweb said:
bumping this up because I have the same wondering mind as acrown.
Contract is up with sprint, would like to move to boost, but the Sprint S2 is cheaper than Boost's
Wondering if I could tinker with a Sprint version on a Boost ROM.
Guess no one has gotten that creative yet? Too soon?
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Have tried both the Boost leaks and many of the Sprint roms. Currently I use Calk's gb 3.0 since it doesn't give me any data error's. Since I don't know anyone who has gotten a E4GT from Boost I have no way of knowing what if any the difference is. I created this thread because I wanted to know if Boost user's were getting data error's on ics. Still haven't gotten any feedback on that.
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More specifically since both replies relate.... Boost has this with 4G now...I mean same network essentially right? I would THINK in my tiny little mind that the need for a full BOOST flash plus additional 4G mac tinkering may not be completely necessary outside changing some minor things? ...I guess that's more where I was headed with that question, but it will end up rooted and flashed anyway...
Rigel, I'll move my wandering mind to a new thread if you prefer.

bigtimeweb said:
More specifically since both replies relate.... Boost has this with 4G now...I mean same network essentially right? I would THINK in my tiny little mind that the need for a full BOOST flash plus additional 4G mac tinkering may not be completely necessary outside changing some minor things? ...I guess that's more where I was headed with that question, but it will end up rooted and flashed anyway...
Rigel, I'll move my wandering mind to a new thread if you prefer.
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Lol. Both leaked Boost roms are full Boost roms. I do know that unlike hacked Sprint phones flashed to Boost the 4g option will start at 55 and shrink from there.
bigtimeweb please feel free to discuss anything in any thread of mine anytime that is why I created it.
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Have sprint epic4gt on boost with no 3g issues. Attached screen shot of my current configuration perhaps this will help you out
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[Q] Modem questions

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

grt1msag3 said:
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

jdsingle76 said:
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

grt1msag3 said:
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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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

grt1msag3 said:
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...
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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...
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I don't chance it flashing any modems. Everything else, sure. Modems, I use CWM exclusively.
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Thanks, JD.

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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.