Cell Signal Poll for FH13 Modem - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

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.

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EL26 is awesome.

I never get service at my girlfriends house. Now I atleast get a bar or two. Usually it jumps between roaming or no service.
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Wow you have a girlfriend?
Jkk
It's better then EL13 for me. EL13 dropped bars like crazy
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hayabusa1300cc said:
Wow you have a girlfriend?
Jkk
It's better then EL13 for me. EL13 dropped bars like crazy
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My signal bars seem rock solid on EL26 as well
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How about from Ek02?
I'm still using modem from ota.. but the rom n kernel is calk's 2.7.. and wondering should i flash the modem or not...
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I agree. Now with EL26 I get great signal in Walmart. Usually when I head to the back of the store I have no bars. But with EL26 my 3G is rockin
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I was in love with EG31 for a while, but, EL16 ended up being better in the long run... EL26 didn't impress me so I didn't keep it for more than a couple hours... But given all of the positive responses I'm flashed it and I'm going to "let it settle" for a few days.
... I'm skeptical that "letting it settle" has any effect, but, it seemed to for EL16. Anyone that has any technical explanation (for or against) would be awesome.
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can someone put the link where to find it? I can't seem to find it. Thanks.
galactic FORCE!
Here is the thread for EL26.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837#
I may be crazy... it could all be in my head or just some luck with the GPS process, but since I put on the EL26 stock rom, kernal, and modem (then rooted) it seems like GPS is much better. Satelites synced in few seconds when outside.
Anyone else? I have not applied any of the GPS fix to the stock EL26 yet, may not need too. Have not done any type of testing other than just using navigation and noticing the faster GPS connection (from GPS being completely off too btw).
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I may be crazy... it could all be in my head or just some luck with the GPS process, but since I put on the EL26 stock rom, kernal, and modem (then rooted) it seems like GPS is much better. Satelites synced in few seconds when outside.
Anyone else? I have not applied any of the GPS fix to the stock EL26 yet, may not need too. Have not done any type of testing other than just using navigation and noticing the faster GPS connection (from GPS being completely off too btw).
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GPS is better for me on EL26.
leodesol said:
I may be crazy... it could all be in my head or just some luck with the GPS process, but since I put on the EL26 stock rom, kernal, and modem (then rooted) it seems like GPS is much better. Satelites synced in few seconds when outside.
Anyone else? I have not applied any of the GPS fix to the stock EL26 yet, may not need too. Have not done any type of testing other than just using navigation and noticing the faster GPS connection (from GPS being completely off too btw).
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Seems very good for me too...
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Seems very good for me too...
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Is that a screen from a App John? If so, which app? I also wanted to ask what app you use when you post screen caps of your battery usage, the graph one?
leodesol said:
Is that a screen from a App John? If so, which app? I also wanted to ask what app you use when you post screen caps of your battery usage, the graph one?
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The gps app is gps status found in the market.
As far as el26 modem for me it was worse. I used it for 2 days and my speeds were half of what el13 was. I was having worse service and some ghost Los where it just wouldn't connect. Still liking calkulins 2.7 but had to revert my modem back to el13.
I wish Sprint would release an OTA update for this already.
Sprint? Hello? You listening here?
ace0603 said:
Here is the thread for EL26.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837#
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Thanks!
galactic FORCE!

Best modem?

I know its been asked before. But what modem do you guys get the best performance on? I'm pulling 50% of my el29 speeds on ff11. Unless I got tower upgrades in my area. Lol
Ascertion said:
I know its been asked before. But what modem do you guys get the best performance on? I'm pulling 50% of my el29 speeds on ff11. Unless I got tower upgrades in my area. Lol
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Modems are always different for different people and areas. The one that works best for you might suck in my area.
rujelus22 said:
Modems are always different for different people and areas. The one that works best for you might suck in my area.
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This.
Nonetheless, I've had the best results with el29 ek02 and fc24. Make sure you update your profile and prl.
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Just run the latest stock modem, EL29.
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This.
Nonetheless, I've had the best results with el29 ek02 and fc24. Make sure you update your profile and prl.
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Its odd....at home, fe10 is my best bet. When I was in Hawaii earlier in the week, ff11 worked great. Choose one and use apps like open signal and GPS status to test what results work for you. Both free from the market.
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FF11 is the first modem since EL29 that I can honestly say performs good enough for me to leave EL29.
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For me the best one is EK02. EL29 and FD26 the FFXX ones sucks in my area no signal bars no data most of the time.
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For me the best one is EK02. EL29 and FD26 the FFXX ones sucks in my area no signal bars no data most of the time.
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EL29 seem to work fine in the east coast. Lets hope they release ICS before june is over
somebody just needs to make a poll so people can see who and how many are using what modem. Then underneath the poll educate people by saying, " experiences may vary". That way at least people could get a baseline and see which ones are popular.
Ek02 works well for me. Stronger wifi at least than ff11.
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Just run the latest stock modem, EL29.
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This works best for me as well.

What's the best modem?

Hey guys I just flashed the blu kuban rom and its pretty stock right now,just wanting to see what setup gives the best experience.
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It really depends on your phone and the towers you are connected to. Different modems behave differently on different phones, so to find out the sweet spot, you must try them all out and see which one suits you the best.
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Hey guys I just flashed the blu kuban rom and its pretty stock right now,just wanting to see what setup gives the best experience.
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I havnt tried them all..but I have tried a few from el29 to FC22 to FD16,19 Fe22 to FE02,11,18 and not a single one has really done anything. Where I live, I am literally right on top of a tower and still only getting about 200-500kbs download and 200kbs upload
it does depend on the phone, current rom and service around you. as each phone handles different. for me FF18 is the best for my phone. but even still, I hit around those numbers and a tower is half mile away. lol. just a testiment to sprints wonderful network.
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I havnt tried them all..but I have tried a few from el29 to FC22 to FD16,19 Fe22 to FE02,11,18 and not a single one has really done anything. Where I live, I am literally right on top of a tower and still only getting about 200-500kbs download and 200kbs upload
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Yeah here in Jacksonville Florida signal is iffy I can drive 5 minutes away from the house and will get a pop up telling me im roaming, I have updated my prl figured a new modem might help, any one wanna recommend a kernel for blu kuban?
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Yeah here in Jacksonville Florida signal is iffy I can drive 5 minutes away from the house and will get a pop up telling me im roaming, I have updated my prl figured a new modem might help, any one wanna recommend a kernel for blu kuban?
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for kernels you can't go wrong with Agat's newest kernel 0.2.3. here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767421
for modems though try each one out of go with the newest FF18. here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352310
wikedone said:
Hey guys I just flashed the blu kuban rom and its pretty stock right now,just wanting to see what setup gives the best experience.
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wikedone said:
Yeah here in Jacksonville Florida signal is iffy I can drive 5 minutes away from the house and will get a pop up telling me im roaming, I have updated my prl figured a new modem might help, any one wanna recommend a kernel for blu kuban?
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if you go to his rom update he has RC1 of his..i get AMAZING battery life..id recommend that one..however he will be updating soon and I believe will be adding OC to it
starstrukk said:
if you go to his rom update he has RC1 of his..i get AMAZING battery life..id recommend that one..however he will be updating soon and I believe will be adding OC to it
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OK I just flashed one of agats kernels from the rom updater,gonna give that some time to settle in see how it goes, definitely loving this rom tho
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wikedone said:
OK I just flashed one of agats kernels from the rom updater,gonna give that some time to settle in see how it goes, definitely loving this rom tho
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sorry forgot to mention its under the labs section of the updater
starstrukk said:
I havnt tried them all..but I have tried a few from el29 to FC22 to FD16,19 Fe22 to FE02,11,18 and not a single one has really done anything. Where I live, I am literally right on top of a tower and still only getting about 200-500kbs download and 200kbs upload
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proximity to the tower wouldn't really matter if the sprint service in your area is like it is in my area.... mainly "3g" (don't get anywhere near 3g speeds) only and extremely oversold, theres just too many people trying to use the same tower... hell i average 100-200kbps down and like 30-50kbps up, reallllllly makes me feel good about that $10/month per line over 4 lines....
Very true.
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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...
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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...
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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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???
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???
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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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New to Touch

Howdy, Well i've been a member for a bit.. Just picked up a Touch for little to nothing. Moving from the Original Epic to this. (Was running CM10/Crespo (NS4G) modem. Just finished installing CM10 on this one. Wondering which modem would allow fastest speeds. Any other tid bits of info are welcome too.. Like i said, new to this device specifically. Devs, if this belongs somewhere else, please move and i apologize for posting in wrong location. Community, Thanks for the help!
Módem speeds depend mostly by area and coverage. I remember a thread about modems and people reporting their experience by area and modem, but can't find it.
As soon as I find it I link you to the thread, if someone happens to find it first better yet.
Edit: Finally found the thread.
Here: [Project Modem]
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Omar04 said:
Módem speeds depend mostly by area and coverage. I remember a thread about modems and people reporting their experience by area and modem, but can't find it.
As soon as I find it I link you to the thread, if someone happens to find it first better yet.
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Definatly saw increase on speed and signal strength on the old epic. Same area. But went from Samsung modem to the nexus modem. All were 3g test 4g not available here. This why I asked lol. Just running what's on here now
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OMG Finally found the thread. LOL see my first post.
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Gonna give it a few days and see. Just got phone so messing around first
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milky1112 said:
Howdy, Well i've been a member for a bit.. Just picked up a Touch for little to nothing. Moving from the Original Epic to this. (Was running CM10/Crespo (NS4G) modem. Just finished installing CM10 on this one. Wondering which modem would allow fastest speeds. Any other tid bits of info are welcome too.. Like i said, new to this device specifically. Devs, if this belongs somewhere else, please move and i apologize for posting in wrong location. Community, Thanks for the help!
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FI03 fixed lots of users 4g speeds
try that one and see if it works for you.
calisro said:
FI03 fixed lots of users 4g speeds
try that one and see if it works for you.
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What's this mythical 4g? Lol... don't have 4g around here lol. I'll flash and giver a go.
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For aosp roms, el29 seems to be the most stable and fi03 is appears to have best speeds for ics/jb. YMMV. Enjoy your e4gt.
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For aosp roms, el29 seems to be the most stable and fi03 is appears to have best speeds for ics/jb. YMMV. Enjoy your e4gt.
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+1:good:
I am in Seattle and the only 2 places I ever saw 4G is the Sprint store or the Sprint stand in the mall.
Soon as you leave 4G vanishes and only 3G exist.
Since sprint is going LTE I will stay with them. If they was not going LTE I'd bail.
Need to look around at the kernals, modems and roms as well.
My ET4G died and got a new one and they loaded with ICS.

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