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So im curious about something

Has it been COMPLETELY confirmed by those that only get LOS on custom roms...when you return to stock does everything go back to normal completely? I STILL havnt rooted my phone and installed a custom rom but I think im ready for some custom rom and black and blue themed goodness. Is it becoming more worth it now?

It has been mostly proven that neither kernels nor roms cause los. It is simply the phone itself and the network area you are in. Not all phones are created equal....

+1 cause its time for a custom rom
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I got LOS before I rooted my phone. Stock rom stock kernel no root and had LOS

jase33 said:
It has been mostly proven that neither kernels nor roms cause los. It is simply the phone itself and the network area you are in. Not all phones are created equal....
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Right, this of course is one of those things thats still SLIGHTLY shrouded in I guess whats classifiable as a mystery. Im really just trying to verify that those who DID have problems only when on a custom rom, that those symptoms were remedied by going back to stock. Im really more a less trying to convince myself that even if i wade out into the waters of custom roms and i by chance DO encounter a problem, a stock flash would be the cure all.

rrmzr1 said:
+1 cause its time for a custom rom
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lol
10 char

I got it before...then after rooting and adding a custom rom + kernel. After flashing Chris's LOStKernel 1.0.0.2 and the modem over Starburst 1.7 I went a week without an LOS. Then I flashed to Viperboys ROM, and started getting them again. Went back to my Nandroid backup, and now I am 2 days without LOS again...... So not sure it is strictly the Phone itself.

Starburst ROM with lost kernel = very little LoS
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dkpaladin said:
I got it before...then after rooting and adding a custom rom + kernel. After flashing Chris's LOStKernel 1.0.0.2 and the modem over Starburst 1.7 I went a week without an LOS. Then I flashed to Viperboys ROM, and started getting them again. Went back to my Nandroid backup, and now I am 2 days without LOS again...... So not sure it is strictly the Phone itself.
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BAH, this is what I keep throwing back and fourth in my mind. Lol I havnt had a LOS yet...and im just afraid that after i root and do stuff to the phone....itll be a bug fest :\

I had LOS a few times before rooting (I was only stock for about a week, if I remember correctly). After Rooting and using custom kernels, it got worse. depending on which custom kernel, it could be between 5-20 times in a day. I was very frustrated. I never did go back to completely stock. I tried every kernel that was in these threads. I found 2 that work for me flawlessly. I haven't had a LOS issue since I switched to either of the 2 "Stock Pulled Kernels". I am currently on and have been since flashing the one with CWM. I am still rooted and running the Midnight ROM. I am also rocking the v6 supercharger script with setting 6 and the ACS AIO Mod. I have had the Android OS bug since day one and today I formatted my internal and external sd cards to see if that improves. More than one user claims that it has for them so, my fingers are crossed. I still get decent battery life for how I use it, anyway. If you flash a ROM or kernel, you can always go back to completely stock or partially stock. You really have nothing to worry about. Get a usb jig for a few bucks and it will put you even more at ease. Good luck and happy flashing.

No offense but this is asked daily, a little reading.
Developers have stated that it is a problem with the phones firmware.
It has nothing to do with rooting.
Or Sprint's network.
Or the color of your shoes.
LOSt Kernel is recommended until Samsung gets off their ass.

Doing well here. No LOS ever since purchase on launch day. Rooted a week ago with stock rom and root and no change to kernel. Still no LOS. I work by traveling all over the US and no issues there either.
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I know this has been said before, but I just wanted to get my opinion in! I have flashed almost everything out there on my phone, and read everything on the LOS issue and I'm pretty sure it has very little to do with the rom/kernel. Maybe the rom/kernel could make it worse...but I haven't seen any actual cases of that with the current selection of custom software. It's gotta be the modem software, no? Which I'm pretty sure is totally separate from the rom/kernel.

jedwardmiller said:
Doing well here. No LOS ever since purchase on launch day. Rooted a week ago with stock rom and root and no change to kernel. Still no LOS. I work by traveling all over the US and no issues there either.
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Same here. Got 2 LOSs while testing a kernel. Went back to stock kernel with root and zero issues since launch day
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Everyone has there own opinion on the situation. My opinion is once you root this phone, going back to stock right now is not the same as a stock phone that has not been rooted.
On my first SGS2 I did not see an LOS until the day I rooted. Exchanged for a new phone because of it and I have had my replacement for 2 weeks now and have not seen an LOS on it.
I will not be rooting this one unless I see an LOS pop up to prove to me it happens on un-rooted phones. I know people have made the claim but I have not seen it.
Who knows, maybe on stock, LOS does happen but maybe signal comes back on it's own so that is why I haven't seen it. Anyway, this phone is still amazing running stock. I get great battery life and it is zippy as anything. Now if an ICS working Rom pops up soon, that will be one tough decision on what to do.....
Also, I though after about 2 weeks a a device is out a true stock Odin from either Sprint or Samsung leak out. I do not believe we have seen this yet and correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that truly the only way to return this phone like it was out of the box?

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Also, I though after about 2 weeks a a device is out a true stock Odin from either Sprint or Samsung leak out. I do not believe we have seen this yet and correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that truly the only way to return this phone like it was out of the box?
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If you Odin this and do a factory reset, you will be back to complete stock.

ran mine stock the first couple days with no LOS. tried a couple of Zedomax's roms, and started getting daily LOS. Went to the pulled stock kernel, over 3 weeks now, not a single LOS.

My wife's E4gT is stock.. mine is on Starburst 1.7 which includes the LoSt Kernel. She gets LoS about once a day... I have had 2 since switching to the Lost Kernel over a week ago.

I got LOS within 4 hrs of receiving the phone (stock obviously). Searching the forum reveals that this issue affects all phones, rooted or not. With all the purported solutions, YMMV.
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[Q] SGH-T999 and SHG-T999V - Share the same ROMs?

Can anyone tell me if you can run the same ROMs for these two phones. I will be getting the SGH-T999V on Wind Mobile in Canada. But I'm a little concerned for developer support for this phone, in which case I may get the SGH-T999 instead. But it would be much cheaper and easier to get it from my own carrier. So if anyone can let me know typically if the Canadian version of T-Mobile Galaxy S series phones are able to run the same ROMs, it would be much appreciated.

Hey. I just got my s3 from Videotron, it is also the v model. Personally, I would wait until the Canadian versions are out. Just this noob's opinion.

I'm also wondering this, but I've seen some posts saying how the modems of the SGH-T999 and the SGH-T999V are incompatible which means that a lot of ROMs won't be shared from the T-Mobile version to the Videotron version

Does anyone know the answer to this? pls and thanks.

adslee said:
I'm also wondering this, but I've seen some posts saying how the modems of the SGH-T999 and the SGH-T999V are incompatible which means that a lot of ROMs won't be shared from the T-Mobile version to the Videotron version
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You are wrong. I got my T999V from Wind canada, wiped and flashed TMOUS stock ROM right over it. Its been working solid so far.
Tried a couple of other TMO ROMs also but am a stock ROM kind of guy.
Average speed of 8Mbs download and 2.25Mbs Upload in the DC area.
I intend to flash TMOUS stock modem this weekend and see if the speed would crawl into the upper 2 digits.
IMO it is essentially the same phone w/ same internals. Only reason for getting was to stick with my grandfathered $5.99 T-Zones which works PERFECTLY with the thing.

djide said:
You are wrong. I got my T999V from Wind canada, wiped and flashed TMOUS stock ROM right over it. Its been working solid so far.
Tried a couple of other TMO ROMs also but am a stock ROM kind of guy.
Average speed of 8Mbs download and 2.25Mbs Upload in the DC area.
I intend to flash TMOUS stock modem this weekend and see if the speed would crawl into the upper 2 digits.
IMO it is essentially the same phone w/ same internals. Only reason for getting was to stick with my grandfathered $5.99 T-Zones which works PERFECTLY with the thing.
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I never said they weren't the same phone. I only said that I've seen people posting around saying that if you flash a T999 ROM that changes the modem on a T999V, then you'll run into problems. Am I wrong about seeing posts by other people that the two phones have different basebands?
Next time you post something, let's not try and sound like a douche in the first three words.

adslee said:
I never said they weren't the same phone. I only said that I've seen people posting around saying that if you flash a T999 ROM that changes the modem on a T999V, then you'll run into problems. Am I wrong about seeing posts by other people that the two phones have different basebands?
Next time you post something, let's not try and sound like a douche in the first three words.
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I have a Videotron GSIII (Québec) and I have no issues at all. I think the added V is just for Videotron.
I used a T999 Root method, a T999 CWM and I currently use the CM10 from these forums.
Bonne chance !

adslee said:
I never said they weren't the same phone. I only said that I've seen people posting around saying that if you flash a T999 ROM that changes the modem on a T999V, then you'll run into problems. Am I wrong about seeing posts by other people that the two phones have different basebands?
Next time you post something, let's not try and sound like a douche in the first three words.
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How do I sound like one? Saying one "is wrong" Take it easy cowboy. All I stated was my experience with the phone. No need for name calling.
On a lighter note, it seems the modem are totally different thus a Tmobile modem baseband would definitely not work on a wind or Mobility variant and would render the phone unusable. In conclusion Roms could be shared but modem/radio files can't be shared. Again I am stating my experience, "no need for anyone to wet their pants"
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djide said:
How do I sound like one? Saying one "is wrong" Take it easy cowboy. All I stated was my experience with the phone. No need for name calling.
On a lighter note, it seems the modem are totally different thus a Tmobile modem baseband would definitely not work on a wind or Mobility variant and would render the phone unusable. In conclusion Roms could be shared but modem/radio files can't be shared. Again I am stating my experience, "no need for anyone to wet their pants"
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You could've stated your experience without starting the post with "You are wrong", period and all. Try responding to someone else stating his/her experience in a real life conversation with those three words before anything else and let's see how many people would think you sound like a douche. Not wetting my pants here or anything man, just sayin' that you came off sounding like a real total douche right off the bat.
But back on topic here, as soon as someone pulls the modem files off the T999V model, I'm sure a lot of the devs will update their ROMs to be completely compatible with the WIND/Videotron variant.

The majority of roms you run into will not include a radio. So when you flash the rom your radio will remain untouched.
It will be noted in the OP for the rom if the radio is included. If its not mentioned its generally safe to assume its not included.
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djide said:
You are wrong. I got my T999V from Wind canada, wiped and flashed TMOUS stock ROM right over it. Its been working solid so far.
Tried a couple of other TMO ROMs also but am a stock ROM kind of guy.
Average speed of 8Mbs download and 2.25Mbs Upload in the DC area.
I intend to flash TMOUS stock modem this weekend and see if the speed would crawl into the upper 2 digits.
IMO it is essentially the same phone w/ same internals. Only reason for getting was to stick with my grandfathered $5.99 T-Zones which works PERFECTLY with the thing.
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Good to hear that T-Zones works on the T999V GS III. I have T-Zones myself and was looking at the T999V. Where you able to flash a T-mobile radio and get better speeds? You would think the T999V would hit double digit download numbers on the regular.

NardVa said:
Good to hear that T-Zones works on the T999V GS III. I have T-Zones myself and was looking at the T999V. Where you able to flash a T-mobile radio and get better speeds? You would think the T999V would hit double digit download numbers on the regular.
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No no no please don't flash a tmobile radio. I did that on Friday and phone became a $500 ipod, imei was null/null and baseband was unkown. Couldn't connect to a network. Finally restored it yesterday. Currently I hit speed of about 8-11mpbs not bad for my everyday use.

djide said:
You are wrong. I got my T999V from Wind canada, wiped and flashed TMOUS stock ROM right over it. Its been working solid so far.
Tried a couple of other TMO ROMs also but am a stock ROM kind of guy.
Average speed of 8Mbs download and 2.25Mbs Upload in the DC area.
I intend to flash TMOUS stock modem this weekend and see if the speed would crawl into the upper 2 digits.
IMO it is essentially the same phone w/ same internals. Only reason for getting was to stick with my grandfathered $5.99 T-Zones which works PERFECTLY with the thing.
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How were you able to flash it? I tried and ODIN wouldn't let me

if you are talking about flashing roms. Try using cwm or twrp
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Sgh t999v Québec also
Zotak said:
I have a Videotron GSIII (Québec) and I have no issues at all. I think the added V is just for Videotron.
I used a T999 Root method, a T999 CWM and I currently use the CM10 from these forums.
Bonne chance !
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♡I've got also the same problem with my sgh t999v impossible to install cm10 did you find how to fix this issue?

Doumaye said:
♡I've got also the same problem with my sgh t999v impossible to install cm10 did you find how to fix this issue?
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if you are using cwm, make sure you have the latest version which I believe is 6.0.1.2
older versions of cwm fails to flash cm10 on sgs3 with jellybean baseband

Just install TWRP and use that instead. Not saying CWM is bad but TWRP for me has been a much more pleasant experience

Rom recommendation for Rogers gs3?

Looking to remove all bloat/Rogers crapware.... Better battery/performance always appreciated. I just got the phone today, I'm about to look around.... But if anyone can suggest a rom, I'd appreciate it
Thx

Anyone? Thx

Well theres not a whole lot of ROMS yet and Diet ICS is partly based off the Rogers rom so if you wanted to try a ROM I'd say try Diet. However, I'd suggest rooting your device and just removing bloat yourself for now.
Do you have a new thread up on redflag yet about the Rogers model you have? I read your i9100 last year and i9300 this year.
You probably know this but the i9300 has a lot more development at the moment so don't be shocked seeing only a few roms here and there. It will take time as it always does on the variants.

Not yet, I just grabbed this device last night because the price was right.... I just unlocked it now.... Now Rogers boot screen, so I guess it's just uninstalling apps? I'll give that a go, thx

Mr.Kakarot said:
Not yet, I just grabbed this device last night because the price was right.... I just unlocked it now.... Now Rogers boot screen, so I guess it's just uninstalling apps? I'll give that a go, thx
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Yours has a Rogers boot screen when you boot the phone up? I got mine at launch and it doesn't have any boot screen other than the Samsung screen that comes up. Just curious if in fact it does have Rogers branding during boot.
The problem right now flashing ROMs is that really only the AT&T ones work and you may end up losing the ability to turn off LTE since AT&T removed that ability. Also, you may end up with AT&T boot screen. I gotta tell you, I love LTE but I hate variants. lol. Miss my i9300 but don't miss the HSPA only connection which was very slow downtown

blue265 said:
Yours has a Rogers boot screen when you boot the phone up? I got mine at launch and it doesn't have any boot screen other than the Samsung screen that comes up. Just curious if in fact it does have Rogers branding during boot.
The problem right now flashing ROMs is that really only the AT&T ones work and you may end up losing the ability to turn off LTE since AT&T removed that ability. Also, you may end up with AT&T boot screen. I gotta tell you, I love LTE but I hate variants. lol. Miss my i9300 but don't miss the HSPA only connection which was very slow downtown
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No boot screen I meant, lol

I'm on rogers and im using diet with no issues it kinda sucks not being able to turn off late but whatever. I'm also using the ktoonz kernel without issues. Just look in the att dev thread.
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DannySGS3 said:
I'm on rogers and im using diet with no issues it kinda sucks not being able to turn off late but whatever. I'm also using the ktoonz kernel without issues. Just look in the att dev thread.
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Do you know any themes with 1% battery that will work on Diet ICS since this rom does not come with 1% battery ...

Super slow speeds on any ICS ROM

Someone please help. I've been up and down forums looking for the answer.
I've flashed cm9, aokp, Calkulin's, and quite a few more and now with the official release of ICS for e4gt, the STOCK ROM for it as well.
I've also flashed numerous modems (more than half of what is out there now) and to no avail im getting .16Mb DL and .38Mb UL.
It makes the phone nearly unusable on 3g/4g, yet wifi works perfectly.
I've updated Profile AND PRL, I've done a clean wipe, cache partition, and dalvik. I've pretty much followed every rule there is about rooting and ROMs carefully.
I need some major help or at least someone tell me that I'm doomed with GB for the rest of my phones existence, I really need an answer because its driving me nuts.
All help is beyond greatly appreciated.

Rvezz28 said:
Someone please help. I've been up and down forums looking for the answer.
I've flashed cm9, aokp, Calkulin's, and quite a few more and now with the official release of ICS for e4gt, the STOCK ROM for it as well.
I've also flashed numerous modems (more than half of what is out there now) and to no avail im getting .16Mb DL and .38Mb UL.
It makes the phone nearly unusable on 3g/4g, yet wifi works perfectly.
I've updated Profile AND PRL, I've done a clean wipe, cache partition, and dalvik. I've pretty much followed every rule there is about rooting and ROMs carefully.
I need some major help or at least someone tell me that I'm doomed with GB for the rest of my phones existence, I really need an answer because its driving me nuts.
All help is beyond greatly appreciated.
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I'm sorry if I sound redundant, but have you tried flashing the FF18 Modem? That's the one that just went OTA.

Jeffreycat said:
I'm sorry if I sound redundant, but have you tried flashing the FF18 Modem? That's the one that just went OTA.
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indeed i have. i am currently running the new OTA stock, equip with FF18.
I was on a custom TSM_Revamped so i had to force the update. i did not receive the OTA automatically, if that matters.

I had the same issues with Ics. I reverted back to GB roms for my speeds. All I can say is wait a bit and see if some devs push out re worked kernels for the ics since source is out and about. I had best luck with the ff11 modem. But when I updated the profile and prl it became worse. So keep your head high. and hopefully the awesome devs do some magic for the kernals

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I had the same issues with Ics. I reverted back to GB roms for my speeds. All I can say is wait a bit and see if some devs push out re worked kernels for the ics since source is out and about. I had best luck with the ff11 modem. But when I updated the profile and prl it became worse. So keep your head high. and hopefully the awesome devs do some magic for the kernals
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Thanks man. I guess its back to GB for now.
If by any chance you find an update/fix, try and not forget about me

Rvezz28 said:
Thanks man. I guess its back to GB for now.
If by any chance you find an update/fix, try and not forget about me
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I'll come back to post and I'll let I you know if I come across some worthy mentions

I have been having issues with 4G after upgrading to FF18 and was wondering if you could give me any insight...
Two friends of mine and myself all have the E4GT and have upgraded to FF18 using the One-Click Factory Reset package.
Pretty much what happens is that when I connect to 4G, my upload speeds are now around 150kbps down and 1500kbps up, when they used to hit around 5000kbps up and 1500kbps down. We are all having the same issue and live in NYC.
I've reverted back to EK02 using your One-Click, ran speedtests again and everything worked fine. I then let the OTA of EL29 install and 4G also works fine on that one. I then tried installing FF18 again and 4G speeds were back at 100-150kbps. I've tried the FF18 rooted, FF18 stock, and tried just using the recovery to run the update package from my SDCard while on stock EL29 and they all yield the same result.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for all of your help!

crusifier said:
I have been having issues with 4G after upgrading to FF18 and was wondering if you could give me any insight...
Two friends of mine and myself all have the E4GT and have upgraded to FF18 using the One-Click Factory Reset package.
Pretty much what happens is that when I connect to 4G, my upload speeds are now around 150kbps down and 1500kbps up, when they used to hit around 5000kbps up and 1500kbps down. We are all having the same issue and live in NYC.
I've reverted back to EK02 using your One-Click, ran speedtests again and everything worked fine. I then let the OTA of EL29 install and 4G also works fine on that one. I then tried installing FF18 again and 4G speeds were back at 100-150kbps. I've tried the FF18 rooted, FF18 stock, and tried just using the recovery to run the update package from my SDCard while on stock EL29 and they all yield the same result.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for all of your help!
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Sorry dude, i'm still running a GB Rom due to this issue. Haven't found any answer yet either. I'm just trying to be patient until cyanogen adds this to the official beta/nightlies list to reflash and try again. This sucks

Rvezz28 said:
Sorry dude, i'm still running a GB Rom due to this issue. Haven't found any answer yet either. I'm just trying to be patient until cyanogen adds this to the official beta/nightlies list to reflash and try again. This sucks
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I notice that under your name it says your from Brooklyn... As mentioned in my post, my 2 friends and I are in NYC also. 2 of us are in Queens and one in Hempstead.
Maybe it is a location based issue. Something with the towers...

crusifier said:
I notice that under your name it says your from Brooklyn... As mentioned in my post, my 2 friends and I are in NYC also. 2 of us are in Queens and one in Hempstead.
Maybe it is a location based issue. Something with the towers...
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That's what i had thought at first but i heard the same from people in DC as well as a few other big cities. However the problem isn't consistent and appears to be few and far between with the users having this problem (or they're just not commenting). No one has a definitive answer yet. I'm in the "wait and see" stage since the official ICS has dropped for the e4gt and hope that someone fixes the problem along the line.
ICS is just too pretty not to have lol. If i hear or do anything that fixes the problem, i'll be sure to post it up.
p.s. data speeds are decent in Manhattan though but still not "4g" even thought it shows the bars. It's better but not top speeds.
Sorry I couldn't be much help

Rvezz28 said:
That's what i had thought at first but i heard the same from people in DC as well as a few other big cities. However the problem isn't consistent and appears to be few and far between with the users having this problem (or they're just not commenting). No one has a definitive answer yet. I'm in the "wait and see" stage since the official ICS has dropped for the e4gt and hope that someone fixes the problem along the line.
ICS is just too pretty not to have lol. If i hear or do anything that fixes the problem, i'll be sure to post it up.
p.s. data speeds are decent in Manhattan though but still not "4g" even thought it shows the bars. It's better but not top speeds.
Sorry I couldn't be much help
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Hey, check out this other thread... we are not alone!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771294&page=2

Can i flash the newest modem if im running CM9 Rom?

babololo12 said:
Can i flash the newest modem if im running CM9 Rom?
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Yes you can
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I've only noticed ping has really sucked on ICS for this phone.
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http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/2012/07/progress-towards-offical-cm-status-for.html?m=1
I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I at least take comfort in knowing Cyanogen is taking a crack at the fix
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Rvezz28 said:
http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/2012/07/progress-towards-offical-cm-status-for.html?m=1
I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I at least take comfort in knowing Cyanogen is taking a crack at the fix
Sent from my SPH-D710
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I'm in NYC, just updated to 4.0.4 (FF18) and see that I should have stayed on the leaked 4.0.3 (FD19) ROM I was already on!! I posted in that other thread. I'm calling Sprint now.

wesswei said:
I'm in NYC, just updated to 4.0.4 (FF18) and see that I should have stayed on the leaked 4.0.3 (FD19) ROM I was already on!! I posted in that other thread. I'm calling Sprint now.
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It wouldn't have mattered. If you stood on FD19 the 4g would had crapped out on you sooner or later. I started off good I had perfectly working 4g on every ICS builds even on FF 18. It just crapped out on me out of nowhere. Reverting to an older ICS leak does not fix it. Only gingerbread will fix it..
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In case anyone in here hasn't heard, there are some new leaks, which fix the 4G issue. I'm on FI03 right now. Check it out here and give props to the devs!
These are leaks btw, so you will need to flash your odin skills.

New to Sprint & L900. What's the 411?

Okay, so I've been on Tmobile since taking the dive into the wonderful world of Android. I had the S2 for a few months and thdn after becoming infatuated I went out and got me an S3. Recently I decided to move on to Sprint as the coverage I received at work was, well, nonexistent. So, I am completely new to CDMA and my beautiful new Note 2, and after reading through the forums I've discovered that I am bout back to square one. Well, maybe not entirely, but definitely been knocked back quite a bit. Which when considering I've only been involved in the xda community for about 9 months pretty much leaves me with the feeling that I'm stuck in Paris with no map and no translator. So, I was hoping I could reach out to the wise and informed members of xda and ask a broad, but simple, question. What do I need to know so I don't F up my new mistress? I'm not asking for a tutorial on rooting or flashing, nothing generic. Just some helpful specifics. I saw somewhere that they were talking about resetting Wallet before flashing a new ROM or else it may be blocked on the phone, I guess, forever. I'm also unfamiliar with the modems and the updates yall have gotten. Etc, etc. And as I said, not looking for another, what is the benefit of rooting, what is CWM and TWRP, can I get rid of all the darned Sprint apps baloney. I was just hoping to basically just kinda do a crash course intro, a CDMA and/or L900 101 kinda thing so to speak. Any info you can offer up would be greatly appreciated!
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Psychotic-Cerebellum said:
Okay, so I've been on Tmobile since taking the dive into the wonderful world of Android. I had the S2 for a few months and thdn after becoming infatuated I went out and got me an S3. Recently I decided to move on to Sprint as the coverage I received at work was, well, nonexistent. So, I am completely new to CDMA and my beautiful new Note 2, and after reading through the forums I've discovered that I am bout back to square one. Well, maybe not entirely, but definitely been knocked back quite a bit. Which when considering I've only been involved in the xda community for about 9 months pretty much leaves me with the feeling that I'm stuck in Paris with no map and no translator. So, I was hoping I could reach out to the wise and informed members of xda and ask a broad, but simple, question. What do I need to know so I don't F up my new mistress? I'm not asking for a tutorial on rooting or flashing, nothing generic. Just some helpful specifics. I saw somewhere that they were talking about resetting Wallet before flashing a new ROM or else it may be blocked on the phone, I guess, forever. I'm also unfamiliar with the modems and the updates yall have gotten. Etc, etc. And as I said, not looking for another, what is the benefit of rooting, what is CWM and TWRP, can I get rid of all the darned Sprint apps baloney. I was just hoping to basically just kinda do a crash course intro, a CDMA and/or L900 101 kinda thing so to speak. Any info you can offer up would be greatly appreciated!
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The worst part about the android community, unfortunately, is the fragmentation of general knowledge. The rooting process for a Nexus is probably identical to a Note 2 but the names of everything and builds and versions are all different, so you have to learn new 'words' like it is a new language. Fortunately you have a great community so you just have to learn how to search for things. Check the general section for android development I think there is a sticky that has a glossory of terms that explains all the acronyms.
I've had mine for 3 months but I would still welcome a crash course as well.

Well I prefer twrp as my custom recovery. Depending on your firmware version you can root without your phone ever going to download mode. I did. I used exynos abuse to get root. Then used mobile odin to flash a new rom. Always reset google wallet if you are reseting or flashing a new rom. Its tempermental. I would stay around only the sprint veraion for now. There is a way to use roms from other note 2 variants. I believe its in the dev section. Recovery is standalone. So swirching roms doesnt change it. You cannot talk on the phone and be on the internet at the same time unless you are using wifi or 4glte. If you like to draw or doodle there is sketchbook mobile which is awesome. Btw ma7 is the most current firmware that I know of. Also you can sideload the google wallet apk with no extra work to get it working. Goodluck and read alot.
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Psychotic-Cerebellum said:
what is the benefit of rooting
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You need root to do most modifications to your phone. I find that I need root for everyday stuff too (Titanium backup, Stweaks, Root app delete, etc).
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what is CWM and TWRP
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ClockWork Mod and TeamWin Recovery Project. Both have custom recovery pieces. I personally had some troubles with CWM on this phone and just use Odin now. I head TWRP works better than CWM on the Note 2, but Odin is the Tool Samsung suggests. Note that TWRP is MUCH more feature-rich than Odin. You might choose TWRP (or CWM) if you wanted to flash stuff from your SD card rather than from your PC- good for jumping around between kernels on the fly, for example.
Odin and the other two are all ways to flash stuff to your phone. That's all Odin does; the other two have lots more features.
Psychotic-Cerebellum said:
can I get rid of all the darned Sprint apps baloney
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Heck yeah! Simplest way is to root it and uninstall everything you don't like (Root App Delete from the Play Store seems to work pretty well; be sure you have a backup before you start blowing stuff away).
If you'd like to take it a step further, get a custom ROM that's been debloated; they normally require a full wipe, so bye bye sprint stuff. (Again, root it and back it up first!)

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You need root to do most modifications to your phone. I find that I need root for everyday stuff too (Titanium backup, Stweaks, Root app delete, etc).
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I appreciate you taking the time to go through all that, but I think maybe I didn't explain too well what I was trying to get. I wasn't asking for the general info, just things specific to CDMA and the L900. Like what was replying about. Not trying to be a jerk, but I know there's already a thousand threads on recoverys, ROMs, and rooting. Just didn't wanna do anything to my phone that would be irreversible (i.e. The resetting Google Wallet thing) or something that would cause signal issues (I read stuff on flashing certain ROMs on certain modems may create issues). Stuff like that. Like I said though appreciate the time you took, and any info you may have like that would certainly be appreciated.
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Oh I forgot. If you are on ljc expect to not go back to it if you update to ma7. For some reason lots of people have had trouble going back. It would cause slot of problems. Ma7 is just fine for me though. Great battery life and what not. I would say do the update. If you are going custom rom and are currently unrooted just do the ota. Or there is a firmware file around here to flash. I updated firmware before going to ma7. Although I was already rooted using exynos abuse. Ma7 eliminates the exploit. So be prepared to do that before going to ma7. If there is anything I am missing that you still need answers to or don't understand just ask. Its also a good habit to update profile and prl when switching roms or modems.
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patrao_n said:
...If you are going custom rom and are currently unrooted just do the ota. Or there is a firmware file around here to flash. I updated firmware before going to ma7. Although I was already rooted using exynos abuse. Ma7 eliminates the exploit. So be prepared to do that before going to ma7...
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I picked up something along those lines from reading around. It took all of 15 minutes out of the box before I got all rooted with new ROMs being flashed after playing around on stock just to get a baseline with all the ROM hoping that was sure to follow. Needless to say I didn't read up on anything modem wise before doing all this as I, admittedly, jumped the gun a little (I was just so excited to have a whole new community with new dev teams and all these foreign ROMs to explore). I used Max's trusty galaxynote2root site to root (love that guy). And used the GalaxyNote2RootSprint.zip to obtain root. Then, went straight into the original development section and immediately flashed the absolutely amazing Liquid Smooth. Now I should say, I did receive a message saying the was an update to the phone through sprint and I did proceed with the OTA while dling the zip and giving root instructions a quick once over. So, I'm guessing that took care of going to ma7 for me? Cuz I'm definitely using the ma7 modem. Now I did leave my beloved aosp as I did want to see if I would actually use all the S pen features that aosp sadly doesn't offer us. I jumped around from Whapasaurous to Venom Ice a d finally to Macks All Star, but I'm assuming that unless it's totally different from GSM that flashing a new ROM has no effect on your modem (but by all means correct me if I'm wrong). So just wanna make sure I went about things the right way here.
P. S. I did use the zip to revert the sd cards file format when returning from aosp so I didn't have to deal with all that "0" and "legacy" nonsense.
Thanks again!
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P.P.S. I don't really seem to have any data issues so I'm guessing all is well, but I am having an issue where my wifi keeps turning itself on, like multiple times a day. I thought at first I may have been accidently hitting it, but upon further review, nope, not me. Sounds more like a ROM issue to me though, but as it seems like it may pertain I figured I'd bring it up
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Psychotic-Cerebellum said:
Okay, so I've been on Tmobile since taking the dive into the wonderful world of Android. I had the S2 for a few months and thdn after becoming infatuated I went out and got me an S3. Recently I decided to move on to Sprint as the coverage I received at work was, well, nonexistent. So, I am completely new to CDMA and my beautiful new Note 2, and after reading through the forums I've discovered that I am bout back to square one. Well, maybe not entirely, but definitely been knocked back quite a bit. Which when considering I've only been involved in the xda community for about 9 months pretty much leaves me with the feeling that I'm stuck in Paris with no map and no translator. So, I was hoping I could reach out to the wise and informed members of xda and ask a broad, but simple, question. What do I need to know so I don't F up my new mistress? I'm not asking for a tutorial on rooting or flashing, nothing generic. Just some helpful specifics. I saw somewhere that they were talking about resetting Wallet before flashing a new ROM or else it may be blocked on the phone, I guess, forever. I'm also unfamiliar with the modems and the updates yall have gotten. Etc, etc. And as I said, not looking for another, what is the benefit of rooting, what is CWM and TWRP, can I get rid of all the darned Sprint apps baloney. I was just hoping to basically just kinda do a crash course intro, a CDMA and/or L900 101 kinda thing so to speak. Any info you can offer up would be greatly appreciated!
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I think you should have stayed with Tmobile and there 70 dollar unlimited because in a few months to a year you would have had lte and hspa+42 &21 as a fall back before you went to slow data. Im making the jump slowly but surely. My wife is getting the S4 on Tmobile and when the note3 comes out ill be going as well im sick of cdma amd the slow data when there is no LTE
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Psychotic-Cerebellum said:
P.P.S. I don't really seem to have any data issues so I'm guessing all is well, but I am having an issue where my wifi keeps turning itself on, like multiple times a day. I thought at first I may have been accidently hitting it, but upon further review, nope, not me. Sounds more like a ROM issue to me though, but as it seems like it may pertain I figured I'd bring it up
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Sprint Connection Optimizer will do that
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Psychotic-Cerebellum said:
P.P.S. I don't really seem to have any data issues so I'm guessing all is well, but I am having an issue where my wifi keeps turning itself on, like multiple times a day. I thought at first I may have been accidently hitting it, but upon further review, nope, not me. Sounds more like a ROM issue to me though, but as it seems like it may pertain I figured I'd bring it up
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You need to turn off sprint connection optimizer in setting more settings I believe
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budde2 said:
I think you should have stayed with Tmobile and there 70 dollar unlimited because in a few months to a year you would have had lte and hspa+42 &21 as a fall back before you went to slow data. Im making the jump slowly but surely. My wife is getting the S4 on Tmobile and when the note3 comes out ill be going as well im sick of cdma amd the slow data when there is no LTE
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I really only made the move due to the fact that T-mobile is the only service provider that gets absolutely no coverage inside my work, and, unfortunately, I work 12 hour days, 4-5 days a week. So, being as my contract was up, I didn't wanna sign up for 2 more years with lte "coming soon." I know you all with Sprint know how that has the possibility of turning out. Plus, just because they were getting lte doesn't mean I'm going to see any improvement at work. Now I'm getting consistent 3g inside work and I'm loving it. Actually typing this inside, infamously, the worst service area in the entire building and still getting an almost constant connection. Occasionally I am getting 4g, not often, but it's happened. Playing around with modems tonight though. Did end up trying LJC after being on MA7,no problems so far, actually seeing improvement. Thanks for the heads up on the Sprint Connection Optimizer, gonna check that out now. Super annoying, especially as I do work 12 hour shifts and with wifi turning randomly on, don't wanna look to see my battery down to nada. That's just the kinda info I was hoping to get here, thanks again!
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Psychotic-Cerebellum said:
I really only made the move due to the fact that T-mobile is the only service provider that gets absolutely no coverage inside my work, and, unfortunately, I work 12 hour days, 4-5 days a week. So, being as my contract was up, I didn't wanna sign up for 2 more years with lte "coming soon." I know you all with Sprint know how that has the possibility of turning out. Plus, just because they were getting lte doesn't mean I'm going to see any improvement at work. Now I'm getting consistent 3g inside work and I'm loving it. Actually typing this inside, infamously, the worst service area in the entire building and still getting an almost constant connection. Occasionally I am getting 4g, not often, but it's happened. Playing around with modems tonight though. Did end up trying LJC after being on MA7,no problems so far, actually seeing improvement. Thanks for the heads up on the Sprint Connection Optimizer, gonna check that out now. Super annoying, especially as I do work 12 hour shifts and with wifi turning randomly on, don't wanna look to see my battery down to nada. That's just the kinda info I was hoping to get here, thanks again!
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Yeah the wifi thing Will kill your battery. Sprint is not as bad as everyone thinks and says I have great LTE in 90% of where I go. I'm thinking of going to T-Mobile because I'm sick of cdma devices we are always are considered last ro none over GSM. If sprint keeps up the good work with the LtE and 3g ill be saying. Glad you hot it figured out for rh the most part.
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