I am running aerovan's cm 10-20121003 with 2.6.35.14 ae14 kernel and radio 1.09.01.0622 I've got between -83 and -95 dBm signal strength when I check. I ask you guys, who I consider experts compared to me, if there is any reason for me to flash a different radio. If the answer is yes then a suggested radio would be a welcome addition to your answer. Oh and thanks in advance.
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I am running aerovan's cm 10-20121003 with 2.6.35.14 ae14 kernel and radio 1.09.01.0622 I've got between -83 and -95 dBm signal strength when I check. I ask you guys, who I consider experts compared to me, if there is any reason for me to flash a different radio. If the answer is yes then a suggested radio would be a welcome addition to your answer. Oh and thanks in advance.
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It couldn't hurt but those are pretty good numbers you're getting, I wouldn't expect a lot better
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So the short answer is no.
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Derp
The short answer is try it and see
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The short answer is try it and see
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Yeah, you can always flash back. It's easy. Rename it, put it on root of sd, reboot into bootloader and let it do its thing. Be sure to rename again and put it somewhere else or delete it once you are done. Otherwise anytime you boot into bootloader it will try to flash again, which some say is bad. If you don't know how to do it, check the stickies.
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I'm great at reading stickies. I was just wanting to know what the benefits of flashing a new radio really were. Like I said I'm pulling good service. I was just trying to figure out the benefit vs. potential risks of flashing a radio. It does seem like the risk is relatively low, but I really haven't seen the benefit side of it.
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I'm great at reading stickies. I was just wanting to know what the benefits of flashing a new radio really were. Like I said I'm pulling good service. I was just trying to figure out the benefit vs. potential risks of flashing a radio. It does seem like the risk is relatively low, but I really haven't seen the benefit side of it.
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The reason we say try and see is because benefit varies. Some don't notice any. I'm not sure I do. Others see better battery, signal, performance, ect. Nothing about this phone is consistent for everyone. One person swears a rom is flawless and another can't get it to boot. If you think your phone performs well enough I would not bother.
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I did end up updating the radio. I haven't seen any noticeable change. So for me it was pointless from a performance stand point, but from the experience stand point it was worth it. The slight moment of panic when the phone doesn't make it past the splash screen before all of the different advice from what I've read on the forums kick in and I go into recovery and wipe the delvak which I had forgotten and the cache and everything booted up great.
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Agreed. It's good to learn. Helps ease your mind about trying things.
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Has anyone figured out how to juice up the radio? Much like overclocking the CPU, but with the radio to improve up and down signal.
Willing to run any experimental programming on my phone if anyone has something to try out.
I'm not worried about bricking my phone, as that's already happened and I've brought it back to life again, so gimme all you've got!!!
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Haven't ever seen anything like that, no.
.......and FYI if you're still using it, it wasn't "bricked"
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You could always try the other released radios. The 11.xx has been scoring some pretty "oh my goodness, how fast can I uninstall this thing" ratings, but the 9.xx may do you some good. On all radios, YMMV; and be VERY VERY careful when flashing.
When it bricked it was stuck in an infinite boot loop, then after a few tries, wouldnt go further than hboot. I got lucky and found a way to restore an old rom I saved to my PC with the sdcard. I'm just glad I could still get it to run clockwork recovery.
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Bricked actually means that you can't power it on its 100% unresponsive.
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You could always try the other released radios. The 11.xx has been scoring some pretty "oh my goodness, how fast can I uninstall this thing" ratings, but the 9.xx may do you some good. On all radios, YMMV; and be VERY VERY careful when flashing.
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Interestingly, the 11.x radio increased my battery life about 20% (no major impact on my reception, if anything it seemed to have cost me a dB or two) compared to the 7.x radio. Tried the 9.x for a few days; cost me nearly half my battery life and caused the phone to run above 100F just for surfing the web.
It's DEFINITELY a YMMV situation.
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When it bricked it was stuck in an infinite boot loop, then after a few tries, wouldnt go further than hboot. I got lucky and found a way to restore an old rom I saved to my PC with the sdcard. I'm just glad I could still get it to run clockwork recovery.
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Your phone wasn't even remotely close to being bricked. That would be kind of like saying a dislocated shoulder is total paralysis.
A bricked phone is one that can't do anything at all and is completely unrecoverable. A basic rule of thumb is that if you can get to the bootloader, the phone is in no way bricked.
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Bricked actually means that you can't power it on its 100% unresponsive.
Ah, ok. Had no clue. Thought that was when the programming crashes. Thnx.
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When did this go from radios to bricks? I get it, I didn't brick it. (2 point for numbnuts)
Where do I go to get other radio versions, and which ones don't play nicely with Dinc?
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Search for the radio thread in the dev section.
6stringandy said:
When did this go from radios to bricks? I get it, I didn't brick it. (2 point for numbnuts)
Where do I go to get other radio versions, and which ones don't play nicely with Dinc?
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6stringandy said:
When did this go from radios to bricks? I get it, I didn't brick it. (2 point for numbnuts)
Where do I go to get other radio versions, and which ones don't play nicely with Dinc?
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Flashing radios is the number one way to brick your phone; basically, be careful and check MD5 sums.
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Grr
I wish VZW would just release an official updated radio already.
As much as it ticked me off that some guy declared his own thread to be the new official thread, I think this has the links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=886129
You can also get all Radios except the 11.xx radio here:
http://adrynalyne.us/files/di_radios/
Hi , I'm currently using Lg g2x
and it seems like this phone is a good option for me right now.
i have a few question for the phone.
1. How are the driver and development support for this phone? ( both from samsung and devs)
my g2x is a pain right now because LG did not release enough drivers and we have no fully working ICS/JB and developments are dying....
2. Are there screen burn in problems?? (This was the major reason why I tried to avoid AMOLED phones)
3. what is your general opinion?
Thank you
This phone and the dev support kicks ass. I had no qualms about keeping this through the S3 cycle, and every time I think I want to upgrade, I'm reminded that this phone does everything I want it to do.
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Ex-G2X user here. By all means, go for it if you have a bargain! This is a sweet phone, so stable compare to the G2X.
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Dev support is killer!! You'd be crazy to not switch to an S2 or S3.
Im an ex g2x user also and I'd totally make the switch if i were u also
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How are the burn-in problems?? Is it a major issue?? That's the only factor that's keeping me away from buying the phone
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How are the burn-in problems?? Is it a major issue?? That's the only factor that's keeping me away from buying the phone
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Never heard about that happen on this phone
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id say if you can switch phones and keep the g2x make the jump that's still a good phone if you ask me i dont get rid of my phones i love to have back ups and stay in tune with the development just in case something comes up and it looks tasty flash it !! lol
Thank you all for respoding back to me
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I'll take a thanks lol
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X g2xers unite. Yay baby!
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well I just got my SII X from koodo today, seems like a great device.
Just gonna wait 14 days for the warranty, and I will jump straight into custom roms.
stock seems bit choppy?? oh well just 13 more days(gonna be a long time)
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well I just got my SII X from koodo today, seems like a great device.
Just gonna wait 14 days for the warranty, and I will jump straight into custom roms.
stock seems bit choppy?? oh well just 13 more days(gonna be a long time)
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Good for you! Welcome to the team!
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Oh I was reading development thread and I saw that some ROMS need to flash radio? and I read about people flashing radio file. (ULV..etc)
What is it? is it necessary? are there ROMS requiring specific radios? Thanks!
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Oh I was reading development thread and I saw that some ROMS need to flash radio? and I read about people flashing radio file. (ULV..etc)
What is it? is it necessary? are there ROMS requiring specific radios? Thanks!
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I'm in Canada as well(however with Wind Mobile) and so far the stock koodo or Telus radio suits the best(most reliable, no data drops, etc). You may try different radios from the thread below to see if any of those works better for you with your provider. The stock koodo is there too if you wanna go back to that.
Radios in general affect the mobile signal, data connection and wifi signal. On a side note, the Telus Jellybean release is just around the corner for our device (April), we will see how is the bundled radio performs once it drops.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
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I'm in Canada as well(however with Wind Mobile) and so far the stock koodo or Telus radio suits the best(most reliable, no data drops, etc). You may try different radios from the thread below to see if any of those works better for you with your provider. The stock koodo is there too if you wanna go back to that.
Radios in general affect the mobile signal, data connection and wifi signal. On a side note, the Telus Jellybean release is just around the corner for our device (April), we will see how is the bundled radio performs once it drops.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
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so it's only for people with bad signal or weak wifi after flashing roms?? Thanks for the info!
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so it's only for people with bad signal or weak wifi after flashing roms?? Thanks for the info!
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Flashing a custom rom(unless stated otherwise by the rom developer) won't touch your radio. So in theory your signal and other radio characteristics will remain the same. However based on the feedback in the radio thread some radio performs better for some user depending on their location(most of them are US based Tmobile customer). So it's about trial and error, try them and see if you have better results with different ones (signal, ping, download/upload, voice quality, battery life).
For Wind mobile here in my location (Ottawa) the koodo radio is the champ.
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I'm on cm10.1 and it seems to always freeze and slow down which takes me more time to make calls or get to texts and send them. Get a lot of wait/close notifications and I want to know if there is just a simple epic 4g rom that will respond quickly and not freeze on me when I'm trying to get a girls number for example!
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Never got such things in CM10.1 for all 3 devices I installed it on, but if your goal is that simple, reverting to CM7 (highly recommended, speediest of all ROMs I've experienced, because it's GINGERBREAD) or even stock FC09/FC19 is a good idea.
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Lazy ass
Why do people always ask these questions? Try roms out on your device and find the answers yourself! Each device responds differently.
If I were a moderator, I'd delete these threads every time they popped up, lol.
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Nooo people always ask "what is the best rom" I'm not a noob ok I'm asking if anyone uses a rom that doesn't freeze or lag with everything like cm10 does. Your not a moderator and if you can't help then be silent.
Why would a try 10 roms just to see which one simply freezes the least when I could just ask?
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Nooo people always ask "what is the best rom" I'm not a noob ok I'm asking if anyone uses a rom that doesn't freeze or lag with everything like cm10 does. Your not a moderator and if you can't help then be silent.
Why would a try 10 roms just to see which one simply freezes the least when I could just ask?
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Because every phone reacts different to every ROM. My epic hated cm7, but everybody here loved it. You have to try several different ones out for yourself and see which one you and your phone like best.
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dertdeezy said:
Nooo people always ask "what is the best rom" I'm not a noob ok I'm asking if anyone uses a rom that doesn't freeze or lag with everything like cm10 does. Your not a moderator and if you can't help then be silent.
Why would a try 10 roms just to see which one simply freezes the least when I could just ask?
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You may not be a new XDA user or new to flashing, but you have two replies here saying why answering this question is moot.
Either follow Andy's suggestion, or follow mine and frost's and flash roms until you find what works best for you & your device. Plain and simple, lol.
It probably looks like I'm being an asshole here, but we've had this asked so many times over the nearly 4 years this phone has been in production. It got old years ago, and the answer never changed.
Peace out guys, not everyone's a flashaholic I know, but yeah I had been one for about a year and tried so many ROMs so that's why I have a suggestion. If @dertdezzy just lacks time like I do now, then forgive him and let him fetch my answer and enjoy GB, but meanwhile @nikon120 's got a point in there, if there's time you should really use your brain and hand to sort these subjective things out.
Maybe it's time to shut this thread?
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Come on, an epic 4g is an epic 4g they are not built differently one at a time..if the same rom works different for some people then its because they are doing something different..I'm sure there's a few roms that people in general agree on as one of the most stable, or the most lag free for example..just in general of course..its not that serious to where I have time to flash a new rom everyday, restore all my settings and set ups just to find the "perfect" rom for me
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Come on, an epic 4g is an epic 4g they are not built differently one at a time..if the same rom works different for some people then its because they are doing something different..I'm sure there's a few roms that people in general agree on as one of the most stable, or the most lag free for example..just in general of course..its not that serious to where I have time to flash a new rom everyday, restore all my settings and set ups just to find the "perfect" rom for me
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Actually no. There are differences based on tolerances on how the die is cut for the processors. Some could handle overclocking to 1.5Ghz and others could go no higher than 1.2Ghz. I have 2 no longer in service and at one time running identical software my computer would only recognize one...reinstalled drivers on computer and both were recognized again, Agreed that in most cases it is something different in software and matching up phone for phone in a purely clean flash should yield same results. Now throw in 3rd party apps and themeing and game over.
Yup you right u right, nuff said! But would cm7 and older roms tend to be more what I'm looking for with speed, less lagging and freezing?
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Yup you right u right, nuff said! But would cm7 and older roms tend to be more what I'm looking for with speed, less lagging and freezing?
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They're pretty much stable and good to go. You will have more space for apps on a Gingerbread rom than a ICS/JellyBean rom. Also you should have less RAM used on Gingerbread than the other types as well.
Really you just have to decide either TouchWiz or CM based. If CM, then which OS type. After that point, it's pretty easy reduce the rom list.
On cm7 for past week or so...PERFECT!! EXACTLY what I needed, thanks to the good response I got
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On cm7 for past week or so...PERFECT!! EXACTLY what I needed, thanks to the good response I got
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Hah, so it looks like Gingerbread isn't so legacy after all Glad you found what you love!
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Hello, idk if I'm posting in the right area so please forgive me for any mistakes i made but i have two questions if anyone would kindly answer for me. I recently installed P.A.C Man Rom and for the most part i love it, the only problem i seem to get is the battery life drains pretty quickly & the phone gets a little warm when the screen is on. I don't know if that's normal but I'm wondering if i underclock it would that possibly fix my two problems I'm having and if so could anyone recommend what i should set it to and which is the best governor to use.
Thank You in advance for your guy's help with my newbie questions lol
You could try another kernal but it won't help cause we don't know what exactly your battery is.
I suggest going on Google and type, "Betterbatterystats xda" on Google and download the latest version. It's an app that tells you about your battery usage in depth so you will see what exactly is killing your battery.
Did you just flash the rom? If you did, wait a few days for everything to settle down. Battery should get better as a day or two progress.
I suggest taking a look at these threads. Plenty of great advice and tips for you to read.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2309604
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Aldo check your baseband. If you are currently on MD5, try using the LJC modem. A few people have reported similar things when using this baseband with CM/AOSP based roms.
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IXChicharitoXI said:
You could try another kernal but it won't help cause we don't know what exactly your battery is.
I suggest going on Google and type, "Betterbatterystats xda" on Google and download the latest version. It's an app that tells you about your battery usage in depth so you will see what exactly is killing your battery.
Did you just flash the rom? If you did, wait a few days for everything to settle down. Battery should get better as a day or two progress.
I suggest taking a look at these threads. Plenty of great advice and tips for you to read.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2309604
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Thank You for the info. I had just flashed the rom & never signed into the play store yet, so i had no apps. I was messing around in the settings changing launcher options and stuff when i noticed it getting warm
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Aldo check your baseband. If you are currently on MD5, try using the LJC modem. A few people have reported similar things when using this baseband with CM/AOSP based roms.
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I just changed to the modem you mentioned so i'm going to wait and see if that made any difference. Thanks for your help
No problem. Looking forward to hearing if it helps.
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Thank You for the info. I had just flashed the rom & never signed into the play store yet, so i had no apps. I was messing around in the settings changing launcher options and stuff when i noticed it getting warm
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You do have a playstore right? If I'm not mistaken you need to flash gapps after pacman to get the playstore.
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Heyy guys sorry it took me so long to re-post. I've been away on vacation & haven't visited xda in a while, but i can confirm changing the modem did help. My device seems to not heat up anymore. Thanks for you help guys i appreciate it
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Heyy guys sorry it took me so long to re-post. I've been away on vacation & haven't visited xda in a while, but i can confirm changing the modem did help. My device seems to not heat up anymore. Thanks for you help guys i appreciate it
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Anytime! Glad to hear it helped! And thanks for reporting back!
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Currently running 7/3 Vanilla rootbox Nightly, and I believe it's using LJC modem, should I bother flashing the MD5 modem? I applied some build.prop speed tweaks in terms of hspa+42 and within my household, I noticed increased speeds (1-3mb/s) but it's not always consistent. My upload speed definitely went up, seeing consistent 2-3mb/s compared to 1-1.5. I do live in an apartment so I don't know how well hspa+ penetrates compared to wimax (I came from sprint).
I will be heading to work later today and can throughly test speeds, but I would imagine my area gets hspa+42. I live in Chino California, 91710. If anybody has any tips/advice as far as what speed tweaks to apply or if flashing md5 is worth it, please let me know.
Unless its been reported on the map in my modem thread, the only way to know which is the best modem for you is to test them. Some folks still get the best results from the LH2 ICS radio.
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Unless its been reported on the map in my modem thread, the only way to know which is the best modem for you is to test them. Some folks still get the best results from the LH2 ICS radio.
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That's the thing though, there isn't really ANYTHING reported in my area. Just a cluster of 4 points with no data. Loved your idea to document it all, but it went poorly utilized by the people (
I get my best results from UVLJ4. An ICS radio, there were no logs by my area but I remember getting my best speeds around October, which was this modem.
Working much better than the other latest releases.
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Its been a while since I've had to look at the msp myself. Ill try to look soon and clean it up a bit if there's any points with missing data.
It started out strong but I think people just started being lazy about it and wanted to use its benefits without contributing to it. And there's a lot of folks who will never know that there is a lot of great info in that thread because they never read op's! They just download the newst and then flash.
I'd like to see more folks contibute to it again so if you ever see someone asking about modems maybe mention it to them if you want. I could be a fantastic resource, but can only become that with community contributions.
Even if you can't or don't want to test all the modems (and I fully understand this!), Some data is better than none!
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Its been a while since I've had to look at the msp myself. Ill try to look soon and clean it up a bit if there's any points with missing data.
It started out strong but I think people just started being lazy about it and wanted to use its benefits without contributing to it. And there's a lot of folks who will never know that there is a lot of great info in that thread because they never read op's! They just download the newst and then flash.
I'd like to see more folks contibute to it again so if you ever see someone asking about modems maybe mention it to them if you want. I could be a fantastic resource, but can only become that with community contributions.
Even if you can't or don't want to test all the modems (and I fully understand this!), Some data is better than none!
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When I have time I'd love to try. It won't mess up my ROM right? If not I'll flash every one And try. I don't get out much besides work but I'll try anyway and definitely refer to your thread. I'm surprised there isn't more contributions to it tbh
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Nope, its completely separate from the rom and shouldn't affect anything but signal related things.
Still nandroid before trying them. Things can happen. Never seen any need for one when flashing modems, but there can always be a first time!
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Nope, its completely separate from the rom and shouldn't affect anything but signal related things.
Still nandroid before trying them. Things can happen. Never seen any need for one when flashing modems, but there can always be a first time!
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I shall start tomorrow. And definitely add to your list once I reach a verdict
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Modems
So far I've only tried the MD5, JA and JC versions, I don't think the MD5 is that great since it drains my battery much faster than the two other ones.
So far li8 works the best for me, but that's at my house. Going out tomorrow and testing them all
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