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[Q] Flashing Mobilicity Rom on to T-Mobile S3

Hello everyone,
I bought a T-Mobile S3 and I'm in Canada with Mobilicity. My question is, can i flash the Mobilicity rom on to the T-Mobile S3 without problems?
Thank you

You can flash T-Mobile roms.
But, you can't flash T-Mobile radios.
Just make sure the Rom you are flashing doesn't change your radio
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Sorry, I should clarify. I'm only planning to flash stock Mobilicity (a different carrier) roms on to the T-Mobile S3. Do stock roms change the radio?

That should be fine. We just see people doing it the other way a lot more.
Just do a backup before you start flashing and you should be ok.
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here's a thread about mobilicity that may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1656564
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Great, thanks. So flashing the stock or pre-rooted roms found in this section won't change the modem?

You probably won't be able to do this. I'm assuming you're talking about Odin flashing the mobilicity fw, correct? You can try it but it'll fail its device check at the beginning.
Flashing the fw, if successful, will flash the modem too. Is the phone currently working as its supposed to on their network?
If you flash a custom rom, it will not include the modem. But there are no roms based off any of the T999V firmwares that I'm aware of.
Out of curiosity, is there a particular reason you want or need to do this?
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DocHoliday77 said:
You probably won't be able to do this. I'm assuming you're talking about Odin flashing the mobilicity fw, correct? You can try it but it'll fail its device check at the beginning.
Flashing the fw, if successful, will flash the modem too. Is the phone currently working as its supposed to on their network?
If you flash a custom rom, it will not include the modem. But there are no roms based off any of the T999V firmwares that I'm aware of.
Out of curiosity, is there a particular reason you want or need to do this?
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Thanks Doc,
Yes, I am talking about flashing with Odin and Mobilicity stock fw. The reason I want to do this is because the T-Mobile variant isn't able to display the added language I want, as opposed to the Canadian variant. I am still new to all this and just figured the lack of language support is from T-Mobile's rom. I've tested a Canadian S3 (i747M) and the language I want is supported correctly. Everything about the phone works fine, just need the additional language support. So I thought maybe if I flash the Mobilicity rom with its CSC on to the T-Mobile phone, I would be able to display the languages. This is all based on my current understand of how the phone works. If you can enlighten me, it would be greatly appreciated.

Im pretty sure you're correct that it'll get you the language support.
I'm wondering though if its something that could be enabled or added to the current firmware you have. If it can be it'd probably be easier than trying to get the T999V fw onto the phone. I've never really messed with any kind of language support though. Maybe someone else can answer this part of it.
If not ill try to see if there's a way to flash the fw you want to use without having to run it through the kitchen.
I'm thinking that it may be included in our stock fw already and just hidden/disabled. If so it may be possible to enable the option by editing one of the CSC files like feature.xml. no ifea if that's possible, just a thought.
Are you currently rooted?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Im pretty sure you're correct that it'll get you the language support.
I'm wondering though if its something that could be enabled or added to the current firmware you have. If it can be it'd probably be easier than trying to get the T999V fw onto the phone. I've never really messed with any kind of language support though. Maybe someone else can answer this part of it.
If not ill try to see if there's a way to flash the fw you want to use without having to run it through the kitchen.
I'm thinking that it may be included in our stock fw already and just hidden/disabled. If so it may be possible to enable the option by editing one of the CSC files like feature.xml. no ifea if that's possible, just a thought.
Are you currently rooted?
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Yes, I am currently rooted (thanks to your thread with the pre-rooted stock fw) on the T-Mobile's latest fw. I tried using the app morelocale 2 to enable additional language support and another app (created by wanam - link provided at the bottom) found on xda that displays languages that are hidden in the menu to be selected. I've also tried using root explorer and going in to the language.xml file and editing it to support more languages. All these methods only provide partial success as some content is displayed in the desired language while a lot of content isn't (menus etc). As I've said before, I tried these methods on both the US and Canadian variants, and the Canadian phone displays 'everything' in the selected language. I've read somewhere on xda that the US variants doesn't support many languages and thus lead me to the idea of flashing Canadian roms on to the phone. But now that I've learnt that flashing stock fw will change the modem, I have to be sure first whether that will affect my phone and my carrier. And if anyone is interested, the language I'm trying to add is Chinese. It just seems weird to me that such a big market is excluded on the US variants.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925831

I think they were expecting that most people who speak chinese would be getting the international version. Probably didn't want to mess with languages that only a few people would want to have on the US variants. Just a guess.
If you are able to flash the firmware you want, it will flash the modem as stated, but you can always just flash back to whichever you are using now. I've got a thread stickied in development with all modems.
Something I had been thinking about doing too was making a deodexed, roooted, base rom from the T999V fw. Hadn't decided yet if it'd actually be needed by enough people to be worthwhile. If there's not a good way to flash the fw, ill probably go ahead with it.
I was thinking, Mobile Odin may be able to flash the fw for you. Not sure, but its worth a shot (and you can exclude the modem from the flash).
If you get the paid version it'll inject root for you, if using free version flash the root66 fw. Ill post the link to it in a min.
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If you've edited your build.prop for google wallet or changed the device name/model, DO NOT use Mobile Odin! It'll brick your device.
Mobile Odin thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
You'll need the flash kernel from post 8:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22234918&postcount=8
Make sure you download the correct one!
MobileODIN_FlashKernel_T999-v2.0.apk
Install mobile odin first, then the flash kernel.
When you run it press Choose File and select the fw you downloaded. Then towards the top press modem, then where it asks internal or external sd, choose clear. Do the same for recovery if you wish.
Then flash firmware!
That's it!
Let me know if it works or not, or if you prefer not to use it.
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Agreed. Generally, I think people who speak Chinese would get the international version I guess. But I thought the international model doesn't support the AWS 3G bands T-Mobile is using? Really no choice but to get the T999.
Sorry I'm a little confused. Using MobileOdin, I should try to flash to Mobilicity's rom and then flash the modem back to T-Mobile's? And the flash kernel, what is that for? Is it something needed to use MobileOdin free and Pro?
Thanks for the help so far Doc. Greatly appreciated.

Cyclica said:
Agreed. Generally, I think people who speak Chinese would get the international version I guess. But I thought the international model doesn't support the AWS 3G bands T-Mobile is using? Really no choice but to get the T999.
Sorry I'm a little confused. Using MobileOdin, I should try to flash to Mobilicity's rom and then flash the modem back to T-Mobile's? And the flash kernel, what is that for? Is it something needed to use MobileOdin free and Pro?
Thanks for the help so far Doc. Greatly appreciated.
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You have to manually install the flash kernel for the free version. Pro version does it automatically. Basically its a temporary kernel that M.O. uses in place of recovery and kernel to flash things locally on device.
With mobile odin, you'd flash the root66 firmware. But one of the great things about it is you can then de-select parts of it such as the modem. This way it'll flash everything but not touch your current modem or whatever else you de-select.
Hope that makes sense.
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Awesome, thanks for the clarification. I think I'll try that.

Cool, let me know if it goes. If not I've started building a rom from the T999V firmware, but I've got to leave and probably won't have it up till late tonight.
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So I went ahead and used Mobile Odin to flash the 66root Mobilicity fw and excluded the modem. Had a bit of a scare when I got stuck at the Samsung logo but I just booted into recovery and cleared data and cache and gave it some time to start up again. Everything is great. It displayed Chinese flawlessly (built-in apps, menus etc). The only other thing that changed was the cellular data indicator. On T-Mobile rom I've only seen 4G displayed. After the flash, it displays 3G and when I open a browser or do anything requiring data, it changes to H+. I don't know what kind of effects may result from this but seeing as how 4G just meant H+ anyways in this case, I don't think I need to worry. However, only time will tell whether the flash was 100% compatible. I can't thank you enough Doc. I was banging my head against the wall for the last week thinking I should have just bought a Canadian version of the S3 but with your help I was able to have what I wanted. Now... if only 4.1.1 was released for Mobilicity... sucks to have to downgrade from JB to ICS.
Also a side note... comparing the roms from the different carriers, T-Mobile sure has a crap load of bloatware compared to Rogers and Mobilicity.

I'm on videotron, T999V
the H+ stands for HSPDA+ which is what 4G actually is .. 3G+
the T999(V) runs on the AWS spectrum and currently there is no carrier supplying more than 4G .. altho tmobile claims that will have LTE over AWS in 2013
welcome to the wonderful world of the Canadian small 3, bloatware free, language enhanced, stock roms lol
I am curious.. when you going into More Settings, Tethering ... can you run the native tethering and get screens like this ??

Cyclica said:
So I went ahead and used Mobile Odin to flash the 66root Mobilicity fw and excluded the modem. Had a bit of a scare when I got stuck at the Samsung logo but I just booted into recovery and cleared data and cache and gave it some time to start up again. Everything is great. It displayed Chinese flawlessly (built apps, menus etc). The only other thing that changed was the cellular data indicator. On T-Mobile rom I've only seen 4G displayed. After the flash, it displays 3G and when I open a browser or do anything requiring data, it changes to H+. I don't know what kind of effects may result from this but seeing as how 4G just meant H+ anyways in this case, I don't think I need to worry. However, only time will tell whether the flash was 100% compatible. I can't thank you enough Doc. I was banging my head against the wall for the last week thinking I should have just bought a Canadian version of the S3 but with your help I was able to have what I wanted. Now... if only 4.1.1 was released for Mobilicity... sucks to have to downgrade from JB to ICS.
Also a side note... comparing the roms from the different carriers, T-Mobile sure has a crap load of bloatware compared to Rogers and Mobilicity.
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That's awesome! I'm glad to know Mobile Odin will do this!
As mentioned, the change in what it shows your connection as is normal. You now have it the way it should be in fact. Tmobile changed it to always show 4G to go along with their advertising. If they let it show H+ or 3G it'd be harder to make the claims they do.
On the bright side, rumor has it you guys should all be getting JB in the next few weeks. So at least you know its coming. Personally, I found nothing wrong with ICS. There's not a lot you'll probably miss and the lack of bloat may actually help make up for it.
Sorry I forgot to mention that if you go backwards you will have to do a data wipe.
Glad I could help out man! Enjoy! :thumbup:
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cLogic said:
I'm on videotron, T999V
the H+ stands for HSPDA+ which is what 4G actually is .. 3G+
the T999(V) runs on the AWS spectrum and currently there is no carrier supplying more than 4G .. altho tmobile claims that will have LTE over AWS in 2013
welcome to the wonderful world of the Canadian small 3, bloatware free, language enhanced, stock roms lol
I am curious.. when you going into More Settings, Tethering ... can you run the native tethering and get screens like this ??
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Id imagine so, as long as Mobilicity allows it. I don't think there's very much different between the 3 carriers builds. Probably some csc stuff is all. But I may be very wrong here!
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Ya, most 4G is just rebranded H+ and not true 4G like LTE. I figured it was just a rom specific thing to choose what to display, 4G or H+ because even with the Rogers phone, it chose to display 4G when not using LTE. The only thing that set off my concern was that the phone just didn't stay connected to H+. It toggles back to 3G when I'm idle or not using data requiring apps. Rogers just got JB 2 days ago. Seeing as Mobilicity is a smaller company it might take a while.... :crying: but you're right, not missing out on that much.
@cLogic:
Confirmed that I get the same screens as you do for tethering.

You are experiencing normal operation. It always has done this you just never saw it. It saves battery and bandwidth. Once you start a data transfer it should jump pretty quickly to H+. It can get annoying, but youll get used to it.
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Edit - nvm, reread your post and it answered my question.
When I was using Mobile Odin, a question occurred to me while flashing. Since Mobile Odin injects root, couldn't I have just used an official stock fw instead of the pre-rooted one?

T889 on at&t new to this

Okay so I have the note 2 t-889 unlocked and using on at&t it works on 4g and mms and calls okay but I want to root and flash a rom . My question is do they got to be tmobile roms and do I have to flash a at&t modem ....
Thanks
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Okay i meant this is the first time i get a phone on my carrier unlocked and using it when it was originally for another carrier ,,.,
1. Question , when i flash a rom do I flash a AT&T Modem ?
2. Question, do i only flash tmobile roms.?
I know i have to add my apn settings just dont know about the other two ...
Also im glad to have my NOTE 2 and cant wait to see if Bigfau makes a rom ...:cyclops:

edkills said:
Okay i meant this is the first time i get a phone on my carrier unlocked and using it when it was originally for another carrier ,,.,
1. Question , when i flash a rom do I flash a AT&T Modem ?
2. Question, do i only flash tmobile roms.?
I know i have to add my apn settings just dont know about the other two ...
Also im glad to have my NOTE 2 and cant wait to see if Bigfau makes a rom ...:cyclops:
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I believe you can get away flashing an ATT rom and radio because I also have a t889 and even though its not unlocked, I can still run an ATT rom (specifically the cm10 port for the att variant) on it with no problem, of course, I did flash the tmo radio and I believe that you don't need to adjust your APN settings cuz I didn't have to. You might wanna have those settings handy just in case...

I do have them handy the tmo radio i dont however if i do flash a at&t rom i just wanna be safe with the modem and well radio so i can have all my call setting safe

[Q] flashed wrong rom on my note2 now radio wont work (I KNOW, I'M AN IDIOT)

I flashed a rom on to my TMobile Galaxy note2 .... it was not a Tmobile rom .... now I get no signal on my phone. I tried the sim card my wife's note, so i know its not the sim card.... I'M WELL AWARE THAT I'M A STUPID IDIOT FOR DOING THIS... I blame nobody but myself.... I beg of this community for help. What do I do ?

Get a stock rom and framework for your phone and flash it with odin
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or try flashing a tmobile radio. as far as ive read u can pretty much flash any rom for the note 2, doesnt matter what carrier its for. the difference would be with the radio thats included with the rom. in other words... an At&t rom will work on the tmobile note 2 but you will have to flash a tmobile radio to get service. same for other carrier roms.... no harm done

How doez different radios cause problems
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Because the tmobile version is lte locked
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Lte?
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Our Note II currently utilizes HSPA+ instead of LTE which is just different types of wireless technology used by other carriers. When you flashed the incorrect rom, it probably also included the modem for that particular carrier (not tmobile) which caused the no signal. Try flashing a tmobile radio which will be through your selected recovery (TWR or CWM). Below is a link where you can download the tmobile radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957380

THANK YOU to all who replied
I tried flashing the Modem and it did the trick !! ... but its good to know that other carrier roms may work on the note as well (of course, try at your own risk) .. Probably some more trouble I can get myself into after work
Thanks again ya'll ... you probably saved me $800 and a good yelling from my wife!

kojcookies said:
I tried flashing the Modem and it did the trick !! ... but its good to know that other carrier roms may work on the note as well (of course, try at your own risk) .. Probably some more trouble I can get myself into after work
Thanks again ya'll ... you probably saved me $800 and a good yelling from my wife!
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Your welcome. Glad I could help!
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kojcookies said:
I tried flashing the Modem and it did the trick !! ... but its good to know that other carrier roms may work on the note as well (of course, try at your own risk) .. Probably some more trouble I can get myself into after work
Thanks again ya'll ... you probably saved me $800 and a good yelling from my wife!
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If you flash, use this guide,
T-Mobile. Just flash ROM
AT&T w/radio. Flash T-Mobile radio
AT&T w/o radio. Just flash ROM
Sprint. Flash radio and kernel, put apn management tool in /system/app
I assume Verizon would be like Sprint but I have not personally tried.
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db4d1988 said:
Our Note II currently utilizes HSPA+ instead of LTE which is just different types of wireless technology used by other carriers. When you flashed the incorrect rom, it probably also included the modem for that particular carrier (not tmobile) which caused the no signal. Try flashing a tmobile radio which will be through your selected recovery (TWR or CWM). Below is a link where you can download the tmobile radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957380
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Yea I don't know why but devs seem to be including modems in their roms more and more. It used to be standard practice to not include the modem. There is no real reason to do so. But that's what has been going on so my advice is to check the ROM thread to see if it includes a ROM. They usually say so because like I said it is not standard procedure to do so. So they usually let people know. But if you do flash a non tmo ROM make sure you have a flash able modem just in case.

Trouble Reconnecting! (Modem T889 on T889v phone)

Hey so im afraid im on the same boat as those who flashed a t889 modem on a t899v version of the note 2. I had fixed my signal and etc so now I have a working phone which although was a pain im glad I have a working phone. But for some reason whenever it looses connection to WIND HOME, it can never connect back to it untill I reboot the phone. ALSO when I try going automatically to search for a connection it either looks forever until a force stop or nothing happenings if I do manual it shows wind home and like 6 versions of WIND AWAY, no matter what I touch it will never register it even though it claims it is trying to.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. If it helps even though its the same error throughout what ever rom I use im using a t889 modem,with tweaked 2.5

GGT4LIFE said:
Hey so im afraid im on the same boat as those who flashed a t889 modem on a t899v version of the note 2. I had fixed my signal and etc so now I have a working phone which although was a pain im glad I have a working phone. But for some reason whenever it looses connection to WIND HOME, it can never connect back to it untill I reboot the phone. ALSO when I try going automatically to search for a connection it either looks forever until a force stop or nothing happenings if I do manual it shows wind home and like 6 versions of WIND AWAY, no matter what I touch it will never register it even though it claims it is trying to.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. If it helps even though its the same error throughout what ever rom I use im using a t889 modem,with tweaked 2.5
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You can brick your phone if you use a modem not intended for your phone. Just flash the T889v again.
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flashing t889v modem warning!!!
According to this thread and personal experience, flashing the T889V modem will result your T889V phone in bootloop. See further details in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119074

bpun said:
According to this thread and personal experience, flashing the T889V modem will result your T889V phone in bootloop. See further details in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119074
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Has any one been successful in reverting to a T889V modem?
Also, once the T889 modem is flashed on T889V phone, does that unlock all the available LTE bands? For instance, would I be able to use the AT&T, Rogers, Telus/Bell LTE bands? Or would I need to flash specific modems for those phones?
Is there a custom modem file that would enable all the LTE bands the phone is capable off?
Are there any disadvantages to installing T889 modem on T889V? Would I lose anything?

[Q] Note 2 does not work ATT To T-mobile, wife's iPhone 5 works fine

Hi,
I have note 2 from AT&T at 4.1.1 with I317UCALJ2 and I took t-mobile connection, I can not have mobile hotspot on. Also I get call drops and less 4G connection as compared with my wife's iPhone 5, she is having consistant 4G and mobile hotspot. I called t-mobile they changed my APN settings to fast-t-mobile.com, but it did not work much, then I was reading a forum and I dialed *#2263# and selected WCDMA ALL (when I did that my APN in the settings changed back to epc.tmobile.com). Now I am getting 4G band but still no mobile hotspot.
My phone is unlocked, I unlocked my phone using the key combinations posted in this forum last year. What should I do to make my phone more usable?
Thanks

sounds like some software problems try more roms..

Hi
vista1984 said:
sounds like some software problems try more roms..
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I am not rooted and I have the stock ROM. Can someone please guide through the process?

Don't check CDMA all. Check LTE and then make sure you use the fast.tmobile.com SONg setting
Sent from a Galaxy Note 2

I tried, still no luck
tube517 said:
Don't check CDMA all. Check LTE and then make sure you use the fast.tmobile.com SONg setting
Sent from a Galaxy Note 2
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I tried that, still no luck, should I put any custom ROM? if yes then which one?

No rom yet....
Since you are changing carriers entirely...have you cleaned the device to make sure no bad data is present ??
I would suggest doing a factory reset to clean the device....
Then enter in the T-Mobile APN again and test...
If the process does not help ...a new or different modem may be needed to improve your signal...
All of the steps to do this are in the general and development sections...and you should begin by searching and reading the steps....
Go slowly...until you understand the process...and only then should you attempt any flashing....
We will be here to help....but you need to learn the process if you intend to flash files to this device...
Start in the "everything" thread in the general section....
It covers the basics of root and flash procedure...and how to avoid mistakes that catch several people...
And do not update your device via OTA...
It will give you a Knox bootloader...and that is not good for users...especially new users to flashing...
Read much....learn much...and only then should you flash....g
Sent from my NOTE 2.750...
Courtesy of our amazing developers...

are you seeing LTE signal? if not, then you are on T mobile's legacy 3g or possibly the reformed 1900 hspa. Since the phone will not get 42mbps hspa, your speed maybe a bit lower due to 21mbps hspa. I am using the phone on t mobile network and do not have issue. i did have the latest att modem. When I was on the 4.1 rome, I did flashed the latest modem before the 4.3 rome.

PUTALE said:
are you seeing LTE signal? if not, then you are on T mobile's legacy 3g or possibly the reformed 1900 hspa. Since the phone will not get 42mbps hspa, your speed maybe a bit lower due to 21mbps hspa. I am using the phone on t mobile network and do not have issue. i did have the latest att modem. When I was on the 4.1 rome, I did flashed the latest modem before the 4.3 rome.
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I unlocked the phone, I also have supersu and triangle away on my phone. I do not remember what all I did. But I am on 4.1.1. If I do a factory reset, will I loose everything meaning unlock etc? Or should I install a modem? If yes then which one?

If you are ready for the 40 mbps hack....here ya go...
If you have a PC and a few minutes....this link will get you on track ...
I use ATT and have never used this method...but many have...and report proper speeds after unlock to TMO...
Good luck...g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
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ask_j said:
I unlocked the phone, I also have supersu and triangle away on my phone. I do not remember what all I did. But I am on 4.1.1. If I do a factory reset, will I loose everything meaning unlock etc? Or should I install a modem? If yes then which one?
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factory reset should not change your unlock. The phone should stay as SIM unlocked (if that is what you meant). Once it is sim unlocked, it will stay as unlocked. It should not affect your root either as factory reset (though I am not 100% sure since I have custom rom so cannot remember if stock rom will remove root). Often it is best to stay with the same modem as the rom version. Here is the link to the modem list: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987541
I have the latest one but I am using 4.3 rom. I cannot recall which modem I had when I had 4.1.2 rom so do a bit search, but I think it is the MJ4.