Hello people,
I am sorry I have to make a new thread
I have a t889v note 2 on 4.3, rooted, with videotron 4.3 using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1975560 rom, baseband T889VVLUCMK4 and I want a piece of that kitkat action. I have used EFS professional to backup NV items because I don't want to end up with a f****d up IMEI number with no reception, but I'm not sure Im in the clear to test out different roms.
This is the reason for my post, I want to know which roms I would be the safest with. I have read so many conflicting posts on this I don't feel confident enough to make a judgement call. Does t0lte roms include any modem that would conflict with my t889v modem/baseband? What about t0ltetmo ? I understand that's the part where t-mobile comes in but this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...06&postcount=8 says I shouldn't ever use t0ltemo, but would t889v not be closer to t889 than GT-N7105 ? In the same thread people are saying they flash t-mobile roms and then just flash the canadian modem on top and it works fine, but I would rather not mess anything up the first time around.
Anyone care enough to help? Basically I just want to know what to look for in my rom selection, I understand I don't want a rom with a built-in modem, but this is conflicting too, omnirom early builds have no modem while later builds have one?
snwww said:
Hello people,
I am sorry I have to make a new thread
I have a t889v note 2 on 4.3, rooted, with videotron 4.3 using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1975560 rom, baseband T889VVLUCMK4 and I want a piece of that kitkat action. I have used EFS professional to backup NV items because I don't want to end up with a f****d up IMEI number with no reception, but I'm not sure Im in the clear to test out different roms.
This is the reason for my post, I want to know which roms I would be the safest with. I have read so many conflicting posts on this I don't feel confident enough to make a judgement call. Does t0lte roms include any modem that would conflict with my t889v modem/baseband? What about t0ltetmo ? I understand that's the part where t-mobile comes in but this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...06&postcount=8 says I shouldn't ever use t0ltemo, but would t889v not be closer to t889 than GT-N7105 ? In the same thread people are saying they flash t-mobile roms and then just flash the canadian modem on top and it works fine, but I would rather not mess anything up the first time around.
Anyone care enough to help? Basically I just want to know what to look for in my rom selection, I understand I don't want a rom with a built-in modem, but this is conflicting too, omnirom early builds have no modem while later builds have one?
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I'm guessing you've been deterred by my post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684412
In my experience, ROMs for the GT-N7105 work fine. You can also try other ROMs for AT&T, and Sprint, they are usually ok. I think there are many other posts on this on XDA, so have a look.
The moral of the story is, make sure to back up your EFS partition. It's that simple.
if it is a rom that you flash in recovery you should be fine. they don't usually contain a modem or bootloader that would bork your install. You should be able to flash att, tmo, or n7105 roms with no problem
Thank you very much to both of you, very appreciated.
I went on to install omnirom 4.4 but Im not really liking the multiwindow, its a poor experience compared to touchwiz, I might eventually switch to a touchwiz ui based rom to get note 3 features and all the goodies, Im not sure yet.
As long as you don't flash a non T889V modem you should be good. When in doubt, nothing stops you from checking the zip or tar to see if it includes a modem, and removing it if needed.
If you haven't seen it yet, some recoveries recently had issues after flashing KitKat ROMs where your IMEI would show as unknown along with the phone not having service. Flashing the same ROM with another, updated, recovery fixes it.
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Hello everyone, new registeree here but I've been lurking for longer than I can remember. Very excellent community here and I'd like to make up for all the thank yous I haven't been able to say to you all from just lurking around for guides and fixes for a lot of my problems. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
I "spider webbed" the screen on my T-Mobile Galaxy S3 SGH T999 that had a baseband version T999UVDLJA. I never had any issues with the phone and loved it to death until the screen broke. I paid the dedictable and had the insurance company send me a replacement immediately. My new S3 came in and I was so excited up until ALL of my calls were dropping. I didn't notice any kind of pattern to the dropped calls, but considering the circumstances I immediately thought hardware issue with the "new" phone they sent me. This "new" device now has a baseband version of T999UVDLJC. So I called T-Mobile and spoke with a tech rep, then transferred to a level 2 tech and pinpointed the issue. The towers in my area are having problems communicating with the UVDLJC but there are no reported incidents with the UVDLJA having communication issues(which explains why I never had this problem with my previous device.)
I did get to briefly experience the new Cyanogen nightly builds before this issue was discovered and fell in love with it. However, until I can get this phone flashed back to the UVDLJA build I will continue to have this drop call issue. Will I have compatibility issues reverting back to the old UVDLJA build and then flashing the Cyanogen nightlly? Is it even possible? If so, can anyone link me to the correct, up-to-date resources to use to get this done?
You can go to Doc Holiday's modem thread stickied in the Dev section and download the LJA modem and flash it. You don't need to flash a ROM to have a different modem. Doc has a map on page 2 of that thread that shows people's entries of their location and modem. I personally use LI7, which was pulled from a leaked JB ROM from a few months ago. That is a far cry from the current LJC that is the latest but it works the best for me.
Moral of the stroy is that you can flash modems all day long and not have to flash ROMs too. That is as long as you have a custom recovery of course.
Woody said:
You can go to Doc Holiday's modem thread stickied in the Dev section and download the LJA modem and flash it. You don't need to flash a ROM to have a different modem. Doc has a map on page 2 of that thread that shows people's entries of their location and modem. I personally use LI7, which was pulled from a leaked JB ROM from a few months ago. That is a far cry from the current LJC that is the latest but it works the best for me.
Moral of the stroy is that you can flash modems all day long and not have to flash ROMs too. That is as long as you have a custom recovery of course.
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I am using ClockWork as my recovery. So I'm understanding that the LJA is called the modem, and it will not change when I flash a ROM(such as Cyanogen.) That's great news!
I've determined with T-Mobile that the modem is the issue so at least for now I can use Doc's LJA modem combined with Cyanogen and continue business as usual at least until T-Mobile gets their slow butts out here to fix the communication with the LJC and the towers.
Yes that is correct. The modem stays preserved when you flash a ROM as it is on an entirely different partition. Only time it would change is when you use a full Odin package. This means you can flash Wicked or CM10.1 or PACman or RootBox and your baseband will be left untouched.
Btw, for your first post, I give you a golf clap. Well informed and detailed enough for me to diagnose and answer. Granted you could have searched and found you answer but compared to some of the BS questions we get around here, you are leaps and bounds beyond those. Keep it up and if you've lurked as much as you say, please make sure to help out someone else in their time of need.
Good luck and happy flashing.
Exceptional, this is exactly what I needed to hear after a rough day of overdramatizing with T-Mobile about cancelling my service.
Thank you so much, and I do plan to post regularly and learn as much as I can. I will contribute to the best of my abilities.
Hello everyone, im looking to install cyanogenmod on my note 2 from wind mobile in canada (i think it uses AWS) and i cannot for the life of me target a custom rom compatible with my phone (or i have no idea were to look) under cyanogenmod there are 2 catagories relevant to my phone i believe in there wiki. T0lte and n7100. How can i figure out what one to use? (i hope cyanogenmod is the way to go, im looking for a slimmer rom to save some battery, no need for samsung kies, air play or whatever etc.)
Not n7100
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so definately T0lte? i really dont want to mess up my radios, as from the drama ive seen from other Canadian users it can be complete hell trying to resore them.
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so definately T0lte? i really dont want to mess up my radios, as from the drama ive seen from other Canadian users it can be complete hell trying to resore them.
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tolte, never n7100
Even though LTE is disabled out-of-the-box on the T889V (and was on the T889 prior to the update) its very much an "LTE" Note 2 device. Cyanogenmod and other custom ROMs typically flash only the /system partition, and possibly the kernel (and ramdisk, both included in boot.img to the specific). They shouldn't in most circumstances touch the modem partition that's behind the issues you're dreading.
To be on the safe side, make proper backups in both QPST and CDMA Workshop formats.
N7100 is nice and I got better battery life out of it than the TMO one. N7100 is only good on ATT Networks and will never have LTE. So the TMO Note2 is best.
OK. I have the US e980. All the ROMs say something along the lines of flash your correct modem/baseband.
Here's my question... Where are the basebands? Do threads with basebands start with some keyword?
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Problem solved!
BM9615A-CEFWMAZM-3.0.113012
APQ8064/MDM9x15M - This seems to be the newest one. It was on my E980 after the latest AT&T update, even though here it's listed for the Panamanian phone.
For some reason, this forum doesn't seem as organized as some other, maybe it's because this is all variants in one. But anyways try this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272177
I also wonder why roms for this phone even write radio partition. Usually flashing roms don't touch your radios. .
I would imagine if you flashed a Rom meant for one variant onto another, you would need that radio. And of course if you flash back to stock you're gonna need your original radio back. But you're right Optimusv. This forum seems so cluttered. I have about 10 links saved just for files and processes for this phone. Someone please give us an all-in-one stop link.....lol
Does anyone have a flashable APQ8064/MDM9x15M Modem? Or am I going to have to revert to stock to get it back?
Found it! I'll edit the OP for people who find this by search and such.
I had recently obtained a s3 its a T-mobile, its running 4.1.2, with the T999UVDMD5 baseband. I rooted it, flashed xposed(haha the only thing XD). Well, reading about/friends have said there was trouble with the 4.3 update so I decided to stay on 4.1.2.
However, now I've decided to flash a custom rom, and I have noticed the different labels(D2lte, D2tmo, D2usa) and I had read from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736477 "As of right now, the roms for your S3 are not meant to be used on other S3 variants" .
I have a few questions:
1.There was a baseband update, should I update it? If so, how exactly?
2.Would it be wise to flash a D2lte on This T-mobile device? I was looking at Resurrectionhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692481(originally waiting on cm11 but.. Yeah lol)
3.Looking at KitKat rooms, which ones could I flash?
4.Would it be safe, if I did flash a 4.4.2 to restore a nandroid backup of my fresh rooted stock 4.1.2.
5.Lastly, what kernel would you say use?(Sorry to ask, curiosity as to which i could flash)
I appreciate taking your time to answer my questions and have a good day!
1) custom recovery.. There are zips available to flash
2) d2lte covers all d2 devices so its safe
3)Any on the development threads
4) Yes
5) like on 3, you can flash any kernel in the development threads, experiment and see which one works the best for you!
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Thank you! Time to get to work!
Ravenjolly said:
I had recently obtained a s3 its a T-mobile, its running 4.1.2, with the T999UVDMD5 baseband. I rooted it, flashed xposed(haha the only thing XD). Well, reading about/friends have said there was trouble with the 4.3 update so I decided to stay on 4.1.2.
However, now I've decided to flash a custom rom, and I have noticed the different labels(D2lte, D2tmo, D2usa) and I had read from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736477 "As of right now, the roms for your S3 are not meant to be used on other S3 variants" .
I have a few questions:
1.There was a baseband update, should I update it? If so, how exactly?
2.Would it be wise to flash a D2lte on This T-mobile device? I was looking at Resurrectionhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692481(originally waiting on cm11 but.. Yeah lol)
3.Looking at KitKat rooms, which ones could I flash?
4.Would it be safe, if I did flash a 4.4.2 to restore a nandroid backup of my fresh rooted stock 4.1.2.
5.Lastly, what kernel would you say use?(Sorry to ask, curiosity as to which i could flash)
I appreciate taking your time to answer my questions and have a good day!
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To answer your questions:
1. You do not need to update your firmware - I'm still on MD5. Modems, however, can be flashed separately from firmware.
2. You can flash d2lte ROMs on this phone as it's all one unified build for US SGS3 variants. (I.e. T-Mobile/AT&T/Sprint/Verizon SGS3 is now all built under d2lte).
3. As far as which KK ROM to flash...just try them all out and see which ones you like the best. Each ROM has different features - see which one is right for you.
4. If you don't update your firmware, then yes. (FYI, flashing a custom KK ROM does not update your firmware. However, if you flash one of the 4.3 root66 files that has firmware included, then it will update your firmware).
5. Again, try it out. It's hard to say which ROM/kernel combination will work best. I suggest you read the forums to see what people think of them.
Hope that helps.
Ravenjolly said:
Thank you! Time to get to work!
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No problem, and i forgot to say but the only time you might need to update modem is if you flash a 4.3 touchwiz ROM, other than that its not really needed unless you want to experiment and see if one gives you better results
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Oh, and one more thing: DO NOT flash a ROM that is for the international version of the SGS3 (i9300). It will, most definitely, brick your phone.
Don't know if you knew that or not...just wanted to make sure.
With Lollipop 5.0 available for international variants such as the I9505, is it possible to simply flash that official rom, along with a U.S. modem to the SGH-m919?
I have read threads where CUSTOM ROMS are compatible with both the I9505 and M919, but not the stock I9505 rom already available.
Am I missing something obvious with this question because I know I am not the first to think of it. After comparing hardware specs of the two models, only the CPU looked different.
Has anyone successfully done this or has anyone done this and then needed a dozen workarounds only to get below par functionality? One of the reasons that I have not flashed to all of the current custom roms, is that each has "no Bluetooth support yet" or "Wifi calling not working." I truly respect the work of the modding community, as I can not do what it does, but I just do not want any more never ending workarounds simply to makes calls and texts. Flashing a rom? Yes. I run both T-Mobile and Metro versions of the latest M919 firmware/software.
Thanks much.
Bluetooth worked for me. WiFi calling will not work either way, no matter how official. Needs to be T-Mobile firmware. I think there is a guide to flash it in general thread if you're interested. I wouldn't do it
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Bluetooth worked for me. WiFi calling will not work either way, no matter how official. Needs to be T-Mobile firmware. I think there is a guide to flash it in general thread if you're interested. I wouldn't do it
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Thank you very much. I have spotty coverage where I live. I go from 4G LTE to no signal 20 feet from my house. I wanted to try Lollipop without using a custom, buggy rom. Many of the custom roms look fantastic and feel snappy but the list of "not working" and bugs to be fixed in next build is simply not worth it to me.