as per title, is it possible to port over modems that are currently being used by the galaxy note over for us SGSII users to flash?
reason being, friends using the note have reported higher speeds on their modems.
don't know it's cause they've a better modem or that their phone are so massive that the reception is better.
any help would be much appreciated!
bumps!!!!!
1) 3hour bump? srsly? Don't do that.
2) No, different hardware, different modem, you can try flashing other i9100 modems to see if a different one works better, but flashing modems meant for another phone is a path to a hardbrick.
3) You cant port modems, as its the firmware that drives the independent cpu/etc that the modem uses. They are also undocumented binary's, thus almost imposable to port.
Note from the modem is not suitable for SGSII
You can try different modems and find the one which suits you the best.
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my phone's data is so weak indoor, so i want to install a different modem. I noticed that t959v and t959 cannot share the same rom, so i'm wondering if it's ok to install a t959 modem to my t959v, KB5, for instance...
p.s. English is not my first language, so it's a little difficult for me to find the answer among huge namber of posts, pls help me on this
I doubt it.
anybody knows?
Well I remember a thread in the Development section not too long ago about a guy who used Gt- I9000 modems since he lived in Europe. My say in this? I say why not? You can always use Odin to save yourself
You won't be able to use the modem. The t959V uses different hardware radios for gps, signal, and wifi
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Well I remember a thread in the Development section not too long ago about a guy who used Gt- I9000 modems since he lived in Europe. My say in this? I say why not? You can always use Odin to save yourself
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thanks dude! i really need more advice since i live in china, the network is quite different (TOT)
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You won't be able to use the modem. The t959V uses different hardware radios for gps, signal, and wifi
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thanks! that's what i'm worrying about, seems i have to wait for better solutions
I am on AOKP and wondering if it matters that I am still on the KH7 modem from stock? I can still makes calls and data is fine so is there any downside to not switching to a CM modem?
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I am on AOKP and wondering if it matters that I am still on the KH7 modem from stock? I can still makes calls and data is fine so is there any downside to not switching to a CM modem?
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I cant really remember why we have seperate modems. but if its working...
But there are newer modems that you can test, might be better than what you have, but it might not, all depends on location really.
There is no difference in tw /cm modems aside from the scripting used to flash. The modem.bin contained within are the same.
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as long as the modem you are using works for you, its fine.
Different modems will give you different service levels, data speeds, call quality, etc...
I don't really know why modems are different in quality but I do know there are lots to try. There's even a gmap in which users test different modems on certain roms and state what has worked best for them in their home area. You might try this to see what suits you best.
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I don't really know why modems are different in quality but I do know there are lots to try. There's even a gmap in which users test different modems on certain roms and state what has worked best for them in their home area. You might try this to see what suits you best.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361393
I have a question for you guys. My mate and I were sitting next to eachother comparing my S2 and his Note last night. We have the same provider obviously. While I had 1 to 0 lines of 3g signal, he had 4 out of 4. I'm running XWLPG with stock modem. Do you think that by changing modems I could improve my signal to be at "Note" level, or the two phones carry simply different hardware and the S2 will never catch as much signal as the Note does?
Thanks,
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Try other modem, they have great influence on signal. There is a thread about it on forums. KH3 modem is recommended by many users. Good luck !
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Look in the modem Thread its different where you live and which provider you have. Test all modems and look which is best for you
Galaxy S2`s are generally incapable of accurately reporting the signal strength (as you will read if you do a bit more Googling) so I wouldnt worry too much about comparing the two different machines.
SST
I know that I can't ask which modem is the best etc, but I have one question regarding which modems to flash. Are they somehow linked to a specific rom / kernel / android version? For example, are modems released in gb roms supposed to be flashed under ics roms?
Every modem can be flashed to your rom, thats no problem
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I recently had najor problems with gps reception and locking.
I flashed many different roms in trying to solve it.
I searched the forums and saw many suggestions, all of them spoke about tweaking or using a different gps.conf files.
Tried many of them and nothing helped.
Then I flashed a rom that changed the modem also and what do you know, gps was working again. Good reception and fast locking time.
It also was a sammy based rom and not an aosp/aokp/cm rom.
The thing is that I think the modem was the main solution. Maybe the sammy rom helped too since I did get a response from someone saying that there is a piece of software in sammy roms that is needed by the gps and can not be integrated in the aosp aokp cm roms.
Since then I am kind of reluctant to try another rom, maybe an aosp one with this modem and see if the gps works good.
Maybe a group of people can check this, me included, and report thier results with different modems and roms.
Since I use my gps daily it realy was a difficult time for me when I experienced these problems.
So this topic may become a good guide to people with s2 gps problems.
My problematic modem was xms2 while good ones were xlq6, kh3 and xlph. Also on a friend s2 xls8 worked fine.
A good thing will be to include your location as results may vary according to it.
My location is Israel.
Thanks
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It's not the modem, GPS has nothing to do with which modem you use.
It's probably more with the fact you went back to a Sammy based rom instead of aosp/aokp/cm
Damienoid said:
It's not the modem, GPS has nothing to do with which modem you use.
It's probably more with the fact you went back to a Sammy based rom instead of aosp/aokp/cm
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From my experience with embeded modems they usually contains the gps receiver as well, this is why I believe there is a connection but it can be also be related to the rom.
This is why I asked other users to try it out so we can get more statistics on the issue.
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I did some testings today and here are my resuls.
It seems tat there ae two problems one is the modem used the other is the rom.
Changing the modem did help a lot on aosp/aokp/cm roms in terms of reception and locking time. It seems though that after dalvik wipe it will take much longer to lock the firsttime, then it is much faster took my device to lock about 17 to 30 seconds while on the first time it took as mch as 2 minutes.
But on these roms it seems that less satellites are viewed and used, they only managed to use 4 or 5 ay most when there where between 7 to 9 satellites visible.
Sammy roms used all or most of the satellites visible, which led to a more accurate locking.
Good modems where KH3, XLPH, XLQ6, XLS8. I believe that KH3 was the best followed by XLPH.
Bad modem XMS2.
ROMS Avatar rom for aosp/aokp/cm based, ROMs4 and vivik for sammy based.
Regards and hope it will be of use for someone.
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how can I know
hi guys,
I'm struggling with my weak GPS signal too.
and I was googling looking for something that could help me and here I am.
but, as a noob, I don't even know how to know my modem model, can you help me out?
Thx in advance!
marcosnanny said:
hi guys,
I'm struggling with my weak GPS signal too.
and I was googling looking for something that could help me and here I am.
but, as a noob, I don't even know how to know my modem model, can you help me out?
Thx in advance!
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Go to settings->About phone and look at the Baseband.
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E120LKLJMA2
This is my modem then.
Can I flash any modem, or it must be specific to my phone's model (S2 SHV E120L)?
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E120LKLJMA2
This is my modem then.
Can I flash any modem, or it must be specific to my phone's model (S2 SHV E120L)?
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I believe you have to flash a modem designed for your device specifically.
I suppose you will find it in your device forum.
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Call me stupid, noob...whatever...but there is one question I keep asking myself for quite a while.....
Why on earth are there so many modems (baseband) around at all?
I mean, isn't my cellphone to work around the planet, not only in my country? And furthermore, how on earth do I know which is the best modem/baseband for me?
If anyone can shed some light on this....I would find my peace
If you have special recommendations for me: I'm in Germany, using the "E"-Net(work) [dunno if this is a known term to non-germans...]
ROM: Omega (4.1.2 line.....)
Thanks in advance!
Different regions, different modems do to carrier specific variables, I assume this goes from hardware used to software, and both impacts the reception. Hence the different modems.
To find the best you have to try then, start with your original one and then test others.
Tips for modems do not help much anyway because you might be in a different region of your county or different cell towers etc.. It all impacts.
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Why on earth are there so many modems (baseband) around at all?
>>>As said different networks .
And furthermore, how on earth do I know which is the best modem/baseband for me?
>>>Use the one that came with your phone or the one for the network you use .
Or try them all .
Any modem may work any location or it may not .
As no modems have been opened up we don't know what differences if any .
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thanks for the answers .... although I don't understand samsung here...wouldn't it be useful to create a UNIVERSAL modem?
well at good old nokia times there was no such fuzz about basebands....
Still....I don't understand the reasons.....everything goes global nowadays...only the modems go local ???? BS!
There's nothing samsung are doing here that every other mobile manufacturer arent doing. They are all universal in a sense but they couldn't just release 1 because its impossible for 1 to have the best settings for every region / carrier / country. All android phone's are like this.
Dont forget, you're rooted. Normal users don't have this problem. They just get one baseband with the ocaisional upgrade.
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