Hello all
I'm just wondering what modem do the three branded s2 handsets come preinstalled with in the uk? I'm trying to find good modems for my s2 but cannot find something that would work as well as I would want it to. For example the other day my mate with a wildfire, on the same network had full bars of signal, whereas I had barely 1 bar. I was using Ki4 at the time, now I changed back to kl1 (im on checkrom v6 atm, but planning to go to cm9 again). Can anyone direct me to the modem.bin file or a stock rom file from the Three branded handset, i'd like both a gingerbread stock and ics stock rom from them if possible. If they are modems which are easily available please share the names with me.
Thank you
EDIT:
I tried a number of modems, which includes NELP2 which is meant to be good with three, although I don't know why I have had this problem on several roms before, where my signal randomly dissapears and goes to emergency only calls. Can anyone help with that also?
DisturbedPL said:
Hello all
I'm just wondering what modem do the three branded s2 handsets come preinstalled with in the uk? I'm trying to find good modems for my s2 but cannot find something that would work as well as I would want it to. For example the other day my mate with a wildfire, on the same network had full bars of signal, whereas I had barely 1 bar. I was using Ki4 at the time, now I changed back to kl1 (im on checkrom v6 atm, but planning to go to cm9 again). Can anyone direct me to the modem.bin file or a stock rom file from the Three branded handset, i'd like both a gingerbread stock and ics stock rom from them if possible. If they are modems which are easily available please share the names with me.
Thank you
EDIT:
I tried a number of modems, which includes NELP2 which is meant to be good with three, although I don't know why I have had this problem on several roms before, where my signal randomly dissapears and goes to emergency only calls. Can anyone help with that also?
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I recommend NELP4. It is designed for Three but many UK users use it as it supports great battery life and speeds + signal strength. I'm on O2 and using NELP4 and have great reception in places where there was no reception on LQ5/LQ6
modem signal dropping
hi,
You could try using ki4 modem ive been using this even after rooting my phone (originally used on GBrom) and had no probs with signal drop or overheating as some users have iasues with various modems.
Related
Just wondering what the best modem is for ATT and some other question about modems.
Right now im running wanam lite kj1 5.6 with ICS domination theme. I have KI4 modem flashed because i was on villanrom which i might go back to because it has better battery life.
Does the modem affect the ROM in anyway? just wondering because most roms have a modem prefix to them on the development forum. or is there a certain modem better in every senario?
Thanks for your help!
I too would like to know the best modem for at&t. My current one (Current official uk unbranded) seems to completely lose signal after a phone call or just randomly, it quickly reestablishes connection but still annoying.
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bencozzy said:
Have you tried Odin to push the uckj4 leak modem for the i777? All the 9100 modems I e used on my i777 turn the radio off when a voice call occurs then reconnects after call fails.
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Maybe i9100 modems just dont work on i777 and vice versa. Hopefully someone could correct me but i guess its worth a try. Is it better to flash modems via odin then CMW? and another question whats the difference between a modem and a kernel? I know on some level the kernel has something to do with the firmware and the modem has to do with the baseband, but im still unsure about the difference.
Thanks again!
Also have the same problem. The 3g lost the signal randomly. my baseband is "UNKNOWN" . Any idea?
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bencozzy said:
Have you tried Odin to push the uckj4 leak modem for the i777? All the 9100 modems I e used on my i777 turn the radio off when a voice call occurs then reconnects after call fails.
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I'm assuming these guys are running real I9100s on AT&T (otherwise they're in the wrong forum) - pushing an I777 modem will likely completely break them.
Entropy512 said:
I'm assuming these guys are running real I9100s on AT&T (otherwise they're in the wrong forum) - pushing an I777 modem will likely completely break them.
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Yes! Thank you for clarifying.
ODIN Vs. CWM
platinumyahoo said:
Maybe i9100 modems just dont work on i777 and vice versa. Hopefully someone could correct me but i guess its worth a try. Is it better to flash modems via odin then CMW? and another question whats the difference between a modem and a kernel? I know on some level the kernel has something to do with the firmware and the modem has to do with the baseband, but im still unsure about the difference.
Thanks again!
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Hey, did you ever find out the answer to this question?
I want to know what's the difference between flashing with Odin and CMW, is one do more than the other?
yea.. anyone?
platinumyahoo said:
Just wondering what the best modem is for ATT and some other question about modems.
Right now im running wanam lite kj1 5.6 with ICS domination theme. I have KI4 modem flashed because i was on villanrom which i might go back to because it has better battery life.
Does the modem affect the ROM in anyway? just wondering because most roms have a modem prefix to them on the development forum. or is there a certain modem better in every senario?
Thanks for your help!
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I'm on baseband XXKI3, running my I9100 on AT&T... don't have any issues. No call drops, no signal drops after calls are done, etc. Works fine.
ctomgee said:
I'm on baseband XXKI3, running my I9100 on AT&T... don't have any issues. No call drops, no signal drops after calls are done, etc. Works fine.
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Funny - I have XXKI3 as well on AT&T and periodically I get drops and it's almost always just as syncing is initiated.
@robsw
I noticed you are located in Chicago. the problem could just be that AT&T sucks horribly in the downtown area. specifically anywhere near River North or the loop. I have tried just about every available modem and I still have data connection issues in those areas. Even friends with iPhones comain about poor data in those areas.
I use the ki1 modem on my I9100 on at&t in louisiana. Ive found this modem gives me the best signal in my area. I did use ki4 for a while but i kept getting dropped calls inside my house. Now with ki1 no more dropped calls
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I live in Champaign,IL. Data drop/hang issue always there on KG2, KI3, KI4 modem. I had data issues even I have full bar of signal. But I do realize that data drop issue is location related. Every time I go to the same place, I got slow or data drop problem. Ha! maybe something isn't configure nicely between the tower and our S2.
yea, I was in Chicago this weekend, kept turning on Airplane mode and back on..
at&t is making me pretty mad.
GT-i9100
4.0.3
Baseband version
I9100XXLPH
XXLPH Kernel as well.
I am in Colorado and my service is great. I dont have much experience with the GB radios because as soon as I got the phone Iw ent to ICS and never went back
It may be worth checking the sticker under the battery to confirm the phones version. In Australia, New Zealand, Israel and some other countries they also sell the I9100T which is just the same as the international version but works better on a T model modem. There are plenty of them linked in the Aussie thread in general.
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mfriedman79 said:
@robsw
I noticed you are located in Chicago. the problem could just be that AT&T sucks horribly in the downtown area. specifically anywhere near River North or the loop. I have tried just about every available modem and I still have data connection issues in those areas. Even friends with iPhones comain about poor data in those areas.
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I'm in the North suburbs. This most often occurs when I'm driving. The call will drop and more often than not, when I glance down at the phone, data will be syncing.
I'm creating this thread for anyone running on a 3HG network. There seems to be problems with custom firmware not being able to differentiate between the 2G and 3G networks.
I'll explain. I'm currently using a custom ROM and very happy, however, the stock rom seems to have some built in special features to detect the 2g and 3g portion of the 3 network separately and ban roaming unto other networks. (For example, O2, vodefone etc say (not allowed) next to them when searching with stock rom.) I know 3 does not run their own 2g network and the 2G portion is "roaming" onto vodefone without charge. Even though the phone detects the 2G portion as "3", whenever you connect to it the phone goes into Roaming mode. However the stock rom default is to "Allow National Roaming" (An option not present in my custom rom) and the stock rom then bans other networks besides 3 so that you can't accumulate massive data charges.)
I assumed that this feature was built into the .csc portion of the stock ROM. However, this is not the case.
I was able to download the csc portion of my rom from androidfirmware.net.
Unfortunately, I did not solve me problem. I'm on 3 Ireland. My stock rom can breakdown the network information into two networks:
3 (3g)
3 (2g)
It then selects the best one based on signal.
Unfortunately, myl custom rom (omega 13.1) just see two networks named as:
3
3
It doesn't switch back to 3g ever. It's a shame, I thought flashing the csc and modem from stock rom would fix this but it doesn't. I might have to always run stock firmware.
On another note, for those interested in modem files, regardless of which 3 Network you are on, you MUST run either NELF1 or NELE modem on your rom. I have extensively tested all modems and 3UK/IE are setup to specifically work best with these two modems. The download speeds are very fast, but more importantly they are consistent. I was able to obtain better speeds with some other modems but it would stall and hang and drop. These speed bursts did not make it faster overall. My signal was about 1/3 of the 3uk modems with all other tested modems. If you flash any custom rom you will notice a vast improvement in battery life, signal and consistency using one of the above modems
This is the direct link to the .cwm flashable modem..
https://content.wuala.com/contents/...CWM/modem_CWM_I9300NELE4.zip?key=n0KVwtIMZPE8
(older) NELE4
https://content.wuala.com/contents/...CWM/modem_CWM_I9300NELF1.zip?key=n0KVwtIMZPE8
(newest) NELF1
I have not tested between the two, I tried the latest version NELF1 and was blown away by the difference so just kept it. Cheers!
Any help with the above network differentiation problem would be appreciated. Feel free to post your thoughts or comments or suggestions.
Thanks.
Its well known that the NE modem range are better and even better than stock for some on non 3 networks
First general release was. 3 Ireland
Firmware info: PDA: XXALE8 | Phone: NELE4 | CSC: 3IEALE3
UK 3
Firmware info: PDA: XXALE8 | Phone: NELE4 | CSC: H3GALE4
Same modem different CSC
jje
I run every sort of Rom on my phone and never have those problems.
Using XXDLH9 modem now and pulling 6mbps down and 2-3mbps up and I live in the country, haven't used NELE4 since the day I got the phone.
Also in regards to the roaming and the massive charges, you won't incur any charges when you roam in Ireland, it will use Vodafone and that's it, even then they only let you use 2g data too and that's not charged either.
You must get poor signal where you are seeing as it keeps dropping back to 2g, try going into settings > more settings > mobile networks > network mode and changing it to wcdma only wait a few minutes and see how you get on.
To add to that: as far as I know NELE4 and NELF1 won't work on new firmwares. Voice calls get messed up, you can't hear them or they can't hear you.
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Hi there, I have exactly same problem with I9300 and Three Ireland, did you find a solution ???
I have two Three simcards and problem is only with one of them, I even replaced this simcard for another one but with no luck
any help?
thank you
doodio said:
I'm creating this thread for anyone running on a 3HG network. There seems to be problems with custom firmware not being able to differentiate between the 2G and 3G networks.
I'll explain. I'm currently using a custom ROM and very happy, however, the stock rom seems to have some built in special features to detect the 2g and 3g portion of the 3 network separately and ban roaming unto other networks. (For example, O2, vodefone etc say (not allowed) next to them when searching with stock rom.) I know 3 does not run their own 2g network and the 2G portion is "roaming" onto vodefone without charge. Even though the phone detects the 2G portion as "3", whenever you connect to it the phone goes into Roaming mode. However the stock rom default is to "Allow National Roaming" (An option not present in my custom rom) and the stock rom then bans other networks besides 3 so that you can't accumulate massive data charges.)
I assumed that this feature was built into the .csc portion of the stock ROM. However, this is not the case.
I was able to download the csc portion of my rom from androidfirmware.net.
Unfortunately, I did not solve me problem. I'm on 3 Ireland. My stock rom can breakdown the network information into two networks:
3 (3g)
3 (2g)
It then selects the best one based on signal.
Unfortunately, myl custom rom (omega 13.1) just see two networks named as:
3
3
It doesn't switch back to 3g ever. It's a shame, I thought flashing the csc and modem from stock rom would fix this but it doesn't. I might have to always run stock firmware.
On another note, for those interested in modem files, regardless of which 3 Network you are on, you MUST run either NELF1 or NELE modem on your rom. I have extensively tested all modems and 3UK/IE are setup to specifically work best with these two modems. The download speeds are very fast, but more importantly they are consistent. I was able to obtain better speeds with some other modems but it would stall and hang and drop. These speed bursts did not make it faster overall. My signal was about 1/3 of the 3uk modems with all other tested modems. If you flash any custom rom you will notice a vast improvement in battery life, signal and consistency using one of the above modems
This is the direct link to the .cwm flashable modem..
https://content.wuala.com/contents/...CWM/modem_CWM_I9300NELE4.zip?key=n0KVwtIMZPE8
(older) NELE4
https://content.wuala.com/contents/...CWM/modem_CWM_I9300NELF1.zip?key=n0KVwtIMZPE8
(newest) NELF1
I have not tested between the two, I tried the latest version NELF1 and was blown away by the difference so just kept it. Cheers!
Any help with the above network differentiation problem would be appreciated. Feel free to post your thoughts or comments or suggestions.
Thanks.
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Obecny said:
Hi there, I have exactly same problem with I9300 and Three Ireland, did you find a solution ???
I have two Three simcards and problem is only with one of them, I even replaced this simcard for another one but with no luck
any help?
thank you
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Hey lads,
Did anyone ever find a solution to this problem. I'm on three ireland. I've an old galaxy s young with always stays on H/H+ and never drops to egde no matter where you are where as my new S4 consistently drops to edge over H when coverage is low.. is there any solution to this problem? I've flashed on the three firmware from sammobile but it's no fix!
Eoghan.
I'd also like to find out if a solution was found for this? Does anyone know how to go about modifying modems or something along those lines that could solve the issue?
Hi,
Someone please help me.
I get unregistered by the network (Vodafone, Pune) everytime. When I need to call, I can manually select the network & for the time of the call, the network remains. But as soon as I keep my phone idle, it loses signal strength and finally there's so signal at all!
The series of events leading to this:
1. I was on CM9 Stable when I went to Germany.
2. Then I downloaded DiliDroid ROM and flashed it in Germany (was using an O2 local Germany sim card when I flashed)
3. Then I came back to India & as I lost my old Vodafone SIM in Germany, applied for a duplicate card & got it.
4. Then a couple of days went okay. Then suddenly everyone started to complain that I'm unreachable on my phone.
5. I flashed new modems (tried KI4 etc.). Did a full wipe, flashed CM10 JB but the problem remained.
Then I flashed official Stock or Nordic countries and finally I flashed official Indian Stock ROM.
And everytime I did a full wipe and installed. I also changed my CSC to INU (just in case that was conflicting)
I've also inserted a different SIM card on my phone and it's still the same. So it's not a SIM problem.
Currently I'm on DDLPA modem (that comes with official Indian stock ROM)
Please guide me. What should I do.
Apn?
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I suppose it's the modem. Don't judge a modem after some hours of usage, a modem needs 2/3 days to settle.
I had the same issue some months ago. Firstly I changed my baseband with one matching my network operator but still the problem remained. After trying the KI3, KI4, LPX, I found out that KH3 was the best for me.
gb.yolo said:
I suppose it's the modem. Don't judge a modem after some hours of usage, a modem needs 2/3 days to settle.
I had the same issue some months ago. Firstly I changed my baseband with one matching my network operator but still the problem remained. After trying the KI3, KI4, LPX, I found out that KH3 was the best for me.
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But I don't get even a single bar of signal. And my phone remains unreachable. Please find an updated issue log here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31464929#post31464929
gb.yolo said:
a modem needs 2/3 days to settle
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WTF? Modem connects to the network in less than 5 seconds.
przemcio510 said:
WTF? Modem connects to the network in less than 5 seconds.
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Yes modem start working in 5 seconds but needs at least 50 hrs to settle because u move here and there....in this time modem studying your signal strength etc etc and after some time of usage it gives u better result accordingly to your need
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Nishu_gamer said:
Yes modem start working in 5 seconds but needs at least 50 hrs to settle because u move here and there....in this time modem studying your signal strength etc etc and after some time of usage it gives u better result accordingly to your need
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I can't agree with you. Signal strength depends on distance between you and the cellular network transmitter and its power. Signal is signal.
Hi. Hope you can help me with something which is really annoying me.
Got my s3 right at the beginning on o2 with o2 firmware. When making phone calls the reception was crystal clear. I have updated various different versions of ics and jb and ever since the first update a few months ago the reception/radio quality has been poor. It started when I flashed a non o2 firmware, I flashed a stock btu firmware. Since then I have tried various firmwares on various providers and always have the same problem. If I change my phone to gsm only the call quality is fantastic but as soon as I put to auto it sets to hsdpa and goes back to poor call quality, even if I have a full bar for reception. I have since changed the csc to btu on phone and flashed various firmwares again and I still have the problem. I cannot have a £500 phone and be forced to use a 2g signal!
If it was poor from day one I would blame o2 reception but I have lived in this house for 7 years and never had this with other phones, also as said this phone was great originally but after flashing various firmwares it's rubbish now. I am currently using the new o2 jb update released today (my phone csc is btu) I hoped this flash would resolve issue but it hasn't.
Hope this makes sense and hope anyone can give me any tips to resolve my problem! Current signal strength 89dBa 12asu and still poor.
Thanks in advance.
Matcarroll said:
Hi. Hope you can help me with something which is really annoying me.
Got my s3 right at the beginning on o2 with o2 firmware. When making phone calls the reception was crystal clear. I have updated various different versions of ics and jb and ever since the first update a few months ago the reception/radio quality has been poor. It started when I flashed a non o2 firmware, I flashed a stock btu firmware. Since then I have tried various firmwares on various providers and always have the same problem. If I change my phone to gsm only the call quality is fantastic but as soon as I put to auto it sets to hsdpa and goes back to poor call quality, even if I have a full bar for reception. I have since changed the csc to btu on phone and flashed various firmwares again and I still have the problem. I cannot have a £500 phone and be forced to use a 2g signal!
If it was poor from day one I would blame o2 reception but I have lived in this house for 7 years and never had this with other phones, also as said this phone was great originally but after flashing various firmwares it's rubbish now. I am currently using the new o2 jb update released today (my phone csc is btu) I hoped this flash would resolve issue but it hasn't.
Hope this makes sense and hope anyone can give me any tips to resolve my problem! Current signal strength 89dBa 12asu and still poor.
Thanks in advance.
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have you tried to flash a O2 modem? maybe it does the trick!
I have the exact same problem however I am on the 3 network. My phone was working perfectly, then I installed the latest 3 branded jellybean ROM, had the exact same problem as you reverted back to stock ICS and the problem is still there. Can you tell me is the bad quality call both ways or just one way? For me it can hear people perfectly well, however the receiving end there is very bad quality. Also my Internet is incredibly slow.
Mine is the other way round, who I speaking to can hear me clearly but it's terrible from my end.
I have used Odin to flash a whole o2 Rom by clicking the pda option but it made no difference. Doesn't matter what stock Rom I flash and change the csc and factory reinstall it won't go back to how it was originally. As mentioned I can resolve the problem by using 2g/gsm network but then using the internet is terribly slow. Should have left it alone!
Have you changed the CSC to both your Original O2 CSC and the BTU CSC? How is your internet speed while on 3G? mine is so slow, half the time it just displays the 'Page timed out' page
My phone was originally o2u csc on o2 firmware and was good.flashed a btu firmware and this made it bad reception so flashed back to o2 firmware and it was very poor still so I flashed back to the btu firmware and changed csc to btu but I still have bad call quality. I presume because I flashed a o2 firmware from sammobile it will be back to a o2 modem?
My 3g data is about 4mb down and 2mb up.
Can anyone help us?
My ping is over 1000 and my download rate is 740kb/s and upload is around 27kbs while on H+ clearly this is very bad. I've tried different radios to no avail.
Since flashing to the latest jb btu firmware my problem has gone!
Hi guys,
I have a thread here where I've been trying to troubleshoot my issue of extremely unstable/intermittent Fido network signal strength:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40012553#post40012553
I feel like I'm going around and around flashing different Roms, Radios/modems, etc... to no avail. I'm confident my APN settings are fine and the phone is unlocked, and my SIM is compatible/fine, etc. I can't seem to get more than a 0 to 2 bar signal, with either 0 mobile network or edge:2 network connection. I've tried playing with the bands via *#2263# but haven't solved the issue. If you read the other thread you'll see I've tried reverting to stock telus rom/radio, then blackstar x and xi, etc... and a slew of different radios/modems. While a fair number work, none seem to pull a decent signal. It seems now that I can get a signal with the stock modems for Rogers and Bell, Telus gives me no signal, and the custom modems like VK1, Blaze, etc don't recognize my SIM. Only with stock Rogers and Bell modems to I get this weak 0 to 2 bar signal, and only in some locations in the GTA can I send/receive SMS and make calls. It's really a weak /unreliable signal.
It's been 2 weeks of trying to get to the bottom of this and I'm hoping someone with some experience with Fido in the Ontario/Canada region can shed some light for me!!
up...
i messed up reception and even imei b4 when trying to flash wind-compatible modem. odin back to pure stock worked for me (not just flashing stock radio). good luck!
dubplatepressure said:
Hi guys,
I have a thread here where I've been trying to troubleshoot my issue of extremely unstable/intermittent Fido network signal strength:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40012553#post40012553
I feel like I'm going around and around flashing different Roms, Radios/modems, etc... to no avail. I'm confident my APN settings are fine and the phone is unlocked, and my SIM is compatible/fine, etc. I can't seem to get more than a 0 to 2 bar signal, with either 0 mobile network or edge:2 network connection. I've tried playing with the bands via *#2263# but haven't solved the issue. If you read the other thread you'll see I've tried reverting to stock telus rom/radio, then blackstar x and xi, etc... and a slew of different radios/modems. While a fair number work, none seem to pull a decent signal. It seems now that I can get a signal with the stock modems for Rogers and Bell, Telus gives me no signal, and the custom modems like VK1, Blaze, etc don't recognize my SIM. Only with stock Rogers and Bell modems to I get this weak 0 to 2 bar signal, and only in some locations in the GTA can I send/receive SMS and make calls. It's really a weak /unreliable signal.
It's been 2 weeks of trying to get to the bottom of this and I'm hoping someone with some experience with Fido in the Ontario/Canada region can shed some light for me!!
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stgeorge88 said:
i messed up reception and even imei b4 when trying to flash wind-compatible modem. odin back to pure stock worked for me (not just flashing stock radio). good luck!
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Hey thx for the response!
I did try that... flashed the Telus stock ROM, tried a few modems but didn't get any different result. What's most frustrating is that I know the phone does work, so it's not a hardware thing.