Remove modem.bin from any ROM - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello Everyone,I own a International Galaxy S3 I9300,and wanted to know one thing
How can I remove modem.bin from ROMS? I just have to delete modem.bin or also have to modify updater-script? Thanks in advance guys! :highfive:

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First solution I guess but no harm to look the script and see if there are specific lines for modem.bin and comment them. Most roms come without modem.
Bump before 24h delay is a violation of xda rules.

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My mistake, i'm sorry
Anyway, yes i found the lines in the updater-script, they are at the end of the file
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EDIT: This are the last lines that regard the modem flash
Code:
ui_print("Flashing kernel");
assert(package_extract_file("pendroz/boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img"),
write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p5"),
delete("/tmp/boot.img"));
ui_print("Flashing modem");
package_extract_file("pendroz/flash_image", "/tmp/flash_image");
set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/flash_image");
assert(package_extract_file("pendroz/modem.bin", "/tmp/modem.bin"),
run_program("/tmp/flash_image", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p7", "/tmp/modem.bin"),
delete("/tmp/modem.bin"));
delete("/tmp/flash_image");
unmount("/system");
unmount("/data");
ui_print("");
ui_print(" Enjoy ");
ui_print(" Please reboot ");

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Yes these are the lines. Just remove them and modem won't be flashed.

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Striatum_bdr said:
Yes these are the lines. Just remove them and modem won't be flashed.
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So I must remove only this lines?
Code:
ui_print("Flashing modem");
package_extract_file("pendroz/flash_image", "/tmp/flash_image");
set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/flash_image");
assert(package_extract_file("pendroz/modem.bin", "/tmp/modem.bin"),
run_program("/tmp/flash_image", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p7", "/tmp/modem.bin"),
delete("/tmp/modem.bin"));
delete("/tmp/flash_image");
And leave kernel?

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Yes. Kernel has nothing to do with modem.

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Striatum_bdr said:
Yes. Kernel has nothing to do with modem.
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Okay then,will remove the lines and try to flash the rom,i'll let ya know,thank you very much man! :highfive:

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Btw other question...the rom i want to install is based on a different build from the one i have now..it doesnt matter if modem will be different?
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Any single modem should work with all roms.
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That's why IMO a Rom shouldn't provide any modem.

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Agreed. I don't like the assumption that I'd want to upgrade my modem
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Shouldn't he have left this line in his updater-script:
delete("/tmp/flash_image");

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wangdaning said:
Shouldn't he have left this line in his updater-script:
delete("/tmp/flash_image");
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It worked perfectly man,even without that line..
Anyway I agree too with you guys,modem update should be manual or it should be an optional selection in Aroma..

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wangdaning said:
Shouldn't he have left this line in his updater-script:
delete("/tmp/flash_image");
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It would do no harm leaving it in. Any delete /tmp is good but removing this line:
package_extract_file("pendroz/flash_image", "/tmp/flash_image");
Means theres nothing in flash_image to delete so it shouldn't be the end of the world
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Other question,if I may want to revert to stock 4.1.2 ROM,how do I remove modem.bin from the tar.md5 package? I opened it with winrar and removed modem.bin then repacked,am I good to go??
Thanks!!
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bump!