I've read several threads in xda about a Galaxy S2 from Australia working in Europe and vice versa however I haven't seen any mention of whether a stock firmware for the S2 designed for Europe will work on my Australian Galaxy S2.
Can someone clarify that for me please? I don't want to go flashing European firmware and finding GPS, FM Radio etc don't work, can't make phone calls and texts.
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Of course. The only thing you might have to muck around with is the modem.
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Of course. The only thing you might have to muck around with is the modem.
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Unfortunately that's not something I'm comfortable doing. Flashing kernels and ROMs I have done but never a modem. Maybe I just better stay with what I have and do without the multi-window function that comes with that ROM.
Same as flashing roms/kernels, single file, phone section of Odin. Most modem packages on here are CWM flashable which means you need root, though if you dig around you might be able to find Odin flashable modems. You can also download stock roms for your carrier & extract the modem.bin files from those & flash with Odin (rationale being you'd expect modems bundled with stock roms released by your carrier to give you good connectivity on their network in most locations most of the time).
Besides, this assumes you have connectivity issues with the modem that's bundled with the European rom you flash. It might work just fine. You're only going to know if you flash the rom & test/find out.
I currently have the stock rom for Australia XWLSH (unbranded) on my phone. It's rooted using PhilZ kernel. I've very happy with it as it is but would like the multi-window function while still staying with a totally stock ROM. The only way to do that is to use a stock deodexed ROM and the only one of those around here is the XXLSJ which is a european stock S2 ROM.
I can easily extract the modem.bin file from my backup image I got from sammobile but I was hoping I might be able to just flash the XXLSJ deodexed ROM and all would be fine (It is prerooted with PhilZ kernel).
from the little I have read about modem flashing so far suggests i might have to also flash a matching ril which further complicates things.
My USB port works fine, connects to my PC fine, i just prefer flashing to using Odin from my PC.
I wouldn't do anything with RIL's except as a last resort; I.E your connectivity is ****e/non-existent & you've tried the several dozen different modems that are available to no effect. Forget about RIL's until/unless you get to this point (highly unlikely).
If you're planning to run the European stock rom rooted, forget about flashing modems with Odin, every modem that's ever been released is available in a CWM flashable. Quicker/easier than Odin flashing them if you have to try a bunch because your connectivity is borked.
But...And I've already said this, you might find your connectivity is just fine as is after you flash that other stock rom. So try it & see.
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I wouldn't do anything with RIL's except as a last resort; I.E your connectivity is ****e/non-existent & you've tried the several dozen different modems that are available to no effect. Forget about RIL's until/unless you get to this point (highly unlikely).
If you're planning to run the European stock rom rooted, forget about flashing modems with Odin, every modem that's ever been released is available in a CWM flashable. Quicker/easier than Odin flashing them if you have to try a bunch because your connectivity is borked.
But...And I've already said this, you might find your connectivity is just fine as is after you flash that other stock rom. So try it & see.
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Good point and no doubt I can always go back to the nandroid backup of my working stock australian ROM if it doesn't.
Thanks for all the help. Much appreciated.
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Hi. I have the Canadian SGS2 from Virgin Mobile.
I want to update the firmware on the phone but Im unsure as to which one to use. Right now the latest firmware for this specific phone is UGKG2. My model number is GT-19100M. Im just wondering which firmware would be the best to update to. Ive been having a few issues with my phone and apparently updating the firmware is suppose to fix it (like the Wifi sharing garbage that starts every time you tun wifi on, but doesnt go away when you turn it off)
Anyway - which firmware would be best to update to, or if it would be best to just update to the latest which I think is XKH2.
Help is appreciated. Thanks!
Yeah sounds like you are on an older firmware which a lot of us battled back in May with the wifi-sharing battery drain. You'd be safe flashing any ROM really. Not sure if you prefer stock firmware only or not as some of the custom roms are great. I'd suggest KH3 as many bugs have been fixed that are evident still in your ROM. But you may want to check to see if anyone has a backup of your current rom in case you need to take it in for warranty. I have an i9000 but friends who are using i9000m Bell model are able to flash any i9000 rom without issue as there really is no difference from what I know. If you do flash, keep in mind that your boot logo will say i9000 and not i9000M, which is why you may want to look into backing up your current rom (by rooting and flashing a custom kernel to make a backup) just in case you need to flash back for warranty repair.
I use Batista Rom and really like it but I always tend to prefer custom roms. I think you'd be better on any newer rom, stock or custom to get rid of the bugs you got in that firmware you're on
so to be clear - I can download KH3 and use Odin to flash without issue, Even though Im on the stock I9100m Virgin Phone? And KH3 is a single TAR file that needs to be placed under PDA correct? I basically just want my phone to be the exact same as it is now except with the firmware updated.
Will anything be different or will it all seem the same as if I were to do a factory reset right now?
Also where KH3 is 2.3.4 and my phone is currently 2.3.3 - this wont lead to issues when using Odin?
Thanks for the replies.
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so to be clear - I can download KH3 and use Odin to flash without issue, Even though Im on the stock I9100m Virgin Phone? And KH3 is a single TAR file that needs to be placed under PDA correct? I basically just want my phone to be the exact same as it is now except with the firmware updated.
Will anything be different or will it all seem the same as if I were to do a factory reset right now?
Also where KH3 is 2.3.4 and my phone is currently 2.3.3 - this wont lead to issues when using Odin?
Thanks for the replies.
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Yes you can flash KH3 using Odin under the PDA section. Depending on where you downloaded the KH3 firmware it probably wont wipe your phone so I normally do a factory reset after just to make sure it's a clean install. Make sure you back up anything you don't want to loose. Also take note that the KH3 package includes files that will change your boot up image from I9100M to I9100. If you want to keep things as close to stock as possible you can remove these files from the package since you don't really need it: boot.bin/sbl.bin/param.lfs. All you need to do is use winzip or 7zip, double click on the .tar file and delete.
Haha. Thanks for the replies.
I'm happy to say that everything went without a hitch - and all of my problems have been solved. One funny thing, was the camera shutter sound - which from what I read is suppose to be hardware related - was actually fixed as well - no more sound when opening the camera app.
Battery Improved
Wifi Sharing bug = gone
Shutter Sound = gone
Random restarts while listening to music = gone
And I got list view
Thanks guys!
im in the same boat. i just got a galaxy s2 a couple days ago. I just want to flash my phone to 2.3.4. Which firmware do i download? Where did you find KH3? thanks
New S3 on UK Three Mobile.
I have an issue that mainly only affects N Irish users I suspect.
Just bought a 3Mobile S3 and I love it. However on 3 firmware, network selection is locked to automatic. I can manually change, but the phone sill change again of its own accord if the signal I chose isn't available.
The reason 3 do it is so that if 3 isn't available, the phone will roam onto Orange's network as a backup. That's all fine if you're in mainland UK! If you're in N Ireland and near the border, you will frequently roam onto Irish networks and run the risk of charges for receiving calls.
Last time I had an android phone I got the firmware flashed and this solved the problem. So far, I rooted the phone and installed a custom Rom, Omega. This didn't solve the issue. Am I missing something? Does installing the Rom not also flash the firmware? Or do I have to try a different Rom?
Going to try a stock firmware from here now. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated.
Nobody?
Installed the stock unbranded firmware last night, plus side was the network selection issue is now gone, but the down side is that it seems to have removed my root access.
I I root it again using the threads here, will that overwrite the firmware again?
Flashing a Samsung-ROM will revert all your changes (including root access) and replace the modem. I've heard that Three has it's own modem which works better than the standard on their network, so you might want to flash it (=the modem, not the firmware) on your phone.
Rooting a phone doesn't make you loose any data or change the ROM. Just use CF-Root and you should be good to go.
Thanks. Already used c.f. root again and all is well.
Any Idea where I can fInd the three modem?
Phil Gordon said:
Thanks. Already used c.f. root again and all is well.
Any Idea where I can fInd the three modem?
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im curious to know too... i've installed a unbranded official rom from three's branded one and if the modem is better i think i'd want to install that too
Every modem has it's own name, so try getting the name from someone who has a stock '3' S3. Then you can google it.
I'm not sure though if they got their own, I _think_ they do
However a network-specific modem must not always be the best.
I've got nearly double throughput over here with the exotic ZNLF2 modem. (Afaik it's Hong-Kong)
So trial-and-error is usually better than just keeping what it was shipped with
I run CM 10.1 on my phone, which had original specs: PDA:KG3 / PHONE:KE7 / CSC:KG1 (VNZ). I've been running those CM nightlies since about November 2012 with few problems, updating to new nightlies every few weeks to a month. I'd never flashed new radios - just the CM rom.
Starting a couple of months ago, I began to see a problem where my phone would drop cell service (no bars + empty triangle in the cell signal indicator) and rebooting was the only way to bring the cell signal back. This happened every couple of days, so was bearable. I figured something in the nightlies had caused a weird problem and that the CM devs/community would find and fix this.
After flashing a nightly last week, my phone wouldn't hold cell signal for more than an hour - sometimes not even that. Reboots fixed this but never permanently. I started to read about radios, modems, and RILs. hawkerpaul's post here was a great help. I found that my phone had the original KE7 radio but had a RIL of I9100XXLS8(2) - I presume from the CM rom? I flashed some new radios and have now gone through a series of the (matched) modem + RIL files in hawkerpaul's post above. In most cases I see the following behaviour:
Phone successfully finds network (Vodafone NZ) on boot
Trying to manually select a mobile operator fails (error when searching for networks)
Unable to successfully call out! Dialling stalls, and I can't hang up - only fixed by a reboot
How do I fix this immediate problem of not being able to call/receive calls? Seems like maybe I'm using a radio that doesn't work with Vodafone NZ - but I haven't seen any posts on what DOES work well with that network. I have the modem file to flash the original KE7 back again, but what should I do about the RIL file then? Not sure I have found an RIL for KE7 yet in my travels. Any help would be appreciated - and thanks!
To help me figure out where I went wrong, do the CM builds include the RIL, or is that something that could only get updated somewhere else? I know the rom doesn't change the modem but I suspect that XXLS8(2) RIL had to come from CM.
1) Don't mess with RIL's (You'll make it 'worse').
2) Check stock roms released by your telco. Find out which modems were bundled with those stock roms. Try those modems. If they don't help, look for stock roms released by other carriers which sold the the I9100T world-wide (check Samfirmware). Try the modems bundled with these roms. If they don't help, try any & every modem you can get your hands on.
If you've already flashed RIL's, you may well have created a bigger problem for yourself. You might want to do a clean install of stock as well for good measure if that's the case. The reason I stopped using CM9 (and never bothered with CM10) was similar issues that seem to have gotten introduced with a particular nightly & never went away (a fix was tried which benefited a very few problems who were having RIL problems but created problems for even more people who previously had no problems).
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2) Check stock roms released by your telco. Find out which modems were bundled with those stock roms. Try those modems. If they don't help, look for stock roms released by other carriers which sold the the I9100T world-wide (check Samfirmware). Try the modems bundled with these roms. If they don't help, try any & every modem you can get your hands on.
...You might want to do a clean install of stock as well for good measure...
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I'm just about at this point. If I reinstall stock, will that reset my modem as well?
Thanks for the help - looks like I did definitely make things worse.
You'll end up with whatever modem is bundled with the stock rom, so probably use the most recent released by your carrier, then you can try other modems released by your carrier as per my PP. The rationale with that is you'd hope your carrier has tested the modems they bundle with their stock roms so they work in most places/at most times with their network. Doing a clean install of stock should fix anything funky messing around with RIL's may have done as well.
If you get no joy from those, proceed as per my PP (You might get other suggestions from other people as well).
Thanks for the help. I was able to flash the latest stock rom, which included baseband I9100XXLS8. This worked fine for making and receiving calls. I lasted a couple of hours with that stock Samsung firmware before I started to get itchy for Android 4.2 again, so I've now rooted and am going to try CM10 again, but at least this time I know not to touch the modem - and I'm confident I can get back to stock again if I have any problems! Many thanks!
Glad you've got connectivity back You can flash modems as much as you want, I'd just be wary of messing with RIL's unless it's as an absolute last resort (I.E you have no connectivity & you've tried every single modem. Too many people try them when their connectivity is fine in the mistaken belief they're going to get 8Mbps instead of 7.8Mbps downloads, I.E it wasn't broke in the first place), even then a clean install of stock & choosing the right modem will often fix the problems.
You're welcome Any dramas post to this thread again & I'm sure someone will help.
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Glad you've got connectivity back You can flash modems as much as you want, I'd just be wary of messing with RIL's unless it's as an absolute last resort (I.E you have no connectivity & you've tried every single modem. Too many people try them when their connectivity is fine in the mistaken belief they're going to get 8Mbps instead of 7.8Mbps downloads, I.E it wasn't broke in the first place), even then a clean install of stock & choosing the right modem will often fix the problems.
You're welcome Any dramas post to this thread again & I'm sure someone will help.
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Hi and thanks in advance. I have a galaxy i9100 which shows the following information: PDA: i9100xwlsd - Phone i9100xxls8 - Csc i9100vnzls9. I installed via odin Android version 4.1.2 which made the phone work really well except that it kept dropping network service and signal strength. I replaced the sim which did seem to help but did not fix the problem totally. I also notice that the GPS will not find any satellites and just keeps searching for as long as I would let it. I have read various threads and it appears that this may be a modem problem? I have found that Vodafone NZ has released a modem which is i9100xxls9? Should I flash the modem file only in Odin and do you really think this would fix the problem. How would I flash the modem file. Would I do this through odin? Any help gratefully received.
Yes, first step is definitely to flash the modem which was released by your carrier for your region. If you can find a file which is Odin flashable then yes, try it. However most of the files are for flashing via CWM. Are you rooted? If not they won't work for you, in which case you'll have to search around for an Odin flashable version of LS9.
Just to check, you do have an i9100? Not an i9100t etc? Some variants require different modems.
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Thanks again
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Yes, first step is definitely to flash the modem which was released by your carrier for your region. If you can find a file which is Odin flashable then yes, try it. However most of the files are for flashing via CWM. Are you rooted? If not they won't work for you, in which case you'll have to search around for an Odin flashable version of LS9.
Just to check, you do have an i9100? Not an i9100t etc? Some variants require different modems.
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Thanks for the response. How do I know if a file is odin flashable? How do you flash via cwm (whatever that is). You can see I am a little bit or a lot of a novice on this. The unfortunate thing is I enjoy it. I think the phone is rooted and it says the phone is: Model GT- i9100. The phone was purchased in UAE and I have flashed the android 4.1.2 which was a vodafone NZ system. Everything works fine except the GPS and the phone signal drops out all the time showing no service when there is service? Thanks again for your help on this. I have just found that the phone may not be rooted? I tried to install root manager but it indicated phone was not rooted?
Ok so no offence, you need to do a lot of reading for yourself. Reading is the key to successful (ie without bricking) modification of your phone.
For a start, if you've flashed stock then of course you will not have root. You don't need to have root to flash a modem. Have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1656005
I'm not saying to flash that modem file. But that's how you do it, now you just need to find your file and flash it.
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Does anyone have a modem for the Australian S2? Peferebly the DVLS3 modem coz' I'm stuck with a DUKJ1 modem on Jelly bean 4.2.2 and i get no bars in my home, my local mall and only 1 bar MAX in the city. (I live in Melbourne on Vodafone). When i first rooted my phone and flashed Thunderbolt Rom onto my phone, it had the DVLS3 modem on until installed MIUI V.5 then flashed the Siyah kernel V.6beta5. Then I was stuck with the I9100XXMS2 modem. So I flashed the Dorinmax kernel on top of P.A 3.0+ but still had the same modem. So then I flashed back the Thnderbolt ROM V.7 and the DUFK4 modem and did better but only got 1 bar maximum (never went above 2 bars). So I scowered the whole interwebs and found a DUKJ1 modem and flashed that (the most reliable so far) but still got no service in my house, and 1 bar max. So here i am now. Please someone give my the modem so I can flash it via CWM. that would be greatly appreciated. DD ( And sorry if I confuse you or get something wrong because I'm new to this sort of stuff).
P.S: If I can't get the modem, please someone recommend a good, reliable modem to use on the Vodafone network in AUS.
THANKS DD
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Does anyone have a modem for the Australian S2? Peferebly the DVLS3 modem coz' I'm stuck with a DUKJ1 modem on Jelly bean 4.2.2 and i get no bars in my home, my local mall and only 1 bar MAX in the city. (I live in Melbourne on Vodafone). When i first rooted my phone and flashed Thunderbolt Rom onto my phone, it had the DVLS3 modem on until installed MIUI V.5 then flashed the Siyah kernel V.6beta5. Then I was stuck with the I9100XXMS2 modem. So I flashed the Dorinmax kernel on top of P.A 3.0+ but still had the same modem. So then I flashed back the Thnderbolt ROM V.7 and the DUFK4 modem and did better but only got 1 bar maximum (never went above 2 bars). So I scowered the whole interwebs and found a DUKJ1 modem and flashed that (the most reliable so far) but still got no service in my house, and 1 bar max. So here i am now. Please someone give my the modem so I can flash it via CWM. that would be greatly appreciated. DD ( And sorry if I confuse you or get something wrong because I'm new to this sort of stuff).
P.S: If I can't get the modem, please someone recommend a good, reliable modem to use on the Vodafone network in AUS.
THANKS DD
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Check the link below
http://d-h.st/users/ApriliaM3/?fld_id=7318#files
Try DULP4 from that link Sun posted. I've been using it for ages & it hasn't missed a beat. I'm in Geelong/use Voda & also have fairly average coverage inside at one bar mostly, but at least it's reliable. I can get full coverage immediately outside my back/front door.
Having said that (trying that particular modem/others), we are talking about Vodafone here, and what you're seeing could very easily be just the result of their ****ty network.
Edit - Have you flashed any RIL's by chance ? If you have, and trying modems simply doesn't work, I'd be formatting everything in CWM & doing a clean install of stock via Odin. Then flash whatever rom/kernel you want to use. Flashing RIL's may have done something funky to your connectivity (Have seen it happen). If you haven't flashed any RIL's, disregard this bit & keep trying modems. If you find DULP4 doesn't work, try all the modems released with Voda stock roms. Then try the modems released by other carriers around the world who sold the I9100T (check Samfirmware). If you still have no joy, try every other modem you can get your hands on (there are dozens).
So if at any stage a modem*+ril has been flashed, it's required to nuke (or similar) the current ROM, flash stock, and then start from scratch? Or is it ok to re- root the stock firmware & restore a nandroid? I.e. Will a nandroid restore the ril as well?
I only ask as I found a modem+ril combo on my internal sd card the other day. I may have flashed it when I was starting off & didn't know what I was doing, can't be sure :/
Edit: I know that a nandroid doesn't restore baseband. But I couldn't find anything definitive about whether ril is included in a nandroid.
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If I'd flashed a RIL out of desperation at some stage to try and fix poor connectivity (I haven't tho/wouldn't) & still had poor connectivity, yeah, I'd 'nuke' the lot & do a completely fresh install and start again. I wouldn't say it's 'required' tho. That's just me being thorough/methodical.
But if you've flashed one & have no problems with connectivity, no need to. I suggested it to the OP given his connectivity is ****ty thinking he may have flashed one. I've seen people on who have had no problem with connectivity flash RIL's with the promise of/thinking they might get 6.5Mbps download speeds instead of 6Mbps & end up borking their connectivity completely.
As far as I'm concerned, I'd only personally flash a RIL after I've tried every single modem & had no joy. Not sure if the RIL is included in a nandroid. I guess the test would be to flash a RIL, make a nandroid, flash another RIL, restore the nandroid & use GetRIL/similar to check the RIL.
The only problem I have with connectivity is in tapatalk. Usual internet browsing /video streaming are fine, so I guess it's tapatalk.
I've never deliberately flashed a RIL, and don't think I have at all, but I can't be sure. As I'm not having issues I will be content.. Not that I'm getting anything close to 6Mb/s.
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I just used '6Mbps' as an example to illustrate the things some people do thinking they can get a 'little bit extra' when there's nothing wrong with what they're already getting
My i9100 suddenly started showing "No Service" message. What should i do ?
# I'm using P.A.C Rom
# Cleaned cache/delvik and done factory reset. But problem still there
# IMEI is correct but serial number is 'unknown'.
Have you tried restoring a nandroid? I'm also on PAC atm, and haven't had any issues with signal.
Else, try a clean reflash of the ROM.
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Have you tried restoring a nandroid? I'm also on PAC atm, and haven't had any issues with signal.
Else, try a clean reflash of the ROM.
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It worked well before. I don't have any previous backups. Yes i tired re-flash as well. Any other solution ?
Suddenly i noticed network is connected and received a SMS. But when i try to take a call it went back to "No Service".
It could be because of incompatible RIL and baseband. Did you happen to change these recently by any chance?
Don't flash any ril if you're on 4.2. Ril is only ok if you're on stock.
What you can try is to flash the stock ROM for your country /carrier. See if the problem persists .
And just a word of advice, always have a backup ready to go.
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It could be because of incompatible RIL and baseband. Did you happen to change these recently by any chance?
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Nope. Didn't do any changes. But i changed SIM several times before it happen.
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Don't flash any ril if you're on 4.2. Ril is only ok if you're on stock.
What you can try is to flash the stock ROM for your country /carrier. See if the problem persists .
And just a word of advice, always have a backup ready to go.
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Where can i find those files ?
Download them from samfirmware.
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Download them from samfirmware.
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Flashed official firmware with Odin. But problem still exists. I noticed strange thing. One of my SIM cards working on it. But 2G network. Sometimes shifts to 3G but can't hold also signal strength is low. When i put other SIM it says Not registered on network (cant manually register even)
Did you definitely flash the firmware released for your carrier & region? Sounds to me like you may have flashed firmware intended for another carrier or region.
Try flashing a few modems. Look at which modems your carrier released for your region, start with those. Then, move onto o re her local carriers etc. If you still don't have any luck, go all our and flash whatever modem you can get your hands on (make sure it's compatible first obviously).
It may sound like a lot of work, but unfortunately there's no quick fix for something like this if flashing stock didn't work.
Oh wait. If you did actually flash a different stock rom, flash the correct one first. If you did get the right one first off, start flashing modems.
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Did you definitely flash the firmware released for your carrier & region? Sounds to me like you may have flashed firmware intended for another carrier or region.
Try flashing a few modems. Look at which modems your carrier released for your region, start with those. Then, move onto o re her local carriers etc. If you still don't have any luck, go all our and flash whatever modem you can get your hands on (make sure it's compatible first obviously).
It may sound like a lot of work, but unfortunately there's no quick fix for something like this if flashing stock didn't work.
Oh wait. If you did actually flash a different stock rom, flash the correct one first. If you did get the right one first off, start flashing modems.
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Ya. I flashed correct firmware. I'll try some more custom ROMS as well. With this ROM i can get 3G and 2G networks. Data also working. But signal is low. You think its a modem issue ?