Is there such a site out there, so people can swap modem files and the like to suit their needs?
Should we compile them here?
I am using a captivate on simple mobile and it only gets edge network so I believe that if there was more lists of modems and their frequency availability that there might be a chance of me and others to get 3g speeds. so I say yes to a list here.
Curious what your objective is? I have many modem files I can pass along but just providing them without context is inviting people to mess up their phone, thus having to flash back to stock.
Swyped.....you may have to interpret
okay well i am still trying to test different ways that may be possible for me to get 3g on my captivate with a t-mobile sister network called simplemobile sim card. i heard its impossible but thats what they say about everything til someone finally does it.
Tell me which you have tried and I will upload the others I have this evening.
Swyped.....you may have to interpret
well so far i have only tried different kernels. i dont know if they include any modem settings in them but havent found one yet. i do believe that each modem has to match the kernel...??? am i right? well i am on the i9000 kernel now and no luck but i am downloading damn near everything i can get my hands on for a midnight experimentation event.
No the kernel does not change the modem unless someone has packaged them together. And you have some leeway in mixing modems, kernels, and roms. If you are on an I9000 now, using a captivate modem will likely cause reboot issues. Using an eclair modem with froyo usually results in battery drain problems but not always.
Swyped.....you may have to interpret
Btw, what band are you usually connecting to, 1900 or 850 gsm or wcdma? Use dialer and enter*#0011# to get that info
Swyped.....you may have to interpret
justlovejoy said:
I am using a captivate on simple mobile and it only gets edge network so I believe that if there was more lists of modems and their frequency availability that there might be a chance of me and others to get 3g speeds. so I say yes to a list here.
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Pretty sure that ain't a modem problem... If its an at&t phone, check your apn settings AND enable data roaming... You'll get 3g
Check what the above post recommends but if your getting data then your apn should be good and not sure what to tell you but here are a bunch of modems to play with
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I'm sure there is some sort of map on the 'net somewhere where you can see what coverage you get, then choose a modem compatible with your current build to get that frequency.
The modems all support both bands but there are a couple tricks to getting 850 on i9000 modems
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How do you flash modems?
Noob question, how do you flash just the modem. I want to try the jpp modem and I have the .bin file. What to do next? Thanks.
You have to flash using odin put the modem bin in the phone slot
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newter55 said:
You have to flash using odin put the modem bin in the phone slot
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Ahh i tried using the force, that was my problem. Thanks
First off, sorry if this is in the wrong part of the fourm..... anyways, ya, what's up with all these names for modems? What are the differences? There's like 15 different modems that I saw in the development section. Please explain to me what's so.special about each of them.
they are named after the ROM from which they come
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835272
try one and post the results. they are mostly i9000 and t959 modems from cariers that use the same bands as att. stay away from the t-mobile modems and i9000 modems that dont have the 850 band by default, we were having succsess with the bell jk3/jk4 modems and then the telus seems to give me better gps. now we have a good number of them from many providers, and noone can know what's the best.
i recomend the telus jl3 modem. i get an ocasional warning the the sim was removed, its a bug related to the modem but overall it seems to be the best that i tried, the warning does not affect service in the least. another may be as good without the bug but there are too many to test.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876391 these should also work, the more people using them the more data we will have to answer questions like this
Dani897 said:
try one and post the results. they are mostly i9000 and t959 modems from cariers that use the same bands as att. stay away from the t-mobile modems and i9000 modems that dont have the 850 band by default, we were having succsess with the bell jk3/jk4 modems and then the telus seems to give me better gps. now we have a good number of them from many providers, and noone can know what's the best.
i recomend the telus jl3 modem. i get an ocasional warning the the sim was removed, its a bug related to the modem but overall it seems to be the best that i tried, the warning does not affect service in the least. another may be as good without the bug but there are too many to test.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876391 these should also work, the more people using them the more data we will have to answer questions like this
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Hahahaa im guessing you're running P9? I got that error a couple nights ago and it kinda scared me, but its all good. And thanks you two for answering!
All right I've went through all the posts regarding this and none of the options seem to work. I have terrible 3G/4G signal where I live. How can I set the network!!??!! Tried the apps tried the *#*# stuff (all I get with that is "RAT selection restricted!" WTF is RAT?) I can't even make a phone call or send a simple text with the one bar of 3G/4G I get. I know most are probably against the merger but I will hopefully benefit from it cuz there is a T-Mo tower down the street from me. Anyhow please help. I'm rooted, stock AT&T, 2.2.1
loveageek said:
All right I've went through all the posts regarding this and none of the options seem to work. I have terrible 3G/4G signal where I live. How can I set the network!!??!! Tried the apps tried the *#*# stuff (all I get with that is "RAT selection restricted!" WTF is RAT?) I can't even make a phone call or send a simple text with the one bar of 3G/4G I get. I know most are probably against the merger but I will hopefully benefit from it cuz there is a T-Mo tower down the street from me. Anyhow please help. I'm rooted, stock AT&T, 2.2.1
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It's only possible with Rogers-based ROMs (e.g. Infused v2.x)
It's not possible with the stock AT&T ROM or any derivatives, and causes all sorts of problems with CM7.
Hopefully AT&T's Gingerbread update will fix this.
Entropy512 said:
It's only possible with Rogers-based ROMs (e.g. Infused v2.x)
It's not possible with the stock AT&T ROM or any derivatives, and causes all sorts of problems with CM7.
Hopefully AT&T's Gingerbread update will fix this.
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Would I be able to flash the rogers rom on mine? My guess is no... but its worth asking.
loveageek said:
Would I be able to flash the rogers rom on mine? My guess is no... but its worth asking.
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Infused v2 is Rogers-based.
Entropy, I was able to force 2G with Infused 1.5.3 when I had it paired with the Rogers modem. I used the star code *#2263# and that allowed me to select a GSM only band.
Also, on current infused.v2 builds, I cannot force 2G as they're not using Rogers modem and I don't feel like flashing another modem and bricking it on these test builds.
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Entropy, I was able to force 2G with Infused 1.5.3 when I had it paired with the Rogers modem. I used the star code *#2263# and that allowed me to select a GSM only band.
Also, on current infused.v2 builds, I cannot force 2G as they're not using Rogers modem and I don't feel like flashing another modem and bricking it on these test builds.
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Oh, thanks for the info - it's the modem and not the userland! Very useful to know.
Sorry if this has been posted somewhere else but I did a bunch of searching and couldn't find anything that explained what I'm looking for. Just got the Skyrocket and I'm trying to disable the LTE. 4G is awesome but I'd like to conserve my battery as much as possible and I don't need the super awesome speeds when the phone is just sitting my pocket while I'm at work. I've looked at a few different ROMs, both ICS and JB, and with the stock radio (UCLI3) I can't tick the check box for 'Use 2G Networks Only'. It checks then unchecks and then grays out. I tried a few different radios too, UCLL3, UCLK4, UXLF3, and a radio for Bell for the I757 that I suddenly can't find the info for. All of them work and give me 4G just none of them work with my ROMs to let me use just EDGE.
So far the ROMs I've tried is the new Dirty Unicorn JB ROM, AOKP ICS, and CM9.1 which I believe is also ICS. What am I missing? The last phone I used I didn't have to mess with any radios so this is all new to me. In short, what radio do I need to make this work with the ROMs I've already tried or can I get a recommendation on a ROM/Radio setup that accomplishes this? I'd prefer a ROM that is AOSP since I'm not really a fan of TouchWiz (It just doesn't feel right for some reason).
Did you try going in settings to mobile network click on mobile network mode and change the setting to gsm only? That should give you up to hspa and hspa+ for data speeds. As for using just EDGE I can't help you with that...sorry.
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TheRandomizedGuy said:
Sorry if this has been posted somewhere else but I did a bunch of searching and couldn't find anything that explained what I'm looking for. Just got the Skyrocket and I'm trying to disable the LTE. 4G is awesome but I'd like to conserve my battery as much as possible and I don't need the super awesome speeds when the phone is just sitting my pocket while I'm at work. I've looked at a few different ROMs, both ICS and JB, and with the stock radio (UCLI3) I can't tick the check box for 'Use 2G Networks Only'. It checks then unchecks and then grays out. I tried a few different radios too, UCLL3, UCLK4, UXLF3, and a radio for Bell for the I757 that I suddenly can't find the info for. All of them work and give me 4G just none of them work with my ROMs to let me use just EDGE.
So far the ROMs I've tried is the new Dirty Unicorn JB ROM, AOKP ICS, and CM9.1 which I believe is also ICS. What am I missing? The last phone I used I didn't have to mess with any radios so this is all new to me. In short, what radio do I need to make this work with the ROMs I've already tried or can I get a recommendation on a ROM/Radio setup that accomplishes this? I'd prefer a ROM that is AOSP since I'm not really a fan of TouchWiz (It just doesn't feel right for some reason).
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In order to disable $g and swich to 3g or 2g i could be wrong but after reading around you must have a RAT unlocked Radio like one from Rogers not ATT and and SIM Unlocked now this coming directly from other threads if you do a search on skyrocket 3g you will see multiple
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31056082#post31056082
good source also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27806326&postcount=4
I dont know if these will work on the New Jelly Beans U will have to find out on your own
crashpsycho said:
In order to disable $g and swich to 3g or 2g i could be wrong but after reading around you must have a RAT unlocked Radio like one from Rogers not ATT and and SIM Unlocked now this coming directly from other threads if you do a search on skyrocket 3g you will see multiple
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31056082#post31056082
good source also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27806326&postcount=4
I dont know if these will work on the New Jelly Beans U will have to find out on your own
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Good reading! Thanks
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crashpsycho said:
In order to disable $g and swich to 3g or 2g i could be wrong but after reading around you must have a RAT unlocked Radio like one from Rogers not ATT and and SIM Unlocked now this coming directly from other threads if you do a search on skyrocket 3g you will see multiple
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31056082#post31056082
good source also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27806326&postcount=4
I dont know if these will work on the New Jelly Beans U will have to find out on your own
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I believe the UXLF3 Radio is RAT Unlocked and that's the one I'm using now with Cyanogenmod 9.1 and I managed to get it to use 2G only. Not sure why it wasn't working with AOKP which is also ICS. I'm not sure if there are any RAT Unlocked radios for Jellybean yet but now that I've got it working I'm afraid to try any other ROMs lol
All this radio stuff is still making cross eyed though. I feel like someone needs to do a really good write up explaining it because it's not easy to wrap your head around if you've never had to mess with it.
Hi
I just bought an unlocked i727 (AT&T Skyrocket). In addition to unlocking it, the previous owner also modded the phone to work on AWS bands (HSDPA 1700/2100). I was all impressed by this feat, but now that I come to XDA, I find all the guy probably really did is flash the radio, which probably both unlocked the phone and enabled AWS (explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029650). Currently in "About phone", the Build Number is IMM76D.UCLF6 and the Baseband version says unknown.
The phone is running stock Android 4.0.4 (ICS), and I want to put on the latest CM10.1 stable build, but when I go to this page, it says I need a Jelly Bean radio: http://www.teamchopsticks.org/p/cm101-release-notes2.html
So now I'm worried that if I choose the wrong radio, I'll no longer have AWS bands, which I need since those are the only bands my carrier (Mobilicity) uses. Can someone please tell me which of the radios listed on the teamchopsticks blog I should use to keep the AWS bands on CM10? I'm guessing its the T-mobile version (UVMC6)...?
Thanks!
Edit: Alternatively, could I just install CM9 and leave the current radio as is? I don't really care if I have the latest android version, I just want to get rid of the stock AT&T rom and its associated bloatware.
Sandmonkee said:
Hi
I just bought an unlocked i727 (AT&T Skyrocket). In addition to unlocking it, the previous owner also modded the phone to work on AWS bands (HSDPA 1700/2100). I was all impressed by this feat, but now that I come to XDA, I find all the guy probably really did is flash the radio, which probably both unlocked the phone and enabled AWS (explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029650). Currently in "About phone", the Build Number is IMM76D.UCLF6 and the Baseband version says unknown.
The phone is running stock Android 4.0.4 (ICS), and I want to put on the latest CM10.1 stable build, but when I go to this page, it says I need a Jelly Bean radio: http://www.teamchopsticks.org/p/cm101-release-notes2.html
So now I'm worried that if I choose the wrong radio, I'll no longer have AWS bands, which I need since those are the only bands my carrier (Mobilicity) uses. Can someone please tell me which of the radios listed on the teamchopsticks blog I should use to keep the AWS bands on CM10? I'm guessing its the T-mobile version (UVMC6)...?
Thanks!
Edit: Alternatively, could I just install CM9 and leave the current radio as is? I don't really care if I have the latest android version, I just want to get rid of the stock AT&T rom and its associated bloatware.
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You can't unlock the operator lock with a radio. You need both a specific radio and a specific firmware.
AWS support is not a special feature that can be enabled, afaik it's a standard function of this phone.
The Radios made specifically for this phone (Rogers & AT&T) should have full AWS support, I don't know about the others.
Also the TeamChopsticks site is mighty dated.
You should check out the official threads in General and Development.
Also these links are always good to have:
http://get.cm/?device=skyrocket
http://10.1.cmxlog.com/?device=skyrocket
http://changelog.bbqdroid.org/#/skyrocket/next
Hmmm... well do you know if its true that CM10 requires a "Jelly Bean Radio"?
Or am I better off just loading CM9? That way I shouldn't have to modify the radio, right?
Thanks!
Sandmonkee said:
Hmmm... well do you know if its true that CM10 requires a "Jelly Bean Radio"?
Or am I better off just loading CM9? That way I shouldn't have to modify the radio, right?
Thanks!
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You could try flashing CM9, then it might even say in what radio you have.
Yes, CM10 requires a Jellybean radio.
If you flash the Rogers radio in my signature or the AT&T radio you'll still have AWS and it won't relock your phone.
There's really no reason not to flash a JB radio and CM10.1.. you're not losing out on anything by doing it.
Official JB radios:
R UXUMA7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38195641&postcount=44
UCMC1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228292
CM10.1 Discussion http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138102
CM10.1 Development http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138102
Good luck!
lingowistico said:
You could try flashing CM9, then it might even say in what radio you have.
Yes, CM10 requires a Jellybean radio.
If you flash the Rogers radio in my signature or the AT&T radio you'll still have AWS and it won't relock your phone.
There's really no reason not to flash a JB radio and CM10.1.. you're not losing out on anything by doing it.
Official JB radios:
R UXUMA7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38195641&postcount=44
UCMC1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228292
CM10.1 Discussion http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138102
CM10.1 Development http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138102
Good luck!
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AWS band in HSDPA (or HSPA+) is not enabled in at&t or Roger's radios,since those 2 networks don't use it for HSDPA.. It's used for LTE (700,1700/2100)
AWS 1700/2100 band in HSDPA can be enabled by flashing T-Mobile blaze JB radio...It should work on cm10.1 since it is a JB radio...
So I spent pretty much all of yesterday reading up on the subject. Since we were under a tornado watch all day anyways, I really had nothing else to do!
After a while, I found the "secret codes" (listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492700), and punched in *#1234#. This told me that my radio was "T769-UVLB7", which I believe is the 4th one from the bottom on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400, ie the Blaze radio. That would make sense because it gels with my Android version (4.0.4). Anyways, googling that radio eventually led me to this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507825 which had a ton of useful information. So thats the radio mystery solved.
From the same info screen, I could see that my ROM was i727-UCLF6, a somewhat outdated stock ICS rom. So now I know what my phone's current status is in case I need to bring it back because my other combinations don't work for some reason.
So I think I've decided to go with the Pacman JB rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2178402) and if it doesn't work with my current radio, I'll first try the updated Blaze radio, UVMB1, listed third in that same list I linked to above. If that doesn't work, I'll try the others in that list until I get a combination that does (probably starting with UCMC1). I'm also considering the Jedi Mind Trick T989 rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818305). I'll post results when I have them!
Thanks for the help everyone!
mahanddeem said:
AWS band in HSDPA (or HSPA+) is not enabled in at&t or Roger's radios,since those 2 networks don't use it for HSDPA.. It's used for LTE (700,1700/2100)
AWS 1700/2100 band in HSDPA can be enabled by flashing T-Mobile blaze JB radio...It should work on cm10.1 since it is a JB radio...
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So what you're saying is: AWS for LTE is enabled in Rogers and AT&T, but, it's disabled for HSPA by default.
I was under the impression that 2100 is used for 3G/HSPA by default eitherway, but you're saying it's not?
mahanddeem said:
AWS band in HSDPA (or HSPA+) is not enabled in at&t or Roger's radios,since those 2 networks don't use it for HSDPA.. It's used for LTE (700,1700/2100)
AWS 1700/2100 band in HSDPA can be enabled by flashing T-Mobile blaze JB radio...It should work on cm10.1 since it is a JB radio...
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Didn't notice any difference after flashing Blaze LB7 radio. Vodafone has 2100 for 3G/HSPA. Already had full signal with RUXUMA7 and it was still full with LB7 and speed was the same (3.7Mbit down/2.6Mbit up)..
lingowistico said:
Didn't notice any difference after flashing Blaze LB7 radio. Vodafone has 2100 for 3G/HSPA. Already had full signal with RUXUMA7 and it was still full with LB7 and speed was the same (3.7Mbit down/2.6Mbit up)..
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Skyrocket
2G 850/900/1800/1900
3G 850/1900/2100
4G(LTE) 700/1700/2100
http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_skyrocket_i727-4303.php
Blaze
2G 850/900/1800/1900
3G 850/1700/1900/2100
4G(LTE) (none)
http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_blaze_4g_t769-4420.php
I would recommend you do more reading and reading before you mess with the radio flashing
Good luck
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lingowistico said:
So what you're saying is: AWS for LTE is enabled in Rogers and AT&T, but, it's disabled for HSPA by default.
I was under the impression that 2100 is used for 3G/HSPA by default eitherway, but you're saying it's not?
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AWS (Advanced Wireless Service) protocol uses the 2100 for downlink
and the 1700 for uplink..
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Wireless_Services
The skyrocket has the 2100 in 3G and LTE
but 1700 is not enabled in 3G
Hence the AWS band (UMTS band 4) is not supported in 3G
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Thank you for explaining this, I didn't know all the specifics.
You are correct, the Blaze radio disables LTE and enables AWS.
As you can see here 1700 is not in use in Europe. So the Blaze JB radio is of no use to me.
So in the end, the Pacman JB 4.2.2 ROM worked without a hitch. I did not have to flash the radio at all, it is still working as before.
Baseband still shows up as unknown (the nifty secret codes no longer work), and kernel is now 3.0.72 cyanogenmod.
The phone's working greatI love it when a plan comes together!
What speeds do you get currently on speed test app ?
If your goal is a rom with no bloatware you can debloate a stock tw one...Personally I can never live with cm camera...
At the moment, only about 1.5 MBps, but I am not in a good service area. Even so, everything seems to load quickly.
My only complaints so far would be the ROM itself... already crashed a couple of times, and it has a bizarre way of connecting to the computer (no USB storage mode).
mahanddeem said:
AWS band in HSDPA (or HSPA+) is not enabled in at&t or Roger's radios,since those 2 networks don't use it for HSDPA.. It's used for LTE (700,1700/2100)
AWS 1700/2100 band in HSDPA can be enabled by flashing T-Mobile blaze JB radio...It should work on cm10.1 since it is a JB radio...
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So it turns out that it may noit have been the ROM after all, but GO Launcher. Everytime I get a new phone, I get sucked in by GO Launcher's sexy looks, but the result is always the same: lagginess and crashes. After switching to Apex launcher, things seem to have settled down.
In terms of the radio, I did some more traveling around today and I would have to say that reception is not as good as it is on my AWS Nexus S, so I might try some different radios after all. Just want to confirm though that if I use an i727 radio (like UCMC1) instead of a T989 radio (like the Blaze radio), I will no longer have access to AWS. Is that right?
Right now I'm thinking UVMB1 from here might be the first stop: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
If you ask me , TW stock debloated and tweaked by me is my and always be my rom ...
For the reception, if you have to have the best reception for a network that uses AWS 1700/2100mhz bands for HSDPA/HSPA+ , the skyrocket is not your phone...Or you have to live with issues every now and then...
That's why your nexus s(the T version) has better reception it's a device with native 1700/2100 band support...
Try some other T mobile radios from the blaze,Hercules or galaxy note 1 (remeber you have to use jellybean radios with any jeallybean based rom) and see what gives you best reception, but again don't expect miracles...
Or another note, try a stock jb uvmc6 rom (flash a skyrocket kernel for the roation problem) and uvmc6 radio or another T-Mobile radio as a combo if it is better regarding general network performance...
Edit: answering your question,yes ..skyrocket or Roger's modem will not have 1700/2100 AWS HSPA connectivity...And that "first stop" was my first advice for you...UVMB1 radio...
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If you ask me , TW stock debloated and tweaked by me is my and always be my rom ...
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Hey mahanddeem,
Thanks again for the help. Even after removing Go Launcher, I'm still getting a few random reboots/shutdowns per day - enough to annoy me. I did some searching and found out about the sticky button issue, but I have a feeling thats not my problem. Usually when the phone shuts down on its own, I have to remove the battery before the phone will turn on again. I'm not completely discounting the possibility that I have a sticky button, it just seems odd that the solution involves pulling the battery. That makes it seem more like a software/Rom issue to me, so I'm thinking of going back to a TW-based rom, but I don't want to restore my original stock with all its extra bloat-ware. All that to say that I was hoping you could tell me which de-bloated TW Rom you are using. I've found Embryo, which looks interesting: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2074328. Is that what you have?
Or another note, try a stock jb uvmc6 rom (flash a skyrocket kernel for the roation problem) and uvmc6 radio or another T-Mobile radio as a combo if it is better regarding general network performance...
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'm trying to avoid a full stock ROM, mostly because of the bloatware and branding (I can't stand seeing a corporate logo every time I start my phone!) - this is basically the reason I put a custom ROM on in the first place - plus the extra control of course. If this is the only thing that will stop my phone from randomly rebooting and shutting down though, then I'll have to consider it. Hopefully the stripped down TW version that you recommend will help though.
Edit: answering your question,yes ..skyrocket or Roger's modem will not have 1700/2100 AWS HSPA connectivity...And that "first stop" was my first advice for you...UVMB1 radio...
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Heh heh true enough I still haven't tried flashing anything - I'm still educating myself. The last thing I want to do is start something I can't recover from!
Sandmonkee said:
Hey mahanddeem,
Thanks again for the help. Even after removing Go Launcher, I'm still getting a few random reboots/shutdowns per day - enough to annoy me. I did some searching and found out about the sticky button issue, but I have a feeling thats not my problem. Usually when the phone shuts down on its own, I have to remove the battery before the phone will turn on again. I'm not completely discounting the possibility that I have a sticky button, it just seems odd that the solution involves pulling the battery. That makes it seem more like a software/Rom issue to me, so I'm thinking of going back to a TW-based rom, but I don't want to restore my original stock with all its extra bloat-ware. All that to say that I was hoping you could tell me which de-bloated TW Rom you are using. I've found Embryo, which looks interesting: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2074328. Is that what you have?
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm trying to avoid a full stock ROM, mostly because of the bloatware and branding (I can't stand seeing a corporate logo every time I start my phone!) - this is basically the reason I put a custom ROM on in the first place - plus the extra control of course. If this is the only thing that will stop my phone from randomly rebooting and shutting down though, then I'll have to consider it. Hopefully the stripped down TW version that you recommend will help though.
Heh heh true enough I still haven't tried flashing anything - I'm still educating myself. The last thing I want to do is start something I can't recover from!
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I take it you don't know how to root a stock Rom and delete the bloatware yourself?
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I'm pretty sure I could root it, that much seems within my limited skill set. But first determining HOW to remove the bloatware, and then WHICH things I can safely remove... That I'm not sure of. Besides, if there are already ROM's out there that have done this, why would I duplicate the effort? I'm all in favour of doing things just so I can learn how to do them, but the fact is I have other things I need to do with my time besides fiddling with my phone (family, work, motorbike.... and seemingly endless friggin yardwork!)
Sandmonkee said:
I'm pretty sure I could root it, that much seems within my limited skill set. But first determining HOW to remove the bloatware, and then WHICH things I can safely remove... That I'm not sure of. Besides, if there are already ROM's out there that have done this, why would I duplicate the effort? I'm all in favour of doing things just so I can learn how to do them, but the fact is I have other things I need to do with my time besides fiddling with my phone (family, work, motorbike.... and seemingly endless friggin yardwork!)
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It's very simple, there are plenty of ways to remove bloat, plenty of guides to do it, and charts that show what things are and if you should remove them.
Embryo would be a nightmare for you. Read the thread. If you don't have the time to research and learn, you should not be flashing things on your phone.
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Do your researches, it's not gonna happen that anyone here would put a long extensive guide for you so you can "take a look" at it during your coffee time...
Everybody here is learning everyday from others' posts, problems and discussions...So either you put some effort into learning or nobody's gonna spoon feed you..
As a clue , look at Mohan deodexed stock UCMC1,flash,root,start freezing apps that you know you'll not use...Then using any root explorer you can permanently uninstall system apps...And by the way you can use a custom boot animation even on stock,search for how to...