Not quite sure how this will work but I live in Red Bluff , CA . This is Northern california in between Redding and Sacramento. I am not familiar with flashing modems but know that there really is no best modem because it depends on your area.
Is there anyone near my area that has tried different modems and if so which one (s)works best for you??
Currently I am running Obsession Rom and my mofem is ki3
Was thinking about posting results after i get a list going to help users to have a starting point. so, even if you're not in my area go ahead and list your state, city/town, zip code along with the modem that works best for you.
Thank you all in advance
thansk to you all so far for your participation. Seems that KK2 so far is best but for me it was the worst one i have tried so far...hmm? Amymore people in california..or maybe even Northern Calif? Keep em coming,
May be off-topic but the best modem i have used OUT of usa (Mexico and Brasil) its KK2, gives me solid voice quality and good Data speeds(Enough for me, about 4.5 mb down and 1 mb up) but that again... its not on AT&T... haha anyways ive met a few international Infuse owners so if its worth something, i would say go KK2 Modem.
I'm in Rhode Island. I think KK2 is the best here. I flashed a rom that put me back at KI3 and immediately noticed less reliable internet.
Also with KK2 I have gotten the best gps performance out of this phone, which was unusable out of the box.
I've played with most of the modems and I am sticking with KK2.
St. Louis, MO. KK2 has also been the best for me...gps, data, signal.
KH2 Awesome. Straight H everywhere I go. South Florida.
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Atlanta GA ....KK2 kicks butt for me too..
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Seems like KK2 across the board, anyone know why that is?
Los Angeles over here, KK2 works nice but I haven't compared it much. Speeds seem good to me, I don't have a need to try others.
Kk2, kk2 with miui ics gets better, for me.
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Im flash Blackrom, modem uvkj 6, kernel A2, so well.
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Hello, I wanted to ask everyone's opinion on what is the best ROM/Modem combination. I live in WV (Eastern) so there is a lot of hills so really I don't have any trouble with reception most of the time being on top hills but I would like to have better if possible because it seems the places I need it most I get from "No Service", "Edge", "3G" or "H" and it moves around but mostly on edge. Right now I am running the stock Serendipity 6.4. Any ideas on how to get better reception?
Thanks,
Mods frown on these types of posts. ROMs are very personal and what works for one may not work for another. Radios/modems are very geographically variable. Try looking in the modems sticky in Dev. Lots of good info in there.
You should try flashing different modems and see which one works for you. I'm in the same area and kb1 and jk4 work well for me. But I've been running 2.3.3 for a while now. Good luck!
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Mods in training frown on these threads.....
Time to start building a collection of shipped modems. Both Odin and CWM packages will be provided for each modem.
UCKD5 - (AT&T Froyo original - 05/15/2011)
-Odin_UCKD5_Modem.zip
-CWM-UCKD5-Modem.zip
UCKE3 - (AT&T Froyo update - 06/02/2011)
-Odin_UCKE3_Modem.zip
-CWM-UCKE3-Modem.zip
UXKG3 - (Rogers Gingerbread original - 07/26/2011)
-Odin_UXKG3_Modem.zip
-CWM-UXKG3-Modem.zip
UCKI3 - (AT&T Gingerbread leak)
-CWM-UCKI3-Modem.zip
UCKI4 - (AT&T Gingerbread leak)
-CWM-UCKI4-Modem.zip
Thank you for making this thread Been waiting for this since a long time...
Waiting for UCKD5 CWM
I second that. Thank you, sir.
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The size of modem.bin in both the files (UCKE3 and UCKD5) is the same -- 15,728,640 bytes.
Am not sure if all modem files are the same size or not, so putting this across to confirm myself that these two are what they are though the size is the same.
Um why do we need this? Not being a **** just wanna know
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Um why do we need this? Not being a **** just wanna know
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Cos some hardware gets better performance on certain radios. And many, if not all, love to experiment with different modems to see what suits them best. I love one with more battery compared to one with more speed.
diablo009 said:
Cos some hardware gets better performance on certain radios. And many, if not all, love to experiment with different modems to see what suits them best. I love one with more battery compared to one with more speed.
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Thank u buddy do u notice anything different between the two I didn't I thought better bat life was for sure 3 modem
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Thank u buddy do u notice anything different between the two I didn't I thought better bat life was for sure 3 modem
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I didn't yet. I was waiting for these CWM flashable files. I'll slowly flash these over time n let u know. And remember, after flashing a radio, give atleast about a week's time before u try to guage battery life.
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I didn't yet. I was waiting for these CWM flashable files. I'll slowly flash these over time n let u know. And remember, after flashing a radio, give atleast about a week's time before u try to guage battery life.
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Oh yea I'm going to try uc5 this week but I must say everyone should probably freeze there updaters if they leave uc3 that drm. Will try daily
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Oh yea I'm going to try uc5 this week but I must say everyone should probably freeze there updaters if they leave uc3 that drm. Will try daily
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I am traveling overseas this week, so keeping the other modem too just in case cos that's the default modem. Not sure if AT&T modem will work properly or not out there.
diablo009 said:
I am traveling overseas this week, so keeping the other modem too just in case cos that's the default modem. Not sure if AT&T modem will work properly or not out there.
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They're both AT&T modems, the Infuse has never been sold by any other carrier. (That is going to change Tuesday...)
As to them both being the same size, that's common for partition/PROM/firmware raw images. They ARE different - different md5sums.
so what is the difference between the two?
Entropy512 said:
They're both AT&T modems, the Infuse has never been sold by any other carrier. (That is going to change Tuesday...)
As to them both being the same size, that's common for partition/PROM/firmware raw images. They ARE different - different md5sums.
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Has anyone checked if there are differences beyond version strings? Then again, I don't see why you'd bother to recompile a modem to release a new firmware unless the modem had changes as well..
Just wanted to say that I've been waiting for new modems to try as the UCKE3 I was using was pretty poor in 3G performance. Where my old Captivate was getting solid 3G signals most of the time, for some reason I wasn't getting the same with the KE3 modem on my Infuse in the same locations and I was somewhat often getting only edge or no signal at all.
Having tried UCKD5 for a little bit, it seems like download speed is better and signal is much more solid so far. Need to do more testing, but I like it alot so far.
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Just wanted to say that I've been waiting for new modems to try as the UCKE3 I was using was pretty poor in 3G performance. Where my old Captivate was getting solid 3G signals most of the time, for some reason I wasn't getting the same with the KE3 modem on my Infuse in the same locations and I was somewhat often getting only edge or no signal at all.
Having tried UCKD5 for a little bit, it seems like download speed is better and signal is much more solid so far. Need to do more testing, but I like it alot so far.
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+1 to this. Looks like the signal is more stable in KD5 radio. Gotta see how it goes. Will report back after a day or two.
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Trying it now
Had some serious issues with car bluetooth today morning on UCKD5... to the extent where I deleted the device and added it back. Getting back to UCKE3.
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Has anyone checked if there are differences beyond version strings? Then again, I don't see why you'd bother to recompile a modem to release a new firmware unless the modem had changes as well..
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Pretty much not possible without major decompiler/disassembler experience.
The radios might even be encrypted.
Most likely E3 has a bunch of bugfixes not present in D5 since it's newer.
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Most likely E3 has a bunch of bugfixes not present in D5 since it's newer.
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That was my gut feeling too... E3 is an improvised version of D5.
Flashed UCKD5 modem
The building I work in is notorious for killing the signal. I flashed the UCKD5 modem yesterday and so far it seems that I have better signal than with UCKE3. Will run this modem for a few days more then will try the other. I sometimes wonder what I'd accomplish if I weren't a phone junkie
Hello-
after seeing multiple questions on "what modem do I use" throughout here, I see one trend in the responses: it depends on where you live, etc....
so to make things a little easier, I would like to start a thread for people to post their modem files they're using, region, and how well it works as well as any other pertinent information. That way 2 people from the same region can save time and collaborate and people from central pennsylvania, for example, will be able to see that the KJ3 and KD1 modems both work in this area fairly well, KI3 not so well, and save other people in this area (and others) the trouble of "reinventing the wheel" trying to find the best modem file when someone in their area already has one working great.
So I'll start
Region: Central Pennsylvania, USA (york/harrisburg area)
Rom: octane v2.0 w/ gingerbread
Modem files tried: KD1 (stock, worked ok except in town for some goofy reason)
KJ3: works well, no issues so far, nice speeds, have yet to test all over the region, will update as neccessary
KI3: haven't had much luck with this one, it works but not as well as the other two from what I could find, but the difference is rather little
those are the only 3 I have tested, I do intend to test the rest of them for this region.
If you have tested modem files on your galaxy s 4g, please post what ones you used, your region, and how well they worked. Rom information would probably be useful too......hopefully this should make it easier for people as we'll hopefully have a single reference for "what works where best"....
I think this is a great idea, but I think we need to set up some sort of standard to judge the speeds. One person's "good" may be another person's "poor" and yet another man's "pretty fast". Perhaps we should use something like SpeedTest.net for both WiFi and network speeds for example. I think having a set standard to judge speeds would make this idea worth while. I think it would be great to know which modems work best and where.
Excellent idea, an agreed standard is key. I've been using speedtest.net app for mine, with about average 4mbps down and 2mbps up on 4g (with a few random odd network errors on upload test), 10+mbps down and 5mbps up on wifi. definitely better than stock ROM.
I guess this thread would be based on the best speeds and reception you ever received?
There's so many factors that determine how good a modem is that I stopped caring, lol.
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I guess this thread would be based on the best speeds and reception you ever received?
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Well, it really shouldn't be the best speeds, but the average. Maybe try 3 different tests on 3 different servers, throw out the high and the low, and post the middle (or post all three, whatever). That way we're not posting only the best speeds we're getting, which obviously aren't the speeds we're normally getting
Eastern PA here. Ki3 rocks for me. I spent an entire day using each modem, and test the new ones as they become available. I run multiple tests throughout the day with both speed test and wifi analyzer, so far ki3 has been top dog for me. I don't have access to my numbers right now (at work) but i have them all written down at home...
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Im rooted and I am about to flash a new kernel, Im not going to do any romming yet since the ICS update should be coming by the end of the month (should be). I was just wondering what is the best modem/radio for the skyrocket. I currently have UCLA3 and I live in Grand rapids, MI. I dont believe we get LTE here, but I am usually on 4G. I searched but couldnt really find anything solid. Thanks!
You already have latest GB radio UCLA3.
I like the ucle2 radio on all roms. My favorite combo is nexus mod gb 4.3 with that radio and the faux kernel.
But everyone has different results in different geographic locations, it seems. Ucla3 is known to be a very good radio in most areas.
I don't have lte in my area either...
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"ICS should be out by the end of the month"
i'm still hoping for the end of the year...
OFWGKTADGAF said:
"ICS should be out by the end of the month"
i'm still hoping for the end of the year...
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Yeah.. I wouldn't count on it coming out anytime soon... AT&T being AT&T and all. That bloatware doesn't install itself.
That being said, I travel around the midwest a fair bit and have found UCLE2 to work quite well.
I would stick with UCLA3. It has awesome battery life. There are plenty of awesome roms built around this too. I liked Stock Mod 2. With the faux kernel of course.
Might as well try a ROM, it was the radio change that made my Kies say "this device is not supported" . After I flashed the original ROM and kernel, it wasn't until I flashed the radios back, then it said" this is the latest firmware"
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Im rooted and I am about to flash a new kernel, Im not going to do any romming yet since the ICS update should be coming by the end of the month (should be). I was just wondering what is the best modem/radio for the skyrocket. I currently have UCLA3 and I live in Grand rapids, MI. I dont believe we get LTE here, but I am usually on 4G. I searched but couldnt really find anything solid. Thanks!
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If you're already rooted and flashing kernels why not just flash a rom? I highly doubt the ics update gonna come by the end of the month but even if it does you'll probably end up trying a few different iterations of it from the different devs here... It's kinda like a new phone everytime you flash...lol Especially since cm9, aokp and aosp are kinda close to being ready as well...
knowing me Ill end up flashing a ROM lol, thanks for all the info everyone!
I have unlocked my skyrocket and am using T-Mobile network....I'm trying radios from both this forum and the T-Mobile sgs2 forum but im wondering what carriers radio i should be using?
Edit: it seems ive found a winner...
The at&t radio. 1727 UCLL3 seems to be very fast.
search... there"s a thread down below about this
If you're in an area where T-Mobile has the 1900mhz frequency for data you should be good with a stock skyrocket radio, UCLL3 is a good radio..If T-Mobile is still using the AWS band for data around you, you should flash a T-Mobile S2 radio, no radio is the best, try for yourself and see what gives you the best performance...
Thanks I am still having issues...
I thought I had found a good radio,the one I mentioned above....but it went straight to edge after about 30 minutes lol.
This is killing me lol I feel like I'm flashing for a lost cause ...but I'm still flashing.
Shortbus-Driver said:
Thanks I am still having issues...
I thought I had found a good radio,the one I mentioned above....but it went straight to edge after about 30 minutes lol.
This is killing me lol I feel like I'm flashing for a lost cause ...but I'm still flashing.
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What's up short. Nice to see you around. Stopping in more to say hello. I'm on ATT so I'm not facing any of those issues. I guess this is where I get to say TMOB SUCKS. lol Try the stock Rogers radio UXUMA7. If you haven't found it there's links to all the radios in a sticky in the Dev section. Good luck bro.
Hey Hechoen!
Lol good to see a familiar here.
Yea i know att has better faster data lol but all carriers have their ups and downs lol.
Yea ive been in the stickies for 3days now in this forum and the T-Mobile forum studying both sides to this phone...truely like this skyrocket...just a pain in the a** trying to get fast data....its ok just not right....a bit slow on streaming and surfing.
I'm now using. I727UCLF6
and so far so good.
What ROM ?
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I'm now using. I727UCLF6
and so far so good.
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What rom are you using? Are you getting faster then edge? I'm only getting edge using embryo 6.7 and ucll3 radio. My friends say call quality is excellent but my data speed is non existent.
Embryo 6.5
The best radio what i did test in my skyrocket are uxuma7, of coarse, that is with Stock leak Samsung rom (ej. embryo all version). I looking for a best radio in cm 10.0.0 because the stock radios like UXUMA7 or UCLL3 does not work with these roms. Can someone help me about that?? I need a link with a list of radios to choose for my Skyrocket ATT.
That would be located in the stickies
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I need a good tmobile modem 2 when I flashed embryo 6.7 and blaze theres no good data speed or signal blaze was working good on sky jellybean I dont lile stock radios cuz they switch bands to often drains battery blaze was a good stable modem sucks embryo doesnt support it
That would be in the T-Mobile galaxy s2 forum under the stickies tab in development.....
No different than in this forum.
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