What exactly do these things do? I'm on embryo 5.3 and the call quality is bad. It sounds like I'm under water. Will flashing a new radio or change apn help with this?
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Radio/Modem is basically how you get your signal or connection. Different versions may affect people differently depending on location, say if UCLF6 was better in Florida than in Texas or UCLF5 is better than UCLF6 in call quality (just an example), you just have to test which one you like the best when it comes down to customizing them.
APN can be included with radio/modem installations but its basically Access Point Names and its what the radio/modem uses to get their connection. If you have an APN for AT&T you use that, if you have an APN for Straight Talk you use that, some times there will be one specifically for LTE users and so forth.
Think of your Radio/Modem as your Cable Modem and think of APN as your provider.
Thank you so much man. One more question. I'm on stock uclf6 right now and when I flash...let's say embryo and it uses the same uclf6 but I get that under water sound, I can flash let's say uclf5? Would it be possible that would fix the problem? And it wouldn't affect me getting calls and texts?
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feelinfroggy23 said:
Thank you so much man. One more question. I'm on stock uclf6 right now and when I flash...let's say embryo and it uses the same uclf6 but I get that under water sound, I can flash let's say uclf5? Would it be possible that would fix the problem? And it wouldn't affect me getting calls and texts?
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Correct. You can flash any ics radio for skyrocket and still get calls/texts. I use ucalc4 cause it gives me the best signal and battery life. But it's all depending on your region. I'm in Louisville, Kentucky area.
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bps119 said:
Correct. You can flash any ics radio for skyrocket and still get calls/texts. I use ucalc4 cause it gives me the best signal and battery life. But it's all depending on your region. I'm in Louisville, Kentucky area.
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Hello my Kentucky fellow lol
I am in Lexington and UCLF6 wasn't the best for call quality , any other radio you tried aside from UCLC4 was also good on call quality ?
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Hello my Kentucky fellow lol
I am in Lexington and UCLF6 wasn't the best for call quality , any other radio you tried aside from UCLC4 was also good on call quality ?
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If you go to mohan's thread he has a list of other radios you can use:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855349
You can also use the rogers one if you'd like.
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If you go to mohan's thread he has a list of other radios you can use:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855349
You can also use the rogers one if you'd like.
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I know there are tons of radio files for the SR , but I also know that messing too much with radio is risky (bricking , serious problems etc etc ..) so I asked if somebody can share an area specific radio experience ..
Thanks
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Hello my Kentucky fellow lol
I am in Lexington and UCLF6 wasn't the best for call quality , any other radio you tried aside from UCLC4 was also good on call quality ?
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Honestly, after I tried 4, I stopped looking. I seem to remember that uclf5 worked well too though. May try it. I've flashed a TON of radios, and not had any issues, I wouldn't worry too much about it as long as you get them from the skyrocket threads.
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Hey if I copy everything from my stock apn and I flash cm10 and change the cm10 apn to what my stock was would it help? Sorry is that's confusing.
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Hey if I copy everything from my stock apn and I flash cm10 and change the cm10 apn to what my stock was would it help? Sorry is that's confusing.
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the apns should be the exact same for stock or custom
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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.
diablo009 said:
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.
araemo said:
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
I've read through the threads on all the forums, and nothing definitive yet. Also things are changing so fast over the last few days, I figured this needed asking.
I'm hearing people say that some of the zip cooked ROMs can be installed on the 727R but only if you have the leak installed first with ODIN.
When I go through the leaked ROM thread, it says it doesn't work on Roger's Skyrockets.
So is there any way to take a stock, or non-stock GB ROM and get either the leaked ROM or a cooked ROM onto a 727R?
Thanks
This works on Rogers. I flashed this from stock rooted Rogers GB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567817
Some minor bugs but there are solutions for them all so far.
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but to be honest my battery has been draining alot with this leak. also seems alot unstable atm. i know go ahead bash me but ive tried every rom to see if it would settle or be stable. but none so far and im just wondering if this leak is a problem for canadians or for "rogers" especially.
i didn't see anything about rogers incompatibility in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566820
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but to be honest my battery has been draining alot with this leak. also seems alot unstable atm. i know go ahead bash me but ive tried every rom to see if it would settle or be stable. but none so far and im just wondering if this leak is a problem for canadians or for "rogers" especially.
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+1 today it's been unstable for me a lot and the battery leak is still happening
I think there may be slight differences between the Skyrocket & Rogers version, that only Samsung know about.
One only has to look at the Samsung Focus 1.3 & 1.4 revisions. Both are identical except for a minor difference, but it caused major headaches for MS when pushing updates. It wouldn't surprise me if Samsung does the same on the Android side.
So with this leak your running an unfinished ROM, & one that may not be intended for your revision of hardware
i think that could very well be true. because of this battery drain 2-3% every less than half hour is like does this rom really feel it should be like this. also reboot issues, rom hanging in here & there, its not about the "work-around" but actual work seems very unstable. their devs are even soo stupid that when i ripped dialer.apk they spelled dailer in 1 of the imgs rather then dialer..it made me laugh soo hard..
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i didn't see anything about rogers incompatibility in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566820
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I've tried this version, Mostly worked ok but my caller ID stopped working?
I'm a newb so I can't post over there to find out if anyone else saw the same issue... maybe I did something wrong but everything else seemed to be great?
Thank you everyone for responding. Gonna wait a few days and see how this plays out for Rogers uses. Hope other Rogers users post results here.
If you are on Rogers, flash the thing from the second post then flash any of the other ICS ROMs.
GB-->ICS works
I used ICSMOD5 from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566820
What I did:SGH-i727R
My ROM was running Malice from T989, with Streamline Kernel.
1)Backup!
2)Factory Reset
3)Advanced - Wipe Dalvik
4)Manual reset: - Mounts and storage, Format system,data & cache
5)Flash UCLA4 ICS radio
6)Flash the ICSMOD5_wipe version
7)Boot
8)Wait...wait even more...don't panic...
9)Enjoy
Everything including data and gps, and time issues were okay.
On the apex launcher, the messenger icon is bonked, just remove the shortcut and put the messaging shortcut again.
Wifi Tether: Starts up via toggle mod, can set password and stuff, computer connects to it but no data goes thru.
Will report back on battery use and possible issues.
So far so good.
how did you all get LTE to work?
i cannot for the life of me!!
johentie said:
how did you all get LTE to work?
i cannot for the life of me!!
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Flash this modem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24140728&postcount=5
Then type *#2263# into the Phone and Select "[4] LTE Band Preference" then "[7] LTE ALL". Once you get an LTE signal, then type *#2263# again and this time Choose "[1] Automatic" and it should work.
I've had to do this a few times, but I have gotten stable LTE on all the ICS builds so far.
i keep getting unknown id on my calls instead of it showing the number
shaeelasim said:
i keep getting unknown id on my calls instead of it showing the number
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I'm getting the same thing? No fix yet but have a look here
jwfraser said:
Flash this modem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24140728&postcount=5
Then type *#2263# into the Phone and Select "[4] LTE Band Preference" then "[7] LTE ALL". Once you get an LTE signal, then type *#2263# again and this time Choose "[1] Automatic" and it should work.
I've had to do this a few times, but I have gotten stable LTE on all the ICS builds so far.
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Thanks... i tried that but i couldn't get an LTE signal.. the best i got was 1 bar of just signal..
i usually get 45mbps download speeds in my area... I'll try it again elsewhere..
confirm ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 on Rogers Galaxy S2 I727
I like to endorse the custom ROM ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 on Rogers Galaxy S2 I727. it is a SUPER ROM, improves the battery life, smooth, uncluttered and simple to install. mhx did a fabulous job.
ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 is fantastic!
redleef said:
I like to endorse the custom ROM ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 on Rogers Galaxy S2 I727. it is a SUPER ROM, improves the battery life, smooth, uncluttered and simple to install. mhx did a fabulous job.
ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 is fantastic!
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+ 1, actually this has become my daily driver. There are some quirks as in callerid coming in from a telus cell but other than that everything else is solid. Also got lte to kind of work but it's just been started to get setup in my area lol.
~PsyCl0ne
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I've been running Smooth Ice for almost 2 weeks with no issues. The first ROM I used to upgrade from GB was the one just called 'Working Rogers ICS ROM', or something like that. I used Superlite and then went to Smooth Ice and have no complaints.
well not to put my team's rom up. but if you use our rom after we're gonna update today you are not gonna wanna leave it =).. you think you had enough with other roms. haha you have seen nothing yet.
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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Decepticaons said:
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!
Hey fellow Canucks, I've tried at least five different modems for this badboy and haven't loved one yet. I had the most signal bars in general with UCLAC4 but found it was dropping data sometimes. Currently running UXKJ7 with AOKP R4ins Oct5, experiencing similar results. Anyone living in the GTA (Ontario) getting better results than this? Mind sharing your modem choice and maybe what build you are running? I feel like i am using extra juice that could be saved if the modem wasn't constantly struggling to achieve a connection. Any help is appreciated. HTG
Not in the GTA but on Rogers in KW. I did a comparison of UCLF6, UCLF5, UCLE2, and RUXLF3 and didn't find any statistically significant difference in ping, download or upload speed.
Mind you this was before LTE was brought to this area so I will have to retest, but my conclusion was to just go with the modem packaged in the official Rogers ICS release for the Skyrocket (RUXLF3).
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Hey fellow Canucks, I've tried at least five different modems for this badboy and haven't loved one yet. I had the most signal bars in general with UCLAC4 but found it was dropping data sometimes. Currently running UXKJ7 with AOKP R4ins Oct5, experiencing similar results. Anyone living in the GTA (Ontario) getting better results than this? Mind sharing your modem choice and maybe what build you are running? I feel like i am using extra juice that could be saved if the modem wasn't constantly struggling to achieve a connection. Any help is appreciated. HTG
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Im mostly in Mississauga-Brampton-Vaughan area and use RUXLF3 from Rogers ICS, now on Orthus 4 AOKP JB with the same radio and very happy.
Well, happy to the point that there is nothing else possible to do in order of getting better reception.
No big differences between other radios really. One thing I can confirm, same as you said UCLAC4 was the best but too good to be true (back in the day whe I tested all available radios).
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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data speed
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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