Sorry, I'm a total noob. I don't really understand how the "Baseband Version" factors into the ROM/phone operation. Can someone explain it? I have a pretty good understanding of computers but when it comes to the phone it seems very black-boxy -- I'm still learning. My underlying question is:
The BoneStock ROM says: "BoneStock v3.0 (VRBMF1) 6/23/13", my phone currently has VRBMB1. Can I flash the BoneStock ROM on my phone or do I need to upgrade the Baseband Version somehow before I do that? I saw links to different revisions on the BoneStock thread but there isn't a whole lot of explanation about how to use them.
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Yes No problems. I ran mb1 on bonestock.
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Yes No problems. I ran mb1 on bonestock.
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Cool, do you know what the Baseband firmware does? Should I flash my firmware to VRBMF1?
I flashed mine mf1 because it really did help signal and data speeds. In my opinion it is worth it to flash the mf1
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bbqsfire said:
I flashed mine mf1 because it really did help signal and data speeds. In my opinion it is worth it to flash the mf1
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Did you flash it before flashing BoneStock or does it matter what the order is?
Modem has no relation to what ROM you are on. You can flash whichever you want first, doesn't matter.
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Hi, please PM me MB1 and MF1.
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Recommend add-ons by Beanstown106
I535VRBMB1 Modem can be found HERE!
I535VRBMB1 RPM can be found HERE!
^^^ What are these? They're the "recommended add-ons" by JellyBeans at the bottom of the CleanROM post. Anyone know what these are. Is this a radio and something else?
Just curious, if I should flash these or not.
newest modem & radio/
flash them in ^this order////
The VRBMB1 modem and rpm were included Verizon's OTA update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2. From what I've read, most people have experienced better data reception after flashing these, but some think it made things worse. I've flashed them and don't notice any difference in data, but possibly better GPS reception.
SempaiMatt said:
The VRBMB1 modem and rpm were included Verizon's OTA update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2. From what I've read, most people have experienced better data reception after flashing these, but some think it made things worse. I've flashed them and don't notice any difference in data, but possibly better GPS reception.
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I was updated to 4.1.2 before I flashed the CleanROM, so I should already have these then?
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I was updated to 4.1.2 before I flashed the CleanROM, so I should already have these then?
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You should. If you go into Settings / About Phone, and the Baseband version (I think that's the modem) should say I535VRBMB1.
SempaiMatt said:
You should. If you go into Settings / About Phone, and the Baseband version (I think that's the modem) should say I535VRBMB1.
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Great, thanks. I already do then.
Where can you get the newest radio then? I've flashed the newest modem from goo.im or some website like it, I forgot. But I never saw anything about getting the radio.... Was it kinda a package deal?
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Download the radio on the cleanrom page in the android development section. If you're wanting that particular radio. If you have Verizon and update to 4.1.2 then you already have them as established.
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Is there anything I can do to fix the brightness toggle on the quick settings panel? For some reason it will only cycle between auto and full brightness and nothing in between...no matter which setting I put it on. Anyone know if there is an additional download for this?
Spewed said:
Download the radio on the cleanrom page in the android development section. If you're wanting that particular radio. If you have Verizon and update to 4.1.2 then you already have them as established.
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When I first got my S3 for Christmas, I immediately upgraded it to 4.1.2 and then rooted about a week later and installed CleanROM a day or two later! As of right now I'm running JellyBeans 13, but when I check the baseband version it says VRBLK3....should I update the modem and radio to the newest one? I'm always the first one to say if it ain't broke then don't fix it....are there any real benefits? Everything works great for me....Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, etc...
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When I first got my S3 for Christmas, I immediately upgraded it to 4.1.2 and then rooted about a week later and installed CleanROM a day or two later! As of right now I'm running JellyBeans 13, but when I check the baseband version it says VRBLK3....should I update the modem and radio to the newest one? I'm always the first one to say if it ain't broke then don't fix it....are there any real benefits? Everything works great for me....Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, etc...
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Its up to u to update. I'm sure u only updated to 4.1.1 because 4.1.2 just rolled out recently. If its working fine don't worry about it.
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I was thinking of flashing this new AIO firmware (https://plus.google.com/u/0/104277415207525128383/posts/iAVpVPYqMtM) but I would like to be able to revert back to what I am currently using if something goes awry. How do I find out what I am running or where can I get firmwares?
tehloxely said:
I was thinking of flashing this new AIO firmware (https://plus.google.com/u/0/104277415207525128383/posts/iAVpVPYqMtM) but I would like to be able to revert back to what I am currently using if something goes awry. How do I find out what I am running or where can I get firmwares?
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Been running that update for a day and a half and I have had 0 issues. I didn't have any reboots before, just wanted to be on the latest.
And I can't confirm 100% but I feel my battery is lasting a tad bit longer and I have slightly better signal.
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tehloxely said:
I was thinking of flashing this new AIO firmware (https://plus.google.com/u/0/104277415207525128383/posts/iAVpVPYqMtM) but I would like to be able to revert back to what I am currently using if something goes awry. How do I find out what I am running or where can I get firmwares?
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Settings/About Phone/Baseband tells you your current modem. Baseband = modem = radio.
Invisiblek has a full list of modems in the VZW GSIII forums on Rootzwiki.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Settings/About Phone/Baseband tells you your current modem. Baseband = modem = radio.
Invisiblek has a full list of modems in the VZW GSIII forums on Rootzwiki.
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Yes... he is on the same radio as in all the roms... but if you read the post, there was an issue and it was causing the random reboots. The download link in the post fixes the reboot issue. It seems that the code is very old and everyone, if your random rebooting or not, should update. Like I said, I feel I have better service and better battery.
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I have been having issues with my camera, which I thought were strictly issues with cm10.1.2 and nightlies...but I have flashed liquid and clean stock rom (rooted), and have the same issue.
when I try to use the camera, i get error. Warning: Camera Failed, on other roms I was getting Camera Error: camera unable to to connect ...failed error...not sure what to do here All the kernels change when the roms change..
radio is MF1
cevil203 said:
Hi All
I have been having issues with my camera, which I thought were strictly issues with cm10.1.2 and nightlies...but I have flashed liquid and clean stock rom (rooted), and have the same issue.
when I try to use the camera, i get error. Warning: Camera Failed, on other roms I was getting Camera Error: camera unable to to connect ...failed error...not sure what to do here All the kernels change when the roms change..
radio is MF1
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So you're on a mf1 stock rooted rom?
Try to flash a recent custom kernel.
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BadUsername said:
So you're on a mf1 stock rooted rom?
Try to flash a recent custom kernel.
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I just tried flashing both leankernal (TW) and KT747 (TW)...same problem on both . And yes mf1 rooted stock
cevil203 said:
I just tried flashing both leankernal (TW) and KT747 (TW)...same problem on both . And yes mf1 rooted stock
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This is different than what I've seen, have you flashed the newest cm10 nightly and gave it a go? Everything sounds like it should be working. I know a lot of nightlies have been giving people camera issues.
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This is different than what I've seen, have you flashed the newest cm10 nightly and gave it a go? Everything sounds like it should be working. I know a lot of nightlies have been giving people camera issues.
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I've tried the newest nightly, 10.1.2, liquid smooth, clean rom (stock rooted)...multiple kernals...reflashed mf1, fixing permissions....nothing is working...i'm lost at this point.
cevil203 said:
I've tried the newest nightly, 10.1.2, liquid smooth, clean rom (stock rooted)...multiple kernals...reflashed mf1....nothing is working...i'm lost at this point.
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Have you gone completely back to stock with Odin? I'm confused if you used a stock rooted rom or cleanRom.
If an odin back to stock doesn't work I'm out of ideas.
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Have you gone completely back to stock with Odin? I'm confused if you used a stock rooted rom or cleanRom.
If an odin back to stock doesn't work I'm out of ideas.
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I am using CleanRom. I had previously used odin to get back to stock when I had issues with losing my iemi. My camera worked then briefly on 10.1 but its been downhill since
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I am using CleanRom. I had previously used odin to get back to stock when I had issues with losing my iemi. My camera worked then briefly on 10.1 but its been downhill since
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Ok, well if it worked then it's not like it's completely busted.
Try to odin completely back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
This will ensure everything is perfectly stock, flash the mb1 image and then ota to mf1 and reroot, then once everything is on the mf1 base, only flash TW roms based on the mf1 base or use AOSP roms.
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Ok, well if it worked then it's not like it's completely busted.
Try to odin completely back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
This will ensure everything is perfectly stock, flash the mb1 image and then ota to mf1 and reroot, then once everything is on the mf1 base, only flash TW roms based on the mf1 base or use AOSP roms.
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thanks for the input, seems like the end of the road when resorting to that
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Ok, well if it worked then it's not like it's completely busted.
Try to odin completely back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
This will ensure everything is perfectly stock, flash the mb1 image and then ota to mf1 and reroot, then once everything is on the mf1 base, only flash TW roms based on the mf1 base or use AOSP roms.
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so I odin'd back to stock, and the same problem continues
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so I odin'd back to stock, and the same problem continues
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Flash the latest firmware.
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It sounds like a hardware issue at this point.
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Watoy said:
It sounds like a hardware issue at this point.
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I agree, I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work after all that.
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so today, the camera starts working. what the... cleanrom 7
EDIT...and now its not working again...
If it is working then suddenly not in the same day I'm leaning toward hardware issue. Have you tried restoring to stock but not the newest update? Try a older firmware. I had a friend I helped root his s3 and there was a issue with the newest firmware giving this error when flashing custom roms since the roms were based off the older firmware. Hope this helps if not I'm sorry about your phone
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cevil203 said:
so today, the camera starts working. what the... cleanrom 7
EDIT...and now its not working again...
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If it is working then suddenly not in the same day I'm leaning toward hardware issue. Have you tried restoring to stock but not the newest update? Try a older firmware. I had a friend I helped root his s3 and there was a issue with the newest firmware giving this error when flashing custom roms since the roms were based off the older firmware. Hope this helps if not I'm sorry about your phone
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Tacking onto what @ems3 posted, you could try this as well which involves Odin and flashing the pit file. Disregard everything after the first post as there was an unnecessary discussion that quickly followed.
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Tacking onto what @ems3 posted, you could try this as well which involves Odin and flashing the pit file. Disregard everything after the first post as there was an unnecessary discussion that quickly followed.
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thanks for the tip...i will look into it, but today the camera seems to be working
I aslo have camera errors today after flashing the Synergy ROM (r484). I'm set on this ROM because it is the only one I've found that will
Support other cell carriers on a Verizon SCH-I535 and I need to switch carriers in a couple of days. Some one in a developer thread said that it should get the older firmware flashed to fix the camera or else I could choose to change the kernal. My firmware is I535VRBMF1 and what was sugested was MB1 firmware. I have several questions. What would I risk or loose by going to the older firmware? How do I get it and flash it (I have Odin but haven't used it yet). The Kernal came with Synergy ROM and is refered to as Ziggy's.
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I aslo have camera errors today after flashing the Synergy ROM (r484). I'm set on this ROM because it is the only one I've found that will
Support other cell carriers on a Verizon SCH-I535 and I need to switch carriers in a couple of days. Some one in a developer thread said that it should get the older firmware flashed to fix the camera or else I could choose to change the kernal. My firmware is I535VRBMF1 and what was sugested was MB1 firmware. I have several questions. What would I risk or loose by going to the older firmware? How do I get it and flash it (I have Odin but haven't used it yet). The Kernal came with Synergy ROM and is refered to as Ziggy's.
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You don't stand to lose anything except possibly data connection and speed, and signal strength and quality. You can find the all in one (AIO) zips from Invisiblek's thread, just flash VRBMB1 aio in recovery. Invisiblek does not make any of these that are Odin flashable for JB and beyond.
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You don't stand to lose anything except possibly data connection and speed, and signal strength and quality. You can find the all in one (AIO) zips from Invisiblek's thread, just flash VRBMB1 aio in recovery. Invisiblek does not make any of these that are Odin flashable for JB and beyond.
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:good:Thanks a bunch. I'm going to flash it now.
Just have a quick question. I'm not really all up to date with how the radios work but the new I535VRUCML1 is abler to be flashed I'm on 1535vrbmf1. If I flash the new radio will I still be able to use 4.1.2 roms or only be able to use 4.3?
It would be wise to stay on the MF1 baseband until you decide you want a 4.3 TW ROM. I Was on an AOSP 4.4 ROM with MF1 and had no problems.
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Just have a quick question. I'm not really all up to date with how the radios work but the new I535VRUCML1 is abler to be flashed I'm on 1535vrbmf1. If I flash the new radio will I still be able to use 4.1.2 roms or only be able to use 4.3?
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You cannot be on anything older than a 4.3 ROM with the ML1 radio... you WILL brick.
There is a ML1 radio available for download and all you have to do is flash it in recovery. But like I said, you must be on a 4.3-4.4 based ROM to flash it without bricking.
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Ok great thank you. So if I try a 4.3 ROM and decide to go back to 4.1 or restore my ROM I should also flash the old mf1.
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You cannot be on anything older than a 4.3 ROM with the ML1 radio... you WILL brick.
There is a ML1 radio available for download and all you have to do is flash it in recovery. But like I said, you must be on a 4.3-4.4 based ROM to flash it without bricking.
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That's not true, at least not for all phones. I flashed the ML1 radio while running a 4.1.2 Touchwiz ROM and everything worked fine. My signal and data speeds seemed worse than on the MF1 radio though, so I flashed back.
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Ok great thank you. So if I try a 4.3 ROM and decide to go back to 4.1 or restore my ROM I should also flash the old mf1.
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Correct.
Here's the link for ML1:
http://invisiblek.org/sch-i535/modems/d2vzw_ML1_modem.zip
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That's not true, at least not for all phones. I flashed the ML1 radio while running a 4.1.2 Touchwiz ROM and everything worked fine. My signal and data speeds seemed worse than on the MF1 radio though, so I flashed back.
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I could be wrong but from what I've read, many people must be extra careful about what radios they flash and when... especially with ML1... for some reason.
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Ml1 radio will work fine on any rom you run. If you took the OTA update, then you are unable to flash any radios since you have the entire ML1 firmware. The bootloader needs every part of the firmware in order to boot.
Since the flashable zip is only the radio for ML1, there's no danger of this doing any harm or bricking your phone. People have reported much better signal strength when using the ML1 radio with the MF1 firmware on 4.3 roms. I would stay on MF1 if using a 4.1.2 rom. I'm actually still using MB1.
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I could be wrong but from what I've read, many people must be extra careful about what radios they flash and when... especially with ML1... for some reason.
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You're mostly right, if you flash the entire ML1 firmware you will brick, and that will cause problems when you run a 4.1.2 rom. Flashing the modem only has no bad effects except for possibly decreased signal strength.
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You're mostly right, if you flash the entire ML1 firmware you will brick, and that will cause problems when you run a 4.1.2 rom. Flashing the modem only has no bad effects except for possibly decreased signal strength.
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Thanks for the extra info man.
You're a lot of help, even the other day.
Do you think ML1 would be any better for me than MR1 on an AOSP 4.4 ROM?
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Thanks for the extra info man.
You're a lot of help, even the other day.
Do you think ML1 would be any better for me than MR1 on an AOSP 4.4 ROM?
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It's possible, but you aren't going to do any harm testing it out.
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Thanks for the extra info man.
You're a lot of help, even the other day.
Do you think ML1 would be any better for me than MR1 on an AOSP 4.4 ROM?
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It's possible, but you aren't going to do any harm testing it out.
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VRUCML1 should work a little better on AOSP than VRBMF1 so long as it includes commits like this
Long story short.
Was running a 4.1.2 which worked well but wanted to go to KK.
Installed Gummy M3 4.4.4, absolutely love it, no issues except cell signal seems considerably worse than before. Baseband is VRBLMD3.
Not sure if firmware/baseband is accurate for 4.4 or if there's something I can flash to try and rectify. A little confused overall on the whole verizon modem thing. I had a captivate on ATT before and I just flashed any of the 30 different modems via recovery to help with signal issues.
Would appreciate any help.
I've read more than one topic on this same issue. Not sure what the solution is however. Maybe update the modem to something new? I wouldn't go beyond ML1 however
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I've read more than one topic on this same issue. Not sure what the solution is however. Maybe update the modem to something new? I wouldn't go beyond ML1 however
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Yes.
Flash mf1 aio then ml1 modem. Should give a better signal.
All the links to newer modems appear to be dead. I looked around quite a bit. I'd be grateful if someone can provide a dropbox link or similar.
Edit: It appears invisiblek's site is down and that's where all the AIO packages are linked to. Does anyone have any links to other mirrors?
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All the links to newer modems appear to be dead. I looked around quite a bit. I'd be grateful if someone can provide a dropbox link or similar.
Edit: It appears invisiblek's site is down and that's where all the AIO packages are linked to. Does anyone have any links to other mirrors?
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Here's what I found on his dev host page. Newest is ML1
http://d-h.st/users/invisiblek/?fld_id=35606#files
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Is that modem only? Don't I need to flash an aio first?
Thanks for finding that btw
jayjr1105 said:
Is that modem only? Don't I need to flash an aio first?
Thanks for finding that btw
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You should update mf1 first, or find MB1 aio. Then flash ml1 modem.
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Is that modem only? Don't I need to flash an aio first?
Thanks for finding that btw
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Yes they are the modems only. After looking I only found the MB1 AIO
http://d-h.st/users/invisiblek/?fld_id=0#files
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ShapesBlue said:
Yes they are the modems only. After looking I only found the MB1 AIO
http://d-h.st/users/invisiblek/?fld_id=0#files
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I think I found it. I just googled mf1.aio.zip and found this guys post. It doesn't have AIO in the name though... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52434920&postcount=2
Think it's legit?