Hello folks;
A quick question...
I have the latest SpeedMod, and in a lot of threads in the forum people recommend flashing an i-9000 modem with the kernel, with the concern of compatibility issues where you would have the i-9000 kernel with an 896/897 modem.
I haven't had any problems with the stock Rogers Froyo modem(uxlj1) and SpeedMod. Should I flash a new modem anyway? What will the benefit be? Am I just not noticing real problems that are there, or is there something to the Rogers Froyo Modem that works with SpeedMod without the need to flash a compatible modem?
Also, what could go wrong if I do? Seems some people have trouble with data and bluetooth after flashing a new modem.
If you have working bluetooth I believe there would be no need to flash another modem
Thanks for that.
Whenever I flashed Speedmod without changing over to an I9000 modem with it, I had horrible voice call issues where it would sound like I had my vocal cords removed and talked through one of those voice boxes.
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K so i have an i896 captivate and im on rogers, running Serendipity 4.0.1 rom.
I read somewhere that you can flash different modems, and that flashing the stock modem will help with signal and gps.
Soooooo does anyone know to flash a modem, or where i get the stock i896 modem, or what modem provides best signal gps and battery life.
Also what are the general rules of thumb for flasing modems on differnet roms..
Thanks
I'm trying to get to the bottom of this problem: it started ever since I flashed Cognition 3.02 and Firebird 2 kernel last week. That was my first endeavor into custom roms. This week I'm on Cog 3.04 and Speedmod kernel. I'm in the US on ATT in a big city with good signal strength.
It's the strangest thing: I can hear calls perfectly fine, but the other people that I'm talking to complain of static and background noise, and basically can hardly hear a word I'm saying.
Anyone know what in particular causes this type of situation? I really don't want to go back to stock rom, but I may have too because, well, I do need my phone to... you know, make phone calls.
What modem are you using? You are using an i9000 base kernel you want to make sure you are using an i9000 modem. I would suggest jk4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835272
Look in the modem thread under development. I am using the UGJL2 Modem. Having great success with it.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App
I'm using the UXJL1 modem. Is this somehow bad/incompatible?
At this point, I'm not looking for any frills or speed, I just need something that's going to be rock-solid dependable. People complain about call quality all the time when I talk to them. It's weird, because everything sounds perfectly fine on my end.
Also, sorry for the dumb question, but I didn't see in the modem thread on how you actually install a new modem? Do I just flash it like a rom/kernel, etc.? Can I use Clockwork for this?
Flash through clockwork. Dl to phone move to sd. In clockwork select install zip from sd, find modem, select.
Jk4 is used by most i9000 roms. I would start there.
Jl1 is a rogers captivate kernel best performance with i9000 kernel will be a i9000 modem
If you are using the firebird kernel you can use a captivate modem for best call quality at the cost of losing hsupa.
I'm rooted on Rogers Stock Froyo with the latest SpeedMod revision and the stock Rogers Froyo modem. I am having no issues at all with this setup.
However, I tried pairing the phone with my car's bluetooth, and it(predictibly) turns out I don't have bluetooth. I have done some research, figured that a lot of Rogers users are using the JK4 modem, but that it has it's own set of issues(GPS, etc). Most (perhaps all) of these users have custom ROMs installed; I don't, but I gave it a shot.
Upon an attempted installation, I got this message:
E:copy_data_default_apk:Can't mount DBDATA:
Installation Aborted
So, I understand that there are some custom ROMs that iron out some of the GPS and Bluetooth issue, but is there an i-9000 modem that will work with the Stock Rogers Froyo release? I'm not really ready to sacrifice the stability for speed, and FWIW I am fine without bluetooth if everything else is stable and working fine.
However, I'm still curious if anyone else is running SpeedMod on Rogers Froyo and has found a modem that gives bluetooth functionality without flashing a custom ROM?
Just about to flash Darky's ROM 9.3. Planning on flashing the i897 500 mhz speedmod kernel afterwards, plus of course an i897 compatible modem to match the kernel.
First, is it necessary to do a full wipe if I'm currently on a stock rooted i897 with eclair (2.1)? And must I really pull the sim, sd, and battery? If so , why?
Second, should I flash Darky's captivate fix before the rom or not?
I get conflicting reports when I search the forums.
Finally, what modem(s) would you suggest? I'm in PA (Harrisburg area) on ATT so I need the 850 Band. Suggestions? I'm assuming based on my research here I'll need an i897 modem to match the i897 version of the kernel (assuming it's really necessary to flash the i897 Speedmod instead of using the one Darky's comes with(???))
P.S. Safe to do all this with CW from recovery menu? or must I really install/use Odin? (more work, sigh)
Thanks in advance.
First, is it necessary to do a full wipe if I'm currently on a stock rooted i897 with eclair (2.1)? -Yep, it's not hard. I have 2 bugs than I not to do it. Not work Home button, and my cappy play music throw the speaker than I plug earthphone and the opposite .
And must I really pull the sim, sd, and battery? If so , why? - No. I Flash 5 times and nothing bad happens. And my phone plug into the PC via USB than I flash.
Second, should I flash Darky's captivate fix before the rom or not?
I get conflicting reports when I search the forums. - I don't know. I do not apply any fix, all works perfect.
Finally, what modem(s) would you suggest? I'm in PA (Harrisburg area) on ATT so I need the 850 Band. Suggestions? I'm assuming based on my research here I'll need an i897 modem to match the i897 version of the kernel (assuming it's really necessary to flash the i897 Speedmod instead of using the one Darky's comes with(???)) -Dont now I'm from Russia.
P.S. Safe to do all this with CW from recovery menu? or must I really install/use Odin? (more work, sigh) - I instal from Odin because before I flash CM7 (on CM7 very bad video works) Use Odin very good program. Not difficult. But if power off yve got a problem.
Hi everyone,
My girlfriend currently owns an Samsung Galaxy S i9000T (Telstra-brand, so it has an 850MHz antenna) that's running the XXJW4 firmware with the DVJV4 modem from Telstra's 2.3.3 KIES update.
Due to Touchwiz being fairly clunky (as in overall, not the launcher), my girlfriend had been interested in custom ROMs. However, whenever I install one for her (be it CM7, AOKP or similar) she seems to have trouble with voice quality (both on hers and the other's end) when talking to someone using an older landline phone. Usually they can't hear her for a few seconds, then there's a lot of lag on the line. Sometimes they just can't hear her entirely.
With AOKP I tried to flash the DVJV4 modem via Odin, which quite obviously didn't work. The modem hasn't been CWM zipped either, so no luck there. I'm unsure if it didn't work because it's a custom ROM, or if it's because it's a Gingerbread modem.
With CM7, I used the latest 850MHz enabled modem for the i9000. This seemed to work fine for data, as well as talking to other mobile phones, but not when it came to older landline phones (yet again).
DVJV4 seems to only work well with official Samsung firmwares. Why is this? Is it impossible for her to run a custom ROM (especially CM7, which was very snappy) with the DVJV4 modem?
If you already have CWM, you can flash any modem you like. Search on forums for suggestions for your country, even operator