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[Vibrant Android Development] dpaul007:
Wow, as soon as I flashed this, 1,000 completely random hot girls called me saying they wanted to have sex with me. Thank you KB5!!!! :D
[Vibrant Android Development] jddunkley:
HAHAHA brilliant.

I really think I'll test out this modem though, KB1 seems to die faster on me, even when I'm not using it much.
[Vibrant Android Development] negerhab:
Okay signal is great and battery life is even greater! Awesome modem, best one yet!

ROM: Trigger v2.9.3

Kernel: Overstock v2.4.1

GPS: S.gps2

Modem: KB5

Launcher: Launcher Pro Plus v0.8.4.1 w/ Clear LP Widget Mod
[Vibrant Android Development] Xan_Kriegor:
I had the same lousy GPS running Bionix-V, Tiger's Blood kernel, KB1 modem, software fix and no hardware fix. It saw some birds but it never locked on to any. Sometimes it didn't detect any birds at all. I'm not brave enough to do the hardware fix :D so I decided to switch ROMs. I tried Bi-Winning with Overstock and had the exact same results. Then I switched to Trigger with stock+voodoo and KB1 and it worked! It's still much slower and less reliable compared to other phones but it's 100% functional. I switched to Tiger's Blood and KA6, been running it for a few days and tested it just now with SGS Tools. First lock took 23 secs, accuracy was 11.46m and with 8 out of 11 birds locked.

I have no idea if this will work for your phone. Just telling you my personal experience. Good luck!
[Vibrant Android Development] smali26:
This must be the comedy hour on this thread. :)

flashed and looking good so far.

I just wish it could provide power for my entire neighborhood.:d
[Vibrant Android Development] Binary100100:
None of this is happening for me. :(

But what is a skynet and why is it activating itself after flashing this modem?
[Vibrant Android Development] needslipo:
flashed with 100% battery, no stat wipe:

5hrs33m later down to 75%.

only did 4 speed tests, one 5 min phone call, and 5min of wordfeud., no wifi, hspa only.

speed tests show a 0.5 mbit increase in dl and upload from kb1, current speeds are a reliable 4 mbit down 2 up.

so basically a minor speed upgrade for a small battery hit. hope that helps.
[Vibrant Android Development] wintrojan2k:
Thank God! I almost lost sleep over that...

Didn't notice an improvement with this modem. This is after 6 hrs. Nonetheless the contribution is most appreciated
[Vibrant Android Development] mrsbelpit:
Getting a 10-15% better signal in my crappy bldg according to my phono widget. I'll do a speedtest when I go outside.
[Vibrant Android Development] 12paq:
when this modem heats up, it smells like bacon
[Vibrant Android Development] nomadrider123:
Cooking a rom is a figure of speech. Phone is not to be used as a spatchula in a frying pan.
[Vibrant Android Development] nirogu325:
I am definitely staying with this modem. This is the first modem in which I now have 3 out of 4 bars where I had none before (using Bionix-v 1.3.1).
[Vibrant Android Development] Flak_Munky:
Love this modem over the others I have tried. Ran a ton of tests between KB1 and this one. Seeing the following:

~37% increase in down speeds - up to average of 2594 kbps from 1884.25 kbps on KB1

~25% increase in up speeds - up to average of 1550.87 kbps from 1237 kbps on KB1

~7% decrease in ping time averages - down to average of 102.75ms from 110ms on KB1

Consistently higher signal bars being reported (3-4 on this one vs. 1-2 on KB1). Haven't tested GPS yet, no GPS inside the building, regardless of modem/rom/fix/etc.

Gonna run this one for a while and see how it goes longer term.
[Vibrant Android Development] trashcan:
Great! RF self charging, no need to recharge with usb cable again. New technology with just a simple software code. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] Big Dog KMc:
Makes a good Coffee Cup Warmer tho.....
[Vibrant Android Development] hotadef:
so far kb5 has been faster both up and download for me and ping has been close or better with kb 5
[Vibrant Android Development] shovelhead83:
I woke up at 5am for work and my phone w/Kb5 were already waiting at the door for me. I got to work 15 minutes earlier and was done by 10. Its a keeper!
[Vibrant Android Development] Mattymat:
Will this modem take away the data cap that t-mobile just put on my phone for going over 5gigs of data in less than a month?

HAHA.....................jk!

- Mat
[Vibrant Android Development] ahl395:
Signal seems to have a

little

improvement.

Data speed is about the same

Quadrant score went down by about 20 points.

Testing battery life now.
[Vibrant Android Development] iwasblown:
if i flash a kb5 modem then flash a ka6 kernel will i be overwriting the kb5 modem?
[Vibrant Android Development] fishman0919:
After installing this modem the data cap or speed doesn't matter... all information is just there
[Vibrant Android Development] aksoutherland:
I'm impressed, better data speeds, better signal quality and this modem also tripled the horsepower in my truck.....
[Vibrant Android Development] Mattymat:
I know man, I was just being sarcastic in vein of all the previous posts. I really did just get the infamous throttling text from tmobile though. Too bad I can't test the speeds until my pay period is over.

Sent from my mobile
[Vibrant Android Development] AngryDinosaur:
i think sms wont work after flash
[Vibrant Android Development] pxc668:
if that's ture, that will be awesome
[Vibrant Android Development] mr.orange303:
Best modwm ive ever had. No jokes. Really inproved for me in colorado. Thnx
[Vibrant Android Development] crysto25:
speed is a lil better. Didnt affect my battery life or messed up any functions.
[Vibrant Android Development] gamikzone:
better battery life great speeds i love it :D better than KA7
[Vibrant Android Development] suchavibrantthang:
So far, so good. Better data. Constant 5Mbps+ down, 1.7~Mbps up. Cant comment on batt life till this cycle ends. Seems the same or slightly worse.

Gps is solid. Locks in second on 9outta11 birds
[Vibrant Android Development] shreddintyres:
Ok so after one day I have to say performance and battery life are significantly improved over kb1 I am running an very high Oct kernel and still am getting 12+ hours on this compared to 10 hours wig kb1

This post Trigger'd by my Vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] anthonys2r:
After I flashed this modem, I get better data as well as solving world hunger.
[Vibrant Android Development] offdutyninja808:
Congratulations!!! You're the new Miss America!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] montez.061-:
Whenever I try to flash...cwm and sgs kernel flasher say no zImage...can anyone point me in the right direction ??
[Vibrant Android Development] xtone:
this a modem dude.

OH BTW, KB5 JUST MADE MY PORNO VIEWING EXPERIENCE 2x BETTER!

hope this helps.

-WINNING-
[Vibrant Android Development] montez.061-:
Great to know...so how about some info on something other than your porn habit...lol.

I know it's a modem...how can I install ??
[Vibrant Android Development] xtone:
flash thru clockwork
[Vibrant Android Development] Binary100100:
You have to first delete all of your app backups, nandroid backups and completely reformat your phone and sdcard. Completely blank slate!

Then flash through Clockwork Recovery while humming the Russian National Anthem backwards.
[Vibrant Android Development] sghsgh11:
If anyone reading this is still wondering if they should go ahead with this modem, I'd definitely recommend it. Battery life does seem better when running data in 3G mode, but I think the reception signal is slightly worse than KB1 and KA7. GPS however locks on even faster than my KB1 did.

Still too early to make a solid review though, but I'm keeping KB5 on board for a while at least...

Besides any new rom coming out is going to have this modem in it anyway. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] ahl395:
Update: It broke my finally working GPS, great :rolleyes:
[Vibrant Android Development] Big Dog KMc:
With all of the new modem releases and all of the new roms that came out I have noticed changes in the notification bars signal meter levels and yet no real difference in actually getting usable signal in my known trouble spots.

I proved this to myself using this little widget.

Mobile Signal Widget

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-empirical-widget-signal-jCxwx.aspx

It showed me that indeed i was getting much less that the on board signal meters levels.

When I flashed this modem not only did my "0 network connection spots " now get usable connection, the Mobile Signal Widget showed much greater improvement as well. The first modem flash to ever do so. Easily 10dBm stronger.

Typically if my on board signal meter was full the Mobile Signal Widget would show half way -89dBm ~ -91dBm. now it shows -81dBm ~ -77dBm.

Also the Battery life is just amazing.

On a typical day I can get through a day 6:00am to 10:30pm on a single charge and at bed time the battery level is at 20% 30%

Last night at bed time it was at 55%

Same over all phone usage plus a little extra for this new launcher I am trying out.

Regina 3D. Cool launcher for a first release.

Thanks for releasing this modem .
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
my experience has been that this is the same if not worse for me compared to KB1.

I found the KAx series better for me.

:)
[Vibrant Android Development] Whitehawkx:
Downloads speeds seem good, but Gtalk constantly drops connection. Battery seems to have taken a toll as well. I think I'll stick with KB1. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
I'll stick with KA6 TYVM >_>
[Vibrant Android Development] jaetm83:
In my area, I had been getting HSDPA drops for the past week and a half. The switchover from 3G to 2G dropped calls and the phone would stay on EDGE until I rebooted my phone. It was kind of annoying and I was about to call T-Mo to complain. Now with KB5, the phone is back to normal, now it is constantly on 3G as usual. Since I've heard that KB5 is being distributed over-the-air, I am guessing that T-Mo has replaced equipments at many cell towers and is pushing out this update to support the new equipments.

By the way, it seems to me that Sammy finally addressed GPS issues that plagued the entire Galaxy S series including Vibrant. My phone sees 13 birds now instead of 11 or 12, and locks to at least 6 of them in 2 secs followed by locking to 9 or 10 in 5 to 10 secs.

3G speeds have also got a bit of boost at approximately 0.3 Mbit/s both ways. I've had KB5 installed for only about a day and a half now, so I can't tell exactly how good it is in terms of power consumption. But battery life seems to be good if not better.
[Vibrant Android Development] suchavibrantthang:
Ill probably go back to kb1 or ka6. This battery is draining like crazy even tho the speeds better
[Vibrant Android Development] deadpass:
I had better data speeds but it borked my gps. I went from locking 6-7 indoors to 3 with very weak signal. I went back to kb1. I'll it again once there is a full rom built around it as my phone doesn't seem to like to mix and match.
[Vibrant Android Development] jreed3786:
Best modem ever! I flashed it last night before going to bed, set the alarm for 8 o'clock....and it woke me up, not with the alarm sound....but with a giant sucking sound! What a happy ending! I think I'll keep this one on here for a while!

P.S.: I think this modem also solved world hunger.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master&Slave™:
Will it stop the war on terror?
[Vibrant Android Development] Nabeel10:
It may...
[Vibrant Android Development] ocfury:
Why are so many kids getting xda accounts and posting compleat nonsense¡!
[Vibrant Android Development] aznpandaman:
So coincidentally I had my 3 wolf moon shirt on when I finished flashing this. Not only did it add another wolf to the pack but I can now shoot bacon strips from my fingers. Sometimes it comes out uncooked but I just pop it into the battery compartment and turn gps on and it comes out perfectly crispy.

Edit: Totally not worth it, lost erectile function.
[Vibrant Android Development] davemw2:
Data, gps and battery better than kb1 for me. I live in Minneapolis Mn.

Sent from premium app

rom:trigger 2.9.4 w/kb5

kernel;overstock 1.4.3

theme:custom mash of all orange/tangerine
[Vibrant Android Development] leduchoan:
Tested for a few days. And YES, it rocks!

Faster dl speed and even longer batery life.

Thx for the hardwork :-)
[Vibrant Android Development] Wade-0:
Same here, running on Bionix-v 1.2.1 + Overstock 1.5.2. Best modem for me, so far!
[Vibrant Android Development] laylovj:
Just flash via CWM?
[Vibrant Android Development] GTOJim:
Correct, just flash via CWM.
[Vibrant Android Development] kponti:
Been using a variant of this modem on my Nexus S and it is definitely the best modem I have used on a Galaxy S phone
[Xoom General] dusty_nz:
Well. have had my xoom for around a week.

Little frustrated with some of the non function, Flash is slow and no SD however. operation wise it does everything I throw at it. Happy. Anyway these aren't avail on the Ipad sooo what am I going to do.

My wife came home last night with a Ipad 2 3G.

First things. Grabbing it the perception is the xoom is smaller. Weight wise can't tell. Both feel equall from weight wise.

Screen on the Ipad is brighter but grainer than the xoom.

Powering on.

Hit the ipad power button, powers on shortly and insist it need to be connected to a computer, no bypass. Plug it in and it needs iTunes. What!

Install itunes and get it online.

Done. Strange, Ipad only needs to be connected for like 1 sec before it is activated. Sure this could have been done over Wireless.

UI feels more constrained than the Xoom. usage difference are mainly due to what I am used to. Ipad Keyboard is a pain, have to start changing all our passwords because mixed numbers is frustrating. Xoom is easier to type on, both numbers and also touch typing.

Speed. Ipad has very smooth transitions however task switching, navigation, apps etc are way faster on the xoom. Backwards and forwards, homescreen, etc. With honeycomb there is no competition.

First thing we tried to do was copy some photo's onto the Ipad. Copy them onto a SD card and use the adpater. Nup. Browse to out website, nup. In the end installed photosync and now working.

However my wife will love the Ipad as I love the Xoom.

This morning my 2 year old has already sussed out to open an audio book and is listening to the gruffilo story. That in itself might say something.
[Xoom General] tritran18518:
I get my xoom today, and play with it for 4-5 hours. Honestly, i saw a lot of force close in web browser/ market, flash 10.2 doesn't work...but i believe those issue will be fixed by update next version of honeycomb in near future. Of course, i love my xoom. :D
[Xoom General] _RTFM_:
Flash does work...you have to download it from the market. Also, if you are bold enough to root and install a custom kernel, the SD card slot is also functional.
[Xoom General] bimmerboii:
After my loooong research on the ipad 2 vs xoom, Im buying my xoom tomorrow :) just sharing lol
[Xoom General] tritran18518:
- when i say "work" i mean it has to work at least 90-95% in all cases. Flash 10.2 on honeycomb can't approach that rate. i tested a lot of website this afternoon, watched a lot of flash video on my xoom, and i can only hear the sound or extremely choppy. However, flash 10.2 on my mytouch 4g, galasy s, even hd2- running android is far better than that.

- There is no custom room right now so i don't think i need to enable sdcard function. BTW, 32GB is enough for me. :D
[Xoom General] xXy3kXx:
Ye have a couple ipads here and one is for my 3 year old. I had to get her one after she figured out how to play angry birds Rio now she knows how to navigate net Flickr and watch kid moves and TV shows she even downloads games its crazy.... oh I have a zoom too and she can't figure it out lol
[Xoom General] vamp6x6x6x:
Ty for your review this makes me feel a bit better about my decision to get a xoom next month...and as far as weight I was wondering bc a lot of people out there say "The Xoom is way heaver then the ipad 2" and that may be true, but does it feel super mega pushing a boulder up a hill heavy like people seem to be claiming?
[Xoom General] HazeT:
Aren't you glad you are smarter then a 3 years old? :) The XOOM makes you feel smarter
[Xoom General] jase33:
No it does not feel like a super mega anything up a hill. People that say that should get out from behind the capacitive screens more often. Google the actual weight difference. Its very close. I have a wifi xoom and my girl has a ipad2. My xoom feels more solid than her ipad2. And she hates it when I show her different home screen layouts or transfer something from my SD card. I just tell her that "uncle" Steve says its ok. :-)
[Xoom General] jase33:
That's funny!! Maybe the ipad is the new Leap Pad?
[Xoom General] ClydeB1:
Go to Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/All, navigate to Browser and Market and try clearing the caches of both. This does help with the fc's.
[Xoom General] tritran18518:
Browser fc when i try to play flash video, so I think it related to flash 10.2
[Xoom General] Scourge1024:
Try to do a text search from Safari and let us know how that goes. I have the iPhone 4 and no text search = fail.

That should be Apple's marketing strategy. "So easy a 3 year old can run it! And seniors too!"
[Xoom General] DToX69:
Only force close i've had is from the facebook widget everytime i click on it... no force closes anywhere else, i'll use the browser more tomorrow on some flash intensive sites and see what happens

I'm rooted on the latest Tiamat version
[Xoom General] kalfou:
Wow you got your 3 year old an ipad to play angry birds? Must have cash to burn homie

Sent from the Aids ridden slums of China using the claw of an unborn rat
[Xoom General] sleeplessninja:
I've had my 3G Xoom since day 1. This is my One month and then some Review.

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[Xoom General] Bilhouse:
I've found the Flash usage on sites in terms of both video, audio and animation content to be pretty damn smooth.

Sadly certain sites refuse to work with the stock browser most notable Channel4.com/4od and tvcatchup.com.
[Xoom General] muyoso:
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[Xoom General] krat0s123:
Flash does work at least 90-95% of the time.. It may lag a bit if the site is flash heavy along with bunch of ads. But it gets better once you zoom on the flash video that you actually wanna watch. I pad can't do that. Also, my mytouch4g can't play any song on mixcrate.com, but my xoom can. So I wouldn't really say that my mytouch4g's flash is better than my xooms.
[Xoom General] chbennett:
On the topic of the flash "issues". When I first got my xoom flash was sketchy at best. But once I rooted and blocked ads, I haven't had a problem.

P.s. having an sd card is great.

Sent from my Droid X packing Gingerbread.
[Xoom General] vamp6x6x6x:
You guys are right that it isn't as heavy as I thought(I couldn't wait sso I bought one today.)

I still cant figure out simple things like how to find the file manager and how to play movies/tv shows I put on there though.

Oh, and how to make it so it doesnt auto make a shortcut of my app on the desktop/homepage
[Xoom General] keitht:
File Manager - You need to download one from market. Here is one for Honeycomb: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bauxite.columnar&feature=search_result

There are others that work as well.

Video Player: I recommend Moboplayer: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil&feature=search_result

Auto Shortcut: Turn this off in the Market App. Load the market and tap My Apps. Then tap the menu in the upper right to disable.
[Xoom General] vamp6x6x6x:
Ty this was a very big help :) Any other tips u have feel free to let me know :)
[Xoom General] keitht:
yes one more... install Dropbox on your computer and Xoom. If you do not already have a DropBox account, create one using this link so I can get extra storage space as a referral: http://db.tt/0mKAqrP

Installed on your computer(s) and Xoom, you can simply drop files in the dropbox folderr and access them from Xoom or any other device that has dropbox installed. This is almost a must have app for me and is truly magical! :)
[Xoom General] vamp6x6x6x:
Ty for ur help. I am coming from the Galaxy Tab(giving gTab to my mom) and as you know gTab isn't a "real" tablet so I will have to get use to a Honeycomb tablet ty.
[Xoom General] muyoso:
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and mixcrate:

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[Xoom General] xXy3kXx:
Cash to burn bro I'm an A&P tec.. The ipad is the **** I love it more than the zoom but I don't like the restriction apple has put on the device. Ipad has the best games but it doesn't play frigging flash I don't understand it it makes me pissed!!!
[Xoom General] xXy3kXx:
I can't wait till I can boot android on the ipad that would be the ****!!
[Xoom General] P996:
My Xoom vs. iPad experience has been the other way around.

Got my Xoom yesterday, FW 3.01.

Display is not grainier than iPad display, in fact the iPad display has much better viewing angles and is maybe slightly brighter.

The internet browser crashes all the time on certain Ajax operated sites, which is weird.

It also crashes on some occasions when it encounters Java script.

Can't even login to large press database, I get a 500 error.

There are only 62 tablet specifiic apps available in the Market Place and only the USA Today and CNN apps are somehow decent, the other stuff sucks mostly.

Battery life seems OK but touch operation still shows sometimes that typical Android micro-lag but not as often as on Android 2.x.x devices.

I'm a developer, owning the Xoom, iPad and iPad 2, Galaxy Tab 3G and many Android and iOS phones, incl. the Nexus One and S and the iPhone 4.

The Xoom reminds me of a developer prototype, unfinished and with lots of issues. Whoever claims that the Xoom is great, probably works for Motorola or never really compared it seriously to other tablets. Sorry to say that.

The comparison with the iPad 2 in this thread couldn't be more wrong. The wife apparently knows tablets better. ;-)

Playbook on its way tomorrow, I'm already curious about it.
[Xoom General] vamp6x6x6x:
Overall, I suppose the Xoom has a few bugs that the iPad has worked hard to smooth out, but the Xoom isn't necessarily bad. Yes, some of the bugs are pretty bad, but also try to keep in mind that you are a dev and therefor will probably notice bugs faster then your normal non-dev person.

Well, anyway, glad you like your iPad 2 :)
[Xoom General] P996:
Yes, out of all tablets I tested so far, I like the iPad 2 most but this doesn't mean it is perfect. The whole iTunes infrastructure just works great and for those willing to spend money on content, there is nothing better out there on the market. Touch response is incredibly smooth and whoever used Real Racing 2 HD and Infinity Blade on the iPad 2 knows, what it is capable of. The glossy display however, same goes to the Xoom, sucks in direct sunlight. You should see the new RIM Playbook display, it is almost twice as bright as the iPad 2 and Xoom display.

What I like best on the Xoom? Believe it or not but...the XDA Developers Premium app.

Don't get me wrong: The hardware is decent and even if the iPad 2 is thinner, this really doesn't bother me. What really seems to be the problem with the Xoom is...the software. Honeycomb just isn't ready for primetime yet and what is really bad about this, is the fact that the reputation of any decent hardware, like the Xoom, is ruined by it(the software). Google needs to get their priorities straight and Motorola needs to deliver some serious Honeycomb updates to prove that they actually care about their Xoom and those who bought it.
[Xoom General] vamp6x6x6x:
I do agree with that. In fact if google and Moto hurry up and fix honeycomb they may be able to somewhat salvage their reputations...