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[Epic 4G General] Pibe38:
I really wanted to update my modem so I used Odin back to EC05.

Yikes, almost didn't happen. Odin would stall half way through and after unplugging mid-process my phone wouldn't even go into Download Mode.

I pulled the battery and waited, then tried other ports, cables, pulling the SD card... nothing.

Tried another laptop and the first port didn't work. Downloaded all the files again for good measure and tried yet a different port and it finally worked.

Then I used OneClickRoot on EC05 with purple CWM. The first time it failed because the OTA to EI22 popped up mid-script. Ran it again and success.

I then flashed CWM 5.0.2.7 through CWM, then flashed the EC05 to EL30 zip from the OP.

Finally, flashed CM7 Nightly 14 (what I'm currently using) to convert to MTD. Figured I'd try to update my PRL and Profile so went to Clean-GB MTD (yes, I know I could have done this instead of flashing CM7 but thought about it afterwards).

The updates were successful but my PRL doesn't seem to update past 60683.

Restored my nandroid of CM7/N14 = success.

Couldn't have done it with all the information already available here on XDA.

Thanks everyone!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
60683 is the latest PRL.
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
Before you went back to CM7 you should have updated to PRL 11115 via QPST.
[Epic 4G General] northward:
Is anyone willing to help a clueless guy out?

I'm on EI22 stock everything except that it's rooted and has CM7 installed. I've changed nothing else. What specifically do I need to do to upgrade to EL30 in the easiest manner possible? The update notifications are driving me insane and freezing System Update in Titanium Backup didn't stop them. I'd like to stay rooted, too, but don't want to install any custom ROMs or kernels. I have no idea what BML, MTD, etc. are referring to.

As an alternative I'm willing to live with EI22 if I can turn off those annoying notifications somehow.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to assist.
[Epic 4G General] lost_:
Could you clarify why updating PRL via QPST would depend on whether or not the phone was in MTD or BML? Not trying to contradict, just wanted to understand.

NM: I saw Marcusant's How To Manually Update PRL On CM7 and Hero How to change your PRL while using CM7.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Instructions to update the modem on CM7 are in post #23. Not sure if it will stop the update notifications.
[Epic 4G General] northward:
Thanks. Yeah, I saw that before posting -- I tried to figure everything out the best I could before posting -- but here's where the cluelessness comes into play.

1. I've never heard of Nandroid before but have found references to how to create a Nandroid backup. Got that.

2. I also understand the "Odin the prerooted tar from the link" part. I'm assuming that "repartition checked and PIT file" are options in Odin, right?

3. Regarding "flash the modem update (Tortel1210's would be best here)" I understand that concept, too, but do I do that from recovery? I haven't flashed a modem update before.

4. "flash CWM5" -- can someone point me to the download link or whatever to that I'm certain that I have the correct version?

5. "then Factory data reset and flash CM7 or CleanGB MTD" -- same question as #4, above.

Sorry for being such a bonehead but I want to ensure that I understand everything fully before doing this so that I don't inadvertently brick the thing. I suppose that I could odin back to EC05, run the EI22 update and then allow the OTA update to do its thing, but I don't want to lose settings, etc. and then it wouldn't be rooted, either.
[Epic 4G General] ashbuly:
Everything seems to be working fine after flashing the new modem. Not able to test 4g because I don't live anywhere important. Haven't really noticed any change from EI22 though.
[Epic 4G General] Pibe38:
Ah... that explains it.

Wait a minute... You can't be stock everything and then be on CM7.

Actually, you shouldn't be receiving System Update notifications if you are on CM7 that I know of.

Do you mean that you are on stock everything and rooted with CWM (ClockWorkMod) instead of CM7 (CyanogenMod 7)?

Also, if you don't know what BML and MTD are, then you probably are not running CM7.

CM7 is a custom ROM based on stock Android... give or take.

You are saying you DON'T want a custom ROM or kernel, step 5 above is basically that. CM7 and CleanGB-MTD are custom ROMs.

I think we need to find out what you want to do... do you want to update the modem alone (explained on this thread), or do you want to update to the latest official ROM and keep root?
[Epic 4G General] dbpaddler:
right now I'm stock EL30 updated via OTA. I'm on 61083, and that is the latest it's updating to. Signal is still crap, at least 2 bars below normal. In house where I'm normally three i'm back and forth between zero and two. Think I'm just going to stick to EI22 and ODIN yet again Heimdall wasn't doing it for me. Put the tar in the executable and it said it wasn't valid after doing some extraction thing which was new to me.
[Epic 4G General] northward:
Apologies, you're absolutely correct. I meant CWM and not CM7.

I think what I'm trying to say is that I want to update to the latest official Sprint ROM, i.e. EL30, and keep root. Is that the same as updating the modem alone?
[Epic 4G General] dbpaddler:
Just odin back to EC05 and let the sprint updates take you to EL30.
[Epic 4G General] jatencio:
Please delete.
[Epic 4G General] northward:
Which of course will eliminate my root, which prevents me from using Titanium to restore my backed up apps and data.
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
I thought this was 2.3.6..? In the 1st couple posts the pic shows "2.3.5" is that cuz of the rom?
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
EL30 is 2.3.6 but the .zip file is the modem only.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Just reroot then restore
[Epic 4G General] BubZX:
thats because all i did was flash the modem to test it for kenny. im still running theEL30 modem with no issues.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
This is the modem only thread. There is another thread for the full maintenance update. This thread is for people on custom ROMs that want to stay on their current ROM but want the latest modem.
[Epic 4G General] dbpaddler:
no. then odin CW and flash superuser and you're back in business.
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
Ohh ok thanks I should have downloaded the file 1st and seen how big it was
[Epic 4G General] weracemo:
[ROM] [EI22] [ERA] Legendary ROM Update to RC2.2 BML EXT4 w EI22 modem.

I updated by install from SD card. Now shows EL30 and the nags went away. All seems to be working, great job, thanks...
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Anyone else find the EL30 modem sucks monkey balls? I got 3 bars tops holding it right against my Airave. I Odin'd the EC05 modem and now get full bars in my living room, 25 feet away.
[Epic 4G General] ashbuly:
I haven't noticed any real changes with the new modem. Could it be an issue between the new modem and the air rave?
[Epic 4G General] codest3r:
I was feeling pretty busy [lazy] and hadn't gotten around to EL30 modem upgrade since I'm running on CM7. If there is any doubt I'd like to hear about it before I jump through hoops to get there. Thanks!
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
I don't use an airrave but on ec05 and ei22 I could get 2-3 bars in my house... now I'm losing ssignal completely and dropping calls on el30... back to ei22 for me...
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Monkey balls I say! No signal has been real low all around town today. I never saw it go higher than 3 bars, and most of the time it would fluctuate while looking at it down to no bars then back up to 2 or 3. I may try the EI22 update again but don't really want to Odin again. EC05 is blowing my bars off the phone in both wifi and phone signal.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Read above about monkey balls...lol.
[Epic 4G General] BubZX:
Now that u mention it I don't remember seeing anything higher than 3 signal bars myself. At home I'm seeing my normal 2-3 but at work to day where I normally see 1-2 I was at 2-3 all day. I mite test the EC05 modem tomorrow.
[Epic 4G General] ashbuly:
I got 5 bars right now
[Epic 4G General] dbpaddler:
I've odin'd multiple times to ec05. sat on that for awhile. went to ei22 and sat for a while. then went to el30. I can't get a good signal to save my life.
[Epic 4G General] Pibe38:
qbkin77 confirmed on Facebook that you can follow his video to root EI22 on EL30.

I'm actually getting similar performance on EL30 from EI22.
[Epic 4G General] Trident:
What happens if we go back to BML, flash this modem, and then go back to a MTD ROM? Will this modem not work in that situation [brick]?
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
It will work.fine.
[Epic 4G General] rompnit:
I'm still on EH17! :D
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Do you like that better?
[Epic 4G General] Epicnole:
Please forgive the noob like question but I haven't used odin to go back to "stock" in a while so I want to make sure I am doing this correctly. I am on CleanGB-MTD.

1. nandroid backup

2. Odin with victory.pit in PIT, kernel-GB-3a.tar.md5 in PDA, repartition & reboot checked.

3. Reboot recovery and run modem_EC05_to_EL30.zip (phone should stay root with CWM)

4. Wipe, factory reset

5. Reboot recovery and run CleanGB-MTD or CM7.

Am I missing something?
[Epic 4G General] dbpaddler:
I haven't put anything in PIT in a long time. It does it automatically. And the only thing I check is "reboot". You need to just go back to EC05 tar.

Then I let Sprint update to EI22 then EL30.

Then ODIN the latest clockwork and flash the SU zip and you're rooted with recovery.

From there you can do your MTD/CM7 thing.

---------- Post added at 12:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:01 AM ----------

and fyi...I think my signal issues were related to a loose antenna cable. One of the independent techs took my phone apart in front of me and was showing the cable connection with the board. He said he's seen quite a few get burned and in my case just loose. So of course the phone is on backorder. Now I'm using a Shift until the new one comes in. Would also explain why 4g was working just fine.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
No... you need the full ec05.tar.... annd you have to have the victory pit because you were on mtd... it defenitely does not automatically do it for you... check repartition and autoreboot and let 'er rip... hope you didn't listen to the last post and try to go from Mtd to bml without the victory pit....
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
OP modified to reflect big news for CM7 users on nightly 12 or above and any MTD kernels with kexec support. I have not tried this yet so use at your own risk. (I will today though)
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
OP modified to reflect big news for CM7 users on nightly 12 or above and MTD kernels with kexec support. Use at your own risk as always. I will try this myself today.
[Epic 4G General] keithkevorkian:
It worked great..took less then 3 minutes!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Yup! I just tested it too. Remember to ignore the error messages about mounts.
[Epic 4G General] god5337:
Does this work for going back to EI22?

Does this work for going back to EI22, from EL30? Have heard mixed reviews of EL30 and was wondering if this would be able to go back to EI22 if unsatisfied with EL30? Would rather not have to ODIN back to EC05 and Flash EI22 if I don't have to.

I did not see anything related in the following threads:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1463400

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1123103

If not, I might try anyway, just for S&Gs

Thanks,

Lee
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Lee if you are talking about only the modems you would need to Odin just the EC05 modem and then flash the EC05toEI22 zip.
[Epic 4G General] god5337:
Thanks for the answer. I was just talking about the modems, but was hoping to be able to just flash to EI22 from EL30. Oh well, not that hard, just looking for a shortcut. And that is if it is even an issue. I maybe one of the ones who finds EL30 to be better.

Thanks,

Lee
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Works ;)

Don't really notice anything different other than a more steady 1 bar connection as opposed to no bars. (1-4)
[Epic 4G General] O-H-I-O:
better 3g speed in my office

Wow, much easier to get EL30 than having to Odin back, re-root, etc, etc. Thanks!

I'm getting the same number of voice bars in my office (1) but over double the 3g speed (0.16 Mbps on EI22 to 0.45 Mbps on EL30).
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Wow I get at least 1.0 mbs you should try running the 3g turbocharger script ;) its in android development.... pm me if you need a how to.
[Epic 4G General] dashbarranger:
CM7 on EC05 to EI22

I was able to use odin to flash back to EC05, but I get the "script aborted﻿ (no error message)E:Error in /sdcard/modem.EC05toEI22.zip

(Status 7) "

error. Any help on how to get CM7 back to IE22 would be appreciated
[Epic 4G General] Devtodi:
my question also, I am on CM7 nightly 25, no custom kernel, and want to try the EL30 modem. What is the simplest way to do that?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Because you are still on MTD. Follow the link for CM7 in the OP.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Simply by reading the OP.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
To clarify in the OP it specifically mentions how to update CM7. There is a link to get the BML CWM5 temporary flashable and there are the modem flashables. Get both on your SD card. Flash the temp CWM5 BML version and flash the modem flashable inside of that. Ignore the mount errors.
[Epic 4G General] gooch1025:
I'm glad there's an easy way to flash EL30 on MTD now, but after reading all the negative comments, I think I'd just save myself a lot of time and stay on EI22.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Apparently the reviews are mixed. I am wondering if flashing the EC05 to EL30 flashable caused my issues. I had great signal on EC05, and now on EI22. I may try EL30 again tonight. No better test than on an Airave.
[Epic 4G General] O-H-I-O:
Thanks! Just installed the V6 turbocharger and pulled down 1.68 Mb, 0.66 up. Phone is running a bit slow but worth it for real 3g speed!!
[Epic 4G General] Devtodi:
Nice job kenny, worked perfectly, thanks for the work and time you put in.
[Epic 4G General] mocsab:
I followed the steps to update my modum to EL30 while on MTD Revival V3 rom with the Shadow Kernal - the process worked like a charm - simple - easy to do - and checking my signal strenth after updating my profile and PRL - my signal strength in my living room is 3 bars where it used to be 1 or 2 - so at least here - right now - it seems better than the EI22 Modum - still have to use it out driving around - but first appearance seems fine to me -
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Updated OP to add link to get EC05 modem. I am glad this helped everyone.
[Epic 4G General] SwimDrewid:
Been running EG22 since it was released, mainly because I didn't want the hassle of odining again (and again (and again (...))) -- I still have bad memories from a bum bonsai flash.

But Kenny, you make it too easy, and here I am, ready to take the plunge (tomorrow. When I have the "excuse" at work )

sent from my fully armed and operational space phone
[Epic 4G General] meats:
I'm on EH17... what are the steps to get back to EC05?

I tried to Odin using the 15MB EC05 tar file, but that didnt work in Odin.

any help would be (.Y.)s
[Epic 4G General] Epicnole:
Just went through the steps in this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1463400 see post #13. Appears to have work, phone now says Baseband version s:d700.0.5s.EL30 on CleanGB-MTD. Updated my PRL and Profile after the first reboot then rebooted again just to be sure. Showing more bars now...we'll see over the next few days.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Didn't mean to quote you... anyways just tried out the el30 modem again and way better results this time... almost full bars in my house in a spot where id be lucky to have to bars... 3g speeds over 1mb where I usually only get about 450kbps... nice... anyways if you don't figure out the ec05 by tomorrow afternoon meats I will post a working ec05 .tar modem for you to try... its the one that I always use so hopefully it'll work ffor you... I'm sure someone will beat me to it though...
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
What errors did you get?

Follow the steps to Odin in the following thread, if that don't work use Heimdall in the 2nd post of that thread and get a better cable:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
[Epic 4G General] stkiswr:
Any way to go from el30 back to ei22 with cwm? Not super happy w el30.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Sorry those are only deltas, not full modems. You have to Odin EC05 modem in.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Whew! Had a close one this morning! Was Heimdalling in the EC05 modem and accidentally put it into the recovery slot. When it did not reboot I knew I did something wrong. Pulled battery and flashed modem, booted fine. Checked CWM and all appears well...dodged a bullit!
[Epic 4G General] crazyc78:
Huge props to Kenny for this thread!!! I was waiting for someone to come out with this modem and here it is for all of us to enjoy! It worked like a charm for me no problems following all the steps and I'm on MTD so there is another file that you have to flash in CWM to apply the modem update. Currently running Marcusants rom V3 MTD and shadow kernel EL30 MTD v3.0 O/C+U/V. I just installed the modem and updated my PRL so to early to tell in signal boost or loss of signal. I do have the airrave in my house so I guess the true test will be when I leave my house. Once again thx Kenny for your help.
[Epic 4G General] auggie43:
How did you do a 4g hack.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Who is this directed to? I am trying to find a mention of a 4G hack and don't see it.
[Epic 4G General] tropicalbrit:
I'm on BML with EI22 baseband. All I have to do is flash the EI22 to EL30 .zip in recovery and that's it? No re-flashing of kernels or anything?

Apologies, I'm an HTC guy and the process is a bit different.

The Epic community is much calmer than the Evo's... Definitely a nice relief
[Epic 4G General] Nashdogg:
If you are on bml then yes that's it.

sent from my Cyan Seppuku Samurai Epic
[Epic 4G General] ashbuly:
That's all.

Samsung is a lot easier to deal with than HTC. It takes me twice as long to work on an Evo compared to my Epic.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Yes, just flash with Clockwork and welcome to the Epic community.
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
I'm on mtd. I did the sd card bml flash to update modem freaking awesome idea. Also I have the same signal performance and better gps performance with el30 also awesome
[Epic 4G General] davidh59:
So I'm on EL30 modem and MTD and when I got the notification week ago I let it fail. Tonight I've got the upgrade notification again. Do I just need to install an EL30 rom?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
That will make it go away for sure. I have only gotten it once then once again when I restored a nandroid of an EI22 ROM. My other phone hasn't gotten a 2nd notification...it's been 6 days now.
[Epic 4G General] monstaX:
hey man im currently on CM9 ICS and it came with the EI22 modem. Its not exactly giving me thebars i want. This is an MTD ROM so how can i upgrade or even downgrade to EC05. WOuld the MTD to BML thing work. or will it mess it up? 0.o
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
The mtd to bml sshould work... if you want to go to eco5 then you can odin it... odin always works... also so you know I'm pretty sure the cm9 didn't come with the ei22 modem... there is no tar so no way for them to bake it in... I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I'm thinking im not... installed cm9 last night and still had ec05 modem...
[Epic 4G General] monstaX:
no look heres a screenshot i just took and it says EI22.

this might sound noobish but i might be right. I think you stay on the modem you previously were on. cus remember all we did was flash the new ROM and it probably didnt have a modem baked in so it just keeps the one you had, Thats what I'm thinking. Im going to try to odin the wonderful EC05 modem!!!:D

OKay, odin totally worked:). Three to 4 bars now:D. thanks man!

oh and I was wrong for saying " it came with EI22 earlier" , i have it pre-installed from the previous ROM, before i converted to MTD.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Yes that's what I was trying to say... it keeps whatever modem you had prior to flashing...
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
That is coprrect, only Odin or Heimdall will install a modem for EC05 and below. The EI22 and EL30 require YOU to flash the update delta and make sure you start out on the right modem. Any MTD ROM can use the CM7 method in the OP of flashing the BML CWM script.
[Epic 4G General] j00manji:
deleted: read somewhere in here that I have to use odin and go all the way back to ec05 in order to get ei22 back. bummer
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
For just the modem? Pretty easy to odin just the modem and then flash the temp bml cwm and then flash the ec05 to ei22 zip...
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Yeah Odining the EC05 modem takes less than a minute.
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
I am currently on CM9 with the EI22 modem.

Its ok, but anyone got advice on if I should go to the EL30 Modem or even back to EC05?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
It is up to you DC. I got lower signal and dropped calls with EL30 so hung in with EI22 which I found comparable to EC05.
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
Thanks!

I have read some not so good things about the EL30 modem, and EI22 seems to be better for me than EC05 on 3G

Its so easy to change, via ODIN, I may give EC05 another try now that I am staying with CM9, but figured I would ask around, now that people have had a bit of time to play with CM9
[Epic 4G General] elbo450:
So I updated the modem and it shows EL30 as my modem, but I'm still getting update messages from Sprint. Anyone else see this?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
It is not looking for the modem, it is looking at your firmware. Accept it and let it fail or flash an EL30 ROM, CM7 or CM9.
[Epic 4G General] getut:
Trouble

I'm on CM7 nightly 14 and EI22 modem and I downloaded the CWM BML and the EL30 delta.

I flash the CWM BML and it drops me back at the flash screen saying it was successful and it rebooted... even though visually I couldn't tell that it did anything other than scroll the text past.

I then flash the EI22 to EL30 delta and it stops with an error status 7. The download looks strangely small even for a modem file... only 200 some kb. Is this correct?

If its correct what am I doing wrong?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
It's not a modem file it is a modem delta, just the differences. You flash the epic-bml-cwm (or whatever it is called) in CWM, it will unpack and load CWM5 BML version with some cache errors, ignore them, now pick install zip from sdcard, choose the EI30 modem update and flash, there will be more cache errors. Pick reboot system. Profit.
[Epic 4G General] getut:
That is exactly what I did. The CWM seems to go fine, I get the cache errors the remounts etc and finally the reboot statement, at that point I chose install zip from sdcard, but the modem update says update aborted status 7. I've downloaded it and tried 3 times downloading with the phone itself and once downloading it to the PC and moving it to the sdcard.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
OK, you mean the menu pops back up after the cache errors. And you are currently on the EI22 modem right?
[Epic 4G General] vegasmach1:
I recently flashed CM7, love all the configuration options, nightly 32. I left EI22 modem on and this combo seems works great. On 4G I pull 8.5kbps down and 14.5 over wifi but 3G is typical eh at 300 - 500. Calls are clear and crisp. GPS is good too.

But I think it is still a BML version as I was on CleanGB BML before. I don't think I want to change when the phone is working pretty good execpt for the battery life. In fact it is almost a snappy as my 4g Tough, almost.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
No, CM7 does not have a BML version. It converts you to MTD.