yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
Yea, I wasn't expecting the signal to be so awesome. LTE through T-Mobile benches faster then my co-workers Verizon, Lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sino8r:
What frequency is LTE on again? If it's really high like HSPA... It can't penetrate buildings very well. I wish we had like 800mhz or something. It could blast through bomb shelters lol! There is a downside to the lower ones though. Can't remember... Either its more crowded or it can't travel as far from the tower. It's been a while since I worked in the cellular industry...

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It's probably to early to tell for sure but it does seem more accurate at reading signal if that makes sense. More responsive... I guess
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Galaxysm:
Im running JM13 is I flash the modem would something happen :o?

Sent From Land Of Ooo. Using a Jedi Mastered Note 2. :trooper:

"Where you think she at when she ain't with you?"...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jay661972:
Will flashing only modem and new kernel works with custom rom like frosty, jedi?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] alias3800:
My signal has been terrible, so I guess I got here at just the right time to try out this new modem. Will report back on if it's better or not
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
Running tweak 2.1 Flashed the modem only and lost LTE signal
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Interesting - maybe try flashing the stock uvbmd1 kernel as well? It's not unheard of for kernels/modems to work best when same-build combined, though I don't think I've heard of such things on the note 2 as of yet. I would imagine tinkering w/ LTE is at the core of whatever changes elicited the new build, but I'm just speculating really.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jay661972:
flash the deodex, modem and kernel and guess what my speed is crappy as hell, im on LT and i got only 9mbps, and first time i seen form 4G LTE to G (GPRS) this is an old school (Vib and Sensation days)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I didn’t try flashing the kernel on top of that because I didn’t have time to mess with it a whole lot and didn’t want to start opening some can of worms potentially waiting for me – just thought the same thing you just did and restored the old modem.

However now after the fact, I am thinking the issue was more the old ROM version combined with the new modem. LTE was enabled in the previous update, so the kernel-related function of the LTE should already be there. I was thinking between the modules and so forth and the modem there must be some issue.

But yeah like you said, definitely a major firmware update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Agree - It wouldn't surprise me if all three were needed... though we would know more if someone got their hands on the 15mb ota file itself :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
OTA was only 15 mb?

That is a very small sized update. I am really curious now to see what changed.... maybe some modules and a modem? seems really small.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Agree, hence my curiosity as well. I'm too impatient to wait for the OTA though lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xamindar:
Not sure what you guys are talking about. I flashed the new modern on tweaked 2.1 and have had no issues getting lte signal.

What did I do wrong?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
fluke incident on my part maybe? not sure now.

all i know is i flashed the new modem, booted up, no LTE....

reverted back to previous modem, booted up again. boom, LTE signal.

EDIT*** hey dwither... did a little bit of research on the update... it is basically some small security enhancements (not fixes or bugs... there is a difference imo)... and also gives us the smart switch feature from the s4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] luv4greenleaves:
I can confirm, the new modem gave me slower speeds than the UVBMB4, but a better signal... I tried it numerous times and came to the conclusion the new modem sucks... stay away if you like fast data and are in a good coverage area.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Yeah I saw that - I'll likely update my little mess to the newest ota, hopefully the modem bit was a fluke on your end. It would then follow that you could use the older modem on it if you so chose as it seems results vary a bit on it.

This was also supposed to fix issues w/ missed calls/texts and things going right to voicemail - issues I don't think I had but I suppose it's possible I wouldn't have noticed lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
funny you mention the calls going straight to voicemail... i have had that happen several times. the missed text messages i haven't had any issues with, though.

and yeah, i am going to stay on this modem if i can... not sure what that was all about, but it happened nonetheless.

has anybody diff'd the /system/ ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
I haven't yet, but I'm all prepped to do so this evening/tonight anyway.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
Keeping my old modem, but has anyone figured out what changes are in MD1?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
This

seems to be the official info on the update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
faaaaiiiilllllll.....

"... due the device not being connected to the network."

modem issue.

that sucks donkey dicks... that means if you don't update the modem, the bugs will likely persist.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] blazinazn:
Which blows cause this update has been sucking for me. I can't even stream Pandora consistently like I was able to before this update. BOOOOOOOOOOO
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
did you flash the entire ROM? or just the modem?

did you flash kernel, modem, and /system/ ..... basically is what i am asking
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] blazinazn:
I just installed the OTA update so I'm guessing that's just the kernel/modem?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
do you still have the .zip file on your device that you downloaded? if you can, upload it to a drop box account and shoot me a PM with a download link... i want to take a look at it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] blazinazn:
I can look to see if I still have it if you tell me where it might be?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
should be on your SD card somewhere... most likely your internal card and if it is in a sub folder it will likely be under "Downloads"... otherwise it will be in the /sdcard/ directory

so check /sdcard/downloads/ or just /sdcard/

not sure what the name of it would be, just look for something that is relatively small in file size and created today. That will be the one.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] blazinazn:
I think it deletes the update after you install it but I could be wrong. I just know in the past, you had to get it off your device before you installed it. I looked in all my sub directories on my internal and SD card but nothing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cnote74:
Might be in a temp sd card directory but is deleted after you update it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
i think you are correct about that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] blazinazn:
Do you know if can flash the Mr. Robinson 3/18 again and just got back to the previous version? I can re-download the update and grab it before installing. I'm just not sure if I can go back without causing problems?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975560
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
yeah you could definitely do that. not sure how much of an inconvenience this would be for you... but it would certainly work.

easiest way to do it for you, i suppose (assuming you are all stock) would be to flash the factory image through odin... found in this thread.

if you are running a custom recovery or whatever, just download the deodexed version and flash through recovery.... wipe all your data, system, all that...

keep in mind if you odin your internal sd card will be wiped.. so back anything up that you would need.

if it's a huge inconvenience, i wouldn't worry about it too much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
Wait, what bug? Should I not flash the update?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] blazinazn:
Are you sure it would wipe my data? Cause that's how I originally rooted was by flashing through Odin and it didn't wipe anything. I don't have a custom recovery installed because I didn't want to trip the flash counter. I just want root.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
You are slightly confused about what I am trying to say...

In a nutshell, I factory image will wipe your data partition... All of it...

Unless it has been modified to not do so.

So if you used another method through Odin, which was modified, that didn't wipe your data, and if you can use that same method but to install the previous build with all of it's radio and kernel and system glory... Then by all means do so.

I wouldn't recommend that method, just because shortcuts always come with a price in my experience... Or they sometimes can... But do whatever at your own discretion
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
Anyone have an alternate link for the MB4 modem? Goo seems to be having problems with one of their distribution servers. :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
lol , nevermind.. Well I could try this, could be totally off on how this works... New to this, but I zipped the MB4 Modem File from a ROM /MODEM/UVBMB4 Directory and uploaded it to dropbox..Not sure if you can utilize it that way, but figured I'd try.. If you can great, if not disregard... If you can't access the dropbox link, shoot me your email...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xd2la1lhc26ngk1/UVBMB4.zip
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
I posted this over on the LTE thread. Anyone here know the answer? Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jay661972:
apn probably
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] psycho4us4:
Do you still need a copyof the modem?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
Thank you, Goo kicked in again after I posted that message, Lol. Figures, right. :banghead:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nccu_eagles:
so the newest modem gives slow data speeds? not worth upgrading?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ecliptical:
Mixed reviews, but for me it gave me the same, if not slightly better data speeds!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] psycho4us4:
Not for me. He he he. No LTE for me yet but this is good for now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
Flash it and find out for yourself.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
Hoping MD1 works better. For some odd reason I don't get LTE when running CM, yet it's listed as a LTE rom. Confused...running MB4 modem right now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dkb218:
Question: First time I've install the a ROM from this thread. Do I need to install the rom only or the rom and the kernel and the modem? I was under the impression the oxed and deoxed has the kernel and modem included. Am I wrong. Also, Any reason to pick a Oxed rom over a deoxed .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshxx:
Kernel is included in both Odex and DeOdexed, but modem you have to flash it separately.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] imaleecher:
Modem was definitely slower for me (Irving, TX). Flashed back to my previous modem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] krazeekirk:
No matter which image i try downloading i keep getting "Failed-Network error" as soon as the file has less than a percent to be complete. Same results using other browsers? Any reason why?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] MarlinFF:
After having done multiple speed tests, the BMB4 firmware is definitely more consistent and yields higher data speeds and lower latency. (East Los Angeles area)

Reverting!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] psycho4us4:
+1 I like it better too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshxx:
Interesting... I am having the completely opposite experience with D1. My speeds are noticeably faster and with infrequent data drops. The most fascinating thing to me about D1 (radio and ril) is that the data seems to be consistent. What I mean by that is usually when data packets are transferred from phone to tower and vice versa, I used to get big drops, but with D1 that has vastly improved. Needless to say this might be just area specific (South Florida) so your milage may vary.

ps. This is on a fresh D1 install. No dirty flash, no upgrade, no add-ons.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
Is stock the best kernel? Stability wise, and smoothness anyways.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rehkhan97:
hi. i am trying to flash the latest factory image through odin, but it tells me that "MD5 hash value is invalid". how can i fix this? Thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] papabear:
I almost want to flash back to your deodexed k8 and the new modem and see if my speeds stay higher.

If he flashed the new rom/modem and signal/quality etc was not as good. And flashed back that is good enough proof. When I had my S2 I flashed 3 or 4 different modems before I found which one worked best. Depends on the area as well.

No, flash whatever you want. I have never had issues with this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gack69:
Re: [-::STOCK::-] SGH-T889 Kernels and Modems - Last Updated (01/16/13)

The LK8 modem firmware has been out since like 12/19/12, plenty of time to evaluate it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Baenwort:
Do you have a ODIN flashable stock rom for the VALL4 update?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sino8r:
For RILS? ;)

Does anyone know specifically what RILs the Note 2 uses? I found a little bit of info via searching somewhere in the SGSIII section but there seemed to be a few minor but possibly crucial differences. There also seemed to be some different rils between 4.1.1 and 4.1.2? Sorry, I'm new to Samsung and am familiar with HTCs and their stuff. Some might have sec in the rils somewhere also but not sure. I'm sure I'm not the only one trying to figure this out or anything, right? Any thoughts folks? Thanks in advance!

I guess I should mention this also for those who have no idea what I'm talking about. Ril files should match the baseband aka (radio or modem) and using the rils from the rom the modem was ripped from sometimes helps your radio preform better. You won't get a stronger signal but tower handoffs on the phone's end (ever had a dropped call? Typically from a failed handoff) might work better and possibly increased data speeds. Again, it doesn't improve signal but makes it handle better. A decent analogy is getting your wheels balanced after changing tires on a car.

I'm downloading the latest 4.1.1 (VALL4) to compare RILs from my rom which is 4.1.2 (JediX8) and will get back with everyone on what I found...

UPDATE: I found out that the suspected files all match in name so that's not a issue, thank goodness! That would have made this a big mess. That doesn't mean that the rils weren't revised with the new modem which means there will be a benefit of matching rils to radio if you flash vall4 modem only obviously. These are the suspected rils files needed and I think there might be more or less. Please anyone chime in on with their opinions...

libsecril-client.so

libril.so

libreference-ril.so

libril-qc-qmi-1.so

libril-qcril-hook-oem.so

The first 3 I am sure of obviously but the last two as suspect. The only reason I mentioned those is because of they are radio interface layer files (I do realize not all rils pertain to modem only;)) and they were mentioned in the build.prop. that doesn't necessarily mean it's modem related but it seems possible. That's why I need some others to look at these and help me decide. I'm sure matching rils will help those wanting to update their modem only for now and future updates. Thanks again for any input! And btw, the new modem seems to be working as well if not better than the old one imo. One final thought though.. why don't we have a libsec-ril.so? Every rom has one on other devices (htc and other devices too named something similar) and they are a larger size around 700kb or so. All these three files we have are way too small to be the only modem rils. I doubt the last two should be used but we are missing a larger ril possibly named something else. I'll have to wait and see what yall think;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] LunarSoul:
Re: [-::STOCK::-] SGH-T889 Kernels and Modems - Last Updated (01/16/13)

This might be a little off topic but I rooted a while back and now I don't know how to update to the latest T-mobile update without losing root or my apps. Is the stock T-mobile multi window update on XDA? Can I use these kernels and modems meanwhile for the patches or do I have to update the Rom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Baenwort:
VALL4 and VALk8 are the stock T-mobile multi-window updates and can be found in the first post above. You can update the modem seperately from the ROM you are running. The Kernel and the Rom can not be updated seperately. You pick the rom that has the Kernel you want.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] LunarSoul:
Re: [-::STOCK::-] SGH-T889 Kernels and Modems - Last Updated (01/16/13)

Never mind got it. Thanks!

Thanks for answering. Really helpful.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mocheen:
so essentially u can flash a modem to any rom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshxx:
Re: [-::STOCK::-] SGH-T889 Kernels and Modems - Last Updated (01/16/13)

Yes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sino8r:
Hey teshxx, you seem like a knowledgeable fella. Do you know much about modem related RIL lib files?

My Samsung knowledge is extremely new;) Sorry lol! These are the only ones I know for sure are modem related ones...

libsecril-client.so

libril.so

libreference-ril.so

The ONLY thing is we seem to be missing a larger size (typically 700kish) on typically named libsecril file or some thing to that effect...

It must be named something else cause it's not too obvious to me and I've scan through quite a few different roms looking. I just wanted to match the vall4 rils to the new modem for various rom usage. Thanks for any idea!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] danmanca:
will any of these modems enable 4G LTE on my tmobile note 2 running on the AT&T network?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshxx:
No.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshxx:
Post #1 updated with Factory Images and Roms. You will find all the stuff for T889 from me here. All in one kinda thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] govindar77:
Thanks for you hard work, Teshxx

I have a question.

If I install a custom ROM from the GT-N7100 thread, and then flash the Modem file in recovery, will the phone work.

I ask because I used to have a GT-N7100 and loved a ROM there, but now it broke and I'm probably getting a TMobile version one.

I would still prefer to use that ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshxx:
Thanks! 7100 roms won't work on t889 and vise versa.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] V@no:
Would be nice if OP included Android versions of each rom. Is T889UVALL4 v4.1.1 or 4.1.2 - this is kind of important too...

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshxx:
There is only one version out there, 4.1.1. I was going to add it when 4.1.2 was released :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mysticfrog:
hey teshxx thanks for these... you making this community so much easier thanks again brotha...:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theoilman:
I just got the Note 2 Smart Dock, and I was having some trouble getting it to work. after some trial and error, I figured out it's the L4 modem that's screwing up the connection- I have no idea why. if I have data off and wifi on and dock the phone, an alert pops up that the modem has crashed, but after I hit OK the phone and dock sync fine. if I have data on, the phone and dock don't sync at all, and I never get the crash error. not sure what's up with that. not a huge deal since I can still get everything to work, but worth posting in case someone has a similar problem or can think of a fix.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] LordJohnWhorfin:
Reboot loop...

I have a T889 which had CM10.1 nightly installed. It had significant issues (no bluetooth streaming tags, video problems in some apps) so I wanted to try stock. I restarted in recovery mode and installed T889UVALL4 deodexed, cleared the cache and the dalvik cache and restarted. Now my phone is stuck in a reboot loop. What did I do wrong? Did I do something REALLY stupid?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottPilgrim:
Bad download or corrupt file somewhere.

Re-download, try again
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] James62370:
If you are flashing the factory image, I believe you need to extract it first.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] HowDoIVoIP:
I just installed all 3 T889UVBMD1 (rom, kernel, modem). I had been using teshxx's international stock ROMs exclusively.

As soon as I saw the T-Mobile splash screen my jaws tightened up. Oh boy, I can't stand that crap.

Anyway, I just wanted to post my results since I heard teshxx saw much better modem performance and many others did not.

Previous: T889XXDMC3 (International ROM) with baseband T88UVALK8

WiFi: 24.5/26.8Mbps

HSPA+: 98ms - 3.8/1.9Mbps

After update: T889UVBMD1 ROM + Kernel + Modem

WiFi: 23.8/26Mbps

4G LTE: 66ms - 10.8/6.3Mbps

Results were taken within 20 minutes of each other in the same place in Hopkins, MN.

Even though I can't stand the bloatware and embarassing T-Mobile sound effects, I like the performance. I'm going to test the data speed for VoIP phone calls while driving soon. I'm curious if I'll be able to use PCMU over G.729 in CSipSimple if the speed is more consistent with 4G LTE.

Edit:

After one test driving/calling, I was getting a lot of cutting out even when in LTE using the G.729 codec. I'm going to flash T889UVBMB4 modem and see if it's better.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cooleydub:
Just tried to install UVBMD1 modem only(flash via twrp) and I'm getting an error during flash.... something to do with binary. Updated SuperSU didn't help. Thoughts?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cameljockey1:
Yea same here. You'll have to go to goo.im and find teshexx and then download whatever you need. That's how I

Doing from the phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
Anyone else notice a small issue with latest deodexed MD1 rom? I think the superuser being used is causing occasional....guess call them mini freezes, then phone soft reboots. I did a full clean install, MD5 matches, everything. I did this three times. Seems like the superuser app is delaying to ask permissions from certain system important files, until after the freeze.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
Are you on SuperSU? Because an update came out today.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
MB4 used SuperSU, the latest 6/2 MD1 uses the Superuser I've seen in custom roms. What update, I don't see any in the OP past MD1?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
I mean the supersu app got updated from the play store. I don't know if that's even relevant, just thought I'd mention it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TerrorCandii:
Not on MD1, Tesh switched to a superuser app not listed in the Play Store. I've only seen it integrated in custom roms like, CM, Rootbox, and such. MB4 still uses SuperSU, which I saw the update, but thank you for the idea. Still trying, I would hate to have to downgrade over a superuser app honestly.

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Found it, there's the original Superuser, then SuperSU, and this Superuser is by Koush, the guy who created CWM, and Rom Manager. Is there any way to switch to SuperSU? I prefer it, it's more responsive, and doesn't cause any issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] truckerdewd:
Just download it from Google Play. Search for SuperSU

Sent from my wickedly awesome Galaxy Note 2 using my fingers. Duh!!!