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[Q] What is a modem?

I've been flashing roms and kernels for over a year now so I know what those are, what they do, and how to flash them. The latest version of Quantum Rom requires the DK17 modem, though, and I don't really know what that is. Where do I get the DK17 modem and do I just flash it like everything else?

Leon H said:
I've been flashing roms and kernels for over a year now so I know what those are, what they do, and how to flash them. The latest version of Quantum Rom requires the DK17 modem, though, and I don't really know what that is. Where do I get the DK17 modem and do I just flash it like everything else?
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A modem is the phone's baseband and (someone else correct me if I'm wrong) it controls how the phone interacts with GPS, WiMax and the CDMA network. As for how to flash it, see this thread (can't post links yet)
[ROM][ACS] Froyo Build DK17 - Deodexed/Zipaligned/Rooted - No FC - 11/23
Follow the directions to a T and you'll be fine. Odin is really user-friendly.

omgitzsars said:
Odin is really user-friendly.
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LOL that's the first time I've heard that!

leatherneck6017 said:
LOL that's the first time I've heard that!
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Haha thanks! In coming from WinMo, IMO all of this android stuff is way easier to use than WinMo's modding tools.

Odin pass user friendly when your pissed off at it
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A modem is short for Modulator/Demodulator. It is the part of device communications that allow them to "talk".

Downgrade DJ05 Modem???

Is there any way to downgrade back to DI01? I updated the modem firmware and now I cant text. I have to use GV which is dumb cause I dont want to confuse everyone with another number. Anything I can do? I've tried every wipe, Odin, everything....

In the same place that you found the DJ05 modem you should be able to find DI01....then you can just reflash in odin
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Are you running a dj05 rom? Flashing dj05 modem on di01 rom will break texting, just as having dj05 rom with di01 modem will do the same.

Got some AMAZING help on IRC. Got two different versions of a DJ05 ROM, and a DI01 Modem. I'm hoping I'm good to go now!

Where do you go to join IRC

http://webchat.freenode.net/

ATM thee seems to be no fix for this to my knowledge.
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ksizzle9 said:
ATM thee seems to be no fix for this to my knowledge.
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Not true. The Odin DJ01 modem tar is available on IRC and can simply be flashed over the DJ05 modem (which the OP already found out).

Excuse me....sorry I've been planning my wedding and haven't had much time for irc....
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Falcyn said:
Not true. The Odin DJ01 modem tar is available on IRC and can simply be flashed over the DJ05 modem (which the OP already found out).
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Yep. I got the di01 modem if i want to flash back and the dj05 rom to go with my dj05 modem. I used it instead of downgrading modem. I will say the deox dj05 is MUCH snappier!

joe3681 said:
http://webchat.freenode.net/
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What channel?

#samsung-fascinate

KenIzz said:
What channel?
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Ask in there for specific channel. There's one that has all the links stickied on top. I can't tell you off hand what it is because
1. I'm not home
2. I'm not down with getting banned for giving it out
Sorry.

Does DI18 modem (tar+pit) for Odin exist anywhere?!

I have been searching for the DI18 modem for flashing with Odin, but have had no success. I find DI18 full OTA in plenty of places, but not the modem + pit file anywhere.
If you know, please do point the wya.
Thanks.

Look long and hard and you will find what your looking for. Its amazing what the search button or even looking in the wiki will provide. Maybe even crack open a stickie or to
Sent From Da Hood.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794138
scroll down.

mysteryemotionz said:
Look long and hard and you will find what your looking for. Its amazing what the search button or even looking in the wiki will provide. Maybe even crack open a stickie or to
Sent From Da Hood.
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I have looked at the wiki and many threads before posting. I find many ROMs/OTAs that contain the modem, but not the modem tar and pit only.
globalninja said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794138
scroll down.
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I came across this thread before as well. All I see is the full ROM with modem, not modem ONLY. I display 100 posts per page, but don't see the DI18 modem ONLY.
I usually don't need to be spoon-fed, but I am puzzled. Please advise. Thanks.

The tar has the modem
Sent From Da Hood.

mysteryemotionz said:
The tar has the modem
Sent From Da Hood.
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But don't I need a .pit file to flash with Odin? I have that tar file but always thought that a .pit file is needed?
I have both the DK17 & DK28 with modem.tar and .pit. Is the .pit version specific, or can I simply use the .pit from there (and build the .tar using the modem.bin, of course)??

You don't neef a pit at all. The pit is for mapping. When flashing a full rom tar the mapping is built into the tar
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mysteryemotionz said:
You don't neef a pit at all. The pit is for mapping. When flashing a full rom tar the mapping is built into the tar
Sent From Da Hood.
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But what if I am flashing modem ONLY? I want to downgrade my modem on my DK28 ROM, so all I want to do is to flash the DI18 modem.
In this case, don't I need the .pit file, since I am not flashing the full ROM?
By the way, I tried using the flashable in Clockwork, but like many others, it didn't work.
Thanks.

snovvman said:
But what if I am flashing modem ONLY? I want to downgrade my modem on my DK28 ROM, so all I want to do is to flash the DI18 modem.
In this case, don't I need the .pit file, since I am not flashing the full ROM?
By the way, I tried using the flashable in Clockwork, but like many others, it didn't work.
Thanks.
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The di18 modem will not work on dk28 builds
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mysteryemotionz said:
The di18 modem will not work on dk28 builds
Sent From Da Hood.
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It seems to be working fine for many here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922428
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Back to my original questions:
1) Is there a DI18 Odin (modem.tar + .pit) flash?
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2) Do I need the .pit file if I am flashing modem only?
3) If I do need .pit, can I take the DI18 modem.bin file and inserted into a DK17 or DK28 modem Odin package? (I tried this, but it didn't work, don't know why. Is there a different procedure for this?)

1) Take the modem from a di18 odin image. Just open the tarball with 7-zip or winrar.
2) No, but it doesn't hurt to use it anyway. And all the pits are basically the same, with some minor differences in partition sizes. The victory pit is the latest and works with all previous odin-able images.
3) There may be some signing or a checksum needed to create a package that odin will flash.

Question for the OP-
Why do you want to flash the di18 modem? The dk28 modem seems to work fine for everyone. Is there some difference or specific reason why you want that modem?

People are having random 4G/Wimax drops using DK28 modem (mine does this too). It has been speculated that the DI18 modem works better with 4G. I am also suffering the Status 7 error trying to update the modem with CMR 2.5.1, so 0din is the only way to go to get around the status 7 error.
I am also looking for the modem/pit file to use. Can someone detail how to do this with the full di18 rom to just flash modem only?
Thanks!

I have not done this so someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if you open the full DI18 tar file (with 7zip or winrar) you will see modem.bin as a file inside. Copy that out of the tar file into a folder or your desktop. Then in Odin, select "Phone" and select the modem.bin you just extracted.
victory_8G_100528.pit or s1_odin_20100512.pit should work for your pit file which probably came zipped with your odin download. If not do a search for one.

I was able to flash the DI18 modem file using the .BIN from the official full, and the .PIT from Odin (victory). Make sure you select "Phone" and I also deselected "F Reset Time".
Baseband version shows: D700.0.5S.DI18
Running stock DK28. Lets see if this 4g is faster now
EDIT: No service now... anybody have any ideas what could cause this?

I ended up reverting. Was not able to get 3g service, but strangely 4G was working fine.

running_the_dream said:
Question for the OP-
Why do you want to flash the di18 modem? The dk28 modem seems to work fine for everyone. Is there some difference or specific reason why you want that modem?
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See my link from post #10. It seems like DI18 solves some random data drop issues. For me, [I believe] the radio locks up randomly, causing the phone to reboot. I am just curious to try DI18 to see if it helps. Despite the notion that DI18 radios to not work with DK28 ROMs, there are a few people in that link that are using DI18 and loving it.
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I ended up reverting. Was not able to get 3g service, but strangely 4G was working fine.
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I was getting status 7 as well. Strange that you lost service with DI18. I know that I was able to Odin to DK17 and the phone worked fine. I may try DI18 again later tonight...

mysteryemotionz said:
Look long and hard and you will find what your looking for. Its amazing what the search button or even looking in the wiki will provide. Maybe even crack open a stickie or to
Sent From Da Hood.
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Please buy another phone none of your post are helpful at all go annoy some other forum.

Zzim said:
Please buy another phone none of your post are helpful at all go annoy some other forum.
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Ya mysteryemotionz, and all this guys does is be little people and give out crap information. All he wants to say is, go use the search button. He gets on my last nerve and serves no real purpose here on XDA but to think he is a mini moderator.
OP: Sorry to hear bout 3g crapping out, never heard about your problem, though you gave me a little insight to what I might need when I head to my local 4g area for a couple weeks.

heathmcabee said:
Ya mysteryemotionz, and all this guys does is be little people and give out crap information. All he wants to say is, go use the search button. He gets on my last nerve and serves no real purpose here on XDA but to think he is a mini moderator.
OP: Sorry to hear bout 3g crapping out, never heard about your problem, though you gave me a little insight to what I might need when I head to my local 4g area for a couple weeks.
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If you look at my track record you would see that I usally post the awnser to the question in the op. 95% of my post (including this one) is done threw tapatalk. Making hard to post a link. I do my best to help out every person out. I've searched for this very thing he was looking for and found it in lyterally 46 seconds.
Its funny how you n00bs want me gone but the senior members want me here. Its funny how rom devs and themers ask for my assistance and to beta test there products. Its funny how I got my own projects out there. Put yet you would like me to leave
Haterz gonna hate. Just keep hatin. I brush them haterz off. It ain't my fault my epic's e-penis is bigger then the evo's e-penis.

Is There a Method?

I've searched long and hard but i still haven't found one. Is there a method, zip, file, or anything that you can flash using CW3 in order to return to a stock, non-rooted, Sprint accepted version of Android? (EB13, DI18, etc) Basically, just a way to return to stock without the use of Odin. If not, could one be created?

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I've searched long and hard but i still haven't found one. Is there a method, zip, file, or anything that you can flash using CW3 in order to return to a stock, non-rooted, Sprint accepted version of Android? (EB13, DI18, etc) Basically, just a way to return to stock without the use of Odin. If not, could one be created?
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I think everything would work except for the modem because you have to be on a specific version of android.
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deano0714 said:
I think everything would work except for the modem because you have to be on a specific version of android.
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What exactly does the modem do? I've many different terms, Kernel, Modem, TAR file etc, but i havent really bothered to see which parts do what.

garr741 said:
I've searched long and hard but i still haven't found one. Is there a method, zip, file, or anything that you can flash using CW3 in order to return to a stock, non-rooted, Sprint accepted version of Android? (EB13, DI18, etc) Basically, just a way to return to stock without the use of Odin. If not, could one be created?
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I just did that with odin3 but I cannot post the method, don't have enough posts!
P.S. Odin is not that hard!

All you need is right here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032

qbking77 said:
All you need is right here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
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im not sure everyone is understanding me... i want to be able to do all this with out Odin.... basically ditch a connection to a computer and only use files on the SD card and 3 finger salute!

garr741 said:
im not sure everyone is understanding me... i want to be able to do all this with out Odin.... basically ditch a connection to a computer and only use files on the SD card and 3 finger salute!
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You cannot overwrite the modem in Clockwork. Flashing a recovery that way is iffy at very best. So what you want to do? Just plain not happening. /thread

k0nane said:
You cannot overwrite the modem in Clockwork. Flashing a recovery that way is iffy at very best. So what you want to do? Just plain not happening. /thread
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i wasnt trying to do anything. just pure interest. but thanks for a solid answer!

Looking for a CWM 3.0 flashable EC05 modem

is their one out their somewhere? i dont have a cord with me at the moment and i know theirs a way for it to be made flashable....hope its out their somewhere!
PyRo

Never heard of anyone flashing a modem with cwm.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005742&highlight=EC05+Modem
That's all we have for now. Until the official EB13->EC05 comes out, we can only do DI18->EC05. But, that's it.
EDIT: Just to clarify, you MUST be on DI18 to flash that.

DevinXtreme said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005742&highlight=EC05+Modem
That's all we have for now. Until the official EB13->EC05 comes out, we can only do DI18->EC05. But, that's it.
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This. Full modems are not flashable with CWM3. Only modem_delta files, which are patches - and we're dependent on Samsung for those.