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Newest Modem for G900W8??

Hey im wondering where I can find a link to the W8's newest modem? Also do i need to flash both it and the bootloader?

butthurtlocker said:
Hey im wondering where I can find a link to the W8's newest modem? Also do i need to flash both it and the bootloader?
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If you flash the latest firmware the modem and bootlader are allready included.

butthurtlocker said:
where I can find a link to the W8's newest modem? Also do i need to flash both it and the bootloader?
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You didn't tell us why you want to change your modem, so it's impossible to give a certain answer to your question. It's not strictly necessary to flash both, but in most cases you would be best served to flash the full firmware, which will normally contain the modem and bootloader. Unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise, keep them a matched set.
Of course if you had done a search before posting, you'd already know this. You can search the forum or one of the many firmware repository sites for firmware. A quick look at Sammobile suggests that ANF3 or ANF4 are the newest 900W8 versions. Again, unless you have a credible reason to do otherwise stick to a modem from your carrier. i.e. the carrier that the phone originated from regardless of what carrier you will actually use it on.
If there is some compelling reason that you need to flash the modem only, you could extract the modem.bin file from the full firmware, package it as a .tar.md5 file and flash it on the CP line of Odin 3.09. If you are flashing the full firmware, enter the file name on the AP line.
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fffft said:
You didn't tell us why you want to change your modem, so it's impossible to give a certain answer to your question. It's not strictly necessary to flash both, but in most cases you would be best served to flash the full firmware, which will normally contain the modem and bootloader. Unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise, keep them a matched set.
Of course if you had done a search before posting, you'd already know this. You can search the forum or one of the many firmware repository sites for firmware. A quick look at Sammobile suggests that ANF3 or ANF4 are the newest 900W8 versions. Again, unless you have a credible reason to do otherwise stick to a modem from your carrier. i.e. the carrier that the phone originated from regardless of what carrier you will actually use it on.
If there is some compelling reason that you need to flash the modem only, you could extract the modem.bin file from the full firmware, package it as a .tar.md5 file and flash it on the CP line of Odin 3.09. If you are flashing the full firmware, enter the file name on the AP line.
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Haha. Well thanks for the highly descriptive answer bud. I wanted to flash the newest modem because I found I was having tons of problems with the newest builds of roms like Omega and Xtrestolite. for instance I couldnt send outgoing texts. I asked around and never got a clear answer so just from reading I figured I needed the newest modem to get everything going properly. Im very new to this even though ive been an xda member for awhile i only recently starting doing a lot of flashing. Anyways its now clear after flashing new builds as well as extracting the modem for the newest stock firmware and I still cant get texts! Thanks for the advice

butthurtlocker said:
Haha. Well thanks for the highly descriptive answer bud. I wanted to flash the newest modem because I found I was having tons of problems with the newest builds of roms like Omega and Xtrestolite. for instance I couldnt send outgoing texts. I asked around and never got a clear answer so just from reading I figured I needed the newest modem to get everything going properly. Im very new to this even though ive been an xda member for awhile i only recently starting doing a lot of flashing. Anyways its now clear after flashing new builds as well as extracting the modem for the newest stock firmware and I still cant get texts! Thanks for the advice
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I think that your problem is highly unlikely to be caused by or solved by changing your modem. Have a close look at your configuration. If you can't find any errant settings. then do this:
Backup your system. Then use Odin to temporarily revert to the oldest 4.4.2 build (must be pre-June 3rd) for your carrier. i.e. you are installing a 100% stock build that is known not to have serious SMS issues. See if that resolves your problem or not to narrow down the source of the problem. And while I doubt that the problem is from your custom ROM per se, you could if you want just move to another custom ROM. There are a lot, the vast majority of which have no SMS issues.
At a guess, your problems are far more likely to be due to bad APN info, bad cache (clear your cache in recovery mode and also clear cache and data for your SMS client from the settings menu application manager) or a carrier side issue (open a support ticket).
If it was my phone, I'd be trying all of the points in the paragraph immediately above first. And only if that fails to resolve your problem (which is highly unlikely) would I be messing with modems, reverting to full stock firmware or migrating to a different ROM.
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fffft said:
I think that your problem is highly unlikely to be caused by or solved by changing your modem. Have a close look at your configuration. If you can't find any errant settings. then do this:
Backup your system. Then use Odin to temporarily revert to the oldest 4.4.2 build (must be pre-June 3rd) for your carrier. i.e. you are installing a 100% stock build that is known not to have serious SMS issues. See if that resolves your problem or not to narrow down the source of the problem. And while I doubt that the problem is from your custom ROM per se, you could if you want just move to another custom ROM. There are a lot, the vast majority of which have no SMS issues.
At a guess, your problems are far more likely to be due to bad APN info, bad cache (clear your cache in recovery mode and also clear cache and data for your SMS client from the settings menu application manager) or a carrier side issue (open a support ticket).
If it was my phone, I'd be trying all of the points in the paragraph immediately above first. And only if that fails to resolve your problem (which is highly unlikely) would I be messing with modems, reverting to full stock firmware or migrating to a different ROM.
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Ok noted. So i've reverted to stock a few times and SMS always worked. I've re rooted twice, tried different recoveries each time and tried a few different roms. heres what happens:
-Very first rom I've ever tried is Xtrestolite 1.2.2. . ZERO issues, kept updating as new versions came out till I got to 1.3.2. So even though 1.3.1 used the new firmware, I was still able to flash it with no issues. Then as soon as i tried the latest build, 1.3.2, couldnt text at all. I know its something to do with my SMSC because when i installed GO SMS pro from the playstore and manually inputted my SMSC i could text via that app, but not the stock one or even hangouts. Since 1.3.2 was using a slightly different firmware number I just assumed it was the modem. Exact same issue with Omega rom- V6 worked great, as soon as I flashed V7 no outgoing texts. Everything else worked by the way (incoming and outgoing calls, and incoming texts) Just not outgoing
So the reason for starting this thread is because i seem to only be able to use the last version of the 2 roms im interested in if I want to be able to text from the default app. I also checked with members using both roms, that had the W8 and they didnt experience these issues at all. We even went over the steps to get from stock unrooted to flashing the latest builds and my steps were identical to those people who didnt have my issue with the W8. I have no idea what to do but I will likely go back to stock for now. Thanks again

Note 3 Flashing another country's rom to update

I have a rooted Note 3 SM N900 with a Pakistani android 4.4 rom. I am thinking of flashing an Indian rom to update as lollipop is still not available in my country. However I can't seem to find definite info about CSC. Should I directly flash it or do i have to change CSC?
and also How do I back up my internal storage+apps+data?

Nah, CSC doesn't mean much, if any at all, go on, flash the Indian ROM. For backup use Titanium like everyone does. However photos, music etc. won't be backed up with TB, so just use old copy method to your desktop, laptop, whatever is convenient.

What will matter is the EFS... it can get screwed up... so best thing to do is backup your current version (EFS especially - if you want to connect to your current mobile provider), and try a rom from a similar region (in your case India)... then if no baseband, etc, try flashing your backup EFS... otherwise revert back to your original rom.
Good luck!

Strange OTA update from LRX22C to LMY47O

I've tried to search for this issue in the forum but it seems that nobody ever encountered it.
I'm running the rooted stock ROM 5.1.1 on a Nexus 4 (LMY47V) that I've updated since the initial version using always OTA downloads. My provider is T-Mobile USA.
Recently, I keep receiving a notification for a system update that looks a bit weird to me.
The update should be from 5.0.1 (LRX22C) to 5.1.0 (LMY47O), but I'm wondering why I would get it if I'm already running a newer version.
The full path of the download file [1] has a hash that doesn't match any of the original images, but I don't know if this is necessarily a bad thing (since it's just an update and not a complete install).
Initially I tried to update because I didn't know it was the wrong update, but (lucklily?) it didn't succeed so I investigated a bit. I had a few issues in the past with other OTA's failing because the system was rooted, but I managed to decompress and manually install the single components. Although, I don't think I want to do it in this case, because of the version mismatch.
Does anybody has a clue about what's going on?
Also, since I suspect that this update is useless, is there a way to silence or delete this update without installing it?
Thanks in advance.
[1] /storage/emulated/0/Download/e6789b4e57176ed28cd8b24747c134366b3908fc.signed-occam-LMY47O-from-LRX22C.e6789b4e.zip

Can't downgrade from 6.0.1 to 5.0.1 (BOB4) N910C (because of Software Check failure)

Hi!
I'm having trouble downgrading my Note 4 N910C to 5.0.1.
I was stupid enough to upgrade to the newest Android version (6.0.1) through Odin, but i don't like it a bit. It is just too slow. (for instance, unlocking my phone with my case takes 2 seconds!).
I tried other updates in the past, like the 5.1.1 version and other newer updates from then, but they are all very slow too compared to the BOB4 5.0.1 version, i always reverted back normally without a hitch.
I now get a message on my phone screen, that the Revision Binary doesn't check out (something like: System 1 Binary 2).
I've tried a lot, like first installing older firmwares through zip files on CWM recovery (also 4.4.4 etc), but nothing works. Reverting back to 5.1.1 will work, but never to an earlier firmware version(with the zip files i will get boot loops, even after wiping everything).
May there be a way to unlock the bootloader or install an older one? Or some other way to divert the software rev. ckeck?

Tennie said:
Hi!
I'm having trouble downgrading my Note 4 N910C to 5.0.1.
I was stupid enough to upgrade to the newest Android version (6.0.1) through Odin, but i don't like it a bit. It is just too slow. (for instance, unlocking my phone with my case takes 2 seconds!).
I tried other updates in the past, like the 5.1.1 version and other newer updates from then, but they are all very slow too compared to the BOB4 5.0.1 version, i always reverted back normally without a hitch.
I now get a message on my phone screen, that the Revision Binary doesn't check out (something like: System 1 Binary 2).
I've tried a lot, like first installing older firmwares through zip files on CWM recovery (also 4.4.4 etc), but nothing works. Reverting back to 5.1.1 will work, but never to an earlier firmware version(with the zip files i will get boot loops, even after wiping everything).
May there be a way to unlock the bootloader or install an older one? Or some other way to divert the software rev. ckeck?
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most note 4 users want to downgrade but till now it is impossible i have tried every thing even pit files without success

amse_010 said:
most note 4 users want to downgrade but till now it is impossible i have tried every thing even pit files without success
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It's possible, but only samsung service centres know how Just brought back from service today my NOTE4 910C with downgraded OS and bootloader, from 6.0.1 OXA firmware to 5.1.1 SEB

Damn, i've tried everything internet and XDA said i could do, but to no avail. I am now trying to be content with 6.0.1. I am having everything smooth now, with the exception of the slow unlocking time(i think they have some sort of very deep sleep mode now, which saves more battery, but it's so annoying).
I've rooted the N910C with the CF-Auto-Root image, and installed Kernel Adiutor. With Kernel Adiutor i can set the minimum frequency of the .LITTLE CPU to a higher frequency, which helps a lot in smoothness(but it's a little bit worse for your battery). After that i deleted all the crappy programs in Titanium backup like google books/games/etc.
Everything is now as smooth as it was with 5.0.1 BOB4, except the unlocking bit.

[Q]Trying to return to stock BTU rogue apps keep installing during boot

Hi,
i have been trying to return to UK stock software BTU but every time i do a odin flash then boot 3 rogue apps keep installing during boot they are, foodarena.ch,parku,phonebook!? Has anyone had this happen before?
Edit i have rooted and noticed that the apps are stored in the preload folder within the root directory, i removed them all and tried to reflash with no luck then still keep installing?
If you have had this before please help :crying:

Ive got the same firmware and cant see anything hiding in the preload folder, sorry, where did you get the firmware from?

russy23 said:
Ive got the same firmware and cant see anything hiding in the preload folder, sorry, where did you get the firmware from?
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Samfirm, ive seen this sort of forced install before on a tablet but resolved it by flashing the official firmware, but im trying the same here with no luck?
Noticed this guy has had the same issue,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59581427&postcount=680

This is a weird one, i definately havent got them 3 roque apps, looked in different root explorers and used the search function, i definately have the bku uk firmware but i didnt get it from sammobile, it took to long as a free user

@Garner: I missed this thread as my I9505 isn't my daily driver anymore. When I flashed the BTU firmware two things happened.
1. The three apps mentioned appeared.
2. The CSC changed to AUT.
The BTU firmware is multi-country, and on my device and yours it defaults to AUT rather than BTU. I don't recall where the apps are hidden on the device, however, there is no operational difference in the firmware except those three apps appear. Solution? Uninstall the apps. Those three apps are installed in the /data partition and not /system, thus they can be uninstalled like any other app.