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My I9505 is showing unknown baseband version and null IMEI, and it is not detecting sim card.
My phone was working fine (i.e. showing IMEI and baseband version were good) on Android 4.4.2 Kitkat. I manually updated it to Lollipop 5.0.1 using firmware named I9505XXUHOB7_I9505BTUHOB4_BTU.
I did this using Odin 3.09 only checked Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time. Everything went fine and device booted with Lollipop and then this problem of unknown baseband version and null imei happened.
I searched on the internet and i think it is because of corrupt EFS. Can someone guide me thoroughly on restoring EFS.
What happens when you flash Android 4.4.2 onto the device again?
As to it being a corrupt EFS folder, unless flashing the previous ROM to your device works, you may well be screwed if you didn't make a backup. However, I don't believe it to be a corrupt folder.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
What happens when you flash Android 4.4.2 onto the device again?
As to it being a corrupt EFS folder, unless flashing the previous ROM to your device works, you may well be screwed if you didn't make a backup. However, I don't believe it to be a corrupt folder.
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I Didn't Try Previous ROM I will try it Tonight.
did you managed to fix this problem, cuz i'm facing the exact same one and i can't fix it!
mirosaw2 said:
did you managed to fix this problem, cuz i'm facing the exact same one and i can't fix it!
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Nope previous ROM is not working too and Still looking for a solution
mirosaw2 said:
did you managed to fix this problem, cuz i'm facing the exact same one and i can't fix it!
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keycastle said:
Nope previous ROM is not working too and Still looking for a solution
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Try to flash the modem twice, first time without checking auto-reboot, power off device and reboot manualy in download, and then reflash modem a second time with auto-reboot checked.
Hi,
I've a big problem with my ZenFone GPS, it's very slow to fix and accuracy is very bad. It's totally unusable for car navigation. For example my moto G first gen 2013 have better accuracy (11 meters) and fix in 5s max versus 30/40s with bad accuracy (40meters).
I've try to upgrade to latest firmware, factory reset my phone but problem still here.
I google a little about my problem and I found i'm not alone to have this GPS issues.
Does someone found something to fix this problem ?
Math43 said:
Hi,
I've a big problem with my ZenFone GPS, it's very slow to fix and accuracy is very bad. It's totally unusable for car navigation. For example my moto G first gen 2013 have better accuracy (11 meters) and fix in 5s max versus 30/40s with bad accuracy (40meters).
I've try to upgrade to latest firmware, factory reset my phone but problem still here.
I google a little about my problem and I found i'm not alone to have this GPS issues.
Does someone found something to fix this problem ?
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You're not the only one with this problem, bro. I also have a problem with GPS on my ZE500KL (by the way, i also had Moto G 2013 before and GPS works good on it)
AndroiTS GPS Test shows that GPS doesn't see any sattelites. The best result was connection with 2 sattelites, and the accuracy of GPS on Google Maps was very low in anyway.
I have tried factory reset, to downgrade to WW_12.8.5.118 Firmware & wipe cache partition, then tried also install WW_12.8.5.172 and WW_12.8.5.222 firmware and the result is the same - GPS not working.
The only thing I didn't tried yet is editing the "gps.conf" file, but I need root for this, and I don't want to lose the warranty
As I see on ASUS official forum, they know about the issue and they trying to resolve the problem (since november or something). :good:
Same for me
Gps position updates once a minute and accuracy is real ****. Had a road accident because of navigation problems
same problem for me...good phone, but GPS work badly
gps on my ze550kl keeps turning around and accuracy is very bad hope they will fix that in MM
I tried to post this message on the Asus Zentalk forum, but the site seems broken, it won't let me post anything.
I had a similar problem with my Moto G, I resolved this way (solution found in this forum, posted back to CM forum):
To make integrated GPS working you need to reboot in bootloader mode (hold volume down while turning on the phone), then attach the phone to the pc with the USB cable, and from the command prompt use fastboot to erase modemst1 and 2:
Code:
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
It will not erase anything tangible for the user (apparently).
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I know that this is a different phone (I should get it soon btw, I hope I will not regret my choice) and that the commands probably won't work even with some modification, but it could give a hint to those trying to solve this problem.
BubuXP said:
I tried to post this message on the Asus Zentalk forum, but the site seems broken, it won't let me post anything.
I had a similar problem with my Moto G, I resolved this way (solution found in this forum, posted back to CM forum):
I know that this is a different phone (I should get it soon btw, I hope I will not regret my choice) and that the commands probably won't work even with some modification, but it could give a hint to those trying to solve this problem.
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i tried the code but her is what happened... see screenshot
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hoping for a response...
rozene05 said:
i tried the code but her is what happened... see screenshot
postimg.org/image/jxx5n1sxl
hoping for a response...
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Have you run the command prompt as Administrator?
Have you installed the latest or official ADB drivers?
Have you unlocked the bootloader? (I don't know if necessary, try the above first)
I also tried running as admin as well as downloaded the latest adb and drivers, same result
I have not yet unlocked my bootloader since there is no complete backup here at xda, and it is not possible to re lock the bootloader,
I will just be waiting if someone will try to it.
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I also tried running as admin as well as downloaded the latest adb and drivers, same result
I have not yet unlocked my bootloader since there is no complete backup here at xda, and it is not possible to re lock the bootloader,
I will just be waiting if someone will try to it.
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I'm investigating what happens in detail when these two partitions are erased.
I found two discussions that look interesting (specially the second):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/investigation-efs-t3153154
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617276
In brief: these two partitions holds important information of the phone, like the IMEI. Erasing them cause the system to recreate them using the information backed-up in other partitions. But in some cases these backup partitions are empty and erasing the modemst partitions cause the phone radio to stop working (no more calls, 2G/3G/4G data and GPS) because the system cannot retrieve the serial numbers needed to make the radio work anywhere.
So it's better to do a manual backup of these partitions before erasing them (better a full backup with TWRP, that will backup all partitions including these).
Reading the second discussion linked above suggests me that the sudden bootloop problems that people are experiencing, are also connected to the corruption of these modemst partitions (corruption possibly caused by some firmware update or by some system app gone mad).
The fact that Asus after 2+ months still hasn't fixed the GPS problem, could mean IMO:
- that the problem isn't related to the above partitions and is more complicated than it seems (probable);
- that the problem is caused by the corruption of the partitions but it cannot be fixed with an OTA firmware update, but only manually with a technical intervention (full flash and/or terminal bashing) that regular users aren't capable of;
- that the problem can be fixed with a firmware update but Asus developers still haven't find that (improbable).
I should get the ZE500KL in a couple of days, then my theory could be tested directly and described in detail (if I get the same GPS problems after updates).
Thanks for your input regarding this, i would just use my bluetooth gps in order to navigate properly..
rozene05 said:
Thanks for your input regarding this, i would just use my bluetooth gps in order to navigate properly..
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Yesterday I received the phone, I booted it to check if it works, then I immediately upgraded the firmware to the latest version, without OTA updates but downloading directly the latest full firmware from the Asus download site.
Then I booted the phone, played a little with it, did a full reset and re-flash the firmware.
Then I thought about GPS problems and I tested it with AndoiTS GPS Test and it seems to work fine, or at least I suppose this from the attached screenshot (I couldn't test it on the streets yet).
I don't have root permission or bootloader unlocked [yet], so you and everybody could try the same things I did:
- Factory data reset (from Settings > Backup and reset menu);
- wipe data/factory reset (boot into recovery by pressing Volume Down button while turning on the phone);
- full firmware flash (from recovery, you can copy the firmware zip file in a microSD or upload it via adb sideload).
Then after rebooting the phone complete the welcome procedure and repeat the three steps above another time.
I hope this will works for everybody.
Here is my screen shot using asus zenfone 2
Screenshot from asus zenfone 2 ze500kl
Merely 2 satellites
And here is the screenshot using xperia sp c5303,
I also updated using the zip in asus site and flashed it,
Btw, my asus has been rooted, but i see no difference after rooting it, same scenario 2 or less satellites, some times 5 but no fix
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Yesterday I received the phone, I booted it to check if it works, then I immediately upgraded the firmware to the latest version, without OTA updates but downloading directly the latest full firmware from the Asus download site.
Then I booted the phone, played a little with it, did a full reset and re-flash the firmware.
Then I thought about GPS problems and I tested it with AndoiTS GPS Test and it seems to work fine, or at least I suppose this from the attached screenshot (I couldn't test it on the streets yet).
I don't have root permission or bootloader unlocked [yet], so you and everybody could try the same things I did:
- Factory data reset (from Settings > Backup and reset menu);
- wipe data/factory reset (boot into recovery by pressing Volume Down button while turning on the phone);
- full firmware flash (from recovery, you can copy the firmware zip file in a microSD or upload it via adb sideload).
Then after rebooting the phone complete the welcome procedure and repeat the three steps above another time.
I hope this will works for everybody.
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Another question what firmware version are you using, as far as my experience, the latest ww.12.8.5.222 firmware gives me this problem so i decided to do a full downgrade to the stock fw that comes with my phone, which is ww.12.8.5.118, for that fw works before
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Another question what firmware version are you using, as far as my experience, the latest ww.12.8.5.222 firmware gives me this problem so i decided to do a full downgrade to the stock fw that comes with my phone, which is ww.12.8.5.118, for that fw works before
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I used the latest firmware, the .222
The trick could be resetting and flashing, two times, but it's only an assumption.
BTW, into geolocation settings, I enabled the only GPS option when doing the test.
In your screenshot, it looks like AGPS is enabled, that is not GPS. Try setting only GPS in the geolocation settings and see what happens (maybe with screenshot).
Here it is without agps, i even left my phone in the open for about an hour, screen on, hoping it will fix even with one satellite, now even one satellite wont show up
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Here it is without agps, i even left my phone in the open for about an hour, screen on, hoping it will fix even with one satellite, now even one satellite wont show upView attachment 3688327
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Ok, it looks like the same exact problem as the Moto G, and the solution should be the same too.
But with the bootloader locked (and no way to unlock it at the moment), the only thing we can do is using the terminal with root privileges to backup and erase the partitions (with the dd command or something similar).
I'll study how to do this...
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so what did you do to solve it?
I tried flashing the stock firmware and now I keep getting the Note 4 logo going on and off every 5 seconds. Tried flashing 2 other roms and both show a failed sign on Odin when they reach hidden.img. I can still reach download mode and recovery mode though. I've also tried installing the stock firmware via Kies and its still stuck in the bootloop.
if you have flashed CM13 from RaymanFX build 8 or higher recently then you have a corrupt IMEI and that causes the BootLoop
also check if the C-roms or stock one are for SM-N910H and not C model , bcuz there are also bootloops caused by Modem , goodluck
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if you have flashed CM13 from RaymanFX build 8 or higher recently then you have a corrupt IMEI and that causes the BootLoop
also check if the C-roms or stock one are for SM-N910H and not C model , bcuz there are also bootloops caused by Modem , goodluck
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I had build 10 from Rayman's CM 13 before this. Is there a way I can fix it? The one I downloaded was for N910H. I even tried one from Kies. Thanks for the reply
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I had build 10 from Rayman's CM 13 before this. Is there a way I can fix it? The one I downloaded was for N910H. I even tried one from Kies. Thanks for the reply
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Hi
there are around 3 fixes available for downgrading from cm13 to Stock 5.1.1 you can find them in page 2 i suppose
be warned to make a fully fully backup from IMEI before you try the fixes , i just did the trials and it was successful but forgot to backup , now having dm-verity failed everytime i turn N4 on. godspeed
ArmanFGT said:
Hi
there are around 3 fixes available for downgrading from cm13 to Stock 5.1.1 you can find them in page 2 i suppose
be warned to make a fully fully backup from IMEI before you try the fixes , i just did the trials and it was successful but forgot to backup , now having dm-verity failed everytime i turn N4 on. godspeed
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I can't seem to find it, could you please link me? Also can I apply these fixes even though my phone is stuck in a bootloop?
The bootloop is gone but I can't connect to my network. I couldn't backup the IMEI file because the phone was completely wiped.
spongerobert1 said:
The bootloop is gone but I can't connect to my network. I couldn't backup the IMEI file because the phone was completely wiped.
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Without the imei, you cannot use the phone for any cellular activities like sms, calls and mobile data. Also, editing imei is considered illegal so you will not find any methods to restore it here.
yesteryearisoverhere said:
Without the imei, you cannot use the phone for any cellular activities like sms, calls and mobile data. Also, editing imei is considered illegal so you will not find any methods to restore it here.
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So there's nothing I can do to fix this?
I have had a moto g6 plus for some time now, but nowadays I am not able to detect SIM cards and wifi does not turn on, what is happening?
Wellfare11 said:
I have had a moto g6 plus for some time now, but nowadays I am not able to detect SIM cards and wifi does not turn on, what is happening?
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Can you tell us more?
How did it start?
Did something happen to it, or did you just notice it is not connecting?
The most easy things first, is your sim card correctly in place?
Which ROM are you on and have you reflashed it?
weazie said:
Can you tell us more?
How did it start?
Did something happen to it, or did you just notice it is not connecting?
The most easy things first, is your sim card correctly in place?
Which ROM are you on and have you reflashed it?
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The phone started with problems since I upgraded to Android Pie, I have taken care of it very well but I do not know if it is a hardware failure, but note that in baseband turns out to be unknown, I installed several stock roms from fastboot without any success, also I thought it would be a problem of the EFS partition, but everything is fine I even took a backup in case the doubts, what could happen?
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The phone started with problems since I upgraded to Android Pie, I have taken care of it very well but I do not know if it is a hardware failure, but note that in baseband turns out to be unknown, I installed several stock roms from fastboot without any success, also I thought it would be a problem of the EFS partition, but everything is fine I even took a backup in case the doubts, what could happen?
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Did you originally update via OTA, meaning, was it the official update?
Then when you noticed it's not working, you tried to flash several stock ROMs?
One possible problem that comes to mind, is that for some reason, you have the wrong radio/modem firmware. That can happen for example, if you have flashed a ROM, which is not meant for your region.
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Did you originally update via OTA, meaning, was it the official update?
Then when you noticed it's not working, you tried to flash several stock ROMs?
One possible problem that comes to mind, is that for some reason, you have the wrong radio/modem firmware. That can happen for example, if you have flashed a ROM, which is not meant for your region.
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Yes, upgrade to Android pie via OTA
I already put a stock rom of the same region, following each fastboot command one by one, but everything continues the same, I even installed RROS 7, to see if at least it turned on the wifi, and it is in bootloop.
Wellfare11 said:
Yes, upgrade to Android pie via OTA
I already put a stock rom of the same region, following each fastboot command one by one, but everything continues the same, I even installed RROS 7, to see if at least it turned on the wifi, and it is in bootloop.
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Go with the modding guide index: how to restore stock ROM etc., and flash a stock ROM that you know will work. Flash the radio/modem file too, and make sure it's the correct one.
Just to say, I had connection problems too, and in the end they were because the sim card did not latch correctly in place i.e. was not correctly in place.
weazie said:
Go with the modding guide index: how to restore stock ROM etc., and flash a stock ROM that you know will work. Flash the radio/modem file too, and make sure it's the correct one.
Just to say, I had connection problems too, and in the end they were because the sim card did not latch correctly in place i.e. was not correctly in place.
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I already tried, I installed the rom corresponding to the model of the cell phone and the wifi still does not work, the base band is still unknown, I also checked if the sim card was correctly placed, and everything is fine
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Go with the modding guide index: how to restore stock ROM etc., and flash a stock ROM that you know will work. Flash the radio/modem file too, and make sure it's the correct one.
Just to say, I had connection problems too, and in the end they were because the sim card did not latch correctly in place i.e. was not correctly in place.
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I have an idea, but I need someone to help with a backup of the files, Radio, Modem, and Persist to flash in twrp
Wellfare11 said:
I have an idea, but I need someone to help with a backup of the files, Radio, Modem, and Persist to flash in twrp
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Great that you have an idea. ?
Here's an idea: take a backup of your current config in twrp, move it to the computer, take a copy. Replace the files in that copy with the ones that you want to flash.
Did you mean this? You are aware that you can try different radio/modem files through fastboot, not having to flash everything else every time? That said, go with your idea. ?
weazie said:
Great that you have an idea.
Here's an idea: take a backup of your current config in twrp, move it to the computer, take a copy. Replace the files in that copy with the ones that you want to flash.
Did you mean this? You are aware that you can try different radio/modem files through fastboot, not having to flash everything else every time? That said, go with your idea.
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I already tried and still does not give results curiously I have noticed that even in bootloader shows, Baseband not fund
Wellfare11 said:
I already tried and still does not give results curiously I have noticed that even in bootloader shows, Baseband not fund
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Does the phone ask for a pin code at any point?
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Does the phone ask for a pin code at any point?
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does not request any code at any time
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does not request any code at any time
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Ok, but WiFi should work even if there is no mobile data available.
I probably can't help at this point, apologies! My suggestion is to flash a stock ROM, lock the bootloader and send the phone for repairs. There could be a solution to this, but I'm out of ideas. ?*
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Ok, but WiFi should work even if there is no mobile data available.
I probably can't help at this point, apologies! My suggestion is to flash a stock ROM, lock the bootloader and send the phone for repairs. There could be a solution to this, but I'm out of ideas. *
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from what I see, if there is no baseband it does not detect the sim card and it does not turn on the wifi, I will try to force an OTA retail update
it did not work
Wellfare11 said:
from what I see, if there is no baseband it does not detect the sim card and it does not turn on the wifi, I will try to force an OTA retail update
it did not work
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Hello, colud you solve the problem? Because I am havig a very similar one...
Hello group friends, I'm new here. I have a similar problem, I was using the Havoc 2.4 rom, when upgrading to 2.6 I no longer recognize my SIM card and the wi-fi does not connect, I can not install another rom anymore, nor rom stock, recovery TRWP has been replaced by the Havoc and the Wipe System function does not work, and for a few days you can not stay in recovery mode anymore, it restarts every 3 seconds, not the time to click the options. Can someone help me. I'm without a cell phone, and I need it.
I have a similar issue after flashing the latest firmware. SIM goes to "SIM locked" every ten seconds or so, and Wifi drops at the same tie. It's like networking is being reset every 10 seconds. No network settings I've tried change that.
I've flashed several stock ROMs; the one I had previously, newest, oldest, both for RETEU and retail. I used Lenovo restore to upgrade but that resulted in soft brick, after that I flashed the latest firmware via Fastboot and that's when the problem started.
With Oreo, wifi and cellular don't work at all, nothing detected. With Pie they're connected and dropped in a loop. I can't help thinking that the Lenovo restore broke this somehow, but modem files have been reflashed several times after that with no change. I'm not getting the baseband error.
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I have a similar issue after flashing the latest firmware. SIM goes to "SIM locked" every ten seconds or so, and Wifi drops at the same tie. It's like networking is being reset every 10 seconds. No network settings I've tried change that.
I've flashed several stock ROMs; the one I had previously, newest, oldest, both for RETEU and retail. I used Lenovo restore to upgrade but that resulted in soft brick, after that I flashed the latest firmware via Fastboot and that's when the problem started.
With Oreo, wifi and cellular don't work at all, nothing detected. With Pie they're connected and dropped in a loop. I can't help thinking that the Lenovo restore broke this somehow, but modem files have been reflashed several times after that with no change. I'm not getting the baseband error.
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I have the exact same problem, I wasn't able to repair it so I sent it to service and tomorrow they will try to fix it for $35. The problem with goign back to previous versions is that you loose the IMEI and MAC . The problem with the pie version I believe is the baseband. If the service is able to fix it I will post the solution here for you to fix it .
bitstuff said:
I have a similar issue after flashing the latest firmware. SIM goes to "SIM locked" every ten seconds or so, and Wifi drops at the same tie. It's like networking is being reset every 10 seconds. No network settings I've tried change that.
I've flashed several stock ROMs; the one I had previously, newest, oldest, both for RETEU and retail. I used Lenovo restore to upgrade but that resulted in soft brick, after that I flashed the latest firmware via Fastboot and that's when the problem started.
With Oreo, wifi and cellular don't work at all, nothing detected. With Pie they're connected and dropped in a loop. I can't help thinking that the Lenovo restore broke this somehow, but modem files have been reflashed several times after that with no change. I'm not getting the baseband error.
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Service couldn't fix it. Being honest they were quite incompetent, when I explained the problem he said "we should hire you" ( I am 16 years old) . Anyway, could you fix it? Because I am not even close
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caradobeco said:
Hello group friends, I'm new here. I have a similar problem, I was using the Havoc 2.4 rom, when upgrading to 2.6 I no longer recognize my SIM card and the wi-fi does not connect, I can not install another rom anymore, nor rom stock, recovery TRWP has been replaced by the Havoc and the Wipe System function does not work, and for a few days you can not stay in recovery mode anymore, it restarts every 3 seconds, not the time to click the options. Can someone help me. I'm without a cell phone, and I need it.
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Sorry I answer so late, I didn's see the message before.
I believe you already tried puting it into bootloader mode. If that's the case, I had a similar problem recently an it solved alone, I let it loop for a while and suddenly fell, into dtock recovey, i factory reset (with stock recovery) and somehow stock was booted ( i believe it was because it was in inactive slot).
Hope this helps you
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Service couldn't fix it. Being honest they were quite incompetent, when I explained the problem he said "we should hire you" ( I am 16 years old) . Anyway, could you fix it? Because I am not even close
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Sorry I answer so late, I didn's see the message before.
I believe you already tried puting it into bootloader mode. If that's the case, I had a similar problem recently an it solved alone, I let it loop for a while and suddenly fell, into dtock recovey, i factory reset (with stock recovery) and somehow stock was booted ( i believe it was because it was in inactive slot).
Hope this helps you
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I am still working on this, I actually did this to a work phone (I had permission to root/unroot). Something that has helped me so far is just getting familiar with the whole flashing process - https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...actory-images-android-using-fastboot-0175277/. I think from this article the problem lies in the modem/radio rom. That *should* be the only thing you need to flash on. However, I have noticed with a lot of roms on here, a modem rom is not included on the stock firmware. But that needs to match well to your phone from what I understand. I have tried a few modem roms already, unfortunately, but no luck.
Hi, I have to say I didn't expect that this would be such a ride when I got into this. I am now simply trying to have a working phone again.
I will briefly sum up what I've done so far :
So I got a brand new V20 a few weeks ago with the intention to root it and install a custom rom. It came as a H91010l with a security patch from dec 2016.
I got everything ready it took a while but then went ahead and followed this guide [LS997|VS995|H910|F800L] DirtySanta Bootloader unlock and Root guide by me2151
A few minor hicups on the way but I got the bootloader unlocked, twrp installed and then LOS 18.1. I thought everything would be fine and I didn't make a backup... It worked well except that I had no mobile data (French carrier SFR), only sms worked and also some notification issues.
After a break and looking for solutions I tried another OS tonight (/e/) and the same issues were present. No mobile network.
It's not to do with the APN (which I made sure was configured properly) but likely some incompatibility after tweaking the system with the root procedure. Maybe something to do with US996 files being used.
So I decide that I needed to go back to stock since I wouldn't find a solution from there and I did a wipe before flashing a stock US996 firmware in TWRP taken in this thread, the US99610f - SPL 2016-12-01
Result : I lost the fast boot and TWRP, the phone is stuck on the LG logo.
Only one thing works at this point, firmware update download mode, so I did a full partition dl flash of the following H91510e_00_VTR_CA_OP_1205 kdz which according to many posts should be fine. Nope, it doesn't boot it's stuck on the LG logo.
I have tried a second one that is old, US99610f_00_1205 kdz which should work too. It boots and I get into setup but it reboots within a minute/30s on top of being really slow.
So what I'm looking for right now is a solution to go back to stock. I have no backup and no root. I can only use LGUP. And it seems that my model is pretty non cooperative. What can I do ?
Thank you.
I was going to follow the instructions in this post and install the F800K10e.kdz but the lg-firmwares.com website is limiting me to 2 files per 24h so I decided to give the H91510e_00_VTR_CA_OP_1205.kdz another go. It wouldn't boot again until I formatted the data, it seems to be working so far.
I'm sure this is some noobie knowledge but most posts/guides didn't say to do that and I am indeed a beginner. I will update this thread with information on what I do next if relevant and if I can get my mobile data working somehow.
Edit : SMS work, 4G works but the sim card crashes when I call or get called.
Unfortunately I didn't even try my sim card when I got the phone so maybe it was the same onthe H91010l. Looks like I'll have to redo the unlocking procedure and continue fixing this mess.
Edit 2 : Notifications don't work properly either like on the custom roms... For example skype messages.
Xanvast said:
Hi, I have to say I didn't expect that this would be such a ride when I got into this. I am now simply trying to have a working phone again.
I will briefly sum up what I've done so far :
So I got a brand new V20 a few weeks ago with the intention to root it and install a custom rom. It came as a H91010l with a security patch from dec 2016.
I got everything ready it took a while but then went ahead and followed this guide [LS997|VS995|H910|F800L] DirtySanta Bootloader unlock and Root guide by me2151
A few minor hicups on the way but I got the bootloader unlocked, twrp installed and then LOS 18.1. I thought everything would be fine and I didn't make a backup... It worked well except that I had no mobile data (French carrier SFR), only sms worked and also some notification issues.
After a break and looking for solutions I tried another OS tonight (/e/) and the same issues were present. No mobile network.
It's not to do with the APN (which I made sure was configured properly) but likely some incompatibility after tweaking the system with the root procedure. Maybe something to do with US996 files being used.
So I decide that I needed to go back to stock since I wouldn't find a solution from there and I did a wipe before flashing a stock US996 firmware in TWRP taken in this thread, the US99610f - SPL 2016-12-01
Result : I lost the fast boot and TWRP, the phone is stuck on the LG logo.
Only one thing works at this point, firmware update download mode, so I did a full partition dl flash of the following H91510e_00_VTR_CA_OP_1205 kdz which according to many posts should be fine. Nope, it doesn't boot it's stuck on the LG logo.
I have tried a second one that is old, US99610f_00_1205 kdz which should work too. It boots and I get into setup but it reboots within a minute/30s on top of being really slow.
So what I'm looking for right now is a solution to go back to stock. I have no backup and no root. I can only use LGUP. And it seems that my model is pretty non cooperative. What can I do ?
Thank you.
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If you did not make a dump backup there is not much you can do that I know of. You can try and delete the modemst1 and modemst2 and see if that fixes your no signal issue.
hold vol down plug phone into computer USB cable.
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot reboot
restart phone into os see if that fixes the issue.
If so make a backup of you EFS in twrp and save it.
Your EFS got corrupted when you flashed the stock KDZ to root the H910 happen to me also. This would explain why your phone is crashing and no signal.
Darnrain1 said:
If you did not make a dump backup there is not much you can do that I know of. You can try and delete the modemst1 and modemst2 and see if that fixes your no signal issue.
hold vol down plug phone into computer USB cable.
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot reboot
restart phone into os see if that fixes the issue.
If so make a backup of you EFS in twrp and save it.
Your EFS got corrupted when you flashed the stock KDZ to root the H910 happen to me also. This would explain why your phone is crashing and no signal.
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I didn't flash any kdz to root initially. I just started flashing stuff once I lost my bootloader and TWRP. I managed to have the H91510e working that's where I'm at currently as per the second post. I will try and root it again following this procedure soon. I have to look into why I can't call or get called first. We'll see what happens, but according to this thread I will lose mobile network when I root the H915 version. I'll see when I get there.
Xanvast said:
Hi, I have to say I didn't expect that this would be such a ride when I got into this. I am now simply trying to have a working phone again.
I will briefly sum up what I've done so far :
So I got a brand new V20 a few weeks ago with the intention to root it and install a custom rom. It came as a H91010l with a security patch from dec 2016.
I got everything ready it took a while but then went ahead and followed this guide [LS997|VS995|H910|F800L] DirtySanta Bootloader unlock and Root guide by me2151
A few minor hicups on the way but I got the bootloader unlocked, twrp installed and then LOS 18.1. I thought everything would be fine and I didn't make a backup... It worked well except that I had no mobile data (French carrier SFR), only sms worked and also some notification issues.
After a break and looking for solutions I tried another OS tonight (/e/) and the same issues were present. No mobile network.
It's not to do with the APN (which I made sure was configured properly) but likely some incompatibility after tweaking the system with the root procedure. Maybe something to do with US996 files being used.
So I decide that I needed to go back to stock since I wouldn't find a solution from there and I did a wipe before flashing a stock US996 firmware in TWRP taken in this thread, the US99610f - SPL 2016-12-01
Result : I lost the fast boot and TWRP, the phone is stuck on the LG logo.
Only one thing works at this point, firmware update download mode, so I did a full partition dl flash of the following H91510e_00_VTR_CA_OP_1205 kdz which according to many posts should be fine. Nope, it doesn't boot it's stuck on the LG logo.
I have tried a second one that is old, US99610f_00_1205 kdz which should work too. It boots and I get into setup but it reboots within a minute/30s on top of being really slow.
So what I'm looking for right now is a solution to go back to stock. I have no backup and no root. I can only use LGUP. And it seems that my model is pretty non cooperative. What can I do ?
Thank you.
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I know what's wrong. You cant use lineageos to make calls on AT&T network. You can get internet but no VoLTE. So your going to have to use a deblaoted Stock Oreo rom if you want a rooted phone with phone calls.
Custom Stock Oreo Rom Debloated & DeGoogled for the H910 & Most Lgv20 phones. VoLTE and WiFi-Calling working.
Darnrain1 said:
I know what's wrong. You cant use lineageos to make calls on AT&T network. You can get internet but no VoLTE. So your going to have to use a deblaoted Stock Oreo rom if you want a rooted phone with phone calls.
Custom Stock Oreo Rom Debloated & DeGoogled for the H910 & Most Lgv20 phones. VoLTE and WiFi-Calling working.
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Thanks for your reply. I am using SFR, a French carrier. Is it the same issue ?
There has been developments since my last post. I started from the H91510e like I said and followed the [ROOT] HOWTO: AT&T H910 up to v20g (FULLY TESTED) guide by runningnak3d supported by a video from NewTechBegins. It went well until the flashing from TWRP.
I think it was my mistake to do like the video and flash h910-10r.rar followed by Magisk-v19.0. This resulted in not being able to boot, I kept getting the secure boot with password even after formatting. And after a couple of times it turned into a green screen crash. I couldn't get to recovery either for some reason even though I'm sure it was still there. The corruption warning message would appear almost instantly at boot and not allow me to do the volume down + power shortcut, and fastboot reboot recovery would not work either.
Reflashing the H91510e with LGUP worked but the system was particularly slow at first, it seemed to do better after a few minutes. Going over everything again, the part where we boot into recovery for the first time ended up the same with a green screen crash.
What seems to have solved it is to flash boot1.img from the root package in this [LS997|VS995|H910|F800L] DirtySanta Bootloader unlock and Root guide by me2151, which is different from the boot without extension of the other guide. I also reflashed the recovery several times, it didn't change anything until this.
I will continue updating this thread with the results of what follows next. I just have to install the h91010r now and manage to get to setup.
Edit : I just installed the h91010r with having wiped + formatted before and formatted after, it still goes into secure boot...
Xanvast said:
Thanks for your reply. I am using SFR, a French carrier. Is it the same issue ?
There has been developments since my last post. I started from the H91510e like I said and followed the [ROOT] HOWTO: AT&T H910 up to v20g (FULLY TESTED) guide by runningnak3d supported by a video from NewTechBegins. It went well until the flashing from TWRP.
I think it was my mistake to do like the video and flash h910-10r.rar followed by Magisk-v19.0. This resulted in not being able to boot, I kept getting the secure boot with password even after formatting. And after a couple of times it turned into a green screen crash. I couldn't get to recovery either for some reason even though I'm sure it was still there. The corruption warning message would appear almost instantly at boot and not allow me to do the volume down + power shortcut, and fastboot reboot recovery would not work either.
Reflashing the H91510e with LGUP worked but the system was particularly slow at first, it seemed to do better after a few minutes. Going over everything again, the part where we boot into recovery for the first time ended up the same with a green screen crash.
What seems to have solved it is to flash boot1.img from the root package in this [LS997|VS995|H910|F800L] DirtySanta Bootloader unlock and Root guide by me2151, which is different from the boot without extension of the other guide. I also reflashed the recovery several times, it didn't change anything until this.
I will continue updating this thread with the results of what follows next. I just have to install the h91010r now and manage to get to setup.
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I would flash Auto_Debloat you get Oreo Debloat rom.
Custom Stock Oreo Rom Debloated & DeGoogled for the H910 & Most Lgv20 phones. VoLTE and WiFi-Calling working.
But to answer your question a lot of cell carriers are going to VoLTE only and LOS does not have that on the H910.
I made Auto_Debloat so if you need help just let me know.
Darnrain1 said:
I would flash Auto_Debloat you get Oreo Debloat rom.
Custom Stock Oreo Rom Debloated & DeGoogled for the H910 & Most Lgv20 phones. VoLTE and WiFi-Calling working.
But to answer your question a lot of cell carriers are going to VoLTE only and LOS does not have that on the H910.
I made Auto_Debloat so if you need help just let me know.
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I added an edit at the bottom of my post, it displays the warning really quick and goes into secure boot everytime. Could it be that the h910-10r.rar package you shared at the end of the thread is not identical to the original post ? It simply won't boot into setup for me. Any ideas ?
I will try installing something quick tonight to have a working system with recovery I'm done messing around for the day. I will look into your custom rom in the coming days thanks for your help !
Xanvast said:
I added an edit at the bottom of my post, it displays the warning really quick and goes into secure boot everytime. Could it be that the h910-10r.rar package you shared at the end of the thread is not identical to the original post ? It simply won't boot into setup for me. Any ideas ?
I will try installing something quick tonight to have a working system with recovery I'm done messing around for the day. I will look into your custom rom in the coming days thanks for your help !
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Yes your data partition is encrypted still. You need to format it in twrp.
Darnrain1 said:
Yes your data partition is encrypted still. You need to format it in twrp.
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That's the thing, it still goes into secure boot after formatting it.
So I flashed the boot1 again and twrp to be safe, it now doesn't display the warning anymore but goes into the green screen crash after a minute or so.
I'm now back to twrp, I'll just wipe everything and install LOS to try. If at least it has mobile data that would be more than before.
Xanvast said:
That's the thing, it still goes into secure boot after formatting it.
So I flashed the boot1 again and twrp to be safe, it now doesn't display the warning anymore but goes into the green screen crash after a minute or so.
I'm now back to twrp, I'll just wipe everything and install LOS to try. If at least it has mobile data that would be more than before.
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Yes you need a kernel. Your still running stock kernel that's why your getting the green screen.
Darnrain1 said:
Yes you need a kernel. Your still running stock kernel that's why your getting the green screen.
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Oh I see now, so it's indeed not the same package. That is why you had to flash H910_BTTF-mk2000.zip
Thanks for your time and patience.
I installed LOS 18.1 and it works fine with 4G this time (before reading your reply). Unsurprisingly calls in and out make the phone kernel crash with a black screen. I really like LOS and android 11, is there something I can do to make calls work ? Like flashing another kernel ? Does /e/OS have the same issue ?
If not I can absolutely live without calls for the moment, no problem.
Edit : I'm not getting notified of messages for Discord/Skype and not getting the call if the app is not open actively. Seems like it's not running the services in the background.
Xanvast said:
That's the thing, it still goes into secure boot after formatting it.
So I flashed the boot1 again and twrp to be safe, it now doesn't display the warning anymore but goes into the green screen crash after a minute or so.
I'm now back to twrp, I'll just wipe everything and install LOS to try. If at least it has mobile data that would be more than before.
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It's complicated,
Xanvast said:
Oh I see now, so it's indeed not the same package. That is why you had to flash H910_BTTF-mk2000.zip
Thanks for your time and patience.
I installed LOS 18.1 and it works fine with 4G this time (before reading your reply). Unsurprisingly calls in and out make the phone kernel crash with a black screen. I really like LOS and android 11, is there something I can do to make calls work ? Like flashing another kernel ? Does /e/OS have the same issue ?
If not I can absolutely live without calls for the moment, no problem.
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Yep your welcome, no problem. You may just need to setup LOS with your network provider. Do a google search for APN carrier settings for your cell provider. Take care.
Darnrain1 said:
It's complicated,
Yep your welcome, no problem. You may just need to setup LOS with your network provider. Do a google search for APN carrier settings for your cell provider. Take care.
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That's the first thing I've done, I entered the APN settings from this page (3), and the results reported are from after. So do you know about other OS like /e/, any that would not behave the same ? Or anything I can flash on top to fix it ?
Have a good evening.
Xanvast said:
That's the first thing I've done, I entered the APN settings from this page (3), and the results reported are from after. So do you know about other OS like /e/, any that would not behave the same ? Or anything I can flash on top to fix it ?
Have a good evening.
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I am in the USA so it's in the afternoon for me.
You may want to try and flash you EFS from fastboot mode.
Manually reinstall your EFS on the Lgv20.
You need to find your Original DUMP of the rom your Lgv20 phone was on, before you downgraded your firmware for rooting.
Note: COM21 is what ever com port you were using at the time.
Reboot into fastboot mode
With the phone powered off hold the down vol and plug in usb to computer.
Info on what the files are
/fsg
A backup of your modemst1 and modemst2 files. So if you erase modemst1 and modemst2 /fsg should restore the partitions automatically. But if /fsg is corrupted then it will not restore them.
/misc
This partition contains miscellaneous system settings.
/modemst1 /modemst2
Modemst1 and modemst2 store information like IMEI.
fastboot flash fsg fsg_COM21
fastboot flash misc misc_COM21
fastboot flash modemst1 modemst1_COM21
fastboot flash modemst2 modemst2_COM21
fastboot reboot
Darnrain1 said:
I am in the USA so it's in the afternoon for me.
You may want to try and flash you EFS from fastboot mode.
Manually reinstall your EFS on the Lgv20.
You need to find your Original DUMP of the rom your Lgv20 phone was on, before you downgraded your firmware for rooting.
Note: COM21 is what ever com port you were using at the time.
Reboot into fastboot mode
With the phone powered off hold the down vol and plug in usb to computer.
Info on what the files are
/fsg
A backup of your modemst1 and modemst2 files. So if you erase modemst1 and modemst2 /fsg should restore the partitions automatically. But if /fsg is corrupted then it will not restore them.
/misc
This partition contains miscellaneous system settings.
/modemst1 /modemst2
Modemst1 and modemst2 store information like IMEI.
fastboot flash fsg fsg_COM21
fastboot flash misc misc_COM21
fastboot flash modemst1 modemst1_COM21
fastboot flash modemst2 modemst2_COM21
fastboot reboot
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Unfortunately as stated in my first post, I have no backup of the state of the phone when I got it as a H91010l. I didn't do one either while on the H91510e because I didn't see the point, it was already modified and calling didn't work.
Thank you for the explanation.
Something I'd like to mention for other readers is that there is one main visible difference between the first root (from H91010l with the old guide) and second one (H91510e with newer guide). The first time the warning message with the red triangle during boot was very distorted and duplicated. It was unreadable. Now it is clear. I don't know enough to say what was causing it or point at what made 4G work in the second case but this was something worth noting.
Alright, going into this de-Googling trip I did not know that many apps relied on Google Play Services to work and the Google cloud services, Firebase cloud etc... to send their notifications. I had no idea that Google was managing the notifications for most of the world and so much more. That only reinforces my desire to get away from it.
So these apps like Discord, Skype and others that don't send notifications it's directly because of the lack of Google Play Services. I noticed today that MicroG has a Cloud Messaging option but I will not enable it.
Signal works fine without any of it. I also found Skype Lite to send notifications so that's what I'll use from now on. Discord is going into the trash. I've read that Telegram is supposed to work too. So another problem solved. I have no issues making concessions on my convenience to be freer.
A website I came across which references how apps behave without Google : https://plexus.techlore.tech/
Darnrain1 said:
It's complicated,
Xanvast said:
Oh I see now, so it's indeed not the same package. That is why you had to flash H910_BTTF-mk2000.zip
Thanks for your time and patience.
I installed LOS 18.1 and it works fine with 4G this time (before reading your reply). Unsurprisingly calls in and out make the phone kernel crash with a black screen. I really like LOS and android 11, is there something I can do to make calls work ? Like flashing another kernel ? Does /e/OS have the same issue ?
If not I can absolutely live without calls for the moment, no problem.
Edit : I'm not getting notified of messages for Discord/Skype and not getting the call if the app is not open actively. Seems like it's not running the services in the background.
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Yep your welcome, no problem. You may just need to setup LOS with your network provider. Do a google search for APN carrier settings for your cell provider. Take care.
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I took photos of my Kernel crashes, now it doesn't just happen with calls, which I could live with but also while using Skype Lite and looking out of the app for example, when I'm doing something taxing for the device or sometimes the phone would just reboot. Several times a day.
It seems to be very similar to what is mentioned in this post. Do you or anybody think that I should do the same and flash h915freedommobilemodem.img ? How do I go about it if so ? Is that something you do in fastboot ?
Also what are the risks if it goes bad ? I'm tired of dealing with repairing the mess and I'd like to avoid more problems.
Thanks.
Xanvast said:
I took photos of my Kernel crashes, now it doesn't just happen with calls, which I could live with but also while using Skype Lite and looking out of the app for example, when I'm doing something taxing for the device or sometimes the phone would just reboot. Several times a day.
It seems to be very similar to what is mentioned in this post. Do you or anybody think that I should do the same and flash h915freedommobilemodem.img ? How do I go about it if so ? Is that something you do in fastboot ?
Also what are the risks if it goes bad ? I'm tired of dealing with repairing the mess and I'd like to avoid more problems.
Thanks.
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If I am not mistaken your running LineageOS. I would ask in that post for help. I run Stock Oreo on my H910 because everything works.
[OFFICIAL] LineageOS 18.1 for the LG V20
Darnrain1 said:
If I am not mistaken your running LineageOS. I would ask in that post for help. I run Stock Oreo on my H910 because everything works.
[OFFICIAL] LineageOS 18.1 for the LG V20
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Yes the post is in that thread. I didn't have this problem the first time I used LOS 3 weeks ago so I assume it has to do with the green screen crash caused by the kernel I didn't flash after the h910-10r.rar. So it's still unaddressed in my opinion. Should I go ahead and flash that missing kernel or the H915 modem ? I don't know what's the difference and both seem plausible.
It's fine if you aren't sure and I will end up asking there.