Shabbypenguin

Hey guys ill be posting all the modems we have here

LJ1 - Release Firmware

LJ3 - MR1 update

LK1 - 4.1.1 Leak

LL1 - 4.1.2 Leak

MB2 - 4.1.2 Official

Download them and flash in cwm and should write the modem , i can make odin tars if anyone really wants em. ill be updating as time goes on.

now you may be wondering why? sometimes the latest modem isnt always teh best one, different people get better battery or worse, better signal and speeds depending. so test them all very thoroughly and see what works for you

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Last edited by Shabbypenguin; March 6th, 2013 at 11:45 PM.

The Capo

What does this do??

airtioteclint

How do we know which modem we currently have?

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Shabbypenguin

go to about phone and your baseband you can see the LJ1 or LJ3 in the string

airtioteclint

Cool. Downloading and testing lj3 now.

nuttmeg

Thanks bud...

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n4zty

like shab said may or may not improve anything usually if it dosn't improve anything probaly fixes a few bugs to make your phone's radio more efficient aka less battery consumption.

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Shabbypenguin

well its hard to say, on teh epic 4g touch some people had better speeds on some of the ics modems, but some experienced loss of signal (your phone goes into airplane mode without letting you know and can only be fixed by reboot) so they were misisng calls/texts. some get better battery on older ones its all per user really hence why im uploading all of tehm that i have so that people can try for themselves and customize their phone how they want

kungfu411

I was on lj1.. damn i almost hit 16 mbps good stuff tks shabby

Last edited by kungfu411; January 29th, 2013 at 12:41 PM.

edgeez25

Been missing you around here Shabby... Glad to see your knocking stuff out like always... ....

P.S its ok to flash on twrp or no?

firenemesis7

Works great shabby. I flashed using TWRP.

divagirl

Can I try this with any room, without problems occurring?

n4zty

its made for our metro pcs samsung galaxy s3 phone shabby merely pulled it from our stock rom and latest 2.99mb update now for those that couldnt update b4 can now have the latest radio update.

Shabbypenguin

indeed. any one can flash these on any roms. they are meant to switch as you wish. in case you were on a custom rom and wante dteh new radios but didnt want to flahs back to get it

The Capo

Failed on twrp don't know why... About to try with clock work mod. I got it.... I had to move the zip to external in order to flash..

Last edited by The Capo; January 29th, 2013 at 07:20 PM.

ironlung

When will you be able to upload the original lj1 modem as the new one made my speeds slower and I would like to flash back. Thank you for everything you do by the way

Shabbypenguin

sorry i forgot to add the link, its up

ironlung

Thank you again shabby, you guys really do rock

AP2FTW

we dont have to wipe anything before flashing this do we?

mike28

Me personally anything I flash I wipe cache and dalvik cache but that's just me

n4zty

i don't wipe unless its huge system files such as gapps or installing a rom. but dosn't hurt to wipe cache/dalvik.

DrHangman

Running on LJ3 now. Thanks Shabby.
I had to reboot one more time after flashing to get data working again. Works like a charm. I'll test it out and see if I can find a difference.

Thanks again for making the MetroPCS SIII a real part of the SIII community.

Fredccs

I have LJ1.... do I flash the LJ3 ???

mike28

Yes you have to

Shabbypenguin

you dont have to, you can be on any modem that you want. sometimes there is a noticable difference, sometimes there isnt its up to you to test

mike28

Well yes but he ask if he wanted to be be on the j3 if he had to flash it

edgeez25

Yea for me lj1 seems a little mi better... I'm normally at about 6 down and up but on lj3 it will jump all the way to 10 and end up at like 3 or 3.5 down and up will start at about 1.5 and end up at 6.5 lol


Different results for different people doesn't hurt to try takes a couple of mins...

jtw1216

lj3 gives me a lil faster web. Regular phone calls has no difference. & when I go into the tunnel on my commute, I have to reboot to get the signal back lol.

kungfu411

This is weird, when i try to update to lj3 it says failed. Worked fine before??

mannyfbaby

it boosted my signal wow great work

mannyfbaby

i went from no bars teh four bars lml

edgeez25

Bump... To the top... Good Stuff Fellas... Updated firmware is in OP

Pappy62

Tried all 5, with speed tests and noting signal strength on each one before finding the one my phone/area works best with... MAN what a huge difference! I had no idea how much difference a different modem would make on a given ROM. Should really help battery life too.

Shabby - once again, YOU DA MAN! After all the work you've done for us, you deserve a Kegger! (will Mom allow alcohol and loud music in her basement?)


Seriously - great work bro!

Shabbypenguin

glad to hear it man, and yea better signal means better battery, if you have a lower signal like -90 then your device will be searching for other towers hoping to get connected to a better connection, which means draining via teh radio and wasting cpu cycles.

mannyfbaby

do you have to be stock everytime for the new updated modems

n4zty

no has nothing to do with what rom your using this is seperate from what rom/firmware your using. that means u can be on any aosp rom and have this modem.

Trueno22

I flashed the new metropolis rom and it didn't change my modem had to flash the new one from here. Is that normal?

Shabbypenguin

yes, you dont include new modems in roms, its asking for trouble. imagine if you flashed an att rom with a gsm radio?

this way it allows you to flash whatever radio you wnat and whatever rom you want

Trueno22

gotcha. man we got poor signal here in kissimmee tried the last three mdms and all three had be tween -92 and -100 the latest modem did get me 6mbps though.

Shabbypenguin

it varys. you may have had your LTE signal which is scaled differently. cdma signal however is -50 you are underneath the tower, and -110 you cant even make jokes about "can you hear me now"

6mbps is decent speed so i imagine you have decent signal just saw the LTE numbers instead, obviously its still negative so the "lower" number is better, but idk what is acceptable numbers for it yet

Zolo185

Anyone know which one works best in miami ?

apeiiron

Just got 5/5 while streaming Pandora. Not bad lol

ironlung

Thanks shabby, newest modem doubled my speeds. Thank you for working so hard for us. :-)

n4zty

i would also try a signal booster on the playmarket to go along with trying a new modem out. what that does is refresh your radio and searchers for the nearest tower possible giving you the best latency possible and in return more signal bars and perhaps faster lte speeds but i suppose everyone is testing from home keep in mind just beacause your signal might great at home wont mean it will be great everywhere ya know how metro is. also some areas might be better than home so ya just gotta play with modems and see which is best for you and it might not be the latest MB2 could be a previous version.

Pappy62

Ed Zachery... with mine (at home), LL1 worked best. Gotta try'em all and find the best one for a given area.

I'll keep all of them on my external... just in case I'm stuck out somewhere overnight with a crappy signal - that way I'll have some options to work with that may help.
These are very handy to have on the SD.

n4zty

yea i was gonna suggest that but to some that might be a bother haha i mean to boot into recovery and then flash the zip then reboot lol but hey most of us techies in here dont mind experimenting. im also thinking of flashing our original prl back on my phone with the new modem just to see how it functions.

confed

My apologies if it is posted elsewhere but out of pure curiosity I'd like to know your results

n4zty

not much i will admit battery dont last as long but i havn't experimented to see if its the modem/raidio thats draining my battery or something else with the firmware itself. i have noticed a few more process running the back ground so debloating would be something ill look into. as far my 4g speeds ever since prl 2032 was pushed back im averaged at 4 mbps hasn't gone lower than maybe 3.5 so thats cool. highest? 7 mbps like 20 min from home.

jesus1016

Thanks Men the rom work good forma mi the hospot work perfect only one question root for New update Thanks men

Pappy62

Lets eat Grandma!

Edit~
Sorry... that should have been "Lets eat, Grandma!"
I'm actually NOT a Cannibal. lol

Last edited by Pappy62; March 3rd, 2013 at 11:39 AM. Reason: Punctuation makes SUCH a difference in understanding with what is said/asked