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UPDATE: One of our readers, Everett, posted detailing what looks to be a simpler solution. He apparently tracked down a reliable way to flash only the modem. The caveat is: you need access to a Linux machine to use his technique. If you aren’t a Linux user, you could always gather the necessary files and then boot to an to make this work.
As always, your mileage may vary. I look forward to hearing from you in the comments!
Recently, my SGS3 (Samsung Galaxy S III) suddenly lost its mobile internet connection. As a Sprint user, I’m accustomed to reasonably fast mobile internet speeds all the time, but I noticed that my device’s connection indicator simply wasn’t lighting up. What wasn’t immediately obvious to me was that this change was connected to the decision I made to allow Cyanogenmod to update to the latest version. The reason it didn’t occur to me right away was because I was at home, pleasantly connected to my home WiFi and therefore finding no need to connect to mobile data through my cellular carrier. It wasn’t until a day or two later that I noticed the lack of data when I left the house for an errand.
So disconnected were the two events (the Cyanogenmod upgrade and the lack of data) that I suspected at first that Sprint was experiencing an outage. In any event, on a second trip away from the house—one that took me far enough away that I knew a localized outage could not explain my lack of data—it occurred to me that the two might be connected. Thus began my search for a solution. The Issue: Outdated Modem Software The last time I had flashed any type of official Sprint upgrade to my Samsung Galaxy S3 had been when the so-called “MD4” update came out roughly April, 2013. I knew that I’d probably missed out on an OTA (over-the-air) update or two, especially since I’d bumped to KitKat way ahead of the official Sprint schedule. I’ve been running custom ROMs exclusively for some time. It hadn’t occurred to me that one of those updates might be useful.
Checking around a little bit, I found on a reference on the page of the Cyanogenmod wiki to a loss of mobile data on some phones after upgrading to the Cyanogenmod M11 release. Since the “d2lte” designation applies to the Samsung Galaxy S III device on a variety of carriers, a solution specifically for the Sprint device (which carries the “d2spr” designation) wasn’t forthcoming.
The “known issues” page referenced a with posts from mostly AT&T and T-Mobile customers. The consensus among them was that upgrading the “modem” software did the trick. Additionally, the forum posters referenced a that specifically dealt with this issue. The issue had been marked “resolved” since it seemed that a modem upgrade eliminated the trouble. And Down the Rabbit Hole We Go Without getting bogged down in the details, I chased down a number of forum threads on xda-developers.com and other places in order to figure out what the latest modem software is for the Sprint SGS3 device. The bottom line: the “Baseband” (modem) that was pushed out by Sprint most recently is the ND8 version. Its full designation is L710VPUDND8, to be more precise.
Here’s the bummer: the only way to get this modem software is to wipe your Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII and flash the full Sprint update. The good news is: rooting your device again is easy enough.
Within an hour of making the discovery, I had re-rooted and re-flashed the Cyanogenmod M11 release and was back to where I started with working mobile data this time. I wish that researching the problem and the solution had only taken an hour or so, but that’s another story. I guess this is the price we pay for using custom ROMs and letting months and months go by without bothering to stay up to date on what’s going on with development. For me, I find it necessary to stay out of the fray for months at a time (or longer, if possible) just because I don’t have the time to devote to Android development or even constantly reading about it. Here’s How I Fixed My Sprint SGS3 and Got Mobile Data Working Again As I mentioned earlier, the first step is to flash the Sprint update that includes the ND8 modem.
(From what I read, apparently if you’re on some other carriers, you may be able to just flash the modem by itself. A number of people bricked their phones trying to do this with Sprint, so don’t bother. Just bite the bullet and wipe your device and flash the stock ROM.) Before you proceed: remember that your device is about to be wiped. I performed a full Nandroid backup (I had been running the Clockworkmod recovery prior to this incident), which meant that my device could be restored to its current state if necessary.