Root [MetroPCS] [Unofficial] MetroPCS S4 Root Information Thread

[ARocker]

Which baseband (modem) do you have?

Thanks for the help Dany
Edit: think he's on 4.3 baseband. At least thats what his S4 shipped with.

 

[ARocker]

Im on the insane kit kat rom and still have the same problem.

IDK then...

 

[danyvw]

I have the T-Mobile KitKat GSM modem (FNB4 Baseband) extracted but I'm out of town. When I get to my house will post it. You will need to flash it with Odin as "phone"

 

[rdrain1994]

Which baseband (modem) do you have?

How do you see that

 

[danyvw]

How do you see that

That picture Is from the app speedtest not from the baseband. To see your baseband just go to settings/about device

 

[rdrain1994]

That picture Is from the app speedtest not from the baseband. To see your baseband just go to settings/about device

Here ya go

 

[danyvw]

Here ya go

I see you are using GoldenEye ROM, I use it not so long ago (very nice ROM) but I swapped to Echoe due to Bluetooth tethering for my Galaxy Gear. Your baseband is MK5 from MetroPCS JB 4.3.
As promised here you have the T-Mobile KitKat NB4 modem. You need to flash with Odin. Please enter manually to download mode (Power+Volume Up keys, not thru reboot menu)) with Odin 3.04 use "phone" and with Odin 3.09 use "CP", untick auto reboot, start and let it finish then reboot phone manually. Go to settings/about phone and check the baseband. If you don't see the NB4 baseband repeat the whole process.

https://mega.co.nz/#!T5pBnZDL!JQIWooOsyEnT1rbiRs9etUQ_7VVRVr_n7JljKpxqZAg

 

[rdrain1994]

I see you are using GoldenEye ROM, I use it not so long ago (very nice ROM) but I swapped to Echoe due to Bluetooth tethering for my Galaxy Gear. Your baseband is MK5 from MetroPCS JB 4.3.
As promised here you have the T-Mobile KitKat NB4 modem. You need to flash with Odin. Please enter manually to download mode (Power+Volume Up keys, not thru reboot menu)) with Odin 3.04 use "phone" and with Odin 3.09 use "CP", untick auto reboot, start and let it finish then reboot phone manually. Go to settings/about phone and check the baseband. If you don't see the NB4 baseband repeat the whole process.

https://mega.co.nz/#!T5pBnZDL!JQIWooOsyEnT1rbiRs9etUQ_7VVRVr_n7JljKpxqZAg

Alright hold on hold on. I need to use Odin 3.04 and 3.09? And I cant download the link you put on my phone. And on my computer it says starting but wont move.

 

[ARocker]

One or the other.

 

[danyvw]

Link is working for me. As @ARocker said, you can use one or another.

 

[rdrain1994]

Link is working for me. As @ARocker said, you can use one or another.

Ok so what exactly do I do with this file I downloaded once I open up Odin

 

[rdrain1994]

Link is working for me. As @ARocker said, you can use one or another.

Alright the baseband did change like you said.

 

[ARocker]

Ok so what exactly do I do with this file I downloaded once I open up Odin

Glad you got it...hopefully that will cure your sluggish data.

 

[rdrain1994]

Glad you got it...hopefully that will cure your sluggish data.

Nope the speeds are still terrible and Im guessing that was my last hope. Thanks anyway for trying to help me danyvw.

 

[ARocker]

What are you comparing your speeds to?

 

[rdrain1994]

What are you comparing your speeds to?

Don't know but I know the speeds should be much higher than this.

 

[ARocker]

Yes, Definitely.

 

[ARocker]

Last thing I can think of is go back to stock Metro firmware. Flash the metropcs 4.3 tar in Odin.

 

[rdrain1994]

Last thing I can think of is go back to stock Metro firmware. Flash the metropcs 4.3 tar in Odin.

Alright I'll try anything where is the file?

 

[ARocker]

Umm, shabbypenguin is hosting a copy at his site, also samsung firmware has a copy too.

 

[ARocker]

http://www.shabbypenguin.com/?developer=Galaxy_S4_Files&folder=M919N_MetroPCS

 

[danyvw]

Sure thing is that your speeds are very low. Last thing you can do is following ARocker's last advise. If nothing gets better you should contact MetroPCS CS

 

[rdrain1994]

Sure thing is that your speeds are very low. Last thing you can do is following ARocker's last advise. If nothing gets better you should contact MetroPCS CS

So I juat called customer service and just like last time they said I ran out of my 2.5 gigs data and its only been a day only this time the lady I talked to said they reset it I guess manually and I should be good. Now at the top of my phone it just has bars and doesn't say 4G as you can see in the picture.

 

[rdrain1994]

Never mind I rebooted the phone and now I'm back in business. Thanks for the assistance again. I just wish they did this last month when I told them this problem -_-

 

[exitprogram]

Touchwiz Kernel Tested and working on my metro S4 (M919N)

This is my setup:

Insane Kit Kat v5 w/NB4 modem:

I have had no problems with it whatsoever. This ROM and this Kernel work excellent for me. I used to lose 4G signal every now and then to and from work on the train but with the NB4 modem i NEVER lose 4G. At all.

KT-SGS4 Kernel by KToonsez:

The Kernel by KToonsez ([KERNEL] [INT'L][AOSP/TW/GE - 4.4/4.3/4.2][04/07/2014] KT-SGS4 - NAE - KTweaker - xda-developers) uses the KTweaker app to overclock/underclock and apply profiles and scripts. I love it and I recommend it!