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Has anyone experiences with the XXUEMI8 modem in Europe or especially in Germany with Vodafone?
How is the performance / signal?
Or is it a better idea to use the latest modem XXUDMI1 released by Vodafone for Germany?
Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences!
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I'm on XXUDMI1 modem, which is the latest, official modem for Europe (well, at least the Germany part, the carriers here don't really care about upgrading past MG/MH something). It's working well... I can't say if it's better than the previous one I was using (ME4), but anyway.
Until the official 4.3 update lands, and we get to see what modem they include then, I'd say you'd better stick to MI1.
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Hmm, this is interesting.
There are 3 mobile network carriers in my country, and according to the
SamMobile firmware checking tool, each of them has deployed a different latest version of modem / PDA.
For Cosmote (my carrier), PDA & modem is I9505XXUDMH6.
For Orange, PDA & modem is I9505XXUBMG7.
For Vodafone, PDA & modem is I9505XXUDMGG.
Now, the carrier I am on (Cosmote) is the worst of the three. Let's say Orange and Vodafone are rated 10/10, while Cosmote... I'd give it a 7. Internet speeds, signal coverage, network / voice calls quality... it's just bad. Although... look... they released MH6, which is newer than MG7 or MGG (lol, didn't even knew the last character can be a letter, I knew it's got to be a digit). Haha.
I was honestly expecting Orange or Vodafone to have MI1 for the S4, and Cosmote to have ME2 :silly: .
Of course, SamMobile could be wrong here, but I tend to believe otherwise. The carriers in my country never bothered that much with pushing updates as fast as possible. For example, a friend's HTC Sensation didn't get the Android 4.0 update until 3 months of its release...
