Phone/Modem Hardware Cross Reference List
Summary: A list of all current Baseband/Cellular Processors (BP/CP) in use.
Skill Level: Medium
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This is a hardware developer thread, not a Q/A thread!
Do NOT post questions here, they will not be answered.
(Unless it is directly related to this topic or data herein.)
Only post new or corrected information if you have it.
==================================================
Purpose
This thread lists the actual modem hardware used in our beloved and hackable
phones, as reference to users, developers, tech-journalists and bloggers. Why?
Because it is well known that the modem-hardware manufacturers are trying
their best to keep the lid on the contents, functionality and documentation of
their latest radio marvels, thinking it is a competitive advantage. However,
they could not be more wrong, as I have already explained here. The
development of new radio hardware is at least 5-10 years behind that of other
hardware sectors. I could give many examples, but I will not, since ranting is
just as counter productive. We are thus left on our own, to find out what is
actually going on inside the radio part of our phone.
The first step in this process, is to find out exactly what baseband processor
your phone is using, there are many ways to do this, but none of these ways are
readily available for the average/regular phone user. Often one have to access
hidden menus and other functionality to find this information, and when you do
find it, it is rarely obvious without some experience.
So I am starting to collect a list of phones and what radio hardware they use,
preferably with links to specification sheets, pictures and other references.
The most interesting information can be summarized in a table with
the following headers:
Important Note
The modem-platform consists of a baseband processor and a radio/transceiver
processor (DSP), but these may be separate physical pieces of hardware and
made by different manufacturers, or they may be integrated into one piece of
SoC or PoP. Here we are most concerned with the BP running a RTOS kernel and
not with the PHY-level, and thus we ignore/omit the DSP manufacturer in the
table.
If you have access to any of this information, and it is not yet available
here, please post as much detail as possible, and I will eventually include
it on this list. Please, make it easy for me by pre-formatting your data
according to the above table.
For finding new modem information, please see "Guessing the Baseband.." in
the third post below.
Although there are many other devices that may also be of modem interest,
I focus primarily on Phones/Tablets/Pads until further notice. Eventually,
when I have more time I will make a BP cross reference table, listing more
BP details.
Things We Need
Modem baseband manufacturers are very reluctant with sharing information
regarding their products. That means that reference manuals, datasheets and
application notes, are all very hard to find and come by. If you have any of
these, please post a link where they can be found. Do not post any stolen
and illegally obtained information, or we risk getting into trouble for
knowing too much.
Summary: A list of all current Baseband/Cellular Processors (BP/CP) in use.
Skill Level: Medium
==================================================
This is a hardware developer thread, not a Q/A thread!
Do NOT post questions here, they will not be answered.
(Unless it is directly related to this topic or data herein.)
Only post new or corrected information if you have it.
==================================================
Purpose
This thread lists the actual modem hardware used in our beloved and hackable
phones, as reference to users, developers, tech-journalists and bloggers. Why?
Because it is well known that the modem-hardware manufacturers are trying
their best to keep the lid on the contents, functionality and documentation of
their latest radio marvels, thinking it is a competitive advantage. However,
they could not be more wrong, as I have already explained here. The
development of new radio hardware is at least 5-10 years behind that of other
hardware sectors. I could give many examples, but I will not, since ranting is
just as counter productive. We are thus left on our own, to find out what is
actually going on inside the radio part of our phone.
The first step in this process, is to find out exactly what baseband processor
your phone is using, there are many ways to do this, but none of these ways are
readily available for the average/regular phone user. Often one have to access
hidden menus and other functionality to find this information, and when you do
find it, it is rarely obvious without some experience.
So I am starting to collect a list of phones and what radio hardware they use,
preferably with links to specification sheets, pictures and other references.
The most interesting information can be summarized in a table with
the following headers:
Code:
[SIZE=2]Phone General Name - "PublicName" eg: Samsung Galaxy S2
Phone Model Number - "ModelName" eg: GT-I9100
Phone Device Type - "DeviceType" eg: Phone
Phone FCC ID - "FCC" eg: A3LGTI9100
BaseBand Manufacterer - "BM" eg: Intel/Infineon
BaseBand Processor - "BP" eg: X-GOLD 626
BB Processor Platform - "BPP" eg: XMM 6260
BB Processor Chip Label - "BPL" eg: "PMB 9811 XG 626"
BB Tranceiver RF/DSP - "DSP" eg: SMARTi UE2
BB DSP Chip Label - "DSPL" eg: "PMB 5712"
Firmware Download Links - "FWL" eg: <URL to "XDA-SGS2-stock-modems">
Firmware Sources Links - "FWS" eg: <URL to github with firmware sources>
BP/RF Pictures - "PIC" eg: <URL to picture(s)>
Special Notes - "NOTE" eg: "Uses the XMM 6260 platform"
[/SIZE]The modem-platform consists of a baseband processor and a radio/transceiver
processor (DSP), but these may be separate physical pieces of hardware and
made by different manufacturers, or they may be integrated into one piece of
SoC or PoP. Here we are most concerned with the BP running a RTOS kernel and
not with the PHY-level, and thus we ignore/omit the DSP manufacturer in the
table.
If you have access to any of this information, and it is not yet available
here, please post as much detail as possible, and I will eventually include
it on this list. Please, make it easy for me by pre-formatting your data
according to the above table.
For finding new modem information, please see "Guessing the Baseband.." in
the third post below.
Although there are many other devices that may also be of modem interest,
I focus primarily on Phones/Tablets/Pads until further notice. Eventually,
when I have more time I will make a BP cross reference table, listing more
BP details.
Things We Need
Modem baseband manufacturers are very reluctant with sharing information
regarding their products. That means that reference manuals, datasheets and
application notes, are all very hard to find and come by. If you have any of
these, please post a link where they can be found. Do not post any stolen
and illegally obtained information, or we risk getting into trouble for
knowing too much.
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