Modem Firmware: update manually or wait?

[Maus]

Hi there, I don't think this is really a mobian issue, nevertheless: We were told the other day that linux is running on the modem and that this will facilitate firmware upgrades. Now I wonder: Would I still need to upgrade as described here https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=11815
or has this method become obsolete and I'd rather wait for a proper firmware?

The answer might be somewhere but I didn't find it? Anyone else knows?

The vendor firmware referenced in your link is as "proper" as can be at this moment. It'll improve power consumption, responsiveness recovering from device sleep and adds VoIP profiles for certain providers. The modem already runs Linux both pre and post firmware upgrade.

The efforts of replacing the firmware's userland by @biktorgj and @megous (incredible work BTW!) may offer us more options in the future. At this moment, the results are awesome, but not usable by everyone.