Hi,
I noticed some radio issues with my stock radio firmware.
Now I want to keep at my stock Rom (1.39), but I want to update to 12.28e.x-version, but this one came with 1.72/1.75 update.
Can I just flash 12.28e-radio on my stock (1.39) rom or or do I need to update my rom to 1.72/1.75 before the new radio will work properly?
My phone has already been rooted & S-off'ed, but not sure if radio is linked with the rom version.
I hope someone can help me
Don't flash yet, someone will so for sure but I'm fairly sure you can't flash a radio that's not for your ROM version. Better to wait for now then to brick.
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Ok, thanks for your warning/help
It is ok to flash any radio you want, radio and ROM are not directly linked. ROM just tells radio to do stuff, and radio does it in it's own way. So you are good to go
You will definitely not end up with a brick, just make sure that you have ENG S-OFF and Radio S-OFF.
Ok, Not sure what to do now xD
But to check my ENG S-OFF & Radio S-OFF, I need to go into Recovery Mode, right?
Which is Pressing Volume DOwn & Power button, right?
Do I need to shut down my whole system or just "hibernate" (normal Shut down)?
EDIT: Ok, i've checked the status, it's says something about "HTC ACE S-OFF".
Although i'm not sure if it's RADIO S-OFF or ENG S-OFF.
I've followed your (jkoljo) Root & S-Off guide ;-)
"Checking device state" in this post might help
Ok, thanks mate Haven't seen that thread good enough :-/ Shame on me :-(
Hey folks. I'm looking into updating to the latest radio, and so I've concluded it's finally time to get the engineering bootloader onto my phone. I have enough experience with my old G1 to not be super-nervous about it, but I have one quick question first.
When originally rooting using gfree back in late December, I decided to skip the SuperCID and SIM-unlock portions of the process. The wiki instructions for the eng-hboot, however, assume the user did all three options. With simply radio s-off, can I install the new bootloader, or do I need to go back and get SuperCID first?
Thanks for any help you can give.
You dont need an ENG Hboot to flash the new radio you can use the PC10IMG update method. Heres a link to the post with the download.
Thanks, joemm - reading through the various radio topics, I've gathered that you've been really helpful in providing PC10IMG files for people, and that's really appreciated.
My concern is if it turns out the new radio is worse than the old; it seems like the easiest way to go back to my current radio is through fastboot flashing, which is why I wanted to go to the eng hboot. I don't see a pc10img already out there with my current tmo, post-OTA radio (though it's listed in the mega-radio topic).
So, I guess my quesion is still open - do I need supercid to flash eng-hboot?
Actually I have a similar situation. I also skipped SuperCID and SIM-unlock when using gfree. (Not sure why I did, but Im sure it made sense at the time)
Anyway I have the eng hboot but would like to upgrade the radio.
Can I run gfree again to do the sim unlock and then upgrade the radio? Or upgrade to this radio - Vision_RADIO_12.28h.60.140f_26.06.02.27_M - and then run gfree again?
What does the sim-unlock change and supercid change acually happen anyway? I mean does it make a change to the radio itself?
Sim unlock makes a permission state change. Makes a 1 a 0, as I recall. Dunno bout SuperCID.
HTC Vision 1.8 OC, CM7 RC1==HAPPY!!
Thanks for the reply Daughain.
But where is that change made? is it made to the radio itself?
santaclaws said:
Thanks for the reply Daughain.
But where is that change made? is it made to the radio itself?
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I don't think it changes the radio, because I've personally switched radios several times and I didn't have to unlock every time. Once, when I rooted the phone and that was it.
I just spent the last two months in the hospital so please help me if you can...
Ive noticed for a long time that I havent been able to access GPS navigation with any Rom other then stock for the last year. Every once in a while I will load a rom and immediatly get massive amounts of FC's. Ive fixed permissions within recovery and manually had to clear dalvik/cache/battery stats to get certain roms to work and sometimes this doesnt help.
Yesterday after unsucessfully flashing CM7 RC1 for the 3rd time I went into my hboot and saw that I had .77 (i thought I had v.92). I also noticed that I had radio v1.00.03.04.06. Is this the correct radio?
So my question(s) is this:
1) If I upgrade my hboot to .92 (btw I am already unrevoked forever) will It be like clearing all my data/etc?
2) will this fix my GPS?
3) after I flash the .92hboot (pb31img.zip im assuming?) will it also include the correct radio?
4) the process to flash the radio is to do it manually in recovery NOT go into Rom Manager correct?
GPS fail cause your radio is old and for CM7 you need the .92 hboot for the bigger boot partition. I have both on my site and you would flash both through hboot and not recovery. Have only one on your SD card at a time or you can waiit till I get home or someone else who is nice and package on up that contains both. Very simple to do.
That would be much appreciated Doug.
will flashing these cause s-off to...umm turn on?
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Weapondrift said:
That would be much appreciated Doug.
will flashing these cause s-off to...umm turn on?
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Flashing a radio or HBOOT does not make you S-ON. Be sure to make sure your MD5 sum matches what the provided MD5 sum says.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo RLS5.3.
This has been helpful as I've had GPS inaccuracy issues on Warm TwoPointTwo and Incredibly Re-engineered. Can I check the Hboot version and radio version without going into Hboot? Wouldn't mind troubleshooting while waiting for a call but with my luck, I'll be in deep and miss the call.
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This has been helpful as I've had GPS inaccuracy issues on Warm TwoPointTwo and Incredibly Re-engineered. Can I check the Hboot version and radio version without going into Hboot? Wouldn't mind troubleshooting while waiting for a call but with my luck, I'll be in deep and miss the call.
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HBOOT you have to boot into it to check. You can check your radio version by going to settings, about phone, software information. There is should be under "baseband version".
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So my question(s) is this:
1) If I upgrade my hboot to .92 (btw I am already unrevoked forever) will It be like clearing all my data/etc?
2) will this fix my GPS?
3) after I flash the .92hboot (pb31img.zip im assuming?) will it also include the correct radio?
4) the process to flash the radio is to do it manually in recovery NOT go into Rom Manager correct?
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1. No, it will only update your HBOOT and you shouldn't lose anything. (provided the HBOOT file is valid)
2. HBOOT upgrading, probably not, but updating the radio should definitely help.
3. Radio & HBOOT updating are separate I believe, unless you are updating from an RUU.
4. Yes that is correct
Here are the radio's, make sure to update to either the 07.28 or the 09.01.
http://adrynalyne.us/files/di_radios/ - (Thanks to Adrynalyne)
Hi,
I just flashed a 2.3.3 stock-rooted ROM and well, as everyone is saying, the battery is draining way too fast!
On the actual post where i got the ROM, they provide a radio, but im a little curious about this who radio thingy.
1- I have a nandroid, restoring will bring back old radio?
2- is there a way to backup the radio if the answer to question1 is NO
3- what are the risks, and does it happen alot?, or is it a rare case?
4- they say it can brick the phone, is there any possible way to get out of that state?
1- I have a nandroid, restoring will bring back old radio?
No
2- is there a way to backup the radio if the answer to question1 is NO
Download your original radio from this thread
3- what are the risks, and does it happen alot?, or is it a rare case?
Just read the Radio Thread.
4- they say it can brick the phone, is there any possible way to get out of that state?
Once it is bricked, just send it for warranty. Most probably, they will change with a new one since they can't really know what you have done to the phone.
Hmmm, if it gets bricked, then i wont have my phone for MONTHS! since im in a different country than where i brought it, and i dont have HTC support here.
anyway, i couldnt find my radio type in the link you gave me - mine being:
12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.15_M3
but ofc this is the one that came with the 1.32 FW when i was degrading, so can i just extract the radio.img from the PD98IMG.zip file and the flash it? or will it cause problems?
You don't (can't) flash radio's in the same way as a ROM. Read the radio thread.
PD98IMG or the safer method IMO is fastboot (search if unsure what fastboot is).
Sent from my Ericsson T39m
na, i know what fastboot is....
but what im saying is...say i update to a new radio, and its worse than the last, can't i just take the radio.img from the 1.32 PD98IMG.zip file and use fastboot to flash it back?
Or say i found the 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.15_M3.zip radio file, can i flash that?
OR is the only way to go back to the radio by flashing a RUU?(because i heard that installs a new radio).
i have radio and eng S-OFF.
CodeNameUnknown1 said:
but what im saying is...say i update to a new radio, and its worse than the last, can't i just take the radio.img from the 1.32 PD98IMG.zip file and use fastboot to flash it back?
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Not tested that method sorry.
CodeNameUnknown1 said:
Or say i found the 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.15_M3.zip radio file, can i flash that?
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Yes.
The great thing about Radio S-OFF and ENG S-OFF is it allows you to play with radio's.
Just to clarify, and this is aimed at others new to all this, the term "flash" in this case is referring to using fastboot command (think of it like adb but with phone in HBOOT - put very simplistically) to push the file to the phone.
kol man, thanks, ...
i think the 1st method would work, cuz at the end of the day, when flashing the whole PD98IMG.zip it flashes the radio along with other stuff ... so just taking it out would, i presume, would work ...
i'll update my radio soon, maybe, and if its bad, then i'll try the method! ...
No worries.
In theory method one should be ok as the zip is essentially a bundle of files and scripts. The only reason for hesitation is some .img files are slightly modified specifically for us with PD98IMG files.
But if it does work (and hopefully if not you don't get a brick) that would be good news as I often hunt down non PD98IMG versions of things and it would save me some effort.
Please, if not too much trouble, do keep us updated (no pun).
wait .... by doing that i can get it bricked?!!?!?!?!? loool
then i guess im not doing it!, lol, im still in love with my desire hd!!!
IF, a BIG IF, the radio.img file within a ROM PD98IMG file has been tweaked in some way there could be a risk that pushing the file through fastboot could brick the phone. Doing anything with Radio files is possible the most dangerous thing you can do (certainly it's the only thing I do frequently that still makes me hold my breath).
My advice would be, if there is a "normal" zip file of the radio I'd take that and push it via fastboot (after checking the md5hash).
That may be an answer, see if the md5hash of the radio.img is the same from both sources.
i cant find my original exact radio.
i have found some radio near my current one( 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.15_M3) but they have a difference in the letters (i.e. Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M - without the 'U' and its .26_M, no M3 or .15)
whats the difference, and what do they mean? -- i googled this but couldnt find an answer.
I have a question for radio.
(will borow these theme, if you dont mind)
I have ship s-off (i read that i can't flash radio becouse of this)
my Radio is 26.03.02.15_M3
This is an old version, and i would like to have a new version, becouse i have a lot of problems by flashing newer custom roms, wich have other radios recomended i quess :? ?
1. question: Is possible that i have problems flashing new rooms becouse i have an old radio ?
2. question: how to get from ship s-off to eng s-off? The standard root procedure dont work :s
Thanx for answers
gagi´d hype said:
I have ship s-off (i read that i can't flash radio becouse of this)
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You NEED Radio (ship) S-OFF (as a start)
gagi´d hype said:
1. question: Is possible that i have problems flashing new rooms becouse i have an old radio ?
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No. But some ROM's work better with more up to date radio. What ROM are you wishing to try?
gagi´d hype said:
2. question: how to get from ship s-off to eng s-off? The standard root procedure dont work :s
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Follow the guides in the development forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
Mr_JMM said:
You NEED Radio (ship) S-OFF (as a start)
No. But some ROM's work better with more up to date radio. What ROM are you wishing to try?
Follow the guides in the development forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
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I have tryed a lot of rooms, at the and i have an Revolutin HD with adw louncher and density on 180 (the best screan for me)
I flashed then Revolution HD with GB, i think its an 5.1.3 version, and the rom dont work properly.. I have load again the adw louncher and do the density, but there was a looot of bugs, with people app, with screen (lot of freezes) etc..
i dont know what is the problems, is it the radio or just GB room don't allow the unsense louncher and desity settings..
CodeNameUnknown1 said:
i cant find my original exact radio.
i have found some radio near my current one( 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.15_M3) but they have a difference in the letters (i.e. Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M - without the 'U' and its .26_M, no M3 or .15).
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Honest answer is I am unsure other than various protocols by various networks / manufactures (The "U" ROM I believe was provided by a specific network). There is something in there that determines if it is specific to HSDPA vs EDGE etc. but again, my memory fails me.
If you're willing to go on say so alone go for the second one as that's been tested thoroughly however, it is old so if you feel your signal, wifi, GPS isn't as good as it should be and when you're feeling more confident it could be worth trying some of the more recent ones
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Going back to something I said earlier, a PD98IMG file can be JUST a radio. If you don't want to use fastboot commands then here is a thread that contains PD98IMG versions of the radios.
gagi´d hype said:
I have tryed a lot of rooms, at the and i have an Revolutin HD with adw louncher and density on 180 (the best screan for me)
I flashed then Revolution HD with GB, i think its an 5.1.3 version, and the rom dont work properly.. I have load again the adw louncher and do the density, but there was a looot of bugs, with people app, with screen (lot of freezes) etc..
i dont know what is the problems, is it the radio or just GB room don't allow the unsense louncher and desity settings..
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Not every ROM (and with it the Kernel) and especially home launcher apps are happy with resolution changes. Whenever you experience bugs like this the first step is reset things like resolution and then if still bugs remove any launcher you have added the ROM.
ARHD (Revolution) is a fantastic ROM and should be bug free.
Try LeeDroids as that is my favourite and I've never had a problem with it.
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Not every ROM (and with it the Kernel) and especially home launcher apps are happy with resolution changes. Whenever you experience bugs like this the first step is reset things like resolution and then if still bugs remove any launcher you have added the ROM.
ARHD (Revolution) is a fantastic ROM and should be bug free.
Try LeeDroids as that is my favourite and I've never had a problem with it.
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I have flash to the eng s-off now
I see taht a lot of rooms have problems with resolution settings, (i am a litlle angry becouse the resolution on standard sense display is like the people are blind )
That is why i use an adw louncher, and on 2.2 ARHD everything work perfect..
i hope that i will solve the problem with radio, (if not i wil goo to standard density)
ok, thank you very much for the help..
gagi´d hype said:
i hope that i will solve the problem with radio, (if not i wil goo to standard density)
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The radio has nothing to do with your bugs.
The radio controls mobile signal, wifi, gps and bluetooth.
Right here is my problem, I had a rooted Desire which I was trying to unroot and in the past I had used a RUU to do it. This time round the RUU didnt work due to Hboot versions so I downgraded to a Froyo Rom. The catch is that Froyo Rom did not have a Radio and stupid me I did not flash a radio. Then I ran the Gingerbread RUU from HTCs website so basically at the moment I am sitting with a Desire that is running 2.3.3 stock but unable to make any calls due to the lack of a radio. I cant seem to be able to find a way to root the phone again and flash a radio. Any help will be appreciated.
wrong section dude
ask in Q/A
RUU comes with radio.. so find exactly ur problem then ask. and u dont need to flash radio if u have done this once..
and u can check if u have a radio installed and which version in the settings. about phone
Er.. No radio, no phone. I don't imagine it would give a slightest flicker of life!
zaher.bahouth said:
ask in Q/A
RUU comes with radio.. so find exactly ur problem then ask. and u dont need to flash radio if u have done this once..
and u can check if u have a radio installed and which version in the settings. about phone
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Many thanks I checked from settings and the RUU does indeed come with a radio, the problem was my sim card. Thank you very much.
Mods please feel free to remove the thread.