Well how much different is it to install a radio?
what are all the steps?
please dont miss any steps.
i really dont want to brick my phone or ruin it in any way.
If i install the latest radio and everything,does the rom have to be 3.70?
If its not what will happen? if im on 3.30 or less with the new radios and what not,will i have any problems?
And is there anything wrong with the new radios?
i hear quite a few people complaining about it?
what will all these updates do for me?(updating the radio etc.)
I could use a lot of help.
Its not difficult at all just flash it like anything else. I suggest doing a nandroid first to back up your wimax.
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Hi, I have been flashing many ROMs and trying different tweaks with my evo since I got it. However I have decided to flash the new radio which I have not done before. What are the critical steps involved in insuring I do not brick my phone?
Also, is there an advantage with installing updated radios through Hboot with the pc361 file over recovery? I know there is none currently for the newest, but was wondering if there is any advantages. Thanks for the replies.
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If you're going to flash a radio through recovery just make sure your getting it from someone who knows what they are doing. Also make sure you have plenty of charge on your battery and make sure not to remove your battery during the flash.
The only advantage of running a PC36IMG is you get a fesh clean system. I don't think it matters that much but like formatting c: and reinstalling some people like to run an RUU every few months. As long as you get your radio_update.zip from a reputable source then there is no advantage, regarding the radio, to running a whole PC36IMG just to get a radio out of the deal. Flashing a radio from recovery will not affect anything else you have set up already.
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If you're going to flash a radio through recovery just make sure your getting it from someone who knows what they are doing. Also make sure you have plenty of charge on your battery and make sure not to remove your battery during the flash.
The only advantage of running a PC36IMG is you get a fesh clean system. I don't think it matters that much but like formatting c: and reinstalling some people like to run an RUU every few months. As long as you get your radio_update.zip from a reputable source then there is no advantage, regarding the radio, to running a whole PC36IMG just to get a radio out of the deal. Flashing a radio from recovery will not affect anything else you have set up already.
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Can you also answer this question. Why is the only Hboot we can use for root the .76 version? Is there something inherent with it or is it that no one has altered the .79 version yet? Thanks for taking the time.
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Can you also answer this question. Why is the only Hboot we can use for root the .76 version? Is there something inherent with it or is it that no one has altered the .79 version yet? Thanks for taking the time.
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the .76 version is the engineer build. .79 is the consumer build
Hello,
I am having trouble with all plain froyo roms without sense. The problem is a CPU usage at 100% all the time. The process was /system/bin/mediaserver. Saw this with an app. I suddenly got an idea that this is might be a radio related problem as a friend of mine runs all these defrost, opendesire and stuff without problems. So do you think I should get a new radio? What are your suggestions for a radio if I live in Asia, Singapore? Also, how do you install a radio? Isn't flashing it with clockworkmod it? But I thought as you wipe it would be gone?
Also, what is the radio? What is it for?
Please update me with what causes the problem and how to work with radios. Also, please tell me which radio to get because I have no idea.
Thank you guys!
All,
I've had my Evo for a few months and have almost pulled the trigger for rooting and tinkering with the phone a few times, stopping each time to read more and more about concerns like backing up the WiMax radio, and other things. Having read as much as I can until my eyes bleed and my brain hurts, I have two remaining questions:
1) I'm wondering if there's any reason to wait until a Sprint-blessed Gingerbread update gets released. If rooted and on some 3rd-party ROM, is there ANY reason to think that anything undesirable might happen to my phone when this update is released? I assume rooting methods might change, but I guess it won't matter if I'm already rooted (?). Anything at all, other than not receiving Sprint OTA updates?
2) I know there are multiple ways to root. To me, the differences boil down to Unrevoked (one-click) and everything else. I don't mind extra steps if there's reason to perform them. The only "con" that I've found to using Unrevoked (assuming I have a compatible Evo) is if "something goes wrong, you will have a bit more trouble trying to find out what went wrong" ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204 ).
I'm very concerned about having a WiMax radio backup and not losing my keys, and was planning on using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 as xHausx mentions that explicitly, something I haven't seen very much. There seems to be some confusion that nandroid backups did/didn't backup your radio, or that only certain versions do/did.
Thanks for reading, I appreciate it.
Well im not an expert but this is what i know. First if you do root be prepared to go nuts. Once you get the hang of flashing roms/kernels you might get addicted and be flashing a rom or kernel way too often. Now all roms are basically the same with little differences that dont really matter. One is not better than the other you just have to find the one YOU like best. There are three types of roms. Sense based roms like Myns 2.2 or Fresh Rom. They are basically just like your stock phone with different apps and tweaks than sprint puts in. AOSP roms like Cyanogen Mod or Vaelpak. These are basically stock android (no sense) with little tweaks and apps thrown in. Then there is MIUI Rom which is basically iphones iOS for android phones. I tried all three and went back to sense roms cause everything works. Now for gingerbread. No doubt it will be better and faster than froyo. But it isnt going to be nothing evolutionary or anything. We thought froyo was going to be and its just a little better. Which will probably be the case with every new android update. So if you root you cannot get gingerbread when it is sent OTA, unless you unroot then update your phone. If your rooted you have to wait for the devs hear to cook up a rooted version of gingerbread. Which will take maybe a week after its official release. When i rooted i used unrevoked 3.21. I had to run it twice and it worked no problem. Flashed a rom and was on my way. I would say to use toasts method to root not unrevoked. Only because in order to run cyanogen mod. Which youll have to try. You have to downgrade your hboot to .76. Unrevoked does not do this and yes if you do have issues its kinda hard to figure wat is wrong. I did downgrade my hboot after and everything went fine, but i have seen alot of people having problems doing the way i did. Toasts method does this in the rooting process so youll be able to try any rom as soon as your done. Also youll get familiar with using adb shell, which i still dont know how to use because i used unrevoked. Now with the radios/rsa keys. As long as you dont try to flash a new radio or prl you wont lose your RSA keys. Ive never flashed one and my phone is fine. You dont have to update these. But if you decide you want to. Make sure and use amon ra 1.8 as your recovery and not clockwork mod. Amon will backup your rsa keys when you make your first nandroid backup after rooting and clockwork will not. One thing to remember is just cause some new version of a ROM or kernel or radio or whatever comes out and people are saying its so great doesnt mean it is going to be great on your phone. Some kernels will work great on your phone and suck on mine. If your phone is working great and youve found a rom you love and a kernel that gives you great speed and battery life stick with it. Everytime you flash something..you can have problems. Most are easy to fix by restoring a nandroid or wiping the phone and reflashing the rom. But still its not a good feeling. For instance i run Myns Rom 2.2 RLS3 his new version RLS 4 is out now and everyone says its great. But im sticking with RLS3 because it has the look,feel,speed,battery life i need and want and theres no reason to upgrade. Only when he releases a gingerbread version of his rom. Sounds like you have been doing your research which is good. I studied for a couple months before rooting. Everything in this post is what ive come to understand, but everything in rooting is development so nothing is set in stone. I may not be 100% right on all this stuff jus tryin to help
P.S. i used the videos made by djr3z over at http://www.thedroiddemos.com when i rooted.
Evo - Myn 2.2 RLS 3 - Clockwork - HBoot .76
With all these new sense roms out im wanting to check them out. Ive been running CM6 and now CM7 nighties for a while. I flashed my radios when i first rooted and flashed fresh 3.4. Ive read alot about flashing radios messing up phones. So i have been real unsure on flashing them again. When you flash one of these new roms is it a MUST to flash the new radios, or is it preferred? Does a nandroid back up your current radio? and how important is it to keep your radios updated. I just want to be clear as can be on this issue. Thanks
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With all these new sense roms out im wanting to check them out. Ive been running CM6 and now CM7 nighties for a while. I flashed my radios when i first rooted and flashed fresh 3.4. Ive read alot about flashing radios messing up phones. So i have been real unsure on flashing them again. When you flash one of these new roms is it a MUST to flash the new radios, or is it preferred? Does a nandroid back up your current radio? and how important is it to keep your radios updated. I just want to be clear as can be on this issue. Thanks
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It does seem that all of the new roms are suggesting to update the radios. In my experience, it has not been required to update the radios, depending on which kernel you use. (any custom kernel will work) I believe it has more to do with the PRI I did update my radios prior to flashing Myn's RLS5, because it was suggested to do so. I updated my radio, PRI, NV, and Wimax in a combo flash. No problems. Rom ran fine, but my battery life was terrible. I downgraded my radio back to 2.15.00.09.01, and flashed the htc 17 kernel. It gave me a wake lock. I then downgraded the PRI from 1.90 to 1.77, and have been currently running that on RLS5 with zero issues, and good battery life. Wake lock went away after the PRI. If I'm not mistaken, the reason you're suggested to update the radios, is because the newer HTC 15 kernel requires you to use the updated radio and PRI, and most of the current sense 3.70 roms come with the htc 15 kernel. As far as nandroids go, I'm 99.9% sure that they do not back up you're radios or anything. Amon RA, and I believe the newer clockwork will back up your Wimax RSA keys, however. I also flashed Mikfroyo last weekend, for a test run. I left my radios at the older version, and didn't upgrade, despite the suggestion. I ran the htc 17 kernel with that as well, and had zero issues whatsoever. So I'm not positive why it is suggested, other than I think the new HTC 15 kernel doesn't play well with the older radio/PRI.
Thank you. Yea I have the radio and prl versions u downdraded to. Im planning on flashing mikfroyo tonight. Just wanted to play with sense again. Do any of the kings kernels like #9 amd #11 work with the newer ota?
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Thank you. Yea I have the radio and prl versions u downdraded to. Im planning on flashing mikfroyo tonight. Just wanted to play with sense again. Do any of the kings kernels like #9 amd #11 work with the newer ota?
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I honestly haven't flashed either of those kernels in a while, definitely not on any of the 3.70 software. I would speculate that they'd work fine, but can't confirm for sure. As long as you have a recent nandroid, you'll be fine. Just try it out and see how the phone runs. If it's no good, either nandroid back, or flash a different kernel. It is a neverending challenge, trying to find the perfect for a specific phone. I wish you luck!
So, I'm currently running Myn's RLS5, and when I flashed it I had to begin by flashing new radios (which I hadn't ever had to do before). (I'm assuming this is because it's 3.70? But I could be wrong here obvs, noobing all over the place).
I'm interested in flashing a new rom to my phone but I haven't for a while, so I'm wondering; do I have to flash new radios again before I change roms? Where do I go to do that? Most roms don't have a radio package to flash from.
And beyond that, are there any good Gingerbread roms for the EVO yet? I've seen a few but the ones I've glanced over don't have lots of support and that made me baw.
Thanks for all your help!
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So, I'm currently running Myn's RLS5, and when I flashed it I had to begin by flashing new radios (which I hadn't ever had to do before). (I'm assuming this is because it's 3.70? But I could be wrong here obvs, noobing all over the place).
I'm interested in flashing a new rom to my phone but I haven't for a while, so I'm wondering; do I have to flash new radios again before I change roms? Where do I go to do that? Most roms don't have a radio package to flash from.
And beyond that, are there any good Gingerbread roms for the EVO yet? I've seen a few but the ones I've glanced over don't have lots of support and that made me baw.
Thanks for all your help!
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The radio update was for all 3.70 htc kernel based roms. You could either update the radio or switch to a non stock kernel.
There haven't been any similar problems since then, afaik. Flash away. You should be fine until the next big htc update.
Cyanogen released an rc1 that's Gingerbread based, and it's probably your best bet, but I haven't tried it.