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Why flash your radio?

Sorry, I am really new to the android market and am wondering why you would flash your radio? What does it do? Any response would be much appreciated.

Adam1422 said:
Sorry, I am really new to the android market and am wondering why you would flash your radio? What does it do? Any response would be much appreciated.
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oftentimes it adjusts how your phone picks up and send the signals. usually, i've had nothing but improvements on the network by updating my radio.
BUT, it also depends on where you are. some networks are configured slightly differently, so your mileage may vary. when i had winmo phones, we usually had a pile of radios to pick from over at ppcgeeks. it was mostly trial and error until you found the sweet one that worked for you.
my vote is for updating to the newest radio on the evo though. for now, anyway.

Thanks for the info. I really appreciate the response!
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radio flash
I have already flashed my ROM to Energy....all is great. The thread reccomends flashing the radio to 2.07 (or something like that) because NRGZ suggests it.
Question is...if I change the radio now after I put so much work getting the phone how I like it, will radio flash reset the phone all over again?
I have tried to search for an answer, didnt find one.

808Granato said:
I have already flashed my ROM to Energy....all is great. The thread reccomends flashing the radio to 2.07 (or something like that) because NRGZ suggests it.
Question is...if I change the radio now after I put so much work getting the phone how I like it, will radio flash reset the phone all over again?
I have tried to search for an answer, didnt find one.
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I think you meant to post in the HD2 forum?

[Q] Updated radio but baseband is still the same?

Can someone help me out? I went through all the steps here to update the baseband radio to 2.0:
[GUIDE] Root, nand unlock, radio update, Froyo 2.2 update (sorry couldn't post link since i'm new)
I even watched it do the update and complete and ask me to reboot. Basically now I have a phone that's just like it came out of the box, but it's still on baseband 1.00.03.04.06. What happened? I'm afraid to try to update it again because of all of the talk of bricking it by updating the radio twice.
Does anyone have any advice for me?

It's not your fault, it's the guide's.
The problem was, the guide directed you to an incorrect PB31IMG.zip.
Try this one: http://adrynalyne.stfuthxbye.net/radio/2.15.00.07.28/PB31IMG.zip
Repeat the radio flash with this PB31IMG.zip instead.

Ugh...i just realized this is in the wrong section. Can someone move it? I didn't seem to see a delete button..

Berzerker7 said:
It's not your fault, it's the guide's.
The problem was, the guide directed you to an incorrect PB31IMG.zip.
Try this one:
So this won't brick me by updating to this correct radio version? Even though I ran the incorrect PB31IMG file?
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sandyjohnson said:
Berzerker7 said:
It's not your fault, it's the guide's.
The problem was, the guide directed you to an incorrect PB31IMG.zip.
Try this one:
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So this won't brick me by updating to this correct radio version? Even though I ran the incorrect PB31IMG file?
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It wasn't incorrectly formatted or anything, you just didn't run the one that updates your radio. So yes, it won't brick your device. As long as you're not flashing the same radio over itself, it's fine.

Berzerker7 said:
It wasn't incorrectly formatted or anything, you just didn't run the one that updates your radio. So yes, it won't brick your device. As long as you're not flashing the same radio over itself, it's fine.
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you can flash the same radio over itself, just don't flash radio patches. As far as I know, no radio diffs exist for the incredible. Sprint pulled an EVO update because it bricked phones.
You could always err on the safe side, though

rpearl said:
you can flash the same radio over itself, just don't flash radio patches. As far as I know, no radio diffs exist for the incredible. Sprint pulled an EVO update because it bricked phones.
You could always err on the safe side, though
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I officially hate that Guide. I got the radio update to go through correctly, but now it's telling me that I've lost my super user priviledges? Rom Manager is telling me I'm no longer rooted even though I've already installed unrevoked and unrevoked forever?
Any ideas?

You've lost super user privileges because you RUU'ed back to stock using the wrong PB31IMG.zip that you had before. If you're in the process of installing a ROM, the ROM you install will have su privileges already on it, so you won't need to worry about it.

Berzerker7 said:
You've lost super user privileges because you RUU'ed back to stock using the wrong PB31IMG.zip that you had before. If you're in the process of installing a ROM, the ROM you install will have su privileges already on it, so you won't need to worry about it.
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So if i wanted to install SkyRaider 2.2, it would automatically give me back my root privileges during install? Do you guys recommend getting Rom manager premium to get these roms and updates? Or should I just put SkyRaider on the root of my SD card and install from there?
When it's updated, would I need to put the updated rom there next time as well? Do you have to do a full wipe everytime you update if you're not doing it through Rom manager premium?
Sorry for the 10,000 questions, but you guys have been exceptionally helpful this evening!

sandyjohnson said:
So if i wanted to install SkyRaider 2.2, it would automatically give me back my root privileges during install? Do you guys recommend getting Rom manager premium to get these roms and updates? Or should I just put SkyRaider on the root of my SD card and install from there?
When it's updated, would I need to put the updated rom there next time as well? Do you have to do a full wipe everytime you update if you're not doing it through Rom manager premium?
Sorry for the 10,000 questions, but you guys have been exceptionally helpful this evening!
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I don't really use ROM manager, I like having control of when I want to finish making changes and reboot my phone. Putting skyraider on your sdcard and installing from recovery is fine. And, yes, you will get back su if you install it.
And yes, you would need to put them updated ROM on there as well. Full wipe has nothing to do with whether or not you install from ROM manager, it's either recommended/required or not necessary as deemed by the ROM maker.
BUT:
Since you've RUU'ed back to stock, you probably don't have clockwork recovery image installed. You can flash this PB31IMG.zip: http://www.mediafire.com/?ux34r4zi9himdtb in the same fashion as you've done before. It will only update your recovery image, not your radio, so you don't have to worry about anything (make sure it says "recovery" when you update, and not "RADIO_V2" or something else like that).

That is my guide. I made a mistake in directing people to the wrong radio. Berserker7 caught it and I have updated the guide. I am very sorry for the problems it caused. If you are one of the people that lost root you should be able to get it back by running unrevoked3 again then just update your radio with the file I link to in my fixed guide.
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dadicus said:
That is my guide. I made a mistake in directing people to the wrong radio. Berserker7 caught it and I have updated the guide. I am very sorry for the problems it caused. If you are one of the people that lost root you should be able to get it back by running unrevoked3 again then just update your radio with the file I link to in my fixed guide.
Sent from my Incredible.
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So I finally got SkyRaider up and running. My question is this though. I installed the vanilla version and still have the HTC contacts app instead of the default Android app. Is there a ROM out there that has the vanilla Android contacts app? I hate the HTC one....

sandyjohnson said:
So I finally got SkyRaider up and running. My question is this though. I installed the vanilla version and still have the HTC contacts app instead of the default Android app. Is there a ROM out there that has the vanilla Android contacts app? I hate the HTC one....
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Cyanogen 6.0.0-RC3
No sense. It's great.
Sent from my Incredible.

dadicus said:
Cyanogen 6.0.0-RC3
No sense. It's great.
Sent from my Incredible.
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I heard there are a lot of errors still with Cyanogen...have you noticed anything?

sandyjohnson said:
I heard there are a lot of errors still with Cyanogen...have you noticed anything?
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Camcorder doesn't work, that's about it.

sandyjohnson said:
I heard there are a lot of errors still with Cyanogen...have you noticed anything?
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With the updated radio it runs great.
Camera works
Wireless works
GPS works
Bluetooth I hear works (haven't tested yet)
Camcorder works
There is one problem I have noticed but it is the only one and doesn't bother me. It does not see the internal storage of the phone. I don't need it right now so it doesn't bother me. May be different for you.
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dadicus said:
With the updated radio it runs great.
Camera works
Wireless works
GPS works
Bluetooth I hear works (haven't tested yet)
Camcorder works
There is one problem I have noticed but it is the only one and doesn't bother me. It does not see the internal storage of the phone. I don't need it right now so it doesn't bother me. May be different for you.
Sent from my Incredible.
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Have you noticed any issues using wifi?

Nope, wifi its running great for me.
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dadicus said:
Nope, wifi its running great for me.
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I'm flashing to it right now...we'll see how it goes.

sandyjohnson said:
I'm flashing to it right now...we'll see how it goes.
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Hope it's everything you've dreamed of for froyo.
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[Q] Two issues I am .

I have been having
Issue 1:
In the past 2-3 weeks, when I am on a phone call I am able to hear the other person, but they are not unable to me.
This does not happen every call, just some, both inbound and outbound.
I have tried multiple ROMs but it does not seem to help (ROMs tested: CM7, Virtuous Doubleshot v1.0.1 and RCMix3D KINGDOM)
If it matters, I'm with VodaFONE in Australia, but this happens even when I have full coverage.
Looking at the whole next to the micro usb port it seems to be clear.
Is this a software or hardware issue? Is there anything I can do to fix it besides un-root and RMA?
Issue 2:
While listening to music or watching a movie, my phone will start to use "voice search" without me prompting it to.
Is this a common issue or something that I can easily fix? (I have no real need for this, so if there's a way to uninstall it, I really wouldn't mind).
If I need to un-root and RMA I will, but I would prefer not to. If there is other information requested, just ask and I will do my best to answer.

kernels And Radio
Have you tried changing radio and kernel of the phone??

Flash a newer radio and change the ril's in the rom you're using to fully utilize the new radio properly.
You may be using an older radio, and the rom probably is probably using ril's for a newer or different radio than what's installed on you device, thus causing your issues.

flash it back to original and send it to Vodafone, because this sounds like a bigger problem....

Freak2011 said:
flash it back to original and send it to Vodafone, because this sounds like a bigger problem....
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I dont think the problem is quite that big. It doesnt seem like a hardware fault because if it was a hardware fault then it would be most if not all calls that are affected if the microphone didnt work. He says that it is only some which leads me to believe it is a software error. A different radio and matching RIL's should fix it.
Look on the ROM description page of the ROM you are using and install the radio that it recommends. It will already have matching RIL's for it.

... a lot of people do the downgrade to 1.32 to root, and forget to update the radio when they start using custom rom's built off newer builds that originally come with newer radio builds...
mind you, the op's problems are some of the lesser that i've come across... quite tame actually
If you're using the RCMix Kingdom Rom, use Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M

Thanks for all the help. Will try flashing a new radio and shall come back here to say if it worked or not.

Pissed Off Desire HD

Hi everybody, I was thinking whether to open new "story" or not and I thought I can do it by myself..but..I did everything I could, I have read hundreds of forums..some things totally confused me and some simply I don't understand..so however I decided to open new thread because I really need professional help here.
Here is the story,
I've bought used HTC DHD before two days with an custom rom android 4.2.2 but WI-FI not worked and also camera not worked very well (when I take a shot phone turns off). i have tried few roms in hope that will fix the problem (PACman v23, CM10.1 and JT 4.2.2 - and still on JT) but nothing. In bootloader says Unlocked but security is damn ON. So, I worked two whole fckin day without success. I have tried many tools, guides etc but it simply won't make S-OFF. Also I've tried to flash to few stock RUU roms to do a downgrade but every time when try I'm getting some errors (140, 150, 170 or even unknown error xD). I really don't know what to do anymore and because I'm pissed off I came here. I love this phone and I won't sell it third day already. I gave last money for this smartphone..I won't money back..I won't new phone..I just want this to be working device. On pic you can see what I already tried..
So please, be patient and take your time to solve this **** together.

Come on guys, I know this can be fixed. I need just little of your time. and thank you very much in advance.

NO idea why you so desperately want S-OFF in the first place as you can flash custom ROMS without it and there is no other way you can fix wifi on software level (so most probably it's a hardware problem), but anyone have access to search in the upper right corner if you wish.
As for the phone shutting down when taking photos, it's a common problem and is thought to be related to aging battery, but you have a great chance of fixing(compensating) it by increasing CPU voltage a couple of notches. Install CPU Master and increase the mV of corresponding maximum frequency used, it should be 1Ghz to look at if not overclocked, try to increse it by 50mV

You are unlocked and still s-on so, as with every one who has issues like yours, you need to flash the boot.IMG via fastboot from the ROM you want to install, after you've installed the rom.
I suggest switching to SVHD by mygamers, every thing works, its super smooth and is great on battery too.
P.s. unless you REALLY really need the advanced functions of s-off, I wouldn't worry to much about it.
"Some" advantages to unlocked bootloader and s-off are:
Flash new Roms direct with out having to flash boot.img
Restore nandroids that are different from current installed rom easier
Flash radios
Change splash screen (you may only see it when you turn on phone, but it can be awesome thing to show off a bit)
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First, why do you need S-Off? You can flash ROMs without S-Off, and S-Off won't fix your WiFi problems. It's not clear whether you're successfully flashing ROMs right now, but you can. You do need to flash the ROM zip's boot.img from fastboot each time after you flash s ROM from recovery.
Second, please bump a thread only once every 24 hours per the forum rules.

It's pretty damn clear that he have tried other ROMS.
dante.24 said:
i have tried few roms in hope that will fix the problem (PACman v23, CM10.1 and JT 4.2.2 - and still on JT)
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-SmOgER said:
It's pretty damn clear that he have tried other ROMS.
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But he finishes that line with "but nothing." Given the number of "flash the boot.img" posts I've had to write lately, I was wondering if that meant he managed to get them to boot or not.

Sorry guys that I did't mentioned before but mainly what I want to do is to bring back stock rom but I can't..someone said that I need S-OFF for that, I heard that when you flash stock rom can fix wi-fi and camera and then if you want can install new custom rom after. About damaged hardware, everything is possible. I was in service shop and guy there said that hardware is modem in essence that controling wi-fi, GSM, bluetooth and GPS. Maybe I understood him wrong. But my BL and GSM working just fine. I have to try new step-by-step tutorial, I'll be back soon.

dante.24 said:
Sorry guys that I did't mentioned before but mainly what I want to do is to bring back stock rom but I can't..someone said that I need S-OFF for that, I heard that when you flash stock rom can fix wi-fi and camera and then if you want can install new custom rom after. About damaged hardware, everything is possible. I was in service shop and guy there said that hardware is modem in essence that controling wi-fi, GSM, bluetooth and GPS. Maybe I understood him wrong. But my BL and GSM working just fine. I have to try new step-by-step tutorial, I'll be back soon.
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You don't need to get S-Off. Just relock your bootloader with fastboot and run the RUU executable from your computer while the phone's connected to it.

bananagranola said:
But he finishes that line with "but nothing." Given the number of "flash the boot.img" posts I've had to write lately, I was wondering if that meant he managed to get them to boot or not.
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OK, let's clear this. Every rom I've tried worked but wi-fi not again, camera is little stable in JT 4.2.2. Only rom that not worked was JT 4.3 beta 3. Installed very well but when it boots it stays on splash screen forever.

bananagranola said:
You don't need to get S-Off. Just relock your bootloader with fastboot and run the RUU executable from your computer while the phone's connected to it.
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OK, I'll try it..

Locked bootloader as you said, started exe from PC and I got error 131 "CUSTOMER ID ERROR"..what's that??

You need to find a RUU compatible with your phone's region.

bananagranola said:
You need to find a RUU compatible with your phone's region.
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How can I know that man, when I try to flash RUU it says "would you like to update from 3.13.000 to 3.13.405.12"..something like that..Ive already tried two stock roms.
Edit: I've tried WWE and ARA RUUs, do I need to try US and UK versions too??

dante.24 said:
How can I know that man, when I try to flash RUU it says "would you like to update from 3.13.000 to 3.13.405.12"..something like that..Ive already tried two stock roms.
Edit: I've tried WWE and ARA RUUs, do I need to try US and UK versions too??
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You could make a goldcard to run any RUU, or you could try the US or UK RUUs.

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It's pretty damn clear that he have tried other ROMS.
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Excuse me, but its "pretty damn clear" that only jellybean roms have been tried!
Why are you getting so agro (agrovated for non Aussie readers)) at the mention of trying to use something other than jellybean?
Only trying to help someone out, mate, have you got issues or you got some reason for hating!
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umm if your stuck on splash screen you haven't flashed the kernel. Extract the zip, then place the boot.img into your adb folder. Reboot your phone into hboot then fastboot. Now go to your adb folder type in fastboot flash boot boot.img from cmd.
If that doesn't work to achieve s-off on newer versions of android is 1) Make a goldcard 2) Downgrade with a ruu 3) Get root exploit 4) Get s-off exploit (This was back in 2010 so I don't know if the procedure changed but I s-offed with this. It's probably easier since its 2013:silly
For future reference, Unlocked bootloader means the boot.img is restricted from recovery YOU need to flash kernels via fastboot with Unlocked Bootloader, S-OFF means nothing is restricted apart from splash image, ENG-Soff is engineering mode is same as s-off but with a Eng tag and splash screen is changeable.
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ranger4740 said:
Excuse me, but its "pretty damn clear" that only jellybean roms have been tried!
Why are you getting so agro (agrovated for non Aussie readers)) at the mention of trying to use something other than jellybean?
Only trying to help someone out, mate, have you got issues or you got some reason for hating!
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First of all there was no any hate nor any of this "agro" of yours lol.
Secondly, none of the mentioned JB ROMS have wifi issues, so there is really no point in wasting time and trying every available ROM.
Cheers and I hope you now got it, we all learn from our mistakes, don't beat yourself up too much. :laugh:

Thanks dude, I'll try it. I have GC tool but problem is this site revskills are down and can't get .img file. Any alternative for this?

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First of all there was no any hate nor any of this "agro" of yours lol.
Secondly, none of the mentioned JB ROMS have wifi issues, so there is really no point in wasting time and trying every available ROM.
Cheers and I hope you now got it, we all learn from our mistakes, don't beat yourself up too much. :laugh:
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I must say, your a total gentleman to clear that up, it is my mistake to believe we are not playing nice and trying to help each other out here, without deliberately flaming or being just simply malice towards fellow xda members...
Don't worry I won't beat myself up to the point I need hospital admission even though that is where I am right now.
Cheers my xda friend I got it now! :thumbup:
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Solution for anyone with incoming calls issue after Marshmallow update

Hello everyone, I currently have AT&T HTC M8,
I recently came across this issue after I installed an Android M rom (SkyDragon, CM13 etc), I wasn't able to receive any incoming calls, they were all redirected to voicemail, I tried to change roms, change different settings, nothing worked.
Finally I searched for Android M's firmware and came across 6.12.1540.4, just search for it and flash it in fastboot.
Once you'll flash that firmware, do a clean install of TWRP recovery & ROM of your choice, it should work with all Marshmallow roms.
Not sure if it'll work if you'll restore it back to Android L (may get stuck in boot-loop or something, not sure).
I'm not taking responsibility if anything happens to your device, if you have any questions, feel free to write & I'll try my best to answer.
Thanks.

I think what you experienced is a kernel problem and not a firmware problem.
And even so, not everybody can do this as you need S-OFF.

Mr Hofs said:
I think what you experienced is a kernel problem and not a firmware problem.
And even so, not everybody can do this as you need S-OFF.
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I never modified the kernel, it was always stock, for some reason, it worked for me after updating the firmware from 4.xx to 6.12.xx.
I agree about S-OFF, we really need that to mess around with the device.

rawfire said:
I never modified the kernel, it was always stock, for some reason, it worked for me after updating the firmware from 4.xx to 6.12.xx.
I agree about S-OFF, we really need that to mess around with the device.
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That's probably a reason. If you installed international/wwe/gsm roms then AT&T/verizon/sprint it could be a problem. Have you checked the specific AT&T subforum for the M8....it's there for a reason because it holds differences.
I personally think you are one step ahead of the real solution. I think it's kernel related. Check the subforum for some info. See if it comes up with something.
I could be wrong......so don't hold that against me, just giving my thoughts

Mr Hofs said:
That's probably a reason. If you installed international/wwe/gsm roms then AT&T/verizon/sprint it could be a problem. Have you checked the specific AT&T subforum for the M8....it's there for a reason because it holds differences.
I personally think you are one step ahead of the real solution. I think it's kernel related. Check the subforum for some info. See if it comes up with something.
I could be wrong......so don't hold that against me, just giving my thoughts
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That's really a thought, I'm definitely gonna check it and see if it's something related to kernel. Thanks for the suggestion.
And yeah, firmware upgrade was the last resort I guess lol,
Really appreciate that.

rawfire said:
That's really a thought, I'm definitely gonna check it and see if it's something related to kernel. Thanks for the suggestion.
And yeah, firmware upgrade was the last resort I guess lol,
Really appreciate that.
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If you find anything please let us know. So we all can learn something if possible