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[Q] Newb Q: Froyo Radio #?

Hey guys, I just rooted my phone and am looking into installing a new ROM. I'm trying to gather all the info i need, and one thing that keeps popping up is the radio. Most ROMs need a certain radio. Som here come the questions:
What radio does a stock Dinc use (Background, I bought my phone in december, so it is a newer model)?
Does Rooting using unRevoked change the radio (thats what I used)?
How do I check the radio?
Thanks for all the help guys. I looked all over the place and couldnt find answers to these questions, but i might have just missed them. If that's the case, I apologize for the repeat.
EDIT: FOUND THE RADIO!
For others with this same question, its in HBOOT (Turn phone off, then hold power and down volume)

BigD603 said:
Hey guys, I just rooted my phone and am looking into installing a new ROM. I'm trying to gather all the info i need, and one thing that keeps popping up is the radio. Most ROMs need a certain radio. Som here come the questions:
What radio does a stock Dinc use (Background, I bought my phone in december, so it is a newer model)?
2.15.00.07.28 most likely, since it is the official 2.2 radio version.
Does Rooting using unRevoked change the radio (thats what I used)?
No, it does not.
How do I check the radio?
Menu - Settings - About Phone - Software - radio version is labeled as Baseband Version
Thanks for all the help guys. I looked all over the place and couldnt find answers to these questions, but i might have just missed them. If that's the case, I apologize for the repeat.
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Also check here for all the radio information you need to know about, including all the versions of it. I run 2.15.00.11.19, works just fine for me.

The stock Radio is 2.15.00.07.28, and that should be fine for most any ROM. Unrevoked does not change the radio; and your's, being a newer phone, will be up to date. You can check what Radio version by going to menu>settings>about phone>software infomation and it will be list under "Baseband version". Hope this helps.
Edit: ^Sucker! Beat me to it...

Wow!
Thanks for the super fast reply guys! That method of finding the radio is WAY easier than going to HBOOT.

Bennies?
Is there any benefit to using a different radio, ie one with a higher number?

BigD603 said:
Is there any benefit to using a different radio, ie one with a higher number?
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No one can give you a definitive answer to that because it varies from phone to phone based on their own unique variables. In other words, if I install the 9.01 baseband on my phone here in Melbourne, FL, odds are I'm not going to get the same results as someone in Detroit or Orlando. It may be better or it may be worse.
The only way to know if you'll get better performance from a particular baseband version is to give it a test drive for a few days.

Hmm, interesting. All this rooting stuff is so complicated. But I like it.

BigD603 said:
Hmm, interesting. All this rooting stuff is so complicated. But I like it.
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Be very careful with radio flashing! If you do it wrong (i.e. pull the battery during) you'll brick it. I get really fast GPS locks and about the same 3G with the 11.19, but as others have said, it really varies location to location.

[Q] Should I flash my Radio?

Hi everyone!
I have just recently decided to root my Desire HD.
So I used jkoljo's awesome guide to downgrade, then perm root with VISIONary, then jkoljo's One click Radio S-OFF tool. As expected everything went very smooth and I now have root, Radio S-OFF and CM7.1.0 Stable installed!
Now here's my main question: Should I flash my Radio?
I'm currently running 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M which I believe came with the stock rom which I downgraded to. Prior to rooting/flashing I had 12.54.60.25U_26.09.04.11_M2 running on Gingerbread 2.3.3 with Vodafone AU branding and my carrier is currently also Vodafone AU.
If I was to flash my Radio then I would probably return to 12.54.60.25U_26.09.04.11_M if possible. If I'm correct, I believe that I would also need ENG S-OFF which shouldn't be too hard to achieve, yet again thanks to jkoljo's One click ENG S-OFF. Just for the record I haven't attempted this yet.
All the Radio flashing guides seem very straight forward but they all have very large red text warning me that flashing Radio is a risky business. So as a complete newbie at flashing and what not I'm kind of reluctant to attempt this, I don't exactly what an expensive paper weight, I mean who does?
So thanks in advance for any advice I can get!
Cheers,
Kevin

I think You should flash a newest radio version, bacause You can get a better battery
consumption, signal and faster GPS fix. The HTC Desire HD Radio Thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295. To flash a radio You need jkoljo's tool One click ENG S-OFF.
Flashing radio is a risky operation, but if You succesfully rooted Your DHD, You'll
succsesfully flash a radio, here's a guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597.
Also remember to flash a matching Radio Interface Libraries. When Matching radio and
RIL You'll get signal stability and better battery consumption.

Awesome, thanks for the reply and clarifying the uses of an RIL. I'm on CM7.1.0 stable at the moment, does that support RIL? I've read that only nightly builds support it at the moment. Maybe I should wait?

As far as i know, RIL's are only for sense based ROM's.

Awesome, I guess I'll just flash my Radio without the RIL since I'm on CM7. My battery is quite terrible at the moment running on 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M. It went from 100% to 66% battery within 6 hours from just WiFi and general usage. You think this is caused by the Radio?

I think it's quite heavy consumption. It can be a radio or some application is draining a battery.You should try a newer radio version. Remember to give it few days for a settle in and check results. Try also find out if there is a recommended radio version for Your ROM.

Hey, thanks again for your thoughts. So I've just been seeing how the battery settles with a few days of usage and it seems to be pretty much the same I guess. On idle it seems pretty good but when actually being used it drains quite a bit. Does the Kernel have much effect on the batter? From what I've heard, WiFi is controlled by the Kernel am I right? I still have no idea how the kernel would change things though and how it would improve the usage of the device. What exactly does it do? Any input would be great!
Cheers!

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Hey, thanks again for your thoughts. So I've just been seeing how the battery settles with a few days of usage and it seems to be pretty much the same I guess. On idle it seems pretty good but when actually being used it drains quite a bit. Does the Kernel have much effect on the batter? From what I've heard, WiFi is controlled by the Kernel am I right? I still have no idea how the kernel would change things though and how it would improve the usage of the device. What exactly does it do? Any input would be great!
Cheers!
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hi, i was in exactly your position not too long ago, very worried about flashing a radio because of all of the warnings.
So have you flashed a new one yet? If you haven't, read through everything a couple of times, then read it again, and then maybe one more time, and then flash a new radio. I think that's a good starting point to see if the battery life improves, i certainly found an improvement going from the 26.03.02.26 one that you mentioned to the 26.09.04.11
after doing that, there are lots of battery saving tips on this forum that you could try to see if you get even more out of the battery.
The kernel is the bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level (i stole that from wikipedia)
so it can have an effect on battery life too, and flashing a new kernel wouldn't be a bad idea. but again, have a look in to it by reading through this forum.
lastly, the RIL is the interface between radio and phone. CM7.1 has the 0018G RIL included already. This will work fine with the newest radios, so you don't have to change anything. There are different RIL's for Sense-based roms and CM7-based roms, so again don't worry about trying to change RILs unless you read up on it.
sorry for the essay but i hope that's helped!

Thanks for the reply! No I haven't flashed the Radio yet. I'll flash it sometime this weekend when I have time. The guides seems pretty straight forward, it seems like the only important part is making sure the Radio is not corrupted which can be done with a simple md5 check am I correct? In conjunction to that of course is ENG S-OFF which is simple enough using the one-click tools from jkoljo. I'm just going to flash it with 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 which is what I had before root and it wasn't too shabby plus it's also recommended.
Anything else major that I have to do before flashing Radio?

yep, always check MD5
you've covered it i think, ENG S-OFF first, and make sure you follow the manual to the letter and everything should hopefully go ok.
the guide i used was the same that cwibel posted above, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597
not sure if you know this already but after running the one-click tool double check it worked by booting in to bootloader and making sure it says ACE PVT ENG S-OFF at the top, not ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF
good luck with it and enjoy your rooted phone! but be warned, this flashing and modding business can get very addictive...

Haha yes I can see where you're coming from. CM7 is so much better than the stock Sense as I was so sick of it. Plus it's packed full of features which stock will never get.
So I just had a quick read of the CM7 post on xda and it says:
Battery drain issue
Desire HD only: Older Radio have know issue which drain faster on asleep
26.04.02.17 is the safest
newer version work too but prevent routing and can't be downgraded: make sure to have radio s-off before flashing newer version
What does it mean by routing and unable to downgrade? I thought that by having ENG S-OFF you could flash whichever Radio you wish. Or does one have to flash to stock using PD98IMG.zip method and thus returning to the older Radio and then reflash? Sorry for all the questions but I'm a bit confused.
Oh and thanks for the tip for checking ENG S-OFF, totally didn't know that.
Cheers!

wait until you have a look at some CM7 mods like the ones in my signature. i went a bit crazy for a few days there flashing all of them
i'm not sure what that means sorry. to be honest i haven't tried "downgrading" my radio, again i'm not sure what that even means, i thought you could just flash between different types without an issue. I'm happy to be enlightened on this by someone with a bit more knowledge!
The thing with radios though is that they're different for everyone in different locations, so honestly i would go for the one that came shipped with your phone. Vodafone seemed to think it was a good one so it's probably the best for our location. And it worked without any issues for me when i was using CM7.1.0. But it's up to you of course!

Beautiful! Just the answer I was looking for! I just needed to know whether it would work well with CM 7.1.
I don't exactly see a reason why I would want to downgrade Radio anyway, though just for reference I stumbled across this particular post where cocchiararo states that:
"it changes only if you downgrade using the PD98MIG.zip or the official method for isntalling.
if you do it using CWM, radios stays."
So in an event I would want to downgrade I guess that's how! I guess it also makes sense that everyone also recommends having Radio S-OFF also to flash back to the Stock.
Thank you so much for your help! Will try flashing it this weekend.
Cheers!
EDIT: I gave in and made some time to flash the Radio. Everything worked perfectly! Now I'm back to my good old 12.54.60.25U_26.09.04.11_M2. Thanks for all the help once again! Both cwibel and maatsby!

No worries mate! I'm glad it worked out well for you. Give the radio a chance to settle in before you decide if it's made a significant difference to battery life
And thanks for the link to that post, that's good to know.
I see it's already started, up til 1am flashing and posting on xda hey... you're doomed!

So after about two days of constant usage I have seen that the radio obviously made a big difference in battery life! My battery graph is a lot more consistent than it was before. Very awesome!

Can you give me an answer for that one should flash a Ril or not?

qkevin. said:
So after about two days of constant usage I have seen that the radio obviously made a big difference in battery life! My battery graph is a lot more consistent than it was before. Very awesome!
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good stuff. I actually flashed the 26.09.04.11 radio last night after this discussion, I wan't aware Vodafone included that radio as stock so I thought I should give it a go and see if it's any better for Sydney conditions. So, thank you for the info
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Can you give me an answer for that one should flash a Ril or not?
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which rom are you using? you can check to see which RIL is included in your rom by typing this in to terminal emulator:
Code:
su
getprop gsm.version.ril-impl
and then from there you can google to see if that RIL is appropriate for the radio you're using. if it is, don't worry about flashing a RIL unless you're willing to experiment with a few of them to see for yourself which one works best for your phone and your location

Hi Kevin,
this thread could be informative for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996630

maatsby said:
which rom are you using? you can check to see which RIL is included in your rom by typing this in to terminal emulator:
Code:
su
getprop gsm.version.ril-impl
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Very useful stuff, thanks for that!
pudel211 said:
Hi Kevin,
this thread could be informative for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996630
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Thanks, I'll have a look at it!

Yeah, compare to my old version Radio, battery fast drain even after 10 hour (normal use). Now is much better battery life for new version.

question about Jermaine151 Stock+ v3.01 and what baseband it should have?

I rooted, downgraded and s-off and , and installed Jermaine151 Stock+ v3.01
My baseband is showing as 2.15.00.07.28 Is that what it's supposed to have? Everything SEEMS to be working okay, but everything I've found about that baseband says it's for Froyo, not GB. Is that going to be a problem in some way, or should I flash a more current baseband? I am very new to all this rooting and stuff, but if anyone could tell me for sure, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
Jim
added during editing...Reason why I posted here, is I could not post in the developer forum due to low post count. I also read through the Stock+ ROM thread and didn't see anything about this.

The baseband is the radio, you can actually upgrade that at anytime. What you are supposed to have is entirely dependent on the radio you install. The reason it's not mentioned in the thread is because your radio signal strength is dependent upon many factors, primarily your proximity to Verizon towers.
Have you thought about installing a new radio? If so, have you downloaded one yet?

fjm568 said:
I rooted, downgraded and s-off and , and installed Jermaine151 Stock+ v3.01
My baseband is showing as 2.15.00.07.28 Is that what it's supposed to have? Everything SEEMS to be working okay, but everything I've found about that baseband says it's for Froyo, not GB. Is that going to be a problem in some way, or should I flash a more current baseband? I am very new to all this rooting and stuff, but if anyone could tell me for sure, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
Jim
added during editing...Reason why I posted here, is I could not post in the developer forum due to low post count. I also read through the Stock+ ROM thread and didn't see anything about this.
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Well as Slim stated you can use which ever works best for you, but technicly stock+ is a gingerbread based rom, and radio 2.15.10.07.07 was released with gingerbread by htc. The radio your on now is from the release of froyo. Also htc evo 4g radios will work for our phones, i believe their latest is 2.15.10.0808
You can get the radios here http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=18, they are all compatible with the incredible. There are also other radios not listed on the pvillecomp site, do a little googling and you can find them. Pvilles site are just the major release ones.

I know that I had the most current radio after the OTA was pushed to me. My brother's Inc is still stock, unrooted and running the OTA 2.3.4 His radio is 2.15.10.07.07 I think. Is my radio different because of the 2.2 downgrade that I did? If I don't notice any voice or data reception issues, would leaving my 7.28 radio installed cause any problems? I did put my phone next to my brother's phone and the signal strength dBm were basically identical(within a number or two of each other)
I have looked at a few threads about upgrading to updated radios, but I understand the risk of bricking is higher than the root, downgrade, s-off and Rom install I have done.
What is the best app for testing download and upload speeds if I do decide to try out new radios so I could have a way of comparing to find which is better?
Any suggestions on radios to try?
Thanks for any help anyone can give.
Jim

I had typed all that in while watching the game. My login timed out, had to login again, and realized you had posted. I think I have looked there, but I will definitely check those out.
Thanks for your reply.
Jim

fjm568 said:
I had typed all that in while watching the game. My login timed out, had to login again, and realized you had posted. I think I have looked there, but I will definitely check those out.
Thanks for your reply.
Jim
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Yes you have the .28 radio because it is required to use unrevoked, and get s-off. Staying on the froyo radio wont hurt a thing, its which ever works best for you.
I think Ooklas speed test app is the best, its also available online at speedtest.net
Dont be affraid to flash new radios. Its true that it is the most common way of bricking a phone, however it still rarley ever happens. I have changed my radio so many times i cant even count. The best and safest way to do it is only download radios from a reputable source, always check the md5 sums and make sure what you downloaded is the full uncorrupted version. Never flash a radio while on low battery, and never interrupt a radio flash in any way, if it freezez while flashing do not pull the battery or jam buttons come here to xda and get help on what to do. If you do that you should have no issues.

Thanks to the both of you for replying to my questions.
I have reflashed my baseband to the 07.07 file. Everything went flawlessly, no problems and everything seems to be working fine.
Thanks again for your help.
Jim
edit...A friend at work has the EVO 4g. His baseband ends in 12.19 Is that the latest evo baseband and is it usable on the Inc? And is it available somewhere for download?

I haven't heard anything about a newer radio. The latest official is what you have, 07.07, but I wouldn't be surprised if 12.19 worked too-both phones have similar internals. That 12.19 radio may be from 2010 because these phones have been out for a long while so that is a possibility as well. But for the record, I'm here often and I haven't seen an Inc user mention a new Evo radio from December 2011 so I wouldn't bother searching for it.

fjm568 said:
Thanks to the both of you for replying to my questions.
I have reflashed my baseband to the 07.07 file. Everything went flawlessly, no problems and everything seems to be working fine.
Thanks again for your help.
Jim
edit...A friend at work has the EVO 4g. His baseband ends in 12.19 Is that the latest evo baseband and is it usable on the Inc? And is it available somewhere for download?
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I just did a search and found this http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/486888-new-ota-4-67-651-3-out-do-not-accept.html. It says that an update came out for the evo last month, and it contains radio 2.15.00.12.19. So it does seem thats the newest one. I cant find a download link, but i'll se if i can find an ruu and extract it for you.
EDIT: Here ya go found it, just flash thru hboot.
http://dinc.does-it.net/Radios/EVO_2.15.00.12.19/PB31IMG.zip
MD5: c909d91a18adf9bdfca7ebbe49cb9444

Could you post an md5 for that radio?
Thank you!
Jim

fjm568 said:
Could you post an md5 for that radio?
Thank you!
Jim
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Sorry about that, forgot to post it.

[Q] Should I flash radio? (Intermittent reception of SMS, poor call signal)

Greetings!
Thanks for stoppin' in. Hate to clutter the posts, but all my browsing/searching through the site thus far has lead me to older links that don't seem to answer my questions.
My history with my HTC Droid Incredible has always been a mix of positive and negative. One thing I've always been plagued by is a hit-or-miss experience with my call signal and messages.
Details:
-Incoming calls don't ring and go straight to voicemail (I use google voice).
-Many calls are plagued by static or generally poor signal.
-Text and image messages are often not received, or when they are, they often arrive hours after the fact (even the next day).
I've been told that flashing a ROM to a rooted device may include flashing the radio and that each ROM may include its own copy of a radio version. Is this true?
Is flashing the radio typically part of the ROM?
What version of the radio is considered best or most efficient for a VZW HTC Droid Incredible currently?
Is it worthwhile to flash the radio separately?
I'm currently on the beta ICS Miui rom and running smoothly aside from a small handful of buggy behaviors. I've seen these issues on stock as well as Cyanogen 7 and other MIUI ROMs. This is also my second (or third?) Incredible, having had it replaced under Warranty in the past and have typically always had some issues of this kind. Typically, I've just considered some of it to be part of the luck of the draw when using a cell phone.
Anywhos, thanks for the help, folks! If you need further details, please feel free to ask.

No custom roms come with radios that i have ever seen.
Flashing a raido may help your situation and it may not. As to which radio, it is really a matter of which one works best for you.
Here is a page with a bunch of radios that are all compatible with the incredible, even the ones labeled evo. http://dinc.does-it.net/radios

I go with the 07.07 radio (GB update version) it works fine, that or the newest Evo radio. 08.08 or 12.19. I live in a splotchy signal area and from playing with it, it seems the newest ones work best for me.

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the suggestions and input - I'll look into it as soon as I have a chance to get to a computer and such.
Looks like I need to re-flash my ROM as it is, given the alpha of Miui ICS I've been using isn't behaving very dependably at this time.
After I figure out a way to back things up and actually load into recovery (another mysterious issue has recently cropped up where I cannot get past HBOOT), I'll get a fresh ROM done and try another radio.
Anything I should be aware of regarding the radio with consideration to the process or eventually returning to stock if needed?
Kudos!
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA

General Update:
I tried a number of different solutions to my recently developed issue of being unable to boot recovery. I could get into HBOOT, but every time I tried selecting Recovery, it would default into another reboot of HBOOT. ROM Manager hasn't been any assistance either, as directing it to load into Recovery only brings up HBOOT.
On a whim, I decided to go ahead and try re-flashing Recovery (first option in ROM Manager), despite it showing that it was updated to the latest edition. I then attempted to reboot into Recovery right after and ...drum roll... it worked! Go figure. -_-;; ah well! Figured the suggestion of re-flashing the Recovery might help others looking for a solution.
I'm going to go ahead and see about wiping and flashing a new, stable ROM and then I'll jump into the radio suggestions above.
Thanks again!

Naming patterns?
bukithd said:
I go with the 07.07 radio (GB update version) it works fine, that or the newest Evo radio. 08.08 or 12.19. I live in a splotchy signal area and from playing with it, it seems the newest ones work best for me.
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I'm looking at the link provided by the other person above and seeing interesting naming patterns. IIRC I'm currently on the 2.15.00.07.28.
Just want to make-sure I'm reading this right - is 2.15.10.07.07 newer than 2.15.00.11.19? I would guess so, plus I'm gathering that it was the version you suggested.
Further, what are the effects of using an EVO radio? Sorry for being such a noob, but I'm honestly curious!
Thanks.

Nothing wrong with using an evo radio. I use the 07.28 myself but its because it works best in my area.
Sent from my ADR6300 using xda premium

wigmuke said:
I'm looking at the link provided by the other person above and seeing interesting naming patterns. IIRC I'm currently on the 2.15.00.07.28.
Just want to make-sure I'm reading this right - is 2.15.10.07.07 newer than 2.15.00.11.19? I would guess so, plus I'm gathering that it was the version you suggested.
Further, what are the effects of using an EVO radio? Sorry for being such a noob, but I'm honestly curious!
Thanks.
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Correct, 07.07 is newer than 11.19 radio. 11.19 was released in November of 2010, 07.07 was in July of 2011.

Thanks! Learn something new everyday.

I completed flashing the radio! Yay.
Didn't realize at first that it needed to be flashed via HBOOT (though I should've assumed such based on the name), rather than Recovery, but got it taken care of w/o incident.
Immediately, I've seen an increase in signal strength (max bands), and received a text msg that would've been sent earlier this morning. I'm looking forward to seeing further improvements!
Thanks everyone for your assistance.

i use the evo 08.08 radio and it works like a charm...i tried all the radios but i found this one works the best!

How are you guys flashing these radios to your incredible phone? I kept trying by booting into HBoot and renaming the radios to PB31IMG.ZIP but it won't flash it, because the Security mode is ON S-ON. I have the OTA GB update with 07.07 but I can't seem to turn S OFF

dAii7 said:
How are you guys flashing these radios to your incredible phone? I kept trying by booting into HBoot and renaming the radios to PB31IMG.ZIP but it won't flash it, because the Security mode is ON S-ON. I have the OTA GB update with 07.07 but I can't seem to turn S OFF
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You must have s-off to flash radios. One question, what is your hboot version? To attain s-off for:
.92 then follow this guide here
OR
1.02 then follow this guide here
The only experience I have and can reliably speak on is installing radios while s-off AND having hboot .92. I can't speak to the success rate of installing a radio with hboot 1.02, it's entirely different and unfamiliar to me.

I recently started using the 12.19 evo radio and it is much better regular signal wise although somehow 3g seems spottier

[Q] best radio/spl for the g2?

ok so ive been with android a while now but am new to the g2
just looking around the threads i havent found a good answer yet.
so what is the best radio/hboot for a tmobile branded g2
where i live i have always gotten great reception with tmobile across any devices
but i had my g2 for a day before i rooted it and i noticed a 4g symbol??
did a little research i guess that isnt 4g but im still looking for an answer.
tried a few roms, on miui.us now, something else tomorrow...
hboot-0.76.200
microp-0425
radio-26.02.01.15_m2
emmc-boot
aug20, 201, 16:51:01
im guessing there is better?
thanks in advance

You can check out this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970809
And look for one you'd like to use. All radio's for the HTC Vision (g2/Desire Z) are on that page.

I have the same hboot and I'm using the .19 radio. Seems the best for me, been through a few and every once in awhile I get flashy and try others just to come back to that radio. It has the best reception and battery life combo for me.
DFW, TX
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

There is no overall "best" radio because there are too many factors involved in terms of radio performance (e.g. geography, how you use your phone, etc). So it's trial and error. Try one of the latest radios from that thread for a week or so, see how you get on, then you can flash a different one and compare.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.

thanks everyone for the tips, i downloaded all the radios from the thread i was linked to with plans on trying out all or most of them over the months to find my preference. couple quick questions
it was recommended to match the lib-ril files to the radio i am using (doing it in a couple days to test the difference) but i only found the files needed for the latest radio (26.13.04.19) for the other radios where can i find these files?
also is there any benefit (or even an option) to use a different spl/hboot? or so long as i have an engineering hboot they all are the same as in no added benefits?

There's a thread about a useful tool to match the RILs for you, I will edit in a link if I can find it.
Edit - I see you found it already lol. But if you want the RILs to match with other radios, you will have to extract them from whatever stock ROM came with those radios. I don't know if someone has done this already, to make it easier ?
As for hboot then no, the main difference is eng hboot vs stock, the eng version giving you a few more options.
The only other issue is sometimes people flash the DZ hboot onto a G2, because the two phones have different stock partitioning (via hboot). This is typically an issue when flashing a Sense-based ROM onto a G2, since that has a slightly smaller system partition (so the ROM won't fit).
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.

yeah kinda what i thought. are there any options on custom mtd partitions? not that im too crazy over sense but this way if it ever became an issue i do a few small edits before flashing a sense rom. either way thanks for the tips
oh an yeah someone gave me a link to the auto patcher for the lib files, i didnt even think to look there for i was planing on manually moving them anyway, but yes they are all placed in there but thanks for digging for me anyhow!