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[Q] updating radio

I got an Incredible off a guy and now want to flash it to cricket.
I have not even rooted the phone yet it's on stock vzw but I saw in hboot the radio is 2.15.00.xx (forgot what), but isn't this the radio I am supposed to supposedly update to? I don't want to flash a radio over this one and brick it, so I am wondering what the deal is, did VZW update their stock radio at some point?
the cricket ROM in dev says to have this radio so I just want to make sure Im all gravy.

Flashing a radio over itself doe not brick the phone. There was only one leak, which was a patch file, that would result in a brick if flashed twice.
2.15.00.7.28 is the stock radio for the Incredible after it's upgraded to Froyo.

najaboy said:
Flashing a radio over itself doe not brick the phone. There was only one leak, which was a patch file, that would result in a brick if flashed twice.
2.15.00.7.28 is the stock radio for the Incredible after it's upgraded to Froyo.
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thanks, so that's what it was then. I guess I don't need the patched radio then and can flash any ROM in the upgrade forum with this radio.

I was wondering about this too... So I can flash whatever radio over whatever other radio I need to and (without the regular risk of radio-flash bricking), be ok-more or less?
Maybe a better way to phrase this is, how do I know if I'm flashing a radio patch, or a full radio file? I have the files from the Radio thread - are those full radio files, not patches?
Thanks!

[Q] Flashing Asian firmware in a European version or vice versa

Hi I would like to know if there would be a problem if I flash the official rue of an Asian desire z with a european version or vice versa?
I bought my phone second hand and I decided to flash the 1.34.707.1 version into my originally 1.72 desire z. Now my phone cannot find updates. It keeps telling me that there is no update even if check manually.
I know that I can flash a higher version by downloading a higher rue version but what I wanted to find out if I can no longer receive ota updates because of what I did.
Since when I was in 1.72 my phone did not notify me of the 1.82 update too...
I don't know what's wrong.. Please help. Thank you.

I think if you are SuperCID and S-Off, it would work. Otherwise, it won't let you flash the ROM from another region.
Also, if you flash an official ROM, you will lose root, and you can't get it back on any ROM version higher than 1.34. For this reason, if you downgraded to 1.34 for purposes of rooting, you don't want the OTA updates, anyway.
If you're rooted and S-Off, and you want a more updated ROM version, just flash the Virtuous custom ROM. Its mostly stock 1.85, but rooted, and with a few cool added features and some optimizations.

Hi, the thing is I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to rooting. I read the posts here specifically in the wii section and I don't think I have the skills to pull it off and risk bricking my phone.
I think my phone is not rooted or it was before but not anymore, since as mentioned I flashed an official ruu.
So basically, I should still be able to receive OTA's from HTC right? I was wondering why my phone keeps telling me there's no update when the software number is 1.34 stock and not rooted. Shouldn't it notify me that there's an update at least regardless of whether I want to or not?

If you are not rooted, why did you downgrade to 1.34?
I also don't understand why you want to flash the RUU from a different region. If you aren't SuperCID and S-Off it won't work. Why not just flash the latest official RUU for your phone versions/region if you want to be updated and don't care about root?
I'm not sure why your OTA's don't work. I'm still on 1.34 (well, back to it), and I still get notifications to update.

redpoint73 said:
If you are not rooted, why did you downgrade to 1.34?
I also don't understand why you want to flash the RUU from a different region. If you aren't SuperCID and S-Off it won't work. Why not just flash the latest official RUU for your phone versions/region if you want to be updated and don't care about root?
I'm not sure why your OTA's don't work. I'm still on 1.34 (well, back to it), and I still get notifications to update.
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@redpoint73
I bought the phone from a friend of mine. I noticed that it had eng hboot and had s-off.
I have zero knowledge about rooting. When the gingerbread test rom for the desire z came out, I flashed the pc10img.zip via the bootloader, however since it was very buggy and laggy, I decided to flash stock desire z rom.
Having no knowledge about rooting I read some of the threads in this forum and learned that flashing an official rom i.e. the RUU would be the easiest way to return back to stock.
It worked, I am using stock rom. I experimented and found out that I can flash any of the RUU, so I chose any of the WWE release. I decided to flash an older firmware version specifically, the 1.34.707.1.
Now the problem is my phone doesn't prompt me with an update, even after checking in about phone > check for update.
I still have s-off but eng hboot is gone. To clarify I was not the one who rooted the phone, so I have no idea what to do.
Is it possible that the previous owner tweaked something in the phone that would absolutely prevent it from receiving OTA?
I am just worried since I have a feeling that the gingerbread OTA will be released in a few weeks since the update for the Desire HD is already out.
Please help and thank you again. I extremely as a NOOB!

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I am just worried since I have a feeling that the gingerbread OTA will be released in a few weeks since the update for the Desire HD is already out.
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I wouldn't worry about getting the official Gingerbread ROM OTA. It will probably be posted here or at shipped-roms.com long before you would get it OTA.

[Q] Once network has released firmware update, able to install custom?

Hi guys,
I know that the htc official update is out in Europe but was wondering as reading the custom roms the HBOOT and Radio are not updated....
Is this due to new securities?
Basically am wondering if I could wait for the network to provide the latest update, then install a custom rom so that I have the latest hboot/radio too....
Have not been with htc phones for 2+ years so re-learning things....
Thanks.

A custom firmware can't update HBOOT or the baseband. You can only get it as part of the official HTC firmware updates.
If you're concerned about getting S-OFF then you don't want to update HBOOT just in case it fixes whatever exploit is necessary to get S-OFF.
If you don't care about S-OFF and just want custom firmware whilst accepting that updating HBOOT and the baseband is more annoying then you can do what you suggest. You should pair the baseband with the firmware though for best compatibility. For example, you shouldn't use the baseband for 1.26 with a 1.28 firmware without lots of testing as there might be some odd interactions or bugs.

Thanks for the response.... I reckon there will be a few weeks wait for the update via the network, so hopefully S-OFF has been worked on and available in which case I may just use that method.

Update baseband only?

Is there a way to update the baseband only? ThreeUK are not putting out the 1.28 update (they say they are working on the next one skipping the current version). So I cant do the OTA update to 1.28 and get the updated baseband that way.
Is there anyway to extract the updated baseband from another from flash that and use it with a 1.28 custom rom?

Not at the moment I think we need S-OFF to flash radios and rils if I'm correct.
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Damn I was hoping there would be a way, I'm convinced that the signal issues me and other threeuk users are seeing on 1.28 roms is down to the baseband not updating. It shows as updated under software information but when you check under the hboot its not updated.

There was some debate as to if the customs rom did actually update the radio as the roms report an updated baseband version.

true but I've noticed problems on all 1.28 roms with signal inspite of the face 1.28 should improve the signal, and other users reported the same thing but the issue vanished if they applied the OTA update to 1.28 and the flashed the custom rom. Then their hboot shows the correct radio. This is what makes me strongly suspect its not updating it correctly. oh well I guess we will have to wait on S-Off

[Qn] Android Revolution 6.0 compatibility with 1.28.707.10

Hi all,
HOX is my first android phone and I am totally new to Android.
My HOX is still on 1.28.707.10 (still current, no updates for 1.29) and as such I am unsure if ARHD is compatible with it. The ARHD thread shows it is for 1.29 so I kinda conclude that ARHD is out of reach for me. If anyone can clarify, it will be great!
Cheers.
P.S. What exactly does RUU stand for/mean?

Hi alucarde,
You can absolutely use arhd. You would be completely wiping your current version by flashing it, basically replacing a 1.28 stock with a 1.29 arhd.
However the one thing the rom cannot contain is the radio firmware, which can only come from official channels while the phones are s-on. So if you root and flash, you'll be locked into the 1.28 radio firmware until you relock your bootloader. Not a big loss, and definitely worth it for the improvements you get from a root rom. This is why the arhd poat recommends updating to 1.29 before flashing it.
My phones radio is atull stuck at 1.26, since Vodafone au don't seem to have an ruu. Arhd has run fine on it
Btw not sure what ruu stands for, but it's essentially a package that contains the original carrier rom from your phone, and when run from your computer will completely revert you phone back to factory unrooted state. Pretty much the ultimate failsafe.
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Hi there, welcome!
Yes it's compatible, it will be upgraded to 1.29 since ARHD is based on 1.29.
Regarding the term RUU : google it and you'll find it quickly.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

What they said. It is not 'for' 1.29, it IS 1.29.401.11 with tweaks.