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BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN FLASHING OR MODIFYING THE RADIO.IMG AS THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO BRICK YOUR PHONE
All of the update.zips work 100% of the time. There has been no report of brick and i have used all of them at least once. if you dont like a new radio flash the old one. Good luck!
the stock radio.img is from the 1.56 RUU for the SPRINT CDMA HERO
There are three Radios here. stock, 2.41.04.02.03, and 2.42.00.03.10. they are in order from release date. high number=newer. radios are risky so i suggest sticking with one. they almost never cause worse performance. if you TRULY feel your signal has degraded i put the stock in here for you to return to.
Update!2 ok so with the new release of 2.42.01.04.27 i was kinda on the ehhh bar with it. i never like new releases because they will always take something from you.
so in this case they have taken the ability to use data with a .27 kernel. so if you flash this radio, you will not get data with any rom that has .27. including the fresh toast 1.1 and all 1.5's. so its up to you. i didnt gain one thing from this radio. battery life and signal stay 100% the same. i did lose data though.
so personally i would stick with 2.42.00.03.10
Please refer to this forum for troubleshooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643796&page=10
and refer to this for instructions
http://geekfor.me/faq/flash-radio/
thanks to flipz and co for releasing the new radios.
I'm gonna wait for someone else to try this first
Avalaunchmods said:
BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN FLASHING OR MODIFYING THE RADIO.IMG AS THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO BRICK YOUR PHONE
Here is the stock radio.img
The new radio.img from flipz baseband 2.41.04.02.03
also both update.zip for stock and new.
Please refer to this forum for troubleshooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643796&page=10
and refer to this for instructions
http://geekfor.me/faq/flash-radio/
thanks to flipz and co for releasing the new radio.
i do not claim any responsibility for damage done.
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Just to be sure ... I am only asking this as a precaution as I do not want to brick my phone. These are for the SPRINT CDMA HERO correct? And when you say STOCK you mean the Radio that was originally installed on the SPRINT CDMA HERO like "out of box" so to speak?... Again I'm asking to clear up assumptions. a.k.a. (Click happy readers)
Is this for 1.5 as well or is this to be used only on fresh 2.0b
danimal_01 said:
Just to be sure ... I am only asking this as a precaution as I do not want to brick my phone. These are for the SPRINT CDMA HERO correct? And when you say STOCK you mean the Radio that was originally installed on the SPRINT CDMA HERO like "out of box" so to speak?... Again I'm asking to clear up assumptions. a.k.a. (Click happy readers)
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this is in the cdma hero forums. so yes sprint hero i believe it has also worked for other cdma heros. the img is the stock radio from phones "with google" on the back.
thanks i wasnt too specific up top i guess i didnt re read lol
H4k3r4r34l said:
Is this for 1.5 as well or is this to be used only on fresh 2.0b
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only tested on 2.0b but as i have said 1 million times before nandroid runs separate from the ROM. so it shouldnt matter. but it has only been tested on 2.0b
if you would like to test please do and post the results
I updated the radio to 2.41.04.02.02 earlier today and saw my download speeds decrease by about 50%. So I finally tried to flash back the Stock radio posted here. The good news it didn't brick my phone but it also didn't work. My phone still shows version 2.41.04.02.02. When I did the flash of the Stock radio file I never saw any error message and I didn't see the message about extracting radio file. Any ideas? Thanks
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I updated the radio to 2.41.04.02.02 earlier today and saw my download speeds decrease by about 50%. So I finally tried to flash back the Stock radio posted here. The good news it didn't brick my phone but it also didn't work. My phone still shows version 2.41.04.02.02. When I did the flash of the Stock radio file I never saw any error message and I didn't see the message about extracting radio file. Any ideas? Thanks
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did you download the stock radio signed one? only that one will flash right.
justinisyoung said:
did you download the stock radio signed one? only that one will flash right.
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Yes, that is the one I used.
that's weird.
hey, Avalaunchmods, when you reapplied the stock radio, did you check if it went back to the 1.0.xxxxxx version?
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Yes, that is the one I used.
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hm that is weird. i checked and my baseband changed. ill have to look into it again. just use the stock img and flash it using instructions in the other forum i linked to.
Avalaunchmods said:
hm that is weird. i checked and my baseband changed. ill have to look into it again. just use the stock img and flash it using instructions in the other forum i linked to.
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Do you mean the instructions on geekforme? If so, that is how I was trying to do it with the stock signed img. Thanks
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Do you mean the instructions on geekforme? If so, that is how I was trying to do it with the stock signed img. Thanks
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well i just retried it with the attached signed stock radio.img and it worked correctly. you may want to double check that in nandroid you are selecting the stock one not the 2.41.04.02.03-signed.zip one
Just tried to restore stock radio, all it says it "Install from SDCard Complete", and baseband is still 2.blahblah..any tips?
scriz said:
Just tried to restore stock radio, all it says it "Install from SDCard Complete", and baseband is still 2.blahblah..any tips?
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ok i think i know what caused this. although it says its still 2.blahblah its rlly the stock. the manifest isnt right so i guess it didnt apply. ill have a fix up but for right now your set with the stock radio.
It was the Stock img because is was the last one in the list to select. Are you using the instructions from geekforme to do the flash. That is what I was following.
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It was the Stock img because is was the last one in the list to select. Are you using the instructions from geekforme to do the flash. That is what I was following.
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yes you did it right. it should have worked although it still shows the old baseband. you now have the old radio. its not updating that for some reason i will fix once i find out why
Can anyone else confirm decreased data speeds?
I'll do a quick little test in the mean time...
Avalaunchmods said:
yes you did it right. it should have worked although it still shows the old baseband. you now have the old radio. its not updating that for some reason i will fix once i find out why
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Are you saying that my phone is now using the stock radio ver 1? If you are, I don't think it is because my download speeds are still way slower then before I did the ver 2 update.
Speedtest.net app available in market:
Phone was reset, then ATK was run killing all open apps. Test run at 12:30am so shouldn't be too much tower traffic, although my speeds never fall below 1000kbps
FACTORY RADIO
Test 1 (4/6 bars):
2239kbps down 671kbps up 285ms ping
Test 2 (5/6 bars):
1716kbps down 766kbps up 326ms ping
Test 3 (5/6 bars):
2199kbps down 617kbps up 342ms ping
UPDATED RADIO:
Speedtest.net app on phone.
Test 1 (4/6 bars):
2026kbps down 510kbps up 175ms ping
Test 2 (5/6 bars):
1671kbps down 715kbps up 183ms ping
Test 3 (5/6 bars):
1847kbps down 751kbps up 174ms ping
The decreased ping time is very obvious. Web sites start loading just a hair bit faster. The results are obvious ping times were cut in half!
Rooted Inspire 4G running AndroidRevolution 3.2 Rom my signal strength is always very low 1 to 2 bars only. How can I make it have better signal. Very new to android.
pokeguy said:
Rooted Inspire 4G running AndroidRevolution 3.2 Rom my signal strength is always very low 1 to 2 bars only. How can I make it have better signal. Very new to android.
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Which radio version is on the phone now? Is it Radio_12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M?
This is a quote from his thread:
"Using a "non matched" radio could have a negative effect on performance, battery life & signal strength."
Go to> Settings> About phone> Software version> and see what it says under Baseband version.
I am running 12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M
Bars mean nothing and are calculated differently between manufacturers and devices. Go by your db in settings about.
pokeguy said:
Rooted Inspire 4G running AndroidRevolution 3.2 Rom my signal strength is always very low 1 to 2 bars only. How can I make it have better signal. Very new to android.
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Switch to Verizon... hehe, sorry, just had to...
pokeguy said:
I am running 12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M
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That might be your problem. You need to flash the proper radio and you should get better signal.
Thanks for all the replies. See my problem is I don't know how to flash the radio. Ive been reading about it but seems very difficult. I've come from the ios devices that was very easy, just install the newest software and your done no need to flash this or that. I think I read if you messed up on flashing your radio it can brick your phone. Not willing to go back to ios. Loving android at the moment.
pokeguy said:
Thanks for all the replies. See my problem is I don't know how to flash the radio. Ive been reading about it but seems very difficult. I've come from the ios devices that was very easy, just install the newest software and your done no need to flash this or that. I think I read if you messed up on flashing your radio it can brick your phone. Not willing to go back to ios. Loving android at the moment.
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Download the radio you need. It will probably be in a .zip, so open it in your favorite unzipper (I like 7zip) and pull out the radio.img file. Now go to the hack kit and find the radio folder. In the radio folder will be a PD98IMG.zip file, open this with 7zip, and replace the radio.img file that's currently there with the one you just downloaded (you can just delete the original from within 7zip, then copy/paste the new one), then close 7zip. Now redo step 5 from the hack kit (flashing the radio) and your new radio will be flashed.
If you feel comfortable that you understand this step, all you need to do is get your newly created PD98IMG.zip on your SD Card, boot to bootloader, then let HBoot start the update.
See I used the one click or step root. I don't think it was the hack kit. Anyways are you talking about unzipping it through the phone or computer?
I just installed Gingbreadman on my phone.
I need some help on doing this.
thanks!
try this:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Ace:_Recovery,_Radio_and_CyanogenMod
If you don't understand it or can't figured it out pm me and I can probably help.
P00t said:
I just installed Gingbreadman on my phone.
I need some help on doing this.
thanks!
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Choose the right radio from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295
Follow these instructions to flash the radio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597
How do you know which radio to flash?
Focustom said:
How do you know which radio to flash?
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If you're on a gingerbread Rom, you flash a gingerbread radio. Otherwise you flash a Cingular radio.
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Focustom said:
How do you know which radio to flash?
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You don't really, I would go look in the section for whatever rom you flashed. I'm assuming you did rc mix, and then flash a radio from someone who has that same rom and isn't having any problems with it. Thats your best bet.
I'm running Leedroid right now. Does have the best radio for ATT in the US?
Thanks
Newb
Focustom said:
I'm running Leedroid right now. Does have the best radio for ATT in the US?
Thanks
Newb
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The radio is completely independent of the rom..
ok so the stock radio my best bet? I'm completely lost with radios lol
what does RADIO FLASH DO?
make your wifi connection stronger?
P00t said:
what does RADIO FLASH DO?
make your wifi connection stronger?
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Looks like you have some reading to do.
rwon said:
Looks like you have some reading to do.
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Can't you just explain it for us?
Focustom said:
Can't you just explain it for us?
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Sure, but you will understand it better if you read it your self. Basically flashing a radio can do a few things, one being to enable HSUPA, this can also be accomplished just by flashing certain roms. Also it helps with WIFI, calling(signal, speed etc) problems in some cases. This is all going to depend on which rom you have, the area, the cell provider(i'm assuming your all on ATT like me) and also it varies. I ran the "telus" radio for a long time with RC mix, but with the latest builds of the rom started having problems with the call not connecting when i pressed "call" and failing. I have since switched to the Cyanogen mod rom and am on the latest radio which is listed in my sig. This has improved call quality, battery life(from the rom and radio as a combo), and also call reliability(no dropped calls, calls failing etc) Hope that helps you guys
Is there away to go back to the stock radio if something goes wrong?
If you don't have problems with the stock radio then just stick with it. There's more risk than reward when flashing radio.
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Yeah I have to agree. If you mess up somehow while flashing the radio, your phone will become a paper weight. If its not giving you problems, then no need to flash the radio.
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rwon said:
Sure, but you will understand it better if you read it your self. Basically flashing a radio can do a few things, one being to enable HSUPA, this can also be accomplished just by flashing certain roms. Also it helps with WIFI, calling(signal, speed etc) problems in some cases. This is all going to depend on which rom you have, the area, the cell provider(i'm assuming your all on ATT like me) and also it varies. I ran the "telus" radio for a long time with RC mix, but with the latest builds of the rom started having problems with the call not connecting when i pressed "call" and failing. I have since switched to the Cyanogen mod rom and am on the latest radio which is listed in my sig. This has improved call quality, battery life(from the rom and radio as a combo), and also call reliability(no dropped calls, calls failing etc) Hope that helps you guys
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Flashing the radio does not enable HSUPA on the Inspire 4G. From what I know, the Captivate requires to flash a different radio to enable HSUPA.
Editing the build.prop enables HSUPA.
modified from Kirk's old post
1. Download this file http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BX5GV1CJ
this is a zip file containing two files. one is radio.img from ATT stock radio, dont touch the other file.
you need to remove this img file and replace with the Gingerbread radio.img
from here http://www.multiupload.com/BE0V4H8QQY
extract the radio.img and zip into the PD98IMG.zip with the other file already in the PD981img.zip. (two files)
2. Place the PD98IMG.zip radio file on the root of your SD card.
3. Power the phone off, remove and reinsert the battery.
4. Hold the volume button down and press power on.
5. The phone will boot into Hboot then Bootloader, It should see the PD98IMG.zip and ask if you want to apply the zip.
6. Use the volume up button to select "yes"
7. Once its done flashing, reboot the phone and you should have flashed the radio.
I hope I get some credit from my post. Lol
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kirk123 said:
I hope I get some credit from my post. Lol
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Credits go to you Kirk! thanks
your method can flash any radio
I need some help- please.
I've been experimenting with some different radios. After not having much luck- upload speeds went down the crapper (no higher than .35 Mbps), I've since reflashed back to my stock radio, and my upload speeds still seem capped at .35Mbps. Before with the same radio I was averaging 1.25 Mbps. My download speeds are a little lower, but not by too much.
After doing some research, I read were flashing radios can actually "break" HSUPA. Is this true? If so, can it be regained, and if so, how?
Phone is an Inspire 4G rooted with Bubby's tool, and running CM7. Everything is the same now as was previously, when upload speeds were faster.
I would greatly appreciate any help. I'm still a bit of a novice at this, but trying to learn as I go.
Thanks in advance..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976274
Tx Redneck said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976274
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Thank you very much for that..
does "RUU back to stock" mean unrooting the phone and returning to factory spec?
Is there a kit to do this?
Thanks again..
8 threads down from your thread is an old thread dealing with this issue. I am guessing you didn't search at all.
ddiehl said:
Thank you very much for that..
does "RUU back to stock" mean unrooting the phone and returning to factory spec?
Is there a kit to do this?
Thanks again..
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This is just my opinion. Instead of unrooting your phone and all of that, just flash the new rooted stock RUU that is based on the 4/29 AT&T update. It contains everything you need to get up and running at full speeds - new radio, new RIL, and the proper build.prop settings. Once you've confirmed your speeds are good, then you can flash another ROM, and leave your radio as is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
henrybravo said:
This is just my opinion. Instead of unrooting your phone and all of that, just flash the new rooted stock RUU that is based on the 4/29 AT&T update. It contains everything you need to get up and running at full speeds - new radio, new RIL, and the proper build.prop settings. Once you've confirmed your speeds are good, then you can flash another ROM, and leave your radio as is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
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Worked like a charm. Thanks.. Only thing I neglected to do was test GPS before reflashing back to CM7. My dl, and ul speeds are back to where they were, but still taking forever to acquire GPS. Don't know if this is a radio issue, or rom issue.
Thanks again..
ddiehl said:
Worked like a charm. Thanks.. Only thing I neglected to do was test GPS before reflashing back to CM7. My dl, and ul speeds are back to where they were, but still taking forever to acquire GPS. Don't know if this is a radio issue, or rom issue.
Thanks again..
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try faster fix and gps scripts 1.2 then take your phone outside for a few minutes. people also suggest going to google.com through the browser and let it get your location
ddiehl said:
Worked like a charm. Thanks.. Only thing I neglected to do was test GPS before reflashing back to CM7. My dl, and ul speeds are back to where they were, but still taking forever to acquire GPS. Don't know if this is a radio issue, or rom issue.
Thanks again..
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No problem, glad to help. GPS slow locking is a known issue in CM7. As nhshah7 suggested, there is a universal GPS Fix for all ROMs located here. Made a world of difference with my phone.
Running the 4.4.2KK and the radio still seems to suck compared to 4.4? Is it just me? Is anyone going back to try the .17, 4.4 radio on 4.4.2?
mattfox27 said:
Running the 4.4.2KK and the radio still seems to suck compared to 4.4? Is it just me? Is anyone going back to try the .17, 4.4 radio on 4.4.2?
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You're not the only one, quite a lot have noticed it too, myself included. Just no one has provided any solid instructions/links to flash the radio back for those that don't dabble in this sort of stuff on a daily basis.
mattfox27 said:
Running the 4.4.2KK and the radio still seems to suck compared to 4.4? Is it just me? Is anyone going back to try the .17, 4.4 radio on 4.4.2?
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t0p8uzz said:
You're not the only one, quite a lot have noticed it too, myself included. Just no one has provided any solid instructions/links to flash the radio back for those that don't dabble in this sort of stuff on a daily basis.
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4.4.1 and 4.4.2 radio are the same.
To go back to 4.4 radio, download the factory image. Open the file with any archive program and extract the file named radio*.img. Rename it to radio.img. fastboot flash radio radio.img.
I noticed the same thing and flashed back to the .17 radio. Could there be any negative side effects with using an older radio with 4.4.2?
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.2 radio is slightly better/more consistent than 4.4 for me. Very pleased
NX5
Im on 4.2.2 and flashed .17 because it's better for me.
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No its the crappy antenna they used to save costs
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Fire Ball said:
I noticed the same thing and flashed back to the .17 radio. Could there be any negative side effects with using an older radio with 4.4.2?
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No, keep it if it works better 4 u.
Ya I'm back on the .17 radio...gonna take it for a spin on the town tonight.
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I've heard from a few people that .15 is even better than .17.
t0p8uzz said:
You're not the only one, quite a lot have noticed it too, myself included. Just no one has provided any solid instructions/links to flash the radio back for those that don't dabble in this sort of stuff on a daily basis.
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Not so complicated really.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095
Go there and read some.
If you have a custom recovery then download the ZIP file. If you have the normal recovery (meaning you haven't modified your phone at all) then download the IMG file.
KRT16M was the standard 4.4 modem (.17).
So once you have that you have to setup ADB (google it) and then flash the modem to your phone by putting your phone in bootloader mode (google it) and then type:
fastboot flash radio MODEMNAME.img
Make sure you put the file you download in the same folder as fastboot from ADB and you'll be all set.
shotta35 said:
Not so complicated really.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095
Go there and read some.
If you have a custom recovery then download the ZIP file. If you have the normal recovery (meaning you haven't modified your phone at all) then download the IMG file.
KRT16M was the standard 4.4 modem (.17).
So once you have that you have to setup ADB (google it) and then flash the modem to your phone by putting your phone in bootloader mode (google it) and then type:
fastboot flash radio MODEMNAME.img
Make sure you put the file you download in the same folder as fastboot from ADB and you'll be all set.
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Doesn't work. Looks like the boot loader must be unlocked for the ADB fastboot way to work. I get FAILED (remote: not supported in locked device)
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Doesn't work. Looks like the boot loader must be unlocked for the ADB fastboot way to work. I get FAILED (remote: not supported in locked device)
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This is correct you need to have an unlocked bootloader to Flash the radio.img via the bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader will wipe your device.
jdawg0024 said:
This is correct you need to have an unlocked bootloader to Flash the radio.img via the bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader will wipe your device.
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Decided to do it. And the result, well worth it. I went with the .15 radio and the improvement over .23 is significant. I went from barely having a LTE connection (1 bar dropping to no connection, 110-115db) to (1-2 bars -100db-105db). Very pleased.
Its the hardware, not the radio. I've tried the 4.4 and 4.4.2 radio. My Nexus 5 consistently gets 3-6dbm less than my Moto X on LTE.
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Its the hardware, not the radio. I've tried the 4.4 and 4.4.2 radio. My Nexus 5 consistently gets 3-6dbm less than my Moto X on LTE.
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Try the .15 modem.
m0biusace said:
Its the hardware, not the radio. I've tried the 4.4 and 4.4.2 radio. My Nexus 5 consistently gets 3-6dbm less than my Moto X on LTE.
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Not really, my signal was superb before 4.4.1 landed ... going to flash back .15 later
Flashed back to .17 radio
I kept 4.4.2, but flashed back to the .17 radio. Using T-Mobile in eastern Mass and the latest radio that came with 4.4.2 switched to HSPA+ in areas that had been solid LTE. Not good. I flashed the radio that I had originally (.17) and which gave me such superb results. Going back to my original radio has resulted in two improvements that I noted in my area. First, my known LTE connection areas are back. The radio doesn't "shift" to HSPA+ from LTE as readily. Second, the .17 radio shows consistently stronger signals from the cell towers when measured in dBm with the Network Signal Info app.
I am curious if anyone has compared the .17 radio performance to the .15 radio performance? I am pleased for now with being back on .17, so do not contemplate loading .15 unless there is consensus that .15 is that much better. Thoughts?
John
Unlocked the bootloader and flashed .17 modem back on ... going to see how it compares to .23 and make sure my signal is back to normal over the next few days, if not then i'll flash .15 on and take it from there
Appreciate your help
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Try the .15 modem.
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.15 modem doesn't help either.