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[Radio] 2.42.02.10.29 Sprint CDMA Hero [S-OFF HBOOT only method]

First, this post isn't for most people. If you want to flash your radio via recovery, see HERE. This way is easier in most cases. Otherwise, continue with this post.
Note: Flashing a radio by any method can brick your phone if something goes wrong... which it shouldn't. Flash at your own risk. It worked for me, for what that is worth.
HBOOT Flashable Radio Download.
Download the file, rename it to HERCIMG.zip.
Place HERCIMG.zip on the root (top level) of your SDcard.
Reboot into bootloader, or hold VOLUME DOWN + POWER from power off.
Make sure you are in HBOOT mode, if not read the screen on how to get there.
Once HBOOT is up, it will automatically find HERCIMG.zip and scan it.
You will see it found a radio and wants you to press "ACTION" to continue.
Press the trackball once, then wait. Once it's finished you can reboot.
You are done.
Thanks to Nfinitefx45 for posting the radio in his ROM thread, post #2.
S-OFF Method I used can be found here.

Thanks for this. My university blocks 4shared (along with Megaupload and Rapidshare ). It's sometimes a pain to get the file I need. Thankfully I had s-off.

BlaqkAudio said:
Thanks for this. My university blocks 4shared (along with Megaupload and Rapidshare ). It's sometimes a pain to get the file I need. Thankfully I had s-off.
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No problem. By the way, if you need a dropbox link you should just ask... plenty of people here use it, or so it seems.
I can mirror the other radio zip if you want it.

thanks for the heads up, flashed this earlier today and now I get much better reception, so far anyway

Porkrinds said:
No problem. By the way, if you need a dropbox link you should just ask... plenty of people here use it, or so it seems.
I can mirror the other radio zip if you want it.
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Oh, if it wasn't for this thread, I wouldn't have even known the radio was already extracted
I was going to wait for HTC to post the RUU on their website and extract it on my own. But thanks to you, I'm now up to date and getting slightly better reception.

I'm downloading now and about to flash
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Can I flash this through Rom manager and clockwork recovery
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Bierce22 said:
Can I flash this through Rom manager and clockwork recovery
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No... if you want to flash the radio, use this

I have recovery but I like to try new things and this worked and was very pretty flashing thank you for this
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Yea I got it flashed no real noticeable improvements
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Bierce22 said:
Yea I got it flashed no real noticeable improvements
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Yeah, some do some don't, I found signal to be better

theimpaler747 said:
Yeah, some do some don't, I found signal to be better
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I'll have to agree,getting 1 to 2 bars better reception.Now i'm wondering like the ride cross Pa. will next week,hope i get better reception but i'll settle for the same.

FdxRider said:
I'll have to agree,getting 1 to 2 bars better reception.Now i'm wondering like the ride cross Pa. will next week,hope i get better reception but i'll settle for the same.
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Yup, I went from 3-4 to 5 bars Sprint did one thing right

theimpaler747 said:
Yup, I went from 3-4 to 5 bars Sprint did one thing right
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Seems so.

theimpaler747 said:
No... if you want to flash the radio, use this
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This version can be flashed through recovery instead of hboot?

Dread 7us said:
This version can be flashed through recovery instead of hboot?
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That is correct Are you running firerat's?

theimpaler747 said:
That is correct Are you running firerat's?
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No I am not.

theimpaler747 said:
That is correct Are you running firerat's?
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I am...Is that a problem?

Dread 7us said:
No I am not.
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Then just flash my version from recovery
doeboy1984 said:
I am...Is that a problem?
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Not really... just don't use the version I posted, use the HBOOT version posted by the OP

theimpaler747 said:
Then just flash my version from recovery
Not really... just don't use the version I posted, use the HBOOT version posted by the OP
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Will do, thanks

[Q] No sound after root?

Hey all new to HTC but got the phone rooted succesfully....kinda. For some reason I have no sound? I flashed a new radio and did hackerize-ace clean and I still don't have sound any ideas?

You need to flash a new rom. This is documented in the rooting process...

URPREY said:
You need to flash a new rom. This is documented in the rooting process...
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Ah ok, I thought it said it was fixed in the instructions I'm sorry.

Clienterror said:
Ah ok, I thought it said it was fixed in the instructions I'm sorry.
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No need to apologize.
The post says "Our DHD is NOT 100% compatible with the Euro DHD. A rom using their kernel will yield no sound. The downgrade rom is one of those, so you must either flash a compatible rom after this procedure is done, or you must flash a compatible kernel (linked below) to get sound back."
Good luck!

[Q] Anyone try that camera mod?

I wanted to know if anyone tried that camera mod on there g2x made by somemadcaaant? it's made for stock rom and can record 1080p in 30fps. I know lejay made a mod as well but that's for cm7 and i wanted one just for stock rom. I would like to know if you can definitely see an improvement with no consequences. Thanks for any response

Here's a link to that mod if anyone was interested:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090785

blitzeratic1 said:
I wanted to know if anyone tried that camera mod on there g2x made by somemadcaaant? it's made for stock rom and can record 1080p in 30fps. I know lejay made a mod as well but that's for cm7 and i wanted one just for stock rom. I would like to know if you can definitely see an improvement with no consequences. Thanks for any response
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There's some videos on YouTube and you can notice the difference. With stock 24fps it looks jittery and with 30fps looks like a flip cam(my opinion). But I haven't tried the mod I want to but I don't want to flash since I already had a close encounter last week with bricking till the stable cm7 comes out I'm in.
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Yea I have it bro its definitely nice u notice a difference it is for all froyo rom's I have it on my eagles blood 1.0.5 , it also cahnges the camera icon and settings are a little different (nicer) . but yes it is worth it IMO video is definitely better and auto focus on camera

Hey thanks guys! I think I'll give it a shot. I just seen some videos and they do look nice

Speaking of which, I can't figure out how to enable audio to output through speakerphone...so when I play back a video I recorded on my phone, the audio is very low.
Anybody know if this is possible, and if so, what I'm doing wrong? I'm playing through moboplayer.

blitzeratic1 said:
Here's a link to that mod if anyone was interested:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090785
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This might be a stupid question. But how do I install this mod on my rooted G2x?
Thank you.
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sarni84 said:
Yea I have it bro its definitely nice u notice a difference it is for all froyo rom's I have it on my eagles blood 1.0.5 , it also cahnges the camera icon and settings are a little different (nicer) . but yes it is worth it IMO video is definitely better and auto focus on camera
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hey which file are you using? 1.1.3.4_44-128.zip, 1.1.3.4_44-96.zip, or 1.1.3.4_22-64.zip?

blitzeratic1 said:
hey which file are you using? 1.1.3.4_44-128.zip, 1.1.3.4_44-96.zip, or 1.1.3.4_22-64.zip?
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sorry so late bro.... anyways i flashed the second one ending in 96.zip, just flash it in cwm no need to wipe anything

sarni84 said:
sorry so late bro.... anyways i flashed the second one ending in 96.zip, just flash it in cwm no need to wipe anything
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I actually just replaced the stock camer app with the mod version. Will 30FPS work or do I have to actually flash it?
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donatello88 said:
I actually just replaced the stock camer app with the mod version. Will 30FPS work or do I have to actually flash it?
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well are u talking about the same mod we are? if so then yea just flash it no need to wipe anything and when u turn ur phone on again u will see a new camera icon take the place of ur old camera, cuz ull prolly wonder "did that work" you will see just flash

sarni84 said:
sorry so late bro.... anyways i flashed the second one ending in 96.zip, just flash it in cwm no need to wipe anything
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nah no problem dude. thanks for letting me know though. i will try this out

sarni84 said:
well are u talking about the same mod we are? if so then yea just flash it no need to wipe anything and when u turn ur phone on again u will see a new camera icon take the place of ur old camera, cuz ull prolly wonder "did that work" you will see just flash
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Yes. I'm talking about the same mod from the link posted above. I just replaced the camera.apk in the systems directory with the mod file. But I'm not sure if it's recording at 30fps, anyway to know that for sure?
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donatello88 said:
Yes. I'm talking about the same mod from the link posted above. I just replaced the camera.apk in the systems directory with the mod file. But I'm not sure if it's recording at 30fps, anyway to know that for sure?
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Check the file info on the recorded file. Should say something like 29 or 30fps

nraudigy2 said:
Check the file info on the recorded file. Should say something like 29 or 30fps
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It doesn't say when I check the file property in the Gallery app or Astro File Manager. Any other way to check it?
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I just replaced the camera.apk. Works and looks better, but when I view it (1080p recording) on my computer it is trash. It cuts in and out on playback on the computer. Can't see anything. ON the phone it's fine. The 720p still works fine.
Has anybody else experienced this? I installed 1.1.3.4_44-128.zip on my stock rooted G2X. I'm going to try the 96 and see if it does the same thing.
->Just installed 1.1.3.4_44-96.zip and the issue is gone. Playback on the computer is the same as on the phone.

heres a link to anyone who wants to see a video test.
you can also notice the audio is much better. and video isn't jittery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8B6hhwcnbA&feature=related

[FAQ][WIP] Inspire 4G Commenly Asked Questions w/Quick Reference

Just like the Guide in general this is an attempt for people to go to for quick answers, to the commonly asked questions. I am going to try and put this in a quick reference so it is easier to go straight to the question you want.
To quickly jump to an Question and Answer please open up the search function on your browser and type the number and the letter.
Note: This is not here to take place of the Q&A section, and this is not to answer rom based questions.
General Questions:
1a. I'm a noob where do I start?
2a. What is the best rom?
-- 2b. What rom has the best battery life?
---- 2c. What rom has the least amount of bugs?
3a. My phones rooted can I install the OTA ?
General Rooting Questions:
4a. Why is the rooting process so complicated?
5a. What is a gold card?
--5b. Why am I having Trouble making a gold card?
----5c. After I have rooted my phone do I still need the goldcard to flash roms?
6a. Why do I have no wifi/sound after downgrade?
7a. Why is rage not found?
Radio and Network Questions:
8a. What radio should I flash?
-- 8b. How do I flash a Radio?
9a. What is a RIL?
-- 9b. How do I flash a RIL?
10a. Why Are my data speeds inconsistent?
11a. Why is my data not working?
Rom and Flashing Related Questions:
12a. How do I flash a rom?
-- 12b. What is a rom?
13a. How do I flash a kernel?
--- 13b. What is a kernel?
14a. How do I make a nandroid back up?
15a. How do I flash a Theme?
16a. How do I flash a boot animation?
17a. How do I flash a splash screen?
18a. Why does my phone show desire hd and not inspire 4g
19a. I don't have h+ anymore only h how do I fix this?
Backup and App questions:
20a. What is the best thing to use to back up apps?
21a. What is the best app to use to back up sms and mms?
22a. Why won't my app install correctly.
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General Questions:
1a. I am a noob where do I start?
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The best place to start if you ware wishing to root your phone is the Guide that is stickied in the General section. It will cover the two rooting methods currently available to us. It also covers general fixes for soft bricks, how to flash a rom (not just for beginners, but for every time you flash a rom). You can find the guidehere.
2a. What is the best rom?
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This question get asked time and time again. The question itself is extremely subjective. The honest answer is there really is no "best rom". It all depends on what the development team is doing to the rom, and what the flasher is looking for in a custom rom.
2b. What rom has the best battery life?
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This question is also very subjective. There are to many variables that come into play with roms to narrow it down or pick a specific rom. Things like signal, network, radio, ril, cpu settings, apps, widgets, and kernel all come into play. The only way to find out, is to see what works best for you and your needs.
2c. What rom has the least amount of bugs
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Every rom is different. The very nature of custom roms are to be in a constant state of beta. With that said every phone reacts differently to every rom. Even the stock rom that comes with the phone is subject to bugs, for instance the captivate was released with numerous bugs.
3a. My phones rooted can I install the OTA?
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The OTA (over the air) update will download on sense based roms, but no matter how many times you try the install will fail. There are two options, return to stock, and possibly loose the ability to root or wait 24-48 hours until the dev's come out with a rom based on the update.
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General Rooting Questions:
4a. Why is the rooting process so complicated?
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Unlike most phones the inspire requires you to not only create a gold card, but also to downgrade the radio and rom in order to perm root the phone. There is no easier way or way around it. Visonary and Gingerbreak will not work.
5a. What is a gold card?
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Basically you are editing the sd card, so that you can bypass the CID check.
5b. Why am I having trouble making a goldcard
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Some SD cards just will not work as gold cards. Confirmed working sd cards: Kingston, PKNY. Some samsung sd cards will work (the ones that typically come with the phone). Though please note: it may take as many as 10-20 tries before you actually make one, and you will need to format the sd card each time you try.
5c. After I have rooted my phone do I still need the goldcard to flash roms?
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No, once the rooting and s-off process has completed you will no longer need your gold card. You can format your gold card, or you can leave it as is, and use it as a normal sd card.
6a. Why do I have no wifi/sound after downgrade?
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The rom/radio used to downgrade the inspire is a native ACE rom/radio, though it is not native to the inspire. The rom does not have the correct drivers. You will need to flash a custom rom of your choice, along with the recommended radio for the rom.
7a. Why is rage not found?
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When your anti virus/malware is activated, rage will appear to the program as a virus/malware. Essentially Rage is a forkbomb used on android to gain root access. It is not a virus nor is it malware. In order to use rage you will need to deactivate your virus/malware software so it does not quarantine/delete it. After the rooting process you can turn your protection back on.
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Radio and Network Questions:
8a. What radio should I flash?
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This is once again one of those subjective questions. Every phone responds differently to every radio. The radio's signal and data strength will differ for every region. Essentially what may work for some one may not work for you.
8b. How do I flash a Radio?
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The safest way to flash a radio is through the bootloader (not to be confused with recovery). You will need to check the MD5sum of the radio to make sure the file is not corrupt, you are able to do this on your computer or on your phone which ever you choose. The file will be in the form of a pd95img.zip which is the update file name for the inspire. You can find Radio & RIL's along with instructions here.
9a. What is a RIL?
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Tribalartgod: Radio Interface Library. In the most basic of terms, this is the link between your hardware and software on your phone. Think of it as device drivers. You can use other RIL files with your radio, but having matched pairs can warrant better battery life, and more stability on your signal/data strength.
9b. How do I flash a RIL?
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A RIL is flashed the same as any rom mod, theme, or rom itself, through CWM (Clock Work Mod Recovery). You are going to want to make a nandroid back up before flashing.
10a. Why Are my data speeds inconsistent?
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This is very subjective as well. There are numerous factors that come into play such as: Radio, RIL, network strength, network load, and apn settings. If you are having consistently slow speeds take a look at this thread(HenryBravo) or this thread(id10terrordfw)
11a. Why is my data not working?
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This could be a combination of a few things, but the most common problems are that 1. The sim card/sd card cover is not on, 2. You still have the downgraded radio, 3. You have no APN under network>apn settings.
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Rom and Flashing Related Questions:
12a. How do I flash a rom?
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Instead of reiterating the steps I will link to the guide which has a "noob" friendly step by step guide. You can find it here.
12b. What is a rom?
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Essentially a rom is what you see on the screen. Of course it is a little more then that, but that is the easiest way to look at it.
13a. How do I flash a kernel?
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First you are going to want to make sure the kernel you flash is compatible with the rom and or phone you wish to flash it on. The steps for flashing a kernel are almost identical to flashing a rom, with one major exception you are NOT going to do a full wipe!
13b. What is a kernel?
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Essentially the kernel is what makes it happen. It is the software that tells the hardware to work with the software and vice versa.
14a. How do I make a nandroid back up?
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A nandroid back up is probably one of the most important things you can do before flashing. Essentially it is backing up the entire rom to include: Sms/mms, Contacts, APPS, book marks, personal settings. It does not include anything contained on different partitions, such as radios and splashscreens.
There are two processes to creating a nandroid backup. The first method is using rom manager and selecting back up current rom, with this method you can name the back up which will be saved on your sd-card. The other method involves booting into recovery and backing up from Clock work mod recovery, note with this method you will not be able to name the backup, but it will be saved on your sd card.
15a. How do I flash a Theme?
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You are going to use the same process as you would with a rom, except you are NOT going to do a full wipe. Note: The exception to this is if you are using a cm7 based rom that has theme manger installed, in which case it is installed just like an app.
16a. How do I flash a boot animation?
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Once again this will be the same method as flashing a rom, you will NOT being a full wipe though.
17a. How do I flash a splash screen?
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Splash screens are flashed through the bootloader, just like a radio. The splash screen will be in a pd98img.zip format.
18a. Why does my phone show desire hd and not inspire 4g
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Essentially the inspire is a desire hd with slight modifications. This seems to bother a lot of people, but in all honest it is really trivial.
Note: If you do convert your phones name to inspire from desire, carrier billing may not work on some roms.
19a. I don't have h+ anymore only h how do I fix this?
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There is nothing to fix, the H+ is purely cosmetic, essentially H=H+ there is no difference.
You will see this happen when your using a rom based on the desire/pyramid, the images only make a cameo appearance on att.
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Backup and App questions:
20a. What is the best thing to use to back up apps?
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This is a subjective question as well, there are two main apps used to back up apps along with the apps data. Titanium backup /pro and My back up pro.
Note: Restoring backup-ed apps + data may adversely effect the performance of a rom.
21a. What is the best app to use to back up sms and mms?
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Go sms and a few other apps have the ability to backup sms and mms, the phone doesn't natively have this function.
22a. Why won't my app install correctly.
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9 times out of 10 it was downloaded incorrectly, and will need to be re-downloaded and installed. In the other 1% of instances it is a compatibility issue with the rom you are using.
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I will be updating with the answers tomorrow night, once I get done with some school work.
If there is something you would like to see added, please let me know. This is in an effort to be as informative as possible and help cut down on the vindicated questions.

Great idea mudknot, keep up the good work.
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How about this one.
"I have weak wifi/no internet after rooting"
No Hay de Queso No Mas de Papa

Sweet. Great work once again, mudknot.

I'VE got one for you. I have a Inspire4G and I am running Coredroid 7.0 and have been trying to change the model name back to Inspire4g from Desire HD. I've tried to edit the\ build.prop=Model name and \manufacturer=HTC. Saved and rebooted but it didn't change the model name. I'm new to all this fun stuff and its just really bothersome to me for some reason. I've also tried to flash the GB_Patch_DHD_to_Inspire4G33.zip and where it's made for Leedroid Rom it changes my Rom name. I've tried to Search the forums here and @ Coredroid.com .But still have no luck at a good/working fix.
If anyone can help me out it would be really appreciated. Thanks
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You kind of missed the point of this post.
Its a place to reference questions that are commonly asked, your vest bet would be to post in the cordroid forum after you get 10 posts, or pm one of the coredroid team members.
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Something in reference to the missing H/H+ after flashing a rom and the insignificance of it might be in order. Also, perhaps a brief explanation of s-on/s-off might not be a bad idea.
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Definitions
Is there a chance you can make a definitions/list section? I have been playing with different roms and have found that ROMS, Kernels, etc can be confusing. What do I flash first? Do I need to flash the LeeKernel if I am going to run Cyanogen? etc.
The thing I see is a lot of development is being done that says something like "based on FroYo" but it takes a bit of research as a noob to figure out what FroYo is. Definitions of Kernels, Roms, etc with a list of what is what may ease this burden.
*Edited* I just re-read the link in MudKnot's Sig... What I am looking for is there. DOH!
Anyway... great site guys. Thanks for doing so much work.

is this something you guys want stickied?

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is this something you guys want stickied?
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Of course.

This is awesome. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Already I see many of the questions I have listed here. Can't wait to read through it when its done!
Edit: Ive seen a few posts about people who may have bricked or soft bricked their phones. Maybe something that addresses that as well?
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thoffland said:
This is awesome. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Already I see many of the questions I have listed here. Can't wait to read through it when its done!
Edit: Ive seen a few posts about people who may have bricked or soft bricked their phones. Maybe something that addresses that as well?
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That is in the guide posted in general.
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Scott_S said:
Of course.
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I would ask to pm a mod then as it would look a little better coming from some one other then myself.
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Guys, why is it that an atrix can support my wifi strongest signal which is a VIZIO. my INspire reads only the normal ViZIO signal which speeds to 2.4ghz (and so does every other devices as my cpu). And I tried with a stock inspire and my custom one.
But the issue lies on one day I used the Atrix from a friend, and it read my VIZIO (HD) which signal runs up to 5ghz. Does it have to do with the radio or is the app. Or there is a hardware issue?

joefrank said:
Guys, why is it that an atrix can support my wifi strongest signal which is a VIZIO. my INspire reads only the normal ViZIO signal which speeds to 2.4ghz (and so does every other devices as my cpu). And I tried with a stock inspire and my custom one.
But the issue lies on one day I used the Atrix from a friend, and it read my VIZIO (HD) which signal runs up to 5ghz. Does it have to do with the radio or is the app. Or there is a hardware issue?
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Please post this in the q& a section. The main purpose of this thread is to answer commonly asked questions, it is mainly for reference.
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I am watching.

mudknot2005 said:
Please post this in the q& a section. The main purpose of this thread is to answer commonly asked questions, it is mainly for reference.
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You knew this was going to happen didn't you?
BTW thank you so much for all your work. It's good to see you back. I would have DIED without your sticky when I was rooting my Inspire....well maybe not die....I like to exaggerate sometimes...

Hey mud, you may want to add under the goldcard section the fact that you can reuse a goldcard to root other inspires.

The reason I posted here is because WiFi and radio signals are a common question. And dont get fooled by my newbie estatus. Ive been here from the beginin. I lost one acount by memory loss. And I know the rules I ask you because you have a radio thread
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New G2X v21y Sound Update

LG just released a sound update for the g2x v21y firmware. Sound on voice calls is much improved!.. I just downloaded it and am talking it on right now. Two words much improved.. I know a lot of you guys are complaining about the clicking and buzzing noises, this might fix it.
http://support.lgforum.com/lg/topics/t_mobile_g2x_update_for_sound_quality

ZiZi_G2X said:
LG just released a sound update for the g2x v21y firmware. Sound on voice calls is much improved!.. I just downloaded it and am talking it on right now. Two words much improved.. I know a lot of you guys are complaining about the clicking and buzzing noises, this might fix it.
http://support.lgforum.com/lg/topics/t_mobile_g2x_update_for_sound_quality
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Thanks for the post. Does this change anything visible such as version or baseband numbers?

andrewNY said:
Thanks for the post. Does this change anything visible such as version or baseband numbers?
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Not that I can see... You don't even use the lg updater tool for this update, they make you download a separate exe file that runs the software update.

ZiZi_G2X said:
Not that I can see... You don't even use the lg updater tool for this update, they make you download a separate exe file that runs the software update.
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link?
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I wonder if this will let those of us on 21y use custom roms and make calls.
Sk8trfred said:
link?
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It's in the first post..

Nice I'll do this soon.
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Ok going to do it now... haha Chrome tells me the .exe "appears malicious."

I tried it and it reinstalls everything. Data still there, but you lose root, custom kernel, and custom recovery
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dragonrider8844 said:
I tried it and it reinstalls everything. Data still there, but you lose root, custom kernel, and custom recovery
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Did you nvflash cwm and install any non 2.3.4 stock ROM to see if sound in call works?

buru898 said:
Did you nvflash cwm and install any non 2.3.4 stock ROM to see if sound in call works?
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I haven't yet. I was heading to gym so I restored my backup. Going to try when I get home
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Downloading the tool down. Funny, I just made a thread about call audio being bad. Going to try this out. Also read above that it resets everything to bone stock, after flashing to a new ROM, will the updated audio fix be retained?

Someone make a nandroid of this, ASAP! This could be the key to fully working March 2012 baseband on ics!

tahahawa said:
Someone make a nandroid of this, ASAP! This could be the key to fully working March 2012 baseband on ics!
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I just installed an ICS rom and there still is the clicking sound

Well I did the "update" and flashed cwm and restored my 2.3.3 backup of bionix and calls work for me now (using grooveIP as my phone is disconnected at the moment) and before I'd get the static noise.
So I'm assuming it worked for me, I'm PRETTY sure I still got the popping noise when using grooveIP? I'll restore another backup and see if anything else changed.
Restored an ICS backup and call works through grooveIP still...
Hmm... wonder if they did just change something minor in the baseband to allow it to work?

buru898 said:
Nice I'll do this soon.
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Ok going to do it now... haha Chrome tells me the .exe "appears malicious."
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Of course it is going to be malicious, it is from LG I want more people to say it works before I update to the new baseband. Anyone else try it yet?
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buru898 said:
Well I did the "update" and flashed cwm and restored my 2.3.3 backup of bionix and calls work for me now (using grooveIP as my phone is disconnected at the moment) and before I'd get the static noise.
So I'm assuming it worked for me, I'm PRETTY sure I still got the popping noise when using grooveIP? I'll restore another backup and see if anything else changed.
Restored an ICS backup and call works through grooveIP still...
Hmm... wonder if they did just change something minor in the baseband to allow it to work?
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Maybe it only works with wifi calling and grooveIP. It didn't work with 4g

dragonrider8844 said:
I just installed an ICS rom and there still is the clicking sound
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So what did they fix? In their article they write its for the clicking, popping sound that some users face.
Should I update or should I not?
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cricketAC said:
So what did they fix? In their article they write its for the clicking, popping sound that some users face.
Should I update or should I not?
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I think the most likely thing is that they changed something in the ROM itself (like the RIL, or similar code), so flashing another ROM isn't going to benefit.

Okay, so finally after several hours of installing this and that, I finally got back to a stock rooted 2.3.4 v21y. I figured cool, its working now, no call audio issues. Proceeded to install EB (GB 2.3.7) and now I'm getting the clicking and popping sounds. Going back to stock again and seeing if I can run this update, then reinstall EB to see if call audio is fixed.

Nexus Cable said:
Okay, so finally after several hours of installing this and that, I finally got back to a stock rooted 2.3.4 v21y. I figured cool, its working now, no call audio issues. Proceeded to install EB (GB 2.3.7) and now I'm getting the clicking and popping sounds. Going back to stock again and seeing if I can run this update, then reinstall EB to see if call audio is fixed.
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What baseband are you on?
And guys this update is most likely supposed to be used on phones that have the latest baseband in conjunction to having the stock 2.3.4 rom. I doubt it's meant to make better audio quality if you're still on the old baseband.

I have gotten the program used to flash the update, smartflash. And the bin it used. And the dlls. It doesn't look very helpful though.