I've been modding phones for around a year now, and have gotten a few friends into switching up ROM's on their phones as well. A question was brought up to me recently and I realized that I didn't have a good answer to give them, and after some searching realized that this hasn't been answered anywhere (at least that I could find). I searched google for around 1l2 an hour and probably close to 20 min here on XDA.
What does the "radio" do?
Why do you need to update it for certain ROM's?
Why would a bad radio file brick a phone?
Thanks in advance for your answers guys, I really appreciate it.
samstheman42 said:
I've been modding phones for around a year now, and have gotten a few friends into switching up ROM's on their phones as well. A question was brought up to me recently and I realized that I didn't have a good answer to give them, and after some searching realized that this hasn't been answered anywhere (at least that I could find). I searched google for around 1l2 an hour and probably close to 20 min here on XDA.
What does the "radio" do?
Why do you need to update it for certain ROM's?
Why would a bad radio file brick a phone?
Thanks in advance for your answers guys, I really appreciate it.
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the "radio" is the coding in the software that interacts with a nearby tower or cell site.
some roms need it because they work better on them, call clarity, etc etc. unless you really really really know what you are doing, i would not recomend it, Cyanogenmod 7 and many other roms work fine with the default radio in the phones.
it can brick a phone because the radio is part of the software, if it doesn't load right, the phone will more or less shut down or fry (Brick)
as the radio is the first thing that boots up when you turn on your phone, flashing the wrong radio will brick your phone and cause it to be stuck (at the splash screen)
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I have an ATT Tilt, and im getting fed up with it. Ever since i updated the new rom for it, it randomly shuts down, freezes constantly, and email and things like that dont work... It consistently freezes every time i get a call, on top of just completely randomly while in my pocket...
So my real question: Would getting a custom rom fix these problems at all, or is it not worth it to risk damaging the phone? The only custom rom i have seen around is Manila i think, if there are others which ones do you think are best?
Thanks much for your help!
jeordy said:
I have an ATT Tilt, and im getting fed up with it. Ever since i updated the new rom for it, it randomly shuts down, freezes constantly, and email and things like that dont work... It consistently freezes every time i get a call, on top of just completely randomly while in my pocket...
So my real question: Would getting a custom rom fix these problems at all, or is it not worth it to risk damaging the phone? The only custom rom i have seen around is Manila i think, if there are others which ones do you think are best?
Thanks much for your help!
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Your questions one at a time:
Would a custom ROM fix these problems?
Yes, probably. But might lead to new ones.
Is it worth the risk?
Only you can answer that. However, if an official ROM has produced the problems you mentioned, I would try to reflash the same official ROM first - redownload the file and everything just to make sure you didn't get a bad flash.
As long as you use HardSPL, flashing ROMs should be pretty safe. But you will more than likely void your warranty. Just read a bunch before you flash. I would start with
This: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
and then once you have that on your machine you need to surf around
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=378
to get a good idea of what ROMs are out there for Kaiser. I saw five or so on the first page.
Which ROM is best?
Again, only you can answer that. Try a bunch and you will probably find a good one.
there are alot more roms available you will need to look under the "kaiser" rom section and you will find a pot of gold
Thanks for ur help guys.. Ill check out those links and all the roms once i get home today..
hey jeordy,
I am having the same exact problems with my tilt. I had to unlock it as I use tmobile. If you come up with any solutions please post here. I hope you do.
Thanks
Half the time when I try to go to a website the Fuze just times out. Loads forever and times out.
When it doesn't time out, it's slow as molasses.
I can throw my SIM in either of my other two 3G phones, sitting in the exact same spot, and everything flows just fine.
Anyone else having this issue?
I'm about ready to take this back, after months of waiting for its release, because the data connection is so unreliable.
have you tried tweaking it and maybe flash to another rom?
or maybe you just have a lemon. Get it exchanged and see if problem persists.
baboola said:
have you tried tweaking it and maybe flash to another rom?
or maybe you just have a lemon. Get it exchanged and see if problem persists.
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Have already returned it for a different one. Exact same issue. Actually I've posted a lot of details about this, if you look at my other posts.
Many others are having this same issue. Many others in the threads on here, like the HSDPA / 3G Fuze threads. Here's a guy on ATT forums with the exact same symptoms as me: http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/board/message?board.id=cingular&thread.id=108522
I do not want to flash to a different ROM because I saw someone in another thread post that they tried flashing back to the stock ATT ROM and it didn't work. Haven't seen anyone post saying that it DOES work for this specific phone to the ATT ROM.
If it was just "kinda slow" I would mess with tweaks and other ROMs, but the fact that it's literally unusable makes me want to just give up and possibly re-buy the phone if and when a REAL fix for it comes along.
The frustrating thing is it seems like about half people are getting awesome speeds on this phone, and the other half are getting abysmal, unusable speeds. I've seen a lot of posts on here of people saying they're just returning the Fuze as it's useless. I'm so disappointed, I really wanted this phone bad.
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm actually on my second Fuze right now (returned the first one for some stupid reason). Both phones had around the same speed. It's not stellar, but at least it's not doing terribly worse than my friend's iphone 3g, which I use as a comparison cuz we all know they're the connection hoggers.
Have you tried calling AT&T tech support? They've been extremely helpful with some of my questions.
Lastly, why not just flash it? May people are having a bit of a problem getting stock ROM to work after flashing it back, but if you're going to exchange it, who said the stock ROM has to work flawlessly? Besides, someone will eventually find a way to fully re-flash stock ROM soon, not that I'd ever understand why anyone would want to do that aside for warranty purposes.
I would bring your phone to AT&T store, talk to the manager (chances are someone working there also has a Fuze). Tell them your problem and ask them to do a comparison. Cuz right now I can only think of two possibilities:
1) you got 2 lemons in a row
2) Stock ROM really sucks
Good luck
Thanks man. I might just try a flash and see. I have not called tech support yet even though I've been thinking about doing that for days, because it's such a hair pulling experience, i just hate going through the phone systems and then getting people who don't have a clue what your'e talking about.
I did email the manager of the store, mainly about a different issue I had with the process and the associate (who lied to my face repeatedly, but i wont go into details) and mentioned the problems i'm having with my phone and the fact that the replacement is the same way.
I also live in OC (southern cal) and have heard others are having issues w 3G in general here. However the fact remains that my other two 3G phones work perfectly for me.
I have sh***y tablet with some useless modified version of android ( or at least seems so). I'd like to know if there is custom android ROM for those cheap chinese tablets that are on the market right now. And also how to flash it eventually
Ive got the same man. I cant even find out how to put it into recovery mod. Its not worth the time or effort.
I have one of those tablets too... They are a ****, I should have saved those $100... in order to buy a real tablet!
Help is here!
Hey guys, I completely agree that these tablets are useless right out of the box. After doing a lot of searching I found some custom ROM's that make these tablets 1000% better. Just got to techknow.freeforums.org/wm8650-1-3-0-hybrid-honeycombmod . There is a forum where you can identify your tablet and then download one of these amazing ROM's. You can thank me later.
If any of you would bother searching, you'll notice that there are a few dozen different threads regard chinese tablets and custom roms. You need to identify which tablet you have, what chipset it's running and then read through the threads.
Parastie said:
If any of you would bother searching, you'll notice that there are a few dozen different threads regard chinese tablets and custom roms. You need to identify which tablet you have, what chipset it's running and then read through the threads.
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i searched and only came up with this thread. some more specific help would be appreciated. Maybe a point in the right direction? TIA.
Forum seems to no longer exist but I need to find out how to do this.
Cosa44 said:
Hey guys, I completely agree that these tablets are useless right out of the box. After doing a lot of searching I found some custom ROM's that make these tablets 1000% better. Just got to techknow.freeforums.org/wm8650-1-3-0-hybrid-honeycombmod . There is a forum where you can identify your tablet and then download one of these amazing ROM's. You can thank me later.
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So Im not sure if you will reply to this or even see this but if you do I just wanted to say that after clicking the forum link it seems to not exist anymore. I need to find out how to do this so any help would be appreciated!
SAME HERE - TREK HD 9020a = total PoFS!! Lasted less than 2 months b4 it bricked
Yep I was dumb enough to believe the douchebag at AT&T when he told me I could get a new nice which was supposed to be a Samsung tablet but they were out & conveniently said they wouldn’t get anymore of the Samsung’s in so I would have to take the trek junk or nothin. It lasted 2months tops b4 it bricked all on its own somehow - guy I got it from said there wasn’t anything they could do so basically I got f’d paying several hundred dollars 4 a 5 dollar made in China sweat shop piece of fn **** bcuz I had to pay 10 per month no matter what til the time was up or I had paid off what was supposed to be FREE.!! YEAH RIGHT! If any1 was curious what phone I got with the tablet I got this Samsung note 5 - total price of SH!T too & the 1 & only time I have ever left my jailbroke iPhone b4 or since. Lol. But i found the old trek hd 9020a & figured I’d c if by now maybe some1 had a good recovery rom & a way to load it onto a bricked device. Can any1 help please? Thanks in advance - sorry it was a bit long. Only thing it will do is bring up the AT&T android logo screen at the start & the stays on anywhere from a few seconds to maybe a minute then it goes right back to unresponsive blank screen til ya do another hard reset.
Hi guys,
I've benn researching the forum for three days now, also on google, but I can't solve my problem. I'm not use to ask anything since I find the answer on the internet almost everytime, but not this time. So let me first apologize for wasting your time with my problem.
Ok, here's the thing. I have a Legend with Cyanogenmod 7.1, HBoot 1.00 and S-ON. I've tried EVERYTHING i read online to flash the radio from 7.05.35.26L, trying to do every step in all possible ways, but with no success and a big amount of frustration.
I haven't found that any of the characteristics I posted earlier are an issue. I might be wrong, I don't know, I don't really know what else to try.
Apart from the frustration, I feel like an ass for not being able to pull this off.
Anyway, I hope you guys can give me hand here, I really am out of ideas.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Will
Also stuck with the radio update.
doctormaligno said:
Hi guys,
I've benn researching the forum for three days now, also on google, but I can't solve my problem. I'm not use to ask anything since I find the answer on the internet almost everytime, but not this time. So let me first apologize for wasting your time with my problem.
Ok, here's the thing. I have a Legend with Cyanogenmod 7.1, HBoot 1.00 and S-ON. I've tried EVERYTHING i read online to flash the radio from 7.05.35.26L, trying to do every step in all possible ways, but with no success and a big amount of frustration.
I haven't found that any of the characteristics I posted earlier are an issue. I might be wrong, I don't know, I don't really know what else to try.
Apart from the frustration, I feel like an ass for not being able to pull this off.
Anyway, I hope you guys can give me hand here, I really am out of ideas.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Will
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To make it short, got almost same config as the above phone, and found a radio version Radio_47.54.35.20U_7.13.35.13_signed.zip
Problem is (i finally figured out) that this version uses Amend scripting and the new CM7.1.0 requires EDIFY Scripting.
As im a n00b in this area, i tried finding a tool, and amend2edify seemed as a answer.
Sadly no, as i get an error (something like missing the radio.img int the tmp)
Tryed to update using the radio.img directly but seems i cant as im not rooted with Radio S-off and Eng S-OFF..
Any suggestions would be appreciated, my GPS is still inactive, i can turn it on and off, but the GPS test says it never finds a sat.
Have a great weekend
Greetings, just a couple weeks ago I got my first smartphone, and this is my first post around here. Hope it's in the right section.
Well, its a LG Optimus E615 (same as E610 with dual sim).
Running Android 4.0.4, kernel 3.0.8-perf, rooted according to this topic. Alright so far.
I wonder if you could help me with an issue I'm having
Problem is since I first started using it, I noticed that the clock always goes out of sync, about 15minutes to as much as 3h a day.
I'm gave up on automatic time and timezone already, since they are no help, so I ruled out operator giving wrong time already.
I searched around, found some topics like these[/ur] and [url=http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999614&page=6]these, but they are of no help =/
It's kind of frustrating that even my old Nokia 6110 classic is able to keep track of time, so I can't believe such a high-tech device like this (ok, its not an S3 or S4, but still) that does alot more can't.
Google or LG doesn't seem interested in fixing it as far as I can see (it was already acknowleged by them)
The fact I received the phone as a gift purchased while traveling to another country makes it next to impossible to return or change it, so I'm really looking forward to resolving it on my own.
Would you guys be able to point me to some way?
Thanks in advance
Your gonna be pretty much out of luck. Most dual sim phones out of china are clones using different hardware then what they say they have. They also do that work really well with US carriers. So your best bet will be to check some Chinese forums
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