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[GUIDE] How to Flash a Radio.IMG Win/Mac

- This is a guide on how to Flash radio nothing else you will find the other items required to do the flash have been provided in the links and the zip file attached it is known that using this method you can flash radio on any rom base fully tried and tested
Can be used on Windows/now for mac aswell
This guide is for window users only
Mac users follow this guide to flash radio [Mac OS X] Flashing Radio.img on Mac (Easy!) All credit to Thekn
Also can be used to for splash screens download splash screen follow guide instead of radio use splash img and in command prompt type
Fastboot flash splash1 " name of splash".img
WARNING FLASHING RADIO.IMG IS RISKY
PLEASE READ FULLY ALL OF POST 1 BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE FLASH AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOT EVERYTHING REQUIRED ASWELL AS HAVING A ROOTED RADIO S-OFF AND ENG S-OFF THEN CAREFULLY FOLLOW GUIDE AND DO STEP BY STEP DO NOT RUSH YOU DO NOT WANT AN EXPENSIVE PAPER WEIGHT
i take no responsibility for anything that happens to your phone
PHONE MUST BE ROOTED WITH RADIO S-OFF AND ENG S-OFF
Links to do this
Eng s-off with guide and links to root
[TOOL] One click S-OFF by jkoljo
Radio s-off and simunlock
[TOOL][VIDEO] One click Radio S-OFF, SimUnlock (Easy Root Guide) By jkoljo
CHECK YOU HAVE THE ABOVE DONE BEFORE TRYING TO FLASH RADIO
MUST HAVE HTC SYNC Pre installed
Link to radios
radio link From xmoo
Another radio link from mousey_
latest radio for 1.72 in 1st post By leedroid
MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE IS FULLY CHARGED BEFORE FLASHING RADIO
use zip file attached provided by Jkoljo to use follow the below instructions
HAVE YOUR PHONE PLUGGED IN AND SET AT CHARGE ONLY
USB DEBUGGING ON DO THIS BY PRESSING MENU>SETTINGS>APPLICATIONS>DEVELOPMENT>TOP OF MENU GREEN TICK IN BOX ON
Youtube Video Here​
1. Read the whole of the post first
2. Download attached Radio flash.zip
3. Extract the folder to anywhere of your choice (MINE IS ON THE DESKTOP)
4. Open the flash folder
5.Download the radio you want to use from the links above .Then Drag and drop radio.img you have downloaded in to radio flash folder
6.In the folder double left click the START HERE a command prompt window will open
7. Type: "adb reboot bootloader"
The adb reboot bootloader will take the device directly to fastboot And I can confirm that this method works also with non Sense roms.
8. Once your phone has rebooted in to bootloader screen Type fastboot flash radio radio.img
9. Once its done type fastboot reboot
All done
If a flash fails error signs and fixs below
FAILED REMOTE NOT ALLOWED --- you do not have ENG S-Off go back to the start of the post and click the link for eng s-off
credits
jkoljo for tools
I do this as I enjoy it if you like my work hit the thanks button or rate my thread or buy me a beer or all three or none at all up to you.
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leith51 said:
PHONE MUST BE ROOTED WITH RADIO S-OFF AND ENG S-OFF LINK TO DO THIS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
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Nice guide! Actually with the tool you linked you will get Radio S-OFF, but as you mentioned, the phone must also have ENG S-OFF (second link in my sig)
And one should really just add the C:\androidsdk\tools after everything in path, otherwise something really important might stop working.

jkoljo said:
Nice guide! Actually with the tool you linked you will get Radio S-OFF, but as you mentioned, the phone must also have ENG S-OFF (second link in my sig)
And one should really just add the C:\androidsdk\tools after everything in path, otherwise something really important might stop working.
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Modified guide cheers for that one will put eng-off link in tonight when I finished work
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sorry to ask, can i use cwm recovery to flash radio?

No, not yet at least. Don't know why really, I just remember reading it wasn't possible. Once you've got your SDK setup and got your radio s-off and eng hboot, there really is nothing to doing it this way though.

Guide updated with link to tool for eng off
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napoli26 said:
sorry to ask, can i use cwm recovery to flash radio?
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It would be easier to flash a radio through cw but as tmh says not possible as of yet that's why I created this guide to make it that little bit easier with links to downloads and tools that's needed than having to scour the forums for the info
So till we can flash via cw the guide is here to help
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Still just hangs on <Waiting For Device>
ADB picks up my device though "/

Evostance said:
Still just hangs on <Waiting For Device>
ADB picks up my device though "/
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ok, waiting for device is cause its waiting for your device to be in 'fastboot'.
when you first checked your device being connected, its when its on, and in 'charge only mode'. you type "adb devices" to check if your device has any driver problems.
next you turn your device off, take out batt (some may need like me), and boot into recovery with pressing the on button and the volume down button. go into fast boot. (Note: now, when you type adb devices, nothing will come up, but no worries, the computer has the tools necessary and is able to connect to it via fastboot."
now you do your fastboot commands and it should detect. cheers!

Nice with this guide, to help out others, thumbs up man
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agentxq49 said:
ok, waiting for device is cause its waiting for your device to be in 'fastboot'.
when you first checked your device being connected, its when its on, and in 'charge only mode'. you type "adb devices" to check if your device has any driver problems.
next you turn your device off, take out batt (some may need like me), and boot into recovery with pressing the on button and the volume down button. go into fast boot. (Note: now, when you type adb devices, nothing will come up, but no worries, the computer has the tools necessary and is able to connect to it via fastboot."
now you do your fastboot commands and it should detect. cheers!
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Cheers for answering this is in step 12 and 13
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capychimp said:
Nice with this guide, to help out others, thumbs up man
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No problem every little helps the world of flashing
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agentxq49 said:
ok, waiting for device is cause its waiting for your device to be in 'fastboot'.
when you first checked your device being connected, its when its on, and in 'charge only mode'. you type "adb devices" to check if your device has any driver problems.
next you turn your device off, take out batt (some may need like me), and boot into recovery with pressing the on button and the volume down button. go into fast boot. (Note: now, when you type adb devices, nothing will come up, but no worries, the computer has the tools necessary and is able to connect to it via fastboot."
now you do your fastboot commands and it should detect. cheers!
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Still "Waiting for Device"

Evostance said:
Still "Waiting for Device"
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Does your phone show white screen with fastboot usb highlighted in red ?
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leith51 said:
Does your phone show white screen with fastboot usb highlighted in red ?
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Yes, however I fixed the problem.
I opened up Device Manager on my PC
Went to Android USB Devices and updated the Driver.
Went from Android 1.0 to My HTC.
Not sure why it was like this, everything was up to date
Just booted it. My signal has gone from GPRS to HSDPA woop

Evostance said:
Yes, however I fixed the problem.
I opened up Device Manager on my PC
Went to Android USB Devices and updated the Driver.
Went from Android 1.0 to My HTC.
Not sure why it was like this, everything was up to date
Just booted it. My signal has gone from GPRS to HSDPA woop
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So it worked then lol
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leith51 said:
So it worked then lol
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Eventually, been trying to do it for days. Just thought i'd have a look in device manager and randomly did an update and it worked

Evostance said:
Eventually, been trying to do it for days. Just thought i'd have a look in device manager and randomly did an update and it worked
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Well I only set this guide in the last 24 hour but did it help at all
Also did you start from the top with nothing installed like sdk ???
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leith51 said:
Well I only set this guide in the last 24 hour but did it help at all
Also did you start from the top with nothing installed like sdk ???
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Yeah.
Might be worth adding what I said to the guide

Evostance said:
Yeah.
Might be worth adding what I said to the guide
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I was going to ask if that was ok with you if a added it in the guide
At which number did you get to so I can revamp it to include it
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[Q] how to downgrade Desire S hboot 0.98.0002?

I recently bought a new Desire S which works great with me. I installed an update that upgraded my hboot from 0.98 to 0.98.0002. Now I need to s-off it using AlpharevX but it only supports 0.98. My question is: is there a way to downgrade it into 0.98? I followed another guide on the site that didn't help at all & didn't even provide the right rom. Any help

not sure but i think that u need to flash stock rom with 0.98.0000 then s-off ....maybe someone can provide hboot 0.98.0000 image

that's exactly what i've been hoping for. hope someone could do that

Extract it from a RUU or wait until I get home and upload it.
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badeaioan said:
Extract it from a RUU or wait until I get home and upload it.
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Please, I beg you upload it when you can. This would be a great favor for me. Just when excatly do will you return (so I would when to check as there is a big time difference here in Egypt ) Thanks in advance .

Here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/?tiuuiuoc70k3q0j
Remember ! I will not be responsible if you brick your phone. It worked for me though.
Good luck !

ok, thanks so much but I have a very silly question. How do I flash the .img? I know its a very silly one but I'm still a bit of a noob in Android

Reboot your phone into Bootloader and then choose Fastboot.
Open a cmd window, cd into your android sdk folder and then type:
fastboot flash hboot example.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
*replace example with the name of the img.

I did what you said but when I write "fastboot flash hboot saga_hboot_0.98.img" it displays:
{sending 'hboot' (1024 kb)...
OKAY [ 0.189s]
writing 'hboot'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.339s}
any idea what might be causing the signature check error?

I suggest you to flash a RUU and then S-OFF it.
Better and safer.
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ok, steps?

http://www.filefactory.com/file/ca1...0805U_38.03.02.11_M_release_177977_signed.exe
download this one and install. put ur phone on usb

u sure? i have a slow (but unlimited) net & what should i do after that, just run the installer & it will downgrade the hboot?

Exactly. It will replace everything: ROM, radio, hboot, etc.
L.E: Have you checked this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078497 ?

actually, yes. I've tried the following but it didn't work. Every time I reach step 10 it finishes but doesn't change anything. And I have another question but its out of the topic, if I flash Virtuous Unity ROM, will games & apps recognize the device as HTC Desire S & be compatible or what?

Yes, your device will be recognized as Desire S.

Ohh, that's a great relief. Thank you so much for your help up till now. Hope it works out in the end. Sadly, I won't be able to continue the process today & I'll have to continue tomorrow. Don't worry, I'll immediately post the result when I wake up & finish the process (probably I'll wake up here at about 8:30 - 9:00) & the download takes 30 min. so I'll post the result at about 11:00 - 11:30 in Romania .

Ohh thank you so MUCH. It worked!! Luckily I backed up all my things first. The most important thing is, my hboot is now 0.98.0000! Thanks a million again .

Really glad it all worked out nicely. Have a nice time testing ROMs !

Yeah, got Cyanogenmod & Virtuous Unity but liked Virtuous more. Anyway, thanks so much for all your help . As for anyone that needs to downgrade his hboot, I suggest that he downloads this program & it will do all the work: http://www.filefactory.com/file/ca1f...977_signed.exe. Not my fault if it bricked your phone or if it didn't work but it worked for me. & note that it will erase every thing on the device so back up first.

[Q] radio problems

when I try to install my radio it sends but it wont write please help I don't understand why.

What do you mean it sends but it won't write? What are you downloading and from where? What rom are you on? Are you s off?

I have successfully installed Android Revolution and I am attempting to install the radio that has been suggested to go with it. After downloading the radio and putting it in its own folder, on my computer, I open the "read me" portion of the radio file, and it looks as follows:
--=[ How to flash a radio ]=--
This guide is for Windows users only! Your phone must be ENG S-OFF. Radio S-OFF is also highly recommended.
Requirements:
- HTC Sync
- A Windows PC
1. Connect your phone into a PC, and make sure that USB Debugging is enabled
2. Click "Start here". A black command prompt window will open
3. Type: "adb reboot bootloader"
4. Once your phone is in bootloader (white screen with text), type "fastboot flash radio radio.img"
5. When the flashing completes, type "fastboot reboot"
6. Done. Enjoy!

I follow the step to bootload and when I type in "fastboot flash radio radio.img" it gives me this:
sending 'radio' (24960 KB)... okay [ 4.134s]
writing 'radio'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
I am confused about what I have done wrong. I have used other ROMs and Radios so I might have messed something up along the way.

bart2278 said:
I follow the step to bootload and when I type in "fastboot flash radio radio.img" it gives me this:
sending 'radio' (24960 KB)... okay [ 4.134s]
writing 'radio'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
I am confused about what I have done wrong. I have used other ROMs and Radios so I might have messed something up along the way.
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I use the Pd98img.zip way.... so much simpler.
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what is that?

Youngunn2008 said:
I use the Pd98img.zip way.... so much simpler.
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especially since using the fastboot method requires ENG S-OFF...and is very risky

I have the ENG S-OFF but I don't like the risky part. I am what some would call a "n00b"

bart2278 said:
what is that?
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Please, search for the inspire radio thread. In there is every available radio and matching ril combo, and the radio is in the pd98img.zip format for you. Put it in the root of your sd card, then boot into the bootloader. It'll ask you to apply update press vol up...
A good question tho is do you really need to update your radio?
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Using the Eng s off method can give you a brick. It's just a possibility.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106324
Inspire Radio Thread [OP Updated July 12, 2011]
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To get into bootloader, you can power off phone, then hold vol down and power until it comes up.
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From what I read I do need this matching radio. my radio as of now is from TPC Inspire 4G and I would like to switch it over to Android revolution specific radio.

bart2278 said:
From what I read I do need this matching radio. my radio as of now is from TPC Inspire 4G and I would like to switch it over to Android revolution specific radio.
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OK well go to the radio thread and find the radio you want and flash it, but also flash the ril. You use recovery to do that.
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I'm brain dead. I was trying to use the radio file that AR had provided. I Didn't know the radio file on the radio thread and the radio file from AR was different, but it is and I have successfully flashed my radio. I already tried the radio thread earlier today, but I wasn't using the right radio file. Youngunn I greatly appreciate your help you have thwarted a cerebral aneurysm on my part. Again thank you sir.

bart2278 said:
I'm brain dead. I was trying to use the radio file that AR had provided. I Didn't know the radio file on the radio thread and the radio file from AR was different, but it is and I have successfully flashed my radio. I already tried the radio thread earlier today, but I wasn't using the right radio file. Youngunn I greatly appreciate your help you have thwarted a cerebral aneurysm on my part. Again thank you sir.
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No problem. We were all newbs at one time
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best thing you can do is read read read then read some more lol there are lots of threads about roms,radios etc. and the best way to understand what you are doing is to read and learn. there are several diffrent radios avalible for this phone. but that doesnt mean the recommended one is the best for you .the suggested radio might work very well in one part of the world and then totally different in another part of the world. the best thing to do is read thru the inspire radio thread and people usually post where they live and what radio and ril work the best in that area .just find one you like try it for a couple days and if works well good if not try another one .its just trial and error to find one that works well in your area hope this helps

rayford85 said:
best thing you can do is read read read then read some more lol there are lots of threads about roms,radios etc. and the best way to understand what you are doing is to read and learn. there are several diffrent radios avalible for this phone. but that doesnt mean the recommended one is the best for you .the suggested radio might work very well in one part of the world and then totally different in another part of the world. the best thing to do is read thru the inspire radio thread and people usually post where they live and what radio and ril work the best in that area .just find one you like try it for a couple days and if works well good if not try another one .its just trial and error to find one that works well in your area hope this helps
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+1 well put.
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how to flash a new radio rom desire s

Can someone explain or link me to somewhere that tells me how to update my radio version from 20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M to 20.41.30.0818U_3817.07.00.19_M. This is the 1st time I will have done this so go gently. I need an idiots guide thanks

How to: Flash Radios
1. Download your Radio zip package.
2. Copy your Radio zip package to your SDcard root directory and rename it to PG88IMG.zip.
3. Turn off your phone and turn it back on by pressing volume down and power button together (You need to turn off fastboot under phone settings > power options).
4. Once you're in hboot, the bootloader will ask you if you want to install radio.img, just press yes. (Volume up means "YES", and volume down means "NO")
5. Once the radio flashing is complete press your power button once to reboot device. Done!
Note: You must delete your Radio zip package or rename it to something else when booting your phone after flashing new radio image since the bootloader will always try to flash if a PG88IMG.zip file is on your SDcard.
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the link to download radios is here btw
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178001

Eclipse_Droid said:
How to: Flash Radios
1. Download your Radio zip package.
2. Copy your Radio zip package to your SDcard root directory and rename it to PG88IMG.zip.
3. Turn off your phone and turn it back on by pressing volume down and power button together (You need to turn off fastboot under phone settings > power options).
4. Once you're in hboot, the bootloader will ask you if you want to install radio.img, just press yes. (Volume up means "YES", and volume down means "NO")
5. Once the radio flashing is complete press your power button once to reboot device. Done!
Note: You must delete your Radio zip package or rename it to something else when booting your phone after flashing new radio image since the bootloader will always try to flash if a PG88IMG.zip file is on your SDcard.
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the link to download radios is here btw
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178001
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The important thing to note from the link provided is the confirmation of the m5dsum prior to the flashing of the radio; in fact you should always check this for any file that you flash not just radio's (ie ROMs etc) although as RADIO's have the most potential to render your phone useless it's imperative that you always check their m5dsum before flashing them, this is just to ensure that there's been no corruption during the download process.
You'll see other RADIO's which are not included within the post shown above from the main INDEX thread under the sub-section RADIO, these include two recently leaked ones...(see my sig for the latest).
Good luck.

ben_pyett said:
The important thing to note from the link provided is the confirmation of the m5dsum prior to the flashing of the radio; in fact you should always check this for any file that you flash not just radio's (ie ROMs etc) although as RADIO's have the most potential to render your phone useless it's imperative that you always check their m5dsum before flashing them, this is just to ensure that there's been no corruption during the download process.
You'll see other RADIO's which are not included within the post shown above from the main INDEX thread under the sub-section RADIO, these include two recently leaked ones...(see my sig for the latest).
Good luck.
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Is the one in your sig the one i want then?
and whats the m5dsum all about?
Thanks for everyones help
Richard

Rich196 said:
Is the one in your sig the one i want then?
and whats the m5dsum all about?
Thanks for everyones help
Richard
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md5sum is used to check if your file is corrupt
flashing radio is risky & doing something wrong or flashing corrupt radio can brick your device easily
so checking md5sum ensure that the file you downloaded isnt corrupt
(you should be able to find the original md5 sum in the thread where you got the radio to compare with that of your file)

kartkk said:
md5sum is used to check if your file is corrupt
flashing radio is risky & doing something wrong or flashing corrupt radio can brick your device easily
so checking md5sum ensure that the file you downloaded isnt corrupt
(you should be able to find the original md5 sum in the thread where you got the radio to compare with that of your file)
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does the phone need to be "s-off" to do this?

Rich196 said:
does the phone need to be "s-off" to do this?
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YES, unless you're S-OFF you shouldn't attempt to update radio unless through an over the air upgrade from your phone network or from HTC.

how do I S off? and how likely am I to break it?

Rich196 said:
how do I S off? and how likely am I to break it?
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Start reading the sticky guides (which are the threads at the top) which are at the top of the Forums...
They should both assist in upping your general Android knowledge and informing you of the processes that you are considering going through.
Without sounding insulting I'd suggest that you spend the next few day even a week reading all this information until you have an actual understanding into what you are doing and what the full implications are.
You'll void your device's warranty by doing this so you need to understand what you're doing and why as opposed to blindly following the steps within a guide.
There are people here to assist.....but I believe that you need to understand

Eclipse_Droid said:
How to: Flash Radios
1. Download your Radio zip package.
2. Copy your Radio zip package to your SDcard root directory and rename it to PG88IMG.zip.
3. Turn off your phone and turn it back on by pressing volume down and power button together (You need to turn off fastboot under phone settings > power options).
4. Once you're in hboot, the bootloader will ask you if you want to install radio.img, just press yes. (Volume up means "YES", and volume down means "NO")
5. Once the radio flashing is complete press your power button once to reboot device. Done!
Note: You must delete your Radio zip package or rename it to something else when booting your phone after flashing new radio image since the bootloader will always try to flash if a PG88IMG.zip file is on your SDcard.
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the link to download radios is here btw
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178001
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I have one confusion, Do I have to update hboot prior to flash any radio or not ?
I have
Hboot 6.98.1002
Radio 3805.06.02.03_M
Can i Update this radio?http://hotfile.com/dl/129621795/c522912/PG88IMG-3821.08.00.24.M.zip.html for my DESIRE S or NOT? Please tell me, Because i have call quality(Sound) problem with MIUI 1.9.16 with Tiamat Kernel 1.1.3, so also tell me updating radio solves that issue or not?

Desperate Joe
Don't know where to start, but I have a bit of a headache with my phone. This is my first smart phone and just when I got used to it and began enjoying it, it looks like I've screwed it with an upgrade to ICS. It could be pure coincidence but my phone started constantly rebooting a few days after I upgraded it to Virtous Saga v1.0.0. I've tried several other ROMs in the meantime and I either couldn't install them properly or they gave me the same outcome, i.e. constant rebooting. Currently I'm on ICE DS v 4.3. The weird thing about it is that without a SIM in the phone, I don't get rebooting, but as soon as I put in my SIM card it starts again.
After spending hours looking through various forums, it looks like the constant rebooting is a fairly common problem with HTC phones. Many say that the problem is a faulty motherboard, but since it all started with me when I upgraded to ICS, I've read that it could be due to old radio version. I want to make sure this is not the problem, but I can't seems to be able to flash my radio with the above instructions. I've uploaded PG88IMG.zip onto my SD card and in the hboot I can see the message PG88IMG.zip being parsed but nothing seems to happen after that. Can anyone help?
With one of the radio updated I've downloaded the parsing message showed briefly and disappeared, but now, with another radio flash it gets stuck on that message! What do I do? I was told whatever I do I shouldn't take the battery out, but how do I end this?

Hey Desperate Joe
Haven't actually tried this, but we're about to go for gold... maybe it helps.
Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178001

Flash radio with S-ON
SnagaDuath said:
Hey Desperate Joe
Haven't actually tried this, but we're about to go for gold... maybe it helps.
Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178001
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Thanks for the post. It think I've combed through all XDADevelopers forums about this and some other elsewhere.
I've realised that my problem is to do with the fact that my phone is S-ON and it looks like there is no way to flash radio unless you have S-OFF.
If someone's managed to do it with S-ON I would dearly love to hear from them.

On S-ON you can update radio by placing a PG88IMG.zip with newer version in the SDcard and reboot to bootloader. It will flash.
The problem is that you cannot to revert if it is not working. You will need to downgrade the entire system.
Sent from my HTC Desire S

amidabuddha said:
On S-ON you can update radio by placing a PG88IMG.zip with newer version in the SDcard and reboot to bootloader. It will flash.
The problem is that you cannot to revert if it is not working. You will need to downgrade the entire system.
Sent from my HTC Desire S
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Yes, I've tried that. Bootloader gets stuck with the message "PG88IMG.zip parsing". After a couple of hours I took out the battery and rebooted. The radio wasn't flashed, but luckily at least the phone wasn't bricked.
In your statement you seem to be fairly confident that should work so I'll try again. And don't worry if I brick my phone I will blame only myself :silly: since I can't work with a phone that keeps restarting with a sim card and the problem was created in the first place by me upgrading to ICS.
How many times do I need to fu** up to get that saying "If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it!"

mikiveliki said:
Yes, I've tried that. Bootloader gets stuck with the message "PG88IMG.zip parsing". After a couple of hours I took out the battery and rebooted. The radio wasn't flashed, but luckily at least the phone wasn't bricked.
In your statement you seem to be fairly confident that should work so I'll try again. And don't worry if I brick my phone I will blame only myself :silly: since I can't work with a phone that keeps restarting with a sim card and the problem was created in the first place by me upgrading to ICS.
How many times do I need to fu** up to get that saying "If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it!"
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You have to check the android-info.txt for your cid number. If it is not there it will not flash

amidabuddha said:
You have to check the android-info.txt for your cid number. If it is not there it will not flash
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I've dropped PG88IMG.zip onto the sdcard and started bootloader. Again I get the message Parsing... [PG88IMG.zip] and there is a vertical blue bar on in the top right corner which gradually goes up and disappears. This, I assume should signal it's been flashed, but the bootloader is stuck on Parsing... [PG88IMG.zip]. I've tried pressing UP, DOWN and POWER buttons at the same time without success so I took out the battery and started the phone again.
I've checked android-info.txt and the cid number is HTCCN701. How do I know that's ok?
My phone is unlocked SAGA PVT SHIP S-On HBOOT 2.00.0002 RADIO 3822.10.08.04_M EMMC-BOOT with 4EXT RECOVERY V2.2.7 RC5

Reboot to bootloader. Connect to PC and type:
fastboot getvar cidnum
The radio you are trying to flash is Chinese. It will not work unless your phone is Chinese too.
Try the one from the leaked RUU
Sent from my HTC Desire S

amidabuddha said:
Reboot to bootloader. Connect to PC and type:
fastboot getvar cidnum
The radio you are trying to flash is Chinese. It will not work unless your phone is Chinese too.
Try the one from the leaked RUU
Sent from my HTC Desire S
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That was silliy of me flashing Chines radio
I've typed the instruction and got reply: cidnum: O2___001 finished. Total time 0.002s
I assume this is because it is an O2 phone
After that I've flashed this radio: Radio.......... 20.71.30.0833U_3831.17.00.16_M
The messages I get are:
SD Checking
Loading ... [PG88DIAG.ZIP]
No image!
Loading ... [PG88DIAG.NBH]
No image r wrong image!
Loading ... [PG88IMG.ZIP]
Parsing ... [PG88IMG.ZIP]
After the last message was gone I've rebooted but I'm still with the old radio. Do you have any other aces up your sleeve?
Your help is greatly appreciated

Nope, sorry.
This is one of the big disadvantages of buying a branded device
Sent from my HTC Desire S

Is my Desire S bricked? [SOLVED]

I bought a Desire S off eBay. It had Froyo Orange UK on it.
Yesterday I started flashing it (whilst having a couple of drinks!)
I got it to S-OFF, got Revolutionary working and had a rooted Gingerbread ROM on it, but I cant remember which variant.
I don't have an Orange SIM so I started using various methods to unlock the SIM, getting more frustrated and drinking more.
I read hudreds of threads (not too methodically) and eventually decided I needed S-ON so I have got it back to an S-ON state.
By this time I was drunk and cannot remember if it booted after I S-ON'ed it and therefore cant tell if I have USB Debugging enabled.
I think the bootloader may be locked but it boots into the white HBOOT screen. There is no Recovery that works so I am stuck with a blank page.
If I try to RUU Orange UK or any stock ROM on it I get different errors half way through.
I have tried to flash a new HBoot onto it but get a signatire error in fastboot utility. Revolutionary no longer works.
I'm lost. I'm going for a walk!

You tried HTC unlock bootloader ? Then flashing a new recovery?
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Maybe unlock it via htcdev.com, flash new recovery with fastboot
fastbooot flash recovery PathToRecoveryImg
...do it sober dude ^^

Well....first dont drink n flash.
Then try the following:
Flash a new recovery via android flasher.I suggest the 4ext touch.For me is the best out there.
Then wipe the device ccompleteley including cache ,data,system etc.
Then flash the rom you want.
After that reboot into bootloader and choose fastboot.
Extract the.same rom that you flash somewere in your pc.Copy the boot.img and paste it in you platform tools in sdk dir.
Open cmd.
Connect your device.
Assuming your sdk is to c:/ and named for ex android-sdk-windows then type.
Cd c:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
Fastboot devices(see if the device identified)
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Done.
Then reboot your device
Hope that helps

don't drink and driv... ehm flash your phone! (or post in the wrong forum )

[email protected] said:
don't drink and driv... ehm flash your phone! (or post in the wrong forum )
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+1 for that @apx
While i have all the sympathy for you @Nezbert, this is the wrong place to put your questions.
In case the alcohol hasn't metabolized completely, let me put it in clear loud words - "This is the Development forum... NOT the Question and Answer Forum. Your thread does not belong here. The Q&A thread is custom built for exactly these kind of threads"
Thread reported for relocation. I hope you understand.

Probably why he thinks he had froyo on it...
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dan-fish said:
Probably why he thinks he had froyo on it...
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Might have been a super secret prototype by HTC R&D

Haha. All jokes aside, does the phone actually work? Maybe he pulled battery?
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This sounds like exactly what I did mate, I believe it was a combination of incorrect goldcard and trying to install a foreign RUU -- which Revolutionary bootloader with S-OFF will allow.
check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464513
I managed to solve it, but I needed to borrow a phone to do it. Check out my solution post on Page 2

Actually I might as well just tell you what I think will work here.
1. Borrow a friends android phone, any phone should do I believe.
2. Download Goldcard Helper from the market, use it to get the CIDs of the memory on your phone. One of these is the SD card, you might as well copy both down but for me MMC2 was my SD card. The app by default copies the other one when you use the Menu > Copy function, so don't use that. Go to the website and generate the goldcard.img file.
3. Use GoldCardTool (attached) to patch your SD card.
4. Pop it into the phone and boot to HBOOT and select fastboot again
5. If you've unlocked the HBOOT via HTCDev.com, lock it again before trying an RUU! If you don't have fastboot.exe it's in the ADB-Windows.zip attached... type "Fastboot oem lock" to lock the HBOOT.
6. Run the RUU for Europe - RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.8_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_225161_signed worked for me
That should do it. Hope it does mate!

I just tried using the HTC Dev unlock bootloader site and at the first fastboot command I get:
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(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.007s
The command was for 'fastboot oem get_identifier_token'
I know fastboot is connected because if I issue 'fastboot reboot' the phone reboots.
Looking at your other posts now. Thanks.

I'm gonna use my Sony Ericsson Xperia to download the goldcard app and try that. I'll report back in a bit. Fingers crossed!

FrakEarth, thank you!! Your advice worked to the letter!!
The only thing I didn't do was the fastboot oem lock part, as I couldn't get fastboot to work.
Now I am kind of back to square one. I have a working OS on an Orange UK phone but when I put my giffgaff/o2 SIM in there isa no prompt to enter an unlock code. I have bought a code that goes with my IMEI but I dont know how to enter it.
Is there an easy way to SIM unlock this?? I will search the site.
Thanks again FrakEarth!!

One more question...
Now that Android has booted and created all it's driectories on my SD card will it still be a Goldcard, or will it have been overwritten into a standard SD?

One more question!
Where do I click to edit the thread title to [SOLVED]?

Nezbert said:
One more question...
Now that Android has booted and created all it's driectories on my SD card will it still be a Goldcard, or will it have been overwritten into a standard SD?
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I think that you still have the files needed for the GoldCard but don't bother, it's not something that will create any problems. As I recall my old SD Card when I used it as a Goldcard, I installed my desired Android RUU but there were still some files in the SD from the Goldcard utility.
Nezbert said:
One more question!
Where do I click to edit the thread title to [SOLVED]?
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You select "edit post" in your 1st post and then select "Go advanced" and there you have it.

Drink less!
Are u sure? How possible u buy a desire s with froyo? It have gingerbread at first!