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(Radio) All radio.img and update.zips Update-2!READ

BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN FLASHING OR MODIFYING THE RADIO.IMG AS THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO BRICK YOUR PHONE
All of the update.zips work 100% of the time. There has been no report of brick and i have used all of them at least once. if you dont like a new radio flash the old one. Good luck!
the stock radio.img is from the 1.56 RUU for the SPRINT CDMA HERO
There are three Radios here. stock, 2.41.04.02.03, and 2.42.00.03.10. they are in order from release date. high number=newer. radios are risky so i suggest sticking with one. they almost never cause worse performance. if you TRULY feel your signal has degraded i put the stock in here for you to return to.
Update!2 ok so with the new release of 2.42.01.04.27 i was kinda on the ehhh bar with it. i never like new releases because they will always take something from you.
so in this case they have taken the ability to use data with a .27 kernel. so if you flash this radio, you will not get data with any rom that has .27. including the fresh toast 1.1 and all 1.5's. so its up to you. i didnt gain one thing from this radio. battery life and signal stay 100% the same. i did lose data though.
so personally i would stick with 2.42.00.03.10
Please refer to this forum for troubleshooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643796&page=10
and refer to this for instructions
http://geekfor.me/faq/flash-radio/
thanks to flipz and co for releasing the new radios.

I'm gonna wait for someone else to try this first

Avalaunchmods said:
BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN FLASHING OR MODIFYING THE RADIO.IMG AS THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO BRICK YOUR PHONE
Here is the stock radio.img
The new radio.img from flipz baseband 2.41.04.02.03
also both update.zip for stock and new.
Please refer to this forum for troubleshooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643796&page=10
and refer to this for instructions
http://geekfor.me/faq/flash-radio/
thanks to flipz and co for releasing the new radio.
i do not claim any responsibility for damage done.
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Just to be sure ... I am only asking this as a precaution as I do not want to brick my phone. These are for the SPRINT CDMA HERO correct? And when you say STOCK you mean the Radio that was originally installed on the SPRINT CDMA HERO like "out of box" so to speak?... Again I'm asking to clear up assumptions. a.k.a. (Click happy readers)

Is this for 1.5 as well or is this to be used only on fresh 2.0b

danimal_01 said:
Just to be sure ... I am only asking this as a precaution as I do not want to brick my phone. These are for the SPRINT CDMA HERO correct? And when you say STOCK you mean the Radio that was originally installed on the SPRINT CDMA HERO like "out of box" so to speak?... Again I'm asking to clear up assumptions. a.k.a. (Click happy readers)
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this is in the cdma hero forums. so yes sprint hero i believe it has also worked for other cdma heros. the img is the stock radio from phones "with google" on the back.
thanks i wasnt too specific up top i guess i didnt re read lol

H4k3r4r34l said:
Is this for 1.5 as well or is this to be used only on fresh 2.0b
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only tested on 2.0b but as i have said 1 million times before nandroid runs separate from the ROM. so it shouldnt matter. but it has only been tested on 2.0b
if you would like to test please do and post the results

I updated the radio to 2.41.04.02.02 earlier today and saw my download speeds decrease by about 50%. So I finally tried to flash back the Stock radio posted here. The good news it didn't brick my phone but it also didn't work. My phone still shows version 2.41.04.02.02. When I did the flash of the Stock radio file I never saw any error message and I didn't see the message about extracting radio file. Any ideas? Thanks

rjj1976 said:
I updated the radio to 2.41.04.02.02 earlier today and saw my download speeds decrease by about 50%. So I finally tried to flash back the Stock radio posted here. The good news it didn't brick my phone but it also didn't work. My phone still shows version 2.41.04.02.02. When I did the flash of the Stock radio file I never saw any error message and I didn't see the message about extracting radio file. Any ideas? Thanks
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did you download the stock radio signed one? only that one will flash right.

justinisyoung said:
did you download the stock radio signed one? only that one will flash right.
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Yes, that is the one I used.

that's weird.
hey, Avalaunchmods, when you reapplied the stock radio, did you check if it went back to the 1.0.xxxxxx version?

rjj1976 said:
Yes, that is the one I used.
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hm that is weird. i checked and my baseband changed. ill have to look into it again. just use the stock img and flash it using instructions in the other forum i linked to.

Avalaunchmods said:
hm that is weird. i checked and my baseband changed. ill have to look into it again. just use the stock img and flash it using instructions in the other forum i linked to.
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Do you mean the instructions on geekforme? If so, that is how I was trying to do it with the stock signed img. Thanks

rjj1976 said:
Do you mean the instructions on geekforme? If so, that is how I was trying to do it with the stock signed img. Thanks
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well i just retried it with the attached signed stock radio.img and it worked correctly. you may want to double check that in nandroid you are selecting the stock one not the 2.41.04.02.03-signed.zip one

Just tried to restore stock radio, all it says it "Install from SDCard Complete", and baseband is still 2.blahblah..any tips?

scriz said:
Just tried to restore stock radio, all it says it "Install from SDCard Complete", and baseband is still 2.blahblah..any tips?
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ok i think i know what caused this. although it says its still 2.blahblah its rlly the stock. the manifest isnt right so i guess it didnt apply. ill have a fix up but for right now your set with the stock radio.

It was the Stock img because is was the last one in the list to select. Are you using the instructions from geekforme to do the flash. That is what I was following.

rjj1976 said:
It was the Stock img because is was the last one in the list to select. Are you using the instructions from geekforme to do the flash. That is what I was following.
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yes you did it right. it should have worked although it still shows the old baseband. you now have the old radio. its not updating that for some reason i will fix once i find out why

Can anyone else confirm decreased data speeds?
I'll do a quick little test in the mean time...

Avalaunchmods said:
yes you did it right. it should have worked although it still shows the old baseband. you now have the old radio. its not updating that for some reason i will fix once i find out why
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Are you saying that my phone is now using the stock radio ver 1? If you are, I don't think it is because my download speeds are still way slower then before I did the ver 2 update.

Speedtest.net app available in market:
Phone was reset, then ATK was run killing all open apps. Test run at 12:30am so shouldn't be too much tower traffic, although my speeds never fall below 1000kbps
FACTORY RADIO
Test 1 (4/6 bars):
2239kbps down 671kbps up 285ms ping
Test 2 (5/6 bars):
1716kbps down 766kbps up 326ms ping
Test 3 (5/6 bars):
2199kbps down 617kbps up 342ms ping
UPDATED RADIO:
Speedtest.net app on phone.
Test 1 (4/6 bars):
2026kbps down 510kbps up 175ms ping
Test 2 (5/6 bars):
1671kbps down 715kbps up 183ms ping
Test 3 (5/6 bars):
1847kbps down 751kbps up 174ms ping
The decreased ping time is very obvious. Web sites start loading just a hair bit faster. The results are obvious ping times were cut in half!

How do you RADIO FLASH?

I just installed Gingbreadman on my phone.
I need some help on doing this.
thanks!

try this:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Ace:_Recovery,_Radio_and_CyanogenMod
If you don't understand it or can't figured it out pm me and I can probably help.

P00t said:
I just installed Gingbreadman on my phone.
I need some help on doing this.
thanks!
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Choose the right radio from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295
Follow these instructions to flash the radio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597

How do you know which radio to flash?

Focustom said:
How do you know which radio to flash?
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If you're on a gingerbread Rom, you flash a gingerbread radio. Otherwise you flash a Cingular radio.
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Focustom said:
How do you know which radio to flash?
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You don't really, I would go look in the section for whatever rom you flashed. I'm assuming you did rc mix, and then flash a radio from someone who has that same rom and isn't having any problems with it. Thats your best bet.

I'm running Leedroid right now. Does have the best radio for ATT in the US?
Thanks
Newb

Focustom said:
I'm running Leedroid right now. Does have the best radio for ATT in the US?
Thanks
Newb
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The radio is completely independent of the rom..

ok so the stock radio my best bet? I'm completely lost with radios lol

what does RADIO FLASH DO?
make your wifi connection stronger?

P00t said:
what does RADIO FLASH DO?
make your wifi connection stronger?
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Looks like you have some reading to do.

rwon said:
Looks like you have some reading to do.
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Can't you just explain it for us?

Focustom said:
Can't you just explain it for us?
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Sure, but you will understand it better if you read it your self. Basically flashing a radio can do a few things, one being to enable HSUPA, this can also be accomplished just by flashing certain roms. Also it helps with WIFI, calling(signal, speed etc) problems in some cases. This is all going to depend on which rom you have, the area, the cell provider(i'm assuming your all on ATT like me) and also it varies. I ran the "telus" radio for a long time with RC mix, but with the latest builds of the rom started having problems with the call not connecting when i pressed "call" and failing. I have since switched to the Cyanogen mod rom and am on the latest radio which is listed in my sig. This has improved call quality, battery life(from the rom and radio as a combo), and also call reliability(no dropped calls, calls failing etc) Hope that helps you guys

Is there away to go back to the stock radio if something goes wrong?

If you don't have problems with the stock radio then just stick with it. There's more risk than reward when flashing radio.
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Yeah I have to agree. If you mess up somehow while flashing the radio, your phone will become a paper weight. If its not giving you problems, then no need to flash the radio.
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rwon said:
Sure, but you will understand it better if you read it your self. Basically flashing a radio can do a few things, one being to enable HSUPA, this can also be accomplished just by flashing certain roms. Also it helps with WIFI, calling(signal, speed etc) problems in some cases. This is all going to depend on which rom you have, the area, the cell provider(i'm assuming your all on ATT like me) and also it varies. I ran the "telus" radio for a long time with RC mix, but with the latest builds of the rom started having problems with the call not connecting when i pressed "call" and failing. I have since switched to the Cyanogen mod rom and am on the latest radio which is listed in my sig. This has improved call quality, battery life(from the rom and radio as a combo), and also call reliability(no dropped calls, calls failing etc) Hope that helps you guys
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Flashing the radio does not enable HSUPA on the Inspire 4G. From what I know, the Captivate requires to flash a different radio to enable HSUPA.
Editing the build.prop enables HSUPA.

modified from Kirk's old post
1. Download this file http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BX5GV1CJ
this is a zip file containing two files. one is radio.img from ATT stock radio, dont touch the other file.
you need to remove this img file and replace with the Gingerbread radio.img
from here http://www.multiupload.com/BE0V4H8QQY
extract the radio.img and zip into the PD98IMG.zip with the other file already in the PD981img.zip. (two files)
2. Place the PD98IMG.zip radio file on the root of your SD card.
3. Power the phone off, remove and reinsert the battery.
4. Hold the volume button down and press power on.
5. The phone will boot into Hboot then Bootloader, It should see the PD98IMG.zip and ask if you want to apply the zip.
6. Use the volume up button to select "yes"
7. Once its done flashing, reboot the phone and you should have flashed the radio.

I hope I get some credit from my post. Lol
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kirk123 said:
I hope I get some credit from my post. Lol
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Credits go to you Kirk! thanks
your method can flash any radio

2G & i9020a

So we all know not to touch the toggle in CM7 for 2G/3G, I personally found that out the hard way, but I read that you could do it through settings, well now that I tried that, it's even worse. I have reset the phone/changed radios/roms, had my sim card repushed 3 times now, off and on 20 times, nothing will get this #*@#ing phone to find telus again... WTF. anyways, its going back maybe this thing is glitched?

Alright, new phone. SIM card is the same from my other phone, and it's working fine, so there was a serious malfunction in the other one, not sure if it was because of cyanogen or the radio.
Does anyone know how to back up the stock radio?

KryPTiCk0d3 said:
Alright, new phone. SIM card is the same from my other phone, and it's working fine, so there was a serious malfunction in the other one, not sure if it was because of cyanogen or the radio.
Does anyone know how to back up the stock radio?
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+1 if you can back up that radio id like a copy pleasee...since there is no official rom for our phones yet Im so scared before trying anything, but I make the jump after hours of reading up lol.

after lots of reading and posting questions, I think we (as in with cdn i9020a) should play the safe card for now and only go as far as rooting and installing superuser. obviously all these custom roms are based on US versions of NS.

mixxy said:
+1 if you can back up that radio id like a copy pleasee...since there is no official rom for our phones yet Im so scared before trying anything, but I make the jump after hours of reading up lol.
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If I can get it figured out I will post it up for sure. I think I know what to do, just want to do some more reading to confirm before I attempt it.

newbi11 said:
after lots of reading and posting questions, I think we (as in with cdn i9020a) should play the safe card for now and only go as far as rooting and installing superuser. obviously all these custom roms are based on US versions of NS.
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Yeah, it's definitely safer, but never as much fun
The phone is fairly new so it will take a bit, things will get better. I just want to make sure I post anything that I find really screws things up, so no one else has to learn the hard way. The kernel and rom seem to be fine, it's the radio that I'm wondering about, and don't touch that gd 2g button, what a pain in the nut sack that is.

Doesn't android backup the radio? Couldn't we extract the radio from a nandroid backup?

themapleboy said:
Doesn't android backup the radio? Couldn't we extract the radio from a nandroid backup?
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No it doesn't back up the radio....if it did I wouldn't be too worried about it. I have no idea how to extract it but can't wait until someone does.
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[Q] Noobie with a question about radios and kernals

Hi,
I have just recently acquired my first android device - a Sensation.
I have followed the guides on here and have got s-off and have been flashing roms.
Wow! This is all totally up my street and I love it - thanks to all the devs and people here who are making this possible!!
but I do have a quick question....
Im wondering what happens when I flash a new radio and kernal.
I know the radio is the bit that connects to the network etc and that the kernal is the bit that provied the core of the operating system but what happens if I flash new ones on top of an existing rom and then revert back to a nandroid backup or if I perform a full wipe and then flash a new rom? Am I stuck with the new radio and kernal or are they both replaced with the new rom?
thanks!
Nat.

Traffik said:
Hi,
I have just recently acquired my first android device - a Sensation.
I have followed the guides on here and have got s-off and have been flashing roms.
Wow! This is all totally up my street and I love it - thanks to all the devs and people here who are making this possible!!
but I do have a quick question....
Im wondering what happens when I flash a new radio and kernal.
I know the radio is the bit that connects to the network etc and that the kernal is the bit that provied the core of the operating system but what happens if I flash new ones on top of an existing rom and then revert back to a nandroid backup or if I perform a full wipe and then flash a new rom? Am I stuck with the new radio and kernal or are they both replaced with the new rom?
thanks!
Nat.
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Some ROMs include a custom kernel. Otherwise they use stock. They don't include radios. If you flash a ROM the kernel gets flashed too. If you want to use a different kernel you flash that after flashing a ROM. If you restore from recovery your ROM and kernel go back to what you backed up.
You flash radios apart from ROMs. Flashing ROMs does not change your radio. Radios also control wifi, bluetooth, GPS.

Ok great thanks for clearing that up!
I'm not 100% clued up on this whole radio thing though.... I have read that they are region specific yet some roms recommend you to update to a specific radio. I am worried that once I start fiddling with these radios I will end up screwing the performance of my phone.
I have also read that there is a higher risk of bricking your phone when flashing a radio which puts me off a bit.
And finally, how can I backup the radio I have now so that I can go back if needed?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

Anyone?
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You can't back the radio up but there is a Radio thread which has all the radios in it to download

Traffik said:
Ok great thanks for clearing that up!
I'm not 100% clued up on this whole radio thing though.... I have read that they are region specific yet some roms recommend you to update to a specific radio. I am worried that once I start fiddling with these radios I will end up screwing the performance of my phone.
I have also read that there is a higher risk of bricking your phone when flashing a radio which puts me off a bit.
And finally, how can I backup the radio I have now so that I can go back if needed?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium
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Yes flashing a radio can be risky because a failure there can brick it. As long a you get a radio for the Sensation, do the md5 checksum, and don't pull the battery while flashing, it should not brick it. A bricked phone is almost always accomplished by someone not reading and following directions correctly.
Flashing radios and kernels are for more advanced/power users. Most of the time you are probably fine with your current radio and if you have no issues there is no reason to have to do it.
Flashing ROMs is much safer and is usually all you need to turn your phone into a beast.

Thanks!
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Please help! Notification bar issues

please help! I do NOT care about my root, I do NOT care about my data I just really want this to be fixed, I'm almost crying, I have no idea what to do, all i wanted was a custom battery so i downloaded one, loaded it into some app called metamorph and it said it was all good but when i restarted my phone the notification bar was gone. I cannot pull it down and this is my first android device, I have had it for 3 days and it cost me a lot of money! please help I will do anything whatsoever, I'm so worried, I'm only 16. I tried restoring my phone to factory settings, wiping my memory card as if that would do anything. please help it's all I ask!

Hi there, I have had this problem before. I am no dev so I can't explain the technical issue, but this usually happens when you flash a mod that's not compatible with your ROM... if its compatible and your ROM has updated, the mod sometimes needs to be updated to be compatible with the latest version of your ROM.
Reflashing your ROM will completely fix the issue. I hate to say it, but ALWAYS do backups before flashing anything through recovery!!!
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Sorry
franki_667 said:
Hi there, I have had this problem before. I am no dev so I can't explain the technical issue, but this usually happens when you flash a mod that's not compatible with your ROM... if its compatible and your ROM has updated, the mod sometimes needs to be updated to be compatible with the latest version of your ROM.
Reflashing your ROM will completely fix the issue. I hate to say it, but ALWAYS do backups before flashing anything through recovery!!!
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Sorry I'm such a noob, I have no idea what I am doing, I don't know what flashing is or anything could you please tell me how to flash a ROM? please??? I will love you forever man I have no idea what to do, im so desperate right now

franki_667 said:
Hi there, I have had this problem before. I am no dev so I can't explain the technical issue, but this usually happens when you flash a mod that's not compatible with your ROM... if its compatible and your ROM has updated, the mod sometimes needs to be updated to be compatible with the latest version of your ROM.
Reflashing your ROM will completely fix the issue. I hate to say it, but ALWAYS do backups before flashing anything through recovery!!!
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He's not rooted it seems. You first need to calm down. Then, go to settings -> About phone and see what build you have. If it's 2.20 then go here. If it's 1.73 or 1.82 go here. If it's 1.85 then go here. Once rooted, if you have anything but 2.20 you won't need to flash the boot.img seperately. In order to flash the boot.img go here.

Mister J said:
He's not rooted it seems. You first need to calm down. Then, go to settings -> About phone and see what build you have. If it's 2.20 then go here. If it's 1.73 or 1.82 go here. If it's 1.85 then go here. Once rooted, if you have anything but 2.20 you won't need to flash the boot.img seperately. In order to flash the boot.img go here.
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i am rooted on software 1.85 please help me get this stupid notification bar back, it happened when I used Metamorph to change my battery

Is there possibly a way to revert to the original through "metamorph"? Most tweaks or apps like this only work on certain devices, so check the reviews or description more thoroughly if it doesn't say your device.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

sorry
tyessen said:
Is there possibly a way to revert to the original through "metamorph"? Most tweaks or apps like this only work on certain devices, so check the reviews or description more thoroughly if it doesn't say your device.
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no there is no way to revert in metamorph and i already wiped my device and the notification bar is still not there, I have no idea what to do.

HtcOneXProblem said:
no there is no way to revert in metamorph and i already wiped my device and the notification bar is still not there, I have no idea what to do.
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That happened to me on my old LG G2X. I tried to do something similar with a different program. It was messing with SystemUI.apk. I had created a backup before it did its work so I just replaced it, rebooted and it was fine. Might not be the same problem just because the symptoms are similar. If you had an unmodified SystemUI.apk file you could probably just overwrite it. Worst case, just flash a new ROM.
But yeah, in the future always take backups before you do anything like that. I learned that the hard way a few times.

HtcOneXProblem said:
i am rooted on software 1.85 please help me get this stupid notification bar back, it happened when I used Metamorph to change my battery
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In that case just back everything up and reinstall the rom.

Thanks
Mister J said:
In that case just back everything up and reinstall the rom.
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thanks for everyone's help, i figured out that I did not have bootloader installed so I got that (it was a ***** because I had to fake the CID which took forever) and I installed a new ROM, thanks for the help guys, really means a lot to me