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HTC Sensation/CM9 Best radio

Hello every one,
So my question is does any one know what the suggested radio for a Sensation on CM9 would be? I just rooted my Sensation about a month ago and have tried a few different roms, most recently Android revolution HD and now CM9 rc1. So far I love CM9 and plan to stick with it for a while but I feel like I'm not getting the best data reception. It seems like I drop from H(4g) down to 3g and back up again quite often in areas where I had fairly reliable service before. I've done some google searches and searched the forums here as well as CM's forums and can't seem to find a recommended radio file.I'm no longer on a stock radio since Android Revolution suggested a different one. Suggestions? Thanks for the help.

The reason you won't see a recommended radio file is because what works say for me might not work in the areas you live in. So radio is something you will have to experiment with to find your correct radio with matching ril file.something that works well in YOUR area. This is why people can not recommend a great combination for you. You will have to find what works best in your Area. When you flash the radio don't forget the matching ril file that goes with it ok. So do some experiments and see what works best for YOU. You flash the radio like any other pg58img file from bootloader then delete the file Afterward or it can prevent you from going to recovery. The ril is flashed like a Rom. Hope this helps you and answered your questions. So you alone must find what combo works best in your area. Best wishes to you.
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Ok, so using what you said, I stumbled into THIS post and started rereading(I had actually looked at this before but didn't "get it"). I see that some of these are posted for certain countries. Is there a way to tell which ones are for tmobile 4g in the USA? Is anything NOT listed for another country assumed to be from the USA? Is there another list of radios/rils I should be starting with? Does country of origin actually matter at all?

If you scroll down you will see a link to ICS mirror on that same page. It has several generic ics radios , those are generic so I believe they will work with ics. I'm T-Mobile and I used the newest radio on that page and it works great! I would NOT use a radio labelled for a different country. For me I kept on the safe side and used the ics radios. The link is just before the gingerbread radios start. The name of the contributor is written in blue. That link will take you to ICS radio/ril mirrors. They work great for ics. Find the combo that works best for you and your area.
Best wishes.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

So I downloaded, checked md5 and flashed a new radio. Now my ROM wont load. I can still get into recovery but it wont load CM9. Suggestions?

You have to find a radio and matching RIL file that is working for your area. Did you use the generic ics radio file WITH matching RIL file? Each radio has a matching RIL file that goes with it?
You install both. Then see which combo works best for your area. In my case I used the newest radio/ril combo for ics. It is working well in my area .
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I did use matching files, but it wouldn't boot. I ended up reloading stock tmouse firmware and re-flashing CM9. Ill have to try again tonight since I cant get away with any more while I'm at work.

Ok I'm glad you got it working! Best wishes!
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caldavien said:
So I downloaded, checked md5 and flashed a new radio. Now my ROM wont load. I can still get into recovery but it wont load CM9. Suggestions?
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Just as an FYI - After you flash new firmware, you need to go into recovery and wipe Cache, or wipe both cache and delvik cache. Otherwise, you will never get past the cm9 boot logo.
I learned this the hard way

idtheftvictim said:
Just as an FYI - After you flash new firmware, you need to go into recovery and wipe Cache, or wipe both cache and delvik cache. Otherwise, you will never get past the cm9 boot logo.
I learned this the hard way
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Doh! Did not know that, and I didnt wipe it until I tried flashing a new Rom. Wonder if that would have fixed it right off.

[Q] OTA update broke radio

I just got a 1S for my wife, and as soon as we activated the SIM card it downloaded an update, and once I installed it she keeps getting "no signal". WiFi works just fine, but she can't make calls, send SMS or use data over 3G/4G.
Browsing the TMo forums and some threads here, this seems to be a common issue, but I can't find a definitive fix. What's my best option?
I haven't rooted or done anything to the phone (yet), but I've done it with all my phones, so I'm very comfortable if I need to flash a new radio or anything like that.

Ken_P said:
I just got a 1S for my wife, and as soon as we activated the SIM card it downloaded an update, and once I installed it she keeps getting "no signal". WiFi works just fine, but she can't make calls, send SMS or use data over 3G/4G.
Browsing the TMo forums and some threads here, this seems to be a common issue, but I can't find a definitive fix. What's my best option?
I haven't rooted or done anything to the phone (yet), but I've done it with all my phones, so I'm very comfortable if I need to flash a new radio or anything like that.
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Have the same problem. You find a solution?

Ken_P said:
I just got a 1S for my wife, and as soon as we activated the SIM card it downloaded an update, and once I installed it she keeps getting "no signal". WiFi works just fine, but she can't make calls, send SMS or use data over 3G/4G.
Browsing the TMo forums and some threads here, this seems to be a common issue, but I can't find a definitive fix. What's my best option?
I haven't rooted or done anything to the phone (yet), but I've done it with all my phones, so I'm very comfortable if I need to flash a new radio or anything like that.
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You can't flash a new radio. It's locked down no s-off. Only way to update radio is a ota or a ruu or use a aosp Rom. Aosp strores radio on system partition. Want my advice send the phone back.
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I'm not sure how to fix it, but you can flash radios through recovery with an unlocked bootloader, no need for s-off. It works with 1.09 and 1.06 hboots. I'm not sure if any other hboots do. you would need a custom recovery, specifically twrp I believe. Available radios are in the development thread.

hboot 1.09 is the newest version on which flashing radios works. Anything newer than that is a no-go.
Luckily theres CM, which allows flashing radios regardless of hboot versions, since CM uses radios differently.

[Q] (CarbonROM) Flashed new modem firmware, signal sucks. Fix?

I was running Carbon 1.7 nightly on my VZW GS3, there was a slight issue with the ROM randomly rebooting, one of the devs(?) posted a link on G+ with a fix. An update firmware (modem/rpm/tz) from ARM should fix it, just flash and you should be good to go. I flashed it after reading several other people saying it helped and things were running smooth on their devices. I noticed that my connection was a little spotty and sometime my phone got stuck trying to turn on WiFi. I flashed my rom back to 1.7 Stable in case it was a fluke with the nightly I was on, WiFi is fixed, but I've noticed the past couple days that my 4G/LTE signal and general data speeds aren't what they used to be. I was next to my manager today at work, he had 3 bars and I was flickering between 0-1 on 4G.
Is there a fix for this? how to I got back to my old firmware? or is there a better one?
Thank you
Here is a link to the G+ post:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/104277415207525128383/posts/iAVpVPYqMtM

if im following correctly, you can just flash a modem/rpm.
go back to waht you had previously

ddurandSGS3 said:
if im following correctly, you can just flash a modem/rpm.
go back to waht you had previously
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I don't know what/which to flash, or where to get it (trusted source/ correct modem/rpm). I'm really new at this, so I have no idea what I'm doing, when it comes to fixing things, though I seem to be good at breaking them.

go to the root wiki vzw s3 development section and check the stickies. there's a thread with all the radios and rpms
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-modemrpmtz-vrbmb1-verizon-sgs3-sch-i535-recovery-flashable/

[Q] Where do I go next with this?

OK, so last weekend I managed to get my HTC One X (Evita) rooted, but not S-OFF. I made it once successfully through the entire Facepalm process, but the phone remained S-ON for some unknown reason. It was said to me that I may try to flash a custom ROM and then try again, so I flashed to the most recent CleanROM. Since that time, I've had great problems getting my cell service to stay active, and all further attempts to use the Facepalm/S-OFF method have proven useless because I simply can not ever under any circumstance get past the dreaded "device not found" from the command prompt. I should further note that I read about a LOT of people needing to add a few layers of tape to their SIM in order for their service to stay on with this particular phone...so I've already successfully done this and it did not resolve my dropped service issue.
At this point, I don't know which direction to go. Could the ROM be why my service is dropping? I've not done any sort of "radio" update on this phone yet...can that be an issue? I see RUU's listed on the index thread...would flashing to one of those help? If so, is the procedure same as flashing a custom ROM? And how in the world can I get passed the "device not found" error so that maybe, someday, possibly, I can have my S-OFF?
Any help would be greatly appreciated...

OK, so I've done a couple MORE hours of reading, and I've learned this:
1. The signal drops (as well as the occasional reboots which I didn't mention earlier) are consistent with people whose kernel or radio need to be updated to something that appropriately matches the ROM they're running.
2. I'm not imagining things...rooting/updating THIS particular HTC phone is indeed trickier than the other 3 I've rooted in the past...in the sense that following the directions won't always yield you the same results as the next guy. I'm seeing this sentiment in forum posts (even from ROM developers/etc.) quite a bit today, so, if nothing else, I know I haven't lost my mind lol.
So anyways, it seems as though I need to figure out which "kernel" to flash. I've not flashed ANY kernels on this phone so far, and it came stock running Android 4.0. I ultimately want to be running the latest stable version of Android with Sense on this phone. It appeared the answer for me would be the latest CleanROM, which is 4.2.2. and Sense 5. It's been running on my phone for almost a week now and I like it, except for the signal dropping/rebooting.
I don't know if I've added ANY info that will help someone give me good advice, but....anyone?

...and even MORE reading led me to the xda thread for the latest CleanROM, which is littered with folks having the exact same problem as me.
So yeah, I was here thinking all these problems were brought on by me just not "getting it"...but it just so happens that the first ROM I flashed had these issues for folks with not-so-current radios.
I've got several threads pulled up now that will supposedly get me fixed up, but I can't flash a kernel without S-OFF, so I'm back trying to figure out how to get past this stupid "device not found" issue.

Flash a different ROM to get s-off, Android 4.0 or 4.1 will be best. Once you have s-off you can either upgrade to the 2.15 firmware or flash the Beastmode kernel, either of these methods will stop the signal loss issues you've experienced on Cleanrom. Also, please search before posting, the signal loss issue is plastered all over the Cleanrom thread, you can't read more than two or three pages without seeing it mentioned along with the fix.
Sent from my Evita

[SOLVED] [T-Mobile] HTC ONE S (S4) 3G not connecting

Need some help for my device [T-Mobile] HTC ONE S (S4). I'm using in INDIA.
For the past 3 years i have used this phone in 3G network with out any issues. Last week i flashed a new ROM but after that i don't get 3G signal.
I tried a lot of ROM's and Radios but still it is not working. So i flashed the stock ROM and RADIO but still its not working. I understand the bands the T-Mobile uses differs but it was working fine before flashing a different ROM.
I don't know what to do.
So please if any one using the same do upload your ROM and RADIO and other things that influence the phone to work.
P.S: I posted in various threads and asking for help but i don't get any reply hence started a new thread so everyone like me can find it useful.
Thanks.
EDIT:
I flashed the Official T-Mobile JB RUU and my phone started to reboot after showing up the "preparing Phone Storage" (soft bricked)
Finally solved the issue:
I have flashed the official T-Mobile JB RUU after relocking the bootloader, S-ON, change CID- ********(Stock cid , In my case its T-MOB010).
Now i have a brand new phone working good.
Thanks to "xxgummyxx" (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710781&page=2)

xcelent noobs said:
Need some help for my device [T-Mobile] HTC ONE S (S4). I'm using in INDIA.
For the past 3 years i have used this phone in 3G network with out any issues. Last week i flashed a new ROM but after that i don't get 3G signal.
I tried a lot of ROM's and Radios but still it is not working. So i flashed the stock ROM and RADIO but still its not working. I understand the bands the T-Mobile uses differs but it was working fine before flashing a different ROM.
I don't know what to do.
So please if any one using the same do upload your ROM and RADIO and other things that influence the phone to work.
P.S: I posted in various threads and asking for help but i don't get any reply hence started a new thread so everyone like me can find it useful.
Thanks.
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No replies !!!!!!!

Look for a rom, for you telephone company, in the country you live now.
When you instal wipe everything (except SD card).

null0seven said:
Look for a rom, for you telephone company, in the country you live now.
When you instal wipe everything (except SD card).
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thanks for the reply,
I tried it and still my radio gets error . voice quality gone to worst.
I tried to install a custom rom again without s-off and i succeded but my phone reboots occasionally and my radio disconnects from the network occasionally and do get it back i need to search for network.
Atleast all other things work good.
Im planning to try to flash my kernel with the official stock kernel downloaded from HTC .
Will post if that works.
Thanks again

Best voice quality is in stock rom!