Hey All,
This is my first post, and yes i have searched around xda to find an answer to my question, but nothing seems to suite exactly the response i am looking for, or better yet a solution.
I am currently trying to flash a custom rom however the rom comes packed with a radio in itself for my NEXUS S I9020A
My question is, I am satisfied with the radio i currently have, is there a possibility to flash a rom without the radio?
I tried unzipping the ZIP file and deleted the radio.img file that was in it. And re-zipped the file using my OSX standard zipping utility. However when i load it up and flash it through CWM, it says installation failed.
Any ideas or suggestions on how i could flash a rom by rezipping a ROM without radio?
i radio a required in order to make call and for data connection. why do you want a rom without radio?
luv2vexx said:
i radio a required in order to make call and for data connection. why do you want a rom without radio?
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Most likely because he is trying to flash a rom that contains a radio that is not compatible with his phone. If the rom does not contain a new radio, the old one remains on the phone.
A lot of people are doing this to get ICS on their 9020a using a modified rom from the 9020t (minus the radio).
fobstar said:
Hey All,
This is my first post, and yes i have searched around xda to find an answer to my question, but nothing seems to suite exactly the response i am looking for, or better yet a solution.
I am currently trying to flash a custom rom however the rom comes packed with a radio in itself for my NEXUS S I9020A
My question is, I am satisfied with the radio i currently have, is there a possibility to flash a rom without the radio?
I tried unzipping the ZIP file and deleted the radio.img file that was in it. And re-zipped the file using my OSX standard zipping utility. However when i load it up and flash it through CWM, it says installation failed.
Any ideas or suggestions on how i could flash a rom by rezipping a ROM without radio?
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Instead of messing with the custom rom zip file, why don't you just get the correct radio for your Nexus S I9020A phone from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116884 then put both the rom zip file & radio zip on your sd-card & just flash the rom first then radio whilst in cwm recovery!?
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I tried to install a new ROM and got stuck in a soft boot. I did the battery pull, and power down and volume down buttons to put me into recovery.
I then went to the recovery portion after it searched for the pd98img file and then it just goes to a black screen.
ANy ideas?
what rooting method did you use? if it was bubby's check my sig.
OK this is what I did...
I back stepped...
- I installed the PD98IMG zip file from id10terrordfw found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061712
I was originally having poor cell service. It was dropping bars and jumping on the edge network. So i thought that upgrading the radio would fix this.
I copied the PM98IMG file to my sd card and rebooted into recovery. After I loaded the new PM98IMG file, it stuck me in a soft boot. I removed the sd card erased the PM98 and installed the original one that came with Bubbys hack and now its up and running.
I'm having issues upgrading the radio and I want to avoid going eng-off.
My current radio (baseband version is) 12.39.60.19H_26.06.06.06_M.
Can I take the original (BUbbys) PD98IMG file remove the radio.img and replace with id10terrordfw's radio.img. Will that work?
DO I need to install the ROM first then do the radio or can I just upgrade the radio then go into rom manager and dl a rom of my choice. (RCMix preferably or Cmodygen - spelling)
Well.. I answered my own question. I changed bubbys file and inserted the other radio, booted in recovery and now I have the new radio.
Thanks all..
As the problems continue.... I'm hoping that I can somehow get this all sorted out.
I did a fresh clean install of RCMix HD via Rom Manager, and updated the radio to the current 12.39a.60.19U_26.06.06.30_M
My signal strength goes from -97db 7asu up to -110db - not sure if that matters.
My service goes from full service to 3 bars to 1 bar to edge or 3g service quite often and kicks me off wifi at times.
Any recommendations?
Just so your not confused in the future, when you reboot and that pd98 .img auto loads itself, that isn't recovery, its bootloader. Recovery is what you installed with rom manager with the orange text. You don't need rom manager (the app itself- I don't use it, you may or may not want it ). Clockwork recovery will stay on your phone until you somehow reflash a new recovery img.
Just clarifying so no one gets confused with what's what
Clockwork mod recovery- black screen- newer versions are orange text(ext4 compatible)
Bootloader mode- white screen with an android Guy(where you'd flash a pd98img, or issue fastboot commands)
di11igaf said:
Just so your not confused in the future, when you reboot and that pd98 .img auto loads itself, that isn't recovery, its bootloader. Recovery is what you installed with rom manager with the orange text. You don't need rom manager (the app itself- I don't use it, you may or may not want it ). Clockwork recovery will stay on your phone until you somehow reflash a new recovery img.
Just clarifying so no one gets confused with what's what
Clockwork mod recovery- black screen- newer versions are orange text(ext4 compatible)
Bootloader mode- white screen with an android Guy(where you'd flash a pd98img, or issue fastboot commands)
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I appreciate the info. This is quite new to me. I've had the inspire since day one and have been afraid to root. I've tried a few different radios but i'm still having spotty service. Any recommendations?
switch to verizon...
On a serious note, where you having shotty service to begin with?
Wish I could switch to Verizon. lol. Company has paid for my phone for the past 5 years and i've been stuck with ATT under a corporate contract. I could get my own phone.... but who wants a bill?
I'm just south of Detroit, MI.
Tried
12.39a.60.19P_26.06.06.30_M - This one was absolutely horrible.
Currently on
12.41.60.19h_26.06.04.14_M
- Its better but my signal strength is around 103db-110db. Speedtest is around 1.3MB Download and 80kb upload
Tmullins23 said:
Tried
12.39a.60.19P_26.06.06.30_M - This one was absolutely horrible.
Currently on
12.41.60.19h_26.06.04.14_M
- Its better but my signal strength is around 103db-110db. Speedtest is around 1.3MB Download and 80kb upload
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What I was asking was if you had bad service, before you started flashing radios (meaning the stock unrooted rom). Also its good to let a radio settle (sounds weird I know), but fly with one for a day or two. I usually have better service the next day with a radio. I am sure others will agree with me as well. Also a major thing is matching the correct radio with the recommended radio for the rom.
What I was asking was if you had bad service, before you started flashing radios (meaning the stock unrooted rom). Also its good to let a radio settle (sounds weird I know), but fly with one for a day or two. I usually have better service the next day with a radio. I am sure others will agree with me as well. Also a major thing is matching the correct radio with the recommended radio for the rom.
I had great service before I did the Bubby Root. I'll let it sit for a day or two and see what happens. I appreciate your help.
I'm on the stock Rom and just rooted at this point. The RCMix was giving me horrible echo so I reverted back.
Seems to be all trial and error...
Ok, I was thinking that maybe I am actually doing something wrong.
What are the steps to flashing a rom to flashing a radio.
- Do I flash the ROM first and then the radio or does it matter?
This is how I did it...
I copied the radio into the bubby pd98IMG.zip file and left everything else in there. After the radio flashes it boots into the stock inspire android version. 2.2, I then went to ROM manager and downloaded the rom / installed etc...
How can I just flash the radio without reinstalling the stock android every time?
Tmullins23 said:
Ok, I was thinking that maybe I am actually doing something wrong.
What are the steps to flashing a rom to flashing a radio.
- Do I flash the ROM first and then the radio or does it matter?
This is how I did it...
I copied the radio into the bubby pd98IMG.zip file and left everything else in there. After the radio flashes it boots into the stock inspire android version. 2.2, I then went to ROM manager and downloaded the rom / installed etc...
How can I just flash the radio without reinstalling the stock android every time?
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Delete the pd98img from your sd card
Read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002226
Very easy to flash the radio
Not sure what he means by this:
"If you are creating your own PD98IMG.zip files make sure that the radio.img matches the md5sum of the original before placing it in the zip. Here is the md5sum of the 3 radios included in this post"
I know how to remove the radio.img file from the zip folder and replace it with the new.
I haven't been using the Hack Kit. So essentially, every time I change my radio i've been going back to Bubbys stock rom
Tmullins23 said:
Not sure what he means by this:
"If you are creating your own PD98IMG.zip files make sure that the radio.img matches the md5sum of the original before placing it in the zip. Here is the md5sum of the 3 radios included in this post"
I know how to remove the radio.img file from the zip folder and replace it with the new.
I haven't been using the Hack Kit. So essentially, every time I change my radio i've been going back to Bubbys stock rom
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You don't need to remove the radio.img from the zip folder of the radio file you download. Just download the zip radio file you need, make sure the md5sum matches and then flash thru hboot.
OK.. So I can delete the pd98IMG file off of the sd card, install the new file radio.img and hboot?
Thought it had to be placed in the pd98IMG?
The way you are flashing now is the preferred method. Eng. S-off is riskier.
Also, checking the md5sum is simply a safety measure to ensure that the radio img was not corrupted during download.
newter55 said:
The way you are flashing now is the preferred method. Eng. S-off is riskier.
Also, checking the md5sum is simply a safety measure to ensure that the radio img was not corrupted during download.
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OK. But is there a way to just flash the radio and not the entire Bubby Rom? Example, The PD98IMG file that I am using contains the following: Android-info.txt, boot.img, hboot_7230_ace_0.84.0019_101227.nb0, radio.img, rcdata.img, recovery.img, splacsh1.nbo, splash2.nbo, system.img etc...
Is that all needed to flash just the radio? Or can the PD98IMG file just contain: radio.img and rcdata.img?
Final question...
There is a thread on here for flashing radios without eng s off in development section. I am on my phone so not as easy to find and post a link but I will look real quick.
Edit...here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002226
Hey guys, I installed the GB ATT rooted updated, and had the horrible SMS and GPS issue, so I decided to go with ClearDroid. I've loaded ROMs before, both on this Inspire and my G1, but when I download the latest cleardroid, rename it and try to HBOOT load it, it gets to parsing and then just goes back to the HBOOT home screen, I tried downloading again to make sure I didn't have a corrupted file, but still failed. Any ideas, I have the latest radio and S-OFF.
If I understand you correctly, you are trying to flash a rom in Hboot. Roms are flashed through recovery. You don't rename them. You boot into CWM recovery, wipe if necessary, and select install zip from sd card. Select the rom zip and flash.
OMG, sorry to take you're time, you're exactly right, what threw me off was in the developer's post, it has the instructions to rename to the PB98IMG zip and flash, my fault, sorry guys and thanks for the help
That's for the radio in the main post for updating on the new ril in his latest versions
sent from my Inspire 4G running ClearDroid 1.1.51
Hi
Nexus S I9020T , stock ICS ROM 4.0.3 , stock radio that comes with ICS , unrooted ........
I will :
* unlock bootloader .
* flash CWM recovery .
Three questions please :
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1.Can I re-install the stock ICS ROM (from CWM recovery) for my device after deleting the radio file from the ROM zip ?
2.Will FORMAT everything (system , boot , data , cache) and factory reset WILL ERASE the radio already on my Nexus S ?
3.Will the current radio stay after flashing and reboot ?
Thanks
your radio shouldn't be affected if you flash another rom but I'm not sure if you remove anything from the from that it will boot up... and wiping everything usually doesn't wipe the radio... because I have wiped everything before flashing a rom with no radio and my UCKF1 radio was still there on the new rom, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
1. Yes, or you can just flash a radio afterward anyway.
2. No.
3. Assuming the .zip isn't intended to erase or replace the radio, your current will stay.
Harbb said:
3. Assuming the .zip isn't intended to erase or replace the radio, your current will stay.
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Does the stock ICS ROM 4.0.3 for I9020T
http://v19.nonxt8.c.android.clients.google.com/packages/data/ota/google_crespo/ZD3PyN0t.zip
intend or doesn't intend to replace radio ? and what if the device has the same radio ?
If you open up the .zip you'll find a radio.img, so it will replace radio.
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If you open up the .zip you'll find a radio.img, so it will replace radio.
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I already said I will remove that radio file ...
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Election Day said:
Then it won't. Obviously you can't flash what's not there.
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that's sensible ofcourse ... But I am afraid that the ROM installation has a script or command to flash the default radio and if it is not there a problem would happen
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concerning the stated rom by mdeejay, so i gather that the firmware is the radio, will this affect the next time i flash a different rom??
just for my knowledge anyone care enuf to explain how does the radio(mobile signal) relates with the rom??
No, the next time you flash a rom the radio will remain, the same and will not cause any issue in an ideal scenario
Signal strength depends on the radio and not on the ROM. However the number of signal bars displayed depends on the ROM .
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!
ok just one quicky. i read that all i need to do is put the PG88IMG and reboot then flash, then flash the rom, before rebooting del/rename the radio zip then reboot to use. did i miss anything?? sorry if i sound like wuss. asked my friend and was told that flashing radio can have dier consequences.
Yep. Just boot into the bootloader and the radio will flash itself. Just make sure the zip is on the root of the sd card.
thanks you suku_patel_22 and dan-fish.
each day i grew in knowledge thanks to ppl like you
No problem! The radio can also be flashed with fastboot if you have it. At least with fastboot you won't have to delete it after. All you need to do is extract the zip. Use CMD to go to the directory which contains the radio and issue the command
fastboot flash radio (file name).img
I prefer this way but if you don't use fastboot then just stick with the bootloader.
had a successful flash. thanks again guys.
Hi everyone
Hope all is well.
I picked up a One S yesterday that was already rooted and unlocked for ATT. I got a message on my phone telling me that there was an update. I downloaded the file and the phone rebooted into CWM and gave me an error message and the update did not take place.
After looking around in CWM I found the download file but did not attempt to install it. My question is - if I apply the update will I lose root, and will my phone go back to being locked to T-Mobile?
I have read the development section and see that the root procedure and even the sim unlock procedure is fairly straight forward, but it would be nice to not have to do it again.
Thanks so much for all of your help in advance.
All the best,
Brett Day
You have to have stock recovery to flash OTA updates. Your other option is to choose from one of the custom ROMS based on the new 1.84 software. You'll need to manually flash the radio update though. There's a flashable zip for the radio around the dev thread somewhere.
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You have to have stock recovery to flash OTA updates. Your other option is to choose from one of the custom ROMS based on the new 1.84 software. You'll need to manually flash the radio update though. There's a flashable zip for the radio around the dev thread somewhere.
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There is also a full Nandroid of the 1.84 update. You can copy to your SD and restore via CWM, but you will lose all of your apps and data.
Thanks guys I really appreciate all of the help. So really the only thing I will have to do if I flash a custom rom is also flash the new radio? I guess as long as the ROM I flash is compatible with the T-Mo version of the phone I will be good to go? Or will I have to unlock for ATT again?
If you use TWRP Recovery. If you use CWR, you'll need to do some tricks to install both the radio and the boot.img for whatever ROM you choose.
Yeah phone already has CWR on it when I got it. Can you have both TWRP and CWR on the phone at the same time or is it one or the other? Without going into too much detail because I am sure all the info is in the developers thread, but what "tricks' will i need to perform? I am guessing something along the lines of using adb etc?
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Yeah phone already has CWR on it when I got it. Can you have both TWRP and CWR on the phone at the same time or is it one or the other? Without going into too much detail because I am sure all the info is in the developers thread, but what "tricks' will i need to perform? I am guessing something along the lines of using adb etc?
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Only CWM or TWRP not both at the sane time.