I'm a total noob but thanks to XDA, and literally hours and hours of reading I was able to flash the original ics leak from DG, the latest 4.0.4 leak, install CWM touch, and successfully root my AT&T skyrocket. Thank you all! However, I am one of the few that have had better data and voice with the ucalc4 radio despite reports to the contrary. I decided to try flashing LeeC's CWM flashable ucalc4 radio after doing a backup. After flashing the zip and rebooting, i was unable to get a signal. The baseband was also listed as "unknown". I tried putting the phone in and out of airplane mode, reinserting the sim and rebooting but to no avail. Finally, I gave up and restored my backup and upon reboot, lo and behold.....under baseband it says ucalc4!!! 4-5 bars of service instead of 1. Signal Strength -85dBm 14asu (not sure what this means and didnt record settings prior to modem flash) and hspap instead of hspa under phone status!! (No LTE in my area). I'm completely dumfounded now. How did the ucalc4 modem stick, after restoring from backup.??? I would think the default ucle2 modem would have been restored (not complaining though). Sorry for being such a noob and look forward to responses such as..."Post in the right section noob" or "for cryin' out loud, do a search!!"
The radio is not backed up or restored in CWM.
Ril mismatch was your experience.
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Ril mismatch was your experience.
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Thanks for the response. So in order to reconcile this for future reference, I would need to flash a radio with no ril, such as the ones posted in the Embryo rom thread?
pinoyscorpion951 said:
Thanks for the response. So in order to reconcile this for future reference, I would need to flash a radio with no ril, such as the ones posted in the Embryo rom thread?
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If you're going to flash radios from different basebands. IIRC you just remove the system folder from the zip
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I'm thinking of updating my li'l heroc's radio (currently 2.42.01.04.27) by downloading the appropriate zip and flashing from ClockworkMod recovery. Here's my Q: afterwards, will I need to flash my CM6.1 and gapps all over again?
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Nope, flash the radio, reboot, done
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I'm thinking of updating my li'l heroc's radio (currently 2.42.01.04.27) by downloading the appropriate zip and flashing from ClockworkMod recovery. Here's my Q: afterwards, will I need to flash my CM6.1 and gapps all over again?
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No you wont have to update the rom, gapps, kernel or any other mods you may have. Updating your radio will change your baseband. I was on the same radio you were until I changed my radio to the Verizon desire radio because it gives me better service for sure. I didnt do mine thru clockwork so i dont know how that works I just got the update zip and flashed it in recovery. Be careful using diff methods or zips to flash radios one bad one and u got a brick. Good luck
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Just flash and done
theimpaler747 said:
Just flash and done
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Unless you are using firerats custom partitions. Then it isn't so easy as flash and go, but still not hard to do.
athanos said:
Unless you are using firerats custom partitions. Then it isn't so easy as flash and go, but still not hard to do.
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Takes about 30 minutes if your using firerats mod, but even then you still dont lose anything.
I flashed baseband 2.42.01.04.27 and still not getting much improved reception in a fringe area (my home). Common to get around -98 to -100 db.
Any suggestions for other radios that might work better on the weak end?
Sprint CDMA USA
windtrader said:
I flashed baseband 2.42.01.04.27 and still not getting much improved reception in a fringe area (my home). Common to get around -98 to -100 db.
Any suggestions for other radios that might work better on the weak end?
Sprint CDMA USA
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You could try the newest one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853868
Verizon
dirkyd3rk said:
No you wont have to update the rom, gapps, kernel or any other mods you may have. Updating your radio will change your baseband. I was on the same radio you were until I changed my radio to the Verizon desire radio because it gives me better service for sure. I didnt do mine thru clockwork so i dont know how that works I just got the update zip and flashed it in recovery. Be careful using diff methods or zips to flash radios one bad one and u got a brick. Good luck
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Hey I had a question about that. By flashing the Verizon radio won't that be considered like Roaming because you're not using Sprint Towers??? Also how is the improvement in say signal strength and data?
Just wondering cause i'd like to improve my phone signal.
-Rock Chalk
yea i wanna know about using verizon towers too... especially for 3g...wasnt there some hack besides flashing radio?
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You could try the newest one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853868
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I loaded the latest radio and the numerical signal is about the same but the phone displays two bars once in awhile which never showed before from the same fringe location. Will need more time talking on the phone before deciding if there is any marked audible quality improvement.
The -xx dmb readout and the graphic bar display do not seem to be in synch anyway. It can show -95 dbm and then only one bar while other times I have seen it at -98dbm and showing two bars, so really not sure which is more reliable.
I tried installing BAMF 3.0 RC2 on my phone, and I can't seem to get it working properly. Upon startup it force closes a bunch of things and the radio shows no signal at all. I have ran the MD5 on the download to ensure integrity. Also did a complete wipe prior to flashing. Could this be a radio problem? I haven't done any radio upgrades.
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I tried installing BAMF 3.0 RC2 on my phone, and I can't seem to get it working properly. Upon startup it force closes a bunch of things and the radio shows no signal at all. I have ran the MD5 on the download to ensure integrity. Also did a complete wipe prior to flashing. Could this be a radio problem? I haven't done any radio upgrades.
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You need a gingerbread radio for a gingerbread rom.. so MR2 or MR2.5
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i have the same problem and ive been trying to flash both radios its acting like its doing it in hboot but everything still is the same and no mobile network for me. can someone please tell me a way to get it working how do i check my md5 of my rom and stuff
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i have the same problem and ive been trying to flash both radios its acting like its doing it in hboot but everything still is the same and no mobile network for me. can someone please tell me a way to get it working how do i check my md5 of my rom and stuff
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when you say everything is the same, do you mean it still has the previous radio version number?
I'd suggest that you both:
1) Wipe data/dalvik/cache and flash back to a froyo ROM where you do have a signal
2) Upgrade from froyo to the MR2/2.5 radio
3) Re-wipe data/dalvik/cache (or even do it twice for good luck ) and re-flash BAMF 3.0
If its worth doing, its worth overdoing, especially when you're messing with radios and the like. Best of luck!
That's the same problem I first had with gingeritis before flashing the correct radio.. if you are still experiencing the problems after the radio flash i would suggest confirming the radio did install by checking the version number..
if it is all correct do as MattBeyers said and wipe and reflash
Thanks, that seemed to work. I still got a couple of force closes but much less than before. Also I can see my radio now! If I wanted to restore my old my Backup (Stock Froyo - MR1), do I restore my backup then flash MR1? If so, does anyone have a link the MR1 image? TIA!
I'm always one to upgrade/downgrade radios before I flash a ROM, so I would say to downgrade to MR1 and then flash the Froyo backup. Also, try going into ROM manager and using the Fix Permissions tool to see if that helps with some of the force closes.
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I'm always one to upgrade/downgrade radios before I flash a ROM, so I would say to downgrade to MR1 and then flash the Froyo backup. Also, try going into ROM manager and using the Fix Permissions tool to see if that helps with some of the force closes.
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Any reason for flashing one before the other? Reading through several of the ROM threads, it seems like everyone has a preference, but no one explains why.
I tried mr2 and mr2.5 but could only get 3g. Went back to CM7.
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Any reason for flashing one before the other? Reading through several of the ROM threads, it seems like everyone has a preference, but no one explains why.
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I just feel like the radio, being the thing that, well, controls every useful function on the phone, should be installed and present when a new ROM is flashed. I may be wrong, but it would seem logical to me that a new ROM would talk to the radio in order to make sure everything is kosher. But what if that's something that a ROM will only do once, at the first boot, and not once a new radio is flashed? Then, all of a sudden, you have the right radio, but its configured improperly by your ROM, since the ROM has already gone through its initial boot set up with the old radio. Therefore, my theory is radio > ROM (Please note, theory. )
Make sure u have a gb radio mr2 or mr2.5
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I just feel like the radio, being the thing that, well, controls every useful function on the phone, should be installed and present when a new ROM is flashed. I may be wrong, but it would seem logical to me that a new ROM would talk to the radio in order to make sure everything is kosher. But what if that's something that a ROM will only do once, at the first boot, and not once a new radio is flashed? Then, all of a sudden, you have the right radio, but its configured improperly by your ROM, since the ROM has already gone through its initial boot set up with the old radio. Therefore, my theory is radio > ROM (Please note, theory. )
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This makes sense from a logical reason. Perhaps a ROM developer on this site can confirm this.
I flashed NexusBeam ROM yesterday and the radio it came with did not work on my device i9020a on the Rogers Network. If im correct my baseband should read i9020auckd1. I manged to get the phone working again with the KB3 Radio... but no luck flashing the UCKD1 Radio (bad file maybe?). So now in settings Baseband Version reads "NO DGSXXKB3"... is this even a problem?
Any insight would be helpful. Thanks guys.
devs shouldn't include radio in their roms for this very reason regardless
Leave it up to end user to update
Try flashing the radio image threw fastboot and not CWR
You can extract the radio baseband image from the zip file
U get a signal?
Both the KB1 and KB3 radios display as that on 9020a. I have ran kb3 for a long time without any problems.
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devs shouldn't include radio in their roms for this very reason regardless
Leave it up to end user to update
Try flashing the radio image threw fastboot and not CWR
You can extract the radio baseband image from the zip file
U get a signal?
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Yes I get signal with KB3, I think i'll just stick with it for now thanks for the advice.
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Both the KB1 and KB3 radios display as that on 9020a. I have ran kb3 for a long time without any problems.
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Thanks for the info, puts me at ease.
I'm on Rogers network and the KB3 radio works perfectly fine for me. I would keep it if I were you. I had no notable difference with KB1.
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Title says it all. Long story short I need the ICS Modem in CWM zipable or quick instruct how to flash with odin..OR know if I can flash a ginger modem in my creamsandwich..
THanks
I don't believe so.
Why would you want UCLA3?
The new ICS rom comes with a newer version of the modem called UCALC4. I don't think there's any reason why you would go back to LA3.
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The new ICS rom comes with a newer version of the modem called UCALC4. I don't think there's any reason why you would go back to LA3.
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UCALC4 increases my network speeds. You shouldn't flash the old radio it is pointless
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Title says it all. Long story short I need the ICS Modem in CWM zipable or quick instruct how to flash with odin..OR know if I can flash a ginger modem in my creamsandwich..
THanks
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What did you do to mess up your modem??? If you want to easily fix your phone the best thing to do is go into download mode and re-install ICS with odin. That will reflash the stock ICS radio
I am also looking for the ICS modem files
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24099193#post24099193
Apologies if this counts as thread-jacking
I flashed UCLA3 Kernel with hopes to OC ICS to the hilt..Idiocracy I know.. Well the 3Kernel Bootlooped me so I got help in the form of the ICS Kernel in CWM flashable and fixed my loopboot but then noticed that my baseband was blank or said unknown and there were no 4g lte or bars on top so I wanted to flash a modem.
I eventually reflashed the whole package and put 5 hours+ setting up ICS to waste...Exactlly what i wanted to avoid.
I noticed the Modem has been posted a few places now btw
I think this is something that should be looked into.
Obviously, just like every other aspect of this phone, some people will report better performance with the new ICS modem. If that's you...good for you! But there will be some of us that do not get better performance. I work in an area that has way better performance and connectivity with the UCLA3 modem. For me, the ICS modem is a throwback to the pre-UCLA3 modems. I've read that others have similar bad results with both towers and Wifi. And, with poor connectivity comes poor battery life!
So, I am now wondering:
A. Is (has) anyone been able to use the UCLA3 modem with the new ICS leak or ROMs?
B. Would it be possible to modify the UCLA3 modem (if it doesn't already work) so it can be used with ICS?
Thanks. The more options we can come up with to help everyone get the most out of their SkyRocket, the better off we will all be.
Try This
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UCLA3
will still show up as UCLA4 under settings. Be sure to thank the poster and mention if you see a boost in performance.
I tried it because of the data issues with ics that i had. Lost all data after i flashed and was baseband unknown.
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24227420
ICS Modem Files - WORKING UCAL4 Modem
near the end of the thread LeeC has posted a new UCLA3 modem that's shows up under baseband as ucla4 but is old ucla3 modem, which DOESN'T have data connectivity issues
Just switched over from a Samsung Captivate.
Flashed back to stock, radio is working and get 4g. Flash JB (SLIM JB), everything is fine. My gf could not hear me well while on the phone, it was echoey so i tried to flash several of the different radios for the I727 and nothing works. Error when connecting to network, no radio, no IMEI, basband unknown, etc.
What am I doing wrong?
Tried the Telus and stock ATT modems, the Blaze 4G modem and a few others. Absolutely no signal. Please help, I would appreciate it. Nothing in my search on the forum here.
BTW I am on telus and the telus radio seems to be fine for most but I get nothing.
I keep reading about RIL, people mention deleting the RIL with the GB modems (the telus modem is GB I believe). How do I do that?
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Just switched over from a Samsung Captivate.
Flashed back to stock, radio is working and get 4g. Flash JB (SLIM JB), everything is fine. My gf could not hear me well while on the phone, it was echoey so i tried to flash several of the different radios for the I727 and nothing works. Error when connecting to network, no radio, no IMEI, basband unknown, etc.
What am I doing wrong?
Tried the Telus and stock ATT modems, the Blaze 4G modem and a few others. Absolutely no signal. Please help, I would appreciate it. Nothing in my search on the forum here.
BTW I am on telus and the telus radio seems to be fine for most but I get nothing.
I keep reading about RIL, people mention deleting the RIL with the GB modems (the telus modem is GB I believe). How do I do that?
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That situation usually does not happen to me. But when it does what I do is: Take out the SIM and microSD, flash a darkside wipe on recovery (search on the forum) , flash a working modem for my device ( not a blaze or telus one), then only then flash the rom. Boot it, wait it settle for 10 min, turn off, put the SIM card back a restart.
It should work.
If it doesn't try to flash the original rom via ODIN ( can look how on vin's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398)
Only thing I've ever had to do is to reset the APN.
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Thanks guys.
If I flash the original ATT or Rogers modems that came with ICS without RILs it works. Baseband shows... Most of the other modems I have flashed (with RIL) either do not work at all (no IMEI or network connection at all in most cases) or a few work but baseband is unknown.
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Thanks guys.
If I flash the original ATT or Rogers modems that came with ICS without RILs it works. Baseband shows... Most of the other modems I have flashed (with RIL) either do not work at all (no IMEI or network connection at all in most cases) or a few work but baseband is unknown.
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Glad it worked out for you. Just to clarify, but as far as I know baseband Unknown means nothing regards radio functionality.