[Q] Flashed radio and no 3g or 4g - HTC Sensation

So I decided to start playing with different radio, dish, and ril settings yesterday. I was running 3.32.501 (t-mobile ics firmware), ARHD 6.6.5, 11.69A radio (Dish2), all my data speeds were working fine.
I decided to flash the 11.72 radio. Once i did i got no 3g or 4G data speeds only 2G. Someone recommended that i check my mobile data settings and switch to WCDMA which i did, but this had no effect at all.
So my question is this...for the 11.72 radio do i need to have the 3.32.401 firmware? Does anyone know what happened?
I did flash back to the 11.69A radio and everything is fine again.

Some radios will require different firmwares and the RILs must be from the same Android version. As in, GB ril won't work in ICS.

el7145 said:
So I decided to start playing with different radio, dish, and ril settings yesterday. I was running 3.32.501 (t-mobile ics firmware), ARHD 6.6.5, 11.69A radio (Dish2), all my data speeds were working fine.
I decided to flash the 11.72 radio. Once i did i got no 3g or 4G data speeds only 2G. Someone recommended that i check my mobile data settings and switch to WCDMA which i did, but this had no effect at all.
So my question is this...for the 11.72 radio do i need to have the 3.32.401 firmware? Does anyone know what happened?
I did flash back to the 11.69A radio and everything is fine again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,
Try posting in THIS THREAD
Radio guru in charge.

malybru said:
Hi,
Try posting in THIS THREAD
Radio guru in charge.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah ive been posting in there, but i figured i would start a new post, bc i didnt want to clutter that thread with all my questions

SO just to update, i decided it might be my tmobile 3.32.531 firmware causing the issue, so i flashed the 3.32.401, 11.72 radio and ril 0017 (mismatch) and all data speeds were back.
So unless im missing something the tmobile 3.32.501 firmware may not be compatible with other radios (except the tmobile one, 11.69A), or there is a setting (in build.prop?) not set correctly.
Also I have used the tmobile firmware with other rils without any immediate data impact.

Related

Rogers Magic (32A) dropping 3G/HSDPA data connection

I've had my HTC Magic from Rogers (32A) for about 3 weeks now. I live in the US but no matter WHAT ROM I use the connection keeps disconnecting.
So the way it happens is that I start the phone, all is fine. I can browse then a few minutes later I cannot ping nor browse it seems as the data connection just dies. It still shows H at the top of the screen with the outgoing arrow stuck as if data is being sent out. Sometimes though it would be either incoming nor out coming.
I've tried the HoFo ROM, Stock Rogers Rom, Hero Roms, and all of them have the same issue. I've tried playing with the APN settings but they all seem correct. I'm also running Haykuro's SPL with the latest radio version. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Did you flash the radio? If you did I believe thats your issue.
I thought I did but im still running 3.22.20.17. What happens if I downgrade to the 2.22.19.26I? I know that 2.22.19.26I is for 32B and I have 32A, but does it matter if I flash that radio or will I brick my phone?
Flashing radio wont brick the phone, worst case you wont be able to make calls or do anything radio related.
Well I cant flash the radio with the older version because it doesnt support the 3G US bands. I thought I might re-flash the 3.22.20.17 since its been doing it with the stock ROM also.
Can someone please link me to a copy of that radio file because I have been going nuts looking for it? Thanks!
spyz88 said:
Well I cant flash the radio with the older version because it doesnt support the 3G US bands. I thought I might re-flash the 3.22.20.17 since its been doing it with the stock ROM also.
Can someone please link me to a copy of that radio file because I have been going nuts looking for it? Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
NOTE TO ANYONE WHO READS THIS AND IS THE SAME SITUATION:
Do not try to flash your Rogers Magic with an older radio or you will have a brick as I now do.

Flashed different radio - Lost HSUPA - can't get it back [FIXED]

i am at a total loss here.
I was on CM7 with the stock AT&T radio and HSUPA was working just fine.
I then tried to flash another radio (The Telus one) and i lost HSUPA.
I checked the build.prop and it is still showing that HSUPA is enabled.
I tried flashing back to the AT&T stock radio and HSUPA is STILL disabled...
Anyone know how to re-enable this?
I am completely puzzled here.
edit: this is fixed. see solution HERE
clubtech said:
i am at a total loss here.
I was on CM7 with the stock AT&T radio and HSUPA was working just fine.
I then tried to flash another radio (The Telus one) and i lost HSUPA.
I checked the build.prop and it is still showing that HSUPA is enabled.
I tried flashing back to the AT&T stock radio and HSUPA is STILL disabled...
Anyone know how to re-enable this?
I am completely puzzled here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try flashing a different rom and see if that will work. I would try stock rooted.
Thanks but there has to be another way.
I font understand why flashing a radio (Telus, i even tried a euro radio), would disabled HSUPA from nowhere and the radio is completely ignoring the build.prop file which has HSUPA enabled.
By searching i saw another user had this problem but no solution was posted.
I had to ruu to stock and rerun the hack kit.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App
id10terrordfw said:
I had to ruu to stock and rerun the hack kit.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
THIS!!!!
I had to do the same. I searched and tried everything. I am afraid the only way is to reflash to stock and start all over again. And don't flash any other radios. I have read so many radio threads looking for the solution and most everybody I see worldwide is getting the best results with the stock AT&T radio.
id10terrordfw said:
I had to ruu to stock and rerun the hack kit.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess that's what i'll have to do.
Is there a specific way i need to flash the radio in order no to lose HSUPA?
I simply used fastboot.
I do see other people on this forum who successfully flashed a different radio.
How did they do it?
There is no better radio for the inspire than the stock one. It has no hsupa limitations built in or nonspecific kernel issues, unlike the captivate. Don't flash any other radios, simple solution.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App
Is there a way to check which radio we have? What is the identifier of stock radio?
Not sure exactly what happens but something gets screwed up somewhere.
Originally I used the Hackerize kit and flashed the original radio. Instead of flashing a Sense rom, I went straight to CM7. Everything was perfect except I did not have HSUPA no matter what I tried. I tried multiple radios and editing build.prop. Nothing worked.
This second time, I used Hackerize again. This time I took the extra steps to flash one of attn1s cooked roms. I booted that and made sure I had HSUPA before moving forward. Then I installed CM7 again and now I have HSUPA. My uploads are faster than my downloads in my area.
OK here is the deal:
1) I RUU back to stock
2) Ran the hack kit again except for the last step i never flashed back to the at&t radio as this is what is causing the problem.
3) I then tested by flashing like 4 different radios (NONE FROM AT&T) and never lost HSUPA again.i flashed 3 euro radio and 1 from Telus both on euro stock firmware and CM7.
There is something with the at&t radio that once you flash it - something gets messed up when you flash another radio.
clubtech said:
OK here is the deal:
1) I RUU back to stock
2) Ran the hack kit again except for the last step i never flashed back to the at&t radio as this is what is causing the problem.
3) I then tested by flashing like 4 different radios (NONE FROM AT&T) and never lost HSUPA again.i flashed 3 euro radio and 1 from Telus both on euro stock firmware and CM7.
There is something with the at&t radio that once you flash it - something gets messed up when you flash another radio.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've flashed the stock radio and the M2 radio back and forth and back. I've never had problems with HSUPA. I just did a speedtest to make sure because I'm back on stock radio and it is 1542down/1347up.
The stock radio sounds HORRIBLE... there isnt a better way to increase call quality???? Everything sounds so raspy.
psufan5 said:
The stock radio sounds HORRIBLE... there isnt a better way to increase call quality???? Everything sounds so raspy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is the audio quality in the radio? I thought it was in the rom. I would have guessed reception quality would be in the radio. Related but not the same
Sent from my Inspire using xda app
dayamn im in this same boat...i flashed the telys radio over the stock and lost my speeds...i get beret reception with the telus radio...so the only way to get my speeds back its to un root and start over?
Sent with my CM7 Inspire
clubtech said:
OK here is the deal:
1) I RUU back to stock
2) Ran the hack kit again except for the last step i never flashed back to the at&t radio as this is what is causing the problem.
3) I then tested by flashing like 4 different radios (NONE FROM AT&T) and never lost HSUPA again.i flashed 3 euro radio and 1 from Telus both on euro stock firmware and CM7.
There is something with the at&t radio that once you flash it - something gets messed up when you flash another radio.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Before you flashed back to stock, did you flash the radio back to the stck ATT radio or when I flash back to the stock ruu, it changes the radio back to the ATT radio?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Thanks man! This solves my problem, the only thing is all I did was open the hacker tools and pull out the down graded radio.img and flash it then let it reboot fully then just flash whatever radio to want and you get hsupa again on the modem if your choice. Hope this helps someone.
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
Clienterror said:
Thanks man! This solves my problem, the only thing is all I did was open the hacker tools and pull out the down graded radio.img and flash it then let it reboot fully then just flash whatever radio to want and you get hsupa again on the modem if your choice. Hope this helps someone.
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When you guys get HSUPA back, how do you know? Are you checking Menu>Settings>About Phone>Network>Mobile network type?
I've tried everything but this to get HSUPA and I can never get HSUPA to show as the network type. I'm nervous about flashing a new radio because it sounds like I need Eng S-Off to flash a radio and it seems there is a greater risk of bricking my phone if I screw it up than just with the radio s-off.
Clienterror said:
Thanks man! This solves my problem, the only thing is all I did was open the hacker tools and pull out the down graded radio.img and flash it then let it reboot fully then just flash whatever radio to want and you get hsupa again on the modem if your choice. Hope this helps someone.
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Awesome, im gonna try that...
IsraelR said:
When you guys get HSUPA back, how do you know? Are you checking Menu>Settings>About Phone>Network>Mobile network type?
I've tried everything but this to get HSUPA and I can never get HSUPA to show as the network type. I'm nervous about flashing a new radio because it sounds like I need Eng S-Off to flash a radio and it seems there is a greater risk of bricking my phone if I screw it up than just with the radio s-off.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How I know if I have it or not is when I run a speed test, if my average upload speeds in 3G or "H" are less than 1 mb/s, I do this by using the speedtest.net app.

[Q] Nexus S major reception problems

Dear friends,
I am still new at this. A few weeks ago someone who told me they know how to flash roms would install a ics rom on my Nexus S (I9020A) for AT&T. However since then I have been having extremely bad reception issues. Now my phone might show full bars and signal, however sometimes when my friends call me I don't receive them, also vice-versa. Also my texts won't go through for a long time and sometimes fail, and lastly my 3g internet won't work at all or would be really slow until it connects.
I flashed my phone back to stock (I think.) and I also got a brand new sim card but the problem persists.
If anyone could please help me in describing what might be wrong and what should be done to correct this, please help me out.
Find out what radio you have ( about phone) and try a different one.
Make sure you only flash the radio for your device.
ICS wasn't released for your I9020A officially ... I would not let a friend touch my phone like this lol...
Now..As suggested , settings/about phone : see what version of stock rom and radio are you using now .. and report back
Some people have a debate on what radio is good with at&t and what not ....
Did you do a good clean up before flashing GB back to your phone ? i.e. format system / format boot , factory reset and so on ?
Android Version:
2.3.6
Baseband Version
109020AUCKF1
Build Number
GRK39F
I did do a good clean up prior to flashing back to GB. Would you guys be able to recommend a good radio for me please? Perhaps a link to the thread with the radio. I live in Southern California.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116884 this is radio
Radio UCKF1 (New Version) perhaps you should try this
qtwrk said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116884 this is radio
Radio UCKF1 (New Version) perhaps you should try this
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I suggest you also try old basebands like KD and KB.
Different baseband versions work differently in different regions and reception areas.

Flash Radio, the ROM

Looking over the ROMs I notice they seem to always say.
Flash radio
Flash ROM
Why the extra step? Last time I flashed custom ROMs and it has been awhile because ..... I am waiting and waiting for ICS, we used to have one zip file and it contained both.
AstroDigital said:
Looking over the ROMs I notice they seem to always say.
Flash radio
Flash ROM
Why the extra step? Last time I flashed custom ROMs and it has been awhile because ..... I am waiting and waiting for ICS, we used to have one zip file and it contained both.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
because there are many different radios ....some work better for others .....to prevent a ril mismatch. u flash the modem. then the rom ......the rom flash will replace the ril. of the modem. so say if u want to use a kj2 modem on a ucla3 rom. well the ucla3 rom with a kj2 modem flash over it would yield a ucla rom. with kj2 modem. and kj2 ril. which may cause wacky data issues..........however if u flash modem first.....then flash rom you will have the base band you just flashed ..but your rom flash will give u the proper ril...
i can not guarantee the mismatch would always cause data issues. however with ucla3 modem it does and has been verified. numerous time.......ucla3 modem needs ucla 3 ril
but if your going to use a ucla3 modem and rom.........u may flash the modem first..if your not currently on ucla3 base band.......as long as you know for sure that said rom has proper ril.
---------- Post added at 08:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:17 AM ----------
theres a really cool rom called SILVER_ROM_STI you should check out......and a version that flashes the new ucla3 modem with the rom is being uploaded
ok, so what i get is to flash radio, then rom, so that the RIL from the rom is applied. but what is RIL? i'm using a skyrocket on tmobile network and want to use tmobile roms for the wifi calling feature.
in my scenario, what is the best procedure? i do not understand what RIL is and what it does and what it needs to be compatible with.
what i think is the best course is this, please correct me if i am wrong:
flash tmobile radio
flash tmobile rom
flash skyrocket kernel (is this necessary?)
again , i am using the skyrocket on tmobile network and i want to use tmobile roms for wifi calling. i would also like to be able to access tmobile networks at full speed.
thanks!
RIL is radio interface library, its kinda how your rom and radio talk. The method use just described should work, if you loose datacafter flashing the rom just flash the modem again.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
data has been weird lately. speedtest is all over the place and typically doesn't go over 500kbps, but i have no issues browing web or streaming music.. i was attributing this issue to the one that is similar to samsung note users, but they have been patching tmobile radios to be used with the note.. im wondering if radios should be patched for the skyrocket
fyi, i do not know what they are patching.
Is it possible to flash the Blaze 4g radio found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572198
Then flash a rom over it to rewrite the RIL, and see if it works for the i727, or will it brick it?
I'm on T-mobile btw, and still trying to find a good combo. Can't get over 600 kbps DL and over 30 kbps UL
wocman said:
Is it possible to flash the Blaze 4g radio found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572198
Then flash a rom over it to rewrite the RIL, and see if it works for the i727, or will it brick it?
I'm on T-mobile btw, and still trying to find a good combo. Can't get over 600 kbps DL and over 30 kbps UL
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
can you provide more information? what rom are you using? i am currently running the blaze radio you mentioned with tmobile tuesday rom with i727 faux kernel. it works. are you sure your speeds are not linked to your location? for instance, at my desk, i see speeds like you... but when i walk away like 50 feet, i get 3mbps.. go figure.
I have tried many combos:
ROM: Juggernaut 5.0, sky-ics
Kernel: faux 9m&u ,10&u
Radio: KID, VLK1, KJ3, LB7 (Blaze)
APN: wap, epc, internet2/3
Isolated 2g and 3g/4g
Everything performed similarly. Right now I'm on Juggernaut 5, faux 10u, and any radio.
I just received it yesterday and I have only been using it at my house so it could be location based.
What I found interesting was when I'm on a phone call and I use the internet, it runs where it should be around 2mb-4mb DL but upload is still weak at 100 kbps UL. Tried it multiple times on different radios, so it doesn't seem to be an isolated incident. Any reason why this is happening?
wocman said:
I have tried many combos:
ROM: Juggernaut 5.0, sky-ics
Kernel: faux 9m&u ,10&u
Radio: KID, VLK1, KJ3, LB7 (Blaze)
APN: wap, epc, internet2/3
Isolated 2g and 3g/4g
Everything performed similarly. Right now I'm on Juggernaut 5, faux 10u, and any radio.
I just received it yesterday and I have only been using it at my house so it could be location based.
What I found interesting was when I'm on a phone call and I use the internet, it runs where it should be around 2mb-4mb DL but upload is still weak at 100 kbps UL. Tried it multiple times on different radios, so it doesn't seem to be an isolated incident. Any reason why this is happening?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i wish i knew, but our problems seem in line with that of samsung note users on tmobile. at the end of the day though, it's just a speed test. i have not had problems streaming music (except 8tracks), so all is good enough for me, at the moment..

Please help with modems, nothings working

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?
powerserge1 said:
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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
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.
powerserge1 said:
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Glad it worked out for you. Just to clarify, but as far as I know baseband Unknown means nothing regards radio functionality.

Categories

Resources