Does anyone know where I can find and download different radio.img
edit. Looks like I wasn't looking for radio.img but PRL
As for boost mobile is no RUU available, this is difficult.
So there is no ics radio around, you can only get the jb radio, if you unzip it from the Over-The-Air-Update.zip/firmware.zip.
Aww I was trying to find some "extra" radios that I could test and see which ones got the best 4g coverage at different locations that I normally go.
i.e. my friends house has 4glte on his AT&T phone, but I only get 3g on my Boost (Sprint network) phone.
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i may sound stupid but i was wondering...
i am using T-Mobiles 2.26 Rom and tmobile has horrible reception @ my work and house i was justing wondering i flash my phone with a cingular rom and than to flash to any other rom like XDA M63 will i have any better reception??? and if so does anyone know where i can download the latest and best cingular rom??
You can find the latest OFFICIAL Cingular ROM on HTC's website. However, you will need to unlock your phone (if it isn't already) in order to flash another Carrier's ROM.
You might just want to try some different radios on the phone and check your reception before flashing a whole different ROM, though. Those can be found in the ftp section.
but in theory would it work?? i dnt want to have to flash me fone for no reason.. u know?? would i be able to use my tmobile service with cingular reception??
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but in theory would it work?? i dnt want to have to flash me fone for no reason.. u know?? would i be able to use my tmobile service with cingular reception??
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I believe what you WANT to be asking is can I flash a cingular RADIO only rom so I can get better reception while using my tmobile rom or XM6R3...the answer is yes..radio rom's are not provider dependent.
I don't think you'd want to run an actual cingular rom on your phone and then use it with tmobile...I suppose you could but you'd have to manually configure your gprs...mms etc.
mfrazzz explains the flashing process in his first post pretty well for XM6r3 but to recap. Flash Tmobile 2.26...flash whatever radio only rom you want..then flash XM6R3.
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mfrazzz explains the flashing process in his first post pretty well for XM6r3 but to recap. Flash Tmobile 2.26...flash whatever radio only rom you want..then flash XM6R3.
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Just to clarify, you can flash the Radio after you have installed a custom rom like XM6r3 (you don't have to do it in that exact order). I've changed radios numerous times without reflashing the entire rom with no problems (as long as its a radio only rom).
just one more thing.. where can i find cingular radio only roms?? and is there anywhere i can look to see the differnece??
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just one more thing.. where can i find cingular radio only roms?? and is there anywhere i can look to see the differnece??
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You can find several radio only rom's in mfrazzz's first post (notice how I keep pointing you back to that OVER and OVER?)...you can do a search on XDA to find the difference's in the various rom's but most of the results will be suibjective depending on carrier (tmobile, cingular) and location..your best bet is to try them and see which one works best in your particular situation.
hey, i got a question, where i work i get no reception but a friend with tmobile has full reception, he has a wing on wm6 and i have a hermes. is there anyway to get into the tmobile reception while im at work? like a progrtam?
Why don't you go and ask him what radio rom he's using.
It should show up in the 'device information' area of your settings folder.
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hey, i got a question, where i work i get no reception but a friend with tmobile has full reception, he has a wing on wm6 and i have a hermes. is there anyway to get into the tmobile reception while im at work? like a progrtam?
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Lets not forget that tower location for each carrier will play a big part in how good your signal is. Where you work there may be a T-Mo tower fairly close by giving your friend a great signal but on the edge of the coverage area for your carrier which is why you have no reception. You can change radio roms all day long and maybe see a little improvement, but it won't put you onto the T-Mo network (unless you can configure your phone to roam on the T-Mo network). I've got the reverse situation where I work; T-Mo gets no signal but US Cellular and Verizon both get decent strength.
Story: we all have HTC's at work. My service manager with the Touch Diamond (Verizon) is running a radio to use Sprint cell towers in our area (which outnumbers all others). I was wondering if that was possible for the G1. He's running WM 6.5 and Android on it.
No,there is not one for the g1...yet. But even if there was...i think it would require extra hardware
i was thinking to flash the radio he used the same way i did when i updated to the rc33 radio. i believe he has the latest radios for att, verizon, and sprint. that's why I decided to ask just in case.
thanks
Hey, if you have hardspl installed,and the rc29 DREAIMG.NBH on your sdcard,you can give it a shot and see and give us results(i need sprint even tho i have tmobile,only 3g in area is spring)
I'll give it a try on Tuesday. That was my main purpose in inquiring. Seeming as to how Sprint had like more cell towers than all others combined. And he's been using it with much satisfaction.
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Hey, if you have hardspl installed,and the rc29 DREAIMG.NBH on your sdcard,you can give it a shot and see and give us results(i need sprint even tho i have tmobile,only 3g in area is spring)
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in this works i might have a heart attack, i really would love to get on the att towers for 3G
Sprint & Verizon use CDMA, T-Mobile & AT&T use GSM.
This, unfortunately, is not possible.
i just put a radio that was used for the Kaiser onto my dream and immediately i noticed a difference in the camera speed. almost as soon as i pressed the camera button it took the picture. i used radio 1.71.09.01 all you need to do is extract the .zip from the download, and open the .nbh in a hex editor. then i saved it as radio.img and placed it in the update.zip that contains the latest radio for the g1. then i resigned it and flashed it and voila i have a new faster radio on my phone. over the next few days i will run some speed tests on the local edge network and different radios to see which one works best in the stl area. but i am freaking excited to see that i tried something and it worked.
When I get to work I'll ask if he tried the ATT radio yet.
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Sprint & Verizon use CDMA, T-Mobile & AT&T use GSM.
This, unfortunately, is not possible.
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i just put a radio that was used for the Kaiser onto my dream and immediately i noticed a difference in the camera speed. almost as soon as i pressed the camera button it took the picture. i used radio 1.71.09.01 all you need to do is extract the .zip from the download, and open the .nbh in a hex editor. then i saved it as radio.img and placed it in the update.zip that contains the latest radio for the g1. then i resigned it and flashed it and voila i have a new faster radio on my phone. over the next few days i will run some speed tests on the local edge network and different radios to see which one works best in the stl area. but i am freaking excited to see that i tried something and it worked.
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Mind sharing the update.zip? i have edge and 3g towers in my area and would be glad to test.
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Mind sharing the update.zip? i have edge and 3g towers in my area and would be glad to test.
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unfortunately we can't get 3G from at&t as they run 3g on the 850 & 1900 mhz range, and the G1 only gets edge in that range. the G1 is set to recieve hsdpa(3G) in the 1700 and 2100 range. kinda sucks but if at&t rolls out into the 1700(download) and 2100(upload) then we can steal 3G since t-mo has failed me in getting 3G into my area.
on a side note anybody have an updated roll out schedule for 3G in 2009 for t-mo?
apparently since i am using my phone as a tether right now i can't upload my update.zip. but following the steps above should work. or PM me your email and i should be able to send it to you that way
go to Kaiser ROM development and search for "ultimate radio thread" and you will find a list of all the radios that work on the kaiser, each of them are mirrored to an external site, and you can download from there
just installed the radio you sent me,internet on edge and gprs is faster,but drains battery quicker.... But now i have another reason to get a extra battery!
I'm not testing the battery life of the phone each time, just speed testing right after flash and taking a pic to test the lag on that. Those that wanna try new radios be warned I can't tell you what radio will work best for you, I can only tell you what works for me. All problems that you come across after flashing are your faukt. I do not want 100 PMs from people asking how to fix it just cause I tried it
would one be able to extract the radio from the iphone 3g if one had the latest firmware? i have much time, and don't mind give it a try. battery life isn't a problem. have a 1600mAH for lounge nights and the 2600 for wtf (work time fun!)
if you wanted to try it it couldn't hurt to see, we aren't going to get 3G unless we have t-mo 3G in the area. but i am curious to know what the radio from the iphone would do on this phone. try it oud and look for speed test in the market and use that to test the download and upload speed. it's what i have been using, and that way we get one program doing all the tests for us and so we should all have the same margin of error
I took a look at the iphone firmare, looks like you need a Mac. Most of the files that look like ones to use are in .dmg format, here's the link to the newest firmware http://www.iphonefirmware.com/firmwares-download/ to extract the files, just download the file, and change the extension to .zip
CDMA is much different as it uses a PRL, or Preferred Roaming List to decide what towers to connect to based on roaming agreements that carriers make. I remember when I was with Verizon, you could dial *226 SEND and it would connect you to a system that would download the latest PRL to your device. Sometimes it would result in better service, other times not. The equivalent to a PRL in GSM is stored in what I believe is a write-protected area of the SIM Card.
Sadley I have to agree with you Datruesurfer, but if I may the code for vzw, I worked there till Jan of this yr, is *228. Unfortunately you have read correctly, I did some research on this a while back when I bought my sim reader. All the info for the towers are stored on the sim for GSM/3G as some like to use, although part of the info is stored in the phone as part of the firmware, this I figured out, because I see 2 not one AT&T in my net ops at all times, and my sim is a brand new 3G compatible sim. The reason for this is one of them is for Edge/GPRS, and the Other has 3G also incorporated. Unfortunately as of the moment I can only connect to the one that is Edge/GPRS.
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I took a look at the iphone firmare, looks like you need a Mac. Most of the files that look like ones to use are in .dmg format, here's the link to the newest firmware http://www.iphonefirmware.com/firmwares-download/ to extract the files, just download the file, and change the extension to .zip
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if i go out tomorrow i will get better internet(only option at home is to use my phone as a tether), and i will download and convert the .dmg to a .iso and have a look see. to be honest i don't know what to look for but i certainly wanna look around. this is the most work i have ever done with a phone. when i had my kaiser everyone else seemed to know a whole lot more than me and i felt left out and i never could help anyone, here in the dream forums i feel like i accomplish something every day
Well, I'm going to a 3g area today with the krazer radio...will report back results.
Before(from memory): download was about the same as edge...upload....well...you cant test that on a g1.
After: 149kb/s download
Edit: i also have a new sim card that customer care says its "made for 3g"...I guess we will see.
Okay so i been playing with the captivate for a little bit and i remember my nexus days we was able to flash different radio files. I was wondering is there anyway to flash the I9000 radio file because when i flash the rom unto my captivate i swear my signal is better, not only that internet seems faster and my bars don't go up down all crazy. For me stock radio and firmware my signal jumps up and down crazy in my apartment but when i flash to I9000 radio it's perfect.
The problem is that the i9000 radio disables the 850Mhz 3g support of the captivate. Otherwise it would have been perfect.
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The problem is that the i9000 radio disables the 850Mhz 3g support of the captivate. Otherwise it would have been perfect.
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Thanks for the response, yea i forgot to edit this post seeing what i read. I can't wait til we get a new radio file this one is horrible.
I have a Galaxy S II running the UCLE2 ICS Leak, I love the phone but there are many times I'm in a area with a real weak LTE Signal but a great HSPA Signal and times I'm in a 2G Only Area.
I know that the AT&T Modem is Locked so you can't switch off LTE or set it to 2G Only, If I got the Unlock code would that also remove the Rat lock? if not can you use a Rogers Radio on a AT&T Rom?
Thanks
No removing the sim lock will not help i believe the only radio that is unlocked is the rogers KJ7. Not sure what rom your using but some have a selection in the network screen i am using ChimeraVsSkyrocket_Beta2 and it has that option sorry i was trying to get you a screen shot but the usual buttons are not working
So is it safe to flash the rogers radio with me being the AT&T Radio?
If I flash the Rogers Radio with the AT&T APN's Should everything work as normal?
And If I decided to go back to UCLE2 Radio is it you like your basic flash with CWM or would I need to do the Samsung 1 Click to restore the phone to stock?
Thanks so much for your help
Rogers radio will work with att... though signal and speeds will be different. maybe better, maybe worse. its different for everyone.
and it will only work if the rom you are using has the option in it. such as a rogers rom or some other custom roms.
and flashing back to ucle is through cwm. exact same as when you flash the rogers radio...
i'd try the new rogers radio if i were you. it should be RAT unlocked. i get drastically better signal over every other radio (though i am a rogers user).
you may need to switch roms though. if thats the case i'd advise using the chimera rom. since its confirmed to have it. (not very many AT&T roms do.)
The latest rogers modem works with SKY ICS. I flashed it but the signal sucked so I went back to ULALC4(Best for me). Not sure if this is what your looking for but theres an options in your wireless network settings that allows you to use only your 2G networks. Actally has a sub title the suggests it saves battery. Might wanna check it out.
Hey guys,
I am having a few issues that someone here might be able to help me with which would be splendid. I have a rogers HTC ONE S that was unlocked and now being used with Bell. The issue however is that the connection keeps dropping after every 30 seconds to a minute. I'll get like 4 bars which would automatically drop down to 0 and then to no service/emergency services only. The phone is unlocked however. On a rogers/Fido network the connection stays solid on bell it keeps dropping every minute to 30 seconds. I am assuming this is a baseband issue?
Can somoene with an HTC One S on bell network tell me what baseband radio firmware they are using?
Regards
you have to change the file build.prop
there are few lines provider specific, you have to find those
there are few bell stock rom and ruu floating up here, go into system dir and find the build.prop file
usually the needed lines are at the top
for the baseband, fir the most of the time, bell and rogers/fido were using the same radio file; you can try however some of the European files, depending on what rom are you
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you have to change the file build.prop
there are few lines provider specific, you have to find those
there are few bell stock rom and ruu floating up here, go into system dir and find the build.prop file
usually the needed lines are at the top
for the baseband, fir the most of the time, bell and rogers/fido were using the same radio file; you can try however some of the European files, depending on what rom are you
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I Am currently running Trickdroid JB 4.1.1. I was able to get into my Build.prop but i am not sure what changes to make. I guess i'll search around but i dont know if this will actually help me with my signal issue.
it should and will help;
bell network and rogers network are not similar; even are build with same equipment and use mostly the same technologies
first you have to be sure you have the correct settings for bell APN in your wireless settings
then in the build.prop change at least the lines containing ro.ril.hsdpa, ro.ril.hsupa, ro.ril.hsxpa, fast.dormancy and radio.svn
Bell's signal strength here in Montreal is meh ...
hmm, dont know why are you saying that
in MTL they have almost the same number of towers with a little plus for bell, because they share the network with telus so the signal should be at least the same
it is true however that indoor, shopping malls, downtown buildings, underground town rogers is better developed in some spots, mostly in smaller sites;
on one side, bell almost finished the rolling up to real 4g, at 42Mbps; on the other side rogers is more axed on LTE rollup;
time will tell