New Radio for better reciption! Some questions! - XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
I'm currently using my T-Mobile branded German Xperia with following Roms and Radios. Rom ver. is 1.02.111.7 from 9/17/08 (oviously R1A) while my radio is ver. 1.06.25.29.
I never flashed because of two reasons!
First of all everthing works fine on my phone. It is not too buggy and not too slow either. With MS 3.0 it's a pleasure!
Second I don't bother making backups for a little update like R2A or R3A is.
Now - I'm a little unhappy with my reception but couldn't that be because of the network (operator) I'm using? I just read that with R2A (R3A) reception has improved. Is that correct? Is it for sure that with new radio reception is better?
If so, is there a way to just change radio? Or does changing radio means data loss as well? Because I don't really like the idea of flashing since I brikked a 500$ phone once and lost my warranty. Do I lose my warranty flashing only the radio (if that is possible?).
Thanks for your time guys!
Kon

If you just flash the radio you wouldn't lose anything. the rom and all your files will be there. so go on and update youre radio. i'm using 1.14 and i'm happy with it, reception got better for me also.

using 1.16 AND IT'S AMAZING improvement over previous radio's .. in my case batt life is better and reception is MUCH better indeed. give it a try.. u can always flash ur radio back to what u had ..

I'm gonna try it. Thank you guys for your quick answers!

Where has the 1.16 radio come from?
if anyone has the rom can you dump the rilphone to go with it??
I've just hex edited it and stuck it on my HD to test. I've never seen a radio this good..
reception everywhere so far..
but the rilphone to go with it would be fun

1.16.48.25 is a great radio, also for Germany
Using it with O2 without any problems

fards said:
Where has the 1.16 radio come from?
if anyone has the rom can you dump the rilphone to go with it??
I've just hex edited it and stuck it on my HD to test. I've never seen a radio this good..
reception everywhere so far..
but the rilphone to go with it would be fun
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here is the thread about radio 1.16 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532249 you can find the rilphone there also
but some people had problems with the rilphone. i didn't try it yet. but i didn't see any 1.15 radio

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Upgrading Radio ROM of WM6...

Does anybody have any experience installing other Radio Rom on WM6..?
Radio ROM Version of WM6 is : 2.07.10 but there are some higher version to install..
aminsamizadeh said:
Does anybody have any experience installing other Radio Rom on WM6..?
Radio ROM Version of WM6 is : 2.07.10 but there are some higher version to install..
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I don't believe the WM6 ROM that I got contains a Radio ROM, so I'm still using my old Radio ROM 2.47.11, which I think it's the latest.
shogunmark posted this awhile back on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279380
i have 2.47.11 on WM6, and i have some problems, my device keeps rebooting when talking over 5 minutes... was ok in the WM5 3.2 version, but now im getting problems again....
I use T-Mobile 2.19.11 radio, works perfect (never change a winning team!).
oh, thats nice if its working... gonna grab that one then.... hope its on the ftp, and the RADIO ONLY update thanx for info !!!
love your .cab hacks , they work for WM6 also
just needed to get few more cabs and the OS is fast, and stable... nice work everyone
molski said:
I use T-Mobile 2.19.11 radio, works perfect (never change a winning team!).
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Would that be on the US network?
GSM when it boots is the radio rom right?
I seem to be experiencing some problems most notably the reception has gotten worse (in terms of # of bars) since upgrading from your molski ROM to the WM6 rom, as well as the prompts for roaming.
Does this rom work for Cingular in the US? I just loaded it as 2.25 was giving me weird issues on wm6, but since this is a euro spec radio not sure how it handles 850
hjkl;' why no delete?
Everyone is saying to use the tmobile 2.19.11 radio rom but all i can find is the UK version. Does this work in the US? If not, where can i find a US version? Search doesnt help much, and google gives me junk. I dont trust many other sites then here or tmobiles site, so any help would be appreciated.
Darkrift said:
Everyone is saying to use the tmobile 2.19.11 radio rom but all i can find is the UK version. Does this work in the US? If not, where can i find a US version? Search doesnt help much, and google gives me junk. I dont trust many other sites then here or tmobiles site, so any help would be appreciated.
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It will work.... it's the version number that counts.
Darkrift said:
Everyone is saying to use the tmobile 2.19.11 radio rom but all i can find is the UK version. Does this work in the US? If not, where can i find a US version? Search doesnt help much, and google gives me junk. I dont trust many other sites then here or tmobiles site, so any help would be appreciated.
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all the same afaik (all of them are quadband, so no problem) - just go ahead with the UK one!
Heh... when searched failed me, I kept trying with google, and oddly enough, it found an instance of "2.19" and "radio" that the internal search did NOT find. sure enough, that thread had a post where someone (with an american flag symbol in his info) said he used that rom, so i tried it out. I called myself, and the call went thru, so I would say its safe for now. Thank you for your reply though, I was expecting a "search for it" reply if any.

Looking for 1.04 X1 radio

It was in some prototypes X1 which had rom from 1st august 2008. If anyone have radio 1.04 please dump it you know how, if not please let me know in this theard so I will try to point you how to do that.
ell82 said:
It was in some prototypes X1 which had rom from 1st august 2008. If anyone have radio 1.04 please dump it you know how, if not please let me know in this theard so I will try to point you how to do that.
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I got this radio and my phone is not a prototype.
If i learn how to dump. I will dump.
I've only seen instructions for dumping the radio from a really old wings, so can't help out..
but Cmonex said this of note..
extra Xperia-specific notes: the prerelease roms out there in the X1 ROMs thread are not going to flash on retail devices because the radios they include are only flashable on prerelease devices
people have got the xperia radio working on raphael I wonder about reversing the situation..
xmoo
do you have the shipped ROM from you device? Or maybe from your mobile carrier?
xmoo
This is instruction from cmonex:
download qmat from revskills.de
put the x1 in bootloader, disable usb in activesync, connect x1 to pc, run qmat
(it1s a trial version btw)
got it
then hw forensics / usb comms / now select HTC AT tab
then use the start usb option in this tab
now there is a small box.. and a big box below it
use the small box for typing
im not sure is it complete.
AllTheWay said:
xmoo
do you have the shipped ROM from you device? Or maybe from your mobile carrier?
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My original rom was T-Mobile (Pre-Release but not proto type).
After flashing to original xperia rom tha radio also changed.
So i'm on 1.06 now not 1.04
So I guess my radio did get flashed....
xmoo
I also have final device but when I bought it it was also with prerelase rom (from 1st auguts) and 1.04 radio. On this one evertyhing was working fine but after update to new UK rom i have problems with geting fix on GPS. My x1 see satelites but can't get fix, that is why I wanted to downgrade to 1.04 radio. Have you tested gps after update?
ell82 said:
xmoo
I also have final device but when I bought it it was also with prerelase rom (from 1st auguts) and 1.04 radio. On this one evertyhing was working fine but after update to new UK rom i have problems with geting fix on GPS. My x1 see satelites but can't get fix, that is why I wanted to downgrade to 1.04 radio. Have you tested gps after update?
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In my case I did not test it in 1.04
But with 1.06 i get fix in 2sec (very very fast) about 8-10 satelites....receiption is a bit lower.
i dont think the radio has anything to do with gps, its just 3g and gsm
fards said:
i dont think the radio has anything to do with gps, its just 3g and gsm
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That's not true.
On the TyTN II. Some radios had fast fix and some had a long fix....
fards said:
i dont think the radio has anything to do with gps, its just 3g and gsm
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xmoo have right, that's not true. Radio is also related with GPS. Xmoo I see also 8-12 satelites, but it's can't get fix i don't know why :-( I don't know how many satelites i had on 1.04 but fix wasn't problem then.
ell82 said:
xmoo have right, that's not true. Radio is also related with GPS. Xmoo I see also 8-12 satelites, but it's can't get fix i don't know why :-( I don't know how many satelites i had on 1.04 but fix wasn't problem then.
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Did you read the thread? Someone said when enableling AGPS. You will get no fix.
Try to disable it using Advance config.
me also +usa rom shipped one
ok does the 1.04 radio give give the 1700 mhz band for t mo
ive been flashing phones for a while
had 02 flame
mogul
xv6800
but this seams different the techs at se are imposible get help
using this on tmo or letting me get the rom flash so i can do it my self
im a newbe help will be thanked

When you flash the rom does the radio change?

Each time I try a different rom, am i changing the radio?
thanks
If radio is included yes, if not, no
thanks for the quick reply- do you by any chance know if smaberg changed the radio?
i current have 1.10.25.18
i always cut out and have poor reception should i try and change it to the newer version?
usually only oficial roms come with radio updates included.
if you got reception problems try a newer rom, the last one is really great reception wise, give it a try as you can always go back (remember to hardspl first just to be sure).
this is the last one: http://rapidshare.com/files/223674193/XPERIA_Radio_1.14.25.55.rar but I also had good results with the previous one: http://rapidshare.com/files/210782565/XPERIA_Radio_1.11.25.76.rar

Radio 1.17.25.09 up now

Please note:
1. This is the latest Blackstone radio ROM 1.17.25.09 imported for Xperia X1 -- hex-edited by me.
2. There is no guarantee that your reception/GPS etc will improve dramatically (or at all), but it does give me better HSDPA where I live in the country side.
3. Remember you must have you X1 hard-spl with the olinex hard-spl. You may brick your X1 if you haven't done HARD-SPL.
4. As others over @ XDA have confirmed you NEED security unlock our x1 to flash other devices' radios.
5. Finally, as this is an imported Radio, the correct version info will NOT be updated on your device. It will flash, but your X1 will still show previous radio version.
Download: here
Megaupload: mirror1
MediaFire: mirror2
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does the blackstone have the same hardware as the x1?
isnt it a bad thing to use a radio thats not intended for xperia?
i just flashed this radio, seems to be workin fine, ill letcha know if i have any problems after some further testing..
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Cleaned up the link in post #1. Sorry folks
is there a rilphone for this or should we use the 1.14 one?
Thanks for that!!
Installed it... Working great so far on Rogers in Montreal: Tethered internet on H at 4 bars - nice!
Also, seems to be running less hot.
I'll test the GPS and battery tomorrow.
Note: I was on 1.16.25.48 before, in case someone wondered, and just HARD-SPLed, no other unlock.
Nice thanks. Gonna run it for a week or so and see how it is compared to 1.14
Why after installation information remains 1.16.25.48? help me
xfile2208 said:
Why after installation information remains 1.16.25.48? help me
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Just read the first post of this thread...!!!
Once again, what about the rilphone in this raadio?
I have not read the first page, I'm sorry, I do not intend to spam
RIL
@all
Yes it may be best to match RIL to radio, but in this case, there is no rilphone.dll yet. I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, that there was no corresponding ROM that you could dump. I currently use 1.14.22.55 found here. There is a newer ril for 1.16 for X1, but most had worse results. But get it here and try for yourself.
xfile2208 said:
Why after installation information remains 1.16.25.48? help me
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5. Finally, as this is an imported Radio, the correct version info will NOT be updated on your device. It will flash, but your X1 will still show previous radio version.
The webstation is not founded....
Mirror link in post#1 added
Sorry, I know you may not be able to access it from China.
Would be awesome if someone would kindly provide another mirror link
I decided to give this radio a try after noticing couple of HOFOers on Rogers network posting ok results (and having not so good experience with 1.16 Korean one). And I should confirm the radio seems better than stock 1.14 in terms of signal strenght (doesn't fluctuate as much and compares to my other phones now). It also keeps "H" during data connections steadier. Speed is also fine - 1.16 couldn't go past 3Mbps download for example. SMS, bluetooth, video calling, GPS - everything seems to functioning normal too. I am using the name display hack and rilphone.dll from Rogers Diamond (found on this forum). My ROM is WCX 23016 NCE pure series.
Let's see how will be power consumtion - the last key factor. If that's fine this radio will be a keeper!
speed test result with new radio (comparable if not better than stock 1.14):
Thank you. Downloading now. Do I need to back up my phone before I flash?
FllashFrk said:
Thank you. Downloading now. Do I need to back up my phone before I flash?
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Not really

signal very low

haii,
i use radio 1.13.25.24
rom version grid evo 1.8 wwe
i stay malaysia
and i use spl 1.56 olenix
may be u all can do for me. how can settle this problem
tahnk
bad english
I presume you refer to the phone signal in calls or data being low. You can try another radio. As radios are area specific though you may need to try a few to see which one gives you the best results in your area.
You can find more info and the different radio versions available here.
mayong said:
haii,
i use radio 1.13.25.24
rom version grid evo 1.8 wwe
i stay malaysia
and i use spl 1.56 olenix
may be u all can do for me. how can settle this problem
tahnk
bad english
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3G or GSM/CDMA?
I have the same problem with radio 1.09 on GSM. any suggestion? the signal weakens and it gone suddenly... if I move the phone 5-10 cm the signal come back again!!!!
xborfi said:
I have the same problem with radio 1.09 on GSM. any suggestion? the signal weakens and it gone suddenly... if I move the phone 5-10 cm the signal come back again!!!!
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Yes, same as I advised earlier. Try another radio.
radio 1.12.25.25 Fixes my issue almost 95% ! I am happy with my HD now!
xborfi said:
radio 1.12.25.25 Fixes my issue almost 95% ! I am happy with my HD now!
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Glad to hear . If you change your radio, it is recommended that you should ideally flash the matching rilphone.
Excellent glad you got it sorted. Generally if you are getting low signal, best advice is to try another radio and match rilphone. All info can be found in link provided by ClydeB1 above
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