What radio is recommended? - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

What radio is recommended for a mix of battery/signal and, what are the chances of having a corruption and what would I do if I had a problem.

If the radio you downloaded is bad, then your phone will most likely be bricked and will have too be sent back to HTC. Do a check sum first.
Radio doesn't affect battery life as far as I know.

grainysand said:
If the radio you downloaded is bad, then your phone will most likely be bricked and will have too be sent back to HTC. Do a check sum first.
Radio doesn't affect battery life as far as I know.
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What do you mean do a check sum?

md5sum.
Google it. There is software that check's the files "md5sum". You use this software on the downloaded File(radio, rom etc..) The person who uploaded the file should provide a md5sum.
You compare your downloaded md5sum vs the one provided by whomever uploaded it and they should match which means u have the same exact file.
This should help avoid at least 1 part of the "bricking" risk.

I'm not sure there is any point in updating the radio, unless you are suffering from the infamous '3G issue'.
Also, as far as I am aware this issue only occurs for people on T-mobile in the US, so unless you are one of them, you might as well not bother.
I've updated my radio twice, but I haven't noticed any difference (I'm on Orange, in the UK).

I'm T-mo in the US - lol

Somewhat off topic, but could the radio that one has affect them seeing (or not seeing) the improved network speed on tmobile? (7.32mbps) our something like that. Some are reporting 3mbps on their phones. Im lucky if I get 1mbps on off-peak testing.

I do not have 3.5g in my area yet.
But i updated my phone to EPE54B and noticed a significant improvement in 3g speeds in my area.
I could not break 500 kps before the upgrade (after around 50+ speed tests around the area).
After the upgrade I now receive a normal of 850 - 898. about a 50% improvement overall.

Devastatin said:
I do not have 3.5g in my area yet.
But i updated my phone to EPE54B and noticed a significant improvement in 3g speeds in my area.
I could not break 500 kps before the upgrade (after around 50+ speed tests around the area).
After the upgrade I now receive a normal of 850 - 898. about a 50% improvement overall.
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Could you tell me how you performed this upgrade? What is EPE54B? I thought the radio was the long number? Did you have an update.zip file?

hah2110 said:
Could you tell me how you performed this upgrade? What is EPE54B? I thought the radio was the long number? Did you have an update.zip file?
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If you're asking such basic questions, then stop. Do a substantial amount of research and familiarize yourself with the various files that can be flashed and the risks, etc. It's clear you don't know your phone. FYI, flashing to Radio can BRICK your phone.

uansari1 said:
If you're asking such basic questions, then stop. Do a substantial amount of research and familiarize yourself with the various files that can be flashed and the risks, etc. It's clear you don't know your phone. FYI, flashing to Radio can BRICK your phone.
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what he means by "BRICK" is that your phone could break beyond repair. you would have to send it in to HTC and chances are bc you rooted it your warranty is void and therefore would have to pay for repairs.

Okay, and for those of us who are search challenged can you post a link of the new ERE45 radio?

Old Radio: (4.03.00.21)
New Radio: (4.04.00.03)

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ATT WM6 upgrade path post request

Can someone please consolidate a post together for us of the method(s) of going from WM5(AT&T) to WM6(latest Voda Rom) + AT&T enhancements. All steps and or things we need to do. Since it seems that AT&T is never going to actually release a ROM and this will most likely be the only way any of us ever get it , it would be good to have a consolidated path so that more people will be able to understand and upgrade in a more consistent way. This way with all the steps in one place its more likely less people will brick their phones.
Thanks to the community for all that you have discovered thus far.
driazen said:
Can someone please consolidate a post together for us of the method(s) of going from WM5(AT&T) to WM6(latest Voda Rom) + AT&T enhancements. All steps and or things we need to do. Since it seems that AT&T is never going to actually release a ROM and this will most likely be the only way any of us ever get it , it would be good to have a consolidated path so that more people will be able to understand and upgrade in a more consistent way. This way with all the steps in one place its more likely less people will brick their phones.
Thanks to the community for all that you have discovered thus far.
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In all honestly, the leaked ATT ROM is more than likely going to the the official ROM. As someone who's tried both, I really don't see any difference, even with the ATT software installed on the vodafone rom. The speed people keep claiming seems to be more of a side effect of the hard reset required with flashing the ROM.
Merlyn_3D said:
In all honestly, the leaked ATT ROM is more than likely going to the the official ROM. As someone who's tried both, I really don't see any difference, even with the ATT software installed on the vodafone rom. The speed people keep claiming seems to be more of a side effect of the hard reset required with flashing the ROM.
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I tried both, I think Voda is better because ATT is (still) affected by the alert loss problem (as the wm5 cingular rom)
The Solutor said:
I tried both, I think Voda is better because ATT is (still) affected by the alert loss problem (as the wm5 cingular rom)
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Possibly, however my money would be on the fact that this problem is actually fixed in the WM6 ATT rom, but without one of the Palm engineers actually telling us what's different between the leaked WM6 roms and the old ROM there's no good way to be sure.

Kaiser/emonster in Japan

Hey all. Great site, I'm just learning my way around my kaiser with all of the great info here.
I had a question I hope someone could answer. I am currently using an unlocked Kaiser on Softbank, but EMOBILE came out with the Kaiser also. The emobile kaiser is on 1.7ghz while the unlocked one i have is on 2.0ghz(please correct me if i'm wrong).
I understand popping in a emobile sim won't work b/c of the difference in hertz. So my question is, is it possible to change the hertz to 1.7Ghz w/some sort of software (ROM or radio etc) or is the hertz hardware/chipset dependant?
Thanks in advance for helping out a newbie
wateya said:
Hey all. Great site, I'm just learning my way around my kaiser with all of the great info here.
I had a question I hope someone could answer. I am currently using an unlocked Kaiser on Softbank, but EMOBILE came out with the Kaiser also. The emobile kaiser is on 1.7ghz while the unlocked one i have is on 2.0ghz(please correct me if i'm wrong).
I understand popping in a emobile sim won't work b/c of the difference in hertz. So my question is, is it possible to change the hertz to 1.7Ghz w/some sort of software (ROM or radio etc) or is the hertz hardware/chipset dependant?
Thanks in advance for helping out a newbie
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yah the Kaiser will change bands automatically....u just need a new sim for the provider....
htc Japan Rom
Hmmm. I have not been able to flash this rom successfully. I would like to install the original rom now. Does anyone have the original Japan eMonster eMobile HTC Kaiser Rom? It is not on HTC website.
can somebody help me??
i have problem with emobile s11ht.
this device only work on 1700MHz freq.. can it change to 2100MHz??
coz i can't use the 3G HSDPA by now...
You guys need to flash a radio from Emobile. Either flash an OEM rom from Emobile, or a dumped radio from one.
Since it's so new and rare, there isn't any users with that here, yet since you're the only place in the world using 1700MHz UMTS (besides T-Mobile USA's inactive 3G).
is it mean that there still a chance to flash the radio freq to 2100MHz??
andory said:
is it mean that there still a chance to flash the radio freq to 2100MHz??
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If you don't want to be on Emobile's network ever again, you should then try flashing one of the popular roms on the Kaiser ROM forum.
They all will give you 850/1900/2100MHz radio support, but I don't think you can ever go back to Emobile again unless you can flash an Emobile rom/radio again.
How can we dump our Radios and rebuild it again?
NuShrike said:
You guys need to flash a radio from Emobile. Either flash an OEM rom from Emobile, or a dumped radio from one.
Since it's so new and rare, there isn't any users with that here, yet since you're the only place in the world using 1700MHz UMTS (besides T-Mobile USA's inactive 3G).
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Thanks for the hint. I just bought one of these guys 2 days ago. Haven't done so much. Only Hard-SPL it from the Kaiser Team.
It worked with out a glitch. But, before doing the obvious, turning the JPN version to ENU, I need to make sure that just in case I can resotre that piece of machine back to it's condition.
Question is: How can we (there are some people here in the same situation) dump the rom and have it ready for a re-flash?
Thanks for any advice.
We need a Emobile Radio ROM
Well.
I'm kind of getting annoyed. According to what I have read here, there is a bad chance of bricking the phone if we just flash the phone with the aviable ROM's that we see around here.
I manage to know that, since I come from a different background and I usually take the precaution of reading the technical specifications. So, oh yes, Emobile works with W-CDMA in the 1700 Ghz range.
I definitely need to flash this phone to English (or Spanish) but after backing up the Radio ROM.
Now, how about this:
What if, when cooking a new ROM, we don't include the radio in KaiserKitchen?
I mean, when it comes to compile the packages and all that, what if we omit the Radio File?
In other words: If we omit the radio rom config file from the flash image, will a flashed phone will work?
Any clue?
Today I bought my eMonster after reading these forums for a few weeks.
So far here is where I am at:
KAIS140 MFG
SPL-1.0.Olipof
CPLD-8
Radio 1.71.09.01 (Original was 1 63 08 26)
Currently running RUU_Kaiser_WM6.1_ASIA_WWE_3.10.707.1.YK_Test
Obviously these questions will have some Japanese localization but any help would be great.
Currently I can make calls and be heard and hear the other party.
I have wifi and 3G access access.
However the problems I have are as follows.
The camera no longer works. It simply gives me a black screen.
Audio works when sliding open the phone but if I try to run media player the audio then stops working completely.
It seems there were several applications that came with the original rom that are now lost including the GPS program.
Also it seems that although the OS is in English now input itself seems limited to chinese.
Any tips from users who have an Emonster or can point me in the right direction would be great.
Thank you so much for this great wealth of information.
Candiman in Japan

Best 2 Modem.Bin Files ready for ODIN

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eugene373 said:
I've Seen several Post that Contradicts the New JI2 Leak Modem & After Testing I truly think it worst than the Old one.
With that Being said I've Packaged the Modem.bin into a ODIN Ready file to be Flashed..
Please Let me Know the Results.. I'm now Getting back my 6Mbps Downloads again & no longer stuck at 3.5Mbps to 4Mbps downloads.
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I get basically the same results you see Eugene. I can't break 2.1-2.5Mbps on JI2 modem in the same room that I can get 4.5+ Mbps on JFD modem.
Thanks for your hard work, cheers
=)
~ Jocelyn
s0niqu3 said:
I get basically the same results you see Eugene. I can't break 2.1-2.5MBps on JI2 modem in the same room that I can get 4.5+ MBps on JFD modem.
Thanks for your hard work, cheers
=)
~ Jocelyn
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Thanks for letting me know.. I spoke up in another thread & a guy Called BS on what I had said about this... Glad it's not just me seeing these results.
Some of this likely has to do with the actual service quality in your area..I get fairly similar results regardless of which modem.bin...
Tested just now and got 4.1Mbps down/1.3Mbps up with JI2, which is basically what I had been getting with JFD.
Though speed doesn't seem to be impacted for me here, at work where my reception is marginal to say the least, I get better data connections consistently with JI2.
masterotaku said:
Some of this likely has to do with the actual service quality in your area..I get fairly similar results regardless of which modem.bin...
Tested just now and got 4.1Mbps down/1.3Mbps up with JI2, which is basically what I had been getting with JFD.
Though speed doesn't seem to be impacted for me here, at work where my reception is marginal to say the least, I get better data connections consistently with JI2.
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See I'm just the Opposite in the same Location / Same spot with out moving the Phone... I get the same result on my Phone.. 3.5 /4 with new & 6+ with old.
Only thing I can figure is the older modem bin is more tolerant to higher noise to signal ratio..
Likely what's going on in my case is that I'm limited by backhaul capacity so that I simply cannot see the faster speeds you are with the original modem.bin from JFD.
Still, at the no-man's-land I work at, JI2 will allow me to have some sort of data connection (usually Edge) when the JFD modem will not, so I'm sticking with JI2 for now. Just works out better for me.
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Likely what's going on in my case is that I'm limited by backhaul capacity so that I simply cannot see the faster speeds you are with the original modem.bin from JFD.
Still, at the no-man's-land I work at, JI2 will allow me to have some sort of data connection (usually Edge) when the JFD modem will not, so I'm sticking with JI2 for now. Just works out better for me.
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No I totally agree, use the one that works best for your area for sure
So I'm running your R3 Hybrid Rom and my speeds are a lot better than any other rom I had. If I want to try this out and I end up having worst speeds, then how would I revert back to my original settings?
Well I wouldnt call bs on you but my results are that with the New JI2 Leak I can reach a speed of ~6mbps Before on the old firmare i was alway ~3mbps. My upload went from ~500 kbps to ~1.5 mbps. My Ping is also down to about 85. The speed test on my sig is outdated and was done through tethering on a stock JFD firmware.
I think that not all these phone are behaving the same just like jac oc kernel on some phones it works on some it just simply doesnt. I was running your rom before and even though it was a lot snappier i wouldnt sacrifice the GPS, Battery Life, And browsing speed I get with the New JI2 Leak. Others are not so lucky with the new firmware, But calling BS is TOO General of a stement because every single hardware is slightly different.
These are the new results i thought I would quickly share just to show the improvement the new firmware made for me compared to my old one in my signature:
anyway to get this so it can be flashed via clockwork?
ok im trying to understand how this works. if i were trying to pull this modem.bin and push it to my phone using adb it wouldn't work. is that right? Is that because the kernel doesnt support the newer version? i was thinking of pulling it from a clean nandroid of the update and going about it that way... or would i be wasting my time?
Thanks
I'm getting 4-5Mb/s on the new firmware.
That's pretty much the same i was getting on the old JFD.
I don't know if it has ti do with the service level in your area; I am just posting the results i'm getting.
On another note, Eugene, my compass was working fine in JI2, but not in your Franken-Twiz rom.
Nice I also hope we can get the new update broken down into three files for odin and not just one. It seems to work better that way.
Sent from my vibrant
I am getting 5MB down and 1MB up on JIT2. bassically the same if not better then the stock.
Im in the USA on tmobile.
okay, might be something odd then in my area.. Same Results though with BarakinFlorida. Tower issue?
might be, even though i am in Florida too.
lol
or maybe there are some phones with hardware issue?
it's very strange
what do you think eugene?
and sorry i called BS on u in the other thread
lol
My speed test results are wildly inconsistent with the leaked firmware, but the phone seems a little quicker. Thanks for this, will have to flash on my lunch break.
Anyone else getting dropped calls lately after flashing franktwiz or is it just me?
barmanham said:
Anyone else getting dropped calls lately after flashing franktwiz or is it just me?
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it caused by hitting Volume down & up.
I've not been able to track the issue as of yet.

What ROM should I get?

I had my TILT 2 for almost a year now. I don't know what to get. I am kind of scared which ROM to install. I read the forums but most of them are too in depth and complicated..a noob like wouldn't understand anything. My phone lags and freezes a lot. Can ROM solve this issue? If so what should I get? I am getting bored and annoyed with my phone please help. I know I am gonna get a lot of comment like "read the forums or something" I've been reading them and they don't really give the info I need.
I appreciate any suggestions and advices.
Thank You
JRM.joaquin said:
I had my TILT 2 for almost a year now. I don't know what to get. I am kind of scared which ROM to install. I read the forums but most of them are too in depth and complicated..a noob like wouldn't understand anything. My phone lags and freezes a lot. Can ROM solve this issue? If so what should I get? I am getting bored and annoyed with my phone please help. I know I am gonna get a lot of comment like "read the forums or something" I've been reading them and they don't really give the info I need.
I appreciate any suggestions and advices.
Thank You
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The stock ROMs are generally pretty bloated and prone to freezing. I would recommend that you read the Hard SPL thread, then go ahead and flash the Hard SPL. This will enable to you flash any ROM you like.
Once you have done that first step, just choose a ROM (look over the various choices in this section). You can always flash a different choice later.
WARNING: Make sure your phone is GSM before flashing a ROM from this forum!
^^^^ what he said
You've got nothing to lose and everything to gain by flashing a custom ROM - you can always try another one or go back to stock if you don't like it. Just make sure you back up any data that you want to restore (e.g. contacts, messages etc) before you flash.
All the info you need are in the stickies - e.g. the HardSPL thread for flashing HardSPL, and the "Flashing your First GSM Rhodium ROM" thread.
If you're not sure which ROM to pick, you could always just pick one of the most popular ones to start with, based on the assumption there must be a fairly good reason for those to be the more popular ones.
what I did
Hey
I am about to flash my phone too. I also have it for more then a year ( since last September ) and i did a bit of research just for piece of mind
The most important step is Hard SPL this is so if something goes horribly wrong u can still re-flash it to try and repair the damage ( someone confirm this: there no hardware damage done when u flash , its all just software), besides its also needed in order to flash custom roms aka cooked roms.
For what custom rom to get I did the folowing: sorted the threads based on stats ( posts / views ) and looked at the most popular ones and something struck: Energy rom by NRGZ28 is BY FAR the most popular one, so it must be good for a 1st try then some new unknown cooked rom
Also if you would like to get more info I found this youtube video ( 20 mins / 2 parts ) very informative:
Since I'm new and can't post links search for " Real Time ROM Flashing " and u will find it.
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Hey
The most important step is Hard SPL this is so if something goes horribly wrong u can still re-flash it to try and repair the damage ( someone confirm this: there no hardware damage done when u flash , its all just software), besides its also needed in order to flash custom roms aka cooked roms.
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HardSPL removes the SPL lock which normally only allows flashing of ROMs officially released by your carrier. Without it, you won't be flashing anything, except official ROM updates from your carrier. Yes, HardSPL allows you to run Task29, which formats/wipes the memory. And in some cases this can help you recover from a bad flash. Sometimes flashing back to the stock ROM can help you recover as well.
Goliath.ro said:
Hey
IFor what custom rom to get I did the folowing: sorted the threads based on stats ( posts / views ) and looked at the most popular ones and something struck: Energy rom by NRGZ28 is BY FAR the most popular one, so it must be good for a 1st try then some new unknown cooked rom
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Energy ROM is what I use, and I love it. Its a good tradoff of speed/stability and looks/features. But some feel its not the fastest or most "lightweight" ROM out there. If you want that, some people have recommend Jackos or Valkyrie. Also, lots of people like Deep Shining.
There really is no "best" ROM. It depends on whether you prefer eye candy or speed (or somewhere in the middle), what kind of apps you like to have cooked in, etc.
But I agree to the previous advice given to the OP. Flashing a custom ROM will fix many, many things over the stock ROM. Your phone will be faster, more stable, and have more functionality and features. Figuring out how to flash a custom ROM can be a little intimidating at first. But once you've learned how to do it, its really a snap. And then you will wonder why you ever waited so long to do it! Just make sure you read all the "stickied" guides, read as much as you can about the ROM you are flashing, and follow the instructions carefully.
JRM.joaquin said:
I had my TILT 2 for almost a year now. I don't know what to get. I am kind of scared which ROM to install. I read the forums but most of them are too in depth and complicated..a noob like wouldn't understand anything. My phone lags and freezes a lot. Can ROM solve this issue? If so what should I get? I am getting bored and annoyed with my phone please help. I know I am gonna get a lot of comment like "read the forums or something" I've been reading them and they don't really give the info I need.
I appreciate any suggestions and advices.
Thank You
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I recommend Jackos S2 Rom. It is by far the fastest rom i've tried. When you first flash it, it looks very close to a stock rom and it works great just like that and if you want to, you can modify it to your liking. If you want to take a look, you can find the thread here--->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632617. If you want to see what it looks like modified, take a look at my profile pic. Jackos rom has been what i've used for the last few months. Like everyone else before me said, do the HSPL before anything.
Thanks everyone. Really really appreciate all the comments. You guys definitely gave me enough ideas and confidence to flash my phone. I can't wait XD
JRM.joaquin said:
Thanks everyone. Really really appreciate all the comments. You guys definitely gave me enough ideas and confidence to flash my phone. I can't wait XD
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You can also read ROM reviews on The Wingster. But there's no best ROM as everyone said. Find something that fits what you need....
If you want SPEED: Choose a Sense 2.1 ROM or even a ROM without Sense (a.k.a. Titanium)
If you want FEATURES: Choose a Sense 2.5 ROM, with CookieHomeTab or another similar enhancement. They will be slower overall, but they have some neat extra features.
Go with Windows Mobile 6.5.5 unless you really like the Windows Mobile 6.5 design.
Then test out a few ROM's and see what works for you.
If you need any help, in addition to the forums, you can use the Support link on The Wingster and I can help you out. But if you read all of the instructions, everything should work well!
I did my little research and I believe it's a GSM. My phone is TILT 2..is that right?
JRM.joaquin said:
I did my little research and I believe it's a GSM. My phone is TILT 2..is that right?
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If you bought your phone from AT&T, then YES it is a Tilt 2, which is GSM.
Your phone is always GSM except if you bought it from Verizon, Sprint, or Telus. Every other provider (T-Mobile, AT&T, and worldwide ones) is GSM!
So if yours is GSM, pick any ROM from the forums here.
Check under the battery if it takes a SIM card its gsm..
jcxtreme30 said:
Check under the battery if it takes a SIM card its gsm..
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Umm, no, that's wrong, sorry. CDMA phones still have a SIM card slot.
steviewevie said:
Umm, no, that's wrong, sorry. CDMA phones still have a SIM card slot.
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Only CDMA Worldphones do have a sim slot.
Sorry guys, but I´m a little bit noobish about that. How can I get if I am "GSM" or "CDMA" with Touch Pro 2 for sure ? I still don´t get the signs of recognizing....
I saw some thread about it, but still do not understand the problem of this separation.
Jackos said:
Only CDMA Worldphones do have a sim slot.
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Yeah but this is the Rhodium forum, and were're talking about Rhodiums. So my answer was about CDMA Rhodiums (which are Worldphones).
Unilqadium said:
Sorry guys, but I´m a little bit noobish about that. How can I get if I am "GSM" or "CDMA" with Touch Pro 2 for sure ? I still don´t get the signs of recognizing....
I saw some thread about it, but still do not understand the problem of this separation.
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Take the back off your phone, remove the battery, and look for some lettering under there. It should say "RHODxxx", where the "xxx" are three digits.
RHOD100, RHOD200, RHOD300 (and variants) are GSM. RHOD400 and RHOD500 are CDMA.
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Umm, no, that's wrong, sorry. CDMA phones still have a SIM card slot.
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Yea only a dual band phone would still have a slot if it has gsm slot its gsm or dual band point blank... Know what your talking about before you speak..
can a world phone use these roms?
i just got my touch pro 2 off ebay for $200, new in box, which is a pretty good deal. Anyway I want 2 flash one of these roms. The phone's original company is Telus. This phone's marked RH0D500, it's got a GSM slot but is listed as CDMA... (I'm on at&t) From what I read it seems that this has to be treated as a CDMA phone? r there any cdma roms that will still allow me to get corporate emails and use all the good functions of this phone? Oh if anyone's interested the guy i got it from on ebay has like 5 more, but if they're only going to work with CDMA roms then people should probably not buy them for that reason...
panda4sale said:
i just got my touch pro 2 off ebay for $200, new in box, which is a pretty good deal. Anyway I want 2 flash one of these roms. The phone's original company is Telus. This phone's marked RH0D00, it's got a GSM slot but is listed as CDMA... (I'm on at&t) From what I read it seems that this has to be treated as a CDMA phone? r there any cdma roms that will still allow me to get corporate emails and use all the good functions of this phone? Oh if anyone's interested the guy i got it from on ebay has like 5 more, but if they're only going to work with CDMA roms then people should probably not buy them for that reason...
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As far as I am aware "RHOD00" is not a valid marking. Is that a typo? Or maybe you should look again. It should be RHOD100, RHOD200, RHOD300, RHOD400, RHOD500, and there may be some variants, like RHOD210. But there should be 3 digits after "RHOD" under the battery. Looking around the net, the Telus version should be RHOD500.
All the "CDMA" variants of the Touch Pro 2 actually also have a GSM radio as well (and therefore a SIM slot) since they are intended for "World" use (international travel). This is because CDMA alone is nearly useless for foreign travel, since most countries outside of North America use GSM. So the presence of a SIM slot will not tell you whether its GSM or CDMA.
For the purposes of these forums, the versions of the TP2 that are CDMA/GSM are considered "CDMA" and can only flash the CDMA ROMs. Phones that are solely GSM radio should only be flashed with GSM ROMs. Flashing a GSM ROM to a CDMA/GSM Rhodium will render it inoperative.
The Telus version of the TP2 looks to have the correct GSM bands (850 and 1900 MHz) to work on ATT. But the phone will need to be SIM unlocked, if it isn't already. If you Google around, you will find some posts on the net (and probably on here too), where people have gotten the CDMA/GSM versions to work on AT&T and T-Mobile, so it should work (if SIM unlocked). But it appears you will only have EDGE data speed, not 3G, since the HSDPA/UMTS radios seem to be missing from the Telus version, based on looking at the phone's specs.
You would have been better off buying the ATT version of the phone, the Tilt2. Its the only version that has the necessary hardware to get 3G data speeds on the ATT network. And you should completely understand all the specs before you buy any phone that isn't from your carrier.

baseband flashing

hi guys, can't find answer
1. Saw the officials update there's different basebamd for 3g and 4g, can I flash 4g basebamd onto 3g devices?
2. If it is possible, will I am capable of 4g when travel to America? They also are implementing 4g network in Australia. Read that the basebamd chip integrated 3g and 4g
3. Ram is 512 mb? Only getting 256 in settings
I wrote short cause I know you don't like read long
Thanks
apparently too many people here asking many similar of what so called "noob" questions so that the experienced users don't bother to look at this sub section and let alone answer it.
i am an experienced users myself, and making a rom isn't a problem for me, just tweaking around with stuff and make a backup with CWM, then i can stand up and say "i'm a dev" like ppl on these forums. I mean do you really think you are a dev by just making a few tweaks copied from other sources and post it on the internet claiming it is your own rom? Android is such a popular and open platform that it hardly has an unified development process like such from proprietary software like M$ and Apple.
figure out the answer after a long search and reading on the internet, apparently those things are not addressed anywhere else thats why i have to post the questions in the first place.
1. flashing 4g or 3g does not ruin your baseband, you just cant downgrade it once you flash a newer baseband (same like Apple devices). 4g baseband give you 1 more frequency to use (only available in US)
2. still, it is not possible to use flash 4g baseband and have 4g if you have 3g modem.
only the Tmos DS7 have 4g modem (4g use a lot more power and your devices just cant ultilised all that speed anyway).
3. ram is 512mb but only 256mb available to system, (don't know why?)
one more issues for you to vote:
do you feel very drowsy, dizzy or tired after like 10 or 15 minutes of using the device on 3g mode? i feel really bad and like vomitting, fkuced up bad -_-".
i want to return the thing but given it is such a value for money device (only 200 AUD), i think maybe better to find the cause and fix it. I suspect either:
the screen is too dark and low resolution is the cause
the 3g modem signal too strong and causing headache (had this thing before when using iphone and turn on wifi tether using pdanet)
maybe something wrong with the software, it seems to feel better when i use the US fw versions, and really bad on EU fw -_-".
does any of you have this same problem? lets vote ^^
RAM is 512mb but some of it is reserved for GPU usage.
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I don't understand why it set aside so many MB of ram for GPU, even though I'm not running any games and just using the launcher to look at the memory available?
Because it internally saves that amount.
giveen said:
Because it internally saves that amount.
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Well what do you amean? How do I change that?
long6688 said:
Well what do you amean? How do I change that?
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