As the title goes guys.
Just a little confused regarding what I have read.
As I understand it I have to download my chosen new radio and put that file in the same folder as the ROM updater thingy.
Then run ROM.exe as normal and it should update with the new radio as normal without me doing anything. I mean update while flashing the new ROM.
Roy.
You can update the radio separately from the OS and it will not give you any problems. But if you subsequently update the ROM again, a radio may be included, so you would have to do the process over if you wanted to change the radio again.
replacing cellular radio without unlocked bootloader?
TomInMB said:
You can update the radio separately from the OS and it will not give you any problems. But if you subsequently update the ROM again, a radio may be included, so you would have to do the process over if you wanted to change the radio again.
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sorry, could you elaborate a bit? I am desperately trying to change my radio (to make it usable on another network), but bummed out completely (locked bootloader) due to "latest" update xxx 254_13 (Android 2.3.5)...
I'd donate to the first one to help me with it...
I am rooted and have been wondering if I could not do it "somehow" during a "bootstrap update"...?
Edit: Oh, this is for HTC ... I am with Photon 4G Motorola... any help?
It's been sending for about 10 minutes so far :O
I'm a little worried. Thanks,
It could take awhile.... Which radio did you flash? are you still in the screen where the android is out of the box? Be patient bro, no matter what dont take out the battery, or you will brick your device.
gstar_raw said:
It's been sending for about 10 minutes so far :O
I'm a little worried. Thanks,
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rjhay22 said:
It could take awhile.... Which radio did you flash? are you still in the screen where the android is out of the box? Be patient bro, no matter what dont take out the battery, or you will brick your device.
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Hey rjhay22, thanks for the fast reply.
I flashed back to 4.04 from 4.06 as I was having some serious signal problems and random reboots ever since I updated to Froyo.
It just started writing to radio then the following error
writing 'radio' ... FAILED (remote: image update error) finished.
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Ugh can't be too good...
I can still get into recovery, and I just flashed back to the stock ROM without any problems so I don't think I bricked it. Any idea as to why the radio won't flash? Checked the md5 and it was alright. Possibly a prob with the USB cable/laptops end?
Yah, must be a bad download, I suggest downloading the file again and try. which ROM are you on and which radio are you trying to flash? is it the IMG file? or the update.zip file?
If youre trying to flash 4.0.2 (stock) / 4.0.3 / 4.0.4 versions heres a link for an update.zip version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614427
these radios are Eclair ROM radios, if you're using FroYo then you should use, 4.0.6. otherwise it'll give you camera FC.
gstar_raw said:
Hey rjhay22, thanks for the fast reply.
I flashed back to 4.04 from 4.06 as I was having some serious signal problems and random reboots ever since I updated to Froyo.
It just started writing to radio then the following error
Ugh can't be too good...
I can still get into recovery, and I just flashed back to the stock ROM without any problems so I don't think I bricked it. Any idea as to why the radio won't flash? Checked the md5 and it was alright. Possibly a prob with the USB cable/laptops end?
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rjhay22 said:
Yah, must be a bad download, I suggest downloading the file again and try. which ROM are you on and which radio are you trying to flash? is it the IMG file? or the update.zip file?
If youre trying to flash 4.0.2 (stock) / 4.0.3 / 4.0.4 versions heres a link for an update.zip version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614427
these radios are Eclair ROM radios, if you're using FroYo then you should use, 4.0.6. otherwise it'll give you camera FC.
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Currently just reverted back to Cyanogen 5.0.6 and trying to get back to 4.0.4. Would the best route be to go into recovery and just flash the zip to do this? I was a little scared of doing it before considering my phone was crashing but I'm pretty sure it's stable in recovery.
(I was trying to flash via cmd with the img file in my tools folder before).
Yes, I find it to be easier and less scary to go through the update.zip file... And the link I gave you, I've been using those files to go back and forth on radio. Good luck brother.
gstar_raw said:
Currently just reverted back to Cyanogen 5.0.6 and trying to get back to 4.0.4. Would the best route be to go into recovery and just flash the zip to do this? I was a little scared of doing it before considering my phone was crashing but I'm pretty sure it's stable in recovery.
(I was trying to flash via cmd with the img file in my tools folder before).
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rjhay22 said:
Yes, I find it to be easier and less scary to go through the update.zip file... And the link I gave you, I've been using those files to go back and forth on radio. Good luck brother.
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Right on, everything went smooth and back on the good ol radio. Thanks!
Anytime brother.
gstar_raw said:
Right on, everything went smooth and back on the good ol radio. Thanks!
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so do you guy sreally think that the froyo radio is faulty somehow, particularly for the ATT version of the N1? i'm thinking of going to froyo, but not sure about the new radio (i'm happy with current radio). but then i hear about video problems without new radio.
is it that easy to bounce back and forth?
Hello again lol. Froyo radio works a lot better than the previous ones for me at least. There isn't anything wrong with it, now this might not be true on yours since you are from another carrier . But you can always switch back to the old one, whatever works best for you.
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so do you guy sreally think that the froyo radio is faulty somehow, particularly for the ATT version of the N1? i'm thinking of going to froyo, but not sure about the new radio (i'm happy with current radio). but then i hear about video problems without new radio.
is it that easy to bounce back and forth?
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Ok cool, I just gotta figure how how to tell what radio I'm currently using. I'm sure its the previous one that we've been using.
which will be the exact steps to revert my att band N1 to eclair again?
Should i first flash 32.26.00.24U_4.04.00.03_2 radio and then cyanogen's mod? or firts cyanogen's mod and then the 32.26.00.24U_4.04.00.03_2 radio?
im willing to to this, because my gps is not accurate with froyos radio...
Works either way
donchele said:
which will be the exact steps to revert my att band N1 to eclair again?
Should i first flash 32.26.00.24U_4.04.00.03_2 radio and then cyanogen's mod? or firts cyanogen's mod and then the 32.26.00.24U_4.04.00.03_2 radio?
im willing to to this, because my gps is not accurate with froyos radio...
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rjhay22 said:
Works either way
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rjhay22, do you think that the oficial release of froyo will have a better radio for all att band N1's? couse mine is kinda sucky right now... the gps is slow and inaccurate...
What yave you heard, will froyo have 850 and 900 separeted radios?
As of now, google has been quiet about what's going to be in the official release. We can only hope that if they include a different radio in that release, that it would work perfectly on both ATT and T-Mobile devices.
donchele said:
rjhay22, do you think that the oficial release of froyo will have a better radio for all att band N1's? couse mine is kinda sucky right now... the gps is slow and inaccurate...
What yave you heard, will froyo have 850 and 900 separeted radios?
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As of now, google has been quiet about what's going to be in the official release. We can only hope that if they include a different radio in that release, that it would work perfectly on both ATT and T-Mobile devices.
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whoa! thnx!
dude sorry about bugging this much but, which are those "camera issues" that the people tak about when going back to an old radio with froyo? are there another issues!
RogerPodacter said:
Ok cool, I just gotta figure how how to tell what radio I'm currently using. I'm sure its the previous one that we've been using.
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You can tell which radio you are using by going into the bootloader; a few lines from the top I believe.
Also in the main settings menu it shows baseband version and it looks like 4. 00. 04 or something like that. Isn't that the radio info?
How long should it take to flash Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_SF over stock 26.03.02.26_M??? It's been going a good while now and I'm getting freaked out!!
Judging by the radio model, you posted in the wrong forum.
I searched around quit a bit and couldn't find this info.
If you go to one of the Froyos, with/without radio, is it possible to just flash it back with another custom Rom over that and all is good?
Just wondering if there are any gotchas like if you put the radio update on etc...
Thanks
how about using search!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687795
craigacgomez said:
how about using search!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687795
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One person in that thread claimed, with an unlocked bootloader, that he just put the old radio and custom rom on the card, and did the usual wipe and flash and it worked fine.
Others that posted were all over the place, including some convoluted approach that pretty much wiped everything on the device and SD card to get it back to stock..which I don't care about stock. I just want to be able to go back from 2.2 to my Modaco R21 if necessary without any gotchas.
Yes you can just flash any ROM like you normally would. I've done it a few times now in the last few days. I did the old radio and all.
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Yes you can just flash any ROM like you normally would. I've done it a few times now in the last few days. I did the old radio and all.
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Thanks.
So I got the original radio, plus my R21 and intersectR kenerl setup I know is good.
Looks like you just flash the radio, then the Rom and kernel and setup again...
Thanks for the reply.
does it remain after upgrading from stock to a custom rom?
Yes, the radio hack goes deeper than any SBF even can. It writes the physical radio's firmware whereas a ROM only writes the phone's /system partition.
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does it remain after upgrading from stock to a custom rom?
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if u do a full update like the 5.7.902-906 the it updates the radio so as far as i understand u would have to redo it but they have an app called wifi tether that u can download and u dont even need to do that
So no radio edit needs to happen?? Didn't someone modify the previous LEAK release to allow wifi tethering without the radio hack??
I've been having very weird issues connecting to data services in my area. I noticed that my baseband is a lower version number than my girlfriends htc one, which is stock. I am running CM10.2 and was wondering what the easiest way to update the radio would be. I figure I should also update my PRL so any advice on that would also be fantastic. Thanks!
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I've been having very weird issues connecting to data services in my area. I noticed that my baseband is a lower version number than my girlfriends htc one, which is stock. I am running CM10.2 and was wondering what the easiest way to update the radio would be. I figure I should also update my PRL so any advice on that would also be fantastic. Thanks!
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Here are flashable zips of the radios. As for the PRLs I have no clue. Look in the Q&A and hopefully that will help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406330