Updating radios - Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm sorry if this has allready been posted but I wanted to start a new thread about radios I've always wondered if they actually do improve your call quality and reception in have the stock radio that came with my sprint hero I've always been nervous about flashing a new one the method is would use is through rom Manager and clockworkmod recovery if anyone could post links and how to install a new radio i would really appreciate it my current rom is cm6.1 stable rc1 with gapps on sprint hero.
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Bierce22 said:
I'm sorry if this has allready been posted but I wanted to start a new thread about radios I've always wondered if they actually do improve your call quality and reception in have the stock radio that came with my sprint hero I've always been nervous about flashing a new one the method is would use is through rom Manager and clockworkmod recovery if anyone could post links and how to install a new radio i would really appreciate it my current rom is cm6.1 stable rc1 with gapps on sprint hero.
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They can improve signal quality.... see my thread here for more

Thanks for replying
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Bierce22 said:
Thanks for replying
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No problem, let me know if you have any questions about it or need anything else
Sent from my hero running froyo... take that Sprint!

My current radio is 2.42..01.04.27
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Bierce22 said:
My current radio is 2.42..01.04.27
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So you have the newest radio, but often different radios work better or worse depending on geography… trial and error will allow you to see which one gives you the best signal

Right now call quality is halfway decent I live in a rural area with woods but I do have 3g at my house but it drops down to 1x everyonce in awhile witch is fine unless I'm trying to stream video but on my old mytouch it was horrible there 3g stoped five miles from my house so that's why I switched to sprint lol I was just curious about it because there's a Verizon tower half a mile up the road and I roam of it sometimes so I didn't know if switching radios would help or not
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Bierce22 said:
Right now call quality is halfway decent I live in a rural area with woods but I do have 3g at my house but it drops down to 1x everyonce in awhile witch is fine unless I'm trying to stream video but on my old mytouch it was horrible there 3g stoped five miles from my house so that's why I switched to sprint lol I was just curious about it because there's a Verizon tower half a mile up the road and I roam of it sometimes so I didn't know if switching radios would help or not
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Try flashing the eris dump radio

Can u send me a link please and could I flash this through rom manager by install rom from SD card
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Bierce22 said:
Can u send me a link please and could I flash this through rom manager by install rom from SD card
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Here you go, and yes that's how you flash it

Alright ill just make a back up because I do not have one for cm6.1 and the radio will go back to normal if I restore the back up right or does it go deeper than that
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Alright that download is finished I'm bout to flash it now man I'm nervous as hell lol
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Bierce22 said:
Alright ill just make a back up because I do not have one for cm6.1 and the radio will go back to normal if I restore the back up right or does it go deeper than that
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Bierce22 said:
Alright that download is finished I'm bout to flash it now man I'm nervous as hell lol
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No, a backup won't change the radio, but all you have to do is flash the radio you want... I have the links for all of them, so if you want to go back to the old one it's not an issue at all

K thanks I'm bout to do it now
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Alright that worked I didn't brick my phone lol but I'm not at my house yet so I can't test the quality right now
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But just in case could you please post the link for the sprint radio and then this thread will be done
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Btw y'all are amazing thanks for all the help I was always really nervous about doing this I hope this will help someone else out to
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Bierce22 said:
K thanks I'm bout to do it now
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Bierce22 said:
Alright that worked I didn't brick my phone lol but I'm not at my house yet so I can't test the quality right now
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Bierce22 said:
But just in case could you please post the link for the sprint radio and then this thread will be done
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Bierce22 said:
Btw y'all are amazing thanks for all the help I was always really nervous about doing this I hope this will help someone else out to
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No problem, here it is

Thanks a lot
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Bierce22 said:
Thanks a lot
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Not a problem, happy to help

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[Q] Help choosing a theme?

Okay, so I'm really new to this while changing themes thing. I've been looking around these threads for about an hour now, and I'm not finding much thats just wild and out of the ordinary. The couple that I have found are not working. Can anyone suggest a couple themes. I'm lookin for something that makes my phone look really different. HTC hero, thanks.
What rom are you even running
Lol, hmm. Bare with me, I'm kinda new to this. How do I find out. I kinda forgot. =\
stars_n_moons09 said:
Lol, hmm. Bare with me, I'm kinda new to this. How do I find out. I kinda forgot. =\
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Settings>About phone>Rom info.
Are you even rooted? On a custom rom?
stars_n_moons09 said:
Okay, so I'm really new to this while changing themes thing. I've been looking around these threads for about an hour now, and I'm not finding much thats just wild and out of the ordinary. The couple that I have found are not working. Can anyone suggest a couple themes. I'm lookin for something that makes my phone look really different. HTC hero, thanks.
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Well... I'm kind of partial to the ones in my signature
Pretty much have all the Rom's covered except for Sense (yuck)
I'm using Black Funk (A KFunk creation)....I have used Dark horse and many of Crash themes...theming gets addicting...good luck...
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theimpaler747 said:
Settings>About phone>Rom info.
Are you even rooted? On a custom rom?
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Sigh, I was afraid I was going to get this stupid question. Yes, I'm rooted. I wouldn't have asked for this if I wans't.
I'm not seeing "Rom info", but I did see my mod version. CyanogenMod-6.1.0-Heroc
stars_n_moons09 said:
Sigh, I was afraid I was going to get this stupid question. Yes, I'm rooted. I wouldn't have asked for this if I wans't.
I'm not seeing "Rom info", but I did see my mod version. CyanogenMod-6.1.0-Heroc
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So you're looking for some themes for cm6.1??? They are around here...
Telling the XDA moderator that his questions are stupid is probably not the best way to get help. And trust me he is one of the best here to get help from!
stars_n_moons09 said:
Sigh, I was afraid I was going to get this stupid question. Yes, I'm rooted. I wouldn't have asked for this if I wans't.
I'm not seeing "Rom info", but I did see my mod version. CyanogenMod-6.1.0-Heroc
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If you want out of the ordinary try my Tron theme for cm6.1 which you are currently running.
stars_n_moons09 said:
Okay, so I'm really new to this while changing themes thing. I've been looking around these threads for about an hour now, and I'm not finding much thats just wild and out of the ordinary. The couple that I have found are not working. Can anyone suggest a couple themes. I'm lookin for something that makes my phone look really different. HTC hero, thanks.
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stars_n_moons09 said:
Sigh, I was afraid I was going to get this stupid question. Yes, I'm rooted. I wouldn't have asked for this if I wans't.
I'm not seeing "Rom info", but I did see my mod version. CyanogenMod-6.1.0-Heroc
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I thought it a valid question as you didn't even know what rom you were running. Not saying anything, I'm just saying.
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Kfunk said:
Telling the XDA moderator that his questions are stupid is probably not the best way to get help. And trust me he is one of the best here to get help from!
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Totally agree. Impaler helps everyone out with everything. I think if you check his dna you'll probably find xda in there somewhere. Good thing he's a cool dude.
Something.About.Me.U.Dont.Like
Its.Cool.I.Understand.
.AWAH.
Kfunk said:
If you want out of the ordinary try my Tron theme for cm6.1 which you are currently running.
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Yup been rocking that bad boy since you released it. TronMode fa sho
Something.About.Me.U.Dont.Like
Its.Cool.I.Understand.
.AWAH.
I never said i didn't know, I had just forgotten.
I'm sorry if you guys had taken me calling the question stupid, as calling the person stupid. That was far from my intentions. It's just seemed to be a extremelly "Silly" question to ask.
I am using Kfunk's DarkHorse 53 for Froyo. Pretty slick theme =)
why not look at the wiki and try making your own theme to your likings

Delete Stock mms? YES here No there..

So ive been doing some studying and i hear that if you download a 3rd party mms.apk and delte the stock itll be ok, but then i hear you shouldnt delete it..
so i just wanna hear from you guys by your experience whats true. thanks =]
The only way that Android knows how to handle incoming SMS/MMS messages is to reference the messaging.apk, so, keep it.
yea thats what i heard, then again i heard the opposite.
im mainly thinking just of internal memory space, why have two of the same thing kinda thing
Well, MMS.apk is in /system, so you won't see any freed up space anyway.
Nand and delete it. Once you see that it is needed, restore your nand.
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When I had my Samsung moment some people tried it. It did not go well.
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yeah, i was just getting feedback before i did it, and results............................................................................................................................................................... does... NOT work =]
to bad, its a little extra KB but i mean no big with XDA help
stayclean said:
Well, MMS.apk is in /system, so you won't see any freed up space anyway.
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A little KB you wouldn't get back for data anyway.
stayclean said:
The only way that Android knows how to handle incoming SMS/MMS messages is to reference the messaging.apk, so, keep it.
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And of course it didn't work. Gah.
stayclean said:
And of course it didn't work. Gah.
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Lmao! May I present this wall for you to talk to? I joke, sometimes people just have to find out on their own. At least he managed to fix it and didn't come in here screaming that his mms didn't work.
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hey man i only wanted to hear others experiences, cause i heard yes and no. So just get more answers directly i guess.
Buuuuut iguess you can call me lazy =]
davidevan said:
hey man i only wanted to hear others experiences, cause i heard yes and no. So just get more answers directly i guess.
Buuuuut iguess you can call me lazy =]
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Meh, I'm just giving you a hard time.
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user7618 said:
Meh, I'm just giving you a hard time.
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as all devs do, right? haha
davidevan said:
as all devs do, right? haha
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Sometimes, I just have to see for myself, too. I'll give you props for doing it right and not coming in here moaning about how to get your texting back.
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user7618 said:
Sometimes, I just have to see for myself, too. I'll give you props for doing it right and not coming in here moaning about how to get your texting back.
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+800 for that
user7618 said:
Nand and delete it. Once you see that it is needed, restore your nand.
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LMAO, this I like...
user7618 said:
Sometimes, I just have to see for myself, too. I'll give you props for doing it right and not coming in here moaning about how to get your texting back.
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hahaha yeah i try to be a little bit older than a ninny boy who cant do crap.
i try to respect you guys as best i can
new versions of gosms andgosms pro claim you can delete the stock messaging app and still receive mms.. ive tried but i cant seem to get it to work. anyonelookintothis?
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partytrikk said:
new versions of gosms andgosms pro claim you can delete the stock messaging app and still receive mms.. ive tried but i cant seem to get it to work. anyonelookintothis?
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thanks for your input. ill test it out myself =]
davidevan said:
thanks for your input. ill test it out myself =]
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ever get it working?
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[Q] radio

(Q) does anyone have any suggestions for a new kernal? I use cm7 what ever the newest nightly is, hows sobes?
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Why are you asking about kernels when your thread is titled "radio"?
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Because I am keeping you on your toes freak, answer the question thanks.
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psoc4524 said:
Because I am keeping you on your toes freak, answer the question thanks.
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No, I don't think I will.
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psoc4524 said:
Because I am keeping you on your toes freak, answer the question thanks.
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Darn! I was just waiting for that... now, I think I will answer the question....
This whole thread is a waste of space and my time I took to read and reply... lol. No offense intended to anyone, just no useful information here. Peace
psoc4524 said:
(Q) does anyone have any suggestions for a new kernal? I use cm7 what ever the newest nightly is, hows sobes?
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s0be's kernel has come a long way. It's close to being feature-complete, but you won't see the huge speedup potential it really has to offer until he deems it stable enough to strip out all of the debug symbols.
The best kernel is the newest one available over on the GSM hero forum. Good luck! Keep on yer toes!
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theSlack said:
The best kernel is the newest one available over on the GSM hero forum. Good luck! Keep on yer toes!
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If you are noob and read that, DO NOT flash a GSM radio.
poashll said:
If you are noob and read that, DO NOT flash a GSM radio.
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Indeed, don't, but no one said flash a gsm radio. Kernel =/= radio
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I think that you just try to flash a stable Radio~~

[Q] would you all like a froyosense rom?

So I'm doing well with gingersense and I notice some people still use froyo. So would you all like froyosense weather I compile and modify froyo myself or port it from the desire or evo 4g. Would you all like froyo sense?
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kifno said:
So I'm doing well with gingersense and I notice some people still use froyo. So would you all like froyosense weather I compile and modify froyo myself or port it from the desire or evo 4g. Would you all like froyo sense?
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you wanna make me really happy, port the froyo rom for the desire from cellular south.
If I do how could I configure it to work with sprint?
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kifno said:
If I do how could I configure it to work with sprint?
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chances are that it would work with sprint without any changes needed. worst case you could use an eri.xml file to change the carrier name. all of the sprint roms will work on cellular south. i just wanna see one built from a CS image, and i am sure that there are several others here that would like to see it too.
Cool I'll get to work
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I've decided to not port this operating system (2.2) BC I'm going do something better I'm sure everyone will love it
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kifno said:
I've decided to not port this operating system (2.2) BC I'm going do something better I'm sure everyone will love it
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Nvm I'm going to port gingersense and froyosense and mod them both test both and release
May be a few days
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kifno said:
Nvm I'm going to port gingersense and froyosense and mod them both test both and release
May be a few days
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Are you still helping PMGRANDS froyo rom?
cause its pretyy solid now, minus no gps, Mnetwork fc's and the camera is totally useless. but other than that, its sweet
coffeehandle said:
Are you still helping PMGRANDS froyo rom?
cause its pretyy solid now, minus no gps, Mnetwork fc's and the camera is totally useless. but other than that, its sweet
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I helped him a lot before and then I got busy with my own work. But if he needs help I'll be willing to help him here and there when I have free time between my work.
kifno said:
I helped him a lot before and then I got busy with my own work. But if he needs help I'll be willing to help him here and there when I have free time between my work.
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Well i think a 2.2 rom from you would befun. Im running your Gingersense, and its great
thanks and porting is harder than i though
but i'm up to the challenge
I cant wait for this . This will be a full ui not just a fully themed like your Gingersense rom .. which i might say is awsome btw
Jurellz said:
I cant wait for this . This will be a full ui not just a fully themed like your Gingersense rom .. which i might say is awsome btw
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i have never ported a rom and never was interested in it until i thought why not try it
so i'm having trouble with the process but i'm sure xda can help me out
but yes this should be awesome
Just PM me and ill test when you need.
Jurellz said:
Just PM me and ill test when you need.
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OKay thanks for offering to test for me
I would love to see honeycomb ported I mean it seems like us cdma hero users arnt gonna see it idk I know the GSM hero even has a port God it would b so sic to b on 3.0
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I'll try that after i finish my gingersense and/or froyosense port. I found out why i was having issues porting from the evo or any hdpi device.....you can't
So I'm now trying to port from different devices Hopefully this time all goes well and I have 5 different rom ports I'm going to try
EDIT: Whichever out of the 5 boot I will be releasing Its 1am here but I'm not going to stop working on the ports until 3am
Ill stay up waitn I'd love to test one out I need to flash something new haha
Also ok so I posted before about this but its super important to me is there any way we can somehow fix our heros to put out a infustruction wireless signal so the ps3 can pick it up I do it with my bros evo I rooted hacked ect and well my hero I really wanna b able to connect to psn like I do on my bros evo I mean on 3g cod black ops runs super smooth

Malaysian Incredible S Users HELP !!!

I have flashed to a new ROM and for some reason not sure why my DiGi network is offline...Can someone tell me what is the best Radio to use for Malaysian users. Thank You
h3llrai53r said:
I have flashed to a new ROM and for some reason not sure why my DiGi network is offline...Can someone tell me what is the best Radio to use for Malaysian users. Thank You
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345742
Did a full wipe and flashed to Virtuous Affinity v1.46.0....still my signal is very low and sometimes limited signal T_T....i believe the Radio has messed Was on ARHD 2.0.1 with Radio_20.4802.30.0822U_3822.10.08.28_M how can I get my signal strength again....Please help....Much appreciated
h3llrai53r said:
Did a full wipe and flashed to Virtuous Affinity v1.46.0....still my signal is very low and sometimes limited signal T_T....i believe the Radio has messed Was on ARHD 2.0.1 with Radio_20.4802.30.0822U_3822.10.08.28_M how can I get my signal strength again....Please help....Much appreciated
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Out of curiosity ,did you close your back cover ?
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nsg86 said:
Out of curiosity ,did you close your back cover ?
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Haha High 5 Bro! I just found this out last few weeks and you just took the word right out of my mouth =D
TransporterxJ said:
Haha High 5 Bro! I just found this out last few weeks and you just took the word right out of my mouth =D
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I lol'ed
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Without an antenna...you can't expect service.
Holly Crap i forgot that yes ur correct did not close the back cover...... its back online now

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