My friend just rooted his phone, and the radio does not get updated. It installs but doesnt show the new version in the baseband. Here is a run down at what he did.
He install the new update.zip the one containing the radio. Still nothing....he was on stock rc33 then, down to rc29, went to rc30, then rc33, then radio. It installs fine, but for some reason the baseband still reads .29. He did the whole process again, going down to 29 and up again, but nothing. He had done the hardspl, the first time, and the second time he went to the original spl, and the radio doesn't change. Downloaded the files multiple times in case it was corrupt.....I have no idea why its not working. And he did a wipe before the second go around..
Then we tried going from rc29 to rc33 then radio and nothing. Then rc29 rc30 radio rc33 and didn't change. We're using the same files that I used to change the radio. To get root we are using the shortcut method (Geo's method)
Any ideas why its just not updating?
Thanks
i would like to bump this as similar problem
Are you sure your phone is rooted? I assume you are using JF's modded firmware if it is.
Hi all
I'm running the new SPL and the new radio and the final version of Hero that Haykuro released. Is there any way to downgrade everything back to stock? I was thinking of putting on the official unrooted version of cupcake 1.5. The reason I ask is because I need to return this phone to Tmobile. Thanks for any help.
you will need to download the official update from google(sorry i don't have teh link) and put it on your SD card as update.zip, then put DREAIMG.nbh on your card and reboot to bootloader to reflash the RC29 to your phone then reboot one more time to recovery and flash the official t-mo 1.5 with alt+s
Thanks for the reply. Do you think it matters if I keep the new SPL and radios on there?
it shouldn't matter but you can be extra safe and flash hardSPL over the haykuro SPL and the .nbh file will overwrite the SPL and radio when you flash that
Here's the link in case you haven't found the nbh file.
Code:
RC29[url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EMY1HIVU[/url]
How do I install the DREAIM? I pressed camera and power and hit power again to start the update but nothing is happening. Thanks.
nvm used a different card and its working now. thanks for all the help
The thread "Unroot, get phone to stock"
Ok I searched before asking and hope this isnt somewhere else but I have a downgrade issue. I want to downgrade from the OTP 7.7 to the original t-mobile rom but every time I try it goes to 1 percent and the phone resets itself then causing a update 262 error I have tried putting the phone in bootloader and even tried putting the phone in flight mode. None of these have worked. I am on hour three now of returning my WIFES wing back to its original state to no avail. My wife is starting to think I cant change it back and is getting upset PLEASE help!!!!!!
Try to install Hard SPL 4.70 yang again, maybe this can help you. I had an error like this, when I tried to flash back to HTC-Rom before a while.
emtffs said:
Ok I searched before asking and hope this isnt somewhere else but I have a downgrade issue. I want to downgrade from the OTP 7.7 to the original t-mobile rom but every time I try it goes to 1 percent and the phone resets itself then causing a update 262 error I have tried putting the phone in bootloader and even tried putting the phone in flight mode. None of these have worked. I am on hour three now of returning my WIFES wing back to its original state to no avail. My wife is starting to think I cant change it back and is getting upset PLEASE help!!!!!!
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are you trying to restore the wing back to original tmobile stock ROM and remove hardspl (for warranty purposes) or just getting the stock ROM back?
are you hardspl?
This is not a development thread. Please keep all non-development threads to the Herald or Herald 6 forums.
If you hardSPL'd, you can't flash because of your current SPL. You can do two things:
1. Use USPL along with the tmobile stock RUU to bypass the HardSPL and overwrite it with the original SPL.
2. Take apart the RUU and put it back together without the old SPL (and resigning it with a non-tmobile/htc signature which is done automatically by the tools.)
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are you trying to restore the wing back to original tmobile stock ROM and remove hardspl (for warranty purposes) or just getting the stock ROM back?
are you hardspl?
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Yes I am Hard SPL with the yang version will try the USPL as Ivan Said. Ivan I am sorry will put thread in right place next time.
Hello,
I have a problem with my G1.
I got my G1 maybe a month ago. It had firmware 1.1 and radio module 1.22.12.29. Back then I did not realize it was a radio image compatible with firmware 1.0 as far as I gather from the HTC website.
At first, I did not intend to root it at all, a decision later I would regret. Well, it worked OK, only it was not updated. I was told I would receive the update over-the-air in 4 days. At first they said it would be to 1.5, but it turned out my operator started to upgrade straight to 1.6.
And so I did receive it in 4 days and the problems began.
Basically, the voice quality is so bad that half of what I say is ununderstandable. My voice sounds metalic and I cannot have a coherent conversation over the phone. It is a business phone, so you can imagine it is rather annoying when I have to struggle to be understood by clients.
Ok, so I checked the bootloader for the radio image version and I found out it was still version 1.22.12.29. As per the HTC website I should have 2.22.19.26I. So, obviously the radio firmware was not updated as it should be as per the HTC website. Thus, it seems the reason voice quality is so poor is the outdated radio firmware.
Since I did not plan to return my new phone to my operator (I had no time for it), I decided to root the phone and update the radio firmware myself. It seemed simple enough and I use Unix and Linux since 15 years, so it seemed it would pose no problem.
Quickly I learned that rooting 1.6 is not so simple. One-click method fails. Only goldcard worked and after a few days of struggle I finally got back to firmware RC7 and rooted the device.
Right after I updated the recovery image to CM 1.4, but before I flashed the CM ROM I attempted to update the radio firmware as was suggested by one tutorial I followed as well as the CM website.
Well, it all went smooth. After the update I pressed Home and Back, it rebooted, back to recovery CM1.4, one more time Home and Back and I was back to the working phone. I checked the radio firmware and lo and behold, it was still version 1.22.12.29. No errors, nothing, smooth update process and no result. I repeated it at least 5 times to no avail.
I decided to install CM 4.2.7.1 ROM and try to update the radio then. Before the CM ROM I updated the SPL to HardSPL with success to have fastboot and went to install CM. It went smooth and I booted into this new rooted G1 ROM with ease.
Again, I attempted to update the radio firmware from recovery CM1.4 and again no results.
So, I am back to square one. I have again firmware 1.6 only from CM instead of stock HTC, and I cannot use this phone for calling.
So, summarizing, I got the phone with firmware 1.1, but radio firmware from 1.0. Why it was not updated together with the system I do not know. Then I got an update to 1.6 and the radio firmware also did not upgrade. Then I went back to RC7 (firmware 1.0), rooted the phone, attempted the radio firmware update before installing CM ROM and failed. And finally, I installed HardSPL + HTC 1.6 recovery (as suggested on the CM website) + CM ROM and again failed to update the radio firmware to 2.22.19.26I. The update process is going without any errors. Verification, extracting, installation of radio image all go OK, the phone reboots but no radio updated.
Anybody any idea why it is like this? Why this phone refuses to update the radio from HTC website.
Any suggestions?
Oliwer
PS. One more thing, I was contemplating updating the radio via fastboot, but it seems after reading HTC website that fastboot is only for system and recovery image flashing. The radio has to go first adn from recovery console. Am I right on this?
I too have a problem updating to the 26i version. however i rooted at 1.5 using the one click root method and ive since switched from cyan 1.4 recovery and cyan roms to amon recovery and dwang roms. No matter which recovery i use, the 26 update flashes without an error but shows up as the same radio ive had all along (1.22.14.11) i made a thread about it but noone seems to have an answer. Sorry I couldnt help, but at least bumped up your thread and maybe someone can help us.
speedysilwady said:
I too have a problem updating to the 26i version. however i rooted at 1.5 using the one click root method and ive since switched from cyan 1.4 recovery and cyan roms to amon recovery and dwang roms. No matter which recovery i use, the 26 update flashes without an error but shows up as the same radio ive had all along (1.22.14.11) i made a thread about it but noone seems to have an answer. Sorry I couldnt help, but at least bumped up your thread and maybe someone can help us.
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Thanks for sharing!
At least I know I am not alone here with this problem.
Since it's Christmas and I have some more time, I decided to do a Nandroid backup and wipe my phone back to the original rom with 1.0 firmware (RC7).
I used my goldcard and I flashed it in a few minutes. I logged back into 1.0 firmware with the original bootloader and recovery console.
Next I put everything on my goldcard, flashed the recovery CM1.4 from the terminal, went to the bootloader, flashed update.zip with the newest radio 2.x from HTC, everything went smooth. Reboot and again NO change of the firmware. Tried a few more times flash the radio and HardSPL together to no avail. I restored my backup and found myself back to square one.
One think I noticed, and I wonder if you get the same, is that when I flash the radio, the phone reboots back to the recovery console and shows "Formating Cache..." message. It does not tell me anything like Please reboot, just this message. Meanwhile I can move the cursor up and down the recovery menu, so the phone has not hang up. It just sits at the recovery until I reboot it. Once I waited 30 minutes to see if it reboots itself and it does not. So, I press Home+Back and then it reboots fully and after loging in I check the radio and NO change.
So, I wonder if your phone does the same?
Oliwer
PS.
T-Mobile G1 - w/ ROOT
DREA110 PVT 32B
HardSPL 10.95.3000
Recovery image: HTC Android 1.6 (from HTC website)
Class IV 8GB SD Card w/ Ext 4 Partition and Swap partition
That's a huge wall of text, and it's Christmas so I'm a little merry
When flashing the radio image w/ Cy's recovery you must flash as an update.zip using alt-s, press whatever key you need to press to confirm and reboot using home+back. If you use flash any zip or use the trackball to reboot the radio image (or SPL) will not reboot in the required way to complete installation.
AdrianK said:
When flashing the radio image w/ Cy's recovery you must flash as an update.zip using alt-s, press whatever key you need to press to confirm and reboot using home+back. If you use flash any zip or use the trackball to reboot the radio image (or SPL) will not reboot in the required way to complete installation.
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I tried all possible ways. Just a few minutes ago I went to CM1.4 recovery, used the update from update.zip, pressed Home+Back, rebooted back to recovery console, pressed Home+Back again, booted to CM4.2.10, punched the PIN code, checked the About Phone section and I am still with 1.22.x radio firmware.
This phone simply refuses to update the firmware in any known way.
So, my plan now is to un-root it back to the state I got it 2 months ago and return it to the operator and request upgrade of radio, since Donut with an old radio is basically useless. People simply do not understand half of what I say even if I speak slowly and quietly.
Cheers,
Oliwer
You have to press
Cam+power and it will show radio
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In settings that radio has nothing to do with one installed...Do you know that the radio does?
It allows custom roms like cyan to be installed while keeping root access. The rom allows some tmo apps like account to still be used here in the states.
yes oliwer i get the same formatting cache message but nothing else happens. i tried in cyans recovery and amons recovery using only button shortcuts and not the trackball. i always named the radio update.zip, but still no luck. Im not sure if the 26i radio requires a certain version before it can upgrade, like maybe i have to upgrade to another radio before i can get to 26i? im not quite sure...ive run out of ideas on what to do. I dont have a warranty or anything on my g1. does the fact im using a donut rom on a cupcake radio have anything to do with it? if i had a cupcake rom and upgraded the radio to 26i from there would it work? i know these might sound like dumb ideas but im still relatively new to the scene and im running out of ideas as to why this is happening or why i cant solve it..
bump? anyone have a solution for us? or advice?
i just realized that i had android 1.1 with the 1.22.14.11 radio when i first got my phone, when t-mobile gave me the 1.5 update, i was still stuck on the same radio for some reason. After that I used the one click method to root and ive been on dwang donut rom ever since with the same dated radio...Ive tried using cyans recovery to flash and still no luck, no error, it says its updated but when i check the baseband or stock spl its still the same radio. I never went for a danger spl when i rooted because i was afraid to brick so i cant fastboot a radio update. I asked in another topic if it was possible to use the "flash_image" command in terminal to flash the radio but i dnt think itll work and i dont wanna risk it. If anyone has any advice or a possible solution please keep us updated.
Thank you!
Turn your phone off, hold the camera button down, and power on your phone.
What do you see?
each time before and after the flashing of the radio using cyans or amons recovery image id get the same rainbow screen saying
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.14.11
Serial0
so im still stuck on the Android 1.1 radio.
speedysilwady said:
yes oliwer i get the same formatting cache message but nothing else happens. i tried in cyans recovery and amons recovery using only button shortcuts and not the trackball. i always named the radio update.zip, but still no luck. Im not sure if the 26i radio requires a certain version before it can upgrade, like maybe i have to upgrade to another radio before i can get to 26i? im not quite sure...ive run out of ideas on what to do. I dont have a warranty or anything on my g1. does the fact im using a donut rom on a cupcake radio have anything to do with it? if i had a cupcake rom and upgraded the radio to 26i from there would it work? i know these might sound like dumb ideas but im still relatively new to the scene and im running out of ideas as to why this is happening or why i cant solve it..
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I do not know, really, why the radio refuses to upgrade. Since my last message I have read tons of posts on this issue and nearly ALL people can upgrade the radio firmware easily, just like the SPL. Somehow, I can upgrade the SPL to whatever I want, but not the radio. Very strange indeed and no luck so far.
Oliwer
speedysilwady said:
bump? anyone have a solution for us? or advice?
i just realized that i had android 1.1 with the 1.22.14.11 radio when i first got my phone, when t-mobile gave me the 1.5 update, i was still stuck on the same radio for some reason.
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Exactly the same in my case. Except they upgraded straight to 1.6. Before the upgrade I have 1.1 firmaware and quality of voice was perfect. After the upgrade things went south.
speedysilwady said:
After that I used the one click method to root and ive been on dwang donut rom ever since with the same dated radio...Ive tried using cyans recovery to flash and still no luck, no error, it says its updated but when i check the baseband or stock spl its still the same radio.
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Same thing with me.
speedysilwady said:
I never went for a danger spl when i rooted because i was afraid to brick so i cant fastboot a radio update.
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Well, I installed HardSPL and it worked despite the old radio. HardSPL offers FASTBOOT and I use it at times. This is safe, at least for me.
speedysilwady said:
I asked in another topic if it was possible to use the "flash_image" command in terminal to flash the radio but i dnt think itll work and i dont wanna risk it.
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Well, I did, but it does not work since flash_image updates partitions and G1 does not have radio partition. So, when you try to update the radio.img it tells you no radio partition. It is only possible for Roger G1 since it has radio partition unlike all other G1s and there you could upgrade the radio with flash_image.
speedysilwady said:
If anyone has any advice or a possible solution please keep us updated.
Thank you!
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Yeap! I just practised how to un-root the phone straight to 1.6 with the original SPL and recovery and I was able to restore my phone to the state before rooting and I plan to give it back to my operator under warranty and ask to get this radio fixed. I will do it next week. I will report if the authorized service will be able to upgrade the radio.
Oliwer
I just got an engineerings spl on my rooted mytouch 1.2. It currently has the 1.33.2010 spl, and the stock 2.22 radio. I know that T-mobile is pushing the 2.2.1 update out, and im wondering if I should go back to stock everything, do a nand backup, then play around with the spl. If so, how can I change the engineerings spl back into one that will be recognized by tmobile as needing an update?
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using XDA App
You don't need the engineering SPL since you've got a custom recovery. Plus you've cut your memory in half by using it. You need to go back to the stock SPL, which you can find in the guide in my signature.
P.S. - You should probably read this.
I read through the link in your sig, and found that my computer can't recognize it in fastboot mode. Is this because it is now in S-OFF? And are there any specific drivers I can download so that it can recognize it?
Thanks.
You can download the drivers using the SDK manager.
Lol I restored it back to factory condition using the signed sappimg. At first it didn't work, but after rebooting, I found that it changed the SPL back to the perfected 0013. I ran the hboot update again, and it worked fine. I now have an unrooted phone ready for the TMUS froyo update. WOOT!
Thanks for all your help Don Juan.