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flash back to old radio?

Before you start flaming me, please understand I did a thurough search of the forum and found nothing conclusive. What with bricks and RUU semi solutions, its kinda scary.
Im running flipz radio, and would like to flash back to the old one in preperation for the 2.1 update. Has anyone sucesfully flashed back, and if so, how?
I do not have a nandroid containing the old radio (but from what i gather, nandroiddoesnt effect the radio?) due to an accidental sd format (dont ask)
I do have the backup recovery img from my initial root; will this help?
Thanks in advance!

mountaindont said:
Before you start flaming me, please understand I did a thurough search of the forum and found nothing conclusive. What with bricks and RUU semi solutions, its kinda scary.
Im running flipz radio, and would like to flash back to the old one in preperation for the 2.1 update. Has anyone sucesfully flashed back, and if so, how?
I do not have a nandroid containing the old radio (but from what i gather, nandroiddoesnt effect the radio?) due to an accidental sd format (dont ask)
I do have the backup recovery img from my initial root; will this help?
Thanks in advance!
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wow i used search for radio and found this on page 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644004&highlight=radio
im jus kidding but anyways yes the stock update signed works correctly no bricks. just follw my instructions and hopefully get you on track for the non existent 2.1 we get today!
goodluck

Avalaunchmods said:
wow i used search for radio and found this on page 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644004&highlight=radio
im jus kidding but anyways yes the stock update signed works correctly no bricks. just follw my instructions and hopefully get you on track for the non existent 2.1 we get today!
goodluck
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I thank you most kindly for your speedy response. The threads Ive read have all been inconclusive; ill review your link and report back.

Flash went perfect.
Just wanted to thankyou, and apologize for not searching as well as I should have. I guess I was a little scared and just wanted some attention? Lol jk. Mods feel free to delete, or not, as I promised a report.
Ive stuck with the new radio since its come out, and have in no way noticed better battery life or signal; if anything-worse! -89 to -95 on new radio, -75 to 85 stock. Maybe its cause Im in detroit, maybe my phone just doesnt agree with the new radio (we all know how tempermental the Hero is)
Just my personal experience. I apologize for the clutter.
And yes, lets keep our fingers crossed for 2.1..

mountaindont said:
Flash went perfect.
Just wanted to thankyou, and apologize for not searching as well as I should have. I guess I was a little scared and just wanted some attention? Lol jk. Mods feel free to delete, or not, as I promised a report.
Ive stuck with the new radio since its come out, and have in no way noticed better battery life or signal; if anything-worse! -89 to -95 on new radio, -75 to 85 stock. Maybe its cause Im in detroit, maybe my phone just doesnt agree with the new radio (we all know how tempermental the Hero is)
Just my personal experience. I apologize for the clutter.
And yes, lets keep our fingers crossed for 2.1..
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where you running in CDMA auto PRL?
Chad

nimitz87 said:
where you running in CDMA auto PRL?
Chad
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Lol I did all the fixes.
Even now, responding to your post voa handset, I can tell its faster. And after flashing the radio at 30%battery, and charging since my last post, ive gone up almost double.

So question is...again inconclusive threads.
Can you flash back the old radio then RUU with out issues? Given there is always a chance for a brick but to avoid issues would it be smart to flash the stock radio before running RUU??? Or is the damage already done?

Kcarpenter said:
So question is...again inconclusive threads.
Can you flash back the old radio then RUU with out issues? Given there is always a chance for a brick but to avoid issues would it be smart to flash the stock radio before running RUU??? Or is the damage already done?
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did you not even read the god damn thread? post #4 in particular.
holy **** man people need to learn how to READ I'm on a ton of forums and reposts happen and questions asked more than once but NONE worse than this forum.
/rant.
Chad

nimitz87 said:
did you not even read the god damn thread? post #4 in particular.
holy **** man people need to learn how to READ I'm on a ton of forums and reposts happen and questions asked more than once but NONE worse than this forum.
/rant.
Chad
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OK ass, I understand you can flash the radio back, but my question is about running RUU afterwards **** head.
Post #4 Says nothing about running the RUU just that he could flash the radio back which we know is possible with other threads out there.
Quit being so damn arrogant and try to answer the question that was asked.
/rant moron.

Someone pass me the popcorn...

Lets not get upset people.
@K; in my not so professional opinion, the RUU issues are when U'ing between a 2.1 based rom and the RUU, a 1.5 rom. If you have the stock radio and any 1.5 rom, theres simply no reason the ruu wont work
Avs radio flash worked for me,.i havent ruu'd yet but i will report back later this week a conclusive thread.
Can you flash back the old radio, RUU, and TRUELY unroot?
Tune in next time...
@the rest
Hi!

mountaindont said:
Lets not get upset people.
@K; in my not so professional opinion, the RUU issues are when U'ing between a 2.1 based rom and the RUU, a 1.5 rom. If you have the stock radio and any 1.5 rom, theres simply no reason the ruu wont work
Avs radio flash worked for me,.i havent ruu'd yet but i will report back later this week a conclusive thread.
Can you flash back the old radio, RUU, and TRUELY unroot?
Tune in next time...
@the rest
Hi!
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Thank you.

I'm in Michigan also and definitely experience a worse signal strength.
Why would I have to flash back to. the old radio for the 2.1 (when it finally does come out )

RPerry435 said:
I'm in Michigan also and definitely experience a worse signal strength.
Why would I have to flash back to. the old radio for the 2.1 (when it finally does come out )
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If you want the oficial update, youllhave to unroot.

6.35.15.01 on the magic?

Does anyone here know if the radio image distributed with the hero 2.1 update would work on the magic? I'm not eager to test, since if it does not, it will brick the phone, but the previous 6.35 radio images DID work, and we knew they work before HTC came out with 1.5 sense update.
How did that came to be? And is there any idea we can find this out before flashing ?

Some brave soul needs to actually try it. I don't believe there is any other way of knowing other than trying.

since when does a radio brick the phone?
ive erased my radio fully, multiple times..
now if you screw up fast boot.... then your hosed.

wyefye : if you're feeling bold then, how about you be the first one to try If you do succeed, and it works, please post pictures. If not, post too, so we may offer you condolences
http://rapidshare.com/files/395108040/63.18.55.06O_6.35.15.01.zip
DO NOT FLASH THIS IF YOU DON'T WANNA RISK BRICKING YOUR PHONE!! WE DO _NOT_ KNOW IF IT WORKS!!

But what's the point? AFAIK this radio is just a regional variation of the 6.35.xx.xx we all know and use.

I try to flash the new radio but when i reboot the radio its still the same.
Can some one try and see what happen.

well did it flash it ? What message did you get ? Did the loading bar appear in fastboot corner on the phone ?

Loading bar all the way trough, but it wont update.

And what did it say in cmd window ?

I flash the radio, boot, system and userdata but no luck, it wont load.

klothius said:
And what did it say in cmd window ?
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it say writing ok.

It's weird, but see what it says in About phone/Software information in your rom in settings.

6.35.08.29

View attachment 339352
look this putuer !!! i flash it..and,it new radio,maybe it can so good!
oh, i konw somebody can't flash it .because your SPL SAPP10000
i flash it scuess..because my spl SAPP*****
you can try it?
good luck with you .

Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general

This might solve the GSM signal loss in Poland... I hope?

jabaneco said:
I flash the radio, boot, system and userdata but no luck, it wont load.
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Why did you expect it to work? The ROM is made for the Hero, not the Magic. This thread concerns only the radio, not the full ROM.

drbobb said:
Why did you expect it to work? The ROM is made for the Hero, not the Magic. This thread concerns only the radio, not the full ROM.
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The hardware is pretty the same, it was a test.

Tafla said:
This might solve the GSM signal loss in Poland... I hope?
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maybe someone should test in poland

I think that no one is so brave to do it;p

[Q] Is there a Stand-alone Radio Image Update to 2.22.27.08?

I'd like to use the new radio with my oem Donut. Is it as simple as taking the file from one of the update guides and flashing it in the traditional manner? I'm kind of noobish so I'm reluctant to try to take one piece of a Froyo update guide and flash the radio. I'm not really in the market for a sleek black paperweight.

I wouln't do it!
This has BAD IDEA written all over it please don't try this. That being said why not upgrade to the official FROYO? I know it's hard to fathom after seeing ECLAIR in action but it truly is a totally different and better experience.
QUESTION: What does DONUT have that you like so much?

Edubyah said:
This has BAD IDEA written all over it please don't try this. That being said why not upgrade to the official FROYO? I know it's hard to fathom after seeing ECLAIR in action but it truly is a totally different and better experience.
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lol, I agree, that's why I posted first.
QUESTION: What does DONUT have that you like so much?
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SPEED. I tried the TMUS rom posted up here a few days ago and it was ok, much better than other Froyo ROMs I've tried, but still laggy compared to my oem androoted Donut.

it works with CM4 if you don't use the hboot.
does not work with CM6. look at my sig I made a flashable .zip file.

aaraya1516 said:
it works with CM4 if you don't use the hboot.
does not work with CM6. look at my sig I made a flashable .zip file.
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I'm scared to try this. Is this the radio that came with the T-MOUS Fro-Yo OTA? I wonder why there isn't a thread for it yet.

Moving to General

aaraya1516 said:
it works with CM4 if you don't use the hboot.
does not work with CM6. look at my sig I made a flashable .zip file.
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The hboot? Which hboot are you talking about? The first half of the ota update succeeded but the second half failed so I have the new SPL but not the new radio or OS.

The new radio does work with cm6, well cm6.1 rc1. I flashed it on my wife mt3g 3.5mm awhile ago, everything booted up just fine.

d3vilskid said:
The new radio does work with cm6, well cm6.1 rc1. I flashed it on my wife mt3g 3.5mm awhile ago, everything booted up just fine.
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Cool, did you or she notice any improvements?

Yea i got to messed with it a little bit more, signal is pretty strong and stays constant, but that might vary from phone to phone, not much to say about the market since it was down a couple days back. Overall she is satisfied with it. Cant wait till it is ported to the 32b phones so we can take advantaged of the extra 10-15mb it frees up.

aaraya1516 said:
it works with CM4 if you don't use the hboot.
does not work with CM6. look at my sig I made a flashable .zip file.
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So I just flash this through recovery as I would any other zip file? Any idea if this is compatible with older roms? If I nandroid back to my oem 1.6 without rolling back to 23.02 will my phone explode? How about Eclair?
If I flash this is it just as easy to flash back to 23.02 if I need to for some reason?
Sorry for all the obsessive questions; I've never flashed a radio before so I don't know what it is that I don't know.

aaraya1516 said:
it works with CM4 if you don't use the hboot.
does not work with CM6. look at my sig I made a flashable .zip file.
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im flashing that radio now onto cm6.1, ill post my results
EDIT: Your .zip file doesnt work. It did nothing, after i flashed and rebooted then shutdown and went into fastboot my radio was still 2.22.23.02.

Foo_Blyat said:
im flashing that radio now onto cm6.1, ill post my results
EDIT: Your .zip file doesnt work. It did nothing, after i flashed and rebooted then shutdown and went into fastboot my radio was still 2.22.23.02.
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It worked for me, except it caused a bootloop because it's not compatible with the CM6 kernel, or at least ezterry's CM6 kernel. I had to flash back to 2.22.23.02.
If you're not using the oem t-mobile/android kernel, don't flash this radio.
I really want to know if this radio is compatible with oem Donut.

Safest way to update radios and pri and all that stuff......

I am PARANOID about updating my radio and pri, wimax etc because I CANNOT mess up my phone. However I don't want to be "left in the dust" especially considering that alot of roms advocate that all radios need to be updated.
How can I update in a way that wont mess anything up?
Is the safest way to update the radios by flashing the Sprint Lovers full package in the bootloader? If i do this will I be exempt from the side-affects that some people have had from updating (like 100% wake time, etc). Basically is flashing Sprint Lovers in the bootloader the safest and foolproof way ?
Thanks in advanced

Make a nand using one of the two latest recoveries.(clockworkmod or ra)
After that's done, flash calkulins combo.
Sent From My HTC Evo 4G On The Now Network From Sprint Using Tapatalk Pro!

Yes but alot of poeple bork up their evos by doing it that way.
My question is if I do it through the bootloader with SprintLovers am I pretty much guaranteed that nothing will go wrong?

hmsheen10 said:
Yes but alot of poeple bork up their evos by doing it that way.
My question is if I do it through the bootloader with SprintLovers am I pretty much guaranteed that nothing will go wrong?
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I've used RA and flashed the combo. If someone screws up their EVO then they are not knowledgeable enough to do it. Find someone through the board and that lives near you and get their help. That's what I did and learn everything I needed to know in 5 minutes.

renildrah said:
I've used RA and flashed the combo. If someone screws up their EVO then they are not knowledgeable enough to do it. Find someone through the board and that lives near you and get their help. That's what I did and learn everything I needed to know in 5 minutes.
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right. i recommend ra recovery. follow what i said in the post above and all will be fine. flashing the sprint lovers wont hurt though. just more time consuming.

is it ok to flash

ist ok tho flash
S-OFF/nand Unlock Hero CDMA (hboot) - OP "regaw_leinad
then this
S-OFF/eng-spl Hero CDMA (fastboot) - OP "darchstar"
whats the best root option

oostah said:
ist ok tho flash
S-OFF/nand Unlock Hero CDMA (hboot) - OP "regaw_leinad
then this
S-OFF/eng-spl Hero CDMA (fastboot) - OP "darchstar"
whats the best root option
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That's what I did. But RUU may make odd things happen, a few users who did BOTH and then RUU'd lost s-off functions but still had s-off. So if you're going to do both just commit to never RUUing. If you want fastbooot commands you need darchs. Darchs is undone by RUU. If you are good with just HERCIMG.zips then regaws wil do, but will NOT be undone by RUU.

i know this is somewhat off topic.. but i love the title of this thread..
its like a feeling we all have at first.. we are a little embarrased after our first flash.. and ask ourselves "is it ok to flash??".. then we end up flashing everywhere and all of the time..
sorry oostah, i had to let that out..

pstevep said:
i know this is somewhat off topic.. but i love the title of this thread..
its like a feeling we all have at first.. we are a little embarrased after our first flash.. and ask ourselves "is it ok to flash??".. then we end up flashing everywhere and all of the time..
sorry oostah, i had to let that out..
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lol thats cool man. after bricking im just trying to be care full. and with the new things out i want the best way to get my hero rooted and s 0ff thanks for the reply

il Duce said:
That's what I did. But RUU may make odd things happen, a few users who did BOTH and then RUU'd lost s-off functions but still had s-off. So if you're going to do both just commit to never RUUing. If you want fastbooot commands you need darchs. Darchs is undone by RUU. If you are good with just HERCIMG.zips then regaws wil do, but will NOT be undone by RUU.
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il duce you have some flashable splash screens i had the but cant find them. im surching the threads for them with no luck. can you point me in the right direction. the ones in your self help sticky dont have your slash screen.
edit i found the post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11590270&postcount=83

oostah said:
il duce you have some flashable splash screens i had the but cant find them. im surching the threads for them with no luck. can you point me in the right direction. the ones in your self help sticky dont have your slash screen.
edit i found the post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11590270&postcount=83
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Oostah, I was sorry to read about your phone issues and I thought it was great how you didn't give up and got it solved.
The 1st time I went S-off, I only used Darch's Eng Spl. I RUU'd to try and solve my phones intermittent (Rom flashing) issues. So, I lost S-off obviously and used Regaw's to root and then decided to do Regaw's S-off (since I had the 1.47 bootloader now), then, I did Darch's as well even though I don't use fastboot commands often, but it's a nice option to have. I didn't know about the issues that Il Duce brought up (but he would know since he is so active on XDA). I know that there are many who have gone the same route to get S-off.
It has been a lifesaver for me when I lost my recovery some how. If you just want temporary s-off, you might just want to just do Darch's since Regaws is permanent at this point.
Good luck and Happy Flashing!

oostah said:
ist ok tho flash
S-OFF/nand Unlock Hero CDMA (hboot) - OP "regaw_leinad
then this
S-OFF/eng-spl Hero CDMA (fastboot) - OP "darchstar"
whats the best root option
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and to your original question, i only used darch's eng-spl, because i was wary of the same issues that il duce was mentioning (although i have no intentions of ruuing).. but i have read of others doing it that way and it works for them.. for me i only deal with the eng-spl, because if i ruu and reroot i dont mind reflashing it..

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and to your original question, i only used darch's eng-spl, because i was wary of the same issues that il duce was mentioning (although i have no intentions of ruuing).. but i have read of others doing it that way and it works for them.. for me i only deal with the eng-spl, because if i ruu and reroot i dont mind reflashing it..
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very true thanks for the help and info.

Drunkpilot said:
Oostah, I was sorry to read about your phone issues and I thought it was great how you didn't give up and got it solved.
The 1st time I went S-off, I only used Darch's Eng Spl. I RUU'd to try and solve my phones intermittent (Rom flashing) issues. So, I lost S-off obviously and used Regaw's to root and then decided to do Regaw's S-off (since I had the 1.47 bootloader now), then, I did Darch's as well even though I don't use fastboot commands often, but it's a nice option to have. I didn't know about the issues that Il Duce brought up (but he would know since he is so active on XDA). I know that there are many who have gone the same route to get S-off.
It has been a lifesaver for me when I lost my recovery some how. If you just want temporary s-off, you might just want to just do Darch's since Regaws is permanent at this point.
Good luck and Happy Flashing!
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when i got it back to recovery and the bootloader. i should have flashed a radio before trying to flash the s-off. the s-off and radio didnt play nice to gether. 95% sure that i could have got it back. but i no how now to get it back if any one gets in that state. HTC is going to replace it. its only 9 months old and HTC have a 1yr warranty. my phone new one should here any time now.

pstevep said:
and to your original question, i only used darch's eng-spl, because i was wary of the same issues that il duce was mentioning (although i have no intentions of ruuing).. but i have read of others doing it that way and it works for them.. for me i only deal with the eng-spl, because if i ruu and reroot i dont mind reflashing it..
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the more i think about it if was able to use fastboot commands i would have been up and running in no time.. thats way i was asking about doing both.

il Duce said:
That's what I did. But RUU may make odd things happen, a few users who did BOTH and then RUU'd lost s-off functions but still had s-off. So if you're going to do both just commit to never RUUing. If you want fastbooot commands you need darchs. Darchs is undone by RUU. If you are good with just HERCIMG.zips then regaws wil do, but will NOT be undone by RUU.
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Duce,pstevep,and oostah I had the same issues that Duce described but it was of no big concern ,because I'm on a different phone.But I've been trying to keep up with you guys over in the Mild_salsa thread and help.So before I got my new phone a I used regaws s-off and Darchs together ,evrything was groovy as they say.I when I get my new phone ,I unroot my hero and then I start to try to help with your mms issues over in the other thread.Lo and behold I can't flash any HECRIMG's from the bootloader,can't figure it out then I come upon this thread :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971550
Seems when I put my 2GB card back in my hero and re-formatted it I didn't notice that it was set to formatt at FAT not FAT32. So I take it out today and re-formatt to FAT32 and (How does that chef from LA. say BAAMM!) my bootloader now recognizes the HERCIMG.zip.(I just tested it again took out my card formatted it to FAT booted into bootloader and it didnot recognize the HERCIMG,took it out reformatted it in FAT32 and BAAMM! lol it recognized ther HERCIMG.)
So as I'm not a wordsmith like Duce and pstevep I'll leave the helpin and splainin to them as they do a momentus job round here helpin others along with TK,User ,Kuyoko and many others,anyone left out was not intentional.
oostah glad you won your battle although it may not have turned out like you wanted,but ultimately you will have a Hot little Hero in your hands
Peace guys

FdxRider said:
Duce,pstevep,and oostah I had the same issues that Duce described but it was of no big concern ,because I'm on a different phone.But I've been trying to keep up with you guys over in the Mild_salsa thread and help.So before I got my new phone a I used regaws s-off and Darchs together ,evrything was groovy as they say.I when I get my new phone ,I unroot my hero and then I start to try to help with your mms issues over in the other thread.Lo and behold I can't flash any HECRIMG's from the bootloader,can't figure it out then I come upon this thread :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971550
Seems when I put my 2GB card back in my hero and re-formatted it I didn't notice that it was set to formatt at FAT not FAT32. So I take it out today and re-formatt to FAT32 and (How does that chef from LA. say BAAMM!) my bootloader now recognizes the HERCIMG.zip.(I just tested it again took out my card formatted it to FAT booted into bootloader and it didnot recognize the HERCIMG,took it out reformatted it in FAT32 and BAAMM! lol it recognized ther HERCIMG.)
So as I'm not a wordsmith like Duce and pstevep I'll leave the helpin and splainin to them as they do a momentus job round here helpin others along with TK,User ,Kuyoko and many others,anyone left out was not intentional.
oostah glad you won your battle although it may not have turned out like you wanted,but ultimately you will have a Hot little Hero in your hands
Peace guys
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this good to know thanks for sharing man. i just wish i could have pulled that off. for others that may get in that kind bind. i have read all around the net of similar problems. that they never got fixed. but i did learn alot and hope to be able to help others if need.