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Danger in changing radio rom?

Anyone know if there is potential brick-danger in changing a radio rom? I currently run the Cingular 2.25.0001 .. and was wondering if the T-mobile 2.19 was better and if it was safe to replace my G4 8125's radio rom with the T-mobile one..
Thanks

Madcap180 said:
Anyone know if there is potential brick-danger in changing a radio rom? I currently run the Cingular 2.25.0001 .. and was wondering if the T-mobile 2.19 was better and if it was safe to replace my G4 8125's radio rom with the T-mobile one..
Thanks
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I had i scary moment in my first flashing days when i tried a radio only updater that didn't work and i lost the ability to connect to active sync. I then discovered phones could be flashed from boot loader and fixed it with a full official ROM.
But the answer is NO, a radio upgrade does not brick the phone and you can upgrade just the radio (gsm_data zone) by using an updater made for that purpose.
The question is: is the file well made? are the addresses correct?
Two choices:
Make your own radio updater. Easy these days with all the tools and info
Get an updater from a reliable source or from places with positive feedback by other members. I believe there is a thread for that in 'Wizard Upgrading' section
Hope it's clear, good luck.
cheers

Yea I flashed it to T-mobil radio 2.19 .. worked flawlessly.. i havent run into any problems flashing ANYTHING yet.. I think i am getting lucky.

Madcap180 said:
Yea I flashed it to T-mobil radio 2.19 .. worked flawlessly.. i havent run into any problems flashing ANYTHING yet.. I think i am getting lucky.
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yeah, i should have see your signature duhh
anyway, it still can be useful for others with less knowledge

Please Help Me No GSM

Please Help Me No GSM
Dopod 838 Pro Ipl1.04 Spl2.30 Olipro

Read here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unbrick

please info me step by step

Did you even read the link? It tells you what to do.
Plus, your not giving us much info to go on. And actually, I'm guessing if you searched with some of the details of how your nosgm started, someone probably already experienced it and has a conclusion of how to fix/couldn't fix.

help me please infor me step by step

No GSM showing means that something went wrong with the radio rom upgrade.
I suggest that you try to downgrade to the official rom for your device. Then you can upgrade to whatever version of OS you want, but make sure that the rom does not contain radio upgrade.

The Issue "No GSM" is because of bad sodering contacts between the QC and Samsung flash or the Samsung CPU and the contiguous flash (samsung) and it resuts all the strange behaviours of this HTC model. Anyway for me it's another proof of samsung quality
Low emission soldering + thin ICs (big foolish sandwich FLASH/CPU) + over located Keyboard = possible cold/bad contact soldering problem.
The proof is the many "NoGSM" issues got without any trying ROM update, or the too many 2XX errors during upgrade.

Do you have a problem with the radio not working?(not able to receive signal, make/receive calls/text?) Cause i had the same problem. Anyways, the way i fixed it is by dissasembling the 8525, and reassembling it back together. Then i flashed the official wm6 rom with 1.48 radio, and it works fully now.
I heard that no gsm can occur with a failed radio flash, which i think is unrepairable, except by replacing the motherboard. If it wasnt a failed radio flash, then i think theres several methods to remedy it. Just try all the methods including mines. Hope you get it to work, theres been too many "no gsm" errors lately. Whoever designed the 8525 should be shot for making such a weak phone.

rado_penev said:
No GSM showing means that something went wrong with the radio rom upgrade.
I suggest that you try to downgrade to the official rom for your device. Then you can upgrade to whatever version of OS you want, but make sure that the rom does not contain radio upgrade.
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yea, I think it's maybe a wrong radio rom
you should downgrade back to shipped "official" rom for Dopod838pro, like this rom
http://www.4shared.com/file/5524501...ODASIA_WWE_3547074_6275_1473010_108_Ship.html

dipad said:
yea, I think it's maybe a wrong radio rom
you should downgrade back to shipped "official" rom for Dopod838pro, like this rom
http://www.4shared.com/file/5524501...ODASIA_WWE_3547074_6275_1473010_108_Ship.html
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no.., it still didn't work on my hermes.. it stopped flashing at 11%

Please help me, my Dopod 838 Pro has No GSM!

ROM upgrade interrupted

Hi
While I was upgrading my ROM the PC was turned off, and the upgrade was interrupted.
Now my HTC HD2 have died in its 1st day No matter how many times I press the power button it doesn't turn on!
Tried soft and hard reset but didn't worked, also the battery is almost full.
I called HTC workshop and they told me if the interruption was between 17% - 50% then it can be fixed easily (low cost)
BUT if it was interrupted after 50% progress, then the motherboard need to be changed and that will cost alot!!
Is that true...
PLEASE HELP

more specific info please,
can you boot into bootloader?
when you say "No matter how many times I press the power button it doesn't turn on!" do you REALLY mean it wont turn on, or do you mean it stops on a grey screen?
what version phone?
did you use hspl first?

Hi samsamuel
No I cannot even boot into bootloader.
and yes I REALLY mean it wont turn on. (It has died man) ...
It is a T-Mobile USA Version with ROM 2.01 and I was upgrading to ROM 1.66 and I wasn't able to upgrade to that version until I used HSPL successfully.
How much does it cost to replace the motherboard and from where I can buy it??

humaidiom said:
Hi samsamuel
No I cannot even boot into bootloader.
and yes I REALLY mean it wont turn on. (It has died man) ...
It is a T-Mobile USA Version with ROM 2.01 and I was upgrading to ROM 1.66 and I wasn't able to upgrade to that version until I used HSPL successfully.
How much does it cost to replace the motherboard and from where I can buy it??
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Send it to warranty if it can't be turned on.
Maybe they'll replace it. What do you have to loose?

if it is tmobile, and less than a year, jsut tell them it stopped working. don't tell them you upgrade to rom bla bla bla

humaidiom said:
Hi samsamuel
No I cannot even boot into bootloader.
and yes I REALLY mean it wont turn on. (It has died man) ...
It is a T-Mobile USA Version with ROM 2.01 and I was upgrading to ROM 1.66 and I wasn't able to upgrade to that version until I used HSPL successfully.
How much does it cost to replace the motherboard and from where I can buy it??
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Unlucky, it's dead, you bricked it by flashing an incorrect radio.
i'm interested in your train of thought where going from 2.01 to 1.66 is an upgrade?
no clue how you would go about swapping out a mo board. Id try get it swapped under warranty.

samsamuel said:
it's dead, you bricked it by flashing an incorrect radio.
i'm interested in your train of thought where going from 2.01 to 1.66 is an upgrade?
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The reason I did that was to enable Arabic and the only way I think could do that is to "downgrade it to that ROM.
htc.com/mea-en/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=857&news_id=496

humaidiom said:
The reason I did that was to enable Arabic and the only way I think could do that is to "downgrade it to that ROM.
htc.com/mea-en/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=857&news_id=496
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ah i see. well unfortunately the tmous will not run any rom version lower than 2, but what killed your phone is the radio that is included with the 1.66.
so far a few dozen people have donethis, no fix available.

It will indeed be the incompatible radio that bricked it. Live and learn. There's no fix.
If you've just got the phone there's no reason why you can't just contact T-Mobile and get a replacement unless they call you up on it. Did you HSPL before hand?

[Q] "Best" 6.35 radio for Europe/Greece

Hello all!
I've flashed Capychimp's RCRogers2.1 v3.0 ROM along with an 6.35.16.19 radio. In http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=659403 it is mentioned that when comparing radios the "... two last suffixes (631.2; 401.2) are regional numbers. These roms are different by regional content only. Other roms have same situation."
So, and if I understand correctly, the last two digits do not signify software version. However, in http://cleanimport.xda/index.php?threads/605239/ it is mentioned that
Upgrade from 6.35.07.29 to a new version
You can upgrade radio version from 6.35.07.29 to 6.35.08.29 or 6.35.10.18 without wiping, reflashing or losing any data.
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Therefore, it seems that the last two digits here indicate version.
Which is true? For my ROM (see signature) which would be the best radio for Greece? The one I have right now? 6.35.10.18? Other? Any help will be appreciated.

You seem to be comparing versions number of radio and rom - which are not the same at all.
Anyways, 6.35.10.18 should work fine - the new radio that came with 2.1 seems to make troubles with my phone now, so I would maybe suggest not moving to that.

heksesang said:
You seem to be comparing versions number of radio and rom - which are not the same at all.
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Actually not; comparison is on the grounds of different radios only.
Anyways, 6.35.10.18 should work fine - the new radio that came with 2.1 seems to make troubles with my phone now, so I would maybe suggest not moving to that.
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Like I said, I already have 6.35.16.19 installed. It works perfectly. No FCs, no problems whatsoever. My original question is on the grounds on whether another radio, 6.35.10.18, would be more optimized for technologies used in Europe with regard to 3G. Or, perhaps, with regard to specific voice tuning for GSM in European countries.
In this context, is 6.35.10.18 (or some other radio) more "suited" for operation in Europe than 6.35.16.19?

HTC HD2 TMOBILE - Flash stay in 0%

Hello, I try to flash my TMOBILE HTC HD2 that has the stock Rom SPL-3.05.1 and when i get to the flash point, the bar stay in 0%
Any ideas???
Other tools says I dont have correct SPL version, I have download the updated ROM from T-Mobile website and even chat with them. That ROM is the 3.14 but still same issue...please help...thank you so much

SPL 3.05.01 and not 3,03

Why are you posting in the Android subsection?
Was the rom made specifically for your t-mo device? Could be you're trying to flash an incompatible. (Though I am quite certain if that's the case, an error should pop-up)

Marvlesz said:
Why are you posting in the Android subsection?
Was the rom made specifically for your t-mo device? Could be you're trying to flash an incompatible. (Though I am quite certain if that's the case, an error should pop-up)
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I think the problem is that the ROM i have doe not allow re-flsh (something about the Radio signed version)
I wonder if there is a way to Downgrade - I just don't know how to do that

Can someone help??? please??