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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 Thus, it seems the reason voice quality is so poor is the outdated radio firmware.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
hi guys, i have a Fender Mytouch - which was running roms nicely till i booted back into recovery then selected restart/reboot and it went straight to the HBOOT screen - i press back to go to fastboot but nothing happens, i tried all key combos to get into recovery or fastboot but nothing. Completly stuck on this HBOOT screen :-(
PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT - 1.33.0013
CPLD-13
RADIO - 2.22.23.02
Oct 21 2009
please ive tried to look other posts but they all can get into fastboot i cant, can someone help i didnt flash any spl or anything but 32a/32b roms over the last month - oh and it was running recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2G before this happened
Is there a way to flash a recovery image from the HBOOT screen ? I really dont know what the fook happened - grrrr crazy
please can one of the smart guys on here give me assistance - been trying to look for the solotuion for 3 hours now
zerodi said:
Is there a way to flash a recovery image from the HBOOT screen ? I really dont know what the fook happened - grrrr crazy
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Yes, if you have an engineering SPL, which you do not. You'll need to flash a stock ROM.
do not flash an eng spl. Our phones do not run on anything other then stock radio and spl. Also, even though it is a 32a board, only g1 /32b roms and recoveries work.
What happened to you makes no sense unless your leaving something out or tried to flash an ota Rom.
Take battery out, put it back in /hold home and power, should go into recovery. If not, I would say follow my guide in Sig to start over but you'll probably screw up on flashing the radio and spl.
you flashed a wrong radio, man
"PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT - 1.33.0013
CPLD-13
RADIO - 2.22.23.02"
2.22.23.02 is the radio for google branded, my touch 3g = PVT 32B .... not your 32A
turop said:
you flashed a wrong radio, man
"PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT - 1.33.0013
CPLD-13
RADIO - 2.22.23.02"
2.22.23.02 is the radio for google branded, my touch 3g = PVT 32B .... not your 32A
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lol Oops Didnt catch that. HEs right, you have the G1 radio going. Ours should be .12 at the end... I think lol. I havent had to mess with it for a while since Universal Androot works now. But again, you may want to start over if you know what your doing. Otherwise, time to go get a replacement because flashing the radio and spl, your probably going to brick it anyway.
crypysmoker said:
do not flash an eng spl. Our phones do not run on anything other then stock radio and spl. Also, even though it is a 32a board, only g1 /32b roms and recoveries work.
What happened to you makes no sense unless your leaving something out or tried to flash an ota Rom.
Take battery out, put it back in /hold home and power, should go into recovery. If not, I would say follow my guide in Sig to start over but you'll probably screw up on flashing the radio and spl.
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Thanks encouraging as your words are i didnt do anything / screw anything up all i did was reboot into recovery from the sparks rom then reboot/restart and it gave me this problem !!!
turop said:
you flashed a wrong radio, man
"PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT - 1.33.0013
CPLD-13
RADIO - 2.22.23.02"
2.22.23.02 is the radio for google branded, my touch 3g = PVT 32B .... not your 32A
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Umm..what?
Your radio/SPL are fine. As for your situation, did you root using the goldcard method? If you did, try doing it over and see if it'll let you into fastboot after loading the engineering sappimg.
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hey guys , i got into recovery now and wiped everything then flashed a rom but its stuck on the rom boot screen now, cannot boot into the rom
I just flashed [MT3G 1.2/LE Fender] CR_Slide2G1_v1 and it works ! My LE is back up and running
i really dont know why that happened stuck on the Hboot screen
zerodi said:
I just flashed [MT3G 1.2/LE Fender] CR_Slide2G1_v1 and it works ! My LE is back up and running
i really dont know why that happened stuck on the Hboot screen
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Some roms take 10-15 min to boot up so you just gota have patience .
Also, any roms built with a Cyan kernel after 5.0.8 will work on our phones also.
IS the location working on that rom for you?
When it first cam eout I used it for months with no problems.. but then I tried to go back a few days ago and the weather/clock will not find me.
yeah with wifi it picks up my location for the weather just fine
zerodi said:
yeah with wifi it picks up my location for the weather just fine
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only on wifi? thats weird. That would explain why it keeps asking for wifi to be on though lol.
You wont belive it but this f***in ohone has just gone and done the same problem again.....
I was charging it then powered off the device then turned it on after 30mins and its now stuck on the HBOOT screen AGAIN - grrrrrr i cant belive this thing
So now im completey stuck again - if this happens everything i charge this thing then thats not gonna be cool.
Im trying this method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734617 , posted by DonJuan692006
but because the phone cant boot up into the OS adb doesnt see it as list of devices so i cant do the goldcard and start again.....
hmmmm i might throw this thing outta the window
Without a goldcard your not going to be able to go that route. If you've still got your Hero, you can use it to make the goldcard, or any Android powered device for that matter. Maybe just wait it out and see if it just starts working as before?
i have a successful goldcard.img from my Hero will take be ok to use for the Fender you thinks ?
damm-it just tried that and SAPPIMG gives an Incorrect Model ID - because im using the Hero goldcard
damm i dont know what else to try
does anyone have a Fender Goldcard img they would like to share with me - proberly wont work but you never know i might get lucky
cheers
Hi,
I am not all that new to rooting / flashing i've had a lot of experience but i think i've made a school boy error.
I rooted a HTC Magic last night and added the 1.5 Hero Rom.
this morning i looked for a later ROM and i found one from the unlockr.
the issue with this was that it required a radio flash. My 32B Magic is now flashed to 32A and i cannot even get into recovery mode OR re-flash the radio.img i had originally through fastboot.
Upon boot the Magic just comes up with the Mytouch 3G spash screen and nothing else.
Details:
Rooted using gold card method, fine.
Hero rom installed: fine.
Updating the ROM however, the radio was flashed to 32A and now i cannot get back into recovery mode.
Is there anything i can do? has anyone seen this before? I really don't want to keep using the motorola dext, sorting this magic out will make me happy.
Please help.
thanks.
you cant go in fastboot mode???
[edit]No, I can get to fastboot, i can get the opening my touch splash up but nothing is working from there. i've tried the arab rom but i can't get my pc to recognize. there has to be a way to flash this back...
[edit] update - Attempted to flash stock 32B Radio to get rid of the 32A that i think's causing the issue - fastboot flash radio.img... Sends radio OK but hangs on Writing radio, I get a black screen on the device. didn't work.
I don't want to ruin the mood any more than it is now, but I did practically the same thing; flashed 32B radio onto 32A Magic, and it was unrepairable in my country. Sold it for parts a few weeks later and got another one.
No fastboot, no boot at all, nothing. All that I was able to get was the blue led mode (trackball + power), and the only repair method was JTAG, which wasn't available to me.
That sucks.
From what I can gather this very well might be dead but everything I can find tells me as long as i can get into fastboot there must be something i can do.
At the moment I can use fastboot and HBOOT but i'm unable to get to a recovery or flash a stock radio.
so far i've tried every recovery/radio i can get my hands on. Hope i'm missing something and somebody is able to help.
flashing 32B to 32A does make me feel a bit spastic to be honest. it's a mistake I can never repeat with anything!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754565
Try posting your thread again in the correct section.
EDIT: Tis the season and junk. I was about to move this to the TRASH but I took pity on you. I moved your thread to the correct section but the next new post that you create in the Development section that isn't related to development will be trashed. Final warning.
Appreciated, My bad. It's been a long and overly tiring day.
Info if it helps:
Sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)
RADIO-6.35.16.19
Tried flashing official rom, nothing.
I got ID Failed, same when i try usinb sappimg in hboot.
radio now half installs but failes on ID.
Felt i'd add to this in case anyone has any ideas.
cheers.
Hi,
I recommend that you download this switcher (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794450&highlight=eyegor). Only to use the files (HBOOT, RADIO and REVOVERY), again ONLY because of the files.
After download reboot on fastboot mode and flash: HBOOT, RADIO and RECOVERY, using this sequence.
Good luck,
I'm not sure if this will deal with 32B Magic that's been flashed to 32A but i'll give it a shot. thanks.
Unfortunately there was no luck with that or the Arabic RRU, The GUI Switcher method to flash the radio failed, now phone won't even turn on.
If it wasn't a brick before, it sure as hell is now. i'll chalk this one up as a mistake i think and just be more careful in future.
Hi,
First time posting so please excuse my ignorance
Here is the problem.
I am (was) the happy owner of a HTC Magic 32B, which I successfully upgraded to CM 6.0, with radio 2.22.19.26I and SPL 1.33.2005.
It worked well but quite sluggish so I decided today to upgrade to CM 6.1.
I did, it was incredibly smoother but I had some troubles with the internet connection: sometimes, the phone would start uploading (the little upload arrow was on, on the icon of the taskbar) while the download stayed flat.
I thought I should try a new radio and SPL.
Now I'm stuck with this:
- radio 2.22.27.08
- SPL 1.33.0013d
- I am able to get to the fastboot and recovery (Amon RA 1.7.0)
- the phone keeps booting in loop
Besides, I can't flash anything from fastboot (or recovery for that matters) because I get this message:
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
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Is there anything I can do to get my phone back?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
OK well, fixed it.
Reflashed radio 1.33.19.26I and SPL 1.33.2005 through recovery...
I might have skipped a reboot while first flashing which would explain why it wasn't working.
Still, this radio doesn't seem very good : wifi is not reliable, UMTS/HSDPA neither.
I saw somewhere that the radio 1.33.19.26I is for non-US (which is my case) and others are for US versions.
What are the radio versions I could use?
iam getting main version is older when using the itasalat rom. why am i getting that?
do goldcards only update to newer versions of rom?
my phone info:-
SPL/hboot version: 1.76.0008.
Radio version: 3.22.20.17.
Main software version: 3.05.401.1.
cid: htc__j42.
cpld: 12.
product: sapphire.
mid: sapp10000.
security: on.
build-mode: ship.
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sapphire pvt 32a ship s-on h
hboot-1.76.0008 (sapp10000)
cpld-12
radio-3.22.20.17
when trying the different goldcard which probable didnt work, for some reason the radio was not installing when i tried to sappimage the rom file, so the new radio and hboot isnt installed. the sappimage did start the update but the screen had started changing colours and then it went to grey for 30 minutes. in other words its not completely installed. specially the radio update just gets stuck (why?)
although my phone hast the system,userdata etc (files of the first rom (in 3.05 ruu there are 2 roms, rom and rom1)) but the phone has the radio and spl of a different rom.
since i have a 3.22 radio, i was trying the etisalat rom but when i used it in this new goldcard, it gave the reply ''main version is older"
What should i do now?
when is someone going to reply!!?
Honestly, that's so far from English that I don't know what you're telling me. Please retype your post in something readable.
radio is not flashing
z33dev33l said:
Honestly, that's so far from English that I don't know what you're telling me. Please retype your post in something readable.
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okay!
heres the problem.
u see in htc europe rom, there are 2 rom files, labelled as rom and rom1. rom has the hboot and radio while rom1 has recovery,system, userdata, boot and splash.
i flashed the rom1 first through hboot because cwrecovery was giving some kind of error. the rom1 got flashed because i had eingineering spl.
i then went to flash the rom file by hboot(the file containing radio 6.35 and hboot). the file got detected and gave the update option.
however at the radio update the screen starts changing the colour, and very slowly reaches grey after, like 5 minutes and stays on gery for 20 minutes! then it goes black for like 20 minutes! not sure what happenes after that because i usually take out the battery!
also since i flashed the rom1 file, i have a different recovery, which does not open and also the phone is stuck in boot-loop.
what can i do?
the phones info is in the above post through!
thanx!
It stucks because you have Spl/radio mismatch!Im not sure but i think this is your problem!And you have security on...Try flashing a RUU higher than your main version with 3.22 radio!It will stuck again at radio update but after restart you will have a good combination and then flash the original RUU.
need 3.05.401.1 HTC Europe test-signed with 3.22 radio
nikosdd said:
It stucks because you have Spl/radio mismatch!Im not sure but i think this is your problem!And you have security on...Try flashing a RUU higher than your main version with 3.22 radio!It will stuck again at radio update but after restart you will have a good combination and then flash the original RUU.
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YEA thats sounds exactly like it would solve the problem!! but i dont think there are greater version then 3.05 rom with 3.22 radio, or are there??
the link of the htc magic 32a rom links is here :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=659403
i guess i need 3.05.401.1 HTC Europe test-signed with 3.22 radio
thaaanxxx
Man, go to repair-shop and ask master for JTAG. Told him that he need restore 1.33.2010 hboot cause your radio is 3.22.20.17
p.s. I don't think that ROM with this anomalous combo hboot/radio exists in the wild life... Even if someone will modify it comply with requirements, he may ask > 50$ cause it is truly black magic))
You still got problems?