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 Thus, it seems the reason voice quality is so poor is the outdated radio firmware.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
Hey there guys...
So I ****ed up. I flashed the Danger SPL for WG's build of cyanogen's rom and then selected reboot. I wasn't aware you needed to flash a rom after adding the SPL but now I'm stuck with the "T-Mobile G1" screen and it will not boot into recovery.
I hold the Home key down when I boot, nothing. I hit Home, Menu & End keys at the same time and it won't even reboot. any tips? Sorry I'm searching through the threads now for help. Thank you!
No, rebooting is fine. You didn't have the correct radio, which you should have had since 1.5. You can either get a replacement from tmo saying an update bricked it, replace the motherboard or buy a new one.
the radio was wrong?
I had the 26I radio I believe
Its of no help, but I am curious.
why flash DangerSPL for a rom based on Cyanogens ?
I didnt think you needed DangerSPL for that rom ?
vixsandlee said:
Its of no help, but I am curious.
why flash DangerSPL for a rom based on Cyanogens ?
I didnt think you needed DangerSPL for that rom ?
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you dont need too lol but some people do it just in case they want too flash a 2.0 or hero or 2.1/hero lol... but for the OP if you had the 26l radio then the spl was okay to flash does it boot up to the mytouch screen or does it do nothing I think its camera and power for the G1 to get into fastboot try that and see if it turns on
Take out battery for 10 seconds. Press Back button several times. Put back battery. Boot into recovery mode.
Well...
took it into t-mobile & just received by replacement phone yesterday.
How hooked up is that for xmas?
Brand new G1 running super smooth I love it
Boomer1331 said:
Well...
took it into t-mobile & just received by replacement phone yesterday.
How hooked up is that for xmas?
Brand new G1 running super smooth I love it
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Great! What was your explanation to them?
I've got a stock MyTouch3g, it has firmware 1.6 and it's build DMD64 (whatever that means? I searched and found nothing).
So which rooting method and firmware rom can I use for this phone?
I am trying to get t-zones working on this phone (getting internet for $7/mth). The stock rom it always detects and won't let me use it. I heard Cynogen it works. So that is the rom I want, but I am not sure which phone I have? 32A?32B? How can I tell?
I'm used to doing this with Winmo but new to the Android phones.
OK I see; hold the back button while also pressing the power button to find out what phone I have and go from there!
I have been trying to get this thing to work. I got it rooted, i installed CM6.1 and it had that horrible green tint.
I updated the radio and hboot to SPL 1.33.0013d and RADIO 2.22.28.25
the hboot wouldnt update for whatever reason to the newest one.
I installed yoshi's rom since thats the reason i even updated the spl to begin with and sure enough it ran but it was SO slow i could barely use it.
Went back to install a diff rom like the CM nightly and its stuck in bootloop. Doesn't seem to matter what I do, I can get back into CWM but i cant seem to get a rom to install right.
Im coming from the epic but any help with this would be immensely appreciated.
Have you tried flashing a different kernel (like ezterry's)? It cures the green tint thing...
Maybe it will solve the other issues too...
Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8930875&postcount=475
or
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...ghtlies/page__st__5660__p__117678#entry117678
or
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=1498
I should of explained more. After installing CM6.1 and getting the green tint I tried yoshis but had to update my hboot and radio. Now that it's updated every single other rom I try BESIDES yoshi's bootloops.
The issue is yoshi's runs too slow on 32B, there just isnt enough ram and I have to get back to CM6.1 for the phone to run properly.
I have no way of reverting back to an older radio and I dont know why the newer radios are stopping the rom from installing but it seems like im sutck and I really need to fix this issue.
I've tried installing the sappimg.nbh and my hboot wont recognize it for going back to stock.
I cant get amon Ra recovery to work through rom manager only CWM
At this point I have no idea what to do bc I cant give them the phone with it running this slow. It's unuseable
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Have you tried flashing a different kernel (like ezterry's)? It cures the green tint thing...
Maybe it will solve the other issues too...
Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8930875&postcount=475
or
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...ghtlies/page__st__5660__p__117678#entry117678
or
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=1498
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got it working, required 2806 based kernal and the cyanogen mod nightly RC1
basically found here
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/9819-cm61-rc1-2708port-for-new-radiospl/
really wish **** wasnt that complicated when the answer was so simple
Unless the rom supports the new radio/spl (cm6 doesn't), you will have to flash a 2708+ kernel.
Try a rom with Autokernel (ezgingerbread, cos-ds, sense-lx, dreamteam froyo [in rom manager as AOSP Froyo])
Hello wanted to update this magic to yoshi gingerbread 1.4 and i needed the newest radio update.
I updated it thru the recovery menu and rebooted the phone.
Now it just hangs with the download icon and fades out within 10 seconds and shows either black/white silver/green screen sometimes. Mostly black screen.
Here's a video i just made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUzBE1cPTBM
I dont think i can access the recovery menu or the hboot menu already tryed that, via key press.
Any thougts?
20 views and none replys, that looks like theres no hope ?
There must be some one that knows what todo.. no?. Theres always help to find here at xda.
Hi,
Did you tried to remove the battery, then put it back in, and start the device?
What was your HBOOT, SPL and Radio version ?
Regards
Chromatic said:
Hi,
Did you tried to remove the battery, then put it back in, and start the device?
What was your HBOOT, SPL and Radio version ?
Regards
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I thougt i saved the text document with it but perhaps not then lol ..
But i know i had engineering spl and s-off from last time i did it, and i remember something with .08.29 and something about 2009 i wrote down. Thats it what i can remember
I was updating to those files http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9222704&postcount=6 that was pointed from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909900
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omg i just realized they were for 32b i guess?, and im on 32a oO. Im always extra carefull, totally missed what post was what .
I have tryed to take out the battery dozen times.
You could also have used the sticked Ginger Yoshi's dedicated thread , for downloading.
With many advices, like "with this HBOOT and radio, use this release"... and kernel patch.
These information, HBOOT and radio, are really important.
You also said you tried to access the recovery, with no luck.
"volume down + power" give you access to something ?
Chromatic said:
You could also have used the sticked Ginger Yoshi's dedicated thread , for downloading.
With many advices, like "with this HBOOT and radio, use this release"... and kernel patch.
These information, HBOOT and radio, are really important.
You also said you tried to access the recovery, with no luck.
"volume down + power" give you access to something ?
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Hello ill write back when im home where the phone actually is so i can see what i precisely patched and so on . hope you will be with me when i come back