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New Sprint Radio 2.42.00.03.10

I flashed this to my Eris and it seems to have faster data speeds and better reception.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657896

i definitely wouldn't go flashing any 'ole radio just because its available for other phones. proceed at your own risk everyone...his boost could easily be coincidence. youre not gonna get that much change.

gohamstergo said:
i definitely wouldn't go flashing any 'ole radio just because its available for other phones. proceed at your own risk everyone...his boost could easily be coincidence. youre not gonna get that much change.
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As long as its CDMA its good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=650121

This radio works fine on the Eris. Still, use caution when flashing it and if your phone explodes don't spam the dev forum asking for help.
No more not being able to make/receive calls as of yet. Also it seems my wifi tether works now but may have been the new ivan rom that came out.

I recommend against flashing non-Eris specific radios.
Do it at your own risk.

sickbox said:
This radio works fine on the Eris. Still, use caution when flashing it and if your phone explodes don't spam the dev forum asking for help.
No more not being able to make/receive calls as of yet. Also it seems my wifi tether works now but may have been the new ivan rom that came out.
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It COULD brick your phone... I told myself I would never flash radio images when I gained root. I'm fine with roms and themes thank you very much.

kyrumo71 said:
As long as its CDMA its good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=650121
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Yeah, that's not true dude. Flashing an incorrect radio update CAN completely brick your phone. Flashing a radio update updates your SPL. If the SPL isn't compatible with your phone/kernel, it could very well completely ruin your phone beyond recoverable.
You're lucky, but for future reference, it's a really bad idea to go flashing any ol' radio update except one that's been tested and working with your phone and kernel.

gohamstergo said:
i definitely wouldn't go flashing any 'ole radio
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GrdLock said:
it's a really bad idea to go flashing any ol' radio
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so awesome

This is why I felt comfortable with flashing the radio...
The ONLY reason I flashed this radio is due to the fact that others did this with no bad side effects (so far). Also, toastcfh has tested other heroc radios on an Eris with no bad side effects (so far) as well as done some good research for us by flashing the radios and seems to be quite knowledgeable when it comes to them.
I'm not authorizing that you should go flashing "any 'ol radio" but heroc and desirec radios seem to be created with the intention of being used on Sprint and Verizon according to research by toastcfh.
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now for the question about why some radios say heroc instead of eris...
the heroc radio are just that... heroc radios from sprint. its a cdma radio so it works the same as verizon radio. dont believe me?! do a strings | grep on all the radios and u will see they are all using both sprint and verizon logins and such. also as right now im running the latest radio which is the heroc one. everything works fine and its the one ive had best results with on both my Sprint Hero and my wifes Verizon Eris. although others may find better results with other versions.
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Just make sure you know that just because it worked for someone else doesn't mean you won't find that underlying control signal some day.

sprint uses sim cards right? the reason im askin is cuz for the hell of it i tried this radio and kept gettin no sim card messege lol i just did a restore . my stupid quesion is , the radio went back to the way it was right? im not gettin the error any more so i guess that answers my question , or could it have did other damage ? thanx for any help

tazzpatriot said:
sprint uses sim cards right? the reason im askin is cuz for the hell of it i tried this radio and kept gettin no sim card messege lol i just did a restore . my stupid quesion is , the radio went back to the way it was right? im not gettin the error any more so i guess that answers my question , or could it have did other damage ? thanx for any help
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No, only GSM carriers use SIM cards. Sprint is CDMA.

then thats wierd , i kept seeing that messege , i use the nexus lock and when it woke from sleep the error was there until i unlocked it

tazzpatriot said:
then thats wierd , i kept seeing that messege , i use the nexus lock and when it woke from sleep the error was there until i unlocked it
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I believe that was/is a bug with the nexus lock mod. I remember when lwp mod first came out I tried it and noticed the sim card message. I have not gone back to that since so I can't be 100% sure.

well whatever it was it went away after i did a restore so alls good

Is anyone experiencing any issues with this one, I have flashed this radio and my 3G signal is not as good as it used to be.
I have 2 Eris' one stock (baseband 2.32.40.11.09) and one rooted with 2.42.00.03.10. The stock gets 4 3G bars with -70dBm while the rooted Eris gets 2 or less bars with -52 dBm.
From what I'm seeing, 3G speed is also suffering on the Eris with the newer baseband. Can anyone make sense of this?

t41n7ed said:
Is anyone experiencing any issues with this one, I have flashed this radio and my 3G signal is not as good as it used to be.
I have 2 Eris' one stock (baseband 2.32.40.11.09) and one rooted with 2.42.00.03.10. The stock gets 4 3G bars with -70dBm while the rooted Eris gets 2 or less bars with -52 dBm.
From what I'm seeing, 3G speed is also suffering on the Eris with the newer baseband. Can anyone make sense of this?
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FWIW, -52dBm is much better than -70dBm.

cryppie said:
FWIW, -52dBm is much better than -70dBm.
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yeah that's what doesn't make sense to me. the rooted phone says it has a better signal strength, but I'm only getting 2 3G bars (at most!).
I would like to test it but I am unable to find the original 2.32.40.11.09 radio image.

@above
metering has changed in more recent radios. aka bars vs signal strength is different.

soooo is this a yes or no go for flashing?

I tried this out, no noticeable difference in signal strength or speed where I am. Flashed it back to the newest ERIS radio...

[Q] Forcing 3G on T9193 HD2

Success! Flashed my 1st ROM and 1st Radio. I know that to the guru's here that's no big deal but it took a lot of nerve to risk my $500 investment to the mercy of my newbieness and potential to brick it.
Now I have a few more in-depth questions for the very helpful staff around here.
I flashed Radio Leo RADIO 2.07.50.27_2 on a suggestion I saw in a thread here that stated it was the best to use on AT&T in the US. I had the stock Radio at first. I am running Artemis v331_0409_WWE which seems very well behaved and has just about all I need less the typical bloatware.
My question(s)...
What is the difference in features/performance between the stock Telstra Radio, the generic OEM radio from HTC, and the radio I have flashed? Should I be seeing any sort of improvements?
I ask this because I see all the radios published for downloading but not much on specifics as to features or benefits.
I am also interested in forcing my HD2 to stay (forced) on 3G and stop dancing back and forth between 3G and EDGE. Is that possible?
I have good signals for both 3G and EDGE but sometimes the EDGE is stronger and it drops down to it and screwing up my connection speed to a crawl.
I know that in the TMO ROM on a TMO HD2 it had the ability to select the bands (at least that's what I recall). Do any of the Radio Gods around here know how to do this or any Cooks know if this is even possible?
Any answers on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Answered my own question
After some creative searching I found an answer to the "forcing 3G" question.
Why HTC buried the band settings in a phone menu beats me. But, I found the answer. I was hoping it would have been in a more logical place like wireless connections, but hey... what do I know.
I'd still appreciate some specifics on my radio questions as I'm not looking forward to flashing every conceivable radio to see which one works if I can at least narrow it down by getting some recommendations for the best one to use on AT&T.

there are no differences between those three radios except for version.when you are trying radios you need to run them au least a day if not two to get any idea for comparison.

Wait, you're getting 3G on ATT with the TMOUS? How are you forcing it to 3G? I thought we were stuck using Edge!

apallohadas said:
Wait, you're getting 3G on ATT with the TMOUS? How are you forcing it to 3G? I thought we were stuck using Edge!
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I did not say anything about 3G on TMO, the thread is regarding the T9193 (Telstra), not TMO branded.
Yes, I am getting 3G on AT&T, but its with a T9193. TMO's version has different hardware with a different Radio Chip frequency. Flashing does not change that since it is hard coded in the Radio chip.
Sorry.

samsamuel said:
there are no differences between those three radios except for version.when you are trying radios you need to run them au least a day if not two to get any idea for comparison.
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If there are no differences then why are there different versions? Doesn't make sense to me. I'm not arguing your point but I am curious as to why a new version Radio is released if there are no differences. That would be like Microsoft releasing Windows 7 version xxxx12345.0 and then releasing version xxxx12345.678.1 and doing so for no apparent reason.
From what I've read, there must be a difference if the performance is different so it would indicate to me that there must be some tweaks on some parameters. I'm trying to find out what those parameters are and what they affect.

Oh well! That'll teach me to read more closely!
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Separate sub forum

thinking bout picking up the verizon play and wondering if we'll get a sub forum for the 800x, since it is cdma and the others are gsm wouldn't it be bad to haver it all in one? we had a huge problem in the fascinate forums since there was a gsm and cdma one but since people don't read and some didn't state which in the start had a ton of soft bricks and that lead you the whole lot of I'm bricked fix my phone noobie threads lol... so is there enough hardware difference between them to justify another forum?
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anyone else have thoughts...
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I agree
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Tornlogic said:
I agree
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My Xperia Play has GSM and WCDMA.
What is the difference between WCDMA and CDMA?
Do I have the best version?

dsswoosh said:
My Xperia Play has GSM and WCDMA.
What is the difference between WCDMA and CDMA?
Do I have the best version?
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CDMA phones are diffrent from GSM ones, they dont use a sim card, and require diffrent radios and roms from our GSM phones
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AndroHero said:
CDMA phones are diffrent from GSM ones, they dont use a sim card, and require diffrent radios and roms from our GSM phones
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So WCDMA is the best then?
Do some Xperia Play's only come with GSM and no WCDMA option?
With WCDMA enabled i get an "H" appearing for my data connection. And it is super fast. Just like broadband.
Youtube videos stream in HD no problem at all.

dsswoosh said:
So WCDMA is the best then?
Do some Xperia Play's only come with GSM and no WCDMA option?
With WCDMA enabled i get an "H" appearing for my data connection. And it is super fast. Just like broadband.
Youtube videos stream in HD no problem at all.
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WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) descibes a platform that can be convenient for the deployment of 3G. this is because of its spreading bandwidth -5MHz.
CDMA is a complete cellular system which was employed for 2G and now for 3G network. CDMA2000 is the version of CDMA system for 3G.
see there not the same thing CDMA is a type of network, while WCDMA is a radio technology, you get better reception on WCDMA rather than GSM because it uses a wider signal

+1 I agree its causing alot of confusion
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Sub forum? seriously? the Play forum is pretty dead already, why on earth would you want to split it up and make it even worse?

just tag your post [R800x] or [R800i] etc it will solve alot of the issue. but like person above me said these place is like a god damn ghost town for some reason. I honestly thought devs would be all over this phone least on vzw side as being a ASOP phone and having game controls...

well the verizon one only been out a couple of days and peoples upgrades mostly went to dx2 and the inc2 I would imagine. I know its dead and everything and if people would tag their post it would solve the problem, but people don't do that. it saves a lot of time and bricks in the long run to just split the development into a gsm thread and a cdma one. also people don't read so tagging doesn't always work lol
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FK1983 said:
Sub forum? seriously? the Play forum is pretty dead already, why on earth would you want to split it up and make it even worse?
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I'm so seconding this...
Enviado desde mi R800i

if its dead what does it matter either way. but when the "omg I flashed 800i update to my verizon phone, am I bricked?" start in ima say told ya so
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devlp1213 said:
if its dead what does it matter either way. but when the "omg I flashed 800i update to my verizon phone, am I bricked?" start in ima say told ya so
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Yeah, we'll have to wait until people actually root the Verizon Xperia Play. So far most of the methods I've tried have not worked terribly well. Gingerbreak holes are confirmed as closed, and I haven't had much luck with psneuter or rageinthecage via ADB either (could be just me doing it wrong, but it worked for other phones). Secondly, the bootloader unlock doesn't seem to work for CDMA due to no real IMEI number (just ESN), and the IMEI availble via ADB doesn't report correctly.

We have 2 fascinate models sharing a forum. Once everyone understood marking their posts, there has not been to many problems. I Say either is fine.
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Legato525 said:
We have 2 fascinate models sharing a forum. Once everyone understood marking their posts, there has not been to many problems. I Say either is fine.
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yea I know been there from day one so many bricks happened the first week do to a gsm n cdma being named the same and also a bunch of boot issues thanks to there being two sch-i500 on different cdma carriers until people finally stopped flagging the wrong modems. that's why the mesmerize got its own thread, same exact model number but different software.
rather we get another or not doesn't truly matter to me, just trying to be a friendly guy and save people some headache I'll be getting a xperia play either way and I'll be reading everything throughly so yea lol
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devlp1213 said:
yea I know been there from day one so many bricks happened the first week do to a gsm n cdma being named the same and also a bunch of boot issues thanks to there being two sch-i500 on different cdma carriers until people finally stopped flagging the wrong modems. that's why the mesmerize got its own thread, same exact model number but different software.
rather we get another or not doesn't truly matter to me, just trying to be a friendly guy and save people some headache I'll be getting a xperia play either way and I'll be reading everything throughly so yea lol
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Oh, I agree with you no doubt, when the canada fascinate got gingerbread to work it was a mess. I admit the play forums are a tad more confusing.
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Data

Is there a fix for reception drops? Using radio 2.15.50.##(I think 41). But my reception drops like hell no matter what I do. Also, can someone post what " EDGE, G, and H " means?
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Curiousn00b said:
Is there a fix for reception drops? Using radio 2.15.50.##(I think 41). But my reception drops like hell no matter what I do. Also, can someone post what " EDGE, G, and H " means?
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Part 2 of your request: different data rates:
G: GPRS up to 115kbit/s
E: EDGE up to 236 kbit/s
3G: UMTS up to 384 kbit/s
H: HSPA up to 14.4 Mbit/s

As for data drops, if you are using nand android there are various data drop issues.
alternatively, I never got on with 2.15.50, weak reception and dropping signal. I much prefer 2.11.50

Now I know G is bad. It stays on edge, since I put 2g only, and running Hyperdroid.
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Should I try a new radio? Or just reinstall the current radio?
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radio
I would find the radio best suited to your location. Many posts have said this

Are there any disadvantages in any radio? I just want the reception to stop going out and coming back after about 2 minutes.
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if you read any of the countless threads about which radio is best, you will see that there is no rhyme or reason, no pattern to what works where and for whom on what network.
Best thing you can do is download a few and try them. 2.10.50, 2.11.50 and 2.15.50 seemed to get the most attention if i remember correctly, but 2.07.50 and above (so long as its ..50..) will all work with magldr android, 576 trick or whatever type of rom you use.
I remember the only thing that was marginally agreed on was that there was a feeling that (at least under winmo) 2.15.50's new power saving actually caused signal drop.
Summary - don't bother pre-analysing, all the radios do the same thing, you wont gain/lose any function by switching radio. try a few and find which one feels right for you.

samsamuel said:
if you read any of the countless threads about which radio is best, you will see that there is no rhyme or reason, no pattern to what works where and for whom on what network.
Best thing you can do is download a few and try them. 2.10.50, 2.11.50 and 2.15.50 seemed to get the most attention if i remember correctly, but 2.07.50 and above (so long as its ..50..) will all work with magldr android, 576 trick or whatever type of rom you use.
I remember the only thing that was marginally agreed on was that there was a feeling that (at least under winmo) 2.15.50's new power saving actually caused signal drop.
Summary - don't bother pre-analysing, all the radios do the same thing, you wont gain/lose any function by switching radio. try a few and find which one feels right for you.
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I can flash a radio while nand android is installed by going to the screen with red, green, and white. Or something..... I forgot. :/
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Correct, into bootloader, connect USB, flash radio, reboot.

Curiousn00b said:
I can flash a radio while nand android is installed by going to the screen with red, green, and white. Or something..... I forgot. :/
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Yes hold volume down and the power button.
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Why am I getting no service when I'm out in the street?

I suspect it's the radio. I keep getting crappy signal apparently with the Panache stock recently. It's taken to a new level now with no service out in the middle of the street. Is there anything I can do than try to switch radios? Even right now, I keep getting switched from 3G to HSPA+.
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Radio controls all network communication. Just be careful when changing it. Make sure you verify the md5.
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I'll verify the next radio I'll download. I don't know which one though. I was comfy with Panache stock. :/
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DJ Scooby Doo said:
I'll verify the next radio I'll download. I don't know which one though. I was comfy with Panache stock. :/
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It varies by location. I'd start with the latest GB radio and work backward.
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Will do. Thanks for your help! I really appreciate it.
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Radio Issue
I have a MT4G running 4.2.2 on LiquidSmooth and I cant get anything over 3g even in areas where I previously had awesome 4g service (on stock 2.3.4). I checked my md5 and it does not match any other radio/baseband's md5. I'd really like my 4g back but I also don't want to brick my phone. Currently my md5 is showing up as 60de66c8b88d27b9a3bbae385b7f71dc and have yet to find one anywhere to match it. I am fairly new to rooting androids ( I had an iPhone for like 5 years and I just got fed up with the limitations even when it was jailbroken) I read a forum about extracting the radio.img from a stock rom but I was still iffy about the md5 not matching. Absolutely any advice would be great. Thanks in advance (and apologies in advance if I somehow posted this in the wrong place or something)

RomminNudels said:
I have a MT4G running 4.2.2 on LiquidSmooth and I cant get anything over 3g even in areas where I previously had awesome 4g service (on stock 2.3.4). I checked my md5 and it does not match any other radio/baseband's md5. I'd really like my 4g back but I also don't want to brick my phone. Currently my md5 is showing up as 60de66c8b88d27b9a3bbae385b7f71dc and have yet to find one anywhere to match it. I am fairly new to rooting androids ( I had an iPhone for like 5 years and I just got fed up with the limitations even when it was jailbroken) I read a forum about extracting the radio.img from a stock rom but I was still iffy about the md5 not matching. Absolutely any advice would be great. Thanks in advance (and apologies in advance if I somehow posted this in the wrong place or something)
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"4G" and 3G use the same hardware. None, I repeat, NONE of the available radios break "4G." What you're seeing is a difference in the icons used. Whereas the stock GB ROM simply shows "4G" when using HSPA+, the AOSP variants show 3G when idle and switch to H/H+ when data is being used. There is nothing you need to change. It's a gimmick that often evokes a placebo effect.

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"4G" and 3G use the same hardware. None, I repeat, NONE of the available radios break "4G." What you're seeing is a difference in the icons used. Whereas the stock GB ROM simply shows "4G" when using HSPA+, the AOSP variants show 3G when idle and switch to H/H+ when data is being used. There is nothing you need to change. It's a gimmick that often evokes a placebo effect.
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Thanks for the quick reply and thank you again for clarifying that. But when I ran speed test my download speed is showing around 350kb/s when I usually get around 1.5 mb/s. I recently asked my friends in the area that also have t mobile and they said they've experienced a decent loss in speed/signal just in the past month or so. So is it possible that another baseband might increase my signal strength at least? Because if it's not possible/effective than I feel like I'd be wasting time trying to fix my md5 issue.

RomminNudels said:
Thanks for the quick reply and thank you again for clarifying that. But when I ran speed test my download speed is showing around 350kb/s when I usually get around 1.5 mb/s. I recently asked my friends in the area that also have t mobile and they said they've experienced a decent loss in speed/signal just in the past month or so. So is it possible that another baseband might increase my signal strength at least? Because if it's not possible/effective than I feel like I'd be wasting time trying to fix my md5 issue.
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If you're worried about the radio, download a different one, verify the md5 ON THAT DOWNLOAD and flash it. Feel free to report the speed difference, if there is one.