Too many radio flashes? - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok, I have a LS980 that is either always Roaming or only on 2G Edge data connection........
I have been switching between zvc (stock) and zv8 roms (cm12)......requiring the respective radio/modem flash to properly boot.
The reason i've switched soo much is because I was chasing down the CM12 no GPS issue.......which I did manage to remedy by flashing to stock, then restoring my cm backup.
Ok.......so basically......I've seen this phone connect to H+, like it should, only a few times.....and for a few moments then it always ultimately disconnects and reverts me back to Edge.
I thought it was a CM12 issue......but I flashed Cloudy's G3 rom based on ZVC......and it didn't help.
I just so happen to have a second LS980 G2 for a few days........its running the Cloudy G3 ZVC based rom.....no issues.....H+ all the way like normal
Right now I have both G2's running the same ZVC rom (and I have wiped complete and .tot backed to ZVC stock, then flashed the cloudy rom on the weak signal g2)
I can literally take the sim out of the roaming/Edge only G2...put it in the other g2 and pretty much always H+ after a few seconds of booting.
So.......my basic question........would you deduce that: 1. this phone just already had weak radios inside this phone to begin with OR 2. frequent modem flashing caused a weaking/radio issue?
I've worked on probably close to over 5 G2s.......and this is the first time i've seen one with weak/bad radio inside of it and displaying this issue.

Nobody else ever had a G2 with a bad/weak radio/modem??

Your issue could be hardware related. My D802 has had a terrible GPS reception that drove me mad. No matter what ROM, even stock. They replaced some module (radio and/or GPS), now it's accurate.
Flashing *should* have no impact, on the other hand overheating issues with our G2 are known, resulting in screen damage. This may also fry a radio, I don't now.
Regards,
saimonsez

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