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[HTC Inspire 4G] Fixter:
That's what I thought. Just confirming. Thanks for your help! :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
From my understanding of flashing it you would need to be eng s-off. Then flash the splash screen as a .img.

App
[HTC Inspire 4G] mj0528:
Thank you for your answer!
[HTC Inspire 4G] sjhdeh:
Why everytime when I load into hboot do I see it trying to flash the pd98 zip file. It appears to try and process it 3 times and gets a file not found error and dissapears fairly fast. After I flashed radio did I somehow not clear it or something?

Phone is working well and I have since ENG s-off'd the phone and flashed a few different radios with clockworkmod. It just bugs me that its there...
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Better answer below :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] nocmadman:
After 2 hours of fighting trying to change the radio and a major headache this made it very simple and elegant thank you for the nice writeup
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
Yes you can reverse it but you need to have the three original files that were placed on your SD card when you did Eng S-off. That one click put three Hboot files on your card one being the original Hboot.

Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=855403 in the very first post near the middle of the post it says reverting to stock there is directions on how to reverse it with terminal emulator. I know it works, I just did it. If you do not have the files on your card any longer then you are SOL.
[HTC Inspire 4G] equlizer:
Is there any danger of just leaving it on? I really dont want to go through the hastle of eng s-off :(

Would i have to reflash everything?
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
Every time you go into hboot it looks for the 3 different files. It takes a second after the screen comes up. If you do not want it to flash a radio every time you go into hboot make sure to remove the PD98IMG.zip file from the root of your sdcard after flashing.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Yes this is correct, I misread his question. Thought his SD card was having problems finding any of the files, which sometimes happens to me.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Otreblada:
Failed radio flash

When trying to flash radio, I get the following error:

Writing 'radio' ...FAILED remote : not allowed

Any ideas how to fix this?

TX:mad:
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
Read the original post in this thread, it's what the thread's been discussing. When using the fastboot commands to flash a radio, it requires ENG S-Off which installs an engineering bootloader that's dangerous to work with (this is where your error comes from, if you're not ENG S-Off you can't flash radios this way, and you'll get the "FAILED remote : not allowed" message). You don't need to flash your radio. You can flash a new radio by putting the radio.img file you want in the radio's PD98IMG.zip file from the hack kit, then put it on your sd card, then flash the radio through HBoot.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bowtieguy:
This needs to be stickied
[HTC Inspire 4G] Ayrek:
Will this method work with any radio?

I've had some issues with MMS messages and not of the APN settings I've tried have worked, so I'm thinking of trying this one

Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_SF

Its the recommended radio from the official radio thread linked to in the first post.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
This method will work for any radio, you will need to build your own, instructions are in OP. That radio is the recommended radio for the international desire hd, not sure about using it on at&t and the inspire. I have had good luck with the GB radio in the OP.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Fixter:
I've been using the Inspire latest radio and so far I am getting a 32% Signal StandBy and I don't find that good at all.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CB620:
Is this easy. I'm with the stock radio the phone came with
[HTC Inspire 4G] Otreblada:
I still confused

I have read on the instructions in how to created a zip file to flash radio, but I still confused. If I need to flash the radio recommended for Android Revolution, radio 12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14.M How will I do it.? Will I create a Zip file with only the radio flash and name it PD981IMG-12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14.M? Or do I open the regular PD98IMG, drop the new radio in, and re zip naming the new zip PD981IMG-12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14.M?

TX:confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] bik_android:
I can't verify the md5sum. It keep saying "permission denied" I did S-off using Simple One click.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
OK so I can download any radio and get the image and zip it and name it accordingly to the file name and move file to root or SD card? Well would it need to be my external, or enternal? Cuz I would be doing all this using justbmy phone. This possible?
[HTC Inspire 4G] :
Can I use this method after I have already flashed a new ROM?

Currently running coredroid 4.7 and am seeing weak

WiFi with the stock radio.

So if I understand this correctly, I replace the radio in the

Pd98img file and then flash that using clockwork mod

Recovery? Is that going to put me back on the stock

ROM again?

Thanks,

Snorkel
[HTC Inspire 4G] Camaros_Kill:
Im wondering basically the same stuff as the ppl above. When i rezip the pd98img.zip file from the hack kit using store(no compression) it comes out to almost 2 gigs. original size was 287mb~. should i just zip the radio by itself as store under the PD98IMG.zip name? If so, why do i need to get the zip from the hack kit? couldnt i just zip the radio.img as PD98IMG.zip using store? OP seems a little unclear but implies that i should flash the 2 gig .zip.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
You guys are confusing the radio in the hack kit and the rom in the hack kit. The radio is 11m in the hack kit and with store option it's 22m.

you just need 2 files inside the zip radio.img and android-info.txt.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 00chemist:
Radios PD98IMG.zips

Found a page on the cyanogenmod wiki with all available radios packaged to flash. I almost flashed one. checksum was correct but I got worried and wanted to do a little more research on radios.

This is my first ever post (lurked for a while) so I can't post the link, but if you search the cyanogenmod wiki for HTC Ace radios you should find it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Camaros_Kill:
Oh, thanks for that. Honestly, i'd clean up the op and put that little bit of priceless info in it. It would save a lot of ppl from having to ask questions like these. The OP implies that the entire contents of the hack kit pd98img.zip should be zipped along with the replaced radio img. Thats where i was getting the 2 gig file from. Also had no idea about the android-info.txt file needing to be in the zip.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 00chemist:
just flashed radio 26.06.04.14 from the HTC Ace cyanogen wiki. Seems to be working great.

Didn't need to do any repacking. Downloaded the zip. Put it on the sd card. md5 verified. Flashed from bootloader.
[HTC Inspire 4G] :
I just successfully used this method as well no eng s off needed. I also used s zip from the cyangenmod Wiki.

My upload speed went way down but download went up a bit.

Before upload was 1300, and with radio 26.06.03.24 it went down to 360. Going to try the m3 next.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 0space_monkey0:
heres the link to the wiki for the radios.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Support_Downloads
[HTC Inspire 4G] SNadler:
I must be missing something? I dont really understand.

I am Eng S-off and have been flashing radios By going to Fastboot, "flash radio radio.img" I carefuly read on XDA how to do this properly before trying and have been OK with it. So far?

Is it less dangerous to flash a radio by renaming it and going through Hboot than it is to go through Fastboot? Seems that it would be the same risk if a corrupt radio.img file? Or are you saying to go back to eng S-on and rename the file to accomplish the same thing but without the eng S-off risk of bricking the device? If this is so can I safely use the Eng S-off tool to switch back to Eng S-on? It would seem necessary as even renaming and going into Hboot with a PD98IMG file with Eng S-on the danger would still be there? I needed Eng S-off to get CWM to work at the time as I was one of the first and it was the only solution I could find. I did use Bubbys method. If I go to Eng S-on will I now loose CWM?

Now I am getting really confused? You seem to be one of the more knowledgable in this matter can you advise?

I am just trying to learn how to avoid a problem before i possibly create one for myself. Even going back to Eng S-off it seems may create a pandoras box. I am currently running Coredroid 5.0 w/ radio below and everything (as far as I can tell) if working perfectly...:confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] clickclickpc:
Pd98img-12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_m

In case anyone needs this...

Radio: 12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M

MD5 Checksum: 9287AB3CE1E84CDCFF634755EA78D1B1

http://db.tt/gq8uDjI
[HTC Inspire 4G] SNadler:
How can I get Eng S-on? I was one of the first to root and found later that there is another way to flash a radio. I also had an issue in the beginning with CWM so I went the Eng S-off route. How can I Eng S-on and will it give me a problem with CWM again? Do you know?:confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] buradd:
where exactly on the sd card do i place the p98img.zip ? just right on it without putting it in any specific directory? then rebooting into hboot will automatically start the flash process ?

also.. i am trying to fix my inspire HSUPA.. i have read alottt of posts and it seems that i will not be able to simply flash downgraded radio then flash a new one skipping the stock, because apparently... the hack kit that i used flashed the stock radio and for some reason im told if that stock radio gets flashed back on, it disables hsupa and you cant even edit build.prop or flash a new radio on top of it, im told i will have to RUU to stock, re-root and do the process over all up to the part where it flashes stock radio, at that point im supposed to flash my own newer radio..

can anyone confirm if all this is necessary or can i truely just flash the downgraded radio then right back up to the new radio without the RUU to stock -reroot process?
[HTC Inspire 4G] SNadler:
The file goes onto the root of the sd card and yes it will recognize that it is there on your booting into Hboot.

As far as the radio abd build.prop, when you install a rom it will have a recomended radio that you should use. You may want to experiment with radios that work best for you in your given area.....:)
[HTC Inspire 4G] peiminglei:
Maybe you had lost an IMPORTANT fact, you can not flash recovery.img if you only get phone SHIP S-OFF not ENG S-OFF. Without recovery, you cannot flash any custom ROMs
[HTC Inspire 4G] MrMickeyMoose:
ClockworkMod should put out a radio flashing program similar to ROM Manager.

It would make all our lives MUCH easier.
[HTC Inspire 4G] :
ENG s-off is not needed to flash a custom Rom or a radio, all that is needed is the radio s-off.
[HTC Inspire 4G] :
The process using the pd98img.zip is pretty darn easy.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Khalsa4G:
question, so if i used attn1's hack kit, then i rooted and my ship off.

Is that S-Off or ENG S-Off?

Will this method work for me as well? I want to flash 26.06.04.14.

used adb to push the PD98IMG.zip to my sd, then checked the sum, booted into HBoot, did Fastboot and it loaded it. Good to go!
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
You CAN flash recovery with only radio S-OFF, you CAN flash a radio with only radio S-OFF. Using attn1's hack kit all this is possible.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rob1216:
When u say u used adb is that on pc or on the phone thanks, I got rom installed now im trying to figure out how to put recommended radio on, I checked bootloader and shows s-off
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
what recommended radio are you wanting to use

once you tell me i will make you a PD98IMG.zip file so that you can flash your recommended radio easily :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
You should tell that to the recovery on my phone.... not to mention the five different radios that have been on my phone and the three different splash screens, and like 20 custom roms...

App
[HTC Inspire 4G] harlenm:
Does anyone have a pd98img for the new "leaked" m3 radio?
[HTC Inspire 4G] rob1216:
12.35d.60.140f_26.06.03.24_M2 its the recommended radio for android revolution, I'm use to just flashing modems in recovery on my captivate this is a little more difficult
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
all you have to do is delete this (-Radio_12.48.60.23U_26.08.04.07_M3) from the zip then put on sd card & boot into hboot & it should start flashing

Enjoy!!! http://www.mediafire.com/?m33rnaxkuwlk1fi

all you have to do is delete this (-Radio_12.35d.60.140f_26.06.03.24_M2 (TELUS WWE 1.84.661.1)) from the zip then put on sd card & boot into hboot & it should start flashing

Enjoy!!! http://www.mediafire.com/?py2su65gnb4m41t
[HTC Inspire 4G] rob1216:
Just downloaded it doesn't say anything just .zip , I don't extract it do I
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
if you downloaded it this is what it should say PD98IMG-Radio_12.35d.60.140f_26.06.03.24_M2 (TELUS WWE 1.84.661.1)

now right click on it select rename & delete everything except PD98IMG then save it

no don't extract it put it on your sd card as is then boot into hboot & it should start flashing automatically
[HTC Inspire 4G] rob1216:
Ok ya I saw it I downloaded it directly to my phone first time, just did it on my pc and it shows that,installed it perfect Thanks. Why dont they just make a thread with all the radios ready to go like these would make it much easier . Thanks a lot
[HTC Inspire 4G] wjsturgis3:
Look here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Support_Downloads#HTC_Ace
[HTC Inspire 4G] wjsturgis3:
Why no compression in PD98IMG.zip?

In the OP it states that the radio.img file needs to be "stored" i.e. no compression in the PD98IMG.zip file. The hack-ace uses a "deflated" radio.img file and works just fine. Why do you "require" no compression? The md5sums can be compared on the compressed files as well as uncompressed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cocchiararo:
was gonna ask the same

the PD98MIG.zip from the hack kit has the radio file compressed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cocchiararo:
i downloaded each radio from the radio thread that had the corresponding RIL in the ril thread, packaged it for the instalation method that does not need ENG s-off (just radio s-off), and 7ziped it alongside the corresponding ril (same ones as the unsigned ones i posted earlier).

The folder also has the RILcheck app, a rudimentary readme (english/spanish) and a .txt with links to the 3 related threads (RIL thread, radio thread and flashing method thread)

Radios + RIL + Info + links

7zip did use compression, but since the hack kit had it compressed, i tested it, and it works too.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
I've had major issues with my GPS and from what I've been reading, reflashing the radio could help. I dl'ed the pd98img, placed it on the root of SD, booted to hboot but it never finds the file.

Any ideas as to what might he goin on? Fwiw, it takes about 10 minutes to go through all the steps till I can reboot back to os.

Halp,

Tx
[HTC Inspire 4G] pakxelaos:
It has to be exactly name ' PD89IMG.zip ' (without quote) , otherwise it won't see :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] anushian:
for those on a mac (basic steps should apply to windows too)

to flash radio on mac:

using springy archiver on mac (http://www.springyarchiver.com/) :

- unzip radio.img from the new radio zip you downloaded from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877295

- check md5 and compare to md5 posted in original thread you downloaded radio from (in terminal, type md5 then drag and drop file you want to check, press enter)

- delete old radio.img from PD98IMG.zip

- add new radio.img to zip using store (no compression)

- add PD98IMG.zip to root of phone's sd card. check md5 of zip on sd and zip on comp for match

- boot phone into hboot (hold power and volume down buttons)

- follow prompts to flash

I just followed the above to flash the new Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2_test - HTC Ace Gingerbread S 2.36.405.5

everything worked out great!
[HTC Inspire 4G] cocchiararo:
or you could download one of the radios i have packed to be flashed with the "easy PD98IMG.zip method" :P
[HTC Inspire 4G] koRn666:
I can flash this radio ( Radio_12.48.60.23U_26.08.04.07_M3 ) in the Inspire? Im running the RCMixHD 5.9.7 rom
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
Sorry I'll update the OP. I had tested making these using no compression with no problems. "Normal" compression works fine as well and generally reduces the file size by 1/2.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
You should be able to flash any Desire HD radio as long as you create a PD98IMG.zip file like described in the OP.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
I have added the new AT&T OTA radio that came out today in the second post. If anyone knows any info about the rcdata.img in the ruu's for this phone it would be greatly appreciated. When the rcdata.img is included in the PD98IMG.zip file the phone shows it at RADIO_CUST.
[HTC Inspire 4G] koRn666:
Thank you so much man, great work

Enviado desde mi Desire HD usando XDA Premium App
[HTC Inspire 4G] enewman17:
has anyone tried the new radio yet? Any improvement, especially with gps? The extra file scares me. I would like to try it out has anyone successfully flashed it?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Ratman33:
+1

I'd like to know if it that extra file messes anything up if I were to flash it over AR 3.3.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cocchiararo:
mmm

i flashed the new radio in the package i made myself (its on my sig), without that file..

before that tho, i had flashed the radio from the gingerbread release, using a package that i later noticed had that extra file too, and it did not break anything for me :P
[HTC Inspire 4G] substance12:
your sig also contains the ril files... do we need that as well? because it's not in the OP files.

just want to make sure I'm understanding this. do I have this right?

1) rename and copy to sd card and verify md5 sum

2) hboot

3) remove file from sd card
[HTC Inspire 4G] Sdobron:
I'm a Samsung Galaxy S user (Vibrant), but I'm working on improving my girlfriend's Inspire phone. Today, I ran the hack kit to root and install CM7...and now I want to flash the latest radio. To clarify: all I'd have to do would be download the file from the OP, rename it to PD98.zip, place it on the sdcard, check MD5 sums, power off the phone, use hardware keys to boot into hboot, and then let the phone do the rest? After boot is complete I would delete the file from the sdcard?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Numpangx:
Make sure to name it correctly PD98IMG.zip and you should be fine. I just flashed it a few mins ago using the same method. Everything is working perfectly as it should.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Sdobron:
With CM7? Or a different ROM?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Numpangx:
With a different Rom but it works the same.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cocchiararo:
the RIL files were for other reasons :P (originally the packs on the thread where i got them didn't work for me and some others).

I compresed each "folder" with the radio + ril + maybe some TXT with info (just its name, they are blank) with 7z compression, so that no one would try flashing them.

Each .7z file is named like the folder it compresses, which has the name of the radio thats already inside, with the correct name for flashing it with this method.

there is also a readme.txt on the MU folder, explaining how to proceed :P

the .7z package also has the ril that matches the radio in it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Sdobron:
Is it possible to recover from a bad flash with this method?
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
I have successfully flashed all of the radio's in the first and second post of this thread. There should be no fear in flashing any of the radios listed so long as you check the md5sum with the file on the phone itself. I have also been experimenting with the rcdata.img files listed in the second post even though they are not included in the zips. I had to hunt each of them down from the RUU originally posted for each of those radios posted elsewhere on xda.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
This is the contents of the rcdata.img file in the newest AT&T ota:

QCT_UMTS_RADIO_VER=1
DisH=2
EnableHTCENS=1
AGPSNVSetting=1
EnDTM=0
MSCMode=10
HSDPACat=10
HSUPACat=6
IMEISVN=3
GEA3=1
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_END=1

The rcdata.img is a text file, and it definitely refers to the radio. What all of these do I don't know and have been looking for more information. I noted that in the original at&t radio/rcdata.img the setting DisH=1, but in the new rcdata.img it's the same as the telus one DisH=2.

I've been running this since before I posted it originally and have more consistent data speeds gps works and battery life seems about the same as the gingerbread S radio posted in the desirehd radio thread.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
I noticed elsewhere in the forums that all the RIL are posted and are supposed to match the radio, but it says not for cm7, has anyone tried using one of these with cm7? Does it make any difference? I also noticed that it is supposed to say U in the radio for HSDPA+ but mine says P (12.39a.60.19P_26.06.06.30_M), do I or cm7 team themselves have to update the RIL to make it say U?
[HTC Inspire 4G] cocchiararo:
well, the same file that came with the latest Desire HD radio has this:

QCT_UMTS_RADIO_VER=1
DisH=2
HSDPACat=10
HSUPACat=6
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_END=1
[HTC Inspire 4G] pradeepd:
cocchiararo,

I have a few clarifications. When I downloaded the latest AT&T PD98IMG-att-12.39a.60.19_26.06.06.30_M.zip from the OP. I could see radio.img and rcdata.img but in your zip I see just radio.img and also what is the use of the HTC-RIL HTC-RIL 2.2.0079HM_12.39a.60.19U_26.06.06.30_M.zip in your package and how to patch?

Pradeep
[HTC Inspire 4G] cocchiararo:
honestly, i made the PD98IMG.zip for that radio just like the rest, with just radio.img.

i did flash one radio PD98IMG.zip with the rcdata.img in it once, for the official gingerbread radio from the release for the Desire HD, and it did not break anything, but who knows :P

I used the PD98IMG.zip i made for flahsing the new inspire radio.

The RIL zip is for flashing in CWM, to have the matching RIL for the radio.
[HTC Inspire 4G] HDCS:
Before I attempt to possibly create a nice paperweight out of my phone, can anyone confirm that just renaming this file PD98IMG.zip and using it to flash my radio will work to get me the new AT&T supplied OTA radio config? Or does the radio.img file inside this archive need to be repackaged & compressed with the hack kit radio .zip as in the OP description?

Also I'm on CM 7.0.2 if relevant/needed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shad0wf0x:
the at&t radio posted in the second post of this thread just needs to be renamed to PD98IMG.zip and then it's ready for flashing, I'm running it now. I'm running cm7 7.02 and get ~3.7/1.5 on a speedtest during off hours.
[HTC Inspire 4G] HDCS:
That's what I thought. Just wanted to confirm as this is the first radio I'm trying to flash. The info was all over the place as you and attn1 both pointed to so I wanted to be sure I'm understanding the method correctly.

Thanks to all of you guys for your work as always!
[HTC Inspire 4G] gordec:
If I already flashed the radio in my Sig with the 2nd post, and I want to apply RIL for the radio in you Sig, do I just follow the readme.txt or do I need to do anything different?
[HTC Inspire 4G] cocchiararo:
i believe i made that readme for people who did not know how to flash a radio (with S-OFF but without ENG S-OFF)

If you just want to flash a RIL, get the one you need, and flash it with CWM.
[HTC Inspire 4G] eric70634:
I live out in the country so I don't have signal...lol yeah...but I flashed the new radio in the 2nd post effortlessly and easily...I hope this helps. Its like my phone has a hard time locking in on anything above edge. Hit n miss. So we'll see
[HTC Inspire 4G] mikeinessex:
hi im using revolutions rom 5.1.3 and im a uk orange user. which of the radios should i use? the gb?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
use the recommended 1 in the revolution thread :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] mikeinessex:
im actually not bothering with that rom anymore im going to use one from rom manager but i dont understand how to make my own. can any make me this radio http://www.multiupload.com/SQXCTLAGX4 its the orange uk. my net used to be great when i had that radio