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[Wildfire General] fwnsp:
hi all,

already searched but could not find a definitive answer.

basically, i have a htc wildfire a3335 (850mhz version) and accidentally flashed to an a3333 froyo (2.2.1) rom, losing the 850mhz (my carriers primary network).

obviously i need to change the radio, but have had no success so need some help.

either

1)revert radio to telstra

2)downgrade and reflash with stock 2.1 telstra rom

3)somehow force the new OTA froyo update

i currently have a generic htc rom, but i don't use the phone much, so the stock locked rom will work fine for my purposes (don't need to root or anything, just make calls).

if anyone can help and is in the local area (melbourne, australia) i will pay well for their time.

thansk in advance,

josh
[Wildfire General] juanchotolas:
Radio

If you don't have a custom recovery installed your gonna have to wait for alpharev, or search for the telstra froyo ruu on shipped-roms.com (which I don't think exists).

If you do have one like CWM or AmonRa, you can check this tread, I think that there's a link for the "flashable" telstra radio so you don't go back to a branded version...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=955203

Edit: here's the link for telstra 2.1 http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...45.55.24_3.35.15.31_release_138758_signed.exe

If you don't have a custom recovery installed you can check this tread to downgrade to telstra stock... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921752

If you need any more help just PM me...
[Wildfire General] fwnsp:
thanks for that

i gave the noobs guide to downgrading another shot, seems to be downgrading now. its a tricky guide, not really for noobs, but my basic computer knowledge was enough to work it out. took about 45 minutes, mainly me being scared and paranoid :P

will post after the telstra ruu completes, then see if i can get the froyo OTA update (which i should have just been patient for in the first place :P)
[Wildfire General] fwnsp:
phew! all done.

thanks very much for the downgrade guide, was a bit scary and needed a lot of concentration, but worked without a hitch.

long story short, if you want your telstra phone updated, be patient!
[Wildfire General] lemming999:
I have a Telstra phone that I upgraded to a stock WWE 1.37 ROM.

It works fine on the Telstra 3G network at high speed.

The frequency it operates on is dictated by the hardware, not the firmware.

However if you swap provider to say Optus, then it will switch to 2G operation as the Telstra phone hardware works at 850 Mhz (and others) while Optus netwrok runs at 900Mhz for 3G operation. Therefore the phone will drop back to the 2G frequencies and network and therefore run slower.

Go to shipped roms and select an HTC WWE rom (but not Froyo) and you will run at full speed. Likewise the custom ROMS will be fine also.
[Wildfire General] juanchotolas:
Glad to hear that you could fix it.

By the way, a lot of us had to learn android the hard way!

So welcome to the forums!
[Wildfire General] haydent:
i dont think this is correct, 900mhz is optus's copy of telstra's country nextG network, called 'yesG' and is only for rural/remote areas

in most places optus etc run 3g on 2100mhz

i have a testra wildfire unlocked running virgin (optus network) 3g/hdspa fine, and i use a virgin dongle with an parabolic external antenna that only works on 2100

since unlocking ive flashed CM7 and a diff radio to get gps working, but i havnt tested to see if i lost 850 support. i will want this back though (if gone) at some stage so will be looking into this more.
[Wildfire General] jblyth:
I don't think flashing the radio to 3.35.20.10 makes any difference to Telstra's 850 availability.

I am fairly sure that Carnarvon only has the 850 frequency, and I am still getting a 3G indication and 2.5 Mbps download speeds (which is about normal), so I think we are safe!

Cheers

John in Sunny Carnarvon - Western Australia
[Wildfire General] C4NCER:
Flashing a newer version of the radio won't make you lose 850MHz support.

I'm running 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10 and when i moved back to NZ i first tried to use 2degrees as my network provider, but they run on mainly 900MHz and I couldnt get reliable reception at home, but once i switched to Telecoms XT network which is a perfect frequency match for the A3335 Wildfire (the 850/1900 from Telstra) I've had no problems with reception.

If you really want I can upload the original firmware from the Telstra rom as a flashable zip.
[Wildfire General] haydent:
no problems, i will wait till i can test if it still works on 850 and was also wondering if flashing the radio that came with telstra could help get bluetooth working with CM7, but is prob more an issue with CM7
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfnhawaii808:
Is my iphone 4 headset defective or does the Mic not work right with mytouch 4g?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdoessuck:
It doesn't work I have tried, Also Mytouch headset wont work in iPhone.

Has to do with the pin location.

Sent from my UD Glacier
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syaoran68:
iphone headset is trash get a jlab headset.
[EVO Shift 4G General] ColeSloth:
I used to use ##3282# to get into my phones edit area/msl but now I haven't been able to do it anymore now that I put android 2.3.3 on my phone. Nothing happens when you enter the phone code in.

I go in there to remove Sprints proxy, so if anyone knows of a different way to get to that, it would solve what I need at least.

Someone else mentioned it has something to do with the dialer itself being different.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Compusmurf:
Correct, those are "sense only" codes.

Nandroid, restore a sense rom, do your updates, prl update, etc, then restore back to your other rom.
[EVO Shift 4G General] danaff37:
I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think that in CM7 the proxy wouldn't be there anyways.
[HTC Inspire 4G] caffeineighted:
I posted this in the general Q&A but got no opinions. Maybe you guys can lend some unbiased help.

So I've gotten myself into a pickle. Let me start this by saying that staying on AT&T is not an option for personal reasons.

Current situation

: HTC Inspire 4G with an unlimited data plan on AT&T.

Living in NY metro area with great coverage.

Got the green light from AT&T to cancel my contract with no ETF if I want.

Hopes & Dreams

: Have a great phone on a future-proof network (LTE for example) while guaranteeing myself unlimited data.

Obviously I have a lot to weigh here:

AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile.

I feel like this is pure bad news if I were to stay with AT&T or switch to T-Mobile. If I stay AT&T, prices are sure to go up, and sure I keep my unlimited data, but the network is going nowhere fast. 4G is bull****. 3.5G at best. All in all, the real innovation and envelope pushing just isn't happening here.

Verizon's LTE & Tiered Data.

From what I hear, the speeds are gorgeous. I checked and I'm in a hot coverage area. But I also hear indoor coverage sucks, and the LTE > 3G handoff is sloppy and leads to service drops.

Then there's the tiered data. I'm sure if I were to wait too long, I'll miss the boat on unlimited LTE data. Hence the reason I feel I need to make a move soon.

Sprint.

Short & sweet: Is the 4G good? Phone selection ramping up any time soon? What's hot now? The Pre 3 looks amazing, but if it'll be on Verizon, I'm not sure what Sprint may have to lure me in.

MetroPCS.

Just kidding ;)

Anyway, any and all input is appreciated. I'm just not sure where to go and how.

Keep in mind I need to do the carrier change by May 4th.

Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] churro7:
Sprint 4g is about as fast as my current att phone 300kb/s to 600kb/s at best but indoor penetration well there is none

sent from planet snarf
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
Go with the new metro phones ;) my friend gets 12kbps download . Blazing fast!
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirk123:
I hope you meant mbps.

Sent from my calculator
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
Haha nope kb
[HTC Inspire 4G] cookw24:
That is quite a predicament.

I don't know too much, but I'll see if anything I do know helps:

My friend is on Sprint 4G (with the Evo) and his speeds are about what mine are (avg ~2.1 mbps down) in the middle of Indiana, so that says something.

I'm really not a fan of Verizon. Sure their service coverage is better but customer service is just as bad as AT&T and you can't use data and voice at the same time (something I depend on)

Just my input, hope it helps.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Dg 3:
Go with Verizon you can use data and voice at the same time at least on the Thunderbolt

Edit: My speed test
[HTC Inspire 4G] bmolloy:
I have three friends who purchased the Thunderbolts the day they came out. Two love it, the other hated it and returned it within a week because the battery sucked and it was "buggy". The one that returned it is longtime android users so it wasn't android that was the problem. I personally think the phone is awesome, and you can get a goofy looking extended battery so if the only concern is battery life it isn't really a problem. I am in San Diego and the down and up speeds are literally in the 20mb range every time they speed test those things, makes the 3mb down on the Inspire look pretty shabby.

If I did not have 4 phones all with data plans at varying stages of renewal on my contract I would probably make the switch.

My only question is how in the heck did you get out of your contract?!?!?!
[HTC Inspire 4G] BillTheCat:
Funny that I see this. I'm more or less in a similar situation. I recently renewed from an out-of-contract state and got the Inspire, but I'm still within my return window.

First, let me say that there's no such thing as a "future-proof" network. Remember that commercial with Ozzy and Justin Bieber? It's only a matter of time before someone comes up with a 5G, then a 6G... and so on.

Furthermore, I just found out there is no industry standard for what constitutes a 'G' anyway. So it gets down to throughput, and how much of it you need for what you do. After that is price and hardware, not necessarily in that order.

I think it all depends on what you need the most. I agree that Verizon's speeds are screaming where you have good signal. But I read an analysis which said that on average AT&T's network is faster in the majority of areas. IOW, if you travel outsize a Verizon 'hot zone', their speed is on a par with, and in some cases slower than, AT&T. So where Verizon has them beat in 'hot spots', overall in daily use for those of us who travel around (or live in a more rural area), AT&T might be the better choice.

Don't kid yourself. Verizon isn't exactly looking to rock the boat pushing bleeding edge technology either. they're not inclined to invest money that they don't have to, or create more customer service issues than they already have. So that "future proof" network you're looking for won't be found at Verizon any more than you'll find it at AT&T.

I have no comment about Sprint or MPCS other than the fact that having traveled all over the country for business over the years, AT&T had the most consistent service for voice (which is my primary need) than even Verizon. Besides, it seems you already answered your own question regarding Sprint or MPCS. If you plan on venturing outside an urbanized inner-city area, you're pretty much screwed. After all... hellooooo... it's

METRO

pcs, not Pocono pcs. :D

Let me share with you what I'm inclined to do.

I love the Inspire, but when I saw the HTC Sensation is coming to Tmo, I had a moment of pause (as you did) and thought to return it and wait. But as you noted, with AT&T buying Tmo, there's a lot of 'if' on that plan to jump ship, since there's no saying when the two companies merge that I won't be forced into another phone. Or that the Sensation will get 4G speeds when the networks converge. Or that the bootloader will be cracked so I can install an unbranded ROM. Or that you will be able to use the Tmo phone on the merged network... lots of variables there.

If there's a reason why you just can't stay with AT&T and the Inspire, then I'd say Verizon is your next best choice. But given the Thunderbolt is nearly identical to the Inspire, and Verizon is more expensive for buying the phone ($175 vs. $50), it's your choice on whether the enhanced (but not always faster in all cases and in all places) data speed is worthwhile.

And of course we all need to remember that a contract is only 24 months. It goes quick. Not like it's a tattoo where you're living with it for the rest of your life.

Hope this helps...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cwest1:
Hey. Got nexus s on rogers in Canada. Achieved unlock but that's as far as I get. I transfered the files to root but I think it was not the correct image. My about screen says build i54. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it. Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rikardo1979:
check this thread >>>[GUIDE] Step by Step ROOT Nexus S via ClockworkMod Recovery image (i9020/T only)

All credits go to AllGamer
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matridom:
Actually, that is wrong. The Nexus S he has is with Rogers, so it's a I9020a

This would be the proper guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1007782
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rikardo1979:
he didnt mentioned what model he has and Rogers mean nothing to me :rolleyes:

Thanks for that m8
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cwest1:
ive followed all instructions and cannot get recovery to flash...i get error cannot load recovery.img. ive been searching the forum for hours looking for the answer and cannot find it..any help would be much appreciated.

thank you kindly
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rikardo1979:
can u post steb by step what u do and how u do it ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
What is the exact command you typed?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suksit:
The most common mistake is that you were in the wrong directory when you typed the command.

Let's assume you haven't edit the PATH environment variable, the easiest way is to copy the recovery image into the same directory as fastboot.exe. For example, in my laptop fastboot.exe is located in C:\android-sdk-windows\tools and my recovery image is named recovery.img, both files are in the same directory (C:\android-sdk-windows\tools).

Plug the phone in, reboot into bootloader mode, open the Command Prompt and issue the following command:

cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Please remember to change the directory in the cd command and recovery.img file name to the correct ones.
[EVO 4G General] SlickJamesBtch:
How would I do a prl or data profile update on my evo when it has cyanogen mod 7 RC 4 on it?
[EVO 4G General] THEGAMEPLAY94:
U can't do it on aosp u have to nandroid, flash to sense, update it then nandroid back
[EVO 4G General] mutant13:
do a nand back up first, then flash a sense rom and update prl, then restore you nand backup...
[EVO 4G General] mutant13:
what he said...lol
[EVO 4G General] SlickJamesBtch:
Ok thank you. That's what I've been doing I didn't know if there was another way.
[EVO 4G General] GuestK00453:
i'm running myn's with one of netarchy's kernels and i'm having trouble with it, too. i have a feeling you might even need to reflash to a stock kernel, upgrade, then flash back to whatever you use daily.
[EVO 4G General] slicksyco00:
it would be pretty sweet if some one made flashable ZIP's to download through ROM Manager *clockwork*that would update these kind of things!
[EVO 4G General] GuestX0011:
Flashing something like Mikfroyo also flashes a stock kernel as well.
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
update profile just sets up your phone to authenicate with the EVDO channels. Once it is done you do not need to do it again unless you wipe out your data settings some how.

Prls are stored in a different location then what a flashable zip could touch from what I understand.
[EVO 4G General] slicksyco00:
Yeah i think your right, I was assuming*mistake* that it was similiar to flashing updated radios... curious as to know why though*just wondering for personal knowledge
[EVO 4G General] snandlal:
If u flash eng-pc36img, it will put your prl back to 60662. If we could put newest prl in that....rcdata I think
[EVO 4G General] rockky:
Anyone else have a 01115 prl?

Strange to me.
[EVO 4G General] snandlal:
Yes. Its the newest.
[EVO 4G General] dased14:
Yeah I have it after reading about it last night, i'm in cincy,oh
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Hi,

I have managed to keep my Bell firmware by updating just the radio, just edited the Telstra sbf to remove all code blocks but RDl1, RDl3, and Cg5. :)

Download it here.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] blunted09:
havent really messed with radios but im assuming this will unlock the huspa?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] raybond25:
very cool, i like it. I think I'll run it tonight, I'll probably come back and confirm that this works in a little while :P

i would guess that that is the reasoning for his showing a screenshot of speedtest app
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Yes, at least on my phone it does, see the screen shots, the results contain before and after. :)

I used desbf.exe.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] raybond25:
one question before i run this - generally an sbf will wipe user configs on the phone, will this sbf NOT do that because you edited it to simply be the radio?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tl_bull:
Wonders if this could work with ATT

sent from MB860
[Atrix 4G Android Development] raybond25:
i doubt it. the entire Telstra sbf didn't work with AT&T, so I don't see why the radio would.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] franciscojavierleon:
i wonder who will be the first that tries it on a US phone... chirp chirp chirp...

probably will brick
[Atrix 4G Android Development] blunted09:
I would rather be safe than sry messing with radios but thank you for the useless response....
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Nothing changed on my phone except the radio. :)

I don't see why it wouldn't work on ATT, and you can probably do the same thing to revert back to your old radio. Just run desbf.exe, it has been used for ages for monster packs, etc.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] GibMcFragger:
If this works, you my friend are a genious!

I am going to try this after I finish watching the Canucks finish off the Blackhawks.

Sent from my rooted and frozen Motorola Olympus.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] raybond25:
i keep getting fail (0x7100); phone connected

not really sure why :/
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gmarcoux:
Does the wifi still work. I asked because I flashed the Telstra SBF after making a recovery backup of my Bell system. When I restored to my bell I retained the uncapped upload speeds but then started getting "error" when trying to turn on my wifi.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] GibMcFragger:
Screw it. Flashing now! It's going....

Will report after! :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
I didn't see that error. I did the steps in the SBF thread, a few differences. I did it from the usual phone screen, not RSD mode. Also, mine came up se olympus

not ns olympus, when I did try RSD mode, but it didn't work. I had the most recent motor drivers, then reverted to the ones in that thread. I was trying to get just the cg5 file flashed but needed the rdl files as well. What the minimum steps are I am not sure.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] GibMcFragger:
Ok. Flashed. Worked fine with RSD Lite in RSD mode.

Ran speed test several times. Averages are:

Download: 3.5Mbps

UPLOAD: 1.72Mps

Wifi: Working :)

Kick ass! Thanks man! It works! :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Wifi still works, yes.

Not sure how you restored your phone to bell, there is no sbf file from bell. Likely, you have a hybrid of the two firmware causing that issue.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] GibMcFragger:
Can you do us a favor, good sir? Can you make one with the original Bell modem in it, just in case we have to revert back?

Thanks! :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
No problem. :) About what I'm getting.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Clienterror:
Out of curiosity what do you mean "The usual phone screen" I've only flashed SBF's in RSD mode?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] GibMcFragger:
I think he ran a nandroid restore from CWM.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Unfortunately, I can't without a code group file for that radio. I can, or anybody can grab cg5 from an sbf, not sure how to dump the radio and create one from scratch.

That's a downside to this. I could possibly revert to an att radio.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] GibMcFragger:
No worries. This radio people have already been using on Bell and it works fine (including 850mhz), so all good. Besides...I have HSPA now :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
The regular android home. RSS lite 5 would stall and fail from rsd mode. It kept trying to reboot into BP passthrough mode. Tried it just about every way possible. Had to have the phone booted and up and running. No doubt others are more experienced with the ins and outs of rsd lite. Last time I used rsd I was using a razor. :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Clienterror:
Man I've never felt this stupid trying to figure out how to do this on my phone. So you don't use RSD lite 5.0 or CWR. So how exactly are you flashing this directly from the home screen? I did try RSD lite and the phone in RSD mode and did get the error you were talking about. I'm just not really sure how you're flashing or installing this SBF from your home screen? BTW I'm not normally this idiotic so I apologize :p I'm trying this on my AT&T phone and have everything backed up expecting a brick but I can't even figure out how to do that right ;)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] yokopol:
did somebody flash it with att phone ?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] GibMcFragger:
I flashed it with RSD Lite in RSD mode and it worked fine. I find that funny because I had tried to flash the Telstra rom several times with RSD Lite and it failed every time, but this modem only flashed fine.

Here is what I did:

Moved the modem sbf into the main RSD lite folder on my HDD.

Loaded it up in RSD lite.

Hooked up phone in RSD Mode

Flashed.

Rebooted.

Done.

In my case, RSD Lite never said "Completed" at the end because it didn't pick up when my phone rebooted after, but that's ok. The flash worked fine. :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] seven2099:
While this does seem like a good idea, does it really seem prudent to mix and match stuff when there is no real back up of the original Bell SBF..?

Not to mention 1.4.2 feels and runs faster (benchmarks out there and general feel for the phone)..

This is still pretty awesome none the less knowing that we can do this as it may open the way to have radios combined as needed so +1 for that!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] franciscojavierleon:
how did you install it since the OP flashed from the homescreen? How to do that?

EDIT: had an answer that i didn't see yet, thanks
[Atrix 4G Android Development] GibMcFragger:
I see your point, but this way I can still slip it past warranty if needed. If they do a software check, it still has the Bell rom on it.

I have a nandroid backup of the BELL setup anyways, I can always do a restore if needed. :)

As for mixing and matching. It's not a problem. I had a Samsung Galaxy S before this and I was constantly flashing it with different kernels, modems, and roms. As long as they are compatible with the phone, mixing them doesn't matter.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] PixoNova:
Darn you Canadians and your uncapped speeds! Jerks...

JK. Congrats. I'm assuming this won't work with an AT&T Atrix?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] diedemus:
does not work on at&t, not that I really expected it to.

sec_exception: febe, 35, 35 at rsd screen
[Atrix 4G Android Development] PixoNova:
Ha, wasn't holding my breath. Ah well. Guess we'll still have to wait.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] blackout203:
Damn, was looking forward to the updated speeds.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Lol, I meant I used rsd lite with the phone in normal mode, not rsd mode. I am not using cwm.