yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
You are probably much better of linking people to the AIO HD2 tool rather the separate sections. Its great and includes everything you need to prepare you HD2 for Android or WP7. :)

[15 Jun 2011][v4.1] HD2 NAND Toolkit - All in one Toolkit for HD2 NAND Users
[HD2 General] cariocap:
start with SD versions, they're easy to install and don't destroy your winmo.

I recommend Rafdroid that has a nice installation instructions.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970731
[HTC EVO 3D] engelsione:
after waiting for so long !!!! had to pay full price; but what the heck!!
[HTC EVO 3D] cholepuree1:
nice... looks sweet! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] SITH16:
How much for the otterbox and where did you find it?
[HTC EVO 3D] bobdude5:
Danng looks sweet. Can you post some 2d pictures?? Edit the settings make it look good and pump out the best picture you can get it. If you have an evo 4g, do the same thing in the exact same spot.

If not its okay :( enjoy your phone :(
[HTC EVO 3D] OneStepAhead:
I was able to pick up the Otterbox at the Sprint store today for full MSRP. $34.99...
[HTC EVO 3D] aoaleman:
Haha, aww. You'll get your Evo 3D soon!:D
[HTC EVO 3D] donatom3:
You take those at the Sprint store? I can see the reflection of atleast 5 phone boxes lined up in the second picture?
[HTC EVO 3D] SITH16:
Sweet, I hope my store has one. I liked my otterbox on my evo4g.
[HTC EVO 3D] engelsione:
the 3d is awsome, unreal... and hard to get familiar at first. But I noticed the 3d can be watched without moving the phone. If you move the phone it will distortion the view and youll get "dizzy" lol . But I cant wait to flash a new rom on this baby! I hope Kings Roms and ASC guys will get this one cracked open.
[HTC EVO 3D] bsg411:
Nice !!!!! If only the Evo3d 2D pix looked as good as these pix you just took of the Evo3D....lol. Still getting it regardless tho....
[HTC EVO 3D] donatom3:
Looks like those pictures were taking with an Evo 4G. Well at least the Exif tag on the pictures say that.
[HTC EVO 3D] steb0ne:
Hahahaha! Good catch! It definitely looks like a store!
[HTC EVO 3D] zx6rarcher:
What store? Sprint corporate or 3rd party? Or did you go to a store like Walmart or something?
[HTC EVO 3D] mlin:
Looks like a Sprint business card in the third pic as well...
[HTC EVO 3D] ldominguez1986:
How did you get it so early?
[HTC EVO 3D] engelsione:
I took the pics at the store, with my Evo!!
[HTC EVO 3D] BigRick10:
I don't know but I think it's just an employee that opened a Ottetbox. Slapped it on one of their devices and took pics. Just saying.
[HTC EVO 3D] engelsione:
sweet talk the manager, pay with cash !!
[HTC EVO 3D] heathmcabee:
Ok, so now go home and take more pics tonight. I wanna see more
[HTC EVO 3D] vinterchaos:
employee's phone with an Otterbox on it that let him play with it for 3 minutes while moving him on his way? completely possible..
[HTC EVO 3D] snarebum:
i called 4 different stores no luck
[HTC EVO 3D] cor4twenty:
sprint employees under the advocate program have had this phone for over a week now. It could be that the phone belonged to one of them. Our third party jefes have had theirs and they always come in with it. Also, we got our Demo phone in today. All likely explanations for this seeing as how this was obviously taken at a sprint store :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mikeyv:
I created a goldcard and reinstalled the SAPPIMG.zip

After this i tried to do fastboot boot <RA recovery.img>

This didn't work, when i did fastboot flash recovery <RA recovery.img> I can boot in RA recovery.

I applied the update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2005-signed.zip

After rebooting to fastboot i get the following details

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H

HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.27.08

apr 20 2009, 15:30:43

After rebooting in recovery i aplied Cyanogen's cm 6.1 rom.

But now my phone keeps rebooting

what did i do wrong, and what can i do to start my phone again ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tvall:
Do a full wipe then flash the rom again
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mikeyv:
Sorry, that didn't solved my problem.

meanwhile i flashed my hboot with 0013d

but this didn't solve the problem eighter

i am stuck :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tvall:
If you installed the 0013d hboot you also want the 27.08 or 28.25 radio.

Try installing ezgingerbread or cos-ds and tell if that boots
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
He's probably effed himself unless he can still get into recovery.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tvall:
I don't think so. He can sappimg.zip back to stock most likely if he killed the recovery
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mikeyv:
Thanks for the help

What i did was

Unroot device and install cupcake

Root phone using goldcard

Install radio 2.22.27.08/2.22.28.25 & hboot 1.33.0013d

Install EzGingerbread

I hope i can help others with this solution.

Thank you tvall
[Vibrant General] alecjake:
the problem is I installed it using ROM manager so i dont have the file on my sd card. anyone know how to remove the old swype?
[Vibrant General] jneal9:
If you have Titanium Backup you can uninstall if from there and then use Root Explorer to delete libSwypeCore.so from /system/lib. Reboot, then use the Swype Installer to install the latest.
[Vibrant General] princearic:
For those that might have stumbled into this post, and don't have titanium, you can go into your settings-->manage applications and uninstall it the normal way as well.
[Vibrant General] jneal9:
True. And the libSwypeCore.so file will still need to be deleted manually before Swype will install from Swype Installer I believe.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Open file manager

Search Swype

Delete

It's in the guide I made too
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gu1dry:
/* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or the end of the world. Please do some research
* if you have any concerns about flashing a radio before flashing it!
* YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the
* finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you. */

How to Flash:

In order for this to work, the HTC Incredible 2 needs to be S-OFF. Flashing the radio with a corrupt file or interrupting the flash, can brick the device, please proceed with caution.

Download the your choice of radio for the HTC Incredible 2.

Make sure the filename is PG32IMG.zip exactly or it will not work and copy it to the same folder as adb (the /platform-tools folder within the Android SDK folder).

Connect the HTC Incredible 2 to the computer via USB.

On the computer, open terminal and run the following commands:

adb push PG32IMG.zip /sdcard/PG32IMG.zip
adb shell md5sum /sdcard/PG32IMG.zip

NOTE: The md5 should match up the provide the original download location. If not, redownload & try again.

adb reboot bootloader

The HTC Incredible 2 will reboot & usually boot into fastboot. Pressing the Power button will put the device into the bootloader.

The bootloader will scan for the radio update. Once it finds the update, select Yes.

Allow the bootloader to finish flashing the updated radio, and reboot the HTC Incredible 2 normally.

Downloads:

From Froyo-based RUUs:

From the 0.0.0.330336 RUU: 0.86.50.0123

md5: e412e3ce52e313d8a4838b8924830338

From the 0.92.1401.0 RUU: 0.98.50.0302

md5: d5741b75a0daa3d35dfe32c8b2df3bb9

From the 1.08.1401.0 RUU: 0.99.50.0401

md5: e01e4255da750844dee758dcff86da65

From the 1.08.1401.4 RUU: has the same radio as the 1.08.1401.0 RUU

From the 1.30.1401.3 RUU: 0.99.50.0323_2

md5: bf5a93ec531aabcd05f78c2131b025a3

From the 1.34.605.4 RUU (HTC Incredible 2 Stock): 0.99.01.0225_2

md5: 3b78b7fa690fe883196b44f584510cef

From Gingerbread-based RUUs:

From the 2.13.1401.4 RUU: 1.01.50.0701

md5: 82e7428264da622042e2e1e983363609

From the 2.18.605.3 RUU: 1.09.01.0622

md5: 028bc6539fd60d51ad87993783ea59af

From the 2.18.605.4 RUU: has the same radio as the 2.18.605.3 RUU

From the 3.02.605.1 RUU: has the same radio as the 2.18.605.3 RUU

From the 3.06.1401.0 RUU: 1.01.50.0817

md5: 15c0ebcd689a22c0a5f37991435b813f

From the 4.08.605.3 RUU: 1.09.01.0722

md5: 68da1874afe8f2e0e202ef96ece52189

From the Chinese 1.10.709.1 RUU (Not recommended for VZW users, see here and onwards for feedback): 1.25.30.0103

md5: 2F83F985A7D9B7EC870833C1FA67916A

From the 5.10.605.9 RUU: 1.09.01.1111

md5: 700956620392E953B212C85510788795

From the 6.01.605.05 OTA: 1.09.01.0312

md5: ea6b98be48210d7797e62362f49ff751

From Ice Cream Sandwich-based RUUs:

From the 7.01.605.01 RUU (Cache wipe may be required, see here and onwards for feedback): 1.09.01.0320

md5: 7543E35B7B19B0255C49E4BFB339C14B

All Verizon Wireless customers are discouraged from flashing anything OTHER than 'x.x.01.xxxx' radios, for stability reasons.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Legacy2385:
Excuse my ignorance but what's the benefit of flashing a different radio?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] SoCalSpecialist:
Speed, connectivity, and functionality to sum up a long answer.

Each will give diff results depending on the rom.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] devator22:
Is there a good place that you would recommend for reading up on the specifics of different radios? Coming from the D1 I only ever had to update the radio after moto pushed one out and the devs hacked it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] pinakaeus:
Just a question as I have no clue what this is, after I get my Inc2 s-off'ed, do I just download the latest radio and flash it or what?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gu1dry:
Read the instructions :/
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Legacy2385:
Ok, thx...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nachobass25:
I'm petty uninformed on these radios aswell. A further non-vague explanation or a link to some radio literature would be greatly appreciated. Can you tell me which radios are an improvement on the stock with the stock rom?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bobhinkle:
i think the big question for me is do any of these roms have the gsm bands un-neutered. Meaning, do any of them have the ability to use U.S. bands and not just overseas ones?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] xgunther:
Even I'm not sure. Try private messaging the OP.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bod1ggity:
Flashing different radios can help with battery life, connectivity (faster download/upload speeds) and lots of other stuff... simply google "why flash different radio android" and you should have plenty of reading and technicals.;)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nimdae:
It's essentially the firmware for...well...the radio hardware. It controls signaling, power, power management, and other things. It's not so much a driver as it is the code that would go on the hardware itself (firmware). It's kinda like the rom that would go in, say, your home router, to put it primitively.

Each version of a radio contains code that can fix problems/defects, as well as configuration tweaks that can affect signal quality, strength, and battery life, as has been explained.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nachobass25:
Thanks for all the explanation guys, I definitely appreciate the clarification. Now the question remains, has anyone tested these radios on Verizons US network to see which ones yield better connectivity/battery-life/download speeds?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nimdae:
As far as I know there is a very elite few that have this capability as the unlock is yet to be released.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Clutch McWinner:
So it looks like we won't be able to flash radios like we did on the Inc1?

Place .zip on SD root, and just boot into hboot?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nimdae:
I believe this requires it be signed. Hence needing S-OFF and eng hboot.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mattwood2000:
really looking forward to S-OFF specifically for the radio. My reception sucks on my DI2 compared to the DI1.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gu1dry:
Only S-OFF is required, like I started in the OP. And AlphaRev X now supports the Inc2 & will give you S-OFF access on the phone. With S-OFF, the P___IMG.zips do not need to be signed.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] xgunther:
0.86.50.0123 seems to disable radio completely, even though I get full bars. No data or voice.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gu1dry:
The 1.09.01.0622 radio from the 2.18.605.3 RUU is now available in the OP.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] seejoshplay:
Out in downtown DC, -59, 4 bars, nice!!!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] digitalsynner85:
Out in the boonies in Louisiana, still only 105dbm....sucks! We need more towers here
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Do we need to do this if we're on an AOSP ROM, such as MIUI?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
You don't NEED to but I highly recommend it. I am on MIUI and saw a 20dbm improvement. Definitely worth it imo.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Which one should I use? I'm running the latest MIUI, which is 1.9.16. Which radio should I flash?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
1.09.01.0722 - That is the newest Verizon radio pulled from the OTA update that started today.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] romma1:
The rom you are running does not matter.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
No, I mean what radio should I flash?

*edit* Nevermind, I see it now.

Do I just flash it through recovery? I REALLY REALLY don't wanna screw something up.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
See my reply to your question above romma1's. HERE

I think romma1 was just pointing out that the radio is independent of the ROM.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Aight thanks. I didn't see that you had posted. I refreshed the page and it went to the bottom, so I apologize. :)

And should I make a backup before flashing, or will that even help if something screws up.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
No worries. Haha I have done that before.

Anyway, as to your edit above, to flash, you follow the instructions on the first page of the thread. That is the safest way to do it, since then you are verifying the MD5 on the phone. The simple way is to just download it, put it on the sd card root named PG32IMG.zip (and verify MD5 on the phone with Android File Verifier (AFV) or similar) and reboot to the BOOTLOADER, not recovery. It should search the sd card and ask if you want to install and press volume up for yes and then it will take a minute or two and then you can reboot when it says done.

I recommend following the instructions in the first post though as that is the safest way, but if you don't have adb you can do it this way. Just make sure to check the MD5 once it is on the SD card.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
So you're saying that using adb push is a safer way than to use boot loader? I'm asking cuz I'm not sure if I have admin rights to this computer to do this, as I'm at work and using the computer here.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
The adb method still goes into the bootloader. You use adb to push the file to the sd card, adb to verify the md5, adb to tell the phone to reboot to the bootloader and then it is installed. Doing it this way reduces the possibility of the file being corrupted between the time you put it on the card and when you install it, as flashing a corrupted img could make a big mess.

I personally just do things a bit riskier, and I just copied it to the sd card, verified the MD5 with AFV, hold power > reboot > bootloader and then voila it asks to install.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Aight, well I had put it on my sd card, and used an md5sum tool on my phone, and it matched, so then I just restart to bootloader and update it?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Yep. When it boots to the bootloader it should search the sd card and find it and ask to install.

I am telling you this as how I do it with the reminder that if something goes wrong, that is still your risk, not mine. That said, it should be safe as long as the md5 is fine.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Ok, just flashed via Bootloader, and so far everything seems to be fine. Waiting to see for sure. I'll let you know when I find out more, but it looks like it's all good :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Yeah if it booted and makes calls then it went as planned. Hope you see the same improvement I did.

Sent from my brain using human to phone transport technology.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
AWESOME!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I'm really new to rooting stuff, so I have no idea what I'm doing. I know how to flash ROMs and mods and stuff, but as far as anything else I have no idea. So any help from the community is awesome!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rfarrah:
ALWAYS, Always, always do a nandroid backup first, just in case.

...my $.02
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
You are very welcome. I enjoy tinkering/hacking/modding just as much as helping others make the most of their devices. Enjoy!

---------- Post added at 01:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:12 PM ----------

Agreed. I still do it anytime I flash anything including a radio, although flashing a radio makes no difference since the radio partition is neither backed up nor restored with a nandroid backup.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] edoubledizzle:
wtf is Aight?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] andybones:
alright with out the aight "LR"
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] shoman24v:
Alright
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] edoubledizzle:
its just 2 extra keystrokes!!!!!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Look folks. This is why I don't like XDA. Been a member for 4 years and less than 20 posts because of things like this. Why do you feel it necessary to get on someone about the use of slang? What purpose does it serve? None other than wasting space in a thread designed to help. Please if you have nothing valuable to contribute to the forum, go tweet your comments where people want to see what you have to say. Ugh.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] edoubledizzle:
aight then!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Darkpsych0:
Sorry but which radio do I flash? According to about phone I'm using 1.09.01.0622
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
1.09.01.0722 is the one you want. First post, last one.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] edoubledizzle:
seriously though, are you being serious? i just wanted to know what it meant! when i was explained i gave my personally opinion of it is just two letters! thats it. my opinion is you blew it way out of proportion.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jtseidner:
Just flashed 1.09.01.0722. Still have 2 bars, around -80 signal in Tucson, AZ. :(
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] edoubledizzle:
just loaded it onto rooted stock and it definitely gets a stronger numerical signal strength. whether that translates to real world use i dont know yet. they could have just tweaked the scale for all we know, placebo effect!! but it definitely looks promising.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jtseidner:
IM running CM7 nightly 9/19, I wonder if that is why I am not seeing much of a difference where as you are on stock and seeing a big improvement?

Im sure our locations and a variety of other factors make a difference as well...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] zandroid:
So is typing two instead of 2...

Also, I'm not seeing a huge improvement on the new radio. MIUI, Savannah, GA area.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] zax10:
Went from one bar to four bars at my house. 1.3mbs to around 3. Gingersense 1.7
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] siskiou:
Still at my usual -95 to 101dBm here.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ben805:
if you guys didn't see any improvement after flashing the new radio, try *228 option 1 and do it again for option 2, see if it helps. :)

I'm getting tremendous improvement in both 3G and Wifi boost with this new radio.....722 kicks ass on my phone! LOL
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] siskiou:
No change here, so far, after *228 (still get the same dBm), but I'm hoping for stronger wifi signal. Can't test until later tonight.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Flappyraccoon:
Do I dial *228 then hit option 2 for updating roaming capabilities? Also, how do I enter a number selection in? It stays on the activation screen and wont take me to the dialer numbers...

Nevermind, if you hold down the menu key the number pad pops up.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Seems like it must be area specific. I wonder if it matters whether your home SID is legacy A side or B side... I believe VZW here in my area is B side. Anyhow, I don't think ROM has anything to do with it, as I am running MIUI as well and went from -90 to -100 up to -70 to -78dbm in the same area.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jbarcus81:
Is there an easier way to flash this other than what is in OP?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PharmCAT:
What do you mean? All you do is put the zip file in the main part of the SD card, go to bootlooader, then navigate to recovery and it should fins it automatically and ask you if you want to update.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jtseidner:
tried 228 option 2 and still no difference in signal strength...oh well I've never really had a problem with reception so ill live.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ben805:
I think kernel has something to do with it....I got a massive boost with VU rom on version 1.3 but the kernel had battery drain so the dev replaced the kernel in 2.35 and up, and my signal went down slightly along with the update. I'm running Gingerbang now though.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] franklin270h:
After playing around with it this new radio has given me substantially better data speeds and voice connectivity. On speedtest I got over 2mbps now for three tests in a row. Crazy for Verizon 3g lol.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] AZKJS:
Looks faster to me. CyanogenMod Nightly 75 & Tiamat 1.1.3 @ 1GHz

Before1.09.01.0622

After1.09.01.0722
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jbarcus81:
Wow.. That's classic .. Do I get a "here's yer sign" award? HA!!:p
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] djh816:
To be fair, I've had issues in the past on many htc phones getting my SD card formatted correctly so that the bootloader can actually find said file. Clockwork is a lot more forgiving for the filesystems.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] andybones:
a lost little known tid bit is that the sd card MUST be formatted to fat32 in order for bootloader to find it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] djh816:
But sometimes even that isn't enough. For example, the way that mac os x formats fat32 disks doesn't seem to work sometimes even if windows can read and write to them perfectly fine. I've had to resort many times to using a standalone app under windows to format it correctly.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] andybones:
Nice addition, I use Windows, so this is definitely good for me to know as well, thanks!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PharmCAT:
I have yet to even take out the sd card, so never really thought about the card being in a different format.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
To eliminate compatibility issues, when I need to format the card, I always just unmount and format from the phone. Never had any compatibility issues that way.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PharmCAT:
This. Why make life for complicated?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Matt Devo:
navigate to bootloader, not recovery. If you're going to be snarky, at least get the details correct
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] zandroid:
Doesn't the PRL have a lot to do, not necessarily with signal strength, but which towers you have priority on or which ones you can ping?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
The PRL controls what towers you can roam on, but if you are on your home network then the PRL should not matter.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PharmCAT:
True, but still you will have to go through the bootloader option, which will cause it to scan for that .zip file, even before it gives the option to enter any other section... :p

/snark on
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rfarrah:
This is true. Took me awhile to figure out why my phone wouldn't automatically boot into recovery, but instead went to bootloader everytime. It was because I still had an old PG32IMG.zip on the root of my SD and it always looks for that file first.

/snark free :D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Question: I see that you name the radio PG32IMG.zip in order to flash. Why then would you also name a splash screen that?