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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rocksteady:
I'm gonna flash it again just to try and see if I can fix my issue. I have a little more time tonight to play around. I'll post my results.

I got the roaming icon to disappear, but zero signal, tried all settings too.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
I'll wait to get a little more feedback before acting, don't want a heap of bricks! :)

EDIT: Strange, have you double-checked the contacts on your battery cover?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rocksteady:
Yes, and I opened a brand new back cover that I had. Didn't help.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
But you can happily flash back to an .01 radio and get signal, right?

I'm sure the roaming triangle thing is related to the APNs, I wonder if the in-built APN list is altered to a Chinese-centric one or something. You guys on CDMA still have to enter APNs for data and MMS, right? Never used a CDMA phone ;)

What a strange issue.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
No apn settings needed for the CDMA. I had never been able to confirm if the GSM users could use the Chinese radios or not. Verizon users absolutely cannot. And flashing back to a .01 radio should work just fine. I did it back when I had mine just to test for another user.

If you have access to edit the OP can you add the 1111 radio as well? Last year when it came out I messages gu1dry and mods multiple times to get it added but nobody did. There should be a few links posted of it. I know I posted it once or twice before. If you need the link again let me know.

I would say for sure to put the new Chinese radio in there. Also something that I have posted about 50 times is the disclaimer for Verizon users to only use the x.xx.01.xxxx radios as people always seem to flash them and then post issues. Should help clear a lot of that up.

Thanks!

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Thanks for the info mate. I have a GSM unlocked Incredible 2 sitting here somewhere, I'll flash the Chinese radio to see if it works (I'm in Australia on GSM).

Please, if you can, provide a link to the 1111 radio and I'll definitely stick it up in the OP also.

I'll add the .01 disclaimer also, but will do it all in one go tonight.

Cheers! :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Very nice. Thanks. I guess my min.us account that it was uploaded on is being difficult and it says it isn't found and won't let me upload it again. Now I hosted it in my 4shared. http://www.4shared.com/zip/_sckcI8k/1111_Radio_PG32IMG.html

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Thankyou. I'll go ahead and update the OP. Do you mind if I use your link, or would you rather me host it? :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
No problem. Go ahead and use it. I host nearly nothing on there anyway so I am not worried about bandwidth.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Another question - what RUU was the 1111 radio from, and what is the full version number, please? :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Had to go find one of my posts on RootzWiki to remember the full radio version number haha. The RUU version can be found in the txt file in the zip.

From the 5.10.605.9 OTA: Radio Version 1.09.01.1111 (US Verizon)

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Champion mate, cheers.

Also, both radios confirmed working on GSM unlocked DInc2.

MD5 sums created, and OP updated to reflect changes.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Okay that's all done, if you come across any more or want things changed, just give me a buzz ;)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Perfect. Thank you.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rocksteady:
Yes, flashing back works fine, back to moderate signal. I'll flash anything once. I've only bricked 1 phone in my life, and I have flashed about 45 or so phones. I'm a flash addict.:eek:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Welcome to my world, haha. So how does the newly-uploaded 1111 radio treat you?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rocksteady:
I'm using 1.25.30.0103.. And that works fine. When I installed it, it was the bottom radio on the list. Imma try the the 1111 now. It's at the bottom of the list.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Since it looks like you are a gsm user the 0103 radio would be newer than the 1111. That isn't to say it is better though. Just more flashing fun for your addiction.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rocksteady:
I switched to Verizon, I have to change my info... lol@me.:D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ph1nn:
So how's 1111 working on Verizon? Can anyone comment? And please don't say "i'm getting stronger signal everywhere omg" because we know that's nonsense.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
Been running it since it became available and it works well for me. Whether it is placebo or reality I don't know, but I think it helped a fair amount. Haven't even considered going back.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
I don't have the phone anymore but I flashed it the day it came out and ran it for a couple months. I found that I didn't really see any improvement in overall signal level but I did see much more consistency. On 0722 I had a lot of issues with signal fluctuating wildly while the phone was stationary. Didn't see much of that anymore on 1111.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ph1nn:
Thanks for the feedback guys... I'll give 1111 a shot, I've been on 722 for a long time. One thing I've always hated is the phone taking a while to reconnect to towers/data when coming out of the subway (I live in NYC) and i never knew if it was a ROM problem, or Radio problem... I'll see if this helps at all. Otherwise 722 has been fine.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Depending on how long you are in there that could be the power save mode causing a delay. When the phone has no service, rather than constantly using full power to try to lock onto a tower, it will go into power save mode where it only enables the radio every x number of seconds. I don't recall exactly the interval length however. So it could take up to the length of one interval to reconnect after being in power save mode. The radio may not change that but it can't hurt to try. Cheers!

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ph1nn:
That makes sense, good explanation. My subway rides can be upwards of 30min. When I was on the stock firmware (this is going back about a year now) it ever happened. Ever since I've been AOSP (CM7 and 9) it happens pretty often. It must be as you described, and they probably lowered the power save delay to save battery life... which sucks for subway travelers like me. This is clearly something that should have a setting. I can certainly tell you an iPhone doesn't do this either.

edit: On a side note, 1111 has been fine... i really notice no difference so far from 722.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jewnersey:
im on east coast too (NJ) and noticed that the 722 radio gives me better dbm and service

BUT when im in NC the 1111 radio outperforms the 722

(at least thats how it feels when i've messed around with both)

and btw ive been on aokp and cm9 to get these results.

and finally 3g EATS my battery horribly on both those roms
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sjpritch25:
Just flashed the new radio for VZW. We shall see if its makes anything better.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] seejoshplay:
also just flashed latest radio. will report back. seems to be just as good in my concrete bunker of an office... i'll try to report back with some more solid info.

thanks.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
Really looking forward to reports on the performance of this radio.

*wink *wink

*nudge *nudge
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dirkdigles:
I installed the new radio as well ... not seeing much difference from 1111 ... also updated my PRL after installing the radio and the PRL changed to a different number. Reception seems just as good, if not slightly better. Haven't checked 3g speeds, but toggling 3g on and off seems a smidgen faster...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] seejoshplay:
i think the 3g speeds *may* be a little better, wishing i had done some psudo-scientific testing.

oh well. flashing a radio always "feels" like the right thing to do.

now kids - don't foget to check those MD5 sums... 4ext has that handy-dandy checker built right in... then you can reboot straight to the bootloader. damn that recovery is the best.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
For the PRL you just did *228 option 2 right?

How do you check it?

Sent from my Supercharged MikRunny'd Dinc2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dirkdigles:
I'm on Page Plus ... for me, Dial *228, then press 2, or *22891 does the same thing.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Right, just making sure. Did you flash the .0312?

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dirkdigles:
Yup. I came from .1111
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
OK thanks. Gonna check my battery cover and flash it shortly, been having signal issues with .722 lately. I'll report in the next couple days.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] seejoshplay:
I'm assuming you are talking about MD5 checksum. When in recovery (4ext only) you hit, install a zip. Then check 5d5 sum. then find your file, and up pops the md5 sum. Compare that to the md5 provided on the original download source, if it matches, you should be good to go. If it does not match, do not flash. re-download.

Be especially careful with radios. you do not want to have a bad radio flash. then bad things happen.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Yep that's what I meant, thanks for clarifying, appreciate the help.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Just flashed .0312, ran thru *228 option #1 & #2. Just ran a speedtest and got the highest speed I've ever seen on this phone. We'll see how it does over the the next few days. Here's a screen shot

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ABQNM:
Nice. I never saw over 1Mbps and almost always not more than about 200kbps.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Just ran another. If this hold out it will be amazing. Wow, I haven't gotten over .8 mbps in.722 in weeks.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Something I saw somewhere is that this radio may not be for speed perse, but more power control. They said their battery life was better and it showed cell standby was lower than normal.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
I'll take that too, though my battery life so far is crappy like usual. Last night it dropped 20% in deep sleep. At least it's fast lol

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ph1nn:
The new 0312 has been terrible for me on phone reboots with CM 7.2.0. Anytime I reboot i have to go int an out of Airplane mode until it connects to Verizon's network. I may go back to 1111, or 0722 which was the best for me.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] hightech316:
Anyone tried different radios w sense 4?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lt thistle:
I put .0312 on my phone last week running ics sense 4 and I do notice better battery life
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ViperGeek:
Agreed. I just upgraded to 0312 and hadn't thought to run a speed test. I just got over 2Mbps down and 1Mbps up, which is about 20% faster than I've ever gotten.

Cool!

- Dave
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Now that I've ran this for a few days I am still occasionally getting 1.3-1.5Mbps but most of the time it's been back in the 0.3-0.7 range. It works but I've dropped a few calls and couldn't get service places I've never had a problem getting it before. May go back to .722.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
I flashed the new radio and got horrible data reception and speed. Rolled back to 1111 and it improved.

I'm not entirely convinced the new radio was that bad though. I think I'll try it again with a fresh download.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Something happened to mine, went back to .622, and .722 with no improvement. I live in an area of blood red coverage and usually have no issue. Dropping calls, data speeds as slow as .07Mbps at one point yesterday. Dropping calls or just can't make them. Got a replacement coming today.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
Ouch.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ph1nn:
I personally recommend against the 0312 radio. I found it took longer to connect to Verizon on start-up, longer to connect after losing signal (i live in NYC so in any out of subways is normal to lose signal), and overall just noticeably worse performance.

I went back to 1111, definitely the best radio for me.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Yeah, I was having problems before I flashed it, partly why I came looking for one. I got the replacement phone here, hopefully find out what radio it has shortly.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Linch89:
Anyone have a link to 1111 link in op says invalid file
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
Rename to PG32IMG.zip
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] kubes069:
Was just about to make a post regarding this, thank!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Triscuit:
Is .0312 still the newest?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lt thistle:
Yes
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] hammadfaisal007:
I flashed a gingerbread based radio, but now I want to remove it. How can I do that?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Rushead:
You don't really remove it, you just flash the one you want.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
There are no ICS based radios yet, so idk if it matters. Just flash .0312 its the latest and its running really good for me.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Rushead:
Probably not.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] hammadfaisal007:
The problem is I flashed a radio for one rom, now I'm changing rom but the radio is same. The radio is not being changed with respect to rom
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Then stick one of these on your SD card and go nuts mate :good: Radios are separate entities to ROMs these days :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
Radios have nothing to do with the ROM. They are always flashed separately. I can run JellyBean with the same radio I run on Froyo.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
I've tried every radio out for this phone, my signal is horrible and I live in a blood red coverage area. Guys sitting next to me at work with OG Droids, iPhone 4's, Razr's getting 4-5 bars consistently. I've called and *****ed, they've replaced it, every one of them has been horrid for signal, max signal I get is 3 bars no matter what. For whatever reason my area apparently is not great for HTC phones on VZW for whatever reason.

By by Dinc2, got a GNEX coming.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Rushead:
Some phones (wife's dinc) have issues with using different radios, for ex. an ICS radio on CM7 (overheating, reboots, etc) . The dinc2 doesn't have these problems.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Rushead:
Sorry to hear that....enjoy your GNEX!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] XAlexander_AlexanderX:
From the 6.01.605.05 OTA works great with ICS. I use GSM and I have full signal almost everywhere now :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kinz1980:
I am unable to get a good link to 0312. Could someone be kind and share a link please. Or if you would like pm me and maybe share a dropbox link. Thank you in advance! :D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
0312 link in the OP works fine for me bud?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Rushead:
http://d-h.st/ORc

You need to cut the actual url out of the link.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kinz1980:
Thank you kind sir, downloading now. :)

Edit: flashed just fine I did a test and gained a few percentage stronger. So that is pretty swaeet. :cool: so thank you again.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] phrozen87:
Thought I would throw up my experience with these radios. I have been using the 1111 radios for a couple months now, and have had some issues. When I get 3g service with them it was generally fast, but the signal dropped a lot, and I was almost constantly having to reset them. I had dropped calls in my apartment and several friends houses, but signal was ok on the interstates, or outside. While I know most people say 1111 is the best hands down, I was pretty frustrated with it so I gave these a shot.

I have noticed a few things about these radios, and while some of these may sound like complaints, overall I am much happier with them:

The first thing I will say is that my data speed with these radios is definitely slower. While speeds are never super fast near me on 3g, my average speed dropped from 1600-1800 to 1000-1200kbps. The upload speed is nearly identical.

In contrast, I now maintain a 3g signal most of the time. I generally floated around 1 bar of 3g and had it switch to 1x or R almost constantly on me. These radios I stay between 1 and 3 bars on 3g very regularly.

Battery life is significantly better. I am expecting that this is largely due to the signal stability, as since my phone isn't constantly switching networks and dropping the signal the battery should obviously be much better when in standby.

Indoors I do not experience nearly as many dropped calls or the level of gradual call degradation that I had on 1111. I can now walk around my apartment and the phone seems to hold the calls fine. There are still a few spots that can garble the call a bit, but being able to talk on the phone in 3/4 of my apartment vs not being able to use it at all indoors is a huge improvement for me.

My recommendation if you are having signal troubles would be to give this radio a shot. It seems to have at the very least greatly helped my phones reception and call stability in problematic areas.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Rushead:
Just to clarify... By "this" you mean .0312, right?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bberryhill0:
And now we have the .0320 radio.....
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
Linky?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Rushead:
Check nits's leak thread: it's packaged in the fw update.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846304﻿
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kinz1980:
Would it be appropriate to have it posted on this thread to keep it more organized?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Rushead:
It's not ONLY a radio....it's a firmware update WITH the radio.

Maybe the radio can be extracted, but that's far above my pay grade.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kinz1980:
My as well. Maybe someone higher on the food chain can take it out then the thread could be updated. :o
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jameshmiller:
Alright,

I pulled the radio.img and the android-info.txt out of the firmware update and zipped only those files back up to create our flashable PG32IMG.ZIP for you radio junkies. :silly:

I have already updated to this firmware so I have not tried this radio zip.

Rename to PG32IMG.zip

Put in SD root and flash in bootloader.

FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0hpyi140dpsn6zl/RADIO1.09.01.0320-PG32IMG.zip

Let me know how it works. :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Thanks mate. Once we get a couple of confirmed working reports, I'll go ahead and add it to the OP :good:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jameshmiller:
UPDATE - This ZIP works, BUT you must boot into recovery after flashing and wipe cache in order to boot into your ROM. I do not know why this extra step is needed, but I had to do the same thing when I flashed the firmware update.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kinz1980:
Just wanted to chime in and say thank you. I just downloaded directly to my phone,

Used es file explorer moved file to root of sd card

Renamed file as instructed above.

Booted into hboot

Allowed the phone to notice file and selected update.

So again thank you.

Rebooted phone.

I did not have to clear cache in recovery.

Went to settings about phone and checked to see if the radio updated and it did. :cool:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jameshmiller:
Just curious, what ROM are you on? I'm on PA 1.98, and had to wipe cache.

It would hang on the PA boot animation. When I booted to recovery (ext4), it went into safe mode, and told me to wipe cache. After wiping cache, all was well.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Added to OP, along with the precautionary note about Cache wipe. Thanks for the efforts James :)

Justin
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jameshmiller:
Out of thanks, so THANKS. :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kinz1980:
Ukb 2.0 x version so ya not sure if it would be a rom thing or not? :confused:

I am planning on flashing a new rom tonight (tazz's updated rom) and nit was planning on updating ukb so I will probably play around with it. :p

If there is something more I could do to help clear this up for others let me know I will do my best to help. :o
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Forgot. Sorry :) I'll fix it once I'm at a desktop :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ThePhantom97:
Is it safe to install the new .320 radio without the MD5?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Sorry mate, I've been mobile this week and haven't had a chance to set up an md5.

As long as you're on a stable connection there should be no issues. I'll get it fixed up this afternoon first chance I get :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ThePhantom97:
No worries m8, I completely understand. I think I will go ahead and give it a go then. Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
The file I uploaded was the very same one I flashed and it worked perfectly mate. I uploaded over the fibre at work, so I think you'll be pretty right.

Report back either way if you like, just for safety's sake ;)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ThePhantom97:
I am always nervous when it comes to flashing radios, so after enough contemplating I worked up the nerve to do it. After doing an "adb reboot recovery" and wiping cache everything is working just fine. Checked in settings and current radio is .320. Thanks to jameshmiller and everyone else who gave this a go before me. I am also running PA 1.98, that is why I had to wipe cache btw.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Glad to hear it mate, nicely done :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
MD5 checksum added for .320 :good:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] raven2k7:
hi , my phone is rooted and S-off with virtuos rom installed. i was wondering which one of these radios do i install on the phone because am having the reboot problem when my screen locks also. this is the radio that is currently on my phone

radio 1.09.01.0622
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gtdtm:
I haven't heard too much about the .0320 but the .0312 and .1111 have been stable. My understanding is you can flash each one and try it out, but you are advised against flashing the same radio on top of itself...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lt thistle:
.0312 or newer should be what you want to use.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tryo0004:
Had the same problem for a while. Flash .0312
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kinz1980:
It can be different for anybody. Do some test on each one. Or run one for a day then the next for another. It seems some people are getting different results.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
i just flashed this after installing CM10 and my phone just stays on boot animation screen and i can't get into recovery because it tries to install the radio from the bootloader..any tips?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gtdtm:
You have to remove or rename the file on the sd card, probably by removing it and doing it on a computer.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lt thistle:
Pop your card out and then while entering recovery put it back in and you should be good to go.