yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid Incredible General] k_nivesout:
That's pretty nice, I definitely am excited for LTE to be more widespread. From what I've read, it seems like your figures were just a little optimistic. I was reading an article that put the peak speed on Verizon's LTE network at 38mbps and average at 12mbps. Not saying higher speeds aren't possible, but it seems to me that real world averages are likely a bit lower than what you quoted. However, that still puts LTE's speed well above your average wifi connection, so I definitely see your point.
[Droid Incredible General] loonatik78:
That was taken right after I read the thread sitting in a Steak n Shake in Toledo, OH out to L.A. Toledo seems hit or miss with speeds. Columbus, OH and Chicago seem to be some of the best, with Chicago beating 40Mbpsevery now and then. But yeah, even 24 is a great increase over EVDO rev. A. It's honestly fast enough to do just about anything you want, which in my opinion is what matters. I mean, what are you really gonna do with 50Mbps you can't do with 25Mbps? Watch 2 movies on your 4.3 inch screen???
[Droid Incredible General] k_nivesout:
Haha, very true. But with how technology is, there will be uses for 40+mbps soon enough. Realistically, I can do what I need to on 3g: browse, stream music, video, download (modestly sized) files, etc, but I would love to be able to do those things faster/better with less limitations. I don't understand people who are LTE naysayers, my next device will be 4g even if it's not available right away in my market.
[Droid Incredible General] loonatik78:
That's exactly what I was thinking, too. It came about 2 or 3 months later, but I'd had tastes of it where I'd traveled too. They're actually doing a pretty good job rolling it out and I think most of the skeptics will regret going 3G a year after they get their new device.
[Droid Incredible General] baboonsRus:
I went into a local vzw store and told the guy behind the counter that I had the inc, and loved it. I asked his opinion about what new hotness I should upgrade to at the end of the year and he said I should wait for the new iphone. I won't be going back to that store.
[Droid Incredible General] Keyboards:
Insta-slap lol
[Droid Incredible General] Troy89:
I would rather have that then them to suggest whatever 3 phones are the closest to me. Why they think I'm gonna be sold on email, sending and downloading pics is beyond me.
[Droid Incredible General] Voilenteraser:
I don't have a good data plan so 1mb/s WiFi is excellent for WiFi. My dads dsl modem doesn't hit over 550 kb/s... I'm not really a big data user. But my texts exceed well above 10,000 a month.
[Droid Incredible General] Voilenteraser:
That and the fact my data doesn't feel as strong as my WiFi pumping out a good connection. Most data/wifi apps are set to manually refresh cause I can whack out my battery in a day.
[Droid Incredible General] Zalatorisaurus:
Why is this thread still alive?
[Droid Incredible General] Voilenteraser:
Cause I have incredible s and I vote it better then tbolt
[Droid Incredible General] loonatik78:
I think you're a little off.....
[Droid Incredible General] Voilenteraser:
No I've got my opinion and the Inc s is better then tbolt. It's a solid phone that has no issues.
[HTC Desire S] InfernalByte:
Thanks for putting these in one place, and even though there's a warning about bricking phone's, I would like to warn everyone that flashing a radio is very rarely necessary, and should not be done on a whim!!! Not enough is known about recovering from a bad flash on the NVRam (radio), and if this happens you could end up with a very expensive calculator.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Thanks a LOT !!!!!!! My radio is here, so i can flash others, and if i find errors, i can come back. Thanks again man.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
New Radio from leaked official ROM

This is the Radio that came with the recently leaked official Desire S Sense v3.0 ROM.

20.4130.0818U_3817.07.00.19_M RADIO
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
so is this linux only or can the terminal be replaced with the command prompt?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
This isn't for linux specifically, this is also possible for windows, where by terminal he means windows command prompt (CMD), assuming that you have the relevant ADB installed.

If you don't download it from here
[HTC Desire S] SuperBiGG:
I have a question: there are some compatibility issue between radio and hboot version?
[HTC Desire S] Sib64:
You can use the new radio with the old hboot.

Any problem for use that.

If you want to install the new hboot while you have already install the new radio, there's no problem of incompatibility
[HTC Desire S] runagate17:
Can anyone confirm what the md5sum for this file should be?

Any chance a download link for this radio could be added to the top post?
[HTC Desire S] uoosuow:
There is already newer radio available - 20.44.30.0821U_3821.08.00.24_M
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
[RADIO](added ril)New leaked radio:20.44.30.0821U_3821.08.00.24_M
[HTC Desire S] Sib64:
Well done @ben_pyett ;)

Thk's
[HTC Desire S] runagate17:
It would be nice if the top post could be updated with these radios & md5sums

hint hint @gu1dry :)
[HTC Desire S] gu1dry:
I only add radios pulled from full RUUs (that I pulled personally) or reliable sources.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Fair enough! much safer that way.....you don't get people shouting at you then! :D

If people want the other leaked RADIO's there are links to them elsewhere!
[HTC Desire S] old.splatterhand:
Question:

Is there somewhere a GUIDE for downgrading Radio if the leaked one will not work how i hope?
[HTC Desire S] Sib64:
Sure. The guide are so simple:

you'll have to use fastboot command

but not the PG88IMG flash

Use a simple command : fastboot flash radio your_radio_file.img
[HTC Desire S] old.splatterhand:
And as "your_radio_file.img" i'll take the image file included in PG88IMG.zip.

Am i right?
[HTC Desire S] Sib64:
When you unzipped the PG88IMG, you've found a file "radio.img"
[HTC Desire S] scrack26:
my radio on my HTC DS is 20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M on this post no "_M" on the end. is there a difference on that? thanks!
[HTC Desire S] Phildu91:
parsing=analizing
[HTC Desire S] d.vv:
i know what parsing means of course, but it had been parsing it for 10 minutes. is that ok?
[HTC Desire S] Phildu91:
you can downlod again from original link and try again
[HTC Desire S] d.vv:
i downloaded it using the link you provided and i checked the md5 it was ok.

it scares me a bit, you know, when the phone "is parsing" the radio file for a 10 minutes then it freezes and you have to remove battery. i guess it is the best way to brick the device )

btw my DS is UNLOCKED via HTC and S-ON. Is that could be a problem?
[HTC Desire S] Phildu91:
i think you can not flash radio with S-On

have you tried with android flasher to flash only radio.img?
[HTC Desire S] Fetz Braun:
No, you cannot flash radio with s-on. (also not flash the radio.img)
[HTC Desire S] Sting07:
Hello,

i use Fallout ROM and want to update my RADIO to newest version 20.72.30.0833U_3831.17.00.310.

But i don't know which one i should flash:

This one from a russian page has only the files

android-info.txt

radio.img​

in it.

But this one has much more files in it - see below:

android-info.txt

boot.img

hboot_2.02.0001_59aaf469_0515.img

radio.img

rcdata.img

recovery.img​

which one should i flash to run Sense4a ROMs properly? i read that rcdata.img is responsible for a working radio... do i have to flash the zip file with more files in it?

thx in advance!
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Why do you want to flash a new radio? If your one is working fine then leave it alone - there is a risk of destroying your phone by flashing the radio if you get it wrong and it's not really a risk you should take unless you are certain what you're doing and have a good reason to do so.
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
The second file, which contains more files, will also replace the Hboot (dangerous, I think), Recovery, boot.img (kernel, partially) and will reset your data (I guess).

My girlfriend's Desire S is running IceColdSandwich and has the latest GB radio. No problems : ain't gonna risk flashing a newer radio.

Scribbled from my Note coupled with the best (CleaNote) ROM and (NoteCore) kernel by g.lewarne
[HTC Desire S] Sting07:
in the explanation of the most of the sense 4 ROMs you can read "recommend radio 20.72.30.0833U_3831.17......." which means the new one.

i wanted to flash a new radio because sometimes i have issues with the notification LED and the radio reception....
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
If you are really serious about flashing a new radio then I would suggest you wait a while. When HTC release ICS (either OTA or via source-code) they are likely to release the latest radio as part of the same package, so you are better off waiting for that one.
[HTC Desire S] Sting07:
so many users already use the ICS Radios.... aren't these radios from desire s? are they ported from other htc devices???

for example look at this post. Most of the users use new radios - where are these from?
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
If you are so eager to change flash the zip that has only the radio.img inside. You can revert to older one any time.

But if you reflash the other system partitions you can have an adventure to revert back if something goes wrong.

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
Hang on a second... So the ICS radio we have is a LEAKED build, not the final one?

I thought HTC quietly released official ICS for the Desire S... so things got implemented etc... :/

Thought the Desire S is due to an update this summer... and the summer is just about to end :) .
[HTC Desire S] zurpher:
I currently have 20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M and sometimes for no apparent reason I loose my connections just to have good reception shortly afterwards. I think that this might be a problem with the radio and wonder how I could resolve it. Any reliable solutions?
[HTC Desire S] Sting07:
i have this problem with the radio 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M too.

which ROM do you use? i use Fallout v4.4.0
[HTC Desire S] zurpher:
I'm stuck on HTC Sense 2.1 because I was quite happy with the user interface etc. and now I'm scared to change in case I loose data. HTC OTA updates do not work due to S-OFF state (or something else). I will probably take the plunge at some point. How do you like Fallout v4.4.0?

I think that radio is independent of ROM though.
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
Radio must match the ROM's RIL (Radio Interface Layer) in order to deliver best performance.

Scribbled from my Note coupled with the best (CleaNote) ROM and (NoteCore) kernel by g.lewarne
[HTC Desire S] zurpher:
Is information about the best performance-enhancing fits between radio and ROM's RIL available for DS?
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
I don't really understand you. :/ sorry

Scribbled from my Note coupled with the best (CleaNote) ROM and (NoteCore) kernel by g.lewarne
[HTC Desire S] zurpher:
How do I find out which radio matches which ROM's RIL?
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
Erm... there's this app called GetRIL which checks that for you, but it doesn't seem to support the Desire S at this time...

Check the OP and the patterns. For ROM base 1.70, the corresponding radio is 20.48 (this is just an example).

My girlfriend's Desire S runs ICS with the latest GINGERBREAD radio (20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04, I believe) and she hasn't complained about poor signal or such...

Won't update it unless it proves problematic, or at least until official ICS radio lands (whenever that happens...). I suggest you do the same.

Scribbled from my Note coupled with the best (CleaNote) ROM and (NoteCore) kernel by g.lewarne
[HTC Desire S] zurpher:
I have downloaded radio 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 and followed the instructions in the OP.

As a response to

adb shell md5sum /sdcard/PG88IMG.zip

I get md5sum: permission denied. What is going wrong?

I deactivated fastboot on my device. Does that have any implications for flashing a new radio?
[HTC Desire S] perrofeo58:
Best Radio for Cyano 7.2 ?

Please Thanks
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
?

Scribbled from my Note coupled with the best (CleaNote) ROM and (NoteCore) kernel by g.lewarne
[HTC Desire S] zurpher:
I reckon perrofeo58 wants to know what's the "Best Radio for Cyano 7.2 ?"

BTW, I successfully flashed to radio 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 after positive confirmation of md5 with HashDroid.
[HTC Desire S] perrofeo58:
yes...thx
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
I flashed 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 on my girlfriend's Desire S and used with these ROMs : two ROMs with Sense 3.5 (don't remember the names), MIUI GB, IceColdSandwich, MIUIv4 port some 3 months ago, and now, MIUIv4 official.

She never liked CyanogenMod 7, but it doesn't matter. Only HTC Sense ROMs need a radio that matches the RIL... the RIL included in AOSP ROMs is usually one that's older than the latest version anyway...

So far, everything's fine :) . Give it a shot. It's the latest Gingerbread radio available... actually, it's the last radio, at least until HTC releases official ICS for this phone... which I thought was gonna happen this summer... and the summer has almost ENDED?!
[HTC Desire S] Phildu91:
latest radio from new ICS update RUU_SAGA_ICS_35_S_HTC_EU_14.01.401.2_20.76.30.0835_3831.19.00.110_275068:

http://www.4shared.com/file/mtMtDh_C/radio_38311900110.html
[HTC Desire S] niravnn:
thanks

just one noob question how to flash it?

it is a .img file

Edit:- flashed it via fastboot I though that radio needed to flash differently
[HTC Desire S] Phildu91:
with android flasher
[HTC Desire S] escape21:
THANKS !!!
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
MD5 sum please?
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
Wait...

Did ICS just go official for the Desire S?

Scribbled from my Note coupled with the best (CleaNote) ROM and (NoteCore) kernel by g.lewarne
[HTC Desire S] badflife:
Yes it did. The RUU was released today.

Gesendet von meinem HTC Desire S mit Tapatalk 2
[HTC Desire S] jb.traveller:
This latest radio is really sensitive. Where there wasn't any signal I now have three / four bars and G3.
[HTC Desire S] dabado:
Is there any way of getting a regular zip file of the new radio?

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
3G, not G3 :p

So... you're saying your signal reception got MUCH better?

Scribbled from my Note coupled with the best (CleaNote) ROM and (NoteCore) kernel by g.lewarne

---------- Post added at 12:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 AM ----------

Regular .zip... you mean CWM flashable? If so, then no.

If you mean PG88IMG.zip, flashable via hboot... maybe, if somebody makes it.

You can flash radio via fastboot, though.

Scribbled from my Note coupled with the best (CleaNote) ROM and (NoteCore) kernel by g.lewarne
[HTC Desire S] KanocX:
See here ;)
[HTC Desire S] dabado:
PG88IMG.ZIP that I can use at bootloader.

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
The post above yours shows you what you need.
[HTC Desire S] cnkapadia:
will this work with the new ruu ics update?? also i am using 4ext recovery and running MIUI rom, do i need to do something else or will this process work to update to official desire s ics with sense 3.5
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
You really didn't have to quote the ENTIRE OP post...

For any ICS ROMs, I suggest you flash this. Put the .zip on the root of the SD card and apply it via bootloader. Hope you know how to do that :) .

Also, you should be on hboot 7.x (2) by now).
[HTC Desire S] ankabo:
Can I flash this file with CWM recovery?

Gesendet von meinem HTC EVO 3D X515m mit Tapatalk 2
[HTC Desire S] MarlX:
I don't think so. You can also download the file w/ the filename and just boot to bootloader. Check the first post for more information.
[HTC Desire S] cnkapadia:
im sorry i dont understand..

i would appreciate some help, i can give u a brief background

im using 4ext recovery and have flashed miui v4 for desire s

what i want to do is get back to official ics rom for desire s, however on downloading the ruu for ics i get the the 170 error which is basically for usb driver incompatibility, i think this is becoz i am running miui

anyway i saw a post which said extract rom,zip from ruu and rename it PG88IMG.zip and then copy to sd card root and boot into bootloader, however i am getting the error image not compatible or not found error when i do that, i am really confused now, really want to get back to official rom but dont know how to..

so if u can help i will really appreciate it!!

thanks!!!!!!
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
Erm... sorry, I really can't help you with that.

My girlfriend has the Desire S. The only thing I could do was update the firmware (bootloader, radio) so that MIUIv4 will work - and I'm gonna leave it that way. I no longer own a HTC for half a year now, so... my memory is somewhat :silly: .

Anyway, if you're trying to revert back to stock ICS for the Desire S, this is not the appropriate topic you should be looking for a solution in :D .
[HTC Desire S] deltateam:
when i flash my phone again

the new radio is still up date, i dont have to install it again?
[HTC Desire S] zurpher:
YES!
[HTC Desire S] Spitniv:
Hi,

Im using the great Fallout 5.0 with Radio 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M (hasnt beent updated since i baught the device),

What is the right Radio for me to update?

the •From the 2.10.401.5 RUU:•20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 ?

Is there a newer one?

Thanks a lot.
[HTC Desire S] zurpher:
If you do not experience any problems then there is no need to update your radio at all.
[HTC Desire S] Spitniv:
Unfortunately I am experiencing problems :\ ...
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
If you're using a GB ROM, flash the latest radio (from the list of the first post).

If you're on ICS... you need to flash the latest firmware : http://d-h.st/daE

Scribbled from my Note powered by g.lewarne's HydraCore kernel
[HTC Desire S] Spitniv:
Thank you for the comment!

Im using Fallout 5.0 rom its 4.0.3,

Before im flashing the latest firmware- doesnt matter what was my radio before that? im sort of scared to screw something up...
[HTC Desire S] vrxj81:
I'm on CM 10 android 4.1.2, same question.

Is this firmware update 100% safe?
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
No. The previous radio does not matter.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but the /data partition might be wiped after flashing the firmware. So your apps/games/etc. data will be wiped...

Scribbled from my Note powered by g.lewarne's HydraCore kernel

---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:27 PM ----------

I think so, yes. I don't see why there would be any problem with that. You should still ask in the CM10 thread(s) to make sure... :)

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[HTC Desire S] androvoid:
Always a good idea to perform a wipe cache/wipe dalvik cache prior to flashing radio, otherwise you may experience problems with booting and have to pull the battery and remove the sd card to get into recovery and do it post install...
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
Never had such problems on the Desire, Desire S, Desire HD, EVO 3D.

Scribbled from my Note powered by g.lewarne's HydraCore kernel
[HTC Desire S] androvoid:
may have been my rom being unstable at the time, but I've corrected what i wrote above to wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache as I have had problems booting after loading new radio versions and after a cache wipe (done as part of the factory/data reset) it would boot
[HTC Desire S] I_M_Ken:
hi, im also new to this radio flashing thing and not sure if i should update it.

So basically as long as i have a Desire S, i can use any of the radios shown in this thread? Wont screw up my phone at all?

Below is my phone details if its any help.

I also want to move to ICE DS ICS. Now im on GB.

Thanks guys.

SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

Hboot 6.98.1002

Radio 3805.06.02.03_M
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
If you're not sure then leave it alone. Flashing a new radio should not screw up your phone - IF YOU DO IT CORRECTLY. If you make a mistake though, you will be left with an expensive paperweight.

If you're not having problems with your signal then just leave it alone and you definitely won't break your phone.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
I'm in full agreement here, I'm still running the same radio that came with GB only have issues on some builds but not enough to warrant the change

“Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.”

(Jeff Pesis)*
[HTC Desire S] madpanter:
Dont know if anyone already asked but is it posible to use ics radio with the gb? Im curently on last version of gb miui and have isues with call drops with almost full signal and some times when i talk the sund cuts for half a secon or so (it like the sound has package lost if you know what i mean)
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
Not sure.

But I flashed MIUIv4 on my girlfriend's Desire S and did not touch the radio (was still the latest from GB), and everything worked. Not sure if it would work the other way around (GB ROM with ICS radio). I don't see why it wouldn't work...
[HTC Desire S] No-New-Phone:
This is just to confirm that /data partition will be wiped flashing the ics firmware update...

...and to confirm that cache & dalvik cache must be wiped, otherwise phone wil hang during boot up. 4ext recovery stated, that it couldn't write on /cache. Cleaning up cache and dalvik solved the problem. Same here, I had to pull the SD-card, because otherwise update package will prevent you to make any choice in bootloader, as it always will ask you wheather you want an update or not.
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
Isn't there a radio image you can flash via fastboot flash radio...?

Sent from my Galaxy Note
[HTC Desire S] smint86:
I updated my gf phone with the ICS firmware from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1860253

Besides that, I didn't change anything concerning Radio/RIL. From my Sensation I know that Radio/RIL mismatches often lead to signal issues, which is the case at her Desire S now. The data speed massivly dropped after updating the firmware and flashing CM10 by nk111.

Anybody got an idea what I could try?

edit:

Currently installed Radio/Baseband-Combination is: 20.76.30.0835U_3831.19.00.110

I can't find this on OP, is there a matching RIL for it?
[HTC Desire S] kye04:
Hi

I see the main post is updated 21 oct 2011 , that means more then a year ago...

No other radios released yet ?

I also have another wildfire s , and in september 2012 they released a new radio that improved considerably the battery performance.

In desire s, nothing for more than a year ??
[HTC Desire S] Formhault:
Search the thread (like, the last few pages). The OP hasn't updated the first post, but perhaps some other user(s) have found other radios and uploaded them in individual posts.
[HTC Desire S] chninkel:
Radio 3831.17.00.16_M from Asia ICS update: http://www.mediafire.com/?eo65y4zj8edkqqy

md5: 6910772BCC1FFAB03337F62DAAC0D2A5

Latest Radio 3831.19.00.110 from WWE ICS update: PG88IMG_20.76.30.0835__3831.19.00.110.zip

md5: 7C507968471F83E29F961CC1B2BAA9FF

edit: The file 3831.19.00.110 was corrupted, I've re-uploaded it, should be OK now.
[HTC Desire S] kye04:
It`s only for ICS ???? And why are 2 of them ? What`s the difference ??
[HTC Desire S] chninkel:
Its only the radio.img, it should work on every s-off'ed desire s whatever the rom is.

I have no changelog, as stated, these radios come from ICS RUU Asia (april 2012 if I remember) and WWE (August 2012) .

If you dont encounter wifi / data / call problems, you dont need to change your radio.
[HTC Desire S] robertut:
Radio download links here:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Saga_Info
[HTC Desire S] @non4:
As phone radio is a big drain on cm10 would a more up to date radio help with that?

Sent from my rooted baby monitor
[HTC Desire S] robertut:
Might worth a try. In my case upgrading to the latest radio fixed the camera problem: HD 720p video recording with green/blue bars, flickers.

Do a search though, it seems that the OP is not up to date. Last one is PG88IMG_20.76.30.0835__3831.19.00.110.zip, see a page earlier.
[HTC Desire S] zertyx:
Can anyone confirm improvement on battery life after updating radio?

On CM 10 and 10.1 I experience a big battery drain on 3G. By putting the phone in 2G-only, battery life is normal as on stock ROM.