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[Droid Incredible Android Development] jmartino5920:
So I have been running this radio for a while. I like it but didn't know about selecting both options one and two after dialing *228. Now my prl is 52418. Before this it was 53421? It was some combo of those numbers nonetheless. Anyway, what could this mean for signal, battery, etc. I know each phone is different, but generally, what should I expect? And what is your prl now?

Sent from my Incredible Droid CM Nightly
[Droid Incredible Android Development] thevoiceless:
ROM: Your stock 2.3 OTA

Mods: Quick Settings and the GPS nag removal
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wildstang83:
I thinks its the GPS nag removal mod thats causing issues. I was having some issues with that fix on my OTA rom.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
Hmm... Weird. If I read this right, you had all of these issues BEFORE getting to try my GPS nag removal mod. I think the ROM might be your issue. Try my Stock+ rom. All of those things are included already, as they should've been.

Link is Here
[Droid Incredible Android Development] thevoiceless:
Hmm...well, after rebooting everything seems fine.

---------- Post added at 05:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:43 PM ----------

This did happen before installing your GPS nag removal, so I don't think that was it. It was probably some one-time issue during boot-up or something, because everything works fine now. I'm fine on this ROM for now, but if I start to have problems I'll look into yours.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] thevoiceless:
Day 1: 12 hours to hit 50% with light-ish usage. It's only been one day but I think this radio is at least a little bit better on the battery.

Day 2: My first "real" day with the new radio (yesterday I just fiddled with it, it was the weekend). Down to 66% from 91% (didn't get to charge it to 100) in ~8.5 hours with light use. Checking email, texting, a few searches. I assume it would be much worse with heavy data use/gaming, but I'm not complaining.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] keyslapper:
PRI Version "Not Ready"

Ok, I can't find this anywhere, and this seems like the place to ask it.

Right now, I'm running Wildstang83s Bass Sense 3.5 ROM, with no additional flashed mods, kernels, etc. I'm running the 2.15.10.07.07 radio, and no DTR.

When I flashed, I did all the wipes necessary, factory, /system, /boot, and even dalvik, though it may be redundant after the factory wipe. I then flashed and set up the phone, did the *228 - 1, reboot, *228 - 2, reboot again.

Now, the weird thing is the PRI version I'm getting. "Not ready" doesn't seem right.

Anyone else see this? Any idea where the cause could be?

I can't say this is related to Wildstang's ROM, because I don't remember if it was there before I flashed or not. I do know it was a real PRI version (1.28_002 or something similar, I don't remember) *after* I flashed the radio.

Any and all suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks in advance

Cheers!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kiboe:
what i did, i didn't even load a new rom until AFTER i flashed the radio

when it's installed from hboot

*228 option 1 (enjoy the corny elevator music)

*phones reboots*

go back into the dialer when it reboots.

*228 option 2

*phone reboots again*

then you are done.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jeffgman:
I don't think that is necessary. I am pretty sure when you do an option 1 it updates the PRL (preferred roaming list) also, which is what option 2 does.

Jeff
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TheBr0ken:
*22899 does it all for you
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jeffgman:
Correct. *22899 is really *228 option 1.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] joe zack:
no need to root any more or hasle easy way try this link.................

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42440815/RUU-build-4.06.605.3-Radio-2.15.10.07.07-NV-1.70-rel-210643.bin.exe
[Droid Incredible Android Development] RegLinUsr:
@thevoiceless: What app you displaying in the thumbnails?

Is there an app that displays radio quality meter or the like? Would like to be able to see stats, signal strength, impedance, etc.

Thx!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ptgay49:
I use WiFi Analyzer and WiF Manager; both are free from the Market. Hope this helps . . .
[Droid Incredible Android Development] omgi0wn:
Ok, I'm running CM 7.1 and just updated my radio to this one. I then updated my prl by dialing *228 and then pressing 2. Is there anything else I should be doing? Also, for the wireless hotspot, when I dial ##778# it tells me that I should call a Verizon wireless representative or something and how it isn't working. Does anyone know why?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] RegLinUsr:
I'm looking for something that is able to analyze the entirety of radio functionality. I have WiFi Analyzer as well but that's good for only the WiFi aspect of the radio but nothing more.

Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] frostincredible:
Am I the only that seems to hold their breathe every time they flash a radio? Always so suspenseful...but, all is good, flashed, booted, working, thank you:)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TheWhiteBandito:
I'm going to go ahead and say that the radio does not have anything to do with TV Out. My guess is based on two things. One, people have used EVO radios on Froyo Sense roms and have had TV out work (I know that the EVO has TV out as well). And secondly, more importantly, radios do not touch the system folder where the apks and libraries would be stored. If you open the zip, it is just a radio.img file. No included apks or libs added. The tv out apk and lib will be in the actual rom file, not the radio.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
Thank you. I flashed and did *228. No change in signal strength in same spot, but sometimes the radio helps with battery life, etc.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] N-Forced:
Getting a slightly better signal with this radio then the evo leak one I was using. Went from -96 to-89 in my living room where I get terrible reception so so far it all looks good.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TheWhiteBandito:
Yup, just went through that! But we're all up and running now!

db strength is the same, -91 where I am... 3G speed went up for download, and stayed the same for upload. I was coming from 04.08 radio.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] poontab:
I tested my own package against the 07.28, 09.01, 11.09, 04.08, 05.02, & 05.06 it's safe. Edit* & 2X flash
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dyetheskin:
didn't beat 7.28 for me in the Philadelphia suburnan area. on average I get upper -80's and this new one made it an average of -92. might change once the tower I'm on is fixed that's if it ever does.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] k_flan:
Seems about the same for DB level here at my house, mid 70's. Thanks OPer!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wildstang83:
I didn't hold my breath, lol

But dude this one seemed to flash smoother than any prior radios.

Anybody seeing any ill effects from this radio yet? Seems fine so far here.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JPerry66:
Working good so far holding at -67 for me

Sent from my ADR6300
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wildstang83:
I'm gonna go ahead and agree with you on the bases that Video Out dosn't have a reason to call the radio. Somebody prove us wrong on this please?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] pastalero:
I think I'm getting better service? But its hard to tell downtown...ill see how it rolls when I get home,which is a total black hole for my phone...no brick tho :)

I'm starting to think that a radio is a radio is a radio
[Droid Incredible Android Development] AJGO23:
Well it seems to have improved.. I think. I was averaging -120 dBm and now it's averaging about -100 dBm. That should be better than before. Right?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tribbey:
yes that is a huge improvment
[Droid Incredible Android Development] pastalero:
I stand corected :P
[Droid Incredible Android Development] AJGO23:
Service still sucks, but now rather than not having anything at all, I get a continuous 1X.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] watt9493:
the dropbox one is already named correctly? sorry, first radio ive flashed
[Droid Incredible Android Development] k_flan:
Yes
[Droid Incredible Android Development] watt9493:
thanks

Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] SlimSnoopOS:
Well, what is your service normally like in your area? If the difference is dramatically different than you are used to maybe you ought to nandroid and flash the stock OTA or rmk40's leak to restore 3g.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] badogg:
This is weird. Db went from-90 to -94 but bars increased.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] CondemnedSoul:
I'll be trying this out later as well :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] davwman:
Flashed dbs down bars up. Great success!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] AJGO23:
I never have any service at all at home and now I at least have a continuous 1X at the minimum. I do get 3G, it's just service was very sparse before.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ejdavis72:
Mine went from -89-91dBm to a steady -86 dBm sitting in the same exact spot. Thanks!! :D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] evilstewie23:
We won't lose root doing this right
[Droid Incredible Android Development] davwman:
Has nothing to do with root
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ejdavis72:
Not at all.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] evilstewie23:
Thanks for reply
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 20phileagles:
Phone wont update

Why wont my phone even see the p31img.zip. Ive flashed radios before and it always asks in bootloader if you want to update. My DInc doesn't even see it
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
Did you move it from /sdcard/download to /sdcard/ ?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] watt9493:
I had the same problem
[Droid Incredible Android Development] OVORene:
Tvout has nothing to with the radio.img
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 20phileagles:
i dl on my pc and renamed and placed in the root
[Droid Incredible Android Development] yepitsme19:
For those of you having issues getting the phone to see the .zip, make sure it is named PB31IMG.zip exactly and not p31img.zip or anything like it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 20phileagles:
And........
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 20phileagles:
Which one is right???

Im going by post#11 and its not working, Then #55 says...

For those of you having issues getting the phone to see the .zip, make sure it is named PB31IMG.zip exactly and not p31img.zip or anything like it.:confused::confused::confused:

It's been a while since I've flashed radio so I just don't wanna screw it up.

Thanks guys

#55 is right, thanks, I got it now
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Div033:
No different for me. Radios seem to have minimal effect on my signal for some reason.

Might as well hold onto it since its the latest and greatest!

Sent from my Droid Incredible using the XDA app.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Crossxcalibur:
I am having three to four bars more consistently and my average download speed is stable around .90 Mbps unsteady of fluctuating up and down a lot.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] frostincredible:
I definitely have better download. Noticeably faster.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] donnyp1:
Havent come off 4 bars since i installed. 1942 down, 858 up. Got good strong signal!

If ive helped you, please hit the damn thanks button!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Testingchip:
Flashed smoothly but no different for me. Home and work are the same as always coming 5.08.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] phaze one:
Damn, you guys are fast! Flashing now.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Romparoo:
Hmm...I get an abort message when I try to flash.

Edit:

Nevermind, got it to update through the bootloader.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] SynisterWolf:
New radio gives me -57 near my house. :) I have only seen 80's there. So happy with it.

Sent from my sexy assistant. (AMOLED HTC Incredible)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Romparoo:
Currently at -56, usually at -67 to -85

Anyone know why I show 31000 instead of Verizon?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Stu_Gotti:
Just downloaded and installed. I'll post back any ill effects, if any...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] phaze one:
Mine went from 73 with 3 bars to 57 with 4 bars. This is at my house where its always been in the high 70's. Seems to work so far.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wildstang83:
Are you using the radio with a none VZW OTA Rom? Ie sprint based?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Romparoo:
Ya, BusGingerSense 1.6. I had this issue for a day or so but it went away. Also, I flashed over to a Verizon based ROM today and same issue, 31000 showing there too on lock screen and when dialing.

It's not a big deal, just annoying to see. Maybe in another day or so it will disappear as it did before.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] caleris:
I'm using with MIUI and it seems just fine.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jbdan:
Flashed on miui and no difference here regarding signal or 3g speeds. Was on .28 previously.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wildstang83:
Yea that could be it. Just let it hang out for a couple days.

Anyways guys I would advise everyone to pay very close attention to how there phone acts while using this radio. If you start to see any goofiness going on, get rid off the radio immediately and flash back to an earlier radio. I'd keep an older spare radio such as the 7.28 radio on my sd card just incase. I have a sorta bad feeling about this radio...

No offense OP. Just being suspicious and wary off this radio is all...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Gorilla*:
what am i doing wrong down loaded it to the root of the sd card and hboot picks it up and says wrong img file.. its not named .zip.zip
[Droid Incredible Android Development] omniatic:
Format a different card as FAT 32, put it on that card, swap cards in your phone and start bootloader. When it's done updating, power down and swap cards back. That's what I go through for radios and bootanimations until I decide to reformat and repartition my card.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Stu_Gotti:
Could you elaborate?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Wintergon:
Flashed and update went smooth. Signal strength seems to be improved but I have only done very limited testing so far.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dlintz:
I must be going insane. I can't get my phone into bootloader. Volume down and power button, right? Do I let up on the buttons at the same time?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wildstang83:
Could be nothing but since the leaker withheld this radio from the first ota leak... I just feel a little suspicious. I hope this don't turn into another EVO radio situation where people were flashing the EVO radio and there phones were having a slow death even though they ran fine...until they out of the blue bricked for hardware failure. I link these two reasons together and my spidey since goes haywire. But who knows? Likely I'm wrong.

In the end, it still doesn't hurt to carry a spare radio on your sd for a couple weeks and keep an eye out for funny behavior on the phone. We all know how a phones supposed to act. Anything out of the 'norm' should raise a bit of suspicion.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wildstang83:
Take your phone out of fastboot mode before you shut down. Try it again.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bigsapz:
Just flashed this and it works great in SoCal. Went from -95 to -71. Very impressive! Haven't tested up/down speeds

Sent from my 2.3.5 Incredible Obsession
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jbdan:
Stang where is the best place to get a copy of the 7.28 or older radio just in case? Good idea thx
[Droid Incredible Android Development] hank775:
I tried to flash this radio, i held down the vol and power and then phone made a few short vibrations and now absolutely nothing? So did i just brick my phone?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rocketj:
go to dougpiston.com
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dlintz:
Thanks. Had to pull the battery a couple times.

Went from -79 to -77....meh.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] douger1957:
Pull the battery, leave it out for about 30 seconds, put it back in and try again.

What you're getting is the HTC maintenance mode.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jbdan:
Thx much!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] refthemc:
Dope, thanks OP
[Droid Incredible Android Development] hank775:
does this have no be extracted or anything? in bootloader its keeps saying wrong image or no image
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cac2us:
Flyhalf205,

What program are you using to show "Software information"?

I had to look in 2 different places.

Edit:

Your sig shows,

ROM: Incredible Stock OTA

Did you loose root?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wildstang83:
Nah just named PB31IMG.zip

Insure that your SD is formatted to FAT32 and try again.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Gorilla*:
Finally got it flashed... Seemed to be the old SD card was full of crap. fresh 8 gigger worked.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] z3rods:
I am a bit iffy about flashing this... but I want to so bad too. Ahhh!! Going stir crazy over this!! D:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] emmur0:
don't worry about it... flashed this with Jermaine's OTA debloated Gingerbread ROM and haven't seen much of a difference in signal strength.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] hank775:
is the stock sc 2gb card already formatted to fat32
[Droid Incredible Android Development] :
It could be, but I don't think it is. One of my friends got one of the Incredible's that shipped with the 2GB card. And had to reformat it to flash through HBOOT.

Mine did not come with an SD card when I bought it. And I separately got a 32GB Class 4 card for it. It came in FAT32.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] k.electron:
i did not check the dbs and whatnot... since thats kinda baloney because at a moment signal could fluctuate. what i have experienced is that signal is solid, 3g is fast, gps picked up instantly as usual. solid radio imo.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Flyhalf205:
Go under Settings>About Phone and you'll see it.

As for my ROM. I am using a stock OTA rom found here in the forum. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1219407
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jmartino5920:
Still running Cyanogenmod. Thank you devs for making my phone legit. Droooooooooid!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] xxxdc5:
Flashed successfully and did a *228. Haven't seen a difference in my lead box house but i'll report back later on after moving around town

Nice work guys! :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] hank775:
Cannot get this to flash. In hboot it finds the zip and reads some files. It looks like it reads some .zip and some .nbh (i think) and then says no image or wrong image. I dont know what im doing wrong. I have hboot 0.92 and the card is formatted to FAT32. I am going to try reformatting the card and trying with only the pb31img.zip as the only file on the card

Edit: got it to flash but dbm reads much higher now
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Stu_Gotti:
Agreed. Since I don't flash radios often, I'll probably look to keep one handy.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dincdoes.me:
mine went 70's to 80's. After flash jumped to 108 to 120's

So I enough I finally have a bar in my house but still very cracked up sig.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dccoh:
A signal of -108 is much worse than a signal of -70.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] phaze one:
I'll keep a backup in case. Never heard of the evo problem, but not a bad idea to have the original 7.28.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dincdoes.me:
So your saying to flash back to the evo radio then lol I was reading higher is worse..

Damn it I may just keep it if it work then why mess with it..
[Droid Incredible Android Development] stevefxp:
Has anyone who has flashed this radio had an issue with wifi? I am trying to correlate the inability of my Incredible to connect to my wifi at home with the updated radio. I am going to flash back to the first gb leak radio and see if that fixes it. I will post again here with results.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kiboe:
+1

"if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
[Droid Incredible Android Development] billybob275:
Do different radios have the potential to significantly impact battery life? I flashed a new ROM around the same time that I flashed the radio yesterday, and my battery life is crap.

Just wondering if its the fault of the radio, ROM, or just some runaway app. I thought it would be quicker to ask rather than taking a day or two for trial and error.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JeffBea:
This radio seems really good in the Columbus Ohio area. 3g doesn't seem to drop and seems faster imo.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
Hey neighbor!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jbdan:
I just went back to the .28 radio my previous one. My battery life seemed to be suffering and I actually had a few calls drop which I've never experienced with the .28 radio.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] hightech316:
Helped a lot wichita ks
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wildstang83:
Hi billybob, the radio is a huge player when it comes to battery life. This is because the radio is what allows our phones to communicate with the network.

So lets give an example: If your radio is constantly struggling to communicate with the network then it will be using a lot of battery because its working harder to search and locate the towers and put everything in place it needs to work properly.

We can generally remedy this by dialing *228 and updating our PRL's with option 1 and option 2. Now before anyone runs and tries this advice, please only do this on a Verizon based Rom and if you are using a Sprint based Rom please check with your Roms developer if your Rom has been properly DeSprinted first! Running the PRL update on a Sprint based Rom will cause data connection issues that are very hard to fix.

If this is not working for you then simply go to dougpiston.com's Inc Radios section and try out one of the other radios there until you find one that works for you. Not one radio can or will work for everybody.

Hopefully this will help.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] billybob275:
Thanks for your response. I may go back to my old daily-driver ROM and keep an eye on it. I found it interesting that a Seidio 3500ma battery would go from 65% to 17% overnight on a debloated ROM with data/wifi/bluetooth/gps disabled (only voice enabled). I had monitoring enabled with System Panel, but it didn't really show enough information to pin point any specific apps.

With this new radio, I'm getting about the same # of bars, but my 3g speed has increased considerably. I don't know if that is a fluke or not, 3g has slowed down a lot in my area over the last 6 months. I used to consistently have around 1.0-1.5mb/s down and 500k up speeds at home and work. Prior to flashing this new radio, the best I've seen lately is 400k down and 150k up. Now its back to what I was seeing before, actually higher download speeds around 1.8mb/s.

I'll keep playing around with it and see what I can find.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] drynyks:
So you are saying that things got worse you realize right?

I think it is funny reading radio threads. Watching you guys convince yourselves how much better the new ones are. if I zipped the same radio and changed the release number like half of you would be in here posting how much better it is...placebo effect