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[G2 and Desire Z General] redchili:
Warbuff, thanks for that link, for a moment i got really excited once i've read through the description of crypted's agps-patch.

i successfully installed the patch and also tried several workarounds as described in the notes-section but the situation did not improve at all :crying:

also tried wiping efs, resetting agps-data, just letting gps run under open skies for 15-20 minutes ...

maximum numer of received signals i get right now is from one satelite, and that fluctuates steadily

really weird, everything works really nice, no problems with data, network etc, except gps.

did anybody here ever hear about a gps-hardware defect? could this be an option?

seems like i need to test with a different radio or mod for comparison *sigh*

[MENTION=4657592]Lum_UK[/MENTION]: you mention in post #202 that you couldn't get radio 12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19 to work but used 26.10.04.03 successfully instead with the gps.vision.so from your post #77.

is this still what you use today or say as long as you used your HTC DZ/vision?

did you ever try to use this gps.vision.so in combination with radio 12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19? how did that do?

EDIT: another important thing i forgot: which RIL would possibly work best with 26.10.04.03?

EDIT(05-29_1): no luck with reinstalling andromadus b22 from scratch and no luck with doing the same after downgrading to radio 12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03 (trying various gps.vision.so), also no luck with wiping efs or the agps-patch. after each attempt i've gps idle for min. 5 minutes, restarted, left the battery out for 60 sec, nothing. i dont get a single gps-signal at the moment altough clear vision to south-western skies.

guess i have to consider my devices gps-sensor broken and start looking for a new device since i use gps fairly often :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lum_UK:
The setup I used in that post is what I used for the lifetime of that phone. It stayed on the AOKP ICS Build 40.

I eventually replaced it with a Droid 4 and gave the DZ to my GF who continued to use it like that for another year before a bulging battery put the phone into retirement (yes I know I can replace it, but we both have Droid 4s now)
[G2 and Desire Z General] redchili:
reviving this old thread once more for the sake of completeness:

after needing a fallback-device for experimental reasons i dug out my good ol' desire z and discovered that for some wicked reason gps is back fine without applying any further changes to what i described before.

weird enough that i just figured that gps still won't acquire a fix when using a non-OEM battery (can't recall the brand atm) but will do relatively fine with the (now quite worn) oem-battery.

just in case someone comes across similar issues ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Thanks Nick, was trying to hunt that down. I appreciate it. BTW, I've been trying to get wifi calling to work, but no luck yet.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
There was a line missing in the modded build.prop so the signal strength wasn't showing correctly in the notification bar. It's been updated here. Move the updated build.prop to your system folder and reboot.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Aumkar:
I'll be testing this over the next few days. On CM7 it worked wonders for me but I just got wind of this thread after the OP posted about it in the Audacity thread. I'll be looking at battery life ( I use EDGE, and my battery life is still typically 20-24 hours, which is bad compared to the 36+ I used to get ) and see whether my calls get dropped after switching towers. Also, I'll be looking at EDGE speed with the same towers. Cuz I get crappy EDGE speed. Only good for tweeting and Gtalk.
[G2 and Desire Z General] patek:
thank you:)

I flashed Andromadus B3 then I copied your files into their places, after the copy my device lost the pin code (I think it is normal), and started with the boot image.

I get out the battery, and rebooted into the recovery, I made the cleaning, flashed your wipe.zip, but after that I could not reboot

If I chosen the reboot system option, it started again, and again ...

Any idea?
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
You'll probably have to reflash Andromadus again. Be sure you copy and place all 6 files to the correct folders as instructed in the OP. If you forget one or put it in the wrong place, your system won't boot.
[G2 and Desire Z General] XxhTcG2uSERxX:
I'm using file expert with root, and it says operation failed when copying/paste/overwrite build.prop. am I suppose to mount or something?
[G2 and Desire Z General] TenMaKo:
K thx. Now it works correctly :) I had no signal problems but i hope it will improve my battery life.
[G2 and Desire Z General] hendusoone:
For those of you getting operation failed when copying the files over, make sure you remounted /system as writable.

If using terminal/adb shell:

mount -o remount,rw /system

Then after you do the copy:

mount -o remount,ro /system

I'm not familiar with root explorer, so I'm not sure if it's possible to remount through the app.
[G2 and Desire Z General] XxhTcG2uSERxX:
So I used file expert mounted it to read write and then copy and paste build.prop to system and now there isn't a build.prop
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Updated the OP with a flashable ril and gps driver updater. Flash through recovery along with the efs wipe tool and wipe caches.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Updated the OP with 2 flashable updaters, 1 for CM9 Beta and 1 for Andromadus Audacity Beta. I'll keep updated as often as possible.
[G2 and Desire Z General] heathenasparagus:
desire z

Hi,

I have a Desire Z (GSM, europe).

Would this be relevant for me too ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
If you are using the .19 radio referenced in the OP, then yes, this will work for you too.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Aresmar:
I am also using .19 radio and I live in EU. So I am gonna try these with Audacity Beta 3. Lets see if we get more performance :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] redspeed:
Im new to the G2 I was hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction...

I just rooted my G2 after downgrading to Froyo and installed the rom below.

[ROM][5-4-12] Andromadus Audacity Beta 3 [ICS]

Works great but the only thing I noticed is that my reception is much weaker than stock, and I can no longer get 4g at work. I checked and my baseband says:

12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2

I guess this one is kinda out of date since I did that downgrade?

What do I need to do to get the newest one and best reception? Would I want to get the 12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19 one and all I would need to do is flash it in HTC recovery by pressing the volume up and power buttons, and then do the EFS data wipe in CWM?

Then, would I need to download the Andromadus Audacity Beta RIL and GPS Updater?

Sorry Im asking a lot of questions. Im coming from the Epic 4G so all of this is new to me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
If you downgraded your phone in order to root it, I think you were probably running the latest .19 radio that's referenced in the OP. That was the radio included in the latest T-Mobile OTA release. The reason you are noticing a drop in signal is because you are now running an older, and I think the oldest version of the firmware. There is a link in the OP to the radio thread. Follow the instructions in the OP of that thread to install the latest radio again. I'm pretty sure you have to hold DOWN on the volume bar while pressing the power button when the phone is off to get to the bootloader menu, but all the instructions are there in that thread. Get educated about how to read the MD5 of a file if you don't know that yet. It will insure that you have downloaded the complete radio zip to your sd card. If you try to flash a bad radio file, you will probably brick your phone. Once you have the new radio, then follow the instructions in the OP of this thread. You should download the updater and the efs wipe to your sd card and flash them together in recovery and wipe both cache and dalvick at that time too.
[G2 and Desire Z General] trout14:
Thanks for making it flashable. Helped this rookie. Allowed google navigation to hold the gps without dropping.
[G2 and Desire Z General] thelucky:
I am using CM9 Beta5 (unofficial) for my Desire Z (India version). My radios is 26.03.02.26_M. GPS is not working; could you advice if I can use these libs to fix it?
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
I don't really know how they would work with that radio. That is an older radio. You could give it a try, but my advice to you is to upgrade to the newer radio. It's not any more difficult than flashing a rom, just a little different with an extra safety step of checking the md5 sum of the zip file after you download it. Have you changed radios in the past?
[G2 and Desire Z General] thelucky:
Thanks for quick response. I burned my hands on G1 earlier :-). Appreciate if you could share link to the new radio if available.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
The radio is in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970809

Lots of info in that thread too. Post back your results here and let us know how it all works out.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Carphedon:
Could you please reupload the updater or the files. The links are blocked.

Thanks in advance!
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Hmmm, the links seem to be working for me. I'm at work now but will be home in about an hour. I'll look into it then and reupload to another host server if necessary.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Carphedon:
Oh crap, i forgot that dropbox is blocked at work, excuse me for bothering you!

Thanks again!
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
OK, thanks for letting me know... I'll try uploading them to XDA, now that you've mentioned it. They're small zip files anyway...check back in an hour or so.

edit: now hosted by Mediafire
[G2 and Desire Z General] thelucky:
Flashed 26.13.04.19 successfully. Yet to fix GPS fully, flashed both CM9 Beta RIL and GPS Updater & wiped eps partition. Still my GPS is showing in status as searching for gps :-(.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tronmech:
First fix after a library switch and efs wipe can take a while. I use a gps status app to keep the gps and screen on long enough to get the initial fix.
[G2 and Desire Z General] redspeed:
Im trying to click the download links on my phone for the mediafire host but Im getting a blank page in two different browsers. Is the page down or I just cant access it from my phone?
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Strange...blank page for me too from my phone with Mediafire. The links are back to dropbox...OP has been updated. Hopefully GiGi is at home by now!
[G2 and Desire Z General] thelucky:
After patching lib-ril and gps. I am having problem with incoming calls; mobile is rejecting all incoming calls. I checked it in roaming as well as in regular networks (I got a chance to travel to verify this). I tried reverting radio to 26.3.2.26 but still the problem persisted.

Is there any way to revert this installation? I tried following.

1. Wiped eps partition but still the problem persists

2. Did a full wipe and installed. Which fixed the issue.

3. Used titanic backup to restore a full system backup and the problem reappeared.

4. Issue is there with both radios 26.3.2.26 and 26.13.04.19
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
If you flash the ROM again along with gapps right on top of your current installation, then flash the efs wipe, you'll have reverted this mod.

Edit: if you applied this mod, then restored with titanium from an old backup, that could be the reason for your issue.
[G2 and Desire Z General] GinoAMelone:
I created a modified version of this update.zip that only patches the existing build.prop, instead of replacing it. It sets these lines:

rild.libpath=/system/lib/librilswitch.so
rilswitch.vendorlibpath=/system/lib/libhtc_ril.so
rilswitch.ganlibpath=/system/lib/libganril.so

Feel free to use this as a base going forward.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Gino! Thanks for that! I did some research on it last week and didn't get too far. Exactly what I was looking for. I really appreciate it. I'll update the OP.
[G2 and Desire Z General] XxhTcG2uSERxX:
So do I flash the new zip even if I flashed the older zip in the op
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
No, it won't do anything to your current setup right now, but when you do a ROM update, use the new updater instead of the old one. Going forward with GinoAMelone's code your 'about phone' information will always reflect the correct information regarding your current installation.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
OP updated with latest build.prop patch to include:

ro.ril.enable.dtm=1

Allows simultaneous transfer of Circuit switched (CS) voice and Packet switched (PS) data over the same radio channel (ARFCN).
[G2 and Desire Z General] XxhTcG2uSERxX:
If I update to test build 74 from 71 should I flash the new updater?
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Yes, flash it at the same time you flash 74.
[G2 and Desire Z General] GinoAMelone:
BTW, if you want to add specific entries to your build.prop when flashing, I based the version of this update.zip on something I threw together back when I was running a G1.

It's a simple update.zip that applies build.prop entries from a text file on the sdcard. Just create a simple text file (/sdcard/customprops.txt) that has build.prop lines you want. It only understands simple name=value lines. Comments would probably break it.

Have fun.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frag1le:
Yesterday i downgraded my Desire Z to Froyo and then went to the CM9-BETA5-UNOFFICIAL using CWM.

As i am brand-spanking-new to this, i want to verify with you the steps i have to take to update my radio (current radio 26.03.02.26_M).

I first download the Vision_Radio_12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19 radio from here and flash it using the instructions there.

Then i download your Radio26.13.04.19radio_ril_gps_so_updater_v2.zip and then use CWM recovery 'install zip from sdcard'?

Then i wipe cache partition using CWM, wipe dalvik cache using CWM and then download the EFS part wipe tool, and install it like with CWM in step 2?

I just want to be 100% sure before i brick anything. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
1. Download the radio zip file to the root of your sd card and change the name of it to be pc10IMG.zip. Be sure to check the MD5 Sum of the radio zip file once it's on your sd card to be sure you have downloaded the complete file. Then flash it in bootloader, not recovery.

2 download the lib-ril updater and the efs wipe tool and put them on your sd card and flash them at the same time, and while you're in recovery also wipe the cache and dalvick cache.

3. reboot
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frag1le:
I've just flashed the radio, everything went fine :)

Thanks for your reply.

Now let's see how much it will affect batterylife.
[G2 and Desire Z General] g1doobie:
thanks for this
[G2 and Desire Z General] b1czu:
Link in OP is down.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Try it again, it should be up now...
[G2 and Desire Z General] tun4f1sh:
Ed, efs link works, updater link is broken
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Bad link.....sorry. It's up again.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rand0m_insanity:
Noob question. I have never flashed a radio on my DZ ever since rooting. Rooted it a long time ago using gfree etc., but never got around flashing any radio since I thought that "if it ain't broke, dont fix it". However, I have transferred to a new place and signal reception is really horrible. After switching to CM9, battery life became even worse. :(

My question is, will this be compatible with DZ from Asia? My current radio is 26.03.02.26_M. And is there a way to backup my current radio, just in case things dont work for me?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frag1le:
You can always download that radio again and flash it after you're not satisfied with the latest radio.

See this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970809
[G2 and Desire Z General] rand0m_insanity:
Yeah, but I dont see a .26_M radio, only .26. Is that the same thing?

Thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frag1le:
I guess it's the same thing cause my phone now says

View attachment 1074299
[G2 and Desire Z General] rand0m_insanity:
Awesome. I'll give it a try. Thanks a lot!
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Updated OP to version 2.2

-Ed
[G2 and Desire Z General] magic_android:
The link to the flashable .zip is broken. You might need to add the file again into your dropbox xD.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
It should be up now. Let me know how your download speeds look over HSDPA after you flash it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] oiiboy:
I don't know if this is unique to me, but after flashing 2.2 last night I seemed to have some data lags this morning. Later on I could not get a signal at all, so I flashed back to the previous version and had no problems.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lum_UK:
I have never had any luck with that version of the Radio, and flashing it again, even with this mod, still resulted in a completely dead GPS for me. This is on a UK spec Desire Z bought SIM free and unlocked.

What works for me is radio version 26.10.04.03 and a fix I orignally got from the CyanogenMod forums to fix the GPS in CM7, which is to replace /system/lib/hw/gps.vision.so with a version apparently taken from the stock HTC 1.72 Gingerbread ROM. I just copy it over using the terminal after flashing a new ROM, then reboot.

For whatever reason this fix still works for me on the Andromadous, CM9 and AOKP ICS roms that I've been downloading while lurking on these forums. Without it, the stock satnav application will work for a little bit, then lose all GPS lock until you quit and restart it. It also works in the GPS Status app on the Android Market. I have not tested any other GPS apps.

I figured I'd share it in case anyone else is having problems, though I am curious as to why this happens.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
OP UPDATED TO VERSION 2.4

Reverted one ril that was causing connection problems for some users.

-Ed
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lum_UK:
Still no joy for me.

I guess my phone just really doesn't like that radio?

Possibly some weird difference between the G2 and the DZ, what with the .10 radio I'm using coming from a DZ rom and the .19 coming from a T-Mobile USA ROM? Anyone running .19 on a UK phone?
[G2 and Desire Z General] tarroyo:
Damn Keys you keep putting out updates I CAN'T KEEP UP! Lol

Removed another ril? Wasn't one already removed for 2.2???? How's this different from 2.3???
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
I've been tweaking this for the last several days... this is pretty much the last update. Check your HSDPA download speeds after you flash this..... way up there!
[G2 and Desire Z General] magic_android:
Though i wasn't able to test data speeds, i can say that since flashing the latest version of this today, i've actually seen quite a big improvement in the amount of reception i'm getting at my house. So, that must be great for battery life then :D. Edkeys, Thank you very much for this mod.
[G2 and Desire Z General] XxhTcG2uSERxX:
Link doesn't work
[G2 and Desire Z General] tarroyo:
It works.
[G2 and Desire Z General] XxhTcG2uSERxX:
V2.3 3.12mbps Down, 1.98mbps Up

V2.4 4.33mbps Down, 2.57mbps Up
[G2 and Desire Z General] tronmech:
Not for me either.
[G2 and Desire Z General] XxhTcG2uSERxX:
Try using it with opera mobile
[G2 and Desire Z General] tronmech:
It still doesn't work for me. Can someone post a mirror?
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
mirror Version 2.4: http://www.mediafire.com/?8m1qee38db52ms8
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frag1le:
Here another mirror, also containing the .19 radio zip.

http://sdrv.ms/N2tDcD
[G2 and Desire Z General] ollidiemaus:
woked fine for me i am excited if it will improve my battery drain :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
One final update!

The OP has been modified with a link to the latest Version 3.0 .so updater. I added some more tweaks taken from the Sensation to the build.prop patcher that work great with our radio. It has improved download speeds over 3G/HSDPA and given much more consistent upload speeds. This is a final release as I'm pretty sure it doesn't get any better than this. :D

please post your dl and ul speeds after updating if you can.
[G2 and Desire Z General] MarkyG82:
Link is fail for me.

Can someone check it please.
[G2 and Desire Z General] XxhTcG2uSERxX:
+1:thumbup:
[G2 and Desire Z General] KyraOfFire:
I can no longer get 4G.....

The weird thing was that, even though the speed increased two fold, I only got UTMS, the phone never connected to the HSPA network when I used v2.4

Not that I complain about the speed increase, it's just bugging me that I no longer get 4G and that updated radio 3G is 2 times faster than my old 4G.

Anyone can explain this? :confused::confused::confused:

Edit: HSPA came back with v3.0 :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] tronmech:
Dropbox gives me a lovely 404 error when I try to download it
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Mirror

Version 3.0 Mirror
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frag1le:
Version 3.0 also mirrored here.

http://sdrv.ms/N2tDcD (skydrive)
[G2 and Desire Z General] plasmamonkey:
I've followed all of the instructions by OP and have also installed wifi calling, but when I leave wifi calling to go to cell service, my phone shows bars, but is unable to get a full connection to either EDGE or HSDPA. Can somebody help me solve this issue? Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Are you saying that you have no data connection when you leave wifi calling ON and get out of range of your router? I'm having no problems with switching to the towers when I do that. What do you mean by a 'full connection'?
[G2 and Desire Z General] buxtahuda:
What ROM is he on? AOKP b37 has trouble connecting to cellular networks after extended WiFi usage with mobile data left on (about an hour or more), but is easily solved just by toggling mobile data off and on. Maybe the issue is also present in some other builds?
[G2 and Desire Z General] plasmamonkey:
Thanks for the response guys. I found out the issue though. I was coming from a previous Andromadus beta, and TB was messing with everything upon restoration, so I manually restored my system files and settings. Now I'm not having any problems.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sergio_alireza:
hi

I flash cyanogen mode 9 beta 8 but in my device wifi doesn't work

my radio is .19 but i flash this radio 10 month ago

what is different between this radio and last .19 radio in main post

can i solve wifi problem with this updater ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
This is only the drivers for the .19 radio which you are already running. This may be able to fix your problem but it sounds like you might have a kernel issue. You should update to CM9 beta 10 first since there has been an update to the kernel to see if that fixes the wifi problem.
[G2 and Desire Z General] robuser007:
all andromadus based builds have this issue.
[G2 and Desire Z General] OzmaFIN:
Finland / Elisa / CM9 Beta 8 and Andromadus Test 95 / .19 radio

I'm not sure if the problem is with Speedtest (app) or in the radio, but with speedtest I got very bad results. Anyways internet connection works nicely so no problem with it.

GPS also seems to suddenly miss some of it's links but gets them back very fast.

I'm not sure if it got better or worse - thanks anyway :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] taino211:
I'm also having this issue but I have it with v3.0 as well (Andromadus Beta 4, .19 radio, 2.5.35.14-andromadus-ics-bfs-03 kernel). I'm on T-Mobile USA and I can only get "3G" (UMTS) signals. It never goes into "H" (HSDPA). I am usually connected most of the day to a WIFI signal. I tried the trick that someone mentioned about toggling Mobile Data off and back on and I briefly see the "H" appear, but then it goes back to 3G.

My speeds are roughly 2-6 Mbps and average 3 Mbps so I guess that could be considered HSPA+ but not sure why its still displays only 3G. I wouldn't consider my speeds 2 times faster than my previous speeds like the poster quoted above.

Does anyone know why I can't lock on to HSDPA?
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Could you wipe your EFS partitions again and see if that fixes the issue?
[G2 and Desire Z General] taino211:
Looks like that did the trick. Thanks! +1