yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FSRBIKER:
The easiest way I found is to use Solid Explorer app, long click on the file/choose properties/click calculate and there is even a box below that to enter the md5 from the download and it checks it for you. Green check your good, red x bad download(you will get a red x if the one of the md5's is capitalized and one isn't so keep that in mind, that particular instance the file is good)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nevrlow:
Day 2 testing the new radios. On 4g at work. Did not get 4g at work prior. Noticing a slight battery drain but nothing to make me flash back. Really enjoying the no 4g drops ....good stuff
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
I'm getting constant 3G drops and that's it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xray49er:
Just wanted to say thanks this radio is the first time my phone could keep 4g damn it feels good to have a 4g phone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maxearing:
I get much stronger 4g but it has trashed my bat life
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gatorhater73:
^^ This exactly...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Omen87:
This set of radios has completely fixed my GNex. I was having constant disconnects with the FC04/FC05 radios. I had completely wiped and reflashed the phone several times, manually reflashing stock images and radios with ADB, nothing took care of it. The FF02/FG02 radios have given me better service and no random disconnects on 4G.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
Reflashing the radios doesn't do any harm does it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nevrlow:
Couldnt agree more. :thumbup:

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No. Just download the zip in the op and flash in clockwork recovery or twrp. It takes a good 2 minutes so please only flash with 20% battery or more.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maxearing:
Does anyone have a link to the old radios?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Milly7:
Try here or.check one of the stickies

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1630438

[CDMA][Radio][Bootloader]4.0.4 IMM76K Radios and Bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] u89taper:
Running AOSP Vicious Jellybean V1 4.1.1 with the new radios.

I've found more than anything that I now have a solid 4G connection with little to no dropouts. Prior to the new radios, I often had zero bars, dropped calls on a regular basis and spent quite a bit of time on 3G. Also, switching between 4G and wifi is super snappy.

I've not noticed a change (for better or worse) in battery life nor have a noticed a change in 4G speeds.

Here are some before and after speed tests. I applied the new radios on the 30th. There are 4 lower speed tests. 2 before the new radios, 2 after. The higher speeds are around the corner.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
A ROM and radio are separate I know so my continuing 3G drops have to be radio related.

Giving this another few days before I flash back to old radios.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] prerav31:
hope my battery life doesnt change that much i love my battery life but rarely get 4g where i live
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] norm12:
It's all relative to your location, but for what it's worth my battery life hasn't really changed since I flashed the new radios---I've got great 4g coverage and use my phone all day. I'm on CM10 and tether a bit throughout the day. Up until the new radios I would keep in 3g only mode and got great battery life, but that's not changed. Maybe a Negligible difference, but I'm not charging throughout the day to make it through my routine.

Sent by Logo the turtle
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellybellys:
Don't thank me, thank google/sammy/vzw/whoever wrote there radios. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 1heffer:
I would say my data issues are improved, but most definitely not fixed.

Still, at least it's actually usable now. :thumbup:

Edit-

I should add that most users would probably never notice an issue. It now will go days without losing connection. It will go for days without problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
How would we re-flash back to the original radio if the new one isn't better?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aggrophobik:
Check the stickies for the radios you want to use, then just reflash them as you did the newer ones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
I get errors when I try to flash another radio now, installation aborted?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellybellys:
Looks like the thread title changed. Just to confirm, did a mod do that or are there ghosts lurking around here or something?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bostonbassman78:
Idk lol

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Why are u trying to flash other radio's
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frostysax:
More bars

I noticed right off that I had solid full bars all the way across. My speeds on download from my house range from 18mbps to 27mbps. They are around the same now but I'll have to try at different times of the day to really see if it improved, I just don't think it can get much faster than 29 or 30.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellybellys:
No response... I'm changing it back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grishky:
Just a noobish question....the MD5sum for the file must match the number you listed? just wanted to ask before i flashed. never flashed a radio before.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aggrophobik:
If it doesn't match, the d/l may have become corrupted.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grishky:
All i did was go into astro and long pressed the radio zip and it lists the md5sum right there...that is what needs to match the number on here right?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gosimer4:
Has anyone noticed a drop in quality with bluetooth handsfree with the new radios? I first noticed it with the leaked 4.0.4 radios so i flashed back to 4.0.3. I tried this one when it was released and its the same thing the hands free audio is really choppy. Im back to 4.0.3 again. Its the same with multiple roms and various handsfree devices, all the same thing. Has anyone noticed this? Its making me nuts. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellybellys:
yes
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frostysax:
I also noticed that my 4G doesn't drop anymore. That use to piss me off LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Keanen:
You should all be sharing db variation instead of speeds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fk.gregor:
Is this for 4.1 or will these work with 4.0.4? Sorry in advance if this is answered elsewhere. I on my phone at work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellybellys:
These will work with any version of android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CtK4949:
This was working great the first couple of weeks, but lately ive been getting tons of drop signals or no signal at all. Happens on 3G or 4G. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thesuzukimethod:
Sig-O's gnex was doing the 4g radio cycling (on/off :||)- which was dropping calls and killing battery. Was gonna take it in to get the unit swapped when she dropped it and cracked the screen (10 days old...ugh). $160 samsung repair later (where they promised they would check out the radios too) and it was still cycling the 4g radios (screen looked nice though, and 3g worked just fine). Swapped 4g SIM in store and still had problems. Figured I'd root and flash these radios before going through the hassle of swapping device.

TL:DR. new radio flash fixed 4g radio cycling on this phone (at least so far, fingers crossed)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellybellys:
Try flashing back to whatever radio you had before
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrCapcom:
Seems like mine is doing the same it will have 4G and then just drop to 3G and stay there. I had zero issues before flashing this radio and when I flash back it does the same
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] homemadehitshow:
Never had significant 4G problems but these radio's 100% fixed my standard phone connection issue, it used to drift in and out, now I haven't lost the phone connection for 3 weeks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellybellys:
What radios were you on before?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Surgio:
Since VZW released JB... are the radio's any different
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerrycycle:
If they where any different the radios surely would've been posted by now. So no, they are the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellybellys:
This is from the official VZW release.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fvultee:
Hmm, so I just tried to reinstall the baseband that was on my phone before, and it fails install, so now I'm stuck with weaker and slower. Ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] seh6183:
Is this CWM or fastboot?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snow02:
CWM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _base2:
Are you trying to fastboot flash to flash another zip in recovery?

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fvultee:
I flashed this update in CWM, installed fine, now I'm trying to flash the original baseband in CWM via zipfile, fails install.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tacosrdelicioso:
Why did you want to backout
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fvultee:
Because I had 2 bars of 4G, now I have 1 bar of 3G and it won't connect to 4G after this "update".
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Citizen_Snips:
No nandroid to fall back on?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fvultee:
I do have a few recent backups in CWM, I just assumed they didn't backup/restore the radio, guessing I'm wrong from your question, restoring now...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jthompson0019:
Just ran speed test and I am finally getting over 12,000 kbps. Last radio pulled 5ish
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] binglut9:
It doesn't make sense that you would get a weaker signal. Are you sure it flashed correctly? I would try an reflash before going nandroid
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyhook:
Is there a package with radios and the new bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Citizen_Snips:
I was under the impression it backed up EVERYTHING on your phone as is. Hey it can't hurt to try, right? Anyone else care to shed some more light on this..?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jthompson0019:
phone will stay the same with info and media
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EvilDobe:
Doing a nandroid won't fix your radios. You'll have to flash back to older radios the same way you flashed the new ones. ROMs don't impact radios unless they have the radios packaged in the ROM - which is normally indicated upfront.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fvultee:
That's what I thought. So now that I've flashed these new radios, it won't take a reflash of the old radios, how nice :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EvilDobe:
Find a radios thread & use fastboot to flash them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _base2:
^^ Right on. If you're getting fails in CWM just fastboot flash those bad boys. Same difference for this, if not more reliable.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 10roller:
2 hours and no drops! there is a god!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sirgoob:
One major difference is the speed switching from wifi to 3g and 3g-4g is a lot faster. Haven't noticed much difference in a lower -dBm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hawkinsandponcho:
+1

I was shifting in between 2 bars of 4G LTE and occasional 3G at my current location. Now solid full bars of 4G LTE.

Really nice to have this since my signal quality had come down noticeably coming from a Rezound.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobbyinboone:
Beautiful.... much better connection. :beer:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Texas_T-Bolt:
How do u flash is radio and what do I edit the file to and how and how sorry guys I'm still new to the nexus came from the bolt.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
Fast boot flashing is the preferred way to do this?

Can't we flash from our phones using a terminal app?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hawkinsandponcho:
I used CWM, worked fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fvultee:
I'm confused, the first post in this thread says: V.FF02/I515.FG02

but when I write this .zip it says Writing LTE Radio FC05, shouldn't it match what is above?

When I look at the baseband version it does say I515.09 V.FF02 / I515.FG02, just wondering...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
May be a coincidence, but I haven't been able to get a good Wi-Fi connection since flashing the new radios. I'm in a vacation rental so I don't have access to the router/access point....might need a reset, since I don't seem to be getting an IP addr assigned...

Back at the beach now. Will have to try again later. Haven't seen any difference yet re radio signal...

Sent from a Galaxy Nexus far far away...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tbgreen89:
Already can tell a difference. I ran a few speed tests before and was reading about 12Mbps now after flashing I get around 21-23Mbps. I get full bars here at work so no problem before. At home I barely get any signal. So the true test will be at home.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Christopher3712:
I hear that, I had a Rezound before the GNex too. I'm sure my battery's draining faster though. Likely because i've been playing with my phone more, but it could be from this LTE radio. I just droped 20 points in 15 minutes while streaming Netflix.

Keep in mind, I haven't charged/drained a full cycle since the radio upgrade.

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It's probably just a script error. It can happen when you're dirty-swapping files out of .zip(s)

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It's probably just a script error. It can happen when you're dirty-swapping files out of .zip(s).

For instance, I can download the linked file, edit a few things, and upload it again. When you flash it, you can make the script read whatever you want - all the while performing the same tasks in the background. So as you're flashing the LTE radio, I could make it read "Upgrading radio, go get me a beer" then "Almost done, order a pizza" while the CDMA radio is flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] switchblade5984:
No real changes for me...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] know8677:
I flashed it and went from 2-3 bars of 4G at my desk to only 1 bar of 4G.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diver47591:
New VZW GNex Radios

Just flashed new radios w/ TWRP 2.2.2.0 . Worked flawlessly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phio:
This.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cjh6386:
the link seems to be down... :[
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gargamel1:
Any issues while sending or receiving picture messages while on WiFi? I think I might be experiencing that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hulsey:
Cant seem to download either
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] orion2001:
Mirror from droid-life.com

http://www.mediafire.com/?w1hb03l28ogy838

seems to have the same md5.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tower1972:
As strange as it may be, I'm running nothing different then before except these radios and my phone is a hell of a lot cooler up near the ear then it was before running these. Stronger LTE lock =less searching= less heat???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] General Crespin:
Yep. :)

Thanks for the info, OP!! Looking forward to trying these out, even sitting at work downloading them before I leave so I can see what happens. :D

MD5 from that link matches the following posts:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
SOLVED: Strange one... turned out that Wi-Fi was disabled in my default profile. Weird because I never used the profiles feature yet.... Anyway, I changed the setting in my default profile and WiFi is back to being excellent. Now I can focus on also trying out the CDMA and LTE radios.

UPDATE: ok...so I'm a twit.... that wasn't it at all... profile settings are only to set up overrides.... I messed around some more, and once again cannot get a Wi-Fi connection. Can't get an IP address... Back to the drawing board. :mad:

Sent from a Galaxy Nexus far far away...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mark manning:
Radio threads are so entertaining lol

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Your radios are at the bottom where the fat part of the phone is
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jorgonv:
The *antennas* are at the bottom. The phone does heat up at the top when using data. The LTE/CDMA chip is actually on, using more battery power causing the phone to heat up....which is why if you only use wifi, battery lasts longer and vice versa ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
Stranger and stranger. I rebooted, and where I was getting 4 bars of 3g, I'm now getting 2 bars of 4g. I'm sitting on the same chair...have not moved an inch.

Haven't tried Wi-Fi again yet... :confused:

Sent from a Galaxy Nexus far far away...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jreyno10:
Same here. Working good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mark manning:
Almost right, your processor is at the top. The reason you use more power on a CDMA/lte data connection than WiFi is because the phone doesn't have to broadcast WiFi across miles of distance. While were are at it. Updating your radio will not give you better service. Updating your radio won't give you faster data ( at least for the gnex, the build.prop values are already maxed out to the phones/service capabilities). Also, ICS/JB show signal strength differently compared to Gingerbread. That's is why Rezound users think they have worse service but in reality it is quite comparable.

All radio drivers really do is set a system of parameters for the phone to talk to the network. (I.e.when the phone should switch between 3g and 4g among some other things) One thing they do control is how efficiently the phone will use the battery while broadcasting. However, your phone can only broadcast at certain level, so you won't magically have a higher signal level. The radio can also change the way your phone displays the same signal level. (Just because you had 4 bars before and now have 2 doesn't necessarily mean you have less of a signal)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyhook:
It's crazy to hear different devs and electronics engineers give wildly different opinions as to what radio files actually do.... ugh.

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But he is right, constantly searching for 4G uses battery power and generates heat. No denying that
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xenokira:
For kicks I did a couple speedtests pre and post radio upgrade. No scientific testing, just some findings.

Pre upgrade, I was getting 10Mbps down / 8Mbps up pretty consistently.

Post upgrade, I got 12.5Mbps down and 12.1Mbps up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Xfanatic:
I just flashed them today separately. The process is the same just a few extra minutes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snow02:
No, it actually flashes the FC05 radio first, then patches it, so anyone can flash it regardless of what radio version they're on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shadowstewie:
Same here with me. As weird as it may sound if everyone is saying new radios don't provide better signal or speeds. I just flashed the new radios and at my station as an EMT where I work. I always got data speeds of 2-4 mbps consistently. After flashing the new radios, 28-34 mbps constantly in the same place that I always sit.

Not sure what it is but I did a speed test about 5 times already over the past hour. Still 28-34 mbps for all 5 tests.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IronFox:
Everything is working fine for me, except that when I am in range of a Verizon network extender (I put in quite a few at work), my phone goes into roaming mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 1heffer:
8 hours and no radio reset/data drop. That's a record for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mark manning:
There are a number of variables that can cause this.

1. Verizon spends billions of dollars to constantly upgrade their network. How do you know the tower wasn't recently updated?

2. How do you know at that given moment in time user demand on that tower wasn't significantly lower?

3. The speed test app can inaccurately show data speeds through no fault of its own. I know that I can sit in one place and test through Comcast's server and only get about 7 megs down. However, I can instantly switch to another server about 40 miles away and 50 megs down. Did you pay attention to if you were on the same server? If you were how do you know ther server provider didn't recently update their server or allocate more bandwidth for it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] butikofer08:
So the tower was upgraded while he was flashing his phone? Really?

I find it very hard to believe all these reported increases in speed are not due to the new radio. why then does the SGS2 forum have a Google maps link where users report which radios have better speeds in their area? Guess those thousands reporting better speeds after a flash of new radio are mistaken... :rolleyes:

Say what you want but theirs no denying the positive feedback and increase in speed felt by the users posting here...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mark manning:
He never said he did a test before he flashed and that was only 1 of my potential variables.

As to your sgs2 reference, 10 times more people, for years reported better battery life after wiping battery stats. That was proven to be false by the by the Google dev who wrote the file. Think of it this way, a radio driver is the same basic idea as a printer driver on your computer. All they are is a way for devices to communicate with other devices. Granted the radio is far more complicated than that. Your welcome to believe what you want tho.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aooga:
getting the same issue as a couple people...no 4G for me at all...really weird. Used to have about 2-3 bars of 4G...now nothing at all...i've tried flashing the radios 4 times now...something is going on :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Travisdroidx2:
Speed test are not accurate. There are to many variables. If I do a speed test at 4am on my way to work I get outstanding scores. But not many people are on the towers yet. After 8am or so you can see a big drop in scores. I no longer even have the speed test app installed. Too many variables.

Installed radios but need more time to see how it acts but have 4g no issues yet. So far so good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hungry Man:
I haven't tested enough to tell if these are getting a better signal. I would drop out with the other one once in a while - hopefully this won't.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
OK...scrub all that noise... I clear cache and Dalvik cache, reinstalled the ROM, GApps, etc. Same result... Instant connection to Wi-Fi access point - but couldn't get an IP address assigned. I went on to adjust my preferred settings in DSPManager (my install - I know it was removed from ROM), and amazingly enough, as soon as I set preferences for a sound profile and saved them, the WiFi connection came on immediately. I can't begin to imagine how one would conflict with the other, and of course this could, once again, be a total coincidence. But I'll take it - however it happened... Hoping this silly Wi-Fi distraction is over... I'll see how the radios are performing now...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shadowstewie:
Actually I did do a test a couple times to see any difference. I have the app OpenSignalMaps and use that. I double checked by using Airplane mode on/off to see if it connects to the same tower. Sure enough it did.

Both times. Before and after flashing the new radios.

I also find it hard to believe that Verizon upgraded their towers in the 3 minutes it took to flash the new radios. Say and believe what you want or what seems to make sense...I'm getting 10x faster speeds yo ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mark manning:
Sometimes I feel like banging my head against a wall. :banghead:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dcowboys2184:
When using network extender can't receive calls unless in a call.. i tested on both of my nexus same result.. plus the roaming r is annoying
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] billyskip:
Its an issue with the MAC address... Just reboot your router.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyhook:
care to explain why they even bother developing new radios for every framework update of they do little to no good?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zax10:
Honestly I don't care so much to the amount of speed. The radio fixed my crazy 4g issue. I have yet to drop 4g since flashing. I am getting a steadier signal than before.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zax10:
The first test done was 4 bars 4g server 56 miles away, last test 2bars 4g server was 600 miles away.

A small amount of proof that the speed test is inaccurate form of testing.