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[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
let me try to make this clear and simple for all of you. So in a nutshell a radio driver is what allows your phone to communicate with the cell tower, similar to how a printer driver lets the computer and printer communicate with each other. Keep in mind it's a lot more in depth than that but you should now have a basic idea as to what they do.

I would also like to take the time to clear up some common misconceptions as to what radios do and don't do. Now most of this is fact, it is not just an opinion so if you have an open mind you can learn something. However, if you try to argue with me you better come up with a valid argument explaining why you believe what you believe. Different radio firmwares will more than likely NOT give you a stronger signal. Before a phone is released it is excessively tested before being released to the public. During this time the carrier/s test how much power the radio antenna can safely transmit. The way they measure this is through the SAR (Specific absorption rate (SAR) is a measure of the rate at which energy is absorbed by the body when exposed to a radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic field) value and then it is submitted to the FCC. Verizon's fillings are listed as below, in order for these to be raised above this the phone would have to be resubmitted to the FCC.

What they will do is control when the phone will switch from 4g to 3g to 2g. This will cause some of you to be able to hold on to a 4g or 3g signal in some place that you didn't used to have it.

Radio drivers can also change the way the phone displays a certain signal strength by changing the way the signal to noise ratio is sent to the android telephony file in the platform_frameworks_base ... EXAMPLE -89dBm 43asu used to give you 2 bars of service. If they want to service providers can manipulate this to where the phone now shows 4 bars of service. Apple has done this in the past and Verizon admittedly did this with the 4.0.4 OTA.

One final misconception I would like to clear up is that a radio update, assuming everything I stated prior remains true, should not make your phone's download speed faster. There are numerous variables that will cause the speed of your network to fluctuate. If you flash a radio and notice an increase in speed, whether it be small or large, you are only experiencing a placebo effect. The only file in android associated with download speeds is the build.prop file. With the exception of user traffic what I quoted below will be the biggest cause in difference of network speeds.
[HTC Rezound] Gornul:
My initial thought was that my phone is having some sort of hardware issue.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Very possible.
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
While I agree with your Neo statement, I would like to point out that a radio is something

you turn on to listen to music.

/End
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Well........

A radio is the transmission of signals through free space by electromagnetic radiation of a frequency significantly below that of visible light, in the radio frequency range, from about 30 kHz to 300 GHz. -Wikipedia

:D
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
This thread is a testament to who we are, what we believe in. Helping others so they may learn and pass on the knowledge. Thank you to all of you for participating and helping. We are a community of people who help no matter what. There are no noobs or stupid questions. We all have one thing in common. Our love for Android ( For most of you the Rezound ). We all have been contributors. In one way or another. we may differ on whats the best rom or kernel but that doesnt matter. What matters is that we help each other no matter what. I started this thread for that reason. Now that I have given this thread to Neo ( Who is one of my greatest friends ) I expect this all to continue. Each other helping each other no matter how hard, simple, or what some people may call a dumb question. I have never seen a bunch of people band together to get a device working like the Rezound. The last thing I will say is this. Although I am moving on to the Galaxy Nexus. I am proud to have been part of the Rezound community. - apophis9283
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Apparently I need to elaborate on the above post. Yes. I am leaving Rezound development. Thats not what that post was about. That post was about how impressed I was how so many people came together to accomplish great things and help others. It was about unity. Cooperation. Dedication. The willingness to go the extra mile to help others. I am proud of the Rezound community and you all should be too. You may not see everything that goes on behind the scenes. the cooperation, elaboration, hard work, endless hours of code. All I am saying is I am proud. No man gets left behind in the Rezound forum. Theres always someone willing to help. That in itself is an accomplishment.

P.S. My wife still has a Rezound. Never know, I might pop in now and then. :)

Neo says I should have presidential music playing in the background..lol
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Neo, are you going to add the gtalk accounts to the OP?
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
I will if you like. post and I will add.

I removed them because I felt the thread would serve to have everyone view the problem but if you are offering one on one live service, then I will add you to the op
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
That's smart, but the gtalk addresses are easy to get 1 on 1 help really fast.

I am graycrofford@gmail.com

I know antp was on there, and a few others.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Ashtonts208@gmail.com

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
added.Thank you
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Oh yeah, Ashton too. :D
[HTC Rezound] lvlorpheus:
Thread beginning says dumb questions are ok

Ok, I am not a complete noob, I just got a Rezound and I am interested in rooting and "s-off if needed" , but there is a lot of info here. If someone would not mind, I would like to know the right way to root my stock ICS 4.0.3, Sense 3.6, Software # 3.14.605.12 Rezound. I have been reading over posts. I just want to make sure I am going about things the right way. I know about the wire trick for s-off but I see s-on roms and something about flashing aroma. I have seen HTC Rezound all in one toolkit. Do I have to go to HTCDEV to unlock my phone? I have seen GSM roms, global, cdma and vigor roms. I have had 5 different Motorola phones, a Thunderbolt and both the gsm and lte galaxy nexus. I have rooted and flashed roms on all of them but this Rezound seems to be in a class all its own when it comes to rooting and s-off and I have been fortunate to not brick any of phones upto this point. I would like to not have my new Rezound be the first.

I guess I am asking for clarification of the preferred steps and path to successfully achieve root and whether or not if s-off is needed and if so is the wire trick still the only way to do it.

Thank you for any help. It is appreciated.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Easiest way to do it. Unlockbootloader. Install custom recovery. Flash superuser or supersu from inside recovery.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Superuser only works if you're on GB (unless they fixed that bug), so if you're on ICS use superSU

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Superuser works up to jb... super su is just way better.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
No I know it works, just if you flash it in recovery on stock sense ICS it doesn't work

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Rezound] hovercraftdriver:
OK, posted this in Q&A, to no avail. I got a replacement from asurion, have done this about half a dozen times now (dev unlock) with no problem on my old one and two son's phones, but now it stalls on "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" and just says waiting for device.

Have rebooted sevral times, checked to make sure proper files in android folder, etc. Uninstalled/removed HTC Sync and whole SDK package with fresh installs now.

Installed global RUU before trying to unlock...Phone is showing s-on RL. I have found several folks with HTC phones, including Rez, that have this problem in various places on the web, but the suggested remedies didn't fix my problem

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
[HTC Rezound] Caladus:
Planning on finally updating phone

I'm running my Rezound on the latest CleanROM standard edition and haven't updated my kernel/system/et al since then (it's been a while).

My phone stats are in my sig.

I was wondering if all I needed to do is just run the RUU and do nothing else, or if there are any special steps to do. I am S-OFF and Rooted and all that good stuff. Is there a special RUU that I can run to get my phone up to date with as little hassle as possible?

Thanks in advance guys.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Just run an RUU and then flash a superSU.zip (if you want stock rooted) or check out a custom ROM
[HTC Rezound] Azag Thoth:
i have a question that has been bugging me, not a noob but this is definitely a noob question. where do i find my firmware or ruu version number , in my phone?
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
>Menu>Settings>About Phone

or information listed in the bootloader
[HTC Rezound] Caladus:
Am I all updated and ready to flash a custom rom now? My sig has my most recent data.

I just flashed RUU and installed AmonRa and SuperSU. So stock-rooted s-off at the moment. Anything else I need to do?
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Your good to go. Since you are s-off, pick any ROM you like and have fun!
[HTC Rezound] SopieMunky:
I know it's only been a few days since my original post, but anyone happen to have any ideas or suggestions for my issue? Post #285.

Thanks. :)
[HTC Rezound] live2die:
emmc can mount to PC, but after i changed my splsh screen with the attatched PH98IMG.zip, emmc cant mount to PC any more, also emmc was wiped after i changed the splash screen. but i can see it and copy files to it using root explorer. can someone tell me how to make emmc mount again?

edit：nvm. i plugged and unpluged the phone some times and at one time my pc let me to format it，so i just formatted it and its ok now.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I'll assume you know how to flash an RUU.

Here's the link to the latest: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
[HTC Rezound] Eddie Hicks:
problem booting to recovery

I cannot boot to recovery using the power + volume buttons. No matter how long I hold the buttons nothing happens. There is nothing at all on the screen. When I let go of the buttons the Rezound just boots normally. I can boot to recovery from the CWM app. I use to be able to boot to recovery using the buttons. What could the problem be. Also I notice that I have to hold the power button down quite a bit longer than I use to before it boots. Can that be related to the recovery issue? Thanks
[HTC Rezound] ezflip:
applied atoryDe

Love my rezound. Honsetly, just trying to get some posts so I can post something in the developer section. Thats a stupid rule, btw.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Posting unhelpful things is not the way to get there. :)
[HTC Rezound] mclass55:
you didnt say it in your post, but did you take the battery out first, then put it back in, then hold the volume down button with the power button and let go of the power button but still hold the volume down button
[HTC Rezound] Eddie Hicks:
I tried pulling the battery several times but it didn't make difference. But I didn't release the power button first, I always released them both at the same time. Your suggestion to release the power button first worked. Thank you very much, now I can boot into recovery via the buttons again.
[HTC Rezound] SopieMunky:
Yar, I can try to flash the RUU. On a side note, today I tried to change my recovery to Amon (as opposed to Clockwork) and everything seemed to work fine...until I actually finished the whole process and was ready to set up my phone in Sense UI--then BSOD finally started again.

I hadn't tried to flash the RUU because it said not to if I had used the HTC Bootloader unlock tool and had S-On. Gonna set aside some time (been busy with work lately) to try the wire trick and get S-Off so I can flash it and I'll get back to you with the results.

Thanks for checkin in with me!
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Just relock the bootloader "fastboot oem lock" problem solved
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
Is it possible to get an unlock code from htcdev while I'm unlocked on a custom ROM? I have a new used phone that I got with ViperRez on it and I want to update to the newest global so I'm going to relock and run the RUU. Just don't want to get stuck with the htcdev site down when I need my new token but also don't want to take my chances trying to get a new token while unlocked in case it could cause a problem. (S-on btw... if it's not obvious)
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
You can, it's always the same for the specific device
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
Thanks. Yeah, I always kept the one I got originally for my old, broken phone in my "pc flashing" folder. I'll be saving this one too.
[HTC Rezound] Gornul:
Got a replacement from Verizon due to my bum-antenna issue. Is there any easy tool or single guide to get my old one all the way back to stock for the return?

I'm unlocked, rooted, (juopunutbear) S-OFF, on CM9.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Run ics ruu, then fastboot command to relock. Fastboot oem lock im pretty sure is it
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
What if they run the RUU then s-on? Does that end up making it show up Locked and S-On? Then it won't say Relocked. What happens if you relock while it's s-off, does it still say s-off?
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
Verizon and ATnT do not care if the phone is rooted. That's why a replacement is already in your hand instead of them waiting to see if you rooted it or not.

Hasn't been an issue for over a year now.
[HTC Rezound] Gornul:
Well, that's good. I got it all put back anyway after finding a few threads with ADB instructions.

Then I unlocked the bootloader and rooted the new one, and accidentally tried to load an "S-OFF required" ROM before I remembered to set S-OFF. So... Won't boot past the HTC splash screen now. I forget how I got out of this last time...
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
You will need to extract the boot.img (kernel) from the root of the rom zip file you attempted to flash, place it in the same folder that you have adb and fastboot on your pc, reboot into the bootloader, plug the phone in, swith it to FastbootUSB, the fastboot flash the boot.img to your phon via computer adb command: fastboot flash boot boot.img

reboot the phone and you're good to go
[HTC Rezound] Gornul:
Thanks, I got it working.

After a LOT more messing around with it today, I've come to the conclusion that my (replacement-new) Rezound has terrible, terrible issues with signal strength when running a CM-based mod, and that this was likely the entire problem with the LAST one, rather than some hardware issue.

If I flash back to Sense, my signal strength is generally 10 dbm stronger. Wife's Rezound, rooted and left alone running the Sense ICS RUU for the past few months, will have 10 dbm more signal, and quite often (where available) 4g while mine is struggling to maintain data at all, held a foot apart.

I've tried like 4 different CM-based ROMs today (Rage, leNOOB, GrayTheWolf, Shrike) with identical results in every one. I vastly prefer CM-based ROMs for a wide assortment of reasons (God how I hate Sense), but holy crap, it's not worth half my battery life and the very CONCEPT of 4g. Especially with these same results on warranty-fresh hardware, I have to wonder: am I doing something really, really wrong here?
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I don't think you're doing anything wrong. It makes sense that the signal would be weaker in an AOSP Rom because we don't have any official RIL from HTC. It's also possible that your specific device is wonky, but I doubt it...
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
Help appreciated!

Hoping to figure out how to get back to ics ota from aosp countershrike rom. Phone is s-on. Unlocked with htc dev. Went straight from stock gb rom (rooted) to aosp ics and just having too many problems and want to fall back to conrom v6. Did a nandroid backup but it won't restore probably because the firmware is ics now and no longer gb. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? Tried to just go straight to conrom but it won't boot past the splash screen.
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
Did you remember to fastboot flash the boot.img present in the rom you are wanting to switch to? It's required most times if you are S-on especially if you are jumping to different o.s.'
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
That I forgot! I had been screwing around with roms for hours since aosp "damaged" the sd card so proper techniques were escaping me.

I will try this! Thank you neo.
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
That's most likely the problem. Let me know if you continue to have issues after flashing the kernel
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
Btw, you wouldn't happen to know how to fix the "damaged sd card" although would you? Reformatting from the phone doesn't work.

Also tried reformatting using windows explorer with the card in the phone on usb storage. Going to try reformatting and check disk with the sd directly in the pc once I find a micro sd adapter. I'm on vacation and tried to do this stuff on my travel laptop so I'm missing all my tools.
[HTC Rezound] Gornul:
...Facepalm.
[HTC Rezound] Lexey77:
I'm not setting properly flashed CDMA nvitems. Now the phone is not loaded with firmware-based official. Only loaded MIUI or CM. Radios do not work. PH98IMG 4.03.605.2 firmware nothing. Downgrade and flash RUU can not because the s-on. What to do? Any ideas ...
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
When you're using a CM9 rom you want to use the second or fourth option in network settings, which is different from what you would choose in a sense based rom.

Is one of those the one you're using?
[HTC Rezound] Lexey77:
When I use the phone CM9 works as a tablet. All settings of the network is not available.
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
Neo is so far more qualified for this subject, but while we wait for his expertise try this

Are you on Verizon? If so

Download rage rom, and make sure you have or extract the correct boot.img, and place in the fastboot folder on your computer.

Download Neo's rage rom and place on external sdcard. Reboot to amon ra recovery (3.15) and wipe data, cache, dalvic cache, system, and boot.

Flash the rage rom zip file

Once that flash has successfully completed, use the developer menu in amon ra to reboot to bootloader, enter fastboot-USB mode, run the cmd "fastboot flash boot boot.img" making sure the boot.img is in the same folder as fastboot.exe, and your cmd prompt is using that directory.

After flashing the boot.img use the command fastboot reboot or manually reboot the device and see what you get.
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
That about sums up anything I'd say :)
[HTC Rezound] Lexey77:
I'm sorry, but I did not understand what ROM meant. Please give reference to this rage rom.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
do this, before you do anything to your phone, hit me up on gtalk @ steaven.android@gmail.com. That way we can prevent any problems you might run into
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
A ROM is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip. In this case, a flashable zip with an operating system to replace the current operating system on your phone.

The particular rom they are referencing is my RAGE rom.

Before jumping straight in to flashing roms however, familiarize yourself with the prerequisites and benefits/tragedies involved with flashing custom roms.

When ready, my rage rom is listed in my signature (The guy angrily flipping a table ^_^)

-Neo
[HTC Rezound] Lexey77:
I flash a lot of different ROM. Including some of the ones that you have in your signature. Only loaded CM9, but it is not working radio - either GSM, or CDMA. The problem is that I can update \ flash radio only in the Rezound_4.03.605.2_Global_PH98IMG. But this PH98IMG 4.03.605.2 firmware does not solve the problem. Let me remind you - I messed up the wrong area of ​​the radio firmware settings CDMA (nvitems)
[HTC Rezound] brianyoung:
May have bricked my rezound

Hi guys. As the title says, I may have bricked my rezound. I had rooted my phone using Hasoon2000's All-In-One-Kit to root. After successfully rooting, I used Hasoon2000's S-Off Toolkit. That's where the problem occurred. I may not have read the directions closely enough, but now, I always get stuck at the JuopunutBear screen. This screen only has the icon image. There are no options or settings to choose from. I can still access bootloader and flash Amon Ra recovery. From there, I have tried restoring a Nand backup I had made before. But even after I restore the backup and reboot, I still end up at the JuopunutBear screen.

I hope that someone, anyone will be able to help me out. Thanks in advance.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
You havent bricked it. If you can see the juopunutbear screen your fine. Another way to tell that you havent bricked is pull battery, put it back in, hold volume down while powering on. If you can get into bootloader your fine. Just start the juopunutbear program again and do the wire trick.
[HTC Rezound] brianyoung:
Hmmmm. I tried the bear program and the wire trick, but it failed and that's how I got stuck at this point. I'll try it again though.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Just keep trying. Its tricky sometimes.

---------- Post added at 10:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:03 AM ----------

Also, a trick I have learned. Use a paperclip. Put the paper clip in the top of the 3 holes on the left. Instead of trying to count and all that, just keep touching the top of the paperclip to the ground about every 1.5 seconds. So keep the paperclip in the top hole on the left, then just continuously touch it to the ground
[HTC Rezound] shrike1978:
If you want to give up and try again later, run "controlbear -r" while at the arrow screen. It'll get you back to normal.
[HTC Rezound] ntm739182:
Help with NeoMAX 2.0? WiFi error

So I've just gotten around to rooting my Rezound, and so I've been looking for neat ROMs to put on it. I found your NeoMAX rom and installed it successfully, and, may I say, it's just about the most perfect rom I think I could ask for :D. Anyways, the only problem I've had with it is that the WiFi simply won't work, and I was wondering if anyone could help me with that... I'm not sure if it may have been if I missed a step in installation, or or if this problem has been had for others, but I live in a place where 3G is fairly spotty, so I really need to have WiFi available. I'm really hoping that someone may be able to help me, because I really really really don't want to have to uninstall this rom. D:

If it helps, here's my installation process:

Unlocked my bootloader with HTC dev,

Installed CWM recovery (I have learned about the errors that CWM has had with the Rezound, and so later installed Ra instead)

While on CWM, flashed CWM SuperSU to root,

Restored to stock rom,

Installed ra recovery,

This is when I started looking for custom Roms, and found NeoMAX. I tried installing it, and it would always get stuck on the "HTC - quietly rooted", then I realized I'd forgotten to wipe the system before install. Tried it again after wiping and it worked fine.

After NeoMAX installed, I was very pleased with the appearance and performance, but the WiFi wouldn't work. It would have the toggle for the wifi, but would always display "error" or it would be greyed out saying "turning on", but stuck in limbo.

I don't know if anybody has had or reported this issue before, but if anybody could possibly help me solve it, I'd be greatly appreciative!

Thanks for your time! :D
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Did you flash the kernel?