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[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mattlowry:
That is an interesting guide you have composed. But how similar were the desire z and g2? About the same as differences between Mt4gs and sensation? I'm thinking could it be possible to load a sensation hboot on to this phone?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
well there are the obvious like different cpu, gpu, emmc partitions. and similarities like screen size and pixel density. but i think it would be tough. and would definitely need to match the radio to the spl. things like this have been done before (dream with sapphire hboot) but things needed hacking to work, which is beyond my ability.

if someone found a way to jtag the doubleshot (which for all i know its been done) then testing wouldnt be bad - if you are really interested in swapping hboots then talk to ezterry, he is the best at hacking spl's that i know of

opps, misread

i thought you were saying put the g2 hboot on the ds. the sensation is a lot more similar to the ds and more feasibly swapped but again i would talk with a higher authority on this to be sure.

also what is there to gain? im not too familiar with either phone so i dont know what benefit a sensation hboot may have over a doubleshot one
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mattlowry:
i would not have the ability i am a NOOB but i thought it sounded cool anyway. i didnt realize there was that much difference between the phones.

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i thought maybe using the hboot from sensation it may open the doors for using sensation roms on this device. not sure really what all it would do but thought maybe it would open up more possibilities for our phone
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] IrefulSoul:
Sorry and thanks!

I actually moved from a Desire Z / G2 to the MT4GS. Never flashed a DesireZ radio before becuase everthing just worked ( I supposed I got lucky!)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
no problem!

well it might, like I said I don't know much about the sensation (or the doubleshot for that matter) but I gather the cpu and gpu are the same but there an offical ics? not really sure, but if there is there may be potential here but I'm sure the camera has different drivers than ours and that seems to be the only thing limiting our ics roms. maybe someone could shed some more light on weather it would be useful/possible
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Fuzi0719:
You already have the latest radio.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] IrefulSoul:
Thanks, everyone here!

Was having data issues with

[ROM] [07-OCT-2012] CM 9.1 + bat drain fix + other tweaks

(250/150kbps average speeds)

My SIM card is a TM9073 model. A heard a TM9177 model SIM might solve the issue.

I solved the data problem in the meantime by flashing

[ROM]MikXE-v0.4[Custom Kernel][Sense 3.6 ICS][Tweaks/Quick Settings][updated 7/20/12]

I'm now getting 4110-5718kbps UP & 1773-2253kbps DOWN like I'm used to getting here.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Fuzi0719:
I have read of others having issues with data on the CM based ROMs. The MikXE ROM you're now running is a nice one. The Sense 3.6 is beautiful and full-featured, and a bit less picky than the Sense4.x based ROMs.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] IrefulSoul:
I have been spoiled by the Dream, DZ/G2, MT3G, and Kindle Fire!

I always preferred AOSP because that was what I always happened to end up running that was stable.

My first ROM flash here on my MT4GS was CM9, and it had the data issues =( :(

I'm starting to like this MikXE ROM. It's my first time ENJOYING sense.

The forums for the devices I named above spoiled me:

previously I could choose a ROM based purely on the amount of ROM updates and post count.

I'm enjoying the "hunt" for a nice ROM though!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] inkling:
Thanks! Yep, I was able to restore S-On, install the RUU with new radio, HTCDev Unlock. After much trouble (note: don't use a virtual machine to do JuopunutBear, use a LiveCD, thanks to the helpful guy on their support who pointed this out), I was able to S-Off with JuopunutBear. Thanks for your advice, demkantor and others.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Unrelashade:
Hi, I've got a question about how to actually flash a radio, because I understand some people here as it needs to be done in recovery per flashing a zip and then using htcdev unlock and stuff... and some that I need to flash it per hboot. I don't know how to do that. It would enlighten me of someone posted step by step how to do it.

My problem is that I get data drops (however they are not shown, my phone just does not dl anything for up to a minute sometimes) with CM 9.1 of scverhagen and kornyone (great guys) r8. This was the case with every CM9 ROM though. My current radio is what came with CM 9.1 and that is shown in the system settings as:

10.48.9007.00U_10.12.9007.07_02M

Am I right that the best radio is the newest from this post? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17384145&postcount=7

So how do I flash this if that's right? And is there a chance of bricking my MT4GS?

Help is much appreciated.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
best radio is subjective, you need to test and see what works for you.

safest way to flash ant firmware is through fastboot.

download radio of choice

check md5sum

unzip if needed (should be an image not a .zip)

rename to radio.img (or whatever but change command accordingly)

open command/terminal in the same location as radio.img

boot phone into fastboot mode (a mode within bootloader)

plug into pc

in cmd type

fastboot devices (if you see yours proceed)

now type

fastboot flash radio radio.img

if no errors

fastboot reboot-bootloader

notice that radio has now changed
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
I'm reviving this thread because I too had questions about flashing a radio.

Rather than making a new thread and crying HELP HELP, I decided to search and found this old thread.

I just wanted to know if someone could point me in the right direction of the latest radio in a P59.zip format (or whatever it is).

And from what I've read, it's as simple as booting into HBOOT (Vol down + power) with the file on my sd card?

I am S-OFF 1.44.1107 with Revolutionary. I also have sim unlocked the phone through revo, so I'm hoping that won't be affected.

Sorry, I flashed a radio on my Old 3G Slide eons ago, and completely forgot the process. I don't think I used ADB at any point to flash back then. It was a simple process
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
They are PG59IMG.zip files. If you want to follow this link HERE you can just scroll to the bottom of the first post & grab one. I don't have the radio file isolated but it will just flash it & the original version of the OS that it came with. You'll still keep S-Off & pretty sure unlocked as well. Wouldn't hurt to have a nandroid of it anyway. Just copy to the root of your SDcard, reboot to Bootloader, answer a question & hang on.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Let me get this straight....

I have to revert to stock OS to get the new radio?

Can I keep the radio and nandroid back to my current rom after everything or do I have to start from scratch again?

And I'm flashing from hboot correct?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
If you have an engineering SPL (not sure what you have when you obtain s-off through revolutionary) you can flash just the radio through fastboot

fastboot flash radio radio.img

Otherwise you can make a .zip to be flashed through recovery although I do not advise flashing any firmware in recovery

If for whatever reason you can't use fastboot (the safest way so I highly recommend it) flash through hboot like weekends said, just remove any unwanted stuff out of the pg59img.zip before the flash so you don't revert back to stock os and recovery
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
If I don't know I guess I shouldn't ask about the SPL.

Anyway, what should I remove from the P59?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
Anything you don't want to flash or creat your own. When you boot into bootloader does it say ship or eng?

Not matter what it says just try flashing that way first, if you aren't allowed it can't harm you just won't let you do it
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
SHIP is what it says.

If I just want the radio, then I remove...? (everything but the radio.img file?) That's all I'm looking for really man. Dead simple way to upgrade my radio :good:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
Yeah I don't think you will be able to flash a radio through fastboot with a shipped spl but you still can through hboot.

I would remove everythin besides the radio and rcdata (if its there) yes a simple way but for future reference gaining true radio soff is the way to go, if your willing to do the wire trick more will open up to you
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
Like demkantor said, it can be stripped down of everything BUT the radio it's just that that's beyond my pay grade being comfortable with what goes & what stays. But you ARE right about just letting it install the ROM & the radio you've selected. Then all you have to do is restore the nandroid of your choice and you're back in business. It's a big extra step but it's a SAFE extra step. Having me strip it down to it's bare essentials might be tantamount to letting a six year old disarm a land mine. Sumbodiez gonna get hurt. KWIM!? :eek::silly:

.....sorry guys. Didn't realize you'd already figured this out. I started this response & was then interrupted about a half dozen times here at work. :o
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Grand Total

So here's a recap of what happened when I flashed the latest P59... I was S-OFF with 1.44.1107 with Revolutionary and sim unlock going in.

Flashed and lost root, CWM, and Revolutionary right off the bat. Bootloader re-locked. Sim unlock not affected.

Somehow I'm S-OFF but my hboot is now 1.45.0013. I have lost Revolutionary, but honestly I don't know if that really matters...

Radio has been updated to latest

For anyone that wants to update their radio, do what demkantor said. Screw up all the other files in the P59 and let it flash just the radio. Looks like every part of the phone gets flashed in a step by step process, and if the file isn't there, that part is skipped.

Had to go through the whole unlock bootloader process, in addition to reinstalling CWM. Made a nandroid of the stock rom again for good measure. Note that the stock rom you've just installed is not rooted. You can root the stock rom if you like, but if you're not going to spend too much time on it, I don't see the point. All other custom roms already have root. DUH! :laugh:

Restored my original custom rom, but the new radio sticks around. :good:

Overall time took about and hour and a half. Make sure your battery is fully charged before attempting any of this.

I think now would be a great time to mention the root guides here on XDA are amazing. Very noob friendly. Mod with confidence :good:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
On the same page you downloaded the PG59IMG files are all the unsecured hboots too. All you have to do is unlock the hboot you have & flash the Revolutionary one..or any of the other unsecured hboots. All the recovery images are right there to be downloaded & flashed too. Like I mentioned before .....a SAFE flash. There is so much danger in a bad radio flash I just posted them without trying to alter them.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
No problem. I'd rather be safe. I wouldn't know my head from my ass if something went wrong, so the safe way is the only way for me. Is there any benefit to running revo or any other hboot? My bootloader is already unlocked
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
If you become true radio soff via the wire trick and flash a patched/engineering hboot you will be able to have full fastboot commands at your whim, this will be the safest way to flash anything to your phone, in paticular firmware. Also by removing the secure flags competley (as opposed to fake soff) you will be in a safer and easier place when changing firmware, like your situation now when flashing the .zip through hboot you would not need to go through all the steps and time you are currently doing.

So long answer short, highly recommend true radio soff, but if you are unwilling to then at least get yourself an eng spl
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Fuzi0719:
Not sure what you mean by "true radio soff". I've been S-OFF since the phone was just a few weeks old, back in 10/2011. First I did Revolutionary to S-OFF/Unlock. Then when the last radio came out, I installed that and unlocked using HTCDEV. I'm still S-OFF, Unlocked, with HBOOT of 1.45.0013. I don't have to fastboot kernels, have full access to everything.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
Hmmm, let me put it like this, having soff is good, true radio soff is ideal. While fake soff is better than simply an unlocked bootloader from it still has its issues. True radio soff will remove the secure flags from the deepest part of the device, underneath the radio so know you do truley have full control over your phone. A patched hboot may give you fake soff which more or less tells the bootloader to ignore the secure flags and it is still nice and all but yo have many extra steps when flashing firmware.

He clincher is if you were to flash an ruu or, in the doubleshots case, a pg59img.zip from within hboot you could be in a world of trouble, not always but could

If you have fake soff you loose it during an ruu or a changed hboot, and that can be a pain but if you loose it as your phone is going through the process of changing all firmware you effectively bricked your phone for good (unless you can JTAG it)

see the fake soff will not check for a signature, or version of software, etc, during the process hboot is flashed then recovery then radio the os. So after radio phone needs to cycle emmc so it reboots, so you have changed hboots and are effectively s on (hence why I call it fake soff) so your new hboot is not patched and will do SIG check etc, and depending on the rest of your firmware/software it will see main is older and will not even flash the kernel or ROM.

If this happens to you will have stock hboot, radio, recovery, all secure flags on and no os, so well this is what i would call an unrecoverable brick... just as effective of flashing an in complete radio/hboot or doing a battery pull during one.

Sorry if this was long winded I just want to make sure you can see the difference/benefits of true radio s off. I'm not saying fake soff is bad, just that you do have to be even more careful or more lucky
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Thanks for the help guys. The new radio has made my problem even worse. Been dropping sooooo many of my calls now. I might try the third radio and see if that's better. If not, it has to be a hardware problem. Going to have to send the phone. In for repair at that point
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Hold on, I just realized that I the latest 2 releases have the same radio numbers. Does this mean I only have 2 radios to choose from?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
I'm afraid that's it so far. 3 software OTA's but only 2 radios.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
So does that mean my dropped calls are due to hardware issues? I don't know of anything I can change around to stop them from happening
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
You can always ry going to a T-Mobile store, or whatever carrier, and get the latest sim card they have, it will be free and may get you better reception or less dropped calls
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Got a new sim card from AT&T. Made no difference
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Alright so one last thing before I let this thread rest...

I'm in a strange scenario where I ultimately want the old radio, but the new hboot. I want the old radio back and want to go back to CM9. Now there's a few caveats to that. I need to unlock the bootloader, re-root, recovery, blah blah... But the thing is, the unlock for the bootloader only works on the latest update, or so I'm lead to believe from what I know.

I'm trying to find a way to edit the P59IMG to flash only bits I want

If I try to delete any file from the zip, winrar won't do it. Says the archive is corrupt. And I'm pretty sure I can't just unzip, delete, and then re-zip the files because the archive won't be signed. I tried just leaving the radio bits in a zip file named P59IMG and when I booted into hboot, the file wasn't even recognized or seen.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

EDIT: Got where I needed to get by dumb luck. Turns out the hboot and bootloader get flashed before the radio, recovery, and system image, etc. So as soon as I had what I needed, I pulled the battery (I do not recommend this to anyone, but it's a learning experience for me, and I decided to take a risk).

During the P59IMG flash, you will notice that a few things are flashed and then the file is reloaded again to flash the rest of the bits and pieces.

Still though, I feel like custom tailoring a P59IMG for what you want could be useful to many, so my original question still stands, even if my problem is solved.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
Not sure why you want old radio and new bootloader.... not sure the benefit really. I get that one radio may work better than another but so long as you have an engineering boot who care what one it is, unless certain ones are more of a hack than an unlock.

Anyhow, if you do the wire track and get true radio s off you can just flash any radio image or any bootloader through fastboot. Of course only the eng hboots allow fastboot commands and so I recommend a eng hboot for this is by far the safest way to flash firmware.

and speaking of safe, never, never s it a good Idea to do a battery pull during any radio/bootloader flash, if you get really lucky and do it at the right time cool, but the chance of a brick is crazy high it is a bad idea (so I'm glad you're not recommending it to others)

As for creating your own PG59IMG.zip its easy, its about having the proper .txt file allong with the right image formats, etc. If anyone want one I can make them one, I have made other for other phones that work every time. Only thing I can't do is officially sign them with HTC sigs

And back to true radio s off, like I was saying before a few posts back this is where you get into trouble when flashing a PG59IMG.zip with/wout the HTC SIG, you can easily end up with an unrecoverable brick as how it flashes, with true radio s off this is not a concern and won't brick anything. For more info on why this is see my post a few posts up.

Anyway glad it all worked out, just be a little more careful next time! I hate to see a brick over nothing!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Old radio because it works better for me...

new hboot, because it's the only one that HTCDev will unlock the bootloader (or at least this is what I think), which then leads to pushing CWM, and then root, and you know the rest... If I was on the old hboot, I couldn't unlock my bootloader or push CWM. Kept giving me errors

I did the battery pull, because I knew it was only loading the P59 and not installing anything. It was a shot in the dark, but hey... it worked :)

Currently I'm still getting a lot of dropped calls, but I can't think of anything else to do.

I called up HTC to send the phone in for repair and the lady told me my warranty is void because I sim unlocked my phone to run on AT&T. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing :laugh:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
That's funny, she could have just said you unlocked the bootloader for the void and that's somewhat a valid argument.

Htc is turnning into a bad company making bad phone, my rerspect for them has been shrinking for a couple years now as it appears it is for most others (looking at their stock price)

They really need to start making phones people want and revamping their customer service, at the rate they are going I won't be surprised to see the stock price go under a buck!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
No trust me, I confirmed with her. I told her my bootloader was locked, the phone was only sim unlocked. She told me that because I had the phone running on a network it wasn't intended to be on the warranty was void.

I wasn't going to argue with the lady. Too late in the night and not worth my time. It's no surprise to me HTC is going down especially when they have tech support like this...
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Supovitz:
I achieved true radio S-off through JuonopBear, but I'm having data issues.

I did the recommended reflash of the stock PG95 and then reunlocked bootloader (I did it twice, one week intervals) and then factory reset through HBOOT.

I still get data issues occasionally. I drop from 4G to 3G. My 4G 1.2mb/s and I'm wondering if I'm being throttled (I think I used a little over 2gb for the month... but never got a notification)

Or if it's because of JunopBear. Should I flash the stock radio and try my luck?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
There are two radios to choose from, try either and see what is best for you. May need to get the latest sim from carrier, should be free. Also roms could be a cause, test a few out. Only good way to know what works is test. Oh and having radio soff has no effect on poor reception
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Supovitz:
I actually picked up the latest model of SIM from a T-mobile store to test it out.. I didn't really notice a difference.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Yea, sim card technology hasn't really changed in the past few years, except for the new form factors.

Unless there's something physically wrong with the card, I doubt it would make a difference.

I tried a new card as well, and it didn't help in the least
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
I may be wrong but a guy at a T-Mobile store once told me a long time back that every few months or so they update cards that may get better communication with towers. Since then once a year or so I get a new card and occasionally it seems to be an improvement. Haven't looked into it much but it make sense to me.

If you're doing all the right things you may just have poor reception in you're area with whatever carrier or it may be hardware. Just feel its a good idea to test software and firmware first, if all else fails the options start becoming new phone/carrier/house
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Fuzi0719:
Have you considered the possibility that the problem isn't your phone, but AT&T? Every friend of mine who uses AT&T (5 of them, 3 of them using iPhones) have call problems. Many dropped calls, incoming calls going to VM without ever ringing the phone, call-quality issues. Some of them reside here in Atlanta area, others are in Los Angeles area. Friends using T-Mobile, Verizon, or Sprint don't have the same issues. One friend got so tired of the problem, with no help from AT&T, he sold his iPhone 4S and switched to T-Mobile with a Galaxy S2 and is much happier.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
I know AT&T gets a bad rep for dropped calls, but I never used to have a problem with them. Service has actually been really good. Better than tmobile. And everyone else in my house doesn't get the dropped calls. So it has to be the phone. Only thing I have to figure out now is if it's this phone specifically or just 4G Slides in general. I know the phone doesn't even support half of AT&Ts 2G bands. That's why I'm trying to get another 4G Slide unlocked running the new the hboot 1.45.0013
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Fuzi0719:
Here at home in Atlanta, my MT4GS has been excellent as far as call quality. Only issues I've had are when talking to friends using AT&T. ;) Also, when I've traveled I've not had any problem, got great quality on calls and data while living in Shanghai last summer (using China Unicom SIM). I do notice that signal levels drop considerably if I slide open the keyboard, even on wi-fi. Closing the keyboard the levels return to normal. Oh, and I'm running the newest radio with the HBOOT 1.45.0013, S-Off, Unlocked, Miktouch 0.7 ROM.