yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Android Development] pringled:
OK, good! I've also always used a minimal or micro gapps package to no ill-effect, but then when all of a sudden the last-ditch use of recommended gapps brought Twisted back from the ashes I was sooo stoked on one hand but also completely thrown for a loop since I couldn't see a way in which tht would have any bearing on my signal, which in turn made me question if I'd somehow fundamentally misunderstood something extremely simple, which in turn made me question what else I thought I understood but actually had been wrong about for years. I'm so happy you said what you said, I should probably worry, however, about the fact that I became wracked with self-doubt about my entire Android knowledgebase over the nature of gapps lol. The towers thing could be the case here, either way its a moot point since this phone is not liekly to ever again search these skies for a network connection .

Unfortunately I bought it new not even two months ago, and I ought it to replace a Note 4 I'd mananged ot buy and break in the month or two prior, That's a lot of money sunk into phones in a very short period of time, I can't really afford for the phone that replaces my Nexus 5 to be anything other than a cheapier gas station one at this point. This isn't one of those joyous "woohoo! Finally justified in getting a new phone!" broken screen, this is more of a "Getting the screen fixed is way too expensive, let alone a replacement phone that exceeds $100 pricepoint, and I'm only 6 months into a two year contract which stems from the phone prior". I hate the fact that the combination of a shattered screen and the fact that I rooted it will render the fact that

i have roughly ten months left until the warranty expires entirely moot.

I'm totally with you on being utterly lost without my phone, usually if I even forget it in the living room while I'm in the washroom I feel actual disquiet, but while I greatly mourn my 5s demise I've got a feeling that I'm not goign to cherish my phone nearly as much once I'm rocking a Galaxy Y or something ahah. I had a very brief gap in between my Note 4 and the Nexus 5 where I had a Galaxy IIx (Samsung Trend in the states) and I learned that at a certain price point it becomes entirely possible for phone's to be so terrible that they are literally worse than nothing ahaha. Somehow I'll live though. Somehow. Thanks for the advice and the wellwishing, you're a good man [MENTION=3276129]Phazmos[/MENTION]
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Phazmos:
[MENTION=5984355]pringled[/MENTION]

Aw shucks!

But .... Warranty - hook it up to a pc, install drivers and adb, then get the factory images and load them. Lock the boot loader again, and viola, you got warranty. You don't need a screen to do all that.

Google adb and you'll get ask the info you need.

Just thought, you could also use one of the Android toolkits, wugfresh comes to mind, that'll do everything for ya.

PS - if ya think anyone has helped, hit the thanx button - it's all we get - besides that warm fuzzy feeling when helping someone out.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] autoprime:
I need to update the OP with latest modem still... one day.. ;)

Thanks to those providing files for everyone in the meantime.

As for modems being so different... all I can say is that I do not see such a big variation as some it seems. I've used my N5 on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile and give or take.. they're almost all about the same. I will add.. the modem.img is made up of different parts... some are the modem but some are TZ apps. For best compatibility you'd have a matching TZ img... and for even better compatibility (and to be safe from bricks) you'd match the rest of the bootloader. For those who have neglected updating their bootloaders... don't. Unless you get better performance on a previous bootloader/modem of course.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Neverendingxsin:
What's the latest radio I can use on LMY48J?

Currently running m8974a-2.0.50.2.26
[Nexus 5 Android Development] J_Whit85:
You should be able to run any radio. The latest radio is in the 3rd M preview
[Nexus 5 Android Development] pringled:
[MENTION=3276129]Phazmos[/MENTION]

Thank you!!!! I don;t know how that never occured to me, I was totally thinking I couldn't relock the bootlaoder without the screen, but I totally can! You, sir. are the man!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Phazmos:
I get lucky sometimes
[Nexus 5 Android Development] pringled:
Hahah, most fortuitously! Someone else mentioned that so long as I buy a display assembly with a mounted bracket it should be a snap (almost literally ) to replace it myself, so now I'm torn between which route to go. That being said, I like having to make ths choice when then I do the prior one between paying to get it replaced or for a brand new phone :)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Phazmos:
I'll bet that's more than a few youtube videos showing the process, along with a few sites showing the steps and tools needed.

Check it out - see if it's something you want to try. Like you said, it may be a snap - literally.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] pringled:
Well, regardless of which direction I end up going I really appreciate all your help dude, you've made my life infinitely less stressful!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Blue305:
Hello guys. Right now i'm using the radio from MD3 and i get poor wifi performance. The connection is so unstable, drops from 2 mb/s to 50 kb/s in a second.

Can someone recommend me the most stable radio? Because i tried the one before and happend the same..

Thanks in advance!!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] dakore:
Modem has nothing to do with wi-fi. Kernel is in charge for it, try different kernel for start, maybe reflash your rom...
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Blue305:
Thank you very much for your answer. Just flashed today's build of Chroma with HC kernel and the issue it's still here :(
[Nexus 5 Android Development] kafe4ever:
final Marshmallow is online

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en&#65279;

can someone cut and post here new radio image?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] autoprime:
New modem added to OP

MRA58K (6.0)

M8974A-2.0.50.2.27

AAAAANAZQ20500024

QUALCOMM Incorporated Jun 24 2015

Seems to be the same modem that was out during the M-Preview builds.

I never added the preview build modem to OP... so this will do.

*re-uploaded fixed img/zip. inflated files too much by mistake.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] bartolinio:
C:\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash radio modem.img

target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes

sending 'radio' (110961 KB)...

OKAY [ 3.622s]

writing 'radio'...

FAILED (remote: size too large)

finished. total time: 3.806s
[Nexus 5 Android Development] cgibbons51:
Flashed fine and works great thanks for the upload [emoji4]
[Nexus 5 Android Development] giorgis91:
Anyone have a flashable zip of radio and bootloader? :)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] bartolinio:
[MENTION=2988898]giorgis91[/MENTION] clik
[Nexus 5 Android Development] j0hnh0lmes:
BOOTLOADER + RADIO FLASHABLE ZIP FROM LEAN ROM DEV, ANDROID 6.0.0 IMAGES https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347830321
[Nexus 5 Android Development] nikon120:
The .IMG download link gives a 403 Forbidden error message.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] danmaman:
Flashed back the KRT16M img modem on Android 6.0

Works great... Much better
[Nexus 5 Android Development] alen1901:
On 6.0, not sure if its modem, but Wi-Fi takes ages to connect, and on 5.1.1 it is so fast. So i went back to lollipop until that gets fixed, i cant have that slow Wi-Fi connecting on modern phone, like i have some old samsung phone.. Also root has some problems, its unstable for few things.

Sent from Pure Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Blue305:
Sounds more like a kernel issue.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] alen1901:
Stock kernel. Then i flashed boot.img from chainfire for root. Then i flashed blue spark kernel, it is the same every way, wifi takes time to turn on. I got back to lollipop and all good. I didnt try to flash lollipop modem though, i needed my phone operative.

Sent from Pure Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] scottocs:
If someone erased their EFS folder, is there a way to modify another EFS to fix their phone by plugging in their IMEI?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] dakore:
Modem won't fix any issue with wifi. I'm on hellscore kernel and I think I've noticed slow switch from LTE to wifi when my phone is idle on LTE. When I come home I turn on screen, phone is still on LTE and it should connect to wifi within few seconds, but it doesn't. It takes longer than LP. I use KRT16 modem
[Nexus 5 Android Development] alen1901:
Its a global problem on android marshmallow, star this issue here:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=188806

Sent from Pure Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Andriy2:
HELP!

What I can do if I kicked my efs (it's no reaction for sim card, but have IMEI) and HAVEN'T backup?

Please, help me....
[Nexus 5 Android Development] nexzor:
on Galaxy S it helped to flash stockrom
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Andriy2:
No, it doesn't help....
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Phazmos:
Google - replace efs xda - I've seen some instructions on doing this, but may be a little complicated.

You can, but never recommended, get someone with same device and an efs bu and copy it to your device, then restore with twrp. I hear it works, but again, never recommended.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] imperator01:
How did you manage to lose\delete your ESF folder?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Andriy2:
Flashed efs file with CDMA Workshop 2.9 instead of 3.x
[Nexus 5 Android Development] nokiagye:
I am one year without 3 and 4g on my nexus 5 I lose the efs a friend of us gives me his efs but on the Europe can't get the correct bands. If anyone can give me a backup of this off a Europe n5? Thanks in advance
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Primokorn:
Nobody will share the EFS partition on XDA since it's illegal...
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ser1a:
Anyone using here KRT16M radio and android 6? do you also have anoying bug you can't end dialer when calling busy number or someone reject your call?

When calling and the line on the other end is busy (w/ BUSY signal, not just busy as in I get redirected to voicemail or similar), it's not possible to end the call:

I hang up, and the hook button turns grey, but the phone app does not exit, when I switch away manually the OS still acts as if there is an ongoing call.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] dadenet:
Dear Friend ,

I found the same issues and I back to the previous BB.

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Rendoqoz:
MMB29K (6.0.1)

M8974A-2.0.50.2.28

http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/wQ9Cz7l0/file.html

Extracted from factory image hammerhead-mmb29k-factory-1943f0f5

Flashed (via fastboot) on my D821 without issues :)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] stark_br:
I made a flasheable zip, just in case.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydfq3zs0v4diqou/NEXUS5_MMB29K_RADIO.zip?dl=0

Regards

EDIT: btw, I did not have a great experience with it. Signal got worst and had drops eventually.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Midomad:
Is there a new bootloader with the MMB29K?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] jmartino5920:
I'm hoping a new radio comes out soon. I've been getting horrible connectivity issues. I'm typically without a signal for 25% of the time. On my Nexus 4 I rarely lost signal.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] IIMaxII:
Same here....0.15 is better than 0.17, but still not good enough.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Alex_Dreyk:
Anything new in changing D820 to D821 by refurbish or anything else?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] mhsbrian:
I'd like to know if any Sprint here flashing modems and baseband which one they think is the best
[Nexus 5 Android Development] GrandMstrBud:
Will it work with CWMR?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] RussianBear:
These zips are not recovery specific.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] :
My nexus 5 came with the most recent baseband. Getting unreliable reception. Never had this issue before. In los Angeles.anyone have better luck with a different modem in LA?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] IIMaxII:
Try 0.15
[Nexus 5 Android Development] dgmorland:
I ran the EFS backup creation script. I can only see the EFS_Backup folder it created via Recovery. Using ES File Explorer I have looked everywhere to find it so I can copy to a PC. I read posts saying it may be in \data but that folder is showing empty. Doing a search of \ in ES File Explorer doesn't find it. I have a D821 international Nexus 5. Using recovery I can see these folders

/sdcard/

o/

EFS_Backup/

clockworkmod/

legacy

obb
[Nexus 5 Android Development] DesertVelo:
Look in /data/media. You should see the EFS backup directory.

Sent from the singletrack...
[Nexus 5 Android Development] dgmorland:
Thanks. I had already looked there as I read the earlier post but the\data folder was showing as empty. I have gone back to stock kernel today then back to the same kernel I used to have and now mysteriously everything in \data is showing up! (including EFS_Backup folder and the clockworkmod folder I was also not able to see before). I am not sure what changed. I am using the same ES File Explorer app. Oh well, problem solved anyway.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] jcsww:
I might need to start trying some of the earlier radios. My 311k came with the latest but there are times where it will completely drop the network and I will have to manually scan for it to reconnect even though it is set to auto reconnect to aquire my cell provider. .
[Nexus 5 Android Development] d_phekt:
I flashed the EFS backup using CWM on stock/rooted and for the life of me could not find where it backed up to. After some searching I finally found it in mnt/shell/emulated

Is this normal? Here's what I see..
[Nexus 5 Android Development] adrman:
Yes, however, the actual location is /data/media/EFS_Backup. CWM stores its backups in the same "hidden" directory, /data/media/clockworkmod.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] d_phekt:
Thanks. So its safe to just move that EFS_Backup folder to my sd then?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] adrman:
I just made a copy. It's also a good idea to put a copy on your PC for safekeeping.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] elshosh14987:
thnakssssssssssss good job
[Nexus 5 Android Development] mattkroeder:
Why the size difference between these modems and the radio.img from the factory images? 67mb vs 43mb
[Nexus 5 Android Development] autoprime:
67 is the full partition size(64MB block) vs the 43mb with 00s removed(the stock tot/firmware file removes extra 00s)

the img files inside the zips should all be inflated with 00s to the 67MB mark.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Han Solo 1:
Will flashing a modem from the OP on T-Mobile variant give me a better signal?

I don't know the purpose behind this. It would be good for there to be an explanation for the more nebbish among us who just don't have the knowledge you guys do.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ssauger:
no
[Nexus 5 Android Development] MatVekk:
Thanks for your work!!!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] autoprime:
Woops.. forgot about the Nexus 5 for a minute. Sorry for the slow update. Thanks to [MENTION=5366113]Rendoqoz[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3000427]stark_br[/MENTION] for holdin' it down.

Just updated OP and download folder with new img and zip

MMB29K (6.0.1)

M8974A-2.0.50.2.28

AAAAANAZQ20500024

QUALCOMM Incorporated Oct 20 2015
[Nexus 5 Android Development] minidou-77:
Still not so happy with it?

It's a shame there is no information on the changes made on the modem
[Nexus 5 Android Development] stark_br:
Nope.

I'm back to the good old KRT16M
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Spectrum75:
Personally i'm ok with the new modem/radio.

Signal strength is a little better and, maybe more important, signal is more stable.

But this is something

personal

and every user must try at least a couple of modems

in order to find the more appropriate solution for him, as it depends on many factors.

E.g. last month and on previews modem, i had a lot of signal drops, lost calls etc. The funny thing i discovered later,

was that at the same time my carrier installed a new antenna even more close to my house ( about 300 m ).

I need some time to make my personal tests again, but i repeat this is something every user should do.

KRT16M was a nice radio also for me in terms of strength but in latest radios i find better quality in terms of voice communication.

So, try and decide ;)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] atishey23:
I got latest radio, thanks for that. Can u tell me where can I get latest flashable bootloader?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] mayurh:
Is anyone else having an issue with the latest radio? My signal has stuck on 2g even if I change to lte? Unless it's cataclysm rom?

Anyone else used the flashable zip and is working perfect?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] danmaman:
I've tried the flashable zip with no issues

Voice quality and signal strength are good for me in my area
[Nexus 5 Android Development] alen1901:
That new 6.0.1 radio is clearly not made with my country in mind (Croatia). Signal is much worse now, and i get occasionally only emergency calls in house where i had always full signal. Now its like that for 10min, signal is not coming back. The best for me was 5.1.1 radio. I think i will go back to it.

Sent from Pure Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Gialloblu:
Has someone a flashable KRT16M or 5.1.1 radio? People bearly hear me at other side of phone

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 5 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Android Development] phaino00:
In the OP, there's a link to download many of the basebands/radios, including KRT16M.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] anoops_id:
can i directly flash NEXUS5_MMB29K_RADIO.zip via TWRP???

is that harm or brick my device??? pls advice... because most of the time its getting an error (update binary) while flashing a cm13 based rom in my secondary. hope its because it wont support M8974A -2.0.50.2.27. so its necessary for me to update the same to M8974A -2.0.50.2.28 or latest....

M8974A -2.0.50.2.28 support hhz12k????

pls help... awaiting your valuable reply

below is my details

Primary Rom: Stock 6.0.0 as primary, Kernal : hC-b11-M

Recovery: TWRP 2.8.7.1

Baseband: M8974A -2.0.50.2.27

Booloader: hhz12k
[Nexus 5 Android Development] GtrCraft:
Lol you should read the binary error. Then you should know that cm cannot be flashed as secondary. And a rom not supporting a radio is nonsense.

Try to learn a bit more about custom roms etc before doing it. And be calm.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] anoops_id:
thx for such good rply... :D

cant u read my entire question bro??? im asking about flashing the radio.

if you dont know then pls dont answer thats it..... :o

so you pls stay away , ignore and be calm..

and dont forget everyone is not an expert(like you if you are).....

and for your kind info, my question was not to you.....:o n it was to [MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION] , :confused:
[Nexus 5 Android Development] GtrCraft:
I answered your question. Try to read the entire answer
[Nexus 5 Android Development] anoops_id:
Please help

can i directly flash NEXUS5_MMB29K_RADIO.zip via TWRP???

is that harm or brick my device???

after flashing NEXUS5_MMB29K_RADIO is that necessary to upgrade Stock 6.0.0 to Stock 6.0.1???

Stock 6.0.0 will run on NEXUS5_MMB29K_RADIO ??? or this will terminate to any bootloop or something??

because i dont want to upgrade it to Stock 6.0.1 as Stock 6.0.1 has lot of rooting issues, I only want to upgrade M8974A -2.0.50.2.27 to M8974A -2.0.50.2.28

pls advice and help me

My Device Details

Device Nexus 5

Primary Rom: Stock 6.0.0 | Kernal : hC-b11-M

Secondary Rom : Screw'd | Screw'd Kernal

Recovery: TWRP 2.8.7.1

Baseband: M8974A -2.0.50.2.27

Booloader: hhz12k

---------- Post added at 06:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:51 AM ----------

can i directly flash NEXUS5_MMB29K_RADIO.zip via TWRP???

is that harm or brick my device???

after flashing NEXUS5_MMB29K_RADIO is that necessary to upgrade Stock 6.0.0 to Stock 6.0.1???

Stock 6.0.0 will run on NEXUS5_MMB29K_RADIO ??? or this will terminate to any bootloop or something??

because i dont want to upgrade it to Stock 6.0.1 as Stock 6.0.1 has lot of rooting issues, I only want to upgrade M8974A -2.0.50.2.27 to M8974A -2.0.50.2.28

pls advice and help me

My Device Details

Device Nexus 5

Primary Rom: Stock 6.0.0 | Kernal : hC-b11-M

Secondary Rom : Screw'd | Screw'd Kernal

Recovery: TWRP 2.8.7.1

Baseband: M8974A -2.0.50.2.27

Booloader: hhz12k
[Nexus 5 Android Development] bartolinio:
you can safely flash any version you want

Radio works regardless of android version ;)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] mendozaram:
I was ready some pages back of this thread and found that the KRT16M is one of the best Modem... i was using the stock one on 6.0.1 MMB29K... so, i've check my signal and it was between -91 and -95...

So, i decided to flash KRT16M and now... my signal is between -91 and -94 (i didn´t move my location of my phone before and after flash)

xD LOL

Let see how is my idle time with it
[Nexus 5 Android Development] JTD121:
Hello gents,

Big fan of the work that goes into this kind of thing. And greatly appreciated.

Recently, I upgraded my N5 to CM12.1, which is based on Android 5.1.1. I've been upgrading modems every once in a blue moon, and they all seem to go over well, but I never rigorously tested their benefits, if any.

I am currently using LMY48B, with no ill effects that I can perceive. Tried to upgrade to NEXUS5_MMB29K_RADIO.zip in my recovery; whatever was provided with the CM12.1 upgrade. Now all modems, including the modem I'm already using (test to see if there was something wrong with my current modem, maybe?). Even the EFS backup zip fail immediately. Any ideas? I can provide actual verbiage if required for troubleshooting.

Outside of my upgrade to 5.1.1, I am not sure what's going on. Of course, I recently had trouble getting on LTE with T-Mobile, but I fixed that my (unintentionally) wiping out all the stock APNs, and finding an app to write them in for me. I couldn't add any manually for whatever reason, so I figured an app with root privileges should work. It did, but only added one; I haven't checked to see if it can add more (and there were more before) or if it will just overwrite the one that is in there now.

Thanks in advance! :good:
[Nexus 5 Android Development] 9h0s7:
[emoji106]
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ruulo12:
Baseband version is not here

I updated to March security Patch and my baseband went from MMB29K (which is here) to MMV29V on marshmallow 6.0.1, Is there any issue if I flash the MMB29K modem? Thanks in advance cause I can't find anyone that is able to help me, I lost my email when trying to make my N5 to read any carrier sim (unlock it for any carrier)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] taodan:
There is no issue flashing the MMB29K modem. In fact, you can flash older modem in previous version of Android (e.g., Lollipop), and still able to use Android M rom.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ruulo12:
thanks, just a typo: I meant to say imei instead of email on my original post, do you think it will fix that my imei is 0? Cause I've been researching an the potential solution is to use the octoplus box to flash a new imei (haven't found someone that do this). But I want to try to fix it by myself before pay for that solution. Thanks for the answer
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ruulo12:
How to flash via adb

How do I flash via adb? I mean which one are the commands and where do I have to put the efs downloaded? Thanks in advance
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Primokorn:
Download the radio.img then use this fastboot command: fastboot flash radio radio.img
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Rikzaah:
Is there a new modem with the new factory image?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] archish:
Yes
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Rikzaah:
That's what I thought. I bet the OP is on it. :)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] stark_br:
Can anyone share the latest modem.img so I can manage to make a flasheable zip?

Thx
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Stevica Smederevac:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762635998601

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762635998602

Bootloader and radio