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[Nexus 6  General] iluvatrix:
this post is not about radio problems per se so i am not sure if it is ok to post here , if not mods please move it to where it should belong. thanks

back to the issue at hand...

i have xt1100 & am using it in Singapore on StarHub. i have access 2G 3G & 4G networks no problems.

my concern is relating to the Set Preferred Network Type under Phone Info hidden menu.

the XT1103 defaults to LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL) instead of LTE/GSM auto (PRL) which is the behavior of XT1100 (i understand that xt1103 has cdma bands whereas xt1100 does not)

what i would like to know is is there a negative impact on the battery being on LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL) vs LTE/GSM auto (PRL) when i am in a country that does not have cdma bands?

i can force select LTE/GSM auto (PRL) but is it really necessary? ie by force selecting LTE/GSM auto (PRL), the cdma radio does not come on?

thanks for all inputs
[Nexus 6  General] S0UTHPAWK1LLA:
Basically it's set to "global" (LTE GSM CDMA) by default. It should not be actively searching for CDMA but just be able to utilize it for roaming purposes. Battery life shouldn't be effected with either setting.
[Nexus 6  General] RandomPooka:
I can't see that it would matter. While looking for a signal, I would think that the phone would be trying to find CDMA service as well as GSM. Once a GSM signal is located and locked onto, I wouldn't think it would be searching for CDMA in the background. Even if it were, your battery life wouldn't be any worse than someone who lives in a CDMA area that happened to be on a GSM tower most of the day.

I'm not an expert, by any means. I only assume that they wouldn't be so dumb as to program it to continue looking for a CDMA signal when you've locked on to something else. Seems horribly inefficient.
[Nexus 6  General] najoor:
Did you post a link to the img file?
[Nexus 6  General] Alxoom33:
But [MENTION=5769394]najoor[/MENTION] identify the radio correctly ;) lol!
[Nexus 6  General] :
Been corrected.
[Nexus 6  General] najoor:
Dude, calm down. This guy (see below) asked for an img file. It is the post above mine and the one below yours. HE NEEDED AN IMG FILE. You can fight with him about why he wants an img file if you like, but he needed an IMG file and I gave it to him. I also posted a TWRP file just in case. AND the file I posted is 5.36 and the one you posted was labeled 5.30 (despite the fact that you just edited the text now and corrected it to 5.36). So what exactly is your problem?!!
[Nexus 6  General] SynisterWolf:
Where I live it made my reception worse. I had to go back.
[Nexus 6  General] just4sc:
Where abouts do you live? Am wondering whether to update or not and if you are near my area then I won't..

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OK... Sorry... Just looked at your profile...Norcal..nm
[Nexus 6  General] Alxoom33:
The 36R radio that came with the Android 3 Preview is working great. Stronger signal than ever.

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NYC and Long Island.

Edit: sorry for the repeated post.
[Nexus 6  General] jova33:
So do the N preview radios work with M? Also, does the new bootloader work with M?
[Nexus 6  General] Golf c:
Yes and Yes.
[Nexus 6  General] Waterickson:
I just flashed "preview 2" and my dBm went up from -96 to -90 and asu went from 42 to 50. I even got an other bar solid, not flickering as usual. Seems to have made a difference. I am in a narrow valley and any help is good. When I get out around Ventura I'll post back about the actual difference with this radio and pure nexus.
[Nexus 6  General] Tilde88:
Anyone have a mirror for 30r? zip or img is fine. All the ones in here are dead. Thanks.
[Nexus 6  General] :
Is that the one in N Preview 4?
[Nexus 6  General] Tilde88:
No. I may be wrong, but I believe it is from MRA58X
[Nexus 6  General] :
MRA is old I thought. MOB30O is latest. I'm downloading OTA and making a flashable zip for the radio :good:
[Nexus 6  General] Tilde88:
I pulled it from here : https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

Thanks anyway :)
[Nexus 6  General] str8str:
Where did you put zip?
[Nexus 6  General] :
Never made it as he didn't need it, you want it?
[Nexus 6  General] deeplyyoung:
please
[Nexus 6  General] danmaman:
hey mate

why don't you look here MOB30O radio is the same like the last 2-3 images 05.34R is radio name

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/fxz-nexus-6-recovery-flashable-fastboot-t3066052

cheers and happy flashing:p
[Nexus 6  General] str8str:
Sure absolutely

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It's newer than version 36? I thought 36 was latest but if it's newer than absolutely would love to have it
[Nexus 6  General] hackahero:
Can someone please pull and upload the latest radio for me? I'm getting very spotty coverage. Or best radio. Whichever one is considered best right now.
[Nexus 6  General] Rod3:
Go to the development thread and pick which works best for you: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/fxz-nexus-6-recovery-flashable-fastboot-t3066052
[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
This thread is for the Nexus 6, not the 6P. In case you're looking for 6P stuff...
[Nexus 6  General] swamp2:
HI. I tried installing radio .36R from post #1194 (also verified md5) as well as radio .34R from this post (no md5 to check). Both reported successful in TWRP but in Settings>About Phone (and in bootloader) 05.32 is still showing. Must be something simple. I've never had this problem flashing a radio via zip before. I am rooted, bootloader is unlocked and have flashed radio updates prior. Also which radio is newer? Thanks in advance for any tips.
[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
I'm able to flash radios via TWRP (last version, 3.0.2-0) just fine.

39R is the newest (shamu_Baseband_D4.01-9625-05.39+FSG-9625-02.113). I've uploaded it to my Google Drive (it sure works fine for me). Give this a shot, it should stick... https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5pLN7x6SqrhUWRoSVNqLVdxaTA/view?usp=drivesdk
[Nexus 6  General] swamp2:
Thanks much. Settings STILL reports 32R... Thinking this is a (noob) TWRP issue. Here is my screen grab immediately after installation from your link. This is the same as it has been with the other versions. Does not quite seem to match what I have seen in the past with a successful radio flash.
[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
Oh God... Your TWRP is borked. Flash this one. In your current TWRP, when you go to flash zip... There's a button in the lower half, "IMG". Select that then flash this. Then reboot recovery and try to flash the radio again. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5pLN7x6SqrhdW0xdnkyVGRCclE/view?usp=drivesdk
[Nexus 6  General] swamp2:
Thanks. No go. Followed all steps but same results. I'll search for some instructions elsewhere for full TWRP reinstall.
[Nexus 6  General] RandomPooka:
Simulating actions ... in your screenshot.

Try going into settings for TWRP and dig around until you find the "Simulate" checkbox. Disable it.
[Nexus 6  General] swamp2:
Bingo. Thanks much. Simple. Also removed the themes folder from the TWRP directory. TWRP cleaned up, latest radio installed and now 3 way calling works again (original item to try to fix...). :good:
[Nexus 6  General] RandomPooka:
So glad that was the problem. If that didn't work or the option wasn't even there, I was thinking perhaps your theme issue might be hiding that option and would have suggested maybe removing the theme and trying again. Congrats on being back in business!
[Nexus 6  General] swamp2:
Hmm, next problem... WiFi calling appears to be not enable-able in 39R radio (or my ROM). When sliding the setting to On I see, "Calling preference, Cellular preferred" appear. Running the latest Chroma ROM build if relevant. Anyone have any suggestions? Looking for a radio that supports 3 way calling (that seemed to get broken on my last ROM update (no radio update IIRC - was running 32R)) AND WiFi calling? I think I have had lots of successes and failures through a few different radios along the way to get both of these working along with working DTMF digits post call connection (like dial 1 to continue).
[Nexus 6  General] gharrrrrr:
Hmmmm. I am using the 39r radio on purenexus with project Fi and I have wifi calling. I know pure nexus also has a zip to the Google phone app. Maybe that is what you need for wifi calling [MENTION=236620]swamp2[/MENTION]
[Nexus 6  General] RandomPooka:
That zip hasn't been updated in months. Is it still required for Fi? I was under the impression that wifi calling was working for many, many people out of the box without additional zips.
[Nexus 6  General] gharrrrrr:
Not really sure [MENTION=3053466]RandomPooka[/MENTION]. But I flash it anyways and wifi calling works well for me.
[Nexus 6  General] RandomPooka:
Good to know! I don't think Sprint has implemented it yet, so I've never had occasion to test it
[Nexus 6  General] str8str:
Your theme is causing issues as well so good you got rid of it. Wifi calling if not your wifi settings look in your phone settings top rite 3 dot menu it will be in call settings I believe
[Nexus 6  General] Mervingio:
You can use OpenGapps they have the framework for phone app and you can install from PS plus update too without a issue anyway the zip can update too from PS
[Nexus 6  General] RandomPooka:
Good to know. I'm on Sprint, so it isn't really a thing I can use. But, they are eventually going to introduce VoLTE, I believe. Looking forward to it in spring of 2023
[Nexus 6  General] Mervingio:
I'm on T-Mobile but honestly not sure WTF is going with them their network sometimes suck but this happen few months back and not sure what the heck is going on
[Nexus 6  General] ryanallaire:
I'm also with T-Mobile and I agree that in these last couple months data speed had decreased, I'm hoping it's because they're working on boosting their cell towers... fingers crossed...
[Nexus 6  General] S0UTHPAWK1LLA:
They oversold their network. Kinda like airlines will over sell seats on a plane when they know damn well and good exactly how many seats they have at any given time.
[Nexus 6  General] j3oomerang:
OK, so recently set someone up on Tmobile with their ATT nexus. She said her data has been absolutely horrible. I thought maybe it had something to do with her using an ATT phone that had to be SIM unlocked. But I see there are some recent reports of issues with Nexus 6 on Tmo. She is using the latest stable Pure Nexus with this radio posted in the OP:

LYZ48E (5.1.1 T-Mobile - Extracted from OTA - 05/23/2015)

MDM9625_104649.09.05.14R - flashable zip

Download: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952608807

Maybe there is a better radio y'all could recommend? Does it matter that I use a Lollipop radio on a Marshmallow ROM?
[Nexus 6  General] mchlbenner:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59728002

I would to here and get the latest radio.
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
No your good with whatever works best for you. Im on a real old one still working great and I'm in a poor signal area.
[Nexus 6  General] GermanyChris:
Little background I've lived in Europe for the last ten years and now I have to go back to the States. I think I'm going to give the Pixel I'm typing this on to my wife and take my N6 which is the European version. If I flash the latest of these will it convert me to a US phone and something that say Ting would recognize?
[Nexus 6  General] RotorBalls:
Any west coast t-mobile bay area users recommend a modem? I've been on MDM9625_104446.01.02.101R and it drops calls. I've tried a few different ones and they were all significantly worse.
[Nexus 6  General] thex2:
Anybody know if the 42R radio will work with Verizon's HD-Voice / VoLTE?
[Nexus 6  General] christianpeso:
It works for me.
[Nexus 6  General] Alxoom33:
Yes it does. Clearly shown as enabled my settings on Nexus 6 running NBD91U which has the 42R radio.
[Nexus 6  General] S0UTHPAWK1LLA:
It does, but the strength of the signal is questionable. I think it depends on your phone and area which radio works best.
[Nexus 6  General] SynisterWolf:
Live in San Jose, work in Palo Alto and i use the MDM9625_104670.31.05.42R. And its be working great for me.

other info:

ROM: Pure nexus 11.16

Recovery: TWRP 3.0.2-1

Bootloader: moto-apq-8084-72.01
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
I kind of haven't been paying attention is there a new bootloader for 7.1 or is it same as 7.0 didn't see anything new in OP Thanks.
[Nexus 6  General] Arju:
We don't have 7.1 factory image from Google yet so there are no new bootloaders. We'll have to wait and see when Google ships out 7.1.1 for us.
[Nexus 6  General] str8str:
New 7.1.1 image just released no boot loader but new radio. If someone can pull it
[Nexus 6  General] DreamFX:
This thread isn't updated anymore from the looks of things. What you are looking for is found here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3066052
[Nexus 6  General] tembares:
Good day,

The latest published modern is from 2015.

During my search for an update I found this article:

http://www.androidauthority.com/google-patches-exploit-nexus-6-6p-742048/

What is the latest modern to install?
[Nexus 6  General] ProBird79:
It's literally the link in the post before yours. The modem is the same as radio.
[Nexus 6  General] Sree1923:
I have Nexus 6 running on Nougat.

Which version is suitable for me.. I'm running on Android Nougat..
[Nexus 6  General] ktmom:
As stated thoughout this thread, the modem is OS version independent. Trial and error will help you figure out which is the most effective for your specific carrier and location.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Nexus 6  General] Sree1923:
Can i flash this version to my nexus 6.via NRT kit/TWRP.Is it any chance of brick
[Nexus 6  General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=8356414]Sree1923[/MENTION]: Toolkits aren't required. The modems are available as flashable zips that can be installed through TWRP. However, there will always be a chance that something will go wrong and you will end up bricking the device. If you're not comfortable with that, then you'd best restore your device to stock condition.
[Nexus 6  General] Sree1923:
My N6 cannot get the 2g 3g signals.I have only LTE.But messages receives Internet is also working..No incoming and outgoing call.How to fix this.If i flash this baseband my solution is fixed isn't it?
[Nexus 6  General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
You'll have to try it and find out. If it doesn't work however, you may have to factory reset your N6.
[Nexus 6  General] Sree1923:
Need help ..How to flash pure nexus rom 7.1.* to nexus 6. I followed a video tutorial from YouTube.In that tutorial he only factory resetted.He doesn't wipe dalvic cache and other cache...But in xda thread shows wipe all cache.Which is good.Is it necessary to wipe all cache.Help me.
[Nexus 6  General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=8356414]Sree1923[/MENTION]: RTFM. Everything you need is in the first four posts of the Pure Nexus thread.
[Nexus 6  General] LenAsh:
[MENTION=8356414]Sree1923[/MENTION] Please ask questions not related to this thread in the Q and A forum.
[Nexus 6  General] Cristian86:
Hi guys,

is there somebody here who has some expirience which radio would work great on Shamu (running latest Beltz) with Vodafone in Germany? I know, it doesn't have to work for me, but just flashing something without any opinion coming from some expirience is not my thing.

Thanks!
[Nexus 6  General] ktmom:
I understand what you're saying about not wanting to "blind" flash, but what your asking for isn't so simple. It can really be device, carrier and area dependant. Sorta like finding shoes to fit YOUR feet. Of the shelf works for many, but not for all.

I know you've been complaining about cell signal battery drain. Do you really need to find the one that works best for you. That's why they're flashable zips in this thread, instead of having to fastboot flash them.

If you're not on the newest, then try that first and give it a few days to evaluate.
[Nexus 6  General] Cristian86:
Yeah, well, I made some big mistake... Because beeing unpatient, I downloaded some radio zip-file for shamu from android file host (the firs one which I got after searching for "shamu radio") and then flashed it with TWRP. This must have gon wrong because I got the message "unabel to mount '/firmware (Invalid argument)". Seeing this I decided to restore the earlier made backup. But then while rebooting the phone wouldn't get over the boot animation (this litle dods jumping over each other) After a few minutes I interrupted this animation by rebooting into TWRP. And then I realised, that I made some big mistake: TWRP asked for a PIN to uncrypt the internal storage. I never hat a PIN and I never used one (or patern or anything) for the lock screen. It was always a swipe to unlock the screen. Well, now I decided to perform a wipe via TWRP since this would also undo the encryption but this operation ends with "unabel to mount '/firmware (Invalid argument) . So now I will try to flash a faktory image from developers.google.com.
[Nexus 6  General] ktmom:
[MENTION=8367564]Cristian86[/MENTION], Ouch, that was unfortunate :( Have you tried a factory reset in twrp?

instead of just grabbing off AFH, you might want to look at this thread of flashable zips for the N6. I use those and they have been very reliable to flash.
[Nexus 6  General] Cristian86:
I will probably take a break in flashing things after I manage to repair my phone. At the moment it doesn't look like I will manage...

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I did it! My phone works!

I flashed with fastboot the radio image from the stock Android as of april 2017, I still had on my laptop. After that the message "could not mount '/firmware'" disappeard. Now I installed ABC with the nonofficial pack of opengapps 8.1 and the phone booted as t should.

But thanks for the link with all the radio images! Knowing now that I am able to fix it, if it's going wrong I maybe will try some of them, if the one just installed will behave someway inconvenient.
[Nexus 6  General] wavedashdoc:
Just a heads up, it looks like Shamu got a random update today. Build N8I11F with the same previous security patch of Oct 2017.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus6/comments/8lclr5/nexus_6_gets_system_update_today_52218/

Anyone managed to see if there is a new bootloader and radio included with this version?
[Nexus 6  General] maddog3030:
Just a newer radio, all else is the same
[Nexus 6  General] Mervingio:
Nice can make a flashable zip?
[Nexus 6  General] maddog3030:
I cant post files on here yet but

extract the "radio-shamu-d4.01-9625-05.51+fsg-9625-02.119.img" file from the "shamu-n8i11f-factory-ae7e8dcf.zip"

and flash it with fastboot.

I think "Fireflash" from Chanfire might be able to flash it too.
[Nexus 6  General] nemanja066:
Flashable Radio from Global build N8I11F (OTA), Oct 2017!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n4m6m8kdv64hc1w/shamu radio build n8i11f.zip?dl=0
[Nexus 6  General] :
is this still work?
[Nexus 6  General] runekock:
Works for me.

.51 is still the newest version, but it is possible that an older version will work better with your phone company. You'll have to try.

Another thing: VoLTE doesn't work on recent custom roms. Some phone companies are starting to require VoLTE for voice calls.
[Nexus 6  General] :
thx for your response 🤜🏼🤛🏼
[Nexus 6  General] zephiK:
When Android 5.1 OTA is available, I'll update with links to the new radio/modem/baseband when available.
[Nexus 6  General] joeyddr:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...gs-android-5-1-ota-roundup-for-nexus-devices/
[Nexus 6  General] zephiK:
Updated op with 5.1 ota using it on 5.0.2 and seems fine.
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Sweet, thanks! I see its in a zip. Can I flash this with TWRP? Or do I need to wait till I have access to a PC?
[Nexus 6  General] ttabbal:
It's flashable.
[Nexus 6  General] Evo_Shift:
Is the modem responsible for the sprint SMS fix?

Edit - Just sent myself 20 messages. 10 on LTE and 10 on LTE with WiFi enabled. They all sent immediately and no duplicates. I'm still on 5.0.2. It would appear the fix is in the radio. Now I'll wait for the factory image to mess with the rest of 5.1.
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Can't wait till I'm off work to test this new radio on my Verizon network extender... Would be nice to send/receive MMS messages reliably
[Nexus 6  General] zephiK:
Nice! Glad to see that the radio works nicely on 5.0.x for us custom rom users.
[Nexus 6  General] brizey:
Wow. New radio is kick butt. I'm in a spot in my house that was always iffy on LTE. It used to do the 3g/H+ dance for a few minutes then lock on to LTE with zero bars. Now it locks on to LTE immediately with two bars. Same ROM, so bars are calculated the same way. On chroma 3/6 (5.0.2) for reference.
[Nexus 6  General] jakebites:
Thank you for this!
[Nexus 6  General] dhufford81:
Op needs updated it's confusing. Says to download images yet I downloaded a zip. Then it says to use a theme in twrp in order to flash image files but if you follow the link and read image flashing is broken on shamu.

edit: Just flashed the zip no problems in twrp.
[Nexus 6  General] ieatacid:
Same here. I almost never got LTE at work but since flashing the new radio I've been on LTE with three bars.
[Nexus 6  General] kingston73:
Anybody test the newest modem on Tmo yet? I'm at work but I'll be trying it out as soon as I get home.
[Nexus 6  General] idtheftvictim:
I am on T-Mobile, and hardly EVER got LTE at work, now I get LTE with 2 bars EVERYWHERE...even in the bathroom! It appears that it is Band 12 LTE also.
[Nexus 6  General] d3vilskid:
Use to get 3, 4 bars of LTE at home now it's full bars. Haven't test it further than that yet.
[Nexus 6  General] kingston73:
Thanks for those answers, sounds like it's working great, can't wait.
[Nexus 6  General] zephiK:
Did anyone try and see if VoLTE works on 5.0.2 ROMs or if it requires Android 5.1 for VoLTE to be toggled on ROM side?
[Nexus 6  General] idtheftvictim:
I just tried to call 611 while on LTE at my work desk, and it did NOT change to 3g...stayed on LTE.

I am running Temasek's 5.0.2 ROM with the newest bootloader and Modem/Radio

EDIT - Nevermind, I was wrong. Tried again, and it changed to 3g. :(
[Nexus 6  General] zephiK:
Could be that you're not in a area that VoLTE is supported as well. We'll see what happens when 5.1 is available on custom roms.

But yeah same here, LTE dropped to "H".... probably have to wait for 5.1.
[Nexus 6  General] dave2metz:
I'm confused. Can we flash the latest radio? If not, how are you getting this on phone?
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Verizon EV-DO Rev. A works now

Have not tried VoLTE yet, but EV-DO Rev. A on Verizon is working now

Running Chroma on 5.0.2 with Android 5.1 radio file.

I actually have 3G service on my Verizon network extender now! It's still a little spotty, however. And in my 15 -20 minutes of testing, I've found it's best to set network mode to 3G if you're going to use it (for MMS or whatever) since it still tries hard to connect to an outside tower. This may be fixed by flashing 5.1, but I'm not going to do that yet.
[Nexus 6  General] brizey:
Should have clarified...I am on T-Mobile. At work now...similar improvement. This radio is frickin' sweet.
[Nexus 6  General] ieatacid:
I'm on T-Mobile also.
[Nexus 6  General] zephiK:
Yes you can flash the newest radio, hence, why I posted it in OP.
[Nexus 6  General] adrman:
Confirmed. Same behavior here. The other odd thing. I just had to reboot again to get data once I disabled wifi. This happened earlier when I was home and after I rebooted, no problems. Now the same thing at work.
[Nexus 6  General] wtherrell:
Flashed the new radio. No change in reception.

Home: Band 13. 1 bar -110 db. 1.5 miles from tower.

Bank: Band 4. 2 bars. -100 db. 0.5 miles from tower.

Verizon.
[Nexus 6  General] MrMaverick03:
No Incoming Calls

On T-Mobile and cannot receive incoming calls. But can dial out. Flashed new radio from OP and nothing else. Running newest Chroma and Stock Franco. No VOLTE either.