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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mhaz:
Radio Upgrading

Hi guys,

I am a relatively newbie to this forum and upgrading and have been reading for the last two days on the wonderful news about the Hermes upgrades.

I am currently running LSVW's WM6 'ProStyle' OS Only ROM and wish to upgrade my radio to 1.38. I understand that I must first run the HardSPL and then flash to the desired radio ROM with the RUU Upgrade .exe.

I am just confirming that flashing HardSPL lets me flash to any radio version in the event that 1.38 might not work as well as planned?

EDIT: I ran HardSPL and now have SPL-1.10.Oli and thus I can now run the rtask command. I still however can't work out how to find the actual radio version I am using. 'rversion' gives me 0107 which is the radio bootloader version but how to retrieve the radio version, ie 1.34? Also, if I upgrade to 1.38 using the 'Radio upgrade only using SSPL' ROM, will that leave my radio bootloader as 0107?

Just double checking in case I make an irreversible mistake!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] marka2k:
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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mhaz:
LOL. Thanks for that rather swift solution marka.

Are you able to confirm that I will be able to flash to any radio version and that my radio bootloader will not change from 0107?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Sleazey:
I Used the 2.05.263.1 with 1.38.00.10 for a couple of days i talked for maybe 3 H (with BT headset) and was running tomtom most of the time.

BT turned of by itself and calls dropped a couple of times

With the new wwe version with 2.11.225 i havent had a dropped call (35 Calls 88 mins) :eek:

Took the same trip but in opposit direction and just got home, dident talk as much but some and tomtom worked all way with BT GPS.

Seems to me that it's more to radio then the radio rom, but could have been pure luck :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] perlmane:
I just went for a long drive and did not have a drop. Everything is working. What I did to change things was I changed my setting from MEdia Net to My ISP and stopped using the proxy. I got this suggestion in other conversations. Now, this is working as good or better than anything I have had to date.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] silent_killa:
Battery life seems a little better

Signal strength seems about the same as 1.34 (pretty good)

This radio seems to work better with ISHO. I dont get a dropped call anymore if my phone switches down from 3G to 2G whilst on a call.

Very happy with it.

S.K.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] vp3G:
Love it...

Best radio I've used yet, especially when paired with WM6. This thing absolutely sips battery power now and throttles in and out of HSDPA when transferring data just as it should (not sure if this is due to the radio, the OS, or both). Lovin' my Hermes like never before. :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] scmguru:
I am using an 8525 on the cingular network with XML Live .20 and the 1.38.00.1 and keep getting a lot of dropped calls when in the 3g area with 2-3 bars. Any suggestions?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] perlmane:
If you are using the MEdia Net cabs, turn that off and use My ISP without the proxy. Once I did that, 1.38 stopped dropping calls and the ability to download, surf and talk at the same time became a smooth reality.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] scmguru:
Forgive the noob question.. how do I know if I have those cabs/how do I turn them off?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] perlmane:
How did you set up your connection to Cingular? Did you run a cab or did you go in and enter the information directly? Either way, if you set up a proxy, you will have to disable it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] weinson:
Data Connection Drops

I seem to keep getting my data connection disconnecting with this Radio ... don't know yet if it is the radio or the ROM (since I upgraded both at the same time) but I have been noticing on other threads that many folks running this radio are noticing that their data mysteriously stops connecting (while the phone and other functionality is fine). For me I notice it with Goodlink ... which just stops connecting after awhile (and then if I try out PIE, I find I cannot connect). Only a soft reset cures me (for a bit).

Others have data connection issues with this radio? I upgraded from the 1.33 that came with the "new" Cingular 2.06 ROM, and am considering a downgrade back (since that one seemed to work fine)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] TechBill:
Same thing happening to me that my data just mysteriously stop working but still show connect or the phone is still working fine. Had to soft reset it to get my data back.

I am in the same boat as you that I upgraded my Radio and Rom same time so I couldn't determine if it was the Radio or the Rom to be blame so I am going back to previous Radio which was on the phone .. I believe 1.16 and see if it still mysteriously drop datas.

Bill
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] vp3G:
I had this problem with every radio I paired with the 2.06 ROM. Tried them all from 1.16 to 1.38. Things would run fine for anywhere from an hour to an entire day, then suddenly hang connecting the data. In my case the entire radio was hung and the only choice was to soft reset. Very annoying. My current combo runs great, however, so apparently it wasn't just the radio.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] weinson:
Well, I just flashed the new Cingular Tweaked Black ROM ... I will report back if that plays nice with 1.38 and solves the disconnect issues.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] JamesAllen:
Where can the Radio Rom be Found?

Where can the radio roms (especially 1.38.00.10) be found now that the FTP site is unavailable. I looked through the thread, clicked on the links and they refer to the FTP site.

Did I miss something? I am new to this forum.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] perlmane:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_ExtractedRadioRoms
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ieee1394:
That sounds like exactly the problem I've been having with my 8525 as described in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=297002

I've been trying to use it with push email but the data connection will just hang after some seemingly random amount of time has passed. When the connection is hung, the phone still indicates that it is connected to GPRS but if you try to use any Internet app (like PIE, for instance) the connection will just time out.

One time I did have to soft reset to get things working again but typically all I have to do is hold down the End key until GPRS disconnects. Then the connection will be reestablished the next time data is needed.

So you're saying this is a known problem? Except for being unlocked, my phone is stock AFAIK. I started looking into upgrading the radio and OS because I bought this device (actually two of them) expressly because it's supposed to support push email (and I need it to run some critical apps I need for work).

This is the first I've heard someone else (after checking several boards) complain about this exact problem: Cingular 8525, data hang.

How are things working with 1.38 then?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] TechBill:
Curious

Are you using a registery hack to keep your data connection alive all the time?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] vp3G:
Sounds familiar, although in my case it would get stuck trying to connect and would be showing the animated arrows.

Never tried the END key, but receiving an inbound call when it was in that state would hang the device altogether.

Don't know about "known", but there are others having similar trouble.

Combo shown in my sig has been working great for me for almost a week now. Only other combo I've had that wouldn't eventually hang while connecting the data was the original stuff it shipped with (1.34 ROM with 1.16.00.00 radio).

I've never had to use any of those hacks... go figure.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mrmrmrmr:
when I try to upgrade to this one, "Hermes ROM Update Utility" says that my ro will be updated

from 3.22.110.1

to 1.18.00.10

I thought it was a radio-only rom update. So what does that mean ?

Btw, in the first page of this thread, I read that safest way is to update to Hard-SPL , but in the Hard-SPL page I see 3 SPLs to download and I am not sure which one I should download.

Anyway I chose the Hard-SPLv3 , but it does not run on my PC.

What is the correct procedure ?

thanks :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jokinawa:
The 1.18.00.10 is just the version programmed into the RUU updater. It doesnt read from the Radio. It can be changed by whoever built the Updater using ROM KOCH, etc..

It worked fine for me.

PS just run the EXE from the Hard-SPL-V3. If it doesnt work post the error you get in that thread.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] vp3G:
Sounds like it's a radio-only ROM, and that screen makes sense only if you're flashing a full ROM. The "from" is being read from your device and the "to" is whatever the RUU was programmed to read (usually matches the ROM in some way, but not always). Ignore it.

It is, you want V3 and you need .NET 2.0 installed in order to run it. Flash Hard-SPL before flashing that radio for max protection.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mrmrmrmr:
thanks for your replies...

Where should I install .NET 2.0 ? on the PC or on the Hermes ?

I am using WM6 (XDA 0.20) so it should include .NET anyway ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Olipro:
generally speaking... try both and see which one it doesn't install on.

(install it on the bloody pc)... why the hell would you need .NET on your Hermes to flash since Windows Mobile doesn't even run when flashing.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] vp3G:
You said the RUU it wouldn't run on your PC, so that's what I addressed.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ieee1394:
In desperation I did add HTweakC and enabled that feature. But it hasn't helped at all. Before that I tried two things: 1) installed GPRS Keep Alive which pings up to 5 hosts in an effort to keep the connection up based on traffic; 2) started pinging the device from a remote server. Neither of these setups helped, but they did an excellent job of draining the battery pretty darn quickly! :eek:

I uninstalled the keep alive utility, stopped pinging the device itself, and turned off the registry tweak (through HTweakC). None of these actually help so why bother?

Next I disabled push and set my push email client to just poll for mail every 30 mins instead. I wanted to make sure it wasn't push that was causing the problem itself. But the connection still hangs after a while. :confused:

I tried switching from Cingular's internet APN back to isp.cingular to see if it was a capacity problem or some other issue with one APN over another. But still no dice. Same problem.

Shouldn't the device just cleanly disconnect if it 1) loses signal, or 2) can't renew its IP?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ieee1394:
Hrmmm. I'm running ROM 1.34.502.1 and Radio 1.16.00.00.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] vp3G:
Well, I should amend what I said about my original 1.34/1.16 combo to say that although push mail worked fine and the GPRS didn't hang, I had a lot of trouble with the browser. Specifically, provided I kept moving it was fine, but as soon as I paused for even a few seconds I'd start getting timeouts. The connection seemed to be up, but not fully functional. I messed around with proxy vs. no proxy -- all that, but to no avail.

That's when I found this forum and started messing around with flashing the newer WM5-based OS and radios. At this point I don't recall which I flashed first, but I'm thinking OS because that's when things advanced to where it would run for anywhere from 12-24 hours, then hang trying to re-connect the data (every morning I'd wake up to the animated arrows). From there I flashed the latest radio (1.35 at the time), then backed off one version at a time down to 1.27, none of which worked.

Silly as it sounds, it's almost as if something finally "clicked" once I flashed the WM6-based ROM and 1.38 (which was a bit of a desperation move at that point). Now I'm afraid to change anything and knock wood regularly, although I have flashed Hard-SPL twice since I have radio BL 108.

Add to the above the fact my sister just got an 8525 this week and she reports that the stock stuff (1.34/1.16) has been working great (thus far). She and I live in the same town, even. :confused:

That's my experience, FWIW. I don't know if my radio was a bit flakey at first, or what.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] JamesAllen:
New Rom working well.

I monitored the Hermes Forums for weeks before I felt comfortable enough to flash my new 8525. The ROMS were originally 1,34/1.16. It was working fine with this combination but I wanted to be in a position to take advantage of the great work done by dedicated contributors to these forums.

Well, I took the leap last night and performed a Hard-SPL, then upgraded the radio ROM to 1.38. I followed the instructions in these forums and this thread and everything went flawlessly. One day later and no dropped calls, the battery drains more slowly and signal strength is improved.

Thanks to everyone for their excellent work. My only problem was downloading the 1.38 file from the FTP site. Using CuteFTP (a recommendation found in one of the instructions) I was finally able to download.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mrmrmrmr:
ok. thank you.

now after installing .NET on PC it works.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ieee1394:
You could be in the same town and still experience vastly different reception. Unless your town is so tiny that you only have one tower and all houses are on the same street. You know what I mean?

What I'm wondering is how GPRS (or UMTS for that matter) is affected by a degrading signal, loss of signal, or maybe even a suspension of service--doesn't GPRS just claim unused voice capacity from the tower?

For the most part my phone is sitting on my desk (home office) and signal strength somehow will vary from 5 bars to 1 or 2. So I'm wondering if that is part of my problem.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] vp3G:
Well, yeah, obviously... I'm just saying it's not like we live across the country from one another where the networks could be provisioned completely different. Considering we live less than 10 miles apart, I think it's safe to say "in general" we're using the same stuff.

Perhaps, although IMO even if it's having to make/break the connection regularly, it should be able to handle it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MexicanGeekian:
I was looking and looking for a thread with a similar issue before posting but I had no luck.

My issue is that when I turn off my Note 3 I have a really hard time getting it to boot back up. This happens every time every single time I shut it off. I hold the power button for about a minute with the battery removed to supposedly drain any power as I've read around but that doesn't help. I'm pretty tech savvy and internally the phone looks perfectly fine. The weird thing is that I don't actually have any issues once the phone is up and running to make me think it's a hardware issue. It charges fine, I get data, S pen is fine, no other issues what so ever. I haven't been able to pin point what I'm doing to bring it back but eventually it does end up booting like normal. I try to pull the battery multiple times with no success. I eventually get frustrated and just leave it alone with the battery removed. When I return it boots up just fine.

Anybody else having this issue or heard of it?

Forgot to mention that the phone is stock. I don't have it rooted or a custom rom installed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] steve_togo:
Thats weird. Have you tried reseating the SD card. Sometimes it might bethe memory card.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] PanchoPlanet:
Why turn it off?

Just let it sleep. I can't remember when I ever turned my phone off.

Pp.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MexicanGeekian:
I have indeed. I was thinking it was that but it occurs either way.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MexicanGeekian:
Well my phone's back camera was broken and I was replacing it. Although the issue started occurring well before replacing the camera.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] yotaking:
Im having same issue. Replaces camera now phone wont turn on. shows chargering though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jeep447:
I noticed you also have a thread which states the same thing and I'm not sure if you figured it out yet, but just out of curiosity did you happen to ground yourself while you were working on your Note 3? This goes for any device in general but it's pretty amazing how much damage the static electricity from just your clothes can cause if you're not grounded while working with an exposed main board. If you weren't grounded while working on it though it also doesn't mean that something automatically happened, I'm just saying it's always a possibility at least. One thing I would try if you're having problems powering it up even just in general, is to make sure it's plugged in and charging first and then hold the volume up and power buttons down together at the same time (and keep them held down) until you feel a vibration and then let go. It will take at least 10 - 15 full seconds (and sometimes even longer) to happen, but that should usually get it to power it up whenever it's being stubborn. Another thing I'd definitely check, especially if it was working fine before disassembling the phone, is the alignment of the power button itself (the button you press with your finger) and the actual power button which is located behind it on a data ribbon that connects to the main board. It's actually kind of a flimsy setup so whenever you reinstall the back frame plate you have to make sure the power button data ribbon doesn't shift, or it can cause all kinds of weird problems when trying to power on or off the phone. Anyway good luck and hopefully this helps [emoji106] [emoji106]

Sent from a modified ColecoVision

---------- Post added at 04:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:47 AM ----------

I just mentioned this in my response to someone else in this thread, but it actually sounds like yours has the same kind of alignment issue with power button that I was talking about. I'm not sure if you've ever disassembled yours for any reason or not, but even if you haven't it's still totally possible that it could've happened from the factory and especially if you got a refurbished phone for whatever reason. It's a pretty poor design choice in my opinion because it's such a "fragile" setup, and even the slightest misalignment of the power button itself and the button on the data ribbon can cause the exact same problems your having. Anyway if if you haven't messed with it and it's still under warranty I'd say just get a new one, but if you have taken it apart I'd say first thing to check would be the alignment of those buttons (once you take the back off). I've even had to make a tiny little "shim" and wedge it behind the power button on the data ribbon in order to get it to line up right with the button itself a couple of times, so I'd say it's a fairly common problem with these phones. Anyway good luck and hope it helps! [emoji106] [emoji106]

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[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phermey:
so i have this extremely annoying bug on the opo. when i take the phone away from my ear and try to hang up... 80% of the time the notification shade drops down and i then have to swipe it up in order to hang up the phone. sometimes i have to swipe up a couple of times because it gets confused and lags. anyone know of a fix for this?

i am running the cm12 dailies. i was running euphoria. and before that i was stock. it has happened over and over on all of them.

thanks,

patrick
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wiswis:
I bought and HTC one off swappa. I previously had a nexus 5 and rooting that phone was so easy. Now with the HTC one I don't even know where to start. Is my boot loader unlocked? Can I get s-off with this hboot? I am trying to install the google edition firmware on this phone, but I'm so lost. Any help is appreciated.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wiswis:
Here is the bootloader
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matekaneve:
I'm not going to be a huge help here but as far as I know if you want to convert your ONE to a Google Play Edition you will need S-OFF. To gain that you will need to use Sunshine that will cost you $25. Firewater (free) is no longer available unfortunately. Once you're s-off you can findsome guides how to proceed with the conversion.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creatingash:
Hi I have side loaded Kodi and some plugin using a otg cable to a 8gb thumb drive.

It worked well for a week or so and now it seems to stopped access and only see thumb drive but greyed out so I can click on it. All software works well just not being able to see usb drive mounted on Nexus

I am able to see the external drive from my router and access file using es explorer. I also been helping a friend set his up and the same thing happened to his. Maybe the update closed this door?

The device is not rooted, Have tried different drives even mybook 1 tb powered drive.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaizie:
I have the same problem.

I thought i need being root to access external drives so i have rooted it today, but still i cant access the external drive on es explorer or kodi.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creatingash:
usb issues

I have a mynet900 router with usb and Nexus player will access these files.

I wish I could get them to read directly from the micro usb.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creatingash:
No Answers?

no one has a idea what the issue is ?
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sssats:
Hi there, is there any updates?) Have the same issue. I use ps3 controller, and now it don't work. I think hard reset will help :(
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creatingash:
Usb

My issue went away after a week or so and now i can see it again. I have had issues conecting and unplug unit for 30 sec fixes it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joho5:
Can I just grab the system, boot, and radio images and flash them in fastboot?

Will this retain root and update to 5.0.1?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yes, flash then re-root.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joho5:
It will take root away I guess?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Re-root
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joho5:
Will i lose custom recovery flashing the system?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
recovery will be borked. Just flag the twrp image in fastboot
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beekay201:
Don't think so.

AFAIK, /system/install-recovery.sh and /system/recovery-from-boot.p only exist when OS has gone through an OTA.

If you use a factory image, either to update or reflash /system, those 2 files won't be there - we get to keep our currently installed recovery anyways.

I even go further - when flashing a factory image.. I just skip stick twrp.img in the zip, overwriting recovery.img. Then I use flash-all.sh.

Tip: if you edit the flash-all script and remove the `-w` argument from the `fastboot update filename.zip`, it won't flash user data.img.