yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] AllTheWay:
From dealing with the HTC Touch Pro and now the HTC HD I found that being security unlocked would make all the difference. As it stands right now in the Raphael section you won't be able to flash Diamond / Xperia / Blackstone radio's without being security unlocked.

I am far from the expert on radios and Jockyw2001 / cmonex / olipro would be the resident experts on this sort of thing.

I know that from reading cmonex post you want your edit the hex to be 0x301 not 0x300. Since the Xperia / Diamond / Raphael / Blackstone have pretty much the same hardware you should be able to flash your device with any of these radios. However since only one individual, that I have seen on this thread, is security unlocked he/she should be able to flash whichever radio he/she likes.

I would suggest that some of you petition olipro or cmonex to create a CID unlocker tool for the Xperia. This way you should be able to flash any of the above device radios.

Also, instead of trying to edit the hex for each radio you could also try editing the htcrt.exe tool by adding KAIV to the corresponding .ini files that go with it. You should model the same settings as those of the Raphael and Diamond. I will try and make the modifications and upload them tonight.

When I flashed my Raphael the other night with the new 1.10.25.25 radio my device did hard reset. I know in talking with P1Tater that this has also happened to him. I have no idea why this occurs but I never experienced this type of behavior before.

Note: My HD is not security unlocked, nor is anybody else that I know of, but I had trouble even flashing radio 1.08.25.23 and it is even a HD radio. One of reasons however could be that this radio was for pre-production testing.

Word of Warning:

Flashing radio's can be extremely dangerous. It is far more dangerous then just flashing ROMs. I encourage all of you to flash radio's via microSD in case your computer decides to take a dump. Being that nobody, except for one, is security unlocked there is a possibility of bricking your device.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ninja.rogue:
Thank you my friend,

I remember very well the Radio from Hell.............

.... who doesn't.......

Well, I will try to contact olipro and cmonex and will wait for your upload.

Thank you again, and please sometime come back here to let us know your thoughts...

... we have the same hardware and unfortunately it seems that we share the same problems...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] holdout:
that's horrible. having the radio engage to seek a signal refresh every single second TOTALLY drains ur battery power. it's set to 10 seconds for a REASON.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
yep, I've done that already, radio #1 tonight used it fine, but didn't change the number un der device info. Radio #2 tonight didn't work using that method. (although I think it should be KOVS) ;)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ninja.rogue:
I have personally contacted Olinex for our problems.

He and other valuable forum gurus are working to a cid unlock for our Xperia.

I really appreciate this!

Will is power

We are in a great forum, mates!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Loco5150:
No doubt!!!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
SUCESS!

interesting, ive tried the radio from the tw rom posted above,

set at 0x301 it flashes from bootloader & whilst doing so the screen reads radio v2 says flash success but doesn't change anything.

set at 0x300 it says radio rather than radio v2 and flashes.

My device is now on 1.10.25.18

so the X1 does appear to need 0x300 not 0x301

not tested the new radio much yet, still at work where I get decent gprs cover.

radio here

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SWNFBAP5
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
having got back home and played some more, this definitely appears to be a much better radio.. Although daily variations could be the root I managed to keep a call up through an area where the signal is usually lost on the way home.

Which is typical, as I was being moaned at because I was late getting back home!

I'm getting 1more bar than usual at home and it only lost signal once, under the stairs which is fairly close to being a black hole.. Everything else seems to get lost under there, so why not the signal? ;P

so far so good, not tested it on 3g yet however.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Good job fards, congrats

Does this means all radios listed HEREare not properly adapted for the X1 ?

If so, I must remove the links - or post an explanatory warning -

x_X
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
Looks that way, I guess we will have to wait for the security unlock to try the others, but this one works for me so far really well (touch wood n stuff)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
downloaded, flashed, WORKED TOO

My radio version is now 1.10.25.18

:rolleyes::rolleyes:

FARDS you are amazing, mile grazie

...will test reception later
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] vikino:
fards:

Nice post, i appreciate this :) Im my area it is wery bad with signal, now it seems much more better. Thx a lot...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] penguin20000:
just to confirm the radio fards posted, flashes correctly & shows the new radio version in the device information on the phone?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
YES

Tested myself

fards rulez :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] penguin20000:
cool, ill try it now then, which method did you use the sd card one?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
yes, microsd
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Radio 1.08.25.20 working on xperia

Yes fards, you are absolutely right

Hex-editing is a piece of cake, thanks !!

Went back to 0x300 and Voila!

TESTED WITH SEVERAL RADIOS AND FLASHING PROPERLY

PS: I will upload the corrected Radio 1.08.25.20 edited for Xperia X1

DEVICE INFORMATION ON MY XPERIA X1 IMG ATTACHED
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Angelusz:
Alright, I'll start tinkering with this as well.

Is it as easy as using the standard flashing tools and naming this RUU_signed.nbh or on microsd Kovskysgm.nbh?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] romeo0119:
Which radio give the best signal? Anyone have any input?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
HOW TO ADAPT (Hex-Edit) RADIOS FROM OTHER HTC PHONES FOR THE XPERIA X1​

I used XVI32 to hex-edit the radios

Beware: DON'T CHANGE OR MESS ANYTHING ELSE BUT WHAT'S DESCRIBED HERE

STEP 1 Open the radio file (*.nbh) with the Hex-editor

STEP 2 On the right panel (decimal values panel), change "whatever***" to "KOVS*****" as shown on attached pic. Beware: it must have 5 "*"s

STEP 3 On the left panel (hexadecimal panel), change value in hexadecimal address 60 (Adr.hex:60=Adr.dec:96) from "01" to "00" as shown

STEP 4 Save as "KOVSimg.nbh" assuming you will flash from microSD or "RUU_signed.nbh" to flash from PC

(to be honest, I found that the Radio Update Utility don't mind the file name as long as it is *.nbh - name it whatever you want and will flash anyway :D but I followed the "RUU_signed" stuff as a known standard)

STEP 5 Fiat lucem (flash and enjoy) ;)

NOTICE 1: Attached pic shows STEP 3 precise localtion (Adr.Hex:60)

NOTICE 2: I tested a dozen radios from Diamond, Blackstone etc on a SECURITY UNLOCKED phone. Flashing to a security locked phone can result in: a) flashes OK and works OK but the updated radio version number will not be displayed b) failure to flash due to CID lock; no harm to the phone, just reboot or re-flash any Xperia orignal radio

Happy flashing

;)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ninja.rogue:
As I have an Italian Rom, flashing from SD won't work - only seems to work for WWE - could anybody confirm that it works also with USB (Ruu_image.nbh)??

thanks
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
be aware that gtrab has a security unlocked device, so other devices radios may flash for him better.

i use sdcard method all the time, but having got stuck in bootloader a couple of times experimenting with different radios, its not a bad idea to keep the radio(no hard reset) custom ruu handy to get it back to a working one.

on a side note this newer xperia radio 1.10 seems to have much better battery life, currently on 80% after flashing yesterday lunchtime, so 18 hours on, 30 mins wifi, 25mins of calls, 30 mins of mobipocket quite a lot of tinkering and 5mins on usb

so far so good, i think not searching for a signal all the time must be making the difference!

i may try the other radios, but can't see much point at the mo this ones so good
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] penguin20000:
sd card wouldn't work for me either kept saying "No image file found"

so i went for the usb method but it got to 99% & gave an error, so worrying my ass off i took the battery out like it told me to do & then turned the device back on & Device Information is reporting that it worked.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ant_thomas:
Am I right in thinking that flashing the Radio doesn't wipe the ROM image back to a clean state?

So I can flash a new Radio without backing up everything?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
it shouldnt do, but it did for me once.

this is windows back everything up!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ant_thomas:
Cheers for the reply.

I live on the edge (read: I'm lazy) so I'll give it a go without a backup.

Is there a prefered Radio to use? I've got hold of the edited Blackstone 1.10.25.25 Radio. I'm on O2 in the UK and the stock Radio is just pants. I was initially blaming O2 but I know people locally who have far better signal and HSDPA access with O2.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
that may well not work, id try the x1 i posted a page or two back first, so far its much better than stock.

id hardspl first as well,
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] freshmaker500:
ehm, sorry if this question was asked before. but even with the search i wasn´t able to find what the ... "radio" should be.

i´m glad i managed to flash a new rom after 2 weeks of reading through the board, and suddenly something like this pops up :)

is it interesting for me as newbe after all??

thanks for your patience...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Aleemz:
Let us know how you get on flashing your the radio on O2. I really need to improve my O2 signal.

Thanks.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Bunch of radios uuuuploaded

OK guys,

I've been working, I hex-edited to Xperia X1 and PROPERLY FLASHED 9 RADIOS :rolleyes: including the original one (just in case, to go back)

They all worked fine, NO MORE "VERSION" ISSUE (thank for this one fards, IOU a beer buddy !!). I've been having fun the whole day testing each one of them :D as a little kid

A small, fool-proof "HOW TO" I wrote is included with each radio.

I uploaded them all, they are AVAILABLE HERE TO DOWNLOAD for your testing pleasure ;)

HAVE FUN !!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] prosto:
Here are some tests with my security locked retail device:

----------------------------

BLACKSTONE Radio 1.10.25.25

00018003

KOVSIMG.nbh - FAIL

RADIO - RSA Fail

Update Terminate

UPDATE FAIL

----------------------------

Radio 1.10.25.18

KOVSIMG.nbh - OK

RADIO - OK

Update Complete

UPDATE SUCCESS

----------------------------

RAPHAEL Radio 1.02.25.32

00018003

KOVSIMG.nbh - FAIL

RADIO - RSA Fail

Update Terminate

UPDATE FAIL

----------------------------

RAPHAEL Radio 1.08.25.20M1

00018003

KOVSIMG.nbh - FAIL

RADIO - RSA Fail

Update Terminate

UPDATE FAIL
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] romeo0119:
Thanks for this, in your own experiment, is there a certain radio version that works better than the other? i need to improve my signal
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
:eek::eek:

WONDERFUL FEEDBACK, thanks a lot prosto

All those radios flashed OK on my security-unlocked device, but not in yours...

I personaly hex-edited them following "fards" instructons) except for Radio 1.10.25.18 (the only one you flashed successfuly)

Maybe I am doing something wrong

FARDS CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK ONE OF THE RADIOS I HEX-EDITED TO FIND DIFFERENCES WITH YOURS ??
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
yes, the most recent ones: 1.08xxx and 1.10xxx

BTW the diamond radio sucks (at least on my device with my operator)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] prosto:
I'm testing "Radio 1.10.25.18" at the moment and so far it seems to have better reception than 1.06.25.29.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] prosto:
I've also opened all those in hex-editor to double-check and they all seem to have sector 60 as '00'.

Btw, thank you and all others for your contributions, guys! :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Oh... what a relief... HOURS of hard working, trial and error, and now THIS :confused::confused:

I'm getting another xperia (security-locked) this week to do more testings

I love challenges :D I think I'll have a smile on my face the day I die

[bling mode: ON]

I THINK I GOT IT: COULD BE THE CID-LOCK (language !!)

WHAT'S YOU ROM'S LANGUAGE PROSTO ?? Italian ?? Mine is english UK but flashed a spanish ROM

[bling mode: OFF]

OTHER USERS COULD PLEASE DUMP MORE FEEDBACK 'BOUT MY RADIOS ?? At least prosto confirmed THEY ARE SAFE (didn't brick device :D )
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] prosto:
I'm using Jack's 1.07a which is based on the UK official rom (WWE).

Regarding bricking my device, I'm not sure how it should look like but after any unsuccessful flashing I couldn't even boot to WM, always ending with the tri-color screen asking me if I wanted to update or cancel (which did not work). Only flashing the 1.10.25.18 radio allowed me to get back to normal WM. So, I can't actually confirm whether it didn't brick or actually did.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
prostos testings confirmed that we need to security uunlock our x1s to flash other devcices radios.

the 1.10 works cos its an xperia radio.

as to bricking or not i think if it wasnt hardspl ed then he might have a dead device now(but i may be wrong)

gtrab maybe we could get olipro or cmonex to give you some testing to work out how its security unlocked so we can alll have it?

can we repeat again this isnt something for inexperienced users, im only a tinkerer but i have seen theres plenty of scope for it to go wrong.

so far on virtually all x1s the 1.10.25.18 radio is the only usuable one
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Dare1:
I flashed my X1 with 1.10.25.18 radio and it working very well. Battery last much longer. Only one thing is bothering me, I have 1 error showing in Device information as ExtPkg version: Fail_Pkg_.... (see attached screenshot). Running Itje's Touch-IT Xperience 2.2 ROM.

Should I be concerned?

Damijan
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] romeo0119:
I dont think it's the radio, probably your rom. I flashed with the same radio and I didn't get any error. Testing it out now, I have tmobile usa and the signal seem to be worst, I will have to tried the other radio out, when there is a CID unlock, but to answer your thread, I dont have any error and I flashed the same radio you did.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Don't worry

I got the same message when using ITJE's ROM

It's not the radio: it's the ROM, just a wrong message on device info

No harm done
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Angelusz:
tested fard's 1.10 radio.. it's awesome! Reception is so much better now, an entire bar! I'm very, very pleased! Put this one up for DL in your ROM thread gtrab!

Keep up the great work!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
It's already there 7 MB rar FTP donwload
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] kiwiandy:
1.10.25.18 didnt flash for me using USB got to 99% and then just hung :(

huh I take that back... it says 1.10.25.18??? okay so it must have worked but the update utility reported an error! :) now
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] bokek:
I've got the same error problem when updating with 1.10.25.18, but its worked. Now after a day of using 1.10.25.18, I can feel the battery life got improved significantly.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
ive noticed a small problem, when it loses signal it sometimes struggles to find it again, was walking through the village this morning and hit a deadspot, then waiting for the bus i was getting nothing at all, where usually get full signal.

power cycled the phone part, and got full signal again, something to watch out for.

testing 3g seems good,much more reliable

than before

edit wooot! ahem

4 bars of hspda, thats a first on my x1 and held h as well through some spots that lose it
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Angelusz:
I'd list it under stock, as this is an X1 radio.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Fixed.

Thanks.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] jo3n:
i think it searches not that much like the original rom. because of that it will save some battery life, when you lose signal it a bit longer.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] jgn001:
Hi ppl I'm from Malta and new to this forum:rolleyes:. I just got my new xperia x1i today and i just debranded from voda to generic uk. Now the problem I have is that my reception signal is very low and I would like to change my radio version but I dont know how execatly as i've been reading this whole thread by I dont want to screw it up. My phone doesnt seem to be security unlocked unfortunatley. my current radio version is 1.06.25.29. Please can someone help me out step byb step with this problem.:confused: Thanks In Advance
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] smaberg:
Help please!

i upgraded my radio to - XPERIA X1 Radio 1.10.25.18, but it drained the battery when out of signal to fast, then i tried to downgrade to - XPERIA X1 Radio 1.06.25.29, it says succesful, but it didnt work my mobile still says - XPERIA X1 Radio 1.10.25.18.

need help with this as my device should go into service soon.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] marco.kaempf:
G3 850MHz for X1i

Hi I'm new in the forum, I'm looking for a Radio ROM upgrade so that I can use my X1i on the G3 / 850MHz Rogers network in Canada.

Is this possible or is there an Hardware modification neccesarily?

Thx Marco
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] xmoo:
Radio 1.10.25.18

Can be flashed on a cid locked xperia??

Just checking for reconfirmation.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] sve1313:
Radio 1.10.25.18 working very well in my X1 too. When I flashed I have a little problem with 99% freezing. Then I flash the radio again and everything was fine.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Another user PMd me about this same issue:

His first flash went to 99%, told him to re-try, and yes he flashed OK

@xmoo:

I think it's OK to give it a try
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] xmoo:
CID locked or unlocked?

EDIT

Ok will try!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] xmoo:
WTF, Radio flashed.

100% succes

Hard resetted :S

It went back to IT Experience 3.0 :S (Had 3.01 installed).

So installed 3.1 again.

And now everything seems to work fine.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
hard reset due to flash failure or else ??

please report
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] xmoo:
I flashed using the Xperia Flash tool.

It went to 100%, the deviece resetted automaticly (after succesfull instal). (Flash tool also said that it was a succesfull flash)

Booting went ok, but then when booting windows the screen stayed blank.

After like 1 min it asked me to instal the windows mobile.

I installed it and it seemd to be Touch IT 3.0 (Funny thing is I flashed yesterday 3.01, so don't know why it got back to 3.0 :S)

Flashedn 3.01 trough sd card.

HARD RESETTED (I did this one)

And now everything works good.

Receiption is good, but as most ppl said when it goes to 1 bar, it takes a long time to go back to 4/5. But it usualy stays on 4 (Close to a antenna or somethin)

This was my xperience :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
@xmoo:

I flashed again the 1.10.25.18 radio to see what happens

This time on a "standard" security locked xperia X1A

Micro SD method

Flashed OK

Two things:

1- It took more time to flash in the security locked xperia.

Flashing the security unlocked one was a breeze (subjective)

2- 1 minute delay (only "E") until "H" signal pick up :confused::confused:

(the 1.06.25.29 radio linked to "H" in nanoseconds !!)

So far around town full bars, great signal reception

I'd say 1.10.25.18 = 1.06.25.29 for me, but with slower signal pickup
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Sully99:
Hello

Could I flash any (not original XPERIA) Radio from this Thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=439566 or is there a different (e.g. Country Versions) and I dont understand what is needet to flash a other Radio, Hexedited and Security Unlock or only one of them?

I have tried the Versions from the side

"THE XPERIA X1 LIBRARY: All available ROMS, RADIOS, TOOLS, FLASHING TUTORIALS, APPS... " why is the radio info on the device after a update not changed?

Please forgive my bad english :o

Thanks and Bye
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
1- yes you can flash all that Raphael radios, but you need to hex-edit them first (see some posts back into this thread for a tutorial - I will add a link to the LIBRARY too). Once properly hex-edited, any radio will flash but you will not see the radio info updated because we don't have security unlock to date

2- ups I just answered your 2nd question :D ORIGINAL Xperia radios do show the correct version, but "imported" radios won't display the version update even when they do flash after adapting (hex-editing)

Please share your experiences

;)

.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] whitemdx03:
My X1i came with Radio 0.93.25.02 - reception and voice quality was poor compared to my old n95-8gb. Flashed to 1.10.25.18 and saw no improvement. So I flash to 1.06.25.29 and it a little better. thinking about flashing to the RAPHAEL Radio 1.02.25.28 or .32. Will report back if I do decided to try non X1 radios.

Location and carrier - Orange County on t-mobile
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Sully99:
Hi gtrab

Thanks a lot.

1. Only Raphael Radios or all others too (Diamond, Blackstone...)?

2. Is there no security unlock available (olinet)? With a security unlock it is not necessary to hex-edit and the right version info would shown, is this right?

I tried to patch the 1.11.25.01 - Official ROM (Newest) after the upgrading my Device with SD Card I get a Error message.

Thats what i've done:

1. Edit nbh file (KOVS***)

2. Copy to SD Card (KOVSIMG.nbh)

3. Upgrade the Device, after the Bar is on right side I get a red error Message.

Bye
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Most radios should work, read this thread and you'll see I tested all of the radios published in the LIBRARY

Your "red error" is due to the CID lock, and if you find a way to unlock it please share :D
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] whitemdx03:
gtrab,

There a new Raphael radio 1.11.25.01, and from reading the last few pages of this thread, there are some very positive reviews:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=439566

Would you be kind enough to hex edit this for the X1 and upload for us newbies? I understand that with a security locked phone, the hex edited Raphael radios will flash, it just wouldn't show up correctly in the 'device information' tab, correct?

thanks in advance.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Sully99:
Hello

Does anyone know how I do security unlock my XPERIA?

Bye
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
I'll put an eye on it
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
I downloaded the radio rom from HTC RAPHAEL version 1.11.25.01

I edited and adapted it to be flashed into the HTC KOVSKY - Sony Xperia X1

(It's pretty simple)

I have tested it myself:

- On a security-unlocked Xperia this radio flashed OK and Radio version was updated

- On a security-locked Xperia this radio flashed OK but the Radio versiob was not updated

Reception was so so for me, not better than the current Xperia Radios (I'm on 850MHz), even experiencing some EDGE drops and one BT disconnection (never happened before on both devices)

Conclusion: I prefer the original radio rom, but I have uploaded it to the XPERIA LIBRARY just in case other users want to test for themselves

Please report your "Xperiances" with this new radio here in this thread

;)

gtrab
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Sully99:
Hi gtrab

Thats exactly same what I have done, Hex edited (KOVS****), flashing, and than I get this red error message. To ensure I have compared your File with the file I have edited, looks like the same and the different to the original Raphael file are only 4 Adresses changed (40h-44h).

You answered that my XPERIA is CID locked.

Why does it work for you, is your XPERIA not CID locked?

Bye