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[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] :
For me the gsm seems better...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] :
Flashes but build number does not change@1.13.25.24.Good find...

WC
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] eboy44:
yea the numbers dont change since our phones arent security unlocked but HOPEFULLY soon they will be!

as for performance

my signal is improved!! best radio ive used on the xperia so far
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
1.13 on par with 1.09 except some strange issues with in call echoing.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
Found that 1.13 was missing calls today. Had 2 notifications that I'd got voicemail, even though the device was in my hand and had 3 bars of gprs coverage showing.

Back to 1.09 for me..
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Tekguru:
Fards - Been trying to find that 1.09 with no luck is it online anywhere?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
It's in GTrab's library, /\ but you need to hex edit square 60 to 01 as instructed..
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Can't download, liink is broken or slow or saturated :confused:

Will try to update the Kovsky Library later (I have to add some cooked ROMs too)

THANKS :cool:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] eboy44:
here u go gtrab heres the direct link to rapidshare

http://rapidshare.com/files/212872233/BS_Radio_1.13.25.24.rar.html
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Tekguru:
Oh well I'll give it a miss as I can't hex Edit .....
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] purin:
Hi,

I just flashed to 1.11.25.71 via SD card. Went smooth, I got close to pulling the battery out towards the end. Finalizing before "success" took a bit longer but ok. Device showing new radio.

Question on finding GPS birds... where do I go to see how many I can see? I dont see anything. I have iGO8 installed but no google maps or anything. Running Jacks 2.95 asian ROM.

thanks

-p
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] tesna:
I'm having this strange internet connection issues with my xperia. Tried 4 radio rom so far, from 1.11.25.71 and 76, to Raph 1.12.25.1, and BS 1.13.25.24.

Voice call is good, but the data connection seems not stable. I tried in two different location, in 3G and 2G mode, two different operator, but similar results.

The problem is when I'm online using IM program such as slick or beejive IM, its disconnects often! Often says connection reset by peer, or connection retry in progress.

I think its not the operator fault since I also got touch pro which using same IM programs, same operator, same location (side by side actually), the touch pro does not have this disconnection problem.

I'm using xperia x1i with Touch-IT 5.04 rom, and I've tested 4 different radios. I haven't tried different rom though, because it seems no one mentioned this as a problem in the touch it thread.

Does anyone has same issue? what do you guys use for IM?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
double check the connection settings, and advanced network.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] BobAndrews:
Is there really an advantage in flashing a new radio? I mean, I have no problems so far. But if there is a chance to have better reception I would try it.

Or isnt there that differences in reception?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
yes. I've found for me the diamond 1.09 to be the best reception, but everyone has differences in their own area.

The latest SE radios improve GPS accuracy and time to lock..
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] tesna:
I already did, everything is correct/identical. I hard reset it, reflash it, but no luck.

However, I just flashed to other rom (jack's), the connection seems stable :confused: I really like the appearance of itje's rom, but I don't know why I have connection issues with it :(
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
Some reading from the bods in the raphael section in case anyones interested..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=481026

It seems that rilphone.dll might have a lot to do with how radios work...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Fulgore69:
Yeah i have read that too somewhere else....

I can sya that the radio that come with your rom i mena the official rom is the best radio it fit i must say...

Because i have LAM R2AA and it came with radio 1.11.25.71

And i change it several times flashing it of course to 1.11.25.76...

But with this last one i have less battery life and it is lots of difference!!!!:confused:

So i have to went to 1.11.25.71...:rolleyes:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] tesna:
So, does anyone have repo of rilphone.dll for xperia radios? and I wonder if the custom rom cooked in here has the nk.exe patched to enable custom rilphone.dll file?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
You don't need the patched NK (although Itje does use it)

Use chainfires (guys a genius) Driverwiz to create a dll with a dummy certificate, it works..
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] kheavy:
Thank you thats the missing data I missed.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] tegera:
does anyone know where i can find radio 1.11.25.76? can't download from the first page
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Fulgore69:
Did you try in gtrab Library?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=477801

If that doesn't help you i have uploaded it to 4shared in my account...

Search for it www.4shared.com
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ianl8888:
1) the Touch Pro was never advertised as 850Mhz-capable ... HTC Marketing only saw it as used in the EU and city areas where 1900/2100Mhz are used

2) yes, it's a Qualcomm MSM7201A CPU, but the radio crystal is different, according to the very unhappy retailer I approached to purchase an X1a. No, he had no stock and could not aquire it in the foreseeable future

3) mffu post #8 has tried an 850Mhz radio flash on the X1i, with the result that the "guts of the X1i did not like it", ie. a hardware mis-match

4) no one has yet reported here owning an X1a except an Aussie from Melbourne. He bought his from Telstra (monopolist carrier here) and it is advertised as 850Mhz capable - but Telstra refuses to comment reliably on whether it is also 1900/2100Mhz-capable ... this is critical if you wish to connect to the Net when overseas.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
youre a braver man than me, but well done for going ahead with it mate.

now we know it works (as i said before, this is my only phone at the mo, so bricking it wasnt an option) i might try a series of the latest raph, diamond and blackstone ones to see which works best over here..
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
Have tried several radios now, device information hasn't changed with any of them, so not sure if they've flashed.

Used hex editor to change to KOVS***** which should work, flash reported success.

Not seen any difference between them except the raphael 1.09.25.14 gives best signal so far, locked onto 2 bars of gprs when the experia radio would drop signal in the house. It took a long time to get a signal from boot with this one.

Whether this is coincidence or not I don't know, whether it's actually flashed or not I don't know! I'm presuming that the device info would update to reflect the radio version..

EDIT: Flashed two radios (1.08 blackstone and stock x1) with phone in position where I get no signal, then back to the raph 1.09 and am now on two bars.

I've not moved the x1 except to turn it over to reset it, put it back exactly the same position each time.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
so... you are "indeed" flashing the radios even when they do not display ??

any chance to get a X1A or touch diamond NA version to check the 850MHz UMTS band ??

have you ran FieldTest to have a look at the db values ??
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
That has no interest to me at all I'm afraid, I more interested in getting my reception and network sorted.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
I found the Xperia fieldtest code:

dial *#*#364#*#*

:)

Hope this helps

PS: I am interested. If you can show me how, I am willing to try
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
yep ive tried fieldtest already, i can never remember the code so i have the app on the root of the sdcard.. :D

will post up comparison data one night when ive had a bit less less brandy...

but off the further away tower im getting 65-106db across all the ncellinfos fluctuating to 658-105 which is a bit odd

if tou follow the links at the start of the thread its pretty easy to change the radio nbh (i prefer hex editing them) and flash from the sd card same as usual.

never really understand why i get such poor reception at home, one side of house uses nearest one, maybe 3/4 mile away, other side a tower 3 miles!

closest one is supposed to be 3g, ha!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Angelusz:
Ah, better reception, I can use that! My connection is often very weak, whilst in the middle of a city! Fards, it looks like the raph 1.09 works best. Please point me where to find it so I can try and flash it as well, see what it does.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
as I've told a few people already that've asked for it, I'm on my X1 only for a few days, so it's impractical for me to upload it.

Get one of the radios from the links earlier in the thread, the 1.09 is linked by xmoo, then hex edit it yourself.

Hex editing it is incredibly easy, there's a good one in the rom kitchen, run the hex editor open the downloaded nbh file

and change the second line where it says RAPH***** to KOVS***** save it as kovsimg.nbh and flash it from the sdcard.

This way you can alter as many radios as you need to test for yourself.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] tilapeutico:
2) yes, it's a Qualcomm MSM7201A CPU, but the radio crystal is different, according to the very unhappy retailer I approached to purchase an X1a. No, he had no stock and could not aquire it in the foreseeable future

3) mffu post #8 has tried an 850Mhz radio flash on the X1i, with the result that the "guts of the X1i did not like it", ie. a hardware mis-match

The Xperia has a MSM7200A CPU, which is not the same as the Raphael, which has the MSM7201A CPU. I am hoping someone will be able to get 850 MHz USTM by using the X1a radio on the X1i although I am not too optimistic because:

a) I saw in another post that the radio version for the X1a is 1.06.25.29, which is the same as the X1i, although the protocol is different (does this change anything).

b) I spoke with a tech at SE and she says the hardware is different.

c) I spoke with a tech with my carrier and according to him the band is controlled by hardware filters in the chip to filter out the unwanted bands.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] chalid:
X1i -> MSM7200A

X1a -> MSM7201A

This is why the X1a doesn't support video VGA recording - its not supported with the newer chipset.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ninja.rogue:
I have downloaded Xmoo's Raphael radio, hex-edited it and tried to install on my X1i, using USB cable.

I renamed the file as RUU_signed.nbh, but this way I got my phone hard-reset and so I've been forced to reinstall everything.. :(

So what am I doing wrong? the Kovsimg.nbh on SD card is not working due to the fact that my Rom is the original italian one.

Can anybody help me shedding some light onto this mistery? I just want to test the new radio and would like not to hard reset again....

Thank you all in advance
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Did you hard-spl first ??
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ninja.rogue:
Yes I did. As I could switch to Itje'r Rom and back to stock rom...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] romeo0119:
You're lucky that you can even flash it, I can't even flash my radio for some reason. I tried to flash with sd card and it just keep saying loading.....Tried to rename to ruu_signed.nbh and flash it with update utility and it didnt even flash.Good thing that my X1 is still working. What rom are you using? Im on itje 1.1 rom without panel.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
I have successfully flashed a couple of radios on my Xperia

tell me where to upload and I can upload the files (RUU and NBH) for you
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] romeo0119:
Which radio version do you have? You can upload it to http://www.4shared.com/

Edit: Finally got my X1 to flash the Ralph radio, hex edit according fards and flash it with sd card. I dont know what I wrong the first time that it wouldn't flash. Will report my finding, the X1 have horrible signal in my house so this will be a good test with the new radio.

Edit #2: I checked the device info screen and my radio still says 1.06.25.29, I did modify the raph 1.09 radio and flashed it using the sd method. Anyone have the simliar issue? Should I try to reflash the radio again?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
after two days of playing I've come to the conclusion the radios arent actually flashing despite apparently achieving success. Got back home tonight to find no reception in the usual places..

a hard reset didn't change the radio device info.

I'm guessing we do need the x1 security unlocking after all..
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] romeo0119:
Yea I still get signal lost in the usual place, radio in the device info show 1.06 still.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Angelusz:
Damn, that's really disappointing! Can Olipro do this for us, perhaps?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
My X1i is "security unlocked" and I get the same results:

I flash, I succeed, but my onboard "radio version" doesn't change...

MAYBE WE ARE NOT FLASHING AT ALL !!!

This fact is itching me: HTC wouldn't have changed "something" inside the Xperia if they didn't have something to hide :D:D

Dunno why but I am loosing battery very fast since I flashed the "HTC Fuze" radio... maybe I did flash it :confused::confused:

I uploaded a couple of tested radios TO THIS THREAD

IMPORTANT: They are not mine. I just found them arround the forum, tested, uploaded to a permanent FTP server and linked them in the post
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] xmoo:
How did you CID unlock it??
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
did you flash with full battery? my other experimenting suggests that if you flash with a partly charged battery the x1 takes the level you have it at as 100% so it'll never charge to the full amount properly.

Since flashing the 2.1 itje rom I've had bad battery life, I thought i'd sorted it by charging/recharging, but it started playing up again. I flashed when it was on 60%..

But i've charged it, then disconnected/reconnected for an hour or so then flashed it again and it's working fine now (touch wood and all). Is on 80% after no use for 9 hours..
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
@xmoo:

When I soft or hardreset and turn it on again, on top of the very first displayed image (the Sony logo) a white bar appears in the upper part of the screen: "security unlocked" in red letters. Then it changes to the Xperia animation and the Windows mobile green screen etc...

@fards:

Yes I've experienced that battery problem too: I've doomed a couple of phones before :D so I always wait for 100% battery charge - and a little bit more - to flash anything. Otherwise the phone "assumes" flash-moment charge level as "top" 100% and it will not charge over that level anymore...

No, I think my shortened battery life is due to the "possible new" :confused: Fuze´s radio (reported to drain battery faster in Diamond), but today was my first full working day. I'll see what happens tomorrow :cool:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] XavierGr:
Sorry to say this, but that's just silly!

Charging Li-Ion batteries is no joke and programmers make sure to check voltages and charge currents among other things. Charging a battery based on the condition it was "once upon a time" is stupid and very very dangerous. Li-Ion and Li-Polymer batteries can explode in your hands if they are overcharged and damaged irreparably if completely depleted.

Please don't say something THAT crucial without knowing a thing about it. It can be quite disinformant to some members/guests here.

I want to add that I have flashed my unit many times at the level of 50-60 per cent and never noticed such a thing. Don't let the placebo effect "affect" you.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
umfortinately xavier that does appear to be whats happening after nearly 24hrs its on 75% and not dead like it was before, yes i know about lipo batteries, but its not the first device ive seen it on.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Loco5150:
How did you security unlock you X1?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
@Xavier:

Two phones damaged (HTC Diamond and SE w910)...

A charge that NEVER gets over 60% and a phone that begins to last half the usual time is NOT placebo

@loco5150:

REGARDING WHY MY PHONE IS SECURITY UNLOCKED: It just "came" unlocked ;)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] XavierGr:
Probably something else was to blame if something like that happened. These devices would be doomed to fail if the charging algorithm is so dangerous and stupid.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] geraldkw:
For those who have tested multiple Radio ROMs, which one is the best for reception and battery life?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Good question. Well... first of all let me explain: I am not 100% SURE t have "indeed" flashed the radios. Procedure finished and was reported as "successful" but the radio version (settings -> device information) never changed

Maybe HTC tweaked something iside the "guts" of the Xperia to avoid repeating the shameful Diamond experience :confused: I dinna ken

I would recommend you to stick to your original radio until more tests are conducted. By far the original 1.06.25.29 radio has good battery life and good reception (for me at least)

You can forge your own opinion by yourself: give it a try, it's not complicated.

All available radios and the falshing utility are available HERE
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] kiwiandy:
Any update on this?.. do we know wether flashing the radio roms works or not?? I really need to improve the radio reception on my X1, it is the worst phone I have ever had for receive sensitivity, I live in a fringe reception area, so need to make an improvement!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
My X1i is "security unlocked" as it is displayed on the very first screen every time I soft-boot

I Hex-edited a couple of radios from Raphael-Blackstone and "successfuly" flashed them all into my X1i.

I ran a fieldtest for each one, phone in same position/location, several minutes each, and this is what I found:

1.02.25.32 from Raphael -> fieldtest: 82-96 db

1.01.25.16 from Raphael -> fieldtest: 84-99 db

1.08.25.23 from Blackstone -> fieldtest: 80-94 db

1.10.25.25 from Blackstone -> fieldtest: 82-95 db

1.06.25.29 original Xperia X1 -> fieldtest: 80-95 db

NOTE: ALL db VALUES WERE TAKEN FROM THE RIGHT ROW (lesser values)

As you can see, all db values with "different radios" (??) lend VERY SIMILAR RESULTS(!!)

These results plus the fact that my "radio version" never changed (despite all flashings reported "successful") makes me wonder Perhaps I am not flashing anything at all (?!?!) :confused::confused:

Still testing. This is trial and error... hope not to brick my phone :D
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
More tests:

This time I compared the new Australian ROM from Raphael to the original X1 Radio

I was in a different location so they can't be compared to my previous results

- Both radios displayed full bars on main screen

- Fieldtest resuts:

KOVSKY Radio 1.06.25.29 73-91 db

RAPHAEL Radio 1.08.25.20M1 76-91 db
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Loco5150:
If your X1 really is security unlocked I dont think you need to Hex-Edit the radios to flash. (or am I wrong?)

To me it seems really strange that it is security unlocked, where did you buy you the X1?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] jo3n:
I think he means that some radio's will are set to the hex value 0x301 and it has to be set to 0x300 (atleast on the xperia) and on some other phones. Think he means that or maybe I am wrong, than it sounds quite weird when the phone is security unlocked.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Loco5150:
You are right, they need to be edited anyway...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Angelusz:
How did you accomplish this? To my understanding, this is about as complicated as for instance hardSPL, and I haven't seen any security unlockers around yet. How can I check my unit to see if it's locked?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
At my first attempt I couldn't flash ("wrong device" advise in the RUU)

I remembered this post and HEX EDITED RAPH*** to KOVS*****

I didn't HEX EDIT value 0x301 to 0x300 :confused: I forgot that

Then I started to flash and test a dozen radios, whatever I found in the Raphael and Diamond forums.

They ALL flashed OK after the "kovs*****" stuff

My aim was getting 850 UMTS, but nothing so far with any radio or ROM.

I wanted to learn and give it a try, just for fun, and you bet I have enjoyed and learned a lot :D

I think I'll get rid of this phone and buy the X1A. EDGE sucks, I am stuck with this X1i while my friends all have 3.5G

@Angelusz:

As I have stated before:

MY PHONE CAME SECURITY UNLOCKED

I didn't do it, I don't have the skills to do it, I don't know how to do it.

I got it from a guy in UK. He said it was a final prototype, identical to the retail version (and it is)

It came with the standard UK generic ROM and RADIO

How do I know ?? This is the third time I write this, you guys seem not to believe

"Security Ulocked" is displayed in red letters over a white background strip on top of the very first screen (the black screen with the round SonyEricsson logo) every time I boot

PM your email and I will send you a pic if you want
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Loco5150:
Thats how it would show it on the screen and I dont doubt that it is security unlocked when you say it.

I was just intrested on knowing how it got that way, but you just answered that:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] fards:
okay things have gone weird here, just tried another rom after changing a few things which failed to flash, big red FAILURE .

Flashed with the one I posted earlier 1.09.25.14and it's done a hard reset (without confirmation) and seems to be working fine. although the radio number is now reported as the original radio again, all done with sdcard method.

mmm

Edit weirder and weirder,

roms finished customising (touchit 2.2) and UC didn't run and the language is norwegian.. mmm reflashing now
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
Curious behaviour...

FARDS: I uploaded 4 more radios for you (and others) to test (ROMs and RADIOs thread). Feedback welcomed
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ninja.rogue:
It seems that also Fards is experiencing hard reset after flashing.

This is not a good thing, as I have had almost a dozen of wm phones and none of them has reacted this way when flashing.

It should not hard reset.

We are surely doing something wrong here.

And presumably we need the help of Alltheway.

I know that he will be able to fix this.

Who is going to call Alltheway, the radio-buster?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
I never have to hard-reset after every radio flash

I have flashed a lot of radios and it just goes somooth

Maybe is my "security unlock" state

PS: I don't neet to hex-edit the 0x301 to 0x300 stuff to flash a new radio
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Loco5150:
WewantAlltheWayWewantAlltheWayWewantAlltheWayWewantAlltheWay!!!!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ninja.rogue:
Unfortunately, the sheer fact that your phone is unlocked severely impacts the usefulness of the report, as starting conditions are different....

.... we need somebody who has flashed the radio (has concrete proof of it, being the successful flashing process not sufficient in this view) who also has not had a hard reset.

So problem is:

first- recognize when a radio is flashed: do we need it to be changed in the phone number or can it be that it is changed even if the radio number stays the same? shall we need consistent measures to do this?

second - in case the radio is flashed, is hard reset the only alternative to flash a new radio?

third - do new radios have any kind of positive effect on battery consumption or reception?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ninja.rogue:
I have asked him to jump in, let's see what he can add, I have always consistently seen him making intelligent observations, and he also has tons of knowledge about radios....

... if I know somebody who is potentially capable of doing something here, imho he's Alltheway.

But there are also other gurus, I know, but I like his style of doing things here, just for this reason....