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[G1 Android Development] joshtheitguy:
Cleveland 3g service just as crappy as ever but confirmed better signal strength and the GPS signal is acquired almost instantly even indoors now.
[G1 Android Development] qingcai:
works well on my g1, ps: I dont have data plan
[G1 Android Development] bolmedias:
Okay, would this new radio make any difference to service OUTSIDE of the US, such as in the UK?
[G1 Android Development] Remanifest:
Short answer, after reading through several pages of this thread, is yes.
[G1 Android Development] iWannaBeAdored:
I'm in Scotland and there has been a huge difference. So, yes :)
[G1 Android Development] crypticc:
32b Magic

Did those people who worked with the 32b Magic, did you flash the G1 download version or MT3G?

EDIT : NVM someone said MT3G for Sapphire

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] garok89:
yes because it is the same hardware and is on the same bands....
[G1 Android Development] linuxluver:
What does Battery Use say in Menu -> Settings -> About Phone?

Maybe your screen is too bright. If it doesn't say the radio / cell is using the power, then it isn't. But if you leave it on Standby all the time and don't use it much then "Cell Standby" becomes King of Battery Usage....though your battery will last 2-3 days (if you don't use the phone and it isn't doing background data all the time).
[G1 Android Development] Chedderknight:
awesome, I still get edge at my house but now I"m up full bars from having a measly 2
[G1 Android Development] zoid_99:
By any chance does(do?) any of these params or the new radio make the notification pull down now show 3G T-Mobile? I'm pretty sure it didn't before the changes I made today.
[G1 Android Development] Lakers3408:
Tried this and it work somewhat...

Before:

919 down avg.

229 up avg.

After

951 down avg.

806 up avg.

So it did boost my upload a great deal, but had little effect on my download

Used Speedtest.net app

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] borodin1:
Mine has been showing this for a while now. It's not because of this radio.
[G1 Android Development] APJG:
Just flashed on my G1 and had no problems! Does anyone now get 3G where they didn't before flashing the new radio? I'm hoping to get at least some 3G at home, but I'm not holding my breath :D
[G1 Android Development] Christopher3712:
Yes, this setting added in the change you're noticing:

ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1

change the value to 0 if you don't like it. It doesn't do anything to change your performance, it's more for looks.
[G1 Android Development] zoid_99:
Great! So I'm not going crazy. Well, at least this isn't proof that I am.
[G1 Android Development] Christopher3712:
I'd switched back to Pays-ROM v1.50 Dusted so I could try out the JIT hack. In that version, there are no additional build.prop settings. However, it seems a few people are on roms that have unmodified build.prop files as well, so i'm glad this helped. Did you see any change in your speed after the radio update? Not sure which rom you're running based on your sig.
[G1 Android Development] opasha:
yeah, if i were you, i wouldn't do that to the build.prop. it's been discussed before that changing it to those values will only help UPLOAD speeds and does nothing for DOWNLOAD speeds. in fact, you're better off with 1,10 if you want faster internet overall.
[G1 Android Development] TeeJay3800:
I don't have access to a memory card reader until this weekend, and USB Mass Storage has never worked well for me. I was thinking about downloading the ZIP using my phone's browser and then copying it to the root of the SD. I won't be able to check the MD5 with this method, and it would seem to pose a higher risk of the file being corrupted. Is that a real concern, or is there nothing wrong with that method?
[G1 Android Development] Lelus:
you could use md5sum in terminal emulator
[G1 Android Development] TeeJay3800:
So just enter "md5sum" at the prompt? Do I need SU?
[G1 Android Development] Lelus:
no su needed

md5sum /sdcard/update.zip

you might need to download 'android terminal emulator' by jack palevich from the market if your TE wont let you enter numbers
[G1 Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Thank you very much! So as long as the MD5 matches up, the file is not corrupt and perfectly safe to flash?
[G1 Android Development] linuxluver:
Sounds like you need a new PC or maybe should be running Linux. I've never had any problems with any ROM I've downloaded unless the web browser was buggy and several recent versions of the Chromium daily dev builds have been...corrupting large downloads. Even then no biggy -> Just download it with Firefox and copy the file onto the phone over the USB MS connection in Amon_RA's recovery.
[G1 Android Development] linuxluver:
No conflicts so far

I've flashed FastTest 2.7 and Enomther's "The Official" AOSP1.6 DRD36 + Exppack 2.6.1n + Plastic Theme (a very nice ROM all up...and handsome, too)....on my HTC Magic 32B.....and had NO issues.

It's all good so far.
[G1 Android Development] Christopher3712:
This is from speedtest.net with my G1 connected with 'Internet Tether' option under settings (currently running Pays-ROM_v1.50 Dusted)
[G1 Android Development] tissimo:
Ok, help a retard out.

I'm getting this

Failure at line 2: assert.getprop("ro.product.device") == "dream" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "dream"

Ideas?
[G1 Android Development] TeeJay3800:
I'm not sure why, but transferring files to the phone from my PC via USB has never worked. It works fine on other devices like cameras, but never the G1. My gf has a laptop with a built-in SD reader, but it's nice to be able to put files on the phone without needing her machine. That's why having the ability to download files through the phone's browser and then verify the MD5 is nice.
[G1 Android Development] nkchornets37:
USB Cable

For a while I was using a generic mini USB cable and would have a similar issue. But since finding the one that came with my G1 (got buried during a move) it works much better. By the way this radio works great, thanks for posting. In some places I get an additional bar.
[G1 Android Development] phreke:
I'm assuming you have the HTC Magic and not the Dream. Try the myTouch link instead.
[G1 Android Development] tissimo:
Nope have a g1.. thats whats so confusing.
[G1 Android Development] PJcastaldo:
GRRR, every time i try to flash this on my MT3G it seems like it all went fine, and then when i check my radio ver. its still the.26I. i read on here to use fast boot... but i never learned how to use it could some one please point me in the direction of a good tutorial?
[G1 Android Development] coolbho3000:
I just flashed it via fastboot, seems to be successful. I like fastboot because it gives you a progress bar on the radio flash.
[G1 Android Development] PJcastaldo:
:mad: wish i knew how to do that..... i keep looking and looking and i cant find anything on how to use fb
[G1 Android Development] phreke:
I've tried the myTouch file on my G1 as well. Worked, but you can try it if you like.
[G1 Android Development] phreke:
Boot into HBOOT again if you restarted your phone.

Attach a USB cable and press Send to go into fastboot mode. Confirm that your computer sees the phone by typing the following on a terminal or command prompt:

(You will first need to "cd" to the directory that contains fastboot and the system.img. When using Linux you may need to type "sudo" before the fastboot commands to run them as root.)

fastboot devices

It should show the serial number of your phone and should not give any warning messages. If you are on Windows and it does not see your phone make sure that the USB drivers are installed properly (make sure that the device looks fine and there are no errors in the device manager).

Type the following command:

fastboot flash radio radio.img

The system will flash and you will see a green progress bar on the fastboot screen while the image is transferring and a red progress bar while it's installing.

Taken from here.
[G1 Android Development] PJcastaldo:
Thank you.
[G1 Android Development] philicibine:
Anyone else had a brick from this??

I`ve woken up this morning... to find my phone screen black... no lights on or anything!!

Looks like I have a brick!!.... thing is.... this radio thing is the last thing i did.... and it worked fine for ages afterwards.

Now my phone is just dead... no hboot... no recovery.... can anyone help??
[G1 Android Development] rakjer:
Try pulling the battery yet?
[G1 Android Development] philicibine:
yeah ... nothing!:mad:
[G1 Android Development] TeeJay3800:
That's it, I'm not flashing the radio! At least not until it's confirmed this has nothing to do with the radio.

Good luck restoring your phone though.
[G1 Android Development] t_rob76:
forgive me if i am wrong, but the radio is software, if nothing is happening at all it sounds like either a battery or hardware issue. That sucks man, my wife is on her 3rd g1 because they just died on her and she was using stock.

Good luck, hope you find a fix
[G1 Android Development] garok89:
an example would be nice....
[G1 Android Development] innerlight:
I just flashed the new radio and my phone does work.
[G1 Android Development] bildo:
works

flashed and worked

extra confirmation

G1
[G1 Android Development] garok89:
flashed on to both G1s...

both DangerSPL...one CM and one OE....both seem to work flawlessly

so...any insight in to my question? will the ADP1 image try to downgrade the radio if reflashed? if so, who thinks it would brick?
[G1 Android Development] mgarcia2682:
worked for me on super D 1.9.3
[G1 Android Development] nrmerritt:
Just flashed this radio with fastboot. It's working on a MT3G!

Rom SuperD 1.9.3 with WG kernel

Hboot 1.33.2010 eng

CPLD-10

Radio *now* 2.22.23.02
[G1 Android Development] Tomb77:
Confirm the same Super D 1.9.3 w/Wes kernel. Thanks again for the posts.
[G1 Android Development] phreke:
Not sure how this would affect your phone if you downgrade. It would depend on the image you are flashing if it includes the radio in the .zip or not. I'm not an expert on the subject, but from what I understand, any ROMs you flash are dependent on the parts within. Cyanogen's ROMs, for example, don't contain new radio images or the update script.

I have yet to try to downgrade from this radio image back to 2.22.19.26i, but if this image proves to be detrimental, I will let you all know.
[G1 Android Development] :
Flashed through fastboot and it works fine.
[G1 Android Development] garok89:
what i mean is....

if i go to openeclair, for example....

and then switch back to CM....i would have to reflash the 1.6 image from HTC ....which reflashes the radio every time you flash it....

i know that the updates dont include the radio, just the adp1 image from htc
[G1 Android Development] bkmo:
You should be using the "defanged" HTC image that is recommended because the radio image has been surgically removed.
[G1 Android Development] phreke:
Try this out. It's the DRC83 base that DOES NOT change radio or recovery image. http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Latest_version#Defanged_DRC83
[G1 Android Development] Sxyman815:
what rom s will it work on???? lol

So...could you go back to the old radio without bricking the phone? Or if you do apply the radio your stuck FOORRRREEEEVVERRR?
[G1 Android Development] cal3thousand:
Thanks

Thank you to all the brave souls thus far.

My question to those few is: Is there any perceptible improvement that would warrant a widespread adoption of this Radio?

I want to flash, but since there is some risk, I don't want to proceed unless there is a potential for some type return.
[G1 Android Development] protomanez:
Wasn't it stated before that downgrading an radio image DOES brick your phone?
[G1 Android Development] garok89:
thanks for the link to the defanged one....

you would expect me of all people to know about that....must be getting complacent in my old age...god, to be 20...lol
[G1 Android Development] skyundersea:
This is definitely correct. I'm going to wait until everything is cleared up, and to see if there are any worthwhile improvements.
[G1 Android Development] Shane2:
As a CM user, I am personally going to wait for Cyanogen's word on this upgrade before I apply it.
[G1 Android Development] Joe333x:
You guy are thinking about the whole Haykuro/Death/Danger SPL radio bricks where if you downgraded to the radio that was before 2_22_19_26I you would brick your phone. This was because the Danger SPL is the SPL for the MT3G which never had the older radio on it there for the SPL was not compatible with the older radio. If you are able to upgrade to this radio with out and issue than you will be able to revert to 2_22_19_26I with out an issue also.
[G1 Android Development] astate:
Just did it!:D
[G1 Android Development] PJcastaldo:
hey guys any ideas why im not seeing my phone in f/b?
[G1 Android Development] id242:
Flashed the MyTouch3G on my Google ION 32B through RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G recovery. Not a single problem here. The phone seems to load up quicker. no problems with GPS / Google maps. All is well on Eclair 2.1 w/ 3D drivers.

Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] defconoi:
flashed to my G1 with superD 1.9.3 with WG-Kernel v3 with ramhack + JIT hack, works great

Also to note: My download speed on 3G has boosted quite a bit and has more stable speed instead of fluxuations
[G1 Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Isn't anyone else a little wary of trying because of philicibine's problem? His phone is apparently bricked right after flashing the radio. I was just about to do it myself when I read his post, but now I'm holding off.
[G1 Android Development] grandomegabosses:
It was most certainly not right after he flashed it. He said himself it was two or three days later. I flashed it on Monday night and have had no problems with it whatsoever. Personally, I think his problem is more likely a hardware issue.
[G1 Android Development] crypticc:
Flashed the mt3g file onto my vodafone 32b magic. Works fine and sitting next to wife with same phone +1 or 2bars and say jumps from 5 to 25. Noise dbm also better.
[G1 Android Development] jcampos:
Well, how about you read a pair of pages before and get this:

Please do not come in here and troll when you can't even read.

Sincerely :-)
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
its not a true brick,

true bricks power up and 'stick'

philicibine's issue is one of no power

again it is not a 'danger radio danger' brick

step away from the panic button, it is not a real brick
[G1 Android Development] aceo07:
For those with more reception bars, is the reception better in actual use? (especially for people who had really weak 1bar signal)

I'm just curious since I have areas in my place that has no reception or at most 1bar.
[G1 Android Development] PJcastaldo:
LOL! no ****... no i finally read and figure out fastboot and adb and what not... attempt to flash the radio img and i get a remote: not allow... so i read up on this and i need to change my spl, i have .0006. So lemme ask you guys think its worth it? i have purposely not done this on my mytouch since i brick my g1 about a year ago, i do see now that its not that big a deal but i dont know.. what do you think?

lol you guys took way to long.... i now have death spl loaded and the new radio loaded....
[G1 Android Development] crypticc:
he y no fast boot needed . Justrecovery flash like any rom just pick the file you just downladed and moved to /sdcard flash any, and you are away. You must have custom recovery, like cm or amon_ra
[G1 Android Development] TeeJay3800:
I flashed it and everything everyone has described in this thread has happened...faster boot, stronger signal, etc. :cool:
[G1 Android Development] vegaman:
Having a bit of a problem here with losing reception (completely) and not being able to get it back without restarting my phone. Anyone else had this happen?

I'm not sure it was this radio, I guess I'll try downgrading and see if it happens again.

BTW, I'm using a 32B
[G1 Android Development] Dare{D}evil:
Yay updated the radio via fastboot and it worked like a charm ^_^ Thank u phreke but the google docs link gives me an error...someone might want to have more mirrors there....
[G1 Android Development] rh387:
Confirmed working on 2 32B G1s. One is running the stock SPL and the other is running the DeathSPL.
[G1 Android Development] xenio2000:
No improve

Flashed on my G1 with no problem, but I've got no improvement.

Same bars, same transfer rate, same battery. :(

Carrier: 3 Italy UMTS

ROM: Dwang 1.17.1
[G1 Android Development] MrBlueEyez:
I have seen some battery improvement... Now trying to see if it works even better on the updated Cyanogen...

Still had issues with GPS being less accurate, but i also had the 10Mb hack plus the new Dalvik VM, so i say it would be plausible that this has anything to do with the new Radio.
[G1 Android Development] tbgreen:
Thanks!

Am noticed better reception and yet long enough to check the battery performance. :)
[G1 Android Development] damokay:
Wow, thanks!

I normally get 1 or 2 bars at work... I've got 4 now!
[G1 Android Development] Karboush:
Great signal improvement.

Went from 0-1-2 bar to 3-4 bars

No placebo effect. Before radio update I could only phone while being close to the window. Now can phone everywhere in the flat without losing signal

Edit: Orange FR
[G1 Android Development] philicibine:
waiting for more bricks! :-(

Has anyone else woken up to a brick from this??

I flashed it... it worked... for maybe 3 days... and then this morning when I wake up... I have a brick.

Lucky voda uk r replacing it!

Watch out 32b users!
[G1 Android Development] tjs3783:
Correlation != causation.

In other words, it's extremely, EXTREMELY unlikely that a radio flash would brick your device 3 days later.

It's waaaaay more likely that there is some other hardware failure.
[G1 Android Development] MrBlueEyez:
Maybe it has something to do with the mentioned so called "inductive charging" LOL :D

Radio still seems to work fine for me, even after a few days. Battery life isn't longer imo, but the reception... I LIKE! Nice work :-)
[G1 Android Development] juangil:
what make you think that it was the radio after 3 days?:confused:

Really dont think so... and you even open a new thread in the wrong section, men you are scaring ppl with nonsense
[G1 Android Development] jikei:
no problem with on my G1. At work my signal seems stronger. At work it would fluctuate between 3G and Edge, seems 3G is a bit stronger and switching back forth less often.

3G speeds got a lot better. In the speedtest.net app, download in a good/strong area was always .80 to .95 Mbps or so, and almost never - EVER - went above 1Mbps (if it did, it was like 1.01, 1.02) and always using the same download location. I'm now getting on average 2.30 Mbps and have seeing it upwards of ~3.15 Mbps.

Was on the phone last night and without asking anyone, someone asked if I was on a different phone as it seemed clearer in the past.
[G1 Android Development] snudel:
flashed it on my 32B - works good. no probl so far
[G1 Android Development] mumbo_jumbo:
i flashed 2_22_19_26I back, the new radio worked a bit better but after 6 hrs i lost signal and constant static on voice call also it keep switching between 3g n 2g like crazy, never happened with previous radio dont know if any one with same experience
[G1 Android Development] Godson1227:
Ok was after reading the first 15 pages or so I was all ready to flash. But saw 2 post about a delayed brick...now I'm second guessing. Can anyone else confirm to have a delayed brick ? Any idea why this happened to these phones or does anyone think they did something funny and don't wanna say because of the repercussions ? lol
[G1 Android Development] lbcoder:
It is unlikely, but not impossible for there to be a delayed brick.

Possibilities;

1) Hacked/malicious radio code designed to wait a random amount of time and then write nonsense into some part of NAND,

2) Buggy code running something outside of spec slowly burns something out.

I would really like to mention though, that a sample of ONE is not statistically relevant against those for whom there are apparently no problems.

This isn't to say that I would jump in and write this.... the source of this code isn't exactly official....
[G1 Android Development] hotcorrado169:
Ok i just flashed this radio with Amon ra 1.6.2 and KingKlick aosp 1.6.1 and won't know about battery life for a while- though I have no complaints. I see a slight improvement in reception (1 bar). Will update if I notice significant improvements.
[G1 Android Development] belrin:
Bluetooth worked in Hero ROM.I push and wait one night,morning BT worked:eek:.

My ROM SenseHERO-v1.4 in G1
[G1 Android Development] deprecated:
no problems flashing on my MT3G with my modified super D with Wes's kernel and some other tweaks.

* Didn't take long to update

* Noticed a substantial boost in EDGE throughput (no 3G around here)

* WiFi radio seems to top out a lot higher than before

* Voice quality is a notch better, more consistent

If it doesn't brick my phone in three days then I say this is a damn fine update :)
[G1 Android Development] santana00:
Can someone please tell me how downgrade back to the old radio? I don't like this update it takes forever to charge my phone up and it drains my battery like crazy. I have a mt3g 32b. Thank you in advanced.
[G1 Android Development] tomekpl21:
flash was easy as can be. download file, move to root of sd card, reboot into recovery, flash the file and reboot. Using BlueMagic 1.5 rom. there is a slightly noticable increase in signal strength and switching from edge to 3g, hopefully its not like the apple thing where they just made it seem better. as for battery life i havent tested i havent really noticed much improvement
[G1 Android Development] grandomegabosses:
You could do a fresh install of Cyanogen v4.2.15 with the HTC recovery (not defanged).
[G1 Android Development] PJcastaldo:
no it wasnt working. i would flash it from recovery and my radio ver. would change. but its cool i changed my spl so im good now with .22 radio. Infact every one who is just flashing this on their my touch/magic and assuming it took, check you radio ver. (hold back and power) and see if it worked.... i had to use fastboot to make it take it..
[G1 Android Development] dpruim:
Magic 32B

Probably the noobiest question ever.. lets say i've got a vodafone magic (32B), which radio must i choose.. or isn't mine listed?
[G1 Android Development] bunu:
I'm 99.99999% sure that yours is the Mytouch 1.0 one since the original mytouch is 32B.
[G1 Android Development] zim2dive:
Had a radio like #2 on Hermes (I think it was, maybe it was Kaiser)... over long term use the theory was it pushed things just a _little_ too far and (enough) folks had mysterious bricks after weeks/months that there was enough evidence to suspect the radio. Then again, we had like 20 radios to pick from :)

I'm NOT saying that happened here.. I'm saying there is some precedent for those that would say it isn't possible.

I flashed yesterday tho and am planning to keep the new radio.
[G1 Android Development] Infinite76:
Dont play with my heart man!

Seriously anyone with a MT3G having problems after 3 days? I want to be up to date.
[G1 Android Development] dpruim:
Thanks man, works like a charm so far.
[G1 Android Development] alapapa:
ya rly...i'm holding off on this one until there's an official release for ADP1 (likely never)
[G1 Android Development] BlackTigerX:
Working fine here, on a German Vodafone Magic (32B) :)

Going to test the reception tomorrow!
[G1 Android Development] :
Just thinking to myself how easy it would be for say google or a phone company to release a radio on the 'underground' and sit back and laugh whilst all the peoples phones went boom who had breached there contracts by rooting and flashing this, basically pulling a Rogers but in a more sneaky manner. And knowing the attitude of 'oh my god I'll flash anything' mentality of the rooting community they would wipe about 60% of them out.

Think I'll wait for an official update not thankfully that I need one, thank god for living in a great 3g reception area!
[G1 Android Development] xabierd:
What's the point of doing that? even people who root pay for their phones, contracts and market apps.....