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[Desire General] Bingley:
I'm on 3 in poor reception area. I used the RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed ruu then switched to Redux Rom, flashing the 2.2003g (or something) ril, and couldn't get much reception with the latest 32.56... radio so using radio 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08 which is semi ok atm. There's a few posts here about 3/radios http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1039273.

Whichever I use I get mA/cpu spikes every 15-20 mins as I assume it's searching for reception (airplane mode is a constant 2mA, with reception 3-4, w/out it's 10-200mA)
[Desire General] Grey Goshawk:
Hi all, I keep hearing that it's safer to flash radios after S-OFFing the phone. But once this is done how would I go about flashing the radio? Is it any different?

Also how would this protect me from getting bricked? And what would I need to do to recover my phone if a bad radio flash was made?

Thanks =)
[Desire General] bam82:
I'm using 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08 just now and at home and in work I get a strong signal but out and about I usually get nothing, not even 1 or 2 bars but nothing! Thanks for that link I'll give the .14 radio a try if that was in the latest 3 Froyo release hopefully they've tested a few and decided that one is best for their network, I have no idea if they do or if they just include a radio but I think its worth a try!

What app are you using to find the mA spikes you mentioned I wouldn't mind testing that for myself as well?
[Desire General] bam82:
You need to extract the .img file from the .zip then flash while the phone is in fastboot mode, I use fastboot commander because I am not confident using the adb commands manually.
[Desire General] R.ik:
It's not different, just flash it from recovery, then reboot and the radio will install. Didn't hear about S-OFF being safer before, but that's probably because S-OFF gives more rights to the user which makes it easier to recover your device if something goes wrong

//Oh an btw, I have a question myself too: Isn't the latest version 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23?
[Desire General] Bingley:
Battery monitor widget - set to 60 seconds monitoring.
[Desire General] jason4656:
Can someone tell me the latest one i can flash to with orange desire? s-off running GV2.4 i havent updated the radio for ages its an old one and i just constantly get text messages saying i have had a missed call, but phone never rings!

thanks in advance
[Desire General] boelze:
You should be able to use every one. However if you encounter problems you can always flash another one.
[Desire General] boelze:
If you install it through recovery then you are right, it's not different. The difference for S-OFF users is that you don't have to use recovery. ;)

And yes, 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23 is the latest version as far as i know.
[Desire General] jason4656:
lol thats helpful, i remember reading about orange phones locking if you were using a non orange radio, is this not the case anymore? obviously when you read about radios its a sensitive area that ruins phones so i need to be sure, thanks
[Desire General] boelze:
I don't know if it will lock your phone if you use another radio, I heard alot about that on other devices but I don't know if it happens on the desire too. What I meant to say is that you can always switch back if a radio doesn't work. Just be sure to back it up.
[Desire General] pure gallus:
Can anyone recommend a radio for Vodafone in the UK? I've changed my ROM to RCMix and ever since text messages tend to come in bulk rather than when people actually sent them. And my friends are complaining about just going straight to voice mail when they phone me.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
[Desire General] GrenW:
I'm still using the original one from my Voda Froyo OTA. Details in my sig
[Desire General] Jim PROFIT:
I have a big problem!

I try to flash thé latest radio in the recovery but I have still the last I use.

Anyone has this problem before?

Must I need to flash within fasboot?
[Desire General] ShirazSuleman:
You cannot flash a radio in recovery if you're using the CM7 or Oxygen hboots, the cache partition is too small.

Yes, you do need to flash it via fastboot.
[Desire General] trismegistos:
AdamG, send you a PM :). Thx

- you wouldn't believe me if i tell you the truth -
[Desire General] boelze:
You can if you own a PVT1 Desire. I tried it numerous times on CM7 and Oxygen hboot, and both work fine.
[Desire General] Fightspit:
Is that realy true ? I never tried that ^^
[Desire General] dinodics:
Hi all

To flash the radio to hboot must extract the archive radio.img? And then I use the command " fastboot flash radio radio.img"?

of fastboot?

Thanks in advance.
[Desire General] dinodics:
Try...

Flash..and work...!!!
[Desire General] boelze:
I don't know if all PVT1 models are the same, but at least it works on mine. I could make video if someone wants proof that it works.
[Desire General] andQlimax:
Let's clarify

What mean you can flash radio with CM7 or Oxygen hboot? With fastboot of course u can, through recovery I don't think, because the cache partition is too small..Maybe the flash seems ok, but is the radio changed?
[Desire General] o$$!ram:
on my PVT1 i must flash with fastboot - recovery says its fine but nothing changed ...
[Desire General] wazer1337:
Use fastbootcommander for easy flash , hboot/radio and such.

Its a java gui tool

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=823315

much more easy than using a cmd window if you cant remember all the commands, and you dont need anything else than this tool.
[Desire General] boelze:
I flash with latest cwm recovery and it works fine. Seems not all PVT1 devices are the same.
[Desire General] andQlimax:
U flashed it with cm7 hboot (not rom)? Is not possible, that doesnt depend on pvt1..the fact is that flash radio through recovery need a cache partition of about 20 mb

In addition the latest cwm doesnt support old edify script..and all the radio zip are in edify..how u flashed it? :)

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] :
Exactly. You can't fit a 25Mb radio image a 10Mb cache partition. It is impossible.

You *have* to flash radio images with fastboot unless you are using either the stock or the N1 hboot.

boelze, you might *think* it has flashed because it doesn't error, but it hasn't. Lol.
[Desire General] Stabilized:
I am on Orange UK and just updated to newest radio for RCMix HD. Now I have lost all 3g signal and I only ever get g.

Does anyone know the best radio for signal and 3g for Orange UK?

Sorry if this question has been asked before, I couldn't find an answer while browsing..
[Desire General] Large Hadron:
I've used almost every radio except 5.17.05.23 with Orange UK, and I've not found dramatic differences in reception between different radios. I'm currently using 5.17.05.08, but 5.14.05.17 was also very good for me.

However, I don't use Sense ROMs, so your mileage may vary. In the end you can only try and see what works for you.
[Desire General] erklat:
I'd better check the rom's thread, I remember that Reflex S was also acting strange in some older versions only on Orange network, so it might be the rom itself and not the radio, and especially if that radio worked ok prior to rom flash.
[Desire General] jrxau:
Would it be a good idea to add the md5's to this post?

Thanks!
[Desire General] Tillus:
on AdamG's server you can look up md5-sums:

http://download.oxygen.im/radios/
[Desire General] jrxau:
Thanks Tillus!
[Desire General] hello247:
what radio is best for uk coverage? im using 5.11.05.27 at the moment.
[Desire General] jrxau:
5.14.05.17 is the best I have tested

After trying quite a few radios I have found 5.14.05.17 to be the only one to work correctly with distributed WiFi. It supports handover between access points with minimal loss of conectivity. I tested by establishing a SIP call and walking around our entire site. There was just a ~500mS loss of audio during the handover which is pretty acceptable. We have a D-Link managed wireless system with 12APs.

Have also found the GPS lock to be extreemly quick with this radio.

It seens to work well as a phone too! :)
[Desire General] redsuns:
5.17.05.23 worst battery life

Tried using 5.17.05.23 of radio and realize that the battery life sucks big time.

gonna to change back to something else.
[Desire General] SoftWord:
Which is best radio for vodafone ITA ?

and I have flash latest 5.17.05.23 but why in phone info show me that radio is 32.54.00.32U_5.14.05.17 ?
[Desire General] Ultrakiller:
i have got a big problem with the 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.0 radio.

high temperature only with this radio... O_O

more detail: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119931
[Desire General] UKseagull:
Does anyone know if there's a RIL for the latest radio?
[Desire General] undercover:
Because flash didn't go through. It does happen.
[Desire General] gbymb:
In Perth, Western Australia, I've found 5.14.05.17 to still be the best with phone reception and 3G, GPS takes a litle while to lock but, I can deal with that. 5.17.05.23 is low on reception on my desire.
[Desire General] brianius:
MAKE IT STICKY!!!!!!

Why is this not sticky as the RUU Roms Thread?

Searchin this thread in that big desire thread ocean everytime is a pity!

Thanks for your work!
[Desire General] erikai:
Tapatalk Favourites?

Edit: thought I made a mistake but "Favorites" as written in Tapatalk is wrong. :-)
[Desire General] AlxMAX:
I would like to know if someone has experienced the problem of the phone getting hot with the 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23 radio. More precisely, I have used Google My Tracks to record a route and at the destination, after 40 minutes of use, the phone became almost hot.

Edited after 1 day: Since no one has posted any message, I modify mine. Eventually, it turned out the phone getting warm was not a problem with that firmware version. Maybe it was due to the phone being plugged to the car charger...
[Desire General] dmpwd:
Hi, I believe this is the normal behaviour.

I had the very same experience you did.

As phone is using constantly (perhaps heavily too) the CPU whilst charging it, it's normal to become quite warm...
[Desire General] iinga:
Yeah. My phone sometimes gets hot just using GPS for an extended period of time. Couple that with a car charger and it will get very hot.

Once, my phone's screen stayed on all night whilst charging (not sure why, I think it thought that something was constantly touching it) and when i touched it in the morning it was boiling hot. If you're using a phone a lot whilst charging then it will heat up quickly! :(
[Desire General] jhonybravo4u:
And a RADIO is very important part.. you must have MD5 value for all the Radios.. atleast latest.
[Desire General] puredesire:
Which radio works best in Sweden with Telia?
[Desire General] DesUKire:
Best radio for Orange UK? Cheers guys
[Desire General] RealyPssd:
I've got radio v5.11.05.27. What improvements would I notice with a newer/the newest radio?

What's the safest way to flash/update your radio?

Flash .zip via recovery or use the "Android Flasher" app?

Thanks
[Desire General] DesUKire:
I always flash zips via recovery. Seems to be the safest way. It seems that the latest radios don't necessarily improve performance. Whenever I've asked for advice i've always been told it's trial and error with radios. Hopefully someone will get back to you with a good answer.
[Desire General] erklat:
There is no definitive answer. It is same as you asked what the best car is. For me the one before the last one is the best so I can't be bothered to change. Nor I could even if I wanted to as my cache is too slim to unpack radio image.
[Desire General] reddev0:
Then you use fastboot via the android sdk:

fastboot flash radio filename.img

.img file is extracted from the radio zip file.
[Desire General] erklat:
I have no adb at hand now, I forgot to write that.
[Desire General] RealyPssd:
In recovery; CWM- Alpharev. Recovery v2.5.1.8

Do I use #1"apply sdcard:update.zip" or the #2"install zip from sd card" option?

Does #1 just flash an "update.zip" if there's one in the root folder and #2 let's me pick a zip regardless of it's name?

Does it matter what the file is named? Right now it's: "5.17.05.23.zip"

Also, I downloaded the radio from this thread, any idea where I can get a md5 to compare mine to? To make sure my zip is alright?

UPDATE: The radio I downloaded from this thread wouldn't update via recovery. It only had the *.img file in it.

I downloaded one from the InsertCoin author's site and flashed it fine.

Thanks again
[Desire General] erklat:
Download md5 checker from softpedia.
[Desire General] NoRmAlY_CrAzY:
For flashing from recovery you need to flash the whole .zip file and not the extracted image.
[Desire General] erklat:
5.17.05.08 definitely the best here. Awesome battery life and very strong 3G reception even in areas where I could only dream about it before.
[Desire General] puredesire:
So the newest radio is worse than that one?
[Desire General] iinga:
Different people find different radios the best. Best advice is to test them yourself and find one that works for you.
[Desire General] SoftWord:
I have understand what is radio.img at the operative system-side.

There is some tests (like app) that I can use to find best RADIO for my Desire ?
[Desire General] erklat:
No such thing, but you could monitor the signal strength in settings for some (preferable) low signal area.
[Desire General] SoftWord:
ok tanks, and when is need to install RIL drivers ? I have oxygen 2.1.4.
[Desire General] FloHimself:
you can't.

Almost never.
[Desire General] 9600xt:
someone have a radio that was stock on froyo wwe roms AND that will be flashed with Edify script?

I have radio 5.17.05.23 and i want to go back to 5.09.xxx for example but i have clockworkmod 3.0 and i can't use the zip that are in first page.

tanks anyone can help me
[Desire General] Zeljko1234:
Fake flash older CWM with 3.0. It'll be just temporally until reboot.
[Desire General] zikyHD:
Use Amon Recovery 2.0.1 or fastboot
[Desire General] mkrmec:
Seriously where the hell are the MD5 checksums???

I would never flash a radio without a check first!!

Start posting them or just don't post the Radios, you will destroy someones phones, accidentally.
[Desire General] AlxMAX:
Download a zip update, then use the command jarsigner to verify the integrity of the zip like this:

jarsigner -verify <zipfile>

It should display jar verified if the zip is not corrupted. jarsigner comes with the Java Development Kit.
[Desire General] erklat:
Link with radio images and their md5 checksums.

Provided by courtesy of non-selective reading.
[Desire General] System of a pWne!^:
But this only would work, if the zip was signed.
[Desire General] mkrmec:
Somebody doesn't like me.. forbidden access to the site :D
[Desire General] AlxMAX:
Usually, AdamG provides zips to be used in the recovery and he signs them. One may check if a zip is signed by opening the file, looking for a directory called META-INF and some CERT files inside that directory.

The 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23.zip file on Mo Firouz's site is not signed correctly, but the radio.img file is the same as radio.img in bravo.5.17.05.23.zip provided by AdamG.
[Desire General] espionage:
would anyone here be kind enough to tell me which radio to use? I have a Telstra (Australia) branded HTC desire which I'm using on Three Australia's network. I know that Telstra uses 850 band instead of 900 band used by Three Australia which is why I'm getting ****ty signal strength all the time. your help is highly appreciated.
[Desire General] System of a pWne!^:
Try different radios and decide yourself. I did not notice huge changes between the latest radios concerning signal-strength and battery-drain. But for older radios, a few had a significantly worse signal strength for me than others. So in fact I'll always go with the latest radio to be up-to-date.
[Desire General] espionage:
Would a new radio change my band from 850Hz to 900Hz? Ultimately this is what I want to achieve to get better signal strength on Three Australia network. I don't care about Telstra's NextG as I'm using a Three Australia's Sim in the phone.
[Desire General] rkuijpers:
I don't think so, that's hardware related, not software related...

Sent from Whatever
[Desire General] BigMrB:
I have not changed radios in 6 months ..... Currently on Vodafone UK, could anyone recommend a good radio to download? Currently the phone calls i make keep breaking up and its starting to annoy me !
[Desire General] koelspy:
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[Desire General] espionage:
so, i'm trying to flash the latest radio but not having any luck. i've rooted my phone using unrevoked and s-off using aplharev-x with clockworkmod installed. but when i try to flash the latest radio i get the 'Amend script is no longer supported' error. i searched the forums and they talk about converting the zips to the one that uses edify scripts. however, I don't know how to do it. i'd appreciate if someone here could upload an edify version of the latest radio.
[Desire General] Iceberger:
Look up how to flash the radio with fastboot. It was mentioned many time in this thread.

fastboot flash radio radio_file_name.img
[Desire General] mumilover:
Please, make this a sticky thread :0)
[Desire General] piterw:
5.17.05.23 with stock 2.3.3 (dev rom release) seems that is not working properly. Radio signal is very weak and roar. Previously worked well in the same place (previously rom RC Mix S v.2.0; unknown radio - I can't remeber).

Phone, wifi and bluetooth works fine.
[Desire General] carlo0810:
have the same problem, but i'm currently s-on, and revolutionary didnt work for me, how can i flash the radio? will fastboot work for me? tnx
[Desire General] danarama:
No, you need to be s-off to flash via fastboot. Non s-off should flash a radio zip (once checking md5) via recovery, like a rom. Make sure your cache partition has 25MB free space as a radio.zip unpacks to the /cache partition.

For those who need to flash via fastboot, there is an faq linked in my signature
[Desire General] carlo0810:
tried flashing the latest radio in this thread using 4ext recovery, gave me an error regarding amend script etc.
[Desire General] erklat:
CWM 2.5.0.7 ftw if you plan on flashing as it supports both scripts.
[Desire General] Scann69:
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[Desire General] ext23:
could ANYBODY offer any suggestions as to what radio i should use on optus in australia? i have tried them all with the following results:

when i say 'works for X minutes,' what i mean is that data stops going through and speedtest.net/all internet traffic freezes (making the phone basically useless).

i tried them all using the WCDMA preferred option. i know my handset isn't faulty cause i just got back from using it in japan for 12 months, no problems.

through these results i can only deduce that optus' network is in fact fkn terrible. i don't think i'm alone: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1631458

am i missing something?
[Desire General] leader288:
does anyone know what radio is bundled with HTC's 2.3 release? The one on the developer website.
[Desire General] erklat:
5.17.05.23 comes with that RUU.
[Desire General] IeU:
I flashed the latest radio and lost 3g, i do not have any internet in my phone at all :/ . . .

think i ll have to downgrade . . .
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
You mean the 5.17.05.23 radio...? I've been using it on my device for ages now, never given me any trouble. 3G and HSDPA both work perfectly for me...

Apparently certain radio versions don't like networks in some countries, try updating your XDA profile so people can see what country / network you're on (or just mention it here if you prefer), then maybe someone might be kind enough to test it for you and comment on that.
[Desire General] IeU:
Thanks!

Germany at BASE/EPlus network.

What i did:

I was using an old Oxygen (216) with also an old Radio (max 1 year old, probl. 6 months old radio)

So i saw there was a big update for Oxygen:

So i updated both Oxygen and the Radio, to their latest.

Now i dont have 3g/HSPDA, which i had bfre the update.

I did the downgrade already.

From 5.17.05.23 > To 5.17.05.08 > Then to 5.14.05.17 (i am now in this: 5.14.05.17)

And still no 3G/HSPDA signal (in none of the above mentioned). I can call and send sms without problem, but no internet . . .

APN for my network is right. Even if they were wrong i could still be able to see the 3g/Hspda icon on the top right corner, near the signal strength. I dont see that at all . . .

Yes, and my mobile network is enabled under settings . . .

I am going to get a log from Quick System Info . . .

I am starting to wonder if this is Oxygen related . . . Is it possible? To be ROM related?

oh btw, during the whole update process, i did a full wipe+delvik and etc (AmonRa recovery)
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
Ok, I'm not sure if any of this will help.. Hopefully it will, but we'll see.

I found a few posts earlier in this thread about radio versions in Germany, couldn't find anything specific in my search of losing data connections after changing though.. But I found the three versions that more than one person has said work well in Germany. If this is a radio related problem, perhaps one of these might work for you:

5.11.05.27 (example)

5.10.05.17_2 (example)

5.09.05.30_2 (example)

I'm also using Oxygen ROM, got my Desire one week after 2.1.6 was released and I'm now running 2.2, so I'm not sure if it is specifically a ROM issue... Have you tried a full wipe and re-flash since the problem started, or did you only do that when you upgraded Oxygen?

Unless someone else has a better idea, here's what I suggest..

Go back to when it worked..

Restore you phone to the state it was in before the problems started, if you have a Recovery backup of the ROM from before the problem, simply restore that Recovery backups (or nandroid backups) cover everything; kernel, radio, ROM, etc.. Test data connection.

Try, try again..

From there, which I'm assuming is Oxygen 2.1.6, if everything works correctly, upgrade to 2.2

without

wiping data. It's only necessary if you're switching between ROMs that are vastly different (source: personal experience). Test data connection again.

The final test..

If it still works correctly, make a recovery backup, and either leave it as that or try flash a later radio version. Honestly, I'd say if it ain't broke, don't fix it... But I'm too much of a 'must have latest updates' kind of person, so I'd probably try the latest radio again just to see.

Oh, and excuse the strange titles, I'm in a strange mood today.. :D Hope you get it sorted out.
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
Ok, one last idea: Using Teppic74's downgrade guide, try get your Desire back to original. So, in other words back to how it was when you first received it...

If at this point (with everything original and stock) it still doesn't work, then it's most likely a hardware issue and you should send it in for repairs. Is it still within it's warranty period?

Alternatively, if everything works correctly while on stock, get the official Froyo update (2.2) for your device. That should also upgrade your HBOOT (bootloader) from 0.80 to 0.93. At which point, root it using AlphaRev and create a nandroid backup (you'll be grateful for this later, trust me).

If these don't help, then I'm afraid I've hit the end of my useful period... I have no idea what else to suggest. :confused:
[Desire General] IeU:
Yea, went back to unroot, tmobile uk RUU . . .

still not working, must be a hardware problem . . .

I'm at 1 year and a few months since i bought it, must ask if i still have some warranty . . .

Thanks Zalith . . .
[Desire General] leader288:
what RIL should i be using with that?
[Desire General] erklat:
Forget about ril unless you have issues. Most of this newest roms have that ril already included so don't bother about it too much.