yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] mmaacc:
Might not be the radio but applications you have sucking battery in the background. I get a battery drop of less than 0.5% per hour with my ROM and 32.47.00.32_5.10.05.23, that's with Wifi/EDGE on and Gmail + Exchange push.

I don't know if eventually 3G is the culprit for you, here they don't even have 3G licenses yet (Thailand) ;).
[Desire General] drvdijk:
I've used the new 32.47.00.32_5.10.05.23 radio for two days, but my battery got drained hugely. Possibly this has to do with other stuff, but the whole got me thinking.

What are we actually updating when flashing a radio? The software that directly speaks to the hardware right? Where do those radio updates come from? They are 'official', they come from released ROMs. Do those ROMs include other stuff influencing radio communication?

That's what georgemv, Kali-, and finally outfear must have been thinking in outfears thread. There he proposes to use all the libraries that come with the official ROM when flashing the new radio.

I don't know if that's the right thing to do; some libraries might have been built independently on the radio and should be left alone. But should not at least the RIL, the Radio Interface Layer, be updated as well when it has changed in the official ROM that introduced the radio?
[Desire General] cuub2:
Happens the same here.
[Desire General] The_limit:
Flash the newest radio, wipe, flash a sense rom (preferably leedroid), wipe, flash defrost, install apn/wifi/proxy fix in defrostsetup, flash opendesire without wipe, let it boot, then wipe and flash opendesire again. Had the same issue, and that worked like a charm :)
[Desire General] jacketyjoe:
Just a suggestion, it might be a good idea to put the MD5 checksums for each of the radios next to the links so we can make sure that it isn't corrupt before we try flashing it. I know that the chance of it happening is nearly non-existent but it may just save someones phone ;)
[Desire General] jedi134:
so in order to install Amon-Ra or ClockWorkMod I need to be roooted?

Is there anyway of insatlling new radios to a Orange locked HTC desire, which is now debranded and working on the origonal froyo 2.2 firmware from HTC?
[Desire General] KBanause:
downgrade possible?

It was asked before but not answered:

is it possible to downgrade to a previous version?
[Desire General] ivarson_swe:
Yes

Yea yes
[Desire General] KBanause:
Thanks for the information.

My impressions about the latest ROM ( version 5.10.05.23):

It's a battery drainer.

With mobile data and wifi turned on, automatic synchronization and screen locked I lost 10% within 3h. With version 5.10.05.17_2 it's 10% within 6h.

I use opendesire 4.0.x
[Desire General] qilong:
using the phone to browse the fb for 8min, battery drop 5% and the phone temperature also increased to 35 celcius. issit normal?

radio: 32.47.00.32_5.10.05.23

os: opendesire 4.0.4

3G: on

thanks.
[Desire General] PTKDev:
lost 10% within 6h?????? I have radio 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 and not wifi/3g my phone lost 10% --> 2h -.-"

You use downclocking? Or what??
[Desire General] d3sm0nd:
Using 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2

Charged to 100% before going to sleep and let it in stand by for 10 hours... it dropped to 78%! I guess this is not normal... I'm even using SetCPU with interactive and powersave for screen off... tried the latest radio also and it drained also fast.

Any suggestions?
[Desire General] KBanause:
yes I do ;)

245/245 powersave at screen turned off set by SetCPU.
[Desire General] PTKDev:
Standard cpu is 768mhz or 1ghz?
[Desire General] KBanause:
SetCPU says 998MHz
[Desire General] pehkblui:
From ~0930 - 1430 mine dropped to 99% when I sent out a sms. (no call either)

32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 is used for my region (Singapore) so I guess it is good for my network. So far it's the best I have, and I am using close to stock (DeLite) rom, no 3G or wifi and no setcpu or such.

In fact as I write now 1915, it's still at 84% after some 3G, a few calls, a session of battery draining game and bluetooth music.
[Desire General] dbarchmann:
Using 5.10.05.23 with Rufianos v6 ROM right now and i'm really impressed with battery performance. Lost 5% in 8 hours over night with Wifi on and full sync (push mail and calendar, weather every hour, Twitter every 6 minutes).

Calibrating the battery really boosts its performance.

Reception is good, although it's a bit 'jumpy'. Sometimes changes within 1 to 4 bars. But does not affect calling quality as far as i can tell. Wifi reception is also very good.
[Desire General] websinister:
anyone tried radio 5.10.05.23 on Pinky??
[Desire General] Smith2001:
yeah i installed and watched it install the drivers. Been able to install it in device manager now and the PC makes the usual windows noises. but once i run the script nothing happens (other than the normal stuff i expect, no errors listed) either on the phone or on the dos window
[Desire General] cnic:
I wanted to install the latest radio ... I'm on vodafone ..

Good thing for the ADB driver trouble that I did not went through with it.

Can anyone also confirm the last radio simlocks in Orange ?
[Desire General] sruon:
What does the window output? What does adb devices return
[Desire General] SamE:
Just tried it and yes it does SIM lock Orange handsets :(

**Update**

The only radio ROM here that does not SIM lock Orange handsets is 4.05.00.11
[Desire General] acolwill:
I called Orange and went through the routine with them.

According to the lovely woman on the other end of the phone:

"That message isn't on any of the lists that HTC have given us"

The response she got back from her Tech team was "Wipe the phone"

I did manage to get a simlock code from her (05044558), however it was useless.

I've flashed back to 4.05.00.11, stuffed in my T-Mobile sim and tried the alleged unlock code again (no luck)....

Looks like no new radios to test unless we BUY an unlock code!
[Desire General] Smith2001:
The Dos windows shuts down but i was able to print screen "device not found"

its strange as i makes the windows sound however its not in the device manager (once i am on the screen with the red triangle). what am i missing??
[Desire General] sruon:
First off, you should open a command window instead of clicking on the .bat, will make your life much easier.

cmd in the search box if using Win7

Execute > Cmd for WinXP

Then you'll get a windows C:\Users\yourname>

Assuming your folder is on your desktop in the recovery folder

Type "cd Desktop" enter > "cd recovery" enter, then enter your commands from there so they're not gone...

Try "adb devices" command from here both on recovery screen and android while in HTC Sync mode.

If neither of them return anything, probably need to uninstall HTC sync and reinstall it.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
You don't extract the ZIP, you put the ZIP on the phone and flash that...
[Desire General] Smith2001:
Right i get a return when in android and htc sync on, i get nothing attached once in recovery mode.

even when its in device manager on the "bootloader" choose menu it still finds nothing on the command

zip file not extracted and it still returns nothing back
[Desire General] Smith2001:
as soon as i go to the bootloader screen where you see the red triangle it disappears from the device manager and won't show in the adb-windows devices command.

its like its not working at all in that mode
[Desire General] AMoosa:
Re: [RADIO] HTC Desire Stock Radios

I have the same problem too. Adb works great when the phone is on and plugged in, but when in bootloader mode, it can't find the device at all. Device Manager shows no unknown devices.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] AMoosa:
Re: [RADIO] HTC Desire Stock Radios

Is there any way to run the update straight off the SDcard by renaming it to update.zip and using some special key combo when starting the phone?

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] DomFel:
The only way to flash the radio is by rooting the phone first. No other way around.
[Desire General] Whiler:
Thank you for the feedback.

I already tried "HiddenSSID Enabler" a while ago without success... but my Desire wasn't rooted when I tested.. I'll retry...

Otherwise, FYI, I downgrade from 4.06.00.16_2 to 4.05.00.30_2...

It works normally now... with 4.06.00.16_2, my wifi icon has one more bar, but lost its connection very often... I don't have this issue with 4.05.

Cheers,

W.
[Desire General] DomFel:
The latest radio is the worst ever. Dropped calls and very weak signal (3G/GSM). 02_2 is the best for me.
[Desire General] atomfix:
Dont flash the new radio on orange branded phones. otherwise you will get the Network Locked message and you would have to revert back to the old radio.... waiting for a work around..........
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Easier to get into recovery using the TinyCore linux method - never fails after issues using Windows...

As an aside, .16_2 is a LOT better than .02_2 IMO - battery seems better but not given it a proper workout yet. Had real battery issues with .02_2
[Desire General] SamE:
Work around is to get your phone unlocked
[Desire General] Joloba18:
True, I have an Orange branded Desire, once flashed to stock HTC ROM and unlocked with proper code I have no issue with any of these radio ROMs !

BTW .16_2 solved my bluetooth problem as my BT headset controls were not working anymore since update to 1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4. 06.00.02_2 :D

Many thanks to OP for these ROMs !!!
[Desire General] acolwill:
And if you had bothered to read the previous posts, you'll have found that I already said this last night.

On another note. I had an hours phonecall to Orange today with regards to the main issue with the radios: Once WiFi has disconnected after being connected for a long time, notification of mobile data is either missing or not displaying correctly.

They, of course, had no fix. However, they did acknowledge the problem and said it would hopefully be fixed in the OTA rom upgrade to 2.2 which *should* be coming, and I quote, "At the end of June".

I also asked them about acquiring a sim unlock code and they told me it would cost £20 and I *could* lose my phone for upto 3 months.

Idiots.
[Desire General] delbarta:
Yes, drain it like a hell.
[Desire General] morfini:
Where did you find rufianos v6?
[Desire General] ludercross:
anybody able to upload the .46 radio? i need it because .47 drains my battery to much.

i uploaded the .47 radio

****://rapidshare.com/files/417256684/32.47.00.32_5.10.05.23.zip
[Desire General] delbarta:
Here you are: 32.46.00.32U_5.10.05.17_2

MD5: b0677acd7eb6c4fc97347915965a257d
[Desire General] cuub2:
While adam's host is down, here is a page with some radio versions:

***://hotfile.com/list/816967/0d8cb5c
[Desire General] AdamG:
I will try to get radios back online asap
[Desire General] wazer1337:
All version 5 radios here!

http://www.multiupload.com/JQ3VPYC5A5
[Desire General] bemymonkey:
Or single file downloads from Multiupload in my sig (top link).
[Desire General] Sulphy:
Is it just me, or is the .47 radio excellent??????I just installed it, and sat at my desk, after updating to the latest AuraxTSense 7.5.2 ... i had low signal strength.... after whacking the .47 radio.... the signal is full on, full power...!!!! impressed...
[Desire General] cyron_at:
....47 is just a graphical fake in signal bar ;-)

No, .47 works fine!
[Desire General] Sulphy:
:D hehehe.... look pal, i dont have an iPhone that requires such things as faking signal strength... hehehe... All good, Thanks for the laugh... it really has made a difference to my phone since i was on v 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2

Have a good one!!! :cool:
[Desire General] KBanause:
for me the .47 radio used too much battery ( had to recharge after about 26h) while with the .46 radio I'm now at 60% remaining after 27h.
[Desire General] Sulphy:
mmm... ill keep an eye on it, and report back!!!been running the .47 for around 4 hours now, and still at 99% ... a few calls, and am on wireless, exchange push email, and gmail.... time will tell :)
[Desire General] Sybo:
Links are not working for me!

does anyone hava an other link for the latest .47 radio?

Thanks! (:
[Desire General] casca:
damn...do you guys actually use your phones?!?!?!?

mine usually won't last 24h... lol

always have 3g connection on, and wireless for about 10hours...
[Desire General] FloHimself:
32.47.00.32U_5.10.05.23

32.46.00.32U_5.10.05.17_2

32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2

32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20

32.42.00.32U_5.09.00.08

32.41.00.32U_5.08.00.04

32.37.00.32U_4.06.00.16_2
[Desire General] Sulphy:
I downloaded mine from : rapidshare.com/files/417256684/32.47.00.32_5.10.05.23.zip

... just go through some previous posts... :)
[Desire General] Sybo:
awesome, thank you both! :-)
[Desire General] suriii:
the link is dosn't work.

can anyone share this radio directly to me?

this is my email. trick.suri@gmail.com
[Desire General] bemymonkey:
There are Multiupload links (top link!) in my signature.
[Desire General] KBanause:
I have WiFi, mobile data (currently 2G only but normaly 2G/3G automatic) and automatic sync always on, K-9 syns every 15 minutes and I do browsing for about 5-10 minutes per hour.

Maybe you have your automatic backlight misconfigured (in case you CAN change the values)?
[Desire General] casca:
what do you mean? my backlight is in auto..."fail"? lol
[Desire General] KBanause:
you have set your backlight to auto?

Most ROMs have the backlight "misconfigured". That means it's too bright most of the time. For example in a room the brightness is set to 100% even though 20% would be sufficient => the display needs more power than necessary.

Which ROM do you have installed? On opendesire you are able to set the values to whatever you want ;)
[Desire General] dbarchmann:
Look over here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=742075
[Desire General] AdamG:
All the 5.x radios are back online, thanks to iinga for the mirror.
[Desire General] StuMcBill:
I have tried to modify the values for auto brightness, but I really have no idea what the settings do?

Does anyone have any pointers?

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench
[Desire General] cristianomc:
RADIO BUG?

I have the australian Desire because of the 850MHz 3G frequency I need in Brazil. I have sometimes bad signal reception and I´m thinking to root my device to be able to install another radio. My question is: is there a relevant improvement on the signal reception of the posted radios? How is the battery consumption? Any bugs? :confused:

Thank you all!
[Desire General] brpqzme:
i'm slightly wary, so wondering: if i update to a newer radio and find out that my phone gets locked (orange UK branded, rooted) then can I downgrade to my existing one (4.05.00.11) to unlock it?

thanks!
[Desire General] casca:
well, i have rom " [ROM] Official 2.2, with: busybox, old A2SD+, OpenVPN (TUN), EXT4 support, 802.11N " it's based on the official release...

are the screen settings wrong? I use them on auto...
[Desire General] KBanause:
I sent you a PM
[Desire General] GUTKO:
I have noticed improvement in signal reception when I have replaced stock radio with some newer one - I dont remember which exactly. You can always try few versions and see what is best for you
[Desire General] cristianomc:
Thank you!
[Desire General] Abaregi:
How much should these radios affect the GPS?

I tried both of the ones bellow and the GPS can't get a fix at all with any of them, I live in sweden if that makes any difference? Have yet to try the newest though.

Anyone else have any problems like that?

32.46.00.32U_5.10.05.17_2

(Ate my battery big time +no gps)

32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2

(All working perfect except GPS)
[Desire General] MasDroid:
I too am also running 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 radio, seems as if GPS does not work for me either. Will try the newest and see if the result is the same.
[Desire General] wmfreak:
same

ditto! .23 on Pinky no good! Don't get me wrong, signal great, wi-fi awesome but battery drain issue!!!

g
[Desire General] Abaregi:
Tried the newest

32.47.00.32U_5.10.05.23

gps doesn't work for me there either :/
[Desire General] casca:
Working fine here.5secs...puff...gps lock
[Desire General] arohrmann:
I'm interesting, too.

How I can fix that problem with brightness of screen at option "auto"?
[Desire General] Abaregi:
Now that i think about it i don't think my gps has worked since i installed Open Desire..

hmm I wonder if there is a bug in OD, though many users should have reported it by now i guess.

But where you live shouldn't mess with the different Radios and the gps requests right?
[Desire General] KBanause:
Are you using a CyanogenMod based ROM (CM6, OpenDesire, DeFrost)?
[Desire General] jsel:
I got my GPS working with the newest radio after I installed GPS Status from Market, and rested the GPS from gps status > settings > gps & sensors > manage a-gps state > reset & download after reset.
[Desire General] casca:
yes, it doesn't matter, as long as you are in the street, it should pick up almost instantaneously...for at least, it's working this way.
[Desire General] Tweak³:
I´ve got the same problem. Auto brightness doesn´t work properly. I´m using Defrost ROM and the latest radio. Any ideas?
[Desire General] KBanause:
Go to cyanogenmod settings (or defrost settings), -> user interface -> automatic backlight

At "Light levels" acticate "Use custom" and "Allow light decrease". Now you can change your settings at "Edit other levels..."

As soon as I find the post of some sample values again, I will tell you.
[Desire General] Venator85:
From my experience:

CyanogenMod 6 stable + 32.47.00.32U_5.10.05.23 = battery eater, super-slow gps fix

CyanogenMod 6 stable + 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 = super-slow gps fix

CyanogenMod 6 stable + 32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20 = super-slow gps fix

Official 2.2 rooted [1] + 32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20 = gps fix in 5 secs! ;)

So this must be ROM-related too.

Before switching back to the official ROM I also tried resetting A-GPS state as suggested by jsel but it didn't help.

Bye

[1] xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741775
[Desire General] xlxl:
u are a very brave man, i am too scared too flash RADIOS so often.

Flash the ROM is easy but Radio...:eek: i got my HTC Hero bricked my doing that and pulled out the battery too fast... :(

but now i have my HTC desire and only flashed the Radio 2x.. :cool: still scared
[Desire General] rem1313:
I had the same problem until I realized that under Settings -> Location & Security -> [ ] "Use Wireless networks" was unchecked for some reason. After enabling GPS fix is obtained within 5-10 seconds (GPS Status).

Using CyanogenMod 6 + 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 radio
[Desire General] Venator85:
It was checked for me, I even tried unchecking and rechecking :)
[Desire General] SNaReX:
I have a question. I have never update my kernel.

Now my kernel version is 32.42.00.32U_5.09.00.08

Which kernel do you advice to install ?
[Desire General] casca:
that's your radio,not you kernel
[Desire General] iinga:
1 - 10 - 160 - 225 - 640 - 1280 - 2600 - 5800 - 10240
[Desire General] Das IceDice:
Mist 8000 :-)
[Desire General] iinga:
I've never got 8000, but it might be there :)
[Desire General] Zeljko1234:
A have same ROM but 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2. Could you comment battery with your ROM and radio combination?
[Desire General] StuMcBill:
Ok, what should I actually do with these values? Lower? Screen? Buttons?

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench
[Desire General] marinierb:
Have a look at this post I did a while back (I was running OD at the time):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7775600&highlight=brightness#post7775600

That post talks about 7 levels of the light sense. I have since discovered that there are 9, as discussed above. But you'll get the gist...
[Desire General] Venator85:
Two days with low usage, 90% of the time connected to wifi.

I just flashed a ROM based on the latest version shipped via OTA [1], which comes with radio 5.09.05.30_2. Impressions in a few days, but the GPS fixes fast :)

[1] xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773997
[Desire General] retr0sic:
I'm also from sweden . My GPS works like a charm, Gps-fix in around 5 seconds.

Using the 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 , what rom u have also matters i suppose.. I'm using psychosis 5 at the moment, will flash to antoher one later on because that combination eats my battery in less than half a day. :(

/Mike
[Desire General] chitowncubs:
What is this Radio thing about? .. When I go into hboot, it shows Radio: 2.05.10.06.29, I attempted to flash the radio with one of the newest. After I completed the flash, I went back to the hboot and it still shows the old.

HTC Desire - BravoC (USCC)

2.1 Rooted
[Desire General] Abaregi:
Ok thats good to know, think i'll try a different rom just to rule out it isnt OD that my phone has a problem with.

Also tried GPS status app that worked for Jsel but didnt do anything for me.
[Desire General] duskom:
Why this thread is not sticky?

I think download links for radio ROMs deserves it.
[Desire General] fatpandas:
goodday fellows,

wanted some feedback on flashing back to an older radio. it seems radios are quite different from what they were back in the WinMo days so i wanna check what i'm doing first.

i'm currently using the new rooted 2.13 asia rom which comes with 5.09.05.30_2. i seem to be having a lot of random reboots since i've started using this new radio. i was using 5.09.00.20 before with no problem.

now i want to know, can the radio even be the reason for my reboots? from what i have seen, i only get the reboots when i have mobile internet active (or wifi). back in WinMo days, radio only affects.. well, radio. you get good, bad, or no reception. but from what i've been reading around here, the radio can even create problems with your camera here. so i wanna get my facts straight before i go flashing another radio.

i've read there is correlation between rom and radio usage. does anyone see any direct problems with flashing an older radio with my current rom?

thanks
[Desire General] trunks986:
hi guys, what's the best radio for our desire??? I need one which is good also for battery drain... thanks
[Desire General] KBanause:
Good for battery drain is 5.10.05.23. It sucked my battery like hell (26h with one charge) :D

But if you want a radio which does not drain your battery than (for me) version 5.10.05.17_2 is much better (>50h).
[Desire General] redsuns:
yeah man.. totally agree :)
[Desire General] casca:
+1

also agree with making it sticky
[Desire General] dirkw01:
+1 from here too.
[Desire General] mister_r:
Hi all,

do I have to use the windows flashing method? Or can I do this via clockwork from the SDCard without involving USB connections and windows? I have the zip file on the sdcard and would just like to select it and flash without running the windows bat file that was talked about in the instructions, would that work?

Thanks!
[Desire General] iinga:
Flash it through clockwork.
[Desire General] mister_r:
And does it matter which country I am in/the carrier I am with?
[Desire General] ~David:
Nope

10char
[Desire General] iinga:
Nope. Although Orange UK would simlock some phones when a different radio was installed, i think that has now changed for the froyo radios.
[Desire General] marinierb:
Any radio will work with any carrier, I believe, but my personal experience is that some radios work BETTER with some carriers. Me, I use the 30_2 radio on Telus because I get twice the throughput over HSDPA as some of the other radios.

YMMV.
[Desire General] fatpandas:
to what extent is it possible to "break" things by installing other radios? lotsa roms have their preferred radio but what kinda problems could i expect if i used a different one? just wanna know what kinda trouble i could be getting myself into.
[Desire General] kecinzer:
I tried install radio 32.47.00.32U_5.10.05.23 over 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 (new OTA update) and I got message E:signature verification failed.

What I doing wrong?
[Desire General] Peikko:
Did you download it from here on the first page?

If not maybe you should do it and try to install. They are signed.