yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G General] davebu:
very possible that it is location based. clear uses completely different hardware for the actual towers in some markets. i cannot confirm if dc is different from chicago/atlanta, but im rooted and i get 4g in chicago.
[EVO 4G General] watzone69:
From bootloader:

SUPERSONIC EVT2-2 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.79.0000

MICROP-041f

TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab

RADIO-1.39.00.05.31

Rooted: Toast's method

ROM: Flipzmod's Supersonic_1.32.651.1_rooted

No OTA update.

4G is working including wifi tether.

I grew up in Killeen!
[EVO 4G General] clubtech:
The fact the the userdebug from Toast works for everyone means that something is happening with the other rooted roms.

Something IS changing in the roms themselves or something is being deleted from the phone when we flash those roms causing it to work in some markets or on some hardware.

The fact the the userdebug ROM and the stock ROM unrooted or rooted with revoked is working for everyone means that it is possible to achieve one rooted rom that will work for everyone.

I have a pretty good feeling that once we flash flip's rooted rom or any other rooted rom something is getting deleted from the device causing some of us to lose 4G. the question is what.

What are the changes that are being done to the rooted rom system files?

Also, when we WIPE, maybe it is deleting something from our device that we actually need to get 4G and that something is not being flashed back when we flash the rooted rom?
[EVO 4G General] deathpod:
1. Stock

2. OTA in Sprint store on launch day

3. unrEVOked

4. downgraded to Stock .1 via the RUU

5. Rooted via Toast's method

6. Flashed Flipz .1

7. Flashed Radio .05.31

8. Techknowfile's PRL

9. 4G working and blazing.

PS: I'm in Syracuse, NY which is still on the Summer 2010 pending list AFAIK but my office just so happens to be next to a "pilot" cell, mentioned by the very friendly Sprint employee who sold me the phone.
[EVO 4G General] mrmomoman:
- OTA Update before anything

- Updated Profile just to be sure

- UnRevoked by putting the app into my Dropbox and running App.

- Hardware Version 0002

- Firmware 2.1 -update1

- Baseband - 1.39.00.05.31

- Kernel 2.6.29-a2443432 - htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

- Build Number 1.32.651.6 CL171253 release-keys

- Software number 1.32.651.6

- PRI v1.40_003

- PRL v60665

- 4G is blazing and am tethering wirelessly on it now. Speeds in the signature.
[EVO 4G General] fireboy6275:
Never mind, browser mess up.
[EVO 4G General] oubravs2b:
OTA before rooting here as well and I have 4G in KC and have throughout all Flipz' roots. Not to confuse even more, but I'm on Hardware Version 0003 - it looks like almost all of you are 0002. Got mine at Sprint store - BB/RS for the rest of you?
[EVO 4G General] flipzmode:
Those of you that are having trouble with 4g, have you tried updating your profile? That would be a good place to start.

@clubtech

You use the fact that it works for some but not others to blame the rom, but I use that fact to prove that it's NOT the rom. The rom is 100% the same for everyone by the nature of how it works. Your phone, your location, your profile, your account settings, etc... those are not the same for everyone.

My two cents.
[EVO 4G General] mrmomoman:
I tend to agree. If the ROM were the culprit then there should be more consistency in the failure rate or total failure all together.
[EVO 4G General] arjuan:
Great idea. I'll try that once I get back home underneath my sweet 4G blanket :)
[EVO 4G General] clubtech:
Hi Flip,

Not blaming anyone here, i am just trying to think what might be causing this.

Same device, same location same PRI same PRL. Stock and userdebug: 4g works. Any other rooted ROM i tried: 4G connects but no data. same PRL same PRI. nothing is different.

If you read my last post closely i just think that there might some wimax hardware differences between devices or there might be some setting differences between locations that is causing some of us to have this problem.

When you flash to the userdebug i noticed that it is flashing some wimax parts, tp and some other parts that i don't know if they are being flashed with the other rooted roms.

Also when we WIPE before flashing rooted roms we might be deleting something that our device need to work well with all wimax variables and it is not being flashed back with the rooted ROM.

If i open the userdebug zip file i see many parts of the device being flashed.

If i open another rooted rom not all parts are being flashed again.

The questions is, when we wipe, what exactly being deleted?

I tried to flash your rom without wiping after flashing the userdebug to test my theory but the system won't boot. had to wipe for it to boot.
[EVO 4G General] p-slim:
this rom has 4g working for everyone using it. like flipz said if 4g isn't working then its something with the settings.
[EVO 4G General] gtkansan:
Id say it has to be either towers or something else, NOT wiping and ROMS. Ive wiped twice and re-ROMed and zero issues.
[EVO 4G General] adrianh85:
i live in dc and im rooted and still have 4g access!!

check out the twitter search #ifound4gwimaxhere
[EVO 4G General] Tenny:
Updated Profile & PRL (said it updated, yet it was 60665 before and after...)

Still no 4G :(
[EVO 4G General] Tenny:
Interesting! I am going to give that a shot and see if I get any 4g love.
[EVO 4G General] chumba8:
I dont have my evo in front of me but...

I do know this I have a google I/O evo that was given out I used toasts root and recovery
[EVO 4G General] arjuan:
Yay! There is still hope! Thanks for the info
[EVO 4G General] Tenny:
Ok, so I tried OMJ's rom and drove down the street a few blocks where 4G is...

It works! Was getting roughly 3mbits/1mbits on "fair" strength!

Not sure what it was, but I don't complain.
[EVO 4G General] arjuan:
Does your camera work with OMJ's ROM? Did you wipe before? I didn't and my camera isn't working, so maybe wiping will fix that...
[EVO 4G General] ifiweresolucky:
I'm fully rooted, 4G enabled (with wifi tethering).

1) Toast Root

2) Flipz' ROM

3) Toast Radio Update

4) Latest update for android-wifi-tether

4G works in Atlanta Metro area. The only issue is that I have to turn on 4G AFTER I am in good coverage, not before. If I do the latter the phone never switches to 4G.
[EVO 4G General] p-slim:
everything works on omj's rom. you should always do the wipe, that might fix it.
[EVO 4G General] clubtech:
Going to try this ROM and report back!
[EVO 4G General] mongoose8p:
whats the difference between that and flipz? how can one work with 4g and the other doesn't when you JUST said that its not the roms fault... ?
[EVO 4G General] arjuan:
Sweet! 4G works now! Thanks :)
[EVO 4G General] p-slim:
no problem, glad i was able to bring the ppcgeek community over here. I told omj to create a rom thread over here, he said he will look into it.
[EVO 4G General] camdz:
Here is what I did, and noticed along the way.

Stock phone (4G worked)

Toasts root method (4G worked)

1.39.00.05.31-radio upgrade (4G worked)

Flipz stock rooted ROM- (4G did not work, but radio update DID stick)

Re flashed 1.39.00.05.31-radio upgrade- (4G now works again)

Theres probably no rhyme or reason to it, but I thought I would throw this out there.
[EVO 4G General] clubtech:
OMJ's rooted rom works with full 4G.

Finally!

I think this proves my point that it is NOT settings related but it is ROM related.

There is something with flipz rom that is broken on some models.

Also the androidcentral rom has a broken 4G for some.
[EVO 4G General] watzone69:
I flashed flipz Supersonic_1.32.651.6_rooted and my 4G is just as good as it was before. Thanks flipz!
[EVO 4G General] angeltk:
I seriously had high hopes this would fix things for me, but alas, no luck.

My Rundown:

Stock Rom (4G Worked)

Toast's Root (4G Worked)

Toast's 5.31 Radio Update (4G worked)

Flipz's .6 Rooted Update (4G Broken)

Toast's Froyo Test (obviously no 4G)

Re-flashed Flipz's .6 Rooted Update (4G still broken)

Re-flashed Toast's 5.31 Radio Update (4G still broken)
[EVO 4G General] colorado_al:
Trying this one now. Flashed to stock RUU. Flashed Toast's root. Flashed OMJ's ROM. Flashed Toast's updated .6 radio. Will test tomorrow in Denver and report back. Thanks!!

PS- cleared data and cache and Davlic in between all flashes just in case.
[EVO 4G General] afazel:
EVTE2-2 Hardware 002

Rooted with PC36IMG

Flashed Flipz .6 Rom

Flashed Flipz .05.31 Radio

4G dead
[EVO 4G General] th3b055:
Same as you, but my 4G is at 3 bars all over my home..
[EVO 4G General] dcmtnbkr:
For those not getting 4g, what is happening? Are you seeing the network and just not connecting? Im in an area where they are testing 4g, i can get a signal, but it wont connect.
[EVO 4G General] infamousjax:
So....

I can use the speedtest.net app to get results from 4G connection...

but I can't connect to the internet using the browser... and the market doesn't work... actually nothing works, except the speedtest.net app.

why is this?

running the OTA-enabled rooted ROM.

"enable always-on data" have anything to do with it?

this is a head scratcher for sure.
[EVO 4G General] colorado_al:
OK! 4G working with OMJ's ROM!!!

WiFi tether working sort of. I can connect via WiFi tether with 4G running, but I only get about 1/2 the speed on my PC via speedtest.net as I do on the EVO testing to the same server. The EVO gets about 3.5mbps. The PC gets 1.5mbps.

Has anyone else been seeing this?
[EVO 4G General] Euphoricsoul:
OMJ's rom worked for me as well. 4G back online. Can't get the Hotspot to work yet, but hopefully there will be a fix soon for that one. :o
[EVO 4G General] KwestJones:
Another OMJ success story. As a matter of fact, my 4G has never been better.

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[EVO 4G General] afazel:
My 4G is working now. I flashed version 1.3.1 of the Android Central RvU ROM ad it works now. apparently it was a problem with the ROM after all.
[EVO 4G General] forceOnature:
To add to the inconsistancy:

Google I/O EVO hardware version 002

Original root - Fresh 0.2 -- 4G worked

Back to stock -- 4G worked

Toastch Root 1/2 -- 4G worked

Toastch NAND unlock -- 4G broken/scanning...connecting to sprint network loop

Radio updated to 1.39.00.05.31 -- 4G broken

Flashed RvU131 ROM -- 4G broken and will not even turn on

Flashed Flipz Fresh 0.3 ROM -- 4G working
[EVO 4G General] xtravgnt:
I'm rooted running Fresh V.3 have whatever the latest sprint OTA updates are as I let it happen when I first got the phone. 4G is working fine
[EVO 4G General] spyngamerman:
i can second this did full root and nand unlock flashed new radio and i get way better signal(4G) im from chicago as well and tried it all over while driving much better signal for some reason

edit:well just now tried my BT headset wont connect weird hmm
[EVO 4G General] bitsrunner:
I'm having 4g problems after rooting as well mine attempts to connect to the Sprint 4g network and never connects just constantly attempts to connect. Says it finds the network then it says its connecting then it just goes away for a second and then tries to connect again. Any suggestions? Already cleared cache and dalvik cache . I did the full nand root.
[EVO 4G General] Vegasden:
I, too as having problems. With Original radio I was getting 2-3 bars inside my office. After the following I would get 4G with no constant connectivity.

Full Root

Flash to latest radio

Hung at "Formatting Cache"

Did "Wipe Dalvik-cache"

& ran both the lastest Fresh (.03) and OMJ (3)

It wasn't until I tried what was in this thread (specifically post #17 from clubtech). Now I lock on maintain connectivity on the internet. Post #34 sums it up nicely.

I have to agree it's the full root that is somehow messing up the flashing of radios. I can to "Part 1" and 4G is fine. It is only when we do full root do we not get the "confirmation" of successful firmware upgrade and have to resort to wiping cache to "make it stick".
[HD2 General] davel23:
I currently use an HTC Fuze on the AT&T network. It works well, I have it flashed with a custom ROM and I've never had problems with AT&T as so many others apparently have. However I had the opportunity to check out an HD2 a couple of weeks ago and I was pretty impressed. Impressed enough that I might want to get one for myself, but I have a few concerns.

1. AT&T's data network is pretty open, I haven't run into any blocked ports and I can do pretty much anything I want to as long as I can find a program for it. How is T-Mobile? Do they restrict data usage in any way? If so, are there any workarounds through third-party proxies or waps?

2. Up until now I would not have considered any phone without a physical keyboard. After using Finger Keyboard 2 for a while though I think I could live with that as my primary input method. How is the default keyboard on the HD2? I assume I can install FK2 anyway, so this isn't a huge deal.

3. Battery life. I hear it's not great on the HD2. On my Fuze I get just about a day's use on one charge with medium web browsing, GPS use, and relatively heavy email use. Any thoughts on what kind of life I'd see on the HD2?

4. Custom ROMs. I see there are quite a few available for the HD2. Any recommendations? I use the RRE ROM for my Fuze, hopefully there's something similar.

I guess those are my main concerns, if anyone has any additional thoughts please feel free to post them. Oh, and yes, I know the HD2 is significantly bigger than the Fuze, that's ok with me.
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
In short, the Achilles' heel of the HD2 is the battery life. If anything, it's the screen that really screws up the 1250 mAH battery.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
+1

The screen size, and the fact that the battery is so small in the first place, really put the pinch on usage time. But, if you manage activity (particularly 3G etc) carefully, you can still get through a full day or at least most of one.

Other than that one thing, the phone is a dream, for me anyway. I haven't had any trouble with tmo blocking any type of data that I've tried, and both the stock HTC keyboard as well as swype make the lack of a physical keyboard a non-issue really.
[HD2 General] davel23:
Thanks for the replies. I looked up the specs on HTC's website, evidently the EVO2, the Incredible and the HD2 all share pretty similar hardware, but for some reason they only put a 1200-something mAh battery in the HD2 while the other two have something like 1350 and 1500. Strange decision.

Anyway, I'm rarely away from a location where I can charge my phone, either at my desk or in my car, so battery life is not a make-or-break point.

Thanks again!
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
I think it's to cut down on the "heft" of the phone. While they are similar in specs, the EVO is considerably heavier than the HD2. On a sheet of paper you might think it's probably minor, but in person, and across day to day usages, you'll notice the strain in puts on your hand.
[HD2 General] davel23:
One more question, my custom Fuze ROM came with IE 7 as default, which does not work with Logmein's Windows Mobile app. The Fuze has a tweak to reenable the old IE which allows it to work. Has anyone had any experience with using Logmein on the HD2? What version of IE does it come standard with? Not that I'd be using it for browsing, just LMI.
[HD2 General] davel23:
Oh, and one MORE one more question. The data/charger connection, is it a standard USB mini-B? Or at least compatible with mini-B cables and chargers? All my other HTC phones have been, I assume this one is as well but confirmation would be nice.
[HD2 General] engineer14:
you do know by pressing the edit button on your previous post, you can keep adding as many questions as you want

edit: yay im no longer an op. BTW what is an op?
[HD2 General] davel23:
Original poster, I assume. And does it matter if I add another post or edit an existing one?
[HD2 General] ryan562:
if youre already familiar with windows mobile and flashing roms, this is definitely the phone for you since I consider it to also be flagship phone for win mo 6.5
[HD2 General] teon39:
I have the HD2 and if i could do over i would have bought the Nexus One instead because Windows Mobile is just not my cup of tea. Love the hardware but the software and battery life sucks.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
On the US HD2, it's micro-USB actually, and yes, compatible with all connectors of that type.

Correct, OP = Original Poster in any specific thread...helps spot their posts easier when threads get long or off-topic. Editing a previous post is preferred in cases like this one, just to keep down on the clutter. Best rule of thumb is that if nobody has posted since yours, just edit it ;) Also a good idea to point out your edits by tagging them thus:

EDIT: see what I mean?
[HD2 General] shamusl:
I thought I was in the same boat, but once I got over the things I missed so much (like a marketplace) I quickly embraced the power of Windows Mobile this phone, and yeah the battery life is terrible.
[HD2 General] davel23:
Well, I took the plunge, my HD2 is on its way. Chose overnight shipping, but I'm not sure if I got the order in early enough to ship today.

I'll keep that in mind.
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
Too late for today, it'll ship out tomorrow. Also, my advice, don't use SENSE. Use SPB Mobile Shell.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Or even just Titanium. With that or SPB MS, you'll see a night and day difference compared to running Sense...and you'll avoid a large portion of the issues most HD2 users struggle with.
[HD2 General] davel23:
Well, I got my HD2. I'm not quite as in love with it as I thought I'd be just yet, I really need to get a custom ROM on there. Any recommendations?
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
It's not so much the ROM. Make sure you get LeoCPUspeed, and set it to 998mhz all the time.
[HD2 General] davel23:
Won't that kill the battery even faster? Besides, the speed is fine so far, it's more the interface. Guess I better put Mobile Shell on there.
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
Nah, I've been doing this for the past week no. No noticeable difference.

You'd be surprised at how often the chip throttles it up to 998mhz than leave it at 768mhz.

The throttling in my opinion, is what causes the "uneven" smoothness that you see when you navigate throughout the phone (weird statement I know, but I hope that makes sense).

The device does not draw 998mhz of power when it's asleep, so don't worry. ;) It's still be the same as before.

So it only fixes it at 998mhz when it's awake, which is totally awesome in my opinion.

Why don't you give Energy roms a try? He has the widest selection of ROM-types you can tinker from. From the MaxSense ones to the standard Titanium ones. This flexibility is good for people who wish to try out which versions that they are most comfortable with.

If you feel that you like SPB Mobile Shell better, then perhaps go for the Titanium roms to free up more space, etc on the phone.

Cheers.
[HD2 General] jelliottz:
HD2 rom and performance

the leo speed set makes it much more smooth and stable. it is a completely different phone. not a noticible differene in battery, but then again I constantly have it on a charger at my desk.

i am using the newest Energy Rom with Cookie 1.8. Completely customizable in every aspect. if battery life was an issue for me I woukd probably use spb, but since its not, the Cookie mod to Sense is fantastic and NRG's roms are my favorite for reliability, ease of use, and consistency.
[HD2 General] davel23:
Cool, giving LeoCPUspeed a try now. One thing, I tried installing Opera Mobile 10 from a CAB, when I open it it immediately says it can not be installed. Any ideas?

Edit: Never mind, must have been a corrupt cab. I redownloaded it and it installed fine.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
Guys i have few questions in my mind ..

Can any one please Guide me ?

Actually i wanna know if i root my Htc Hero now. i'll be still able to get OTA Update ? or not ? & later if i install official update 2.1 i'll loose my root access ?

Can i root Hero with 1click root method ?

Well, kind of stupid Que probably :o what are the difference between G1, G2, & G3 ? i know G1 is T-Mobile

Which recovery works for Htc Hero ?

So, i can install it & can root my Hero easily..

Also, when we installing Custom ROM flashing Radio/SPL is required or not ? Or just Install D ROM & We done ?

Please Help :-) Thx in advance :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddotpatel:
If you flash a rooted custom ROM now, NO, you will not be able to get the official 2.1 using OTA.. So if you then want the official 2.1, you will need to use one of the RUU .exe files... and if you do use the RUU .exe, YES you will lose root and it might not be possible to get it back again.

The "one click root",.... don't know, give it a try?

G1 / T-mobile branded HTC DREAM-

G2 / HTC Hero / G3 - All same as far as I know, HTC Hero is unbranded, G2 is T-Mobile branded, G3 (I think) is the version released in china?

The best custom recovery is AmonRa1.6.2.

It is best to have the latest radio as it improves things like wifi, network reception, gps. But you don't have to if you don't want to.

WARNING....Be patient when flashing a radio, interrupting the process before it has finished can brick your device.

Follow BTDAG's guide linked in my signature for all the instructions you could need.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
First of all Thanks for Quick Replay .. :)

Can you provide me AmonRa1.6.2. Link ? would be very Thankful

Also, when we flash Radio we have to do it by Fastboot or Recovery ?

I heard ROM Manager is Great App which controls All ROM & which is very easy to use .. with this App i can use AmonRa1.6.2. ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddotpatel:
You flash radio through recovery, just like flashing a ROM.

Get AmonRa from here,.... [Recovery ROM] [07-Mar-2010] RA-hero-v1.6.2

Ive heard nothing but bad things about ROM manager. Id just stick to the usual if I was you.

Follow the guide I said earlier.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
All right bro, one more Que is this Radio works on every countries and is it latest ? 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26

Thanks Once Again .. By the way what is ROM Upgrade Utility (RUU) Do ? Will it let me install Official ROM/Update in my Phone ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddotpatel:
Nope,... Latest is update-hero-radio-63.18.55.06OU_6.35.15.01-signed.zip (latest)

Unless you are on Orange UK,... If so, then use the one you said.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
Thanks bro i was downloading the old one .. Didn't know about latest Radio .. now I' ll download this one ..

No i am not on Orange UK.. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
Hello when i flash radio if required do i have to flash it each and every Custom ROM ?

Suppose i install vanilla & flashed latest Radio & later i want to try aHero ROM :)

Do i have to Flash radio again ? Or Just the reboot into recovery Wipe whole thing and reboot my phone again & install Update.zip into SD Card and reboot in recovery & Flash aHero & I am Done Right ? :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akuma24:
You update the radio once, if you want to change roms later on, save them to your sd card as Update.zip, boot into recovery and choose "flash zip from sd card"

The Rom you are trying, on the relevant forum they will advise if you should do a full wipe or not
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
All right Also do i have to rename radio to update.zip when i am flashing radio ? is it required ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddotpatel:
With the latest AmonRa you don't need to rename anything, as long as it is on the root of the SD it will find it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
Okay bro ..you helps me a lot :)

Also any thread there can i find how to make partition on SD Card ?

with AmonRa i can partition SD Card from the Menu of My Phone right ?

Because setting up ADB & doing by fastboot its very Complicated & Confusing to me.

what does USB - MS toggle do in AmonRa recovery Option ?