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[EVO 4G Android Development] Darth Pooh:
I just connected using PC36IMG.zip to WiMax out front of my house. Piss poor signal, but it passed data nicely.

I am about to do the RUU and see if that is the culprit. It might be that we are using a RUU that is borked for WiMax.
[EVO 4G Android Development] phinnaeus:
I rooted using toast's method and flashed the stock rooted ROM, then upgraded my radio using this img. I can turn on 4G and connect to it. I get a "good" signal (2 bars). I run a speed-test on mobilespeedtest.com and I get 900 kbps tops.

Is 4G just candypants bad here, or am I being deluded by my settings app?

edit: Nevermind. I turned off 4G and ran the test. go 200kbps. FML

edit 2: OKAY I ran it again on 3G and got 400kbps. WHY IS EVERYTHING SO SLOW/different
[EVO 4G Android Development] watzone69:
Wireless tether using 4G is working for me now. I'm not sure if flashing this radio fixed it or not but it IS working!
[EVO 4G Android Development] -viperboy-:
wrong thread, sorry guys.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Saturn2K:
I'm using the newer zip file with the md5 sum of 4D9404EBC30C32B20A7B8FA304225680 for EVO-1.39.00.05.31-radio-signed.zip. I only have 3G in my area, but my speeds are pretty good. I just ran the 2mb speed test at mobilespeedtest.com and got 1014kbps. Then I double checked it with dslreports.com and I got 952kbit/sec on their 1MB mobile test. I don't think the radio is messed up or anything.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bflxjsl:
If I update the radio then re flash with stock Rom will that also put the radio back

Andrew

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[EVO 4G Android Development] GruvyDude:
Couldnt update radio

So when I tried to reboot into recovery mode, every time I was presented with the phone icon with a red X or checkmark (cant remember which), I just know I was not able to get to an option of flashing.

I have rooted with toasts option ... when doing adb shell I get a # prompt so I know I have root access to phone.

Issued the adb reboot recovery option, but get the 'oh no you arent' page on reboot hehe.

Any ideas?

Thanks

GruvyDude
[EVO 4G Android Development] arjuan:
After you run 'adb reboot recovery', the phone will reboot and you will see the phone icon with the red exclamation point. This is when you need to run windows-recovery.bat (or the linux/mac equivalent) in an administrator console (cmd -> run as administrator). After you run this recovery script your phone will show you the options to flash and/or wipe.

Please browse the forums more before posting. This question has been answered in several threads (and is included in many of the tutorials).
[EVO 4G Android Development] GruvyDude:
Arjuan-

Thank you for the response. My apology for adding clutter to the forums, I thought I read through this 'Radio update' post thoroughly and did not see this info.

Again, thank you for the prompt response.

GD
[EVO 4G Android Development] pic.micro23:
Hello, I'm not able to connect to 4G too. This are the events in my case

1) Rep at sprint applied the OTA

2) I rooted with toast's method.

3) Applied flipz's rooted rom. I got the 4G bars but I cannot connect to anything. 3G works

3) Applied EVO-1.39.00.05.31-radio-signed.zip (md5 4D9404EBC30C32B20A7B8FA304225680). I got the 4G bars but I cannot connect anywhere. 3G works

I live in an area where 4G works and my friend has an EVO (non rooted) next to me and he's evo works under 4G mine does not (same number of bars in 4G on both).

Thx
[EVO 4G Android Development] Euphoricsoul:
I'm having the same problem.
[EVO 4G Android Development] pic.micro23:
I installed the OMJ's rom (.1) and 4g works now. I don't really know what the diference between OMJ and FLIP's rom. I hope someday Cyanogenmod has one for us.
[EVO 4G Android Development] CryptoArgonaut:
Radios and Rom dependencies?

My apologies if this is a dumb question, but is there any dependency between the radio updates and the rom you're running? I've flashed my device using Toast's FroYo rom, and it's working great, but the radio stack is older than 1.39.00.05.31 (it's still the 1.39.00.04.26 version). Any risk in upgrading the radio while using the Froyo code?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Fadakar:
I flashed both of the zips during one recovery, my boot is taking an immense amount of time, I think I'm hovering around 7-9 minutes right now. It's just replaying the Sprint 4G boot, did I brick it? I never had a boot take this long on my hero.
[EVO 4G Android Development] infamousjax:
hey guys...

once you flash this radio, is it permanent?

Even if I've gone back to stock, and back to root again, and then back to stock AGAIN.. does this radio stick?

Just curious since I'm not sure how to find out which radio I'm currently using... but I HAVE flashed this.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Radio

I come from the WM world (hated it and I'm loving Android) but it shouldn't matter in regards to radio flashing. As far as my WM phone was concerned, the ROM is independent of the radio. So you can flash a radio and keep the same ROM and vice versa. Radio flashing is not permanent so you can reflash to a different radio if you aren't getting the results you want. If you are wondering what radio version you are running just type in ##786# and scroll down to "Radio Version". Hope this helps.
[EVO 4G Android Development] infamousjax:
well I flashed it again....

big ****ing mistake
[EVO 4G Android Development] infamousjax:
now, the radio just goes in and out of signal every 5-10 seconds... its slower than its ever been. wtf?? i've reflashed, tried new ROMs... its screwed. Is this because I flashed it twice?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Toethumbs:
noob here

Can someone explain this step a bit more? I apologize in advance i am vary new to android and working with root. I'm having trouble figuring out what is the ".sh" and ".bat" file he is referring to. I'm also having a bit of trouble with once i know what files he is talking about, how do you actually run it? Do you run a adb command in prompt? or execute a file? Any clarification at all on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for any replies and please keep up the good work.

Josh
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
yes and no. it is permanent until you flash it again. the ROM could contain a flash, but most don't.

i use windows, its the windows-recovery.bat file, i think is the name. run this file and it will push the needed files to the phone for a custom recovery and working adb.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Yay 4 Juggs:
ok so after a few days now with this radio i have noticed a significant decline in battery life...i would typically get 13-15 hours out of a battery before it shuts itself down...now im lucky if i get 5-7 hours before a charge is needed...i dont do a lot of talking mostly texting(average 1200 a day) and web use to view the trades...no bluetooth...no gps unless it's pluged into car charger...no wifi unless plugged into charger. I also noticed a fluctuation of signal bars is much more prevelant since the radio update...if anyone else has similar issues please let me know...im going to switch back to oem radio and run it for 2 days and test it out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Yay 4 Juggs:
dont know if you got your issue fixed jax but you always flash rom...wait till it boots...then flash radio...never at the same time...fluctuation you're experiencing i am too...wasnt this bad with stock radio...4/26. I am going back to stock and run some more tests and see how it goes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
any reason why not to flash radio and ROM at the same time?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Yay 4 Juggs:
given my history with wm roms and sprint phones...flashing rom and radio without a full boot in between some how creates a boot image for the radio and not the rom...im not sure why but that's always been the case. However...when sprint releases an ruu with radio intact that's a different story as ruu is written to create separation between bootable rom and radio rom. I am working on a custom ruu for both roms and radios individually based off of the sprint ruu...hopefully the structure is still the same as ruu for wm. I may not be very astute with android yet but i can **** **** up when it comes to windows!
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
Is there a link for the original radio?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Yay 4 Juggs:
http://geekfor.me/evo/radio/139000426radio/
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
So is there a general consensus on if this is worth updating or not?
[EVO 4G Android Development] fitmonster:
4G still not working

I get 4G service at my house. I rooted my phone and updated the radio, but I still can't get 4G to work, but 3G works fine.
[EVO 4G Android Development] infamousjax:
Juggs --

How's your erratic radio doing?

Mine is still the same.... before I flashed the radio, it was calm and stable. Now, it bounces around from zero bars to full bars every couple minutes. It doesn't seem to affect speed, but it's rather annoying...

I even flashed back to the original radio, and it was the same... I think I may have permanently damaged the hardware? The flash may have screwed up the actual radio itself -- I don't know.

I'm thinking about trading it in for a new Evo just to be safe since I'm still in my 30 days.

Please let me know if anythings changed on your end.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ultron:
Josh,

It's important that you read toast's rooting tutorial (first post), as it will contain most of the details.

Make sure you have downloaded evo recovery, which is inside that post, as this .zip file will contain the .bat file you're looking for.

First open up adb with a command prompt. Locate where adb is on your computer (it's probably in C:\android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools\), and type:

cd C:\android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools\

adb reboot recovery

The first line means change directory (cd) which then looks at the directory you tell it, so tell it to go to wherever adb is located. The second line tells your phone to reboot into recovery mode. Wait for your phone to display a phone with a red triangle and exclamation point. Then open the Evo Recovery folder (after unzipping the file) and double click the .bat file according to which OS you use (e.g. windows-recovery.bat). This will open a command prompt which will load your phone into recovery mode. From here you can go down to Flash zip from sdcard. Obviously make sure you have put the radio.zip file on your sdcard before doing this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] strung:
Installed this radio. 3G speeds went from ~300kbps to ~670kbps. I wanna say battery life (Cell Standby) is better too, though it might just be placebo
[EVO 4G Android Development] oOflyeyesOo:
Has anyone installed this in the clockworkmod recovery?

When I try to open up the file from the sd card, it says opening and then going back to the main recovery screen where I gotta click select file from sd card. I tried going back over and over trying to open it, but it just takes me back, without saying anything. Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this, or well get it to run correctly? Could I run it from the default recovery screen and name it update.zip so im able to run it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] strung:
I installed this radio from Clockwork (and it worked), rebooted, and later installed the 651.6 image. Sorry that that isn't much help :-/

You do NOT need to rename ANY roms to update.zip. update.zip should only ever be the clockwork recovery zip, as others will not have a valid signature.
[EVO 4G Android Development] oOflyeyesOo:
Damn, I really hope I figure this out, my 3g connection is horrible right now, I hope this helps, just need to get it working.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nenn:
works, lets see if this is any better than stock!

thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] amallama:
mine is stuck at formatting cache? does anyone know what that means
[EVO 4G Android Development] rockky:
My connections are the same.

I've heard the only difference is that it corrects the SD card issue.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thecodemonk:
The clockwork mod does work, however it does it on reboot so once you apply the .zip file, go and select "Reboot phone" and it will apply before it reboots, run through all the extra steps and reboot again before you finally get back into your rom. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
After step 8, It just rebooted back into recovery again instead of booting into android

After it booted into android, I didn't get the "congratulatoins" screen that is described in step 9

However, when i go into settings, I now i have the latest radio version when I dind't before

How come I didn't get the "congrats" screen?
[EVO 4G Android Development] TREYisRAD:
Me neither, I was really looking forward to it :(

But it still worked great.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
delete please
[EVO 4G Android Development] sherman901:
When I try to run it it says E: failed or something like that. I can't remember what exactly it says because I'm back into Android but it wasn't working. I have Baseband 1.36.00.04.02
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
good quesiton...mnine was stuck in that mode, but it seemed like it was done and I just hit reboot again

anybody else see this "formatting cache" thing?

however, when it did booted back up into android, I dind't get the congratulations screen...is this normal?
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
did you see the formatting cache thing and it got stuck there? and you had to reboot back into android manually from the top menu?
[EVO 4G Android Development] fr4nk1yn:
I'm itching to root and looking for a reason.

Just checked my version and it say it's the same as what's here.

Is that correct? Was this radio pushed OTA?
[EVO 4G Android Development] strung:
Yes, it was!
[EVO 4G Android Development] KyleMac:
Yes, strangely though this did not happen the first time I flashed this radio. Is it possible the radio stayed on despite unlocking nand protection?
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
not sure man..this is all new to me

why would you have to flash this radio twice? Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] liquidkernel:
Toast you rock, as always!
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
well...i did have the old .04 radio before....so it couldn't have stayed on since it def got updated...

maybe it is because we already did the NAND root? did you do that root yet?
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrjkwik:
I made it this far, kinda. after it rebooted, there was no status bar, only

"Build : not set

Formatting CACHE:..."

and that was it. its just sitting there now. the vol buttons can control the menu again, but, not sure what happened. a little paranoid about rebooting since it didnt seem to follow everything exactly right.

is it bricked?? or am i fine??
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
that is the same thing that has been happening to a few of us......

it would just sit there after formating cache

just click the powerbutton again to restart back into android manually...and check to see if the radio got updated by going into settings--> about, etc...
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrjkwik:
phew, thank you. sorry, usually i read back several pages before posting, but, after reading about 25 pages of the nand root thread, and the fact i wanted an answer before the battery would run out, i didnt this time.

everything seems fine and it seems to have taken the new radio.

thanks again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
not a problem!

I was very concerned as well

I wonder why this is happening to us? did you ROOT fully including the NAND thing? cuz i did....maybe that's why its happening?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jspielberg:
Complete android newb, and I am fully rooted (at least I think I did)... getting the HTC Quietly Brilliant boot screen rather the Sprint 4G one.

Anyway, I also am seeing the same behavior where it kind of skipped the progress bar and congratulations screens. Also confirmed the radio was updated in the about phone -> software information -> Baseband version = 1.39.00.05.31

Very happy it isn't bricked!
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
im starting to think that those who have the FULL root are experiencing the no congrats screen and no status bar...correct me if im wrong
[EVO 4G Android Development] deonjahy:
Yeah u got stuck there as well but after about 10 min i noticed volume up or down countrols worked again so i selected reboot and everything is fine
[EVO 4G Android Development] nsxla:
yep i have full root, after flashing the radio it doesn't go to Android like it use too, rather into recovery again and sits at Formatting Cache... i suppose i can let it sit there for a bit (this time aorund) before i just manually rebooted? don't know..

Btw anyone else having issues Updating profile? or PRL? <- none get found. i am on PRL ending with 62
[EVO 4G Android Development] chumba8:
nsxla..

just noticed the same thing no prl no radio update right I wait for way longer then it should take i guess we will have to wait till toast is back and ask him
[EVO 4G Android Development] nsxla:
Yep, i have to cancel out of both updates or it seems like a never ending cycle, and to get 3G to work again, you have to toggle WIFI - or else you have no connection.

Side note

If you try to load a site in the browser (after attempting updates) you get a message in the browser

"IT WORKS!" freaked me out at first =] malware!!!!!!! :eek:
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
im not having any 3g issues or anything...
[EVO 4G Android Development] nsxla:
So majority of the people can do a PRL update , and update profile successfully?
[EVO 4G Android Development] nsxla:
Sorry guys for the false alarm now both profile and PRL are bring updated, must of been on Sprints end. Cheers
[EVO 4G Android Development] berkmanmd:
everything worked for me

i am full root w/ the nand unlock

after it applied the update, it rebooted back into recovery with the "formatting cache" message. no congrats message as it never booted into android.

i simply rebooted my phone from the recovery menu and confirmed the update had been applied.

thanks toast!
[EVO 4G Android Development] cal196:
I too did the full root w/ nand unlock. Got the same messages. Updated my PRL's fine, but the issue is now with 4G. It goes into an endless loop of connecting/disconnecting. Does the radio update also update the wimax part as well?
[EVO 4G Android Development] rickgomez2003:
I have the same issue when I flash the radio it his back to the recovery and then I have to reboot it my self and I don't get the congregations at all any ideas.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nsxla:
i will guess thats how its suppose to go...as long as you can update profile and prl it should be okay, you can always check the radio version in settings. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] cal196:
So I fixed my 4G issues like this: I reflashed the radio. The radio update would boot back into recovery mode saying "formatting cache". When it gets to this point, simply go into "wipe" and format the cache yourself. Once finished, reboot from menu and it will boot up, and now 4g is working!

I think there was a problem with it not really formatting the cache, so you just have to help it along!
[EVO 4G Android Development] rickgomez2003:
So just do the (Wipe) then reboot?
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
odd the wipe cache command isnt work. what custom recovery are you running? the one from part 2 of toast's root method, the modified amon ra recovery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
you don't have to actually wipe the cache

it's the david cache you have to wipe, which you do after the data wipe before flashing over the zip
[EVO 4G Android Development] tommy96814:
where do i wipe the david cache? no such option?
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
sorry..meant dalvik-cahce and i'm using amon ra recovery
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
I dont have 4g here to test but i had the same issue i did the nand unlock and then updated radio, got stuck at formatting cache , so i just rebooted and the version is updated in settings but never got the update successful message. Everything seems to be ok. Can anybody test 4g to see if the radio was the issue for cal196?
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
If i do erase dalvik-cache will i have to reinstall rom again?
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
you are supposed wipe the data and dalvik-cache PRIOR to flashing the ROM...you shouldn't do it afterwards
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
I understand that you wipe before installing the rom. Im reading the fix from cal196 that i quoted and he states he wiped the cache when the radio installation stalled. He doesnt mention reinstalling the rom after this fact just a reboot and all was fixed?
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
I guess what im really asking is anybody who experienced the above do you have working 4g?
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
your 4g issues are with the ROM you are using, not by installing this Radio

The Flipz rom and stock roms have been known to show this....

I am using OMJ rom with full working 4g
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
Kind of what i figured. Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] dogbone414:
how do you do the 3rd instruction? i go into recovery cant run files.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kmartburrito:
Do we have a place to download the original radio?

I, like many others, flashed this radio soon after rooting. I've seen at least two others report issues with intermittent and persistent data connection losses using flipz and damagecontrol that are located in the Colorado (Denver like me maybe) area. If it is happening on both those roms, it's probably not related to the ROM, but rather the area. I'm in SE Denver, and have been having a heck of a time losing data connection. I can't tether properly, sprint TV, skyfire, pandora, all can't maintain the connection.

Thoughts? This could be a big deal, at least for the colorado folks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
Link for stock radio. http://geekfor.me/evo/radio/139000426radio/
[EVO 4G Android Development] BigBallin:
just to double check so i dont **** **** up, you flash this almost like a rom flash correct?
[EVO 4G Android Development] gabriel925fm:
Do anyone have the original stock radio on a mirror? This link is not working for me:

geekfor.me/evo/radio/139000426radio/
[EVO 4G Android Development] 12MaNy:
EDIT: Nevermind...I figured it out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kmartburrito:
I might be able to mirror it, as long as the process I followed to create it myself is ok. I replaced the radio.img file in the new radio.zip with the one from PC36IMG.zip from toast's root thread. I realize there's meta-inf files in there, but didn't know if they were related or not.

I flashed successfully, and my software info shows the old radio, so if someone can confirm this process is ok, I can attach to this thread.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cal196:
This isn't true. Reread through the thread. 4G issues were happening from the cache not getting cleared. To fix it, from the recovery menu, clear the cache from the menu manually and your 4G should work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
do you clear the cache before or after the flash? and not the dalvin-cache, right? Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] roncad:
I have a question I just recieved my sprint evo and was planning on doing the root. but as I was looking at the "build number and software number" (1.32.651.6), is this the version that sprint put in to stop the root ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
This what im trying to get an answer on. From what i have seen you are the only one who has had an issue with 4g. A bunch of us flashed and cache didnt clear but i havent read anybody else having an issue. I wish i had 4g here to test.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
THank you sooo much for that clarification

so I reflashed the radio and when it gets stuck on "formatting cache" I then wiped the cache manually after that and restarted

but my 4g was working before i just wanted to make sure i dont run into any issues
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
Did you receive the update message when you booted back into android this time?