yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] toddsk:
my gps went out totally when i went to cm7. i flashed back and forth, tried many radios...nothing helped.

i finally saw this post and flashed back to radio .27 and flashed the ril-lib matching it and gps is the best it's ever been

Thanks for your excellent work
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vlad83:
Thats really old lol

If you download the latest SDK it's already in there. Its just like ADB but in bootloader.

Add /tools and /platform-tools folders in SDK to your environmental variables and you can use ADB/Fastboot from any directory
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
It maybe included in the windows version, but the last time I installed the linux version, which was a few months ago, it wasn't included. Could be I just didn't install everything though. But it's the same binary, I think.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] riahc3:
1: How do I check that I have the ENGINEERING HBOOT installed?

2: If not, how do I install it?

Thanks and sorry for the noobieness :P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lainvalenajr:
Turn off your phone. Hold vol down + power. In the bootloader it will say something "eng" on top.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Innocent Devil:
Vision Hboot from desire Z india OTA 1.82.720.1

Version 0.85.0009 dated Dec 02, 2010

Any new hboot have been released after this for Desire Z ?

when i flashed it, my S-OFF didn't changed.it still S-OFF.:)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] davidjz87:
im getting a fastboot.exe system error when trying to flash throu cmd.. "The program cant start beacuse ADBwinapi.dll is missing from your computer.try reinstalling the program to fix this problem,, any idea why im getting this

i copied and paste the files to fastboot folder the error message went away. now when i type in " Fastboot flash radio radio.img" i get error can not load radio.img

nevermind i used the hboot method its much easier
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] codf4ther:
set path=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools;
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Da9L:
My Wifi suddenly wont work anymore.. Cant turn it on, and i've tried different roms to no avail.. Could it help if i flashed a new Radio?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rei165:
i quickly skimmed through this thread, but i just want confirmation that the links posted in OP can only be flashed via ADB.

im pretty lazy, so if theres a simple way to do this on the phone where i can rename to PC10IMG or if theres a PC10IMG.zip floating around with Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17 radio within it id be greatful.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] EdKeys:
This is an old thread and should be locked.

The radio thread that you want is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970809

It's updated with the lastest radios.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] francescopr:
hi i have a italian desire z, which is my official radio?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] littlegreen:
All the links are dead :S

Could you please re-link?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
This is an old thread, to find more updated links see here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43195539
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] moolash:
Thanks, steviewevie, that's what I wanted. The unbranded, shipped ROM, in my case Europe.

By the way, is this with Sense?

I am stock-Rom type of guy. Worked well on my TP2, too. There's always a lot of things in cooked ROMs that I don't need, no matter they are optimized.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
I've got a UK phone and this is the ROM that came with it. Yes, all DZs come with Sense in the stock ROM. It's only the G2 that hasn't got Sense.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kwyj:
So a (probably silly) question on radio ROMs......

Is it possible to change the frequency your handset operates at by changing the ROM, or is the frequency determined by the hardware?

The reason I'm asking is that I also have a Bell Canada handset (850/1900 MHz) which works fine when I'm at home in Australia, but won't work if I'm travelling through Asia which I do quite regularly. Is it possible to get a custom 850/2100MHz ROM?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SN4K3B1T3:
That would be hardware..you can't actually change the frequency of the phone..the radio is the software side of things as far as I know...you could probably use it in asia but only get 2g data..I know :(

Sent from my HTC DesireZed
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kwyj:
Thanks for clarifying. I was hoping the radio frequency was set in the same way the CPU frequency was set, but I guess I'm out of luck.

You're right though - I'll get 2G coverage everywhere except Japan where they have no GSM ..... :-(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Looks like we have a significantly newer radio (judging purely by the numbers for its release into) in this ROM - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9769334
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tookewl4skewl:
Look below
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tookewl4skewl:
Newest Radio

Here is the newest radio Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17 as radio.img for those who are interested in flashing it. File must be flashed through fastboot in bootloader. *Please do not attempt if you don't know how*

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XGGNNZM0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kholk:
Updates:

- Latest radio added to available downloads

- Radio flashing guide added.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
I just flashed the new radio - 12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17 - to my phone (European DZ). Will test it out later now and for the rest of the day ! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kholk:
Heh, I'm hating you Desire Z owners :D

Damn G2 and damn old radio :P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GunToYoMouth123:
Heh, i'll say. Lol
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TL24:
Damn it... I guess us G2 owners will have to wait for new Radio when it's available!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joackie27:
eViL D: has flashed this radio (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9789116&postcount=57)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TL24:
Oh nice! Not sure how I missed that post but good to know its working!

Any improvement Evil?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
See, I told you G2 guys the DZ radio would work ! :D

Great news though, hopefully is another positive sign for anyone who doubts how the G2 and DZ are the same phone just with different bootloaders.

My initial impressions of the new radio 12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17 compared to my stock DZ radio (12.28b.60.140eU-26.03.02.26_M) are very good. I was in a very poor signal area this evening but I got a better signal than I was expecting there. Will continue to test.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JPHCCFC:
cheers keep the impressions coming in and let us know the battery life, poised to pull the trigger!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
My ears are burning, lol! Good to know that it works on the G2... will try it myself later tonight.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
Bell Z here, but running quite well for me here in Canada. Good battery, no loss in signal.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Armani G:
dictionary do you noticed better signal?? because I also have the Bell DZ in Canada... Any improvement is better than the stock! lol please let me know thanks!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JPHCCFC:
Would be interested to hear the percentage battery gain.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
Hmm, signal seems to be about the same, if not a smidge better. You're not going to go from 0 bars to 5, lol, but it is definitely a strong signal I'm getting. Internet is just as fast too, with no delays in message. Calls are fine as well.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Armani G:
thanks for the reply.. Now I need to figure out how to flash a .img is it possible to flash with terminal emulator?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
Nope. You need to flash the radio.img in fastboot. Do you have the SDK installed, and adb working? If so, do this.

Extract the radio.img to wherever your sdk/tools folder is. For me, I put the tools folder directly in c. Mine looks like this- c:\tools.

Open up a command prompt (I'm assuming you're on windows)

Type in: cd c:\tools (again, replace c:\tools for whatever directory your tools folder is)

make sure the phone is in fastboot (Shut phone down. Volume Down+Power. Select Bootloader)

Type: fastboot devices

make sure that it lists your device .. usually HXXXXXX something

Type: fastboot flash radio radio.img

Should say sending .. okay

then writing .. okay

Now just type: fastboot reboot

You're all set.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Armani G:
hummm sending went fine but then writing radio failed (remote: not allowed)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hjlow:
need to be rooted?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Armani G:
im sure you do... And also be true S-Off
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
Yeah, that was my next comment. Rooted with S-Off? I'd assume so.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Armani G:
Yup im rooted Subsidy Unlock, SuperCID, and Radio S-OFF...

in my command I was able to see my phone sending to my phone said okay

but the write failed :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ssyed:
Yea, I am having the same issue. I am also rooted, unlocked, superCID and radio s-off

"Writing 'radio' ... FAILED (remoe:not allowed)"
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joackie27:
Here's the radio image which you can flash from recovery made by tookewl4skewl.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ssyed:
Nope, this also does not work for some reason
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
The flashable update didn't work when I'd first tried it, so I had to fastboot. No big deal.

Not sure why it's not working for some
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xeduran:
Do you have an engineering HBOOT? Fastboot will not work even with S-OFF if you do not have an engineering HBOOT. I was able to fastboot flash the radio on my G2.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ssyed:
Awesome!!! Got the engineering HBOOT and flashed the radio :D

Everything works
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gr33k:
Working on my G2 - Cyanogen 6.1 Stable

Ok, so I used Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - fastboot from the latest SDK

Came from:

Vision_RADIO_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26

Went to:

Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17

Of course I'm S-OFF and rooted. I have Cyanogen's latest 6.1 Stable installed.

All is working fine. I was worried a bit because I have a "U" after the "e" and in the new radio after the "f". (Maybe a country/location specific identifier?) i.e. Here's what I have now:

12.28e.60.140fU_26.04.02.17_M2

Whatever - didn't seem to cause a problem :)

****

To OP _ Thank you for adding the steps on doing this. Been working on my android since G1 - But I hadn't used fastboot before (done radio's via recovery). Wasn't hard at all. Read everything several times before trying it and it made sense ... so did it - SUCCESS!

Now does it make a huge difference now. Immediately I saw that I have about +1 bar generally...maybe...it's definitely not a miracle upgrade where you get full bars all of a sudden everywhere. The GPS seems to connect faster, but not sure if the radio affects the GPS??

Anyways - newer radio typically indicates a sort of improvement (hopefully!). Hopefully performance and connectivity is part of that improvement (battery is nice too). We'll see - If you can follow the directions...and have a T-Mobile G2 version of the HTC Vision these radios should work just fine. Just research before doing it ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chchia:
finally got this version Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17 installed, not seeing any improvement yet on the signal level, still same 2~3 bar.

by the way i am from Malaysia using Maxis, the same location using none smart phone always can get full bar. while when using smart phone it get very weak. strange.

regards.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vyruz1986:
My current BaseBand version reads "12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M"

Can I flash the "Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17" onto it?

It's a Desire Z bought in Belgium.

The problem I'm having is very poor reception (mainly wifi but also mobile networks) when holding the phone horizontal (hand wrapped around the top speaker side of the phone)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GunToYoMouth123:
Mkay, so which radio works fine with the US TMO G2 ?

Thaankss !
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
I had exactly the same stock radio as you, and I flashed that new radio and it works fine for me. I'm pretty sure I'm getting a better signal than the stock radio, though of course it may be different for all of us, e.g. we all use our phone in different ways.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vyruz1986:
Thanks I will give it a go
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Json_81:
Didn't work to flash for me.

I have engineering hboot, s-off and cyan 6.1

Didn't get any error message though.

Will try fastboot when I have a cable.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vyruz1986:
Works for me, and WiFi reception seems better as well
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TL24:
So which Radio should we use for our G2 - TMobile USA's network of course?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chewy106:
U = HSUPA enabled

H = only HSDPA enabled

It impacts uplink speeds. On my old myTouch3G 1.2 changing in build.prop ro.ril.hsxpa to 2 enables it and increased the upload speed by a ton. The baseband then changed from "H" to "U".

It's default enabled on stock G2 and I would assume the DZ? If you were to edit build.prop and disable the HSUPA the baseband letter would switch to an "H".

So any more reports of performance on a G2 for the new radio?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
We have at least one post saying that the newest radio works on the G2 - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9789116&postcount=57

I know with different radios on WinMo, it was really a case of just trying a new radio and see if it worked better/worse for you, because there are so many variables involved even if you're talking about the same network - e.g. distance from cell towers, how exactly you're using your phone, etc. I presume it's the same with Android radios ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Ooh, interesting :)

Yes, my DZ has a "U" in the baseband version, without me changing anything.

Any idea what the "M" or "M2" at the end means ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joackie27:
I confirm that this radio (Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17) is working fine on my T-Mobile G2 running CM6.1 nightly #61. I've flashed the radio.img via fastboot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chewy106:
Hmmm, not sure on that one. From what I can tell only the shipped HTC Vision and HTC Glacier have the "M2" in the baseband, the OTA for the G2 changes it to just "M" (and I think the myTouch4G OTA does too?). A Google search for baseband and "_M2" only returns a few links of Vision and Glacier shipped radio info from various carriers, including T-Mobile and Vodaphone. Some coding indicator from HTC's side perhaps?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kholk:
"M" and "M2" are part of the version number. They shouldn't mean anything particular.

Anyway, thread updated. I've flashed the latest D-Z Radio ROM on my G2 and it works really great.

I have to say....I live in Italy (900/2100) and the frequencies of 3G networks here are a little different from the ones supported by the G2 (850/2100). Now that I've flashed the new radio the signal receiption is a bit improved and I'm not suffering anymore of connection / signal drops.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Snap Jackel Pop:
Just an FYI for G2 owners who didn't use gfree for root (and might want to in the future), it seems like upgrading the G2 radio to the 26.04.02.17, makes it so that gfree is unable to s-off / unlock your phone. Not sure why, but while trying to move from the old hboot root to gfree, I was unable to. After downgrading the radio, I was able to use gfree successfully.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Gwanatu:
G2 flashed successfully to Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17. Everything is working great, seems to be more or less the same. Time will tell if reliability at work is improved, but the signal in this building is so weird that I'm not sure a radio update can completely fix it, although I'm definitely hoping for any kind of improvement.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] larrycarvalh0:
its possible to upgrade to the new radio having a s-off with gfree?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hjlow:
which enginerring hboot did you flash? the one from the wiki? i tried that one and seem to be unable to boot at the moment.. :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xeduran:
Yes. Just use gfree before upgrading the radio.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
There are two engineering hboots in the Wiki, one for the G2 and one for the DZ. I presume you used the correct one for your phone ?

Did you do an MD5 checksum before you flashed it to make sure the download was a good one ?

When you say it's unable to boot, what happens ? Can you get into hboot at all ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] guhl99:
WARNING the radio firmware 26.04.02.17 (aka the egypt-radio) prevents wpthis.ko and therefore gfree from working (at the moment)

So if you use this you will not be able to gain write access to partition 7 (the radio config partition) and therefore will not be able to change S-ON/S-OFF, CID, SIM-LOCK data. And you will also not be able to copy your partition 7 backup back.

So do not use this radio firmeware in it or the hboot from the same rom.

It is not verified yet but we fear that installing radio and hboot might even prevent you from downgrading the radio again!

have fun - guhl
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
What about those that did g2free, and only flashed the radio.img file? From what I recall, it shouldn't touch partition 7. Could be wrong though. Moreso curious about what happens to those again, who just did the g2free with s-off, before flashing only the radio.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hjlow:
Yes to all your questions. It just hung on the the HTC startup screen. I was able to get to recovery and restore with nandroid. Now I have eng hoot and new radio and all is good again. Relief.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] guhl99:
Just to make this clear again:

- After flashing this radio you can not write to partition 7 (and actually all radio partitions) any more.

- This prevents you from changing the state of secu_flag, CID and SIMLOCK data

- So whatever you had before installing this radio you will not be able to change it anymore.

- This also means that you can not copy back the backup of your partition 7 which might be troublesome if you have to return the phone (warranty violation)

Up to now no one showed up with either the complete egypt-ROM or the eqypt-radio and the egypt-hboot installed who tried to use gfree (or wpthis.ko alone). So all cases we know up to now could downgrade the radio and use gfree after that.

But if somebody can not downgrade the radio anymore (and that's what we are afraid of) he can not change the state of the phone (neither root or unroot)

But once again. If you did upgrade I would recommend to downgrade again while you still can. And if you did not upgrade -> don't.

And if you still ain't got the message: At the moment a phone that has this radio firmware installed is NOT permanent ROOTABLE.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joemm:
I stay fairly close to LA and work in LA, what change in reception have you seen since flashing this new radio? In your opinion was it worth flashing? How is your gfree root, still good? Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kalandros:
Will this reset the permanent(radio) S-Off?

As of right now, I have it so everything is open.

Will flashing this radio reset it back to stock and unroot it?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
RE LAX. I asked a rather simple question. No need for bold face, and the whole "again" nonsense.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Flashing the radio on its own via fastboot won't change S-OFF *if* you have full radio S-OFF via gfree, I tried it and verified I still had radio S-OFF/SuperCID/SIM Unlock. But see guhl's warning.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
It's more likely that it's the hboot contained in the RUU that's the main problem, isn't it ? Flashing the radio on its own (via fastboot) didn't cause me to lose radio S-OFF, SuperCID or SIM unlock. So flashing the radio didn't appear to touch my partition 7.

After flashing this radio I ended up flashing my whole stock RUU again to go back to stock, and that worked fine (and I kept my radio S-OFF, and successfully perm rooted again).

I am not at all suprised that the RUU might contain a new hboot that can seriously mess things up though.

Flashing a whole new RUU on a phone that is already rooted etc always has a high chance of losing your root etc permanently, so you really shouldn't do it until the devs have proved that it's safe to do so, i.e. that you can get your root/S-OFF etc back.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kholk:
Technically flashing a radio with FastBoot shouldn't touch at all your partition 7.

Note that Partition 7 should be univoque as it should contain some bits related only to YOUR device... but maybe it's possible that HTC will release a RUU that updates it for making it to work with a newer radio...and I don't think that this will happen...or that this will touch any of the CID or secu flags...

Anyway, I flashed the latest radio and my p7 is still SuperCID and S-OFF.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rUsTyRuSs:
Can anyone confirm the newest radio fixes the G2's edge loss of data issue? When switching between edge and 3g I lose data completely with no E 3g or H. Just bars and no data. Have to cycle airplane mode to fix it... Thanks in advance,

Russ
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dhkr123:
Like we didn't see this one coming....

Given the way that rage and gfree work, SOMETHING had to be done to actually make this hardware somewhat safe again.

Remember that HTC isn't just worried about keeping technical users from gaining control of their own hardware, they are worried about REGULAR retard users from installing "cute cuddly bunnies", which comes with a malicious secret -- it silently takes over the phone and causes the radio to output at full power causing brain cancer and death in the owner.

HTC made a terrible mistake with these devices; they rigged it so that hacking it is ALL OR NOTHING. You can't PARTIALLY own the phone.

In fact, if they thought this thing through from the beginning, they would have left boot, recovery, and system withOUT write protection. If they did that, nobody would have bothered to break the write protect, and the phone would remain relatively unhacked.

It really would be nice if the phone makers would figure it out that locking users out does NOTHING except COST THEM MONEY. Stupidest thing you could possibly do.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] pimpmaneaton:
Is is possible to download the Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17 and rename it from Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17.7z to pc10img.zip and then put that file on the sd card and boot into fastboot and select bootloader and have it flash the radio straight from the phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
I haven't tried that, but I doubt it will work. The PC10IMG.zip has more stuff in it like a list of CIDs that it will work on, plus I am not sure if it has some digitally signed keys (there is some weird stuff in there that doesn't look like partition images). I could be wrong of course.