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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] pimpmaneaton:
Do you by chance know of any other way to flash this new radio without fastboot from a computer. I've tried several times to get fastboot to work on my laptop and it just won't. I've used SDK on several phones in the past but just dosen't seem to play nice with my G2.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Gwanatu:
I have this problem at work (I've said this a bunch of times here), and I'm not sure there's anything you can do about it if it's only in one location. The first G2 I had did it everywhere, and I ended up exchanging it for another. Of course that was before there was any kind of root, roms or any of this stuff, so just make sure you revert everything before you exchange it in that case.

It's definitely a shame, but this isn't the first or the last time we'll see this. Lots of software developers do this as well with DRM and the like, and it just doesn't work. If it can be made, it can be unmade. Period.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Gwanatu:
What is fastboot doing that it's not working?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joackie27:
I haven't noticed any difference at all in my reception. Or maybe I just didn't do any extensive testing on it. I used to abide by the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it..." But I guess it's hard to apply it when it comes to flashing stuffs (rom, kernel, radio, etc.). gfree_verify returned OK for CID, secu_flag, and SIMLOCK.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Have you tried this guide to get adb working ? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865685

Because I wonder if you have the wrong drivers. You should get the drivers from HTC Sync, as per that guide.

If you get adb working then similarly you should have fastboot already working. You should be able to do "fastboot devices" when your phone is in fastboot mode.

Ah, I just though - do you have the eng hboot ? Because I don't think it will work unless you do.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paoliniluis:
I've searched along the forums but i cannot find an answer to this question: if i flash a desire Z with a G2 radio will it change the 3G frequencies to the american standard so i can use it in the USA?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hjlow:
no, hardware limitation
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nycjv321:
...

this works on the g2 here in the states fine right? I just flash and no issues at all, I am just supposed to get better signal right?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kholk:
@nycjv321

AFAIK there aren't any photos for verifying that D-Z and G2 are having a difference in the GSM/UMTS hardware... but AFAIK it's chipset related and I can be wrong.

Anyway, newer Radio ROMs won't give you better signal FOR SURE. From my experience with HD2 (and other devices) radios, some gave me better signal but poor in power consumption, some newer were getting a low signal but battery lasting "forever", some other were poor in all, others were good in all.

With Radio ROMs you only have to experience yourself 'cause it highly depends from where you live and what's the strengthness of the 2G/3G signal in the places where you are frequently.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mejorguille:
It would be trivial to make it into an update.zip so that you can update it in recovery. It would prove foolish though, as SPL's and RADIO's are the only things that can screw up your phone, permanently. You might have to remove and reinstall the drivers, there was probably a corrupt installation or the like.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] pimpmaneaton:
Wow I'm dumb. I read the guide here(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865685) and found that I didn't have HTC Sync installed on my laptop. Installed that and was able to fastboot flash the newest radio no problem. Thanks you guys for the guides and all the work you do.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] iiedii:
Well, I attached a file "android-info.txt". Pack it with radio.img in a single ZIP file.

Then rename it as "PC10IMG.zip" and copy it to the root of your SD card.

Finally, start the phone in hboot BOOTLOADER and wait a minute, it will automatically update the radio without connecting to the PC.

It works for me, hope it helps!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Gwanatu:
Glad you got it. There are so many steps to follow some times that it's just plain easy to forget one! It took me a while to get ADB working as well, and I think it was for a similar reason honestly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wallyhonda:
ust like to say that I first tried flashing newest radio.img from sdcard, with no success. Then i tried on fastboot, device id came up and whatever and the radio.img sent okay everytime. But everytime it tried to write it failed saying remote: not allowed. So then i zipped the radio.img with that txt doc and renamed it and it worked without a charm. Im noticing noticable increase in signal, but not a huge difference. But thanks to everyone for there contribution.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Niiceg:
How to flash hboot?

P.S. maybe there is a method like this? Because flashing image alone didn't work for me
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] andersonjacob54:
Where is the fastboot folder?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joemm:
LOL...., I know what you mean about flashing stuff. My reception seems really good most of the time, guess Ill leave the radio alone. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mafiaboy01:
Hi, I have a bell desire z unlocked, rooted. My reception seems to be bad with any radio I use, any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Gwanatu:
I just put it under C:\android-sdk-windows\tools. Worked just fine.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] khaosxiii:
Flashed in Clockwork - It flashed super quick and indicated successful

On reboot I'm still showing 12.28b.60.104eP_26.03.02.26_M ... hmmm ...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
Link to dl Vision_RADIO_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26 appears to be broken. I need it to downgrade so I can gfree...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ddk19:
Has anybody noticed any improvements in signal, voice quality, etc? Does this radio jump around less? I'm in a 4g area so I'm trying to figure out how it can get any better. Thx for help ppls
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Gravityrat:
Maybe it's a freak of nature but I just flashed this radio via fastboot and I got incredible reception.

Let me just say I was fairly disappointed with Tmobile because I had this phone and didn't get HSPA at home or at my work.

I am now going crazy cause I am sitting in my house now with an average of about 72 dbm of HSDPA bliss.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kholk:
Oops, I've put 2 https :P

Link updated. Enjoy!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
Which radio did you flash?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Gravityrat:
Vision Radio 12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02 signed
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Json_81:
I have a strange thing after flashing latest radio, phone shows "G" for gprs sometimes but I'm definately having 3G / HSDPA speed, even tested with speedtest.net / bredbandskollen.se (swedish equivalent)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
So i'm a bit confused on the definitive answer to this:

If I am gfree, S-OFF + SUPERCID + Unlocked then is there any danger in flashing the egypt radio? What if you accidentally flash the egypt hboot as well?

Basically, once I have S-OFF is there anything I can do software wise to really brick my phone?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] verkion:
I flashed my G2 to the newest Radio on the front page. Pretty easy procedure. For all you guys having problems, make sure you have the Engineering HBoot. Reception with it is fine. I have noticed my phone getting super hot when downloading/heavily using the HSPA connection...much hotter it seems, than before.

verkion
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Don't flash the Egypt hboot ! We don't know for sure what that does yet, and it might do bad things in terms of locking down your phone.

No, I don't think there's any danger flashing just the Egypt radio on its own, if you are fully unlocked beforehand.

There are still various ways in which you could brick your phone if you do the wrong stuff, but you'll be in a much easier position to recover if you have radio S-OFF via gfree. Having the engineering hboot (the correct one for your phone, G2 or DZ) will help your recovery options too. But do that after gfree.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GermanGuy:
Reception is just fine? Any improvement over stock?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nycjv321:
uh...

Hey, I recently flashed just the radio and just came across this post... (orginal person should edit the first post.. so people dont miss the msg) I super rooted, real s-off, and gained supercid the original method (manual hex editing, etc..etc..) should I be affected in anyway? since I am only flashing the radio itself? Do you recommend that I downgrade the radio?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adancau:
i flashed the radio over s-off and root, everything works fine, still got root and s-off, so it will not affect a permrooted phone (if you flash ONLY the radio)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] epeets:
flashed radio Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17 on my G2 just now and I can already see a nice improvement in signal at home. Thanks OP!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nycjv321:
Well, I thought it was understood to not flash the hboot lol... I installed the hacked hboot a while back, for original root lol :P. What I am wondering is if I have messed anything up on my phone, as far as the keeping real s-off, supercid, sim lock or upgrades etc.. etc..??? (I ran gfree_verify, everything was good lol)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tookewl4skewl:
You should be fine. You can check the status of s-off at the top of the bootloader screen. It will also provide you with your current hboot info as well.

Sent from my htc.desireZED
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Armani G:
Hey guys whats the difference with the Hboots?... I have Hboot from the first day when we got permaroot..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] angelotseb:
FAILED (remote: not allowed)

when i try on ubuntu the command:

fastboot flash radio documents/android/radio.img

i got the error:

sending 'radio' (24832 KB)... OKAY

writing 'radio'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)

here the info in my bootloader:

Hboot-0.85.0005

Microp-0425

radio_26.03.02.26_M

EMMC_boot

oct 112010,20:10:38

First i try the first root and s-off method that was posted on this site. After I did the operations with visionary 14 to get a real S-OFF.

I'm trying to flash the version of Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17: the radio image!

I heard that i need a engineering hboot to be able to flash the radio? i do i know my hboot is the enginreering version?

thanks for your help!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] angelotseb:
fastboot version

also i'm not sure if the fastboot version is good for any android phone? i got my fastboot version from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Fastboot
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
I would go through the steps to install adb on your PC with the Android SDK, that will give you fastboot as well. Though that link might be the same binary, I really don't know.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Sounds like you have the engineering (ENG) hboot. That's fine, stick with that. Each new official ROM/RUU may well come with a new hboot that will overwrite if you flash it, and who knows if HTC have increased the security there ? So best to not flash any new hboots until you know for sure they are "safe" (i.e. won't affect your existing root/S-OFF).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
You can check the first line from the bootloader/hboot screen. I think yours will say "SHIP", which is the stock hboot. If you have the engineering hboot it will say "ENG". You don't have the engineering hboot, which is why your fastboot flash is failing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adancau:
if it doesn't work then it's not the engineering HBOOT. had the same problem before flashing the new radio.

instructions for flashing the engineering HBOOT are included here:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php...Z.2FG2.2FDHD.29_-_OPTIONAL_and_UNNECESSARY.21
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JPHCCFC:
Im gfree rooted I didn't super cid as my phone was carrier unlocked via a code. will I be fine to flash this radio and can I use the zip method via clockwork?

Thanks in advance
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Some people have reported success flashing as a zip from Clockwork, but I've not tried that myself. If you have the eng hboot you can flash it from fastboot.

Yes, you will be fine to flash the radio on its own.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nycjv321:
so question

If I have gained access to root, supercid, and s-off and have a hacked hboot is there any benefit to downgrading the radio? since I already upgraded it but have already freed my phone? is it recommended to downgrade back? since that radio is the exploited one? Also which radio is recommended?

edit: I downgraded to: Vision_RADIO_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26, provided in first postm just to be safe (this will work universally and also for any additional exploitations correct?)

well now that I downgraded the mobile network type says hsdpa instead of something else umts (sp?) with the newer version in the same area (but still says "H" in the status bar)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] angelotseb:
thanks!

I have adb (i installed the android sdk and changed the $PATH, i'm using ubuntu) but fastboot wasn't working and the file wasn't in my sdk/tools folder! So i had to download a fastboot version (the linux version, any fastboot version i tried the size was 130.4KB). Is there a fastboot vesrsion from the official android sdk?

The fastboot Wiki was the reason i was asking about fastboot and compatibility!

If you look at the wiki you can see 'flash <partition> [ <filename> ]'

I saw no mention of a partition name 'radio'??? But i guess my problems is the engineering boot!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
I don't think you really needed to downgrade again, but that's fine of course if you want. That is the original stock European radio and is fine with the existing methods. So you could stay on a set ROM/radio forever and know you will stay rooted etc. It's if you upgrade that there might be problems, at least temporarily.

Sent from my HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Sorry i assumed you were using the Windows SDK. I will have to have a look at the Ubuntu one, I would have thought fastboot would be in that too. Have you tried downloading (via the SDK Manger) the Platform Tools add-on to see if it is in there ?

But as you say, the problem is probably just lack of eng hboot.

Sent from my HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] angelotseb:
cannot reboot my phone

thank you very much for your help... but my Desire Z does't seem to boot now :(

I can still access the bootlaoder and the recovery. I got three errors with clockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.2.

E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/command

E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log

E:can't open CACHE:recovery/log.

the hboot version i got is "VISION PVT ENG S-OFF, HBOOT-0.84.2000 (PC1012000)". My version before was "VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF, HBOOT-0.85.0005". Seems like i flashed an older version.

what i did, here the commands i did on my PC (in a ubuntu shell)

angelot@angelot-laptop:~$ adb push documents/android/ROMS/hboot/hboot-eng.img /data/local

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

2459 KB/s (1048576 bytes in 0.416s)

angelot@angelot-laptop:~$ adb shell

# md5sum /data/local/hboot-eng.img

2ce1bdd5e4c1119ccfcecb938710d742 /data/local/hboot-eng.img

# su

# dd if=/data/local/hboot-eng.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

2048+0 records in

2048+0 records out

1048576 bytes transferred in 0.433 secs (2421653 bytes/sec)

# exit

# exit

now i f i try to flash again with fastboot:

angelot@angelot-laptop:~$ fastboot boot /home/angelot/documents/android/ROMS/hboot/hboot-eng.img

creating boot image...

creating boot image - 1050624 bytes

downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes)).

do you have any idea what going on?

Do i need to download and flash the older Hboot version?

I did a complete backup wit clockworkmod recovery, should i try to do a recovery and will my recovery will flash the hboot? (but it's look like I can't use the recovery because of the three errors)

thansk again!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] angelotseb:
precision: everytime i try to boot my dezire z, my phone is stuck where a green HTC on white background is showed....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adancau:
go into recovery (clockwork) and format cache (and dalvik too, though i don't think it's really necessary), after that reboot and it should be fine. had this problem as well.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] angelotseb:
thanks!!

No formating the dalvik is not necessary. Do you have an explanation why i had to format the cache?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adancau:
lol nope :) just had a hunch when i saw clockwork saying cache is messed up - i figured it would be worth a try since it couldn't make things any worse :) and it worked. but can't make any educated guesses i'm afraid. the curious thing is that it's not mentioned in the guide (on the wiki), so i thought it's just me :)

EDIT: I've added this to the guide on the wiki, in case someone else needs it too
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Is that command right ? Were you actually doing "fastboot flash boot" because "fastboot boot" is booting the phone, not flashing anything ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] denich:
Pease tell me how to bacup my radio before flashing?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
What radio version are you running at the moment ? If it's one of the ones in the first posting, you won't need to back it up, because you can download and re-flash if you want.

(In theory you could just "dd" the radio partition to your SD card, that should work. Not sure which one is the radio partition though !)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sheek360:
Is it safe to flash

Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17

On my g2?

I need reassurance, I've always flashed radios through recovery. And this makes me a bit nervous. Thnx
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] denich:
Can I flash the Radio from ClockWorkMod Recovery? It needs a zip file. I have a very poor wi-fi signal (when the notebook shows 3 bars, my DZ shows 0)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] denich:
My radoi is different from the 1st page: 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M

Will new Vision_RADIO_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17 work on my DZ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sheek360:
I get an error when I try a fastboot flash of the latest radio

How do I go about making a flashable radio for clockwork recovery?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] NetStranger:
12.28b.60.140eu_26.03.02.26 - have this too

Which radio will work in Russia?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] denich:
I tried to flash the zip file from recovery. It was very fast and after reboot I have the old radio still..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sheek360:
I don't think u can just flash the 7zip or grab the radio.img, zip it n flash
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] denich:
YAHOO!!! I flashed it!! Fast and easy. I used a texr file and HBOOT, and flashed is direct from the phone. It is working great in Russia!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sheek360:
Can u share a how to please?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gniouki:
My DZ is doing boot loop since I flashed a new radio.

I've got Eng bootloader, the bootloader show the good radio, I wiped cache and dalvik cache ... could someone help me ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sheek360:
Ok I figured out y I couldn't flash this radio using the fastboot flash commands. I was on a ship build hboot instead on an eng build. Ooops

Guys, if u wanna flash the latest radio, make sure your on an eng hboot
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Mohammed Shouman:
guys i need to find stock rom for my desire z, i flashed custom rom but i dont like it and i want to flash a stock rom? where can i find one and can i flash it using recovery and clockwork or is there another way
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
You're in the wrong thread, this is the thread all about radios. There are lots of stock ROMs in this forum, though be careful because the latest 1.72 versions are not currently rootable.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinistersai4d4d:
I know on the Droid it's ctrl+alt+delete. Can't figure it out on G2...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcp2009:
Hold volume down and power button and then press trackpad

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinistersai4d4d:
^Awesome thanks!

Ya know, coming from a rooted G1 and an iphone, I can honestly say the most frustrating thing about Vanilla Android for me is the lack of screenshot capabilities. Seriously. Otherwise i'm loving the G2.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BooBoo17:
Is there any place I can buy a new motherboard for HTC EVO 4G? My buttons don't light up anymore, and I recently took it in to be looked at. The tech pretty much said it was my fault that the strip was red which caused my board to be fried. He said that moist water could have fried the board as well. It sounds like he was making excuses not to replace my phone. He told me the only way to replace my phone would be to pay the deductible of $100. I've only had the phone for two months, and I'm not paying that. I didn't spill water on my phone or anything. The phone works fine, it's just the principle of everything. I emailed HTC about the problem and they said the same thing pretty much. I finally emailed Sprint, and I'm waiting on their response. Thanks for your time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topdawgn8:
I didn't search long, but finding one probably won't be easy. I would email these guys:

http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Sprint-HTC-Evo-4G-Replacement-Repair-Parts-s/6178.htm

They may be able to let you know where you can find one. As far as the deductable vs. replacement goes...I would call sprint instead of taking it to the shop. You may get someone who sympathizes with you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shortbus182:
I have a similar issue. I took my phone to repair center due to blown speaker. After a long wait, the tech informed me The same thing, water damage. I have been carefull not to have any water around phone. The funny thing is none of the water indicators changed colors.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oOflyeyesOo:
Yeah man, I actually would check the indicators behind the battery, its very possible he was just ****ing you around, knowing that you won't check yourself, probably so he could pocket the 100 bucks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BooBoo17:
I'll give Sprint a call if they bs in the email I sent them. I'll definitely email them though about the motherboard.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BooBoo17:
Great news! I Sprint earlier, and they told me that they would credit my account with $100 after I sent them my payment for my replacement! I'm definitely ordering my replacement device this Friday. I can't wait to have a working a phone again. That's another reason why Sprint is the best!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EVOme:
Anyone have a link to this kernel by itself? I think the rom installed with it, but I can not find just the kernel anywhere after trying others.