yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD General] samuel2706:
I think he means android 2.2 not sense, because that's currently 3.0, and stable is 2.1
[Desire HD General] 9646gt:
Agree. So far this radio is amazing. I have way better signal now :) Will see hwo the cell standby battery usage ends up going!
[Desire HD General] cocchiararo:
the pack for easy flashing the newest radio had an rcdata.img file inside it besides the radio.img

any idea whats that for ?
[Desire HD General] Dands:
Hi all,

just need a bit of education if that's okay.

I was running Radio_12.35d.60.140fU_26.08.03.07_M_Test - GB 2.25.0.0. I'd flashed the related RIL file package also.

I had then taken my phone to a specific position in my home and checked the "Signal Strength" via the Settings / About Phone.

Now I found the above radio had a strength of -73 dBm.

I've now flashed Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2_test - GB 2.36.405.5 with the associated RIL package.

I took the phone back to the exact position minutes later and am now getting a reading of -87 dBm.

Which is better? And what reading should I aim for?

Sorry for the noob questions.
[Desire HD General] chchang1:
More dBm is better...so in ur case Radio_12.35d.60.140fU_26.08.03.07_M_Test is better.
[Desire HD General] BumAround:
Correction: -73dBm is better than -83dBm.

Of course you can debate that yes -73 is greater in value than -83, since they're both negative number.

Hey, so that nobody gets confused that's all.
[Desire HD General] jasecs:
i been following this thread since its up, how come they never change the recommended radio at all? ill only going to flash it once they change it.
[Desire HD General] BumAround:
1. Newer isn't always better.

2. Recommended for one doesn't mean recommended for other(s), IMHO. :)
[Desire HD General] jasecs:
is that mean we should keep trying different ones?
[Desire HD General] BumAround:
more or less, yes. :) you can heed to the general consensus based on the statistical favorite, but then you'd better try it off one by one, at least for a couple of days each.
[Desire HD General] EDD!E:
Anyone encounter battery drain issue ?

I'm on latest Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2_test with AR5.1.0.
[Desire HD General] timstanley1985:
No, if anything I would say battery is better, but that is by no means a scientific opinion, just based on 36 hours usage (still on 66%)

Sent from my CyanogenMod Desire HD
[Desire HD General] Drakknar:
Do you mean the quick flash package?
[Desire HD General] cocchiararo:
The pd98something.zip for flashing without eng s-off
[Desire HD General] KeyperOS:
I have a question, how come the radio hasn't been updated to the latest which supposedly is the first official release?

I've read that the MD5 shows it's exactly the same as the 405.5 version but even so, doesn't that mean that it should be renamed to stable and moved from the "Test" section?

Also (and I realize this is not the proper thread but close enough), are the RIL the same from 405.5 to 405.8 as well?
[Desire HD General] cocchiararo:
ril has not changed since the first rom that had the 0132HM one.
[Desire HD General] clouds5:
lulz :)

new radio 12.54.60.25U gives me -65dBm with gprs in my room. That is rediculous. Never had values below -75 before.

But thats just a first impression, gonna test dl speeds/battery life too.
[Desire HD General] jasecs:
confirm latest radio is VERY POOR for me!
[Desire HD General] jasecs:
how come yours is 12.54.60.25U? the one on this thread is P
[Desire HD General] clouds5:
Don't know^^ I definately flashed the version from the 1st post here.

Maybe its because of Android Revolution HD 5.1.1 that i use?
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Radios are neither P nor U, it is all down to the ROM and network. Some ROMs, such as RCMix have disabled HSPA+ connections for some reason, so the baseband has P. U is a lot better than P. Try ARHD, it has HSPA+ enabled in every version.
[Desire HD General] jasecs:
im actually on miui cant really leave the rom, since it doesnt require me to backup data everytime i update the rom. but i might go back cm7 when i get bored of miui.does cm7 have HSPA+ enabled?
[Desire HD General] Pard0ned:
After a couple days usage here the newest radio is the best one that i've used so far.

Looks like i'll be keeping this one for the foreseeable future.

:D
[Desire HD General] AndriodLover:
Which one are referring too ?
[Desire HD General] MikeMelbourne:
Judging by his signature and his comment: 12.54.60.25P_26.09.04.11_M2

This is also the best radio I have every used.
[Desire HD General] baltazar.nilsson:
@pardoned

I agree with you.. Love the reception with the latest radio :D
[Desire HD General] onesolo:
I updated to the last Radio Rom and I now have U.

But I already notice, on another radio roms, that sometimes after a while it changes from U to P. Don't know why...
[Desire HD General] baseballkyle:
This was just one page back in this thread. A little reading goes a long way. :)
[Desire HD General] FiveInline:
i have experienced that my phone drop out of the mobile network, it only show the signal bar, not E/3G/H, så i have to turn mobile Network off and on and than its back "online".

Rom: Revolution HD 5.1.1 Gingerbread

Radio: 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2

Anyone else?
[Desire HD General] buradd:
not sure if this is true about the ROM?

i have flashed multiple roms and all have P instead of U

i would be more likely to accept the part about it being a network issue, (i.e. no fix unless carrier updates cell tower)
[Desire HD General] futur1sm:
Latest Radio with the matching RIL has been working perfectly for me last few days, drain is not heavy and signal is great. Just hope it works as well with ARHD 5.x when I switch to it. :D
[Desire HD General] Nilu23:
My mobile connection drops instantly when i turn off the screen. I use latest radio with latest RIL and cm7 latest nightly. Can this be because of cm7 and the use of another RIL?

Sent from my Desire HD
[Desire HD General] DT39:
I agree latest radio & ril probably the best i have had yet. Also noticed GPS is better also.

T-Mobile Uk on Coredroid DHD v5.4
[Desire HD General] inneyeseakay:
Can any AT&T Inspire4G/DHD users that are using (or have used) the newest radio comment on it?
[Desire HD General] HDCS:
Can't get radio on Inspire to flash

Hi all,

I've searched but I'm not finding the help in this thread I'm hoping for. Apologies if I've missed the answer.

Anyway, I'm on CM7 latest stable on my Inspire. I'm trying to push the generic Gingerbread HTC radio (Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_SF - HTC WWE 1.72.405.3 R2) but it just isn't applying during the bootloader sequence. I've renamed and MD5 checksumed to ensure the file's kosher and the adb push over to the sdcard goes fine. But when the bootloader goes through the file check it doesn't seem to parse the PD98IMG.zip file as new and cycles without changing anything then drops right back to the Fastboot menu. I've tried a couple of different radio images but this happens every time. Any other suggestions on what to try or what I might be doing wrong?
[Desire HD General] CamoGeko:
You need to flash it from your pc via fastboot and not via sd card on your phone.

fastboot flash radio radio.img ;)
[Desire HD General] Bram77:
I'm trying the flash the latest rom (have done this many times before). But somehow it just won't install (Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2_test). I do the following (on ubuntu) using an up to date sdk installation, ClockworkMod up-to-date and with the radio.img in place...

./adb reboot bootloader

... android reboots and bootloader starts in "fastboot USB" ....

./fastboot flash radio radio.img

...and my console states '< waiting for device >'.... Nothing else happens. './adb devices' dows list my device and I've done this several times before without any hassle. What am I missing?
[Desire HD General] HDCS:
Sweet. I knew it was something simple. Somebody needs to let the guys who maintain the Cyanogen Wiki know that this page needs an update on radio flashing the Ace :D.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Ace:_Recovery,_Radio_and_CyanogenMod

I shall try it again with the fastboot app method.
[Desire HD General] CamoGeko:
Yeah I mean that method is still used sometimes when the device is bricked. Normal radio flashing is done through fastboot.

When you sorted it mate, click thanks ;)
[Desire HD General] CamoGeko:
I've had issues like that before as well, have you tried rebooting bootloader while phone is plugged in ?
[Desire HD General] inneyeseakay:
It's two different methods... If you follow the CM guide, you will end up with a file named "PD98IMG.zip" on your SDCard and once you reboot bootloader and click Fastboot, it will ask if you want to install the radio. If you follow this guide, you will have "radio.img" in your c:/android/tools (or wherever you keep your android toolkit)... Both ways work just fine.

Just don't go trying to combine methods, that sounds like a quick and easy way to turn a perfectly good phone into a fancy looking paperweight.
[Desire HD General] Bram77:
No luck with that. I've tried the Cyanogen method too. It won't install either. I've checked the radio.img md5sum. It matches the one in the start post.

Anything else I can try?
[Desire HD General] inneyeseakay:
To use the CM method, you need to download the PD98IMG.zip from CM's website... not the radio.img file here.
[Desire HD General] Bram77:
Ok, thanks for the info. That would be a no go, because I'd like to try the latest radio from this thread since people say it's good :).

Is there ANYTHING else I can try?
[Desire HD General] inneyeseakay:
There is also a PD98IMG.zip for this radio... 26.09.04.11

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Support_Downloads#HTC_Ace
[Desire HD General] gregorisvas:
Is it really necessary to have the phone fully charged in order to flash a radio?
[Desire HD General] CamoGeko:
No, it should be charged over 50% but it's not necessary. I've flashed radios with my phone on 20% before.
[Desire HD General] gregorisvas:
Thanks mate :) I have 45% left so...lets say fifty :D
[Desire HD General] clouds5:
The thing is, if your phone runs out of power while flashing radio it'll be bricked (never happened to me but read that on multiple ocasions)
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Well then quote me ONE occasion. Cos DHD has a backup radio, which works even if you flash a picture of your face to the radio partition ;)
[Desire HD General] Bram77:
Fantastic, that did the trick! Thanks!
[Desire HD General] uneek-n1:
what happens in my case is that the signal bar shows no signal but the data signal converts to G and data continues to work.

I have now flashed the latest radio and am using RC Mix v6.1.0.0
[Desire HD General] mossywell:
+0.5

I logged the signal strength of the latest (with the correct ril) and compared it to the recommended radio (with the * on the first page) and there was no difference in signal strength. didn't test any other radio stuff. didn't behave any differently for me in real world use either. only thing I did notice was faster battery drain on the latest version, but not formally tested so it could be my imagination! Gone back to recommended radio for now. :)

ymmv
[Desire HD General] infinityz:
Noob question! i have to reflash the RIL after each rom upgrade right?
[Desire HD General] G1sanju:
Yes, as it will be override by the rom update...flash it after each rom update...
[Desire HD General] stuart0001:
Unless you are using the chef's recommended radio, in which case the RLL will be part of the ROM
[Desire HD General] geek7899:
Hi

All radios in first post are for specific carriers.

I have a Desire HD with a Virgin Australian SIM... where do I look for radio .. ?

Here is my current radio info:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20969720/20110506_115951.jpg
[Desire HD General] jackalac:
I have noticed with the latest radio rom Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 in Ota 2.3.3 a power consumption much higher than the stock 2.2.1.
[Desire HD General] UnholyChaosAngel:
I can confirm that 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 does seem to have a higher battery drain. I have reverted back to 12.35d.60.140fP_26.08.03.07_M for now.
[Desire HD General] mossywell:
+1 agreed.

Maybe the reason ppl say it's signal is so good is because it cranks up the power!
[Desire HD General] Prodelin:
Look at the line Baseband Version, that is your radio
[Desire HD General] odin13:
i had exactly the same problem when flashing the latest radio;

as mentioned already, you need both s-off and eng hboot

just run the s-off and radio-off tools you can find here in the dev area...

( if you've already did the s-off thingie just run the radio-off tool )

good luck!
[Desire HD General] makbil:
I'm not so sure about that. I have radio S-OFF and clockwork mode recovery but don't have eng hboot and I was able to flash both the update and a new radio.

Edit: Apparently this is not quite the case. Thanks @jkoljo for pointing that out.
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Then you have a pretty unique device. Please tell me what reads in the first line of your bootloader? ACE PVT...
[Desire HD General] jonkers71:
?Hi all.

I am running radio

12.28e.60.140fp_26.04.02.17_M2

cyanogen

6.1.2

Kernel

Buzz_CM_1.1.4_OC+

I am noticing that when i turn my wifi on i can watch it drop. Like 5 or 6% in 20min. I never noticed this much before i flashed the radio. Is it something to do with the radio or am i just imagining it?
[Desire HD General] brodos123:
Hi

I am on linux, is there any easy way to flash radio from my OS?

Will there be a .zip file to flash from recovery in the future?

Thanks!
[Desire HD General] makbil:
OK, I see what you mean.

It says: ACE PVT ENG S-OFF

So the process of installing One click S-OFF apparently installs eng boot as part of the process. I used that because One click Radio tool did not work for me. Somehow I thought Eng hboot is a separate process. My mistake.
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
fastboot flash radio radio.img

or use QtADB to carry out the same job with a GUI,

flashing radio with fastboot is safer than using a zip and no harder on linux than windows
[Desire HD General] Rawdi:
i still cant install the radio.

i have followed all the step and i have the Radio set to S-OFF but i still get the below message.

C:\android sdk\tools>fastboot-windows flash radio radio.img

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

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

can someone help me?
[Desire HD General] BlackTigerX:
You need to be ENG S-OFF (HBOOT) to be able to use fastboot commands.

Radio S-OFF doesn't give you fastboot capabilities.
[Desire HD General] Rawdi:
how do i do this. can you help me please.

on my bootloader it says

ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.85.0007

MICRROP-0438

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

EMMC-BOOT
[Desire HD General] insty:
Hi people,

Got a strange issue.

Applied; Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2 and now when I make calls the end receiver can't hear what I am saying. The mic still works fine but is failing on calls.

Any ideas?
[Desire HD General] makbil:
I have the same radio flashed without this problem. Perhaps you can try to reflash the radio, something may have gone wrong.

Also, are you running a custom kernel? I remember hamdir mentioning that some kernels break the microphone function.
[Desire HD General] insty:
Yeah, currently using the Buzz kernel with Leedroid 1.3.

Might have a look at going back to stock LD 1.3 and see if that resolves it.
[Desire HD General] Drakknar:
Try to restore the stock kernel. As far as I know no custom kernel is currently compatible with the new 1.72 base :)
[Desire HD General] XanderV:
Hi all,

I'am currently trying to flash the 26.04.02.17 radio... the red bar on my DHD is gone but in my cmd i'am still looking at:

sending 'radio' <24832 KB> ... OKAY [ 30.642s ]

writing 'radio' ... with a flickering cursor...

any ideas?

Thx!

edit #1

After waiting more or less a 30 minute wait...

I Ctrl-C'ed en tryed to start it over... not doing anything at the moment *another 5 minutes

also the fastboot menu is frozen...

help ? !

edit #2

Unplugging and replugging removed the green status bar, and made the fastboot menu responsive again,

but flashing again gave the same result... red bar fills up and dissapears but no OKAY in my cmd...

edit #3

If i remove the usb while still flashing... I get FAILED <status read failed <Unknown error>>

Now going to try the 26.03.02.26_M version => same result...
[Desire HD General] afrcom15:
You need ENG S-OFF to flash radios
[Desire HD General] XanderV:
Thx,

But that was already the case... finally got it working by using fastboot under Linux instead of windows... :)
[Desire HD General] aneroidx:
Hi

Been reading several posts and threads here, first time posting.

I've followed all the instructions in this guide - h t t p : / / wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_HD:_Full_Update_Guide

I've installed the clockwork mod recovery image - appears as a green on black screen for me.

At the step to Flash the radio, one of two things happens:

1. If I do it at the bootloader, one time I got

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash radio radio.img
sending 'radio' (24832 KB)... FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))
finished. total time: 0.000s

2. In the recovery menu, I get

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash radio radio.img
< waiting for device >

Is it okay to proceed with the CM 6.1.2 rom and try to flash the radio later or should I stop now?

My bootloader screen has:

ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007
MICROP ...
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
[Desire HD General] happydan:
Like an earlier poster, I'm on a Mac. How do you get fastboot?

EDIT: Apart from the devices and reboot commands, this works fine for me:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=892749
[Desire HD General] zoric:
Ok i have Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2_test on my dhd which i updated with OTA Update and 2.3.3 software!

now i want to downgrade to 1.32 so i can root and put custom rom on my dhd.....the question is do i need to flash radio when i downgrade my dhd because it runs the latest radio?
[Desire HD General] DanteGR:
1) Downgrade to 1.32

2) Root your phone

3) Flash a custom ROM

4) Use the recommended radio for the ROM you flashed

Simple as that :)
[Desire HD General] silvscorp:
searched but can't find a definite answer. Any one know if the radios listed in the Inspire 4G section compatible with the Telus DHD since they share the same band?
[Desire HD General] zoric:
I know that you didn't understood me......will the radio change after downgrade to lower version or will remain the same?and if it stays the latest do I need to reflash it with the same radio version?i do this for the first time so.....:)
[Desire HD General] DanteGR:
Well I don't really understand why you care about the radio in 1.32 version since you are going to flash a custom ROM...

When you flash the custon ROM then you flash the appropriate radio.

I don't know if the radio will change if you downgrade to 1.32 from 2.3.3 though sorry :)
[Desire HD General] preacher65:
Yes, when you downgrade the radio will also change, to the same version that came with the older RUU. You'll need to flash the new radio again.
[Desire HD General] zoric:
That's what i've been trying to find out thank you very much!:) +1
[Desire HD General] cocchiararo:
it changes only if you downgrade using the PD98MIG.zip or the official method for isntalling.

if you do it using CWM, radios stays.
[Desire HD General] preacher65:
You're right, of course, I should have added that. He said he was downgrading from the OTA, so I assumed he'd be using a PD98IMG.zip, but my answer wasn't true for all downgrade scenarios and could confuse others. Thanks. :)
[Desire HD General] dusdus:
Is it possible to get a horrible internet speed after flashing a radio and it corresponding Ril?
[Desire HD General] BumAround:
yup. most possible, by all means.
[Desire HD General] dusdus:
alrighty then!

Switching radio

Again...
[Desire HD General] pintycar:
As some people have observed, I get very high consumption on stand-by with the latest radio. Went back to 26.08.03.07 and it's much better now.
[Desire HD General] 8igdave:
Hello, the rom looks great and I'm just about to install but I'm confused by this MD5 checksum buisness.

What is it and how do I check that it matches? I put it on my phone and the rom and the kernal and it's MD5 as well but I have no idea what to use them for.

I checked the radio list and none of them match the stated MD5 numbers.

Cheers. (Coming from CM7 which never had any of this MD5 business)

:EDIT:

Also I'm correct in saying that provided I use the radio stated in the first post I don't need to reflash the RIL as it will be included in the rom?
[Desire HD General] dusdus:
ok one small question then...

Is using speednet.net mobile a reliable source to conclude that my download speed sucks? (800 kbps)

The reason why I'm asking, is because I've used 4 radio's now, from old to new, and they all give me crappy downloadspeeds. I should be getting around 3000+ kbps

And to be honest I don't like flashing my radio over and over again...
[Desire HD General] BumAround:
Honestly, I don't know, sometimes it has nothing to do with your phone/ROM/radio, but it's your network.
[Desire HD General] BumAround:
Google md5 and learn.

MD5/SHA1 is nothing but digital signature of the checksum to ensure the integrity of the file that you downloaded is error-free (by matching the MD5 strings/numbers). There are some free apps that you can install on your PC/laptop to retrieve the MD5 strings of file(s) you downloaded.

Erroneous downloads produces corrupted file(s) which will "misbehave" if you happen to install/use them.

The prob with some people at this forum, they provided the MD5 of the file, then they zip the file, so when you compare the MD5 listed against that of the zipped file, of course they won't match.

The RIL that comes with a ROM doesn't necessarily match the recommended radio.
[Desire HD General] 8igdave:
Thankyou, makes sense. Just realised I posted this in the wrong thread haha.
[Desire HD General] pacut:
Can you pls confirm MD5 checksum of latest radio ?

I tried twice to download the file from different server and got the same MD5 checksum:

354075B243FD9C0A936CCAA97954902E

*Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2.zip

Do you recommended this latest Radio ? Or would you suggest some other Radio ?

I coma from an "old" radio (stock radio) - see below.

I have not issues with it, anyhow my ROM it is said it would work better with the latest one.

Thanks

paolo
[Desire HD General] Whiskey103:
Try md5 the img inside the zip

Sent from my Desire HD using Smoke Signals, Morse Code and Pigeon Post.
[Desire HD General] Whiskey103:
And yes.. that radio is working well.

Sent from my Desire HD using Smoke Signals, Morse Code and Pigeon Post.
[Desire HD General] CamoGeko:
Download the latest one and try it out. Many people have given good feedback about that radio.

;)
[Desire HD General] pacut:
Solved !

I download from one mirror and checksum is 100% pefect with the one indicated into the host.
[Desire HD General] pacut:
Has any of you noticed a high data network increase under latest Radio ?

:confused::confused:
[Desire HD General] Pard0ned:
Just my two cents.

Been using the latest radio for 2 or 3 weeks now and can safely say it's the best radio i've used.

Great audio quality(on calls), great signal (even in areas that I didn't use to have good signal before using this), GPS,data and Wifi all great.

I'll definitely be keeping this for the foreseeable future!

:) thanks to the op and the guy that originally found this.