I have recently rooted my Thunderbolt and have been contemplating using a GB rom. I have a quick question first though...when I backup my current rom before installing the new radio and flashing a GB rom will the backup have the radio included? Meaning if I revert back to the backup will it be necessary to install the old radio back or will the backup handle that?
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RestlessDroid said:
I have recently rooted my Thunderbolt and have been contemplating using a GB rom. I have a quick question first though...when I backup my current rom before installing the new radio and flashing a GB rom will the backup have the radio included? Meaning if I revert back to the backup will it be necessary to install the old radio back or will the backup handle that?
Thanks guys. I love all the work you developers do. Your work is what makes Android the best phone os out there.
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no you will have to reflash the radio.
abn75 said:
no you will have to reflash the radio.
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Thanks. One follow up..this may be a stupid question but I've read that the mr2 radio doesn't work on froyo roms so how will it work on a stock phone when it comes out BC the phone will still be on froyo?
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mr2 will work with the mr2 based froyo, that which is is released with and any roms based off of that. it does not work with current mr1 froyo.
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mr2 will work with the mr2 based froyo, that which is is released with and any roms based off of that. it does not work with current mr1 froyo.
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Makes sense. Thanks.
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Hi!
I've installed Kimera 1.7 and was wondering about testing some other ROM's (again). I've flashed the radio with 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26, as suggested by the Kimera developer, but is it now safe trying to switch to another ROM?
Thanks in advance!
Yes it is. That radio is the latest and recommended radio for the GSM Hero no matter what ROM you run.
it is recommended for every ROM so its really safe, but u know do a nandroid backup before u trying out new roms and stuffs
I always do a nandroid backup before flashing thanks alot guys!
Edit: by the way, do I need to flash the radio once again after new ROM?
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sinnadyr said:
I always do a nandroid backup before flashing thanks alot guys!
Edit: by the way, do I need to flash the radio once again after new ROM?
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No, the radio will stay between flashes. The only exception is if you run an official RUU exe, but that's not recommended since it'll un-root the bootloader.
Good to hear Thanks!
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I have just rooted my Thunderbolt and I am looking to install a rom. Das Bamf looks great. I have experience flashing roms on my OG Droid. However I never had to flash any radios. What radios will work/recommended for Bamf? And Do I need to install the 1.7 first then the remix or is the remix a full rom? How do I install the custom lock screens?
You should not have to flash a radio with 1.7 it comes packaged with everything you need. Do a backup, wipe, and flash the new rom.
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same you would a radio. download the zip to your sd card and install it from recovery. When i first installed BAMF, i installed the first or second radio in the radio thread. I had reboots since day one. Then i tried the 3rd radio which i think is old cdma version/new lte version, i still got reboots but not as many. i then went to GB, but went back to Froyo on the news that came out. When i went back, to Froyo, i installed the 4th radio in the thread, which i believe is old cdma version/old lte version. i have not had any reboots since i have gone back. so my recommendation would be to go with the fourth radio.
So still a little confused. If I download 1.7 from rom manager it will flash the radio for me as part of the flash rom step or I need to flash the radio first then install the rom with rom manager?
Also a little help with themes too (see above )
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Radios are flashed separately through HBoot, not through recovery. The radios are also not part of the Das Bamf rom. However, the stock radio should work with Das Bamf. There's a separate radio thread here that has some combinations. Do not flash the Gingerbread radio until you read more about the subject. I'm using the second radio listed in that thread, the .7 CDMA radio with the .6 LTE radio(No reboots since I switch to that combo). The instructions for flashing a radio can be found here.
As for Das Bamf, I would recommend downloading it from the thread and loading it manually through recovery instead of going through ROM Manager. Although I've used ROM Manager successfully in the past, many people have had various problems with using it to flash ROMs.
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I'm using the second radio listed in that thread, the .7 CDMA radio with the .6 LTE radio(No reboots since I switch to that combo).
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how did you come to find this one was the best? testing? lucky guess?
any steps i can take to determine which radio is best for me?
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how did you come to find this one was the best? testing? lucky guess?
any steps i can take to determine which radio is best for me?
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Nothing scientific about it, I just saw someone else say that they stopped getting the random reboots after switching to that particular combo.(The theory was that they were related to the .7 LTE radio) I decided to give it a shot, and I haven't had a random reboot since switching a few weeks ago. I'd say go with that combo until you have a reason to switch to something else due to either problems or newer versions being released.
Thx for the help! If I have a problem which one is the Stock radio. I ask because my og Droid had a touch screen issue and I had to un root it. Will all the extra steps in these time and rooting procedures it is confusing. If I use the auto un root will it reinstall the stock OS and radio along with un rooting and s-on
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disa5080 said:
I have just rooted my Thunderbolt and I am looking to install a rom. Das Bamf looks great. I have experience flashing roms on my OG Droid. However I never had to flash any radios. What radios will work/recommended for Bamf? And Do I need to install the 1.7 first then the remix or is the remix a full rom? How do I install the custom lock screens?
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I've had no problems on BAMF stripped 1.1 and 1.7 on both the release and newest radios.
Tried to flash BAMF 2.0.5
Flashed the first radio in the list of radio's booted back into froyo and it worked fine, flashed BAMF 2.0 Beta 5 and got alot of HTC force close. One was sync and I'm assuming another was the software that activates the phone. After getting to a WIFI, I signed into google and got to the dialer and tried *228 and it told me that I needed to install a sim card. Sim Card was installed! I freaked out and restored a recovery of the stock rom rooted and have no problem getting a signal.
1.) What did I do wrong, do I just need to install one of the other radio's?
2.) When I recover, did it also revert back to the radio that was installed when I did the backup (stock)?
I am a first time HTC flasher!! )) I had a OG that I ran Bugless Beast and many others on, a droid x that ran the gingerbread leak. Maybe I should just be happy to be rooted and on Froyo but I couldn't stay away from Gingerbread after having it on the Droid X. Thanks in advance for your help!!
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Flashed the first radio in the list of radio's booted back into froyo and it worked fine, flashed BAMF 2.0 Beta 5 and got alot of HTC force close. One was sync and I'm assuming another was the software that activates the phone. After getting to a WIFI, I signed into google and got to the dialer and tried *228 and it told me that I needed to install a sim card. Sim Card was installed! I freaked out and restored a recovery of the stock rom rooted and have no problem getting a signal.
1.) What did I do wrong, do I just need to install one of the other radio's?
2.) When I recover, did it also revert back to the radio that was installed when I did the backup (stock)?
I am a first time HTC flasher!! )) I had a OG that I ran Bugless Beast and many others on, a droid x that ran the gingerbread leak. Maybe I should just be happy to be rooted and on Froyo but I couldn't stay away from Gingerbread after having it on the Droid X. Thanks in advance for your help!!
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Das BAMF 2.0 Beta #5 REQUIRES a Gingerbread radio, not a Froyo radio.
The banf 2.0 needs a gingerbread radio. The radio currently is causing bricks. Go back to froyo!
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Das BAMF 2.0 Beta #5 REQUIRES a Gingerbread radio, not a Froyo radio.
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Thanks for the quick reply, I must have downloaded the wrong one, I used the link for the radio from the Das BAMF 2.0 Thread. Thanks for the help, I'll try again.
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FreemanB said:
Radios are flashed separately through HBoot, not through recovery. The radios are also not part of the Das Bamf rom. However, the stock radio should work with Das Bamf. There's a separate radio thread here that has some combinations. Do not flash the Gingerbread radio until you read more about the subject. I'm using the second radio listed in that thread, the .7 CDMA radio with the .6 LTE radio(No reboots since I switch to that combo). The instructions for flashing a radio can be found here.
As for Das Bamf, I would recommend downloading it from the thread and loading it manually through recovery instead of going through ROM Manager. Although I've used ROM Manager successfully in the past, many people have had various problems with using it to flash ROMs.
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Excellent post. I flashed to 1.7 today through Recovery as well and haven't had any issues yet. I used Recovery for previous ROM updates also with no problems. I have not tried to flash through ROM Manager, since Recovery has worked well.
I had earlier flashed the radio, so I'm not running the stock radio. I'm running the first radio in the thread (I had 3G/4G handoff issues with the old version of the LTE radio).
Just do a nandroid backup first to be on the safe side.
Just need a question answered. Rooted then went with dasbam prev 4 and the Mr2 radio. Was having problems with Bluetooth and accessing SD card so went back to the stock Rom from root. Now I need to now which radio to flash back from Mr2 since it does not work with stock rooted Rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045081
i would go with one of the ones in this thread for froyo myself.
if your already on the mr2 radio i would just flash a rom that has the latest software base (1.66 something i think). if you want to stick with stock theres still plenty of stock or basic de bloat roms that are using that base. i would recommend the perfect storm. it looks fairly stock but has some nice features.
Mr2 has been a major update for me. Radio is much better and gps lock is damn near instant.
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Just curious, but if I flash viperrez rom 1.0.3 from my gingerbread rom now am I am able to restore using a nand backup? Or once you go to ics can you not flash back to gingerbread that easily?
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Just curious, but if I flash viperrez rom 1.0.3 from my gingerbread rom now am I am able to restore using a nand backup? Or once you go to ics can you not flash back to gingerbread that easily?
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Why are you still on gingerbread?
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Just curious, but if I flash viperrez rom 1.0.3 from my gingerbread rom now am I am able to restore using a nand backup? Or once you go to ics can you not flash back to gingerbread that easily?
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If you are s-off, you're fine. If not, you can go back to GB, you just have to flash the correct boot.img right after doing the nand restore or you'll be stuck on the splash screen and the ROM won't boot up.
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Just never went to one of the ics roms. I heard the camera quality wasn't the best and they had a lot of issues. this new one though sounds promising? Do you know if i can just flash the rom and i'm good and if i don't like it can i just restore my nand backup?
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Why are you still on gingerbread?
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gsxcorey said:
Just never went to one of the ics roms. I heard the camera quality wasn't the best and they had a lot of issues. this new one though sounds promising? Do you know if i can just flash the rom and i'm good and if i don't like it can i just restore my nand backup?
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Gray answered your question.
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graymonkey: So just to confirm if I don't like it just restore the nand backup and then flash the boot.img for the oem rom, etc?
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Just never went to one of the ics roms. I heard the camera quality wasn't the best and they had a lot of issues. this new one though sounds promising? Do you know if i can just flash the rom and i'm good and if i don't like it can i just restore my nand backup?
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If your S-on you need to flash the firmware patch.
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I am s-on.
I know it's a stupid question and i've been searching, but am having issues. So I'll just need the firmware patch to go from ics back to gingerbread right? If so can someone help me with a link? I am running cleanrom gingerbread version right now.
Or must I flash the firmware before i go to the new viperrez1.0.3 rom?
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If your S-on you need to flash the firmware patch.
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gsxcorey said:
I am s-on.
I know it's a stupid question and i've been searching, but am having issues. So I'll just need the firmware patch to go from ics back to gingerbread right? If so can someone help me with a link? I am running cleanrom gingerbread version right now.
Or must I flash the firmware before i go to the new viperrez1.0.3 rom?
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You need the old firmware patch found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614180&highlight=old+firmware+patch. When it asks to reboot say no and it will boot back to recovery and then flash the patch. Several roms currently have the patch included in aroma but I don't think this one does yet.
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You may want to check this out as well if your planning on going from GB to ICS or the other way around. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547496&highlight=con247
With Amon RA my nand backups backup the boot image already? So wouldn't I be able to just restore the nand backup if i was going from ics back to gingerbread? Since the boot image is already a part of the nand backup?
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With Amon RA my nand backups backup the boot image already? So wouldn't I be able to just restore the nand backup if i was going from ics back to gingerbread? Since the boot image is already a part of the nand backup?
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The boot image is there however we can't flash boot images through recovery if s-on, this temporarily allows recovery to flash the boot image.
Actually viperrez does have the patch built into aroma
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gotcha so if i go with viperez i'll be good to go. Just if i go back to gingerbread i will need to use that flash that lets me temporarely flash the boot image. I think i got it now. Sorry for the newb questions guys. Still fairly new at all this stuff.
If this has everything built in, i can always switch between any ics rom once i do the viperrez rom right? it's just going back to gingerbread that i need to run that flash to let me flash the boot image? Sorry, last stupid question.
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Actually viperrez does have the patch built into aroma
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gotcha so if i go with viperez i'll be good to go. Just if i go back to gingerbread i will need to use that flash that lets me temporarely flash the boot image. I think i got it now. Sorry for the newb questions guys. Still fairly new at all this stuff.
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Thats right just follow the instructions in aroma and you'll be just fine.
I can't reply in the viperrez thread as I don't have enough posts.
I got it all working on 1.0.3, but how come in the settings > about are at the top i don't have a "check for updates" link at all like it shows on their first post in the main thread they have? I have no area in my settings to check for updates?
it appears i lost the updates due to titanium backup restoring go launcher.
Please bear with me, I'll readily admit that I'm a newb when it comes to flashing ROMs, etc. I rooted my TB with the all-in-one tool and loaded the ICS BAMF Leak. I presume this was essentially an RUU, since I didn't flash any separate radios or anything.
I'm looking for a different ICS ROM to flash, mostly due to the poor memory management on this build.
My question is this, and mainly for clarification- If I wipe/format everything except the SD card, I will have to FIRST flash the ROM, then flash the radio to get data working?
It was only a ROM, and radios don't come with roms but the ones you had when you rooted work with the leak.
To flash a new rom just do the same thing you did for the leak, i have never flashed a radio (except for testing the tool) in a year of having this phone.
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It was only a ROM, and radios don't come with roms but the ones you had when you rooted work with the leak.
To flash a new rom just do the same thing you did for the leak, i have never flashed a radio (except for testing the tool) in a year of having this phone.
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Well, that's interesting. I installed the NuSense rom based off the ICS leak, and had to install the leaked radios to get data back.
either way, i got the rom flashed and the radio flashed and working.
Thanks for the rooting tool, BTW
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Well, that's interesting. I installed the NuSense rom based off the ICS leak, and had to install the leaked radios to get data back.
either way, i got the rom flashed and the radio flashed and working.
Thanks for the rooting tool, BTW
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That is because santod modified the ril to work better with the leak radios. I get data just fine with the .19 radios.
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That is because santod modified the ril to work better with the leak radios. I get data just fine with the .19 radios.
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