I would like to start flashing some new ROMS. Why I'm not sure, because my random reboots are almost never. You have to flash new radio for the gingerbread roms. So when I restore a nandroid back up of my current ROM which uses the latest OTA will I have to reflash radio also?
Radio HAS to be flashed in hboot, recovery does not control it. So yes you would have to flash the 2.2 radio in hboot when restoring a 2.2 ROM. Its common sense, if you cant flash the radio in recovery why would you think a restore would revert it?
Lot of hostility there man... i knew that radios are flashed in hboot but i didnt know that recovery didnt back that part up. he was asking a legitimate question theres no need to be so upset.
mbh87 said:
Radio HAS to be flashed in hboot, recovery does not control it. So yes you would have to flash the 2.2 radio in hboot when restoring a 2.2 ROM. Its common sense, if you cant flash the radio in recovery why would you think a restore would revert it?
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Due to my lack of common sense I was not sure if restoring effects radio. I haven't had to flash radio as of yet. But now that you mention it, when I updated to my latest ROM it was thru hboot using the RUU. Thanks for the answer.
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Did you flash a Gingerbread radio? That is almost 99% of the time the issue. You can't run 2.0 on stock Froyo radio. If you need help I can help further pm me.
similar issue,
flashed this rom - [ROM][5.25.11] BAMF GingerREMIX v2.0 Beta #5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095280
Install went fine, but phone would not work and sim card not found. You mention gingerbread radio since froyo wont work. Its not listed in that post that a seperate flash is required. Had to reflash back to bamf 1.63 remix to get phone working.
Any help would be appreciated.
Duroe said:
similar issue,
flashed this rom - [ROM][5.25.11] BAMF GingerREMIX v2.0 Beta #5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095280
Install went fine, but phone would not work and sim card not found. You mention gingerbread radio since froyo wont work. Its not listed in that post that a seperate flash is required. Had to reflash back to bamf 1.63 remix to get phone working.
Any help would be appreciated.
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It mentions the GB RUU so that means you have to have it. Which btw it's known to brick your phone without warning.
The reason you did not have any data is because you were still using the froyo radio, to run any of the BAMF 2.0's you need the gingerbread radio.
grab the mr2 radio. that will work
Hacride said:
The reason you did not have any data is because you were still using the froyo radio, to run any of the BAMF 2.0's you need the gingerbread radio.
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This is what it recommends I do
Things to know:
•A FULL WIPE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
•This is a leaked GB RUU, it has bugs, all we can do is try our best to squash them! Flash at your own risk.
I thought the gingerbread radio was also included in the rom(my mistake). From a novice point of view. If I do a full wipe and then install bamf 2.0.
1. What method can be utlized to flash the gingerbread radio?
2. What is the correct gingerbread radio for bamf 2.0?
3. Is there a way to flash bamf 2.0 with the updated radio already included in the rom?
Thanks again in advance.
hey mojo they never found the cause of the few bricks so what you said was false and you flash the radio in hboot read the thread on rooting or the radios it tells you all you need to know how to flash it doesnot matter what order you flash the rom and radio just remember to delet the radio file from your sd card once you flashed it
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Duroe said:
This is what it recommends I do
Things to know:
•A FULL WIPE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
•This is a leaked GB RUU, it has bugs, all we can do is try our best to squash them! Flash at your own risk.
I thought the gingerbread radio was also included in the rom(my mistake). From a novice point of view. If I do a full wipe and then install bamf 2.0.
1. What method can be utlized to flash the gingerbread radio?
2. What is the correct gingerbread radio for bamf 2.0?
3. Is there a way to flash bamf 2.0 with the updated radio already included in the rom?
Thanks again in advance.
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Radios are seperate. They need to be flashed in the bootloader. Use the MR2 radio as the other radio bricks your phone.
satseaker said:
hey mojo they never found the cause of the few bricks so what you said was false and you flash the radio in hboot read the thread on rooting or the radios it tells you all you need to know how to flash it doesnot matter what order you flash the rom and radio just remember to delet the radio file from your sd card once you flashed it
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No what you just said was false. Since they don't know where the bricking comes from, it's safe to say that its possibly from that radio. SOOOOOOOO use the MR2 radio instead.
there is no rom with the radio included, put the mr2 on your sd card rename it,reboot the phone and hold the down volume and power button until it brings you into the boot loader it will find the file and ask it u want to update hit the power button wait til its done and reboot
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satseaker said:
there is no rom with the radio included, put the mr2 on your sd card rename it,reboot the phone and hold the down volume and power button until it brings you into the boot loader it will find the file and ask it u want to update hit the power button wait til its done and reboot
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i think its vol up to start the update. dunno if pressing power starts it to but just in case
ok then explain to me how my phone went into the loop when it never had gingerbread on it,you make an assumtion and then say its the truth that is wrong.
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satseaker said:
ok then explain to me how my phone went into the loop when it never had gingerbread on it,you make an assumtion and then say its the truth that is wrong.
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Uhhhhhh that can happen for MULTITUDES of reasons. get real. All i'm saying is the cause is not known so use the MR2 one instead. Jeez you kids and always wanting to start ****.
volume down and power gets you the bootloader vol up starts the flash
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had to go back and read again myself
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mojonation1487 said:
Radios are seperate. They need to be flashed in the bootloader. Use the MR2 radio as the other radio bricks your phone.
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I have downloaded the mr2 radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115714
Just want to confirm, once I follow the steps I had previously posted,
1. manually flash bamf 2.0 from recovery
2. go in to bootloader and flash m42 radio
I should be up and running? Minus any of the known bugs obviously...
Duroe said:
I have downloaded the mr2 radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115714
Just want to confirm, once I follow the steps I had previously posted,
1. manually flash bamf 2.0 from recovery
2. go in to bootloader and flash m42 radio
I should be up and running? Minus any of the known bugs obviously...
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yup but make sure before you flash anything you wipe data, cache, dalvik cache. After everything is done throw in a fix permissions just for good measure and you're good to go.
Im now up and running with bamf 2.0
Thanks
Thanks all . Bamf Rom running well now with service after Mr2 radio flashed
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Hi,
Long time lurker, haven't updated my phone to gingerbread, until I saw that the radio doesn't cause the bricks any more...I think I'm willing to take the dive now...
Being that I havent' flashed a radio/rom since BAMF 1.5 I just wanted to make sure there aren't any special steps.
I have dled the MR2 radio and a gingerbread ROM onto my phone's SD card already, Do i just go into to HBOOT and update the radio that way or do I need ADB shell to do so?
Also is it necessary to flash the radio first and then the GB ROM? Just want to refresh my memory regarding updating.
Thanks.
Yep, put the radio on your SD Card (root). Boot into HBOOT and let it update. Then reboot back into your old rom, tell it to reboot into recovery and then flash the ROM after wiping data 3 times. From what I've read, Rom first or Radio first, it doesn't matter. I usually do Radio first.
My Thunderbolt is arriving on Wed so doing some research before rooting and flashing ROMS/RADIOS.
Here are my questions:
1. Stock Thunderbolt will come from Verizon with Froyo and MR1 radio. Is this correct?
2. I plan on running Gingerbread ROM builds, so I understand I need the MR2 radio. Do I flash the radio BEFORE flashing GB ROMS or after? And do I let it fully reboot between flashing Radio/Roms?
I appreciate any help. Sorry if this has been asked before. Just making sure i'm doing the right thing.
I actually doesn't really matter what order you flash them in. I've forgotten which Radio I was on and when the ROM boots everything is fine there is just no signal. Flash the right radio, reboot, and it works perfectly fine.
I would definitely flash the radio again after flashing the ROM. Some people have reported problems with SMS when they flash the radio before flashing the ROM. I was one of those people myself and after re-flashing the Radio all was well.
I currently run DasBAMF 2.1 based off Gingerbread with the MR2.5 radio and love it.
Link to the ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131735
Link to the Radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127436
USSENTERNCC1701E is correct. it makes no difference. The only thing is if you flash the radio first. when it reboots you will not have service which you don't need to flash the rom. running Das BAMF sense 3 RC3 with MR-2 radio, works great.
I switched to a GB rom last night.
Wiped, Flashed Rom, at the end, before rebooting, I did a battery pull.
Booted to hboot, flashed radio, set up phone, all gravy
Hi All,
I've been able to successfully run CM7 7.1.1 and MR2 radio successfully on my Tbolt. I tried to help a friend out with his slightly older Tbolt and used the Radio guide found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048128. His baseband reads 1.13.605.7, so we matched it up with the list and downloaded the file and applied successfully with HBOOT.
The problem with run into is when we flash CM7 and boot up, we always get a "SIM card unavailable, emergency calls only" message and the baseband reads "version unavailable", everything works under the stock rom and we can see the radio versions have changed to the ones we flashed, so a faulty flash doesn't appear to be the problem. Any ideas what we've done wrong?
Thanks in advance.
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe you have to use a newer radio than the one you mentioned with CM7. Download the newest radio available, flash it, then you should get service with CM7.
How do I find the newer radio, and are there different versions?
Thanks.
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newest radio are the official released 1.48.00.0906w_1, 0.01.78.0906w_2
http://support.verizonwireless.com/pdf/system_update/thunderbolt.pdf
Either download them as a package or go to the thunderbolt radio thread in the dev section and download the CDMA and LTE seperate, and flash both through HBOOT.