Ok so I'm on plane Jane v3 , which is like the stock mr2 Rom, only for root users. Now every once in a while it feels a bit slow. So I tried overclocking it with the latest and greatest imoseyon kernel, it worked but it made 3g unusable. The3g signal is there, but there's no connection, although 1x does work on cdma only.Then I tried drods kernel that overclocks to 1.8 ghz, its an old version but also had the same problem.
My question is, do you guys know of any overclocked kernels that work on this Rom, I would be on perfect storm 1.5 but the link is broken, and doesn't look like it will ever be fixed.
I know you can't post links but names would be appreciated
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Ok so I'm on plane Jane v3 , which is like the stock mr2 Rom, only for root users. Now every once in a while it feels a bit slow. So I tried overclocking it with the latest and greatest imoseyon kernel, it worked but it made 3g unusable. The3g signal is there, but there's no connection, although 1x does work on cdma only.Then I tried drods kernel that overclocks to 1.8 ghz, its an old version but also had the same problem.
My question is, do you guys know of any overclocked kernels that work on this Rom, I would be on perfect storm 1.5 but the link is broken, and doesn't look like it will ever be fixed.
I know you can't post links but names would be appreciated
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if you want the perfect storm rom go to chingy's site
http://www.themikmik.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=213
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if you want the perfect storm rom go to chingy's site
http://www.themikmik.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=213
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Again, link, broken, me, screwed
If I'm not mistaken, you cannot use kernals with the leaked MR2 or the official OTA that came out in early july, they don't have the actual source code yet. You have to use the stock kernal thats built into MR2. This is the cause of your radio issues.
If you want the perfect storm, try here
http://www.themikmik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=214&t=1344
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If I'm not mistaken, you cannot use kernals with the leaked MR2 or the official OTA that came out in early july, they don't have the actual source code yet. You have to use the stock kernal thats built into MR2. This is the cause of your radio issues.
If you want the perfect storm, try here
http://www.themikmik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=214&t=1344
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well, that explains. The link doesn't work on my phone, guess I'll have to try on my slow pazass laptop. No pun intended
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ok guys, so my tbolt is awesome and i'm happy with almost all of it except for the fact it likes to reboot when using heavy flash content. i've OC'd it to 1.4 dropped it to 1.2 now at stock.... also it makes my phone reboot even when looking at google docs....anyone else having this problem or found a solution to this?
What exactly are you running. I've flashed a couple different roms with different kernels and haven't run into that problem yet.
was running the adrenalyne ver. c kernel on virusrom. ran great was just running into that probelm... i swapped to imoseyon's normal kernel to see how that goes.
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was running the adrenalyne ver. c kernel on virusrom. ran great was just running into that probelm... i swapped to imoseyon's normal kernel to see how that goes.
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Are you running the new radio? The new radio has been implicated by some to cause random reboots.
nope. not running the new radio.... no reboots so far on the new kernel... will keep posted
Is the GB radio leak and a rom good enough for a stable daily driver. Also which rom would you recommend? I'm using the froyo based Bamf remix right now.
CM7
I'm running CM7 with the 223r radio. I don't know about the 2.0 GB radio. It is a bit of a process to get everything working on CM7 at this point. I had to flash twice just to get the GPS working. It was well worth it in my opinion. It was the only way that I know of to get BT wiimote working. I prefer AOSP over any manufactured UI. I do have a reboot a day or so. I get a GPS within a minute or so. I've had to re-apply the wifi fix once. So if you're a tinkerer or you don't mind flashing go for it.
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Is the GB radio leak and a rom good enough for a stable daily driver. Also which rom would you recommend? I'm using the froyo based Bamf remix right now.
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The radio is the best thing that comes with the GB leak, IMHO. Signal is better for me.
//Tap'd on my TBolt while grounded\\
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Is the GB radio leak and a rom good enough for a stable daily driver. Also which rom would you recommend? I'm using the froyo based Bamf remix right now.
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I am running bamf 2.0.4 and its running great and it is my daily driver.
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I am running bamf 2.0.4 and its running great and it is my daily driver.
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Since you're running this rom, could you tell me if wireless tether works? I am currently on vacation and need to make sure that wireless tether works before installing a rom. Thanks.
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Since you're running this rom, could you tell me if wireless tether works? I am currently on vacation and need to make sure that wireless tether works before installing a rom. Thanks.
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Sorry to say I have not tried it, but what I have read that has more to do with the kernel. I would say load the rom then go and get this kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086518
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Sorry to say I have not tried it, but what I have read that has more to do with the kernel. I would say load the rom then go and get this kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086518
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Thanks. Will give it a go.
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The radio is the best thing that comes with the GB leak, IMHO. Signal is better for me.
//Tap'd on my TBolt while grounded\\
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Concur!! Everything with the GB radio so far has been excellent.
Gingeritis beta VII
Only issue is the stock messaging app has time stamp issues making them come in out of oorder. For me at least. Handcent doesn't have this issue.
Thanks for posting this thread! I had the same question, and thanks to all who replied.
I'm most probably gonna try out Gingeritis. Hopefully there aren't too many issues that prevents it from being my daily driver for sometime..
You can still get WiFi Tether in the Market.
Step 1.) Turn On Airplane Mode
Step 2.) Turn On WiFi
Step 3.) Go Into App Market and Search for "WiFI Tether"
Step 4.) Download and TADA!
It worked for me a few days ago.
Bamf GB has ben solid for me...known issue with the camera hack can lag but does the job for now
I've flashed das BAMF 2.0 betas 2,3, and 4.01 and the only hiccup I've had was one random reboot immediately after flashing beta 3. Everything that I use on a daily basis is fully functional. Unfortunately I'm not able to speak about wireless tether or blue tooth because I never use either of them. Also, I'm not in a 4g area, so I don't know about LTE functionality or 3g/4g transitions. I was very hesitant to flash a ROM based on the gingerbread leak, but team BAMF has really done a great job with an alpha leak. It is definitely stable for me and is my current daily driver, although I know there have been bugs experienced by other users. Lastly, I had been moving away from Sense with the froyo ROMs. I was very impressed with CM7 alpha test 4, and I was using Vanilla Bean 1.2.1 as my daily driver before the gingerbread leak. However, the new Sense 3.0 aspects of das BAMF 2.0 and a couple of the other gingerbread ROMs are great.
Gingeritis works awesome! I love the Sense 3.0 stuff, My speedtest.net almost doubled in my house... maybe it was an anomaly, but I ran the speedtest via the flash based website 3 times with the same results...
No, as of 5.25.11 jcase has informed the community that running the leaked Gingerbread radio could lead to a bricked device.
sent from a sweet paper weight.
I'm running Gingeritis VIII and it's a daily. Runs great!
Is the ffc with yahoo and the like working?
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It's all about what you want to deal with. Both the new GB leak and CM7 have bugs. If you can see past the bugs because you the functionality and features outweigh the bugs, then you would definitely want to use them as daily drivers. If, on the other hand, you want something a little bit more stable, you may wish to stick with a Froyo ROM. BAMF 1.6.3 for Froyo is excellent.
You'll also have to deal with missing functionality since it's new.
Kernel isn't stable (mainly an issue if you happen to want to adjust the voltage, etc), but you might get random reboots either way.
No direct internet connection sharing to your pc via usb (using your phone's connection for internet).
Many of the modifications have not been ported you would find in froyo roms or if they have, they're a work in progress (6 bar signal, battery icon).
GPS isn't quite as quick as it was due to the unstable nature of the leak.
Various other little things here and there that are missing/buggy like the camera not working entirely correct as it would in froyo.
If you want to be a beta tester/lab rat, feel free to flash
Das BAMF 2.0-4.01 and loving the sense 3.0 in it
for das bamf, un install htc sync and reinstall and the connection works perfectly again
I haven't been keeping up with the latest and greatest. The only reason I'm changing ROMs is I had a crash a couple of weeks ago (some kind of UID issue ??) and had to restore and lost some functionality of my main Gmail account from the device.
Since I have to flash again I thought I'd upgrade. I've been happy with 1.6.3 but don't have Visual VM capability. Due to my job (Airline Flight crew) I turn the phone on and off several times a day. A fast boot would be a plus and great battery life is a must even though I do use the extended battery on occasion.
I use some of the HTC widgets but none of the Sense widgets. I've had some issues with the hotspot dropping my connection (losing 4G coverage completely). I use the hotspot A LOT.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I don't have the luxury of perusing the boards digging up information on all of the ROMs out there.
Thanks!
you could try SHIFTS3NS3 1.3X or Gingeritis 3D 1.0 VIII
both should suit you fine.
It has been a while since you changed ROMs. "Team Bamf" no longer posts on xda. So you might have to google them to find their new site, if you want to stick with their work.
Last time I used Bamf I was on v. 1.8.6 Remix. I liked it a lot because it wasn't a battery hog. From here on out, any rom you use should now require a different radio from the one you were using. A quick search of "1.39.00.0627r, 0.01.69.0625r" should find you the exact file you need (Official MR2 OTA).
This radio will work w/ froyo DasBamf 1.8.6, any Gingerbread based roms (ex. Gingeritis by chingy), or non-HTC Sense roms (CM7.1 RC1.7). Those are just some basic ones I listed off. Many more choices around too.
Thanks for the suggestions. Do I flash the radio first or do the ROM first? Also, what about MR2.5 and the newer radios? I have no idea what the actual functionality or differences are.
I'm not certain of the order of flashing because I don't remember what I did. Perhaps someone else will chime in.
As for the radio, the series of numbers I posted above are the baseband #s for MR2 released by Verizon. "MR 2.5" is actually an old leaked radio; it's not as current. The naming can get sort of confusing if you don't keep up with these forums.
I normally just keep track of the radios by the baseband number or the release date. For example, I'm running a leaked radio (1.48.00.0817r, 0.01.78.0802w_3). 0817 = Aug 17, 0802 = Aug 2. Even though this is supposed to be newer than MR2, I can't tell a difference in performance.
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Here's the list of all the radios out there.
P7M8 said:
Thanks for the suggestions. Do I flash the radio first or do the ROM first? Also, what about MR2.5 and the newer radios? I have no idea what the actual functionality or differences are.
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it doesnt matter on the rom/radio order, i normally do rom first(so long as it supports the radio i am currently using), and then radio.
as for radios, the new 802(MR3.5) is great. especially combined with a rom using the new base.
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It has been a while since you changed ROMs. "Team Bamf" no longer posts on xda. So you might have to google them to find their new site, if you want to stick with their work.
Last time I used Bamf I was on v. 1.8.6 Remix. I liked it a lot because it wasn't a battery hog. From here on out, any rom you use should now require a different radio from the one you were using. A quick search of "1.39.00.0627r, 0.01.69.0625r" should find you the exact file you need (Official MR2 OTA).
This radio will work w/ froyo DasBamf 1.8.6, any Gingerbread based roms (ex. Gingeritis by chingy), or non-HTC Sense roms (CM7.1 RC1.7). Those are just some basic ones I listed off. Many more choices around too.
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There is no crime in posting other websites.
http://rootzwiki.com has bamf roms (that you dont need to register for).
I found out the hard way that I needed to flash the radio first, the ROM would not set up properly with the older radio.
I flashed the Shift ROM and the 802 radio. I'm 4:45 since being unplugged and am already down to 50% battery on the standard battery. No real heavy use. Any suggestions? This won't work.
I really like synergy for a sense style rom
Sent from my tbolt running ShiftTh3ory AOSP
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I found out the hard way that I needed to flash the radio first, the ROM would not set up properly with the older radio.
I flashed the Shift ROM and the 802 radio. I'm 4:45 since being unplugged and am already down to 50% battery on the standard battery. No real heavy use. Any suggestions? This won't work.
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Try a more modern ROM. That base is OLD and has some issues in itself you're just not going to get around. If you like BAMF, try uberBAMF or the side project Adrynalyne is working on. Much better base, much better battery life.
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Try a more modern ROM. That base is OLD and has some issues in itself you're just not going to get around. If you like BAMF, try uberBAMF or the side project Adrynalyne is working on. Much better base, much better battery life.
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SHIFTS3NS3 1.3X isn't current?
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SHIFTS3NS3 1.3X isn't current?
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That ROM should be. I think I need to start having more Jack Daniels for breakfast. I'm not reading things right today.
I try to keep a handle on sync operations. Mail, social network stuff, and weather.... That weather one is goofy because by default it's set to refresh every time the widget is viewed, which might be every time you use unlock the device. Might want to try a different kernel too.
Just noticed my Hotspot doesn't work. Would that be the radio or the ROM?
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Just noticed my Hotspot doesn't work. Would that be the radio or the ROM?
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That's the ROM. I want to say there's a fix for that, but my brain is short on Jack again and I might be imagining it. Not sure...
try thunderstick gen II...great rom
So I am a proud owner of the Thunderbolt now and I am loving this phone a lot. I’ve moved over from the Sprint EVO. I was rooted since day 1 with that phone. I ran CM7… and while my overall phone and speed test were faster than the stock phones in the house… I still seemed to have constant issues… be it from the phone itself or the network.
Of course I can’t leave well enough alone with this phone. I wanted to put Gingerbread on it (it still has 2.2 WTF?!) and I wanted to put Sense 2.1/3.0 on it. So I successfully rooted (WOW that was easy) and installed clockwork recovery. I decided on SHIFTS3NS3 V1.4F as it seems to have exactly what I want (I kind of don’t want to go back to CM7, everyone claims they have no signal issues but I am sure they do, especially when my Sense loaded Evo could get 4G where CM7 could/would not).
So BEFORE I rooted or did anything, I did several speed test throughout my home and work. Smooth scaling and great speeds. After rooting and installing Shifts3ns3, I started running test. My speeds dropped… and now I was seeing “skipping” with the speed test (gets to a point, stops, drops, stutters going back up, drops again, etc). So I get to work this morning and the speed test is doing the same here. I did a nandroid backup of my stock set up last night before I installed the new ROM… restored it this morning… and ran the test at work again… lo and behold I am getting faster speeds and no stuttering.
So perhaps a radio issue? I noticed there are Froyo radios and GB radios (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048128)... When installing the GB ROM does it update the radios? Was I running Froyo radios on a GB rom and is that bad? Should I try upgrading to the latest GB radios and run test again? Does any of this Rom switching/radio switching affect the simultaneous voice and data ability (that’s actually huge for me and the main reason I got this phone)?
I appreciate any help. I’ve been a XDA board reader with EVO since 11-2010… so while everything is familiar to me… this all seems different with the Thunderbolt.
First off I would upgrade to the latest radio. Although these are *beta* radios, they work much better than the stock radios.
Second, after installing the latest radio try, Bamf 2.4.1. Just like you I like staying close to stock, but like extra elements with my ROM. To me Gingeritis is just too far from stock, plus the Carousel home screen is a pain in the ass. Bamf 2.4.1 is just stock with sense 3.0 weather and lockscreen, and without the location icon in the status bar.
Also, my speedtest on Bamf 2.4.1 was a straight shot. No drop offs what so ever.
And, of course this is all just my opinion but I strongly believe that Bamf 2.4.1 is what you want.
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First off I would upgrade to the latest radio. Although these are *beta* radios, they work much better than the stock radios.
Second, after installing the latest radio try, Bamf 2.4.1. Just like you I like staying close to stock, but like extra elements with my ROM. To me Gingeritis is just too far from stock, plus the Carousel home screen is a pain in the ass. Bamf 2.4.1 is just stock with sense 3.0 weather and lockscreen, and without the location icon in the status bar.
Also, my speedtest on Bamf 2.4.1 was a straight shot. No drop offs what so ever.
And, of course this is all just my opinion but I strongly believe that Bamf 2.4.1 is what you want.
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Reading up on their site now
Quick question, since I am on page 10 and not seeing this answer... what is the difference between ADR and non ADR? He mentioned on page one that its "Adrynalyne. Its what I made according to my own wants"... but I am not sure what that means LOL. Only reason I am concerned is that there still seems to be a sense 3.0 lock screen bug that someone said is a known bug and to flash the non ADR version.
miketoasty said:
First off I would upgrade to the latest radio. Although these are *beta* radios, they work much better than the stock radios.
Second, after installing the latest radio try, Bamf 2.4.1. Just like you I like staying close to stock, but like extra elements with my ROM. To me Gingeritis is just too far from stock, plus the Carousel home screen is a pain in the ass. Bamf 2.4.1 is just stock with sense 3.0 weather and lockscreen, and without the location icon in the status bar.
Also, my speedtest on Bamf 2.4.1 was a straight shot. No drop offs what so ever.
And, of course this is all just my opinion but I strongly believe that Bamf 2.4.1 is what you want.
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Gingeritis doesn't have a carousel home screen. Gingeritis3D does.
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Reading up on their site now
Quick question, since I am on page 10 and not seeing this answer... what is the difference between ADR and non ADR? He mentioned on page one that its "Adrynalyne. Its what I made according to my own wants"... but I am not sure what that means LOL. Only reason I am concerned is that there still seems to be a sense 3.0 lock screen bug that someone said is a known bug and to flash the non ADR version.
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The ADR version uses elements of sense 3.0 while the normal version is basically stock. You want the adr version.
meteron said:
So I am a proud owner of the Thunderbolt now and I am loving this phone a lot. I’ve moved over from the Sprint EVO. I was rooted since day 1 with that phone. I ran CM7… and while my overall phone and speed test were faster than the stock phones in the house… I still seemed to have constant issues… be it from the phone itself or the network.
Of course I can’t leave well enough alone with this phone. I wanted to put Gingerbread on it (it still has 2.2 WTF?!) and I wanted to put Sense 2.1/3.0 on it. So I successfully rooted (WOW that was easy) and installed clockwork recovery. I decided on SHIFTS3NS3 V1.4F as it seems to have exactly what I want (I kind of don’t want to go back to CM7, everyone claims they have no signal issues but I am sure they do, especially when my Sense loaded Evo could get 4G where CM7 could/would not).
So BEFORE I rooted or did anything, I did several speed test throughout my home and work. Smooth scaling and great speeds. After rooting and installing Shifts3ns3, I started running test. My speeds dropped… and now I was seeing “skipping” with the speed test (gets to a point, stops, drops, stutters going back up, drops again, etc). So I get to work this morning and the speed test is doing the same here. I did a nandroid backup of my stock set up last night before I installed the new ROM… restored it this morning… and ran the test at work again… lo and behold I am getting faster speeds and no stuttering.
So perhaps a radio issue? I noticed there are Froyo radios and GB radios (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048128)... When installing the GB ROM does it update the radios? Was I running Froyo radios on a GB rom and is that bad? Should I try upgrading to the latest GB radios and run test again? Does any of this Rom switching/radio switching affect the simultaneous voice and data ability (that’s actually huge for me and the main reason I got this phone)?
I appreciate any help. I’ve been a XDA board reader with EVO since 11-2010… so while everything is familiar to me… this all seems different with the Thunderbolt.
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i came from the evo too so welcome. IMO the reason people are having soo many data issues is not from the radios but from the 2.3.5 build that was meant for the nexus s phone. 2.3.4 doesn't have those kinds of problems. just my 2 cents!
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i came from the evo too so welcome. IMO the reason people are having soo many data issues is not from the radios but from the 2.3.5 build that was meant for the nexus s phone. 2.3.4 doesn't have those kinds of problems. just my 2 cents!
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I'm inclined to agree.
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I'm inclined to agree.
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if i could find a decent 2.3.4 aosp build id jump on it. the only thing keeping me from sense is the low volume issues.
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if i could find a decent 2.3.4 aosp build id jump on it. the only thing keeping me from sense is the low volume issues.
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Low volume in call? Geeze... I wish I could turn it down! Gingeritis3D is blaring loud. I never use it more than half way up.
Thanks everyone for the responses!
I guess I am just scared to do anything to mess up my phone. I trouble shot and tinkered with the Evo so much so often.
Right now the phone works. And works great. I just wanna help the battery life some... and remove Verizons bloatware.
It seems the Thunderbolt handles radios differently depending on the build? With the Evo I would just flash a radio and I could bounce around from sense to AOSP, froyo to GB, and it wouldnt matter. The thunderbolt has MR2 radios... Froyo radios... GB radios. So my last question here is... right now I am on stock. If I go to a GB based rom, do I flash the radio first? And if I go back to the stock rom, do I flash the MR2 radios first (my phone updated to 1.70.605.0 while it was being set up in the store) then flash back to stock? Basically do the radios persist throughout the builds and I flash them according to what ROM I am using?
Thanks again.
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Thanks everyone for the responses!
I guess I am just scared to do anything to mess up my phone. I trouble shot and tinkered with the Evo so much so often.
Right now the phone works. And works great. I just wanna help the battery life some... and remove Verizons bloatware.
It seems the Thunderbolt handles radios differently depending on the build? With the Evo I would just flash a radio and I could bounce around from sense to AOSP, froyo to GB, and it wouldnt matter. The thunderbolt has MR2 radios... Froyo radios... GB radios. So my last question here is... right now I am on stock. If I go to a GB based rom, do I flash the radio first? And if I go back to the stock rom, do I flash the MR2 radios first (my phone updated to 1.70.605.0 while it was being set up in the store) then flash back to stock? Basically do the radios persist throughout the builds and I flash them according to what ROM I am using?
Thanks again.
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The latest radio's available will work with all ROM's out right now (Including the latest Froyo ROM's).
If I remember correctly you should be okay to just flash the ROM (No need to flash the new radio as MR2 works with both GB and Froyo).
The Radio's persist through everything except a RUU or PG05IMG.zip flash (Depending on what you are flashing of course).
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The latest radio's available will work with all ROM's out right now (Including the latest Froyo ROM's).
If I remember correctly you should be okay to just flash the ROM (No need to flash the new radio as MR2 works with both GB and Froyo).
The Radio's persist through everything except a RUU or PG05IMG.zip flash (Depending on what you are flashing of course).
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OK so it IS like the Evo then. The radio thread isnt stating that they are Froyo/GB radios... but where the radios got pulled FROM. I was totally reading it wrong.
Thank you for the clarification!
Curious to hear from the people that are still s-on and flashed the new ICS leak, how is your phone running? Are there any problems youve run into?
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Curious to hear from the people that are still s-on and flashed the new ICS leak, how is your phone running? Are there any problems youve run into?
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I tried it. Major change was an updated kernel. Reverted back to BAMF 2.1 with the previous kernel, as it didnt play well with the change. I'm just waiting for the roms to either be rebased or the OTA to be released. No radio changes only an updated hboot and a few fixes in the rom itself.
Would you run it over the gb rom the phone comes with as a daily driver?
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Would you run it over the gb rom the phone comes with as a daily driver?
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Mine loves the new radios, so yes. For most users; they have experienced issues with the radios. My suggestion; s-off before flashing either the old or new leak. That way if you do experience said issues, you will be able to rollback. Also, brings up the thought of being OTA compliant, but that shouldn't matter much as most of the devs here would hve a working rom based off the OTA shortly after.
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Would you run it over the gb rom the phone comes with as a daily driver?
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Quite honestly, I don't notice a difference one way or another. This leak was played better with my phone regarding mounting and recovery issues I had on the first ICS leak, but that is more an individual issue I had. As far as signal and reception , I think it is just the fact where I live all of the radios have been the same for me. I am in a rural area of wisconsin with just 3G, so haven't benefitted from 4g or difference in signal strength.
In my opinion, it's easier to s off than to flash the new firmware using the s on method and relocking bootloader and then upgrading then reunlocking and installing recovery and a rooted rom. Also, I've helped about the same amount of people with both. For some crazy reason even though the software seems a breeze to me, people get confused with so many steps I guess, and people who are performing s off and ask me to watch over their shoulder are having much better results than upgrading the firmware.