Downgrading to 1.16..Is that Safe?

[max414]

My hermes with latest radio rom 1.54.30 is unable to run my new network sim card ..But Hermes of my friend can run it..He has 1.16 radio rom..So is it safe for me to downgrade to 1.16 directly from 1.54.30?
I am running schaps 4.2 rom with hard spl v7...:confused:

[max414]

hello?help is needed urgently..plz any body

[jarod_73]

absolutely not 1.54 has radiobootloader 108
1.16 should have an older version and the 108 doesn't allow to overwrite
him with an older version.

You'll get a brick.

try another radio 1.38 and up

bye J.

[max414]

absolutely not 1.54 has radiobootloader 108
1.16 should have an older version and the 108 doesn't allow to overwrite
him with an older version.

You'll get a brick.

try another radio 1.38 and up

bye J.
ok got this one HERM_Radio_Only_1.38.00.01_CustomRUU_orange.zip
i think it is packed with custom ruu 4.3
now is it safe for me to flash this radio?

[jarod_73]

every radio which has radio bootloader 108 is safe.. ;)
read on wiki to exactly know it there you should find a table with
radios and related bootloader.
If I rememember well every 1.38 and up are all 108.
Bye J.

[max414]

every radio which has radio bootloader 108 is safe.. ;)
read on wiki to exactly know it there you should find a table with
radios and related bootloader.
If I rememember well every 1.38 and up are all 108.
Bye J.
Can anybody help me get 1.16 radio rom on my herm300??i tried 1.47.30
but it keeps on searching for signals for almost an infinite time...I am very much confused as i dont know what is the problem with my hermes..:mad:

[CRCinAU]

Have you checked the "Band" Setting in Start -> Settings -> Phone to make sure that is set to "Auto" "Auto"?

[max414]

Have you checked the "Band" Setting in Start -> Settings -> Phone to make sure that is set to "Auto" "Auto"?
yes sir it is on auto ...but i dont have any 3g or wcdma in my country ..only gsm

[CRCinAU]

Hrrrm... that seems kinda of strange... It may be that there is a fault in your unit - as if your GSM network uses any of the GSM bands listed on the phone, it should pick something up.

Has it worked before? Is there some kind of IMEI lock on your account?

[max414]

Hrrrm... that seems kinda of strange... It may be that there is a fault in your unit - as if your GSM network uses any of the GSM bands listed on the phone, it should pick something up.

Has it worked before? Is there some kind of IMEI lock on your account?
Actually my unit easily reads a few simcards but not of my network...i dont know if my imei is blocked or what but it cant be blocked as there is nnot much technology here in pakistan and i havent stolen hermes as well....but my friend has radio 1.16 and my sim card works good on his hermes...:confused:

[CRCinAU]

If your phone works fine with a sim card of a different network, then it is probably a network related issue and you might have to contact your phone company to fix it.

[max414]

If your phone works fine with a sim card of a different network, then it is probably a network related issue and you might have to contact your phone company to fix it.
but if i leave it for a night my hermes is able to get the signals but when i place a call or two then the gsm part of the phone seems to be non responding ...i wanted to try out 1.16 once before i complain my operator

[Ree-shar]

You might want to take a look at this thread:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349461

It's possible that your radio ROM 1.54 has damaged the radio hardware in which case changing ROM is unlikely to make any difference. :(


Richard

[max414]

You might want to take a look at this thread:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349461

It's possible that your radio ROM 1.54 has damaged the radio hardware in which case changing ROM is unlikely to make any difference. :(


Richard
No i dont think so,had the same problem before upgrading to 1.54..just want to give 1.16 a last try..Anybody guide me how to degrade to such an old version of a radio rom:confused:

[max414]

couldnt find it on the wiki as well....help

[max414]

Anybody help?????????:(

[Mikeapollo]

Anybody help?????????:(

Have you followed others advice here and tried flavours from 1.38 upwards (although at the moment I wouldn't recommend trying 1.54!)...

a) Try cleaning the SIM contacts in your phone with a little alcohol and some cotton wool buds (poor contact with the sim card can cause your phone to think it has "no signal" or "No SIM" - suffered that one myself once)

b) Try your friends SIM in your phone and see if it works (as you've already said your SIM works in his phone) - if his sim works in your phone - but yours continues not to work then you may have a blocked phone or SIM and will need to speak to your provider for advice (and to either have the sim unlocked or the phone unlocked etc)

c) Try a hard reset with no sim inserted (after backing up your data) and try the SIM again.

d) Radio updates rarely (if ever) fix SIM issues - Certainly a dodgy rollback to 1.16 is unlikely to fix anything.

[max414]

ok trying 1.38.00.10. but it doesnt have option for 2.10 olipro..what should i select ?it says u should chose sspl?

[max414]

The contact of the simcard with phone is perfect,as i can access my sim contacts as well as sim messages and the sim menu is there as well.:):)

NO His sim doesn't work on my phone.
The only option is to degrade to 1.16 and see if that helps.So how should i continue with my quest?