flashing radios....

[guciodog]

hey guys, its me again, with more problems.....:(

i was installing a cab yesterday when it hung. i restarted my tilt, and left it to charge overnight and i went to bed. my friend called me this morning, but i did not hear any sound. tried calling a couple other people, same issue.

having this problem before, i tried to flash a couple new radios onto the phone, but everytime i tried, an error popped up that "rapitool.exe must close".

i was wondering if i can install it the same way that you install a new ROM, just putting it on the sim card and changing the name to KAISIMG and then go through the bootloader. i did not try this yet, because i am worried i may brick my phone.

Can installing a radio be done this way?

[livefastdiefun87]

AFAIK the easiest way (and the safest way) of flashing a radio is by using the customRUU that comes with most of them. You really cant go wrong if you do it that way

[guciodog]

yes i know that, but it does not work for me. :(

[sd73ta]

wow you could have googled the answer in half the time it took you to type all that

[guciodog]

wow you could have googled the answer in half the time it took you to type all that

thank you for your inspiring and informative post, i couldn't have done it without you..........:rolleyes:

[P1Tater]

i was wondering if i can install it the same way that you install a new ROM, just putting it on the sim card and changing the name to KAISIMG and then go through the bootloader. i did not try this yet, because i am worried i may brick my phone.

Can installing a radio be done this way?


Yes, but I hope you meant the SD card and not the sim card.

[guciodog]

whoops lol. yea i meant sd card

[richabi]

that's how I flash stuff - sdcard style, baby! you can flash anything other than a spl. has worked flawless for me everytime. saves me a bit of time too not having to wait for my phone to sync to my pos comp.

[GSLEON3]

that's how I flash stuff - sdcard style, baby! you can flash anything other than a spl. has worked flawless for me everytime. saves me a bit of time too not having to wait for my phone to sync to my pos comp.

Errrr, actually, you can flash ANYTHING via SD Card. Yes, even radios & SPL's. Only they have a different name & need to be byte type formatted for the type of file they are, i.e. SPL or Radio, or Diagnostic.

[RizwanKhan]

..byte type formatted for the type of file they are, i.e. SPL or Radio, or Diagnostic.

could u elaborate on this sir? i read somewhere that for flashing roms card has to be fat32.. is that same for spl;s or no?

nevermind got an answer:

"Quoting Wiki" on sd flashing:

1. It doesnt work

Your device must have HardSPL first.

2. It still doesnt work

Make sure that the card is formatted as Fat32 and the nbh file is named as KAISIMG.nbh

3. It really still doesnt work

Try using a different microSD card. It does not work with Kingston 1Gb cards, and some other cards.

4. Can I flash a radio ROM using this method?

Yes, you can even flash your splash screen using this method. Quote from Alex "ROM = Radio, OS, Splash and SPL. Some ROMs have less, some have more. You can even have a ROM with radio only

"end quoting wiki on sd flashing"

[GSLEON3]

could u elaborate on this sir? i read somewhere that for flashing roms card has to be fat32.. is that same for spl;s or no?

nevermind got an answer:

"Quoting Wiki" on sd flashing:

1. It doesnt work

Your device must have HardSPL first.

2. It still doesnt work

Make sure that the card is formatted as Fat32 and the nbh file is named as KAISIMG.nbh

3. It really still doesnt work

Try using a different microSD card. It does not work with Kingston 1Gb cards, and some other cards.

4. Can I flash a radio ROM using this method?

Yes, you can even flash your splash screen using this method. Quote from Alex "ROM = Radio, OS, Splash and SPL. Some ROMs have less, some have more. You can even have a ROM with radio only

"end quoting wiki on sd flashing"

Firstly, for anyhtin other than rom, it needs to be named KAISDIAG.nbh, but the byte type needs to be correctly identified.

[RizwanKhan]

Firstly, for anyhtin other than rom, it needs to be named KAISDIAG.nbh, but the byte type needs to be correctly identified.

didn't know about kaisdiag.nbh, thanks for the update.