[Radio][RIL]HOXL Radios/RILs including CM10.x based ROMs (Flashable zips)

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taylor.fowler

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These are flashable zips that will change your baseband (radio firmware). Google it See twistedxx's post quoted below if you have no idea what this means. If you have an HTC One X (Tegra 3) you're in the wrong place.

Radio = firmware
RIL(radio interface layer) = driver
Android = operating system

All 3 are "programs" that are running at different "levels", I have listed them from top to bottom in the order typically considered for how they interact. It is important to understand that a program is just code and how they interact is a philosophy programmers created and are now use to and not because it has to be set out that way.

In the case of the RIL, the API rarely/never changes so it is rarely/never updated.
The actual changes HTC make happen in the "Radio" program.

This is opposite to how say Windows/Nvidia tackle things. The firmware rarely/never changes and they make their changes in the "driver".
In Nvidia's case they do this because there is no standard way in x86BIOS/Windows for GPU firmware to be loaded from something as simple as the installed HDD, the firmware is actually written to chips on the card itself. It is just simpler to make all the code that gets changed inside the "driver" which is easily updated.

For our phones "radio" its trivial for the changes in code to happen at the "driver" level or the "firmware" level, HTC/Google decided they would stick changes in the "firmware". They did this because they created a separate partition for the radio so that they can protect it separately to the OS. Android typically means the phones OS should be open for tweaking, so it must be assumed the driver could easily be replaced.
Countries and Carriers have licensed spectrum to protect and transmitters must be licensed to use it, running custom radio code would break laws in many countries. This leads to the radio firmware being protected much more heavily than the OS itself.

It is because HTC is lazy and because we have awesome devs that we can replace the radio firmware at all. As far as HTC, Country communication regulators and carriers are concerned the user should NEVER be altering the radio software.

Radio:
radio(fancy code stuff) <-> ril(boring translator) <-> Android OS
Nvidia:
firmware(advanced fixed code that allows for flexible access) <-> driver(fancy code stuff and translator) <-> Windows

Note:
Radio is about wireless communications
Nvidia is about graphics processings. They are not similar technologies just some tech you may be familiar with.


PS. API = application programming interface.. and lets just say if you do not understand what that is.. I cant be arsed trying to explain that, go Google it.

If you're on the newer HBOOT (1.14) and insist on running a Sense based ROM use the Jet tool to downgrade to 1.09. This will allow you to write to the radio partition of the phone. Or just S-OFF (w00t!)

If you're running a CM 10.x ROM it doesn't matter what HBOOT you're on as the radio firmware is stored elsewhere (in a writable partition... /system to be precise).

Instructions:

1) Copy zip file to SD Card
2) Boot into Recovery (CWM or TWRP)
3) Flash
4) Reboot

Always take a Nandroid Backup in case something goes screwy!

Your bootloader will not show the correct baseband. I'm working on figuring out how the RUU updater handles the android_info.txt in the firmware.zip's

I think maybe the op should add to the op that if you are running the official sense 5 4.2.2 builds, either telstra or tmobile germany, you SHOULD NOT be flashing the AT&T radios in the op, as they WILL cause data drops and reboots. Not quite sure about non-AT&T radios though...

These are radios for flashing in Sense OR CM 10.x builds after 7/15 nightly!!!. They don't include the RIL files.

CURRENTLY THE DROPBOX LINKS ARE DEAD, THEY'LL BE BACK SOON (Migrating everything over to dev host to avoid this situation in the future)

Rogers 1.73 (0.16a.32.09.06_10.81.32.14L):
ATT 1.73 & ATT 1.82 (0.16.32.09.19_2_10.79.32.08L) :
HTC ASIA HK 1.77 (0.16a.32.09.17_2_10.83.32.16L):
HTC TELSTRA 1.81 (0.17a.32.09.03_2_10.85.32.16L):
ATT 1.85 /1.82 (0.17.32.09.12_10.86.32.08L) : http://d-h.st/mgs - thanks to rburgman
HTC ASIA 1.88 (0.17a.32.09.16_2_10.88.32.17L):
ATT 2.09 (0.17a.32.09.24_2_10.91.32.19L):
HTC TELUS 1.91 (0.18a.32.09.01_2_10.94.32.20L):
HTC TELSTRA 1.89(0.18c.32.09.01_10.93a.32.20L):
HTC ROGERS 1.94 (0.18as.32.09.28_L_10.103.32.24L):
HTC ASIA 2.23 (0.19as.32.09.09_L_10.104b.32.25):
ATT 2.20 (0.19as.32.09.11_2_10.105.32.25): http://d-h.st/bZx
HTC O2 2.29 (0.19as.32.09.20_3_10.107.32.25): http://d-h.st/AKZ
HTC TELSTRA 2.40 (0.20os.32.09.15_10.113.32.28L): http://d-h.st/cMp
HTC 2.41 VODAPHONE (Thanks Turge!)(0.20os.32.09.10_2_10.113.32.28L): http://d-h.st/HCL
HTC Singtel-Telstra 3.17 (0.23as.32.09.29_10.128.32.34):
HTC TMobile-Germany 3.17 (0.24a.32.45.03_10.129.32.34): http://d-h.st/TDQ - thanks to coldrazor!
HTC ATT 3.18 (0.24p.32.09.06_10.130.32.34): http://d-h.st/Aez
HTC TELSTRA 3.17.841.9 (1.26a.32.45.19_10.134.32.34a): http://d-h.st/VoB
HTC VODAPHONE 3.17.162.7 (1.27a.32.45.15_2_10.135.32.34a): http://d-h.st/pGK
HTC VODAPHONE 3.17.162.8 (1.27a.32.45.28_10.135.32.34a): http://d-h.st/CIM
HTC TMobile-Germany 5.08 (1.31a.32.45.16_2): http://d-h.st/Z6X
HTC VodaPhone 5.06 (1.31a.32.45.16_2_10): http://d-h.st/hIM

PLEASE DO NOT USE ANY OF THE RADIOS BELOW IF YOU ARE ON RECENT VERSIONS OF ROMS. THERE ARE HERE FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY

RIL Files + Radio: (YMMV. RIL versions change from one release to the next. Turge is on Record as not supporting these for his ROMs)
HTC O2 2.29 (0.19as.32.09.20_3_10.107.32.25): http://d-h.st/8tn
HTC TELSTRA 2.40 (0.20os.32.09.15_10.113.32.28L): http://d-h.st/IJ4
HTC 2.41 VODAPHONE (Thanks Turge!)(0.20os.32.09.10_2_0.113.32.28L): http://d-h.st/KdE
HTC ATT 3.18 (Thanks to liamstears!)(0.24p.32.09.06_10.130.32.34): http://d-h.st/Maq

Radios for CM10.x based ROMs pre-7/15 builds (with radio in /system/etc/firmware)

TELSTRA 2.40 : http://d-h.st/vox
FIXED 2.41 VODAPHONE : http://d-h.st/0ah
O2 2.29 : http://d-h.st/gis
ATT 2.20 to revert back to stock cm10: http://d-h.st/R92
TELSTRA 1.89: http://d-h.st/yr4
Singtel-Telstra 3.17: http://d-h.st/UQa
TMOBILE GERMANY 3.17: http://d-h.st/645
ATT 3.18: http://d-h.st/DcT
HTC TELSTRA 3.17.841.9: http://d-h.st/Ewb
VODAPHONE 3.17.162.7: http://d-h.st/C9o
VODAPHONE 3.17.162.8: http://d-h.st/hKO

To Help decide which Radio is best for your area, try checking the Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=217917717250281685326.0004c262acfff78edb974
And please post your results to help other users out!!
 
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Root-Maniac

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possible to achieve soff since htc dev thinks its a rogers device?? rogers did achieve soff thrue htc dev right??? correct me if im wrong....
 

taylor.fowler

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possible to achieve soff since htc dev thinks its a rogers device?? rogers did achieve soff thrue htc dev right??? correct me if im wrong....

I think over in the S=OFF Thread they've thrown around a few theories, I dont think any of them involved the radio partition.

The take away from this is that we've been able to flash images to partitions we didnt think we could without S=OFF (kernel, radio) so it might be a relatively moot point to achieve it. As far as ROM Development is concerned anyhow.

I think... could totally be wrong about all of that, though. =)
 

corythug

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Thanks for this, looking forward to att versions.

Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
 

Crappyvate

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OK Folks, this is a CWM/TWRP Flashable zip to bring you back onto the Stock Rodgers Radio (Radio_0.16a.32.09.06). I'll add Asia and ATT versions if there's a demand for it (You can also just replace the radio.img file in the zip with whatever radio you want to flash).

Instructions:

1) Copy zip file to SD Card
2) Boot into Recovery
3) Flash
4) Reboot

Always take a Nandroid Backup in case something goes screwy!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uje8r9erza80y0q/EVITA_Rodgers_Radio_0.16a.32.09.06.zip

great man. I'm on 1.73 ATT, any risk with flashing radio from either 1.82 or 1.85 ?
 

Bedeadu

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First off thank you for this, I have been wanting my default rogers radio since upgrading to at&t 1.85 RUU. I have been questioning if there Is any difference in reception on my device.

Now, Please don't take this the wrong way, I am not trying to sound like an as!, but Rogers Canada does not have a "d" in Rogers. Again I realize this is a little petty, but I felt the point should at least be raised. Again, I am more then grateful that you have done this. Thanks again.


Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
 

lilhyper

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Aug 24, 2011
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Please make one for ATT 1.85. I have been on 1.82 and didn't want to relock to RUU. I have been hoping for something like this for awhile now! Please good sir, may I have just a little more radios please, I haven't flashed anything in three long days.
 

P_Dub_S

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possible to achieve soff since htc dev thinks its a rogers device?? rogers did achieve soff thrue htc dev right??? correct me if im wrong....

Why are you so adamant on achieving S-OFF now that were bootloader unlocked and we can flash full ROMS with the ability to flash the boot.img and flash the radios from within recovery there is absolutely nothing more that you need except for HTC to release the source. Once HTC releases the Source we can start getting custom kernels and AOSP ROMS can get moving.
 
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    These are flashable zips that will change your baseband (radio firmware). Google it See twistedxx's post quoted below if you have no idea what this means. If you have an HTC One X (Tegra 3) you're in the wrong place.

    Radio = firmware
    RIL(radio interface layer) = driver
    Android = operating system

    All 3 are "programs" that are running at different "levels", I have listed them from top to bottom in the order typically considered for how they interact. It is important to understand that a program is just code and how they interact is a philosophy programmers created and are now use to and not because it has to be set out that way.

    In the case of the RIL, the API rarely/never changes so it is rarely/never updated.
    The actual changes HTC make happen in the "Radio" program.

    This is opposite to how say Windows/Nvidia tackle things. The firmware rarely/never changes and they make their changes in the "driver".
    In Nvidia's case they do this because there is no standard way in x86BIOS/Windows for GPU firmware to be loaded from something as simple as the installed HDD, the firmware is actually written to chips on the card itself. It is just simpler to make all the code that gets changed inside the "driver" which is easily updated.

    For our phones "radio" its trivial for the changes in code to happen at the "driver" level or the "firmware" level, HTC/Google decided they would stick changes in the "firmware". They did this because they created a separate partition for the radio so that they can protect it separately to the OS. Android typically means the phones OS should be open for tweaking, so it must be assumed the driver could easily be replaced.
    Countries and Carriers have licensed spectrum to protect and transmitters must be licensed to use it, running custom radio code would break laws in many countries. This leads to the radio firmware being protected much more heavily than the OS itself.

    It is because HTC is lazy and because we have awesome devs that we can replace the radio firmware at all. As far as HTC, Country communication regulators and carriers are concerned the user should NEVER be altering the radio software.

    Radio:
    radio(fancy code stuff) <-> ril(boring translator) <-> Android OS
    Nvidia:
    firmware(advanced fixed code that allows for flexible access) <-> driver(fancy code stuff and translator) <-> Windows

    Note:
    Radio is about wireless communications
    Nvidia is about graphics processings. They are not similar technologies just some tech you may be familiar with.


    PS. API = application programming interface.. and lets just say if you do not understand what that is.. I cant be arsed trying to explain that, go Google it.

    If you're on the newer HBOOT (1.14) and insist on running a Sense based ROM use the Jet tool to downgrade to 1.09. This will allow you to write to the radio partition of the phone. Or just S-OFF (w00t!)

    If you're running a CM 10.x ROM it doesn't matter what HBOOT you're on as the radio firmware is stored elsewhere (in a writable partition... /system to be precise).

    Instructions:

    1) Copy zip file to SD Card
    2) Boot into Recovery (CWM or TWRP)
    3) Flash
    4) Reboot

    Always take a Nandroid Backup in case something goes screwy!

    Your bootloader will not show the correct baseband. I'm working on figuring out how the RUU updater handles the android_info.txt in the firmware.zip's

    I think maybe the op should add to the op that if you are running the official sense 5 4.2.2 builds, either telstra or tmobile germany, you SHOULD NOT be flashing the AT&T radios in the op, as they WILL cause data drops and reboots. Not quite sure about non-AT&T radios though...

    These are radios for flashing in Sense OR CM 10.x builds after 7/15 nightly!!!. They don't include the RIL files.

    CURRENTLY THE DROPBOX LINKS ARE DEAD, THEY'LL BE BACK SOON (Migrating everything over to dev host to avoid this situation in the future)

    Rogers 1.73 (0.16a.32.09.06_10.81.32.14L):
    ATT 1.73 & ATT 1.82 (0.16.32.09.19_2_10.79.32.08L) :
    HTC ASIA HK 1.77 (0.16a.32.09.17_2_10.83.32.16L):
    HTC TELSTRA 1.81 (0.17a.32.09.03_2_10.85.32.16L):
    ATT 1.85 /1.82 (0.17.32.09.12_10.86.32.08L) : http://d-h.st/mgs - thanks to rburgman
    HTC ASIA 1.88 (0.17a.32.09.16_2_10.88.32.17L):
    ATT 2.09 (0.17a.32.09.24_2_10.91.32.19L):
    HTC TELUS 1.91 (0.18a.32.09.01_2_10.94.32.20L):
    HTC TELSTRA 1.89(0.18c.32.09.01_10.93a.32.20L):
    HTC ROGERS 1.94 (0.18as.32.09.28_L_10.103.32.24L):
    HTC ASIA 2.23 (0.19as.32.09.09_L_10.104b.32.25):
    ATT 2.20 (0.19as.32.09.11_2_10.105.32.25): http://d-h.st/bZx
    HTC O2 2.29 (0.19as.32.09.20_3_10.107.32.25): http://d-h.st/AKZ
    HTC TELSTRA 2.40 (0.20os.32.09.15_10.113.32.28L): http://d-h.st/cMp
    HTC 2.41 VODAPHONE (Thanks Turge!)(0.20os.32.09.10_2_10.113.32.28L): http://d-h.st/HCL
    HTC Singtel-Telstra 3.17 (0.23as.32.09.29_10.128.32.34):
    HTC TMobile-Germany 3.17 (0.24a.32.45.03_10.129.32.34): http://d-h.st/TDQ - thanks to coldrazor!
    HTC ATT 3.18 (0.24p.32.09.06_10.130.32.34): http://d-h.st/Aez
    HTC TELSTRA 3.17.841.9 (1.26a.32.45.19_10.134.32.34a): http://d-h.st/VoB
    HTC VODAPHONE 3.17.162.7 (1.27a.32.45.15_2_10.135.32.34a): http://d-h.st/pGK
    HTC VODAPHONE 3.17.162.8 (1.27a.32.45.28_10.135.32.34a): http://d-h.st/CIM
    HTC TMobile-Germany 5.08 (1.31a.32.45.16_2): http://d-h.st/Z6X
    HTC VodaPhone 5.06 (1.31a.32.45.16_2_10): http://d-h.st/hIM

    PLEASE DO NOT USE ANY OF THE RADIOS BELOW IF YOU ARE ON RECENT VERSIONS OF ROMS. THERE ARE HERE FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY

    RIL Files + Radio: (YMMV. RIL versions change from one release to the next. Turge is on Record as not supporting these for his ROMs)
    HTC O2 2.29 (0.19as.32.09.20_3_10.107.32.25): http://d-h.st/8tn
    HTC TELSTRA 2.40 (0.20os.32.09.15_10.113.32.28L): http://d-h.st/IJ4
    HTC 2.41 VODAPHONE (Thanks Turge!)(0.20os.32.09.10_2_0.113.32.28L): http://d-h.st/KdE
    HTC ATT 3.18 (Thanks to liamstears!)(0.24p.32.09.06_10.130.32.34): http://d-h.st/Maq

    Radios for CM10.x based ROMs pre-7/15 builds (with radio in /system/etc/firmware)

    TELSTRA 2.40 : http://d-h.st/vox
    FIXED 2.41 VODAPHONE : http://d-h.st/0ah
    O2 2.29 : http://d-h.st/gis
    ATT 2.20 to revert back to stock cm10: http://d-h.st/R92
    TELSTRA 1.89: http://d-h.st/yr4
    Singtel-Telstra 3.17: http://d-h.st/UQa
    TMOBILE GERMANY 3.17: http://d-h.st/645
    ATT 3.18: http://d-h.st/DcT
    HTC TELSTRA 3.17.841.9: http://d-h.st/Ewb
    VODAPHONE 3.17.162.7: http://d-h.st/C9o
    VODAPHONE 3.17.162.8: http://d-h.st/hKO

    To Help decide which Radio is best for your area, try checking the Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=217917717250281685326.0004c262acfff78edb974
    And please post your results to help other users out!!
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    New ATT Radios

    Are up in the OP...and here:

    CM 10.x: http://d-h.st/DcT
    SENSE: http://d-h.st/Aez
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    Red5 said:
    Guy can figure out how to achieve s-off on his HOX

    Cant figure out how to flash a radio

    I need to make this into a meme somehow...
    Like this?



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    Annnnnnd they're up:

    Sense
    HTC TELSTRA 3.17.841.9 (1.26a.32.45.19_10.134.32.34a): http://d-h.st/VoB
    HTC VODAPHONE 3.17.162.7 (1.27a.32.45.15_2_10.135.32.34a): http://d-h.st/pGK

    CM10
    HTC TELSTRA 3.17.841.9: http://d-h.st/Ewb
    VODAPHONE 3.17.162.7: http://d-h.st/C9o
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    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I'm an idiot)

    Soooooooooooooo Got the new RIL working with something that I thought I'd tried over the weekend (but in fact, did not. Again, because I'm an idiot).

    The zip I'm working on is still a little bloated (there's definitely some libs in there that I just don't need) at the moment, but once I have a chance to remove all the crap that doesn't belong in there we'll have RIL for the 2.2x radios.

    Marginal increase in performance:
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