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

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joshua54

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So here it is, I'm not s-off so I'm wondering if I can flash anything

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Awesome!! Thank u!!

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---------- Post added 24th March 2014 at 12:37 AM ---------- Previous post was 23rd March 2014 at 11:38 PM ----------

I can't get rumrunner to work for this phone or my HTC one...maybe it's my computer?

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I mean it starts but stops after first test...I have Windows 8 on a computer that used to be Windows 7

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How do I flash radio.img?

Hey all,

I have a Rogers HTC one x with bootloader unlocked, root, and S-off. I'd like to install a rogers Radio on it but after hours of searching I still cannot find a flashable zip of the radio. I do have the Radio.img from the OTA update... Is there some way I can make that into a TWRP flashable zip? Otherwise, does anyone know where I can get this radio in a TWRP flashable zip? - HTC ROGERS 1.94 (0.18as.32.09.28_L_10.103.32.24L)?
If that isn't possible, can somebody please explain if/how I can flash the radio.img via fastboot? Despite being in rebootRUU, I get FAILED <remote: not allowed> when trying to fastboot flash the radio. Currently my hboot is 1.09, and I'm running ViperXL 4.2.0.

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I have a Rogers HTC one x with bootloader unlocked, root, and S-off. I'd like to install a rogers Radio on it but after hours of searching I still cannot find a flashable zip of the radio. I do have the Radio.img from the OTA update... Is there some way I can make that into a TWRP flashable zip? Otherwise, does anyone know where I can get this radio in a TWRP flashable zip? - HTC ROGERS 1.94 (0.18as.32.09.28_L_10.103.32.24L)?
If that isn't possible, can somebody please explain if/how I can flash the radio.img via fastboot? Despite being in rebootRUU, I get FAILED <remote: not allowed> when trying to fastboot flash the radio. Currently my hboot is 1.09, and I'm running ViperXL 4.2.0.

Can't tell you how to flash an extracted radio.img. But keep in mind that just because you have the Rogers version, that does not require you to use a Rogers intended radio, nor does that even mean that a Rogers radio will give you the best performance (reception, battery, etc.).

In fact, older radios are known to not play well with the Power save function on Sense 5 ROMs. Although a minority of folks have reported worse reception on Sense 5 radios, and better performance on older Sense 4+ radios. But this is the exception, majority of folks will have more success sticking to Sense 5 radios with Sense 5 ROMs.
 
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Can't tell you how to flash an extracted radio.img. But keep in mind that just because you have the Rogers version, that does not require you to use a Rogers intended radio, nor does that even mean that a Rogers radio will give you the best performance (reception, battery, etc.).

In fact, older radios are known to not play well with the Power save function on Sense 5 ROMs. Although a minority of folks have reported worse reception on Sense 5 radios, and better performance on older Sense 4+ radios. But this is the exception, majority of folks will have more success sticking to Sense 5 radios with Sense 5 ROMs.

Thanks for your reply. I managed to flash the radio by pulling the img from the full zip, and adding it to another rogers firmware.zip to overwrite that radio.img. I then deleted the recovery and boot.img from the firmware.zip before flashing it through fastboot RUU. While the software info displays that I installed the rogers modem, I am still only getting 1 bar when connected to LTE.
I'd like to try one of the sense 5 modems you mentioned. Could you please point me towards where I could find them? I'm finding the age of the phone makes it difficult to find these downloads rather than dead links.

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eFFeRaTuM

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The radio isn't your problem, it's your firmware. You need to get s-off so you can update your firmware.

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hi. i've got a hoxl with signal loss issue right now.
the first thing i thought is to update via ota but i still have issue.
so i was going to flash radio and i saw your reply.
i don't understand if and how i can fix it... could you give me more details?
the hoxl is swisscom branded, already s-off and supercid, last fw over ota.
please let me know...
 

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hi. i've got a hoxl with signal loss issue right now.
the first thing i thought is to update via ota but i still have issue.
so i was going to flash radio and i saw your reply.
i don't understand if and how i can fix it... could you give me more details?
the hoxl is swisscom branded, already s-off and supercid, last fw over ota.
please let me know...

Bootloader details please.

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eFFeRaTuM

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You're already on the correct firmware. You could try flashing a different radio but the problem may be with your coverage from your provider rather than the phone itself.

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no, i can exclude the coverage because i have also a galaxy i9505 and it is fine with the same sim.
i found that outside it can register over network but only in edge/gsm. inside it loss signal at all.
maybe the antenna? there is a fix for it?
 

eFFeRaTuM

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It's possible that it's the antenna, but I'd flash a radio first to count that out before changing hardware.

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i tried to flash last 2 radio but no way, same issue.
so i decided to open the hoxl and take a look inside.
well, the black shielded cable witch is on the right side of the battery was not connected properly...
after fixing the connector the phone finally got wcdma signal even indoors! :D
sorry for this little OT and thanks for the support!
 
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but after flashing the 2.18 firmware, my Radio shows version 1.35a.32.45.27_10.144.32.34aL. Wouldn't that be the latest radio version available? I'm no expert, but I assume that it is newer, being a higher version than 1.31a.
I'm asking for my own edification.
 
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S-off and unlocked, currently on HBOOT 1.14.0002, RADIO 0.19as.32.09.11_2

Haven't used this phone is quite some time, am I on the latest and greatest or should I consider upgrading?
 
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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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