Why not just make a back up and give it a go? If it messes with it you can always revert back
I think a nandroid backup will only capture the boot, data,recovery and system images but not the radio image.
Why not just make a back up and give it a go? If it messes with it you can always revert back
You can always grab all the stock google images from http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
radios are included in the tar files. just pull them out if you need.
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Also, if this radio is for the verizon LTE version... is it even intended to work on the GSM version? They have totally different radios??
edit: i know i'm not flashing until i know more about where this came from and what phone it was for first
Radio has nothing to do with wifi, it's time people start to learn that.
Wifi is a kernel module. Any improvements regarding wifi you think you've noticed after flashing a new radio, are part of a placebo effect.
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Radio interface is a kernel module too, but that kernel module communicates with a separate processor that's running this baseband.
I'm not sure if the WiFi chipset is also running baseband firmware and if so, whether it shares the same firmware as the radio. But just saying "it's a kernel module" doesn't tell us anything.
RIL is the abbreviation of Android's Radio Interface Layer (RIL),
it provides an abstraction layer between Android telephony services ( android.telephony ) and radio hardware.
It consists of two primary components RIL Daemon and Vendor RIL.
RIL Daemon
it initializes the Vendor RIL,
and processes all communication from Android telephony services, and dispatches calls to the Vendor RIL as solicited commands.
Solicited Request, all the request that are sent by RIL belong this category. For example : dial, hung up send SMS
Vendor RIL
It initializes the baseband device, processes all communication with radio hardware and dispatches calls to the RIL Daemon (rild) through unsolicited commands.
Unsolicited Request, the event that is coming from outside. For example : incoming calling, MS change BS, signal strength
But how do u explain that now i get full bars signal in wifi and the speaker is louder?
RIL is a kernel module? Never heard of that. I thought it was a library (rild.so), but i could be wrong.
The only way you get better wifi is by making improvements on the kernel wifi driver. Why should they share same firmware if they're 2 distinct components?
For those who prefer a flashable ZIP through CWM, I just made this up. I always prefer doing that as I may flash any baseband whenever I want, no need to have a PC to flash it.
http://www.multiupload.com/A2TYSNFT3M
Hope you enjoy it, I personally didn't really find any improvement yet, but it's too early for me to judge already.
This does not work via the clockworkmod anyone tried this ....any suggestions?
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I downloaded but haven't tried it yet. What's the exact error shown?
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Didn't really observe the error. All I did was let it run and then checked baseband on my about screen and it's still kk1
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Guys, I highly recommend you flash this via fastboot. Flashing radios via recovery has screwed up a few phones I've owned before. Fastboot if you can.
Did it not say error E flashing aborted or something like that? Can you try it again and see what recovery menu says and post results here
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I guess the megaupload file is xxkkk6 file. Not the one that is posted.
I am confused the title says different file name and the file is different? Hmm
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For those who prefer a flashable ZIP through CWM, I just made this up. I always prefer doing that as I may flash any baseband whenever I want, no need to have a PC to flash it.
http://www.multiupload.com/A2TYSNFT3M
Hope you enjoy it, I personally didn't really find any improvement yet, but it's too early for me to judge already.
Could you elaborate on this a little more please? What happened? How to fix? How many times did it work sucessfuly? Why would it mess things up?
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I agree with what he said, flashing from recovery relies on a custom script that ships with the .zip file. Flashing from fastboot uses the standard method. If any changes are made to how the baseband firmware expects to be flashed, fastboot would be updated to reflect the changes but old scripts may end up bricking the phone.
Sorry can i ask for a little help with this. I have adb set up on my pc but am very very noobish in how it works.
I Downloaded the zip, extracted and renamed it to radio.img
I put it in c/program files/android/android sdk/platform tools in this folder i see a fast boot.
Connected phone to pc through USB and in fastboot mode.
I tried the command fastboot-windows flash radio radio.img and cmd box returns as its not recognised as internal or external command. I know im missing something here like changing the directory or something but could do with a hand if its not too much trouble...