[Q] Properly flashing a new radio

[isaruku]

Hi guys,

With the new clockwork recovery i can no longer flash radios through it. So i install them via fastboot by extracting the radio.img from the radio zip file.

Can someone tell me if there is anything i should do about the META-INF files? I'm just cannot help but think that the radio didn't flash properly without those.

Thanks in advance

 

[isaruku]

ummm...bump

 

[dzumagos]

when im flashing a radio throught fastboot mode i just takie the .img file and flash it

but i dont extract the .img from the flashable .zip, i just download the .img file (there are always 2 files to download - either a .zip or an .img)

 

[kuroneko007]

Are you using CM7 or Oxygen HBoot? If so, that's the reason, not CWM. Those tables don't have enough cache space to flash a radio through recovery.

Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

 

[dzumagos]

yes i am using cm7 hboot but also the safest method to flash a radio is with fastboot.

 

[kuroneko007]

I was taking to OP

Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

 

[isaruku]

Thanks for the replies. Yes indeed, i am using the oxygen hboot, i forgot that i had the stock one the last time i flashed a radio. Anyways i was just wondering if it was enough to extract the radio.img and flash it or there is something else i should do with the remaining meta-inf folder.

I always download the radios from this xda thread (featured in the Desire Index). I guess i did not think about searching for another place to get them. Will it really make a difference if i download the img for the radio instead of extracting it from the archive and flashing it?

 

[dzumagos]

honestly i dont think so, these are probably the same files.

HOWEVER

since it is a radio and a way to possibly brick your phone i wouldnt risk.


http://www.baadnwz.eu/search/label/addons

here is the newest radio "32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23.img" from2011-May-17 09:19:46 size 25.5M

also check the md5 sums, with the file that is also there.

i flashed it today, all is fine

also i think it comes with newest RIL, so no need to worry bout updating it.

 

[kuroneko007]

The .img file itself and the .img file inside the .zip are exactly the same. The other files in the .zip file just tell the system what to flash and where to flash it.