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Thanks for the heads up -- flashing now.
Will report back.
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Just flashed it. 3G seemed to pick up quicker down here in the basement and seems to be holding a bar above what it was before could just be placebo effect
** dbm seems to be better as well was average about 90-95 now its hanging at 83dbm 4asu
If those preliminary results are accurate, the 4.0.3 update (assuming it includes this radio update) will be a great improvement for people with signal issues!
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If those preliminary results are accurate, the 4.0.3 update (assuming it includes this radio update) will be a great improvement for people with signal issues!
it seems like a pretty good start if anything. Hopefully it will be rolling out soon for those with issues and help increase the signal strength for everyone, not to mention this should help with battery life also.
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guys i'm going to move this to the all things root section. Great find OP.
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Thanks. Is there a way to backup the current radio? I'm coming from the Inc so flashing radios seems to be different from what I'm used to ( didn't flash them from CWM )...
Im assuming that I can flash the CWM recovery image in my adb folder, install the zip, then reboot. Or do I need to permanently flash CWM?
You should be able to softboot CWM and flash the radios that way yes, just like if you rooted by softbooting CWM so you keep the original recovery.
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Thanks. Is there a way to backup the current radio? I'm coming from the Inc so flashing radios seems to be different from what I'm used to ( didn't flash them from CWM )...
I don't think so but the stock radios can be download I don't have a link currently but could find one for you if you need me to.
Wow, this completely killed my connection (3G), I'm down to .35 - .60 Mbps. I was at around 1.7 - 1.8 Mbps just minutes before, which is my normal speed. Will flashing Fabs Rom get me back to the old radio? If not how do I get it back?
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is it possible to flash just the radio? or will that flash back to complete stock?
if it goes back to complete stock, can we just restore nandroid to get back to where we were then?
There should be no reason you will be wiped with a radio flash. Perhaps we should sleep on this one? Let the reports come in. Remember that a radio is totally separate from a rom. If you just can't wait the reports look promising so far.
This fastboot stuff is pretty new to me, what file(s) do I use from the zip and how do what commands do I use in fastboot? Thanks in advance.
unzip the two radio files from the stock image. place them in the folder with adb.exe. open a command prompt.
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-toro-i515.ek02.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio-cdma radio-cdma-toro-i515.ek05.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Then, click the power button on START.
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Guys as with most mods and ESPECIALLY until we all get a feel for this G Nex. It is good to make a fresh NANDROID backup before doing any modding. So that you can restore back to where you were before trying this or any mods.
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Guys as with most mods and ESPECIALLY until we all get a feel for this G Nex. It is good to make a fresh NANDROID backup before doing any modding. So that you can restore back to where you were before trying this or any mods.
..end PSA lol
Nandroid will do you no good with a radio flash. Just flashed it, same speed test and dbm. Looks safe. More tomorrow.
Edit: Yeah, it's not looking so hot. If you didn't flash I'd def hold off for now. I'm not sure if the huge batt drain is due to vzw data outage or the new radio but I flashed back to the old one.
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6. Reboot your phone by highlighting “Start” and pressing the lock switch and you have restored to the previous radios.
Note: If you wish to only revert 1 radio then leave out the fastboot commands for the other radio. If you are wanting to play it safe and revert the bootloader too then run these commands as well (also move the img file to the folder with the radios)
Not much of a change for me. My dBm reading at the moment is -98 whereas it was usually over 100 before. LTE speed test gives me 12785 kbps down/5048 up.
The big test will be at work tomorrow where I keep dropping to one bar and occasionally lose my internet connection completely.
Flashed this a few minutes ago. My 3G signal at home has been decent but usually not used since wifi is available. True test will be tomorrow at work where I spend most days with no signal (as in -120 dBm). Some quick results:
Old radio:
Date*************|*Download*|*Upload*|*Latency
12/20/2011-22:52*|*1285*****|*685****|*113
12/20/2011-22:51*|*1215*****|*760****|*266
12/20/2011-22:50*|*1332*****|*316****|*236
New radio:
Date*************|*Download*|*Upload*|*Latency
12/20/2011-23:09*|*1564*****|*225****|*207
12/20/2011-23:06*|*1020*****|*527****|*114
12/20/2011-23:05*|**771*****|*369****|*190
(apologies for the formatting)
Doesn't really answer questions definitively but figured I'd share in case people were wondering. The dBm stayed roughly the same, between -80 and -100.
is there a certain battery level i should be at before flashing? i'm at 32% right now, just installed my extended battery today and trying to let it run all the way out before re-charging...
I've always heard you should have a somewhat full charge when you flash thing. I don't know how true it is but I usually will wait until my phone is at least at 90% before I flash something just in case.
I will be needing to revert to the old radio. This new one was marginally better speed wise. Same signal strength. Im thinking this is just margin of error. However, a couple hours later and I have no network connection.
I will be needing to revert to the old radio. This new one was marginally better speed wise. Same signal strength. Im thinking this is just margin of error. However, a couple hours later and I have no network connection.
New Radio leak(CDMA/LTE Nexus)
