Well, I sure haven't been here in awhile. But I bring tidings of good will! The great fellows over at XDA have gotten their hands on the newest radio for our device, and its ready for all of us to use.
First off, let me answer some question that will likely arise from this:
1. What does this do? A: this installs the newest software for the radio. It brings improvements like better battery life, and a much stronger signal (I got an instant increase from 0.5 MBPs to 3.0 MBPs)
2. I want it! Gimme! Where is it? A: right here [RADIO] Newest Radio from Froyo OTA 1/21/2011 - xda-developers
3. How do I do this? What do I do? A: Well first off, you MUST be rooted. No ifs, ands, or buts. I wrote a guide on how to do it: check out the section titled "All Things Root". Once you're rooted and running the ROM of your choice (Look up CyanoGinger. You'll be glad you did), just boot into Clockwork (From ROM Manager, (After pressing "Flash Clockwork Recovery"), just press "Reboot into Recovery"), after you have placed the appropriate file on the root of your SD Card (not in a folder), go to "Install Zip from scard", then go to "select to zip" (or whatever it is, I can't remember. You'll know it when you see it), and finally scroll down to the radio, select it, scroll down 50 billion times to hit yes, and wait. It will freak you out, don't be alarmed.
Oh, and this should go without saying, but do a Nandroid backup before doing this. You can do that from ROM Manager by selecting "Backup ROM".
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. IF YOU TRY TO BLAME IT ON ME, I WILL LAUGH AT YOU. VERY HARD.
Now, enjoy. If you have any issues, or if the installation goes well for you, I would bery much appreciate a comment or a thanks. I'm jus' sayin' :3
First off, let me answer some question that will likely arise from this:
1. What does this do? A: this installs the newest software for the radio. It brings improvements like better battery life, and a much stronger signal (I got an instant increase from 0.5 MBPs to 3.0 MBPs)
2. I want it! Gimme! Where is it? A: right here [RADIO] Newest Radio from Froyo OTA 1/21/2011 - xda-developers
3. How do I do this? What do I do? A: Well first off, you MUST be rooted. No ifs, ands, or buts. I wrote a guide on how to do it: check out the section titled "All Things Root". Once you're rooted and running the ROM of your choice (Look up CyanoGinger. You'll be glad you did), just boot into Clockwork (From ROM Manager, (After pressing "Flash Clockwork Recovery"), just press "Reboot into Recovery"), after you have placed the appropriate file on the root of your SD Card (not in a folder), go to "Install Zip from scard", then go to "select to zip" (or whatever it is, I can't remember. You'll know it when you see it), and finally scroll down to the radio, select it, scroll down 50 billion times to hit yes, and wait. It will freak you out, don't be alarmed.
Oh, and this should go without saying, but do a Nandroid backup before doing this. You can do that from ROM Manager by selecting "Backup ROM".
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. IF YOU TRY TO BLAME IT ON ME, I WILL LAUGH AT YOU. VERY HARD.
Now, enjoy. If you have any issues, or if the installation goes well for you, I would bery much appreciate a comment or a thanks. I'm jus' sayin' :3
