Root [Release] Update to Baseband C_01.3E.03P

[GolfnDroid]

After I dl'ed this from RomManager it made my Cyanogen 5.053 Rom act funny. It re-applied unlock pattern and now it won't let me turn it off. I go into location and security settings but the option to uncheck is grayed out. Weird!

 

[michaelk]

is the 3g icon suppose to go away during a call?

yep- vz uses the old 1x network for calls. Supposedly even the LTE phones will use the cdma 1x network for voice for some time until everyone works out standards for going all VOIP and they can do voip over LTE.

 

[YankeeDudeL]

And results...I had -91dBm before this and now have -73dBm. So I'm guessing this baby works. Thanks Fab, you're fab! lol

 

[GirLuvsDroid]

After I dl'ed this from RomManager it made my Cyanogen 5.053 Rom act funny. It re-applied unlock pattern and now it won't let me turn it off. I go into location and security settings but the option to uncheck is grayed out. Weird!

I agree, it IS weird! I had the lock screen pattern glitch happen to me once (I showed a friend with a Droid how to do it on my phone, then when I tried to disable it, I had the same problem you describe). I restored my last full nandroid backup made prior to setting the pattern and the problem went away.

I understand that restoring from your last backup will not affect the baseband update, so maybe you could try that?

 

[GolfnDroid]

I was thinking the same thing just trying to figure out why baseband update would mess with pattern lock??? Anyway, off to restore latest nandroid. Thanks!

 

[GirLuvsDroid]

I was thinking the same thing just trying to figure out why baseband update would mess with pattern lock??? Anyway, off to restore latest nandroid. Thanks!

Yes, that's a very good question -- I never found out the cause of my pattern lock issue, either.

 

[scheng12]

Would this work from a 2.0.1 ROM? or would I have to update to 2.1 first?

 

[Fabolous]

Would this work from a 2.0.1 ROM? or would I have to update to 2.1 first?

This works regardless of the ROM you run. The radio firmware is completely isolated from custom ROMs (they won't touch it).

 

[-=Jeff=-]

Well, successful install, except that it didn't prompt me to log into Google again - but under the accounts it says "sync error".

It tells me that the only way to remove the account is a factory reset. I'd rather not set the whole damn phone up again, to be honest.

Any way around this?

Never mind - logging in through the market fixed it.

We'll see what it does!

I had the same issue, select the notification and it will ask you for your password..

 

[juanito157]

I've forced the ota thanks to androidforums! I have a question, I've been contemplating whether or not i should root my droid, the only reason I want to do is to overclock my droid. Is it necessary to do in order to accomplish this? Or can I overclock without rooting, my phone is dragging ass ever since the update. Please help

 

[dmodert66]

AFIK you have to be rooted to apply the OC kernels....

BTW, I installed this today. Worked great! Thanks Fab! I went from 1 bar in my room to 2. And from 2 bars in the living room to 3 or 4. Pretty sweet... My dBm didn't change much though, which I found odd. Can you explain the difference between the 2 anyone?

 

[Needsdecaf]

I had the same issue, select the notification and it will ask you for your password..

That didn't do it for me.

Nothing worked until I went to the market and it asked me to logged in there.

 

[Needsdecaf]

Well, I hope it's just a tower problem - but while my signal strength appears to be about the same. My data speeds have gone from around 2mbps to barely getting .5 on the down. Strength is still around the 3 bars. This is really frustrating. Have tried multiple activations just in case the first one was botched. Will have to see what I get at home tonight - but I am not impressed so far.

When I tried this yesterday, I noticed the same thing.

Tried again this morning, and speeds were just under 2, which is what I have seen before. So I chalk it up to the network, time - not the phone.

Looks like my signal has improved a bit, from -98 to -90 on average but to be honest, I wasn't hawking the signal strength before.

 

[Decus22]

My phone has been holding a 3g signal at work all day today. Not much of an increase but it doesn't drop to 1x anymore.

I'm going to be leave work for the first time with 80% batt left and I'm pretty F$#%ing stoked!

Thanks for the heads up Fab!

 

[SoDroid]

Has anyone else seen an improvement in battery performance since applying this???

 

[iamloco724]

so i updated to this a few days ago when it was posted..and service in my house is worse then it was

i know for a fact my prl changed..ive tried to update it but keep getting the same one

anything else i can do?

 

[rhyno]

Ha! This triggered Wave secure's lockdown. Must of thought I was trying to hack the phone somehow. Anyways, it sent texts to all my friends telling them my phone had been stolen. Been getting calls for the past 5 minutes. Other than that, it worked like a champ.

 

[Redflea]

Fab...and others doing this. There's an updated version of the baseband update in the thread that Fab links to in the OP...

The udpated version is pulled from the final 2.1 release from Moto/Verizon and has some updated files.

I (and others) have used the updated version to update over the zip that th3steve provided, and it works fine.

See post number 103 on page 11 of the thread.

Another benefit of the updated version is that it does not require you to sign into your accounts after applying it.

Fab, you might want to update your OP w/this info.

 

[Fabolous]

Thanks, I have done so!

 

[YankeeDudeL]

Does this new version change or improve on anything from the previous version other than not needing to sign in? In other words, if we've already done this, is there a reason to do it again?

 

[Redflea]

Does this new version change or improve on anything from the previous version other than not needing to sign in? In other words, if we've already done this, is there a reason to do it again?

The reason to do it again would be that what you have wasn't deemed ready for release by VZW/Moto...you can certainly stay on the version you have, but I updated based on the thought that they probably had a good reason for creating a newer version...takes time and money to create/debug/test/release new code, companies don't do it lightly.

 

[Timaphillips]

Do we rename it as update.zip to install through recovery since it's named something else?


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Just tried it. Used the method above and no problems. Speedtest.net speeds are up already. The first update has some sluggish speeds for some reason. Never got any errors like others, though.

 

[iamloco724]

Anyway to downgrade from this othe previous version for some reason I had better servic before updating wtih this

 

[nessthiss]

My girlfriend got the OTA update yesterday but the download screen just hung for about 3 hours before i told her to power it off. When it started up the update had completed, her firmware and build were correct, but the baseband had not updated. I'm going to apply this manual update to her phone. Do I just do it like I was following the instructions for a manual 2.1 update?

 

[markc2]

Hey Fab. I installed this (and your nextTHEME ESE81) and love both. However, now I'm having SD card problems, the Droid doesn't see it. This happened to me before and a re-format fixed it. If it doesn't fix it this time, and I have to use the "don't be afraid to root" sticky, (done that twice before too), in order to return the phone to Verizon, will that return the radio to original version as well? Thanks.