For questions concerning the "radio firmware" (the part you might think of as "BIOS" or "hardware abstraction layer" of your device)
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Can I flash another modem firmware from a CWM recovery (and not touch the main installed OS otherwise)?
On a Samsung Galaxy S, I followed the complete instructions for installing CyanogenMod 10, and now I have CM10 as the main system, and a ClockWorkMod-based recovery system (from Replicant), which is ...
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Which modem firmware for Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) works best with the mobile networks in Russia?
Trying to use a Samsung Galaxy S device coming from China or Korea in Russia lead to the observation that the quality of the connection to the mobile network is much worse than on Samsung Galaxy S we ...
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Tweaking wimax phone for ISP
We have a WiMAX Internet provider that requires that you have a specific adapter, being Huawei BM622. Do you think it is possible to tweak the firmware on any phone or laptop and connect to the ...
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What RUU do I need for my HTC phone?
I would like to download the RUU for my phone but I can't figure out which one to get. There are several options on sites like shipped-roms.com. Can you help me figure this out?
The phone is a HTC ...
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Flashing Galaxy Nexus with radio band
I'm trying the steps in this question
to flash a factory image on my Galaxy nexus. Once I install Android SDK for Windows, I then:
Open the SDK Android manager .exe
Install SDK platform-tools since ...
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Flashing new radio to my Desire HD
Last week, I decided to flash a custom ROM to my 2 year old Desire HD. I used the hack kit (AAHK) and flashed Jellytime R30. Everything is great... except for the non-existent GPS.
After looking ...
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Galaxy Note 2 shows no sim card after radio flash
I have the SGH-T889 (T-Mobile USA version of the Note 2). When I got my Galaxy Note 2, I loved the device, but disliked the software. So, I decided to flash CyanogenMod 10 build from the N7100 forums. ...
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Can I use a radio firmware for GB (2.3.6) for my SGS1 (GT-I9000) if I have ICS installed?
I still have the original cellular radio firmware my phone came with (at least, I think I do. The baseband version is I9000BVJJPG). However, I've changed ROMs many times, and am currently using the ...
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Flashing radio to European G1 via Amon_Ra process: which version of radio 2.22.19.26i is safe for DangerSPL?
Cyanogenmod's wiki says to use dream_magic.radio-2.22.19.26i-signed.zip
But this revision says to use ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip
These files differ. My question is: which of them (or both?) is safe ...
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Extracting the radio firmware image from an Android phone
How do you pull radio images off an Android device? Is there any way to do this?
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How do I know what radio firmware I'm running?
I'm gearing up to mod my phone and reading the Cyanogenmod Installation Support Line which is helpful-ish right up until step 1.3, "1.3 Radio ...aka Which EBI am I?" They refer you to a post that ...
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Where the driver for CDMA/GSM hardware?
i.e. I have a phone in CDMA from HTC, who provides the CDMA hardware driver (radio-firmware ?),Google Android source tree or HTC?
If the driver is provided by Google Android source tree, then I can ...
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How to boot into the bootloader when you have ClockworkMod?
I want to upgrade the radio and I'm not sure how to boot into bootloader.
When I try to power the phone using VolumeDown+Power, I do get into the ClockworkMod Recovery, but it seems that this is not ...
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Where Are The Sim-Lock Settings Stored on an android phone?
After getting more involved with the "aftermarket" community I have this question that's been on my mind for a while now. Since rooting and flashing a custom rom on an android phone doesn't give one ...
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What is radio firmware?
When installing a custom ROM onto a rooted Android device, they often recommend to upgrade the radio firmware.
What exactly is Android's radio firmware?
