mrg, can you specify specifically which files you were flashing? the full update.zip each time? or the ones LeslieAnn posted?
Do a nandroid first before doing anything.
After the nandroid, full update two times. First from IHO recovery, second from stock recovery.
After this, Gordita root and restore the nandroid finally.
Plan ahead and prepare the files required for Gordita root before starting.
This is the procedure I had to do to get the radio update. I used cdma workshop to verify my version of ZV5 and tried flashing Leslie's patch a couple times using BobZ and Xionia recoveries with no change to version noted in CDMA Workshop. Tried to flash full update once with same result. Finally flashed full update twice and it is now showing ZV9 in CDMA workshop
The build_id file is also showing the updated ZV9 radio
I tried to flash the radio right after vm released the update using my own zip (which was the same as the one posted here), noticed no difference.
Today, after checking the file Jerry mentioned and noticing it still said zv5, I did pretty much the same thing mrg666 did. And now I get an extra bar of signal at home! And its reported as zv9.
I'm assuming the iho recovery ignores the radio update, while cwmt somehow bricks instead.
I noticed when flashing the update via stock recovery that after flashing the update and selecting reboot a message comes up briefly about flashing radio image. This message didn't appear on any other recovery. Not sure if this means anything but just an observation
That was my observation as well.
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So can I just flash the old recovery, flash the radio update, and then reboot and flash back my old recovery?
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So can I just flash the old recovery, flash the radio update, and then reboot and flash back my old recovery?
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I'm not sure I understand the question.. You want to flash stock recovery flash leslies zip then Flash iho recovery back?
I noticed when flashing the update via stock recovery that after flashing the update and selecting reboot a message comes up briefly about flashing radio image. This message didn't appear on any other recovery. Not sure if this means anything but just an observation
Yeah, that was option (2) of the four I listed the other day - requiring LeslieAnn's radio update to be renamed to update.zip.
I was considering this, but I am now resigned to doing the whole shebang (twice) and re-root.
I am thinking VMU did something to the recovery included in the update.zip to allow that radio flash - that's why it only flashes after the update has competed, upon reboot.
I just don't know if renaming it to update.zip would be enough to make it work on stock recovery... I'm thinking not or the easiest root ever would be to rename a custom rom and flash it on stock recovery