Download: Radio Baseband 2.42.01.04.27 for Sprint CDMA Hero

Geek for Me is proud to release:

Updated Radio.img for Android 2.1 (radio version 2.42.01.04.27) for Sprint

This has only been tested and confirmed as working on Fresh 2.1 but will work on every Sprint 2.1 Rom
Flashing an updated radio will typically give you better battery life and better signal
Different radios work differently depending on where you are in the country. You may actually get better performance out of another radio. Test them out.
This won’t fix any current problems with the 2.x roms, but it will make your phone more efficient
Don’t hold me responsible if you brick your phone
Don’t flash this unless you have a CDMA Hero
This is the new stock one from the 2.27.651.5 RUU

Check this post for how to flash it: How To: Flash a Radio Update Sprint HTC Hero

DOWNLOAD: http://link.geekfor.me/radio242010427

This entry was posted by flipz on May 14, 2010 at 7:23 pm, and is filed under Radios. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

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#1 written by Rsoehelk 2 years ago

Anybody test this yet? Working better than desire Radio? Imma try this. Ill be back with the post.

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#2 written by pgreptom 2 years ago

I’ve tested it, works okay – no dbm difference. Still 88-96 for me.

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#3 written by Artem Russakovskii 2 years ago

Just updated the radio on DC 2.08.01 to this one without a hitch.

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#4 written by brewdude 2 years ago

Thinking of going back to previous radio. Cell Standby is putting a lot bigger drain on my battery at work than the last one.

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#5 written by Dave 2 years ago

Hi,

I have a noob question… =\
If I used flashed Fresh Rom 1.1 and my baseband version is 1.04.01.09.21 and i flash the new fresh rom 2.1.1 do i still keep the same baseband radio or do i need to manually flash it to this one? and if i do keep the same one… can i use that one instead of the new one?

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- #6 written by flipz 2 years ago
  
  Radio needs to be manually updated, and it absolutely should be. Check the radio links on the right.
  
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#7 written by wtphoto 2 years ago

flashing roms does not change the radio, it is something you must change seperatly if you want to. you dont have to change it but understand that these 2.1 roms that come from the RUU’s are tested with this radio so it should be optimized for max efficency (should being the keyword)

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#8 written by steve 1 year ago

so when you say “Dont flash this unless you have a CDMA Hero” … does that mean a Sprint CDMA Hero? Because I flashed it to my Cell South Hero and it appears I own a shiny brick. No ROMs will load, have wiped everything and reflashed 3 different ROMs.

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- #9 written by steve 1 year ago
  
  sorry I should really read everything. “for Sprint” is clearly stated several times.
  
  so, now that my phone is hosed, and I’m clearly an idiot, anyone know where to get the cell south radio image at?
  
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  - #10 written by Beerme 1 year ago
    
    Sorry, Steve…. Once bricked, always bricked. I flashed a wrong radio and bricked one 6 months ago and there was no bringing it back to life. So I told the rep at the Sprint store that it turned off in the middle of a phone call and nothing I tried would turn it back on. After 10 minutes, the Tech came up to me and said he’d have to order a replacement phone (didn’t charge me a cent) Can’t guarantee you’ll have the same results, but worth a shot.
    
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    - #11 written by steve 1 year ago
      
      well if that’s true I wasn’t bricked! I had also recently partioned by sd to ext4 and then in FreshToast tried to push a change from the kitchen and at that point my phone never came back up. I had only assumed it was because of the radio, but in fact it was the ext4 doing something screwy. I repartitioned and converted to ext3 and everything works great.
      
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      - #12 written by jamesjharris01 1 year ago
        
        So did the 2.42.01.04.27 radio work for you on Cell South? Or did the radio update screw things up?
        
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#13 written by kewlkidphotos 1 year ago

can i flash this radio if i have cricKet wireless?

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#14 written by David 1 year ago

This radio fixed my network location with the airave,

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#15 written by Jonathan Frederickson 1 year ago

Will it still work just fine if I’m running the 2.42.00.03.10 radio? I don’t really feel like updating the radio again…

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- #16 written by Jonathan Frederickson 1 year ago
  
  Well dangit I meant to post this on the Fresh Toast page… forgot what page I was on…
  
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#17 written by JDuc 1 year ago

What’s the longest I should accept my phone sitting at Formatting CACHE:…?

Thus far, it’s been 10 minutes at least.

Also, in the past, I’ve renamed the file from whatever you’ve had it named as when I downloaded it to “radio.zip”. I did not do that this time. Would that cause any problems?

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- #18 written by tom 1 year ago
  
  anyone have any insight on this?
  
  i am too sittin’ here with a screen similar to flipz in his tutorial screenshot [i.e - formatting cache:...]
  
  is the progress supposed to stop at the elipses?
  
  thanks much
  
  ./tom
  
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  - #19 written by [email protected] 1 year ago
    
    what eventually happened?
    
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#20 written by wade 1 year ago

if there isn’t a progress bar behind that text then you are safe to restart the phone

i saw it listed in the install notes somewhere before

peace

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#21 written by RayZ 1 year ago

Horrible Radio, CONFIRMED i flashed from 2.42.00.03.10 to this and phone goes into Digital Roaming. Loc. Michigan

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#22 written by RayZ 1 year ago

you just restart the phone when it says formatting cache.

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#23 written by Jeff 1 year ago

What would be considered a good number for signal strength (dBm)? mine varies from -78-85

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#24 written by armychris28210 1 year ago

mine is at a consistant 98 or so….thats with stock…anyone in Northcarolina that has tried different radio with better/worse signal?

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#25 written by marky 1 year ago

how can i put this into my phone??

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