Hey Everybody,
This post is going out to all users residing in Asia.
I'll be traveling to Asia in the coming weeks and was just wondering which radio gets the best performance for your Hermes.
Can you please post the radio version you are using as well as what country you're using it in?
I'll be traveling to Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Possibly even South Korea.
I'm currently running the new Cingy 1.48
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
best radio performance: Asia
I'm stay in Thailand (south east asia). I used radio 1.48.00.00 and confirmed that can use the best in Thailand and I think probably can use the best of the other country in Asia.
Some people said 1.48 is good in HK, but after I have tested 1.41, 1.47 and 1.48. Not much difference in signal reception and quality.
But 1.48 drains power very very fast!
Almost 50% more.
I'm staying in HK right now as well. I'm using 1.43 and it seems to be fine. Very good battery life.
In terms of HK, is 1.47 the best option then?
jasonchiu said:
I'm staying in HK right now as well. I'm using 1.43 and it seems to be fine. Very good battery life.
In terms of HK, is 1.47 the best option then?
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I think it depends,
For me, I don't see the general performance difference between 1.47, 1.48 and 1.41 obviously.
I might try 1.43.
In term of batt life performance , quite lots of people said 1.40 is the best. But a bit weak in signal reception and response time.
kinghung said:
I think it depends,
For me, I don't see the general performance difference between 1.47, 1.48 and 1.41 obviously.
I might try 1.43.
In term of batt life performance , quite lots of people said 1.40 is the best. But a bit weak in signal reception and response time.
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you should try 1.43 then. My friend recently upgraded to 1.43 and said he saw significant improvements in battery life.
Mr.Vanx hasnt written a upgrade guide to Radio's after 1.43 as well. Perhaps the improvements are insignificant
Not much different as I am using it in HK, TW and US from version 1.43.00 and now 1.48.00. All runs well on reception and battery usage
jasonchiu said:
you should try 1.43 then. My friend recently upgraded to 1.43 and said he saw significant improvements in battery life.
Mr.Vanx hasnt written a upgrade guide to Radio's after 1.43 as well. Perhaps the improvements are insignificant
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Thanks jason,
Actually some people also said 1.48 has good batt life performace , and that's why I did that radio upgrade from 1.47.
However , the fact is much much worse than 1.41 and 1.47.
Anyway, I might try 1.43
kinghung said:
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But 1.48 drains power very very fast!
Almost 50% more.
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really...??
hmm.., I was just about to upgrade to 1.48
I'll stick with current 1.43 then..
Thanks to everyone for all your input
Keep it coming
What's odd is that I'm also running 1.48 but I'm not experiencing the battery drain you speak of... hmmm...
I didn't realize different cellular service providers can affect the battery drain of our hermes....
kinghung said:
Some people said 1.48 is good in HK, but after I have tested 1.41, 1.47 and 1.48. Not much difference in signal reception and quality.
But 1.48 drains power very very fast!
Almost 50% more.
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1.47.00.10 radio that came with dopod official wm6 rom is working fine (batt/signal quality wise) here in Malaysia (Celcom 3G/HSDPA)
right guys so which radio for HK, i need to flash my gf's tonight. she;s on 1.41
jasonchiu said:
right guys so which radio for HK, i need to flash my gf's tonight. she;s on 1.41
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1.41 actually is good, in term of batt life and signal reception. Both are acceptable.
I have tried to browse internet almost 5-6 hrs and 30-45 mins voice call.
From 7am to 8pm, I could still have 40-50% power remain.
That's pretty good actually.
So need not to upgrade if u don't see anything wrong, in my own opinion.
kipe said:
1.47.00.10 radio that came with dopod official wm6 rom is working fine (batt/signal quality wise) here in Malaysia (Celcom 3G/HSDPA)
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Theoretically, we have waited a long time until release of the offical ROM. And it comes with radio 1.47. So I believe and suppose it "should" be the best radio with offical ROM.
What do u guys think?
using DiGi Telco here in Malaysia, all is fine, good reception .... battery life is stable, doesnt drain as said in other posts. One thing i've lost is the cracking sound that i often encounter while using the 1.43 radio ... hopefully it wont come back and haunt me ... (fingers X-ed)
Hi micwk,
Did you try radio 1.47 or go directly to 1.48?
micwk said:
using DiGi Telco here in Malaysia, all is fine, good reception .... battery life is stable, doesnt drain as said in other posts. One thing i've lost is the cracking sound that i often encounter while using the 1.43 radio ... hopefully it wont come back and haunt me ... (fingers X-ed)
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Today, I have tested 1.43.
Almost same as 1.41 and 1.47 but slightly worse than them. (Battery life)
i own a softbank with radio 1.14 (can't upgrade till now!!) and alway facing low signal problem at my house. so i buy another dopod 838pro last week and upgrade to radio 1.47. but is very funny that the signal of dopod with 1.47 is even worst than softbank 1.14 !! i compare both phone side by side, the dopod 1.47 alway 1 bar lower than softbank 1.14 !! very funny.
i upgrade the dopod to 1.48 yesterday, & found it improved a bit (beside batery drain faster) but the signal still not as good as softbank 1.14.
am i doing anything wrong ?? both phone are flash with official WM6.
@wslee - try 1.41 radio version on your new dopod
in japan - 1.41 radio seems to respond very well. for other radio > 1.41 seems to have a signal strenght problem depend where are you at.
otoro_315 said:
@wslee - try 1.41 radio version on your new dopod
in japan - 1.41 radio seems to respond very well. for other radio > 1.41 seems to have a signal strenght problem depend where are you at.
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thanks for your advice Otoro, i will try it tonight & report the result here later.
Related
Hi all
Perhaps we can share info re the above. Currently I am running the AKU3.3 test rom and radio 1.27.
It is by far the best combination I have used so far for Tmobile Uk. The battery life is far better than the original HTC rom and the signal aquisition seems much stronger. My only concern is that there seems to be a reluctance to switch from GPRS to either UMTS or HSDPA when on the move, my previous 1.18 rom although apparently less good at pulling in the signal would certainly be showing U or H more quickly when in an area of coverage. Has anyone tried the later 1.33 or 1.34 roms and found them any better?
Otherwise, this for me has my Tytn working superbly and doing everything I want. Heck, even TT6 works without freezing!
Rob
Ps This forum seems to be getting very slow, could it be all the downloading thats going on before the big switch off?
Hello,
I would like to know what is the best Radio for Fido/Rogers in terms of battery life and HSDPA speeds!
Thanks
Hi, I'm currently running 1.54.00.108.
Battery life is good but don't know HSPDA speed.
I'm using the same version as rupture: 1.54.00.10
thx...
I too would like this information, so as to update my rom/radio..
much obliged,
a.
I got too many missed calls with 1.54.00.108.
I am now using 1.54.00.10 on Rogers Wireless without any hiccups in Toronto!
1.48
I went back to 1.48 from 1.54.07.00
Battery life was just too brutal.
What's the point of having HSDPA if you only get a few hours per charge?
Happy again now.
I am using 1.43. I was using 1.50 I believe, battery life = not as good as 1.43.
Don't know about HSPDA speeds as I don't use it, because well i I think it is obvious because I live in Canada.
1.43 has been great in terms of voice quality and battery life
Radio & Rom
I use 1.54.07.00, but I found that if I don't use it with ROM 3.62, the battery life is very bad. The combination of 1.54.07.00 and Pandora 9.5/3.62 seems to yield the best results for me. I get almost a full day with heavy use and that's with HSDPA turned on.
Hope this helps!
Quakie
Hi all,
I am currently using Shamanix_WM6_Ultimate_v2_FINAL with radio rom version 1.5407.00 and I am looking for a better radio. The data speed (even over 3G) is not that great and the reception at my house is literally 1 bar. I was wondering if anyone out there that lives in the Atlanta, GA area is using a different radio rom version that gets better results than mine. I'm on the AT&T network.
Thanks in advance!
I also live outside Atlanta and I find the closer I get to home the more often my calls drop. I am running the same radio version and I too would like to know if there is a better radio version for the Atlanta area. I am on AT&T as well.
You guys should try several Radio and see which one proves to be the most compatible with your operator there in Atlanta.
Remember, flashing the radio stack will not cause a hard reset. So it does not hurt trying.
I visit the Atlanta area regularly and have exceptionally good speed and battery life with 1.54.30.10
i have been running into the same problems here in Houston since the Hurricance Ike and running the same version ya'll are. I am about to try 1.56.70.11. I will post my results later.
zachoo said:
I visit the Atlanta area regularly and have exceptionally good speed and battery life with 1.54.30.10
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Thanks Zachoo! This radio rom is perfect!! I have been flashing radio stack after radio stack to try and find the best reception and battery life. I get much better reception, data transfers are quicker, and my battery life has increased by almost 30 percent!
i was thinking..
why did michy went back to radio 1.57?
and what radio version are you using? and why?
i'm using radio 1.57 too. (michy r4.1 spl1.2)
hope to hear your reasons.
ciao!
My experience:
1.57 had the best bluetooth sound quality (I'm using a Jabra BT8010 which many have had issues with, this fixed the crackling issues I had with 1.47 and 1.50 both on my side and what others heard from me).
1.58 boosts data speeds over the cell network greatly by enabling one of the "H" protocols on top of 3G. It also boosts sensitivity levels - I get H connections at my desk where I only got Edge before. However, I found a little bit of crackling came back on my 8010. Only on my end though, not what others can hear from me). Due to the huge speed increase I stayed with this one.
How dangerous is a radio flash on Athena? Worth the risk?
I am a graduate from the school of Hermes.
With Hermes, OS flashes were almost completely stress-free as long as you had Hard-SPL on your machine. It seemed that with Hard-SPL one could recover from almost any bad OS flash.
Radio flashes one the other hand, were not as stress-free. Even with Hard-SPL, a bad radio flash could possibly brick a Hermes.
Up to now, I have assumed the same was true of Athena, but I thought this might be a good place to get confirmation / denial.
Also, if anyone knows, I am using radio 1.50. Are the bluetooth and/or reception benefits worth the risk (in your opinion of course) of a radio flash to 1.57?
jetherson said:
i was thinking..
why did michy went back to radio 1.57?
and what radio version are you using? and why?
i'm using radio 1.57 too. (michy r4.1 spl1.2)
hope to hear your reasons.
ciao!
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I packed the Radio 1.58 RUU posted here and was happy to use it, feeling the speed and reception was improved ,which was important given that my provider had only recently enabled 3g in my area .
But I lost the ability to do video calls( not that important to me) and there is better reception now the network is bedded in .
So I have now gone back to 1.57 and find it totally acceptable.
One thing that may be a plus is I thought battery drain was less with 1.58 using the data network
lakeman: maybe that's michy's reason too?
also lakeman, here in the philippines, most users don't really use video calling (too expensive). and i would like a more battery-friendly radio. and since 1.57 is still very much acceptable, i don't think i will upgrade to 1.58 soon. also, especially larsuck's post scared me on upgrading my radio lol.
i do hope michy can tell us some more concerning this. even just the reason why he chose 1.57.
michy?
I've been using Radio 1.58 since a few weeks ago when I went to AP4, but have noticed major issues with my GPS acquiring signal and am wondering if that is a problem with the radio I upgraded to.
Can someone help me determine if that's the problem?
dennistaylor said:
I've been using Radio 1.58 since a few weeks ago when I went to AP4, but have noticed major issues with my GPS acquiring signal and am wondering if that is a problem with the radio I upgraded to.
Can someone help me determine if that's the problem?
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I am on Micy's 5.1 with Radio 1.58. TT6 locks in about 30 seconds no problems. I get better battery life with 1.58 vs 1.57. I may be my location (US - AL) and I am on ATT. In most 3G areas I get the constant H and more bars in "out-lying" areas than I had on 1.57.
dennistaylor said:
I've been using Radio 1.58 since a few weeks ago when I went to AP4, but have noticed major issues with my GPS acquiring signal and am wondering if that is a problem with the radio I upgraded to.
Can someone help me determine if that's the problem?
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I doubt its your radio, I'm on AP4 w/radio 1.58. There's a thread on one of these sub-forums with proper GPS settings, find that for several settings you can try.
All,
I have done a lot of flashing ROMs and Radios since I had my (unbranded) HD2 and I have been getting several issues where I miss calls (goes straight to voicemail) even when I am not using the phone.
I am using radio 2.10.50.26 but have also tried several others.
Can anybody who is on the O2 network in the UK recommend a reliable radio I can try?
Also does anybody know what radio the branded O2 HD2 uses as this might be worth trying too?
Thanks in advance
Alright mate.
I'm on O2 as well, and I've got 2.12.50.02_2, and it's pretty good for me. Can't help you with the original radio though as I've had the phone for nearly a year now and have been banging new ROMs/Radios on it for as long as they've been available (the original stock ROMs - pre 1.66 - we're dire!)
Incidentally, this is an "Android friendly" radio too - no robot voice or echo.
Hope this helps.
I have a 2.10.50 radio and I can't complain. It's pretty damn good actually.
I've been using 2.12.50.02_2 for a while now - and it's been ok. I've just upgraded to 2.14.50.04 and I think that this might be the best yet.
I had 2.12.50 and to be honest i thought it was terrible in terms of connection and battery life. I think the radio is heavily dependent on the amount of base stations in your area.
2.14.50 works well for me now and previously 2.07.50 was good too.
The stock radio that came on my phone was either 2.6.51.xx or 2.7.51.xx and the rom i had was a 1.66 version. I've used all the radios that have been made available since i got my phone in may and for me, in my area, the best ones where 2.10.50.26, 2.11.50.20, 2.12.50.2_2 and 2.14.50.04. Each time they improved the signal strength and extened the battery life a little but do remember that the best radio for you may very possibly be different dependant on your area. For example, if you have full signal all the time no matter where you are and the battery life is already pretty good there's no point in changing but if you struggle to get a decent hsdpa signal and your phone is always switching between edge and 3g then you may want to try a newer radio.
Ther are so many variables involved in this topic it is impossible to take a recommendation unless it is given to you by someone that lives or works in or around where you are most or you experiment a little.