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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?
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.
HERM_Radinly_1.54.00.10_108_CustomRUU
new radio from
HTC_Hermes_FRA_3.54.256.2_103_6275_1.54.00.10_108_Ship.exe
same rom but radio updated
not tested
HERM_Radinly_1.54.00.10_108_CustomRUU.rar
thank you caxio
installed fine
the same H and G speeds as with 1.51,
audio is good , battery life is good
i will keep this radio
on orange israel
Thanks a lot
Awesome... need this.
Thanks will test and see
Update from 1.51: So far signal strength and voice clarity seem to be a tad better. Out of a total of 14 calls, I did miss one of them for some reason. I'll test data speeds and other parts of my City and report later.
Can anyone out there let us know who are unable to update right now how this new rom works??? I wont be able to update until tonight or maybe tomorrow!
Just flashed from 1.51.00.10
Tested both for signal strenght with DHR Bandswitch and Tytn unmoved to the same point.
Results:
1.51 GSM: 74%, 3G: 61%
1.54 GSM: 75%, 3G: 67%
Data speeds and battery drain too soon to say
Awesome,
So fast,
Thanks a lot.
will this work with the X01HT Herm200?
right now my radio version is: 1.16.00.00
rom version: 1.23.707.4
lagoskon said:
Just flashed from 1.51.00.10
Tested both for signal strenght with DHR Bandswitch and Tytn unmoved to the same point.
Results:
1.51 GSM: 74%, 3G: 61%
1.54 GSM: 75%, 3G: 67%
Data speeds and battery drain too soon to say
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Where are you located?
Just flashed from 1.51.00.10. Clear voice - fast data. Battery life YTBD.
So far this is the best radio for this area.
Just upgraded to:
HERM_Radinly_1.54.00.10_108_CustomRUU
From:
HERM_Radinly_1.47.30.10_CustomRUU
It's a hell of a lot better.. at least the data connection was. Handshaking (Data connection response for every data request) was a lot faster. Still yet to find out about battery life performance and voice calls. I'm in Manila, Philippines.. SMART Communications.
Thanks caxio for uploading.
gregross said:
Where are you located?
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Greece ,South Europe
Provider Wind (former TIM)
Can anyone mirror?
mirrored here:
http://www.globalskunkworks.com/temp/HERM_Radio_Only_1.54.00.10_108_CustomRUU.rar
can the OP please updated links in the first post?
Thank you
Thanks a lot
test and see...
edited :
after 6 days of use I'm going back to 1.47.30, the signal drops sometimes for no reason.
GSM reception is slightly better (really slightly) with 1.47.30
Will it work good in PAKISTAN with Waridtecom???
i m just downloading
currently i m using 1.47....coz 1.51 have pooor signal strength and drains battery?
now after downloading i will check this and post my resuits/comments.
Upgraded from 1.51 on Orange Israel.
Seems to work OK.
I will test it in the next few days and report.
Meanwhile I had no problems with the 1.51 version except poor reception on very high buildings.
No reception with this radio in the SF Bay Area...
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 am using an AT&T Atrix 4G (rooted and has NottachTrix ROM with 37p radio) in India on BSNL AP circle and I have been getting really poor reception. It is so bad that I can only receive or make calls about 25% of the time. Many times, the phone shows no signal, but often it can't receive or make calls even when there are full bars on it at that moment. I tried using the other popular radio posted here, which is 36p and that showed no difference. Is there another radio that is better suited for this region and mobile operator?
I also have a severe battery life problem. With a brand new battery, it lasts about 24hs on standby, but even with a bit of usage it will not last full day. Sometimes it goes from around 60% to under 10% overnight (in 8hrs or so). I am using JuiceDefender for maximum battery life, and also verified with CPU Spy that the CPU is going into deep sleep as expected. Battery usage always shows "Phone Idle" and "Cell Standby" as the biggest battery consumers. Perhaps, the same problem that is causing bad reception is also causing the battery to go down quickly? I bought it as a used phone and used it on T-Mobile for a few days before leaving US. The battery life was terrible then too, but I thought it was because the battery was getting old, so purchased a new one before leaving.
Even though the reception on T-Mobile was also bad, it was nothing compared to what I am seeing here. Besides, T-Mobile didn't have a good coverage in that area anyway, so the reception was just like most of the other phones I tried there. My guess is that there is nothing wrong with the hardware itself, and the right modem firmware will fix both issues. Could someone who is already using this model in India, preferably with this mobile network comment?
irha said:
I am using an AT&T Atrix 4G (rooted and has NottachTrix ROM with 37p radio) in India on BSNL AP circle and I have been getting really poor reception. It is so bad that I can only receive or make calls about 25% of the time. Many times, the phone shows no signal, but often it can't receive or make calls even when there are full bars on it at that moment. I tried using the other popular radio posted here, which is 36p and that showed no difference. Is there another radio that is better suited for this region and mobile operator?
I also have a severe battery life problem. With a brand new battery, it lasts about 24hs on standby, but even with a bit of usage it will not last full day. Sometimes it goes from around 60% to under 10% overnight (in 8hrs or so). I am using JuiceDefender for maximum battery life, and also verified with CPU Spy that the CPU is going into deep sleep as expected. Battery usage always shows "Phone Idle" and "Cell Standby" as the biggest battery consumers. Perhaps, the same problem that is causing bad reception is also causing the battery to go down quickly? I bought it as a used phone and used it on T-Mobile for a few days before leaving US. The battery life was terrible then too, but I thought it was because the battery was getting old, so purchased a new one before leaving.
Even though the reception on T-Mobile was also bad, it was nothing compared to what I am seeing here. Besides, T-Mobile didn't have a good coverage in that area anyway, so the reception was just like most of the other phones I tried there. My guess is that there is nothing wrong with the hardware itself, and the right modem firmware will fix both issues. Could someone who is already using this model in India, preferably with this mobile network comment?
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Been using the Atrix for the past 6 months. Have used in AP Docomo, AP Vodafone and Chennai Aircel networks, Reception is top notch.
Everyone knows about the quality of BSNL signal and your problem lies there, IMHO.
Battery life is also awesome.
I used CM nightly and I do not overclock. I found faux kernel to be draining my battery so not using that too.
gkarthik16 said:
Been using the Atrix for the past 6 months. Have used in AP Docomo, AP Vodafone and Chennai Aircel networks, Reception is top notch.
Everyone knows about the quality of BSNL signal and your problem lies there, IMHO.
Battery life is also awesome.
I used CM nightly and I do not overclock. I found faux kernel to be draining my battery so not using that too.
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Interesting... I have heard people say bad things about BSNL signal, but I didn't think it would be this bad, so I was still under the impression that the issue is with the phone. May be I should borrow some dumb nokia phone from someone and confirm/rule out the issue with signal quality
I have't tried CM yet on this because I wanted the blur functionality for the dock, but I am not finding much use for the dock, so may be I will switch to CM one day, if only the support for biometric scanner is added. Thanks for the helpful reply!
Well, since the signal is always alternating, it increases the battery usage, i think
Well, my first concern is the reception. With full bars showing up, i am some times unable to make or receive calls. If his can still be BSNL issue, then I might just have to switch. When the phone is in this state, I have occasionally tried to see if restart would fix it, and though I can't confirm it 100%, I was almost always able to make a call immediately after the reboot. The reason I can't confirm that a reboot fixes he issue is because, there is obviously a few minutes of gap between that might have had external change as well.
irha said:
I have't tried CM yet on this because I wanted the blur functionality for the dock, but I am not finding much use for the dock, so may be I will switch to CM one day, if only the support for biometric scanner is added. Thanks for the helpful reply!
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Support for the fingerprint sensor is already present in Cyanogenmod 7. Give CM7 a try. The phone is smooth and rock solid.
And as ticiano_arraes suggested, poor reception or network quality has a direct impact on the battery, as the phone keeps trying to get hold of a stronger network.
gkarthik16 said:
Support for the fingerprint sensor is already present in Cyanogenmod 7. Give CM7 a try. The phone is smooth and rock solid.
And as ticiano_arraes suggested, poor reception or network quality has a direct impact on the battery, as the phone keeps trying to get hold of a stronger network.
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Nice, I would love to give CM7 a try. Is I said earlier, I am less concerned about the battery life than the reception, as 3 out of the 4 times when I want to make a call, I don't get the signal immediately. Also, callers complain about not able to reach me. This is not my primarily line, so I am able to somehow manage so far, but if the problem is definitely on the network side, I will consider switching to a different service. In any case, I will try CM7 and report back.
What band are you using?2g or 3g?never set it to auto.Set it to GSM ONLY
I use atrix with bsnl 3g sim, cm9 Turk,radio is 100R don't have any signal issues or battery drain if I am using only calls I switch to 2g only otherwise 3g only mode use lot of data if I switch to auto or other radios I had lots of issues but with 100R no issues good signal as well as good data speed so pls try that using for nearly 9 months without issue
This is what I have right now:
- Select network - 2G Only
- Operator selection - Select automatically
I don't have a GSM Only option anywhere.
First try 100R radio I too call& battery issues then switched to this radio now don't have network issue when using 36& 37 radios most of the time my mobile was not reachable even when signal was showing do u use data? If not select 2g only using power Widgets u can easily switch 2g or 3g mode easily try 100R with nottachtrix it was good & if u r interested try Turk cm9 & 100R it gives better battery life than others comparatively
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Regarding bsnl signal I have six phones in my home using bsnl I m in a poor signal area using 100R I have better signal than e71,n900 I'm using so try it with ur current from so u can check difference
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First try 100R radio I too call& battery issues then switched to this radio now don't have network issue when using 36& 37 radios most of the time my mobile was not reachable even when signal was showing do u use data? If not select 2g only using power Widgets u can easily switch 2g or 3g mode easily try 100R with nottachtrix it was good & if u r interested try Turk cm9 & 100R it gives better battery life than others comparatively
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Regarding bsnl signal I have six phones in my home using bsnl I m in a poor signal area using 100R I have better signal than e71,n900 I'm using so try it with ur current from so u can check difference
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Thank you, will give that a shot now. I found the 100R download link from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21525149&postcount=8
That post also mentions 30p, did you try that?
I got my mobile with .30 then switched to 36 got severe battery issues & switched to 37 it will show signal but mobile all be not reachable then switched to 100R never looked back try with ur current rom check difference.
I'm on .30P and JB epinter's CM10 rom and signal is top notch, no reception problems, battery life great, from INDIA on tata docomo
irha said:
I am using an AT&T Atrix 4G (rooted and has NottachTrix ROM with 37p radio) in India on BSNL AP circle and I have been getting really poor reception. It is so bad that I can only receive or make calls about 25% of the time. Many times, the phone shows no signal, but often it can't receive or make calls even when there are full bars on it at that moment. I tried using the other popular radio posted here, which is 36p and that showed no difference. Is there another radio that is better suited for this region and mobile operator?
I also have a severe battery life problem. With a brand new battery, it lasts about 24hs on standby, but even with a bit of usage it will not last full day. Sometimes it goes from around 60% to under 10% overnight (in 8hrs or so). I am using JuiceDefender for maximum battery life, and also verified with CPU Spy that the CPU is going into deep sleep as expected. Battery usage always shows "Phone Idle" and "Cell Standby" as the biggest battery consumers. Perhaps, the same problem that is causing bad reception is also causing the battery to go down quickly? I bought it as a used phone and used it on T-Mobile for a few days before leaving US. The battery life was terrible then too, but I thought it was because the battery was getting old, so purchased a new one before leaving.
Even though the reception on T-Mobile was also bad, it was nothing compared to what I am seeing here. Besides, T-Mobile didn't have a good coverage in that area anyway, so the reception was just like most of the other phones I tried there. My guess is that there is nothing wrong with the hardware itself, and the right modem firmware will fix both issues. Could someone who is already using this model in India, preferably with this mobile network comment?
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If you have the stock ROM it's probably that the main problem is the radio that you are using right now. The radios control the way the antenna communicates and all that stuff. So if you are having bad reception, the antena is searching constantly and making more effort to keep you alive on the mobile network.
Try flashing a new radio, it's too easy. Just find in the forum a radio for your region( but it could be from anywhere, for example i'm in Finland right now but i use the normal att{usa}).
I read that you are using just 2G, that's great for improving battery life, but don't expect a huge amount. I always run in 2G and in HSPA+ when i really need the gps, fast info, etc, I'm always syncing with FB, Twitter, Instagram, listening to music and barely it last a day withe the extended battery(bh6x).
Hope this works for you
btw, ,flashing a new radio doesn't delete the data of your rom, it's so easy
I have now observed the signal quality over 24hrs with the 100R firmware and I think there is marked improvement in quality. There were times when I had no signal and I couldn't make calls, but at least I didn't have a situation when there were bars showing and yet the call didn't go through. Obviously, I need more time to see if what I am seeing is genuine.
On the other hand, I don't think the battery life increased significantly. With very light usage, it went down from 100% to 22% in about 23hrs and 70% of that is in Phone idle. I have attached 3 snapshots taken at different times of the battery usage to show what I mean. May be it is just the stock kernel not fully optimized, so I will give CM7 a try.
I installed cwm touch recovery 5.8.1.8 and wondering if the backup created by this recovery is complete enough for the stock rom so that I can switch back to it if CM7 doesn't work out.
paarkhi said:
I'm on .30P and JB epinter's CM10 rom and signal is top notch, no reception problems, battery life great, from INDIA on tata docomo
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Does this ROM also support biometric scanner? What would be the biggest reason not to use it and go with CM7 instead? Stability?
irha said:
Does this ROM also support biometric scanner? What would be the biggest reason not to use it and go with CM7 instead? Stability?
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No, this ROM doesn't support biometric scanner and the stock Camcoder cannot record videos due to Nvidia Driver Issues (3rd party video recording apps work), apart from that sometimes random reboot, rest everything works like WiFi Hotspot, GPS is great, and instead of staying on GB I'd like to stay on JB with these few quirks...
paarkhi said:
No, this ROM doesn't support biometric scanner and the stock Camcoder cannot record videos due to Nvidia Driver Issues (3rd party video recording apps work), apart from that sometimes random reboot, rest everything works like WiFi Hotspot, GPS is great, and instead of staying on GB I'd like to stay on JB with these few quirks...
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The driver should then be there with CM7 as well as CM9 too right?
irha said:
The driver should then be there with CM7 as well as CM9 too right?
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AFAIK CM7 it will work and with CM9 it will not