Welcome everyone in this thread.
The reason why I made this thread is that every new radio is supposed to be working amazingly, however this differs per country. So now I have made this thread so everyone that is situated in the Netherlands can post his/her experiences with the different radio's and rilphones.
Hope you are all cooperating, so we can find out the best radio for all of us!
I'll start with the first post:
Radio: Blackstone Radio 1.14.25.24 (With Rilphone 1.14.25.24)
Rom: EnergyRom 3.0
Provider: KPN Hi
Call quality: Average (Not really the best)
Reception: Good
Internet: HSPDA fast, really good
GPS: Cannot even get a lock, so the worst ever
Battery life: seems good, 2 to 3 days
Radio: Raphael Radio 1.12.25.19 (With Rillphone 1.12.25.19)
Rom: Chrome_Hybrid WWE
Provider: Telfort (KPN)
Call quality: Average
Reception: Good
Internet: HSPDA not as fast as the Raph radio 1.14
GPS: 5 á 10 seconds for lock
Battery life: Depends on usage
Radio: Raphael Radio 1.14.25.19 (With Rillphone 1.14.25.19)
Rom: Chrome_Hybrid WWE
Provider: Telfort (KPN)
Call quality: Excellent
Reception: 4 bars. Full reception
Internet: HSPDA really fast
GPS: Circa 5 sec.
Battery life: Depends on usage
Radio: Raphael Radio 1.12.25.19 (With Rillphone 1.12.25.19)
Rom: M-ROM V2.12
Provider: T-Mobile
Location: Almere
Call quality: Good
Reception: Good, full bars both inside and outside
Internet: HSPDA speed is good enough for me
GPS: 5 á 10 seconds for lock
Battery life: Depends on usage (about 2 days)
Radio: Raphael Radio 1.14.25.19 (With Rillphone 1.14.25.19)
Rom: Energy 3.0 (12509)
Provider: Vodafone
Location: Breda
Call quality: Excellent
Reception: 3 bars. Medium reception
Internet: HSPDA really fast(speedtest @2,4mbit)
GPS: Circa 5 sec(hot boot). Circa 30Sec(Colt boot)
Battery life: Depends on usage mostly 1 day. if i dont play with it 2 full days.
Is it me or does the 1.14.25.19 version not exist... Is it the correct number or do you mean 1.14.25.05 or 1.12.25.19?
Gonna test 1.14.25.05 for a few days now with the KPN Network.
Radio: raphael 1.02.25.32 (no rillphone installed :S)
Rom: Louzeberry 6.5
Provider: KPN
Location: Volendam (near Amsterdam)
Call quality: good enough, clear sound.
Reception: 2 to 3 bars inside, full outside
Internet: HSPDA depends on the reception, good with full reception, slow with bad (switches over to gprs)
GPS: 10 seconds top (outside) about 30sec inside
Battery life: not really different than other radio's i usually charge once every 2 days.
ok the 1.14.25.05 radio with rillphone didn't seem to work for me, i wasn't able to send text messages :S
Flashing back to 1.02.25.32 with rillphone to see if that improves anything. i'll keep you guys posted
mtem1985 said:
ok the 1.14.25.05 radio with rillphone didn't seem to work for me, i wasn't able to send text messages :S
Flashing back to 1.02.25.32 with rillphone to see if that improves anything. i'll keep you guys posted
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You have to change the sms settings to use GSM preferred first... (Start - Settings - System (Second tab)- Advanced Network - SMS service (Last tab). If you set this correctly, you can use the new radio and still send/receive SMS.
Radio: Raphael Radio 1.14.25.05 (With Rillphone 1.14.25.05)
Rom: ROMeOS 2.100 WWE
Provider: T-Mobile
Location: Lelystad
Call quality: Excellent
Reception: 3 bars. Medium reception
Internet: HSPDA ok, loses connection when at my house, and sometimes when cycling through the city.
GPS: Circa 5 sec (hot boot). Circa 30Sec(Colt boot)
Battery life: Depends on usage mostly 1 day, when using internet radio, it's even less.
Radio: Raphael Radio 1.14.25.05 (With Rillphone 1.14.25.05)
Rom: Energy 3.0 (06509)
Provider: Vodafone
Location: IJmuiden
Call quality: Excellent
Reception: 3 bars. Medium reception
Internet: Not tested yet
GPS: approx. 5/10 seconds
Battery life: Depends on usage. I think approx 2 days.
I'm new with a phone based on Windows. Used before always Symbian.
So I'm also new to HTC and with the Rafael.
I'm also checking the various cooked ROM's. I'm also intrested in everbody's choise of ROM and why?...another thread or can we combine?
ok i'll try to play with some settings tomorrow, getting pretty late by now
PS: with 1.02.25.32 i had an hspda speed of 302kbps (kilobytes) pretty fast i would say
it was about 274kbps with 1.14.25.05
Download link for 1.14.25.19
Can you guys provide a download link to 1.14.25.19? I've search the radio thread and google, but can't seem to find it...
here are my details
Rom & Radio: bog standard T-mobile
Provider: T-Mobile
Location: Tilburg
Call quality: medium
Reception: 3bar inside, full bars outside
Internet: HSPDA decent to good,
GPS: No lock , so very bad
Battery life: Depends on usage mostly 1 day to 2 days
Question: I can't find any info on Rillphone..what is it?
I'll be updating to Energyrom later today (first flash), so hopefully I won't have a brick on my hands later today :S
Rilphone explanation
Mark-NL said:
Question: I can't find any info on Rillphone..what is it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3354857&postcount=13
Rom: Eliterom RC 4
Radio: 1.14.25.5
Provider: KPN Hi
Location: Maastricht
Call quality: medium
Reception: 2bar inside, full bars outside
Internet: HSPDA decent to good, but low quality in low signal areas
GPS: Lock, however not fixed, variable, not good
Battery life: 1 day to 2 days
Radio: Raphael Radio 1.12.25.01 (With Rillphone 1.12.25.01)
Rom: M-ROM 3.11
Provider: Vodafone
Location: Eindhoven
Call quality: Average
Reception: GPRS: full bars. HSDPA: about 2 bars
Internet: HSPDA good enough
GPS: 10 til 15 seconds for lock
Battery life: Depends on usage, normaly about 2 days
Radio: Raphael Radio 1.14.25.05 (With Rillphone 1.14.25.05)
Rom: RRE 21725 WWE
Provider: T-Mobile
Location: Staphorst (no jokes please )
Call quality: bad
Reception: 0-1 bars. bad reception
Internet: very slow
GPS: approx. 5/10 seconds
Battery life: Depends on usage. I charge the phone at work.
I flashed my radio rom yesterday from 1.11.25.01, GPS is better, call reception is worse.
Any advice??
Radio: 1.12.25.19 (downgrade from 1.14)
Rom: EnergyRom 3.0
Provider: T-Mobile
Location : Amsterdam and Purmerend
Call quality: Average
Reception: Good
Internet: Average
GPS: Oke with 1.12, EXCELLENT with 1.14
Battery life: Oke with 1.12 (2 day's), BAD with 1.14 (less then 1!)
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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?
hello...i currently have the 1.50 radio...but the battery life sucks...i havent tried 1.51 yet... but anyone on at&t sacramento please tell me what is the best radio to use! i have the unlimited internet plan so the more 3g hsdpa the better..pls. help!
1.41 or 1.48..
I'm from the east bay but make my way up to sac
I use 1.40...
What about Portland, OR area? I'm guessing the network wouldnt differ much on the west coast but i could be waaaay wrong.
1.48 works well in Vacaville.....
i like 1.14.01.10
Rancho Cordova
I use 1.48 on vp3G 3.0 rom. Battery life is ok, reception is so, so.
mlott said:
I use 1.48 on vp3G 3.0 rom. Battery life is ok, reception is so, so.
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I'm in FolsomI use 1.48 on vp3G 3.6 rom. Ditto.
Was in middtown Sacramento last night (Starbucks on Alhambra). Using 1.54.07.00 radio, vp3G 3.62.0 ROM, about 8PM PST.
Connection showed 3G initially in Starbucks, and would switch to H as I browsed Ebay mobile. The connection was very fast - before I started browsing I ran a D/L test on DSL reports and chalked 760kbps on a 1MB file. I browsed with no problems for about 20-30 mins, but then lost the 3G/H signal. The phone searched for about five seconds, then connected as Edge. I'd use Edge data connection for a few minutes, then phone cycled to 3G/H for a few seconds, then lost 3G/H signal all over again. This happened about 7-10 times in a row. Overall I didn't experience a great deal of downtime - the phone found the Edge signal quite fast after losing 3G/H, but it was annoying.
Eventually I went outside and tried again from my car, parked across the street from Starbucks. Same pattern.
Because I was using 3G/H with no issues for about half an hour I'm inclined to chalk this up as a problem with the local tower, but am curious to hear if anyone else has encountered 3G/H connectivity issues in the Sacramento area with these versions of ROM and Radio.
ohhshiet said:
hello...i currently have the 1.50 radio...but the battery life sucks...i havent tried 1.51 yet... but anyone on at&t sacramento please tell me what is the best radio to use! i have the unlimited internet plan so the more 3g hsdpa the better..pls. help!
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Live in Shingle Springs, CA just outside of placerville,ca
Work in Folsom.
I have had great sucess with 1.54.07
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.
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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...
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.
what best radio for hermes?
i live in iran and i have jasjam with windows GoldenGlobe_All_Black_V8 and my radio version upgrade now to 1.56.70.11 but the battery life is too bad
i need best signal quality and best battery life.please help me for this
Tanks A Lot
Read. Do searches. Not all Radios work the same as they are prepped for different bands such as Edge and 3G and different networks around the world.
What are your usages?
Just saying, "longest battery life" is not clear enough. If you want best battery life then focus on Edge-centric radios like the X.XX.10 series and not the X.XX.30 ones.