Hi All,
I would like to know what radio people have found to have the best battery and reception. I ask because I have the stock 2.07.51.22_2 from Telstra and I have been thinking about upgrading but have no idea to which radio to go to.
Help would be appreciated
Look at the stickies in this forum and then read... after you have done that then hopefully you will realise that the best radio for battery and reception is very much down to the user of phone, what network they are on, which country they are in, where in that country they are, where the celltowers for their network are in relation to where they are and where they move between. In addition how you use your phone, for what and for how long also affects it.
If you still not getting it the only person you can ask your original question to is yourself because noone else lives your life and is in the places you are at the same time as you...
rumbles said:
Hi All,
I would like to know what radio people have found to have the best battery and reception. I ask because I have the stock 2.07.51.22_2 from Telstra and I have been thinking about upgrading but have no idea to which radio to go to.
Help would be appreciated
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Dear Friend,
I tried all radio ROMs and almost all ROM's and came to the conclusion that the only one that is the best for battery XannyTech's EVOLUTION 2.0 ROM. With that ROM, I'm getting 3 days of normal usage with radio 2.10.50.08_2. Beside battery, the ROM is great.
Starfury said:
Look at the stickies in this forum and then read... after you have done that then hopefully you will realise that the best radio for battery and reception is very much down to the user of phone, what network they are on, which country they are in, where in that country they are, where the celltowers for their network are in relation to where they are and where they move between. In addition how you use your phone, for what and for how long also affects it.
If you still not getting it the only person you can ask your original question to is yourself because noone else lives your life and is in the places you are at the same time as you...
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True,
But I am not asking for people to make the decision for me. All I am asking for is people's experiences with different radio's to help me decide.
rumbles said:
True,
But I am not asking for people to make the decision for me. All I am asking for is people's experiences with different radio's to help me decide.
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and as Starfury mentioned only you can answer that question
Flashing a Radio does not take long, so just download a couple and try them out for yourself to find out which fits your needs best. But dont forget to leave the Radio on for at least 2 or 3 complete battery cycles to let it settle down before going ahead to the next. I did this for myself as well (took a while but nevertheless) and now have 4 Radio Versions in a Subfolder on my SD card so that when i move around i can quickly change to a better Radio for the certain Task i need the phone to perform.
I found 2.10.50.x.x to be the best radio for battery use, this works wonders in standby mode, it hardly ever goes down on the meter.
rilazi said:
Dear Friend,
I tried all radio ROMs and almost all ROM's and came to the conclusion that the only one that is the best for battery XannyTech's EVOLUTION 2.0 ROM. With that ROM, I'm getting 3 days of normal usage with radio 2.10.50.08_2. Beside battery, the ROM is great.
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i agree with radio 2.10.50.08_2 good reception and good battery..
I can´t second that.
I tried the 2.10 Radio too but i had no good battery. With 2.08.50_02 i had much better battery.
So you only can try some radios and find the best way. Some radios can be very good with a specific rom and be worse with another rom.
2.10.50.08_2 good reception and good battery
2.10.50.28_2 has good reception and battery life for me in Melbourne.
Cheers
Ray
Bib_x said:
I can´t second that.
I tried the 2.10 Radio too but i had no good battery. With 2.08.50_02 i had much better battery.
So you only can try some radios and find the best way. Some radios can be very good with a specific rom and be worse with another rom.
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what rom are you using?
2.09.50.29_2 works best for most roms. bangalore, India.
Bib_x said:
I can´t second that.
I tried the 2.10 Radio too but i had no good battery. With 2.08.50_02 i had much better battery.
So you only can try some radios and find the best way. Some radios can be very good with a specific rom and be worse with another rom.
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BladeKnight said:
what rom are you using?
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see his sig . .. ...
Device: HTC HD2 (Leo)
Radio: 2.08.50.08_02
ROM: WM 6.5.5 - HD2O ROM - 08.03.2010
Sys: 23544
OEM: 2.10
MANILA: 2.5.2012.1412_1
bigray said:
2.10.50.28_2 has good reception and battery life for me in Melbourne.
Cheers
Ray
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best radio for me too(reception & battery)
The entire debate on this question is subjective....the same Radio+ROM combo will not perform best for everyone "Worldwide"....
You may narrow it down Country-wise though...
thanks guys for all your responses. I have been able to chose a suitable Radio for my HD2. As I live in Australia I will be using 2.10.XX.XX radio as it seems to work best here.
Thanks again.
2.10.50.28_2 works perfectly in Canberra
How is battery life and reception on 2.12.50.02_2?
i just tried the new radio 2.14. Pretty good reception, when i go to the carpark, always no signal. However, after tried 2.14 radio, it will get at least signal for me to call out.... maybe you can try it.
2.12.50.02_2
I am using now 2.12.50.02_2 and i think it has improved the reception and the battery by aprox 20% vs the stock radio 2.05.51.05_2. In my room, with the old radio i had 1 bar of signal or none now i have al least one usual 2 and rarely 3. So for Romania i would say is pretty good so far.
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I just read the comments about the Radio ROM 1.48.00.0 and I'm not conviced I should upgrade, however I am useing 1.47.00.10 now and it sucks. I hardly get any signal. It took the hermes about 20km on the motorway to fetch a proper signal so I could call home (very irritating)
I hear some people talking about 1.43 being the best. Also some sounds that only the first ROM is generic and the rest is specific for the provider it was stripped from. Other users experience batterydrain with specific ROMs. There is no real favourite anyway
So my question is, which ROM is the best? I am in Europe most of the time so my focus will be on that functionality.
Please post your suggestions
Cheers!
For me the best is 1.43.
I installed 1.47, and I have a lot of problems with internet connection and missed calls.
Could you post please the link to the thread for the 1.48.00.00 bad comments?
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Could you post please the link to the thread for the 1.48.00.00 bad comments?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317335
Not specifically bad comments. It seems to work fine for the AT&T community, but not for others.
Big comments post
So why we don't make a bir query, a big post where people could speak they're experience with different radios, in an Standardized aproach, like:
-Phone Model:
-OS in use:
-Operator in use and actual location in the world:
-Radio Rom's used and the opinion on each of them:
What do you think??? I'm reading a lot to discover wich one to upgrade... But there are so many different opinions...
Can nobody on XDA decipher these radios and tell us exactly what's different with each? Higher frequency in one part of the band or some sort? I have no idea... almsost seems like for all we know, all the radios are exactly the same the manufacturers just rename them each time they release it with a new ROM.
im a cingular user and tried 1.48 and i know it did not work good for me .. went back to 1.47
im on tmob and i notice 1.48 doesnt perform as well as 1.43/1.46 never tried 1.47
I'm also on t-mobile and 1.47 has much better reception and battery life than 1.48.
I found 1.43 is best for AT&T in Southern California. I tried 1.48 and 1.47, but 1.48 drained battery too fast, and 1.47 only gave so so signal strength.
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I found 1.43 is best for AT&T in Southern California. I tried 1.48 and 1.47, but 1.48 drained battery too fast, and 1.47 only gave so so signal strength.
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I just upgraded to 1.48 a few days ago and had a chance to test it from where I live in Palmdale out to Ontario yesterday. I noticed the same thing too. On a full charge all night on the wall I was able to take a single 10 minute call and use the internet for about 15 minutes. By the time I was heading back home my battery was almost drained! My power settings put the phone to sleep after 1 minute on battery power and my screen backlight is set to 30% on battery power. Definitely not acceptable! I think I will give 1.43 a try.
1.43 is amazing for battery life. i will not be upgrading to 1.47/1.48
I have tried them all (Rom's and Radio's). For me in the Netherlands is probably the 1.47 the best option. In combination with Schap's Rom even the power consumption is acceptable. I travel a lot and come often in Germany and Belgium too. No problemos with my combination!
The best option for you is try them out!
Good Luck with it.
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I just upgraded to 1.48 a few days ago and had a chance to test it from where I live in Palmdale out to Ontario yesterday. I noticed the same thing too. On a full charge all night on the wall I was able to take a single 10 minute call and use the internet for about 15 minutes. By the time I was heading back home my battery was almost drained! My power settings put the phone to sleep after 1 minute on battery power and my screen backlight is set to 30% on battery power. Definitely not acceptable! I think I will give 1.43 a try.
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Your case is a bit too weird. But I have tested all 1.40/41/43/47 and 1.48
1.48 is definitely drains power much faster than other radio version and without any extra benefits.
I will suggest 1.41 and 43 (they are both good and stable) but I am now testing 1.47.
BTW, I believe it also depends on where is your location and also the network operator. If your area or your operator has weaker network, the device needs more power to get signal (by my common sense)
i have Cingular 8525 and have just finished the radio upgrade to 1.56.70.11. and i can say that it's pretty good, no it;s awesome! the signal went 1 bar up! and I'm happy I did it!thanks to wiki!
http://www.mediafire.com/?2ms0vu4mb1d
I just flashed this. Will see how it goes and report. update..I have not noticed any difference than with 154.30.10
AT&T Phoenix Az USA
Remember, the radio rom is carrier specific. Just because its awesome for one person doesn't mean it will be good for you and your carrier. Try to minimize flashing of radio rom as it is the ONE thing that pretty much results in a PERMANENT BRICK, at this time, if the flashing is interrupted..
Cheers....
Has anyone in Australia tried this Radio Rom on their phones using Telstra? If so, do you recommend it?
Testing it with T-Mobile UK.
So far looks fine.
drained my hermes battery from 94% to 68% now in just 3hours time. no calls or other wireless activities going on, just a few sms. reverting back to 1.47.... i forgot the numbers
i just install and i enable my 3G network.. my 3g network went up 1 bar..
but for this radio rom my battery usage is lower.. then 1.54.30.10
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Testing it with T-Mobile UK.
So far looks fine.
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Hey Vanx.....How does it compare with;
1.47.30.10 with an overall score of 1.22 (the highest in the test)
or
1.54.30.10 with an overall score of 1.21 (2nd place).
it seems be better that 1.54.30.10.vodafone-italy
THIS RADIO IS FROM TRINITY,,,,SO BE CAREFULL
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Hey Vanx.....How does it compare with;
1.47.30.10 with an overall score of 1.22 (the highest in the test)
or
1.54.30.10 with an overall score of 1.21 (2nd place).
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will test it tomorrow, using the same test.
Just curious how the test came out? I ran it but do not know what is good or bad.
Anyone from the philippines tried this already? Is flashing radio not as safe as flashing a rom?
Drains battery
I've tried this new radio and it drains battery too freaking fast.
I've since reverted back to 1.54.30.10
pro838user said:
I've tried this new radio and it drains battery too freaking fast. I've since reverted back to 1.54.30.10
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More info: who's your carrier, where u located, what rom do have?
galaxys said:
More info: who's your carrier, where u located, what rom do have?
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I reside at Singapore and subcribe to M1(Mobile 1). Using PDAVIET(PV DVH): 5.2.20226 - Build 20226.1.3.0 ROM
Been running it for awhile and didn't have problem with the battery life til I upgraded to this new radio.
Now it's back to the previous radio and it's as usual again.
3G is definitely faster than the previous one i had (from x01ht)
location is edmonton/fido
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any results ??
edward
well after using this radio rom i came back to 1.43.10.70 the reason is that 1.56 uses way too much power, and this one is perfect for me using battery and it picks a good signal.
flashed this radio - from first impression the radio rom is good (receiving, data transfer ,,,)
will test for few days and report
i am on Orange Israel
regards
edward
I got my O2 Serra last week, and was initially quite pleased with my battery life. Getting a GPS lock was a nightmare however, and so I upgraded the ROM - (PROven 1.09) and changed the radio to the 1.08.25.20 one as it had good reviews.
GPS was great, but damn did my battery life suffer. I thought I might have been in a dodgy reception area but was losing 10-12% per hour with no other usage! Switched 3G off and the power loss halved but was still too high. Tried the latest Xperia radio with the same results.
In the end I have dropped back to the stock radio 1.02.25.19 Took the phone off charge around 7 am, used the GPS for an hour and a half to get to work, have used the phone briefly and read emails (plus TOMTOM traffic data), and now six hours into the day the battery has dropped by 42% (This is all with 3G etc fully enabled). I consider this good as I am sure the GPS drains the power a lot.
My experience of thee radios seems to be at odds with most others in the radio thread, and many people do not specify country and carrier, making it hard to judge. Perhaps O2 have some specific network issues that mean that only certain radios will work well with it, and these are different to many other carriers.
Given that my experience on O2 (UK) seems rather different to the main thread and it is hard to isolate UK experiences there, I thought that anyone in UK could give a quick comment on the radio they are using, giving the radio, ROM and carrier they have.
Cheers.
Given that my experience on O2 (UK) seems rather different to the main thread and it is hard to isolate UK experiences there, I thought that anyone in UK could give a quick comment on the radio they are using, giving the radio, ROM and carrier they have.
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il agree there, could do with more detail from ppl when posting about their UK radio performance....
I see you are using one of the radios I had problems with - how are you finding it?
Am currently on the O2 UK Network and heres my finding so far
Here are the best wo Radio ROMs I've used so far
Blackstone Radio 1.10.25.25
Currently using this:
Battery: Has been very very good though I don't think its been the best I've had
GSM/UTMS Radio: Has been very good I really can't tell whether this or the Polaris Radio has been the best, but I get EDGE at home where I never got this before. Also get UTMS on the Motor way much earlier than I usually get it during my travels.
GPS: Very quick cold boot, usually about 20sec for me. I've never really had the lag problem so can't comment much.
BT/WiFI: All seems good wifi doesn't disconnect as much as it usually did.
Quartz Radio 1.09.25.13
Currently using this:
Battery: Has been very very good though I think its given best battery life
GSM/UTMS Radio: Definitely one of the best if not the best.
GPS: Quick but not as quick as a lot of others no biggy 30sec from cold start!?
BT/WiFI: All seems good wifi doesn't disconnect as much as it usually did.
Don't think call quality was as good as the other radios.
Just my thoughts on what I've used.
WizP said:
Am currently on the O2 UK Network and heres my finding so far
Here are the best wo Radio ROMs I've used so far
Blackstone Radio 1.10.25.25
Currently using this:
Battery: Has been very very good though I don't think its been the best I've had
GSM/UTMS Radio: Has been very good I really can't tell whether this or the Polaris Radio has been the best, but I get EDGE at home where I never got this before. Also get UTMS on the Motor way much earlier than I usually get it during my travels.
GPS: Very quick cold boot, usually about 20sec for me. I've never really had the lag problem so can't comment much.
BT/WiFI: All seems good wifi doesn't disconnect as much as it usually did.
Quartz Radio 1.09.25.13
Currently using this:
Battery: Has been very very good though I think its given best battery life
GSM/UTMS Radio: Definitely one of the best if not the best.
GPS: Quick but not as quick as a lot of others no biggy 30sec from cold start!?
BT/WiFI: All seems good wifi doesn't disconnect as much as it usually did.
Don't think call quality was as good as the other radios.
Just my thoughts on what I've used.
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Hi,
How did you upgrade to the Blackstone Radio 1.10.25.25?
This is what i have at the moment:
ROM.....: PROven ROM 1.11
Radio...: 1.02.25.28
SPL.....: 1.90 OliNex
I have the xda serra but i cant seem to get a lock onto any satalites.
It worked once - but thats all.
I want to try the blackstone radio to see if it helps.
I've downloaded the BS_Radio_1.10.25.25.nbh file but i dont know what to do with it.
I tried copying the file into a another file with RaphaelWrapper.exe but i get upgrade error when i gets to 100% - i then have to load the old radio back.
1. - are you security unlocked (different to CID or SIM unlocked)
If you don't know, then you aren't.
You must be to use non Raphael radios
If you are, then
2. Use the mirror site - I think it is properly packaged there.
crazyC said:
1. - are you security unlocked (different to CID or SIM unlocked)
If you don't know, then you aren't.
You must be to use non Raphael radios
If you are, then
2. Use the mirror site - I think it is properly packaged there.
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I dont think i'm security unlocked - (havent done anything for it)
I did use the wiki site to get the radio.
How is your O2 XDA Serra - PROven 1.09 ROM, Radio 1.02.25.19 working with GPS? - does it lock onto any satalites? if it does i'll try out your settings first.
Works OK - havent had it long.
Best way for me - not always necessary tho is:
First make sure QuickGPS is fully up to date
then run Visual GPS wait for a few mionutes and see if it gets a lock
Then run TomTom
I stick the phone by the window five mins before leaving work and then hot start it in the car. Should be OK and will try again tonight.
Seriously though - you MUST be security unlocked to try Blackstone/Diamond radios etc.
Am gonna try out this mighty Blackstone radio everyone is going on about ... will report back tomorrow hopefully.
Hi all,
can i consider you´re experiences also working for me ?
i live in the Netherlands and my provider is Telfort ? O2?
GPS Lock
sallygreen100 said:
I dont think i'm security unlocked - (havent done anything for it)
I did use the wiki site to get the radio.
How is your O2 XDA Serra - PROven 1.09 ROM, Radio 1.02.25.19 working with GPS? - does it lock onto any satalites? if it does i'll try out your settings first.
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Hi,
If you are having big problems getting a GPS fix, ensure that you have disabled the AGPS function in Start/Settings/System or use Advanced Config to disable it.
It should improve things a lot for getting an intial fix.
Cheers,
Beasty
WizP said:
Am currently on the O2 UK Network and heres my finding so far
Here are the best wo Radio ROMs I've used so far
Blackstone Radio 1.10.25.25
Currently using this:
Battery: Has been very very good though I don't think its been the best I've had
GSM/UTMS Radio: Has been very good I really can't tell whether this or the Polaris Radio has been the best, but I get EDGE at home where I never got this before. Also get UTMS on the Motor way much earlier than I usually get it during my travels.
GPS: Very quick cold boot, usually about 20sec for me. I've never really had the lag problem so can't comment much.
BT/WiFI: All seems good wifi doesn't disconnect as much as it usually did.
Quartz Radio 1.09.25.13
Currently using this:
Battery: Has been very very good though I think its given best battery life
GSM/UTMS Radio: Definitely one of the best if not the best.
GPS: Quick but not as quick as a lot of others no biggy 30sec from cold start!?
BT/WiFI: All seems good wifi doesn't disconnect as much as it usually did.
Don't think call quality was as good as the other radios.
Just my thoughts on what I've used.
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Hi WizP,
Great to see you over here in the Raphael forum.
I think we all suffer slightly from radio issues on the Raph..........
How does your compare with your signal on your Uni out of interest.
I have tried several radio stacks, but none as yet give me anywhere close to the signal strength and call clarity that I get from the Uni.
Cheers,
Beasty
I live in London, I am on O2 and use the 1.02.25.28. Having previously tried the .19 this one by far better with regards to signal strength and WiFi. I get one bar more than before. I have been using the GPS and it seems a little bit faster but nothing mind blowing and havent used it on a clear blue sky yet to see if this makes any difference. Will report back again and will compare this one to the blackstone over the weekend.
amygdalo said:
I live in London, I am on O2 and use the 1.02.25.28. Having previously tried the .19 this one by far better with regards to signal strength and WiFi. I get one bar more than before. I have been using the GPS and it seems a little bit faster but nothing mind blowing and havent used it on a clear blue sky yet to see if this makes any difference. Will report back again and will compare this one to the blackstone over the weekend.
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Battery life? The only real issue I have seen with any of the radios is battery life.
Tried the Blackstone radio last night - no particular issues- not sure 3g reception is as good but no other problems .
Will try the .28 radio next.
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Battery life? The only real issue I have seen with any of the radios is battery life.
Tried the Blackstone radio last night - no particular issues- not sure 3g reception is as good but no other problems .
Will try the .28 radio next.
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It is better than the .19.
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Battery life? The only real issue I have seen with any of the radios is battery life.
Tried the Blackstone radio last night - no particular issues- not sure 3g reception is as good but no other problems .
Will try the .28 radio next.
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How is the GPS on the blackstone rom?
regards,
OK when outside or in car. No great change from the .19 radio I was using.
I have no problems navigating using TomTom apart from a bit of lag, but it is manageable and I am watching the other GPS thread for a solution - I have yet to try the GPSFix cab etc.
I've been meaning to start a thread like this for a while, as I think it's more helpful to discuss radio rom performance for individual locations. I'm using an XDA Serra on O2 UK, so far not very impressed with radio performance.
I've got the stock O2 UK ROM, and I've tried radio roms 1.02.25.19 (stock), 1.02.25.28, 1.08.25.20M1, and now on 1.09.25.14 (Blackstone). My main criteria is GSM (voice) performance, which is paramount to me, and I live in a poor signal area, so where I am talking about radio performance I am specifically referring to 2g GSM1800 voice.
Compared to all my other (much older) phones - Vox, tornado, Nokia 6100, the Raphael has much lower signal strengh - permanently shows 1-2 bars less on the display, and always much lower in 'Field Test' & GSMTestMode tools. I believe that the signal strength indicator on the vox and Raphael (both WM6) operate on the same scale, but I could be wrong, that's why I also check the RSSI figures.
All of the four radio's above have been very similar in low signal performance, regularly dropping calls and hunting for signal where my other phones hold 2 bars all day long and rarely drop calls.
This leads me to the conclusion that weak radio performance is a hardware flaw of the Raphael, rather than rough software - I'm sure HTC have got the radio drivers 99.5% perfect pretty much from the off - they have afterall managed it with past devices.
I am also using a GSM repeater in my house - let me explain this a little further. Without the repeater I can get usable signal in one upstairs room in my house. The repeater has a panel antenna pointing out of this window towards the nearest base station. I then have the amplifier h/w and repeater aerial (rubber duck antenna) in roughly in the centre of the building. This works very well with all my other phones - I can make & receive voice calls anywhere inside the building with at least 2 bars of signal using my vox. The Raph struggles with calls almost everywhere in the building, other than right next to the repeater antenna (where I get 3 bars on the Raph, and 4 on the vox).
The GSM repeater gives me a good tool to assess signal strength ability of the handsets relative to each other. What I have found it that when placed right up against the repeater antenna, the Raph shows a slightly higher RSSI than the vox (although the vox appears to limit the gain more intelligently, perhaps to counter too high a signal?). As the devices are moved away from the repeater, RSSI falls off far more rapidly on the Raph than the other devices, which is part of what leads me to believe the radio hardware is the problem.
My findings so far:
Stock O2 Radio .25.19 did seem slightly worse than the others,
.25.14 seems slightly better than .28 and .20M1, but we are talking very small differences and could be just placebo effect.
.25.14 might appear to be better as it doesn't look like it's 'searching' as much, but when I come to make a call, the two bars of signal strength mysteriously vanish, viewing RSSI in fieldtest seems validate that .25.14 continues to show two bars when in fact the signal has dropped substantially.
With all radios, I seem to find that I get better signal strength with the phone horizontal rather than vertical - this is unusual as the handset antenna is usually tuned to work better vertically, because thats generally the position it's in when you put it to your ear.
I've never, ever seen a 3g signal with my Raph, and I travelled all over the country with it at Christmas. Maybe I was never in a 3g area the whole time. I don't think telcos are putting up many more 3g masts, so it looks like we will be relying on 2g coverage for the foreseeable future.
Turning off HSDPA on the Raph certainly saves battery, and it appears to help the 2g GSM signal performance as well. As I live in Cornwall, the chances of me ever getting any advantage from a 3g signal are very slim!
I've never managed to get any GPS signal at all from the built in GPS. Not with any of the above radios, or even fiddling with Advanced Config, GPS Test, GPSID settings, HTC GPS Tool. I can't even find the built in GPS device on any com port. Works fine with my external B/T GPS box. Either my GPS h/w is faulty or the O2 Rom disables it. Frustrating, as everyone else seems to get it to work to some degree at least.
1.10.25.25 will probably be the next radio I try, although from what others have said it's not a huge leap forward in GSM performance.
Has anyone compared GSM radio performance to the Diamond, Touch HD, or Rose devices? As much as I love the features of the Raph, I use my phone for my business, and the most important feature is phone performance for me, everything else is secondary. At this rate I am going to have to go back to the vox for phone, and use the raph for everything else. But that means I will have to carry 2 devices where one should cope.
Sorry for the hideosuly long post, but I've got quite a lot to say about raph radio performance.
mike-b, I don't think your post was hideously long it was very informative, so thank you from a noob ; ) Just in case you haven't tried it, go to an area you know to have lots of satellites above you (if you see what I mean), run GPS Tool to see how many sats your pro is picking up and then just sit still and wait...and wait..... It took me two weeks of messing around to get my first lock. The out of the box settings work the best for me, plus patience followed by regular downloads of Quick GPS data.
To the original poster, I run an unbranded Touch Pro on O2 pay and go, on the standard ROM. I've tried the original .19 radio and .28 and I honestly can't tell the difference between the two with regard GSM/3G/HSDPA performance, and there was certainly no improvement in the AWFUL gps. (Does the radio even affect GPS? I've read so many conficting opinions on that front, LOL)
With regard to battery life, for me the biggest problem is that I live on the edge (no pun intended) of a GSM/Edge/HSDPA area, and for me switching between them that is what seems to kill my battery.
When I had the original O2 rom, getting a lock was a problem but possible, and once I had a lock it was fine.
Definately switch off AGPS.
There is some lag on the GPS with TomTom but its is easily usable - and hopefully the guys looking into it will completely solve it soon.
I only kept the original ROM on the phone for about a day.
At the start of the day, I run QGPS (if I remember this is not in the O2 ROM), get into my car, put the phone in the holder, start the engine, wait a minute or two at most, I get a lock and off I go.
The only odd thing I had was this morning where part way through my journey the GPS froze. not TomTom, just the GPS. it was very odd. it did not lose signal, just froze. closed TT, ran QGPS, restarted TomTom and away I went all fine though.
Am now running the .28 radio and will see how that goes over the next few days as I will be out of the office.
Just for the record, I get 3G/H most of the time, but live and work in SE London and NW Kent.
Have just started VisualGPS and put my phone by the window - so lets see what happens.
EDIT - and a lock within 60 seconds.
Hi all,
I have an AT&T fuze that I use on Turkcell here in Turkey. This is a GSM 900 network. At the moment we don't have 3G.
My question:
Which of the raphael roms (6.5 based preferred) would you suggest for best network performance on the 900mhz and also in terms of battery life.
At the present I am getting like 1.5 days or so (the phone is never swithced off) with about 30-40 minutes of talk time, about 10 minutes of gps and almost no wifi use. I feel that is a rather short time for the battery.
Thanks
Hi there,
I think that it's most a radio problem than a ROM problem.
Try to change your Radio version and see what happens.
(Pros answer may be better than mine, so wait for them...)
K!lly said:
Hi there,
I think that it's most a radio problem than a ROM problem.
Try to change your Radio version and see what happens.
(Pros answer may be better than mine, so wait for them...)
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Try different radios, it's a matter of luck ;-) I've just flashed 1.14.25.35, will keep you posted about the mileage.
HTC HD2 Radio Tests
Post 1: Little info & Download
Post 2: Windows Mobile 6.5 Radios
Post 3: Windows Phone 7 Radios
Information
The rom used while testing ALL radios is as this:
ROM: XBoxmod & YukiXDA Back To The Future v2
Updated to: 7.10.7720.68 (Beta cleanup)
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Tested without the camera trick !
Tested in the area around Nässjö, Sweden (mostly between Nässjö & Grimstorp, ~10 km).
Tested with the Swedish provider Tele2/Comviq.
Tested with 3G, Roaming, Data, GPS, Find my Phone enabled.
Downloads
The radios with the custom RUU will be uploaded to my server and I'll host the files there for you to download.
Regards
Windows Mobile 6.5 Radios
Windows Mobile 6.5 Radios
Best test results this far: 2.15.50.14
2.15.50.14
Percent span:100%-13%
Running time: ~24 hours
Batterysaver: ~4 hours
Usage: Heavy usage. Lots of texting, internet browsing and app usage.
Also a couple of hours with music and a few received calls.
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2.14.50.04
Percent span: 100%-19%
Running time: ~4 hours
Batterysaver: ~4 hours (ALL THE TIME)
Usage: Very little. A few texts and some music.
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2.12.50.02
Percent span: 100%-9%
Running time: ~6 hours
Batterysaver: ~4 hours
Usage: Medium. A few texts, no calls, some app usage and some data usage.
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2.11.50.26
Percent span: 100%-8%
Running time: ~5 hours
Batterysaver: ~5 hours
Usage: Little music, a few texts.
NOTE: All texts received were delayed, and a lot of sent texts were never delivered :O
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2.11.50.20
Percent span: 100%-8%
Running time: ~4 hours
Batterysaver: ~1 hours
Usage: Lots of music, and a lot of texting.
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Windows Phone 7 Radios
Windows Phone 7 Radios
Will start to try these soon.
They will be tested together with WinMo 6.5 radio 2.15.50.14
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will you be testing these WP radio's?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287070
kid1988 said:
will you be testing these WP radio's?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287070
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I could, but that will be a project when I'm done with the WinMo 6.5 radios
Regards
Man, excelent idea.
All this testing will lead you to nowhere. There is no perfect radios for HD2 which works best for all HD2 hardware types. There is no radio which work good in all modes 2g and 3g(GSM or UMTS)(standby battery life i mean) without camera trick.
Non of this WP radios made specificaly for HD2.
Everything was already tested and proven - best WP radio 5.51 or 5.51T.
Hardware radio 2.10, 2.12, 2.14 or 2.15 - everybody should try himself - very dependent on hardware of particular phone - several modification of hardware exist and for one 2.10 or 2.12 is the best but for some 2.15
Just only if you have absolutly nothing to do - just for fun test it.
Even testing conditions different even in same place.
zcdg said:
All this testing will lead you to nowhere. There is no perfect radios for HD2 which works best for all HD2 hardware types. There is no radio which work good in all modes 2g and 3g(GSM or UMTS)(standby battery life i mean) without camera trick.
Non of this WP radios made specificaly for HD2.
Everything was already tested and proven - best WP radio 5.51 or 5.51T.
Hardware radio 2.10, 2.12, 2.14 or 2.15 - everybody should try himself - very dependent on hardware of particular phone - several modification of hardware exist and for one 2.10 or 2.12 is the best but for some 2.15
Just only if you have absolutly nothing to do - just for fun test it.
Even testing conditions different even in same place.
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And there really was no other way to write this? You dont have to read and comment on everything you see on XDA... At least show some appreciation for the effort?
If have best (constant) battery life with the 2.15 radio. Going for 15 hours now and 51% left.
The main draining issue for me is when the cell signal is not good. The phone will drain with a good 5-8 % in half an hour. For the rest it works ok and i can pull a good 24 hours out of it (no camera trick by the way)
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And there really was no other way to write this? You dont have to read and comment on everything you see on XDA... At least show some appreciation for the effort?
If have best (constant) battery life with the 2.15 radio. Going for 15 hours now and 51% left.
The main draining issue for me is when the cell signal is not good. The phone will drain with a good 5-8 % in half an hour. For the rest it works ok and i can pull a good 24 hours out of it (no camera trick by the way)
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Sorry for posting the truth. I promise not to post anything on HD2 WP7 anymore, even promise not to view threads here anymore. I am serious.
Sorry KrewsialNL but zcdg is right...phone to phone functionlity of radios differs.
For me 2.15 is good, i got 4 to 9 mA drain
IsaacJ, is it possible for you to update the test results with 2G/3G reception? Also did you stay on the same place when the tests occurred. I think that your tests at least can give an indication for Tele2 users in Sweden.
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If some guy is atleast taking the pains to go ahead and test all the Radios manually sacrificing his time..at least thank him instead of showing your negative comments saying "it will lead us nowhere" cos so does your comments.
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If some guy is atleast taking the pains to go ahead and test all the Radios manually sacrificing his time..at least thank him instead of showing your negative comments saying "it will lead us nowhere" cos so does your comments.
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Nice said,
Greetz,
masmas said:
IsaacJ, is it possible for you to update the test results with 2G/3G reception? Also did you stay on the same place when the tests occurred. I think that your tests at least can give an indication for Tele2 users in Sweden.
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Hello. I will add information about this in the post
EDIT: Added info in first post
backlashsid said:
If some guy is atleast taking the pains to go ahead and test all the Radios manually sacrificing his time..at least thank him instead of showing your negative comments saying "it will lead us nowhere" cos so does your comments.
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Rataplan said:
Nice said,
Greetz,
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Thanks for your support
I knew there would be quite some ranting about this thread, even though there are BIG discussions about it in several ROM threads
And I'll begin to test the WP7 radios very soon
Regards
Very nice thread, this will come very handy, thank you.
zcdg said:
Sorry for posting the truth. I promise not to post anything on HD2 WP7 anymore, even promise not to view threads here anymore. I am serious.
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How mature of you...
khrisstyan said:
Sorry KrewsialNL but zcdg is right...phone to phone functionlity of radios differs.
For me 2.15 is good, i got 4 to 9 mA drain
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Therefore, you don't have to start slashing something if the TS clearly is using a lot of time and effort to try this out and provide his feedback. It's not like he's asking questions that are being asked a gazillion time on the forums..