Ken Barwick is reporting new offical firmware release for the Vodafone UK V1605. His blog is here:
http://blogs.conchango.com/kenibarw...s_2F00_-TyTn_2900_-get_2700_s-an-upgrade.aspx
And the software is on rapidshare:
http://rapidshare.com/files/38302476/RUU_Hermes_VF_UK_2.07.161.1_6275_1.32.00.00_108_Ship.exe.html
Can any of you more techinical minded folk check it out - is it an offical upgrade? (can't find anything on the offical Vodafone websites). Too nervous to try it myself as my phone is a company phone. Anyway if someone wants to look into it and report back.
Cheers
Barney
Well I have gone ahead and done it - got too impatient to wait for someone else to check it out.
The upgrade went smoothly -
Stats as follows
After
ROM Version 2.07.161.1
ROM Date 02/06/07
Radio Version 1.32.00.00
Protocal Version 32.65.7020.09W
AKU 3.3
Now will rebuild with software I had before and test. Will keep you informed but all seems to be working ok so far.
Cheers
Barney
It's the same rom that came (installed) on my 1605. It's very good. Battery life is very good. BT on, wifi with a fair amount of use, backlight up full, 30-60 minutes of calls etc... and the battery lasts around 48 hours. Beats my T750v by around 36 hours.
Hello,
I own a sim free TYTN and use a Vodafone sim. If I update my TYTN with this ROM, will I then be able to install the iminent HTC ROM update without any problems? Will the Vodafone ROM lock my phone to their network?
Thanks.
adambern said:
It's the same rom that came (installed) on my 1605. It's very good. Battery life is very good. BT on, wifi with a fair amount of use, backlight up full, 30-60 minutes of calls etc... and the battery lasts around 48 hours. Beats my T750v by around 36 hours.
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Sounds like it is an official ROM then - can someone let an admin know to possibly update the relevent WIKI page. Wonder why Voda are using it for newer phones but haven't issued it as an update for exisiting phones?
Must say - no problems so far - all software seems to be working ok.
Cheers
Barney
Yostin said:
Hello,
I own a sim free TYTN and use a Vodafone sim. If I update my TYTN with this ROM, will I then be able to install the iminent HTC ROM update without any problems? Will the Vodafone ROM lock my phone to their network?
Thanks.
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Sorry not expert enough to help - possibly someone else can?
Barney
Since upgrading I had a problem with accessing my storage card. Appears this is a known problem with newer ROM upgrades (doesn't happen with AKU 2.x version) Have applied a reg workaround posted in other threads. If that works great if not I will go back to my previous ROM (AKU 2)
Cheers
Barney
Well the issue with my storage card is still happening therefore I suspect I will revert to my previous Vodafone firmware AKU 2.3 - Anyone know whether reverting will be a problem as I read somewhere that the bootloader or something like that will not allow you to revert to a previous rom. Anyone know if this is an issue?
Cheers
Barney
Loaded this on my v1605. (Well, actually I extracted the ROM, Ext ROM and Radio so as to continue running with Hard-SPL.)
Anyway, works fine for me. But the protocol version is actually 32.65.7020.09H (i.e. with HSDPA). I think the previous Vodafone radio had a protocol ending in W.
Also I had some problems with my storage card but I found that putting into a card reader and re-formatting as FAT32 on a Windows computer did the trick. The card was originally FAT16. (Curiously a FAT32 format on my Mac failed to fix it...)
Initial impressionis AKU 3.3 is fantastic and I'll be sticking with this ROM. New radio also seems to give me much better reception and call connection reliability, so far. I might try radio 1.38 in due course once I have a better idea of how this one is performing.
ma499 said:
But the protocol version is actually 32.65.7020.09H (i.e. with HSDPA). I think the previous Vodafone radio had a protocol ending in W..
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Thats weird because I just checked and mine definately has a "W" at the end not an "H". Wonder how that can be?
As for reformatting it as FAT32 - how long has that been workign for now. Seems some of these fixes like the reg fix or the FAT 32 fix work for some people and not for others
Barney
Okay, I found my first problem with this firmware: Vodafone Mail (242) voicemail icon alerts no longer work. The SMS alert doesn't seem to come through either. So no audio/vibrate alert either. D'oh!
On the other hand there is a new "VMail" Today screen plugin which does show you how many voicemails you have waiting. I guess the software is automatically processing the SMS alerts rather than treating them as normal voicemail messages. Which is an improvement (I always resented having to delete the old SMS notifications) but I'd still like to have the option of having an audio/vibrate alert for new voicemails (useful when you have call waiting disabled) as well as the spool icon which saves on Today screen space.
The protocol version thing is wierd. I definitely have HSDPA now - an "H" logo appears in place of the 3G one when I use data. Are there perhpas two variants of this ROM image circulating? I got mine from the Rapidshare link above.
Hey guys...
Sorry I was late on responding to this...
I can say that this ROM IS the official one, Vodafone are still trying to work a way on advertising and delivering you the ROM's...
On the case of the H and 3G logo's on the top bar. This is to indicate that you have HSDPA enabled coverage or 3G coverage.
I personal haven't updated to this version due to a number of reasons, so you'll have to let me know if you can make calls when the H is shown, in the States I could with the old ROM but not over here...
As for the Voice Mail, if that is the case removing them after delivery is a school boy error!!! tsk, tsk!!!
ma499 said:
Okay, I found my first problem with this firmware: Vodafone Mail (242) voicemail icon alerts no longer work. The SMS alert doesn't seem to come through either. So no audio/vibrate alert either. D'oh!
On the other hand there is a new "VMail" Today screen plugin which does show you how many voicemails you have waiting. I guess the software is automatically processing the SMS alerts rather than treating them as normal voicemail messages. Which is an improvement (I always resented having to delete the old SMS notifications) but I'd still like to have the option of having an audio/vibrate alert for new voicemails (useful when you have call waiting disabled) as well as the spool icon which saves on Today screen space.
The protocol version thing is wierd. I definitely have HSDPA now - an "H" logo appears in place of the 3G one when I use data. Are there perhpas two variants of this ROM image circulating? I got mine from the Rapidshare link above.
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Did you allow the Ext ROM to run? I believe that VF use a cab in there to turn on the voice mail notifications (part of the service indiciation security policy)
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Did you allow the Ext ROM to run? I believe that VF use a cab in there to turn on the voice mail notifications (part of the service indiciation security policy)
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Yes, I installed the new VF Ext ROM and allowed it to run. I might take a look at it's contents to see if I can manually run it again. (Not keen on doing a hard reset as it took me a couple of hours to reconfigure all my apps and seetings after the ROM update.)
keni said:
I personal haven't updated to this version due to a number of reasons, so you'll have to let me know if you can make calls when the H is shown, in the States I could with the old ROM but not over here...
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You're right! I can't make calls when the H is shown! After several attemps H is replaced by 3G and call goes through.
Incidentally it only seems to go into HSDPA mode as and when I initiate a data connection. During the course of the connection it will often switch back to 3G and, without fail, does so after the connection is dropped (manually). Is this normal behaviour?
Previously (with the factory-provided Vodafone ROM) I didn't get an 'H', and my ROM version ended in W, implying no HSDPA. Nevertheless I did have SetHSDPA enabled using the fit4cat HTweakC and there were often times (in 3G coverage) when I couldn't make calls until after several attempts.
I definitely have the W version. Got it from rapidshare, no idea why it is different to yours. No problems with making calls. I used set hsdp to on but the icon still says 3g however downloads at 1.2mb so definitely switched on. No problems at all with voice mail icon, works completely as normal. Only issue is still with the storage card. Drives me bananas.
Cheers
Barney
I rang Vodafone about the voicemail problem. They've said they'll send me a replacement handset on Monday! Will be interesting to see what the firmware version on that one is.
Okay, this is really wierd. I tried doing a hard-reset and now the voicemail problem is gone! Plus I checked the Device Information and the Radio ROM version has changed to the 'W' version. As with Barneyabz there is no 'H' icon to indicate HSDPA but now calls can actually be made when HSDPA is enabled.
Why should the hard reset have made any difference?
And the VMail today screen plugin no longer works now that the spool icon and text alerts are working again. I really don't understand.
Okay I've done some more investigating... I flashed another Radio ROM (1.43, Protocol 'H') and found I had the same voicemail and HSDPA calls problem. I then did a hard reset and found it was fixed with the protocol (and behaviour) had changed to 'W'.
I can only assume that there is some customisation in the extended that changes this. Yet I ha dprevious tried manually running the auto-customisations from extended rom without any joy.
I might do some further digging. (Probably not just yet, however!)
Hey,
I know I am not the only one with this problem as others have also posted messages about it. I am so tired of this annoying call waiting sound. I have not had many problems with ROMS that cause me to post a message about it. This one is annoying. It started in DCD 3.2.2. I have had it since. I had 3.2.0 with Radio 3.42.40 and I did not have the problem. I upgraded to DCD 3.2.2 and I all of a sudden had this problem. I also cooked another friends cell who has always been on the stock GPS ROM and he was the one who asked me about it first. It wasn't on every call wait initially but it soon started frequently for me. I then upgraded to 3.2.3 and I also had the problem. I then upgraded my radio to 3.42.50 and I still have the problem. I finally upgraded to DCD 3.2.5 and I have the problem. I dont think this is a radio issue. DCD, could it be my OEMS? I am adding some games, google maps, Sprint TV and YouTube player. Any ideas as to what is causing this?
I'm going off memory on this, but I remember someone saying it was related to the Dialer / Phone Canvas used. Do a little bit of searching if you want more specific info.
I was DCD 3.2.5 Radio 3.42.02
Upgraded the radio recently to 3.42.50, And the sound started. Based on that, I'd say it was the radio, because thats all I changed.... It IS annoying.
Try going to Start>Settings>Phone>Services Tab>Call Waiting>Do not notify.
Its Not the Radio
I am using radio 3.37.20 and am having the same problem. Might be the dialer skin I am currently using a diamond style dialer skin that I love so I will not get rid of it till I can completely not take the sound anymore.
This is a weird, weird problem I can't seem to find anywhere else apart from the MoDaCo forums, which is funny because the problem started after I flashed MCR 3.2, but all the fixes in that thread aren't working for me.
Basically, since flashing MCR 3.2, I no longer get a 3G/'H' data icon in the notification bar AT ALL. In the phone status information it says I am connected to Orange 3G, but it doesn't work - using the browser it says 'no mobile connection found'. WiFi works fine. At first I thought I could just reflash another ROM/the radio again (I'm using the latest one) but nope, 3G appears to be dead. I've tried 4 different ROMs covering everything from 1.5 to 2.1 Legend dumps to no avail.
I've never had a problem like this before... anyone know of any possible fixes I could try?
Cheers.
P.S. I'm using a GSM HTC Hero on Orange.
hold power button down, check if mobile network is activated.
the 3g/h icons become active when you have an active data session. so it is possible that your are attached to a 3g network, but don't see it because you are not data attached, only voice.
have you tried villainrom 3.4? fixes it for me worth a try
So, I wanted to see if I could get better reception in my home which is a basement suite.
So, did some reading here and decided to start testing Radio ROMS.
Performed the HardSPL install. No problems.
Flashed a radio rom no problem but immediately after the first "test", I now have a "1 new text message" indicator that will NOT go away.
Anyone ever encounter this and if so, how to make it go away?
If this info is helpful, I'm running the latest stock T-Mobile ROM update and the only thing changed now is the addition of the HardSPL installation, and the ROM flashes I've tested.
Thanks.
JayG said:
So, I wanted to see if I could get better reception in my home which is a basement suite.
So, did some reading here and decided to start testing Radio ROMS.
Performed the HardSPL install. No problems.
Flashed a radio rom no problem but immediately after the first "test", I now have a "1 new text message" indicator that will NOT go away.
Anyone ever encounter this and if so, how to make it go away?
If this info is helpful, I'm running the latest stock T-Mobile ROM update and the only thing changed now is the addition of the HardSPL installation, and the ROM flashes I've tested.
Thanks.
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Witch Radio did you install?
and normally with the latest stock ROM 3.14 you don't need to change the radio because it have radio 2.15.50.14 integrated and is (almost the best)
Where you see the "1 new text message" indicator ? Lock screen? Taskbar?
I installed 2.07.50.27.
Here's why;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5425876&highlight=basement#post5425876
Based my choice on this after trying several Radios from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611787&highlight=instructions
The radio with the latest stock ROM 3.14 is good yes but from the testing I did, for example;
Using the stock 3.14 w/Radio 2.15.50.14 for a half day 01/18/2011, sending a few texts, 2 short calls, surfing a few websites (about 30 mins), snapping 5 pictures, and being on standby for about 4.5-5 hours, the battery was down to 66%.
The second half of the day 01/18/2011, using 2.07, 2 calls, several text messages, and 2 surfing sessions totalling about 15 minutes, viewing 3 different picture albums 3 times, and being on standby totalling 6 hours, the battery was only down to 89%.
Big difference. And, the one place I cannot get a signal, in my apartment (basement) I'm getting some connectivity vs. none with any of the other radios.
I'm seeing the "1 new text message" indicator like in the picture only on the text indicator not the email indicator. I guess this is the taskbar? The manual refers to it as the "Home Screen Tab".
** THANK YOU FOR THE REPLY! I SOLVED THE ISSUE!! **
For whatever reason, after the Radio flash, a text message from over 2 years ago was listing as unread. I used some third party software to access the device via USB/ActiveSync and was able to mark the message read (again) and the error is now gone!
Quirky little things that happen sometimes huh? Dunno!
**
kurt-willems said:
Witch Radio did you install?
and normally with the latest stock ROM 3.14 you don't need to change the radio because it have radio 2.15.50.14 integrated and is (almost the best)
Where you see the "1 new text message" indicator ? Lock screen? Taskbar?
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I seem to be getting texts later than I should sometimes. Whats stranger is if I send a text while I should be getting texts, then I get them quicker.
It's like my phone reconnects to the network after I make a phonecall or send a text myself. Could this be related to the radio? Currently on the latest, should I try downgrading? Thanks.
I am getting the same problem. I also get quite a few missed calls. idk what it is? any help?
What roms are you running?
I am currently on Villainrom v13 but it was a problem for many of the prev roms ive tried, sense based roms
Hi, I had this problem for a while, removed some of the crap that Android dumps into folders, such as .android and I've not had a problem since
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App