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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] boz:
Well is it just me or am I dreaming! I am on the latest black rom and updated to this new radio version nearly a day ago, I have not noticed any improvement in signal strength, but the battery life seems to have improved no end, as much as 20% as a rough guess in my case, and that is with the same amount of usage as it usually gets.

I know this seems to good to be true but this is how it is working out at the moment. I will monitor it further and see if it stays that way. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] layer1:
Stats Report

Been 20 hours from install and like to post my stats

- 7:45am, unplugged the power cord.

- 8:00am, data, exchange push, and BT activated. (Data and Push happens automatically due to schedule under the Activesync settings).

- 8:45am, arrived at office and 3G is up and full strength.

- While sitting at my desk I'm at 3 bars (85%) signal.

- I've received around 25 emails, 7 reminders, all of which have sound to them.

- 3 calls about 15 minute each.

- 5 speed tests. Average 1Mbit/sec on Data for the 1meg tests. :p

At 5:15pm, I was down to 20% battery.

So, I was able to get 9 hours of usage. I didn't do any type of streaming as that I have to work for a living :rolleyes:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] dave106:
FYI, flashed to Trinity, picks up network ok etc but GPS is disabled.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] weinson:
A good thing for those of us without gps onboard .. as it saves battery life!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] austinsnyc:
I'm all around NYC during the day most of the time i get around 750Kbs-950Kbs My top speed ever per DSLreports.com was 1.2Mbs the city has good

3G In some spots and crappy in others. all in all this radio has the best battery i have seen so far on my hermesthanks for the great find!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Bacco:
Thanks for the speed update...I'll have to ck it out when I'm out of the office.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pvs:
After all the positive posts, I decided to flash this radio today to upgrade from 1.38.00.11. It went in very smoothly, and I DO see (hear?) an improvement in reception. Although dslreports doesn't prove it right now (397mb/s), it DOES seem like webpages load faster. Need to wait until I get home in order to do an honest comparison. I'm more interested in battery-life improvement, and time will tell.

I DO notice that I'm not getting the nagging "answering modem disconnected" bubble, that was prevalent with 1.38.00.11, whenever my 8525 switches between gsm/utms.

Thanks so much to shogunmark an mrvanx. VERY much appreciated!

-pvs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] RabanJr:
After 12 hours I am down to 10%. I had BT on all day and had all together probably an hour of combined Call with BTand several other calls without. If it wasn't for the BT I would probably be at 30-50%.

So far I like this Radio.

Allan
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] joej:
this is one of the best radios i have used so far
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
i finally flashed it and today at 12pm i took it off the charger, throughout the course of my day, i made 1 30 minute call, sent/recieved total of 30 texts, sent/recieved 5 email (via push), on lunch i streamed about 20 minutes of video, about 10 minutes of surfing the web (all internet was in 3G)... played solitaire for about 10 minutes, was a rather slow day for me, anyway its 11:20 pm here, so almost 12 hours and i am currently at 70% battery still... im going to leave it off the charger overnight or until i need to charge it and report back... this was all done on my TyTn with 1350 (stock) battery and the new, very sluggish cingular rom aku3.5.2
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jnfjsf:
In agreement

This radio has provided me with the best battery life yet. Originally I thought that I was getting better reception, but I think it's about the same as always, based upone what FieldTest has told me through the day.

Direct push, with 18 emails; 6 phone calls; messing around with VC 1.6 (4 of the 6 calls through VC). I'm at 58% through a 19 hours period.

I think that rocks.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] joedoe:
Does this radio only upgrade contains PTT and blocks the button 5 or PTT is in OS part?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jakirkla:
No PTT in this Radio only upgrade, it is only included in the OS. Of course, this radio does have the ability to use PTT should you install an OS that includes it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] joedoe:
Actually I don't care about PTT. I just need to be able to use the Button 5 for the Voice Dial.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] over2land:
possible nooB question...

Before upgrading to this radio (from 1.38.10), sitting in front of my computer at home, my phone showed two bars of signal, and a U icon (UMTS)

After the radio upgrade, I have 4 bars of signal, but the data Icon is an E.

Does this mean I lost data transfer speed while gaining reception for the phone? I never tested speed on the internet before the upgrade, so aside from the icon change I have no idea.

Thanks.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] 2sheds:
Just loaded this - what an improvement! My wireless connection is much stronger - with the previous radio 1.38, I could be sitting 3 metres away from the router and lose a signal - this one rocks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ishra:
OT: How did you get a reading of 58%? Mine only goes down in increments of 10%
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Malik05:
ok...all positive, here comes a negative...

flashed the ROM earlier today, everything was working well for me...just now, got off the phone, i was on a call for about an hour and the call was dropped, lost signal...after it regained signal, all calls went straight to voice mail and i wasn't able to make calls...i turn the phone off(from comm manager) and turned it back on, but it wouldn't go on because flight mode was taking over...had to fiddle with it till it turned back on, and still, i wasn't able to make or receive any calls, i turned the phone off again, and then turned it on, and everything went back to normal...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Karzi:
Lets hope this is just a one off,

All seems well for me so far.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] internetworker:
speed

HI All,

Not sure how true is this..but.. I did a download speed comparison with a friend between radio 1.38.30.10 and 1.40.30.00. Both of us are using herm100 and running the same wm6 black 2.0.

Here are the results based on 5 attempts. Test was done on web speed test using 1mb file and connecting to a 3G connection.

DOPOD-01 (radio 1.40.30.00)

1st = 279k

2nd = 288k

3rd = 267k

4th = 303k

5th = 293k

DOPOD-02 (radio 1.38.30.10)

1st = 366k

2nd = 301k

3rd = 279k

4th = 324k

5th = 310k

So it seems that the winner is 1.38.30.10....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] boz:
Wireless has nothing to do with the radio, or the radio upgrade!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Matt-Helm:
24 hours and no problems. Better battery life from 1.38? maybe! :) Dataspeeds still about 1mb. Reception does seem a bit better. Full bars at home when i was getting 3 before.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] philg2000:
So, 1.38.30.10 seems faster, but lots of people are saying better reception and battery life with 1.40.

So I would guess 1.40 give more stability at the cost of raw speed. There's no such thing as a free lunch after all....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] monx®:
i'll try tonight and post my review soon.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Bacco:
Dude, unless I'm totally off base...radio's don't affect WiFi. To test it, go into flight mode and active WiFi. You should still be able to connect even with the radio off.

EDIT: Sorry for the unnecessary post, just saw that my point was already made.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] TechBill:
Looks like to me that you have proxy enabled on device with 1.38 and no proxy on device with 1.40 because it the similar speed results I would get when I did speed check with and without proxy enabled on my 8525 using same radio.

And I would re-flash both devices switching the radio around and do a speed test again making note of it to see what the results are.

And remember this radio was released with Cingular rom and probably opmitized for Cingular network.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jb2001:
Hi guys... please don't flame me for asking a stupid question.....

but can i upgrade my SPV m3100 to the latest radio version on the original Orange ROM (1.23.61.4) or do I need to install one of the newer ROMs as discussed on other threads.

Cheers. Jim "Hermes Novice"

Existing Radio Version 1.06.00.00
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Pc78:
Of course you can...just choose the radio ROM you want to upgrade (from the WIKI - the SSPL is uncluded) and go ahead....if I were you will upgrade the SPL to 1.40-Oli before upgrading...

Regards,

Primoz
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Raa_1:
I upgraded to this ROM last night, since i've only had my phone for a few days, I can't comment on battery life - sorry.

Reception is definately "more stable", its not better, as in stronger, but it doesnt appear to drop off as much.

I DID however, have a dropped call, after say 10-15mins?, I was still in a good strength area, no interference, battery was near-full. So I dont know what the go was there. The other party re-dialled me straight away and I answered and continued the call. (They were on a landline). No other drops or issues noticed.

Hoping that was a once-off too!

Using Telstra's 3G phone network.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] chaichien:
Download Speed (3G and HSDPA)

I have done the similar test as what internetworker has done. No proxy is enabled. I notice 1.38 always get HSDPA signal which 1.40 never. At the same location, fresh installed Black2.0 (Hard reset is done on both Hermes), no additional soft installed and with full battery charged. However, there is only advantage i can see on 1.40 which is battery consumption. Well generally, still worth to flash.

Can anyone here do the same test as what me and internetworker has done? just go to www.testmy.net to test your speed with different radio from your laptop. (Please do multiple test to get the actual statistic.)

Thanks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] randomelements:
Doing really well today.

Took off charge at 6:30am now, 5 hours later, I'm still on 90% and I only connected it up via USB for about 5 mins to transfer a couple of files across!

Best battery life by a long way.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] joel32137:
Don't know if it's just me or my cellular service but.... ever since the 1.40 upgrade, my 3G internet connection cuts out after 1-2 min when I'm opening several web pages at one time (i'm using Netfront 3.3). Never had any problems with 1.38.10 radio. I think I may revert back to 1.38.10
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] TechBill:
It seem to me that folks with issues on this radio are on different providers beside the Cingular/AT&T network.

Like I posted earlier that this Radio may be optizmized for Cingular Network becasue it was included into the Cingular ROM.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Lurch3559:
I am using this 1.40.30.00 radio with Rogers Canada and I have had much better battery performance in addition to much clearer voice calls, no dropped calls, and very smooth data connections. I have been using the 1.40.30.00 radio since it was released on this site, absolutely no issues with this radio.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] armedmetallica:
My theory too -- upgrading (or is it downgrading?) Herm200 to a CINGULAR rom and radio should improve reception. Afeared to take the plunge. I posted around here asking a few times, but no one confirmed nor denied. I don't want to seem like the forum noob that crossposts the same question. Tensions are high around here lately!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] joel32137:
I think TechBill is right on this one. I'm currently traveling in Asia where the 3G coverage is inconsistent. I wonder the problem arrises if the connection switches from 3G to GPRS and vice versa. I'm also using a non cingular SIM. I'll probably play around a bit with this radio for a couple more days and report back.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] todd_jg:
I have Cingular and 8525 (HERM100). This radio has been great. Take a read in the wiki and you should be good to go. Go ahead and take the plunge. If you are happy with the ROM you are running, just flash the "radio only" rom. Good luck! We all start as noobs - the tensions are more behavior oriented than status oriented.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Bacco:
I'm thrilled with the WM6 ROM I'm using (Black 2) so I just upgraded the radio only. I'd upgrade and if you don't like it for whatever reason, you can always go back to the prior radio.

Good luck.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] RandomDude:
Just to let you know (i dont know if this fits your scenario) - but Telstra had an issue with NextG coverage in Metro/CBD Melbourne between 0800 and 1100 on the 12/04/07

The result was dropped NextG calls throughout the morning (it was a network software patch issue)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] johnburn:
Definitely not a n00b question, just an astute observation! You may be wondering why there have been so many new radio versions recently. Well I have a theory. It seems that most carriers that have implemented 3G (not just AT&T) are having problems with handoffs between 2G/2.5G and 3G technology, even on the same tower. Either the carriers are using radios from different vendors for each technology, or the standards are just different enough to be somewhat incompatible with each other. Since UMTS/HSDPA uses a different radio modulation algorithm than GSM/GPRS/EDGE, it would certainly react differently to interference, etc.

Battery life is directly related to radio transmission power. Prior to 1.40, I am guessing that when in UMTS/HSDPA mode, the TyTN was probably keeping the transmission power at the maximum level to maintain a UMTS/HSDPA connection. HTC probably changed this in 1.40 to have the transmit power match the GSM/GPRS/EDGE power requirements at the same cell site. Hence better battery life. The drawback is that you cannot get a 3G connection today with 1.40 when before you probably could (although, I suspect not a very good one and hence your download speeds probably matched the EDGE equivalents).

I heard through the grapevine that HTC sent a radio engineer to South Africa to work with Leaf Wireless to attempt to find out why these problems were occuring. Maybe this is the result of that work.

John
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] marka2k:
Been using the 1.40 radio for around 24hrs now on Cingular in Oklahoma I am seeing about a 10% better battery life the other thing I have noticed is that the phone indicates 3G when I connect to the internet to surf it switches to H at the top my speed reports are up from around 500K to 650K I am pleased with this radio ROM

:)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] over2land:
@johnburn- thanks for the response! Glad I'm not nuts.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ryanmillar:
Thanks Shogunmark.

I seem to get better reception where I am in London - not sure yet on the battery life, its hard to benchmark a 'normal day' usage.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
just a quick update.. its been almost 24 hours and i am at 50% battery
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] msuk:
Phone wont ring!

Hi all,

I have flashed this radio and experiencing a really strange problem. I leave my MDA Vario 2 connected to Active Sync 4.5 via my PC USB cable and the signal shows 3 bars.

I have had a few people try to call me and it goes straight to voice mail even though my phone is on and showing signal.

I soft reset my phone and dialed it and it rang but after a couple of hours I tried to dial it again and it went straight to voice mail.

I am running Black 2.0 on T-Mobile UK (London area)

Thanks

Msuk
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
i have something really weird i want you to try.. as i had a similiar issue and i dont know if this fixed as i cant duplicate the issue..

but go to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=301580 and download the comm manager from this thread and install it. soft reset your phone, open the comm manager, turn on flight mode, wait for it to complete, then turn off the Beam (the bottom button on the comm manager) after it turns it off then turn flight mode off... and let it run like this for a while..

I dont know if this will fix your problem, and cant think of any reason why it would, but it fixed mine...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] DJ C-Zer:
Roaming message!

Just curious if you wall think that the radio versions outside of cingular's US vesion would affect roaming. At first I asked JJ if it was the cab file I installed for T-Mobile UK, but it wasn't. I went ahead and hard resetted the phone and it's still the same issue.

I get the triangle at the top and this is annoying for my outlook when checking email because it keeps indicating a message that I'm roaming. I would like to resolve this issue ASAP! I'd hate to go back to the original cingular wm5 rom.

Do you think maybe it's a radio version issue? Any help would be ****ing delightful.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] msuk:
Hi again,

I already have this comm manager installed but what I did was switch to flight mode and switch off beam.

Powered off the phone

Powered back on and switched flight mode off.

The comm manager we are using is from the Trinity could this in anyway have an effect on the functionality of the Radio of the Hermes?

Would it be worth switching back to the original comm manager for your ROM in use?

I will report back my findings.

Thanks

Msuk
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] over2land:
Well, at the office, normally with the 1.38.10 radio, I'd have two bars and an E symbol...

Just checked it now, and I was at 1 bar and a 3G symbol...

Also, on this one particular section of the 71 NB where normally I'd drop a call, but immediately be able to re-dial and connect, I actually lost signal for 2 or 3 miles.

So, I dunno if its really all that much better for my usage. I'll keep experimenting and report back.

On Edit: And now, everytime I check it I've got full signal, and the E indicator... <shrugs>

On second edit, still in my office chair behind my computer. Tried to make a call, was shown 1 bar of signal. Signal dissapeared, call was completed, but I couldn't hear the party I was calling. After a couple minutes it came back, was able to complete the call, and now its sitting with 3 bars and a G indicator. I never had problems with calls at the office before this radio.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mezzomus:
Hi specialists,

I´ve upgraded to 1.40 Radio-Rom. Upgrading-process was without any problems but after a new startup my Tytyn doesn´t boot up. It keeps in startup - screen after telling you, that Radio-Rom 1.40 ist succesfully installed.

What can I do now ? I can´t downgrade because my Tytyn doesn´t come up. Actually I can´t do anything. HELP !!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
does it go back to the bootloader or stuck on a splash screen?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] filippodisvevia:
Report from Italy

Well guys,

with this new radio version no more lost signal, improved HSDPA on 3 provider, and better reception (South Italy).

About battery consumption, after 12 h of regular use on work, 80% of save battery where before was 60%.

Optimum for me. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] austinsnyc:
I think you completely right!! I have noticed that the phone has much better reception on the EDGE band and seems to hang more at 3G than go to HSDPA it seems to only go there when needing to is it possable that they set the radio to only use HSDPA band when needed and then switch back? I'm not sure i can judge my daily battery use since i tend to always play with my phone either editing the reg or this or that. Has anyone else noticed that when it rains outside it seems to get better reception?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] walshieau:
Transmission power has not changed from 1.38.30.00 to 1.40.30.00

the fixes from 1.38 to 1.40 were relative to 3G and 3.5G Band Switching....

1.38 has issues switching between 3G bands... ie from 2100Mhz UMTS 3G to 850Mhz HSDPA 3.5G...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] oliber:
Just upgraded, so can't say much for battery life yet, but i swear signal aquisition is far faster from a soft reset.

I get 3 bars of 3G before i get a chance to type my keypad PIN, anyone else noticed that or am i imagining things? :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Nghiem:
Maybe am I out of luck?

Nice to try this; however, I'm not experienced neither battery life nor signal quality improvement over the old 1.38.xx
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pkley:
I live in a Edge only area and experienced a much better battery life. I typically listen to a 2.75 hour podcast (radio show) every day via BT and make some calls. Used to be I'd have to recharge before the day was over, not today! Got home after 8 hours, still had 40%!
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[XDA Assist] Edwin501:
Hi, I'm trying to put (run) a service on my replica Samsung S5 (MTK6582) which I bought from China.

But every time I try to put the service on, the settings crashes. (settings-services).

Has any of you met this kind of problem before?

If so, can you please give me some ideas how to fix this issue.

Oh I don't know if this is important, but the phone runs on android 4.2

Thanks in advanced !
[XDA Assist] Edwin501:
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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] SyRenity:
My trusty SGS4 entered a boot loop all of sudden, and after some reading on the helpful XDA forums, I found out it could be caused by the stuck power button (sudden death syndrome).

I've played with the power button a bit and indeed - it sorted out the issue, however apparently temporary, as it went into boot loop once again since and required some more "playing" with it.

As the guarantee void, and from the dis-assembly guides I understand that replacement is fairly easy, any recommended cost effective replacement?
[HTC One X+] Carlito17_2000:
My APN settings are missing entirely. Where did they go? Anyone else have this problem? I have ATT version (evitareul) running stock RUU, rooted with Xposed framework. Not sure what I did....tried uninstalling some things... but to no avail.
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