yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Audio:
Another wicked find ATW, don't know how you find the time to do it... D/Ling now....

*EDIT* - The minute I turned it on after Radio install, I got an extra bar of signal strength, so looking good so far :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] thomassster:
A big concern for me is whether I'm able to get calls in. Throughout the day, can some people try this test. Leave your phone in your pocket for a good amount of hours. Don't power it on and bring it out of sleep. Call your phone and see if it rings. This will see if the radio can catch a signal when in sleep mode.

Don't be deceived by whether you are getting an extra bar or not. It's important we test out the integrity of our signal strength through a day use. I think we would like consistency instead of what our signal strength is the moment we flash.

But yes, thanks Alltheway for the work.

Update: Wow...GPS is a lot faster then my previous radios. Not blazing, but improved. If radio is consistent, might be a keeper.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] patthehostman:
Works great for me, out of sleep mode also...

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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] robosiris:
I myself was a devoted 1.64 radio follower, until I gave this (16.27) a try. I'm impressed. The frequent stutter with Skype is significantly less and sounds much smoother. The Audio, Bluetooth, and overall reception is stronger and smoother. But what really impressed me was how fast the gps was and the number of satellites I was able to lock. Much faster than any other radio I've tried. As far as the battery life is concerned, that remains to be seen. I haven't done any benchmarks. I even changed my signature.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kjb86:
hmmm.. I just received a call, so far so good
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] twistkill:
omg..this looks good people...

this could be just the pill kaiser needed

well other than the fm radio...3d drivers...etc :p

oh oops..i am using 1.58.16.27 on tmobile (US)

gps locks awesomely fast...well faster than before...

but not sure if its the radio..or my 5th floor office

earlier gps fixes were in my 1st floor apartment..

battery life not tested yet...but looks good..

i dont see any reason why it should not...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Guyver786:
none of the download links are working...

Including the rapidshare one's.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
Don't know what was wrong

I tested the downloads last night before I went to bed.

Oh it's fun to be sick on your birthday. :D

Well I hope the links are working now. I will upload to Megaupload and Rapidshare as well and update the first post.

Let me know if the links in the 1st post still aren't working.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] P1Tater:
HAPPY B-DAY BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get better. I told you that girl you were w/ the other night had some sort of disease. LOL:D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
Thank you.

I am actually going to be uploading another radio 1.58.21.23

I know this has the same number as the Polaris Radio but I am curious to see if there is any difference.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] duttythroy:
Happy Birthday mate, just tried the 1.58.16.27 radio and tried tomtom without running any gps test. gpstool or anything at all and i got a fix within 35 seconds using the 5.2.19199 build will see how this radio affect the rom and also batter life,
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] _RMB_:
Happy Birthday buddy....hope you have a great day!!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
Thank you guys...I really appreciate it :)

So far so good w/ battery life for me on the 1.58.16.27. :)

As I was reading through the NIKI forums this radio seems to be the most popular.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] spartanrob:
Thanks all, installing 1.58.16.27 now. Hoping for better faster GPS lock
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Guyver786:
Happy Birthday!

Megaupload link works :) Thanx
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] petervbeck:
Happy Birthday AllTheWay,

Good reception, Wifi and Bluetooth are working well, GPS fix is fast.

Now hoping batterylife is good and i'm happy with 1.58.16.27 (using Dutty's 6.1 5.2.19199)

have some Guinness ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] intothevoid:
Happy Birthday bro.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] i1135t:
Hi all, I may try this later, but the question I have is, how fast is the GPS lock after you shut the phone off and power it back on (hard-boot)? This may convince me to flash mines as well. Thanks!

edit - flashed to the 16.27 and appears to work good. Getting more GPS satellites than before.. dunno about call quality or battery life, but will have to see... thanks for the share!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
Mmmm...I love guiness. Thanks to the both of you :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] fisha21:
@ ATW:

So, it's your birthday, yet we get the presents!

Many thanks, and happy birthday!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] sleeping:
Not everyone goes from UN to Vatican City and spends their BD on Wake Island. :) Happy Birthday.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
Just felt like the Pacific Ocean was a better fit for me :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] pauljohn54:
Been running now for more than 12 hours. My report excellent. GPS locks very fast, good reception, wifi good and as I was asleep for the last 7 hours battery dropped 2% with no usage, so no unecessary standby usage.

For me even if it proves to be that the battery is slightly worse this is fantastic. From a soft reset, without running quickgps, gpstool or gpstest my GPS locks within 1 minute. After that its just a few seconds each time. I am very happy.

My skype also has no stuttering anymore. Slight fades now and again on the voice but this is true of any IP network

Thank you AllTheWay
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
I assume you are running 1.58.16.27 from what your signature says?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kjb86:
After a days of usage, yes, I was running the phone pretty much standby all day and only used approx. 4-5% (few text's here and there).

GPS does lock really well, and not even using GPS Test or anything. Actually, I found my locking to be much worse in GPS Test than just TomTom.

However, I have experienced 2 dropped calls and sometimes it cuts out here and tehre.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
Which Radio are you using?

Guys please when posting please say what ROM you are using with which radio...I included this in the 1st post but I will make it stand out a little more.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] thomassster:
I'm in an enclosed building with really poor reception due to the building structure. I kept my phone in my pocket for couple hours already. Calling from a land line, my phone rang, which meant, able to reach in poor reception area. So far, so good. Using radio in sig.

small update and review of my radio after a day:

reception wise, didn't notice any better than the polaris radios. GPS is good, so at least improvement on that department. I'm now starting to notice my phone go from 1 to almost no bars in certain areas of this building, but no radio I've tried gets good reception in this building. I'll try another radio, but there are so many radios to test out.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kjb86:
I did.. on page 4 earlier today.

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flashed 1.58.16.27... so far so good.. reception seems a little stronger than 1.64's, GPS locked via TomTom in about a min. - and i've been having problems with my GPS locking lately.

Wifi works, BT works great... device speed seemed decent.. guess only time can tell with battery life and quality... we'll see if there's any dropped calls, clear reception on the other end.

Edit: Forgot to mention ROM as per ATW's request - 3.02.405.0 WWE"
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] pauljohn54:
Correct.

Did have one panic. Started my Mapking and after lock went to navigation and it showed my position about 50 meters away. Thought it was like the first polaris radio that you posted. However changed map and went back to my local map and position was correct. No such issues since.

My only concern at the moment is the altitude. Lock is definately extremely fast but altitude still takes forever. No big deal but it s nice to see the correct altitude. I am just so happy to get good locks fast without starting any other apps.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] grandpareza:
I guess I'll chip in too.

Previous radio (1.58.23.21) took an average of 56-60 seconds to lock. This one took 19 the first time, 26 the second time from a soft reset. Thank ATW. You da maaan! Previous one would get a maximum of 4 sats and would be off about 15-20 feet each time (Its great to track yourself driving through houses and the opposite lane), but this one finally locked me in which room of the house I'm in and which CORNER of the room. This is super sick...no pun intended.

Usually at my desk I get 2-3 bars. 3 bars at most. With this radio I'm getting a steady 3-4. Not bad at all!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kamark:
Whoever using dutty's rom and living in United Kingdom best nikki radio is 1.58.11.07. Tomtom locks around in 30 sec without any gps related tools. 2nd time lock atabout 15 second. I have tried all three 1.58.11.07 is seems working good.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
How is battery life in comparison?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] intothevoid:
I had a weird issue with 1.58.16.07 when i came out of the subway i wouldn't get any signals at all. usually as soon as i am in range i immediately start getting signals. i had to manually go in the phone settings and had to click on find network a few times before it started to scan for a network. as it seems that it just stopped scanning for a network.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] ~~Tito~~:
Testing .27 right now. I hope its good :).

Edit:

So far 5 Bars in a 5 bar area good, good!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] thommic:
I flashed the one with the higher version number and it looked fine but this morning I realised that if I am using my headphones, there is no BASS anymore.

Could someone confirm that?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Poetique:
I'm personally not having such a great experience with 1.58.16.27.

I'm coming from 21.23, and while I will agree 16.27 finds GPS sats faster than 21.23, it generally only finds 2, on rare occasion 3 for me, and while it finds them within the first 10-30 seconds of running, it never seems to find more thereafter. I let it run for 2 or 3 minutes and it finally came up with a 4th satellite, but the signal was almost non-existant. Great reception though.

21.23 is what I'm sticking with for now. The GPS isn't quite as fast (takes me about 1:30 to find all sats) but it usually finds 7-9 satellites, and I get about equal (maybe better) reception with it.

Battery life seems pretty good for both radios though as far as I can tell. I'd say 21.23 last the longer of the two though.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Avantis:
I would have to agree..21.23 has a better all round performance and stability.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] waffle418:
Running 16.27 and loving it! As soon as I turned it on, it added a bar of signal... getting a better GPS signal inside, where I was never able to get one before. Running Sleuth 6.1 v 3.0.3
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] thommic:
No one can confirm the Bass issue?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] unc-newbie:
Here is another location to be able to download the NIKI Radios from.

Download location for NIKI Radios
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] waffle418:
@thommic: I'm getting on a plane here in about an hour, and when I get off, I'll report what my sound was like.

edit: thommic, I had no bass loss at all. I am using a wired headset through a mini-usb to 3.5mm converter. Sounded like it did before.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] spaanplaat:
Don't have any problems with bass. But I use a bluetooth stereo set. So far running 1,58,16,27 and at the moment sleuth 3.03 having no probs at all.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] P1Tater:
I tend to agree. Using the 16.27 Niki radio and so far battery drain is a little quicker than the 21.23 Polaris radio. I also get clicking noises in my H12 bluetooth with the 16.27 Niki radio. I guess for me, the 21.23 Polaris radio seems to be the best radio fit for me.

As far as roms go, I tested w/ Dutty's 716 WM6.1 rom and sleuths 3.0. All with the same results mentioned above.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] grandpareza:
Really? With the same dutty build and same radio I got the least amount of battery drain. 2% over the span 7-8 hours. Before it was 2% every hour. This is a by the far the best radio yet in terms of gps fix, battery drainage, and signal reception.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mccune:
Flashed my Vario III with these 3 ROM's.

Only can say this about GPS:

1.58.11.07 - fastest fix with TomTom inside the apartment within 1 minute.

1.58.16.27 - not able to get a fix. Aborted after 2 minutes.

1.58.21.23 - Same as .27

Note: It does not mean I didn't get a fix using these radio's. Just in places where I did not get a fix before. Only when standing by the window ;)

Again these are my personal findings. Didn't test the battery life yet.

Current ROM: Dutty's Official WM6.1 5.2.19199

What amazes me is that I've not been able to get an inside fix on the location I've tested these Radio's mentioned above. And wit .07 I actually did.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] jbcross:
can you clarify which one you are calling the best, please.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] alaiwy:
I'm using Dutty's March 04 cube rom. I updated to the .27 last night and i seem to be getting similar battery drain as the .23 one.

I do seem to be getting better reception though. The only place i can test the reception is work because when i'm not at work i get full bars 3g throughout the rest of my life outside of work on any radio. but at work there are a few places where i normally can't keep a 3g signal that i did this morning.

So far it seems fairly similar to the .23 one for me but the .27 seems to be a tad better in the terms of reception for me.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kwill:
so, just tried the .16.27 radio on the rom in my sig. got no fix indoors and usually do on the 21.23 polaris radio. so, switching now to the .11.07 radio and will report back. Thanks again as well AlltheWay!! once again you've outdone yourself and provided all users with more options to maximize the usefullness of their device. BIG PROPS!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] grandpareza:
Sure, the Radio in my sig. Thats the best one. Any other ones, anything from the Polaris to the 1.27's, none gave as good reception, batt life, and speed of GPS lock. Not sure how it might work for anyone else. Everyones exeriences are a little different with each radio.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] sd73ta:
Ive been using the 1.58.16.27 radio for almost 24 hours with Dutty's 5.2.19199 v6.1. The GPS very fast. phone signal is a little less than the polaris radio ie it drops from 5 to 4 bars where it never did before. I also had a problem with dropping calls when switching during call waiting. battery drain seams to be a liitle more than the polaris radio. Im in Connecticut

ATW i think most people should say where there testing. not everyone has there location in there sig. It would help since absorption rates are different in different areas.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
That's fine with me. As we all know that living in different areas will give you the different results. I guess I should simply say whichever radio works best for you use it. LOL

I'm sticking with 1.58.16.27 for now. The best battery life / reception / gps by far. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kwill:
im in austin, tx since i also saw the request for which area :) anyone else in the area, please help find a winner.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kjb86:
I seem to be getting better results right now with 1.58.11.07.

give this one a shot for the whole day
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] thommic:
Must had something with my ears this morning. Its fine now.

During the day had to reset my device. Maybe there have been really something but as I said.. Its fine now.

Sorry for confusing
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] faridf:
Me too I got GPS signal lock in door immediately , it never happened with me before:)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] faridf:
1.58.11.07

Me too I got GPS signal lock in door immediately , it never happened with me before:)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] dwsco:
Radio test

Don't have hard data but from the feel and subjective observation it appears that 1.58.16.27 is the fastest fix in BC Canada. And it is much faster than any of the other radios I've tried. No problems with calls or anything either so I think it's a keeper :)

Oops, yes.. I'm using Confused Stu's new 'Mobile Vista' ROM.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kjb86:
Yeah.. I definitely get a great GPS lock on either of these (16.27 or 11.07) Niki radios.

My concern is call quality. I hate dropped calls and previous radios (I tried the Polaris radio and the person on the other end all they heard was static) so thats my biggest concern with them.

These radio's do seem to speed up my device a little bit too
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kjb86:
Good to hear that this radio is treating you well on the west coast! lol
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kwill:
So, switched to the 1.58.11.07 radio and now im getting the GPS results everyone else was getting on the .16.27 radio!! so, thanks again alltheway!! all else seems the same so far in regards to reception.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] RiNo808:
Thanks Alltheway, i have been running .27 for a day now and well same all you all reported...the GPS lock is faster then 21 (heck 21 didnt even lock fast enough for me so i cancelled the lock), and to me there is no difference with batt drain, but there i do get a bit less receptions in some areas of Hawaii...will test bt with my H12 today...but compaired to the stock oem rom and radio that the ATT Tilt came with...what i have now blows that out of the water...thanks to all again for your hard work....

update...i do get a faster GPS lock but i will only lock onto 3-5 satellites...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] scotchua:
I've only been using 1.58.11.07 for a couple of hours now, but when i fired up my gps test, i was able to lock onto 4 satellites in about 2 minutes indoors, when i had not been able to get more than one with any previous radio, and it's not even a nice day today. Thanks for all the hard work ATW. I'm not sure about the battery life yet, but i'll update you when i have a better idea, though i haven't noticed any significant increase in the drain over the first 4 hours with about an 8% drain with about 15 texts and windows live push email turned on.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Poetique:
Consider this a random pointless rant, or maybe a good idea

Maybe we should try to get together a thread that people who have tried various radios can report to and we can get a general idea of what radios are good in what areas. Sticky it to some sort of general radio-oriented post, and have someone just keep it updated.

Because it seems, especially so with these 3 radios, that everything is depending heavily on areas. I generally tend to agree with AllTheWay's survey of the radios and have pretty much changed radios whenever he has, but now it's definately apparent that with these radios were starting to deal with everything is heavily dependent on your area.

With that said, as I think it says on my profile, in Alabama (Auburn at the moment) 21.23 is doing the best job for me. I went a few minutes down the road to one of the local malls and my signal with 16.27 proved to be the worse of any radio I've had on my device, and I was only getting an unstable 2 bars (1 bar every now and then). Strangely, the GPS was kicking butt and taking names. It found 5-6 satellites in 12 seconds from the same location I was getting terrible reception. Albeit the signal was near non-existant from all 6 satellites, and it kept losing 1 satellite entirely.

From my current location (using 16.27) I'm getting 1 bar and it's finding 5 satellites, took it about 15 seconds to find the satellites, but again, the signal is near non-existant.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] spartanrob:
Just loaded 11.07 in hopes for a fast GPS lock. Everything else seems to be great.

I'm getting a lock but it seems to take a long time, the first time 2-3+ minutes. After that, only a few seconds. is it normal for the first one to take soooo long?

Thanks for everyones great advice.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] robosiris:
1.58.11.07

You make an interesting point. I thought I'd try out radio 1.58.11.07. The audio quality and volume is fine, bluetooth and overall reception is definitely not as good as 16.27 (FOR ME). I get on 2 bars and with .27 3/4 bars. Plus, picking GPS satellites were slow 2-3 minutes, as opposed to 1-2 minutes with the 16.27 radio. My location is Miami, Florida, US. I'm switching back to 16.27 as my signature states. Maybe everyone trying about the radios can also include their location, along with the radio their trying out, and their current rom. Perhaps this can be more helpful in determining what radio works best with certain roms in certain areas/locations. Just a thought.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] IronManDS:
1.58.21.23 on udk's r7 ROM bombs out after about 5 minutes of talking. Trying the others....

J
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] silverfoxx:
Blue Tooth skipping

I've tried both the .27 and .07 radios and everything works great...except Blue Tooth. When using my stereo headset to listen to music, it skips constantly. Anyone have this issue or any fixes? I've also installed the Tilt Bluetooth Fix and it didn't make any difference.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
I don't think the radio has anything to do w/ bluetooth...but I could be mistaken.

Can anybody else know?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] robosiris:
With radio .27, I'm able to stream music through my bluetooth (motorola S9's), and it sounds smooth with no skipping. I know from history, sometimes what can cause skipping in bluetooth streaming is the music app itself. I'm currently use coreplayer more than htc audio player, tcpmp player, windows media player because (to me) coreplayer gives more audio options, etc. Sometimes it can be your application, the bluetooth piece itself. Perhaps if you deleting bluetooth device from your handset and reconnecting it again. Maybe that'll help
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Penske MB:
Delete the bluetooth profile on your phone, and restablish the connection. It should avoid the skips.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] AllTheWay:
Thank you for your guy's input. I thought bluetooth had nothing to do w/ the radio. Thank you giving clear guidance and information. Much appreciated. :)