yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] losdrivare:
No, if you already have hardSPL you don't need to flash it again, hardSPL is write protected and stays on your phone. That's why it's called hardSPL.

Just flash Radio with attached customRUU. You won't lose any data, there will be no hard reset.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] chris5s:
@ aalirezaa : you can use activesync - with your phone connected to the pc via its usb cable - and run the RUUWrapper.exe which will do it automatically (after going thru the standard yes/no process) or you can copy it to an sd card, rename it TOPAIMG.nbh and then reboot holding down the 'volume down' button.

Chose whichever method you used when you flashed the main rom, as you will be familiar with that way - it's just the same, and just as easy.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] akirius:
The 4.48 is much much nicer than 3.46

I ran it through my test software(i posted in earlier page of this post) and this is my result after plotting it with excel:

*note each data point is 1/2 of a second

The 4.48 never dropped below 90%(3 bars) during 20 minutes of data recording

while 3.46 dropped to 60% (2 bars) twice in 5 minutes
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Good idea - reworked post#1.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] RealZac:
Did a few field tests.

v3.46.25.18 - WCDMA ServingAGC @table: -94dB, @balcony -82dB

v4.47.25.01 - WCDMA ServingAGC @table: -95dB, @balcony -81dB

v4.48.25.13 - WCDMA ServingAGC @table: -97dB, @balcony -82dB

although v3.46.25.18 seems to be better, I'll stay at v4.47.25.01 because of the gps-reception.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] PhilipL:
Hi

You need to check other things to ensure what you are seeing relates to better signal strength.

3G cells breath, this means the signal can rise and fall depending on demand. If demand is high those connecting at the edges of the cell will be dropped or handed over to another cell that is less congested but may be further away so reporting a lower signal.

Also if you are in between the overlap of several cells you can be swapping between different cells every few minutes, with each cell having a different signal strength, this can mean making comparisons between radios and reported signal strength quite random.

You need to ensure when you make the comparisons and/or plot you also record along with that plot the cell ID, only then can you be sure the differences in reported signal strength are to do with the radio and not just because you are connected to a different cell.

In addition those radios that report a lower signal may be the better ones, as they are more sensitive and are able to connect to a weaker cell signal that is preferred if it is less congested and so less prone to dropping you, again it goes back to comparing the cell IDs.

Regards

Phil
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
Wicked cheers fella!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jeppe188:
Hmm this seems nice. I'm gonna experimenting with your program later :)

Can you do a plot of the 4.47.25.31 radio also? That gives us a good image of the previous radio and the newest one.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] aussie1234:
Latest Radio

Firstly thanks to BeeGee Tokyo for this thread and all the other helpful things that he has done.

I am using TESS 2.F ROM (which I personally think is a fantastic ROM) and the latest 4.48.25.13 radio.

I found the clarity a little better and battery life slightly better than the previous radio (UDK).

Thanks for your great work!

Aussie :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
Same as me mate, can actually get a signal in my g/f house now which is sweet!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] ea66:
The latest 4.48 radio has an issue with automatic data connection switch off.

If the phone is set to drop the connection after eg. 1 min of idle time, after about 12 hrs of usage (and some data connection reconnects and drops) it stops dialing voice or data connections.

This does not happen with the 4.47 line.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Strange, I have the radio now for several days on my phone and I have set my automatic disconnect to 10 seconds.

Here in Japan ew have push-email by default, so the phone connects often to the Internet and then is disconnected again. But I had no problems with voice or data connections so far.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] uiqjirka:
The latest 4.48 radio is good,GSM and GPS works perfect!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jlccarv:
same combo on my Topaz. working great!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jeppe188:
I wanted to test this method of flashing but my bootloader is saying that there is no imagefile. I renamed the 4.48.25.13 radio to TOPAIMG.nbh and copied it then to the root of the sd card.

What is wrong with my method :p
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] paokaras45:
Same here!

One day i was able to flash a ROM usin SD card.

Suddenly .... noooo!!!

Don't know what causes this???

Capital OK, SD root OK, format FAT32 ok but.... nooooo!!!!:mad:

Just use CustomRUU for topaz to apply new radio without hard reset.

P.S.: If you try CustomRUU under windows and usb@activesync, it asks for at least 50% battery.

If you connect usb@bootloader... no battery limitation!!! ;)

Just wait after plugging usb to see on the bottom of the screen the "serial" to became "usb" and you are ready.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jeppe188:
Did you make also some energy settings on the sd card? I was thinking of that to be the reason of this..
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] paokaras45:
No. It's not that.

During bootloader, no user settings are loaded.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jeppe188:
Hmm maybe we should start a thread about this. If we brick our topaz, we cannot fix it..
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] paokaras45:
Yes we can.

Look at the P.S.in my post above.

Enter bootloader normally, and at then plug usb and wait the "serial" to become "usb" at the bottom. Then run CustomRUU on pc and flash whatever you like.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jeppe188:
I tested it and it worked :)

Its a little bit faster than running the customRUU from windows mobile.

To bad that I can't update from sd card :confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] rfbrandao:
4.48.25.13 is the best so far for me

I had around 8% better RSSI1 in Brazil using 4.48.25.13:

Country: Brazil

City: São Paulo

Carrier: Claro (unfortunately, there is nothing I can do now about this)

RSSI1 - 4.47.25.31: -66 ~ -70

RSSI1 - 4.48.25.13: -62 ~ -64

Still testing GPS. For my experience, 4.47.25.31 takes longer than .13 and .21 to fix.

Regards.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] chris5s:
Is there any kind of change log available that details the specific changes that were made from radio to radio - i.e. why was a newer version released each time? This might help users to decide if it's worthwhile moving to a new rom. Also might help in choosing a better rom, even if this means going to a 'retrograde' radio rom.

Just a thought.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] slavislavi:
Is there any radio which is not disconnecting when switching from 3G to GSM? All the radios I tried for Polaris and for Topaz are drop connection if I am on the phone. It seems to be irrelevant to my localization.

Already tried all the available for both phones and always is the same.

Always drops regardless of signal level.

Best,
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] pauln:
If I understand well you want to switch from 3G to GSM/Edge manually and you don't want to stop your phone.

I don't think you will find a Radio or ROM to made something like this. If you change this setting ALWAYS the radio need to restart with the new setting.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
I have no change log file available. Maybe someone here with connections to HTC can give some details.

It would be at least interesting what the different parts of the version number mean and what the letters mean.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] slavislavi:
No, I just want to talk without breaking the connection. No manual switching.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] losdrivare:
If you set your phone to only use GSM and not 3G then it won't break the connection. I've done this and it works fine. Whenever I want to use internet and need faster data connection then I set it back to Auto.

You can set it in settings/personal/phone/band
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] slavislavi:
Yes I know, but it is annoying to change frequently. :(

If I am connected to HSDPA, how do I know that someone will just ring me?

Answered a lot of phones as well as many use the Internet.

In other 'normal' phones there is no such problem.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] pauln:
I think when you are in HDSPA and somebody call you, if you answer to speak it will stop the connection...The phone it's not off if you are on HDSPA.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] slavislavi:
Yes Internet connection is suspended on talk time, never mind.

Why during call switches between 3G <-> GSM and drops voice connection? This is problem with all available radios! (I have this with polaris, and topaz)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] slapnutcity:
Phone shutdown

Since the 4.47.25.21 version and above my phone seems to shut itself down at random times. Reverting back to 4.47.25.13 has resolved this problem for me. Is anyone else experiencing this?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] MBastian:
4.48.25.13 is the first version, which let me charge my battery completely.

I was really excited, to see the green light at the morning ;)

But somehow the battery is "discharged" by -10% at a reboot.

I'm not quite shure if this is connected with the radio version.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] paokaras45:
OK!!!!!!

THAT IS F@@@NG WEIRD!!! :eek::eek::eek:

As i told you, i couldn't flash using SD card!!!

At least i thought so!!!:confused::confused::confused:

Right now, i am flashing energys rom (29/8/09 with manila2.5) wising SD METHOD!!!!

The only difference is that the nbh file was already named TOPAIMG.nbh in the rar file downloaded!!!! WTF!!!!

I renamed the files in the past using pc and resco explorer.

I am one step before eat my sd card!!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad:

PS. Sorry for the offtopic but there are some people discussed this issue in this thread before :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] hermes77:
when you active field test the first screen is GSM

arfcn : is the current channel used

lac : mean local area code (the geographic area where you are currently registred on)

mnc : 3 firts numbers is the country ( 208 is for france) the 2 others is for the provider ( 01 is orange - 10 is SFR - 20 is BOuyGUES Telecom etc etc ...)

rssi : is the Received Signal Strength Indication

ncell info is the second channel ready to take your call after the current channel (the same for other ncell)

you can see here the number of the next channel ready to use

but the most important is RSSI1 which show you the received signal from the tower radio

the number change as you move with your device

- 60 db mean you are in a very good condition to phone someone and you are very near the tower radio

- 90 db is a normal received signal

- 100 db is not so good

- 110 db mean you are going to loose the tower (the signal) because the received signal is not good and your device is going to change the channel because you are going away from the tower radio

of course all those numbers are exemples

it juste mean that the best reception is near the -50 and a "no good" reception is near -110
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] hermes77:
if you active the field test to see the 3G

go to the 3G reselection status menu

serving PSC : is the number of the current radio channel you are registred on

uarfcn : is the geographic area where you are registred on

AGC is the received signal in db

num3Gcell : is the number of channel the mobile can see to register on
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] hermes77:
but do not forget philipL says :

You need to check other things to ensure what you are seeing relates to better signal strength.

3G cells breath, this means the signal can rise and fall depending on demand. If demand is high those connecting at the edges of the cell will be dropped or handed over to another cell that is less congested but may be further away so reporting a lower signal.

Also if you are in between the overlap of several cells you can be swapping between different cells every few minutes, with each cell having a different signal strength, this can mean making comparisons between radios and reported signal strength quite random.

You need to ensure when you make the comparisons and/or plot you also record along with that plot the cell ID, only then can you be sure the differences in reported signal strength are to do with the radio and not just because you are connected to a different cell.

In addition those radios that report a lower signal may be the better ones, as they are more sensitive and are able to connect to a weaker cell signal that is preferred if it is less congested and so less prone to dropping you, again it goes back to comparing the cell IDs.

Regards

Phil
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] guide144:
I can Confirm about radio 4.48.25.13 is also allow me to fully charged (green light)... however I dont see "discharged" by -10% at a reboot

GPS also good compare to other 4.xx.xx.xx versions.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
Have you found any difference in the gps lag issue with the new radio?I havn't!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] chris5s:
The connect time for GPS apps on my phone doesn't seem to be any better under the 4.48 radio. To be honest I haven't found a radio that connects as fast and stable as the original rom that shipped with my phone! Phone signal strength was good on that too.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] guide144:
For GPS lag issue, I'm personaly can't say it's no GPS lag because I only using few PDA device (Touch cruise, Xperia, D2) and most of them hae GPS delay (not sure it's call lag or not) for 1-2 delay.

many time I often edit my GPS registry for make it better even I not see any lag. So I think it ok for everyday use.

:D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] anarchyuk:
where do you get your info from, is it a miss match of truths and random made up things? when a cell breathes the trx's do not lower the -dbh at all, the open connection with the handset is either soft handed to the supporting cell or disconnected from the data connection.

and the radios that report a lower signal may be the better ones? the radio's have very little changed in them, the main reason for signal reporting issue on the handsets are how the rom is interpreting what the radio is reporting.

and for handsets being swapped between cells every few mins? have you ever seen a network metrica report and understood it? a normal operation on over lapping cells will show mainly 1 cell unless very highly conjested.

sorry to dampen the spirit but ive worked in telecoms for 10 year.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] PhilipL:
Hi

Not sure I understand you completely. However where I live on 3G and 2G I can swap between cells a few times a minute. This is easily seen using field tools and seeing the cell ID change. Also very amusing if using Google Lattitude as of course my reported position (which is based on cell ID) changes considerably each time :)

I'm sure you know much more than me regarding telecoms and any extra info or myth busting you can give us is appreciated, although I do know a sentence starts with a capital letter :p

I thought some 3G cells had motorised antenna so they could physically shrink the cell size which would cause those on the edges to see reduced signal? Also isn't there more noise when 3G cells become busy that means a lower signal to noise ratio at the terminal?

Regards

Phil
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] anarchyuk:
Sorry Phill, I did not realise the kings English and grammar was needed as its a forum and not thesis, Never heard of motorised antennas, and breathing as i said is the cell dropping users who are at a set db away from the site to conserve the normal 2-6 meg bandwidth provided by the local exchange.

Swapping between 2g and 3g constantly means that you are either in low signal and the site is handing you off or the site is very congested, it is not normal operation as when your data has to go through the base controller having the data fragmented like that and having to through-put all of this through to the mobile switching center will cause a very slow Internet connection and dropped calls. The phones that do this the best are nokias, due to nokia being the sole developer of UMTS nodes.

Hope the grammar and punctuation will suffice.

I like myth busting when people "think" fact from fiction makes for good reading.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Xfantasy:
Which RADIO you recommend on Topaz with WM 6.1 for Czech Vodafone- Edge/GPRS,WiFi

I examine various, and last ,but pass over of no difference sensational.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Sorry, I don't understand. Please try to post in english language.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] LeandroMoreira:
Radio

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a radio update? and this update will perfome any alteration in my phone?:confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cyron_at:
...a radio update is a new version of your radio.

Radio: Responsible for: Wifi, GSM signal, 3g signal, GPS ...and for the battarie life!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
It may be a good idea to have a brief explanation on the 1st post as i faced the same question when i saw this thread?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] sehtowe:
latest version 4.48

Hi

I have tried this but it seems to drain my battery, and the phone get's warm when talking for more then 10min.

Anyone else experianced this ?

I'll try 4.47 and see if that works better on my HTC DII(topaz)

Thanx for an exellent forum.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] LeandroMoreira:
Version 4.48

When I installed the version 4.48 my battery did not carry until full, and with 4:47 now seems to work. :confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Every improvement proposal is welcome!

Post 1 updated.

Thanks for the suggestion.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jfitzell:
How do I dump radio ROM?

I've used the DumpROM software to extract my current ROM, however as far as I can tell from the RebuildROM software the RAW memory parts do not contain the radio ROM?

For reference, my stock ROM details are below... I've seen the ROM mentioned here and even uploaded, but I haven't seen the Radio anywhere.

CE OS 5.2.21041 (Build 21042.1.6.1)

ROM 1.43.720.2 (51718) WWE

ROM Date 06/15/09

Radio Version 3.44.25.27A

Protocol version 61.25at.25.19U
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Correct. For dumping your radio ROM you need a different solution. It is not that easy than dumping the ROM. Search for Dump Radio on xda-developers and you will find how to do it.

I never tried it by myself, but it seems to be a little bit more complicated and requires some special SW.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] bjfong:
hi beegeetokyo how do i update radio rom? do i need to hardspl first? i tried doing custom ruu but it hangs at 0%. I formatted my sd card to fat32 and tried to update from sd card but it gets stuck in the tricolor mode. pls help
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
You need to HardSPL first, then both methods (CustomRUU and SDCard) will work.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] 10123:
I personally found there weren’t enough fun apps around for WM, well compared to the iphone, they do exist but they take a long time to find them, and when you do find them they don’t work or they use a G sensor. So here is a list of fun apps for the X1, they should all work, some do cost. If you know any please post a link and I will add it to the thread .

I Gun – “I'm sure everyone loves shooting and so I bring you iGun. It's a Virtual Gun app with all the bells and whistles.”

http://www.hermssoftware.com/node/24

I-Sound- “You ever find yourself in a situation where you need to make a sound but don't have anything useful at hand. With iSounds you will.”

http://www.hermssoftware.com/node/20

Dog Whistle Full Version- “Dog whistle and Mosquito sounds

http://www.hermssoftware.com/node/17

Star field simulation FREE- “Star field simulation with random patterns”

http://www.hermssoftware.com/node/9

Toilet flusher FREE- “Click on the flusher to flush the toilet, with sound simulation”

http://www.hermssoftware.com/node/8

Egg Timer FREE- “Simple graphically impressive app with basic timer functions”

http://www.hermssoftware.com/node/27

Dog whistle FREE- “Dog whistle”

http://www.hermssoftware.com/node/6

Shoot the chicken FREE- “Shoot the flying chickens!”

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530118

Touch the music FREE- “Guitar hero style game (same as iphone)”

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=481819

NEWPencil box deluxe FREE- Simple drwing tool, with 8 different pencils"

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S1SG67AF

NEWNoises FREE-"Funny noises and comman noises"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=424081

NEWi fart FREE- "make fart noises form your x1 with a range of different farts!"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=495839

I am not responsible for the content provided from the links.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] bobbanswe:
Nice thread! Will check this out for sure! Thanks. I would love to have thousands of funny apps! XD
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] ckong1:
I dunno how "fun" this app is but it's def very useful and works perfect with our X1. Find movie theatres, movie times, and movie reviews:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=504988

this can be a great thread, hope people continue to post helpful and fun apps
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] 10123:
Can one of the moderators make this sticky please

NEW APP ADDED!!! Drawing tools

ANOTHER NEW APP ADDED!!! Funny noises

ANOTHER APP ADDED!! Fart noises
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] eshar:
looking for a sound recorder for sony x1

i Am Looking for a sound recorder software for the sony x1. i have vito but i need to pay is there some other free software
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] rotastrain:
.search for vito ppc .rar in google..

pay them its good for the thing they offer!:D
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] eshar:
thanks

got it working
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] skyler88:
will try it...tq
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] miri:
Hi to all,

This ROM is based on Windows Mobile 6.1 build 21054.

This ROM started as an experiment to test if Manila 2.5 would work with Windows Mobile 6.1.

The result is wonderful, it works very fast and very well. I've optimised some packages from WM 6.5 and some are WM 6.1 compatible.

I've tested all I can and can say that it's very usable and fast for everyday use.

Base ROM: 1.59.709.0

This ROM is UC capable | Read more about UC

Remember to Hard Reset after flashing

Download

V 3.0 - http://rapidshare.com/files/284376302/Miri_WM61_21054_Manila_2.5_V3.0.rar

V 2.1 - http://rapidshare.com/files/270924433/Miri_WM61_21054_Manila_2.5_V2.1.rar

V 2.0 - http://rapidshare.com/files/270833123/Miri_WM61_21054_Manila_2.5_V2.0.rar

V 1.1 - http://rapidshare.com/files/266881010/Miri_WM61_21054_Manila_2.5_V1.1.rar

V 1.0 - http://rapidshare.com/files/266606954/Miri_WM61_20769_Manila_2.5_V1.0.rar

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