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[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Ewinn:
Flashed 4.49.25.17 this afternoon. Best Radio i have flashed so far. Reception is very good. With the other radios i always got 1 bar in my home. Now, with this radio i get full bars everywhere in my house. Finally a Radio that improves my signal.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] obsydian:
4.49.25.17 - Install issues

Guys, given this is an .exe, I connect to ActiveSync run the .exe, it goes through the standard RUU Flash screen on my PC, then I get the press power button on my device, the PC then shows a connection error and the device continues, once complete I do a soft reset - but the Radio number in the boot screen still shows the old radio.

Am I missing something here ...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] daeveman:
Brazil, carrier CLARO.

Rom 4.49.25.17 has a good signal improvement.

Yet, no 3G signal at all... only in a very few spots.

Got a Polaris (Touch Cruise), and when putted side-by-side, has 3G signal, while Topaz (Diamond 2) doens't... weird.

And just realized that with this Radio, EDGE does not work anymore.

So i'm going back to the "original/factory" radio: 3.43.25.19
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Riekr:
it seems like you have a TOPAIMG.NBH still in your sd card, there is no need to hit power button when you flash with custom ruu
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] obsydian:
Doh, thanks, missed that :o
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] hermes77:
"Reception is very good. With the other radios i always got 1 bar in my home. Now, with this radio i get full bars everywhere in my house. Finally a Radio that improves my signal."

this radio ONLY improve the signal but the signal shown on the start menu !

before the 4 signal s indicators were difficult to obtain because to pass between 3 to 4 the phone had to pass to -82 to -83dB

but now it is between -91 to -92dB

so the improvment is juste in the screen , not in the receive selectivity and sensitivity
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] satishkbg:
Good Upgrade

This radio seems to be best so far, and EDGE does work, confirmed.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] blackbeans:
4.49.25.17 is the best radio I've tried, especially GPS signal! I've tried all old radios but couldn't work except 4.49.25.17! Vote 5 stars for 4.49.25.17!:rolleyes:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] alhuang69:
Yes, I confirm that it is the best Radio I have used.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BumAround:
It could be your network/operator. Here in Southeast Asia, after 2nd day of use, I can confirm that 4.49.25.17 is very good (not excellent). No problem with 3G signal, no problem with 2.5G (EDGE) signal.

This whole radio ROM thing is weird at times.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] lesiak:
Hi, radio Rom 4.49.25.17 is for Slovakia Best Radio ROM I ever try, also very good 3G and UMTS signal.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] MBastian:
4.49.25.17 is best for Germany, T-Mobile.

No more echo in phone calls, best reception.

I had one time a digital sound in an call and the call was interupted at best reseption level. I hope that this was only a one tyime situation ;)

I'm not quite shure about battery life ...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] strongst:
Better Performance!

Tested 4.49.25.17 and it's the best radio i ever had on my Topaz!

Before i had 4.48.25.20 and this was also a good Radio, but with 4.49.25.17 i have:

-> 3-4 signal bars (with 4.48.25.20 and all radios before only 1-2:mad:) @ home @ GPRS :eek:

-> 2-3 bars @ home @ HSDPA

-> gps -sattelites 10-12(same as 4.48.25.20)

-> battery lifetime, i think same as 4.48.25.20, still testing..

mfg strongst
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] foreveryone:
I can confirm that 4.49.25.17 is so far best radio also in czech rep.

Specially gps fix is very fast with a lot of satellites - Im shocked xD.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tomtommy306:
4.49.25.17 WORKS GREAT IN Southern U.S.A.

3-4 where normally was 2 bars...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] voldy:
Best Radio

Best Radio so far. Getting 4 bars of signal in the place where I get 1 bar before.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] criszz:
same here for orange romania
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] kardus:
Good perfomance too in Spain:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] leenders.f:
Great radio!

Yes: I can report great performance in The Netherlands with this radio to!

:D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] obsydian:
4.49.25.17

All round excellent, yet to determine the result in terms of battery life.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] abusalza:
4.49.25.17 it's the best radio for indonesia... :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Sniper66:
expand .nbh file from 4.49.25.17.exe?

Hi!

Is it possible to expand the .nbh file from the above exe file so that I can put it on my memorycard and flash from that one since I cannot get my connection working from the computer to the device. Even that Windosw Mobile center tells me that they are connected, the update program doesn't looks like it can talk to the device.

Regards,

Peter
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] pauln:
I try *#*#364#*#* but it seems does not work anymore...

Some feedback please...

I try with: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4379281&postcount=67

and the results are :

Cellular System Available--Cellular System Connected--Sgianl Strength--Signal Strength Raw

03.10.09 22:03:02	9	8	100	100

same

same

03.10.09 22:03:34	9	8	100	100

:) It's true or false ?:)

I try also Bandswitch 2.1 and until know I don't obtain Quality signal more then 75% outside the building. Right know I see 90% in my apartment :) UAAaaaauuu...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Sniper66:
just found out

I, 1 minute after i put my question I realized that the file was in the temp folder after i started the exe fil. Renamed it to TOPAIMG.nbh and started my device with Volume down button pressed. It went into bootloader and just tells me "Loading..." and nothing else happens. Anybody knows whats going on?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] criszz:
*#*#364#*#* works very well for me RSSI = 18
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Ronin0:
4.49.25.17 it's the best radio for ITALY

4.49.25.17 it's the best radio for ITALY :D Operator TIM
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Maybe your ROM does not have the Field-Test application cooked in. Check in your Windows folder if there is a FieldTest.exe. If its not there, the *#*#364#*#* does not work.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] hermes77:
good reply beegee because a lot of rom do not have fieldtest in

just dl fieldtest on the net if you want it and put it in windows start menu folder if you want it to apear in program

a rssi with 18 is good and with the new radio 4 49 it mean 4 indicator and 2 with the 4 47

BUT it is only for the screen !!! the reception is the same ...

if you ve got a diamond with a 4 47 radio rom (with 2 bar -91db) it is the same with a diamond radio 4 49 (with 4 bar -91db)

only the indicator is boosted but you ll be able to have the same quality for your call
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mannyo1221:
Radio version 4.49.25.17 seems to be the best so far for me with T-Mobile UK. With the previous 4.48.25.20, I was having issues with WIFI and GPS locking but with this version I have no problems with either and can get a GPS lock in less than 10 seconds.

Rom TESS 2.F.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] japester36:
I'm with t-mobile UK and I have found 4.49.25.17 to be the best radio so far.

I am using the stock t-mobile Compact V ROM but have tried all the other radios with 4.48.xx.xx giving good results until this beauty.

John
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] schmeichler:
another report on 4.49.25.17 / UMTS

I went straight from 3.43.25.19 to 4.49.25.17 as my Topaz is brand new

Operator is TMob in Germany - attached is why it is finally worth no longer using my pcmcia-umts-card ;)

(did not even close any apps - ran the test a couple of times)

Still not able to get a decent internet-sharing via bt-pan (stuck at 0,5/0,5 as it was on Diamond) but I am guessing this is a hardware or system issue (same chipset used?) and might not be improvable via radio-ROM.

Should anyone have a tip on this for me would be great as this would be my preferred set-up (have not tried sharing via WLAN though).

Phone is completely stock except Radio (for now ;))
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mploetner:
no major changes. still ok und still not enough for some of you. For me 1-3 days (depends on usage) is ok
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] pa49:
I can definitely say that this is not the case with me.

I live in a poor signal area and my office has metal venetian blinds.

Results of field test-

Radio 4.48xxx and previous only ever returned RSSI= -110

Radio 4.49xxx and after gives a best of RSSI= -87

Plus my 3g mobile broadband is far more stable and, wait and I'll check it right now.........

ADSLSPEED.COM | Speed Test

Middle of Sunday afternoon (busy time of day according to T-mobile) so I'm more than happy.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] DaBountyHunter:
I just flashed the new 4.49.25.17 radio and am pleased with it already. Before the flash I'd get 1 bar maybe 2 HSDPA in my room, most of the time always GPRS. Now am getting 2-3 bars HSDPA in my room. Big improvement for the 02 UK network I'm on :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] PhilipL:
Hi

Same results here, whereas at my desk at home I've never seen the Topaz (or the Tytn 2) ever show more than 2 bars on 3G, but with this radio the Topaz is often showing 3 bars of strength rather than 2.

Now is this just a tweak to what it is reporting, or somehow they have managed to improve reception (reception normally being something related to physical attributes, such as the aerial design) by changing the firmware?

The only way to know is find you now have reception where you didn't get it before.

Regards

Phil
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] DaBountyHunter:
You could be right about this as I often found when using Kinoma Play it would report the reception 1 bar or so better than what the normal windows task bar would show my reception to be, but will see what GPS etc reponds like.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] timsah:
I never had GPS-Connection on the balkony with all the other Radio-ROMs, now the navi proggi gets a GPS-Connection on the balkony.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] qitt:
I agree with this. For me signal quality didn't change.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] sb09:
Guys,

Quick bit of advice please - can I upgrade my radio without doing a hard-reset. Do I need the latest HSPL for this latest 4.49 radio (or will 1.33 do)? If I update the radio via SD, will it involve a hard-reset of the ROM? Many thanks in advance.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] qitt:
New HSPL not needed and hard reset not needed too ( even if you will flash via SD card ). So answer is: yes, you can...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] sb09:
Hey qitt, many thanks for response. I asked the question only because I've never done a radio on its own without a ROM at the same time too, but if it's that easy, then I'll give it a go. Thanks again!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] sb09:
Hey BeeGee,

Downloaded what I thought was 4.49.25.17 from link 1 on post 1, but got 4.49.25.05. Is it the same radio, with some sort of numbering error, or is it a different radio altogether? I've flashed it before I noticed the query with the number. :confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] remu2l:
when I finished updating to 1.83 spl and brush radio to topaz_Radio_4.49.25.17, everything seems OK except my gmail pushmail no longer works!And I can't fix this till now.

I don't think it's 1.83 spl's fault, new radio seems have problem.:confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] zooster:
4.49.25.17 is great... GPS instant fix! Very good signal...

I'm just not sure about battery consumption. I feel like it uses more battery.

But it could be just a feeling. I'm not sure yet.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
I have HSPL 1.83 and Radio 4.49.25.17 on TESS 2.F WM 6.1 ROM.

Softbank Pushmail works without problems.

Only thing I have is that after ROM flash, I have to send at least one email thru my Softbank mail to get it work. After sending 1 email, pushmail is working.

But that was with all Radios and ROMs the same.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] emx_o:
works for me with hspl 1.83 & radio 4.49.25.17 & TEss 3.3 ROM
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] sb09:
BeeGee,

Bumped this post from yesterday. Wondered if you had a chance to look into the different radio numbers in the link? Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
How do i know if i'm not getting edge (which i remember Orange supplies?) as i can't really remember getting it before?

Its ok this morning as if by magic i'm getting full Edge signal!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Strange, link 1 is for my file mirror. Are you sure you downloaded Topaz_Radio_4.49.25.17.exe file? The 4.49.25.05 is not listed in post #1 yet (I forgot about it :rolleyes:) But on my file mirror there is a Topaz_Radio_4.49.25.05.rar as well. And I just checked both files. They are correct.

I updated the post #1 today, (and forgot again the 4.49.25.05:rolleyes::rolleyes:) maybe there was a mistake in the links. It should be corrected now.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] sb09:
Hi BeeGee,

Thanks for checking! Yes, it was the rar file I downloaded from your file mirror, and if it's otherwise identical to the 4.49.25.17 radio, then I'll just leave it (the .05 seems to work just fine).
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] desztan:
If I'm using stock rom WM6.1, can I still flash with 4.49.25.17 radio when I put the nhb into the root of the SD card?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
If you flash the latest hardspl then do the radio rom you will be fine!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mossywell:
I'm with T-Mobile Uk as well currently using 4.47.25.31 and getting regular 3G "disconnections". Will try this new puppy to see if it improves things and will post back result.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] DaBountyHunter:
Can anyone confirm if the new 4.49 radio is causing more battery drain than usual as I suspect it might be using 4.49 with TESS 3.3 ...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] haranbh:
No problem here so far...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Same for me, but I am using WM6.1 TESS 2.F.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] emx_o:
tess 3.3 + 4.49.25.17:

14h 17min standby, 1h 33min usage = 71%

think thats okay, got more battery drain with 4.48 radios
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] haranbh:
Maybe its TESS Rom.. isn't it ?

All benchmarks show a high power drain for TESS Roms...

Did you notice this power drain before you flashed the new radio?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
No. I saw it today, but I have to check again, because I read long time my ebooks on the train today. That might be the reason. Will know more by tomorrow.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] remu2l:
I delete/reset the activesync setting 3-4 times, then my gmail pushmail comes back and works fine.:) my contact list also deleted by damn gmail sync,fortunately I have backup of it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] desztan:
So I still need to do HardSPL b4 I can upgrade the radio?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
Yes fella, contact me via pm and i'll step you through via msn .. its so easy ....
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Can we get the official RADIO Roms from HTC? So that we dont need to HRD-SPL?

One Quick Q: What is Advantage/Disadvantage of Hard-SPL?

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
I saw very rare radio ROM updates from HTC and they were always regional limited. So you cannot flash them without HSPL.

Advantage of HSPL: - Freedom of the user to choose what ROM/Radio combination he likes

Disadvantage of HSPL: - Warranty broken
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Thanks for the quick reply :)

So from where we get these Radio ROMs? Is this user community based development like cooked roms?

Can you suggest BEST Radio ROM for India networks. I am still wondering between 4.47.25.09, 4.47.25.31 and 4.49.xx.xx. I want to HardSPL after I get some confirm report from experts like you :).

Also I think I need to do HardSPL 1.83, which is the latest ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=520312

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Often taken from official ROM release or dumped from phones.

I am not an expert, but checking this thread daily, I can tell you that the latest 4.49.xx radio ROM's seems to be the best worldwide.

yes, 1.83 is the latest one. make sure that ur Antivirus and Firewall are temporarily down and that you have a internet connection.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Dump / Backup My Radio ROM Before I HardSPL ANd Update Radio

Hello All,

Any pointers to Backup/Dump my TD2's RADIO Rom before I hardSPL and Update the Radio?

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] schmeichler:
no need when only flashing radio as stock-radios are well available - if you want ot anyway check the topaz-wiki for 'dump my phone'
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
I just downloaded the 4.49.25.17 (Got only one EXE Topaz_Radio_4.49.25.17.exe) and as per the install instruction use included CustomRUU....

Here the EXE is Topaz_Radio_4.49.25.17.exe so can I get the instruction for this Radio?

Edit: Got it now :) It is Automatically install the Radio ROM. Successfully upgraded to 4.49.25.17. Thanks ALL for guide/help.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] qitt:
Just unrar exe, inside it you will see nbh file. Or simply run exe, it launch rom update utility.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
yes. Got it now... Thanks :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] prabhat:
Hello all,

I am from Hyderabad, India and just updated the RADIO ROM to 4.49.25.17 (was: 3.43.25.19) and looks like the GSM Signals are good now and voice clarity is good too. Will test few more days and will update here so that users from this area may get some more pointers...

The signal bars are full most of the times.... and I just read one post # 13 @ http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=546412&page=2 which says the signal bars are adjusted.... Not sure what does that mean :(... But I feel this Radio as better one.... Any coment here?

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] van toan:
Hi! all

in Vietnam, I can do better Radio

Current phone I'm using 3.44.25.27 Rario

not know no better

I am using the 6.5 Rom NRGZ28:confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Pete_S:
Sorry, I know this is a bit off-topic, but:

On t-mobile in London, I've suddenly started seeing "3G" instead of "H". This started yesterday. When I use the service it changes to "H", and a few seconds after I stop it changes back to "3G". So it doesn't seem to have any consequence.

Before yesterday, my TD2 always displayed "H" whether I used data or not. I switched ROMs back and forth but it made no difference.

Anybody else on t-mobile in the UK notice this, or is it just me?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] japester36:
Hi Pete_S,

I've noticed the same on T-Mobile too in the last day or so. I'm based near Jn3 of the M3.

I think there must be something changed at their end as I had the phone wake me up this morning with a warning that there was 'a problem with the GPRS network'. I couldn't get any data but voice was OK.

I rebooted the phone and the issue has gone away.

I'm using 4.49.25.17 and in every other way, this radio is better for me.

John
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Pete_S:
Thanks, John. I was going nuts thinking my phone was going faulty... I should have followed my usual rule: If something strange happens, blame the network, not the phone

I'm now using 4.49.25.17 again. It's better than the stock radio in weak reception areas, but no better than 4.47.25.xx, just reads higher.

What I've noticed happening more since I upgraded from stock (to 4.47x or 4.49x), when moving between cells sometimes the data channel looks like remaining open (the little "H" above the bars stays) but the channel doesn't work, and the phone doesn't try to automatically reconnect, like it used to. The only way to get it working again is manually disconnect data and reconnect (manually or automatically), which is a pain when streaming radio. It actually crashes Coreplayer sometimes. This used to happen occasionally with the stock ROM, it happens a lot more now I've upgraded.

Maybe I should blame the network again!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tsouree:
Hello guys!i'm looking forward to change my diamond2 radio due to poor performance,i ve just read the guide to hardspl and then to radio upgrade and i want to ask you if this process will be erase all data in the phone or it will upgrade only radio?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
Hey, it only upgrades the radio, not a bad idea to do a backup using pim backup just in case! or use ms myphone.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tsouree:
Many thanks for the response!also the installing of hardspl not format the device?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
No! Just get on with it!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tsouree:
Thanks i ve just upgrade hardspl and radio from 3.43.25.10 to 4.49.25.17,in Cosmote 3g network has better reception as in a single point of test RSSI improved from 14 to 16.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tsouree:
Have you observe problem to connect to internet via 3g?it is quite slow to connect with new radio 4.49.25.17 and some times impossible.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Here in Japan it is always like this. I get the 3G at the beginning of a connection, then it changes to H while data is transfered. After a while it changes back to 3G.

Seems the 3G shows availability, the H shows that a real connection is setup.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BeeGee_Tokyo:
I saw no differences between the radios in the speed to connect.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BumAround:
Concur with you, BeeGee_Tokyo, same here (Southeast Asia region, in 2-3 of countries' capitals).
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tsouree:
This occurs due to Radio Base stations setup,in RBS with 6 cells the first three are indicating 3g signal as these cells are only for voice,when you try to connect to internet RBS tranfer your session to the other three cells which are data dedicated and for this reason you see the interchange between 3G to HSDPA.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] opensea:
In Turkey, i never see 3G. It's allways H. And fast.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BumAround:
'H' is short for HSDPA, data connection. '3G' is for voice. Bsically the same. Unless Turkey has different standard, which is non-existent.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Pete_S:
Our friend in Turkey was simply describing what he sees displayed. Before a few days ago I saw "3G" come up just once in many months, it was quite a surprise. All the rest of the time it displayed "H" all the time.

Now, a change seems to have been made on T-mobile in the UK which apparently makes it more similar to other networks elsewhere in the world, as BeeGee_Tokyo describes. I don't know the nature of the change but it doesn't seem to have had any effect on the service, just how the phone displays it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] BumAround:
I was also describing what I saw displayed on my device, which concurs to Bee_Gee_Tokyo's post.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
Easy wasn't it mate ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] tsouree:
Yes Adi!easier than i expect!thanks for your help!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adigraham:
Your welcome buddy .. cooked rom for you next then ;)