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Hi,
You guy's have to bear with me...
I am waiting for my MDA Pro. It is a german model, so when it arrives I want to get a portuguese or english firmware on it.
So far so good.
What I would love to know is which ROM-releases are considered the best, with "best" meaning:
- every aspect of the device works
- the software is stable
- good speed
- less battery consumption
Which ROM would you guy's recommend?
I don't care that much about good looks and "state of the art". What I want is a working device. It should work fine with my bluetooth carkit and my bluetooth GPS-receiver. I do make much use of WLAN as well.
Thanks,
vma
vma said:
Hi,
You guy's have to bear with me...
I am waiting for my MDA Pro. It is a german model, so when it arrives I want to get a portuguese or english firmware on it.
So far so good.
What I would love to know is which ROM-releases are considered the best, with "best" meaning:
- every aspect of the device works
- the software is stable
- good speed
- less battery consumption
Which ROM would you guy's recommend?
I don't care that much about good looks and "state of the art". What I want is a working device. It should work fine with my bluetooth carkit and my bluetooth GPS-receiver. I do make much use of WLAN as well.
Thanks,
vma
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If it's in that order (with almost complete stability), stick to the manufacturer's ROM. Alternatively, I find Jwright's 2.02 almost perfect and use my uni for the same things as you. Read the thread on his ROM before you dive in, though.
Most stable firmware!
This is the most stable fimware for me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298020
I have also tested all other ROM's and some times it freezes or it's slower or some programms cannot run.
Helmi's ROM is also an good option, but I have problems with my bluetooth Parrot 3200 LS-Color carkit.
Since I have installed it (a week ago), all my problems are fixed!!!
No freeze, verry fast, my own language, all programs work.
It is PERFECT.....
So i can recommand the DarkForce ROM for Qtek 9000.
Regards,
**** Zevenbergen
I think jwrights ROM 2.02 is the most stable one i have ever used .
Thanks!
vma
I'm using Helmi's AKU3.3 ROM 2.50.00 and for last is the one that is working the best for me so far. I tried AKU 3.5 but with the issue of the speed dial made me stay away from it.
But maybe soon I will be trying upgrading to WM6... just need to be sure it's behaving at least as good as the one I have now
vma said:
What I would love to know is which ROM-releases are considered the best, with "best" meaning:
- every aspect of the device works
- the software is stable
- good speed
- less battery consumption
Which ROM would you guy's recommend?
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Well mine is best... As in the one I made in the kitchen; well it suites MY needs
Seriously, you will never know by just asking on here, people have come to metaphorical blows over which ROM is best.
It really does seem to come down to factors like what you use it for and how you use it, there are too many variables and what is good for me may not be for you.
I wouldn't even say that the official ROM you get with your device is the best for stability; I found the O2 Exec ROM was painfully slow and constantly requiring a reset.
Hey guys,
I just moved from the Netherlands to Australia and I got a contract on the Next G network from Telstra. I am currently running Radio 1.54.00.1 which is not bad, but it can be better I think. I was wondering if there are other people here that are on this network and if you have any recommendations?
Thank a lot
Lees said:
Hey guys,
I just moved from the Netherlands to Australia and I got a contract on the Next G network from Telstra. I am currently running Radio 1.54.00.1 which is not bad, but it can be better I think. I was wondering if there are other people here that are on this network and if you have any recommendations?
Thank a lot
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Welcome to the Land of Oz!
Best I've found so far is 1.40.30.00 running with Black RC rom, tried all the others but always end up back here. With a newer rom base 3.61 or 3.62 a newer radio may???? be better, but until I find a better rom than Black RC (haven't yet) this is the radio that seems to give the best all round performance.
i am using htc original based rom (hacked) which i find extremely stable and reliable.
I use 1.43 which is an awesome radio and designed for australias conditions, fast internet, fast lock on, little switching, good reception.
battery is pretty good unless u use hspda a lot ( eg messenger constant 4 2 hours will suck ur battery quicker than talk time)
i updated to 1.54 but it sucked big time and wnt back to stable fast reliable 1.43 never failed me yet.
my recommendation, try this combination.
hey mate,
I use 1.20.31.10 that was the original that came with my handset, i have tried others but this gives me the best reception, batt power and speed. Im in vic.
pdajas
1.48 working great for me. 54 was chewing up a ridiculous amount of battery life!
Another vote for 1.40.30.00 working well on NextG in Melbourne!
Using 1.43 in Melbourne. No problems at all.
Must admit that I havent tried any others so cant say how well it compares with others.
Thaks guys, I'll give your recommendations a go!
Cheers
Hi,
On my HTC P3300 i noticed a different radio can be a world of difference in battery life.
There was an older one, which was just stable enough, and my battery was standby for almost 1 full week!
I have the Touch Pro 2 now, and i'm wondering which radio is the minimum and most stable rom with best battery life? I flashed the latest radio here in the topic above, but it consumes reasonable.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Innovator
All of your radio questions will be answered in the depths of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549939
The battery usage is dependent on which RILPHONE.DLL has been cooked into the ROM you are using. However, I digress, for all of that information is available at the above thread. Please post future radio questions there
Yeah everyone knows this topic, but it's 90 pages man, this takes ages to read all!
Just want to know someone that tested a lot of radios and knows the minimum required and most stable with less battery consumption.
On Artemis forum there was simply a poll and people voted for best radio or least consumption, and it was correctly, my battery lasted a week!
Basically you have to do your own tests as it depends on the ROM you are using in combination with the radio.
That will give you the results you are looking for, but you have to test several to get conclusions
Let us know your results please
orb3000 said:
Let us know your results please
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I'd love to know your results as well. I recently flashed the Tmo 6.5, and the radio blows!! I have a helluva time hearing people, it always seems to be breaking up mid-call. I am considering flashing to the radio I had previously, but am not quite sure how well it will play with my current rom.
And yes, that radio rom thread has a million posts and is quite tedious to read.
i use dotcompt's deepshining rom with the radio 4.49.25.17 and i'm extremely impressed with my battery life...i've been up for about 12 hours now and during that 12 hours i've used my phone extensively...i text a lot and play music a lot too. My battery is showing a still solid 60%...not too shabby for a days use
Innovator said:
Hi,
On my HTC P3300 i noticed a different radio can be a world of difference in battery life.
There was an older one, which was just stable enough, and my battery was standby for almost 1 full week!
I have the Touch Pro 2 now, and i'm wondering which radio is the minimum and most stable rom with best battery life? I flashed the latest radio here in the topic above, but it consumes reasonable.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Innovator
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I saw your signature that you are using Rom: Cell Pro V10.1,i think you probably also tried cell pro lite v9.5, isnt this you are looking for? stable and least consuming?
Hi all,
Just recently rooted my phone, and now using Android Revolution HD 3.2 with the recommended radio (Radio_12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M), however my phone reception seems to be worse than before.
I was just wondering which other radio versions are compatible with this rom and are recommended?
I've read that the newest rom (12.35d.60.140fU_26.08.03.07_M_Test) seems to show great improvements all round, would this be a compatible candidate?
Appreciate your help guys!
Yes, I am currently using ARHD 3.2 with the radio you have mentioned. The 3G seems to have faster internet speed and wifi with better signal. Give it a go, because everyones reception is different depending on your country and area
Thanks for the reply. Flashed the radio to the latest version mentioned but still not getting the best reception.
Would there be any other compatible radio versions I should try out?
You can try any of the radios in the radio thread, but it may just be that your have crap reception in your area.
Anyway, I can't remember the the number but the Cingular radio was always great for me, on various versions of ARHD and LeeDrOiD.
Atm i m using the radio 26.08.03.07_M and it s working superb!
sphuyal said:
Atm i m using the radio 26.08.03.07_M and it s working superb!
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Using this too (on CleanDHD) and I'm very pleased with it. I'm in Oslo as well, although not on Telenor. A friend of mine is also using the same radio on his DHD. It seems to give the best reception over here, (pretty much) regardless of rom.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a kernel (that supports 2way call recording) and a radio (that works well on the vodafone australia network, if they are network specific), as I did a bit of searching but there isn't really any recommendations, eg should I always go with the latest radio etc, or quite what..
Any help would be much appreciated.
I was looking at "LorDModUE V8.5" -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085725
I'm unsure which radio though...
Lordmod is definitely a good kernel, and it has a 2-way call recording option
As for radio, I assume you've seen this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295
I know that some Vodafone phones are shipped with the 26.09.04.11_M2 radio, so you would assume that Vodafone know what they're doing and have used that radio for a reason. I'm using that one now and it has good reception and battery life (although I'm with Optus. There's only so much a radio can do to help out poor Vodafail )
In the end though, if you're comfortable with the process you should test a couple out because it might be different for your phone
maatsby said:
Lordmod is definitely a good kernel, and it has a 2-way call recording option
As for radio, I assume you've seen this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295
I know that some Vodafone phones are shipped with the 26.09.04.11_M2 radio, so you would assume that Vodafone know what they're doing and have used that radio for a reason. I'm using that one now and it has good reception and battery life (although I'm with Optus. There's only so much a radio can do to help out poor Vodafail )
In the end though, if you're comfortable with the process you should test a couple out because it might be different for your phone
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Yeah, ended up running his CFS kernel with 2-way recording.
Yep seen that thread, ended up running 12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M for now, just because it has some good reports.
Haha I know, vodafone is terrible, just had a cheap plan which did what I want with the phone I wanted at the time
It's stupid that in UK vodafone is rather good, and alot of other places. *sigh*
Thanks though, may go through and test them if I don't like how this radio goes..
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Yeah, ended up running his CFS kernel with 2-way recording.
Yep seen that thread, ended up running 12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M for now, just because it has some good reports.
Haha I know, vodafone is terrible, just had a cheap plan which did what I want with the phone I wanted at the time
It's stupid that in UK vodafone is rather good, and alot of other places. *sigh*
Thanks though, may go through and test them if I don't like how this radio goes..
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No worries mate. The only reason I'm using my current radio at the moment is because I saw some DHD's were shipped with it here, so I thought I'd give it a go to see if it makes a difference to call quality. I found the 26.13.04.19_M was a bit dodgy on the call quality although battery life was very good. Let me know how your one goes, I might consider another change!
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No worries mate. The only reason I'm using my current radio at the moment is because I saw some DHD's were shipped with it here, so I thought I'd give it a go to see if it makes a difference to call quality. I found the 26.13.04.19_M was a bit dodgy on the call quality although battery life was very good. Let me know how your one goes, I might consider another change!
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Yeah I'll inbox you how it goes. Thanks again, nice rom you're using, might look into changing to it some time..
Cheers mate that'd be good
Yeah you should check out blackice, and the other CM7 mods, there's some good tweaks and improvements made in all of them. And battery life is amazing
Burning_aces said:
Yeah, ended up running his CFS kernel with 2-way recording.
Yep seen that thread, ended up running 12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M for now, just because it has some good reports.
Haha I know, vodafone is terrible, just had a cheap plan which did what I want with the phone I wanted at the time
It's stupid that in UK vodafone is rather good, and alot of other places. *sigh*
Thanks though, may go through and test them if I don't like how this radio goes..
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Hi, I am using CM7.1 Stable at the moment. But with stock kernel and 26.13.04.19 radio. I had 26.14.04.28 installed on my DHD before, but found it drains too much battery (I might be wrong through and the culprit could be some of my apps or setting.)
Could you please tell me how it goes in your DHD? Battery life good?
Just want to see if it is the radio or the apps caused battery drain.
I tried the stock one. Works well. The regional stock one.
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Hi, I am using CM7.1 Stable at the moment. But with stock kernel and 26.13.04.19 radio. I had 26.14.04.28 installed on my DHD before, but found it drains too much battery (I might be wrong through and the culprit could be some of my apps or setting.)
Could you please tell me how it goes in your DHD? Battery life good?
Just want to see if it is the radio or the apps caused battery drain.
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The battery is draining fairly fast, going to test the stock one you're using against the one I'm using at the moment.
I'm using 26.14.04.28 at the moment and it's the best so far. However, I'm not sure whether with different radio shouldn't come different RIL to prevent battery drains (and where to get such RILs for CM).
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The battery is draining fairly fast, going to test the stock one you're using against the one I'm using at the moment.
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An update for you.
My most recent battery tests have had crazy good results. I got an overnight drain of about 0.3% per hour!
The setup is:
Radio: 26.09.04.11_M2
RIL: 2.2.1003G
Kernel: LordModUEv8.6-CFS-b5
ROM: a recent BlackICE KANG
So if you're getting high drain still, you could give this a try. I won't be changing anything for a while, I don't want to lose these amazing results!
maatsby said:
An update for you.
My most recent battery tests have had crazy good results. I got an overnight drain of about 0.3% per hour!
The setup is:
Radio: 26.09.04.11_M2
RIL: 2.2.1003G
Kernel: LordModUEv8.6-CFS-b5
ROM: a recent BlackICE KANG
So if you're getting high drain still, you could give this a try. I won't be changing anything for a while, I don't want to lose these amazing results!
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Does that kernel support 2way recording?
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Does that kernel support 2way recording?
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Have a search through lord's thread, I think it's a matter of copying over a file or two but I can't quite remember what that involves exactly sorry
maatsby said:
Have a search through lord's thread, I think it's a matter of copying over a file or two but I can't quite remember what that involves exactly sorry
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Yeah just flashed the radio, and made the changes to the kernel and about to flash the kernel. Cheers man. Looking forward to an awesome battery like yours!
Hi, is a G Ril exist with the 26.14.04.28M radio please?
Burning_aces said:
Yeah just flashed the radio, and made the changes to the kernel and about to flash the kernel. Cheers man. Looking forward to an awesome battery like yours!
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No worries. Keep in mind that radios act differently for every location so your mileage may vary. But I hope it's a winning combo for you!
@maatsby, i have the same config like your's, but with the 26.14.04.28M the internet connection is faster than 26.09.04.11M2. I seek issues but don't find. Just the ril in g mode to get in the folder blackice isn't exist imo.