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Telstra Australia Radio Rom

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

[Q] Latest, safest radio for Telus DHD?

What is the best radio for the Telus DHD? Im having battery drainage issues

bump.
would like better battery life

I would also like to know the Safe radio options for Telus DHD
I have seen a few dotted around and some that are reccommended to gain the best peformance with specific roms (revolution for example) But i know changing the radio can sometimes be risky.
Thanks in advance.
oh and equlizer have you tried wiping battery memory, that worked a charm for me...

yep, battery issues fixed

equlizer said:
yep, battery issues fixed
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Glad to hear it!
Ive been trying to find posts with people advising against radio, or recommending the best fit (or general) radio compatibility with the Canadian Version of the Phone but i'm having no luck,,,
So far are the DHD radio's have the ability to be rolled back without issue?
Are there any specific radios that seem to brick the canadian version of the DHD?
does anyone have a definate answer?!

I think it depends on which rom you are using
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Hi,
My radio is 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M and I installed a Stock-rooted Gingerbread ROM.
It came with a radio but I didn't flash it (Mabe I was scared or just wanted to test the ROM first who know...) the fact is since then, my battery life as improved and the radio signal is good enough that I didn't flash it.
(24-32 hours of autonomy with a good use of my device)
Should I think again and flash the new radio anyway ?
here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059563
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HTC A9192 Telus Desire HD
Stock-rooted Gingerbread (2.36.405.8) by Seraphic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059563
Radio (12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M)

I live near Ottawa, but in a lower reception area, and I have been trying radios trying to get a good mix of reception and battery life.
Currently I'm using "Radio_12.35d.60.140f_26.06.03.24_M2 - TELUS WWE 1.84.661.1" and the corresponding RIL on Leedroid GB rom. It seems ok for now, but if anyone has tried a bunch of radios and can suggest their own best results for us Canadian desire owners, I would be much appreciated!

a fellow telus dhd owner here in edmonton. i'm using the latest radio (check sig) with g ril on cm7 with great results. i was using hm ril's for a bit and the device had very poor performance (calls cutting in and out, slow gps sat lock, wifi/3g sporadic disconnect/reconnect, etc). all that has been remedied by just flashing a g ril instead of a hm ril.
i think it'd be good to remind everyone that matching your radio and ril to your rom type (i.e. sense vs asop) is also important. from what i've read, use g for asop and hm for sense roms. it sure made a difference for me.

Thank you for the good advice. I switched up to the newest radio and ril and they seem the best for me I am still interested to know what others agree having success with here in Canada
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I'm a fairly new user, got my Telus DHD (first Android) in the beginning of april, I live in Montreal, and took the entire phone apart within the first week. Tried a whole bunch of roms, then learned the hard way that Sense roms are like beautiful girls in bars at 2 am, they get you excited at first but then it's all disappointment... Lately I've been playing a lot with cyanogen nightlies, and I've been trying to find the best battery life possible.
So far the best I got was CM7.1 RC1 with Radio_12.35d.60.140f_26.06.03.24_M2 - TELUS WWE 1.84.661.1
That would last me over 35 hours very consistently with heavy use, screen on and lots of data (3G)
I tried pretty much all other radios on the latest nightlies (right now #170) and haven't found anything as good as 26.06.03.24_M2. I am in the process of reflashing that one while on this nightly to see if things will go back to what I had.
When you know your rom (and apps running) are not draining the battery, is the radio/ril the only other variables that affect battery life ? In other words, would the same radio/RIl drain the same regardless of the rom you're using ?
(forgot to mention I flash Alienmind's stuff over that, so I also use LordModUE v6.9.2 kernel and I change the OC to 122min/1.3max and use Brazilianwax (that governor seems so far seems to be the best)

[Q] Reasons for flashing a new radio

Hi All,
I have a rooted Desire HD with Radio S-OFF and ENG S-OFF. I am running the latest Gingerbread Coredroid ROM on the UK T-Mobile network.
The radio on my phone is Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M.
I have no issues with signal strength, wifi, etc.
Is there any benefit to flashing my radio to the latest recommended one: Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_SF.
I have read all the threads an know how to do it, I am just not sure what the benefits are and whether they outweigh the risks.
Thanks
Andrew

If your present radio is working fine without any problems I wouldn't recommend flashing the new radio

Hi idlefrog
Is there any benefit to flashing my radio to the latest recommended one: Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_SF.
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I am not going to be of much help yo you other the to say, Why not ask the recommender as to why they recommend it?
Take Care
TheQuest

I was in same boat had a no probs with my radio but when i flashed leedroid i decided after a week to flash radio aswell and iv noticed battery and speed differences? Pays to flash recomended radio and it only takes 2 minutes
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snowwhite007 said:
I was in same boat had a no probs with my radio but when i flashed leedroid i decided after a week to flash radio aswell and iv noticed battery and speed differences? Pays to flash recomended radio and it only takes 2 minutes
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+1, just bear in mind if your not radio s-off and it all goes pear shaped you may not be able to downgrade

Thanks for your replies.
Well my curiosity got the better of me and I flashed the radio. I used the method described in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597
I had a problem at first getting the "adb reboot bootloader" with an error message coming up saying "adb server is out of date. killing...". The answer was to kill adb.exe in task manager. It all worked fine after that.
I will have to wait and see if I notice any difference. I have a full strength signal currently.

My understanding is that the radio firmware manages and controls the wifi, bluetooth, cell radios and other low level hardware functionality.
When someone designs a ROM, it makes sense for them to pick a radio and stick to it unless they have obvious issues, as a different radio version can introduce a wide range of variables into how the phone runs.
So, there may not be anything better or worse with an different radio (although with some there definitely are) but the point is, your experience with the ROM should more closely match that of the designers.
That generally means faster, more efficient, and if you have any bug reports, they'll be taken far more seriously.

I've been running the new radio for a few days now and no problems at all. I honestly can't say I notice any difference in the signal strength, but in collaboration with Coredroid V4 the battery life seems very good.

[Q] Core Droid - Weak Signal Reception

Hi,
First: THANKS to whoever developed CoreDroid!!!
It's an AMAZING ROM - the best I tried by a looooooooooooooong way: sleek, fast(er), almost as tweakable as Cyanogen7 but much more usable and very friendly UI.
I find only one area of probles: signal strength.
Where I have clear reception with my Nokia N8, I have no signal with my DHD running CoreDroid. In all honesty, other 2 ROMs had the same problem so I am curious to ask other forum members if this is known HWare problem or if it is a ROM problem.
Japan, Softbank, rooted DHD, CoreDroid, Android 2.3.3
Any idea how to improve signal reception?
Thanks for any help!

Have you tried flashing another radio?
Flashing guide
Radio thread
I don't know if there's any different recommendations in Japan, someone else will have to help you with that.
Edit: Maybe the radio radio that came with the gingerbread leak could help.

@ Hawk,
Thanks, but I am using that very radio...! (BTW, who developed CoreDroid? It's a really cool ROM).
Japan has a bit of a tricky situation with the carrier's frequencies etc... and before blaming the ROM I was wondering if anyone has had any experince with flashed ROMs signal weakness in this country or... I is anyone aware of reported issues with this specific new CoreDroid 4.8 on Sense 2.1 (signal levels)?
Sam? Others?
TIA for any help... would be much appreciated...

Hi,
I have installed Radio 12.35d.60.140fU_26.08.03.07_M and work very fine with the last version of coredroid

blackangel73 said:
Hi,
I have installed Radio 12.35d.60.140fU_26.08.03.07_M and work very fine with the last version of coredroid
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Whatever you do, stay away from CoreDroid V5. Personalize button does not work! I read it somewhere in the forum, but wanted to try it by myself, and found the fact.
Regarding the Radio, I never faced any big signal problem with the LeeDroid recommended Radio, but battery life issue was something I was waiting to be developed by some guru someday. Now, running CoreDroid V4.8 (over a week), and Radio 12.35d.60.140fU_26.08.03.07_M (since last night) I'll be watching for a few days before feeling any difference between the two Radios. I already got a feeling with better battery life with the new Radio.

Sam,
Instead of "feeling" how about "measuring" the signal strength and batt life?

Desire getting hot when using 3G, change radio + RIL?

I'm using RCmixS CM7 v2.0 ROM and v1.8 before that (GB 2.3.3 with Sense 2.1 + 3.0), and whenever I use 3G the phone gets hot. It doesn't get hot when not using 3G.
I have a stock radio 5.11.5.27, which worked fine with the stock ROM without phone getting hot when using 3G.
Should I change and flash a different radio? Which radio version is the best for this ROM (or for any ROM with GB 2.3.3 with new Sense)?
I read at few threads there is a RIL. Do I need to flash that as well if I flash different radio?

Before rooting or flashing my ROM. My HTC Desire 2.2 Froyo will usually get hot on 3G when surfing the net. I went to the HTC care centre, and asked why. The support representative said, that this is normal. Since the mobile network provider provides internet connections on best effort basis, the network speed will fluctuate up and down depending on area and so forth. Because of this, the phone will use up more battery when the 3G signal is not full to maintain a stable connection.
After rooting and flashing to InsertCoin rom, same thing. So I guess this is something normal. I have another friend who also uses HTC desire. Same issue. So this is not an issue with the radio.

Yeah, before rooting mine was getting just a little but hotter, but now it's getting much hotter.
The difference between before and now is quite noticeable...

Actually, just for a test, I just disabled the 3G, so now only GPRS/EDGE, and the phone is getting even hotter during browsing with 2G, I guess because the data is being transmitted much longer.
But it was definitely not this hot before with the stock ROM, either when using 2G or 3G!

same problem with me
any idea?

Try another sense and aosp rom. If problem persits, give htc a ring.

Well, I tried a newer radio 5.17.05.08 and the phone is getting noticeably LESS hot, it gets just little warm.
I'll try few more radios to find one that works best.
I suppose the newer radios work better with Gingerbread roms...