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Are we all Mad?

You know what, i look at this forum everday hoping to improve my phone. I don't know anyone else who does this, and those that know I do think i'm mad.
All i'm trying to do is get a good sigal on my phone. I've tried flashing every radio ROM and and its time to face up to it... we'll never get a decent signal on these things.
I get two bars in my house. Just put my sim into a nokia n82 and its constantly on full bars! 3.5g too constantly.
Have I got a duff phone? or are all these HTC TDs just crap at what their primary purpose is ... to connect to a mobile network properley?
Shame. i'm thinking of buying an i900 Omnia instead, Is this any better for signal strength? maybe i should use my old nokia 2110 from the 90s. prob has a better battery still than the HTC TD!

Just out of curiosity... Why are you posting this as a new thread in the rom development forum?
I'm also looking for better signal strength... Have been ever since getting my diamond. I've also flashed all available radio roms... But this is (at least in my experience) quite common with these phones... After a couple of month (and a couple of version updates to radio roms) for the most part resolved...

The diamond is the first phone which give me full bars at my home. Using .05 radio.
No probs at all.

I understand your beef with eh signal man but this is not the correct place to voice your issue as this part of the forum is for ROM development.
Have you tried other Radios too?

To see 2 or 5 bars - it is a question of programming. This does not mean, you will have a "better" signal on a different device.
On the other hand, your handset can be also defected.
BTW I think this is not the right forum to post this problem.

Because i've been trying all the radio ROMS here and they don't seem to make any difference to the RF. Maybe battery power is improved. I read that elsewhere that the poor signal was just down to the ROM.
Does a Radio ROM exist that actually improves reception?
Thanks,
Mark

skrap3 said:
The diamond is the first phone which give me full bars at my home. Using .05 radio.
No probs at all.
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Really? maybe I have duff hardware? Sorry if i posted this in the wrong area (hangs head)
Any advise would be great though. Just flashing ROM .5 again . I've been usign .7 and .11 also .8 but nothing spectacullar. Duttys ROM is great for all else though. These phones would be nothing without xda developers!
Thanks again
Mark

Ya YOU are mad posting this on the ROM section!

Sergio PC said:
Ya YOU are mad posting this on the ROM section!
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Please can someone move this thread into another section? I don't think i'm going to be able to sleep otherwise!

goodnite. now u can sleep.
ps: jus cudnt stand seein u get mad on ur own!

I have a complete opposite exprience. Before i had orange i had no reception in my house. Neither with the sim in my diamond. I changed to hi/kpn and got 2 bars inside and 2 outdoors (with radio .03). With radio .05 2 bars inside and 3 bars outdoors. With .07 the same as .05 only faster gps fix. Now with .08 i have 3 bars inside and 4 outdoors.

ill sacrifice a bar or two ANY day to have the coolest device in the world. im almost batman!

mwatson said:
Really? maybe I have duff hardware? Sorry if i posted this in the wrong area (hangs head)
Any advise would be great though. Just flashing ROM .5 again . I've been usign .7 and .11 also .8 but nothing spectacullar. Duttys ROM is great for all else though. These phones would be nothing without xda developers!
Thanks again
Mark
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With duttys roms i always got gps issues, using swiftblades 6.0 lite now. I get a gps signal in my living room (near windows) which was not possible with older phones i used or with any of my girlfriends phones.
But i can tell you it was a hard way of trying roms and settings to get my diamond working nearly perfect.
I think its a good mix of a rom, radio and settings.
Only way is trying.
...its no advertise for the diamond. Its still a nice ppc but i prefer other devices.

Blazeitup123 said:
ill sacrifice a bar or two ANY day to have the coolest device in the world. im almost batman!
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I'm with you on this, if all we wanted was better reception we'ld never be buying these things. (Mine last almost a year at best) It's all about tweaking, playing & most of all coolness (My teenage kids will kill me)

Which Radio Is best

I keep reading about radios and some people have better luck with different versions. is this to do with which country / network your connected to. If so could we make a list of radios that work best for you e.g.
My setup
UK/ t-mobile = L26 7.5/ 1.10.25.25 radio
feels like im losing battery quickier then the original radio
Thank you

I would also be interested in the results of this.
Was using 1.09.25.35 on 02 uk. Since going to dutty's 1.8 ROM, moved to 1.10.25.25 which seems to be better with this ROM (initial impressions).
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I keep reading about radios and some people have better luck with different versions. is this to do with which country / network your connected to. if so could we make a list of radiosthat wrok best for for you e.g.
UK/ Orange = 1.09.25.35 (example only)
Thank you
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For me 1.10.25.25 have best reception.

gregy74 said:
For me 1.10.25.25 have best reception.
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Same for me on 3 in the UK - which drops back to orange in 2g areas. Still not as good receiption as my trinity though.

1.10 boosts my signal with some towers, at home i got an better signal with an increase of 3 bars, but at work it has dropped 2 bars compared to 1.09.
netherlands telfort

gregy74 said:
For me 1.10.25.25 have best reception.
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Same for me with Orange UK.

1.09.25.14 seems to work best for me here in Beijing, China.
Good battery life, good reception.

my opinion: nobody knows what is changed, so nobody knows what is best for you! i tend to believe that incrementing numbers take incremental benefits - and if i notice something which I dislike i go back one step!
in this moment, i am testing 1.12 with the same philosophy, one week of trial - and then let's make the point!

Radio 1.12.25.16

posted at chinese site www.5dppc.com
http://www.5dppc.com/thread-9433-1-1.html
a rom with 1.22 driver also released
http://www.5dppc.com/thread-9435-1-1.html
http://www.5dppc.com/thread-9434-1-1.html

those are chineese official????:?

Here's the file, haven't tried it yet...
http://rapidshare.com/files/201031796/HD_Radio_1.12.25.16.rar

i think this are costum made not official, becase on htc website I cannot see any update.... who will test it

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i think this are costum made not official, becase on htc website I cannot see any update.... who will test it
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i just flashed it
flashes fine
works fine
time will tell if it improves anything

Well I've chucked it onto my HD, and it hasn't made much of a difference at all. It's no worse than 1.10.25.25.
But yeah, it flashed fine, and appears to be working.

Updated Blackstone Radio thread.
Also compiled the radio with BlackstoneRuu.exe in new download.
Blackstone Radio 1.12.25.16

AllTheWay said:
Updated Blackstone Radio thread.
Also compiled the radio with BlackstoneRuu.exe in new download.
Blackstone Radio 1.12.25.16
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Thanks for sharing windirt and for the packaging AllTheWay!

Tested this Radio, work excellent, reception is strong, GPS quite fast, haven't tested Wifi though, anyone can help with wifi please?

AllTheWay said:
Updated Blackstone Radio thread.
Also compiled the radio with BlackstoneRuu.exe in new download.
Blackstone Radio 1.12.25.16
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Hi AllTheWay,
Thanks for that link. I'll try it just before my next ROM change. I have only one complaint with the current radio. I can't make my HD connect to a fixed IP address/mac_address so I have to leave one IP address open just for the HD. Greets to your part of the world

I just did the RADIO flash too! Will report and keep u update in few hours time.

AllTheWay said:
Updated Blackstone Radio thread.
Also compiled the radio with BlackstoneRuu.exe in new download.
Blackstone Radio 1.12.25.16
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Hey AllTheWay,
I noticed that the package that you posted has the version of the RUUwrapper that gives the false positive in virus alerts. My virus protection even erases it! Here is one that I found packaged with other roms that doesn't give the false positive.

Waiting for the first couple of feedback, then i'ma flash.

flashed without problem. it is working like the 1.10.25.25 ROM and got no errors till now. GPS is a little bit strange in my eyes but maybe i have to test it outdoors (i am in germany). we will see.. but i think its at least working as well as the 1.10.25.25 ROM.. all other things will need some days to tell

just flashed, first thing with tomtom the first fix inside my house is really fast .. before I had to wait sometimes and I experienced the "poor signal" error, phone signal requires some days to be tested, wi-fi works well

I just flashed it - can't see any obvious differences except that my memory usage seems to have dropped significantly. Not sure how if/how the radio is realted to memory usage but that would seem to be a big improvement to me

Saintsman said:
I just flashed it - can't see any obvious differences except that my memory usage seems to have dropped significantly. Not sure how if/how the radio is realted to memory usage but that would seem to be a big improvement to me
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are you sure? i cannot see that memory improvement in usage.. but maybe its because i use davideucks rom (v5) with that Radio ROM.. but that would be strange as well, or?

Lazy79 said:
are you sure? i cannot see that memory improvement in usage.. but maybe its because i use davideucks rom (v5) with that Radio ROM.. but that would be strange as well, or?
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I'm just using stock 1.14.405.3 WWE and am seeing a 9% drop in memory usage at the moment.
Like I say, it seems strange as I wouldn't have thought there would be any impact, or if there was it would be minimal.

Saintsman said:
I'm just using stock 1.14.405.3 WWE and am seeing a 9% drop in memory usage at the moment.
Like I say, it seems strange as I wouldn't have thought there would be any impact, or if there was it would be minimal.
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Similar experience here too, now using stock 1.14.405.3 Orange rom with this radio, memory usage is at 35% at moment with all the HD Tweak cache tweaks made, its usually in the low 40%'s, perhaps the cache isn't in use yet.

maybe i see this improvment not as good as you because davis rom is using a dynamic pagepool, but i think if two reports that, that it is a really good news with that new radio rom, isn`t it?

what the newest and pest radio

i want the newest and best radio
my x1 flash with xperia-unoff x1.5 and the network very poor
so what i should do

its "b"est radio m8 ^^
well not easy 2 say... i heard it depends... 1.16 is the last official 1 as far es i know..
i am \also not quite happy with the 1.17 i am using atm.. i guess i will have to try 1.16 and 1.14...
Does the X2 come with a newer Radio mayb .. any1 know?

i think you shuould try every radio... because newest radio may eat you battery in a day ... yes,yes signal is good , but 8 hours and you are empty... for me 1.10 the best .. good signal , good battery .. 1.14 very good signal - 1 day battery . now use unoff 1.5 too
play with that - and you will find the best for you....

k2009 said:
i want the newest and best radio
my x1 flash with xperia-unoff x1.5 and the network very poor
so what i should do
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wtf ?? This is your first post!
How dare you ask such a question??
Go and learn the rules man and search before posting!!
Cheers.
Mods: Please close this thread!

Shazad.K said:
wtf ?? This is your first post!
How dare you ask such a question??
Go and learn the rules man and search before posting!!
Cheers.
Mods: Please close this thread!
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lol So true!!!
That's funny right there.

Good Question!
Go easy on the guy! We haven't all owned Xperias since release day. I just got mine a month ago, flashed the Leo Hybrid ROM, and am wondering the exact same question.
My radio seems to be quite weak as well, barely hooking onto HSDPA. It's 1.14.25.55
Any recommendations would be great, and I'd love to read some more reviews in here.

deezy7 said:
Go easy on the guy! We haven't all owned Xperias since release day. I just got mine a month ago, flashed the Leo Hybrid ROM, and am wondering the exact same question.
My radio seems to be quite weak as well, barely hooking onto HSDPA. It's 1.14.25.55
Any recommendations would be great, and I'd love to read some more reviews in here.
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well there is no reason to have the same threads over and over. do a little search and u will find (most of the time) what u need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532249
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=565182
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=506034
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=541808

what is your favorite Radio??

wich Radio do you suggest me to use ???!!
untill now im using 1.10.25.18 and many people think it has more battery power
please someone can tell me wich one to use? bec there are new ones and i dont realy know if they are better as they are new?
TY very much!!

You have to try them and see how they work for you. How "good" or "bad" a radio is depends on your location, provider, GPS app you use, the color of your shirt, etc.
For me, 1.17 works really well.

I second Harvey... Radio is fully based on your service provider... Try and use it for minimum 3 days...(to check battery drains, signal strength, call drops etc) and then decide to stick on one.
For me 1.17 works well (excellent)
PS: i forgot.... color of shirt is very important for ur Radio ROM... haha kidding...

well, flashed to 1.16 a few month ago - my previous version (ex factory, I recall) was 1.03
big improvement! 2 more bars, big improvement in the car as well

well, personally for me it goes like that..
1.10.25.18 has the best gps fix time for me
1.14 is the most stable
1.16 has not impressed me at all
Anyway, it seems to me radio version is not THAT important. You know, r2a roms are rock stable and have long battery time while r3a drain battery and freeze phones for many people

pixine786 said:
Radio is fully based on your service provider...
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It is Pelephone Israel>> i use igo 8 2010 MAPs
when i bought my xperia the signal was very low and after i changed to ....18 i got more battery and signal but i saw new Radios in the forum so do u suggest me to try all the Radios and find the best (well itll be hard cuz they are almost the same)
thnx every1 for the info:"that it is depend on my location" i didn know that !!! thnxxx

I think that the FM radio is the best!
Mods, please close this thread.
Thank you very much!

Some answers given, but basically you have to try them and then decide what meets your needs.
Mike
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