Does flashing the radio change the amount of radiation the phone emits?

GGlover · #1 (**permalink**) 05-17-2009, 07:44 PM

Hello all, I was just about to flash my radio and was wondering if it will change the SAR rating of the phone if I do... I am still going to do it as I almost always text or use my BT anyway, but I'm just curious as to what you all think. I've got the CDMA Touch Pro on Sprint if that matters. Thanks!

**Big D5** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-17-2009, 07:46 PM

Moved to Main TP Forum

**rezn** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-17-2009, 07:52 PM

Im not a nuclear physicist, but I would say that the amount of radiation from a new radio has p***** USDA, FDA and FCC regulatory guidance.

GGlover · #4 (**permalink**) 05-17-2009, 07:56 PM

True true, but then how is it supposed to improve the signal? I know that higer SAR doesn't mean better signal but that's why I'm asking. Besides Europe's regulation for SAR is set much higher than the US's.

Are the newest ones "optimized" somehow? If that's the case then they (cellphone carriers) should offer an OTA to update the radio. Am I right?

Eclipsi01 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-17-2009, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GGlover

Hello all, I was just about to flash my radio and was wondering if it will change the SAR rating of the phone if I do... I am still going to do it as I almost always text or use my BT anyway, but I'm just curious as to what you all think. I've got the CDMA Touch Pro on Sprint if that matters. Thanks!

Great. Another person who thinks his phone will give him cancer.
Do you know how much power these handsets put out at full tilt? About a 1/4 watt.

**rezn** · #6 (**permalink**) 05-17-2009, 08:28 PM

My phone giving me cancer is the least of my life's worries

GGlover · #7 (**permalink**) 05-17-2009, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Eclipsi01

Great. Another person who thinks his phone will give him cancer.
Do you know how much power these handsets put out at full tilt? About a 1/4 watt.

Hmm how do you know that phones don't give you caancer? For that matter why is one of the first questions a doctor asks if you're diagnosed with a brain tumor behind your temple "do you use a cell phone a lot". Pardon me for being concerned... And even if you DO have a crappy life, brain cancer will always make it worse... Trust me

Rourke Swift · #8 (**permalink**) 05-18-2009, 01:06 AM

Hmm.... well, I'm not an expert on this in any way shape or form, but I'd theorize that yes, changing the radio could reduce radiation, though only marginally.

Switching from the stock Alltel radio to the Telus radio improved my signal by about 15 dBm (32 mW) which means my phone is spending less juice trying to find and maintain a signal, meaning less cancer in my face.

Though 32 milliwatts is... well, not much.

shark1987 · #9 (**permalink**) 05-18-2009, 01:43 AM

yea i'd say it wouldn't be any kind of significant difference. maybe throughout your entire life if it was gonna kill you, you'd gain a day more lol.

AceXMachine · #10 (**permalink**) 05-18-2009, 03:56 AM

I can say with virtual certainty that the Radio software itself will not significantly change the SAR of the phone, if at all. That has to do with the hardware itself (transceiver assembly, shielding, antenna etc). Since the Touch Pro is on the high end of the scale anyways (1.43, max permitted by the FCC is 1.6), even if it did change it would not be enough to save your cooking grey matter...