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FYI for those who didnt notice....

PRL - 2.17 comes with PRL 60608 - Newest PRL is 60610

this will impact your ability to roam and receive signal from the right network at the right time.

SCI - Be sure to go into the NAM settings and look at your SCI, mine was set back to 2 and i immmediately noticed my phone didnt seem to register service correctly, calls took longer to ring through.


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I fear we create a "performance mob mentality" when we claim issues are caused by one thing or another without much real isolated evidence supporting.

Show me exactly how you know the radio stack is the issue?
Show me exactly how you know the dropped call is a BT issue?

Dont get me wrong, i am not saying that percieved issues are not real, but that we are misdiagnosing them and leading people astray. Dont forget about the hardware too. As my good friend Kieth who worked on the linux kernal with Linus likes to say "design flaws cannot be patched with even excellent quality software/firmware".

for example: coverage issues - lets look at the networks, not the handsets.....

Radio waves (notice the word waves) ebb and flow like the ocean at the beach. This means that coverage is not static. You also have impact from weather. Bottom line, performance even in a "solid" coverage area will fluctuate (there are so many performance variables for the network, interferring cell signals, weather, topography, individual handsets etc). Having worked on the network engineering side i will tell you techs work very hard to maintain the percieved performance and coverage.

The signal strength meter is a dummy meter and is not 100% accurate dont attempt to use this as the sole indication of a performance change after a ROM update, especially if you have not updated your PRL.

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now i want to propose a solution to assist. Lets create a simple troubleshooting process for people to follow to help identify the true nature of the issues. I am sure HTC, Sprint, Alltel, Verizon and others would appreciate thought out constructive feedback more than a bunch of folks just screaming "it doesnt work!"