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Originally Posted by rainfreak
Maybe it does, I couldn't tell you. I am one who likes the newer, better product. So I installed the new radio almost immediately after it was released.
For the life of me I can't figure out why anyone wouldn't be running this new radio...
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Bob's extensive testing showed no battery life differences. This was way back in like the first SSK thread, or maybe even VZN 3.0.
I did not notice any differences in recption. And I live in an interesting area...in the sticks, but near an EV-DO tower. So there are lots of great signal areas and lots of bad, and even no serivce areas near me. I payed close attention and was getting the expected recption everywhere. However, this was just my observed performance, and was not even remotely scientific like Bob's battery tests, or my ghetto GPS test below.
What I did notice, and others including Scott noted, that GPS locks were quicker. After getting an initial fix with each radio, I soft resetted the phone and got a fix 5 times with each. The stock 1.03 radio averaged something like 8.2 or 8.3 seconds...the 1.11 radio was 11.0 average. This was all done on the same day within about an hour timeframe, outside, 20ft+ away from my house and no tall buildings or other interference nearby.
So really it's very minimal, but I am sticking with 1.03 for now. Like someone else said, your mileage will vary with radios, so you should test them out to see if there are any differences in your area.
EDIT: Also, I did use the S2A w/ curtain just fine on 1.03 radio...but I never OEMed it in. This was way back on a VZN ROM I think...