[Jan 15th New Sprint Radio V1.11.00F] Official CDMA Diamond Radio Thread - Page 103

jrdatrackstar · #**1021** (**permalink**) 02-07-2009, 12:19 PM

after trying both the Telus radio and the new Sprint radio, I've gone back to the Sprint radio. Battery life I didn't get to test, but I can easily go a full day on a charge with the Sprint radio, but the biggest deal breaker for me was the YouTube app. I'm using the latest grooverom and whenever I would use the YouTube app that would load and run smooth on the Sprint radio, it would be all choppy and out of sync on the Telus radio. I tried hard resets and reflashes, and it was also the same on the Telus Radio. I know people are saying it depends on location, so does anyone else live in Indianapolis/Marion Indiana?

superkev · #**1022** (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 11:35 AM

I went back to the Telus radio after trying the Sprint one for about a week. I thought the Sprint radio might solve my problem of the phone randomly locking up if Flexmail was left on overnight, but it didn't. Also, battery usage increased significantly with Sprint. On the Telus radio, the phone would settle in around 57mA while idle. With the Sprint radio, it never seemed to drop down below 150mA or so. Worst of all, the Sprint radio would drop calls like crazy.

I'm on Bell in the Hamilton/Toronto area.

jbarns · #**1023** (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 12:56 PM

I have the stock radio from MTS, 1.03.06f, not sure if its any different from the others but how do I back it up just in case I want to revert.

suhas2000 · #**1024** (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 12:30 PM

do i have to unlock the phone b4 i can flash radio ? don't kill me i'm new to this stuff

**Riley** · #**1025** (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suhas2000

do i have to unlock the phone b4 i can flash radio ? don't kill me i'm new to this stuff

yes. you have to unlock your phone. Here is the thread:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=36062

good luck.

suhas2000 · #**1026** (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 03:40 PM

Thank you riley !!

izuzu · #**1027** (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 05:00 PM

Any news on the new Telus rom being released here, soon? New one being Telus 1.07.01 obviously.

flashburn · #**1028** (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 09:10 PM

So how do I know the update worked?
I see in the original post it states:
"Warrning: After flashing a radio it will preform a RTN, this is a hard reset that the radio initiates. BACK UP ALL YOUR DATA BEFORE FLASHING A RADIO ROM."

But after it updated, the phone didn't perform a hard reset. Also when I check the version with RomUpdateUtility.exe it still reports the same version as before hand: 1.06.661.1. This is on the Sprint Diamond and I'm trying to update with the Telus radio.

**Riley** · #**1029** (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flashburn

So how do I know the update worked?
I see in the original post it states:
"Warrning: After flashing a radio it will preform a RTN, this is a hard reset that the radio initiates. BACK UP ALL YOUR DATA BEFORE FLASHING A RADIO ROM."

But after it updated, the phone didn't perform a hard reset. Also when I check the version with RomUpdateUtility.exe it still reports the same version as before hand: 1.06.661.1. This is on the Sprint Diamond and I'm trying to update with the Telus radio.

the Telus radio is packaged so that it doesn't hard reset your phone. The others that dont hard reset your phone are the new Sprint radio 1.11.00f and the older Sprint tp 1.03.xxf radio rom. You are all set!

also you can check to see the version of you radio, go to Start>Settings>System tab>Device Information and it listed there.

flashburn · #**1030** (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 10:58 PM

Fantastic, thanks a ton!