Newer radio? (Telus?)

[SweetBearCub]

Power Log #6 - Radio version 1.03.03V (VZW Radio)

- Stock Setup (Some programs loaded, but nothing major.)
- Charging via USB
- Power CPL set to not turn off during test
- LCD Auto-dim off, LCD at maximum brightness
- Keyboard open, sitting untouched on desk during test

Logs enclosed as attachments. Part 1 zipped due to exceeding file size limit.

Final radio ROM tested. Also, forgot to mention that ActiveSync was connected during all the tests (but unused until the end of the tests to retrieve the logs). Also, BT was off at the start of each test. The benchmark turned it on, I turned it off after each test.

[SweetBearCub]

Ok, after spending a bunch of time and getting cross-eyed from working with so much text, I've come to the conclusion that Radio ROM 1.04.05V (Telus) is the best out of all 6 available choices.

I figured this by finding the best high or low score for each category (17 in all) and assigning one point per ROM in each category. The Telus ROM scored the highest, 10 out of 17 points.

My files used to draw the conclusions are attached to this post.

[Soprano]

Hey just Curious is Any one Else is running the Telus 1.07.01V, I picked up a touch pro to replace my P4000 and this is what was running out of the box. Is this new? If not should I be upgrading...or downgrading?..to the recommended 1.04.05V? Thanks

Soprano

[stevedusa]

Originally Posted by Soprano

Hey just Curious is Any one Else is running the Telus 1.07.01V, I picked up a touch pro to replace my P4000 and this is what was running out of the box. Is this new? If not should I be upgrading...or downgrading?..to the recommended 1.04.05V? Thanks

Soprano

Stay with what you get, because so far no one has a RUU-ized for that version so... don't flash unless you don't mind can't going back.

[schettj]

You are totally misconstruing me...

Its wonderful you actually bothered to test them all, and you confirmed my suspicions that the stock radio sucks turds, and all the other ones are pretty much the same.

My ONY issue is declaring a winner among all the others. You can clearly say the stock sprint rom is the loser, but beyond that, not so much. The way you've scored points is not unlike the way the electoral college works - "winning" a category by 1% earns you 100% of the point, so it "looks" like the Telus is a HUGELY better radio. Even if the results were statistically valid, it would be at best slightly better then any other radio that wasn't the crappy one. So slightly that it would be impossible to notice (as in, an extra few minutes of run time in a day.)

That's all.

[SweetBearCub]

Originally Posted by schettj

You are totally misconstruing me...

Its wonderful you actually bothered to test them all, and you confirmed my suspicions that the stock radio sucks turds, and all the other ones are pretty much the same.

My ONY issue is declaring a winner among all the others. You can clearly say the stock sprint rom is the loser, but beyond that, not so much. The way you've scored points is not unlike the way the electoral college works - "winning" a category by 1% earns you 100% of the point, so it "looks" like the Telus is a HUGELY better radio. Even if the results were statistically valid, it would be at best slightly better then any other radio that wasn't the crappy one. So slightly that it would be impossible to notice (as in, an extra few minutes of run time in a day.)

That's all.

Ok. Can you suggest a better method of scoring? I am aware that the variances in the radios other than the stock Sprint radio are slight but they are there, nonetheless. Even if the difference is slight, I'd want the radio that had the edge in whatever category I desire. (Signal, temp, battery life, etc..)

[divilspawn]

A better method of scoring would have been to give 1 point to the lowest score 2 for the next lowest 3 for the next and so on then making the highest score out of 102. This will give you a better scoring solution however will not solve the debate of if enough tests were run. There is an even better formula for scoring that will account for which one won by how much but I don't remember that formula, this one however will accaount for the ones in the middle of the road.

Just my 2c, I'm very grateful for what you have done and am going back through the thread to thank all of your posts.

Originally Posted by SweetBearCub

Ok. Can you suggest a better method of scoring? I am aware that the variances in the radios other than the stock Sprint radio are slight but they are there, nonetheless. Even if the difference is slight, I'd want the radio that had the edge in whatever category I desire. (Signal, temp, battery life, etc..)

[schettj]

I seriously doubt it matters among all the radios that aren't the one that's crap. Go with Telus. My hunch* is, if you ran that radio for a week and then someone broke into your home one night and flashed a different radio on your TP as you slept, that you would not notice.

* hunch based on the data you posted.

[SweetBearCub]

Originally Posted by schettj

I seriously doubt it matters among all the radios that aren't the one that's crap. Go with Telus. My hunch* is, if you ran that radio for a week and then someone broke into your home one night and flashed a different radio on your TP as you slept, that you would not notice.

* hunch based on the data you posted.

Perhaps. Perhaps not. In most cases, I am extremely detail-oriented, almost to a fault.

And also - If someone broke into my home to flash a new Radio onto my TP - I'd think that not only does that person have some serious issues, but that I need better security.

[latinsbest]

Originally Posted by SweetBearCub

Perhaps. Perhaps not. In most cases, I am extremely detail-oriented, almost to a fault.

And also - If someone broke into my home to flash a new Radio onto my TP - I'd think that not only does that person have some serious issues, but that I need better security.

I agree with you hahaha... Thanks for your effort. I really enjoyed this thread!