Best Radio for Sprint - Page 4

**dschoenike** · #31 (**permalink**) 03-13-2009, 10:40 AM

I tried sprint 1.11 radio for a week, and thoght it was great. Tried the telus radio just for comparison purposes, and its even better. Consistently getting full up bars everywhere, super battery life, and nice data speeds. Weird thing was, at first with the telus radio, the bars would go from 1 to 3 to 4 to 1 etc... all while sitting in the same spot. that has stopped, which im not sure why that is, but im not complaining.
On a side note regarding radios, if i do a backup with the telus radio, switch to the sprint 1.11 radio, then do a restore, which radio would i have after? still the sprint, or the backed up telus radio? sorry if thats a silly question, but i really dont know. Thx guys,
dschoenike

**Yay 4 Juggs** · #32 (**permalink**) 03-13-2009, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by dschoenike

I tried sprint 1.11 radio for a week, and thoght it was great. Tried the telus radio just for comparison purposes, and its even better. Consistently getting full up bars everywhere, super battery life, and nice data speeds. Weird thing was, at first with the telus radio, the bars would go from 1 to 3 to 4 to 1 etc... all while sitting in the same spot. that has stopped, which im not sure why that is, but im not complaining.
On a side note regarding radios, if i do a backup with the telus radio, switch to the sprint 1.11 radio, then do a restore, which radio would i have after? still the sprint, or the backed up telus radio? sorry if thats a silly question, but i really dont know. Thx guys,
dschoenike

what ever radio you have installed will the be the radio that remains after a flash even after a backup...its hard coded once the radio is flashed

Machinehead · #33 (**permalink**) 03-13-2009, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Yay 4 Juggs

what ever radio you have installed will the be the radio that remains after a flash even after a backup...its hard coded once the radio is flashed

Unless you flash a rom that has a radio included, such as the stock sprint rom.

**dschoenike** · #34 (**permalink**) 03-13-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Yay 4 Juggs

what ever radio you have installed will the be the radio that remains after a flash even after a backup...its hard coded once the radio is flashed

Thats what i kinda thought, but really didnt know for sure. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
dschoenike

**freeza** · #35 (**permalink**) 03-13-2009, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandWheeler

how long have you been running it and what do you think about it?

been running it for around a week, and so far i haven't dropped ev-do connection like i normally would. thumbs up!

Quirk · #36 (**permalink**) 03-17-2009, 05:59 PM

I switched to the Telus Radio and almost instantly noticed a difference. I was running the Sprint 1.11 Radio this morning and in 3 hours my battery dropped from 100% to 64% without doing anything. I didn't make a single call, send a text, nothing. After switching to the Telus Radio, I am now at 46% after almost 7 hours and that is with around 20 text messages and a couple short phone calls.

I haven't noticed a difference in signal strength yet, seems to be about the same as the Sprint Radio.

glenm201 · #37 (**permalink**) 03-17-2009, 10:52 PM

I'm on the Sprint 1.11 Radio. WOW, what a difference a radio makes in battery/heat on this TP. I can actually pick up my phone now and it's cool to the touch. Everything seems to be working (using it for several days) with the exception that the data arrows (next to the EV icon on top) never grey out, although I suspect the phone is sleeping the connection and not showing it. Other than that little nit to pick, not a regret in the world for upgrading.

MrClean · #38 (**permalink**) 03-19-2009, 07:39 PM

I tried the new Sprint 1.11 radio and reception was considerably worse than with the Telus radio, in my area anyway.

IsmaelPR1 · #39 (**permalink**) 03-19-2009, 09:27 PM

Hy guys, I just flashed over to the latest Sprint Radio v1.11.00F. I have been using the stock Sprint Radio v1.03.15F. I will report if I see a major difference in radios, as of now with the stock radio I have had horrible battery life and I have 3 new batteries. (I use the device a lot).

I will try out other radios and see what works best.

Thanks for the ROMs Juggalo! Great work.

lakai180 · #40 (**permalink**) 03-19-2009, 11:28 PM

telus radio (on sprint touch pro) all way... better battery life, reception, and from what i see better internet speeds...