[AUG 4] *12 Radios Available* Updated Touch Pro CDMA Radio Archive Thread

[scrillaman151]

Originally Posted by mshnayde

Could you run some more tests with some of the newest radios.
I am curious to see how they perform.
Verizon 1.03.09 has been the best one for me so far.
Thanks.

Well, so far the Verizon radio is working quite well for me. I have done pretty extensive testing throughout my travels in the Los Angeles area and found the Verizon radio(1.03.09V) to be superior to my original Sprint shipped radio.

As to how much extensive testing I will do beyond the information I have already provided, well, I will probably keep the radio I have for a while. I want to see how the battery performs over a longer period of time.

[happyday]

Thanks for the updated post!

[strra]

a few people have PM'd me about bell 1.04.02V... anyone know anything about this?

[razorloves]

Originally Posted by strra

a few people have PM'd me about telus 1.04.02V... anyone know anything about this?

that is the shipped radio for the Bell Diamond. it's not available

[phistyle]

verizon 1.03.09 seems to work the best for me so far...gave me an extra signal bar at work where I would usually only have one...used both sprint 1.11, altel 1.03.13, and telus 1.04.05 and they would only give me one bar..

[ebuzz]

Originally Posted by phistyle

verizon 1.03.09 seems to work the best for me so far...gave me an extra signal bar at work where I would usually only have one...used both sprint 1.11, altel 1.03.13, and telus 1.04.05 and they would only give me one bar..

Can you tell me what area you are in? I'm on Sprint 1.11 as well but noticed that you're using a Verizon Radio. I guess using a Verizon Radio on Sprint service is not a problem?

[techtim]

Originally Posted by ebuzz

Can you tell me what area you are in? I'm on Sprint 1.11 as well but noticed that you're using a Verizon Radio. I guess using a Verizon Radio on Sprint service is not a problem?

I'm not an expert but my understanding is the radio firmware is just changing the way the radio acts. The PRL is what tells it what towers it should be using for your provider.

[ebuzz]

Originally Posted by techtim

I'm not an expert but my understanding is the radio firmware is just changing the way the radio acts. The PRL is what tells it what towers it should be using for your provider.

Yeah, I kinda figured that. Was just making sure there would be no issues.

[Nagual]

Originally Posted by techtim

I'm not an expert but my understanding is the radio firmware is just changing the way the radio acts. The PRL is what tells it what towers it should be using for your provider.

Actually the PRL stands for Preferred Roaming List, I believe. It will only affect where you connect IF you are roaming.

If you aren't, the tower/antenna coverage of your cell phone co. plus your phone radio itself (what we're experimenting with here) and your local environment/architecture/what have you is what determines how good your coverage is.

[PPCGeeks4ME]

Originally Posted by Nagual

Actually the PRL stands for Preferred Roaming List, I believe. It will only affect where you connect IF you are roaming.

If you aren't, the tower/antenna coverage of your cell phone co. plus your phone radio itself (what we're experimenting with here) and your local environment/architecture/what have you is what determines how good your coverage is.

It is my understanding that the PRL tells your phone what towers to use in each area, roaming or not. Obviously, then, Sprint PRLs give Sprint towers priority over any other towers. And, if you load a Verizon PRL onto a Sprint phone, you will end up always roaming, as the Verizon PRL will tell the phone to use Verizon towers when it can.

Of course, as you can see, I'm new here. Anyone with more experience want to clear this up?