Upgrade to Radio 1.41

[wasserja]

I am trying to upgrade the radio from Windows Vista, but it isn't work. However I updated a phone that we purchased that hadn't been upgraded to the latest UT Starcom. So I did that update first which updated the radio and the ROM. This process worked fine on Windows Vista (Run with Admin privileges). Then I updated to the latest Kitchen and that worked fine, but I just can't seem to get this radio to upgrade. I keep getting error 150 this ROM isn't for this device. Using a different RUU I get the country code error. I'm downloading a Windows XP virtual machine now to see if that will help.

[jfol01]

I tried to upgrade it initially with Vista, but I kept getting error messages too. But when i tried it with XP it worked perfectly the first time[/b][/quote]

[choccy]

One more data point...

Got a new PPC-6700 from Sprint today, replacing my last unit that went DOA. It came with Radio 1.27 and Bootloader 2.02. I downloaded the 1.41 radio, followed the instructions and it worked perfectly. I'm now on Radio 1.41. My system is XP SP2.

As for signal, I'm currently in the basement of my house in an area where it's barely a signal even outside, so right now I'm getting nothing - as per usual.

[iwannabeused]

Upgraded, signal seems to be holding steady, where it used to be going back and forth between roam and non-roam.

Hopefully the battery life will be better and I will get better signal in the long run.

[JBabey]

the PRI update is here

http://www.ppcgeeks.com/sprint-onlyp...light,pri.html

i dont like when my phone rings through so i have not applied it, but i know for a fact it works.

[luv2chill]

PRIs ARE CARRIER SPECIFIC!!!!!

PLEASE do not mess with that link unless you are with Sprint.

Verizon doesn't offer a newer PRI than 1.12_002, meaning that their latest ROM release (from April) only includes the update to 1.12_002. The only phones that would come with anything newer thant that would be ones that shipped with it.

In my experience, PRI updates are mostly meaningless. The only exception to that was on the Sprint model where Sprint accidentally turned DDTM off in a particular update (meaning incoming calls would not interrupt an active EV-DO data session). People complained so they had to release a PRI update to fix it.

Anyway PRI stands for Product Release Instructions and in the CDMA world is a way for the manufacturer to apply carrier-specific customizations to the CDMA radio nvm. It is a helpful standard to identify what "set" of configuration settings a particular handset is running with.

But it is extremely carrier-specific, so please don't try to apply a PRI from any other carrier or one you just find floating out there on the net.

[mn3kgtvr4]

http://ppc6700users.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=522 also don't forget to change your slot cycle index from factory so your phone will ring through faster. This will revert to factory after updating the carrier rom.

[EtherealRemnant]

Hmm... my phone already has PRI 1.19_003... I haven't tested for EVDO ringthru though.

[wasserja]

I've got two xv6700's sitting right here. One is mine which has the following:

Radio: 1.41.00
PRL 50855
PRI 1.12_002


The other unit is for someone else that I am setting up for them:
Radio: 1.41.00
PRL 50722 (no service currently to update roaming)
PRI 1.14_002

So apparently this Verizon phone has a higher PRI version than mine or anyone elses. Anybody have any ideas? I did at first flash the phone with the UT Starcom official 2.2 AKU which did include the PPST.exe in the update.

I just checked the PPST file and the cab file included was 1.12. So this phone must have had it from somewhere else.

Originally Posted by luv2chill

PRIs ARE CARRIER SPECIFIC!!!!!

PLEASE do not mess with that link unless you are with Sprint.

Verizon doesn't offer a newer PRI than 1.12_002, meaning that their latest ROM release (from April) only includes the update to 1.12_002. The only phones that would come with anything newer thant that would be ones that shipped with it.

In my experience, PRI updates are mostly meaningless. The only exception to that was on the Sprint model where Sprint accidentally turned DDTM off in a particular update (meaning incoming calls would not interrupt an active EV-DO data session). People complained so they had to release a PRI update to fix it.

Anyway PRI stands for Product Release Instructions and in the CDMA world is a way for the manufacturer to apply carrier-specific customizations to the CDMA radio nvm. It is a helpful standard to identify what "set" of configuration settings a particular handset is running with.

But it is extremely carrier-specific, so please don't try to apply a PRI from any other carrier or one you just find floating out there on the net.

[luv2chill]

@wasserja - I'm sorry if this wasn't clear from my previous post, but yes, the one with PRI 1.14_002 shipped with that PRI from the factory. There is no way to extract it from the phone, and probably no need to either. PRI changes are usually really insignificant.