Upgrade to Radio 1.41

[answerman]

Kicking myself for not doing this before I upgraded my radio... I should know better!

Has anyone done a reception comparison before/after upgrading their radio? I'm not talking about "I had 1 bar, now I have 3" comparison, but actual RF numbers from FieldTrial.exe or the equivalent.

My phone has "more bars" in a few places than it used to, but that's just a graphical representation and it may be just a different scale in the stack. Since I rarely get anywhere where my reception drops to less than -90dB anyway, I haven't really seen a verifiable difference.

Now, if someone says they were pulling -95dB before the upgrade and -75dB after, that would be a verifiable improvement.

[bigbuddy]

Hey thanx for the upload it was successful and i see an improvement.

[tvith]

anyone having a problem with txt messaging after updating to 1.41? Well I don't have anything else running that didn't come with the verizon version. I get txt messages but if its more than 160 letters (at this point it would come in as 2 separate txt) it won't come through. the phone does wake up from sleep mode as if is about to receive the txt, but the txt never comes through. But as I stated earlier, if its 160 letters or under (in which case it'll just b a simgle txt message) it'll come through. Also mms does come through as well, no prob there either. when a txt is split is when the problem occurs, however I can send txt with 160+ letters in it and the other person will receive them, just I can't receive txt 160+. I've never had a prob like this before

[joshellis625]

Upgrade worked great for me! Updated roaming too afterwards... Not much of a difference but what the hell...

[mercuryinabottle]

any cellular south users tried this one? i'm currently on 1.16 and assume this would be a great upgrade, but i didnt want to have any issues. specifically that 160+ charcter sms issue.

come on c-south users, any comments?

[ksawatsky]

Originally Posted by betalix

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VISTA...it was VISTA. I tried the upgrade form an XP machine and it worked swimmingly. I know I saw someone on here mention that in a previous post.. I cant recall who..but thank you oh gracious helper!

I have the same issue. Didn't work with Vista. Worked flawlessly with XP. I am using WMDC 6.1 and should only need to uncheck the "Allow USB Connection", right? Is there a fix or other trick for this that I don't know?

[EtherealRemnant]

Originally Posted by ksawatsky

Is there a fix or other trick for this that I don't know?

Go back to a real operating system?

[MrS]

I can confirm the radio upgrade works like a champion. I will test it at work in my office tomorrow that will be the true test.

[like_butta]

Krayziepop,

Sorry for the older post (Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:23 pm), but do you (or anyone) know of the code for getting information like this (stats) from verizon.

thx




Not sure just why, but after I flashed this I needed to reprovision the phone before the net would work. That and one extra soft reset did the trick.

FastRX8 wrote:
What are you, or others using to get that kind of detailed info? Is it a program or on the phone and you have to know where to look?
I'd like to check mine before the upgrade to see how it changes.


##DEBUG# (on Sprint) will bring up the FieldTrial menu which will give you all of the relevant stats - SID, NID, Power... all the goodies.

[Cbones]

This radio ROM upgrade absolutely 100% is better. I almost never have service in my house, and now I can surf and make phone calls with no problems. I am sold! Thanks for all the hard work!

PS: The upgrade was a piece of cake to install.