Upgrade to Radio 1.41

[schettj]

Sprint /10.3 custom kit

Your PRL/PRI is actually later then mine!

PRL 20227
PRI 1.19_003



I have no idea then... (you didn't let cuts. run and installed the sprint-specific OEMs I assume)

[Krayziepop]

No sir, I have an empty ext_rom for now. Even if that were the case, I shouldn't have had the issue with the original ROM since it needs the customizations to function...

Maybe the newer PRI has something to do with it... though I am pretty sure the PRI version changed with the 20229 PRL.

[tr2518]

Maybe someone has already answered this but I can not find it...Where can I download the Verizon 1.10 radio?

[tr2518]

I just found it at http://www.utstar.com/pcd/downloads/ but I just ran it and it updated the radio, ext rom and CE Rom. I guess I should have extracted the executable file to pull just the radio. Oh well, I guess now I can test it with the original set up.

[tr2518]

I just perform two tests with the VZW 1.10 radio for 5 minutes each at 5 sec intervals. I'm in a small town 1x area.

#1 Untouched ROM update from http://www.utstar.com/pcd/downloads/

Rx Power averaged -82.4 dbm
Rx Ec/Io averaged 15.75 db

#2 Helmi AKU 3.5 1.0.4

Rx Power averaged -81 dbm
Rx Ec/Io averaged 10.5 db


Before I went back to the HTC ROM, I had radio 1.41 loaded.
Same location, My house. No actual note taking test done but
this is what I recall from looking at it A LOT.

Rx Power averaged lower to mid -90's dbm
Rx Ec/Io averaged mid teens to lower 20's.

Of course, I don't really have a clue what this means but I believe the lower the number the better, right?

[coreyoli]

I loaded this on my Verizon phone yesterday.. I always have a good signal, but figured it wouldn't be a bad idea, since I was at 1.10...

I'm having no problems... I really didn't notice a huge improvement, but I always have good signal at work and at home... I'll have to test it out where I ride my quad, that'll be the true test, since I drop a lot of calls out there!

Thanks for the post!

[YzRacer]

I downgraded back to the 1.27 radio to see if my EV indicator would go back to 1x. ITS STILL STUCK ON EV! So now I don't know what the problem is... maybe the prl which i have the newest one. I did a hard reset no help.

[setite]

For shits and giggles I will post. I am running fieldtrial right now. But sitll trying to find out which radio i have. I am using Helmi 10.3 and will be updating to 10.4 as soon as I am able to install office so I can sync my contacts.

Radio 1.10.
Rx Power -72(flux from -71 to -74 at 5 sec interval)
Rx Ec/Io 16db(flux from 16-19)

Will post 1.41 results in an hour or so when Im done updating.

[xmind2006]

Originally Posted by tr2518

I just ran FrieldTrial breifly on two XV6700's located side by side in a poor receiving area. One has Radio version 1.10 and the other has 1.41

Radio 1.10
Rx Power -96 dbm
Rx Ec/Io 20 db

Radio 1.41
Rx Power -92
Rx Ec/Io 11 db

Verizon xv6700 with already good EVDO coverage. About 5 minutes testing on the same phone using fieldtrial.exe

Radio 1.27
Rx Power: -72 dbm (low of -82, high of -66)
Rx Ec/Io: 8 db (low of 5, high of 15)

Radio 1.41
Rx Power: -70 dbm (low of -75, high of -667
Rx Ec/Io: 8 db (low of 6, high of 10)

I had 1.41 installed a while back when it first came out then moved back to 1.27 because 1.41 seemed to take almost 2x as long to establish a data connection. I just re-flashed again to 1.41 and the first time it took a long time to establish a data connection, but subsequent ones were okay. But as you can see the only difference for me was maybe a slightly more stable/consistent cellular connection.

[Wildog27]

Hey all. I just wanted to let you know I did this upgrade after installing Jeff Kirwin's new Clean and Simple ROM and it got stuck on the opening splash page after the soft reset.

Once I did a hard reset, it worked fine.