Verizon TP2 MR3 upgrade is available - Page 3

fishboy · #1 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 01:06 PM

Updated to the new radio without any problems. Thanks natemcnutty for the zip file.

LinkRS · #2 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 08:18 PM

Hi BullyDawg,

I can confirm what imnuts said. Running the downlaoded MR3, seems to do a hard reset after flasing the radio. I had to completely re-setup my phone. Which was ok, as I had intended on hard resetting soon anyway (to clean up from Cookie's Home Tab 2). I am rather annoyed that it reset everything only to update the radio (only two builds newer to boot). They should have released it as a radio update only, and not as MR3. Good luck!

Rich S.

machek · #3 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 12:04 AM

Anyone know if you can update to this from MR1? would it just update the radio as well? BTW not unlocked, and dont neccessarly want to run mr2, i dont think. I've had no problems with MR1 and it runs without EVER getting SOD.

tommygnns · #4 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 11:24 AM

I flashed the radio last night, and I just noticed that my carrier is listed as Sprint now when I tap the bar to look at notifications. Should I be worried?

Edit: Just re-programmed my phone by dialing *228 and pressing 1. Problem solved!

vzihome · #5 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 04:36 PM

flashed to sprint...time for some testing

aishihikari · #6 (**permalink**) 12-11-2010, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by vzihome

flashed to sprint...time for some testing

Hello;

Does it work for Sprint?

**DavidinCT** · #7 (**permalink**) 12-08-2010, 06:03 PM

It would be really interesting to know if this rom update fixed any other issues. With the MR3 download being 173mb, it's not just a radio. Even if they changed a few files, it could have a major impact on the system perfomance, SOD, TF3D or other known issues with this phone.

Just by what is posted, I just flashed the radio but, was thinking about the whole thing but, didn't want to have to re-lock my phone again.

Does any one really know (not just a guess by the WM version) ?

I guess if Mr. X makes a unlocked version of MR3, then I would install it.

**natemcnutty** · #8 (**permalink**) 12-09-2010, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidinCT

It would be really interesting to know if this rom update fixed any other issues. With the MR3 download being 173mb, it's not just a radio. Even if they changed a few files, it could have a major impact on the system perfomance, SOD, TF3D or other known issues with this phone.

Just by what is posted, I just flashed the radio but, was thinking about the whole thing but, didn't want to have to re-lock my phone again.

Does any one really know (not just a guess by the WM version) ?

I guess if Mr. X makes a unlocked version of MR3, then I would install it.

I will break apart both releases tomorrow and do a hash comparison. From what I saw, the OS payloads were the same size in both, and the versions said they were the same build. If Verizon had updated anything, I would expect them to change the build numbers, but you never know.

Also, I don't know if Mr. X will be messing around with the TP2 stuff anymore. I know he posted what he did, so maybe I'll look that up while I'm at it

thayer · #9 (**permalink**) 12-09-2010, 08:38 AM

I'm more interested in how the radio performs. I live in a very diverse cell signal area and so if there is any improvement I'll let you know.

**DavidinCT** · #10 (**permalink**) 12-09-2010, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thayer

I'm more interested in how the radio performs. I live in a very diverse cell signal area and so if there is any improvement I'll let you know.

So far with it (as you might of saw, I just installed the radio), It's questionable so far.

I live in a problem area myself, use a network extender (that will grab a low powered tower when I walk over to the other side of my house, then will not re-connect to the extender resulting in dropped calls)

For the first testings, it seemed to work better but, over all if anything 1-2% better, I still result in dropped calls a lot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by natemcnutty

I will break apart both releases tomorrow and do a hash comparison. From what I saw, the OS payloads were the same size in both, and the versions said they were the same build. If Verizon had updated anything, I would expect them to change the build numbers, but you never know.

Also, I don't know if Mr. X will be messing around with the TP2 stuff anymore. I know he posted what he did, so maybe I'll look that up while I'm at it

Thanks, I'm wondering (and I am sure a lot of others are), even with Mr. X's fixed MR2 build, I still have SOD problems a lot and other lockups (hard reset a few times now), so it makes me wonder if anything is really fixed.

As I said above, the radio is maybe a hair bit better but, not that much better in my tests.

If it was a unlocked version (really don't want to have to possably pay to unlock my phone again), I would nuke and try it today.....

Thanks again !