Why would I want to update my radio?

anonymity · #1 (**permalink**) 05-29-2009, 02:05 PM

Exactly what does one hope to accomplish by updating their radio? I have heard of people going from the Verizon radio to the Tellus radio. What does that really do for the phone?

Would there really be an advantage for me to update from my Verizon radio to another radio? What if I have a custom ROM loaded, could the two conflict with one another?

studentjunk · #2 (**permalink**) 05-29-2009, 02:19 PM

I updated my radio because I was losing calls at home and on the road. The update fixed the problem.

No, there should be no problems with radio and ROM. But I can't say that there never will be problems with it.

soicy423 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-29-2009, 02:20 PM

you hope to accomplish getting a better signal...faster data speeds... and better battery life. youi could experience all these thing if you update also it does not conflict with a custom or stock rom when you change the radio because updating a radio does not hard reset the phone. if i were you i'd try some different radios and see which one i like best. some of the popular ones are the sprint 1.11 and the telus as well as the us celluar. check out this thread http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=46616

**ou2mame** · #4 (**permalink**) 05-29-2009, 02:34 PM

i didn't want my phone heating up to the point that it couldn't charge while i was on a call, so i flashed to the telus radio? well actually, i was hoping for *something* to change, and it did.

anonymity · #5 (**permalink**) 05-29-2009, 02:51 PM

So I just flashed using the Telus radio and now every time I try to turn on my Data Connection in the connection manager, it just vibrates and brings me to the Connections Settings screen.

anonymity · #6 (**permalink**) 05-29-2009, 02:56 PM

Okay, sorry about that. It looks like I had to change my connection authentication. I guess having a different radio messes with Verizon's network a bit. Just having #777 in there wasn't working. Then having vzw as the username and the last four digits of my phone number as the pass didn't work. So, I had to go back to the old style of using <phonenumber>@vzw3g.com as the username and vzw as the pass. Now I can connect.