Titan 3.35.04 radio

[mr.jcarter]

So what really is the upgrade here? The radio or the drivers from JD's Hybrid ROM? As in, which one have people found to enhance GPS more. I have the new radio flashed and about the flash the Hybrid ROM, but is it OK to flash the gpstest2.1 ROM overtop of that?

[mindfrost82]

Originally Posted by mr.jcarter

So what really is the upgrade here? The radio or the drivers from JD's Hybrid ROM? As in, which one have people found to enhance GPS more. I have the new radio flashed and about the flash the Hybrid ROM, but is it OK to flash the gpstest2.1 ROM overtop of that?

JD said the hybrid ROM does have newer/different GPS drivers than all of the other ROMs. I think the main upgrade is the radio though.

After flashing the radio you don't have to install JD's hybrid ROM, once you get the 2.30 unlocker back on there, you can flash any 3.xx ROM.

[berry_lthird]

HOLY F'IN EFF GPS IS FAST!!!

First time I ran the ROM, my connection speed wasn't so great. But then I tried a voice call, and my phone acted funny, as if it was on speakerphone. The reception was choppy, and it wouldn't hang up!

But after that initial phone call, my EVDO speeds have been steady at 300k with one to no bars of service.

Also, it took 10 minutes for me to lock on GPS, but once I did, I had anywhere from 5 to 8 locks, when normally it would be 0 to 6. Testing again now with 6 locks indoors.

Can't wait to take this baby on the road tomorrow!

Thanks to this upgrade and GhettoFree's ROM, I love my Touch again as if it were a brand new toy!

[mswlogo]

Ok, I finally gave up on the HyBrid ROM but Kept Radio.

I went back to the AllTel 6.0 ROM since it came from a Touch I felt most comfortable with it and it's behaviors.

I put my vote in that it's the Radio that's making the difference.

I also diffed the 3 Dlls (that you manually install on the AllTel ROM) with the ones in the Hybrid ROM and they are all the same.

Also to my amazement the Alltel ROM Voice Command confirmation over BT works.

So I basically have my phone confiured just like the Stock Sprint ROM but with a new Sprint Radio that definitely helps GPS and Voice Command confirmation.

However, with low Confirmation Volume I may end up leaving Confirmation still off.

And the GPS will get stuck after several uses. I have not figured out the pattern that Jams it. But if I need my Navigation (which ain't all that often) I soft reset, run GPSGate and then iGuidance.

It also feels like I can skip using Google Maps before using the GPS to get the COLD GPS boot to run fast.

Problems with Hybrid ROM

Phone App popping all the time (even when I disabled that launcher).
Vista like Laucher was ok but I felt more at home how I got used to HTC Launcher/Task Manager.
Few odd mishaps that never happened before (like making calls and getting one way connection) that can happen any time but it's pretty darn rare.
The Fonts through out were just plain wrong (probably biggest issue).
Bunch of stuff like games etc. that I don't want that I can't uninstall.
Voice Command "soft key" which I know can be fixed but wasn't worth it.
Volume was kinda funky, probably can be fixed with AudioPara and registry but I don't trust many AudioPara files out there because they push the speaker phone too much so I would need to edit by hand.
Didn't like the extra layer added when you click the antenna Icon

To Roll Back:
Camera/Power/Reset
Installed AllTel ROM (Radio and OS NBH using RUU) too lazy to figure out how to extract OS out of NBH
SKIP CUSTOMIZATION
Then Rolled Back Boot Loader to .40 again (Same as OP in this thread)
Reinstalled Radio with RUU (same as OP in this thread)
Then just left AllTel OS ROM (skipping steps at end of OP in this thread ie no Hybrid ROM)
But then it was crashing after a minute. To fix I put 2.31 Unlocker back on and it was happy (not sure if the extra hard reset fixed it or putting 2.31 Unlocker back on.
Reinstalled Unlock Cabs/Scripts and GPS Dll's cab (in the other Sticky Thread on Complete Guide).

[firefly4321]

Just to chime in with mswlogo I am also on my AllTel Rom and the titan radio indeed does work better

On another note I was never be able to downgrade to the 0.40 unlocker (mine always showed 2.31 but I did attemp the downgrade, don't know if that did make a different or not) I crossed my finger and flashed anyway and it work but don't do this unless you are brave. Also I use the sd card method for all this operation noted above.

[Spunks3]

okay, my computer has been in the shop for the past couple days... what exactly does this radio offer? what r the benifits of flashing it compared to the alltel radio?

[hotone]

I see much better GPS performance using the hybrid rom and 3.35.04 radio. It picks up a location pretty quick with a gps within about 1-2 km then it will zero in on my location as it locks in the sats. I had very inconsistant results with the test rom. I still find the location is not as accurate as my bt gps but definately an improvement.

Thanks for all your hardwork JD.

[wldthng842]

Originally Posted by Spunks3

i hear what ur sayin.. i and many other people are appreciating all that u are doing for us. people just want the best they can get the fastest they can... i guess we all feel jipped the titan got their update already , but im willing to wait and i have been testing many roms n what not, i like what we have so far and looking forward for whats to come...

I second this, I don't mean to come off a whiney. Let me get one thing straight, I demand and expect nothing, I only point out bugs so that they are brought to your attention. I by no means expect you to fix them. If you do then great, if not then you have done enough already. I just wish there were more of you doing this, if I had the time (i might in a few months) I would attempt to teach myself.

Thanks for all the work you do.

[matthew23]

its actually working out pretty well for me. My REVA sppeds aren't quite what I hoped but I have the hybrid ROM and something snapped with GPS the AM - it worked 10x better than it has and even working in my office downtown (although about a block off) but still I never managed to get GPS reception even with my BT receiver....so thanks JD.

[Success100]

im using 3.35 and one of the 6.1 roms(ghettoryder), couldnt get a lock for the life of me...heres what i did:

well, went and tried GPSviewer on my lunch break. I started the program, waited about 15 seconds, and BAM 11 satelittes. Started live search, clicked on center on gps, and it locked in about 2 seconds. Started google maps was locked onto 7 sats in less than 2 seconds. This is crazy cuz nothing else worked for me. Im gonna highly recommend this program and im gonna post my results in the other GPS vogue threads. Im stoked now!!!
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