Are they ROM influenced or do I get one pertaining on my area? If the latter, I'll say that I'm in the San Francisco area and what would be the best radio for me?
Any ROM will work for you. It depends what you want out of it. And the best radio is the one the DEV says that matches his ROM.
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Hi all
Just a quick question about the radio and flashing.
I understand that when a device is flashed to a custom ROM, that a radio is cooked in. (am I correct?)
Now my situation is this. I live in Australia, and am thinking of purchasing a 2nd hand Inspire 4G (AT&T) from the US, but from my research, due to the Inspire's (from AT&T) frequencies being 850/1900, this causes a small problem in Australia, where only telstra's NextG network operates on this band.
So in effect, I would be limited to NextG if I had this phone in Australia. the other major carrier here (optus) uses 900/2100.
Not a biggie right now as I use telstra nextg, but I may want to change.
So, question would be, when a phone is flashed, can I change the radio via the ROM, or is the frequencies a phone uses controlled by hardware?
thanks.
It's hardware mate.
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jbizz said:
It's hardware mate.
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thanks mate.
now to decide if its worth it.....can get one pretty cheap compared to here in Australia.
Check out tmobile I don't recall the bands they use but they sell the desire HD which is the Inspire 4G for them.
Edit: http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-desire-hd/#specs
Looks like it is 900/2100
So now the question is, what provider will you stick to in Australia
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ajdrausal said:
Check out tmobile I don't recall the bands they use but they sell the desire HD which is the Inspire 4G for them.
Edit: http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-desire-hd/#specs
Looks like it is 900/2100
So now the question is, what provider will you stick to in Australia
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Yeah its a tough decision ...I'm going to be moving soon to study, and where I'm going both carriers are good, but telstra is prob the dearest. Where I currently live needs telstra and I get a sim card through work (I use my own phone though)
So I basically need a 850 phone for 3 months then I can use whatever .......
I just bought one and I am on Telstra. I also have a desire hd. Inspire in my opinion is the best choice.
Inspire can still run on Optus. My missus uses it occasionally with no issues.
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For future reference please ask questions in the Q and A section. Let's leave the Dev section for the devs and their roms.
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whatta moron
bdpyo said:
whatta moron
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Well name calling is not nice.
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Flashing radio and having a great signal does it mainly depend on the region your end? Ive flashed recommended radios on roms and still the signal and battery life was not really that great. So is there a radio that runs better in the southern states with great signal?
bigdog533 said:
Flashing radio and having a great signal does it mainly depend on the region your end? Ive flashed recommended radios on roms and still the signal and battery life was not really that great. So is there a radio that runs better in the southern states with great signal?
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well you will hear it depends, each has their own experience, so try and find the one that works best for you.
But I too live in the southern states, and I have had great results with the latest radio, and after reading a lot of comments, a lot of people agree that the latest ota radio is prob all you will need.
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Look at the 4th post in the miui rom thread
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Or this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16598875
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What is the best radio to be using right now?
xamadeix said:
What is the best radio to be using right now?
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From what I have heard and read here, it depends on where you are. I am in San Antonio, TX and run HTC-RIL 2.2.0169HMQ - 2.3.4 ROMs, Radio versions: 10.14.9035.01
And using the Coredroid 2.4 rom with stock kernel. All is fine in the world with this set up for me. Uploads speeds range from 3-9mbps, and this is constant compared to the older radios/rils.
So basically it's up to you really. But the one I use the majority of guys that use it have good things to say about it.
I'm using the 10.58 radio...
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charlieb620 said:
I'm using the 10.58 radio...
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Any difference?
Im still using the stock radio. I figured if it came with the phone its the most stable. I havent had any issues so far. Maybe I should look into a new one lol.
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Any difference?
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I hold 4 bars more than normal its cool for me
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say if we live in los angeles california anyone know which one is the best there?
i'm really sorry that i have to ask this -- i'm completely new to this all, and this forum.
does the radio refer to the connection for downloading, calls? we can freaking change them?! frequency? AWESOME! lol can someone point me in the direction of where i can find the specific instructions? roots + running revolution hd 3.6.1 (took half a day to do) lol
I had an HTC Amaze for about a week and then my wife wanted a smart phone too so I sold it to buy two HTC sensations. The only problem I am having now is that my service where I work is a lot worse with the sensation. I don't know if it is just the phone I have or if it would be the same with any sensation. I found a cheaper HTC Amaze on a craigslist type site here in salt lake and I am thinking of buying it, but I wanted some of your opinions. Should I try to root my sensation and see if with a different radio I get better service or should I buy the HTC Amaze. I have rooted phones before but then I become a flashaholic and I spend too much time on my phone. I like the size of the Sensation but if I don't want to root again would the Amaze be worth the extra hundred I would have to spend over the price I can sale my Sensation for? Your opions and thoughts would be very helpfull.
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Eddy
Sorry I probably should have posted this in Q&A.
It's. Hard to say because I have nevee used an Amaze and I haven't hhave any issues with my Sensation reception either, someone that have used both might be able to give you their insight.
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Try another radio, I've heard that can help if you have reception issues.
Personally, I would not change due to reception issues. You are not at work 24/7...
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depends on what phone you like better, i think u miss your old amaze lol
youve got nothing to lose just rooting and flashing another radio really
I don't think sensation is better than Amaze. Everthing is the same but Amaze hasa much much better camera => thumb up
amaze has more ram as well
You need to make sure your RIL file matches the radio you are using.With a matched RIL i get HSDPA signal at hom, without it i barely get EDGE.
go to Settings>About Phone>More>Baseband version (radio)
Then get the matching RIL HERE
Well I think that sensation wins
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The amaze has dual radios so it takes two connections at once resulting in a faster speed
i would have to say the amaze since i did experience some lag on the sensation when i had one.
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The amaze has dual radios so it takes two connections at once resulting in a faster speed
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T-Mobile only uses one hspa+ is still 3g. Only wimax and lte have two radios.
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Killbynature said:
T-Mobile only uses one hspa+ is still 3g. Only wimax and lte have two radios.
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Wrong, on both points.
T-Mobile uses dual channel HSPA+, which is essentially 2 21mbps radios slapped together.
And wimax does need dual radios, but LTE only needs 2 on Verizon. On AT&T, it'll all in one radio.
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Well I think that sensation wins
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+1 The S4G has been rocken with all the great rom development on xda!
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+1 The S4G has been rocken with all the great rom development on xda!
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I thought croandroid was an idiot until this post. It really is all about the dev community. Good call.
The Sensation has AMAZING dev support. Has some REALLY talented folks cooking and coding for it, and in general is a great device.
I own a Sensation and my wife owns an Amaze....
I have had LOTS of problems with my sensation though, I've been through 3 sensations through tmobile, and even sent one to HTC to have it looked at. Phone has never been right for me.
Tmo has just issued me a replacement, it will be here monday, they are sending me an Amaze, not nearly the dev support for that phone, but at least i'll be able to have a running phone and able to make calls.
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The Sensation has AMAZING dev support. Has some REALLY talented folks cooking and coding for it, and in general is a great device.
I own a Sensation and my wife owns an Amaze....
I have had LOTS of problems with my sensation though, I've been through 3 sensations through tmobile, and even sent one to HTC to have it looked at. Phone has never been right for me.
Tmo has just issued me a replacement, it will be here monday, they are sending me an Amaze, not nearly the dev support for that phone, but at least i'll be able to have a running phone and able to make calls.
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I went through the same thing with my g2x. When it worked it worked great. I ended up swapping it for the gs2 and its amazing. My gf still has her g2x we got at the same time and it random reboots.
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Wrong, on both points.
T-Mobile uses dual channel HSPA+, which is essentially 2 21mbps radios slapped together.
And wimax does need dual radios, but LTE only needs 2 on Verizon. On AT&T, it'll all in one radio.
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Combing two points is a dual cell. Which is one radio capable of dual channels. Other devices still get affected by the network. None of the other non lte or wimax devices improve non lte and wimax devices. Which are separate radios. Two radios slap together is still one radio.
I'm just wondering how at&t can put lte on one radio when a bigger company namely Verizon didn't do it either. T-Mobile is still using its aws frequency and at&t is using 850 and 1900 frequency. For its lte its using 700mhz. Just like Verizon.
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That is more dependant on what radio you flash, not what ROM you use. And this varies from location to location.
Take a look at the radio thread in the development section.
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That is more dependant on what radio you flash, not what ROM you use. And this varies from location to location.
Take a look at the radio thread in the development section.
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Yup. Radio matters more than ROM. If you are having reception issues, try a different radio. And as the "best" radio is very location specific, trial and error is your best bet.