Guest TheAdmiralCS Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 One thing i would say is the reception on the Hero is terrible compared to say the N95 that I had before, but its got a lot better with radio revision updates. I'm guessing the 3 Hero is probably just the vanilla 1.76.xxx or 2.73.xxx firmware, but if you go into Settings -> About phone and just list the firmware version, radio version we may be able to help you further. If you do have an old radio firmware version you should see a definite improvement with the later firmware (mines a LOT better than it was initially). I had an N95 before and yep the Hero is worse comparing the signal to it. Here are the details Base - 63.18.55.06IU_6.35.08.22 Kernel - 2.6.27_430d1aea HTC_kernel@and18-2#951 Build - 2.73.77.162 CL#800 33 Software - 1.0.0.A6288 Cheers Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Interesting... fancy rooting it and putting a nandroid backup for me somewhere? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lostiphone Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 (edited) just got my t-mobile G2 last week....immediately upgraded to Modaco 2.9 with latest radio, the signal in my house is awful. sometimes 3 bars, then drops right down to none and I get "chose network" screen. upstairs is slightly better signal. funny thing is just up the road and there is a full 3G signal !! think I will make do though as the phone is great.... Edited November 13, 2009 by lostiphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest froggyoggy Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Need ur urgent help guys. I received my orange HTC Hero on monday and since then i've been too busy with downloading exciting apps for the phone. Its only over the last two days when i finally started going about doing my daily stuff, i realised the signal is rubbish. Orange have offered to send me another hero phone, but if its gonna be the same problem, then i maybe wasting my time. Ok here is the issue...orange are sending me a replacement which comes tomorrow. I'm wondering if i can update the radio on my orange firmware (without rooting or changing firmware) on the current hero i have, so that i can test in theory if i will have improved signal. If this is possible, then pls tell me:- 1. How to do this, preferably without damaging the phone 2. What is the latest firmware Here are details of the hero..pls let me know if u need any other info:- firmware version: 1.5 Baseband version: 63.18.55.06EU_6.36.06.18 kernel version: 2.6.27-8dd6deee Build version: 2.73.61.5 146733 Software version: 1.0.0.A6288 Signal strength: -109dBm 9asu thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheAdmiralCS Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Interesting... fancy rooting it and putting a nandroid backup for me somewhere? P Happy to....just need to figure out how to root it without breaking it as I'm not au fait with Linux at all..any help would be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sLyX Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Gr8 job Paul....Keep on goin' Many thanks for your effort doing this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest froggyoggy Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Need ur urgent help guys. I received my orange HTC Hero on monday and since then i've been too busy with downloading exciting apps for the phone. Its only over the last two days when i finally started going about doing my daily stuff, i realised the signal is rubbish. Orange have offered to send me another hero phone, but if its gonna be the same problem, then i maybe wasting my time. Ok here is the issue...orange are sending me a replacement which comes tomorrow. I'm wondering if i can update the radio on my orange firmware (without rooting or changing firmware) on the current hero i have, so that i can test in theory if i will have improved signal. If this is possible, then pls tell me:- 1. How to do this, preferably without damaging the phone 2. What is the latest firmware Here are details of the hero..pls let me know if u need any other info:- firmware version: 1.5 Baseband version: 63.18.55.06EU_6.36.06.18 kernel version: 2.6.27-8dd6deee Build version: 2.73.61.5 146733 Software version: 1.0.0.A6288 Signal strength: -109dBm 9asu thank you very much Can some kind soul please please help me here as i'm desperate. I need to give the phone back tomorrow so i want to try out if updating the radio makes a difference or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kendon Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Can some kind soul please please help me here as i'm desperate. I need to give the phone back tomorrow so i want to try out if updating the radio makes a difference or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank u you can boot the custom recovery image, then just leave the step out where you flash it. then update the radio, reboot and nothing else then the radio should have changed imo. see stickie http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero...on-your-device/ and do leave out the command "install-recovery-gsm-windows.bat" or "./install-recovery-gsm-[OS].sh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest froggyoggy Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 thank u kendon. Would i need to root the phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest accuphase Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Interesting... fancy rooting it and putting a nandroid backup for me somewhere? P yep, the build - 2.73.77.162 sounds interesting- Paul, can we "transfer" this 3Uk rom to a generic rom? would be a huge step from .61 to .162, wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Maybe... if I can get a copy I'll check it out (although i'm away on business all this week). P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest accuphase Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Maybe... if I can get a copy I'll check it out (although i'm away on business all this week). P Hi TheAdmiralCS, would you be so kind and provide Paul with your ROM version as a nandroid backup? That would be great! Best for the upcoming week. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheAdmiralCS Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Hi TheAdmiralCS, would you be so kind and provide Paul with your ROM version as a nandroid backup? That would be great! Best for the upcoming week. J I would love to...just dont know how to root the phone and my googling skills are weak :) Can you tell me how? This phone is going back tomorrow (fault with it) and a replacement being delivered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheAdmiralCS Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Hi TheAdmiralCS, would you be so kind and provide Paul with your ROM version as a nandroid backup? That would be great! Best for the upcoming week. J I would love to...just dont know how to root the phone and my googling skills are weak :) Can you tell me how? This phone is going back tomorrow (fault with it) and a replacement being delivered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kendon Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 thank u kendon. Would i need to root the phone? no. "rooting" is something different. comes from user "root" on unix systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JuW Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 (edited) Hi. I installed HTC Generic 2.73.405.38 and latest Radio (63.18.55.06IU_6.35.08.22). Well first everything was fine, but in next day it started to drop easily from hsdpa to gprs and not getting back to hsdpa anymore, sometimes required reboot. Also lost the whole network couple times and required reboot to get back to network again. I didn`t have this problem with MCR 2.9. Well now I installed HTC Generic 2.73.405.61 and using the latest Radio rom. Now it`s all the time full network in hsdpa. Maybe some incompatibility issues with the Generic 2.73.405.38...? Will see how this will work this time. Latest Radio ROM has been the best in my network so far, just the problem with HTC Generic 2.73.405.38. Great job, Paul and thank you for making my Hero for better audibility. I use Saunalahti in Finland. :) Edited November 16, 2009 by JuW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest froggyoggy Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 hi JUW m8, has your mobile signal/reception improved or is it still the same? thanks kendon for that info. I have ran into a problem. I thought i'd give it a quick try, but i'm stuck at my 1st command, lol:- c:\htc>adb-windows shell reboot bootloader adb server is out of date. killing... * daemon started successfully * error: device not found I think i best wait until someone helps me. So what have i done wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JuW Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 @froggyoggy: Yes, it is much more improved with the latest radio. Keeping it most of the time in hsdpa and 4 signal levels. :) Not jumping up and down, like with the default stock htc ROM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kendon Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 hi JUW m8, has your mobile signal/reception improved or is it still the same? thanks kendon for that info. I have ran into a problem. I thought i'd give it a quick try, but i'm stuck at my 1st command, lol:- c:\htc>adb-windows shell reboot bootloader adb server is out of date. killing... * daemon started successfully * error: device not found I think i best wait until someone helps me. So what have i done wrong? do you have usb debugging enabled in the settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JuW Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 (edited) I changed back to MCR 2.9. As far as I got tested 1 Stock Rom, 1 Leaked Rom with the latest Radio Rom, my opinion is, that the MCR 2.9 is the best with the latest Radio rom. With 2.73.405.61 rom it stayed most of the time in 3 signal strength (hsdpa), but I also saw it to drop down from the network once completely. With MCR 2.9 it is mostly 4 signal strenght (hsdpa) and doesn`t drop the network down. MCR 2.9 is also the fastest one. :) Edited November 20, 2009 by JuW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Balgaa Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Hello Paul, Recently, I purchased HTC Hero from Beijing, China. When it boot show up China Mobile and Dopod logo and bit later another green logo which don't know. Model number: HTC Hero Firmware version: 1.5 Baseband version: 63.18.55.06U_6.35.04.35 Kernel version: 2.6.27-8dd6deee htc-kernel@and18-2 Build number: 1.79.482.3 146733 CL#49365 release-keys Software version: www.HiAPK.com 1.0_g3_.senseS Is it possible to update rom, radio etc.,? I am beginner to this forum. From where I need to start? BTW, Paul can you add "Mongolia" in your registration country list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest froggyoggy Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 hi guys, thanks for ur help. I've managed to update the radio rom to the IU version and this has vastly improved the reception. But one problem i have is that if i move the mic away only slightly, people can hardly hear me and tend to tell me i sound as though i'm cutting off. Now this can't be a one-off problem bcoz i had the same issue with the previous htc hero too. Any ideas? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 5kedone Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 can i use any radio on orange uk or do i have to use the eu one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 5kedone Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 PLEASE HELP i flash the rom that went fine then i flash then the radio that went fine it said restart phone but as i picked it up i touched the home button by mistake a box with a arrow pointing to a phone popped up i waited nothing happened so i disconnected the battery now it wont turn on or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Baggieboy Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 PLEASE HELP i flash the rom that went fine then i flash then the radio that went fine it said restart phone but as i picked it up i touched the home button by mistake a box with a arrow pointing to a phone popped up i waited nothing happened so i disconnected the battery now it wont turn on or anything I got the box/arrow/phone screen too but after about 30 seconds it rebooted back to the flasher and the next restart was normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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