Orange SPV m3100 (Hermes) Correct Radio?

[biggary]

on my hermes my radio is 1.47.00.10, and the battery goes quite fast, now, i live on the south coast of the uk, whats the best radio version? Im on orange UK, thanks....

[veyka]

on my hermes my radio is 1.47.00.10, and the battery goes quite fast, now, i live on the south coast of the uk, whats the best radio version? Im on orange UK, thanks....

I'm on T Mobile UK in East Anglia and the radio in my sig has done me well, haven't found a better one so far.

otherwise use the radio that came with the last OEM rom from orange.

[biggary]

I'm on T Mobile UK in East Anglia and the radio in my sig has done me well, haven't found a better one so far.

otherwise use the radio that came with the last OEM rom from orange.

Thanks Veyka, I search through your FAQ post and remembered thats the old radio version i used to use. cheers fella

[veyka]

Thanks Veyka, I search through your FAQ post and remembered thats the old radio version i used to use. cheers fella

More than welcome, glad to see you got it all workin!

[davey33]

on my hermes my radio is 1.47.00.10, and the battery goes quite fast, now, i live on the south coast of the uk, whats the best radio version? Im on orange UK, thanks....

i'm currently using radio 1.56.70.11 been brilliant so far get every icon under the sun to show up in my coverage including HSDPA!!!

[veyka]

i'm currently using radio 1.56.70.11 been brilliant so far get every icon under the sun to show up in my coverage including HSDPA!!!

I tried that, but it ate my battery when running under HSDPA, and didn't give me better signal or download speed.

[Riki1kenobi]

I've just updated to 1.56.70.11 and will test over the next few days to see. I was on 1.54.00.10 and it was shocking for battery drain.....I'm on Orange, in Bolton btw.....

Have you switched to GSM-GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100) in the settings>personal>phone>band to see if that makes any difference?

[veyka]

I've just updated to 1.56.70.11 and will test over the next few days to see. I was on 1.54.00.10 and it was shocking for battery drain.....I'm on Orange, in Bolton btw.....

Have you switched to GSM-GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100) in the settings>personal>phone>band to see if that makes any difference?

I have always left it on auto, I don't see why that would make to much of a difference.

[Riki1kenobi]

I remember reading a thread a while ago regarding battery life/drain, and iirc this was one of the suggestions......I switched it and it did improve battery life......

It was something to do with the phone trying to connect to HSPDA and this prevents it from doing it.

[BrAtKo]

Have you switched to GSM-GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100) in the settings>personal>phone>band to see if that makes any difference?

Yesss you're right - this will reduce your battery drain ! Switch to GSM to save battery and disable push mail (change it from Immediately in the scheduling of activesync settings).

[Wam7]

Definitely leave phone in 2G unless you need it. I have push email using Seven and my battery life is very good, as long as I leave it in 2G mode. I have used 1.47.30 and the one in my sig for long periods of time. Battery life was about the same for me but the 1.56. has very slightly better reception. Either will serve you will as they'll probably be the last ones we'll get.

[davey33]

I tried that, but it ate my battery when running under HSDPA, and didn't give me better signal or download speed.

Not when you use a 2400aMh battery its no problem:D

[biggary]

As the post starter I thought that I would post my findings after a few days...........

Well, the result is (shown in my signature) is 1.56.70.11
Im a very heavy user of wi-fi, gaming, texting and calls, and really put both (1.47.30.10 and 1.56.70.11) to the test, I disabled HSPDA as told by another user in this post, and 1.56 version had by far the better phone signal, had more battery after same test (After 6 hours non stop 1.47 had 48% and 1.56 had 66%)

So there you go. That answers my question in post 1 lol