QUALCOMM(R) 7201 chip on my Tilt.

[sharpja]

I just received a warranty replacement for my ATT Tilt (reception problem, it would drop signal and not pick it up again, not in a 3g area). I checked the device info to see if they had preloaded the updated rom--they did--and in the hardware section they listed the chip as a 7201, not a 7200 like my old one.

So, what is the difference between the 7200 and the 7201? I did a seach and couldn't really find anything.

Thanks.

[mikeeey]

o wow this may be very important actually.
have you noticed any graphical improvement?

[sharpja]

Originally Posted by mikeeey o wow this may be very important actually. have you noticed any graphical improvement?

I must admit, sheepishly, that I haven't done anything with it yet. I don't have time to string out the restore process, and I don't want to just restore from a backup, so I'm collecting all the cabs I need, at the moment. I should have it up completely tomorrow night.

Is there any file or anything I should be looking for?

[sharpja]

Originally Posted by sharpja I must admit, sheepishly, that I haven't done anything with it yet. I don't have time to string out the restore process, and I don't want to just restore from a backup, so I'm collecting all the cabs I need, at the moment. I should have it up completely tomorrow night. Is there any file or anything I should be looking for?

OK,

I ran VSBenchmark--sound off--and got the following:

graphics: 1254
Others: 2178
JPEG: 2612
games: 1540
Sound: 0592
final score: 1635

so according to this, it's not any faster.

[mikeeey]

ugh..who knows.. maybe its nothing lol.
but i thought i remember hearing that the P6500 had this chip or something?

[Anguysh]

I just got my tilt last week and it also has the 7201 not any faster than other tilts though

[ChumleyEX]

Originally Posted by mikeeey o wow this may be very important actually. have you noticed any graphical improvement?

For some reason this reply really makes me laugh inside. What your seeing is (my guess) the oem chip number finally being shown. This is the chip with the video gpu turned off. Why does everyone think it's going to be something better?

[NotATreoFan]

Originally Posted by ChumleyEX This is the chip with the video gpu turned off.

/cry... Seriously, I've given up hoping for awesome video performance from my Tilt. I'm running Dutty's latest release and it is plenty fast enough for me. I barely use my phone for talking, let alone video playback. We'll just have to wait for the Xperia to come out.

[sharpja]

Originally Posted by ChumleyEX For some reason this reply really makes me laugh inside. What your seeing is (my guess) the oem chip number finally being shown. This is the chip with the video gpu turned off. Why does everyone think it's going to be something better?

I was afraid of that. So, same chip, but new number to reflect what we <i>really</i> have.

[ChumleyEX]

In my not so humble opinion, I would say that maybe Qualcomm caught enough heat from people like us that they started requiring new phone to go out with the 7201 name instead of the 7200. Now they will have something to fall back on. Also the way that HTC has worded some of their replies to us just gives me the impression that this chip has been modded for them. Which is normal.