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wuthton
Android Enthusiast
48hrs from ROM upgrade, my experience
I thought I would share my thoughts on the differences I have seen in the phone other than the much discussed speed (which is awesome).
-Signal
I have noticed an improvement in signal from 2/3 bars to consistent 3 bars, but I would like to expand on this opinion further down. I have installed the latest radio.
-WiFi
I am sure the WiFi reception is improved. Before I could not get good reception in my Garden but now I can. This is excellent because my netbook has very poor reception outside, always had to use the laptop so I never expected the phone to manage but it does now. This is an observation and not tested with two phones side by side.
The WiFi tether that comes with upgrade is excellent, easy to use and for myself very useful as I regularly take my netbook away at weekends.
-Task Killer
I have uninstalled it, no longer required as the phone runs perfectly well without it.
-Battery
No discernible difference, but it is difficult to quantify because is varies so widely with the use of the phone.
-Youtube/Beebplayer picture
I am sure the picture quality is better on 3G, before it was unwatchable but today it is not so bad. Again this would be best tested with two phones side by side, but I am sure.
Back to signal reception. My opinion is that pre-rom upgrade my Hero had equally as good reception as my previous nokias but it did show less bars on the screen. My office has very low signal which has never really been a problem as spend most of my time outside. Previously I have been able to receive/make calls but couldn't expect to have a full conversation without losing connection this was the same for the Hero as it was for the Nokias. If the Hero has bad reception it would have none in my office. Today I have made several phone calls in my office (without having to stand at the door as usual) with no trouble at all, this is a first. Now to clarify further, one of my colleagues has a nokia which outside shows 3/4 bars to the Hero's 3 and inside he does not get reliable reception.
I thought I would share my thoughts on the differences I have seen in the phone other than the much discussed speed (which is awesome).
-Signal
I have noticed an improvement in signal from 2/3 bars to consistent 3 bars, but I would like to expand on this opinion further down. I have installed the latest radio.
-WiFi
I am sure the WiFi reception is improved. Before I could not get good reception in my Garden but now I can. This is excellent because my netbook has very poor reception outside, always had to use the laptop so I never expected the phone to manage but it does now. This is an observation and not tested with two phones side by side.
The WiFi tether that comes with upgrade is excellent, easy to use and for myself very useful as I regularly take my netbook away at weekends.
-Task Killer
I have uninstalled it, no longer required as the phone runs perfectly well without it.
-Battery
No discernible difference, but it is difficult to quantify because is varies so widely with the use of the phone.
-Youtube/Beebplayer picture
I am sure the picture quality is better on 3G, before it was unwatchable but today it is not so bad. Again this would be best tested with two phones side by side, but I am sure.
Back to signal reception. My opinion is that pre-rom upgrade my Hero had equally as good reception as my previous nokias but it did show less bars on the screen. My office has very low signal which has never really been a problem as spend most of my time outside. Previously I have been able to receive/make calls but couldn't expect to have a full conversation without losing connection this was the same for the Hero as it was for the Nokias. If the Hero has bad reception it would have none in my office. Today I have made several phone calls in my office (without having to stand at the door as usual) with no trouble at all, this is a first. Now to clarify further, one of my colleagues has a nokia which outside shows 3/4 bars to the Hero's 3 and inside he does not get reliable reception.
wuthton
Android Enthusiast
What are your thoughts on reception as I got the impression this was your reason to upgrade?
Also I think it would be helpful for everybody if people who consider themselves newbies and have gone through with this would post the expirences of the process and the results.
Also I think it would be helpful for everybody if people who consider themselves newbies and have gone through with this would post the expirences of the process and the results.
I haven't missed a thing today, but I am impressed with one area you were so-so on: battery.
When I had my iPhone 3G, and I was out and about all day, I had to switch 3g off. This would mean that if I was using googlemaps, I would inevitably miss calls (they got bounced to VM more often than not).
I left everything on today (wi-fi, 3g, gps etc) used gmaps, games, sms, email, calls. The lot. Really tried to wear her down. I still have 30% battery left now - which I think is amazing. Even my Blackberry Curve wouldn't have that stamina.
Because I move around so much, I can't honestly comment on signal. All I can say is that I am happy with it's performance.
When I had my iPhone 3G, and I was out and about all day, I had to switch 3g off. This would mean that if I was using googlemaps, I would inevitably miss calls (they got bounced to VM more often than not).
I left everything on today (wi-fi, 3g, gps etc) used gmaps, games, sms, email, calls. The lot. Really tried to wear her down. I still have 30% battery left now - which I think is amazing. Even my Blackberry Curve wouldn't have that stamina.
Because I move around so much, I can't honestly comment on signal. All I can say is that I am happy with it's performance.
hi guys, thanks for the forum, you have to love forums where u can get advise like this.
I am in the middle of doing my phone now, got it about 4 hrs ago lol.
Am i right in thinking that after i complete the first part /video that when I reboot, I need to select the backup - 5th line down and this will store my standard orange rom onto my sdcard that I have in?? So in any case, I can restore it?
After this, I plan to remove and keep safe the sdcard, I have another 8gb for using with the phone, is this an ok thing to do, or will i lose any functionality by removing this sdcard? ie is anything installed there thats needed.
I havent watched the 2nd video but i presume it involves downloading, putting onto sd and flashing the new rom, I would do this on the new card preferably
is this ok ? .....
thx
I am in the middle of doing my phone now, got it about 4 hrs ago lol.
Am i right in thinking that after i complete the first part /video that when I reboot, I need to select the backup - 5th line down and this will store my standard orange rom onto my sdcard that I have in?? So in any case, I can restore it?
After this, I plan to remove and keep safe the sdcard, I have another 8gb for using with the phone, is this an ok thing to do, or will i lose any functionality by removing this sdcard? ie is anything installed there thats needed.
I havent watched the 2nd video but i presume it involves downloading, putting onto sd and flashing the new rom, I would do this on the new card preferably
is this ok ? .....
thx
dukeuk76
Newbie
My thoughts on the reception:
I dont think it has improved my reception by upgrading the rom, I still have the 2/3 bars i always had at home.
My thoughts on the updated rom:
Amazing, i can have multiple apps (google maps, sky map, walkie talkie, tv guide, market, browser) running in the background without any touch lag. The phone has improved by 100% and the camera is no longer a ball ache to take decent pictures.
If your still running a stock phone, upgrade now!!
I dont think it has improved my reception by upgrading the rom, I still have the 2/3 bars i always had at home.
My thoughts on the updated rom:
Amazing, i can have multiple apps (google maps, sky map, walkie talkie, tv guide, market, browser) running in the background without any touch lag. The phone has improved by 100% and the camera is no longer a ball ache to take decent pictures.
If your still running a stock phone, upgrade now!!
wuthton
Android Enthusiast
Another improvement I have noticed is with the calendar. Events that are deleted on the phone are now synced with Google cal.
Pre-upgrade I could create or edit events but not delete them off Google. From reading this was a common problem so I did not worry about it but now it is fixed I am very pleased.
Pre-upgrade I could create or edit events but not delete them off Google. From reading this was a common problem so I did not worry about it but now it is fixed I am very pleased.
I can't quite get the thinking behind some of these carriers.
You only have to look at the success of the iPhone to realise what an affect this has on O2.
I was always told: work ON the business, not IN the business - and it's served me well.
In this case, I think they need to look after the likes of us a little better. We pay more for handsets, we're loyal, we use more data, and we have a voice!
You only have to look at the success of the iPhone to realise what an affect this has on O2.
I was always told: work ON the business, not IN the business - and it's served me well.
In this case, I think they need to look after the likes of us a little better. We pay more for handsets, we're loyal, we use more data, and we have a voice!
mine has restarted twice today, I was using the tethering for wifi to connect my laptop and had the hero plugged into usb, but it seems the battery still went down?? is there not evenough v from the usb to charge when in use maybe? but i have done this with other phones before and had no problem. The phone was quite hot also, anyway, it restarted by itself twice, not sure why.
All in all I like it, my signal is still crap though it was better on the original orange rom
All in all I like it, my signal is still crap though it was better on the original orange rom
charliedanger
Lurker
I'm up for giving this a go. But will I lose all my current text messages? I'm sure I read that there's a way of using HTC sync to back these up but I don't know that Outlook would know what to do with a load of SMS texts. Besides I don't use Outlook anymore since Google got pretty good at email and calendar.
See my post in your other thread.