There have been a few of us that have installed it already. So far...it's not too bad. Although 138 tries to stay on the extremely weak EVDO here, 160 seems just as happy on 1X (via my Airave) as it does on 1XEV in town. Not too shabby.
I may have to try this one later on.....are you using DM 5.0 on the install? Only reason I ask is that I still have the OEM Sprint .131 and tried to upgrade to the US Celluar .138 and it wouldn't let me do it.
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I talked to a BB Specialist the other day about the other upgrade that came out he said dont worry about the last 3 numbers ( mine are 131 ) its not a major upgrade when you see those last numbers go up a few digits, its more for multilang, support so your not gonna see a big or even a noticable difference specialy the leaked versions, only time to upgrade is when the first 2 numbers change from 4.5 to 4.6 or higher.
In to try it.... Have to wait until I can get home to my computer first though.... That sucks. I'm also on sprint so I'm interested to see what kind of results you all report.
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I talked to a BB Specialist the other day about the other upgrade that came out he said dont worry about the last 3 numbers ( mine are 131 ) its not a major upgrade when you see those last numbers go up a few digits, its more for multilang, support so your not gonna see a big or even a noticable difference specialy the leaked versions, only time to upgrade is when the first 2 numbers change from 4.5 to 4.6 or higher.
That may be true, but you cannot avoid the reasoning...when 131 has great battery life and slow, when 138 is fast but uses more battery.
I'd rather have speed. I LOVE responsiveness. That's the only way to tell...interface lag.
So far, I'm not too impressed with 160. Some of the lag from 131 came back and I don't like it.
I've also noticed that I now see 1x and 1xev vs 1X and 1XEV. Don;t like the idea of losing my blackberry connection (lower case is carrier network data, uppercase is BIS network data from what I've read)
I've also had a couple of dropped calls tonight while I was out. Never happened before.
I'll be going back to 138 until a new 138/160 hybrid gets worked out.
For me, it seems a lot less lag then there was on .138. Past few days, i would get the hourglass to spin for 60 to 90 seconds before media opens.
No dropped calls for me, which sounds like a signal problem more than an OS problem. As for my 1xev vs 1XEV, it seems like it wants to stay on 1XEV unlike before where it would like to change.
I notice on my home screen calendar now shows events that are all day, which is a plus. Also, the call timer returns in .160.
Only problem so far is that when I changed the the tones, sometimes they won't play and then I see in media that it is isn't a supported file type. After a batter pull, all seems well with it.
Right now I prefer .160 over the buggier .138.
Last edited by TravKoolBreeze; 07-31-09 at 12:32 AM.
Loaded a hybrid of this with 4.6/5.0 with BBM 5.0 files on Sprint and working great- good speed, seems like better coverage with this radio- battery seems same so far.
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I am on Sprint, and upgraded from .138 to .160 yesterday. I honestly haven't noticed any improvements. Seems quite stable though, so no problems. All 3 of my mapping/GPS programs work fine (BB Maps, Google Maps, and Sprint Nav).
I am on Sprint, and upgraded from .138 to .160 yesterday. I honestly haven't noticed any improvements. Seems quite stable though, so no problems. All 3 of my mapping/GPS programs work fine (BB Maps, Google Maps, and Sprint Nav).
Do you have a 8330m? you are listed as having a 8330?
So Google maps is using GPS and not tower aproximation?