Tidradio H3 Firmware information

[RickR]

Hi everyone,

New here and new to GMRS and radios all together. I recently purchased two TD-H3 radios to use at my son's training and events. Special Olympics Track and Field basically for us to talk between me and the other coaches. The radios came with firmware version 240817. I have downloaded the firmware but I don't see anywhere in the zip file about what the new versions offer. Like specific improvements, bug fixes, or new features which I am used to reading that before updating the firmware. So does anybody know what changes and is there a reason to update at this time? I am still reading learning the terms and etiquette for radio use.

Many thanks for any information and for your time.

Rick

[OffRoaderX]

2 minutes ago, RickR said:

is there a reason to update at this time?

No.. 

Too much risk, not enough reward.

[hxpx]

TIDRadio doesn't seem to publish release notes for their firmware - I think they just announce it on their FB page and hope you find it. Kind of frustrating.

IIRC the latest firmware just fixes some issues with the airband frequencies so unless you really like listening to local airport traffic, it's not necessary (and it's not super exciting anyway).

[Destro]

I have 3 H3'S. I haven't updated the firmware. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 

Unless there is something specific that needs fixing, I'll just leave mine as is.

[LeoG]

Most of my radios have GMRS_250110

This one added the antenna meter that shows strength instead of just showing full bars on all signals.  For some reason they removed it.

[LeoG]

The only one to stay away from is 240625, that had some detrimental effects on the radio.  I can't remember what but I remember removing it after I put it in.

[WRUE951]

I once lost (bricked) a radio during firmware update.  After 5 minutes into the update and not seeing any response on the software side, I actually thought windows locked up and did a ctrl- alt-del to shut down the program. The radio then started flashing astraks. Got. In touch with Atlantic, they confirmed I bricked the radio.  I got lucky,  they sent me a new replacement on warranty repair.   I’,ve never done a firmware update since,