New TidRadio H3 PLUS

[TrikeRadio]

40 minutes ago, WSHT525 said:

... I still cannot see the benefit of answering my phone on my radio since if the radio is in range of my phone, I can just use the phone? It is dumb.

I fully agree. I could not figure out why I would want to use my phone to talk on my radio if they were both right there within Bluetooth range.

[WSHH887]

I can think of one advantage of answering your phone home with your mic. Here using a handheld phone while driving illegally (never enforced but still technically against the law) but using a hand handheld microphone isn't. 

[WSHT525]

5 hours ago, WSHH887 said:

I can think of one advantage of answering your phone home with your mic. Here using a handheld phone while driving illegally (never enforced but still technically against the law) but using a hand handheld microphone isn't. 

I can see that. I use Car Play to avoid that but not everyone has it or wants to pair their phone to their car (my wife is one of them). 

[HHD1]

On 3/25/2025 at 9:25 AM, RIPPER238 said:

It appears this new H3 Plus is larger than the old H3, somewhere between the H8 & H3. But there doctored photos are terrible to 100% confirm. 

 

That left hand reveals the Alien inside...

[WSHT525]

On 4/4/2025 at 11:55 AM, HHD1 said:

That left hand reveals the Alien inside...

That photo is inaccurate, that or the hand belongs to an 8yo. I am a small person (5'2", 135lbs). It is definitely not that big. In the pic it looks bigger than a UV5R (I have two of those) and this is significantly smaller than that. 

Here is mine, hopefully this gives a decent size reference. The speaker mic is a mini, just a fraction over 1" wide.
I'll take a pic with it in my hand (or with something that will give good size reference) tomorrow if that helps.
 

[WRXB215]

31 minutes ago, WSHT525 said:

That photo is inaccurate, that or the hand belongs to an 8yo.

And definitely photoshopped. Notice the weird length of the left thumb compared to the right. Also the weird wavyness in the left hand.

[Jaay]

9 hours ago, WRXB215 said:

And definitely photoshopped. Notice the weird length of the left thumb compared to the right. Also the weird wavyness in the left hand.

Alien hands ...

[73blazer]

Apparently the AI likes to put man hands on woman holding radios.

[SteveShannon]

8 minutes ago, 73blazer said:

Apparently the AI likes to put man hands on woman holding radios.

You think those are man hands?

[73blazer]

They look like some pretty meaty paws to me! And now the radio's backwards and it's not an H3 plus!

[73blazer]

It's the same hand!

[LeoG]

They are close.  But it's not the same hand. 

[WSHT525]

Here you go (yes, that is a man’s hand in my picture but I’m a small man)
 

 

[Jaay]

4 hours ago, 73blazer said:

Apparently the AI likes to put man hands on woman holding radios.

That's Not a TID H3 either !

[WSHT525]

Firmware 1.19 is bricking radios. So far 100% of people applying the new FW have a dead unit. If you have one, do NOT do the FW to 1.19.
TID is aware of the issue. No resolution has been communicated yet.

[LeoG]

Usually with this type of hardware you can just put the previous firmware back into the machine and get it going again.  It has a ROM memory that is the basis of the radio and the firmwares just update that without affecting it.  So turning the radio off, push the PTT and use the previous version and it should start up again.

[TrikeRadio]

9 minutes ago, WSHT525 said:

Firmware 1.19 is bricking radios. So far 100% of people applying the new FW have a dead unit. If you have one, do NOT do the FW to 1.19.
TID is aware of the issue. No resolution has been communicated yet.

Is this just on the H3 PLUS firmware?
Stock firmware?

The TD-H3 (original) update files seem to be named different from that...
latest for the (NON PLUS) version seems to be H3_250317
Does anyone know anything good or bad about that one?

[WSHT525]

3 minutes ago, LeoG said:

Usually with this type of hardware you can just put the previous firmware back into the machine and get it going again.  It has a ROM memory that is the basis of the radio and the firmwares just update that without affecting it.  So turning the radio off, push the PTT and use the previous version and it should start up again.

Correct. Usually. That is not the case with this update. After failing, you cannot get into DFU mode (PTT+1+Power). The keypad lights up and nothing happens. The expected behavior would include the two LEDs on the top turning green. No joy. 100% of the 21 people I know (there's an FB group for this beta radio) have the identical result. It fails with a checksum error about 75% in. It attempts a repair 4 times, then it gives a fatal error. And fatal is accurate at this time.

[WSHT525]

1 minute ago, TrikeRadio said:

Is this just on the H3 PLUS firmware?
Stock firmware?

The TD-H3 (original) update files seem to be named different from that...
latest for the (NON PLUS) version seems to be H3_250317
Does anyone know anything good or bad about that one?

All I know - I only have the H3 Plus (beta) - is this is for the FW released today for that specific model, FW 1.19.

[LeoG]

30 minutes ago, WSHT525 said:

Correct. Usually. That is not the case with this update. After failing, you cannot get into DFU mode (PTT+1+Power). The keypad lights up and nothing happens. The expected behavior would include the two LEDs on the top turning green. No joy. 100% of the 21 people I know (there's an FB group for this beta radio) have the identical result. It fails with a checksum error about 75% in. It attempts a repair 4 times, then it gives a fatal error. And fatal is accurate at this time.

Well that's different than entering the program mode for the original TDH3.  It's just push the PTT and turn the unit on after you've activated the firmware update in the IAP app.  We don't need to push the 1 button.

[WSHT525]

23 minutes ago, LeoG said:

Well that's different than entering the program mode for the original TDH3.  It's just push the PTT and turn the unit on after you've activated the firmware update in the IAP app.  We don't need to push the 1 button.

It is a different anima, even Chirp treats it as one. Very much like the difference between the Baofeng 5RH vs 5RH Pro vs 5RH Pro Max. They look almost identical but they are not. the Pro is not an upgraded version of the 5RH, that is the Pro Max. The Pro has different hardware, this is apparent to me with the Pro having an ASCII handshake vs Binary for almost all their other models. 

[HHD1]

On 4/6/2025 at 11:37 AM, 73blazer said:

It's the same hand!

The Hat!!!!  With a sad face like that, I feel even worse for him than I did before.  Cheer up SoCal.  All you have to do is turn your radio around.  Now you won't have to throw it in the trash.

[SteveShannon]

42 minutes ago, HHD1 said:

The Hat!!!!  With a sad face like that, I feel even worse for him than I did before.  Cheer up SoCal.  All you have to do is turn your radio around.  Now you won't have to throw it in the trash.

I missed the hat. That’s a classic!!!