TrikeRadio Posted April 3 Report Posted April 3 On 4/3/2025 at 6:24 PM, 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. Expand 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. Quote
WSHH887 Posted April 3 Report Posted April 3 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. TrikeRadio 1 Quote
WSHT525 Posted April 4 Report Posted April 4 On 4/3/2025 at 7:29 PM, 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. Expand 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). Quote
HHD1 Posted Friday at 03:55 PM Report Posted Friday at 03:55 PM On 3/25/2025 at 2:25 PM, 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. Expand That left hand reveals the Alien inside... RIPPER238 1 Quote
WSHT525 Posted Sunday at 12:37 AM Report Posted Sunday at 12:37 AM On 4/4/2025 at 3:55 PM, HHD1 said: That left hand reveals the Alien inside... Expand 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. RIPPER238 1 Quote
WRXB215 Posted Sunday at 01:10 AM Report Posted Sunday at 01:10 AM On 4/6/2025 at 12:37 AM, WSHT525 said: That photo is inaccurate, that or the hand belongs to an 8yo. Expand And definitely photoshopped. Notice the weird length of the left thumb compared to the right. Also the weird wavyness in the left hand. Quote
Jaay Posted Sunday at 10:23 AM Report Posted Sunday at 10:23 AM On 4/6/2025 at 1:10 AM, 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. Expand Alien hands ... Quote
73blazer Posted Sunday at 03:39 PM Report Posted Sunday at 03:39 PM Apparently the AI likes to put man hands on woman holding radios. WSHT525 1 Quote
SteveShannon Posted Sunday at 03:48 PM Report Posted Sunday at 03:48 PM On 4/6/2025 at 3:39 PM, 73blazer said: Apparently the AI likes to put man hands on woman holding radios. Expand You think those are man hands? Quote
73blazer Posted Sunday at 03:54 PM Report Posted Sunday at 03:54 PM They look like some pretty meaty paws to me! And now the radio's backwards and it's not an H3 plus! RIPPER238 1 Quote
73blazer Posted Sunday at 04:37 PM Report Posted Sunday at 04:37 PM It's the same hand! SteveShannon and HHD1 2 Quote
LeoG Posted Sunday at 05:24 PM Report Posted Sunday at 05:24 PM They are close. But it's not the same hand. SteveShannon 1 Quote
WSHT525 Posted Sunday at 05:34 PM Report Posted Sunday at 05:34 PM Here you go (yes, that is a man’s hand in my picture but I’m a small man) TrikeRadio 1 Quote
Jaay Posted Sunday at 08:23 PM Report Posted Sunday at 08:23 PM On 4/6/2025 at 3:39 PM, 73blazer said: Apparently the AI likes to put man hands on woman holding radios. Expand That's Not a TID H3 either ! TrikeRadio 1 Quote
WSHT525 Posted Tuesday at 03:43 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 03:43 PM 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. CoffeeTime and TrikeRadio 2 Quote
LeoG Posted Tuesday at 03:51 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 03:51 PM 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. Quote
TrikeRadio Posted Tuesday at 03:57 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 03:57 PM On 4/8/2025 at 3:43 PM, 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. Expand 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? Quote
WSHT525 Posted Tuesday at 03:58 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 03:58 PM On 4/8/2025 at 3:51 PM, 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. Expand 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. TrikeRadio and CoffeeTime 2 Quote
WSHT525 Posted Tuesday at 03:59 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 03:59 PM On 4/8/2025 at 3:57 PM, 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? Expand 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. TrikeRadio 1 Quote
LeoG Posted Tuesday at 04:30 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:30 PM On 4/8/2025 at 3:58 PM, 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. Expand 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. Quote
WSHT525 Posted Tuesday at 05:10 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 05:10 PM On 4/8/2025 at 4:30 PM, 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. Expand 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. Quote
HHD1 Posted Tuesday at 08:25 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 08:25 PM On 4/6/2025 at 4:37 PM, 73blazer said: It's the same hand! Expand 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. Jaay, WRUU653 and SteveShannon 1 2 Quote
SteveShannon Posted Tuesday at 09:08 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 09:08 PM On 4/8/2025 at 8:25 PM, 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. Expand I missed the hat. That’s a classic!!! HHD1 and WRUU653 1 1 Quote
WSHT525 Posted yesterday at 11:05 AM Report Posted yesterday at 11:05 AM Fix was released today. It works. Still not an awesome radio but at least it isn't a paperweight. Quote
LeoG Posted yesterday at 12:09 PM Report Posted yesterday at 12:09 PM What's not awesome about it? I think the TDH3 is pretty awesome for the money. TrikeRadio 1 Quote
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