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weird update

Two weeks ago i received the ji6 update
last night, my phone received a firmware update
i thought it was the froyo update
i installed the new firmware
once i installed it, i noticed i was missing features
i no longer had the task manager or media Hub
i checked my phone's info and the firmware update actually brought me back to 2.1 update1
Anyone have any idea what's going on?

outkast123 said:
Two weeks ago i received the ji6 update
last night, my phone received a firmware update
i thought it was the froyo update
i installed the new firmware
once i installed it, i noticed i was missing features
i no longer had the task manager or media Hub
i checked my phone's info and the firmware update actually brought me back to 2.1 update1
Anyone have any idea what's going on?
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Both the original JFD and the OTA JI6 (as well as all the intermediary leaked firmwares) are 2.1 update1. 2.1 update1 denotes the current revision of Eclair itself, while JFD and JI6 denote revisions of Samsung's verion of 2.1 update1.
So take a peek again and see which version of Samsung's baseband is installed.

it says T959UVJFD

To see your baseband and firmware versions, make sure to use Settings/About Phone..
Seems like we're serving as test beds for the Sammy dev's, maybe not such a bad thing.The j16 update fixed my hardware locked phone. I'm hoping they resolve the battery draining issues before, or with 2.2.

outkast123 said:
it says T959UVJFD
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Well, it's safe to say for whatever reason your back on the stock firmware the phone shipped with...

Happened to me as well, its because JI6 was pulled for being "not so great" (it was bricking too many phones)

I know this isn't a Cliq forum but my wife is getting an operating system update on her Cliq right now - I wonder if she is beating me to Froyo??!
Edit: I suppose she is actually getting eclair.

This may be a dumb question but: should I be worried that this hasn't happened to me as of yet?

A buddy of mine has had three updates on his. Weird.
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NikolaiT said:
Happened to me as well, its because JI6 was pulled for being "not so great" (it was bricking too many phones)
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Do you have any actual evidence to support the claim that JI6 was "pulled" (I assume you mean by TMO/Samsung)?

JI6 was never pulled and it is actually a great update. Sped the phone up a bit, added some new things, and made the GPS decent. Besides the bricking (which was probably user error) no problems.

kangxi said:
JI6 was never pulled and it is actually a great update. Sped the phone up a bit, added some new things, and made the GPS decent. Besides the bricking (which was probably user error) no problems.
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Have to disagree with the "great update" part. lol
But as far as the update being pulled, with no word from T-Mo of it being pulled I called BS. Furthermore, why would they push an update to phones and revert them back to JFD? Doesn't make sense.

Same thing happened to me this AM. I recieved an exchange unit yesterday, because after the JI6 update, the GPS still would fluctuate all over the map which was especially frustrating when navigating because the app would continuously reroute you. Received the exchange unit, got it set up the way my old phone was, and made sure to check the baseband version. It had JI6. Woke up this morning with an icon similar to the missed call icon, clicked on it, and it said there was a new update from TMobile. Performed update which took about 10 minutes, then checked to see what was different. Checked the basband version and it is now T959UVJFD. Checked GPS with GPS status, and I have strong signal from 13 satelites, but only locked on to 2 with 143 ft accuracy... Last night before the update had accuracy to 12 ft. WTF!

jbayer said:
Same thing happened to me this AM. I recieved an exchange unit yesterday, because after the JI6 update, the GPS still would fluctuate all over the map which was especially frustrating when navigating because the app would continuously reroute you. Received the exchange unit, got it set up the way my old phone was, and made sure to check the baseband version. It had JI6. Woke up this morning with an icon similar to the missed call icon, clicked on it, and it said there was a new update from TMobile. Performed update which took about 10 minutes, then checked to see what was different. Checked the basband version and it is now T959UVJFD. Checked GPS with GPS status, and I have strong signal from 13 satelites, but only locked on to 2 with 143 ft accuracy... Last night before the update had accuracy to 12 ft. WTF!
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Have you contacted TMO support? If not, why not?
Love to hear what they have to say.

I got an OTA last night and now I am running Windows Phone 7, some weird stuff happening here 0.o

Possible Theory
While I haven't received either the official OTA, nor the mysterious overnight one, I have a question. Is it possible that the overnight push to revert is an attempt at scrubbing the unofficial JI6 updates from the phone only to install the actual official one? So if we chose to update through Kies originally when it was leaked or some other method, could the be T-mobiles way of resetting and executing?

XxSuntoucherxX said:
While I haven't received either the official OTA, nor the mysterious overnight one, I have a question. Is it possible that the overnight push to revert is an attempt at scrubbing the unofficial JI6 updates from the phone only to install the actual official one? So if we chose to update through Kies originally when it was leaked or some other method, could the be T-mobiles way of resetting and executing?
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I was kind of thinking the same thing. Is this T-mobiles attempt to flush out the bad update? But why waste the resources to push out a revert "update" to phones? Who knows, it's some kind of consipiracy.

XxSuntoucherxX said:
While I haven't received either the official OTA, nor the mysterious overnight one, I have a question. Is it possible that the overnight push to revert is an attempt at scrubbing the unofficial JI6 updates from the phone only to install the actual official one? So if we chose to update through Kies originally when it was leaked or some other method, could the be T-mobiles way of resetting and executing?
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A poster on another forum claims the same reversion OTA just happened on his phone, and it wasn't even rooted, which wouldn't fit your theory. Although just getting all the relevant facts in these situations is often the biggest obstacle.

Maybe they need to roll us back in preparation for Froyo?
I know, I know, it makes no sense, but none of this makes sense.

samnada said:
Have you contacted TMO support? If not, why not?
Love to hear what they have to say.
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Yes, I contacted them. They gave me some BS reason that I was reverted, and told me that they would put me on a list to get the JI6 update, and that it would take 2-3 days, so who knows....

When did you guys get the update?

I just bought mytouch i been using it for 6 hours. I know there has been ota update for it. How long did it take for you to get the update?i see there is no option to "check for update"

I've had mine for 9 days and still don't have the update. Is there a manual update?

Sorry guys, I got mine right after turning it on, I assume we mean 2.2.1?

jafu said:
I've had mine for 9 days and still don't have the update. Is there a manual update?
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i dont think there is manual update you should call tmoibile because you are suppose to get update in 48hrs

It is usually to the IMEI number not being updated in their system. So call the customer service and make sure they have the right IMEI for your new phone. Once they change it make a couple of calls and you should get it within 4-8 hours.

Well, I did an online chat with TMO and asked when I would get the update. They told me I would get it by the 15th. 10 minutes later I got the update. YAY!!

Please post questions in Q&A section.

I got mine 24 hours after I called support.

I waited almost 14 days with no updates. I had to exchange the phone because of something unrelated and my new phone got the update in less than 15 minutes after I inserted the sim and made a call.

I had my phone for over a week with no update. My t-Mo profile still showed my MT3G 1.2. I changed the phone on my profile to the MT4G, made calls that evening and the next morning, the update notification was present. Coincidence? Do not know but received the update.
MT4G rocks!!

Had my phone for about a month now, phone is correct on my plan and the IMEI is correct but I still haven't received the update.

got my update within 2 hours after i bought the phone.

I was literally pulling out of the T-Mo parking lot on the day of purchase (1st. day of release) and got the update notification.
I was just about in disbelief!

Im confused about the update my phone came in the mail today its already running 2.2.1. Do was that the update out is the update some thing else.I've had the phone on for six hours and haven't received any updates any ideas?
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jriv said:
Im confused about the update my phone came in the mail today its already running 2.2.1. Do was that the update out is the update some thing else.I've had the phone on for six hours and haven't received any updates any ideas?
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2.2.1 is the update... newer phones people are receiving are preflashed with it

i also got a mytouch4G a week ago, what update are you talking about? the only update i got was an update for qik video chat. i went into software information and it says android version 2.2.1 and software number 1.17.531.2 is that the update?

Mattyfromma said:
i also got a mytouch4G a week ago, what update are you talking about? the only update i got was an update for qik video chat. i went into software information and it says android version 2.2.1 and software number 1.17.531.2 is that the update?
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Seriously? All you needed to do was look one post up and you would see that 2.2.1 was the update. A lot of phones only shipped with 2.2 on release day. So 2.2.1 IS the update.

I waited 2 weeks, became inpatient and forced the upgrade. My first android....so that process was perfect to help me understand framework, ADB and file structure.
Viva la Android!!!!

Vibrant update is via mini kies

androidcentral: Froyo for the Vibrant being updated through Samsung Mini Kies ... Good luck! http://bit.ly/eZHa6v
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They can't even do it ota? They held the update for so long then say they are going to update but they make it as hard as they can. This doesn't surprise me.

There is obviously a problem updating OTA. Rather they release it this way as soon as they can and then OTA when they are sure its stable.

It's not even 2.2.1.
My coworker just updated and he only received 2.2. I would have figured they could have figured out that minor build for this.

hahahahahaha, figures they wouldn't give 2.2.1.

And after a little browsing of the captivate forum it looks like they are having a lot of problems with both kies and the froyo update.
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othan1 said:
It's not even 2.2.1.
My coworker just updated and he only received 2.2. I would have figured they could have figured out that minor build for this.
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Lol, so basically it breaks down like this:
-Tmobile received a ton of bad press over entire delay of Froyo.
-They cave and release the update that Samsung had given them MONTHS ago but they didn't release because of z4root and they only release it through kies so that enthusiasts will STFU while a majority will not receive the easily rootable update.
-They announce that there will be a mandatory OTA update later, which will obviously be 2.2.1, updating everyone to the z4root proof Froyo.

UK 3G Xoom OTA 3.1 Update

I have quickly had a look round but did not see any other threads relating to this. Last night my UK Carphone Warehouse Xoom said it had and update available and pointed me to http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/GB-EN/TABLETS/MZ601/Xoom3G_MR1_UK_Release_Notes_UK.htm for more information. I installed this and got a pop up when it rebooted saying it was successful. However nothing has appears to have changed, I am still on 3.0.1 and when I go to check for new updates again it says my device is up to date. I was wondering if anyone else had any more luck or know how to force the Xoom to try the install again. I would take it into a Carphone Warehouse store to ask but they appear to be all on fire.
*Update*
The xoom downloaded a second update around lunch time today and I'm now running 3.1

I got the same update this morning, I suspect it was a small preparation update, and 3.1 should be right around the corner

Pretty sure I'm downloading the 3.1 update now. It matches the update code in the guide you linked.

Recharge the battery above 50% then will begin the second phase of the installation.

dstanek1971 said:
Recharge the battery above 50% then will begin the second phase of the installation.
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Seriously? I just updated to 3.2 on 21% battery while charging. If that's true that's just strange.
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Now fully updated to 3.1, give it time and hit the search for updates regularly and it'll eventually popup.
Seems noticably smoother, more responsive, and less laggy.

I got the same message this morning. Proceeded to download and install update, and it hung about 1/4 way through. Now just sat at screen with an android next to an exclamation mark.
UK 3g rooted, CWM etc
Dont know what to do now?
Reflash nandroid and try again, gets the same results.

Today my dutch XOOM got te 3.1 update
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Still waiting in Canada
oh well

mattfigaro said:
I got the same message this morning. Proceeded to download and install update, and it hung about 1/4 way through. Now just sat at screen with an android next to an exclamation mark.
UK 3g rooted, CWM etc
Dont know what to do now?
Reflash nandroid and try again, gets the same results.
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I think you have to be bootloader locked, not rooted and on stock for an OTA to work correctly.
Lordao

Ok, rooted and bootloader unlocked.
Any other way to apply the updates ?

mattfigaro said:
Ok, rooted and bootloader unlocked.
Any other way to apply the updates ?
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relock bootloader and go back to stock basically.
Lordao

Uk XOOM locked an stock 3g from carphone warehouse but no update.
Cold started loads, checked update in about and even changed the date but cant pull updated.
Anyone got any advice as im desperate for the update?
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stock 3g got the ota update 30mins ago noticeable difference in performance much much better experience all round.

a few issues
UK 3G unrooted or touched in anyway here is my feedback
Pro's
1. Web browser quick keys are all the more better and make it a glory to use
Con's
1. a few apps wont open NVidia app and marketplace just freezes up
2. More importantly my connectivity has been seriously reduced last night I was tethering all night playing minecraft beta and now its just giving me the no internet connection all the time on 3G or when near WiFi the exact same problem
any thoughts?

Hi all,
Last night got the smaller update first and then after a reboot was advised to have a charging or fully charged battery and to proceed with the 2nd update over WiFi which i did. All went well all my apps and settings where still intact and i now have a working SD card otherwise haven't really noticed any differences as using ADW EX mine was already smooth and fast but i have no issues caused by this update. I have a UK Xoom from CPW runnning on a Talkmobile Sim.
Marc

anyone tried uk BT keyboard to see if you get the UK layout?

Hi guys,
a quick question.
I have a rooted Xoom which has 3.2 tiamat Rom 2.1 Hammerhead
Will I still receive the 3.1 original update from Motorola?
i live in london.
cheers

kapeedp said:
Hi guys,
a quick question.
I have a rooted Xoom which has 3.2 tiamat Rom 2.1 Hammerhead
Will I still receive the 3.1 original update from Motorola?
i live in london.
cheers
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no 4567890

Personally, until someone who has gone through the OTA install and played with the UK 3.1, I'm not touching this with a barge pole. Hammerhead 2.1 is fantastic and we need to find if there are any advantages to backtracking to 3.1 in my opinion. The hassle of relocking and unrooting is too much without knowing the benefits.

Sprint pulls gingerbread 2.3 update?

So i recieved a notifaction today that my samsung epic was eligable for the gingerbread 2.3 update. Knowing not to get my hopes up, I followed the instructions to update, but my phone kept telling me my current andriod version was up to date.
I called sprint technical support which was the biggest waste of two hours of my life. They ended up screwing up my phone, which I had to manually get working again.
I finally called my local sprint store to see what was going on, and he told me that spring PULLED the samsung epic 2.3 update because many clients were reporting problems with their phones. He told me it would become available again in the next 3-4 weeks. I have no idea how he would know this information, but im leaning towards speculation. 3-4 weeks is 6-8 months in sprint langunage. He said his is working completely fine, and he would be fine with me to come down and he will manually put it on my phone for me, but warned if my phone bricked, it would be stuck that way (aka i would have to use odin to send it back to stock).
I manually put the E122 version on my phone and so far have ZERO problems. Is anyone else aware of sprint jumping the gun on this one and pulling this update?

I've had the Epic since day 1.
They have pulled EVERY-SINGLE-UPDATE in the history of Epic updates.
It's almost laughable. I can't wait to get a sprint phone that sprint and samsung dont mess with (nexus prime, etc)

I have the correct version right? EI22 is the latest and greatest?
What happens if sprint releases a newer update, will I have to manually remove this one and go back to froyo eco5, or will my phone update ok?

can you point me in the direction of the way you updated this with zero problems? thanks

ericizzy1 said:
can you point me in the direction of the way you updated this with zero problems? thanks
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Im not sure if your being sarcastic, but I will point you anyways.
Before anything, make sure you have FROYO ECO5 Installed, and nothing else.
1.)go to ww.gottabemobile.com/2011/11/09/samsung-epic-4g-gingerbread-update-rolling-out-can-be-manually-installed
2.)rename the zip file they have for you download to update (NOT UPDATE.ZIP, just UPDATE)
3.)put the file on your SD card
4.)start phone in boot mode
5.)update.zip will appear on the boot screen, select it.
your phone will update automatically.

Since it was an official release, EI22 should upgrade to the "GB fixed" version for the Epic, even if OTA is stopped. A quick google search doesn't confirm that the update was stopped. Not saying you're wrong, but could be misinformed.

sgtkwol said:
Since it was an official release, EI22 should upgrade to the "GB fixed" version for the Epic, even if OTA is stopped. A quick google search doesn't confirm that the update was stopped. Not saying you're wrong, but could be misinformed.
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I agree. I mean it made sense and all, considering i was unable to update via OTA and my phone said my andriod version was currently up to date.
I guess only a certain percentage of users are getting it at the moment? I dont know, I have it now and thats all that matters.
Only complaint I have is their new system they use to kill aps. I loved the fact I didnt need advanced APP killer with my epic, but this new interface is really confusing me.

alextjen said:
I agree. I mean it made sense and all, considering i was unable to update via OTA and my phone said my andriod version was currently up to date.
I guess only a certain percentage of users are getting it at the moment? I dont know, I have it now and thats all that matters.
Only complaint I have is their new system they use to kill aps. I loved the fact I didnt need advanced APP killer with my epic, but this new interface is really confusing me.
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OTA is being pushed to 100% of Epic users in 10 days instead of 3 like the Froyo updates.
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The store told you this to get you off of their backs.
Were you rooted?
It will come, patience is a virtue.

No, im not rooted. I have the update now anyways, I downloaded directly from google and put it on my epic manually, so far so good.

alextjen said:
I agree. I mean it made sense and all, considering i was unable to update via OTA and my phone said my andriod version was currently up to date.
I guess only a certain percentage of users are getting it at the moment? I dont know, I have it now and thats all that matters.
Only complaint I have is their new system they use to kill aps. I loved the fact I didnt need advanced APP killer with my epic, but this new interface is really confusing me.
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My wife's stock epic had the same update notification and the same everything is up to date. So I talked to a friend who works at a sprint store and he explained the whole market queue thing for the update (unnecessarily I might add).
He then called support and talked to one of his buddies there who told him that they are getting slammed with calls about this and that they can't do a thing about it if the person isn't up in the queue.
Hell of a way to push an update.

go figure sprints always tryin to screw everyone they can. good thing we have devs and root to make them acutally work faster and better!
+1 to everyone who knows anything bout andriod

Sprint stated it would be completed over 8 days to ensure it goes smoothly. which means the 17th is the last day. Also it is not listed as suspended on their site. EB13 was immediately listed as suspended when they pulled it.

Sprint zone just sent me an update stating that gingerbread was available. I don't think they've pulled it. But hey its sprint so who the he'll knows! They'll probably wait until they push it to everyone and then pull it ;-)
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EI22 killed my GPS
I dloaeded the stock EI22 and did the update and my GPS went totally dead. Even used Status/setup to try and get it going again to no avail. Went back to stock EC05 and it works like a charm....go figure. I'll just wait for the OTA and see if it works any different....
Epic 4G
Stock ECO5

Podar said:
I dloaeded the stock EI22 and did the update and my GPS went totally dead. Even used Status/setup to try and get it going again to no avail. Went back to stock EC05 and it works like a charm....go figure. I'll just wait for the OTA and see if it works any different....
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You just need the GPS fix. That's the only problem I see with stock ei22 and the fix makes it work fantastic. Even better than ec05 in my opinion.
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Ota not canceled. My girlfriend and I both have epics. When sprint put update on their website I odin'd her phone back to stock ec05. Last night she got the sprint notification to update.
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Yeah, that "your update is ready" message from Sprint is automated and isn't related to your spot in the queue. The same thing happend to me (I got the message days before the OTA was pushed to me) when Froyo got released. I can't tell you how many days before, I waited a day and a half and just did it manually.

yeah, that notification has no bearing on when you get the update. i got notified on my phone about the update hours after i already did the manual upgrade.

phatryan69 said:
go figure sprints always tryin to screw everyone they can. good thing we have devs and root to make them acutally work faster and better!
+1 to everyone who knows anything bout andriod
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How does this screw anyone? "Ha ha, we got you - your phone is now exactly as it has been for months, you're so screwed!" ::facepalm::
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