I was to purchase the focus yesterday, but many problem prevented me from doing so, the shop is well know and provide very good service, anyway the phone was stated unlocked, but two units were still lock, whiles another two I have check was unlocked, but have screen problems and whiles I tried to download the display tester to. Check for pixel problem, I get the message, something like "your app limit have been reach, please connect to Zune and update".
Does anyone know what this mean, and has the update for the focus been released yet, after the first update which have killed many Samsung phones.
Lastly, if a update is available, will it rectify the limit problem.
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Hi, I just signed up to ask this question, but have been lurking for a fair while whilst contemplating rooting my Hero for 2.1, but it appears the day has come where I will get it officially (I know that many of you will see this as madness, seeing as the official update will quite probably destroy my chances of rooting, but I've survived this long and loved using my phone without, so I'm not too bothered.)
Introduction out of the way, I've read a lot about the update coming OTA, but there appears to be no function on my phone for any "check for software updates" or anything similar that I assume would be there were OTA enabled. I have a Non-Branded UK Hero with build number 2.73.405.5 and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this confusing confusing situation. Sorry if this has been asked before as well, but I couldn't find it in the forum anywhere.
Thanks in advance for your replies
Apparently a message will pop up on your phone screen asking you accept the update and then it will download to your phone over the air so make sure you have a data plan or you will be charged for the data downloading to your phone by your phone company !
I'm at home all day today so can use my Wi-Fi, so getting charged isn't a problem. Is it safe for me to assume that the OTA option will pop up for me when it rolls out to the UK and everything will be hunky dory then or are there drastic actions to be taken ASAP to allow me to update without a hitch?
Just saw this link on Facebook. Thought I would share here...
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_...t-windows-phone-update-and-how-to-get-it.aspx
From what I remember about the update scheduling, MS can push updates past carrier certification if the carrier delays until the next update is ready. I would love to see MS use these little micro-updates to game that system. Anything that helps to reduce AT&T's interference in the use of its own network is fine by me.
FL5 said:
From what I remember about the update scheduling, MS can push updates past carrier certification if the carrier delays until the next update is ready. I would love to see MS use these little micro-updates to game that system. Anything that helps to reduce AT&T's interference in the use of its own network is fine by me.
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That would be pretty tricky, but I would think MS would at least hold off until carriers have shown a pattern of delays.
the only problem is that it isn't really an update. It's an update to help out the future updates. Wtf is microsoft doing? This OS is developing slowly, and their communication is horrible. I feel like I'm going to want a new phone by the time this mythical update shows up (that hopefully corrects all the flaws)
Focus
Everyone with a Focus should read the thread in the Windows Phone Forum very carefully and take a wait and see attitude before updating. Not looking good for the Omnia 7 and starting to look bad for the Focus.
Samsung owners claim Windows Phone 7 update has bricked their devices.
I personally had a Samsung Intrepid v6.5 that after an update, it became a brick. There was NO way for me to go back to the previous version either.
Anyone got the update?
Has anyone got the update yet or a notification of it? I checked my wifes phone and it said no update through the phone or zune. It's completely stock (except the memory) so I'm hoping it won't have any problems.
Edit - Nevermind. I guess it's staged over some time. It also shows her having the firmware that is having so many problems so maybe waiting isn't a bad idea.
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How do you know if you recived the update? I hook up my phone yesterday, and it started synching stuff that has been on my phone for months. The items were never changed since I installed on my phone. I check in the Zune software and it says I'm up to date. Do you get a message that says, "Hey stupid, here's an update"? MS doesn't seem to clear and what is supposed to happen. Do you get a text, or a number in your Marketplace tile, or what?
My firmware version ends in JJ1 for PDA, Phone and CSC.
I got that from dialing *#1234# from the diagnostic app.
I have not seen the notice for the update yet.
Anyone else with a Focus seen the update yet?
Let down in wireless promises
I'm am so let down with Carriers & Manufacturers promising updates! I had the Captivate when it came out, and was happy with the expection of 2.2 Froyo being released. As I was waiting I rooted the phone and ran a developers version of 2.2, which was great. In Jan I decided to swap for the Focus because it was just a simplier phone to use. I noticed on the MS website it even notated an expected release of an update in Jan.
All in all, when you buy a phone I would recommend not giving into the impulse of buying it just because they say updates are coming, especially with Samsung. I do love both phones, but this is just terrible. Seems like technology has gotten to the point that if what you have isn't ready NOW, then it's already old news and updates are just a fantasy.
For gods sake, now there's the new 4G HTC Inspire running Froyo promising Gingerbread.
Actually, the only thing I wish I could do on the Focus was watch youtube videos in high quality using 3G... Hahaha... I guess making ring tones too, but that's it!
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My firmware version ends in JJ1 for PDA, Phone and CSC.
I got that from dialing *#1234# from the diagnostic app.
I have not seen the notice for the update yet.
Anyone else with a Focus seen the update yet?
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Mine ends with JJ2. Didn't get the new update. I wonder if I should wait a while before I do though.. Not sure if I want to brick this phone.. yet.
wildbilll said:
My firmware version ends in JJ1 for PDA, Phone and CSC.
I got that from dialing *#1234# from the diagnostic app.
I have not seen the notice for the update yet.
Anyone else with a Focus seen the update yet?
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Just tried it. I don't see anything saying firmware. The first three all have JJ1. I've been checking plenty of WP sites. I haven't seen anyone on ATT get an update.
AT&T NOT holding back update
I had to speak to the Technical Support area of the AT&T Warranty Center today. All of a sudden, after 2 months, the battery icon at the top of the page ehibited the following symptoms:
. Blinks on and off, sometimes with the "plug" showing on the battery icon even though the phone is not on the charger. Blinks about once every 2 seconds.
. "Beeps" everytime it blinks.
. Screen will not turn off because this icon is blinking.
I was told that Technical Support had a meeting yesterday and that this is a know issue with WP7 by Microsoft and that the upcoming late February/early March update will contain a fix for this issue.
I asked why I had not recived an update notification and whether AT&T was holding up this update. The TS person said absolutely not, especially since this update will contain bug fixes that affect currently released phone models. AT&T is not holding back the update.
This person also told me that the issue is suspected to be caused by a virus that enters the phone when browsing the Internet and that warranty does not cover viruses. Well, that set me off. Their phone, their OS, their browser. I'll address this to be sure.
But, the update is coming, contains fixes, and AT&T is NOT holding it back.
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I asked why I had not recived an update notification and whether AT&T was holding up this update. The TS person said absolutely not, especially since this update will contain bug fixes that affect currently released phone models. AT&T is not holding back the update.
This person also told me that the issue is suspected to be caused by a virus that enters the phone when browsing the Internet and that warranty does not cover viruses. Well, that set me off. Their phone, their OS, their browser. I'll address this to be sure.
But, the update is coming, contains fixes, and AT&T is NOT holding it back.
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lol. Virus entering the phone via web browsing in wp7. Don't fall for that.
Virus
powersquad said:
lol. Virus entering the phone via web browsing in wp7. Don't fall for that.
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No, not a chance. I already contacted the store manager who I purchased the phone from and he has guaranteed a warranty replacement. I am still going to wait for the update to see if what the ST&T TS person was speaking the truth. If I have to, I'll take the SIM out and put it back in my FUZE running 6.5.x.
I received my updated today ! Window poped up and said there was an update. When I went to check the market place, there were no apps there were ready for up date. One would have to think the small update for the OS was sent out. How does one check ?
Sync through Zune.
Oh ya.... the OS update is not OTA (over the air) like the apps update. I will go sync now.
okay seems the update was pulled after some issues. I was rolled out again this week !
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20039227-94.html
Seems there still might be an issue according to the article. I plugged my phone into laptop this morning after receiving another notification yesterday. It seems to be installing now. Fingers are crossed for no issues.
EDIT: OS Version after update reads 7.0.7008.0
The update took about 10 minutes.
i have focus sim unlocked on att. i don't have any problem in installing apps from market place but i am not getting auto updates for apps. when i search for any app that i already installed , apps that are having updates it shows up and when i click update it updates. but itz painful and time consuming in searching for the updates that i already installed. do any one having similar issue? if there is a solution for this please leave a post. thanks in advance
I'm also having this issue and need help for a solution as well!!
The explanation is simple: the available bandwidth is the same while the number of phones and app checks has increased.
So, this not actually an issue, this happens. If you're mainly using 3G connection, this is to be expected.
3G connection is sensibly slower than WiFi and the number of apps has gone past 30k, thus some checks will time out.
It is recommended that you use USB/WiFi connection to sync from time to tome to prevent this happening very often.
I doubt that's the problem.
My girlfriend also has a Samsung Focus (updated to mango), and we have some of the same apps/games...when one has an update on her phone the marketplace tile alerts her, but mine doesn't show anything unless I search for the app in the market and check it, then it tells me there's an update, not sure what to do.
definitely a big issue... it has been a month since my marketplace has stopped showing any app update already. The updates are there when I manually search for it. It was fine for the past 9 months until now.
Weird thing is both my girlfriend and me are using unbranded Optimus 7, same carrier, same account/phone settings. but she keeps getting new update alert almost everyday, which I did not, even for the same apps.
Tried connected via 3d/wifi/usb all day long, tried guessing and uninstalling app which maybe conflicting, etc... none helped.
anybody else find a fix yet? please share
Still no luck...
Maybe its because I did the force update to Mango (my girlfriend didn't to that and hers works fine) so I have a bad feeling it was because of that, and no one seems to have a solution. I've reset my phone, re-installed apps, etc.
i've read similar problems with other users who sought help from the meizu-flyme websites but they won't respond with anything better than a canny reply that they will be looking into it. it's been months since this problem popped up and its amazing that nobody finds anything that specifically addresses this particular product. someone suggested that it is the manufacturer that can provide a valid and lasting solution to this by providing the source code of the os. but even so, i am just a curious cat daring to get killed or be delivered by its boldness. i just can't believe that it is so difficult to gain access to my m2 note again even as it keeps me from doing so and still receive phone calls from it and let me listen to my music with it. No modifications were made to it except perhaps getting root access but I am not sure if debugging was activated before i was shut out from getting in due to this flyme lockscreen pattern that id completely forgotten! i did try the new security flaw that's just been discovered wherein you try to put in a very long string when making an emergency call with it. But when i get to the next step in using the camera, it just won't show the notification shade where i can proceed with what is expected to be done to crash or hang the unit! there is a factory mode that i can boot into but i find no suggestions on what i can do from there. in fact i can even upgrade it successfully (i can watch it go through the process) and it would later inform me that it was successfully done but still the pattern lock would still be there! before it locked me out i managed to link it to my wifi so it is actually online but i don't know how good that is if it could solve my problem at all.
Sorry for the (kind of) repost but a lot more people have a 6 than a 5, and it's relevant to both, so might get more bites here.
(Original thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-5/help/nokia-5-maybe-6-factory-naughtyware-t3731032)
Checking my pi-hole logs the other day (awesome bit of software that is, btw), I noticed my phone connecting to some weird domains, and doing it a lot. Like, all the time. What the hell are:
caivs-cloud-ww.c2dms.com
kajdfpdvk9.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
epdg.epc.mnc020.mcc234.pub.3gppnetwork.org
aps.c2dms.com
Mine's a 5 but I've confirmed at least one 6 does the same. Anyone else seen this? Ideas what it is? Anyone think I'm wrong to block it and block it hard?
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Sorry for the (kind of) repost but a lot more people have a 6 than a 5, and it's relevant to both, so might get more bites here.
(Original thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-5/help/nokia-5-maybe-6-factory-naughtyware-t3731032)
Checking my pi-hole logs the other day (awesome bit of software that is, btw), I noticed my phone connecting to some weird domains, and doing it a lot. Like, all the time. What the hell are:
caivs-cloud-ww.c2dms.com
kajdfpdvk9.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
epdg.epc.mnc020.mcc234.pub.3gppnetwork.org
aps.c2dms.com
Mine's a 5 but I've confirmed at least one 6 does the same. Anyone else seen this? Ideas what it is? Anyone think I'm wrong to block it and block it hard?
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Look all you need is flash the phone with MENA firmware, Nokia 5 flash file is also available there and do a factory reset from recovery..
Be careful do not visit any malware effected website or download any virus effected or cracked app into your phone
This lead to trasfer malware into your phone and your phone does the wierd thing that you are facing right now
Done enjoy...
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Thanks for the reply but sorry, I'm not convinced.
3 independent people with nokia phones have seen this behaviour. 2 of them I know don't visit sketchy sites or install sketchy apps. While maybe they could all have been caught out by the same malware, there's no reference to it that I can find on the whole wide internet. You'd think someone with an android phone would have spotted this.
Have you checked your logs? Is yours doing the same?
Anyone else able to see easily what's going on on their network and confirm/deny?
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Thanks for the reply but sorry, I'm not convinced.
3 independent people with nokia phones have seen this behaviour. 2 of them I know don't visit sketchy sites or install sketchy apps. While maybe they could all have been caught out by the same malware, there's no reference to it that I can find on the whole wide internet. You'd think someone with an android phone would have spotted this.
Have you checked your logs? Is yours doing the same?
Anyone else able to see easily what's going on on their network and confirm/deny?
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It didn't happened yet, i m on the oreo beta with December 5 patch update officially in India
May be you are effected with meltdown/spectre
I would like to suggest you to flash mena firmware and install all patch OTA manually...
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IMO, you ought to provide some evident how naughty it is rather than promote some software (pi-hole) and ask wherever you want for other people to confirm.
On the other hand, I've installed Net Monitor and I had saw quite a few connected servers to my brand new device, add up with locked bootloader, I have no doubt that HMD/Google might have been collected informations on my physical device, they're still own the device's software as long as they keep the bootloader locked.
Although, if you're pro-privacy/oriented person, using a phone with a sim card on, not to mention using Android from Google, then you're doing it wrong.
c2dms.com belongs to Foxconn.
3gppnetwork.org belongs to GSM Association. Mobile network code 0xx is reserved for testing purposes, so mnc020.mcc234.pub.3gppnetwork.org may collect some cellular telemetry.
Not sure re foxconn though. I dont see my ta-1025 ever connecting to these sites. Wonder if it's firmware specific.
I visited c2dms.com and it looks like some outsource-y cloud telemetry service.
Meanwhile, searching for "caivs" brings back some, er, unsavoury results about Chinese phones automatically sending SMSes and costing users money. But according to this thread it's just a kind of identification service for manufacturers to control sales. That forum along with this link is quite old so maybe it's just a coincidence, but my Nokia 6 does have an app called Caivs.
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IMO, you ought to provide some evident how naughty it is rather than promote some software (pi-hole) and ask wherever you want for other people to confirm.
On the other hand, I've installed Net Monitor and I had saw quite a few connected servers to my brand new device, add up with locked bootloader, I have no doubt that HMD/Google might have been collected informations on my physical device, they're still own the device's software as long as they keep the bootloader locked.
Although, if you're pro-privacy/oriented person, using a phone with a sim card on, not to mention using Android from Google, then you're doing it wrong.
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I agree. Wasn't trying to promote anything, just explaining how it came to my attention.
The colleague mentioned did some more digging and it looks like encrypted XMPP traffic.
Force-stopping the caivs and com.qti.service.colorservice apps has no effect, but meh, worth a try.
From the other thread "since the update there is an app caivs. it sends the geo-data in regular intervals. caivs - cloud - ww. c2dms. is spyware. you can't delete or disable it. Cheek! "
I raised it with Nokia support and they told me I shouldn't install malware.