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Can somebody suggest where I can get the official ROMs especially european ROM since I see lots of asian firmwares being upgraded to European firmwares in many threads in this forum.
Also I want to how I can change the firmware to these european FW without rooting. Somebody please suggest step by step directions please.
I am having a singtel fw and need to remove the singtel animation at startup and my ver number is JE9 as I see most of the people are using JF versions which seem to be more recent than what I have.
And after changing it I should still be able to upgrade to froyo officially when it releases.
thanks
Sany
sany said:
Can somebody suggest where I can get the official ROMs especially european ROM since I see lots of asian firmwares being upgraded to European firmwares in many threads in this forum.
Also I want to how I can change the firmware to these european FW without rooting. Somebody please suggest step by step directions please.
I am having a singtel fw and need to remove the singtel animation at startup and my ver number is JE9 as I see most of the people are using JF versions which seem to be more recent than what I have.
And after changing it I should still be able to upgrade to froyo officially when it releases.
thanks
Sany
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Sany,
Please use the search button before you post!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596 read FAQ where to find ROMS and firmware!
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Sany,
Please use the search button before you post!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596 read FAQ where to find ROMS and firmware!
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There are no OFFICIAL EU updates out yet so how is he supposed to get one?!
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There are no OFFICIAL EU updates out yet so how is he supposed to get one?!
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then what are these that are posted here, are they not official?
http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/
sany said:
then what are these that are posted here, are they not official?
http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/
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Not really.
This is written on the home page:
Welcome on our Samsung Mobile Fanpage.
We are currently one of the biggest fan sites of Samsung Mobile!
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appelflap said:
Not really.
This is written on the home page:
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The site is not an official Samsung's sponsor site, but the ROMs are official. Though, from what I have learned, not all the official ROM can be found there.
The only official EU rom at this time is JF3 and they just posted that today. Official means released by samsung. No one has clarified who/what samsung-firmwares.com really is but those newer roms are definitely not official. This doesn't mean they aren't great especially since now we can flash back to the stock firmware if we need it for warranty purposes.
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The site is not an official Samsung's sponsor site, but the ROMs are official. Though, from what I have learned, not all the official ROM can be found there.
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They are not officially available to the public so there's nothing official about them. If I assume that they are the same files used when flashing the phones that are distributed around the world I guess they could be called "shipping" ROMs, but that doesn't make them more official than the updates.
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They are not officially available to the public so there's nothing official about them. If I assume that they are the same files used when flashing the phones that are distributed around the world I guess they could be called "shipping" ROMs, but that doesn't make them more official than the updates.
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It is "official" enough for me. When used the ROM found at their site, I manage to restore SGS to default and initial state. It even comes with all the customisations that are specially designed for the local operator I subscribed to. I don't really want to know nor do I care how the owner of the site manage to access these ROM files.
They just posted this on twitter:
Our firmwares are official but samsung drops only some online in kies.
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we don't know when samsungvplans new fw on kies.
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Looks like they read the forum
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They just posted this on twitter:
Looks like they read the forum
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Well that's great. Maybe we can do some requests. Please upload Android 2.2 . Thank you
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Well that's great. Maybe we can do some requests. Please upload Android 2.2 . Thank you
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+ 100 for that lol
appelflap said:
Well that's great. Maybe we can do some requests. Please upload Android 2.2 . Thank you
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We need wait from Samsung though...
At least this clear out some misinformation regarding the ROM files at their site.
I am getting more confused now:
What are 'stock ROMs' then and what are those that are called 'official ROMs' if samsung has not released them or posted them and where are these sourced from.
My fw is JE9 asian, although I can see that it looks old when I see JF4 already being talked about, dont know how this supercedes my JE9 when samsung has not released an update? And I dont want to risk flashing those different so called official ROMs if samsung tomorrow devices some way of tracking that these are ROM that did not ship with the device and not allow me to upgrade to froyo - so i think i will rather wait.
S
Here is what I pulled off my phone
http://www.multiupload.com/OFWXQJCXBZ
This is the logcat as well
http://www.multiupload.com/JKGT5YYAVH
Here are the radio hashes contained in the OTA:
radio.img -> aa5ab6837c5ef4fe602ea8b5ee6ae544
mdm9k.img -> 373745d310240a57b8e360a40e648178
They match exactly to the leaked 1.13.605.7 radios.
So radio version, 1.16.00.0402w_1, in this OTA update and the leaked release is the same?
Here:
http://twitter.com/#!/TeamAndIRC/status/68719544964882433
And here:
http://twitter.com/#!/TeamAndIRC/status/68717365759709184
List of differences
just because the numbers are same.. it may not mean they are the same. Remember one was never officially released. Unless they are taken apart.. one can't really say if they are the same.
Either way a flashable zip with the officially released OTA should be put out to flash over.
Another update:
http://twitter.com/#!/TeamAndIRC/status/68729302467883008
http://twitter.com/#!/TeamAndIRC/status/68729389340295168
If you're too lazy to click the links then here:
@TeamAndIRC ✔ jcase
Root version of the OTA will not come from us, as we released it two weeks ago already
@TeamAndIRC ✔ jcase
OTA == our leak ... LAME #Thunderbolt
Tekk I can't see your links since Twitter's blocked here at work but I got this from another site:
Recent TeamAndIRC tweets:
Root version of the OTA will not come from us, as we released it two weeks ago already
Posted on May 12, 2011
OTA == our leak ... LAME #Thunderbolt
Posted on May 12, 2011
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just because the numbers are same.. it may not mean they are the same. Remember one was never officially released. Unless they are taken apart.. one can't really say if they are the same.
Either way a flashable zip with the officially released OTA should be put out to flash over.
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I'm sorry, but are you serious? Do you know what an MD5 sum is?
Ha thanks Tekk!
Well, that's disappointing.
I would agree since I run rooted RUU leak and I got random reboots. So if VZW pushes the leak as official OTA, then I don't see how they won't get ton of support calls on this from non-rooted customers.
Funny...after looking at the thunderbolt_instructions.pdf from Verizon's Support site, it shows the size of the update at 22.277 MB, but the other screenshots from droid-life are showing it at 35.649 MB...wonder what the difference could be?
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I'm sorry, but are you serious? Do you know what an MD5 sum is?
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My comment was to the guy who referenced the radio numbers..I didn't even see your post. Still curious why the OTA is about 10 MB larger.
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Still curious why the OTA is about 10 MB larger.
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They supposedly did some updating to Backup Assistant and a few other software peices but it looked like mostly bloat (at least from the pdf description.)
From the PDF:
SOFTWARE UPDATE
GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR THUNDERBOLT BY HTC.
Verizon Wireless is pleased to announce a new software update,
Build Number: 1.13.605.7 Baseband: 1.16.00.0402w_1,
for your ThunderBolt™ by HTC.
Verizon Wireless and HTC encourage you to download this update.
Web Browsing and Data Access
+ Enhanced data connectivity when accessing the Verizon 3G network.
Email and Messaging
+ SMS and MMS messages are stored properly in the Messaging
Application (Inbox, Sent, etc.).
Additional Device Features
+ Timing for device activation has been improved.
+ “Backup Assistant” is correctly displayed in the Application menu.
+ Stability improvements for data centric applications such as
Facebook, KAYAK, Yahoo! Mail, My Verizon and more.
+ Accurate location is displayed when accessing the Weather Widget.
+ Quickly load GPS updates for Google Maps and VZ Navigator
100% byte for byte the same as our last leak.
Thanks j for verifying this.
I for one am excited for the OTA. Now everyone elses phone can reboot randomly just like ours.
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My comment was to the guy who referenced the radio numbers..I didn't even see your post. Still curious why the OTA is about 10 MB larger.
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Ah, understood.
@jcase
Good to hear!
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100% byte for byte the same as our last leak.
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Good to know. Thanks J!
Any one in Canada received the 3.2 update from Samsung or has it not been released here yet?
I haven't received it yet. Probably not out yet.
Yes, I have, I'm in Gatineau Quebec and it was there last week and again yesterday when I plug into Kies even if I'm on Task 6.1.
what firmware is the update? Android HC 3.2, but what firmware code specifically?
did you do the update or stay with Task?
Kies will not connect for me regardless of what I do -- I have given up on it and will flash using Odin and download using CheckFus or an uploaded firmware and so it would be nice to know what designation is being presented by Kies.
official response from Samsung Canada is that it has not bee released here yet and the 3 different CSR's I have spoken to do not know why it has not been released and when it will be.
Wonder if I use Tunnelbear switched to US and then connect Kies if it will pull the update from Samsung US?
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Yes, I have, I'm in Gatineau Quebec and it was there last week and again yesterday when I plug into Kies even if I'm on Task 6.1.
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And did you purchase your tab in Canada or the U.S.?
Update not available in kies or OTA here (just checked again)
In case it is not clear in my sig, my tab is stock non-rooted
Im on Task 6.1. I bought it new in the box from a gent from Ottawa and I could'nt tell you where its from as I installed a custom rom first thing when I got home. But all my info and registration including Kies points to Canada. I just assumed that like my Asus Transformer OTA were location based not firmware based. Sorry if this misled anyone.
Unfortunately Tunnel Bear did help get the update.
I am in Canada, and I put the US update on. What would the difference be for Canada?
How? Samsung Canada have not released it yet.
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I am in Canada, and I put the US update on. What would the difference be for Canada?
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brownstar69 said:
How? Samsung Canada have not released it yet.
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This is what I did, I rooted my tab, then installed the rom from post #115 of this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346227&page=12
I also used the pit file on post #121 of the same thread
using odin. When I plugged in with Kies, it said an update was available.
Granted I purchased my dad's tab in the states, I was able to get the ota for it in Ontario two days ago. His is stock.
Just checked the box its model GTP7510UWR it had software version XXKG6. Inside everything was bilingual so it looks like it was a canadian model, however depending on the rom I had on it, kies may had seen it as a US model. Since I'm on Task 6.1 I don't get the update.
I'm also on a stock tab 10.1 in Ontario and haven't been able to get an update via kies or OTA. Just keep getting the "no update available" message when I check.
I'm following Samsung on twitter, who have said they will tweet when its released. I'd love to know there excuse for not releasing it yet, they'll probably claim the market is too small and therefore the distribution costs are too high......the usual bull**** we get up her for getting screwed over.
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I'm following Samsung on twitter, who have said they will tweet when its released. I'd love to know there excuse for not releasing it yet, they'll probably claim the market is too small and therefore the distribution costs are too high......the usual bull**** we get up her for getting screwed over.
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Is there something vastly different between the Canadian version and the US version? If not, I don't see why we should wait around until they release it in Canada...
That's why I upgraded
To what, being American? Some would consider that a downgrade!
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That's why I upgraded
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I asked the very same question and have had no response from Samsung Canada
Yeria said:
Is there something vastly different between the Canadian version and the US version? If not, I don't see why we should wait around until they release it in Canada...
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I just flased the US KMM onto my Canadian version. No issues whatsoever and now I should get any future US updates instead of being stuck in the cold waiting for new Canadian versions.
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Hello All,
Today - - July 20th, according to schedule posted on Telus website, is supposed to be the start of the official 5.1 OTA roll-out for our XT1097 RETCA phones.
I am not yet seeing it pushed on my end but eagerly awaiting to test it out. I thought I would start a little thread here so people can post their results, upgrade experience, overall performance etc. [MODS: if this thread is deemed repetitive or unnecessary, please let me know]
cheers,
gs
Me too! I think initially the date was July 17th. (someone on Twitter had received a reply from TELUS stating that date).
Can't wait ! still no update
Please make sure you pull it out so we can enjoy this build ! Also curious to see if any radio improvements were made.
Will be seen here if and when !
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/a28b48456c
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Me too! I think initially the date was July 17th. (someone on Twitter had received a reply from TELUS stating that date).
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That was me. I was surprised that they answered me again. They said July 18th at that time. Then it says the 20th.
FYI, still no update
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Will be seen here if and when !
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/a28b48456c
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Thanks bertiespeed! Good link to have, I was wondering how active those Moto subforums are but it seems like a reliable place. So eager for this to land on my phone. I flashed the stock brazilian 5.1. firmware just to see the overall feel of stock 5.1 compared to 5.0 >> NIGHT and DAY. Huge difference.... looking forward to the RETCA version. I will post back here as soon as I get the OTA notification, for the moment back to NX rom :good:
Update 7/20/2015: Select users on Retail Wind and Telus (22.121.11.victara_retca.retca.en.CA) and Retail China (22.31.18.victara_retcn.retcn.en.CN) can download and install Android 5.1
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Here we go!
Nice! Although I don't appear to be a select user lol
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Here we go!
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Thanks for the heads up JT!!
Yeah, no OTA on my end yet. Though I have a feeling we will see a full RSD xml file in coming days... fingers crossed.
tnx,
gs
Hi all.
This was just posted on the Official Lollipop moto forum:
Update 7/24/2015: All users on Retail Wind and Telus (22.121.11.victara_retca.retca.en.CA) can download and install Android 5.1.
I am unfortunately on the road and cant do anything till after the weekend. If any of you here using the Telus XT1097 RETCA get the OTA please let us know here....
Update just showed up on my phone, away all wethough though
Never received the notification. did manual and it came up. installed and running fine .. So far so good
Just received the "5.1 Notification"! I'm on Telus Mobility.
I'm downloading it right now!
Will report a little later on.....
Does anyone have a link to the full firmware? I have 1095 firmware right now and would like to get 1097.
Anyone have full firmware？
I've been searching for 23.16.1.victara_retca.retca.en.CA full firmware to keep as backup, I still haven't found it. I prefer flashing full firmware using fastboot, rather than doing a system backup/restore using a custom recovery.
Full RSD XML firmware now available for RETCA XT1097
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I've been searching for 23.16.1.victara_retca.retca.en.CA full firmware to keep as backup, I still haven't found it. I prefer flashing full firmware using fastboot, rather than doing a system backup/restore using a custom recovery.
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Great news...
I was just about to respond to your message saying the full firnware has yet to be leaked BUT lo and behold I just checked and it was posted online like 24 hrs ago. Go to the full firnware thread and link to the filefactory repository...
GS
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Great news...
I was just about to respond to your message saying the full firnware has yet to be leaked BUT lo and behold I just checked and it was posted online like 24 hrs ago. Go to the full firnware thread and link to the filefactory repository...
GS
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Thank you for that, I will try to download it, but I'm not hopeful, downloading a GB from Filefactory could take from 3 to 6 hours, if it ever finishes. Motofirmware still doesn't have it.
OK, downloaded, and flashed all files, no problems (I was on CyanogenMod).
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I'm unable to update my phone for whatever reason, it still says January 1 and I'm up to date. I'm fully stock and have looked all over here and the Internet with lots of international 9.0.13 zips or tmobile 9.0.3. I'm looking to update manually but need the zip, does anyone have it, the newest one?
When my wife comes home I will check her phone if there is an update I was unaware that t mobile released an update. Where did you find out about an t mobile update? The one plus update is about a week old or so in official channels so t mobile should be out in a couple weeks if they stay on task. The quarter #2 release has till the end of June to be considered on time since the updates are quarterly.
Thanks for the reply.
I found this on Tmobile site but no link.
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When my wife comes home I will check her phone if there is an update I was unaware that t mobile released an update. Where did you find out about an t mobile update? The one plus update is about a week old or so in official channels so t mobile should be out in a couple weeks if they stay on task. The quarter #2 release has till the end of June to be considered on time since the updates are quarterly.
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Thanks for the reply.
I found this on Tmobile site but no link.
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What is your current build number?
January
QUOTE=mine420;79434060]What is your current build number?[/QUOTE]
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January
QUOTE=mine420;79434060]What is your current build number?
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Your build number seems to match the newest from that link you sent. 217 seems to be the newest from your screenshot. You must remember that one plus uses different number schemes than t mobile. T mobile also has January security patch and not the newest security patch. That you see in beta and custom ROMs.
You are right, weird it still says January and I haven't gotten an update in a while
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Your build number seems to match the newest from that link you sent. 217 seems to be the newest from your screenshot. You must remember that one plus uses different number schemes than t mobile. T mobile also has January security patch and not the newest security patch. That you see in beta and custom ROMs.
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Security patch is from January the update came a few weeks ago. In the release notes you will notice no mention of new security patch as it was still beta when the update came. Security patches are not always the newest and is part of the main reason people use custom or international ROMs phone carriers across the globe are slow at updated security since that is not their focus.
That is very confusing. Thank you for the help. I take it I'm not the only one.
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Security patch is from January the update came a few weeks ago. In the release notes you will notice no mention of new security patch as it was still beta when the update came. Security patches are not always the newest and is part of the main reason people use custom or international ROMs phone carriers across the globe are slow at updated security since that is not their focus.
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The latest t mobile security patch is January. And yes you are the only one besides my wife using the t mobile ROM.
Lol, I had the international Rom, pixelfy, and dragon I think it was called but none had service as good as the stock T-Mobile rom. Download speeds and radios seem to work better with stock, and I'm using it as my work phone so I have to be clean, no root. I have the note 9 for my personnel.
mine420 said:
The latest t mobile security patch is January. And yes you are the only one besides my wife using the t mobile ROM.
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g1-and-only said:
Lol, I had the international Rom, pixelfy, and dragon I think it was called but none had service as good as the stock T-Mobile rom. Download speeds and radios seem to work better with stock, and I'm using it as my work phone so I have to be clean, no root. I have the note 9 for my personnel.
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You don't need root to be on the international. But the newest international is no differences in the king county wa area.
Wrong subforum. Please don't spam
mine420 said:
You don't need root to be on the international. But the newest international is no differences in the king county wa area.
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Great service in Los Angeles
Sorry, moderator you can close this thread.
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Wrong subforum. Please don't spam
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wrong forum section
belongs to q&a forum section
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Sorry, moderator you can close this thread.
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Thread closed on request of OP.
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