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Orange 2.1 release - TODAY

I have heard a little rumour that the Orange 2.1 QMR is being released right about... NOW.
Expect the update soon people!

Part 1 is out OTA now. Part 2... not so much.

Got part 1 of the OTA earlier this evening, I just set my clock forward to 26/01/11 and started a mobile network connecton and within 15 seconds it prompted me for the update.
It installed fine and now I am on Rom 2.73.61.92 from 2.73.61.66 and I have the check for updates option which will save me having to push the clock forward next time.

Just done that too. I swear when I first booted my phone that option was available. Will try the 2.1 official when it arrives, seeing as I can't find any way of flashing a rom using a Macbook.

No update here, despite plenty of date switching, and trying both WiFi and hsdpa connections. Any tips?

richuu said:
No update here, despite plenty of date switching, and trying both WiFi and hsdpa connections. Any tips?
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Did you get the update to 2.73.61.92 by setting your phone's date to 26 Jan 2011?

I'm still on 2.73.61.5 - is the .66 update required to do the OTA one?
just to confirm, you definately have to be on .66 (the february download-and-install update that didn't seem to do much) to get the OTA update. As soon as I did that, it came up instantly (in fact, I had to put it off until I could give it my wifi details)

frymaster.127 said:
I'm still on 2.73.61.5 - is the .66 update required to do the OTA one?
just to confirm, you definately have to be on .66 (the february download-and-install update that didn't seem to do much) to get the OTA update. As soon as I did that, it came up instantly (in fact, I had to put it off until I could give it my wifi details)
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Only got my Hero last week, was fresh out of the box. Fingers crossed that the rumoured update isn't BS...

I also forwarded the date to Jan/27/2011 and immediately got the update screen. The phone downloaded the 3MB update and installed it after a reboot that took 3 minutes. Now waiting for the 2.1.
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if/when you get this can someone post what radio (baseband) version it comes with

Lennyuk said:
if/when you get this can someone post what radio (baseband) version it comes with
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Yeah will do. I've been refreshing this page and checking my phone every 5 minutes since 9 this morning

Information: statement from HTC on Hero Android 2.1 delay
Please see below the following statement from HTC in relation to the delay on the HTC Hero 2.1 Android update for Orange customers:
“We apologise for the delay in Orange Hero customers receiving their Éclair update. Testing the update across European markets took longer than anticipated. However, we hope to receive final approval by the end of the week and Orange handsets should start updating from next week.”
To be attributed to a HTC spokesperson
This from the Orange Newsroom

Dougster800 said:
Information: statement from HTC on Hero Android 2.1 delay
Please see below the following statement from HTC in relation to the delay on the HTC Hero 2.1 Android update for Orange customers:
“We apologise for the delay in Orange Hero customers receiving their Éclair update. Testing the update across European markets took longer than anticipated. However, we hope to receive final approval by the end of the week and Orange handsets should start updating from next week.”
To be attributed to a HTC spokesperson
This from the Orange Newsroom
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Cool, will hold off flashing a ROM until end of next week then. One stupid question, does 2.1 offer multi-touch support? I'm itching to give some emulators a go.

Motorola Atrix Gingerbread Android 2.3 Coming In June to July

http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-gingerbread-android-2-3 has video and pictures
Sorry, Didnt see it in the other forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104716
Motorola Atrix Gingerbread Android 2.3.3
Motorola launched the Atrix 4G back in February on the 22nd with Android 2.2 Froyo on-board. Since then, the Atrix has seen two over-the-air updates bringing much needed features like increased battery life and HSUPA capabilities. One update per two months seems to be the pace for Moto and AT&T on this device. Seems like Atrix users should be due for another update pretty soon, don’t it? We’ve got you covered.
AT&T and Motorola plan to launch Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the Motorola Atrix 4G within the months of June or July. The initial build will likely be Android 2.3.3 with an update to Android 2.3.4 following soon after. The Atrix 4G launched with software version 1.2.6, moved to 1.5.7, and landed on 1.8.3. But, this next update will bring most likely bring users to build number 4.5.XX.
Of course, Motorola’s packed some major features into this update including, but not limited to: overscroll glow, an updated version of Blur, application grouping, re-built main applications, downloads management, an improved camera, better power management, a re-done keyboard, and some nifty animation work. The device’s new version of Blur looks a lot like the Droid X’s recently obtained update.
Due to AT&T’s new policy regarding application sideloading, the “Unknown Sources” checkbox is present and working on the latest Android 2.3.3 builds for the Atrix. That means you’ll be able to sideload without rooting your Atrix. Of course, there are still reasons to root the Atrix. Especially once the bootloader bypass method finally comes to fruition.
We’ve extensively and exhaustively reviewed the Atrix Gingerbread build below for your viewing pleasure. Make sure to check out the pictures as well as the video content after the break!
Pictures of Atrix Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3)
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Atrix Gingerbread 2.3.3
Atrix Gingerbread 2.3.3
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[INFO] Atrix Gingerbread Preview

So it's coming July 31.

It's my birthday!

Didnt get from him, I got it from there site 2 Can't wait till it comes out! Hope the update gets leaked out! So we have the chance to play with it

Dont get your hopes up for a specific date or month. You will be sad panda if Att anounces (or waits) till Dec or something. June or July is a speculated date passed from ear to ear. You remember that game from grade school? Notice there is no source.

WiredPirate said:
Dont get your hopes up for a specific date or month. You will be sad panda if Att anounces (or waits) till Dec or something. June or July is a speculated date passed from ear to ear. You remember that game from grade school? Notice there is no source.
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ahh yes the Android update ETA game. I remember when everyone was waiting for the HTC Hero to go from 1.6 to 2.1 for about 6 months or more after they announced that it would be getting an update.....
But at least this has been officially/unofficially announced which is good news period.

They should be coming out with it soon because most of the dual cores that are coming out and even single core ones have GB already. Like the HTC Sensation 4G that's coming out this month. Its not going to be good for them and HTC says there going to have there boot loader unlocked. If the don't come out with GB in that time frame I'm going to sell my phone and buy from some other company!

Yes ! Very more nice than old motoblur !

I don't know too much about Moto's speed of giving the releases, but I do know that Motorola liberated Android 2.1 way before $ony did the same to my X10

If you are currently rooted and have GingerBlur version 4 on the Atrix, how do you go on about installing/updating Atrix Gingerbread 2.3.3 when it comes out? Do we have to go back to the moto stock rom and then update?

goofyj8 said:
If you are currently rooted and have GingerBlur version 4 on the Atrix, how do you go on about installing/updating Atrix Gingerbread 2.3.3 when it comes out? Do we have to go back to the moto stock rom and then update?
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^^ yeah, anyone knoww?

Awesome. I have looked at the screenshots. They look great. I have also been playing with a Xoom running 3.1, and these remind me of it.

goofyj8 said:
If you are currently rooted and have GingerBlur version 4 on the Atrix, how do you go on about installing/updating Atrix Gingerbread 2.3.3 when it comes out? Do we have to go back to the moto stock rom and then update?
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TheToiletSpaula said:
^^ yeah, anyone knoww?
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If you are on GBlur, you will have to sbf to do any update. Remember, there is a Moto check before the update will install. But right now we have no procedure for installing Gingerbread because the community doesnt have it. Only Moto does. And the dev they gave it to to try and root after removing the Gigerbreak exploit. Which makes total sense.

i told that about the gingerbread update release a month ago, kennethpenn is testing a beta, then after this, he confirmed, idk if you saw his post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104716 =)

Thx for the reply WiredPirate ..
I'm glad I went with the Atrix over Iphone 4...

I suspect that the release date isn't that far off. We knew roughly when 1.8.3 was going to be out. Though it also wouldn't surprise me if it ends up being pushed back till the beginning of August if they feel they need more time. I would expect things like webtop would be what slows it down.
I am actually optimistic that we will see it sooner rather than later, since other Motorola phones are already getting Gingerbeard updates.

Has anyone in EU received the 3.1 update yet?

Just wondering if anyone has got the update yet? I checked mine this morning and it said up to date.

Source from official Xoom Forum :
The 3.1 update for the Motorola XOOM™ outside the U.S. has started. Owners in Japan started receiving the update today (June 21). Owners in other regions can expect updates to start over the next several weeks until the roll out is complete.
Motorola has responded to the widely-expressed desire to have the SD card activated on Motorola XOOM. The 3.1 update for non-U.S. devices, in addition to many other improvements, also includes an SD card activation solution. Release notes for this update will be made available in each region. Please note that functionality varies by region.
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https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/50779

The standard Android update release time schedule
several weeks could equal anything from a few days to a few months.

Lothaen said:
The standard Android update release time schedule
several weeks could equal anything from a few days to a few months.
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It could end up being that (few months)...proper English would indicate that several or a few weeks would be more than two weeks but less than 5 weeks. Two weeks would be a "couple of weeks" and "three to four would be several or a few" more than 5weeks would be more than a month (if more than 4 weeks were planned then they should use months or an actual number of weeks as a qualifier).
P.S. this was written with humor (writing work scopes today) in mind. We all know that they have a hard number in mind and a date to start roll out, but are being cagey for business reasons.

The information is somewhat misleading, I saw they were rolling out but not that it was only in Japan so far until later. Not sure why they bothered posting on the Moto Europe FB account when in fact the EU rollout hasn't started. It's pretty crap that none of these companies deploying Android updates can manage to do it at a faster pace!

I am quite sure that the rollout has not started yet and that Motorola is just trying to calm down their customers.
Why do i believe that?
I was among the first to buy the german version of the Motorola Xoom (offered by T-Mobile) and i am checking for updates on a daily basis.
Up to now the message is always the same: Your system is up to date (should be better named: There is no update for you, as the system is definitely not up to date).
Besides that there is no updated image that can be downloaded offline and applied to the device via adb.
When the Motorola Milestone received its update, at the same time the announcement has been made, the offline image update was available for download.
So go and figure yourself .....
Kind regards,
BrowsingMan

Just got my Xoom today, be nice to use it to its full capacity..

Updated Dec 19 - Jelly bean for N8010 LG4 owners coming on Dec 27

I had complained to Samsung about the S-Note PDF import problem (it crashes when attempting to import any PDF) and my contact told me that they have uploaded "for Kies a new version of your OS with the pdf issue fixed. You should have access to it very soon if not already). I just plugged the Note into Kies but nothing's updated yet but hopefully it should be there soon enough.
Note that he said "a new version of your OS". I had previously told him that I'm on build IMM76D.N8010XWALG4 of Android 4.0.4 so we're probably just getting the fixed ICS version and not Jelly Bean. If I recall correctly the fixed build is IMM76D.N8010XWALI4 or something.
Update Dec 8 2012:
Got another text from my contact!
He says that the "Jelly Bean version GT-N8010 EUR OPEN 4.1.2 Maintenance Release (LG4 -> LI4)" is in the process of final verification at Samsung's India R&D cetner. He hasn't given me a timeframe but he'll let me know as soon as it's posted to Kies.
My only concern is that everything directly quoted has a bunch of contradictions in it, lol. First, as far as I can tell, "maintenance release" doesn't usually refer to going from one android version to another, but rather an update within the existing version. However, he specifically calls it Jelly Bean version of N8010 4.1.2. Lastly, LG4, and LI4 are the last three digits of most ICS / 4.0.4 CSC or PDA numbers, and not for Jelly Bean. So really what's going on? Heh. Time will tell.
Update Dec 19:
Got another text from Samsung customer support and here it is verbatim:
"LI4 Jelly Bean OS for your tablet will be released in Canada Dec 27th and will be available through Kies at that time."
So if your firmware is xwalg4 then you're getting jelly bean on Dec 27!

skadebo said:
So I had complained to Samsung about the S-Note PDF import problem (it crashes when attempting to import any PDF) and my contact told me that they have uploaded "for Kies a new version of your OS with the pdf issue fixed. You should have access to it very soon if not already). I just plugged the Note into Kies but nothing's updated yet but hopefully it should be there soon enough.
Note that he said "a new version of your OS". I had previously told him that I'm on build IMM76D.N8010XWALG4 of Android 4.0.4 so we're probably just getting the fixed ICS version and not Jelly Bean. If I recall correctly the fixed build is IMM76D.N8010XWALI4 or something.
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that would be awsome!

Kies is updating itself right now! Coincidence??
Edit: Aaaand nothing for the Note itself

Not entirely sure what this update is supposed to fix aside from this PDF import problem you have. Would much rather have the JB update, but this would be a start I guess.
Kind of a random question, but what does Canada fall under on Sammobile? We aren't listed in their firmware section.

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Not entirely sure what this update is supposed to fix aside from this PDF import problem you have. Would much rather have the JB update, but this would be a start I guess.
Kind of a random question, but what does Canada fall under on Sammobile? We aren't listed in their firmware section.
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Yep, sammobile doesn't have anything for Canada.

Indonesian Owner, wait for Dec 15, as Samsung told KOMPAS Daily in a press release. Update can be done via OTA or via Samsung Service Center. Suppose Samsung Canada can issue a press release as well.
See:
Code:
http ://tekno.kompas.com/read/xml/2012/12/02/08594361/Siap-siap..Galaxy.Note.10.1.Bakal.Disuguhi.Jelly.Bean
It's in Indonesian Language, but there's always Google Translate if you need it.

Hi, any more updates from the Canadian side? When the hell are we getting JB? im looking to buy my first tablet for christmas and deciding between n10 and note 10.1..looking for a good door crasher event on boxing day lol..but hope note 10.1 gets jelly bean soon

It's going to get something I just don't know what! First post updated with new info Dec 8.

Can you give us some clarification on what you mean by "my contact". At first I thought you meant Samsung customer service or just some employee, but I'm not sure anymore.

I guess you could say he's customer support, but not the regular one because he called me after I sent my complaint to Samsung Canada CEO's office from their support page. I only did that after exhausting 'regular' customer support.

Updated again! Dec 27 it is!

I am not sure of that deadline because of the exploit they would be working on patching that first and then releasing the roms after so I feel everything will get delayed and it will depend is how easy it will be to get the patch out.
You need to remember the exy 4 processor device base is around 40 million n it becomes even a bigger issue when everyone know that how easy it is to hack.
So I think Samsung would be spending all developement on this

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Updated again! Dec 27 it is!
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great news! now i hope thats true,,i will probably be picking mine up on boxing day in canada so would love to have a jelly bean update the next day!

I for sure believe that deadline will not be met as the next market where note will be release will be europe, then asia n then us the fact is it has not gone beyond germany and even note 8000 has not reached asia

Italy doesn't have the update yet, as US. Do anyone have some news about the release date for Italy?
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samir_a said:
I am not sure of that deadline because of the exploit they would be working on patching that first and then releasing the roms after so I feel everything will get delayed and it will depend is how easy it will be to get the patch out.
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Since the fix isn't ROM dependent they could send a patch out via Samsung Apps or Play also. That would be more efficient since they don't have the resources to update the ROMs individually on that many devices at the same time.
Here's their statement....
Samsung is aware of the potential security issue related to the Exynos processor and plans to provide a software update to address it as quickly as possible. The issue may arise only when a malicious application is operated on the affected devices; however, this does not affect most devices operating credible and authenticated applications. Samsung will continue to closely monitor the situation until the software fix has been made available to all affected mobile devices.​

Well you do not know what would it be required to patch it up as the patch we have is temp and not permanent they will have to rewrite the kernel in someway I guess and that will have implications how deep they are will decide how they bring out the patch.
This is not a OS flaw but a kernel flaw so it is a very serious issue.

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Well you do not know what would it be required to patch it up
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Does anyone? Chainfire plugged it without having to modify the ROM itself.
This is not a OS flaw but a kernel flaw so it is a very serious issue.
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I guess. Based on how I use my device(s) I'm not particularly worried about it. I don't visit sleazy websites, accept certificates for sites I don't know are reputable, and don't install no-name apps with few downloads. It's not as if some malicious code is going to find your device passively; you'll have to be the one to put your device in jeopardy proactively. I'd suggest people block "Unknown sources" in settings and set the "Show security warnings" in the browser.

Well even chainfire mentions its not the full patch but just a workaround and it screws up the camera which may not be important for note 10.1 owner but is to S3 and Note 2
Well after people know about this patch many would try to screw up the device just for fun, there are many who are newbies who can be targeted

I too am not sure they'll release an update in Canada on that date, but I really hope they do. It's a perfect time to do so too. Shortly after Christmas where some might get it as a present & right after boxing day where people will get it on sale.

Lollipop update thread!

Hey! Just wondering, but has anyone recieved the 5.0 update yet?
Yes, i'm kinda anxious.

I'm looking forward to lollipop on the shield but I may not allow it to install when it's first released.
There are a few of my commonly used apps that either crash on start or have problems in lollipop (on the nexus 7), so I have a feeling that there are a significant number of apps that still need updating.
My shield runs so flawlessly right now that I'd really hate to mess it up.
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http://blog.gsmarena.com/nvidia-shield-tablet-getting-lollipop-update-day-earlier-expected/ <--Some has get it already but example it dont notice any update to me (i live in Finland). Weird...

All the sites reporting that it has started to roll out are wrong, they're all reporting this on the basis of one screenshot from one user a couple of days ago. We'd be seeing more reports here if the roll out was really underway. Hopefully we should start seeing those reports very soon.

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All the sites reporting that it has started to roll out are wrong, they're all reporting this on the basis of one screenshot from one user a couple of days ago. We'd be seeing more reports here if the roll out was really underway. Hopefully we should start seeing those reports very soon.
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Apparently it was reported that the roll out was due to start today fingers x.

No update yet in the UK on LTE version

No update here in The Netherlands (Lte) yet.

Is it worth pre-optimising apps to use the ART runtime (via developer options), while awaiting the update?
I'm told by my colleague who has a Nexus 4, that received the lollipop update, that it took about 50 minutes to apply the update. But he hadn't set his runtime to ART, I have.
I'm waiting to see which of my devices gets lollipop first out of my Nvidia Shield Tablet and my Nexus 4.

Still nothing
Nothing in Poland.... LTE version.

Does anyone think that we'll get double tap to wake with the update? Here's hoping that it's not an N9 kernel feature ??

No Lollipop here in the U.S. yet. Hopefully, it'll hit soon! Definitely getting exciting for this update.

No Lollipop in France yet

I've been compulsively checking for OS updates and not gotten one yet

dibblebill said:
I've been compulsively checking for OS updates and not gotten one yet
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I know the feeling. That "Check now" is being worn out. Haha.

No lollipop in Spain yet.

No Lollipop in UK yet

No lollipop in Mexico! Wait all night, and nothing I'm getting tired of waiting.
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UK - 687.50 mb incoming!

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UK - 687.50 mb incoming!
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Jealous! I haven't reinstalled ANY of my games after getting my replacement in case they don't work on 5.0!

Downloading now ? UK LTE version