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firmwareupdate

Daer all,
Yesterday my device offered my the first firmware update.
My current version: Acer_A500_1.016.03_com_gen1
Downloaded version: 1.126.03
I did not update yet because i am aafraid to loose root. So if anybody can tell me where my system download the uodate to i can shar the file with you.
Anybody else already had a update?

Where u located
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did you look on the sdcard for an update.zip ?

Most likely it is on the /cache partition. More importantly, in your log will be the URL, search for ota.

I'm on Acer_A500_1.112.01_EMEA_CUS7 - nothing here yet

No Update Here Either
A500 from Best Buy bought on May 3 - has FW: Acer_A500_1.104.02_Com_Gen 1
Has anybody deciphered Acer's code for FW Labeling?

docfreed said:
A500 from Best Buy bought on May 3 - has FW: Acer_A500_1.104.02_Com_Gen 1
Has anybody deciphered Acer's code for FW Labeling?
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I have that too. BB A500.

docfreed said:
A500 from Best Buy bought on May 3 - has FW: Acer_A500_1.104.02_Com_Gen 1
Has anybody deciphered Acer's code for FW Labeling?
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Ditto. 10char.

question..... why dont you ppl use the signature?

Ditto here in Texas from BB: 1.1104.02_com_gen1
No OTA yet even after forcing it to check.
Ken.

Today I received my Acer A500 in Germany, purchased from Amazon through preorder. It's the first Honeycomb to hit the german mass market.
I have Acer_A500_1.112.01_EMEA_CUS7
The "E" sounds like it stands for "european" or "Europe" to me, however the only localization I can choose in Settings is "german", while on my other Android devices (HTC phones) the ROMs always contain multiple localizations (or even worldwide like *WWE* ones).
I hope this helps, just started digging through the device and going to root it soon.
If anyone needs any further info regarding this version, which seems to be newer than those being OTA'ed to US customers let me know.
FWIW, I have not yet had any random screen turn-ons so maybe they fixed that.

ugh I need this zip my acer is messed up since I tried that chinese update.zip!

thor2002ro said:
question..... why dont you ppl use the signature?
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I thought about adding f-droid.org to my sig, but I'm too lazy.

same here!

Acer_A500_1.104.02_COM_GEN1 is my build and check but no update yet...

Mine says Acer_A500_1.016.04_COM_GEN1 has not updates..

docfreed said:
A500 from Best Buy bought on May 3 - has FW: Acer_A500_1.104.02_Com_Gen 1
Has anybody deciphered Acer's code for FW Labeling?
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Mine bought yesterday in Germany. 1.112.01_EMEA_CUS7

Dear all,
there is nothing in "/chach" and on the SDCard.
I had a look into it with the "Rootexplorer" and commandline, nothing.
I also searched with "Rootexplorer" for "*.zip" but nothing that is coming from me.
Do they maybe use a "hidden" mount?
Where can i find the logs?

did u reboot?
cache may be cleared while rebooting
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Hi,
yes i did reboot, but the system is still telling me that it want to perform the update and not that it want to downlaod something again.

Unbrick A500 without Chinese Update.zip

Hey guys,
Not sure if anyone has posted this yet, but I managed to unbrick my A500 using this Update.zip
http://www.filesonic.com/file/958397621/acer_a500_0.000.00_1.122.01_emea_gen5_update.zip.html
It only has English, French and Arabic language support.

Interesting! Where'd you get this file?

unbrick tablet
Mine is a USA model. would this work?

I randomly stumbled across this while doing a Google search.
I tried flashing it on my Australian model (which I think is the same as the US) and it works fine.

wait, do you mean it supports Arabic in menus and reads and writes Arabic with no issues ?
please answer this because I'm so looking for something like this

msasbaly said:
wait, do you mean it supports Arabic in menus and reads and writes Arabic with no issues ?
please answer this because I'm so looking for something like this
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Would you be so kind and stumble upon a US update.zip as well?
What is the version id of this?

msasbaly said:
wait, do you mean it supports Arabic in menus and reads and writes Arabic with no issues ?
please answer this because I'm so looking for something like this
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Yes. Check it out below -
huxflux2003 said:
Would you be so kind and stumble upon a US update.zip as well?
What is the version id of this?
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Build Number: Acer_A500_1.122.01_EMEA_GEN5

dr1337 said:
Yes. Check it out below -
Build Number: Acer_A500_1.122.01_EMEA_GEN5
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Man, you discovered an amazing file! The Arab world salutes you
Edit: I hate filesonic, so sloooooooooow.
I will upload it to multiupload when I download it. Here's the link: http://www.multiupload.com/D3A2DU7X4D

What I don't understand is why files like these are NOT OFFICIAL from Acer ???

THANK YOU...I accidently deleted the wrong App Folder and my Acer Froze but I installed this Update but the problem I'm having now is that my Wifi either doesn't work or it can't connect to my 3G tether from my Droid 2....Does anybody else have Wifi Issues?

thanks a lot dr1337 for showing us the arabic support and finding this file
and thanks to you too mr.r9 for the multiupload link
now I can show off with my Iconia

I flashed this image to get out of a boot loop. It worked but now I have no lock screen and the home button doesn't work.

Try doing a factory reset.

now i have the chinese update.zip installed,can i overwrite with the engl./arab update.zip
ok,it works,
now i have the market back.
how do I get the update on Android 3.1
thnx to dr1337
but i need the german update.zip for complete restore

I am having a similar issue. I used this to get up US version unbricked and it worked, but now I am unable to update the tab to any of the newer versions. I have manually downloaded the 141.07 and tried to flash it and get and error about signature verification failed. any way around this now.

so I am guessing the update I tried to get before I realized my tab got bricked because I renamed the phone files I won't get it after flashing this update? I really would like the update that supposdly came out may26.

That worked

intender said:
I am having a similar issue. I used this to get up US version unbricked and it worked, but now I am unable to update the tab to any of the newer versions. I have manually downloaded the 141.07 and tried to flash it and get and error about signature verification failed. any way around this now.
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Where did you download the update?

Acer needs to put out a system recovery image with this Tablet. Their computers have them. The hoops we have to jump through to get OUR hardware working are ridiculous. Hell you can load a restore image on a freaking IPAD, but not this ?

a flashable factory recovery image should come with the tablet just like recovery partitions on some PCs.
Especially since the Acer update screwed up my tablet. All I had done is run gingerbreak and installed some screencap apps.
I hope the 3.1 update is better

Sky Go app not working?

Why does the Sky Go app not work on my Note 3 despite it being compatible with non-rooted devices like mine.
Has anyone got an APK for it?
Thanks

Even if you sideload it (which I have), it runs but when you try to stream it reports that the device is unsupported.
Sky are aware of the issue.
Regards,
Dave
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foxmeister said:
Even if you sideload it (which I have), it runs but when you try to stream it reports that the device is unsupported.
Sky are aware of the issue.
Regards,
Dave
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Thanks Dave, I hope this gets fixed soon

Sky are aware of the issue.
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we should get it around the time Note 4 is available then! Don't hold your breath.
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htc6500uk said:
we should get it around the time Note 4 is available then! Don't hold your breath.
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That's so true, It made me laugh ^^

It's available now, all working and looks great.
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread guys, just installed SKY GO on my unrooted Note 3 and I get the same error, SKY GO not supported on rooted devices,.
My device is totally stock. Any tips?

Sky Go
winwiz said:
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread guys, just installed SKY GO on my unrooted Note 3 and I get the same error, SKY GO not supported on rooted devices,.
My device is totally stock. Any tips?
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has there been any developments with this? i bought my Note 3 LTE from germany and was convinced it was because of the firmware. i have since updated the firmware to the latest BTU UK one.
my device still says its not supported? any one have any advice?
thanks Rees

er101 said:
has there been any developments with this? i bought my Note 3 LTE from germany and was convinced it was because of the firmware. i have since updated the firmware to the latest BTU UK one.
my device still says its not supported? any one have any advice?
thanks Rees
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factory reset + wipe cache resolved it for me

winwiz said:
factory reset + wipe cache resolved it for me
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Tried that bud and not worked, it still says not supported.
Does it have anything to do with mine being the lte version?
My active csc code is BTU but My csc version is showing N9005OXAENB1
Cheers,
Rees.

er101 said:
Tried that bud and not worked, it still says not supported.
Does it have anything to do with mine being the lte version?
My active csc code is BTU but My csc version is showing N9005OXAENB1
Cheers,
Rees.
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I had the same issue. The Sky Go app looks at the contents of the SD card and if it finds any apps that are known to need root, it thinks the device is rooted. My note was 4.3 rooted but now on stock 4.4.2, not rooted (knox 0x0). Sky Go complained of root, had a dig around on the SD and there was left over stuff from Titanium backup there. Deleted and Sky Go is happy.

neildo said:
I had the same issue. The Sky Go app looks at the contents of the SD card and if it finds any apps that are known to need root, it thinks the device is rooted. My note was 4.3 rooted but now on stock 4.4.2, not rooted (knox 0x0). Sky Go complained of root, had a dig around on the SD and there was left over stuff from Titanium backup there. Deleted and Sky Go is happy.
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My handeset is stil Knox 0x0. I believe the Uk firmware flash was successful but the CSC has remained the same and Skygo being region locked is detecting that the handset is from outside the UK?
i did try to flash over the IRE 3 rom as apparently that has a single file csc and then re install the UK BTU rom in the hope that the mutli CSC would change to single CSC. It's so confusing!
is there any options that i do have? Can i change the CSC file any other way?
Thank Rees.

V10G OTA Update

Hello Guys,
Hope you are doing well.
Just got OTA update to V10G, was on V10E before, Check your software updates. Let's see how the phone behaves during these few days.
Regards,
Mingo

Singapore here I also got a v10g OTA, but as usual I cannot install due to root. Will have to try later with PC Suite when I am back home.

pls give link for download 10g version

Got it as well. Was around 14 MB and said it brought battery optimizations and a Google update.

This small update corrupted my 64GB SD card, lost all my files on it.. At least I was able do format it.
Anyone else got that problem?
Be sure do disconnect the SD Card befor update..

Nope, nothing happend to my SD card.

Nothing happened to my SD card. Could apply this even with root and root is still intact!
D855 Austria, PurpleDrake
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düdldihüü said:
Got it as well. Was around 14 MB and said it brought battery optimizations and a Google update.
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Mine just said "Apps" again in the update notes...

Damn, it seems every variant but the Verizon version is getting an OTA
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Received it on my Singapore set. Updated it over the root and it worked fine after that.

navlem said:
Received it on my Singapore set. Updated it over the root and it worked fine after that.
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How do you guys upgrade during root? Downloading the OTA and trying to install it didn't work for me. :/

navlem said:
Received it on my Singapore set. Updated it over the root and it worked fine after that.
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You updated from 10e to 10g ? Your root is still ok or you need to re root ?

Xadoi said:
How do you guys upgrade during root? Downloading the OTA and trying to install it didn't work for me. :/
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Just update like the way you would update on an unrooted phone.
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dimkit said:
You updated from 10e to 10g ? Your root is still ok or you need to re root ?
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Upgraded from 10e to 10g, The root is still there right after upgrade. No need to reroot.

mingocr83 said:
Hello Guys,
Hope you are doing well.
Just got OTA update to V10G, was on V10E before, Check your software updates. Let's see how the phone behaves during these few days.
Regards,
Mingo
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I've been using the V10g version for about a month now because I'm in Korea.. Everything works great.. not much of a lag but I've seen that a few important shortcuts have been missing.. Especially "Videos" shortcut and "Albums" widget .. I got the Video shortcut from a Vietnamese OP, so please search and thank them
The Albums Widget is from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-...onts-lg-g2-photo-widget-t2833643#post54541004
Just install as a normal .apk ( using Easy installer.. or any of your choice ) .. reboot ( if necessary ) .. you should see the "Video" shortcut in your apps menu... Same goes for the Albums Widget
Here's the thread where I got the Video.apk shortcut
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2761879
You can go ahead and thank him if you download and use the shortcut.

Mate 8 Chinese version (AL10) 2 questions

Hello. I just got my m8 today. I did UL bootloader and rooted the chinese version 156 which came with OTA. The only problem I get is that i cannot sync google contacts. Everything else is working great. Is there any way or do I need to flash the international firmware?
PS If I need to update to a newer version (I saw 165 came out but i didn't get it today) is there a way to flash a newer rom without losing all data through TWRP?
PS2 One other problem i encountered: I tried to install sygic navigator from play store but it forcecloses the entire google play!!! This happens only at this app...

u wont get any ota updates on a modified system @unlocked bootloader & root, so ull have to flash manually every time or revert back to full stock.
concerning google apps and services, ull need to manually add those to the chinese rom (check the B156 rooted thread, the necessary apk files are attached to the OP)
as for flashing updates, it is indeed possible to "dirty flash" a rom over an existent one, but be prepared for potential hiccups / issues / functional resets in that case. best thing is to always to a proper clean flash with your data backed up on a different location (i.e. laptop).
the play store FC is probably due to the app size. check permissions of google play store app and activate permission for storage, that should solve the FC...
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jbmc83 said:
u wont get any ota updates on a modified system @unlocked bootloader & root, so ull have to flash manually every time or revert back to full stock.
concerning google apps and services, ull need to manually add those to the chinese rom (check the B156 rooted thread, the necessary apk files are attached to the OP)
as for flashing updates, it is indeed possible to "dirty flash" a rom over an existent one, but be prepared for potential hiccups / issues / functional resets in that case. best thing is to always to a proper clean flash with your data backed up on a different location (i.e. laptop).
the play store FC is probably due to the app size. check permissions of google play store app and activate permission for storage, that should solve the FC...
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Thanx for your reply. I see... As far as the google contacts sync is concerned, I tried creating a GoogleContactsSyncAdapter folder in the system/app folder and copying the apk in there but after the reboot still no sync... Am I doing something wrong? (I did a workaround here as well, i restored the contacts from a csv file but now i don't get cloud backup)
When flashing future updates do we use the TWRP in order to flash the stock roms? I haven't tried that's why I ask. I usually do a full wipe when I flash updates. About the play store i gave it full access, but before that i did a workaround and backed up the prog from another device and restored it to mate8... I will probably see on the next update of the app.

icy20 said:
Thanx for your reply. I see... As far as the google contacts sync is concerned, I tried creating a GoogleContactsSyncAdapter folder in the system/app folder and copying the apk in there but after the reboot still no sync... Am I doing something wrong? (I did a workaround here as well, i restored the contacts from a csv file but now i don't get cloud backup)
When flashing future updates do we use the TWRP in order to flash the stock roms? I haven't tried that's why I ask. I usually do a full wipe when I flash updates. About the play store i gave it full access, but before that i did a workaround and backed up the prog from another device and restored it to mate8... I will probably see on the next update of the app.
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Just install GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk like a normal app.

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Just install GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk like a normal app.
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I got it to work... I am not sure what was the reason... I uninstalled it completely and then installed the latest app I saw online and gave permissions and rebooted and the apps are there Thank you all.
The problems fixed. Can someone please answer to the first q about how to flash latest versions since I am rooted-twrp? Are the versions I find in the android development flashable by TWRP? I mean the untouched versions not the custom roms. I am happy with the performance of the stock rom.

some are flashable via twrp, others through the stock huawei erecovery, others again are flashable via fastboot. gotta check the package contents and file types...
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Guys how often does contacts sync takes place? I put a contact yesterday at about 18:00 and it doesn't show up at the gmail contacts. Probably due to the fact that if I go to google account it says it synced last yesterday at about 17:15. I know that I can force sync it but I don't want to have to do that every time I add a contact.

I also have the AL10 and I didn't unlock and rooted my phone and didn't receive the B165 rom yet either. My latest rom is still B156.

deaad said:
I also have the AL10 and I didn't unlock and rooted my phone and didn't receive the B165 rom yet either. My latest rom is still B156.
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That's normal. The updates don't come to all at the same time.

dear how did u root your chinese model ? i cannot do it on my chinese model ?
how di u root your chinese model ? i cannot even used command promp option , error is path is not right cannot load , plz guide me
icy20 said:
Hello. I just got my m8 today. I did UL bootloader and rooted the chinese version 156 which came with OTA. The only problem I get is that i cannot sync google contacts. Everything else is working great. Is there any way or do I need to flash the international firmware?
PS If I need to update to a newer version (I saw 165 came out but i didn't get it today) is there a way to flash a newer rom without losing all data through TWRP?
PS2 One other problem i encountered: I tried to install sygic navigator from play store but it forcecloses the entire google play!!! This happens only at this app...
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There is a thread in the forum with the exact procedure. http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/guide-unlock-bootloader-root-install-t3301371

Hello everybody.
I recently purchased a Chinese Mate 8.
While the Play Store and Google Services were up and running when I received it, contacts where not syncing.
I download GoogleContactsAppSync and solved that BUT I can't sort them by surname, how am I supposed to do that?
Please help, I can't get my head around that!
Thank you

Same here with Sygic. My phone is a chinese one, model NXT-AL10, no root, bootloader locked.
When Sygic is loaded, playstore is force-closed. Sygic can be loaded via Amazon appstore but the "restore"-function does not work.
Moreover, OsmAnd+ navigation does not work properly. It can be opened but no map is shown.
Anyone uses Sygic and OsmAnd+ with Huawei Mate 8 chinese successfully? Should we contact Huawei?

qulu said:
Anyone uses Sygic and OsmAnd+ with Huawei Mate 8 chinese successfully? Should we contact Huawei?
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Sygic works fine here on an AL10 Mate 8, but I am running an L29 rom though... :good:

qulu said:
Same here with Sygic. My phone is a chinese one, model NXT-AL10, no root, bootloader locked.
When Sygic is loaded, playstore is force-closed. Sygic can be loaded via Amazon appstore but the "restore"-function does not work.
Moreover, OsmAnd+ navigation does not work properly. It can be opened but no map is shown.
Anyone uses Sygic and OsmAnd+ with Huawei Mate 8 chinese successfully? Should we contact Huawei?
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Go to google play at apps and give all the permissions. I think when I had chinese rom that fixed it...

Pfeffernuss said:
Sygic works fine here on an AL10 Mate 8, but I am running an L29 rom though... :good:
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Hello Pfeffernuss !
Did you flashed NXT-L29 Firmware into NXT-AL10 ?
Can you show me how to do ?
Thank alot !

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Hello Pfeffernuss !
Did you flashed NXT-L29 Firmware into NXT-AL10 ?
Can you show me how to do ?
Thank alot !
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/official-ota-update-received-t3348624 :good:

There is only one app in the google play store that I cannot install. the playstore FC. Granted full permission too. Hmm...
Edit: fixed by granting permission to storage for the Playstore. :S
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