Hi guys,
at the moment I'm using a Motorola Droid 4 but to be honest it is getting old So I'm going to buy a used Priv. But I've got a few questions. I'm from germany so all my questions are related to the german versions of the priv.
1.) There are different versions of the Priv (STV100-x), what are difference between them?
2.) What about the updates...If a priv has a branding from Vodafone (German vodafone) do I get the updates directly from Blackberry or do I have to wait for the vodafone version? If the updates comes from vodafone how long they usually need after the release of an update to build their own version?
Thank you guys for your help
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Hi guys,
I am considering Buying what of these phones as the idea of a joypad for a mobile is awesome, just got one question:
I'll be buying this imported (as its way cheaper) so more then likely it will have Hong Kong (Asia) firmware on it..is there "stock Rom" for this? i had a HTC desire HD that i managed to get back to worldwide firmware myself (after 2 weeks of research) so I was wondering if the same thing is possible with the Xperia play?
I don't wanna buy one and be stuck on another counties firmware.
any tips/help would be awesome
Thanks guys
Dougan636 said:
Hi guys,
I am considering Buying what of these phones as the idea of a joypad for a mobile is awesome, just got one question:
I'll be buying this imported (as its way cheaper) so more then likely it will have Hong Kong (Asia) firmware on it..is there "stock Rom" for this? i had a HTC desire HD that i managed to get back to worldwide firmware myself (after 2 weeks of research) so I was wondering if the same thing is possible with the Xperia play?
I don't wanna buy one and be stuck on another counties firmware.
any tips/help would be awesome
Thanks guys
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You should be able to flash the UK generic firmware on it using flash tool. After that you could root it using Gingerbreak, update it to 2.3.3 and remove the bloat.
All without unlocking your boot loader, too. Unless you just want to, that is.
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I'm looking moreso towards an aussie firmware, since my mobile provider would be a 3rd party of optus, I dont mind having optus bloatware on there. if theres aussie genric firmware, i would more then happy to have that over a worldwide firmware?
Dougan636 said:
I'm looking moreso towards an aussie firmware, since my mobile provider would be a 3rd party of optus, I dont mind having optus bloatware on there. if theres aussie genric firmware, i would more then happy to have that over a worldwide firmware?
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I don't know of an Australian FW, but there could be one. Most go for the UK generic because of being able to root then update to 2.3.3 without losing root. You'll need to unless you plan on installing everything on the SD card.
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im not too fussed about it being unlocked...i jsut want a firmware i can easily upgrade ( offical is what im looking for) that supports OTA updates too. its not really breaking any laws if its still the offical firmware suited for the device...any clue where i should start looking for rom guides and files? best to be prepared for when i get the phone!
I would just go with the uk generic. So far when it has come to updates the uk firmware has been one of the first to get the updates.
If you got an aussie firmware with optus bloatware on you would have to wait till optus ok's the update before you get it (god knows how long that would take?). Alot of people got the update weeks later because they had carrier branded software vs people who just have the generic software.
People from usa have even flashed the uk firmware (to get updates quicker) and there has not been any problems. If your phone is sim free it will not make a difference which software is on it.
Follow the steps here to get the uk generic + root with a locked bootloader. Once you have flashed the uk firmware all your future updates will automatically come from the uk.
Hi,
I recently bought an unlocked Motorola Atrix from Amazon and I noticed that the phone actually got an Italy version for its firmware. I'm living in the US and I want to be able to get future software upgrades like Android ICS. So just wondering if there is any way to change the firmware to the US version?
Thanks
dell pushed out the update for unlocked DVP. has any tmo and att branded phone users got the update officially yet?
edit: DVP only.
If dell really did push out tango for the VP, could anyone updating please download and run fidder while doing so to capture the URLs?
Assuming there's new firmware bundles or any new cabs
I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for these updates to roll out on AT&T and T-Mobile. People had torches and pitchforks waiting for the official Mango updates to roll out. Now, with Tango, an update which is primarily meant to limit features on brand new low-end handsets sold outside the U.S., the demand is much lower, and it will be a low priority for the carriers.
I used the cabsender method for all three post-7720 updates, and it worked fine. Knowing that the WP7.8 update cabs will be posted here long before the U.S. carriers' rollout informed my decision to keep installing via cabsender.
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If dell really did push out tango for the VP, could anyone updating please download and run fidder while doing so to capture the URLs?
Assuming there's new firmware bundles or any new cabs
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Looks like the firmware version is the same for unbranded DVPs after Tango update and before the update... don't think there's a fw update unfortunately. Wouldn't mind knowing the URLs to confirm cabs are the ones we already know though
http://www.wpcentral.com/dell-shocks-world-again-tango-update-pushed-out-venue-pro
I'm mainly interested in the fw bundle cabs as we only have the TMO and ATT ones, the unbranded ones noone's bothered finding the urls for and noone is willing to downgrade and reupdate to find them.
Unfortunately it's not even 8779, the urls for 8773 are already known now
Dell + android definitely spoiled us as we can reasonably easily get the equivilent of FFUs for the majority of the roms (as that's how dell normally hands out android updates, as full flashes)
Hi All,
Just wanted to report that even though i did not get the Tango update pushed to my unlocked and unbranded Venue Pro, I was able to successfully use the force update method through Zune.
I updated to 8112 first, and then (using the force update again) to 8773.
Z.
zdravez said:
Hi All,
Just wanted to report that even though i did not get the Tango update pushed to my unlocked and unbranded Venue Pro, I was able to successfully use the force update method through Zune.
I updated to 8112 first, and then (using the force update again) to 8773.
Z.
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I didn't have to force an update on my unlocked DVP (was notified on the phone last night) though I did have to run update twice. First time it updated to 8112 and after the phone rebooted I received another update notice and updated to 8773
got an official tango update 2 weeks or more ago on my unlocked dell venue pro. im in the UK on the o2 network (the network does not matter as i bought it sim free unlocked from the dell website). not sure why other people with unlocked phones are not getting the update?
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got an official tango update 2 weeks or more ago on my unlocked dell venue pro. im in the UK on the o2 network (the network does not matter as i bought it sim free unlocked from the dell website). not sure why other people with unlocked phones are not getting the update?
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I am in USA on ATT, may be this is the reason why i did not get the update pushed to my phone... i bought my dvp from dell too...
The network itself doesnt matter, but what carrier firmware bundle you have installed.
AFAIK the only variations are:
EU Unlocked
US Unlocked
TmoUSA
At&t
If someone had an unupdated EU or US unlocked device and got us the Unlocked firmware bundles, you could turn the TMO one into an unlocked one.
(By unlocked it has nothing to do with sim locking, it's simply the name of #1 and #2, they're generic bundles not customized for any carrier)
I have EU unlocked device and recieve official update 8773 a one week ago. Nothing visible changes thought... Waiting for 7.8! )
Igoran said:
I have EU unlocked device and recieve official update 8773 a one week ago. Nothing visible changes thought... Waiting for 7.8! )
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Same here in Portugal.
Let's see what the 7.8 upgrade will bring!
My wife's DVP is on T-Mobile USA. Got a notification this morning (7/5/2012) that an update was available. It updated twice and after that it appeared to be on 7.10.8773.98
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My wife's DVP is on T-Mobile USA. Got a notification this morning (7/5/2012) that an update was available. It updated twice and after that it appeared to be on 7.10.8773.98
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Wait, what? Your post is for August but you mentioned a July date...
If T-Mobile is finally rolling out Tango for locked DVPs, that would be awesome.
Hello,
I'm really sorry for this question, but I am kinda new to Android, used Windows Phones for couple of years. I live in Eastern Europe and I just bought S4. But my phone has older firmware version and it doesn't offer any updates I want to flash the UK version, how to do that? And will I get updates for UK, not for Eastern Europe afterwards? I have i9505.
Okay, figured it out ))
Niiceg said:
Hello,
I'm really sorry for this question, but I am kinda new to Android, used Windows Phones for couple of years. I live in Eastern Europe and I just bought S4. But my phone has older firmware version and it doesn't offer any updates I want to flash the UK version, how to do that? And will I get updates for UK, not for Eastern Europe afterwards? I have i9505.
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No help? :/
Hello all,
So I'm tempted to buy a Tim-branded S8 on Amazon.it because it's crazy cheap currently. I'm not in Italy but from what I've gathered online (and confirmed by a review on the product's page on Amazon), branding in Italy doesn't mean sim-locking so it should be usable with my local carrier. I'm in Europe anyway.
The only major difference with an unlocked phone (since it doesn't seem to have any hardware trace of the carrier) will be the software : potential TIM-related bloatware, delays for updates, etc.
My question would be : could it be possible to flash an official "clean" image, without affecting the phone and its warranty ? If so, which reference should I use ?
Thank you very much !
Yes, was going to ask if it was also sim locked.?
What county are you in and what sim do you use?
Out the box, if sim unlocked, it will work anyway.
Unless you want any advanced features.
Fw wise it's not a problem. I went the other way though, flashing EE ( UK) firmware into an unbranded unlocked BTU version to get VoLTE to work. It caused no issues.
Belgium but I guess European models pretty much have all bands available across Europe...
Thanks for the feedback !
I have the tim s8 here in the UK, flashed the h3g firmware and have WiFi calling and volte functioning without issue.
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hi
Im also interested in buying a tim branded phone (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B071RSVYSH/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&psc=1) and was hoping if someone who has one could answer me couple of questions.
1) Does the phone have universal warranty? I mean if something was wrong with it and it needed any repair, could I just take it to a local Samsung store?
2) The model number on amazon site is G950, is that different from G950F? i couldn't find any reliable info on this..
Thanks in advance!
If the phone is designed for the European market then warranty applies regardless where you are (within Europe).
All European models are F-models.
You can flash an unbranded ROM through Odin to get rid of any branding which does not trigger Knox.