Hey guys,
I was wondering if there is some kind of trick or way to know when a newer firmware is out.
That's a good question. Besides finding out here in the forums, if there is a new official firmware will it download automagically?
One known source is www.samfirmware.com
It is not official and should be taken carefully but very useful.
There is a guy called Quattrofromagi who (we think) is a Samsung insider who posts details of new ROMs on Twitter, but if you're not experienced with flashing it's probably better to wait until one of the guys who know what they're looking at have a look and then post about it on here. A great many people got caught out with the signed bootloaders when JM6 came out because of rushing to flash from downloads from FUS or Samfirmware.
Well, if you are looking for stock ROMs or firmwares from Samsung, you can always connect via Samsung Kies to see if you have an update. But trust me its very very late/old and Kies is not really updated that often. Samsung thinks its too much work.
Samfirmware.com is more upto date with the latest official release of firmwares for each continent. However, because they are official releases they also contain the 'bootloader protection' gimmick that Samsung is pushing out. This was a headache at the start of 2011 but thanks to Chainfire and Rotohammer there is a solution to remove the bootloader lock now. Basically, they are locking down the bootloader so people can't install their own ROM unless they are from signed by Samsung and you get it from Kies. Obviously, this is due to carriers complaining (north american carriers) that people are activating the phone features of the tablet by updating their firmware to another continents' firmware, like Europe or Asia where they allow customers to make calls on their tablet.
Your best bet is to follow the forum here and look at what others are putting on. The best part is obviously, there are going to be a lot of posts about people testing the latest firmware, their experiences and how they worked out the kinks. I know it's daunting going through the posts but it can be quite informative in case you meet the same problems as others.
For your info, the best ROM right now that is stable and well tested is JMEv4 by Rotohammer.
The next ROM people are working on now is MoDaCo's kernel and ROM running ext4 filesystem because of its speed. And the overclocked 1.2Ghz kernel is also available for EURO tabs made by richardtrip to mix with any other ROM of your choice. These are currently still not stable but are working and will be ready very soon.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for the info. Very helpful.
Statement post. Not a question.
I have seen many famous Roms on this site showing older 5.0.2 history versions on google, but when
I follow those links, they redirect to the updated 5.1.1 versions.
Please post and Sticky any 5.0.2 ROMS for S6 Edge below. (There are people who still need them..)
I can not find any working download links. My Japan Softbank carrier did not update to 5.1.1.
I need 5.0.2 Roms please. I see history of them on google. I can find no such working download links.
Thank you.
My phone model is sm g925z. I would be willing to test any phone version, of 5.0.2
I Found CarHD 5.0.2 digging on google. for anyone else who may need it.
I will test it now and report on the status after.
https://meocloud.pt/link/338ef8e8-be07-48e2-a8ef-eb904342b631/CarHDRom_V.3.3_G920_OF4.zip
SimpleRom 5.0.2 link
Testing now also.
https://mega.nz/#F!CYFX1TZQ!Sa10c0z-6R4a8uTsi9CWGA
both failed to connect to wifi or cell service.
both were full of crashes.
do not bother trying.
I tried a third 5.0.2 Rom. a sm g925i model, it could connect to wifi only.
but it would crash when trying to connect to the phone app.
if I can get anything working with the new rom, I will post links if I get anything working.
probably the junk will not work.
Thread close.
Please do not post dupliocate threads for the same problem.
Thanks
Razvan
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Hi everybody, i've recently purchased an Honor 7 PLK-L01 in UK. I'm really satisfied with it and i started to follow those threads on XDA, i'm new to this software by Huawei as i've always had Samsung's phones (i still have my S5) and obviously software updates are different as i've seen. My current firmware is C432B121 but here i found a lots of more updates and intermediates' type of as well and my phone doesn't show any further updates like 130-140-180 and so on. Phone is not rooted and it's brand new. I also knew that it's rolling out MM for us so that's why i did this question. Thanks to everyone could explain a bit. Cheers! :highfive:
there's a full thread about this, with links to all kind of released firmwares
i suggest you start with b130 and see if it automatically detects any further ota update.
when i got mine it was stuck on b120, but after manually updating it to b121 i never had to manually update it again
otherwise you just keep manually updating all the way up to b180. i suggest you don't update to b320 right away since it's officiality is still undergoing debate, it might be old BETA update, perhaps released by mistake. still waiting for official news
anyway, the drill's very easy, you'll find every kind of explanation in the plk-l01 roms' thread.
Well I just got my honor 5 and wanted to upgrade the software, emui says it's 3.1 and when I put the check for updates it says there are no available. Nether when I check my lollipop 5.1.1 to got to Marshmallow. No upgrade available.
My cellphone was one of the Prime Day 120 bucks, KIW-L24c56.
Is there something I should do? I know very few of cellphones, but at least my moto g2 asked me itself to upgrade to Marshmallow which I did, apparently this has Marshmallow upgrade also but nowhere to be found.
Than you.
Wait for it its not fully out yet.. it takes some time.
JoeNoName said:
Well I just got my honor 5 and wanted to upgrade the software, emui says it's 3.1 and when I put the check for updates it says there are no available. Nether when I check my lollipop 5.1.1 to got to Marshmallow. No upgrade available.
My cellphone was one of the Prime Day 120 bucks, KIW-L24c56.
Is there something I should do? I know very few of cellphones, but at least my moto g2 asked me itself to upgrade to Marshmallow which I did, apparently this has Marshmallow upgrade also but nowhere to be found.
Than you.
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Check out this thread. It gives detailed instructions to download the official update and install it.
im checking the hihonor website and there is no 6.0 upgrade
Is it just me or no one else can see it ?
http://www.hihonor.com/us/support/
Well... so far no luck upgrading.
I'm new in this subforum (just got my KIW-L24 last night) and have no idea what the "-c56" on your model number is so hopefully I'm not wasting your time, but
I was able to update mine to marshmallow using this update package that was provided in this thread.
Just make a "dload" folder on your internal storage and extract the update file from the zip to it. Then in system update on the phone, hit menu and local update... should walk you through from there.
Hope this helps!
well apparently Huawei pulled out the update because there were some issues with the phones, they are gonna work on it and put the update on L24 with Marshmallow 6 and Emui 4 back when everything is resolved.
JoeNoName said:
well apparently Huawei pulled out the update because there were some issues with the phones, they are gonna work on it and put the update on L24 with Marshmallow 6 and Emui 4 back when everything is resolved.
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Did you hear this from Huawei? I'm thinking the same thing and posted this in another thread, but was wandering if it was officially a problem.
See below:
They have removed marshmallow from the site. It's not official, but I believe they are doing some work to it. It was extremely laggy and had poor battery life and performance compared to lollipop. I reverted back after running it.
You guys would be better off waiting to see what repairs are done to it.
When you click on the support site, look to the right under manuals
http://www.hihonor.com/us/support/
You will see how to rollback officially from Marshmallow, if there were no problems, I'm pretty sure that would NOT be listed the same day marshmallow was removed from the site
You see this:
Honor 5X RollbackGuideline
(FROM KIW-L24C567B331 TO KIW-L24C567B151)Download
skeppley said:
Did you hear this from Huawei? I'm thinking the same thing and posted this in another thread, but was wandering if it was officially a problem.
See below:
They have removed marshmallow from the site. It's not official, but I believe they are doing some work to it. It was extremely laggy and had poor battery life and performance compared to lollipop. I reverted back after running it.
You guys would be better off waiting to see what repairs are done to it.
When you click on the support site, look to the right under manuals
http://www.hihonor.com/us/support/
You will see how to rollback officially from Marshmallow, if there were no problems, I'm pretty sure that would NOT be listed the same day marshmallow was removed from the site
You see this:
Honor 5X RollbackGuideline
(FROM KIW-L24C567B331 TO KIW-L24C567B151)Download
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Yea, I wrote to them and they replied me that there were some issues regarding the update. One day there was the update and the other it wasnt, so I asked them and they said their engineers are looking into it and as soon as possible its gonna be back posted on the website.
amazing how these buggy updates make it through testing to get released, beyond belief & biggest drawback with current phones is crappy firmware & apps , programming, testing & design rules needs massive improvement ...
Android itself is big part of problem ...
Funny how CM has a better software compared yo such big brand Honor/Huawei
Just now at the Honor US support site.
There is this
KIW-L24, Android 6.0.1,EMUI 4.0,C567D003,United States
for download.
Hope it is the patched version.
yea I just entered the website and saw it too.
Im gonna wait a while to see if things are patched, apparently the patch is the same as the one before so Ill wait a bit until people test it out.
TS2K said:
Just now at the Honor US support site.
There is this
KIW-L24, Android 6.0.1,EMUI 4.0,C567D003,United States
for download.
Hope it is the patched version.
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JoeNoName said:
yea I just entered the website and saw it too.
Im gonna wait a while to see if things are patched, apparently the patch is the same as the one before so Ill wait a bit until people test it out.
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The files are dated 7/25/16
nothing changed in the about phone screen, I assume it's just bug fix for the memory leaks and bad battery
TS2K said:
Just now at the Honor US support site.
There is this
KIW-L24, Android 6.0.1,EMUI 4.0,C567D003,United States
for download.
Hope it is the patched version.
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I am sure that this is what I put on my daughters phone yesterday, but it still shows as B331 in the about phone screen. Can anyone else confirm this?
well I got 6.0.1 and new Emui in my cellphone OTA. Just this morning I got an update and after downloading and installing it was the new version.
Phone seems a bit laggy and not as fast as 5.0, is this normal for 6.0? Or just me?
Hi xda Team
I've been searching through the forum and reading just to find a bit of answer before I ask, however, the answers I've found are really limited.
Let me first off say I am a n00b....... awesome glad we are now on the same page
I have an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8 ATT version currently on baseband G950USQU1AQEF, it only got there because I found a thread where I could manually download each update file and place it on my card and do a manual update .... now imagine having to do that for every single update... sucks huh??
The main issue is my found would not do the OTA update, it keeps saying its up to date so I am still stuck on android 7.0 when 8.0 has been out for decards
A post was made of the official firmware update .. here is the link https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s8/how-to/att-g950u-stock-odin-files-firmware-t3795961
My question is can I simple download odin and install that update without any issues??
Will it lock back my phone??
Please let me know if I can just go ahead and install it.
Thanks in advance for your answers and understanding my noobiness
Go to Updato.com and search firmware for the G950U. Sort by date and the newest will be at the top.
The latest listed is CRF5 and says Verizon. Now, since the last 7.0 firmware I believe it was, ALL carrier files are included. Meaning even though it says Verizon, you can flash it on an AT&T variant and you will have all the AT&T bloat and no VZW. I always flash the Verizon version because it gets posted the soonest, and ones officially labeled AT&T never do.
You will need the latest update file:
https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=9101315B86C211E89F15FA163EE8F90B
AND the latest modded Odin to flash 8.0 files:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JMjqNxg8Y8W-Tpo9TCYIb_LL7LhhpHri/view?usp=sharing
NOTES:
-I always remove the .md5 off the end of each file just to make it flash faster.
-Home CSC will keep all your info, the NON Home CSC will do a complete wipe of your phone
On the question of "will it lock back my phone?"
No. Once the phone is unlocked, that's it. Firmware has no affect on its network lock status.