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current OTA vs TW OTA

There is currently an OTA as most of you know that adds Google Video and locks unlocked devices.
There is also the new TW OTA coming out tomorrow.
Does anyone know how updates will work? I don't want to lose the unlocked bootloader but really want the TW and am afraid I'll have to get both to get the new TW.

flintdragon said:
There is currently an OTA as most of you know that adds Google Video and locks unlocked devices.
There is also the new TW OTA coming out tomorrow.
Does anyone know how updates will work? I don't want to lose the unlocked bootloader but really want the TW and am afraid I'll have to get both to get the new TW.
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I would suggest you wait for Devs to get their hands on the new TW & their new ROMs that come from it.

On Samsung's changelog of what's included in the TW update, it shows Google Video included in the package so I'm not sure how some people are getting it as a separate update unless they have a Google IO tab. http://www.samsung.com/us/article/galaxy-tab-10-1-updates

Danstek said:
On Samsung's changelog of what's included in the TW update, it shows Google Video included in the package so I'm not sure how some people are getting it as a separate update unless they have a Google IO tab. http://www.samsung.com/us/article/galaxy-tab-10-1-updates
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Has anyone received this that doesn't have an I/O Tab? Anyone that has a locked retail? I'm wondering if Samsung's sending this to serial numbers that didn't get locked during production.

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Has anyone received this that doesn't have an I/O Tab? Anyone that has a locked retail? I'm wondering if Samsung's sending this to serial numbers that didn't get locked during production.
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I went back to stock yesterday in anticipation of the update tomorrow. I have a locked retail tablet and received the 11.2MB OTA so now I am on KG4.

I noticed the the samsung app did an update today, but didn't notice anything. Is this where the update comes from?
Thanks

AnthemAVM said:
I noticed the the samsung app did an update today, but didn't notice anything. Is this where the update comes from?
Thanks
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no, Samsung Apps is like Samsung's own android marketplace
you can find apps & games like Angry birds ect..

New OTA market

So, I already know it's possible to side load the new market but i thought i'd point out a difference i've noticed between the market APK and the OTA market.
In the sideload version there is a limit to the amount of apps in the lists like "top paid" and "top free" or "editors choice"
In the OTA version there seems to be no limit and it goes on for quite a while.

It also breaks the ability to install apps that aren't available in your local market via the MarketEnabler trick that fakes the MCC/MNC SIM ID's.
There's no real benefit to the new market unless the video's are available in whatever country you're in.

knightnz said:
It also breaks the ability to install apps that aren't available in your local market via the MarketEnabler trick that fakes the MCC/MNC SIM ID's.
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Market Enabler works fine here with the new market.

I have still not got new market here in Denmark
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by OTA and APK market do you guys mean the old 2.3.6 market and the new 3.0.27 market respectively? why does the title say new OTA market? what am i missing here? lol
anyway, when i was using litening rom the market there had no limit but when i switched to stock and installed the new market through an apk the apps showing had a limit and some known apps actually didn't display unless you searched for them.

fyre31 said:
by OTA and APK market do you guys mean the old 2.3.6 market and the new 3.0.27 market respectively? why does the title say new OTA market? what am i missing here? lol
anyway, when i was using litening rom the market there had no limit but when i switched to stock and installed the new market through an apk the apps showing had a limit and some known apps actually didn't display unless you searched for them.
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I assume OP is talking about the market apk which you can install manually and you can get from various sites and the market update which is being pushed by Google these days and is "the most official" one, if i can use this term. Basically the same version, but looks like they behave differently. I didn't get the official update from Google yet, but waiting for it, no point in installing it by myself.

I was also wondering that why no market update here.
Could it be because of a custom ROM? no? Just have to wait in Finland..

CandyAndy said:
I was also wondering that why no market update here.
Could it be because of a custom ROM? no? Just have to wait in Finland..
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It is probably being rolled out regionally based. I read on a tech site that it should come to Europe this week. We'll just have to wait and see, unless you wanna install the apk yourself.

I have the sideloaded version installed and I don't have this issue, the list goes on forever for me. I have version 3.0.27, maybe you sidedloaded an older version?

Sp1tfire said:
It is probably being rolled out regionally based. I read on a tech site that it should come to Europe this week. We'll just have to wait and see, unless you wanna install the apk yourself.
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Yeah I am pretty sure it is being rolled out regionally as well.

Sp1tfire said:
I assume OP is talking about the market apk which you can install manually and you can get from various sites and the market update which is being pushed by Google these days and is "the most official" one, if i can use this term. Basically the same version, but looks like they behave differently. I didn't get the official update from Google yet, but waiting for it, no point in installing it by myself.
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Yea this is exactly what i meant, sorry if my first post was a little wonky.
My atrix seems to have gotten the update but nothing thus far for my sgs2

What is seems is that the updates of the market app are not coming at the same time in all phones. Both my HTC and Samsung didn't get the update yet so we guess it is better wait than update the up for ourselves.

Now app no longer installing

Focus rev. 1.3 with official Mango (7720.68).
I did a reset because the market compasses would not work. Before the reset the phone was working fine in the market and had the latest Now app....the one with the column of menus among which was settings. The one where you could select the subjects like latest tweets and such.
Now, after reset, the Now app no longer installs. It says it isn't for my device's software version. Most of the other Samsung apps will install, except for the ones relating to future phones with video calling features and such.

same thing happening to me and I tweeted @samsungsupport and they said they couldn't support a 3rd party app?!??

Omega Ra said:
same thing happening to me and I tweeted @samsungsupport and they said they couldn't support a 3rd party app?!??
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I found out why the Now app wasn't installing and also why my Focus was having so many market issues and other functional issues. My Focus doesn't have the Mango update meant for it. AT&T hasn't released the update for this round of AT&T devices yet, even though mine is a Rev. 1.3 version. The Mango mine had was meant for it. AT&T recommended restoring to the previous update till the next update round on the 16th or 17th of this month (Oct.) comes out.
But that is strange Samsung said what they told you.

Samsung needs to fix the "Now" app. I now have the official Mango update specifically for my Focus and the "Now" app won't update to the latest one because it says it isn't for my phone. It's funny that the "Now" app is installed on my Focus by default but says in the marketplace that it isn't for my phone.

MartyLK said:
Samsung needs to fix the "Now" app. I now have the official Mango update specifically for my Focus and the "Now" app won't update to the latest one because it says it isn't for my phone. It's funny that the "Now" app is installed on my Focus by default but says in the marketplace that it isn't for my phone.
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Same problem to my Focus, official mango. Can't install Samsung "Now".
Edit:
I find an XAP of "Now" somewhere on Google. Successfully installed.
But Microsoft should fix this bug.

What is the version of that XAP? 2.0 or later? Or did you find 1.5 or something like that? Thanks

ilboy said:
What is the version of that XAP? 2.0 or later? Or did you find 1.5 or something like that? Thanks
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The version I found is 2.5.0.1

can you please post up the link where you found the v2501 xap? i could only find v2301 which is sketchy live tile updates boo'urns

ssingh819 said:
can you please post up the link where you found the v2501 xap? i could only find v2301 which is sketchy live tile updates boo'urns
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It's here.

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looks like its fixed!

mmian said:
looks like its fixed!
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Yeah, mine updated a few days ago. Forgot to mention it.

Android Device Manager for our S4s?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I don't quite understand how users are supposed to receive the new Google Play Services update with the Android Device Manager built in to it.
AndroidPolice said it would be a slow rollout over the Play Store, but it's not even a listed app there, so that makes no sense to me. They had some apk downloads, but they advised against downloading them, since there are different versions for differently sized devices.
So how do we receive this update? Is it only via an updated ROM/OTA/manual download? Seems like if that's the case, then the whole notion of pushing it to the public with older 2.2 devices is a pipedream.
I feel like that plus updates to the Google Play Store are not handled very well. Everything is a just a paper release, and the vast majority of the Android population never sees any of it.

It appears to be more of a silent update. I didn't get a notification when mine was updated.
It will be listed in settings -> more -> security -> device administration
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ChrisG683 said:
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I don't quite understand how users are supposed to receive the new Google Play Services update with the Android Device Manager built in to it.
AndroidPolice said it would be a slow rollout over the Play Store, but it's not even a listed app there, so that makes no sense to me. They had some apk downloads, but they advised against downloading them, since there are different versions for differently sized devices.
So how do we receive this update? Is it only via an updated ROM/OTA/manual download? Seems like if that's the case, then the whole notion of pushing it to the public with older 2.2 devices is a pipedream.
I feel like that plus updates to the Google Play Store are not handled very well. Everything is a just a paper release, and the vast majority of the Android population never sees any of it.
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It seems to me the article from Android Police is pretty straight forward.

mymusicathome said:
It appears to be more of a silent update. I didn't get a notification when mine was updated.
It will be listed in settings -> more -> security -> device administration
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Ahhh I see it there, thanks! I guess mine got silently updated. Not a huge fan of that, but oh well.

Here's another article with information and links to the new apk...
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...-new-episode-notifications-and-more-teardown/
Mine stealth updated sometime between 8pm and 10pm.

android device manager
I receive my update on my AT&T GS 4 and i activated it, but there is no app support yet, so it's still useless. until there is a app or a web site to support it

Willibda1 said:
I receive my update on my AT&T GS 4 and i activated it, but there is no app support yet, so it's still useless. until there is a app or a web site to support it
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Mine shows up as well... not sure if it was there before or not but I just recently got the updated pushed to my device so that might have done the trick. Either way I've gone in and checked it off.
Now it's just a wait and see game...

ADM is now live and working. See here

R.Suave said:
ADM is now live and working. See here
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Up and working well.

Android device manager
LuvrGirl said:
Mine shows up as well... not sure if it was there before or not but I just recently got the updated pushed to my device so that might have done the trick. Either way I've gone in and checked it off.
Now it's just a wait and see game...
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Web base tracking is up https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Have it one mine but I didn't get a notification so I'm guessing it's a silent roll out. The only thing is ADM Web page can't seem to locate where my phone is. I don't need it right now it would just be nice to know it's working.
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Samsung Internet Browser now available on Play Store

just an FYI to my fellow VZW people, the samsung browser is available in the play store. on reddit, some vzw people said it still wasn't, while a few of us said it was, and we got it fine. i have it running with an ad blocker and all. try it out and see if it works for you. it's SO much faster than chrome, especially with Crystal (the ad blocker) so i deleted chrome. idc about synced bookmarks anymore honestly bc of how crappy chrome is on mobile.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.sbrowser&hl=en

I get the error "my device isn't compatible with this version "

blueb0x said:
I get the error "my device isn't compatible with this version "
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that's SO weird. i wonder why some of us have it working and some don't.

blueb0x said:
I get the error "my device isn't compatible with this version "
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I had already installed it from another thread on XDA then this morning when I clicked on a Playstore link for it, the Update button was live and updated it to a new version.

Yeah not working for me on a brand new phone with new software updates.
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I was disappointed as well. I loaded Firefox and have been using it. Frankly, I like Firefox on my PC, but mobile, not so much. Thank you for the heads up.

I put a help ticket in at samsung asking for an apk. I'll update y'all with what they say

The 50 one in this thread is what I was using until my update from the Playstore. The Playstore updated it to the 51 version. Worked just fine for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3342018

i also never took any updates....i'm on day 1 stock with OTA frozen on my phone (because i don't like taking updates until i can verify with poeple that there's no issues, unlike the note 4 5.0.1 fiasco.....) so maybe htat has something to do wtih it? idk.

jayochs said:
i also never took any updates....i'm on day 1 stock with OTA frozen on my phone (because i don't like taking updates until i can verify with poeple that there's no issues, unlike the note 4 5.0.1 fiasco.....) so maybe htat has something to do wtih it? idk.
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Could be, I also have Ota frozen

Here's the update: the browser came out after the s7 was released and was originally setup for the older devices. We may receive the browser in a future feature update.
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blueb0x said:
Here's the update: the browser came out after the s7 was released and was originally setup for the older devices. We may receive the browser in a future feature update.
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Per samsung customer service

no it didn't. that browser was around when marshmallow came out to the note 5/s6 etc...which was before the s7. samsung customer service is useless lol

Lol

I ended up going to the google play store on my mac and selecting install and it pushed it to my s7.Did not give the option from the play store on my s7.

markwebb said:
Yeah not working for me on a brand new phone with new software updates.
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I'm using the S7 from Verizon with two updates so far, working fine for me. I'm sorry for your troubles. Please let us know how things work out for you.

whorizon2112 said:
I'm using the S7 from Verizon with two updates so far, working fine for me. I'm sorry for your troubles. Please let us know how things work out for you.
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I downloaded the version from Dropbox as the one from mega won't install either. That works though the play store version still says not compatible.
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Been using the 51 version since available, was also saying device not compatible, but today it links up perfectly to play store

I was using version 50 without a problem and the Playstore said it was incompatible until last Thursday when Playstore notified me of an update to Version 51. Let it update and runs perfectly.

So then, everything is working for you now?

Works for me today from the play store.