Hi everyone,
I have just purchased a Vodafone-branded Magic/Sapphire. Android prompts me to install an 4.2 MB large update called "Android Update 1.5" with this message:
Please install this update from Google. It contains a security fix.
Now, what really confuses me is that Android 1.5 is already installed - at least according to the settings menu, where this information is shown:
Model number: HTC Magic
Firmware version: 1.5
Kernel version: 2.6.27-00392-g8312baf [email protected] #72
Build number: CRB17
Accordingly, I have three questions:
The phone says that the update as already been downloaded (most likely in the background), but not yet installed. Is it possible, using a terminal program/shell-prompt, to browse the phone's filesystem and check the filename of the update before you install it on an un-rooted phone? If so, where do I look for the update package?
Why does the phone want to install an Android 1.5-update? According to the phone Android 1.5 is already installed?
Can someone please tell me what the 4.2 MB update does? I have been googling for Android OTA Update "4.2 MB", but it seems that nothing is known about this update anywhere (there are, however, other updates within the 4 MB-range but none of them are precisely 4.2 MB in size).
I'd very much appreciate any help to sort this out (moderators, I hope I havn't created this thread in the wrong subforum; if I have, I apologize).
1. Run ddms/logcat to see the URL of the update.
2. 1.5 is the OS version.
3. It's most probably a security patch (of 1.5).
Its CRC1 and already "leaked"
Amon_RA said:
1. Run ddms/logcat to see the URL of the update.
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Thank you. I'll do it as soon as the phone is fully charged again (as the manual says the battery will perform at its best after completing a few full charge/recharge cycles, I don't want to disturb it - pseudo-science, I know ).
Is the ddms/logcat stored locally on the Magic/Sapphire by default, or is it just part of the SDK-package?
maxisma said:
Its CRC1 and already "leaked"
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Woah, one step at a time mister . I'm a total Android-newbie (although trying to catch up browsing various forums).
What is "CRC1"?
Will installing this patch prevent me to root the phone at some later stage?
Is there a proper changelog available somewhere?
Focusyn said:
Woah, one step at a time mister . I'm a total Android-newbie (although trying to catch up browsing various forums).
What is "CRC1"?
Will installing this patch prevent me to root the phone at some later stage?
Is there a proper changelog available somewhere?
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It's security updates. I'd recommend getting the update from here (xda) rather than attempting to install it from the carrier.
I purchased my tablet from US and I live in india. Only one time i was able to update when i run it first time, after than never got any message for update of Android Version.
When i go to Settings>About Tablet and click on System Update and check for new version it's gives me message "Your device is up to date" and when i see the version details than these are
Model Number : A500
Android Version : 3.0.1
Kernel Version : 2.6.36-00017-gc98d63f
Build Number : Acer_A500_1.016.01_COM_GEN1
Update is not available for india yet or where i am wrong please help.
Not sure if your locale has anything to do with getting updates. That's typically an issue with 3G providers, but as long as your tablet is an A500 (wifi only version) it should find the OTA updates no problem, that it unless you are running a custom ROM. Either way, you can manually update your tablet. All the information you need is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
If you currently have a custom ROM or rooted your stock ROM, you will lose root by updating to a newer stock ROM, and the only way to recover root is by reverting back to Android 3.0. There are several custom ROM's based on 3.2 which already have root, if you also choose to go that route. If you have no idea what I mean when I mention root, just don't worry about it and carry on with that link I posted
Thanks Bloodflame, Yes i read that it can not be rooted and thank you for the link to get it update manually but i don't understand why i am not able to get updates.
And whether it is good to update with 3.0.2 ? Please suggest.
BadProgrammer said:
Thanks Bloodflame, Yes i read that it can not be rooted and thank you for the link to get it update manually but i don't understand why i am not able to get updates.
And whether it is good to update with 3.0.2 ? Please suggest.
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can't explain why you're unable to OTA update, but the security and performance improvements along with new features (ie, native mouse support) should make a manual 3.2 update worthwhile
Ok Thanks, I will update to 3.2 and let me see what magic it does.
Hi to all,
Ive been reading a lot this forum, and i find the chinese version more complete, so my question is simple.
¿is it possible to flash a chinese rom? I like chinese features, and i read it gets more updates.
My only worries are warranty and to lose european radio bands.
Any help?
Give it a try and let us know how you get on....;0)
Thanks for your message sheridan2000,
I'm a newie, until now I only had a nexus 4, wich have a huge community, I don't know how to do if for this new phone I just received, and I'm worried about the warranty, about brick if and if is possible get back to EU flash rom.
My abilities are limited, and with my lack of knowledge I feel is too risky.
If some one with experience can bring some information would be great.
Regards,
Just kidding fella, think at this early stage in developement best not to flash any roms not intended for the EU version as may mess up your phone. When we get a fully working ROOT and TWRP then there will be some safety in doing so....
sheridan2000 said:
Just kidding fella, think at this early stage in developement best not to flash any roms not intended for the EU version as may mess up your phone. When we get a fully working ROOT and TWRP then there will be some safety in doing so....
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Agree with him! When we get a stable and well working custom recovery, I think people will mod the Honor 7 more.
Any why do you want the chinese version? I tried a chinese MIUI rom on my Honor 6, and the all the chinese stuff drove me crazy so I had to roll back to a normal EU rom...
kjettern said:
Agree with him! When we get a stable and well working custom recovery, I think people will mod the Honor 7 more.
Any why do you want the chinese version? I tried a chinese MIUI rom on my Honor 6, and the all the chinese stuff drove me crazy so I had to roll back to a normal EU rom...
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Hi!
I feel like chinese rom is more "updated" I think european version is more "conservative" as they might try to secure the user experience. Chinese rom gets much more updates, Ive read something about huawei idchanger; Chinese rom also have more options like recording call, navigation shortcuts, youtube bloat window and download...
In nexus we could chose wich part of the rom we would like to flash, is that posible in this huawei? What I have thought is what about flash the Chinese rom, without flash the radio baseband in order to keep the compatibility with european LTE bands. Any idea??
juanrasmd said:
Thanks for your message sheridan2000,
I'm a newie, until now I only had a nexus 4, wich have a huge community, I don't know how to do if for this new phone I just received, and I'm worried about the warranty, about brick if and if is possible get back to EU flash rom.
My abilities are limited, and with my lack of knowledge I feel is too risky.
If some one with experience can bring some information would be great.
Regards,
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I did this on my european honor 6 plus. DO NOT DO IT.
No way to get back to european firmware. But was probably because officallollipop was not out yet. More hassle than it was worth. Voided warrenty also. DO NOT ATTEMPT
Thank you for your usefull feedback.
I hope soon someone finds a safe way to run and revert back this kind of test.
Regards,
nazzy90 said:
I did this on my european honor 6 plus. DO NOT DO IT.
No way to get back to european firmware. But was probably because officallollipop was not out yet. More hassle than it was worth. Voided warrenty also. DO NOT ATTEMPT
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One question: you had the complete nandroid backup and you couldn't flashed it after experimenting with the Chinese ROM over EU? How far did you get then or where did you stuck when trying to reverse?
I never had EU Honor 7, but my personal opinion is that before playing with different roms, you should be perfectly aware what are you doing and what do you want to achieve. Changing hardware is out of the question and probably is the same with drivers. At least to the point when a real custom rom appears. As I mentioned there are some modifications of Chinese roms already available as a flashable zip, which don't alternate baseband or kernel in general, but they are customized to particular roms. Flashing any of them on EU rom could be safe only if you can get back in the case anything goes wrong. Otherwise, if you just need a particular system application, you can always try to push it to the system with appropriate file manager and stay safe as long as you have the nandroid backup.
Nandroid backup did not work through twrp.
Chinese rom was fine but was a developer edition.
Phone can not go back to kitkat from chinese lollipop.
Tried offical downgrade package. Did not work.
Tried back up many times. Did not work.
Chinese emui site takes hours to load and most of the time fails through multiple browsers.
Dont waste your life.
I was still in my 14 day return so exhange by my network to honor 7
Never messing with a huawei phone again where there is little to no support
i had tried chinese rom PLK-U00 which is DUAL 4G as per claim by Honor China, what i do is i extract out the boot&recovery&system&cache&userdata img from the update.app (using huawei tools) then flash it under fastboot, it will boot & load to "Android is upgrading" but after the progress finish it restart itself and repeat the "android is upgrading" progress
I've tried the same with 5.1.1 ply-tl01h rom. I get the bootloop with boot and system flashed and almost get to the home screen using the boot from the 121 firmware
Hi,
I hope you could find a way. I know there are chinese roms available, but hard to find and understand, we might ask them in english then they might help us.
I hope you could fix your phone
Hello Guys,
I bought my Honor 7 yesterday, and this is the model number -- PLK-L01C636B120
I tried to update to B121 or B130 or 140, All of them failed.
As I read my device model is Malaysia not Europe, So Can I flash Europe Stock ROM and flash all the updates?
Muhammad Rihawi said:
Can I flash Europe Stock ROM and flash all the updates?
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NO i don’t think so! You should do not do that, because there are some differences between both firmwares. Pre-defaults for the mobil-net (modem drivers) ; LTE specifications; maybe some functions like recording during a call etc.
Edit: @Muhammad Rihawi have tried it and it seems to work. But i dont’t recommand it anyway!
non-toxic said:
NO i don’t think so! You should do not do that, because there are some differences between both firmwares. Pre-defaults for the mobil-net (modem drivers) ; LTE specifications; maybe some functions like recording during a call etc.
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Actually I did it already , and now I'm using Marshmallow Europe B313 BETA.
hello,
could anyone advise me on how to flash Chinese custom rom coz currently my unit is also chinese PLK-AL10C92B190....
its possible with Honor multi-tool. Debrand your phone. But 64 to 32 and 32 to 64 not tested. I have PLK-L01 and I debrand it to PLK-TL01H. I recieved OTA and installing it well.
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Actually I did it already , and now I'm using Marshmallow Europe B313 BETA.
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how’s about NFC?
non-toxic said:
how’s about NFC?
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NFC has only PLK-AL10 (64 gb version)
Hi all,
I would like to share how to get HiCould Stock Firmware link from OTA . I can scan all new firmware if you sent link to me after that.
I did not understand so much but can we find any rom with this way? There's a special stock rom for our mobile operator. Huawei or hihonor has not released it as downloadable yet. Do I need anyone who uses rom that I mentioned to get a stock rom link?
Edit: I guess I understand. There must be a non-updated update to get a link.
Oh, this is nice, we can capture the link every time we have an update, and post it here so everyone can use it without downloading it from the updater. cool
Hello folks!
I decided to open a new topic about this because no one answered me in the few topics I have asked so...
I have inatalled the beta Nougat version following some steps from a video that I found on youtube using firmware finder app.
Now my question is... will I get the ota update since its released?
I found this version that I have to be full with bugs and it is so laggy so I just want to know wether I will receive the ota update or to risk downgrading it to MM and then wait for the ota.
I dont want to brick my phone while downgrading it to MM (if thats possible), I'd just wait for the official full ota version to be released to see if that'd solve the bugs, lags, bad multitasking and etc.
I am owning the 2gb veraion and I am currently on B335 with C432 localisation.
Thanks in advance!
And btw, the text that I typed was somehow cut after I posted it and I dont know why, and this is edited, retyped text.
ZeusftW97 said:
Hello folks!
I decided to open a new topic about this because no one answered me in the few topics I have asked so...
I have inatalled the beta Nougat version following some steps from a video that I found on youtube using firmware finder app.
Now my question is... will I get the ota update since its released?
I found this version that I have to be full with bugs and it is so laggy so I just want to know wether I will receive the ota update or to risk downgrading it to MM and then wait for the ota.
I dont want to brick my phone while downgrading it to MM (if thats possible), I'd just wait for the official full ota version to be released to see if that'd solve the bugs, lags, bad multitasking and etc.
I am owning the 2gb veraion and I am currently on B335 with C432 localisation.
Thanks in advance!
And btw, the text that I typed was somehow cut after I posted it and I dont know why, and this is edited, retyped text.
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you won't get the ota if you use the beta version
mjz2cool said:
you won't get the ota if you use the beta version
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Well, that sucks...
I will have to downgrade it to the official MM, right?
Can you recommend me a safer way to downgrade it?
ZeusftW97 said:
Well, that sucks...
I will have to downgrade it to the official MM, right?
Can you recommend me a safer way to downgrade it?
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search around in the guides section, there's a guide explaining everything