Since the official Mango has been released yesterday, there is finally a new version available. Since i've installed the developer release, i didn't got the update but i thought that since the version number was the same, i didn't miss anything.
Lately i've found more sources that claim that some firmware versions have been updated so i'm wondering if i should update to the official version.
I've also seen that the official mango release is stated as the KH5 version, opposed to the KH2 version i'm currently running right now and was the developer release.
So mainly my question is: what are the big differenses between the official mango release (KH5) and my developer release (KH2)?
With the new firmware versions now available: has batterytime improved? I find the current batterytime (1 day and 8 or 16 hours) a bit low, so i'm hoping that power management has been improved?
And lastly: i've updated to the developer release including the CSC that came with it. At the time (flashing) i didn't realise it would mess up my provider information. I got rid of most of the branding, but the boot up and default search provider remain T-Mobile (German) which is somewhat annoying. What CSC do i need to download/use in order to get back to my original unbranded T-Mobile Dutch version i bought in the shop? I cannot seem to find one that, i think, is what i need, namely a XEN-type CSC.
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Greetings!
New to the Android scene and full of questions.
How can you determine from where did your G1 originate?
I recently bought an unlocked G1 from UK trough eBay (can't buy it where I'm from) but the installed version reads "kila-user 1.1 PLAT-RC33 126989 ota-rel-keys, release keys" which looks to me more like an USA version.
I would need it for a project, so my goal is to update it to Cupcake, either HTC's dev release or manual official T-Mobile update (once I'm sure of which release).
Big thanks for any pointers.
Nailim said:
Greetings!
New to the Android scene and full of questions.
How can you determine from where did your G1 originate?
I recently bought an unlocked G1 from UK trough eBay (can't buy it where I'm from) but the installed version reads "kila-user 1.1 PLAT-RC33 126989 ota-rel-keys, release keys" which looks to me more like an USA version.
I would need it for a project, so my goal is to update it to Cupcake, either HTC's dev release or manual official T-Mobile update (once I'm sure of which release).
Big thanks for any pointers.
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You have a US version phone. I'm not sure what else you are asking for. If your wanting to root it and load one of the custom roms here is the info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
Wasn't sure if it is an US or an UK version.
Thanks for the confirmation!
Hi, currently my T-Mobile G1 is running the official UK cupcake 1.5 (CRC37) firmware.
How can I safely put the official US 1.6 Donut (DRC83) firmware on my phone without messing things up.
I have the HardSPL flashed already as I used to have my phone rooted and running cyanogenmod.
well you can flash emonthers 1.6 rom. its basically stock donut for root users
Do you know how I would go about loading the official 1.6 US firmware though? Or is it even possible on a UK model?
Even if it did work, I'm not sure if thats such a good idea to update to the official US version.
I live in Australia and i imported my g1 from the US only to realise that i needed to flash it over to the UK version because of a nasty little thing called "Myfaves" which sent international texts to the US periodically under-the-hood with no way of disabling it.
The UK firmware doesn't have "myfaves" hence the reason why i flashed over to it. It might not be a problem (money wise) if you're on t-mobile but its probably worth waiting 5 more days when the UK version gets released on the 19th.
From what i hear, its not really worth all the screwing about to get it early.
Thanks for your reply. I don't want it sending international texts.
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probably worth waiting 5 more days when the UK version gets released on the 19th.
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There's been no announcement of when the UK G1 1.6 update is coming out. The 19th is the date when the HTC Magic on Vodafone UK starts getting its OTA updates.
http://www.facebook.com/motorolaeurope/posts/155078701220505
"Hello all. The Android™ 2.2 (Froyo) software upgrade for Milestone is now being rolled out in selected countries, please visit http://moto.ly/milestonefroyo for instructions on how to upgrade your device."
nothing special about 2.2 on this link from france...
look like 2.2 is rolling out country by country
Just installed the 2.2.1 update.
Build: SHOLS_U2_05.26.0
Kernel-version: 2.6.32.9gafbfc43
what ....
what stock version ? and sbf file we should be having to apply this update for uk milestone. thanks in advance.
Apparently this official build has the same kernel as the leaked APAC build from 2 months ago.. So also still buggy unfortunately.. Quite the anti-climax..
Any Canadians try to install the UK version? I don't want to wait around for Telus if I can just install the same version from the UK Motorola site...
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Apparently this official build has the same kernel as the leaked APAC build from 2 months ago.. So also still buggy unfortunately.. Quite the anti-climax..
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Over six months to 'test' this update and still miss massive bugs, only Motorola could manage that...
"Motorola is committed to continually meet and exceed our consumers� expectations. Due to the extremely high number of requests for the Android 2.2. (FROYO) software upgrade, we are making the upgrade package available to consumers who wish to voluntarily upgrade their own devices via MSU.
Exhaustive testing process has concluded that users may experience some adverse effects associated with the upgrade which could include slower operation of some phone functions and applications. Performance may be improved by limiting open applications."
First line says it all, committed to continually failing at everything they touch. This just confirms how I'll never touch another product of theirs!
I own the Canadian P20 pro variant (CLT-L04) and just installed a recent official OTA firmware update for it - version 8.1.0.111 (from 8.1.0.009). My device started with 8.1.0.007.
I've been debating about rebranding in order to get the more recent firmware updates which appear to be up to version 8.1.0.132 (?) worrying that I was missing the more recent features.
But after checking out the changes in this firmware I realized that I have many of the same features of the supposedly more recent firmwares such as:
1. The new zoom button in the camera interface placed at the bottom of the screen in the shape of a square.
2. The new slow motion box that detects movement and starts the super slow motion automatically.
3. ISO select up to 102400 is Pro mode.
4. Camera defaults to 2x mode in aperture mode (not a fan on this)
5. The HiTouch feature accessible through the camera (the eyeball icon - top left) or by touching the screen with two fingers
6. Latest security patch is for June 1st, 2018 (this is behind some other firmwares I believe that have July patches?)
7. Selfie beautification is much lower .
I'm not sure what other features I'm missing out on compared to the supposedly more recent firmwares but these seem very similar to what are being reported in firmware 8.1.0.132.
Does this mean that Huawei releases different features by region even if the firmware has the same version number? In other words, firmware version 8.1.0.11 in Canada will have features that 8.1.0.11 in another country does not? This means one cannot directly compare firmwares by version number alone and assume they are equivalent in terms of features and changes across devices.
Anyone else running 8.1.0.11 on any other variant who can check whether they also have the features I've observed in my firmware version?
So confusing :
In any case, I'm much less concerned about rebranding now that I seem to have some of the more recent firmware changes.
I'm not 100% sure, but my opinion is that different regions elaborate in different speed the base firmware.
I am not speaking about minor country differences, but major like: Eu, China, Russia, US, Canada etc.
For example:
european firmware numbers are far ahead of china firmware numberings, however, eu firmwares lack a lot of functionality, that cn firmwares had already
(eu fw CLT-L29C432B132 has the functions, that CLT-AL01C00B112 cn firmware already had)
So i am assuming, that this happens in your case.
One prove is FF - look at the changelogs: despite one has july patch, however another from june patch has a lot more improvements
And about FF speaking: always take a look at version numbers ex:
CLT-L04C792B113 (8.1.0.113) FullOTA-MF 3.43 GB 2018.07.11 3085 1604 version nr: 154641 1
CLT-L29C432B131a (8.1.0.131a) FullOTA-MF 3.3 GB 2018.07.05 2943 1604 version nr: 150210 1
How did you get 111 in Canada? Ota won't update past 109 for me
viper98 said:
How did you get 111 in Canada? Ota won't update past 109 for me
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u the same viper98 from rfd?? lmao
for me, im on 109 as well. No available updates.
Thanks tamaskurti for your observations and explanation.
As for other Canadians on firmware 109 all I did to get the update is manually check by pressing the "check for updates" button in the system ->system updates page.
I use firmware finder to check for new firmwares only. The OTA updates come a little more than a month after the date that is listed in the firmware finder description.
E.g., firmware 111 was dated June 14th and I received it July 20th.
UPDATE: There is yet another update on FF for version 113 for the Canadian model. It is dated July 11th so I expect to see the OTA update middle of August if this pattern holds.
BTW I'm with Koodo mobile (Telus) and bought the phone through them. Maybe they are faster to approve the firmwares than Bell or Rogers and thats why some of you are getting it later? Just a guess.
I'll try to keep this thread updated with any other firmware changes that I notice when I receive . 113
Weird. I checked with a koodo sim in Thursday and it didn't find anything
oraos said:
Thanks tamaskurti for your observations and explanation.
As for other Canadians on firmware 109 all I did to get the update is manually check by pressing the "check for updates" button in the system ->system updates page.
I use firmware finder to check for new firmwares only. The OTA updates come a little more than a month after the date that is listed in the firmware finder description.
E.g., firmware 111 was dated June 14th and I received it July 20th.
UPDATE: There is yet another update on FF for version 113 for the Canadian model. It is dated July 11th so I expect to see the OTA update middle of August if this pattern holds.
BTW I'm with Koodo mobile (Telus) and bought the phone through them. Maybe they are faster to approve the firmwares than Bell or Rogers and thats why some of you are getting it later? Just a guess.
I'll try to keep this thread updated with any other firmware changes that I notice when I receive . 113
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Looks like it updated to .114 now. Just an FYI
Being behind on updates feels bad
I just got 111 pushed today
tried on my koodo sim
still nothing there either
With Bell, just received the 111 update. How do we go about rebranding? Wouldn't mind trying a new Rom
Hi all,
I bought an unlocked note 9 from eBay which arrived today. I got it set up and went to begin installing a different firmware to be able to get the one UI update - only to find out it's a N960U1! I'm in the UK so was expecting/hoping for a N960F.
It's all working, calls work, I've pulled over 3GB of data today all nice and fast, texts working etc. If I was the 'average user' I wouldn't know that it's not a UK one...
My question is, am I likely to hit any road blocks? As long as the radios all work I can't imagine there being any and the play store has all the apps I use available. I'm just wondering if I'm at any advantage/disadvantage?
Thanks
spears93 said:
Hi all,
I bought an unlocked note 9 from eBay which arrived today. I got it set up and went to begin installing a different firmware to be able to get the one UI update - only to find out it's a N960U1! I'm in the UK so was expecting/hoping for a N960F.
It's all working, calls work, I've pulled over 3GB of data today all nice and fast, texts working etc. If I was the 'average user' I wouldn't know that it's not a UK one...
My question is, am I likely to hit any road blocks? As long as the radios all work I can't imagine there being any and the play store has all the apps I use available. I'm just wondering if I'm at any advantage/disadvantage?
Thanks
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I'm on the same boat (I mean, a similar situation because I'm not in the UK I'm in El Salvador). When I received my phone I started looking for the new UI, but I noticed that I had a very old android build version (I was in September security patch, I received my phone February 11) I started reading about and found out that N960U is the branded version of the note in the US. I wanted to update by Odin to one UI but I was afraid to get my phone carrier locked so after reading a lot more, I found that you can update using the right firmware for the phone (N960U) you don't lose carrier unlock and in my case after installing updates, I don't even have any bloatware.
Now, after this context history, I can tell you that the only thing that will affects is any "radio band enhance" or "carrier feature" and that's because you will not be able to install any UK carrier software to that version because N960U and N960F are different hardware, not just software.
Maybe there is another road block that is about updates, I'm on 9.0 but with January security patch, I have not received any new update. To be hones I'm not sure if there is a new one, so I need to wait to confirm that OTA updates are working for me, if not I will take the time to update by ODIN again haha so that's not something that will drive me crazy, and also related to this I think that N960U android versions are coming faster than I thought, some of my friends with N9600 are still stuck on 8.1
If you want to upgrade go to the following thread, there you will have enough information to update.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/guide-upgrade-oreo-to-pie-one-ui-t3888711
Awesome, nice one dude
I used Odin on my previous S8+ to be able to install the one UI beta and that worked fine. Though it did come with a couple of apps that were a part of that carriers firmware (three UK)
I'm aware that the F uses an exynos processor whereas the U is Snapdragon and have seen a couple of guides already. Though they use AT&T firmware and, from what I've seen, have bloatware that would literally be useless to me.
I'll have a look at the guide you linked.
I'd like to have one UI again, but can happily live with the Samsung experience UI if I had to.
spears93 said:
Awesome, nice one dude
I used Odin on my previous S8+ to be able to install the one UI beta and that worked fine. Though it did come with a couple of apps that were a part of that carriers firmware (three UK)
I'm aware that the F uses an exynos processor whereas the U is Snapdragon and have seen a couple of guides already. Though they use AT&T firmware and, from what I've seen, have bloatware that would literally be useless to me.
I'll have a look at the guide you linked.
I'd like to have one UI again, but can happily live with the Samsung experience UI if I had to.
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What's the software version that you currently running?
kevindevonwilliams said:
What's the software version that you currently running?
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8.1 with Samsung experience 9.5
Build number ends ARL1
spears93 said:
8.1 with Samsung experience 9.5
Build number ends ARL1
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Option1:
You can flash the Pie beta since you're running U1, there isn't an official release of Pie as yet.
Option2:
You can switch your device to the U firmware and flash the latest OTA however you would have to manually update each time because you won't be getting an update automatically.
kevindevonwilliams said:
Option1:
You can flash the Pie beta since you're running U1, there isn't an official release of Pie as yet.
Option2:
You can switch your device to the U firmware and flash the latest OTA however you would have to manually update each time because you won't be getting an update automatically.
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How come the U firmware wouldn't get OTAs?
My S8+ was flashed to get the beta and that received OTA updates.
If I'm to go onto one UI I'd want it to get OTA updates still. If that means waiting for an official release then so be it
On a different note, I installed an app to get the FM radio working today. Can't do that with the UK exynos version ?
spears93 said:
How come the U firmware wouldn't get OTAs?
My S8+ was flashed to get the beta and that received OTA updates.
If I'm to go onto one UI I'd want it to get OTA updates still. If that means waiting for an official release then so be it
On a different note, I installed an app to get the FM radio working today. Can't do that with the UK exynos version
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Because on the U most OTA comes from the carrier (ATT & VZW) while the rest comes from Samsung.
U1 all updates come from Samsung but U1 updates are months behind.
Advantage of running U firmware is you always get to be on the latest OTA as one is available.
kevindevonwilliams said:
Because on the U most OTA comes from the carrier (ATT & VZW) while the rest comes from Samsung.
U1 all updates come from Samsung but U1 updates are months behind.
Advantage of running U firmware is you always get to be on the latest OTA as one is available.
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So correct me if I'm wrong but to simplify what you're saying:
The U gets the latest updates sooner but comes with carrier bloat
The U1 gets non bloated updates but Samsung doesn't release then until months later?
I'll leave it and wait if that's the case. I'd be more bothered about having bloat than One UI
spears93 said:
So correct me if I'm wrong but to simplify what you're saying:
The U gets the latest updates sooner but comes with carrier bloat
The U1 gets non bloated updates but Samsung doesn't release then until months later?
I'll leave it and wait if that's the case. I'd be more bothered about having bloat than One UI
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Well yes the U comes with bloatware but the amount varies according to carrier, but since you're in the UK. Your CSC will read as XAA/XAA so therefore I doubt you would have any bloatware.
I know this because I myself had own a US device while using in the UK.
kevindevonwilliams said:
Well yes the U comes with bloatware but the amount varies according to carrier, but since you're in the UK. Your CSC will read as XAA/XAA so therefore I doubt you would have any bloatware.
I know this because I myself had own a US device while using in the UK.
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Right, I'm with you, thanks.
My current carrier software version version is XAA/XAA and theres no bloat so I know what I'm hunting for now
Cheers for your help mate
spears93 said:
Right, I'm with you, thanks.
My current carrier software version version is XAA/XAA and theres no bloat so I know what I'm hunting for now
Cheers for your help mate
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Right so even if you switch to U firmware it would still remain XAA/XAA because that would be the default CSC code for Unbranded for American model. F model is normally XEU or BTU
kevindevonwilliams said:
Right so even if you switch to U firmware it would still remain XAA/XAA because that would be the default CSC code for Unbranded for American model. F model is normally XEU or BTU
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When I did the S8+ I had to go through a pretty big list to find the BTU firmware so assumed I'd have to do the same for the N9
I might give it a go if I get a chance this week
Seeing as you have the US variant of the Note 9. You may have issues receieving connecting to certain networks outside the US. As most US Networks use a different LTE band from the EU/UK