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My T-Mobile Streak got Honeycomb!

Hi,
First off I bought my T-mobile branded Streak 7 from Craigslist a week ago before Dell announced that only the WiFi and unlocked Streaks would get 3.2! I was soo MAD!! So i posted my Dell on craigslist for dirt cheap on October 7th at 5:00 p.m. When I got home all on the sudden at 9:00 p.m. California time I got a notification that an update was available!! I proceeded to jump up and down and hit the download the update!! I went through all the steps and I have an official 3.2. streak T-mobile version!! I bought it from someone who stated it was new and I only used it on WiFi, So I thought I would be skipped on the update. Guess only the t-mobile version's that were activated on t-mobile are affected?
Battery life is still the same and most of my apps work, except NetFlix!!
Anyone else rocking the official update on there t-mobile?

What rom version do you have? It was likely updated with a wifi/retail rom and not a tmo one as they dont exist

salgalvan said:
Hi,
First off I bought my T-mobile branded Streak 7 from Craigslist a week ago before Dell announced that only the WiFi and unlocked Streaks would get 3.2! I was soo MAD!! So i posted my Dell on craigslist for dirt cheap on October 7th at 5:00 p.m. When I got home all on the sudden at 9:00 p.m. California time I got a notification that an update was available!! I proceeded to jump up and down and hit the download the update!! I went through all the steps and I have an official 3.2. streak T-mobile version!! I bought it from someone who stated it was new and I only used it on WiFi, So I thought I would be skipped on the update. Guess only the t-mobile version's that were activated on t-mobile are affected?
Battery life is still the same and most of my apps work, except NetFlix!!
Anyone else rocking the official update on there t-mobile?
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Ok im lost u have a branded tmobile device and you got a official hc up date from dell? How the hell.

does it actually have the Tmo logo on back of device?
even then could be faked... just syaing.. I hope its legit..
if so please PM TheManii.. he will be interested.
This might be great news!

Hi,
Ya I it came in the official T-Mobile box and paper work, and the T-mobile data only sim!! I took my sim outta my Dell Streak 5, which is also on T-mobile and it worked! But when i tried to browse the net I keep being re-directed to the T-mobile site!! It does show the 4g logo and edge too when I'm out of range. (My Dell Streak 5 I bought from Craiglister who bought it in Australia so I have been using a T-Mobile sim for years!

I'm guessing cause I was to lazy to get a t-mobile broadband plan. I was using only with WiFi.. So it was never registered with t-mobile. That's my best guess. I will post a photo of the info tonight.

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What rom version do you have? It was likely updated with a wifi/retail rom and not a tmo one as they dont exist
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It is 3.2 along with the Dell Stage widgets. Listen guys I have no reason to be pulling anything over on anybody.. I was so Mad when I read on Dell that all but t-mobile streaks would be updated. I promise I'll post more info tonight.. I was No [email protected]#! way when I saw the update notification!
Ya it is the WiFi Retail honeycomb version! Every T-mobile app was missing, like Blockbuster, t-mo tv, but I can download them from the market.

???????????????

this is likely that unbranded update posted on streaksmart. Like you said If the device has never been registered on tmobile... but how would they actually keep track of this for the update... hmmm I dont know. But congratulations buddy, make sure to pm The Manii in case this is something new.

Photos added.
Hey everybody! Well I add some photos, but let me know if I should add more!

That's the unbranded US 4G one, you cant officially flash it from the previous tmo roms

By unbranded, do you mean the one that hasn't the "T-mobile" decal in the back?
because i have one that doesn't have the decal in the back, but it IS branded "t-mobile" (i have the T-mobile SIM and everything).
is the same?

I mean the rom, the Tmo s7 is the only physically branded device dell sells.
I'm talking about the rom as it's region 30 which is "dell" or "US" region
Tmo roms are 33 which is "tmobile" region roms

Isn't the point that it got sent to his tablet in the first place?
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App

Thanks Smurphjw! My point was only that I got the update and nothing else! So maby T-Mo users might get the update too, with out having to root. I understand that the rom is unbranded, but Dell was clear that only WiFi Streaks would gt the update.

I seriously doubt it was on an unmodified device as the update script in the pkgs only checks two things before installing:
1) If the device is a streak7
2) what region it is (out of either "tmo (33)" "Boss (00)" - which is what the EU regions use" and "US (30)")
The flashable zips I released only did two things: remove those two checks and remove the modem updates

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I seriously doubt it was on an unmodified device as the update script in the pkgs only checks two things before installing:
1) If the device is a streak7
2) what region it is (out of either "tmo (33)" "Boss (00)" - which is what the EU regions use" and "US (30)")
The flashable zips I released only did two things: remove those two checks and remove the modem updates
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I have a quick question. Since all you did was remove the checks and modems, why can't one just change the zip file to update.pkg and use the stock recover to flash to HC? Why does one have to install CWM and then install the zip?
Or just change the region to (33), and then we can use the package without CWM? (I know, it is probably too simple, or it would have been done this way already).

The stock recovery decrypts pkgs, that's what makes pkgs different.
If you simply renamed the zip to pkg it would try and decrypt that and would end up with garbage. The stock rec has no options, it will only "decrypt the pkg" -> "attempt to flash decrypted pkg". Only way to flash something with the stock one is to first encrypt it correctly so it will decrypt it on it's own
Changing the region requires modifying the recovery image, which has already been done with links on the update guide

TheManii said:
The stock recovery decrypts pkgs, that's what makes pkgs different.
If you simply renamed the zip to pkg it would try and decrypt that and would end up with garbage. The stock rec has no options, it will only "decrypt the pkg" -> "attempt to flash decrypted pkg". Only way to flash something with the stock one is to first encrypt it correctly so it will decrypt it on it's own
Changing the region requires modifying the recovery image, which has already been done with links on the update guide
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OK, thanks for the explanation. I'm still on Froyo, but I may update at some point. It seems pretty clear, and easy except for having to get CWM on the S7.

I seriously doubt it was on an unmodified device as the update script in the pkgs only checks two things before installing:
1) If the device is a streak7
2) what region it is (out of either "tmo (33)" "Boss (00)" - which is what the EU regions use" and "US (30)")
The flashable zips I released only did two things: remove those two checks and remove the modem updates
If you look at the photos I posted under the firmware it shows I have the US 30. I never posted trying to tick anyone else off. I never modified my Streak, but I give up, because apparently I'm lying according to ThManni. I only wanted to post my good news, and give some hope to others. When I bought my Streak it came in a sealed box with all the plactic on screen and back of unit. Sorry to all who dought me when I say I never modified my streak at all.

[Q] Note ICS Update question

Hello guys,
I bought my wife a Galaxy Note for her birthday last month. I have been waiting for the ICS update to show up on the phone and I have gotten nothing. I go into settings > about phone > update, it says phone is up to date. I tried Kies on two different laptops and it says GT-N7000 does not support initializing. I have removed Kies and reinstalled it, but no luck.
I did more digging to see where my phone was meant to be sent. The model is N7000XXLA4, so according to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356325 , my phone is the one meant for Germany. Yet they got their updates almost 2 months ago. I have tried a factory reset on the phone but still no luck. Can anyone let me know what I am doing wrong?
PS: I know how to root and install ROMs. As the phone is not for me, I really want to stick to the official updates.
Thanks!

Is the phone rooted? That'll break any updates.

joe2316 said:
Is the phone rooted? That'll break any updates.
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No man, never rooted the phone.

Anyone?

If this is German ROM, you will get the OTA update only when you are located in Germany and connected to a German Carrier.
If you are located outside, you can download the update here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
and flash with Odin 1.876 (same link).

[Q] Installing 4.3 stock rom on modified device

Hi everyone.
I'm a bit stuck here, and I have googled quite a bit, but seem to come across conflicting information.
Basically I bought a PAYG S3 LTE on EE UK that had official status, and wanted to unlock it to the 3 network. The only way I found to do it for free was to downgrade the ROM to 4.1.1 and use the hidden menu hack and so just decided to take it to the local phone shop and let someone do it properly.
But when I got it back, it turns out that he actually did the 4.1.1 hack himself and has rendered the phone 'modified'. I was a bit miffed as I wanted to keep it on 4.3 and get OTA updates.
So my question is, can I flash a stock 4.3 ROM back to the phone, and if so, will it keep the network unlocked for my 3 sim? Also, will I be able to root 4.3?
I do apologise if these are pretty obvious questions, but like I say, I just have seen many people saying different things.
I've also flashed a few phones of my own, so I'm not a complete newb in that respect.
Any info will be much appreciated.
Cheers.

Download your corresponding 4.3 firmware from: http://sammobile.com/firmwares/
And just flash it with Odin

MY tab s2 T817A not upgrading to android 7

I am having issues with my tab s2 which is not updating to android 7 for some reasons.
I have tried the manually updating but it just says your device is up to date even it has an android 7 update available
also i have tried samsung smart switch but that also seems to give a similar result
I am only asking some things like
1- Is or Was there never any android 7 update for it and the internet is lying to me
2- Or is it any region problem because I dont live in the US this tablet was bought in the US but i live in pakistan maybe that is the issue or not ?
3- Tell me what can be the problem
Your help is kindly Appreciated
Sorry if my English is Bad

Tech core said:
I am having issues with my tab s2 which is not updating to android 7 for some reasons.
I have tried the manually updating but it just says your device is up to date even it has an android 7 update available
also i have tried samsung smart switch but that also seems to give a similar result
I am only asking some things like
1- Is or Was there never any android 7 update for it and the internet is lying to me
2- Or is it any region problem because I dont live in the US this tablet was bought in the US but i live in pakistan maybe that is the issue or not ?
3- Tell me what can be the problem
Your help is kindly Appreciated
Sorry if my English is Bad
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I think you need an ATT sim card inserted.

ashyx said:
I think you need an ATT sim card inserted.
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I may ask you how inserting my AT&T sim would allow it to continue updating

Tech core said:
I may ask you how inserting my AT&T sim would allow it to continue updating
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Because ATT devices update from ATT not Samsung. Without the ATT sim your device won't be recognised as an ATT device.
This is how it's worked for other devices on ATT.

ashyx said:
Because ATT devices update from ATT not Samsung. Without the ATT sim your device won't be recognised as an ATT device.
This is how it's worked for other devices on ATT.
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Ok I will try thanks for the tip

I have the same problem...
Is it possible to download this firmware manually and install it from odin / Kies ?
Better than that... How do I know if I can Debrand this device and get rid of att firmware ?

brtracker said:
I have the same problem...
Is it possible to download this firmware manually and install it from odin / Kies ?
Better than that... How do I know if I can Debrand this device and get rid of att firmware ?
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i Just upgraded the tablet to android 7 using its firmware i did not have its original at&t sim card lying around so i had to manually update the device you can manually update it
and no even if you try to debrand this tablet out of the at&t firmware there might be some chances that certain functions like wifi and bluetooth might not work due to the modem that at&t devices use i don,t know about this theory either and i can only assume that this might happen to your device it happened to me on my lg g2 where i installed the wrong firmware
Hopes this helps
sorry for my bad english

Where Did you get your update From? i Have an AT&T t-818a and on the att website there have been 2 other additional update but i guess without the AT&T sim it just wont work? Is this true, can anyone confirm this? I dont see why you would need the AT&t sim if the build/firmware number is specific to AT&T. Another reason to hate AT&T i guess!

T817AUCU2CQE3 here:
http://combinefile.com/home/browse/category/id/9448/T817AUCU2CQE3

Yeah I did T 18178 ever since I've had it it won't update already had to go twice to get new SIM cards from AT&T I've never not had an AT&T SIM card but it still does it regardless I noticed now it's been another year I haven't got another update and multiple behind it just happens. Did you know for the longest time and then I had to start going there and telling them just to do it right away and then you try to say I will do all this stuff and not think that would even help until doing all of it and then finally after continually telling them refusing that wouldn't do anything but it's but it happened the last time. Ridiculous provider websites pretty much unusable because it takes ridiculous times to get to information that's useless anyways, every time you want to go to a new page it's trying to make you log in security again

There is a version 7. And honestly I worked on my for a looong time and could never get it to update so I Just took it to the Samsung guys at best buy they did it no problem. being you are not in the US I'm not sure what to recommend.

Note 8 unlocked and still no Oreo firmware update?

Baseband: N950USQS3BRA8
Note 8 is unlocked and currently with T-MOBILE, previously AT&T. I've search all day today and still can't find why I don't have the Oreo update yet. I have the Samsung keis software and it tells me I'm up to date. Did it ever come out for my baseband? I apologized in advance if this was already talked about, I only saw discussions about it being rooted. I want to keep it stock. Thanks

jvaldez225 said:
Baseband: N950USQS3BRA8
Note 8 is unlocked and currently with T-MOBILE, previously AT&T. I've search all day today and still can't find why I don't have the Oreo update yet. I have the Samsung keis software and it tells me I'm up to date. Did it ever come out for my baseband? I apologized in advance if this was already talked about, I only saw discussions about it being rooted. I want to keep it stock. Thanks
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You can check for latest firmware related to your specific model on sammobile.com, then download through updato.com (or using the SamFirm tool) and flash it through Odin.

jvaldez225 said:
Baseband: N950USQS3BRA8
Note 8 is unlocked and currently with T-MOBILE, previously AT&T. I've search all day today and still can't find why I don't have the Oreo update yet. I have the Samsung keis software and it tells me I'm up to date. Did it ever come out for my baseband? I apologized in advance if this was already talked about, I only saw discussions about it being rooted. I want to keep it stock. Thanks
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Since you're using it with T-Mobile and it was previously AT&T you're not going to get updates anymore unless you use an AT&T sim card.. The only way to get the updates at this point is to download the update firmware yourself and flash it through odin. The reason being is because T-Mobile doesn't carry AT&Ts firmware updates so you have to get it yourself.. It's easy as hell to find the firmware on places like Android File Host. Also do not download T-Mobile firmware it will not flash... Use AT&Ts firmware only.

I have a AT&T iPhone 7 from work, you guys think if I take that SIM and put it into the Note 8 the updates would come through? I was looking through the Sam mobile thing. You guys make it seem easy to manually update and I'm terrified being my first time doing it that way. But if you think the SIM card swap would work I'll give that a try first.

jvaldez225 said:
I have a AT&T iPhone 7 from work, you guys think if I take that SIM and put it into the Note 8 the updates would come through? I was looking through the Sam mobile thing. You guys make it seem easy to manually update and I'm terrified being my first time doing it that way. But if you think the SIM card swap would work I'll give that a try first.
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The sim card swap should work.. Can't hurt, try it and then check for updates.

It worked!!!
I swapped out the sim cards and it worked!
I ended up having to back up the device and restore, since the update wasn't showing up. I cleared the cache, checked and nothing. After restoring the phone the update became available. After the 8.0.0. update there was about 4 updates after (security patches). I'm now on 8.0.0 with Aug 2018 security patch. I put my tmobile sim card back in and restarted the phone. I even get the tmobile screen during boot up which I never gotten since I switched back in February. All in all it's working fine. I'll update if anything crops up. Thank you all for your help!

You can push software update with this procedure.
put this in your phone app: *#8736364#
Then go to Field Test mode.
Change "Device Initiated date" to one or a few minute ahead. wait until you see "SET" then press Home.
Wait until you see software update to kick it.
Try several times if it doesn't work at first.
jvaldez225 said:
I swapped out the sim cards and it worked!
I ended up having to back up the device and restore, since the update wasn't showing up. I cleared the cache, checked and nothing. After restoring the phone the update became available. After the 8.0.0. update there was about 4 updates after (security patches). I'm now on 8.0.0 with Aug 2018 security patch. I put my tmobile sim card back in and restarted the phone. I even get the tmobile screen during boot up which I never gotten since I switched back in February. All in all it's working fine. I'll update if anything crops up. Thank you all for your help!
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