currently on nodo 7392, never get the update notification.
on the microsoft "where's my update" page for international devices, tmobile(deutsche telekom, right?) update schedule is marked as "Except Samsung Omnia 7 models".
however, other carriers(at&t), are marked as "testing for some models, planning for other models" instead of "except some model".
so i am wondering if there will be any mango update for us unlucky tmobile omnia 7 users. all i get from tmobile custom service is "i dont know".
btw, my phone bootloader version is that notorious 4.10.1.9 so i can't flash 3rd party rom into it. even if i can, it requires several times of rolling back and update, and it will be pain
hey man, i am in the same position, omnia 7, t-mobile germany, unlocked using a three sim.
on 7.0.9392.0 bootloader 5.2.1.4
i bought this phone for mango(and spotify)...and this is f*****g KILLING ME not getting it
if anybody can step by step how to get it, computer knowledge is good so dont worry about getting technical.
You can use a USB / Resistor jig to force 4.10.1.9 into download mode.
(I had that bootloader and managed to do so) There are instructions on how to do so in the Omnia 7 section of the forum - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092824&highlight=usb+jig
As for the update itself, I had no problems updating from 7390 (4.10.1.9) via the official 7392 update.
I'm waiting on the official notfication before upgrading to Mango.
thanks for that.
I got an htc chacha as my backup today and i'll try that on my omnia
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all right, microsoft finally shed some light on this. the update schedule page has been updated and it says omnia 7 models are under testing now.
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Has anyone seen which WiFi chip is in the Arrive? Is it the one that support ICS? Will this be a feature that's available later or is it a case of needing to get updated hardware in order to get the feature?
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-arrive-7-pro/144512-htc-arrive-disassembly.html This is all I've seen and the FCC filing has nothing as well....
Anyone have any luck with these leads? http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-arrive-7-pro/142197-tethering-arrive-11.html
It contains the proper chipset
Have you seen this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279989
this is now the 3rd thread or 4th thread on the subject within the htc 7 pro forums
Hopefully the next DFT ROM with wifi tethering enabled will support the 7 Pro Fingers crossed.
HTC Drivers
Has anyone heard anything further on official HTC supported wifi drivers coming out to support the Wifi Hotspot on the HTC 7 Pro?
I've read on multiple websites that HTC is going to release these for all their current win phone devices. But of course, it's all hearsay until one actually comes out.
If it's up to the cell carrier, I find it hard to believe that US Cell will say "no" as they've never really removed this feature in the past.
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Has anyone heard anything further on official HTC supported wifi drivers coming out to support the Wifi Hotspot on the HTC 7 Pro?
I've read on multiple websites that HTC is going to release these for all their current win phone devices. But of course, it's all hearsay until one actually comes out.
If it's up to the cell carrier, I find it hard to believe that US Cell will say "no" as they've never really removed this feature in the past.
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I haven't heard anything
Iowa_State_Cyclone said:
Has anyone heard anything further on official HTC supported wifi drivers coming out to support the Wifi Hotspot on the HTC 7 Pro?
I've read on multiple websites that HTC is going to release these for all their current win phone devices. But of course, it's all hearsay until one actually comes out.
If it's up to the cell carrier, I find it hard to believe that US Cell will say "no" as they've never really removed this feature in the past.
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i'm using the 7 pro in singapore
if the us/uk carriers really says NO, then i'm afraid i'll be affected
maybe i should just email htc uk and make some noise
I emailed HTC to ask about if an update would be made available to enable the wifi hotspot feature. I just got a reply stating the WP7.5 (mango) does support it but the support guy said HTC were NOT making a driver/update to enable on the 7 Pro. Not to much of a problem since I can use USBmodeswitch to USB tether and hope the DFT version 2 ROM will support the hotspot feature.
From today already exist update for HTC Mozart and HD7 with Internet Sharing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19413277
Anybody (of course with original ROM) got this update on HTC 7 Pro ?
PS
Now I have customROM by Ansar and I can't check that.
No update for HTC 7 Pro, yet (unbranded, Poland).
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I emailed HTC to ask about if an update would be made available to enable the wifi hotspot feature. I just got a reply stating the WP7.5 (mango) does support it but the support guy said HTC were NOT making a driver/update to enable on the 7 Pro. Not to much of a problem since I can use USBmodeswitch to USB tether and hope the DFT version 2 ROM will support the hotspot feature.
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I tried my luck with the German HTC Support to no avail. They claim only devices shipped with Mango have ICS enabled, and there are no plans for older devices. The latter one is particularly funny as I basically prompted them that they are currentlc rolling out this update for a few devices like Mozart and HD7. I even read on another forum that the Trophy got the ICS update... So why not the 7 Pro??
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I tried my luck with the German HTC Support to no avail. They claim only devices shipped with Mango have ICS enabled, and there are no plans for older devices. The latter one is particularly funny as I basically prompted them that they are currentlc rolling out this update for a few devices like Mozart and HD7. I even read on another forum that the Trophy got the ICS update... So why not the 7 Pro??
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Yeah this is driving me crazy, if I could get ICS and the damn compass to work I would be happy.
Anyone with the other htc devices able to pick it apart for those of us with the 7pro/arrive?
Received a "HTC Update" last night and ICS is now integrated into system.
HTC Pro sim lock free, branded to O2 Germany.
Regards
ombre33 said:
Received a "HTC Update" last night and ICS is now integrated into system.
HTC Pro sim lock free, branded to O2 Germany.
Regards
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Great news!
Would you mind getting in touch with Heathcliff74 and see if we can pull this update for his library? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306415
I can confirm the ICS update is being rolled out. My girlfriend's 7 Pro can now tether...
Sent from my HTC 7 Mozart using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
Question to people who have done this update: what you have SPL number now ?
Sweet to hear, hope we get it for the Sprint Arrive (7Pro) as well.
Hopefully this update will come to all users. My 7Pro (not branded) has it not yet. If Nokia will release a phone with hardware keyboard, I will switch. HTC does not really seem to be interested in its 7Pro Users
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I have been a symbian fanboy and I found windows phone very interesting.
I decided to buy a windowsphone.
What I found after following windowsphone for sometime is that this os has some restrictions.
some of those restrictions like bt file sharing,usb mass storage mode etc can be lifted if you can unlock your phone completely.
I decided to buy 2nd gen phones like lumia 800 so that I can unlock them using chevron labs.but there seems to be no more new tokens.
but as of now there is no way to jailbreak 2nd gen phones.
So I decided to go for samsung focus.
what I fear now is will it be upgraded to windowsphone 8 or not?
will there be any method coming in the future to unlock 2nd gen phones?
I like to mod and install unsigned apps .
please suggest me friends what to do?
Well, there are no promises in hacking. It seems you have done your research so you kinda answered your own questions as much as anyone else could. Nobody knows what devices will get WP8 since MS hasnt stated anything one way or the other offcially. Basically if you want to mod to the fullest extent you need a first gen htc or samsung, to a lesser extent a second gen samsung should do fine. If you want to be sure to get WP8 wait untill MS says what will and what won't get it.
So far, all Windows phones have gotten all of the signifficant updates. We'll see how long this holds true, but the (admittedly short) history of the OS says that even though some devices may be a bit later than others, everybody gets the major updates. Microsoft seems to have committed to this pretty strongly. My guess is that they'll ship updates for all phones sold within a two-year period of the update coming out, since that's where people will be in contracts (I know some places do three-year contracts, but at the rate tech advances, three years is a long time).
The Focus was still on sale just a few months ago. I fully expect it to get updates through at least Windows Phone 8.5 (late 2013, by the current twice-annual-significant-update schedule). No guarantees, of course, but that's my guess.
Additionally, you should be able to send updates via CAB files even if the phone falls out of official support. The firmware will get out of date, which might make some features of the new OSes less valuable (for example, Mango added the managed Compass API, but a firmware update was needed to make it usable). Bugfixes and major features will probably keep on coming, though. If nothing else, the Samsung gen1 phones have unlockable bootloaders, so you can install custom ROMs. The fact that you can run WP7 build 8107 on the HD2 - a phone that wasn't supposed to run WP7 at all - suggests that the Focus will probably be viable for quite some time.
I decided to go for samsung focus.
but I have a small doubt.
I havr read that windows break project does not work if firmware version is kk2.
so if I get focus with kk2 firmware,is there any way to downgrade to previous firmware and apply windows break?
if I get focus without mango(which might be the case in my country),after applying windows break and updating to mango,will focus be interop-locked again?
is the interop-unlock and bootloader unlock same?
if so how to unlock bootloader and install custom roms?
sorry for barrage of questions as iam a noob.
any help woukd be appreciated?
It's possible to downgrade the firmware, yes. Just flash an older (stock) ROM onto your phone.
Mango will reset your dev-unlock status, which probably means losing both interop-unlock and dev-unlock. However, you can interop-unlock after upgrading to Mango (interop-lock didn't even exist pre-Mango).
To avoid getting KK2 by accident, you should stop the update process as soon after getting Mango as you can. Then, use WindowBreak. You cna then install the remaining updates if you want to, I guess, but I'd suggest avoiding KK2 until a really good reason for it shows up.
Interop-unlock is completley different from bootloader unlock, though both are (indirectly) ways to get more access. Unlocking the bootloader is required for installing custom ROMs, which typically come "full-unlocked" and can do things not even possible with interop-unlock (at this time). Interop-unlock lets you install lots of homebrew apps, and lets you install homebrew apps that call into high-privilege drivers as a way to break out of the sandbox.
To look at it a different way, Interop-unlock is required in order to use an app like WP7 Root Tools. A custom ROM (requires an unlocked bootloader) has everything run as root, so WP7 Root Tools is hardly needed (though still useful just for the browser/editor tools).
For unlocking the bootloader and using custom ROMs, see the DFT threads on the Dev&Hacking sub-forum. In particular: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485569
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It's possible to downgrade the firmware, yes. Just flash an older (stock) ROM onto your phone.
Mango will reset your dev-unlock status, which probably means losing both interop-unlock and dev-unlock. However, you can interop-unlock after upgrading to Mango (interop-lock didn't even exist pre-Mango).
To avoid getting KK2 by accident, you should stop the update process as soon after getting Mango as you can. Then, use WindowBreak. You cna then install the remaining updates if you want to, I guess, but I'd suggest avoiding KK2 until a really good reason for it shows up.
Interop-unlock is completley different from bootloader unlock, though both are (indirectly) ways to get more access. Unlocking the bootloader is required for installing custom ROMs, which typically come "full-unlocked" and can do things not even possible with interop-unlock (at this time). Interop-unlock lets you install lots of homebrew apps, and lets you install homebrew apps that call into high-privilege drivers as a way to break out of the sandbox.
To look at it a different way, Interop-unlock is required in order to use an app like WP7 Root Tools. A custom ROM (requires an unlocked bootloader) has everything run as root, so WP7 Root Tools is hardly needed (though still useful just for the browser/editor tools).
For unlocking the bootloader and using custom ROMs, see the DFT threads on the Dev&Hacking sub-forum. In particular: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485569
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thanks mate you have been so helpful to me.
btw how to stop updation process just after mango so that kk2 fw wont be installed on my phone?
will kk2 be shown as separate update or does it come with mango?
I think most the chefs turn the auto update off. I could be wrong, but my phone has not auto updated. I am using Nextgen ROM.
Updates are installed in order. After each one, the Zune software will check for more updates. You can cancel the update process at any time except when the phone is actually being flashed. There's a cancel button on the Zune software, or you can even just pull the USB cable. Since the updating process involve multiple reboots of the phone, and each one takes some time, it should be pretty easy to catch if you're paying attention.
KK2 is usually, though not always, pushed with 8107. It should not be pushed with 7720, which came out many months before KK2. 7720 is the first release Mango build. I recommend stopping after 7720, though 7740 may also be OK.
subraj said:
I decided to go for samsung focus.
but I have a small doubt.
I havr read that windows break project does not work if firmware version is kk2.
so if I get focus with kk2 firmware,is there any way to downgrade to previous firmware and apply windows break?
if I get focus without mango(which might be the case in my country),after applying windows break and updating to mango,will focus be interop-locked again?
is the interop-unlock and bootloader unlock same?
if so how to unlock bootloader and install custom roms?
sorry for barrage of questions as iam a noob.
any help woukd be appreciated?
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Currently both Rogers and ATT have not pushed the KK2 firmware to the Focus, only the Omnia 7 has had the newest firmware pushed to it so you should be fine. If you plan on installing a custom ROM I DO suggest fully updating to 8107 via Zune to get the most upto date radio and then flashing the custom ROM to get the best battery/signal ect. (I suggest starting with the Rogers 7004 firmware since it updates all the way to 8107 via Zune where as the ATT one does not, as long as you have a v1.3 Focus it will flash fine on an ATT phone)
EDIT: also if you want a nice clean starting point to start you modding on your focus perhaps you might want to try my ROM posted in my sig below --v
confused
hey guys i am really confused i am thnking of buying either nokia lumia 710 or samsung omnia w
so heres why am confused
omina w basically for the hardware advantage like the front cam, glonass support, gyroscope and the super AMOLED display and the main one being omnia w can be hacked (i know about firmware limitation)
and lumia 710 basically coz its nokia i have always had a nokia phone and moreover nokia is partner with microsoft so it may get exclusive updates and other software support like nokia drive etc....
so i want to know that will omnia too will get such software support officially or maybe unofficailly like the nokia drive xap is available for other devices.....if in future nokia release some vital exclusive content will/can it be ported to other devices??????
plz rep soon am goin to buy either 1 this week....
goldsmit409 said:
hey guys i am really confused i am thnking of buying either nokia lumia 710 or samsung omnia w
so heres why am confused
omina w basically for the hardware advantage like the front cam, glonass support, gyroscope and the super AMOLED display and the main one being omnia w can be hacked (i know about firmware limitation)
and lumia 710 basically coz its nokia i have always had a nokia phone and moreover nokia is partner with microsoft so it may get exclusive updates and other software support like nokia drive etc....
so i want to know that will omnia too will get such software support officially or maybe unofficailly like the nokia drive xap is available for other devices.....if in future nokia release some vital exclusive content will/can it be ported to other devices??????
plz rep soon am goin to buy either 1 this week....
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I don't think that Nokia is getting exclusive features from microsoft. And there might be ways to port the nokia software but you never know. So if you're using your phone for navigation I would suggest you buying the nokia as this would give you a legal and good offline navi. Otherwise I'd go for the samsung for freedom reasons.
Hello guys,
I'm wondering whether my samsung focus sgh-i917 will have the apollo update,
can any body give us official certified answer?
Thanks in advance
ihabsad said:
Hello guys,
I'm wondering whether my samsung focus sgh-i917 will have the apollo update,
can any body give us official certified answer?
Thanks in advance
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apollo is wp8, none of the current wp7 devices will be able to run apollo.
but ALL(!) will receive the wp7.8 update, which brings some lite-wp8-feeling.
roqstr said:
apollo is wp8, none of the current wp7 devices will be able to run apollo.
but ALL(!) will receive the wp7.8 update, which brings some lite-wp8-feeling.
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oookaay,
many thanks for the info,
I quess that but I needed confirmation
I think WP8 UI screen will be great an enough for me until I upgrade to a high end HTC WP8 devise
According to what I have been reading, 7.8 seems to be just a UI change so far (more details may come up later). Paul Thurott site says that it is an OTA update that will by bypassing the carriers. This too me indicates that it will go to all post-mango phones.
Any word on official launch date?
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Any word on official launch date?
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Nothing yet
Nokia said something about their users getting it in a few weeks but, it was pulled back and though it was going to be Tango. No one is sure on that.
I bet we get it from here (XDA) before we get the offical one. I want it on my custom rom
Yes all existing windows phone device will get windows phone 7.8 according to microsoft.
Anyone got 7.8 on Omnia W?
I am also awaiting this update as well. Very anxious.
There's no update for omnia w!
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Not even unofficial yet :/
Samsung confirmed that all samsung WP devices will get it.
As Microsoft said , Q1 2013. So wait till Q1 2013. Be patient .
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Samsung confirmed that all samsung WP devices will get it.
As Microsoft said , Q1 2013. So wait till Q1 2013. Be patient .
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I doubt that!
But let's wait and see.
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It's in the news ..
There's this: "Samsung set to rollout WP7.8 update to its existing Windows Phone 7.5 devices" http://tech2.in.com/news/smartphone...-its-existing-windows-phone-75-devices/660802
And then there's this: "Samsung Omnia W will not get Windows Phone 7.8 (!)" http://www.esphoneblog.com/2012/09/12/samsung-omnia-w-will-not-get-windows-phone-7-8/
Not sure which one to go with. There's a 3-month gap between the two, though...
From that same site, there is a link saying it will get the update.
http://www.esphoneblog.com/2012/12/...mnia-m-will-get-updated-to-windows-phone-7-8/
Only makes sense all wp7 phones get the update, it's not like it is wp8 or anything, so I don't see why they all wouldn't get the update unless I'm missing something about it.
Does that mean the LG Optimus 7/Quantum will get updates too?
Nope.LG has said it will not make 7.8 for existing LG WPs
Samsung Omnia W got 2nd WP7.8 update "officially" today. Latest version is 7.10.8862.144.
http://svknet.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/samsung-omnia-w-receives-2nd-wp7-8-update-7-10-8862-144/
I've got Samsung Omnia W with WP 7.8 in it. I interop unlocked the phone a half a year ago.
But some days ago side-loaded apps (also forom xda developers) started to say something like "This app is withdrawn by MS corporation, please, delete it". Sorry, the language of my phone is Russian.
That looked like interop unlock is broken.
I interop unlocked my phone one more time and everything became well again.
But I worry... How could it happen? Is any possibility that relock can happen again in the future?