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Can't Update OTA ?

I upgraded my GTablet with a "leaked" version of the new software upgrade but now I want to update to the "official" version. Unfortunately my device won't recognize that there is an update available even when I run the updates app to look for one.
Is anyone else having this problem? Any solutions?
I hear VS may be making a recovery image available for those who have modded their GTab's beyond repair...but in the meantime, I'm curious how others are addressing this issue.

If the leaked version was the 3389 update then that is the official version. Otherwise I believe their official website has the 3389 update.
This is a link to the 3389 update that Roebeet posted
http://tapntap.http.internapcdn.net/tapntap/viewsonic/update-smb_a1002-3389-user.zip

I had been unable to get OTA updates since Nov 19. I read on another thread how a user downloaded the 3053 update manually and then his OTA started working again. So I gave it a try and sure enough it fixed my problem. In fact I have gone back to this version twice just to reset my G-Tab to stock. I have not mod'd my unit. I have flash, market and Rothnic enhancement pack.
Hope this helps
Roebeet listed all of the official TNT downloads here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000&highlight=3053
*rothnic has a new enhancement pack v2 that will not erase your stock files. It will increase the speed a little bit..

[Q] HC3.2 OTA pulled?

I just recently managed to wipe my TF when I was rooting it, and had to go back to the stock firmware from the ASUS site.
The ASUS site only has the HC3.1 firmware on there and it's dated 7/25/2011. However, I know that when I got my Transformer 2 days ago, that it updated by it's self to HC3.2 the second it got an internet connection.
Now, when I got to look for an update in the "About Tablet" tab in settings, it says there are no updates available, even though my tablet is only on 3.1.
Did they pull the latest update?

3.2 has not been posted on Asus's site yet. It is only available via Over The Air...
And, after rooting mine (3.1) and restoring to stock I also do not get the 3.2 availability message.
I think that I will have to wait for Asus to post it.

Ah okay, that explains the website.
However, is there a reason my Transformer wouldn't be picking up on the update even though I'm on the official stock ROM?

from what i have observed, once you update, you will no longer get the update back by ota.
it must be a type of monitoring they have with the serial; number maybe.
when i received my tab(2 weeks back), i updated to .11 too and rooted. however upon unrooting and going back to the 8.4.4.5 version, i never got back the .11 ota. Yesterday i got the 3.2 ota directly. this what made me to come to the conclusion stated above.

That makes perfect sense, thanks.
I suppose I was going to root for Netflix anyway!

deeren said:
from what i have observed, once you update, you will no longer get the update back by ota.
it must be a type of monitoring they have with the serial; number maybe.
when i received my tab(2 weeks back), i updated to .11 too and rooted. however upon unrooting and going back to the 8.4.4.5 version, i never got back the .11 ota. Yesterday i got the 3.2 ota directly. this what made me to come to the conclusion stated above.
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I noticed the same thing on mine. I updated, tried to root, bricked it, nvflashed back, and I haven't gotten the OTA again since. Thankfully there are other ways to upgrade.

[Q] Dock Firmware?

From my understanding there are firmware updates available for the dock on the TF101. I've been running custom ROMs since day 1 on this thing, so I'm wondering if there are any CWM flashable dock updates that I may be able to apply to mine?

I believe it is around ep101-0213.
Normally, in every custom rom the keep the default dock firmware in it.
I guessssssssss

[Q] Can I force an upgrade to JB? And do I want to?!

I'm in the UK, but haven't received a notification yet that there is a software upgrade available to me. I'm currently running ICS 4.0.3. which I rooted.
Presumably the JB update is out in the UK? Why am I not receiving it? Do I want it, given a few comments on here about glitches? And assuming the consensus is that it is a decent upgrade, can I force an OTA download somehow? Clicking Check update doesn't help!
Thanks

aliaird said:
I'm in the UK, but haven't received a notification yet that there is a software upgrade available to me. I'm currently running ICS 4.0.3. which I rooted.
Presumably the JB update is out in the UK? Why am I not receiving it? Do I want it, given a few comments on here about glitches? And assuming the consensus is that it is a decent upgrade, can I force an OTA download somehow? Clicking Check update doesn't help!
Thanks
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I'm not sure why you're not getting the update, but you can get JB on your tablet by flashing custom ROMs. If you haven't unlocked your boot loader yet, beware that it voids your warranty. The AOSP based ROMs, mainly Cyanogen Mod 10, has the latest JB build. There are ROMS based on stock Asus's build, and they're also blazing fast, with no bugs & glitches AFAIK. If you are flashing the stock-based ROM, you should also know that you can't flash non-stock Roms afterwards, at least for now, due to the different bootloader for asus' JB build.
Or alternatively, you can download the UK JB firmware from the ASUS website, copy it to your internal storage and reboot. There should be a notification for firmware update then. Hope this helps.

sosroz said:
I'm not sure why you're not getting the update, but you can get JB on your tablet by flashing custom ROMs. If you haven't unlocked your boot loader yet, beware that it voids your warranty. The AOSP based ROMs, mainly Cyanogen Mod 10, has the latest JB build. There are ROMS based on stock Asus's build, and they're also blazing fast, with no bugs & glitches AFAIK. If you are flashing the stock-based ROM, you should also know that you can't flash non-stock Roms afterwards, at least for now, due to the different bootloader for asus' JB build.
Or alternatively, you can download the UK JB firmware from the ASUS website, copy it to your internal storage and reboot. There should be a notification for firmware update then. Hope this helps.
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The current cm10 is for the ICS bootloader not JB.
I downloaded the zip from asus support, unzip once which leaves a zip. Placed that on sdcard, reboot, notification triangle displayed, clicked it and agreed to update.
I wish I had stayed on ICS and used the current cm10.
or
1. Power off your tablet
2. Download the latest TF300T firmware (XX_epaduser_10_4_2_9_UpdateLauncher.zip) from Asus site based on your SKU location (eg. ww, US, etc): http://support.asus.com/Download.asp...300T&p=20&s=16
3. Right click and extract the downloaded .ZIP file (XX_epaduser_10_4_2_9_UpdateLauncher.zip) onto your desktop
4. Rename the extracted .ZIP to "EP201_768_SDUPDATE" (without the " ") and copy it to your MicroSD card
5. Insert the MicroSD card in your tablet
6. Boot your tablet into Recovery by pressing and holding Volume Down AND Power for 5 seconds
7. A message will inform you that you have 5 seconds to enter Recovery; press Volume Up before the 5 seconds expire
8. At this point the device will go in recovery and should start updating your firmware

Look into getting NVFlash before you do anything, while you're still on ICS

tobdaryl said:
The current cm10 is for the ICS bootloader not JB.
I downloaded the zip from asus support, unzip once which leaves a zip. Placed that on sdcard, reboot, notification triangle displayed, clicked it and agreed to update.
I wish I had stayed on ICS and used the current cm10.
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Yep, that's why I said he can't flash AOSP ROMs anymore once he upgrades to JB...
There's less customization for the stock-based ROMs, but in my experience, CM10 doesn't seem to play nice with the keyboard dock compared to the stock-based builds. For example, my lock/unlock key doesn't work on CM10, as well as auto-sleep when I close the tab-dock. The cursor is changed too when using the trackpad (it shows a big-arse circle instead of a pointer).
Anyway, it's only a matter of time until CM10 can be flashed via stock bootloader, we'll just have to be patient (I miss playing around with CM10 too).

sosroz said:
Yep, that's why I said he can't flash AOSP ROMs anymore once he upgrades to JB...
There's less customization for the stock-based ROMs, but in my experience, CM10 doesn't seem to play nice with the keyboard dock compared to the stock-based builds. For example, my lock/unlock key doesn't work on CM10, as well as auto-sleep when I close the tab-dock. The cursor is changed too when using the trackpad (it shows a big-arse circle instead of a pointer).
Anyway, it's only a matter of time until CM10 can be flashed via stock bootloader, we'll just have to be patient (I miss playing around with CM10 too).
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Thanks for the additional info I was not aware.

[Q] Does OTA update do it individually?

I searched through other threads but I couldn't find an answer. I was just wondering if OTA updates install all of the updates at once to the latest firmware or if it asks to update each time to the next one.
Thanks for the help!

Updates are cumulative. Each update includes all of the previous ones.

hong90 said:
I searched through other threads but I couldn't find an answer. I was just wondering if OTA updates install all of the updates at once to the latest firmware or if it asks to update each time to the next one.
Thanks for the help!
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It depends.
Last update was minor one and the size of it did not definitely allow to have all previous updates to be included.
For excample SGS3 last update to 4.1.1 also was different in size OTA vs Kies so ota was just a update and Kies had full rom.
Also when you buy new device you sometimes have to update it many times in a row - meaning they are not cumulative.

laving1977 said:
It depends.
Last update was minor one and the size of it did not definitely allow to have all previous updates to be included.
For excample SGS3 last update to 4.1.1 also was different in size OTA vs Kies so ota was just a update and Kies had full rom.
Also when you buy new device you sometimes have to update it many times in a row - meaning they are not cumulative.
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Unless the update is adding a good amount of additional apps and feature, the size should be relative small increment between versions. The rule of updating is cumulative unless otherwise noted by the manufacture. As you could see going from ICS .30 version to JB .16 is big (adding Google now, and other stuff) the size jumped from 379,257 to 465,064 (this is already compressed). Another thing you could check is if you downgrade back to .30, what is the OTA version when you boot up?? If incremental is required, you should see .16, then .20 etc...but if you see .23, then that's all you need!

laving1977 said:
Also when you buy new device you sometimes have to update it many times in a row - meaning they are not cumulative.
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Sometimes they are - in some other thread a direct OTA from 9.4.5.26 to 10.4.4.20 was sighted.

buhohitr said:
Unless the update is adding a good amount of additional apps and feature, the size should be relative small increment between versions. The rule of updating is cumulative unless otherwise noted by the manufacture. As you could see going from ICS .30 version to JB .16 is big (adding Google now, and other stuff) the size jumped from 379,257 to 465,064 (this is already compressed). Another thing you could check is if you downgrade back to .30, what is the OTA version when you boot up?? If incremental is required, you should see .16, then .20 etc...but if you see .23, then that's all you need!
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When I click the update it doesn't tell me which one it is going to update to. Just current. I'm on .26 right now as it's a new device and I'm just trying to figure out what I need to do in what order to get cleanrom on it. This is prob a noob question but if I update to .23 will I be able to flash TWRP and cleanrom fine? Or should I update to .20 and wait on .23?