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USA Galaxy Tab Plus firmware update via Kies is live

I just plugged my Tab Plus and was notified a new firmware is available. I can only guess that it's ICS since it's still updating, currently at 60%. At last!

iosandroid said:
I just plugged my Tab Plus and was notified a new firmware is available. I can only guess that it's ICS since it's still updating, currently at 60%. At last!
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Just finished. It is in fact ICS 4.0.4 :good: I notice the smoother UI operations right away. This is a USA wifi only Tab Plus by the way, all stock.

iosandroid said:
Just finished. It is in fact ICS 4.0.4 :good: I notice the smoother UI operations right away. This is a USA wifi only Tab Plus by the way, all stock.
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Yes I was very surprised this morning to see this and am installing it as we speak. I was getting pissed off as the TMo version was to start updating today too. Version PDA:LPC / CSC:LPC (XAR)

Good to know. I'll try it when I get home later today. WOOT!!!!

Someone can confirm if wifi is working?
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persiobr said:
Someone can confirm if wifi is working?
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Yes everything is working for me. Noticeably more responsive than when it was running Honeycomb.

T-Mobile
Per T-mobile there update is live for them as well
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4648
Beginning August 14th, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus will have an optional manual software update to Android version 4.0.5 /Software T869UVLG7 (Ice Cream Sandwich) via Kies only.
Trying it now
Faldiin

persiobr said:
Someone can confirm if wifi is working?
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Wifi works right off with same settings I had before. No problems and no worries.

faldiin said:
Per T-mobile there update is live for them as well
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4648
Beginning August 14th, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus will have an optional manual software update to Android version 4.0.5 /Software T869UVLG7 (Ice Cream Sandwich) via Kies only.
Trying it now
Faldiin
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I was so eager and excited about the update i stayed up all night waiting for it to show on Kies...so far enjoying it and everything is working greatly. I got try out the peel app

Is the update are out for malaysia??
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Success flashing
I notice that the update is also available at sammobile I did flash from ICS UK to ICS US without problems, the only thing that I don't like is that the ebook app is now not available at my country (Costa Rica)

Which is US wifi only? I see Cellular South but nothing else. I had flashed the UK version but would like to use US. I tried update on the tablet and received "process failed" for the update

here for the us wifi only
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-P6210&pcode=XAR&os=1&type=3#firmware

scagnetwork said:
here for the us wifi only
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-P6210&pcode=XAR&os=1&type=3#firmware
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The Cellular South? That's all I see in your link.

yess and you can see is for the 6210 model

scagnetwork said:
yess and you can see is for the 6210 model
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Thank you

If you encounter problem with stock browser after update, you have to clear data in application settings.

Is there any difference between the UK and US version?

Ohhhhh that means the update will soon hit for the P6200 model! Awesome news indeed! Can't wait for it

not really
MrNo said:
Is there any difference between the UK and US version?
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Not really, I notice that Readers hub was removed (That means Kobo and zinio are not installed by default) beyond that is "visually" the same, Not sure if there are some "internal" improvements, but it's just 0,07 Kb bigger than the latest ICS UK firmware

New firmware update (64mb)

Hey guys! Anyone gotten a recent firmware update?
Been using my Note 10.1 for 2 weeks now. I'm rooted (but on stock ROM) so I know I couldn't install the update.
Currently with a HK set with build N8000ZSALG7 (baseband N8000XXLGA)
Technically if I wanna apply the update, I would have to flash stock recovery? I downloaded it off zedomax's tutorial. Its the same for any region right? *Noob alert
Appreciate any help! Thanks!
One X to rule them all

Ok I flashed the stock recovery and updated the firmware successfully.
Bad news is its not JB (duh). The good news is it brings a few small improvements we saw in the recent India JB leak.
First and foremost, the irritating keyboard pop up upon exiting an app opened from a folder on homescreen is gone!!
And I found some small changes to s note
- s note widget is now added
- scroll bar in s note (but no more collapsing of the toolbars for fullscreen! Horrid)
- new book covers
- new landscape note
Unfortunately, the new split screens hasn't been included and mini apps stay the same. Bummer. Also, no airplay for the s pen in gallery and video player.
Other than these, I haven't found anything else. More to come from Samsung I hope! Really wish they would bring back the fullscreen mode in s note though.
UPDATE: PDF import into S Note seems to work ok now
the whole GALAXY to NOTE about...counting down from 10 to 1.

Not showing a n uodate on my system?

what is the Android version before and after the update? 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 ?

vndnguyen said:
what is the Android version before and after the update? 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 ?
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Not sure about Android version but it should be 4.04. Only noted the build no. It's currently on build N8000ZSALI1,baseband N8000XXLI1.Kinda strange I haven't seen many reports of this. Am l slow to the party or something?
the whole GALAXY to NOTE about...counting down from 10 to 1.

did ps touch get updated?

samuelong87 said:
Hey guys! Anyone gotten a recent firmware update?
Been using my Note 10.1 for 2 weeks now. I'm rooted (but on stock ROM) so I know I couldn't install the update.
Currently with a HK set with build N8000ZSALG7 (baseband N8000XXLGA)
Technically if I wanna apply the update, I would have to flash stock recovery? I downloaded it off zedomax's tutorial. Its the same for any region right? *Noob alert
Appreciate any help! Thanks!
One X to rule them all
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Hi, what file did you download to get back to stock? Is it the 900+ mb file in sammobile? Care to share how you did, coz currently i am on a saudi arabia firmware and i want to change to an asian one, will changing firmware from dif country wipe my existing data/settings?
Thanks
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No update found for N 8010

madsquabbles said:
did ps touch get updated?
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Apparently not. Im still on 1.2.0
fatbuccha said:
Hi, what file did you download to get back to stock? Is it the 900+ mb file in sammobile? Care to share how you did, coz currently i am on a saudi arabia firmware and i want to change to an asian one, will changing firmware from dif country wipe my existing data/settings?
Thanks
Sorry for the late reply. I only rooted my Note using Zedomax's CWM method (Method 2 if im not wrong). Didnt flash any other roms as i wanted the chinese input keyboard found only in asian roms. I am not sure if you can just change firmware to another region. Most of the roms are based on the EU stock roms.
In order to update, I had to flash back the stock recovery (apparently available online and universal) since it was in CWM recovery after rooting. This will enable any official OTA update.
Any form of flashing rom will result in wiping of data/settings. You need to use titanium backup after rooting. Rooting (flashing CWM and SuperSU) will not cause any data wipe.
Hope that helps.
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N8000 OTA Update

First thing that greeted me this morning was a pop-up telling me that my Note just downloaded a 69.14MB update. Here are the details:
Before update
Baseband version: N8000DXLG4
Build number: IMM76D.N8000XWALH1
After the update
Baseband version: N8000DXALI2
Build number: IMM76D.N8000XWALI5
There is no changelog provided though.

neilgoco said:
First thing that greeted me this morning was a pop-up telling me that my Note just downloaded a 69.14MB update. Here are the details:
Before update
Baseband version: N8000DXLG4
Build number: IMM76D.N8000XWALH1
After the update
Baseband version: N8000DXALI2
Build number: IMM76D.N8000XWALI5
There is no changelog provided though.
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Same story.... first thing in the morning it wanted me to update. Dont know what changes it made though.... everything still looks n works same....

As some previous posts said, these are stability issues.
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Heya.
I'm just curious - could you see if you've got some new stuff in S Note, for example a "landscape mode" template and scrollbars?
That comes in JB, but I've gotten the impression that Samsung rolls out some of these features to 4.0.4 as well in the latest OTA.
Thanks.
/primpa

maybe they have solved the problem of the wifi instability
Sigh sigh I have not yet received any update

Received OTA update today, can confirm: SNote with landscape template and scrollbars ..............

Yup, S Note now has scrollbars and got a new template as well.I can't wait forJelly Bean!

neilgoco said:
Yup, S Note now has scrollbars and got a new template as well.I can't wait forJelly Bean!
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Yeah! Horizontal and Vertical scrollbars. Yipee! Better note taking experience!

Same update, but now the device is in reboot loops. Little Android guy with globe thing in stomach counts to 100 after reboot. Cant get past that.
figure I odin something but hopefully wife doesn lose all info. Anyone got anyother suggestions, please pm me.

I got the update this morning and yea it does have the features you already know.
Some new and nifty features discovered:
Page flippinganimation and sound in snote
Able to type in title of note straight from the writing page., at the top bar.
However, lost of function to hide the top toolbar, which I always use

is this update just in US, our also for European devices?

Thanks people. Then my suspicions were correct that they sneak out these updates to S Note even before Jellybean.
/primpa
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sharkeecz said:
is this update just in US, our also for European devices?
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This one is for asian region.
+1..its fix import pdf to SNote which cause FC..
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well does this mean that JB is still time away otherwise why would they update

sharkeecz said:
is this update just in US, our also for European devices?
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Look at my signature and You will know :laugh:

Firmware Discussion Thread

I noticed a lot of users discussing firmwares in plenty of threads. Seeing that you guys lacked a dedicated thread to have general conversation on firmwares and their usage, I have created one.
Feel free to post details regarding official firmwares, news, changelists, your review/experience etc
Note: This thread is not to be confused with the Off-topic thread.

Thats What We Really Need

Is it still the case that the German release gets the official firmware updates before the UK model, was looking at the 32Gb model on the German Amazon site?

Super Chimp said:
Is it still the case that the German release gets the official firmware updates before the UK model, was looking at the 32Gb model on the German Amazon site?
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seems to be the case
many of us have flashed to DBT firmware, changed the CSC to DBT and are running as if we have german S4 i9505's

Sorry guys all new to this, previously iPhone user (dont hate).
My firmware ver. is I9055XXUBMG7 with EE. How can I root? Where's a nice guide I can find?

ChainFire (CF) is the fav

Hi. I got the mg5 ota today. Have updated the phone.. as usual it just says stability improvement.. has anybody seen any improvements?
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tidusjar said:
Sorry guys all new to this, previously iPhone user (dont hate).
My firmware ver. is I9055XXUBMG7 with EE. How can I root? Where's a nice guide I can find?
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Use CF Auto Root to root your phone, read the instructions carefully!

Updated to latest MG5 update.
Changes I felt so far:
- Phone feels faster.
- More free RAM (Screenshot attached, after normal usage and no clearing of memory).
- Camera opens faster.
- Weather widget still get cleared but it comes back instantly.

Been running EE EVR MG7 for about a week and I've noticed that when it goes into sleep - WIFI disconnects.
This means it uses up my 4G data when the screen is not on. It does reconnect when the screen comes on though.
Anyone else experienced the same? A friend of mine moved up to DBT MGA and said he got the same thing (for some reason one of the programs killed 1Gb of data in one night lol!)
Was thinking of moving to BTU MGA if its any different? thanks in advance.

zoomee said:
Been running EE EVR MG7 for about a week and I've noticed that when it goes into sleep - WIFI disconnects.
This means it uses up my 4G data when the screen is not on. It does reconnect when the screen comes on though.
Anyone else experienced the same? A friend of mine moved up to DBT MGA and said he got the same thing (for some reason one of the programs killed 1Gb of data in one night lol!)
Was thinking of moving to BTU MGA if its any different? thanks in advance.
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Do not own this phone, so the answer may vary.
But afaik, Android defaults to cellular connection in sleep. There is an option in your wifi settings which allows you to select "wifi-connected" during sleep.
Search around in wifi and network related settings.
Switch it to "never"

a.cid said:
Do not own this phone, so the answer may vary.
But afaik, Android defaults to cellular connection in sleep. There is an option in your wifi settings which allows you to select "wifi-connected" during sleep.
Search around in wifi and network related settings.
Switch it to "never"
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Found it - thanks bud - sneeky gits at EE must have turned it off as default

zoomee said:
Found it - thanks bud - sneeky gits at EE must have turned it off as default
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It's been there since froyo days.

cirian75 said:
seems to be the case
many of us have flashed to DBT firmware, changed the CSC to DBT and are running as if we have german S4 i9505's
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Thanks. When I had the original Note that seemed to get firmware updates before the UK model so I am not surprised to hear this is still the case.

Im in uk on 3 network. . Got my ota mga update last night at work.. im all you can eat data so did the update straight away.
Went through all my apps and moved everything movable to sd card.. yet in storage it still says I have 5 gig of apps in device mem..
Dont understand..
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la8rat said:
Im in uk on 3 network. . Got my ota mga update last night at work.. im all you can eat data so did the update straight away.
Went through all my apps and moved everything movable to sd card.. yet in storage it still says I have 5 gig of apps in device mem..
Dont understand..
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Hi,
You can move the apps,but you CANNOT move the data.
The only way is to use FOLDERMOUNT

I'm looking to install the google edition Firmware GT-I9505G.. And I have a couple of questions for those who use it ..?
Is it good...? Does it work flawlessly?
How do updates work on it? Can I get OTA updates?
Can you give me name or a link to the download?
Thanks in advance
Sent from my GT-I9505

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I'm looking to install the google edition Firmware GT-I9505G.. And I have a couple of questions for those who use it ..?
Is it good...? Does it work flawlessly?
How do updates work on it? Can I get OTA updates?
Can you give me name or a link to the download?
Thanks in advance
Sent from my GT-I9505
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The best way to find out is probably to read the thread, or at least the first post and the last load of recent pages. From what I have read/seen it seems to be very good and certainly usable for daily use. I don't think you should accept (or even receive) any OTA updates. As its essentially a custom ROM its probably safer to let the developer create a new update to flash. I have downloaded the 4.2.2 version but haven't installed it just yet, been hanging on for a new 4.3 version.

malybru said:
Hi,
You can move the apps,but you CANNOT move the data.
The only way is to use FOLDERMOUNT
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Doesn't that beg the question. . What's the point ?
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la8rat said:
Doesn't that beg the question. . What's the point ?
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Hi,
Absolutely!
You need to address that question to Samsung.

[Q] How to change back to tablet mode?

Hi, since I flashed the 4.4.2 Kitkat leaked version the tablet became "phone style" mode and everything is now strechted out to the big screen like its a 4 inch phone..
It wasn't like that when I was on the old JB stock..
Is there any way to fix it back some how?
I read some where (for nexus 7) that I can change the dpi in the build.prop and that force it for 'tablet mode' but I tried that and nothing changed..
Any one knows how to fix it?
Thanks,
Jordan.

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Hi, since I flashed the 4.4.2 Kitkat leaked version the tablet became "phone style" mode and everything is now strechted out to the big screen like its a 4 inch phone..
It wasn't like that when I was on the old JB stock..
Is there any way to fix it back some how?
I read some where (for nexus 7) that I can change the dpi in the build.prop and that force it for 'tablet mode' but I tried that and nothing changed..
Any one knows how to fix it?
Thanks,
Jordan.
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Can you share a screenshot? Never heard anyone having this.

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Can you share a screenshot? Never heard anyone having this.
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Im not sure if all of them could be fixed by changing the tablet settings as it is an app incompatibility, but one thing I am sure is that the lecturenotes settings were always 2 sided so the main menu is on the left and the sub menu is on the right.. now it switches the whole window like in mobile phone..
I'm not sure about the others but just check how grosly its stretched out to fill the screen..
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@mcjordan92: Concerning LectureNotes' (and other apps') settings: How the settings is displayed (two so-called fragments together or one fragment directing to another fragment) is decided by Android, not by the app.

acadoid said:
@mcjordan92: Concerning LectureNotes' (and other apps') settings: How the settings is displayed (two so-called fragments together or one fragment directing to another fragment) is decided by Android, not by the app.
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okay so its clearly a bug..
Any idea how to fix it?
People that doesn't have this bug, could you please say what ROM do you run and some info? Perhaps reflashing could help.

mcjordan92 said:
Im not sure if all of them could be fixed by changing the tablet settings as it is an app incompatibility, but one thing I am sure is that the lecturenotes settings were always 2 sided so the main menu is on the left and the sub menu is on the right.. now it switches the whole window like in mobile phone..
I'm not sure about the others but just check how grosly its stretched out to fill the screen..
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Are you sure you are on stock rom? What is your tablet? The stock rom is not like that.

filchi756 said:
Are you sure you are on stock rom? What is your tablet? The stock rom is not like that.
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I'm running 4.4.2, flashed the leak from here
Build Number: KOT49H.N8000XXUDNE4
Running on N8013
If you don't have that problem could you please tell me what ROM do you use and on what version of tablet?
Thanks

mcjordan92 said:
I'm running 4.4.2, flashed the leak from here
Build Number: KOT49H.N8000XXUDNE4
Running on N8013
If you don't have that problem could you please tell me what ROM do you use and on what version of tablet?
Thanks
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Sorry mate I have N8000. I use Gnabo rom. Did you try to flash stock rom for your N8013 maybe?

filchi756 said:
Sorry mate I have N8000. I use Gnabo rom. Did you try to flash stock rom for your N8013 maybe?
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Well returning to 4.1 isn't worth it.. I prefer testing another version of kitkat, are there any other version of kitkat official leaks out there?