Just got this email:
"Here is part of it:
"Thanks for joining the Motorola Feedback Network. We are inviting owners of the Motorola ATRIX 2 to participate in a preview of a new software release, and provide feedback. If you are not currently using a MOTOROLA ATRIX 2, please excuse and ignore this email.
If you wish to take part. There are a quite a number of interested users, so please respond as quickly as possible as it is open until evening of 7/29/12.
Here is your unique survey link...."
I guess ICS is on the way.
Right around the corner!
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Is the OTA that soak test participant's get the same as the final release, or do they usually make tweeks between soak test and final release?
Usually a final release unless the testers find any major bugs.
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Waiting4MyAndroid said:
Just got this email:
"Here is part of it:
"Thanks for joining the Motorola Feedback Network. We are inviting owners of the Motorola ATRIX 2 to participate in a preview of a new software release, and provide feedback. If you are not currently using a MOTOROLA ATRIX 2, please excuse and ignore this email.
If you wish to take part. There are a quite a number of interested users, so please respond as quickly as possible as it is open until evening of 7/29/12.
Here is your unique survey link...."
I guess ICS is on the way.
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Got the same E-Mail early this morning and I completed the survey :fingers-crossed:
I received the same invite too. When completing the survey it asked if I rooted my phone and after saying yes, it asked if I was willing to go back to stock for testing. Not sure if that exempts us from the test group. Good thing it didn't ask if I was already testing the ICS leak that is installed on my phone.
Question for the DEVs.... Once we download the update.... Should we post it for you for guys? (in case any of you are not in the group selected)
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I received the same invite to. When completing the survey it asked if I rooted my phone and after saying yes, it asked if I was willing to go back to stock for testing. Not sure if that exempts us from the test group. Good thing it didn't ask if I was already testing the ICS leak that is installed on my phone.
Question for the DEVs.... Once we download the update.... Should we post it for you for guys? (in case any of you are not in the group selected)
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In order to qualify for the soak test you had to agree to keep it confidential. That means not even talking about if you were invited on any forum and includes giving the update to any other person (it is a big no no). If you do that you are in violation of the NCA you agreed to. Having said that at the end of the survey it should have told you if you were included in the soak group or not. If you qualified based on your answers it would tell you so. If it did not say you would be included in the soak test and if you wanted to factory reset to do it immediately, then you most likely did not qualify. Having a rooted phone and restoring it to stock most likely does not preclude you from being included in the test. Moto wants all scenarios tested including previously rooted phones and people running an AT&T phone on a another network. If the soak test is successful the OTA should start going out to the public in about five to ten days after the soak test begins.
burninggecko said:
I received the same invite too. When completing the survey it asked if I rooted my phone and after saying yes, it asked if I was willing to go back to stock for testing. Not sure if that exempts us from the test group. Good thing it didn't ask if I was already testing the ICS leak that is installed on my phone.
Question for the DEVs.... Once we download the update.... Should we post it for you for guys? (in case any of you are not in the group selected)
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I too am a bit confused. Now at the 4.0.4 leak, I too have received the soak invite.
However, since the leak is running so well on my phone, I am hesitant to jump in for a soak if you will.
Instead, I think this is what I am going to do. Wait for the full ICS OTA to come out. Wait for our pros to get their feet wet a bit more with our new fxz thread that has sprung up, and finally, wait and see if those of us running the leak can get to the OTA ICS when it is released. From what I have read now, there is a bit of nebulous information on whether it will ever be possible due to one particular part of the fxz process. I encourage you all to read the threads and *cough* soak it all in so you understand.
Until then, I'm not fixing my phone, as with the 4.0.4 leak its certainly not broken like it was with 2.3.6, and I will be patient. I know its exciting to be a soak tester, though based on scar tissue from having to fxz when Moto soak tested 2.3.6, I am just going to sit and wait. Perhaps those of us on 4.0.4 leak should do the same until the trained professionals see what we have to work with when the OTA ICS is released.
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I too am a bit confused. Now at the 4.0.4 leak, I too have received the soak invite.
However, since the leak is running so well on my phone, I am hesitant to jump in for a soak if you will.
Instead, I think this is what I am going to do. Wait for the full ICS OTA to come out. Wait for our pros to get their feet wet a bit more with our new fxz thread that has sprung up, and finally, wait and see if those of us running the leak can get to the OTA ICS when it is released. From what I have read now, there is a bit of nebulous information on whether it will ever be possible due to one particular part of the fxz process. I encourage you all to read the threads and *cough* soak it all in so you understand.
Until then, I'm not fixing my phone, as with the 4.0.4 leak its certainly not broken like it was with 2.3.6, and I will be patient. I know its exciting to be a soak tester, though based on scar tissue from having to fxz when Moto soak tested 2.3.6, I am just going to sit and wait. Perhaps those of us on 4.0.4 leak should do the same until the trained professionals see what we have to work with when the OTA ICS is released.
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My guess is that that leak was so close to the soak test that it has a fairly high chance of being identical to the soak test and final release. Wait for the soak test to begin and see what version people are running (if they will violate the NCA and tell you). If you have the same version then you are already good to go. If not then you would need to restore your phone somehow to stock 2.3.6 in order to install the final OTA update as it most likely will not validate being installed over a leak.
Is there any way you can up the soak to a filehosting site?
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My guess is that that leak was so close to the soak test that it has a fairly high chance of being identical to the soak test and final release. Wait for the soak test to begin and see what version people are running (if they will violate the NCA and tell you). If you have the same version then you are already good to go. If not then you would need to restore your phone somehow to stock 2.3.6 in order to install the final OTA update as it most likely will not validate being installed over a leak.
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Wrong!! AT&T and Moto have fixed several of the issues that have we have seen in this leak. Remember the leak we have is from july 6th. The soak will be a new build as of most likely last week from my sources.
Also all this NCA buisness... do you really think that everyone in the soak is going to keep this from us? I got the 2.3.6 soak the day it came out and released to well our only other dev then lfaber06, and we had 2.3.6 roms and patches out to everyone that week. I still have never released who gave it to me, unless those people want the credit.
Also you WILL HAVE to be on 2.3.6 for the SOAK files to work, the install will work just exactly like the leak did. We also now have a way back to 2.3.6, and I will release a script and all the files tomorrow so that those in the leak can do this.
Gotcha... I know it said I made it, but was flipping through the screens as I was running out of the house. Thanks for the clarification and info on the non disclosure.
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There wasn't much to fix was there?
jimbridgman said:
Wrong!! AT&T and Moto have fixed several of the issues that have we have seen in this leak. Remember the leak we have is from july 6th. The soak will be a new build as of most likely last week from my sources.
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Jim, what is your guess as to the odds the leak will be able to update to the soak test software?
farshad525hou said:
Is there any way you can up the soak to a filehosting site?
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People can technically do that but to participate in the soak test they have to agree to an NCA (Non Disclosure Agreement) where it specifically prohibits talking about the soak test and sharing the OTA files with anyone. So if they do that they violate the NCA they agreed to to be part of the soak test. I think the logic behind that is even though the soak is probably the final release if there is a major bug or bricking issue they don't want it to spread behind the targeted soak test pool of users.
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Jim, what is your guess as to the odds the leak will be able to update to the soak test software?
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The soak files will validate whether people are updated to stock 2.3.6 and maybe 2.3.5. It most likely won't have the hashes to validate the system files in the leak so the probability of that is most likely nil. Stock, signed OTA files check every file in the system with hashcodes (either mda or shasum usually) to make sure they are stock. If every file is not stock the OTA will refuse to update the phone. So if you are on the leak it will most likely refuse to install.
It will be interesting to see what clock speed the CPU runs at in the soak / final update.
I got a invite for the soak testing too. I have no idea as to how i could of gotten that because I've never registered with moto.
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tmease1 said:
I got a invite for the soak testing too. I have no idea as to how i could of gotten that because I've never registered with moto.
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It is sent to selected members of Moto Owner's forum that also filled in their model, IMEI and carrier info. That registers you for the Motorola Feedback Network. If you did not do that then there is no way they would have sent you an invite to the soak test.
jboxer said:
The soak files will validate whether people are updated to stock 2.3.6 and maybe 2.3.5. It most likely won't have the hashes to validate the system files in the leak so the probability of that is most likely nil. Stock, signed OTA files check every file in the system with hashcodes (either mda or shasum usually) to make sure they are stock. If every file is not stock the OTA will refuse to update the phone. So if you are on the leak it will most likely refuse to install.
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Again, as I said before. this is wrong. The SOAK is just like an OTA and will be linux patch files ONLY!!! There is no check to see if you are on a leak to see if you are on ICS or not, just a check of the signatures on the files they plan to patch, again not EVERY file. The cheks are md5 of ONLY the files they are going to patch, so that they know that the patch will take.
We have seen these before, and dealt with them before here in the A2 forum.
jboxer said:
It is sent to selected members of Moto Owner's forum that also filled in their model, IMEI and carrier info. That registers you for the Motorola Feedback Network. If you did not do that then there is no way they would have sent you an invite to the soak test.
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I have not and will not fill out any info with moto and yes i did get a email about participating in the soak test. So yes there is a way somehow.
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Related
Hopefully the tests will come out smooth. http://www.tmonews.com/2011/06/t-mobile-currently-testing-maintenance-releasegingerbread-update/
Seems like good proof to me. Awesome news
yeah hopefully they dont come back and say oh we need to add more bloatware to slow this beast down.
CAPTURE and LEAK
So, can someone who works at TMo CAPTURE and LEAK this ota test update?
Maybe it contains some non-**** hardware drivers for the devs to work with before the "real" release (which will be released....who knows when).
Man let me test it for them! I'm glad to see this news but they are still procrastinating I'm having dejav of my vibrant again!
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lannister80 said:
So, can someone who works at TMo CAPTURE and LEAK this ota test update?
Maybe it contains some non-**** hardware drivers for the devs to work with before the "real" release (which will be released....who knows when).
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Yes they can. They would have to capture the OTA before they download it though. The TMO testing is probably the best chance to get a leak before it is officially released. Or maybe we'll get lucky and Football will get us the leak
good to hear that...
Bspence415 said:
Man let me test it for them! I'm glad to see this news but they are still procrastinating I'm having dejav of my vibrant again!
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This is actually a normal part of the approval process. That being said, we are still probably a good month away if its at this stage though.
jlevy73 said:
This is actually a normal part of the approval process. That being said, we are still probably a good month away if its at this stage though.
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so more than likely we will see another unofficial leak like the vibrant had before they release it ota or what ever and then the official update which will be the same as the unofficial one we had a month prior or
Lol read the article again. Its imei locked
So no leak
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Where did you read IMEI locked? They need the IMEI to push the update over the air to the right people. Even if it were, would just need a system dump and make that flashable.
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Where did you read IMEI locked? They need the IMEI to push the update over the air to the right people. Even if it were, would just need a system dump and make that flashable.
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Correcto....
Cool we will see a leak soon lol
ITS ALL WONKY!!!
Just saw the update to the original article; it's apparently not nationwide but only for a specific region, which reduces the pool of potential leakers. It's encouraging, though, to see that this is far enough along to warrant an OTA test with a relatively large pool of testers, as well as to see that it appears to be a combined bug-fix and Gingerbread update. I'm beginning to think that the prognosticators who favor a mid-July general release may have it right.
I said July 17th
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If they are interested in getting a good test base, dump it here on XDA, but then again, it would never reach release status
TmoNews TmoNews
Just got an email claiming G2x updates could hit as early as this week which is somewhat contradictory to our earlier post...what to think?!
Where do you see that info?
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http://twitter.com/#!/TmoNews/status/83684142377742336
Hmm interesting. Tmonews has a pretty good track record with their info
Post if you have gotten the gb 2.3.4 OTA yet... If you did please post a screen shot of the about phone .
Mods if you feel this needs to be close or deleted go right ahead.
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Do you have some source suggesting anyone should be seeing it soon?
*Edit* I see posts of people saying that other people are saying they are getting the OTA, but nobody who actually says they got it themselves haha
Yeah that is what i read too . That is why i started this thread so that we can see who has it and to actually show us an actually screen shot of it on their phone.
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First I've heard of people claiming to have it. Guess we'll see...certainly would be nice, seems like it should help the devs having it out officially.
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I honestly didn't think official GB would be coming so soon :] Ohhh my beloved Charge, you just keep getting better.
Sad face...
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I haven't seen anyone saying they've gotten the OTA update. EP1W seems stable enough to release, though. I think the current issues a few people are having are isolated to their location (constant tower switching draining battery) or the TW4 implementation in the debloated leak.
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Sad face...
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won't work if you're rooted and running a custom rom.. only way an OTA update will go through is if you're stock
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
anoninja118 said:
won't work if you're rooted and running a custom rom.. only way an OTA update will go through is if you're stock
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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You can check for, and potentially even download an OTA update when on a custom ROM, however, you won't be able to actually apply it. It checks literally every file to make sure it hasn't been modified, and if any file is missing or changed, it will fail to update.
As of right now,09/06/11 1:46PM Eastern in Fort Lauderdale, FL, with a last name starting in "S," I have NOT gotten the update. I know sometimes it rolls by area, sometimes it rolls by last name (like Sprint) - if it is coming today, it hasn't come to me yet. Obviously you guys will be first to know if/when it does.
I'm 100% stock, not even rooted. Just FYI.
I don't think any OTA will be rolling out until the end of the month at the earliest.
I think Verizon typically updates their device support page before rolling out OTA updates:
http://support.vzw.com/system_update/charge.html
http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_charge_instructions.pdf
http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_charge.pdf
Nothing new there so I'm guessing they haven't started rolling out GB anywhere.
Guess the people who say they've gotten it are lying. Not believing its released yet until I see screenshots. And yeah, even though the rom itself is done, they still have to finalize it and make sure it's ready for OTA, not just flashing through PST, train their staff, etc etc. But WE have it
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My wife has stock on her phone. And she hasn't had an OTA update yet. So not out.
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charlie_c said:
I think Verizon typically updates their device support page before rolling out OTA updates:
http://support.vzw.com/system_update/charge.html
http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_charge_instructions.pdf
http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_charge.pdf
Nothing new there so I'm guessing they haven't started rolling out GB anywhere.
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THIS!
The leak was labeled as "official" so maybe that is where people are saying they have he official one.
I think we will see the OTA's before the end of the month unless p3droid has another leak in their hands (this last one was a month old)
Nothing here in good old NH yet
So what real proof do we have that this EP1W is even the final release?
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You can check for, and potentially even download an OTA update when on a custom ROM, however, you won't be able to actually apply it. It checks literally every file to make sure it hasn't been modified, and if any file is missing or changed, it will fail to update.
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Yup, which is why I can't update my Galaxy Tab.
d-loko said:
So what real proof do we have that this EP1W is even the final release?
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My thought is that this is not the release that Verizon will be rolling out. The "official" designation is something that the dev guys put on it, saying its their official release.
There are some strange things in the UI that make me think this isn't an RC. Also, the timing of it is odd, since the devs have had it in their possession for so long.
bluevolume said:
My thought is that this is not the release that Verizon will be rolling out. The "official" designation is something that the dev guys put on it, saying its their official release.
There are some strange things in the UI that make me think this isn't an RC. Also, the timing of it is odd, since the devs have had it in their possession for so long.
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Let me correct you both,
I do not label things, if it is labled as official and OTA by samsung, then I will state it is official. If that changes over time I will state that as well. You assumption that I just randomly give titles to this is very incorrect.
As to your second point, we always have things in our possesion long before releasing to the general public. That is not an indicator of squat.
So how many of you are actively participating in project cheesecake to hopefully acquire a leaked version of ICS before its official release date?
If you don't know what project cheesecake is and would like to participate in this important project then please click here to visit the official thread
I check but would like to know around how many people actually check as well.
eL_MeXiCaNo said:
So how many of you are actively participating in project cheesecake to hopefully acquire a leaked version of ICS before its official release date?
If you don't know what project cheesecake is and would like to participate in this important project then please click here to visit the official thread
I check but would like to know around how many people actually check as well.
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i check it all the time
I try to check about once a day. I just go through the servers whenever I have down time (which seems to not come as often as I'd like). Admittedly, I usually don't make it through all the servers before I have to get back to doing something else.
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at least twice a day
Wooohooo! Awesome! Good to know I'm not the only one
I check at least twice a day as well. The only thing I would know to do with it is post in the appropriate places. Can't do anything else to help, might as well do this religiously to try and help any way I can.
I'm trying every 2-3 days, randomly targeting different servers.
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At least once a day.
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I wanted to bump this thread up instead of creating a new one. Today i read on Phandroid that the Droid 4 got an ics leak from using cheesecake. I wanted remind everyone that we should checking cheesecake at least once a day. There is hope.
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I still don't understand how there are this many people checking the servers every day but somehow the latest international update slipped through..... this is scary. Because once ics does come out we won't know about it till the day someone gets it on their phone
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tsdeaton said:
I still don't understand how there are this many people checking the servers every day but somehow the latest international update slipped through..... this is scary. Because once ics does come out we won't know about it till the day someone gets it on their phone
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New users probably don't know about cheescake and some people have maybe stopped checking cheesecake for various reasons(life in general). That's why the international update was missed. I haven't been checking like i should but I'm going to start checking it more.
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Apparently, Droid 4 users just pulled a new ICS leak: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-roms/208767-stock-motoblur-ics-droid4.html
I check a few times a day but with the latest being international I do not think that my phone would have picked up the update. something with the me and mb versions if I am thinking right
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I check a few times a day but with the latest being international I do not think that my phone would have picked up the update. something with the me and mb versions if I am thinking right
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Not sure was thinking maybe same thing.but i would like to get my hands on that asia update 55.28.37 rom that was just realeased.Sooo.. Im putting out a BOLO -D) for an uploaded fxz of that new international Update. I need some files from it. If anyone can find it or find a willing participant to upload the system.img let me know please.
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tsdeaton said:
I still don't understand how there are this many people checking the servers every day but somehow the latest international update slipped through..... this is scary. Because once ics does come out we won't know about it till the day someone gets it on their phone
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Simple. International version is me865. U.S. is mb865. Updates for one don't show up for the other and we don't seem to have many participants here with the me version.
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Edit: I stand corrected. It was a mb865 Asia rom that got updated. The same principal applies though. An Asian rom won't show in a phone running a U.S. rom and vice versa.
cheesecake
I'm going to help out um I don't know how I'd love to be a tester cause I have multiple atrix 2 laying around. And I have my own fxz/USB high in case of bricking lol
atrix2 hacker said:
I'm going to help out um I don't know how I'd love to be a tester cause I have multiple atrix 2 laying around. And I have my own fxz/USB high in case of bricking lol
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Heres a link. Download the cheesecake app and follow the instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18965072
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I want to caution people that if you do pull an update from cheesecake DO NOT INSTALL IT! Contact Jim myself jrw28 etc. for instructions on how to pull it from your phone and get it to the relevant developers. If you install it you may fall victim to Motorola's new shenanigans.
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From what I have been reading the "Leaks" are usually pulled from the QA or the Staging servers.
I am on east coast and I think they are on west coast so I usually start checking around noon (its hit or miss if the servers are up before that time)
I would love to get a wireshark log of what it is sending packet wise to the servers to see if we can fake it out with a post or get request but for some reason my hacker tools (facenif,droidsheep,anti) do not work on the atrix 2 (worked on the atrix 4g and bravo) so I have not looked to see if anything else networking wise will work on it..perhaps I will research if I can figure out why catlog is not working on the blaze rom
Ok so digging it looks like tcpdump binary is not in system/xbin all I see if tcpsvd. I tested shark and it has a error message when I try to capture packets so let me go look at a razr and see if these tools work on it and if it has the binary in xbin..This may be the whole problem why my toys are not working
bah toys all work on the razr and it doesn't have tcpdump so at a loss..guess I will try again once ics comes out and maybe things will work
IIRC the update process posts messages to logcat. You can see some of what gets sent to motorola there.
From what I remember the update process is a XMPP (jabber) client connecting to motorola's XMPP update server.
According to androidauthority.com the Soak Test is over already and Motorola is set to start the ICS update today.Anyone able to update?
http://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-atrix-2-ics-update-118382/
matb321 said:
According to androidauthority.com the Soak Test is over already and Motorola is set to start the ICS update today.Anyone able to update?
http://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-atrix-2-ics-update-118382/
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As of 11:12am PST, still no go for my end.
matb321 said:
According to androidauthority.com the Soak Test is over already and Motorola is set to start the ICS update today.Anyone able to update?
http://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-atrix-2-ics-update-118382/
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The Moto page they are citing has been up since the soak went out. It's not an indication that the final rollout is in progress.
Nothing for me at 3:04PM
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I don't expect it to be something beyond what we already have...
No new updates for me.
Sent from my Atrix 2 using Voodoo Magic.
I think android authority jumped the gun on this one. Usually in the past we have seen the real OTA come out about 10 days from the start of the soak test. And they usually give the soak 7 days to go though.
Especially since they have listed for the OTA is :
Version History
Current version is
55.13.25.MB865.ATT.en.US
Version
Date Released
Release Notes
55.13.25.MB865.ATT.en.US*
February 2, 2012
Will it matter if my A2 has no sim card in it?
jimbridgman said:
I think android authority jumped the gun on this one. Usually in the past we have seen the real OTA come out about 10 days from the start of the soak test. And they usually give the soak 7 days to go though.
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wait, so this isnt a beta test?
where ppl write about bugs on moto private forum, and then fix it and the final comes out?
because 10 days isnt enuff for that.
that leak has a handful of bugs i know of, and im just one user...
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wait, so this isnt a beta test?
where ppl write about bugs on moto private forum, and then fix it and the final comes out?
because 10 days isnt enuff for that.
that leak has a handful of bugs i know of, and im just one user...
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No a soak, is just a way to get it in the hands of several users to make sure it does not explode peoples phones, or turn wifi off or turn the radio to hell or anything really odd like that. Usually a soak is very similar as it is in IT, to where you turn it on, and let it run for a few days to make sure nothing catches fire, or dies right off.
If nothing like that happens, then it will be released as an ota in about 10 or so days, bugs and all.... and then the bug fixes will come in a month or so after.... sort of like our 2.3.6 was a huge bug fix to our 2.3.5.
jimbridgman said:
No a soak, is just a way to get it in the hands of several users to make sure it does not explode peoples phones, or turn wifi off or turn the radio to hell or anything really odd like that. Usually a soak is very similar as it is in IT, to where you turn it on, and let it run for a few days to make sure nothing catches fire, or dies right off.
If nothing like that happens, then it will be released as an ota in about 10 or so days, bugs and all.... and then the bug fixes will come in a month or so after.... sort of like our 2.3.6 was a huge bug fix to our 2.3.5.
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haha - thats a decent way of explaining...
From what the devs/mods on the moto forums said, it'll only be a few days before the OTA is released. Somewhere around 3 days from SOAK start.
Matt/Mark (whichever one is there) said that this is basically a test to make sure the update will install.
I'd say it will probably be official soon. All in all, we know ICS runs pretty decent on our phone, no major bugs, and can install on a clean system. What's left?
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Aren't these the instructions from Motorola for the ICS upgrade right now?
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/90004
Looks like it.
Clovett said:
Aren't these the instructions from Motorola for the ICS upgrade right now?
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/90004
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Yea they are , if you are on untouched (not rooted, and no system apps touched) stock 2.3.6..... If not just find a guide that applies to the atrix 2 you have and follow them (Us, China, or wherever).....:good:
Clovett said:
Aren't these the instructions from Motorola for the ICS upgrade right now?
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/90004
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dk-v1 said:
Looks like it.
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not for AT&T - i mean the instructions are going to be the same, but since its not available on AT&T, when you go to the homepage and select USA as country - the last update shown is not ICS, its GB...
EDIT: hankbizzo5 is also right - so those instructions are for international atrix 2 users (where ICS has already been rolled out) on stock 2.3.6. it will be similar for AT&T only when it hits here. so if you are modified, you need to fxz back - check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909319
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not for AT&T - i mean the instructions are going to be the same, but since its not available on AT&T, when you go to the homepage and select USA as country - the last update shown is not ICS, its GB...
EDIT: hankbizzo5 is also right - so those instructions are for international atrix 2 users (where ICS has already been rolled out) on stock 2.3.6. it will be similar for AT&T only when it hits here. so if you are modified, you need to fxz back - check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909319
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I may be mistaken, but https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/90004 looks like it is referencing an AT&T upgrade, as the file is 67.21.125.MB865.ATT.en.US. I'm not an expert, but I assumed that the ATT part in the filename indicated that it was an AT&T update, but maybe all the updates are labeled that, I don't know.
Chr0nos77 said:
I may be mistaken, but https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/90004 looks like it is referencing an AT&T upgrade, as the file is 67.21.125.MB865.ATT.en.US. I'm not an expert, but I assumed that the ATT part in the filename indicated that it was an AT&T update, but maybe all the updates are labeled that, I don't know.
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very good point! i'm no expert on the file naming conventions they use, but seems logical... so maybe they're preparing their help pages for the launch
Will Motorola ever release Android 5.0 soak test for the Droid Maxx ?
For the love off all that is Pure and Holy, do 5 seconds of searching, like I just did for you, before asking a question... Google. Google is your, and therefore our, friend.
http://motorola-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/its-official-android-50-lollipop-coming.html?m=1
and here:
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/software-upgrade-news/g_id/1949
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Soak test and actual public release is totally different, so yes I did do a little search and only found that Motorola is releasing 5.0 to the Droid Maxx so take your stupid little comments that no one really cares to read and am sure someone would of asked the same question.
SOAK TEST.....
If you are signed up to be a tester then you will get it. Or wait a few hours and a kind gentleman who violates the user agreement will post it in XDA developers.
I signed up for when they released 4.4.4, I just was wondering if the Maxx will get the test just like the x,g.
No we're not gonna get a soak test, we're not getting Lollipop either because i didn't do my research!!!!
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I signed up for when they released 4.4.4, I just was wondering if the Maxx will get the test just like the x,g.
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Motorola has already said that the Maxx is getting 5.0. Motorola always does a soak test before release, but you may not get chosen to be a soak tester. Either way, by the end of about a week or two after you start reading rumors of a soak test, you'll have lollipop on your phone.
And, as already posted, there hasn't been a soak test yet that hasn't leaked within a day so you can manually run the update yourself.
I suppose it's possible that Motorola and Verizon will update the phone without a soak test, but they never have before.
Thanks for the response, I really appreciated.
Motorola just called...
They told me that the soak test rollout will begin tomorrow night, 9 pm sharp.