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[Q] new transformer, why cant i get update?

I've had it about 4 hours now, and i am still runing the firmware that came with it - HRI66.WW_epad-8.2.2.6.1-20110325. Shouldn't there be at least one stable non-bricking update available to me?
I've gone to settings > about tablet > system update, and there are no updates available.

If you read the threads, you'll see that the update was pulled because it bricked several tablets. ASUS has posted the manual update files (requires copying the data to a microSD card)
http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/#download
Best thread is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041502

They pulled the update since it was bricking some devices.
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Because the updates have been pulled due to bricking of some TFs.

I read that the second update was bricking devices, but I thought the first update was still good. I guess I was misinformed. Thanks the help.

EvoXOhio said:
I read that the second update was bricking devices, but I thought the first update was still good. I guess I was misinformed. Thanks the help.
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It is the second update that does it, so either they pulled the first update at the same time or update 1 is integrated into update 2 as well.
Another option is that it just hasn't come yet, it took mine over 12 hours before it started downloading the firmware.

They haven't made the FOTA update available again, yet, but go to this main thread and there's a link to were to download the latest update from Asus:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041502
You'll need a microSD card to apply it.

Just updated via the firmware on ASUS' site and a microSD card, thanks!

Updating ROM with CWM just reverts to menu?

Hey,
I'm trying to install the [ROM] Team Tiamat Xoom Rom 2.2.2 - Moray [9/10/11].
I've got CWM installed (version recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img but also tried latest version from ROM Manager).
Each time i try to install the .zip it get's to opening package and then just exits to the CWM menu?
It's probably a common thing, but couldn't find anything from a search? Anyone got any ideas?

This has been covered many times so take the time to do a search.

Muffycheeks said:
This has been covered many times so take the time to do a search.
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I had to thank you Muffycheeks for your excellent answer. I am not sure why you did not at least give an indication about where to find the answer or what the issue is? Lucky this was posted in Q&A and not in the dev thread!
I am new to Xoom (only got it since yesterday) and have managed to get the bootloader unlocked and custom recovery installed. For some reason when I reboot the device the recovery is flash back to 3e (I suppose this has been also debated millions of times but I cannot find it yet...)
I had been able to flash one of the custom roms but it gets stuck in bootscreen. I wiped everything I could think of and followed a couple of advices and still not working.
I am downloading the other rom (as far as I can tell there are only 2 customs with one of them based on the other one) and will see if that works.
Sorry Addicteddddd for highjacking your thread but I have been searching for a while until I found your thread and I thought my issues were over to find the standard helpful XDA answer. Some people might have had their device for years but some other are quite new to this.
K.
EDIT: It seems that one of the recoveries do not advise if a ZIP file is bad and therfore comes back with no message. I suppose this is why this is happening.
I downloaded 3 ZIP files and they are all corrput. Not sure what is happening here but anyway.

kar200 said:
I had to thank you Muffycheeks for your excellent answer. I am not sure why you did not at least give an indication about where to find the answer or what the issue is? Lucky this was posted in Q&A and not in the dev thread!
I am new to Xoom (only got it since yesterday) and have managed to get the bootloader unlocked and custom recovery installed. For some reason when I reboot the device the recovery is flash back to 3e (I suppose this has been also debated millions of times but I cannot find it yet...)
I had been able to flash one of the custom roms but it gets stuck in bootscreen. I wiped everything I could think of and followed a couple of advices and still not working.
I am downloading the other rom (as far as I can tell there are only 2 customs with one of them based on the other one) and will see if that works.
Sorry Addicteddddd for highjacking your thread but I have been searching for a while until I found your thread and I thought my issues were over to find the standard helpful XDA answer. Some people might have had their device for years but some other are quite new to this.
K.
EDIT: It seems that one of the recoveries do not advise if a ZIP file is bad and therfore comes back with no message. I suppose this is why this is happening.
I downloaded 3 ZIP files and they are all corrput. Not sure what is happening here but anyway.
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I don't know if you used this guide but there is a bit of discussion of some issues regarding cwm recovery versions and some pitfalls while trying to flash.Check it out if you haven't
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
Also, how are you downloading the file? Are you getting the right version? If you are using the R4c v3.2.0.0 it should be called solarnz, not tiamat. The guide has the correct link.

okantomi said:
I don't know if you used this guide but there is a bit of discussion of some issues regarding cwm recovery versions and some pitfalls while trying to flash.Check it out if you haven't
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
Also, how are you downloading the file? Are you getting the right version? If you are using the R4c v3.2.0.0 it should be called solarnz, not tiamat. The guide has the correct link.
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I just ralised tnat my sd card was screwed (very old 1gb i found lying around). The files on the pc were fine.
I used a different card and now typing from a custom rom! All good.
K.
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[Q] help with attaining kit kat

i recently used rsd to flash back to stock after a failed rooting/unlocking attempt. i believe the flash was successful, and the phone seems to be preforming just fine. the problem comes up when i try to check for the kit kat update. the phone says that it needs me to set up a motorola account. when i press setup it says connecting to servers please wait. i dont believe it will ever actually connect to the server though since ive waited upwards of ten minutes with no results. if there is anything to fix this? any help would be greatly appreciated, and my apologies in advance if this is a stupid question. im currently on 9.30.1.xt926.verizon.en.us

I left my experience getting to kitkat with my post here helping someone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52696764&postcount=5
Since you already have 9.30.1 firmware, you skip to the KIt ota zip download and follow the directions from the post I left if you want to sideload the OTA. Otherwise it should notify you of an update. I got a update notification but already had the OTA on my sd card so went ahead and did that way instead.
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i recently used rsd to flash back to stock after a failed rooting/unlocking attempt. i believe the flash was successful, and the phone seems to be preforming just fine. the problem comes up when i try to check for the kit kat update. the phone says that it needs me to set up a motorola account. when i press setup it says connecting to servers please wait. i dont believe it will ever actually connect to the server though since ive waited upwards of ten minutes with no results. if there is anything to fix this? any help would be greatly appreciated, and my apologies in advance if this is a stupid question. im currently on 9.30.1.xt926.verizon.en.us
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UOTE=yujikaido79;52720878]I left my experience getting to kitkat with my post here helping someone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52696764&postcount=5
Since you already have 9.30.1 firmware, you skip to the KIt ota zip download and follow the directions from the post I left if you want to sideload the OTA. Otherwise it should notify you of an update. I got a update notification but already had the OTA on my sd card so went ahead and did that way instead.[/QUOTE]
Thanks man, I think I'm just gonna wait until the update is sent to my phone, I'm a little gun shy after my last experience flashing anything

[REQUEST] Newest version of MIUI mirror

Tried to root my phone that just came in the mail today. I am stuck at the mi screen.
Tried to download from official site but the download keeps failing.
A mirror to the new update so I can flash stock and any advice would be great!
Thanks all

Which version are you talking about?
Latest is 6.6.6.0 as far as i know.
The version with 6.6.8.0 is only for Asia and not released for the world.
About rooting: use the toolkit v4 (and not v3)
First install TWRP via that toolkit and only then start the root proces.
Worked for me, but if you do in another order, you will get stuck.
http://en.miui.com/thread-117336-1-1.html

Thanks for the reply and the quick guide to rooting it. I may have been trying it with something other than V4 which could have caused the stall at the "mi" screen.
I think I might just have to wait until their servers are back up because I'm pretty sure ill have to do the fastboot flashing method.

@gotmicah
I had problems downloading too the last days...slow speed and after a few MB it kept failing. In miui forum i found a tip about this tool http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
Just copy the download link in there, worked great
And i think if you install twrp and flash your Rom, it should be enough.

Yeah, and one more thing. Xposed doesn't work in MIUI, but it does work on my build of CM12.1. Don't try using Xposed, caused a lot of problems for me (like apps disappearing etc) and don't use OTA. Download the update zip from the website and flash manually. Just thought I'd put this out there

rob rich said:
@gotmicah
I had problems downloading too the last days...slow speed and after a few MB it kept failing. In miui forum i found a tip about this tool freedownloadmanager
Just copy the download link in there, worked great
And i think if you install twrp and flash your Rom, it should be enough.
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Thanks dude, you're the true MVP here! I used something similar to freedownloadmanager and was able to get the newest fastboot version in around 2 hours! Sounds slow, but better than a failed DL (I had to remove the link in the quote because im a new member)
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Yeah, and one more thing. Xposed doesn't work in MIUI, but it does work on my build of CM12.1. Don't try using Xposed, caused a lot of problems for me (like apps disappearing etc) and don't use OTA. Download the update zip from the website and flash manually. Just thought I'd put this out there
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This is useful, thanks!
ALSO
I just want to let everyone know that may be searching because of a bad flash or similar situation...
If your flash keeps failing, switch computers and try again. My flash would only take a few seconds, say successful but the phone would be stuck in fastboot mode. I installed the same exact files/ drivers on another laptop, tried again and within a few minutes had a perfectly function phone again. Of course this was after hours of frustration and it ended up just being the computer I was flashing it on...

Why won't my daugther's phone upgrade???

So I got the update last night. Went smoothly. No problems. My daughter has the same exact phone. Tried updating tonight. Update fails to download. Says check network. Had her to do a factory reset. Tried again. This time, no upgrade found. Says she has the latest software..... Finally after trying everything I knew how to do I downloaded Mobile Upgrade Q 5.0 .0. Went through all the motions...for about an hour. Finally, says your phone has been upgraded and is ready for use. Yayyyy. Nooooo. She sets it back up but guess what....same EVERYTHING. I looked at the software...and it's STILL the same version. Checked software upgrade to see, says she has the latest version... It is definitely NOT the latest software.... she is running 5.0. something but I'm now running 6.0. something. What's didn't/won't it upgrade? We both have the same phone- purchased same day, everything... this is so frustrating.

Did you save the update file from your own phone? If you did, you could try copying the update file to the other phone and run the update.zip file from recovery.

audit13 said:
Did you save the update file from your own phone? If you did, you could try copying the update file to the other phone and run the update.zip file from recovery.
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I'm looking to see now, but unless it automatically saves, I'm sure I didn't- didn't know anything about being able to do that. (Just learned something)
I'm thinking though (woke me up from my sleep)...I don't know if my daughter ACTUALLY factory reset her phone because you have to use the little pin to remove your SD card, I don't believe she did that- she still had all her contacts. Now that could be why the Mobile Update Q 5.0.0 didn't take- even though it said it did.
Now I'm thinking, she probably didn't. She isn't tech savvy at all. Hopefully today she'll let me put my hands on it one more time, and I'll actually do it myself. Then if the update doesn't show on the phone, I'll try the Mobile Update Q again....
If that doesn't work I think we'll just end up taking it to the store we got it from...she may need a new sim.
Thanks for your help.

I don't think a sim card will help. Who was the carrier for the phone?

torreyy said:
I'm looking to see now, but unless it automatically saves, I'm sure I didn't- didn't know anything about being able to do that. (Just learned something)
I'm thinking though (woke me up from my sleep)...I don't know if my daughter ACTUALLY factory reset her phone because you have to use the little pin to remove your SD card, I don't believe she did that- she still had all her contacts. Now that could be why the Mobile Update Q 5.0.0 didn't take- even though it said it did.
Now I'm thinking, she probably didn't. She isn't tech savvy at all. Hopefully today she'll let me put my hands on it one more time, and I'll actually do it myself. Then if the update doesn't show on the phone, I'll try the Mobile Update Q again....
If that doesn't work I think we'll just end up taking it to the store we got it from...she may need a new sim.
Thanks for your help.
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First which model did she have?
and can you get the update.zip..i can modiffy for you to install and we need it for development
Instructions:
1.Downlaod the update (only download )
DON'T INSTALL 2
2.Boot TWRP RECOVERY DON'T FLASH!
3.go to ./data/data/com.tcl.fota/.fotadownload/update.zip
4.Copy to sd or internal and then copy to Pc and Upload it

Alek Dev said:
First which model did she have?
and can you get the update.zip..i can modiffy for you to install and we need it for development
Instructions:
1.Downlaod the update (only download )
DON'T INSTALL 2
2.Boot TWRP RECOVERY DON'T FLASH!
3.go to ./data/data/com.tcl.fota/.fotadownload/update.zip
4.Copy to sd or internal and then copy to Pc and Upload it
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She has an Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 (model 6045)
Which update are you speaking of? My phone updated automatically once I accepted the notification. I do not have a copy. The notification sent to my daughter's phone was dismissed initially but when we scanned for updates it was there. However, it would not download. Kept giving an error about checking network.
Now the update I tried installing with my PC, I do have that one in my downloads. Well the set up actually, as you have to chose your model from numerous others. I'm not quite that savvy (just yet) that I know how to follow your instructions. 1 and 4 sure. 2 and 3
Nothing was in a zip folder

torreyy said:
She has an Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 (model 6045)
Which update are you speaking of? My phone updated automatically once I accepted the notification. I do not have a copy. The notification sent to my daughter's phone was dismissed initially but when we scanned for updates it was there. However, it would not download. Kept giving an error about checking network.
Now the update I tried installing with my PC, I do have that one in my downloads. Well the set up actually, as you have to chose your model from numerous others. I'm not quite that savvy (just yet) that I know how to follow your instructions. 1 and 4 sure. 2 and 3
Nothing was in a zip folder
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Which specific 6045 model is it? 6045 just signifies that it's the 5.5" model. There should be a letter after the 6045 to show which region and/or carrier it belongs to. For example my 6045O belongs to Cricket Wireless in the US.
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torreyy said:
She has an Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 (model 6045)
Which update are you speaking of? My phone updated automatically once I accepted the notification. I do not have a copy. The notification sent to my daughter's phone was dismissed initially but when we scanned for updates it was there. However, it would not download. Kept giving an error about checking network.
Now the update I tried installing with my PC, I do have that one in my downloads. Well the set up actually, as you have to chose your model from numerous others. I'm not quite that savvy (just yet) that I know how to follow your instructions. 1 and 4 sure. 2 and 3
Nothing was in a zip folder
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Also, Mobile Upgrade Q 5.0.0 is not the newest version, it stays on Lollipop, use a newer version of Mobile Upgrade Q (preferably the newest version) and it should be on Marshmallow then, the reason your daughter has all her contacts is because contacts are linked with her Google account.

SenyorMauricio said:
Which specific 6045 model is it? 6045 just signifies that it's the 5.5" model. There should be a letter after the 6045 to show which region and/or carrier it belongs to. For example my 6045O belongs to Cricket Wireless in the US.
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Also, Mobile Upgrade Q 5.0.0 is not the newest version, it stays on Lollipop, use a newer version of Mobile Upgrade Q (preferably the newest version) and it should be on Marshmallow then, the reason your daughter has all her contacts is because contacts are linked with her Google account.
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Oh, sorry. Its the same one you have, 6045O on Cricket USA.
Hmmm...so the upgrade found on the Alcatel sites are not the newest versions... ok.. hence the 5.0.0. Do you know where I can find a newer version then? I'm about to get Alcatel support on the phone and try and see what's going on....

If you manage to get the update to download to the phone, please don't run the update yet. Try and copy the file to your computer to make it available to @Alek Dev do development purposes. Thanks.

My wifes phone doing same thing . (says phone is up to date) android 5.1
6045O cricket usa
Did cricket actually release mm for updates on the 6045O usa version?
I did see a mobile upgrade Q 5.0.6 avail for download on web site (is this new version)?
http://www.alcatel-mobile.com/global-en/support/product?id=59044&model=IDOL4

Cricket must have released the mm update since the OP's phone got the ota update.

this morning wife said she had update message on her phone.. so looks like cricket usa is updating.