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I've read all over the forums that newer owners of the TP2 are not able to unlock their phones to enable ROM flashing. I've tried several suggestions but have not been successful. I am getting an error telling me '...we have detected that you appear to have already unlocked another device...' which is not true. I have submitted a ticket several days ago but it appears to be untouched. I've owned several HTC's before and have never had 'license' issue with a unlocker. Is there ANY way around this? Is there any other unlocker in existence? Can anyone verify they've been successful with the unlocker recently and if so, please describe what you have done in the process? I would love to help out the community with ROM testing feedback, etc. but I'm stuck.
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I've read all over the forums that newer owners of the TP2 are not able to unlock their phones to enable ROM flashing. I've tried several suggestions but have not been successful. I am getting an error telling me '...we have detected that you appear to have already unlocked another device...' which is not true. I have submitted a ticket several days ago but it appears to be untouched. I've owned several HTC's before and have never had 'license' issue with a unlocker. Is there ANY way around this? Is there any other unlocker in existence? Can anyone verify they've been successful with the unlocker recently and if so, please describe what you have done in the process? I would love to help out the community with ROM testing feedback, etc. but I'm stuck.
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Send them another ticket...they will reply...
well whatever. obviously, in my case the only way to get my 'free' license was to pay for it. I paid $6 bucks or whatever it was and I got my 'free' license rigth away
Don't know if this will help but I had a hell of a time unlocking my sprint touch pro 2. Tried just about everything I could find on all the forums - spent 3 months just trying to get the bastard unlocked. I too never had the problem previously.
I did donate and get a RhodiumWUnlocker and it would not work.
I also tried but could not get the SSPL-Manual-RhodiumW__V1_01 to work from the phone, it just locked up.
What I did seems silly, but it worked for me on mine.
I gave up using my main desktop that I have used for years for everything and grabbed a new/different Windows 7 laptop and installed the Hard SPL from there and it worked!!
I was then able to run the MightROM update.
I would try doing the flash/unlock from another machine. Had I not been so obstinate I could have save my self a butt load of aggrevation.
I now have the latest MightROM running with one major bug - got a corrupted 'HTC Sense Home' that I can't seem to get rid of - I tried the "MightyMike & LilRico PIMPstick Purple Full" and it jacked the Home all up. And it will not uninstall either!
Oh well.
But you might try from a different machine that's all I could recommend and I hope that helps.
Same problem I paid three times, submitted 2 tickets & I get no response for 2wks and counting! I sent them my payment info as well
Mar 5, 2010 15:09:03 PST
Transaction ID: 61...............
Mar 5, 2010 13:11:24 PST
Transaction ID: 9F....................
I paid twice and I can't use the program, this will actually be my official third payment! I just cant find the other e-mail confirmation yet. So could you guys get back with me A.S.A.P this his my second ticket! I PM u with the full trans ID
I actually had this same issue! I didn't do a ticket though. Sent a direct email to him and next morning (this was at 4am) he sent me a new link and ta da!
So try sending him an email and I guess they'll have to verify or something?
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I actually had this same issue! I didn't do a ticket though. Sent a direct email to him and next morning (this was at 4am) he sent me a new link and ta da!
So try sending him an email and I guess they'll have to verify or something?
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What is his direct e-mail? PM me if you don't wont to put in the open
It's posted on his website I believe but here it is
[email protected]
Also if you need any help with the unlock process or settings I'd be glad to help.
quickbird144 said:
It's posted on his website I believe but here it is
[email protected]
Also if you need any help with the unlock process or settings I'd be glad to help.
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Yea I already submitted two tickets! and the count down continues with no response as of yet!
Hmm strange. I didn't do a ticket I just emailed him straight through my gmail account
After your previous post I found his gmail acct and sent him an e-mail.... we'll see how long it takes?
Hello people
So this is my first real post here, and i hope you will be able to help me
I bought my TF700 (I live in Europe, and I bought it in Europe also) in early august, I've rooted it and it works fine, but I've recently gotten interested in those custom ROMs I hear about on the web or by my friends.
The thing is, (if I got it right) that I can't flash a custom ROM without unlocking the bootloader. But on the Asus' Website, is cleary stated above the unlock tool link:
Furthermore, such repaired Revised Product will not be covered under the warranty of the Original Product; the software of the repaired Revised Product will not be deemed the software of the Original Product and will not receive ASUS software updates.
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So unlocking the bootloader implies a loss of waranty.
But I was told that it was illegal to void the waranty in Europe simply because of a software modification, after searching on the web I found :
Given European Directive 1999/44/CE, just the fact that you modified or changed the software of your device, is not a sufficient reason to void your statutory warranty.
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So here's my question, due to this European Law, does unlocking my Bootloader void the waranty ?
Can Asus refuse to repair it for free if something goes wrong when flashing a custom ROM even with that law ?
Thanks in advance for your time and your answers :victory:
PS : Sorry for my english, this is not my native langage
PS 2 : Yes I've already searched on the forums and I find two versions :
-Yes it void waranty and you can't do anything about it.
- No it doesn't and you can sue them if they don't want to apply the waranty.
So I want to be sure before getting into business.
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Hello people
So this is my first real post here, and i hope you will be able to help me
I bought my TF700 (I live in Europe, and I bought it in Europe also) in early august, I've rooted it and it works fine, but I've recently gotten interested in those custom ROMs I hear about on the web or by my friends.
The thing is, (if I got it right) that I can't flash a custom ROM without unlocking the bootloader. But on the Asus' Website, is cleary stated above the unlock tool link:
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So unlocking the bootloader implies a loss of waranty.
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It implies the loss of the warranty as it covered your TF700 when you bought it. For the reason you set out below:
But I was told that it was illegal to void the waranty in Europe simply because of a software modification, after searching on the web I found :
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...they probably won't get away with it if they try and charge you for a repair under warranty due to hardware defects (clicking screen, broken glass, etc. -- but.... they WILL try, so you might need to bring a lawyer/advocate into the fight -- pro deo, if need be.
So here's my question, due to this European Law, does unlocking my Bootloader void the waranty ?
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Yes, partly, in that software or OS issues are YOUR problem now and not ASUS' anymore.
Can Asus refuse to repair it for free if something goes wrong when flashing a custom ROM even with that law ?
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Yes, IF it comes down to a software issue (say, screwing up your bootloader), they can, and they will. Hardware issues: (as I already said, they probably can not refuse to repair under warranty, but they will try and bigmouth you into paying for it.
Thanks in advance for your time and your answers :victory:
PS : Sorry for my english, this is not my native langage
PS 2 : Yes I've already searched on the forums and I find two versions :
-Yes it void waranty and you can't do anything about it.
- No it doesn't and you can sue them if they don't want to apply the waranty.
So I want to be sure before getting into business.
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As you hopefully made out, it's neither option: it depends on what issue (hardware vs. software) lies underneath the problem you'd want to return for.
EDIT: if your device has been nice and sturdy since August and you have tested it rhoroughly for all known issues, it's highly unlikely you'll run into problems as long as you read, read, read and read again before doing anything. All the recoveries, ROMs. etc. have come a long way and we have experienced developers in here. With a healthy device, pretty much the only way you'll brick is by either doing something stupid, such as not following directions. (I have yet to see a spontaneous brick in here of a device of an experienced and careful user; to date, I can only recall Rom Manager-related bricks and such -- we already know that it doesn't work on the 700, yet people fail to read ahead... and subsequently get in trouble).
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It implies the loss of the warranty as it covered your TF700 when you bought it. For the reason you set out below:...they probably won't get away with it if they try and charge you for a repair under warranty due to hardware defects (clicking screen, broken glass, etc. -- but.... they WILL try, so you might need to bring a lawyer/advocate into the fight -- pro deo, if need be.Yes, partly, in that software or OS issues are YOUR problem now and not ASUS' anymore.Yes, IF it comes down to a software issue (say, screwing up your bootloader), they can, and they will. Hardware issues: (as I already said, they probably can not refuse to repair under warranty, but they will try and bigmouth you into paying for it.As you hopefully made out, it's neither option: it depends on what issue (hardware vs. software) lies underneath the problem you'd want to return for.
EDIT: if your device has been nice and sturdy since August and you have tested it rhoroughly for all known issues, it's highly unlikely you'll run into problems as long as you read, read, read and read again before doing anything. All the recoveries, ROMs. etc. have come a long way and we have experienced developers in here. With a healthy device, pretty much the only way you'll brick is by either doing something stupid, such as not following directions. (I have yet to see a spontaneous brick in here of a device of an experienced and careful user; to date, I can only recall Rom Manager-related bricks and such -- we already know that it doesn't work on the 700, yet people fail to read ahead... and subsequently get in trouble).
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I'm really unlucky with my devices, I'm really affraid that something could go wrong during the flash of a custom rom
azsde said:
I'm really unlucky with my devices, I'm really affraid that something could go wrong during the flash of a custom rom
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As long as you make sure it's physically fit, you'll be OK. The only thing I've had some headaches with is installing the drivers on my Windows box, but I can hardly fault the 700 or ASUS for that, can I?
MartyHulskemper said:
As long as you make sure it's physically fit, you'll be OK. The only thing I've had some headaches with is installing the drivers on my Windows box, but I can hardly fault the 700 or ASUS for that, can I?
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Well i'll give it a look when i have the time.
Does the tool provided by Asus work offline ? So that they won't get my S/N "blacklisted" in the waranty center ?
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Well i'll give it a look when i have the time.
Does the tool provided by Asus work offline ? So that they won't get my S/N "blacklisted" in the waranty center ?
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No, when you're offline, they don't get your serial, so they won't unlock your 700. There is now way around this -- also, since the encryption is so strong, there will be no 3rd party unlockers.
So to you: either swallow hard and unlock, or run stock. I didn't need to swallow hard.
I'm thinking about unlocking, too.
My question now is, how I can I brick my infinity out of not following instructions?
Since nvflash does not work with JB bootloader it seemed to be a problem for some people.
Thanks a lot in advance.
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saugstauber said:
I'm thinking about unlocking, too.
My question now is, how I can I brick my infinity out of not following instructions?
Since nvflash does not work with JB bootloader it seemed to be a problem for some people.
Thanks a lot in advance.
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If you either use ROM Manager, or wipe data with a dysfunctional recovery. And obviously a healthy dose of general bad luck does the trick as well.
azsde said:
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I saw someone in a french forum who had a issue after installing recovery using ROM Managers. He send his tablet to Asus assuming to pay for the repair. They send him back after 1 week and they never said to pay. I think that Asus will accept a software issue since it take about 5 min to repair and make the customers happy.
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I saw someone in a french forum who had a issue after installing recovery using ROM Managers. He send his tablet to Asus assuming to pay for the repair. They send him back after 1 week and they never said to pay. I think that Asus will accept a software issue since it take about 5 min to repair and make the customers happy.
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Okay thanks for the info (i'm also french btw )
Just sent in mine, even though I was already inlocked.
As long as there's no causality between you unlocking it and the defect, you have nothing to worry about the first 6 months after purchase.
I used this as well against Asus, and they have now completed the repairs.
It is coming back my way as we speak/write
So no problems here, even though I had to insist politely!
Would you mind telling us from witch country you are from and what the reason for the repair has been?
Did Asus attempt to decline the repair?
Thanks
Saugstauber
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saugstauber said:
Would you mind telling us from witch country you are from and what the reason for the repair has been?
Did Asus attempt to decline the repair?
Thanks
Saugstauber
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Sure, mate!
I am from Belgium, but since I am Dutch speaking (Flanders ) I had to go through the Dutch (Holland) services
Thanks, Dutch/Belgian handling of this should not differ a lot from German handling
What was the reason/defect for having to send it in?
Sorry for pelting you with questions
Good job, Asus!
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Thanks, Dutch/Belgian handling of this should not differ a lot from German handling
What was the reason/defect for having to send it in?
Sorry for pelting you with questions
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Quite an interesting story, actually!
I sent it in for the (well know) lifting screen issue.
They said I might have to pay 75€ for their expert to judge whether or not there's a causality between the lifting screen and unlocking. I was sure that there wasn't, so I sent mine in.
Right after it got shipped to their repair centre (in the Czech Republic) I sent them another mail about the fact that my keyboard sometimes clicks when I want to pick up my tablet (when docked).
They were nice enough to let the repair centre know, and surprise surprise...
I got mine back within 5 working days (Bravo Asus! Nice job on that!) and they have fixed both my screen and my keyboard!!
I was sure they were going to forget about that, but they didn't!
So once again; I've been hearing a lot of negative stuff about their repair centres, but I can honestly say that they solved this very nicely!
The trick is to be nice and know-it-all and angry at the same time while corresponding!
Good luck to all of you who'll send it in soon! :highfive:
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I forgot to answer the 'did Asus decline to repair' question!
Asus told me they weren't sure about this being a free repair, so they warned me by saying (not actual quotes ):
We might charge you 75€ for having an expert take a look at it.
If there is causality between unlocking the device and this issue, we cannot take responsibility and make you pay the 75€.
After that, you may decide yourself if you'd like to repair it anyway (at your expense) or if you'd like us to send it back as it is.
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Hope this helped!
Thank you a lot for this great report. Because of you I'm no longer afraid of unlocking my infinity, thanks again.
Have fun with your, now hopefully perfect, infinity.
Greetings
Saugstauber
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saugstauber said:
Thank you a lot for this great report. Because of you I'm no longer afraid of unlocking my infinity, thanks again.
Have fun with your, now hopefully perfect, infinity.
Greetings
Saugstauber
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I will!
As long as they'll be as good to you the first 6 months after purchase as they've been to me, you really don't have anything to fear, except for maybe bricking it. But to be honest, I haven't heard of a lot of tf700s bricking
If you have any further questions, I'd love to help you out
And remember: it's not truly yours until you unlock it!
Hi guys,
I've bought my HTC One XL directly from Australia, through Telstra. But now I live in Brazil
Well, I bricked my phone pretty hard. I even bothered reading all the topics about my stituation to see if there was any available solution. Turns out there isn't.
Well, at least through the community. From what I gathered, HTC is able to refurbish it and send it back - or at least exchange for another one.
The problem is, since this device is not sold in Brazil, HTC-Brazil simply don't do any kind of repair on it. So, my only hope lives in a good australian soul accepting to receive my phone and do me this big favour of checking if HTC-Australia would help me - even if I have to pay some technical fee.
I know this forum is not exacly for something like this, but I'm out of ideas. And since my investment was pretty big and I can't afford another one right now, I'm here begging for some help.
If this good soul exists, please, PM me so we can go through details.
Thanks in advance!
I feel you man..what'd you do to your phone? And when you get on the phone with HTC Australia tell them the truth I've seen them take pity on some people for flashing the wrong thingss and making it free to recover
a box of kittens said:
I feel you man..what'd you do to your phone? And when you get on the phone with HTC Australia tell them the truth I've seen them take pity on some people for flashing the wrong thingss and making it free to recover
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Thanks man. Well, I was absolutely used to the HOX with Tegra 3, once I got the XL I thought I know almost everything. It worked well for a while, but things went sour when I tried to downgrade. I think it corrupts some stuff on the phone, and after that I think it's not possible to install a RUU. Well, I tried to anyway and found out that the hard way.
I was already pretty honest with them. I talked to them online, told them the whole story, but they said they could do nothing for me since I was in Brazil. And, as I said, HTC-Brazil was completely useless, since they don't sell this device here.
That's why I'm trying to find some help from an australian mate here at the forum. 'Til now, I had no success.
I found a guy who does JTAG here in Brazil. Since I'm having a hard time doing it trough HTC, I think I'll try this one last resort. I think I got almost nothing to lose by now.
What exactly do you need someone to do for you?
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timmaaa said:
What exactly do you need someone to do for you?
Sent from my One XL using XDA Premium
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Hey timmaaa!
I'd need that person to give me an address to send the device, and after that I'd use this address to ask HTC what should I do.
Possibly I'd need it to be sent to HTC or Telstra.
But it's ok, by now I took the second possibility. I sent it to be used in a test with Riffbox. Now all I have to do is pray, as much as I can.
Anyway, thanks for replying!
Hey radjan! Check out mobiletechvideos.com they do jtagging service for about 80$ ...and its an honest site
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Hey radjan! Check out mobiletechvideos.com they do jtagging service for about 80$ ...and its an honest site
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Thanks man. I found int while I was doing my research yesterday.
Anyway, I found another site, a brazilian one (amigoandroid.com.br) which does the same service. I called him, and he sound pretty good technically, even explaining to me why jtagiing the Tegra version is a no-go. Also, I found some pretty good reviews about him in some brazilian forums.
He also explained to me that this process for the One XL is still in beta testing. But, as I said, I got pretty much nothing more to lose. For me it's ok if it ends up bricked if it makes future bricked devices come back to life.
Beside that, the price is basically the same, but I save money from the shipping and save some time I'd use to explain brazilian customs that the device was already mine, that I was sending it for repair and yadda yadda.
Anyway, thanks for the help. Will keep posted and, in cade anyone ends up screwed like me, they may fin a light at the end of the tunnel.
Alright, here's the story. --
I bought this refurbished Transformer tf700t, and eventually got around to rooting it. The only issue I had with that was downgrading the build from 10.6.1.14.10 to 10.6.1.14.8.
Easy peasy, no problem.
Next, obviously to install a custom ROM, I needed to unlock the thing. It gave me a network error, which I found was because I didn't register with Asus. I go to do that, only to find that the serial number is unknown.
I've browsed for about 5 hours now, and I'm almost positive that it's impossible at this point to get the serial to register to unlock, or for that matter, unlock at all.
So this thread is more about 'Am I actually screwed' or is there another way around the network error/register issues?
ahh crap, I posted this to general instead of Troubleshooting.
My bad. :silly:
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ahh crap, I posted this to general instead of Troubleshooting.
My bad. :silly:
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Have you made any headway on this???
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Have you made any headway on this???
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I got to the Asus support chat, and explained my situation.
He gave me the actual serial number based off the Mac address of my tablet, and thankfully, it worked with the device tracker. sort of.
It came up in the list as my device, yet it can't locate or communicate with it.
So now I'm just trying new things to see what will work.
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I got to the Asus support chat, and explained my situation.
He gave me the actual serial number based off the Mac address of my tablet, and thankfully, it worked with the device tracker. sort of.
It came up in the list as my device, yet it can't locate or communicate with it.
So now I'm just trying new things to see what will work.
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You have installed the unlock app from Asus??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094746
lj50036 said:
You have installed the unlock app from Asus??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094746
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Yes, but when I attempt to use it I get the infamous 'network error' message
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Yes, but when I attempt to use it I get the infamous 'network error' message
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I emailed Asus... I would like to see you get this taken care of asap!!!! Will let you know what I find out. Thx lj50036
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I emailed Asus... I would like to see you get this taken care of asap!!!! Will let you know what I find out. Thx lj50036
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I really appreciate that, thank you.
lj50036 said:
I emailed Asus... I would like to see you get this taken care of asap!!!! Will let you know what I find out. Thx lj50036
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Good news!
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Good news!
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I need to know..... WHAT IS THE GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!:laugh:
Also in the same boat.
I can't unlock mine either! I have had multiple talks with Asus to no avail, I am also unable to register on the device tracker website. Asus just keeps telling me to wait and try again later. Please help if you can.
If you have blocked the OTA files, froze them, or deleted them, it won't let you unlock, FYI. If you restore them, you can unlock if this is your problem.
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If you have blocked the OTA files, froze them, or deleted them, it won't let you unlock, FYI. If you restore them, you can unlock if this is your problem.
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If this is the case would I get that dammed network error from the unlock tool? I had to downgrade to 10.8, so maybe that messed things up. Is there a way to check and see if I've blocked them, or deleted them?
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If this is the case would I get that dammed network error from the unlock tool? I had to downgrade to 10.8, so maybe that messed things up. Is there a way to check and see if I've blocked them, or deleted them?
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I have read and followed dozens of this stories and have never read that frozen or removed "OTA files" (????) have anything to do with it - and I seriously doubt it.
The most common reason for the unlock tool not to work is that your serial number or MAC address of the main board are not registered on their server in Taiwan. This happens most often after a RMA return, but sometimes out of the box.
You need to be persistent, keep pestering them that you insist on being able to use their device tracker service.
You could even tell them OTA updates are not working.
The regional help centers seem to loath having to contact HQ in Taiwan to get this fixed. And they are the only ones who can.
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I need to know..... WHAT IS THE GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!:laugh:
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**** sorry, internet went out for while. Basically, I got the store I bought it from to swap them out. I'm unlocked and flashed, man!
This great news
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Bad News, I am afraid. I too have a refurbished Infinity with the same problems. After 3 weeks of emailing Asus support they finally told me they only allow new units to use their services (unlocking ,OTA's and device tracking). Something that they do not disclose when they are trying to sell it to you. Unless there is a change in policy at Asus we are screwed. If we had bought a secondhand unit we would be looked after better by Asus.
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Bad News, I am afraid. I too have a refurbished Infinity with the same problems. After 3 weeks of emailing Asus support they finally told me they only allow new units to use their services (unlocking ,OTA's and device tracking). Something that they do not disclose when they are trying to sell it to you. Unless there is a change in policy at Asus we are screwed. If we had bought a secondhand unit we would be looked after better by Asus.
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They are lying to you. Ask them to be put through to support in Taiwan (or find an email address) and they will add you to the database. Many people have done it now.
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They are lying to you. Ask them to be put through to support in Taiwan (or find an email address) and they will add you to the database. Many people have done it now.
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I hope you are right, sbdags, many RMA,s have been added to the database but I would like confirmation that a refurb has been successful. I will keep plugging away at the giant sloth that is Asus support.
So a friend of mine recently got himself a Nexus 5 but despite checking everyday he's still on 4.4.4 (KTU84P) with no OTA in sight. Sideloading, ADB or anything even remotely technical is not an option so please don't tell me to just push it manually.
So any suggestion on what he can do?
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Sideloading, ADB or anything even remotely technical is not an option
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Then wait. NOTHING else you can do.
Buys a Nexus 5, already threw ADB out the window.
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So a friend of mine recently got himself a Nexus 5 but despite checking everyday he's still on 4.4.4 (KTU84P) with no OTA in sight. Sideloading, ADB or anything even remotely technical is not an option so please don't tell me to just push it manually.
So any suggestion on what he can do?
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Why even join XDA if you aren't willing to do anything "even remotely technical"?
ajpettit said:
So a friend of mine recently got himself a Nexus 5 but despite checking everyday he's still on 4.4.4 (KTU84P) with no OTA in sight.
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He's not checking hard enough.
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Why even join XDA if you aren't willing to do anything "even remotely technical"?
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Why did you even reply to my post if you had absolutely nothing to contribute?
Your friend is a genius...
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Why did you even reply to my post if you had absolutely nothing to contribute?
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It was an honest question. It's a nexus 5, and this is XDA. Logic would dictate that a moderately technical method would be the first thing to attempt when it's not happening the regular way. It just doesn't make sense to me. I know I'm not the only person here with the same line of thinking. If you are asking XDA for help, we are gonna say sideload or flash it.
Okay yes it makes sense to just do it manually, it's the first thing I do when I get an android device, but it isn't me, it's not my phone and I was asking was there anything my friend could do. If you don't believe me, fine, not like I care or maybe check out my posting history before casting judgment.
So I'll ask again, in a different way, given the staggered rollout of OTAs, is there a time line as to when the roll out is complete? What happens when the OTA in question is not a current one?
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Okay yes it makes sense to just do it manually, it's the first thing I do when I get an android device, but it isn't me, it's not my phone and I was asking was there anything my friend could do. If you don't believe me, fine, not like I care or maybe check out my posting history before casting judgment.
So I'll ask again, in a different way, given the staggered rollout of OTAs, is there a time line as to when the roll out is complete? What happens when the OTA in question is not a current one?
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Why not just wait?
ajpettit said:
Okay yes it makes sense to just do it manually, it's the first thing I do when I get an android device, but it isn't me, it's not my phone and I was asking was there anything my friend could do. If you don't believe me, fine, not like I care or maybe check out my posting history before casting judgment.
So I'll ask again, in a different way, given the staggered rollout of OTAs, is there a time line as to when the roll out is complete? What happens when the OTA in question is not a current one?
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Sideloading the OTA is the exact same as waiting for the OTA. The only difference is that you download the zip yourself instead of waiting for it to show up to download. The actual process is the same because its the exact same file being flashed/sideloaded.
If you are not willing to spend 5 minutes to sideload/flash it, then wait. It could come today, it could come in 6 months. There is no way to tell how long it will be until it's rolled out to you.
Taking into consideration how much against "anything even remotely technical" you are, you should just do it the non-XDA & non-Nexus way and wait like every other device.
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Sideloading the OTA is the exact same as waiting for the OTA. The only difference is that you download the zip yourself instead of waiting for it to show up to download. The actual process is the same because its the exact same file being flashed/sideloaded.
If you are not willing to spend 5 minutes to sideload/flash it, then wait. It could come today, it could come in 6 months. There is no way to tell how long it will be until it's rolled out to you.
Taking into consideration how much against "anything even remotely technical" you are, you should just do it the non-XDA & non-Nexus way and wait like every other device.
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Did you read the OP?
ajpettit said:
Did you read the OP?
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Did you read my post?
Doesn't matter who's Nexus 5 it is. If you're throwing ADB/fastboot out the window then literally the only thing you can do is wait.
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Did you read my post?
Doesn't matter who's Nexus 5 it is.
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If it doesn't matter who's nexus 5 it is, why don't you do it?
That's right you have no access to it and neither do I!
I asked a question and all I got was a why are you even here response, really helpful guys, thanks, when all you had to say was, nope there's nothing to do but wait.
Damn this thread sucks
Pointless..
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If it doesn't matter who's nexus 5 it is, why don't you do it?
That's right you have no access to it and neither do I!
I asked a question and all I got was a why are you even here response, really helpful guys, thanks, when all you had to say was, nope there's nothing to do but wait.
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I think it was all just a miscommunication. I kinda took it as you not being willing to sideload, as opposed to you being physically unable to, and I'm pretty sure Lethargy did as well. That's where my response came from, and I apologize if it came across as snarky. That said, you should put the pressure on your buddy to sideload. He's got the perfect device to get his toes wet with.
Cheers guys, I know it's easy to get riled up and I'm guilty of it myself in this case too. So I also apologise for getting pissy.
All is well
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Cheers guys, I know it's easy to get riled up and I'm guilty of it myself in this case too. So I also apologise for getting pissy.
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It's all good. Since you didn't mention it in the first place, I assumed you had access to the device but didn't want to because it was your friend's, not that you don't have access at all.
I'd still recommend you tell your friend to sideload it, it's a bit silly to buy a Nexus 5 then use it as if it was an annoying Samsung device. Only takes a few minutes of small effort, he learns something, and gets Lollipop right away - compared to no effort, learning nothing, and waiting patiently for anywhere from days to months.
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If it doesn't matter who's nexus 5 it is, why don't you do it?
That's right you have no access to it and neither do I!
I asked a question and all I got was a why are you even here response, really helpful guys, thanks, when all you had to say was, nope there's nothing to do but wait.
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I believe the answer of Waiting was suggested in the second post