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Has anyone been able to get the ota update from verizon ?

Has anyone been able to get the ota update from verizon ?
I went back to completely stock 4.4.4 rom with no system roms removed, stock 4.4.4 recovery and I flashed back to 4.4.4 firmware and the verizon ota updates keeps coming up that I have the latest software.
I know its out because verizon itself even shows it on the net going over the update in detail. They even show you can also get the update through the htc sync software by plugging your m8 in to yuour computer usb port and downloading the update. Which the htc sync software keeps showing no update either.
It would show a repair software option though which I tried that knowing I would still have s-off even if they did relock my bootloader because I could change my cid and use htc dev to unlock that if I needed to.
Anyone have any luck going back to stock and taking the LP ota from verizon ?

If you want the breaking news just keep watching these forums. It will be announced AS SOON AS it's available for someone to download and the file will be captured and posted here AS SOON AS that first person can write the post.

M9guy said:
Has anyone been able to get the ota update from verizon ?
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Nothing here yet....tried all the "usual suspects"...HTC Sync Manager, Check for updates, forcing manual checkin....if I had to guess, VZW put the info for the update on their site before they actually started pushing it, and it will actually start rolling out sometime today.

The htc web site now shows the LP update is in stage 4 final but nothing showing on ota ? Verizon stop screwing with us...

cntryby429 said:
If you want the breaking news just keep watching these forums. It will be announced AS SOON AS it's available for someone to download and the file will be captured and posted here AS SOON AS that first person can write the post.
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Actually you can FIND OUT FASTER by checking the htc web site as they show the update process which is now on stage 4 final release. No need TO WAIT for someone to post it on here when you can find it AT THE SOURCE.

Getting new S6, confused if root/ROMable?

So... I'm about to get a new S6 for Verizon. There's pretty limited info in this thread, but a lot of it seems like a new S6(as of 10/01/2015) isn't rootable/ROMable because of the most recent OTA that I would assume would be on a phone bought now. Is that correct? If not can someone point me to threads that show how to root and get a custom recovery on?
Thanks,
Craig

Correct. You will not be able to root the new s6 unfortunately. You can likely buy one on swappa that hasn't been updated and is running fireflash or whatever.
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.....unless you get lucky and get a phone with OC3 or OE2. Verizon just sent me a replacement S6 (was having major BT issues) and I got lucky enough to get one on OC3. S6 + OE2 + root + greenify = me happy :laugh:

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csh8428 said:
So... I'm about to get a new S6 for Verizon. There's pretty limited info in this thread, but a lot of it seems like a new S6(as of 10/01/2015) isn't rootable/ROMable because of the most recent OTA that I would assume would be on a phone bought now. Is that correct? If not can someone point me to threads that show how to root and get a custom recovery on?
Thanks,
Craig
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Were you able to get a new S6 from Verizon with either OC3 or OE2, if so which one? I am interested in getting it too, but it's a no go if root is not possible.
NSRacer said:
.....unless you get lucky and get a phone with OC3 or OE2. Verizon just sent me a replacement S6 (was having major BT issues) and I got lucky enough to get one on OC3. S6 + OE2 + root + greenify = me happy :laugh:
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I'm worried that if I get a new S6 from verizon it will auto-update to 5.1.1 OG5 during the initial setup wizard/process. Can you explain how you stopped yours from updating to OE2 and OG5? Thanks in advance

The device won't auto-update itself without consent from the user. My replacement came with OC3, so I pulled down OE2 (from the web) and pushed that to the phone using ODIN. Once that was done, I applied root which prevents the phone from receiving OTA updates.

NSRacer said:
The device won't auto-update itself without consent from the user. My replacement came with OC3, so I pulled down OE2 (from the web) and pushed that to the phone using ODIN. Once that was done, I applied root which prevents the phone from receiving OTA updates.
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Thanks for the info! I went in to a verizon the other day and their answers were all over the place; it's amazing how they know so little about the devices they spend all day selling, servicing. They tried to tell me that a mandatory update came out Friday "for all verizon android phones" and the play store wouldn't work if it wasn't updated to it (though they told me also that the user has no choice to reject updates - lol)

NSRacer said:
The device won't auto-update itself without consent from the user. My replacement came with OC3, so I pulled down OE2 (from the web) and pushed that to the phone using ODIN. Once that was done, I applied root which prevents the phone from receiving OTA updates.
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I got my s6 from someone on swappa and for some reason, once I first booted and was doing initial setup, the phone automatically rebooted into update mode. As soon as it was back up and running, the build version was too new to root and the bootloader version had been updated too. I don't know why it did this for me, I was really tempted to hard reboot while it was in update mode to prevent it because I really wanted to root, but I was even more worried about bricking the phone. I figure maybe the guy who sold it to me had already downloaded the update but did not run it, and after doing a factory reset maybe the phone was somehow set to auto-execute the update...

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Nougat Beta Program

So how many of you got into the program. Was recently announced that Samsung will be letting users beta test Nougat on the S7 and S7 Edge. Will go live on Nov 9th!

Where can I download the app? Tried to search it at samsung app store and couldn't find it
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NirAndroid said:
Where can I download the app? Tried to search it at samsung app store and couldn't find it
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www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/galaxy-beta-programme/galaxy-beta-programme-1-0-00-release/galaxy-beta-programme-1-0-00-android-apk-download

An error has occured on this service.
Its giving me the error wat shud i do????

Careful!
They might update the bootloader again preventing the engineering kernel from being used thus no root.
Install Nougat and you might be stuck. At least for a while.

I wonder if you could talk them into root access for advanced debugging... Or it could be a massive social engineering attack on the S7 power users... Regular Joe's won't sign up for this.. Only the ones whom seek root... And I can see this update havins some sort of "kill switch" in it to remotely kill the kernel if it is altered from original code that is paired to the imei or some other hard coded descriptor.. That is all it would take for a permbanhammer..... So I see Samsung "offering up beta Nougat to test" when it wipes out the rooting problem before the **** is released. OR... It is going to have Windows 10 level tracking in it that literally records and sends all you do back to Samsung.. I would be interested to see pcap info from the device on a network. Samsung is just watching all the steps the SU's take to breach root at the kernel level and allows it to happen, while they are at shop fixing the **** in real time....
It's what I would do.... If I were a square...

Binary100100 said:
Careful!
They might update the bootloader again preventing the engineering kernel from being used thus no root.
Install Nougat and you might be stuck. At least for a while.
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Almost certainly. But would the eng_boot even work? Does nougat not run a different kernel revision?

billydroid said:
Almost certainly. But would the eng_boot even work? Does nougat not run a different kernel revision?
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Very unlikely the kernel would work.
So you'll have to choose either root or Android 7.

Still getting server error

The app is live in galaxy apps. Still get server error though
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Same to as I get server error.

I got the app but getting server error.

Server error here also
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Server error here as well. I imagine they are spreading things out to ease server load.
In the meantime, here are beautiful screenshots of the S7 running Nougat under the beta:
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/11/09...ugat-beta-running-on-a-galaxy-s7-screenshots/

It's working now, I'm registered..... I'll let you know when the update comes...

Just registered to. Wondering though If this is just to assemble a waiting list for later or if they actually plan to start updating devices today or tomorrow.
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just got registered via the app, lets see what happens next...

are you guys on official Tmobile firmware or the unlock firmware. I'm on the unlocked firmware and getting server error. According to this article: unlocked Galaxy S7 or S7 edge variants won't be included in the beta program - See more at: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/1...ow-to-get-the-update.htm#sthash.lhPDWGM2.dpuf

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are you guys on official Tmobile firmware or the unlock firmware. I'm on the unlocked firmware and getting server error. According to this article: unlocked Galaxy S7 or S7 edge variants won't be included in the beta program - See more at: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/1...ow-to-get-the-update.htm#sthash.lhPDWGM2.dpuf
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I switched from the U version for this reason exactly. We were all getting the server error, but I do not think it will be available to install on the U firmware.

I am on official Tmobile software and got registered. I have not seen a download yet though.
It says to: Click the "Software Update" menu, setting > Device Information > Download Updates
But I am not seeing that functionality yet. It looks like the app will get a server side update that will setup a few new items, like: Error reports menu, Suggestion Menu, and a Download Menu.

SM-N915A AT&T 6.0 Update Fear! Please help!

Hey guys,
I have the SAMSUNG-SM-N915A model number and the stock version Build number LMY47X.N915AUCS2C017 Baseband version on my phone. It works like a charm after spending days trying other stock build version I found online that had so many problems restarting the phone over and over. AT&T is trying to force a software update to 6.0 on my phone which simply wont work as the regular software update bricks my phone for some reason. Is there a setting I'm missing the just tells the phone not to accept any software updates from AT&T? I'm almost positive this update will screw weeks of tinkering and I finally got it working with 5.1.1. I want it to stay this way. Any ideas?
Thanks

cruizindruid said:
Hey guys,
I have the SAMSUNG-SM-N915A model number and the stock version Build number LMY47X.N915AUCS2C017 Baseband version on my phone. It works like a charm after spending days trying other stock build version I found online that had so many problems restarting the phone over and over. AT&T is trying to force a software update to 6.0 on my phone which simply wont work as the regular software update bricks my phone for some reason. Is there a setting I'm missing the just tells the phone not to accept any software updates from AT&T? I'm almost positive this update will screw weeks of tinkering and I finally got it working with 5.1.1. I want it to stay this way. Any ideas?
Thanks
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Go to settings/security.
You'll find the update settings in there IIRC.

closest thing I see too that is "security policy updates option which is already check off for automatic updates. It seems to be the Device management that's always trying to download the software update and force update. Is this a hidden stock application?

cruizindruid said:
closest thing I see too that is "security policy updates option which is already check off for automatic updates. It seems to be the Device management that's always trying to download the software update and force update. Is this a hidden stock application?
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Sorry I took so long getting back.
It's been a while since my 5.1.1 days.
Check in the section that says about device.
You should find your updates on/off listed in there.
You might want to turn off the cloud sync'ing settings as well.

bought phone from becetech wont update firmware

im sorry if this is in the wrong section but ,ok so i bought an open box galaxy s6 from becetech online and it would not let me update the firmware past 5.1.1 which made me a bit suss, downloaded root checker app and it came too me rooted. apart from not being able to update the firmware past 5.1.1 as far as im aware the phone has no issues and works perfectly fine. i downloaded the *samsung* phone info app, in general under manufacturer it says Samsung/verizon so im assuming that is part of the reason they rooted the phone as it needed to be unlocked from verizon to be refurbished? so what i want to know is how do i find out exactly what becetech have done to the phone and is there an easy way for me to update the firmware to nougat or at least marshmallow without stuffing the phone, like i said the phones running fine its just really bugging me not being to update. obviously im not able to work it out myself but i can follow instructions so any help from someone would be greatly appreciated so thank you in advance.

Benno81 said:
im sorry if this is in the wrong section but ,ok so i bought an open box galaxy s6 from becetech online and it would not let me update the firmware past 5.1.1 which made me a bit suss, downloaded root checker app and it came too me rooted. apart from not being able to update the firmware past 5.1.1 as far as im aware the phone has no issues and works perfectly fine. i downloaded the *samsung* phone info app, in general under manufacturer it says Samsung/verizon so im assuming that is part of the reason they rooted the phone as it needed to be unlocked from verizon to be refurbished? so what i want to know is how do i find out exactly what becetech have done to the phone and is there an easy way for me to update the firmware to nougat or at least marshmallow without stuffing the phone, like i said the phones running fine its just really bugging me not being to update. obviously im not able to work it out myself but i can follow instructions so any help from someone would be greatly appreciated so thank you in advance.
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Could someone with a bit more knowledge please tell me if the reason I can't update the firmware is because the firmware csc is TGY when I'm in Australia or just because it's rooted or what? I'm getting no answers from the company who I bought it off

Benno81 said:
Could someone with a bit more knowledge please tell me if the reason I can't update the firmware is because the firmware csc is TGY when I'm in Australia or just because it's rooted or what? I'm getting no answers from the company who I bought it off
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Are you trying to update via the phone update feature? If so this won't work as rooting disabled the ability Update using ota

First I tried OTA then downloaded samsung smart switch and gave that a go both no good. What I want to know is, if they had to root the phone to refurbish it will it brick it if I try to update? Won't it reset all the company I bought it off has done to it to refurbish it? Which I'm guessing is quite a process as when I look at the open source licenses there's a long list of files that have been changed. It just sucks that it's locked to a three year old version of the firmware that I'm worried apps will start to stop supporting in the near future? Apart from that I can not fault the phone there's been no problems, maybe I'm asking a bit much for a $400 phone?

Benno81 said:
First I tried OTA then downloaded samsung smart switch and gave that a go both no good. What I want to know is, if they had to root the phone to refurbish it will it brick it if I try to update? Won't it reset all the company I bought it off has done to it to refurbish it? Which I'm guessing is quite a process as when I look at the open source licenses there's a long list of files that have been changed. It just sucks that it's locked to a three year old version of the firmware that I'm worried apps will start to stop supporting in the near future? Apart from that I can not fault the phone there's been no problems, maybe I'm asking a bit much for a $400 phone?
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From what I can tell you have a g920v variant if the phone Shows Verizon but the sure fire way to know what variant you have is turn the phone off once off hold home-power-volume down, this will take you to download mode but should tell you your variant. You don't need to root a phone to refurbish It, you can flash Stock firmwares via Odin. I really don't know why they would have Rooted It tbh, you'd need to contact them, but I know for sure you can manually download the latest Verizon firmware and the phone should work. Maybe they Rooted it as part of making it network unlocked, o really can't say

Ok I tried that and a bright blue screen came up warning about custom OS then press up volume for download and down volume for reset? I just pressed down as there was no other info on the screen but it does say it's a sm-g920v in the settings as well as the root checker app. Another thing was I did ring samsung support gave them the serial number and IMEI and they said an authorized modification had been done on the phone but could offer no other support as it wasn't an Australian phone. I'll keep trying to get some info out of the company I bought it off and try to sort it out thanks for your help :good: