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Major OTA update 6.2.2013 -

Guys,
Incase you didn't know, doesnt appear to be common knowledge yet, but i just had a tip off, checked updates and low and behold, an update is available.
Im carrier unlocked, so it may be a while coming to you, but keep checking.
Strangely about still reports OSversion is 80.10211.204?
On the face of it, it appears to be a quite a big release, after installing and restarting a couple of time, you get presented a 'migrating data' screen, in all takes 10 minutes from starting the install.
Whats changed...?
Well i dont know yet, still installing, but thought id give you all the heads up.
Will report back when installation has finished.
Ciao.

Interesting find! Receiving the update as well now (unbranded). Makes me curious as of what might have changed.

Strange, but the "Windows Phone 8 update history" on microsoft site nows nothing about this update.
UPD:
Some Sina Weibo account could be added.

If you read OP message carefully, OS is not updated. It is probably just a HTC firmware update. Not a WP8 OS update.

Well it isn't an os update, so its from htc, as to what its done i don't know. I didn't note my firmware version before updating so i cant tell you lol. Device feels faster but probably placebo effect. Anyone notice anything?
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Update
Both Firmware & bootloader versions have changed.
FW updated from 20003.111 to 20005.111
Bootloader from 0.0.1532.20(159895) to 0.0.1532.20(162966)
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Contacted HTC support today, no changelog, they dont know (or wouldnt say) whats been updated, they said to contact MS for info, which ive now done.
Be interesting to know what else has changed.

I noticed this as well as I am always checking for updates in the hope some amazing new features will be added to WP8, wasn't unfortunately, as mentioned above a firmware update and rom loader version update.
Phone seems faster but we are all probably imagining that!
Any information on what this update contains would be appreciated
A little extra boost on battery life would be nice, not that my 8X has a bad life, but its not the best ever.

Hi
My 8X Just back from technical support and as already the new bootloader version (0.0.1532.20(162966)
It seem now i can't flash via Goldcard method! :crying: (i can't unbrand it this time!)
And after reset there is a gears turning during 5 mn on screen! I Never See This Before....
IF YOU WANT TO UNBRAND YOUR 8X DO NOT UPDATE NOW.

My batterylife seems to be better - my device would get pretty hot while using Whatsapp or reading pdf files or things like browsing, but not anymore since this OTA update!
One thing I have noticed, is that the phone sometimes has a 1-2 second delay after tapping the Back key. so sometimes I press back twice because the phone didn't seem to response to the first tap but it did in fact, so I double tap out of an app which is pretty annoying. But if thats all, well, I'll just use the windows button instead haha.
Anyone noticed that under Advanced (Wifi) you have the ability to let the phone detect your location for better wifi re-connection? At least I didn't notice this option before the patch. Pretty sweet! Doesn't seem to impact my battery too much, I usually finished the day with 25%, now I still have around 50-60%. Might be placebo, but it makes me smile when I see other people running for powersockets with their iPhones/Androids

Hi,
I have an HTC from USA AT&T, I have firmware: 1532.20.10009.502 and bootloader: 0.0.1532.20(156201),
Why this numbers are far enought from the one you are saying and when I look for updates it say it is updated.?

Well, the device is certainly booting faster, so that is a big :highfive: in my book

Is this update on Verizon.

Check the volume guys, same as Lumia 800. Restricted

Haven't received anything yet! Unbranded 8x here! Are they distributing this one by country or what?

Just had update here on O2 UK...
Only difference I have seen so far is a Hearing Damage Warning when putting the volume over 20 when listening to music....to be fair, mine never actually hits more than 15....

Snake. said:
Check the volume guys, same as Lumia 800. Restricted
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well, I had the update two days ago. The volume is not restricted, just that now when you turn it up above 20/30 while playing media content, it will give you a message about blasting your eardrums out. Probably they forgot to include that before as the 8X is quite capable of high volume output. Just some legal precautions. Other than that, it's just a FW and boot loader update from HTC side, not from MS.

jemaho said:
Haven't received anything yet! Unbranded 8x here! Are they distributing this one by country or what?
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i don't know how they decide which devices get the update, but it isn't depending on Country as my father got the update 3 days ago and i'm still with the 20003 Firmware
but as Long we don't Need to wait too Long i think it is acceptable

itje said:
Well, the device is certainly booting faster, so that is a big :highfive: in my book
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You got that update while being on the leaked version of portico?

Is it just me, after the update, stopped the clock in HTC application on the tile?

xboxmod said:
Hi
My 8X Just back from technical support and as already the new bootloader version (0.0.1532.20(162966)
It seem now i can't flash via Goldcard method! :crying: (i can't unbrand it this time!)
And after reset there is a gears turning during 5 mn on screen! I Never See This Before....
IF YOU WANT TO UNBRAND YOUR 8X DO NOT UPDATE NOW.
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Funny, i couldnt get my 8x to load into boot loader screen (one with the bar codes on for those who dont know), just gave me an exclamation mark !

Why my OTA updates installation is so slow?

Hello there, I tried to find an answer to this question but I was not able to!
Pixel XL, Project Fi everything is stock, not rooted and I didn't unlock the bootloader...
The first OTA update (the one with 60 mb) took like an hour to install (I thought that the device was stuck and I restarted it, but after reboot same thing, downloaded the file from scratch and took the same time!)
I got the 7.1.1 notification today, downloaded in no time, but installation took a lot of time!
Step 1 like an hour, and Step 2 still happening and didn't finish yet!! (more than an hour!)
I don't have any problem with the device, running smoothly (except this OTA thing)
Ideas?

Same here, installing the updates took a while. Plugging into power and using WiFi makes it faster but they still take a while.

donslade said:
Same here, installing the updates took a while. Plugging into power and using WiFi makes it faster but they still take a while.
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so is it normal? the phone didn't finish Step 2 yet!

depending how many apps you have installed it can take a while... but you can use your phone normally....
this is the new feature that preloads your update to be ready for the next update... it eliminates the previous versions "android is upgrading" or "optimizing apps" that used to show up after updates
I'm not sure mine took an hour but I run a very lean set of apps it might have taken an hour from start to finish

Definitely intended to go slow. This is so you don't see any performance issues as you are able to use your phone normally.

Last update took my phone almost 2 hours to complete.

Updates are done differently than before. Remember before how after rebooting you'd have to wait forever for apps to prepare? All of that is now done in advance, kinda. Lots of changes but I think what you're seeing is due to the new way updates are installed. Overall it's a good change but the time delay is now before rebooting but at least the phone is very usable during this period.

That's great guys, thanks for sharing this! I didn't think it will take that much, but it took more than 2 hours!

What is the latest update version for Pixel phones?

7.1.1 with December 5 security updates

Charkatak said:
What is the latest update version for Pixel phones?
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7.1.1 (NMF26Q)
You don't have to wait for the OTA, just download it when a new version is available.
https://developers.google.com/android/ota#sailfish
Install via: adb sideload

krelvinaz said:
7.1.1 (NMF26Q)
You don't have to wait for the OTA, just download it when a new version is available.
https://developers.google.com/android/ota#sailfish
Install via: adb sideload
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Is this 7.1.1 (NMF26Q) build for US Pixel phones as well? I read somewhere that this update corrected some LTE issues for EU carrier.

Obviously lies
troy` said:
Definitely intended to go slow. This is so you don't see any performance issues as you are able to use your phone normally.
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Yes there is something wrong with your phone. Your phone is supposed to update only once with the latest, not go through sequential updates that take forever. If you bought this on eBay, or especially a Chinese seller, It probably has some irremovable malware on it. Do not accept people's answers on the internet as a solution. If it's behaving abnormally and you notice it is behaving abnormally, there IS something wrong with it regardless of what people are saying on the internet because they probably know about this malware but are trying to disguise your symptoms.

AndroidInitiate said:
Yes there is something wrong with your phone. Your phone is supposed to update only once with the latest, not go through sequential updates that take forever. If you bought this on eBay, or especially a Chinese seller, It probably has some irremovable malware on it. Do not accept people's answers on the internet as a solution. If it's behaving abnormally and you notice it is behaving abnormally, there IS something wrong with it regardless of what people are saying on the internet because they probably know about this malware but are trying to disguise your symptoms.
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Lol. Way to resurrect an old Post... You are delusional. This was the way they worked 2.5 years ago, and it's the way they still do things today. I've continued to use Pixel phones this whole time. 1, 2, and 3. All non XL models. Also, the Earth isn't flat.

troy` said:
Lol. Way to resurrect an old Post... You are delusional. This was the way they worked 2.5 years ago, and it's the way they still do things today. I've continued to use Pixel phones this whole time. 1, 2, and 3. All non XL models. Also, the Earth isn't flat.
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This is because a malware used to run on android that had been reduced to the size of one pixel on the android screen, making it virtually undetectable to the human eye, hence the name, The Google Pixel. Regardless, it still performs poorly.

Unlocked US LG V20 Updated At Long Last, What's in the OTA?

I couldn't find anything anywhere online about this OTA that I got yesterday on my US996, no record of it ever existing. So I asked LG about it and this was their response. I haven't applied the update yet, but will update this post if I notice anything other than what LG stated. I will hold off for a while on installing it so if enough people want me to capture and share the OTA then I will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsD3pGv5cv8

From what I see all I've noticed is the Nov 6 security patch which means blueborne and krack are fixed among other exploits, ARB is still 0 so can be rolled back if wanted for some reason. Cool that it adds rcs support, not that my carrier has support anyway

was there a point for a video? simple screenshot of the conversation would have sufficed

updated, and i can't use my sim card anymore, the phone detected sim card but no signal at all, got some extra buttons in dailer.

ttnduy said:
updated, and i can't use my sim card anymore, the phone detected sim card but no signal at all, got some extra buttons in dailer.
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As I mentioned in another thread, after I installed the update, it listed "unknown version" for baseband and wouldn't connect to Verizon for a few minutes. Then the baseband version showed correctly and it connected.
Since baseband is a wholly separate CPU and OS, it's not clear what it was updating in the background, but it fixed itself eventually.

alexandero11 said:
I couldn't find anything anywhere online about this OTA that I got yesterday on my US996, no record of it ever existing. So I asked LG about it and this was their response. I haven't applied the update yet, but will update this post if I notice anything other than what LG stated. I will hold off for a while on installing it so if enough people want me to capture and share the OTA then I will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsD3pGv5cv8
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Obviously LG thinks that we don't need to know the details, just that LG has improved the usability and functionality of the phone, that's all we need to know. /s
From what I can tell, it's the same build of android, NRD90M, as before the update. So probably only has google supplied security patches.
As long as LG gives us US996 Unlocked users an Oreo update early next year, I'm OK with them not doing much with the original 7.0 firmware... but definitely security updates more than once per year would have been nice.
The "slower than" or "completely missing" compared to major carriers updates up until this one, has definitely been a disappointment since the factory unlocked version of the phone should be the easiest to get updates pushed out for.

P20 PRO (CLT-L04): New method for unlock bootloader [Oct 2018] (Mexico&Canada)

Hello everyone!
I have good news for you. After Huawei decided to stop providing the bootloader code, now we have another method to get it.
Unfortunately, it is a method that need to pay.
To the date I'm making this post, the cost is $30€.
Let me be clear:
I do not have a relationship with this people/team/person. I just want to share this method and prove that it works on the Mexican/Canadian model.
A good news, is that they accept PayPal.
If you want to try it, you have to do the following steps:
1.- Go to https://ministryofsolutions.com/huawei-bootloader-unlock-service-all-new-models-new-firmwares.
2. -Click: "Click here to order with PayPal".
3.- Now in your phone, go to the "phone" app and dial *#06#, you will see your IMEI and Serial Number.
3.5.- I suggest to copy those codes, and email you so you won´t have typing errors.
4.- Insert your IMEI and Serial Number into the webpage of ministry of solutions.
5. Make the payment with your paypal account.
6. After 24-48 hours, you will get the bootloader code in the email you used for paypal.
7. Be happy and unlock you bootloader.
I can ensure the web is working correctly. I unlocked mine a few moments ago, now I will rebrand
Thanks.

The guy can only sell 10 code per day, I need to wait tomorrow to order again..

maxfunky said:
The guy can only sell 10 code per day, I need to wait tomorrow to order again..
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I suspect this means that his solution is not exploit based, but revolves around either working for Huawei, or knowing someone who does and getting the codes via them.
Doesn't bode well.

Whoever they are , fair play to them. There's obviously a market for them and they deserve the money.

That said , president of HUAWEI probably want more money so he closed their page and assigned Mutahhar
So bootloader unlocked , what will you guys do now with it ?
Will you install LOS or ?

mrcaligula said:
So bootloader unlocked , what will you guys do now with it ?
Will you install LOS or ?
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I will give a chance to Huawei and Android Pie version they will make.
But I like LineageOS so much that I will install it in the future. I unlocked my bootloader (and have this fuc…. message each time I reboot the device) only to be able to install custom roms when I will like to do so.

Saison2018 said:
I will give a chance to Huawei and Android Pie version they will make.
But I like LineageOS so much that I will install it in the future. I unlocked my bootloader (and have this fuc…. message each time I reboot the device) only to be able to install custom roms when I will like to do so.
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I have run official LOS on at least a half dozen different phones and I have never run a single build that didn't have bugs. Ever. I don't understand all the love for an OS that receives reports of new bugs from users after every single update.

jhs39 said:
I have run official LOS on at least a half dozen different phones and I have never run a single build that didn't have bugs. Ever. I don't understand all the love for an OS that receives reports of new bugs from users after every single update.
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I fully understand your point and I am sure you have your reasons.
But for my point of view, this is exactly how a community should work. People making development could not do everything good every time.
Even big corporation do mistake. For example, my wife had trouble with her iPhone 7 and 12.0 (unable to connect to 5Ghz Wifi). After 12.0.1 it is correct.
On my devices, only some applications were not working correctly. I was able to use my devices on a daily basis, without restriction (personal mail, corporate mail with Outlook, Maps/Waze, listening to music, some games,...). And for my personal experience, updates went smooth, only some (less than 2 per year) went wrong. But I could always flash back and wait for the correction to be applied by people in charge.
The only drawback for me was the battery, it was difficult to length 1 day.
But again, I fully understand and you have the right to not choose LineageOS and use something else.

Saison2018 said:
I fully understand your point and I am sure you have your reasons.
But for my point of view, this is exactly how a community should work. People making development could not do everything good every time.
Even big corporation do mistake. For example, my wife had trouble with her iPhone 7 and 12.0 (unable to connect to 5Ghz Wifi). After 12.0.1 it is correct.
On my devices, only some applications were not working correctly. I was able to use my devices on a daily basis, without restriction (personal mail, corporate mail with Outlook, Maps/Waze, listening to music, some games,...). And for my personal experience, updates went smooth, only some (less than 2 per year) went wrong. But I could always flash back and wait for the correction to be applied by people in charge.
The only drawback for me was the battery, it was difficult to length 1 day.
But again, I fully understand and you have the right to not choose LineageOS and use something else.
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I guess it has to do with how long I have been using custom ROMs. When I started using them years ago devs only worked on ROMs for devices they used themselves every day and the ROMs were not only stable enough to use as a daily driver but offered better performance and features than the stock ROM which is why people used them. Since the devs created ROMs for their own phones they were aware of bugs before posting builds. They didn't rely on users telling them what was wrong with every build after it was uploaded. When a custom ROM was labeled as stable it very rarely had any bugs.
Devs now routinely build or maintain ROMs for phones they don't use (or rarely use) so the ROMs always have bugs. I don't think custom ROMs are stable enough to use as daily drivers anymore but a lot of people seem to be fine with using custom ROMs that are slower and way more buggy than the stock ROM that comes on their phone. To each his own.

Why repost something a day later? https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p20-pro/how-to/bootloader-unlock-service-t3852447

Because I can.

try this... good service and low price, tested on mine p20 pro from mexico..... https://global-unlocking-solutions.miiduu.com/bootloader-unlock-codes-choose-model-below

is this the same as unlocking your sim? im on telcell and i got zero updates, so im guessing i need to unlock it from telcel? or can i just unlock the bootloader with the code? and also, what do you do with the code once you have it?

estanenmi said:
try this... good service and low price, tested on mine p20 pro from mexico..... https://global-unlocking-solutions.miiduu.com/bootloader-unlock-codes-choose-model-below
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did you do this to get it off telcel?

DomAlberts said:
did you do this to get it off telcel?
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yes for telcel

hey guys, i used funky Hauwei for rebranding from L04 to L29 international. and is working fine. im on l29(c636) but im working on erecovery now, im trying to get it to CLT-L29 9.0.0.108 but we will see. and i will let you know.
but the rebranding is a little tricky but works.

Okay update. Had to go back to L04 because when I went from 8 to pie while branded as L29. It wouldn't install due to compatibility issues. So had to rebrand back to L04. Recovery through funky Huawei. First 8 then 9 and worked perfectly. Only issues I have are with the telcel branding on start up. But all the bloatware I removed or disabled in CCleaner. So I don't have to look at the icons all the time. I'm currently running pie and it's awesome. Lots of cool new tweaks
Sent from my CLT-L04 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

The end of updates cycle (just a guess)

Today I saw that no matter the theme of the phone the update interface in settings turn white, all text disappeared and the only text showing now is "YOUR SYSTEM IS UP TO DATE". No more version, no more last check, etc. Is this the sign the phone was disconnected from the Xiaomi servers? I thought this was supposed to be the last month of updates.

Nothing changed in my update interface in settings, I'm on june 2021 security patch, dark theme, and I can still check for updates.
But indeed I doubt that we still have updates (maybe one last...)

Mellow971 said:
Nothing changed in my update interface in settings, I'm on june 2021 security patch, dark theme, and I can still check for updates.
But indeed I doubt that we still have updates (maybe one last...)
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This is what happened to me... can't be an isolated case, that's why I'm asking.

TeoXSD said:
This is what happened to me... can't be an isolated case, that's why I'm asking.
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That's exactly what mine looks like although what it means regarding any updates is anyone's guess. As it happens my screen has started to separate just this week with long streaks up both sides. It's not affected performance yet (and may not do) but along with the lack of updates from now on I took the opportunity to order a Poco X3 Pro 8/256MB. Perhaps Outlook will decide to start working again for me

The last "performance" update was upgrade to android 10 and maybe few following, all others was security patches from google! No one cares about this model at list one year, wake up guys! Thanks god we have a realy big community, and still rolling out new customs for this model.

Hi All.
I'm on May 1 update now. Recently mobile data stopped working from time to time and cellular signal doesn't function on incoming calls and SMS when SIM is in slot 1.
Seems more like a hardware issue to me, but did you experience anything like that with your Mi A2 Lite?

guess its time to move to a stable custom rom, maybe with dt2w

Maybe But if it is a hardware fault the rom won't matter.

its not hardware, we had it and they removed it with i cant remember wich update