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So I just read this on another forum, apparently Amazon are almost ready to roll out the next update on the Amazon Fire Tv 2, so if your undecided on do you root or not or your planning on buying one to root you had better think or act fast!
Here's the information from the other forum -
If you own a 2nd-gen Fire TV and have been blocking software updates up until now with the intension to root your device, you should probably allow the device to receive the current latest software update, which is version 5.0.3.1 (534011720). The first indication that a new 5.0.4 software update is on the horizon has surfaced. This software update may block the recently discovered rooting method which currently only works on 2nd-gen Fire TVs that are running software version 5.0.3.1. Once software update 5.0.4 is released, you will not be able to update to 5.0.3.1. It’s possible the current rooting method will be adapted to work on future 2nd-gen Fire TV software versions, but it’s not guaranteed. If you’ve been procrastinating on buying a 2nd-gen Fire TV, you probably still have time to order one now (on sale for $84.99) and update it before the new software version is released, but only if you act fast.
If you want to Root get it in the forums, you will need a usb A cable (about £2-£10 depending on where you get it from) & you can get Root on most machines I got mine on a Virtual Machine via my Windows 10 laptop but cam be done on Linux & other systems, there is also an easy step by step youtube guide which is noob friendly.
(Updated Dec 24 2015)
Ok so the Root has been updated yet again, there is a fast root option for 5.0.4 or you can do the original way which I will be doing myself when I have time, you will need to unroot from 5.0.3 first, then update to official 5.0.4 then do the root process & finally block ota updates again .
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As per usual follow this guide at your own risk, don't moan if your amazon fire tv2 bricks, blows up or sets on fire! I will not take responsibility if anything goes wrong, you make your mind up If you want to root or not? I'm just passing the message on
You can follow the guide from here-
https://gitlab.com/zeroepoch/aftv2-tools/wikis/home
I do not own or made anything to do with this root i am only passing on the infomation, make sure you leave the devs thanks on Xda
Happy Rooting
I can't imagine Amazon releasing a firmware update coming up to Christmas.
I'm sure it will be after Christmas when everyone's back in work in case of problems arise.
I know buy if they have updated AFTV 1, AFTV Stick they most already have the AFTV 2 almost ready too?
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deanr1977 said:
If you own a 2nd-gen Fire TV and have been blocking software updates up until now with the intension to root your device, you should probably allow the device to receive the current latest software update, which is version 5.0.3.1 (534011720). The first indication that a new 5.0.4 software update is on the horizon has surfaced. This software update may block the recently discovered rooting method which currently only works on 2nd-gen Fire TVs that are running software version 5.0.3.1. Once software update 5.0.4 is released, you will not be able to update to 5.0.3.1. It’s possible the current rooting method will be adapted to work on future 2nd-gen Fire TV software versions, but it’s not guaranteed. If you’ve been procrastinating on buying a 2nd-gen Fire TV, you probably still have time to order one now (on sale for $84.99) and update it before the new software version is released, but only if you act fast.
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That looks familiar
AFTVnews.com said:
That looks familiar
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Ha ha.... Yeah possibly might be [emoji6]
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ultimate_spy_binns said:
I can't imagine Amazon releasing a firmware update coming up to Christmas.
I'm sure it will be after Christmas when everyone's back in work in case of problems arise.
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I've been notified by one person in the UK who received 5.0.4 already.
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I've been notified by one person in the UK who received 5.0.4 already.
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Whoops.... Looks like the balls started rolling already then? Glad I got root already
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I've been notified by one person in the UK who received 5.0.4 already.
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I've got 2 more boxes arriving tomorrow morning, so I will check and let you know to confirm if this is true.
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I've got 2 more boxes arriving tomorrow morning, so I will check and let you know to confirm if this is true.
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I keep my fingers crossed for ya mate
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So I just ordered a box. If the update is already rolled out, how do we get to the required firmware (5.0.3.1) to root without updating to the new firmware?
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I've been notified by one person in the UK who received 5.0.4 already.
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I keep my fingers crossed for ya mate
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Panics over!!!
I just received my boxes, off Argos in the UK, off Topic did anyone know Argos deliver at 7 o'clock in the morning and on a Sunday, I didn't until now. lol
anyways, since I heard the door I got up, remember this is 7 a clock in the morning, ran downstairs open the door signed for the package, as quickly as possible.
Ripped the packaging off, and unplugged my existing fire TV box, and then Plugged in the new one, logged in with my Amazon account there was no new update, not sure if this is a false negative report from somebody else.
but you can clearly see from the screenshot there isn't an update, just yet in the uk.
but its probably a good idea to get them rooted now since Christmas is only 2 weeks away and I'm sure Amazon will release the update after then.
Please bear in mind, this might be a tip for other people, as soon as I was logged in to my Amazon account I did rip out the Ethernet cable just to make sure
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And how do you get the new update after you have rooted?
Just ordered an AFTV2 yesterday, and it's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. I have already blocked the update ip in my router, so hopefully it arrives with 5.0.3.1 still on it.
I have updated few minutes ago. Root is away. Plex still only 2.0 sound. But DTS passthrough is fixed.
ultimate_spy_binns said:
I can't imagine Amazon releasing a firmware update coming up to Christmas.
I'm sure it will be after Christmas when everyone's back in work in case of problems arise.
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I just plugged in my brand new ftv2 this morning and, luckily, it registered without doing an update. Checked the update screen and 5.0.4 is ready to download. 12/13
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spotmark said:
Just ordered an AFTV2 yesterday, and it's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. I have already blocked the update ip in my router, so hopefully it arrives with 5.0.3.1 still on it.
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You should be fine. I got mine on black Friday and it's 5.0.3.1.
So for those of us with root, how do we update?
Zacharybinx34 said:
So for those of us with root, how do we update?
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Just wait for now, the next steps will be a recovery, bootloader & custom rom (with custom update), now we have root the Devs will be working hard to get us all where we want to be very soon In the near future I'd expect? [emoji6]
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deanr1977 said:
Just wait for now, the next steps will be a recovery, bootloader & custom rom (with custom update), now we have root the Devs will be working hard to get us all where we want to be very soon In the near future I'd expect? [emoji6]
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Awesome, looking forward to it!
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So for those of us with root, how do we update?
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You have to wait until there is recovery and prerooted update images. Right now, even if you wanted to take the update, it will fail because /system has been modified.
To update everyone. I have my attack vector in place to allow the Fire TV to load recovery. Now I am working on actually compiling it and getting it all to run nicely.
Wow, good news. Maybe i can close soon my passtrough thread in the troubleshooting section, since it looks like passtrough works with the 5.0.4 update.
Stereo downmix sounds horrible.
@baggerbodo
Which receiver do you have? Did you have problems with kodi and passtrough before this update?
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As the title says, I just got my 3rd update with multi user enabled. Installing now
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And yes the tablet feels a tad bit more fluid and responsive. (Placebo maybe lol)
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Still waiting for 2nd update! Come on samsung!
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As the title says, I just got my 3rd update with multi user enabled. Installing now
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Where are you located? We need to get a flashable update for us rooted users.
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Where are you located? We need to get a flashable update for us rooted users.
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Currently in the Philippines. But I bought the tablet in the US.
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Currently in the Philippines. But I bought the tablet in the US.
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We should be able to unroot, get the update and then reroot, no? Or does rooting permanently trip the counter?
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We should be able to unroot, get the update and then reroot, no? Or does rooting permanently trip the counter?
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Sorry cant answer your question as I have no intention of rooting mine.. happy as it is so far
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We should be able to unroot, get the update and then reroot, no? Or does rooting permanently trip the counter?
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Well, that worked perfectly, once I rebooted from unrooting I checked for updates, it came through and I applied it, now to see if I can reroot on this new FW.
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Well, that worked perfectly, once I rebooted from unrooting I checked for updates, it came through and I applied it, now to see if I can reroot on this new FW.
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please tell us if you can
thank you!
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Well, that worked perfectly, once I rebooted from unrooting I checked for updates, it came through and I applied it, now to see if I can reroot on this new FW.
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So all you had to do is unroot? Did your tablet have the modified flag set?
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John Francis
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So all you had to do is unroot? Did your tablet have the modified flag set?
Thanks!
John Francis
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That was it, just go into settings on Super SU, click unroot and then reboot. I haven't checked on the flag set, but under settings it still says "custom", so I am assuming the flag is set.
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!Please tell us if you can
Thank you!
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No prob, I definitely will!
californiarailroader said:
Well, that worked perfectly, once I rebooted from unrooting I checked for updates, it came through and I applied it, now to see if I can reroot on this new FW.
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Awesome glad it worked out for you!
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No prob, I definitely will!
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Well, I have an answer as to whether root will work on this new FW, and the answer is yes! One odd thing though, when it was done rooting and it rebooted, I got a message about the FW update failing, which is obviously wrong since I successfully updated the FW, it must trip something that makes the device think an update failed.
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Awesome glad it worked out for you!
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Thanks!
californiarailroader said:
Well, I have an answer as to whether root will work on this new FW, and the answer is yes! One odd thing though, when it was done rooting and it rebooted, I got a message about the FW update failing, which is obviously wrong since I successfully updated the FW, it must trip something that makes the device think an update failed.
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Thanks a lot! Do you notice any improvements?
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make sure you unfreeze any apps. if you uninstalled the apps via titanium then you may have to odin back to stock. some of these updates look to see if the files it needs to update exist.
also, if the update fails to go through the first time (after actually downloading it) and you the the error gotta use kies warning. just boot into recovery and wipe cache and try again.
as a confirmation, bean's root still works. i didn't get the update failed though. i rebooted fully after accepting the update before running the root.
i don't see much improvement in speed yet, but chrome is all i've tested as the old reader's site runs crappily slow in landscape still (but it doesn't seem as crappily bad). vertical runs smoother though. if the old reader is taxing on chrome then overall chrome should be better. i haven't run any benchmarks and never will. a 100% increase from .01 seconds to.005 seconds only makes bars on comparison charts bigger without actually affecting the performance in real life.
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make sure you unfreeze any apps. if you uninstalled the apps via titanium then you may have to odin back to stock. some of these updates look to see if the files it needs to update exist.
also, if the update fails to go through the first time (after actually downloading it) and you the the error gotta use kies warning. just boot into recovery and wipe cache and try again.
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After I did the update and it was all finished, I did get the "update successful" message, I just got the "update unsuccessful" message on the reboot after rooting. I did forget to defrost the Knox Apps, but since the update was successful, it must not have touched those.
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Thanks a lot! Do you notice any improvements?
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It seems much snappier and most of the lag is gone, overall it just feels smoother.
Agreed, it feels smoother, I haven't played with multiuser much but do you have to reinstall all apps on the new accounts? Would it take up a lot of space?
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madsquabbles said:
make sure you unfreeze any apps. if you uninstalled the apps via titanium then you may have to odin back to stock. some of these updates look to see if the files it needs to update exist.
also, if the update fails to go through the first time (after actually downloading it) and you the the error gotta use kies warning. just boot into recovery and wipe cache and try again.
as a confirmation, bean's root still works. i didn't get the update failed though. i rebooted fully after accepting the update before running the root.
i don't see much improvement in speed yet, but chrome is all i've tested as the old reader's site runs crappily slow in landscape still (but it doesn't seem as crappily bad). vertical runs smoother though. if the old reader is taxing on chrome then overall chrome should be better. i haven't run any benchmarks and never will. a 100% increase from .01 seconds to.005 seconds only makes bars on comparison charts bigger without actually affecting the performance in real life.
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The update was successful for me, and I got the "update successful" after it was done, I only got that message after re rooting. I did forget to defrost the Knox apps, but since the update was successful it must not have touched those.
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After I did the update and it was all finished, I did get the "update successful" message, I just got the "update unsuccessful" message on the reboot after rooting. I did forget to defrost the Knox Apps, but since the update was successful, it must not have touched those..
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i've been through four reboots and haven't gotten the update unsucessfull message yet. on my first reboot after rooting i did freeze all the knox, fota and software update apps. so it could be why i don't see it.
Okay no joke, this update really did speed up my device. Not much lag when turning the screen on and unlocking it.
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I've been through four reboots and haven't gotten the update unsuccessful message yet. On my first reboot after rooting I did freeze all the Knox, fota and software update apps, so it could be why i don't see it.
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That's probably it, all I froze before unrooting and applying the update were the Knox apps (which I also happened to forget to unfreeze), I didn't touch FOTA or Software Update.
I missed out on buying from Staples for $74 the other day (they were out of stock when I went to order), so I bit the bullet and ordered from Amazon directly, while the price is still $84. It arrived today, shipped out of Tennessee.
Being the optimist, I took the precautions to block software updates, and I'm thrilled to say that the FireTV I received has 5.1.1.0.1_user_510055620 installed on it.
So, if you think you've missed the boat on getting a rootable FireTV, as of yesterday, Amazon was still shipping units with the old firmware, so you might still be in luck.
Pardon me, I've got a FireTV to root... :victory:
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I missed out on buying from Staples for $74 the other day (they were out of stock when I went to order), so I bit the bullet and ordered from Amazon directly, while the price is still $84. It arrived today, shipped out of Tennessee.
Being the optimist, I took the precautions to block software updates, and I'm thrilled to say that the FireTV I received has 5.1.1.0.1_user_510055620 installed on it.
So, if you think you've missed the boat on getting a rootable FireTV, as of yesterday, Amazon was still shipping units with the old firmware, so you might still be in luck.
Pardon me, I've got a FireTV to root... :victory:
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the one i got a month ago from amazon was on the old fw and the one i got today was as well. it will be that way until sell em all and start manufacturing new ones maybe idk
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the one i got a month ago from amazon was on the old fw and the one i got today was as well. it will be that way until sell em all and start manufacturing new ones maybe idk
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Unfortunately as the whole support for german language and region was introduced in the new so far "unrootable" firmware i guess german customers won't be that lucky...
I'm getting my FTV from Amazon's $84 deal tomorrow, so hopefully it's still the rootable variety. I'm setting up OpenDNS with the assumption that it is, or that some smart person figures out how to root the version that I get...
Hey guys the new one I got today is also x. 620
I've looked thorough the guides but I am not sure what the next steps to root are. Would anyone want to tell me quickly what steps I need to do to root this baby?
In one of the guides it mentions that from this firmware I should let it update... I'm sure you can understand why that step makes me nervous.
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I don't suggest you let it update... Have you followed the guide to block OTA updates? Do that first, if you haven't already.
I started at the level you are on. I just rooted it following the guide here:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-root-the-amazon-fire-tv/
After you are done with that, install ClockWork Recovery by following this guide:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-install-clockworkmod-custom-recovery-on-the-amazon-fire-tv/
After that, you can update to a pre-rooted image, by following this guide:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-install-a-custom-rom-image-on-the-amazon-fire-tv/
That's the path I followed, and it worked out great.
Consider trying adbFire.
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Taige said:
I missed out on buying from Staples for $74 the other day (they were out of stock when I went to order), so I bit the bullet and ordered from Amazon directly, while the price is still $84. It arrived today, shipped out of Tennessee.
Being the optimist, I took the precautions to block software updates, and I'm thrilled to say that the FireTV I received has 5.1.1.0.1_user_510055620 installed on it.
So, if you think you've missed the boat on getting a rootable FireTV, as of yesterday, Amazon was still shipping units with the old firmware, so you might still be in luck.
Pardon me, I've got a FireTV to root... :victory:
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I think its a cr***shoot. to be honest. I was able to pick up two units with that exact firmware, both routable, then got a third and it must have had a newer firmware on it because with the two addresses blocked it did not allow root. These boxes came from the same staples store by the way, so it just depends on stock available. You got lucky.
Thanks for the replies guys. I was using the initial setup guide and there is a step where it asks you to look at the update that it was trying to install on first boot. I read that piece wrong and thought it said if I was on the 6xxx update I should let it update when in fact it was showing an example of where someone on the 6xxx was being pushed the last rootable update.
Anyway long story short, I downloaded all of the apks to root, rooted and installed Xbox and xposed. Is there any real reason to install a custom recovery at the moment?
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I used adbfire very nice tool. Thanks much.
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nineismine said:
Is there any real reason to install a custom recovery at the moment?
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If you want to install any of the newer updates.
nineismine said:
Thanks for the replies guys. I was using the initial setup guide and there is a step where it asks you to look at the update that it was trying to install on first boot. I read that piece wrong and thought it said if I was on the 6xxx update I should let it update when in fact it was showing an example of where someone on the 6xxx was being pushed the last rootable update.
Anyway long story short, I downloaded all of the apks to root, rooted and installed Xbox and xposed. Is there any real reason to install a custom recovery at the moment?
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I used adbfire very nice tool. Thanks much.
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So you can back up your system also. I ended up messing one of mine up before I had a chance to install a recovery trying to get Link2SD to work properly. I learned the hard way that if you factory reset it doesn't matter if you have updates disabled and both update links blocked in your router it will still update to the newest version. Now one of my Fire TV's is unrootable and its on the newest software. Lesson learned on that. The other one is running a rooted version of the newest software thanks to rbox's awesome recovery program.
Will 1st gen firestick get the 5.0.5 update? Stuck on 5.0.3 atm
I'd like to know that as well.
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Will 1st gen firestick get the 5.0.5 update? Stuck on 5.0.3 atm
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I'd like to know that as well.
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yes I have gotten it on ver 1 of stick and tv and have rooted both already
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yes I have gotten it on ver 1 of stick and tv and have rooted both already
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but how did you get it on beta firmware 5.0.3?
everyone who seems to have received the update was not on 5.0.3. I have yet to see anyone on 5.0.3 confirm they were able to update to 5.0.5.
I'm on 5.0.3 myself.
apparently we can root with kingroot on 5.0.3... so depending on how soon things get figured out related to custom recovery... rooting on 5.0.3 then using a custom recovery and pre-rooted 5.0.5 rom may be quicker than waiting on Amazon.
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everyone who seems to have received the update was not on 5.0.3. I have yet to see anyone on 5.0.3 confirm they were able to update to 5.0.5.
I'm on 5.0.3 myself.
apparently we can root with kingroot on 5.0.3... so depending on how soon things get figured out related to custom recovery... rooting on 5.0.3 then using a custom recovery and pre-rooted 5.0.5 rom may be quicker than waiting on Amazon.
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I'm still waiting on the update URL for the stick. I need either the url from os3 to os5, or the url for beta to 5.0.5.
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I'm still waiting on the update URL for the stick. I need either the url from os3 to os5, or the url for beta to 5.0.5.
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I've been actively logging in hopes to grab the FTV Stick 5.0.3 -> 5.0.5 URL but at by the looks of it someone going from 3.x -> 5.0.5 should be able to grab it first. We shall see... :fingers-crossed:
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I've been actively logging in hopes to grab the FTV Stick 5.0.3 -> 5.0.5 URL but at by the looks of it someone going from 3.x -> 5.0.5 should be able to grab it first. We shall see... :fingers-crossed:
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5 to 5 updates are all incremental, and I have them already. I need the 3.x -> 5.0.x update to get the full system image.
I have another stick on it's way from Amazon.co.uk, if it comes with 3.x how do I get what you need?
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I have another stick on it's way from Amazon.co.uk, if it comes with 3.x how do I get what you need?
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I just received the URLs from @AFTVnews.com
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I just received the URLs from @AFTVnews.com
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Is there any chance these will be urls will be posted, or is it worth posting, or some risk if they are posted? Couldn't we use the url to copy the image and force the update? I guess now that you have the URLs the best things will come, but I definitely want to get my stick to a rootable place =)
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Is there any chance these will be urls will be posted, or is it worth posting, or some risk if they are posted? Couldn't we use the url to copy the image and force the update? I guess now that you have the URLs the best things will come, but I definitely want to get my stick to a rootable place =)
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AFTVNews used to have a list of software updates and their URLs. Dunno if it still does. Unfortunately you can't force the update, as you need to be able to write to /cache to do it.
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AFTVNews used to have a list of software updates and their URLs. Dunno if it still does. Unfortunately you can't force the update, as you need to be able to write to /cache to do it.
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ok I saw it wasn't updated on @AFTVnews.com site ( http://www.aftvnews.com/software/ ) but I guess without r/w /cache it isn't as important wonder if we could replay the sw update check and use a pc proxy to push it. I'm sure I'm not thinking of something more advanced than what you already have though so I can stop and await the update patiently like everyone else, and see if you have the custom recovery already. I guess I'm just excited that after all this time the stick is finally software rootable. That hardware method was a little too tight soldering for me on the stick... at least without some other donor device to practice a few times
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ok I saw it wasn't updated on @AFTVnews.com site ( http://www.aftvnews.com/software/ ) but I guess without r/w /cache it isn't as important wonder if we could replay the sw update check and use a pc proxy to push it. I'm sure I'm not thinking of something more advanced than what you already have though so I can stop and await the update patiently like everyone else, and see if you have the custom recovery already. I guess I'm just excited that after all this time the stick is finally software rootable. That hardware method was a little too tight soldering for me on the stick... at least without some other donor device to practice a few times
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The software talks to the update server over ssl and sends it encrypted data. Can't be faked.
Just got the update on the firetv stick today. I guess I can kingroot it now, but is there any chance that there will be another root method for these?
Update: used kingroot 4.1 and it said it failed, but after a reboot it was in fact rooted. Next used adb with su command to pm disable dcp and ota
ImCoKeMaN said:
ok I saw it wasn't updated on @AFTVnews.com site ( http://www.aftvnews.com/software/ ) but I guess without r/w /cache it isn't as important wonder if we could replay the sw update check and use a pc proxy to push it. I'm sure I'm not thinking of something more advanced than what you already have though so I can stop and await the update patiently like everyone else, and see if you have the custom recovery already. I guess I'm just excited that after all this time the stick is finally software rootable. That hardware method was a little too tight soldering for me on the stick... at least without some other donor device to practice a few times
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I've been meaning to update that page for some time now. It needs to be completely redone since there are now newer devices and forks due to the dev preview and the voice vs non-voice Fire TV Stick split.
The URLs are no secret. I hope to get around to updating my software page next week. For the time being, here is everything missing from that page for those interested.
Fire TV Update URLS
2nd-gen: 5.0 to 5.0.2.1
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...sloane_full_sloane-521044920-to-531006320.bin
2nd-gen: 5.0.2.1 to 5.0.2.2
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...sloane_full_sloane-531006320-to-531006420.bin
2nd-gen: 5.0 to 5.0.2.2
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...sloane_full_sloane-521044920-to-531006420.bin
2nd-gen: 5.0.2.2 to 5.0.3
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...sloane_full_sloane-531006420-to-532011220.bin
2nd-gen: 5.0.2.1 to 5.0.3
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...sloane_full_sloane-531006320-to-532011220.bin
2nd-gen: 5.0.3 to 5.0.3.1
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...sloane_full_sloane-532011220-to-534011720.bin
1st-gen Dev Preview - v5.0.3 (previous one is 5.0.0)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...te-kindle-bueller-51.5.3.2_user_532008220.bin
2nd-gen: 5.0.3.1 (534011720) to 5.0.4 (536116920)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...sloane_full_sloane-534011720-to-536116920.bin
2nd-gen: 5.0.4 (536116920) to 5.0.5 (537174420)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...sloane_full_sloane-536116920-to-537174420.bin
1st-gen: 51.1.6.3 to 5.0.5 (537174420)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...te-kindle-bueller-51.5.3.7_user_537174420.bin
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Fire TV Stick Update URLs
Production (non-voice) 54.1.2.3 (123067020)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...6fbe3/montoya-ota-54.1.2.3_user_123067020.bin
Dev Preview 5.0 (530042950)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...evpreview_montoya-54.5.3.0_user_530042950.bin
Dev Preview from 5.0 (530042950) to 5.0.3 (532008220)[54.5.3.2]
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...te-kindle-montoya-54.5.3.2_user_532008220.bin
Production (voice bundle) 5.0.3.2 (535062120) to 5.0.3.2/3 (535062420)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...te-montoya_montoya-535062120-to-535062420.bin
Production (voice bundle) 5.0.3.2/3 (535062420) to 5.0.4 (536116920)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...te-montoya_montoya-535062420-to-536116920.bin
Production (voice bundle) 5.0.4 (536116920) to 5.0.5 (537174420)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...te-montoya_montoya-536116920-to-537174420.bin
Production (non-voice) 5.0.5 (537174420)
http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...te-kindle-montoya-54.5.3.7_user_537174420.bin
Hi guys....I have finally installed the Official Marshmallow from Samsung on my Galaxy S5 Sprint Variant!!!Thanks To @phas69 for providing me the Backup of his official rom....The Backup was made by TWRP......The Phone booted up just fine....,Just extract the Rar file and put it in your TWRP backup folder....Then just restore it....Make sure to uncheck recovery while selecting what to restore....Do it at your own risk as I will not be responsible for and Damage done to your device or Bricked devices.....
The link for the Rom is
https://mega.nz/#!2803wI4D!Wn42RtmnVlnaZRob8HboQOLP9HwFXOCgQX1YrRK0DUc
note:- The Phone reboots every time after the apps optimization is done.....Can Any dev fix it?
No Marshmallow bootloader needed??
Do you get service/ does data, sms, and mms work?
daniel3x said:
No Marshmallow bootloader needed??
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The Backup Contains Modem.....But the Phone reboots after Optimizing apps....
syedmuaaz87 said:
The Backup Contains Modem.....But the Phone reboots after Optimizing apps....
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That sucks. What about clearing the cacher or actually doing a factory reset in twrp beforehand? Would that make a difference?
syedmuaaz87 said:
The Backup Contains Modem.....But the Phone reboots after Optimizing apps....
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We need marshmallow bootloader, that's why you got into bootloop. Unfortunately we have to waiting for sprint to release android 6.0 to KLTESPR, there is no other way..
daniel3x said:
We need marshmallow bootloader, that's why you got into bootloop. Unfortunately we have to waiting for sprint to release android 6.0 to KLTESPR, there is no other way..
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So if I restore it won't boot up at all?
TheNate1198 said:
So if I restore it won't boot up at all?
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Well according to the OP it reboots at the "optimizing apps" screen.
In the "Sprint GS5 android 6.0" thread someone posted they got the 6.0.1 update on Sprint S5 early this morning. He hasn't posted anything else yet other than the update was about 900MB.
So recovery can be flashed on the mm firmware. What about root
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Well the Phone crashes every time the after the optimization screen,Only the first time when I did not wipe my data and restored the backup,The phone booted up fine and Asked me for my default launcher,Touchwiz or EasyTouchwiz,After I selected the Touchwiz it brought me right to the home screen and when I opened the settings,The phone hung up and Crashed....Did a reboot and Started crashing after the app optimization screen,Every time at the app optimization screen it optimized to Apps,Systemui and Camera....Maybe there is something wrong with the backup....
PaterickB said:
In the "Sprint GS5 android 6.0" thread someone posted they got the 6.0.1 update on Sprint S5 early this morning. He hasn't posted anything else yet other than the update was about 900MB.
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The update must be Atleast 1.3 to 1.4gb....Btw it can be true as Sprint is the First one to release the MM goodies for the Note 4.....
syedmuaaz87 said:
The update must be Atleast 1.3 to 1.4gb....Btw it can be true as Sprint is the First one to release the MM goodies for the Note 4.....
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After checking for updates relentlessly for days, I just received an OTA update download from Sprint to my all-stock g900p. Here's how I think I got it to download. Could be coincidence, who knows, but this is what just happened.
My service suddenly got poor this week, so I opened the Sprint Zone app, pressed the Network button, and saw that a PRL Update was available. I clicked UpdatevPRL. It updated yo xxx51, but still showed that a PRL update was available. So I did ANOTHER PRL update, and that updated my PRL to 55052, and PRL status changed to Current. I then did a Profile Update, and I powered off my phone. When I started up again, the software update started. It said the download would be 895mb in size. I am on stock BOK4, and I have not run the update.
This is what the info says:
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I have been waiting so long for this update [emoji7] , yet my instinct is strong to let someone else try it first [emoji85] [emoji86] [emoji87]
Of course, if any devs want to snag it, I'll be super happy to upload the OTA file for the XDA community to devour!!
I am shocked and amazed that Sprint pushed this thing out on time as advertised. My mind is now officially blown.
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glenesis said:
After checking for updates relentlessly for days, I just received an OTA update download from Sprint to my all-stock g900p. Here's how I think I got it to download. Could be coincidence, who knows, but this is what just happened.
My service suddenly got poor this week, so I opened the Sprint Zone app, pressed the Network button, and saw that a PRL Update was available. I clicked UpdatevPRL. It updated yo xxx51, but still showed that a PRL update was available. So I did ANOTHER PRL update, and that updated my PRL to 55052, and PRL status changed to Current. I then did a Profile Update, and I powered off my phone. When I started up again, the software update started. It said the download would be 895mb in size. I am on stock BOK4, and I have not run the update.
This is what the info says:
I have been waiting so long for this update [emoji7] , yet my instinct is strong to let someone else try it first [emoji85] [emoji86] [emoji87]
Of course, if any devs want to snag it, I'll be super happy to upload the OTA file for the XDA community to devour!!
I am shocked and amazed that Sprint pushed this thing out on time as advertised. My mind is now officially blown.
After checking for updates relentlessly for days, I just received an OTA update download from Sprint to my all-stock g900p. Here's how I think I got it to download. Could be coincidence, who knows, but this is what just happened.
My service suddenly got poor this week, so I opened the Sprint Zone app, pressed the Network button, and saw that a PRL Update was available. I clicked UpdatevPRL. It updated yo xxx51, but still showed that a PRL update was available. So I did ANOTHER PRL update, and that updated my PRL to 55052, and PRL status changed to Current. I then did a Profile Update, and I powered off my phone. When I started up again, the software update started. It said the download would be 895mb in size. I am on stock BOK4, and I have not run the update.
This is what the info says:
I have been waiting so long for this update [emoji7] , yet my instinct is strong to let someone else try it first [emoji85] [emoji86] [emoji87]
Of course, if any devs want to snag it, I'll be super happy to upload the OTA file for the XDA community to devour!!
I am shocked and amazed that Sprint pushed this thing out on time as advertised. My mind is now officially blown.
Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk
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Do you happen to have the OTA file?
chippinganimal said:
Do you happen to have the OTA file?
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The file is on my phone. I am not rooted. Is there some way to grab the OTA file without rooting my phone? I haven't been able to locate the MM OTA file yet. Any ideas? (Just to stay clear, I have received but not installed the Sprint Android 6.0.1 OTA update file for my stock SM G900P)
glenesis said:
The file is on my phone. I am not rooted. Is there some way to grab the OTA file without rooting my phone? I haven't been able to locate the MM OTA file yet. Any ideas? (Just to stay clear, I have received but not installed the Sprint Android 6.0.1 OTA update file for my stock SM G900P)
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according to this thread it is stored in the cache/fota_dn folder and you need root access to see the file there. It should have a long string of numbers and letters.
chippinganimal said:
according to this thread it is stored in the cache/fota_dn folder and you need root access to see the file there. It should have a long string of numbers and letters.
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Thank you! I'll root my phone when I get home and I'll let ya know what happens
glenesis said:
Thank you! I'll root my phone when I get home and I'll let ya know what happens
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Someone has already posted the update here
Has there been anymore information anyone has seen on when we might see 9.0.4 from T-Mobile?
TechOut said:
Has there been anymore information anyone has seen on when we might see 9.0.4 from T-Mobile?
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As far as I know, not any more information. I feel like they are going have the ****ty carrier update schedule timing that we are all used to.
TechOut said:
Has there been anymore information anyone has seen on when we might see 9.0.4 from T-Mobile?
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Not at the moment. There's no mention of it on TMobile's software update site.
https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates
But there's no mention of any devices. So that does not mean it's not currently being worked on.
TechOut said:
Has there been anymore information anyone has seen on when we might see 9.0.4 from T-Mobile?
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I saw somewhere on here that a rep relayed that the update would be pushed sometime around Black Friday lol
harpin14789 said:
As far as I know, not any more information. I feel like they are going have the ****ty carrier update schedule timing that we are all used to.
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that's why next morning I've returned my tmo version , i'll buy from op
d0e01 said:
that's why next morning I've returned my tmo version , i'll buy from op
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I'm still holding off from buying till more information comes out if tmo version have global firmware on it.
harpin14789 said:
I'm still holding off from buying till more information comes out if tmo version have global firmware on it.
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Steps Forward: OnePlus 6T and T-Mobile Partnership
this is a really important info about this deal but it's hard to find it without reading forums for hours
This is the main page from T-Mobile to check out for updates: https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-38908.
rootmaster96 said:
I saw somewhere on here that a rep relayed that the update would be pushed sometime around Black Friday lol
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I'm ok with delayed updates but more than a week is honestly unacceptable. Especially since T-Mobile and OnePlus are trying to push this as being almost the same as buying unlocked. (I know they have listed differences and mentioned delayed updates) but if you ask a regular sales person they will brush most of that off. The only reason i'm keeping my T-Mobile OP is because i want to experiment with trying to flash the global OOS when it's available.
I think everyone is overreacting about delayed updates...I think most of us are just gonna unlock the bootloader after the first month..which means Roms which means that ur updates will no longer come from TMO.. Everyone needs to relax lol.
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TechOut said:
I'm ok with delayed updates but more than a week is honestly unacceptable. Especially since T-Mobile and OnePlus are trying to push this as being almost the same as buying unlocked. (I know they have listed differences and mentioned delayed updates) but if you ask a regular sales person they will brush most of that off. The only reason i'm keeping my T-Mobile OP is because i want to experiment with trying to flash the global OOS when it's available.
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Kernel Dev on official forums says it's the same hardware.. so once u get the unlock token we will find out.
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djkinetic said:
I think everyone is overreacting about delayed updates...I think most of us are just gonna unlock the bootloader after the first month..which means Roms which means that ur updates will no longer come from TMO.. Everyone needs to relax lol.
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Kernel Dev on official forums says it's the same hardware.. so once u get the unlock token we will find out.
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Just requested my unlock token so we shall see soon!
OnePlus does not know what or where the unlock token page is.. they claim t mobile will provide unlock.bin as they know nothing...
djkinetic said:
I think everyone is overreacting about delayed updates...I think most of us are just gonna unlock the bootloader after the first month..which means Roms which means that ur updates will no longer come from TMO.. Everyone needs to relax lol.
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Kernel Dev on official forums says it's the same hardware.. so once u get the unlock token we will find out.
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I hope you're right
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I hope you're right
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My question is why would a random custom ROM work but not the global OOS? If the modem can't be modified then why would a random ROM work. Also if the modem can't be modified because it's specific to T-Mobile how would the phone work on other carriers once unlocked? What they are telling us isn't making a whole lot of sense.
jacksummers said:
OnePlus does not know what or where the unlock token page is.. they claim t mobile will provide unlock.bin as they know nothing...
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If your talking about SIM unlock it's through T-Mobile. Bootloader unlock is here https://support.oneplus.com/app/ans...-bootloader-for-oneplus-6t-(t-mobile-version)
TechOut said:
I'm ok with delayed updates but more than a week is honestly unacceptable. Especially since T-Mobile and OnePlus are trying to push this as being almost the same as buying unlocked. (I know they have listed differences and mentioned delayed updates) but if you ask a regular sales person they will brush most of that off. The only reason i'm keeping my T-Mobile OP is because i want to experiment with trying to flash the global OOS when it's available.
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I'm ok with future delayed updates, I'm NOT ok with the phone missing features that were advertised at launch. That's the only thing bugging me.
TechOut said:
My question is why would a random custom ROM work but not the global OOS? If the modem can't be modified then why would a random ROM work.
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It's a possibility that the efs partition is locked and can only be modified by a signed ROM. The global OOS could be expecting this partition to be open as on the unlocked version.
The global OOS could be modified to simply not update this partition. Just like a custom ROM would only update the system partition. But out of the box, the global OOS might not work.
This is just speculation, or it could be corporate speak just to deter this kind of process. We'll find out once we start getting our unlock bin files.
hartleyshc said:
It's a possibility that the efs partition is locked and can only be modified by a signed ROM. The global OOS could be expecting this partition to be open as on the unlocked version.
The global OOS could be modified to simply not update this partition. Just like a custom ROM would only update the system partition. But out of the box, the global OOS might not work.
This is just speculation, or it could be corporate speak just to deter this kind of process. We'll find out once we start getting our unlock bin files.
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Wouldn't the EFS partition need to be modified if another carriers SIM card is used?
TechOut said:
Wouldn't the EFS partition need to be modified if another carriers SIM card is used?
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No, but it's possible to be updated during an official update. You'd be able to use any sim as the radio info is already written to the partition. I'm literally just spitballing. In all honesty, I'm expecting it to just be corporate speak to make their new partner happy. I don't think we're going to have too many issues converting one phone into the other.
hartleyshc said:
No, but it's possible to be updated during an official update. You'd be able to use any sim as the radio info is already written to the partition. I'm literally just spitballing. In all honesty, I'm expecting it to just be corporate speak to make their new partner happy. I don't think we're going to have too many issues converting one phone into the other.
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Hopefully that's the case