3 weeks ago, I bought a gTablet and then flashed it with TnT lite after installing Clock work Mod. Before updating, I took the backup using CWM. When I saw there eas a OTA update available from Viewsonic, using CWM I restored from the backup.
Now the tablet shows me OTA update is available and after download and install, the tablet boots and then fails updating. When the tablet boots, I see an Android icon with an exclamation mark. Only option for me is to power off and restart to boot properly. Is it because of CWM installed? Of yes, Is there a simple way to remove like how CWM was installed easily?
Or Can I get the OTA update via an update.zip from somebody?
Thanks and appreciate all the goodwork in this forum.
Yes, it's because of CWM - you need the original bootloader. You need to do an NVFlash back to stock to be able to get the OTA update.
Just curious as to why you want it?
Search for 3588 update and flash it
The reason I want to go back and update the OTA update was I wanted to know what Viewsonic has done in terms of performance update and UI changes and so on. Also one think I noted with TnT lite was the while scrolling and viewing messages, the UI was giving a 'Shivering' lool and then correct itself. YouTube wouldnt work at all, Google voice gives error all the time etc. Once I went back to stock ROM (after restore) it works.
Also my spouse kind of liked the organized UI from viewsonic but of course complained about the sluggishness.
I searched for 3588 zip file and could not find anywhere? Does somebody have it?
Thx.
You should be able to download it directly from the tapntap update server:
http://tapntap.http.internapcdn.net/tapntap/viewsonic/update-smb_a1002-3588-user.zip
(Thanks to Roebeet for this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000)
I use the "update.zip" method, by putting it on my microSD card, along with the recovery folder and the correct "command" file that directs it to look at the microSD card for an update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
Thanks for the help with the above. I downloaded the file and then successfully updated to 3588.
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I'm on orange uk, trying to sort the phone out with the 2.1 update. In theory this is all via OTA updates, but it turns out that you can't get the second half of the update unless the phone was on a certain rom version before receiving any OTA's...
basically I need to replace the current rom with the official one offered by HTC on their website, which will then be able to successfully update OTA.
HOWEVER. My hero is completely failing to connect to a pc these days, so I can't use the rom update utility. I can put the SD card in a reader and transfer files that way. Is there any way to update the rom on the phone like this?
Not rooted, I've not tampered with it at all yet.
Thanks!
There is no way of taking the one off the HTC site and loading it from your SD (it runs on the PC...)
If you look on the dev forum there are loads of update zips that are the official ROM only converted to an .zip (and normally with Root permissions added) and the radio stripped out. That should still work I think.
okay, why would I want the radio stripped out though?
And how do i update the phone using the zip? Some boot option?
thanks for the help
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=628146&page=2
post 20 at the bottom of the page- is that the .zip im after?
cant post a link cos im new, gah!
2.73.61.66 was the last orange branded 1.5 update which enables FOTA. basically its what youre looking for.
flash to that rom, and the update should become available to you as soon as you connect to wifi.
you update the phone by a .zip by installing a custom recovery.
looks like youve got reading up to do.
okay, i got amon ra on the phone, flashed to the official 2.73.61.66, got the prompt for OTA update....
and when it rebooted to install it, i went into amon ra recovery, which seems to block it, so I can't continue.
Should I remove the recovery image and replace it with stock, then hope that OTA's work as they're supposed to? How do I do this (ive found a guide but its for a different phone and required usb connection to pc, which is broken on my hero)
OR, can I flash the stock 2.1 update directly instead?
thanks
pizza65 said:
okay, i got amon ra on the phone, flashed to the official 2.73.61.66, got the prompt for OTA update....
and when it rebooted to install it, i went into amon ra recovery, which seems to block it, so I can't continue.
Should I remove the recovery image and replace it with stock, then hope that OTA's work as they're supposed to? How do I do this (ive found a guide but its for a different phone and required usb connection to pc, which is broken on my hero)
OR, can I flash the stock 2.1 update directly instead?
thanks
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If you're wanting to get back to stock, you need to get the stock recovery on. But ideally, you need to flash the RUU (with USB)
I've got the stock 2.1 update on it at the moment, since nothing else would go. Still get low signal compared to other phones, some bits are bizarrely slow (people app sometimes takes 20 seconds to load, other times 1 second, both straight from boot). Hum. Still there are a LOT of improvements in 2.1 which are welcome!
thanks for the assistance guys
I have a D2G. I rooted it.
But it now wants to do a 2.4.3 update. of course the update fails when it reboots
So my question is, could i apply the update using the bootstrap. has anyone tried doing this, would it brick my phone if i tried.
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I have a D2G. I rooted it.
But it now wants to do a 2.4.3 update. of course the update fails when it reboots
So my question is, could i apply the update using the bootstrap. has anyone tried doing this, would it brick my phone if i tried.
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You probably could if you remember to wipe data and cache, and you should probably get the Team Black Hat app and download the SBF/driver/RSD Lite files just in case.
Edit: Oh, the update file. If it's failing to install, you should probably just try the full install. I'm not sure why it wouldn't go through unless you're on stock, in which case, you HAVE to use full install.
I think he is talking about the official Verizon update. Not FRM...
When you rooted did you stop or remove any of the Blur apps? That will cause the update to fail. All of the Blurr must be there for the update to work.
If you used Z4Root to root your device, try to unroot the device with zroot and then try the update again.
You may have to re-install Zroot after it is completed to re-root the phone. But I did the update before I rooted almost the day I got the phone so I had not really done enough to notice if it wipes the device and data. My guess would be no!
Since I did this from the stock rom I did not bother to look but if the file is a zip file then chances are likely you can run it from the clockwork recovery.
But best bet is to unroot and then try it again before you go that route.
I would however get RSDLite and the stock SBF to have handy in case you run into problems.
You cannot apply the OTA update (I assume you are talking about 2.4.330 Verizon official OTA update) from the custom recovery. It must be instaled via stock recovery. But due to the way update is made (patch based) it will fail if there are alternations (missing files) in any of the system areas. You must restore all changes you made in /system/app (assuming you froze/delete some stock apps), if you are rooted it is ok, update will not bother (extra files in system do not break the checksum - update only checks original files. But if there is even a single file missing (deleted/renamed) in system area, update will fail to install. If you can't figure it out (what is missing) and update keeps failing, simply flash full SBF to return to stock, apply the OTA update then reroot and freeze/remove all apps that you don't want in system area.
ok im running stock ics my device was rooted for a short period of time and i got this ota update but it wont install i thought it might have been the root so i unrooted and it still wont install is there anyone who has or had the same issue that can shed some light
I had a similar issue. was on .15-rooted, then I unrooted, tried the OTA update, and it failed.
Seems like I had changed the wpa files to something different than stock.
I downloaded both 15 and 21....put the on the SD card (one at a time), then successfully applied each. Will edit shortly with a link from ASUS on how to appy updates manuallly (I have to go find it)
Asus Link: http://service.asus.com/TF201_fwupdate
Bob
thanx going to try it out asap
My situation:
.28 Rooted (not unlocked) with a few tweaks such as keyboard and browser2ram.
Tried to JB update via OTA and manual method and got red andy.
Said screw it, took the factory .28 image from asus and loaded it onto my tablet before and after doing a factory reset/data wipe.
So I'm now completely stock and when I check for updates it says not found.
Tried clearing DM and CM CLient as well as cold booting linux [Pow + Vol Dn] and still says "no update found"
So is the WW JB Update still avail or did asus pull it?
Thanks
I'm having the same problem. Can anyone confirm that they have successfully downloaded the JB update OTA in the last few hours?
Happened to me as well, i think after you got red andy once you dont get the ota anymore. I went ahead and used manual upgrade method.
clouds5 said:
Happened to me as well, i think after you got red andy once you dont get the ota anymore. I went ahead and used manual upgrade method.
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Same problem here. Rooted, locked, stock.
Had the notification bar give me the JB update once, that install failed.
I then checked the f/w update manually, found it, redownloaded it, that install failed.
Now I can no longer get the update via the f/w update checker. (tried many times last night and this morning)
Clouds... is the JB update available to be installed manually? Can you point me in the right direction?
mothman0 said:
Same problem here. Rooted, locked, stock.
Had the notification bar give me the JB update once, that install failed.
I then checked the f/w update manually, found it, redownloaded it, that install failed.
Now I can no longer get the update via the f/w update checker. (tried many times last night and this morning)
Clouds... is the JB update available to be installed manually? Can you point me in the right direction?
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I think the files you want are linked here, but they take an age to download:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909820
I had a completely stock ICS .28 and got a dead droid (DMClient error). I manually downloaded the .28 from asus put it on a micro sd and it found this on reboot and installed OK. Now I am watching the green bar slooooowwwwwlly download the WW rom. The file has no extension, so I can't tell yet whether it is a blob file or the required zip.
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I think the files you want are linked here, but they take an age to download:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909820
I had a completely stock ICS .28 and got a dead droid (DMClient error). I manually downloaded the .28 from asus put it on a micro sd and it found this on reboot and installed OK. Now I am watching the green bar slooooowwwwwlly download the WW rom. The file has no extension, so I can't tell yet whether it is a blob file or the required zip.
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Well, I just finished downloading that file, and whatever it is, and I renamed it as a zip (which it is) and my TFP ignored it. Maybe it needs a specific name to work.
The many of us for which the OTA failed will have to wait for Asus to list the files on their download site.
ClevaTreva said:
Well, I just finished downloading that file, and whatever it is, and I renamed it as a zip (which it is) and my TFP ignored it. Maybe it needs a specific name to work.
The many of us for which the OTA failed will have to wait for Asus to list the files on their download site.
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Alrighty, thanks.
This is the first time I've had any issues with updates, so was/am hesitant to dive in with the suggested workarounds posted in various places... don't know enough about the whole 'adb shell' stuff, etc, and don't want to make things worse.
I'm assuming that manually updating is relatively simple once Asus provides the files.
mothman0 said:
Alrighty, thanks.
This is the first time I've had any issues with updates, so was/am hesitant to dive in with the suggested workarounds posted in various places... don't know enough about the whole 'adb shell' stuff, etc, and don't want to make things worse.
I'm assuming that manually updating is relatively simple once Asus provides the files.
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Hi
I had the same problem with the move from Honeycomb to ICS. The OTA would not do it and I got the red/dead droid. I have tried EVERY method to get Jelly Bean. The first attempt was OTA, and this loaded the file and tried to update but failed. Before I did it I back up root and unrooted. I have made no changes to the core system files. I have tried each method posted and none work. It goes straight to a dead driod. I re-installed .28 from the Asus site and still it would not work.
I shall have to wait until Asus decide that those like me 'deserve' JB and post the manual update files on the download page:
http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201/#download
Indeed.
Once the update is available there, is a pretty straight forward process? Or does it still require terminal commands, etc?
glad to see i'm not the only one.
Guess i'll have to wait for Asus to post the JB files.
after hearing about some of the bricks I'm patient enough to wait a few more days.
I have a TP201, unlocked bootloader, rooted. No ROMs, just Android 4.0.3.
My machine doesn't recognize any system firmware update. I followed the instructions in various locations on downloading the official Asus update, moved to internal memory, temp unrooted (with Voodoo) and restarted. Upon restart, it prompts me to start update sequence. I do so, it reboots to CWM boot. I tried restarting, no dice. I went to install zipped update from Asus, restarted and it still went back to CWM Recovery.
I researched and installed ADB for bricked 1a option...and now my machine boots to 4.0.3 fine again.
I would like to install the Asus firmware update but don't know how - it seems CWM is interfering somehow.
Thank you.
jjjenkin said:
I have a TP201, unlocked bootloader, rooted. No ROMs, just Android 4.0.3.
My machine doesn't recognize any system firmware update. I followed the instructions in various locations on downloading the official Asus update, moved to internal memory, temp unrooted (with Voodoo) and restarted. Upon restart, it prompts me to start update sequence. I do so, it reboots to CWM boot. I tried restarting, no dice. I went to install zipped update from Asus, restarted and it still went back to CWM Recovery.
I researched and installed ADB for bricked 1a option...and now my machine boots to 4.0.3 fine again.
I would like to install the Asus firmware update but don't know how - it seems CWM is interfering somehow.
Thank you.
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Read about things before unlocking. Learn where to ask questions.
Sincerely,
The Internet
P.S.
You cannot update your tablet with official Asus updates after unlocking. Search the forums for developer assisted solutions.
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jjjenkin said:
I have a TP201, unlocked bootloader, rooted. No ROMs, just Android 4.0.3.
My machine doesn't recognize any system firmware update. I followed the instructions in various locations on downloading the official Asus update, moved to internal memory, temp unrooted (with Voodoo) and restarted. Upon restart, it prompts me to start update sequence. I do so, it reboots to CWM boot. I tried restarting, no dice. I went to install zipped update from Asus, restarted and it still went back to CWM Recovery.
I researched and installed ADB for bricked 1a option...and now my machine boots to 4.0.3 fine again.
I would like to install the Asus firmware update but don't know how - it seems CWM is interfering somehow.
Thank you.
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Once you unlock there is no way back to a stock Asus Rom. What you can do however is to use a custom Rom based on the Asus source. I'm using Androwook 1.51 which seems very very close to the stock Rom feature wise but rooted and more customizable - and faster and smoother. In fact it makes me wonder why Asus itself can't seem to make a Rom like this when the devs on this site can make an Ausus ROM better than Ausus itself can do?
Bascially unless you use a custom ROM now that you are unlocked you are permanently stuck on 4.03.
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674827
Follow the instructions in the second post for "Upgrade instructions for ICS". Read everything very carefully. Read it many times if you have to to make sure you understand it. Ask questions first, then flash, not the other way around. You currently have a working device so take your time and don't take unnecessary chances.
In fact it makes me wonder why Asus itself can't seem to make a Rom like this when the devs on this site can make an Ausus ROM better than Ausus itself can do?
That is why i unlocked my last week.
don;t know why u can't stop the updated from asus if you don't want them.
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don;t know why u can't stop the updated from asus if you don't want them.
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Actually the issue is that the OP wants the update from Asus but did not understand that once he unlocked he was never going to get it.