Hi,
I've got a Portuguese Tablet S (not XPeria, non-3G) that I rooted and flashed with the very first ICS that was released many months ago (the US 2.6.39.4 [email protected] #1 firmware).
While I like the new look etc, I've always felt that this rom was a lot slower and unstable than the original GB. Typing (even after going back to the default keyboard) has tons of lag, I sometimes see a screen-wide triangle while switching apps etc.
At the same time, I'm thinking about giving the Tablet S to my daughter and would like to wipe it and make it as standard as possible so she'll run into less troubles.
In a nutshell, I have 3 questions:
1) Are these bugs and slowness fixed by later official releases of ICS? Is it worth installing the release 5 he keeps suggesting?
2) If I install de OTA release 5, I expect I will lose root and I have no problem with that. Is there a risk of bricking it, though? I mean, going from a rooted to a non-rooted OTA... is that a problem?
3) Am I correct in believing that release 5 is only available in the US and I'm only getting this OTA suggestion because the Tablet's region was set to US on the old root? Is there a problem with installing r5? Will it have the Portuguese language as the current (also US FW) has?
Please let me know and many thanks for your help! :good:
Hi,
I have bought my tablet s in US but I live in Brazil. I use r5 and it has both Portugal and Brazilian portuguese.
Harerton
Sacred Warrior said:
Hi,
I've got a Portuguese Tablet S (not XPeria, non-3G) that I rooted and flashed with the very first ICS that was released many months ago (the US 2.6.39.4 [email protected] #1 firmware).
While I like the new look etc, I've always felt that this rom was a lot slower and unstable than the original GB. Typing (even after going back to the default keyboard) has tons of lag, I sometimes see a screen-wide triangle while switching apps etc.
At the same time, I'm thinking about giving the Tablet S to my daughter and would like to wipe it and make it as standard as possible so she'll run into less troubles.
In a nutshell, I have 3 questions:
1) Are these bugs and slowness fixed by later official releases of ICS? Is it worth installing the release 5 he keeps suggesting?
2) If I install de OTA release 5, I expect I will lose root and I have no problem with that. Is there a risk of bricking it, though? I mean, going from a rooted to a non-rooted OTA... is that a problem?
3) Am I correct in believing that release 5 is only available in the US and I'm only getting this OTA suggestion because the Tablet's region was set to US on the old root? Is there a problem with installing r5? Will it have the Portuguese language as the current (also US FW) has?
Please let me know and many thanks for your help! :good:
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harerton said:
Hi,
I have bought my tablet s in US but I live in Brazil. I use r5 and it has both Portugal and Brazilian portuguese.
Harerton
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Thanks Harerton - this is great to know! :good:
Only thing missing is asking again if installing r5 OTA will just unroot the Tablet S (which is ok by me) or brick the thing. Can anyone shed light on this?
Cheers!
Sacred Warrior said:
Thanks Harerton - this is great to know! :good:
Only thing missing is asking again if installing r5 OTA will just unroot the Tablet S (which is ok by me) or brick the thing. Can anyone shed light on this?
Cheers!
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Yes, you will lose root access if you update your Sony Tablet S to 4.0.3r5. If you can wait until mid-December, Sony will be issuing a world-wide 4.0.3r5a update for the Sony Tablet S.
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Hello Everyone,
As an early adopter of the x10 mini on orange UK I rooted my phone many moons ago, and removed the junk orange had installed.
Thank you for the excellent and easy guide kabaldan, only took me a few moments.
My x10 mini is now offering what appears to be an ‘over the air’ System update (I believe offered by orange). I’m hoping that this will be a much newer version of android (the one SE had been holding back).
I’m nervous to install this until I hear that someone else has installed this update on a rooted x10 mini and that it can still be rooted afterwards.
Alternatively, is it possible to use the SE software to install the update and get and root SE’s version not orange’s?
Lastly I know I wont loose anything on the SD card (pics, vids etc) but what settings will I loose?
If no-one else has tried it, I might just have to go ahead anyway and post back my results.
Thanks for your time, and keep up the excelent work.
the Real Memfis
I should make it clear that I'm already running 1.6 1.1.A.0.8 so I believe this is a 2.x update not a 1.6.x update as per the other OTA thread in x10 mini general forum.
Real-Memfis said:
I should make it clear that I'm already running 1.6 1.1.A.0.8 so I believe this is a 2.x update not a 1.6.x update as per the other OTA thread in x10 mini general forum.
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Its not 2.x , is a small firmware update for better wifi performance. BTW its really old one too!! , for confirmation can you tell whats the size of the update?
15.1 MB
Please let it be 2.x
Probably 1.2.A.1.183 by the sounds of it, which will be the branded version of 1.2.A.1.174
Thank you both of you.
Guys please accept my sincere apologies.
Moderators feel free to close, hide, delete, and punish me for this mistake.
I'm back to dreaming of 2.x updates which may or may not be due this century.
According to JournalDuGeek, the 2.1 update will be coming in November when the LiveView is released.
Hi Guys, I've been waiting for the HC, anxiously for a long time now, but some how I still can't see it being available on my SGT 10.1. I bought mine from Canada but now I have it here in Finland (it should not make any difference), but thought I'd mention it.
My model No :- GT-P7510
Build No: HMJ37.XXKG6 P7510XXKG6
I've had my Tab for a few months now, and love it. Its rooted but haven't loaded any custom Roms. I know that I can use the CWM to flash the many optimized HC 3.2 ROMS out there, but I wanted to know why I am unable to see the 3.2 update OTA or using Kies. I just get a message that no updates are available, and I am running the latest version. I tried searching for the issue, but it seems not many ppl have this problem.
This is getting annoying, so if anyone has any ideas, please let me know (I am getting desperate ). I was thinking of Fac reseting the device, and creating another samsung account (maybe). What do you all think. But I dont want to screw up the tab, by messing around too much, so any help would be appreciated, thanks
From what I understand 3.2 is still not released for Canada
Sent from my GT-P7510
Canadian firmware has a history of being as much as 6 months behind on Galaxy i9000 -- could be the same for the Tablet
Thanks guys I guess I should just wait; on the bright side, atleast now I know what the issue is, thanks again!
Updated:
Heres another post with the discussion about the Canadian 3.2 HC release date
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360552
Hello everyone,
I am new to the forums, actually this is my first post.
I got a Motorola Razr XT910 and couldn't be any happier. The phone is awesome and fast and everything is amazing.
i did one update once i got the phone and it updated to 2.3.6 and the system version is 65.1.40.XT910.PSHAsiaRetail.en.03 and i was frustrated because i live in the US and i bought the Phone from an online store(NEWEGG) for $480,
So now i am stuck on Asia system software.
The question is, Is there a way to get a system software like a US or EU software ? and is it worth it ? what are the differences ?
Also one more thing, when i watch videos from the DESKTOP YOUTUBE and OTHER VIDEOS ONLINE(High Definition MP4) or stuff like that. i find like a little black horizontal lines on the top of the screen(its barley visible) in fact no one from can see it except me XD. so i was wondering if there is a driver or update or something ? as it don't happen when i watch normal YouTube on the YouTube app nor i can see it when using the phone normally.
Thank you all. Hope i will find answers in this forum.
Hi there,
I was in your situation, only in Europe, not in the US. So I switched my AsiaRetail ROM to a en.EU retail and I've had no problems whatsoever. What you need to do is read these three topics:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192 - get RSD Lite and the Moto drivers from here, install them before attempting anything else;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362956 - get a ROM of your liking then go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342567 - and read how to root (if you want, that is).
As for the black lines, I really can't help you as I don't watch online videos on my phone.
If you need further help, let me know.
zkvvoob said:
Hi there,
I was in your situation, only in Europe, not in the US. So I switched my AsiaRetail ROM to a en.EU retail and I've had no problems whatsoever. What you need to do is read these three topics:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192 - get RSD Lite and the Moto drivers from here, install them before attempting anything else;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362956 - get a ROM of your liking then go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342567 - and read how to root (if you want, that is).
As for the black lines, I really can't help you as I don't watch online videos on my phone.
If you need further help, let me know.
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Man, thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate the effort. I really do !
Just one more question though, whats the difference ? and when will i be getting the official ICS upgrade ? and will it come faster on EU or Asia retail ? or both are the same ?
You don't want US because that is Verizon software, for the Xt912 (CMDA). I suggest you get EU, to obtain the fastest set of updates for the GSM razr.
What happens if i change it to the EU.Retail ? will i still be able to get updates and ICS officially ? will this void my warranty ? please help !
Iorveth said:
What happens if i change it to the EU.Retail ? will i still be able to get updates and ICS officially ? will this void my warranty ? please help !
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Yes you will get OTA ICS and it shouldn't void any warranty as long as your remove root (should you hand it back in)
So if i change the ROM to EU i have to root but after changing the ROM and everything is fine then i need to remove the root ?
i heard that root is not removable ?! right ?
i have Asia retail in US and it works beautifully. i see no reason to change.
the only reason why i want to change it is because i hope that the phone will get updates faster and the camera will work better and the phone performance will be better too
so after installing the motorola drivers, download the RSD lite and the eu retail rom whats next? im already rooted
Hi there everybody. I apologize if I am going to ask a question which has been already answered, but looking at the other threads did not help me.
I want to root my tablet S, it has been updated some days ago, and currently it is:
Android 4.0.3 (release2a)
KERNEL: 2.6.39.4 [email protected] #1
Can i root? and if yes, how?
The bloatwares and ads cripple my battery, and i want to squeeze more power from it.
Thank you in advance
qfoxp said:
Hi there everybody. I apologize if I am going to ask a question which has been already answered, but looking at the other threads did not help me.
I want to root my tablet S, it has been updated some days ago, and currently it is:
Android 4.0.3 (release2a)
KERNEL: 2.6.39.4 [email protected] #1
Can i root? and if yes, how?
The bloatwares and ads cripple my battery, and i want to squeeze more power from it.
Thank you in advance
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Unfortunately, no. You cannot root your tablet's Android 4.0.3 (release2a).
Will it be possible in the future? I mean, is anyone working on it?
qfoxp said:
Will it be possible in the future? I mean, is anyone working on it?
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Only a prophet will tell you what the future will bring. All I will say is I have seen people saying they are or will be working on rooting the unrootable versions of Android used on Sony's tablets or better yet, unlocking their bootloaders. My own efforts towards those goals have so far met with brick walls. My current efforts involve discovering the methods used by Sony's technical service for restoring a tablet back to factory condition with a rootable version of Android installed.
wow!you have 4.03 r2a?
there is a version new then r1a ?
when do you update?
what new in r2a version?
sorry for many Qs
<robin> said:
wow!you have 4.03 r2a?
there is a version new then r1a ?
when do you update?
what new in r2a version?
sorry for many Qs
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To the best of my knowledge, releases 1a and 2a were issued simultaneously and are virtually identical but for different regions.
qfoxp said:
I want to root my tablet S, it has been updated some days ago, and currently it is:
Android 4.0.3 (release2a)
KERNEL: 2.6.39.4 [email protected] #1
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Hi,
I have the same release and kernel.
Doeas anyone know if a solution to root version come up?
thanks
KillR said:
Hi,
I have the same release and kernel.
Doeas anyone know if a solution to root version come up?
thanks
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This thread is old. The new root method mentioned all over general forum will work. Still lost... see my faq in signature
I found this thread with google when I tought that the root of my version was not possible: I have tried with this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...6#post33470626
but the root didn't happen.
I have followed all the steps in the video, everything was ok untill the part when it says to type \data\local\tmp\onload.sh .
The problem was that the tablet didnt show automatically the terminal screen.
So I unlocked the tablet, nothing was showed, I found anyway the app "terminal", I launched it, in the blue screen I typed the first sentence ( \data\local....) there was a lot of error messages after pressing enter, I anyway tried to put even the second sentence, a lot of errors, so when I pressed any key to conitnue in cmd the method said "ok you are rooted have fun" but there was no root anyway,
It wiped all the application, even Play Store app has been wiped....I had to make a factory restore....
So my question now is: which method do you think is suitable for my version? Manual?
Thanks
Hello,
I got my Z2 tablet from t-mobile germany.
It has 12 GB internal Storage.
Model: sgp521
Build-Number: 17.1.A.2.36
I would like to install the new firmware (for touch improvement) but the tablet does not show me any system update to install.
How can I get the new firmware running on the tablet?
Anyone else with the same problem?
Kind regards
Alex
alexander_777 said:
Hello,
I got my Z2 tablet from t-mobile germany.
It has 12 GB internal Storage.
Model: sgp521
Build-Number: 17.1.A.2.36
I would like to install the new firmware (for touch improvement) but the tablet does not show me any system update to install.
How can I get the new firmware running on the tablet?
Anyone else with the same problem?
Kind regards
Alex
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Hi, same thing for me, maybe the Provider do not work on an Update to the the newest Firmware.
I read somewhere that the Firmware you mentioned, works the best and i'm runnig the same Build i had few to no Problems at all.
I takes Time but in my Opinion, when there will be Custom-Roms realased for the Z2 Tablet, i would recommend flash those, with many Reasoin's like regular Updates, Bug Fixes,... etc.
If you want to stay with the Stock-Rom, you could try to flash the latest one, here on the Z2 Tablet Forum (in General i think).
I hope i could help
Best Regard's
Alex1911
Alex1911 said:
Hi, same thing for me, maybe the Provider do not work on an Update to the the newest Firmware.
I read somewhere that the Firmware you mentioned, works the best and i'm runnig the same Build i had few to no Problems at all.
I takes Time but in my Opinion, when there will be Custom-Roms realased for the Z2 Tablet, i would recommend flash those, with many Reasoin's like regular Updates, Bug Fixes,... etc.
If you want to stay with the Stock-Rom, you could try to flash the latest one, here on the Z2 Tablet Forum (in General i think).
I hope i could help
Best Regard's
Alex1911
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Thanks.
I think I will wait for a custom-rom (like cyanogenmod or similar).
Is that in progress?
Kind regards
Alex
alexander_777 said:
Thanks.
I think I will wait for a custom-rom (like cyanogenmod or similar).
Is that in progress?
Kind regards
Alex
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Hi,
i think there should be one in the Future, because the Kernel- and Rom-Sources are realased, means it shouldn't take to long until
a Custom-Roms arrives for the Z2 Tablet.
Best Regard's
Alex1911