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newbie here, just had my phone contract upgrade was on the iphone was gutted to leave but knew the iphone 5 was going to be way over priced so i have tried andrioid which i prefer apple at the mo.
looking round at rooting ym galaxy s2 but not sure what the benefits are of rooting this, i previously jailbroken my iphone so i could could free apps etc, is this the same with the galaxy s2 with the apps and widgets when you root it?? can u get them all free etc??
also if i go ahead to do this can u only root it on certain versions as i presume i have the current software etc??
is there a teatherd or unteatherd version off rooting?? and if i download apps from torrent websites does my phone have to be rooted so i can install them?? if not how do i go about installing them and would they be free if they charge in the market section?!?
sory for all the questions but im a newbie to andrioid and rooting but pretty good at jailbraking lol!
►Rooting will give you administrative access to system/root folders.
►Rooting has nothing to do with Paid apps, you will still have to buy them if you need.
►For simple and effective rooting process, please read the below thread carefully,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Regards.
FAQ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065995
Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282
jje
thanks for the quick reply guys, if i downloaded some apps/widgets from bit torrent how do i install them, wot if i downloaded an app or widget from bit torrent plus in stalled them would it charge me for it as it could notice i have the paid app installed??
alanh087 said:
thanks for the quick reply guys, if i downloaded some apps/widgets from bit torrent how do i install them, wot if i downloaded an app or widget from bit torrent plus in stalled them would it charge me for it as it could notice i have the paid app installed??
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You might want to have a look at number 6 in the forum rules....
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You might want to have a look at number 6 in the forum rules....
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ahh ok sorry not gonna bother rooting as its not worth it then for a few extra themes etc
Torrent does not mean its Warez it may not be but reading the OP posts i have a shrewd guess that they are indeed stolen apps . OP can put me right on that one if i am wrong ..
As developers of apps are often XDA members we do not tell you how to install stolen apps .
Rule 6 infractions lead to an immediate ban .
6. Do not post warez.
If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, either pay or find your cracks and serials somewhere else. We do not accept warez nor do we permit any member to promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained.
jje
You can install any app any time without root, the difference is some apps require root for special functions.
Also root will usually give you options to increase performance, or add other features to your device.
First of all, to relate the question to the S III, let me just say that samsung-updates.com is where I get info on ROM releases to all samsung android devices, specially the GT-I9300 and GT-I9100.
Anyhow, does anybody know what's going on with them? Their site is returning a HTTP code 500 (internal server error) and they've been offline for several days now.
Yesterday (Sep. 12th) they were online for a few hours, and mentioned that they've been targets of hacking attacks. They wrote they were working with their hosting provider to find out what was going on, only to be back offline a few hours later.
So, does anybody have any "insider's info" on the matter?
If it is indeed hackers who are bringing their site down, my conspiracy theory point in 3 directions:
a) CrApple and their fanboys, green with envy that they can't update their firmware as freely as we can, so they hire people who actually know a bit about computers to bring down samsung-updates.com
b) Samsung itself, because they are getting way too many warranty returns due to dumb noobs who flash a ROM on their phones and end up bricking it.
c) LG, Motorola and HTC fanboys, for the same reasons in (a), but they do it themselves. Their envy is because they don't get firmware updates in the same pace we do.
Well you have answered your own question, so maybe you should try changing thread title to "Anybody want to join in a conspiracy theory debate?"
It went one direction []; down the toilet.
Seriously, does anyone know if the site is coming back?
Does anyone know the maintainer of samsung-updates.com ?
I'd like to know this too. I need to download a stock ROM for my i747 but I can't with this site down, I don't know where else to get it
void.pointer said:
I'd like to know this too. I need to download a stock ROM for my i747 but I can't with this site down, I don't know where else to get it
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How bout www.samfirmware.com ?
yiannisthegreek said:
How bout www.samfirmware.com ?
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Because samsung-updates.com is a lot better, simpler, more straightforward than samfirmware.com
Besides, samsung-updates.com's table format is a lot easier to use than samfirmware.com.
Anyhow, the site samsung-updates.com to be ok now. It's been online for 4 days in a row and that's nice. I hope they have solved all their problems, because they do a very useful job for us.
What isn't nice is that there has been absolutely nothing new for the GS3 for several days now. Samsung spoiled us, by releasing update after update several times a week, and now I am hooked on updating my Gaalxy S III (and my S II, for that matter). Too bad the JB launch date is still a few weeks away, because I could really use a fix right now (pun intended!)
It has been down again for a few days... hmmm...
Down again for the past few weeks in December 2019... hmmm...
Ha-ha-ha looks like I'm the only one concerned about this site.
Hello!
I searched this site for URLs and paths of where OTA update files from Samsung come from during download.
I found the server for HTC phones.
I also found the server for Google's OTA server - http://android.clients.google.com/... - it is used for Google's own Nexus updates and Samsung Nexus phones, as well as, for some reason, for updates for some other Samsung phones, especially if they are sold by Sprint.
Since there is no general Samsung forum, I thought I would ask here, I hope that is OK.
What are the server URLs and paths of Samsung OTA update files?
Does Samsung not have its own server like ota.samsung.com or like that? Does it actually use the Google server for each and every phone?
I cannot find a thread on this site that covers this.
If only some Samsung phones get updates from the Google server, why is that?
I have only noticed that for Samsung Nexus and Sprint Samsung phones.
Thank you, much appreciated!
--Droiderino
Never seen an OTA url from day one of this forum .
Their was a method of downloading direct from the servers but that has been closed down .
Search CHECKFUS post.
jje
Found something.
It is starting like this: http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/
Still begs the question why not all Samsung phones download their OTA updates from that location.
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Still begs the question why not all Samsung phones download their OTA updates from that location.
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What are you basing this on?
I think you're the only one who cares about this tbh.
XDA don't really take interest in OTA a Samsung forum might have more information .
jje
rootSU said:
What are you basing this on?
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This, for example:
android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/sprint_samsung_l720.update_SPH-L720_MDL_CSB_user_RP_to_MF9_CSB_user_RP.zip
As was reported here:
http://androidromupdate.com/2013/07/09/sprint-galaxy-s4-ota-update-l720vpuamf9-stock-via-recovery/
It is for a Samsung S4 from Sprint. There are also other Sprint Samung phones that get updated via google servers.
What are the updates doing there instead of being stored at Samsung servers?
rootSU said:
I think you're the only one who cares about this tbh.
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That may well be, but ...
... there's always hope someone in the know stumbles upon this thread, and I wouldn't get that until I at least tried.
I've still not seen anything to prove its pushed out from "samsung servers" for other devices. And the question really adds nothing to development. It does nothing except attempt to satisfy your curiosity.
I think there are more important questions to be asked.
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rootSU said:
I've still not seen anything to prove its pushed out from "samsung servers" for other devices.
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You mean on XDA?
Here, for example, for Galaxy SII:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29940983&postcount=13
--Droiderino
First thing i do with a rom is rip out OTA and Kies update stuff and never use OTA updates .
As i said a Samsung forum may have a better idea of who stores OTA .
jje
JJEgan said:
As i said a Samsung forum may have a better idea of who stores OTA .
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I did not find any general Samsung forum here at XDA, that's why I posted in the S III forum.
The official Samsung developer forum has virtually no traffic.
Would you please kindly direct me (link) to which Samsung forum you are referring to?
Then I might ask there also.
Do you mean at androidforums.com or at androidcentral.com or android.net or somewhere more applicable?
Thank you.
--Droiderino
No a Samsung forum not XDA a forum that deals with Samsung products rather than a developers forum .As XDA is a developers forum then OTA is not relevant to most users .
The guy that built Checkfus is probably your best point of information regarding OTA .
Its fairly common to rent storage space from other servers if yours are overloaded and guess who has the largest number of worldwide servers .
jje
JJEgan said:
No a Samsung forum not XDA a forum that deals with Samsung products rather than a developers forum .As XDA is a developers forum then OTA is not relevant to most users .
The guy that built Checkfus is probably your best point of information regarding OTA .
Its fairly common to rent storage space from other servers if yours are overloaded and guess who has the largest number of worldwide servers .
jje
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Ah, that is actually a fairly reasonable explanation!
...and if you just have to ask on xda, since your evidence is about a sprint s4 getting updates from Google servers, the sprint s4 forum makes more sense than the i9300 forum.
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Droiderino, thank you for posting the question, and what you had found. I know at this point the thread is YEARS old, but information can live forever online. Those members that tried to thwart this thread because they didn't find it interesting or useful themselves at the time don't seem to realize that the more information that is gathered and disseminated, regardless of who is uninterested, can help in ways they may not yet understand, both in the present, and in the future. Stay curious!
So I'm using my HTC One Max today and boom a update notification came through..
I came straight here to see information about it but have not seen anything.
Does anyone have a clue what they updated yet or is it to soon to tell? haha.
I really want to update to a new phone soon, but anything to make this phone's battery last longer is good news.
You may not know but this forum is for development not a Q&A. There are some threads about this already in the General forum. There will not be an official update for the US variant most likely. If it happeneds it will be because it's ported.
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enettrek said:
So I'm using my HTC One Max today and boom a update notification came through..
I came straight here to see information about it but have not seen anything.
Does anyone have a clue what they updated yet or is it to soon to tell? haha.
I really want to update to a new phone soon, but anything to make this phone's battery last longer is good news.
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I have me and my brother on one max's with unlimited grandfathered. Stock 4.4.2, s-off, and rooted. Today we both get an ota pop up everytime we wake the phone up from sleeping. Annoying. Root explorer only shows the otapkg.zip to be 36mb so i doubt its a big update or anything. I have been working all day without any time to look at it and my bro has no clue what he is using, i just showed him how to turn his hotspot on. haha
Hopefully someone knows an easy way to get rid of this update. I sent a pm to someone else who had helped me with rooting stuff awhile ago when i first got the 2 max's used. (thanks for all your help before if you read this) He hasnt been using a max but recommended flashing stock recovery, flashing update, and redoing superuser and twrp. I cant tell my brother to do all that long distance... hes electronic disabled.... I'm hoping i can rename the update and get it to stop showing up and leave us alone. I think I had done something similar to this with the rezound ota annoyances.
Sorry to respond to this post while its in the wrong section... But I couldn't find anything related to this 07-31-2015 ota from verizon in the general. I do see alot of stuff about international lollipop dropping, but I think this is different.
I knew this was for the Dev section but this affects those of us who are using stock rooted rom's with earlier updates that they received from this very section. So pardon me when I thought this was the place to bring it up.. Thanks for telling me we'd not get the US Variant... Personally I don't want to upgrade to Lollipop. Much prefer the current one. I'm with the previous replier, I'd rather stop the annoyance of the update notification. I haven't downloaded it but it's getting annoying having to see the update every 4 hours.
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You may not know but this forum is for development not a Q&A. There are some threads about this already in the General forum. There will not be an official update for the US variant most likely. If it happeneds it will be because it's ported.
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I just did a multi search engine (including the site search) through out the HTC one max forum for the ota update "3.02.651.8" and got no threads matching my search. The latest official version to be discussed is the 3.02.651.5 which is what I'm on already. If you would be so kind as to point me in the directions of said thread(s) I'd be grateful as I do not see them anywhere.
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I just did a multi search engine (including the site search) through out the HTC one max forum for the ota update "3.02.651.8" and got no threads matching my search. The latest official version to be discussed is the 3.02.651.5 which is what I'm on already. If you would be so kind as to point me in the directions of said thread(s) I'd be grateful as I do not see them anywhere.
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How does this look? http://androiding.how/sprint-htc-one-max-ota-update-3-02-651-8-rolling-out-but-it-isnt-lollipop/
Anyone have a flashable update of this?
hey guys, I couldn't find this firmware except on a website called Samsung Updates, they gave 3 mirror sites all require paid service. can anyone shed some light on where to find it for free, or at least that if that website is legit? thanks!
Here you go
I came across that website but must have kept keying in the wrong key word lol) thank you so much!! got it off their app