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So I just got a new moto e 2nd gen just a few days ago.
Currently running 5.0.2.
Hardware SKU XT1511.
As far as I understand the 5.1 OTA came out a few months ago, correct?
But when I go to the system update, it just says "Your device's software is up to date"
What's going on here? Is there a link to download the ota zip so I can just run adb and flash it myself???
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Same thing happening here, but with XT1526 I live in another region, so I don't know if that has anything to do.
For what it's worth, I live in the USA and purchased this device brand new from best buy just a few days ago.
So yeah, not sure what is going on with the update.
This phone is the 3G version, the retail US model that has LTE connectivity is the one with the 5.1 update.
This phone model has been seemingly neglected by Motorola, this thread in the Motorola Forum has info about the updates of the Moto E 2015, no updates at all for the 3G model
I just purchased the XT1527 LTE model off Amazon for $100 for my grandma to use instead of her crappy ZTE flip phone. She is on my aunt's AT&T 60GB plan for her small business and when the phone first arrived, I signed into her Google account and got everything setup but when I tried to pull the 5.1 update, it wasn't getting it yet and said it was already up-to-date with 5.0.2.
Later that day we finally went to the AT&T store to get a SIM put in it and her number transferred over, but still, no 5.1 update for it yet.
Does anyone know why my XT1527 model can't pull the update yet? I thought for sure it would have been able to pull it when I first turned it on, before even getting the SIM for it.
Is there anyway for me to manually install the OTA without unlocking the bootloader or flashing TWRP or are we just stuck waiting?
dabug91 said:
I just purchased the XT1527 LTE model off Amazon for $100 for my grandma to use instead of her crappy ZTE flip phone. She is on my aunt's AT&T 60GB plan for her small business and when the phone first arrived, I signed into her Google account and got everything setup but when I tried to pull the 5.1 update, it wasn't getting it yet and said it was already up-to-date with 5.0.2.
Later that day we finally went to the AT&T store to get a SIM put in it and her number transferred over, but still, no 5.1 update for it yet.
Does anyone know why my XT1527 model can't pull the update yet? I thought for sure it would have been able to pull it when I first turned it on, before even getting the SIM for it.
Is there anyway for me to manually install the OTA without unlocking the bootloader or flashing TWRP or are we just stuck waiting?
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Same thing here. I'm not getting 5.1 or any other update. XT1527 from Amazon. System version is 22.36.1.surnia_retus.retus.en.US Build LXI22.50-24.1.
Kernel is dated Feb 7 2015. Does anybody know why this is happening? Sorry to bump an old thread but I firmly believe this is relevant today.
By the way, I contacted Motorola support but they gave me a nonsense answer (i.e. that my phone is fine as it is with no 5.1.)
I have the XT1528 model and it says I have 5.1, but my phone still seems to be affected by stagefright 2.0. I assumed that 5.1 would fix that problem, but I am worried Motorola isnt even going to fix the issue.
That guy earlier said look at the link to see who is getting the 5.1 update rollup.
Don't expect to get it if your not only the list.
Also i seen myself that there was more than 1 stage fright update for 5.0.2
because there was more versions of the exploit that needed to be patched as time went on.
SO there was separate stage-fright updates for 5.0.2 and 5.1 respectively.
in other words you did not have to have 5.1 installed to get stage fright patched with an update.
They probably did that because they know most carriers are not pushing out 5.1 to their customers.
Which leads me to my next point..
It's not up to Motorola..
They can offer the update to any specific carrier but it's up to the carrier to decide if it is rolled out to customers.
It's been a long time now and most carriers did not get the 5.1 update.
It is doubtful i think anyone new is going on that list of who gets it.
For example my carrier in Canada Telus never rolled it out.
I had to get a stock firmware package for another carrier for 5.1 and put it on myself.
I chose to use the generic USA Retail Firmware package.
All has worked well but my phone model is suppose to be using LTE/cdma (surnia_umts)
But i have struggled to get it back on cdma.. with nobody out there with any suggestions on how to fix it.
Had i not tried to switch it over manually to GSM after install i would have given up.
Luckily my Carrier Telus supports CDMA and GSM.
I only found 1 guy who left a comment i seen way back saying he fixed his radio issue
by having his stock 5.0.2 Radio left intact then flashing all else to update.
That did not do me any good.. i have tried many variations with no difference.
I can confirm i was getting a new recent stage fright update OTA prmpt.
And there was a new updated firmware package shared recently that included this newer update.
I installed it and used a Stagefright checker App that scanned for about 10 variations of the exploit
and my phone was reported by the app as safe. (patched)
This version was just recently put on the web by someone..
XT1527_SURNIA_RETUS_5.1_LPI23.29-18.9_cid9_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml
MD5: 586d4a4888a570e6119c60d7437b6bcc
It has this OTA patch update integrated..
Blur_Version.23.11.15.surnia_retus.retus.en.US
MD5: 7b74752978545ccd0100c3d236cc88f6
xpmule said:
That guy earlier said look at the link to see who is getting the 5.1 update rollup.
Don't expect to get it if your not only the list.
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My phone is on that list but it's not getting the 5.1 OTA.
xpmule said:
in other words you did not have to have 5.1 installed to get stage fright patched with an update.
They probably did that because they know most carriers are not pushing out 5.1 to their customers.
Which leads me to my next point..
It's not up to Motorola..
They can offer the update to any specific carrier but it's up to the carrier to decide if it is rolled out to customers.
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It's not getting Stagefright patches either. Regarding the carrier, XT1527 is factory unlocked, which means it's not tied to a specific carrier.
Motorola should provide the updates since they say they do have a 5.1 update on their support site.
xpmule said:
I had to get a stock firmware package for another carrier for 5.1 and put it on myself.
All has worked well but my phone model is suppose to be using LTE/cdma (surnia_umts)
But i have struggled to get it back on cdma.. with nobody out there with any suggestions on how to fix it.
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Did you try with 4G LTE Switch app? Its ID is com.tapbase.LTEswitcher
xpmule said:
I can confirm i was getting a new recent stage fright update OTA prmpt.
And there was a new updated firmware package shared recently that included this newer update.
XT1527_SURNIA_RETUS_5.1_LPI23.29-18.9_cid9_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml
It has this OTA patch update integrated..
Blur_Version.23.11.15.surnia_retus.retus.en.US
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Interesting. Do you know if I can do this update to my phone without unlocking the bootloader? I don't want to void the warranty.
yituge said:
My phone is on that list but it's not getting the 5.1 OTA.
It's not getting Stagefright patches either. Regarding the carrier, XT1527 is factory unlocked, which means it's not tied to a specific carrier.
Motorola should provide the updates since they say they do have a 5.1 update on their support site.
Did you try with 4G LTE Switch app? Its ID is com.tapbase.LTEswitcher
Interesting. Do you know if I can do this update to my phone without unlocking the bootloader? I don't want to void the warranty.
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Don't count on what i am saying i am a noob eh..
But yeah i think you can just flash that version i did.
Even if your bootloader is locked.
From the sounds of it i think that firmware i used on my Telus carrier phone
was actually originally intended for YOUR phone !
And 4G LTE Switch app?
Hmm no i have not seen that.. i should check it out thanks.
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I checked out that APP and all it does is open the settings menu for you.
You can just use the dialer instead..
*#*#INFO#*#*
That gives the same thing as that APP
I also have found it to be -read only- on my phone.
So if you change the option it actually doesn't work.
If you REALLY want to change it for real you have to use an alternate method such as..
connect with ADB using your computer.
then use this command..
Code:
adb shell
settings put global preferred_network_mode 9
settings put global preferred_network_mode1 9
Note: That will force LTE/GSM (auto PRL)
you don't need root to do that in the cmd prompt either.
and most guys out there say do another cmd line..
Code:
settings put global preferred_network_mode2 9
But i had checked and that line did not exist so i doubt adding it will do anything.
Change those lines to "get" and look at the value currently set before changing them.
When i ran the 3rd line it said that key does not exist.
Also the number 9 is LTE/GSM (auto PRL)
SO if you use that dialer command or that app you can count down the drop down list
to see what option is what number (to force it via command line)
For example..
no. 8 is..
LTE/cdma (auto PRL)
xpmule said:
Don't count on what i am saying i am a noob eh..
But yeah i think you can just flash that version i did.
Even if your bootloader is locked.
From the sounds of it i think that firmware i used on my Telus carrier phone
was actually originally intended for YOUR phone !
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Don't worry, I'm a noob too, just trying to read a lot before doing anything.
I checked my phone and everything matches to this ROM:
SURNIA_RETUS_5.0.2_LXI22.50-24.1_cid9_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
I also installed CID Getter for further confirmation and ro.boot.cid is 0x9 (i.e. CID9.)
Which ROM I should flash to my phone:
the older SURNIA_RETUS_5.1_LPI23.29-15_cid9_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
or the newer XT1527_SURNIA_RETUS_5.1_LPI23.29-18.9_cid9_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip ?
Does the last one contain Stagefright patches?
My main concern is -if I'm not mistaken- that either one should be 100% official Motorola or it won't flash with a locked bootloader.
xpmule said:
I checked out that APP and all it does is open the settings menu for you.
You can just use the dialer instead..
*#*#INFO#*#*
That gives the same thing as that APP
I also have found it to be -read only- on my phone.
So if you change the option it actually doesn't work.
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I see. I thought it could work for you, but at least you know a workaround. Thanks for sharing.
Does anyone know of a custom recovery that has been compiled for the LG L15G (AKA Sunrise)? I've been looking all weekend for one and haven't had any luck. I know there's no official build of either CWM or TWRP available for it, but I'm hoping to find an unofficial build that will work. I have it rooted already, but I've not been able to find a recovery for it and I don't want to do any more hacking till I have that.
Also if anyone can point me towards a decent custom ROM for this thing I'd appreciate it. I haven't had any luck finding that either.
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Does anyone know of a custom recovery that has been compiled for the LG L15G (AKA Sunrise)? I've been looking all weekend for one and haven't had any luck. I know there's no official build of either CWM or TWRP available for it, but I'm hoping to find an unofficial build that will work. I have it rooted already, but I've not been able to find a recovery for it and I don't want to do any more hacking till I have that.
Also if anyone can point me towards a decent custom ROM for this thing I'd appreciate it. I haven't had any luck finding that either.
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i have this model but i updated it before I knew it would prevent me from rooting it... any way you could upload a backup of your firmware that I can use to downgrade to?
How can you beat a $9 phone
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Does anyone know of a custom recovery that has been compiled for the LG L15G (AKA Sunrise)? I've been looking all weekend for one and haven't had any luck. I know there's no official build of either CWM or TWRP available for it, but I'm hoping to find an unofficial build that will work. I have it rooted already, but I've not been able to find a recovery for it and I don't want to do any more hacking till I have that.
Also if anyone can point me towards a decent custom ROM for this thing I'd appreciate it. I haven't had any luck finding that either.
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Just picked this phone up too, any luck on getting a ROM for it?
I picked one up....couldn't resist for just $9.82. I didn't let it update, so I was able to root it with Kingroot 4.6. Quite snappy after all the bloatware was removed. Have about 1.5gb of internal memory left, but added an 8gb microSD. I haven't been able to findy any recovery, doubt one exists. Nice little emergency phone to have in the car or backpack.
Just picked this phone up as well, and KingoRoot doesn't work. I wasn't prompted for a firmware update when I first cranked it up so I guess I'm on some version that isn't supported? Can anybody clarify what the status of this device is currently? I've got the Tracfone version.
I just rooted my LG L15G tracphone with KingRoot and it worked immediately. Great!
Next step is to get this 10 dollar phone unlocked.
By the way, my firmware version is: Android 4.4.2
I picked one up last night. Kingroot said my device wasn't supported but clicking "try it" successfully rooted the device!
I replaced Kingroot with SuperSU by following these directions: http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html?m=1
I've removed McAfee, but are the Tracfone bloat apps safe to remove?
Tracfone refused to give me the unlock code because their policy is that the phone must be active and have minutes on it for 12 consecutive months (wtf?)
One unlock website did have our device listed (http://www.imei-unlocker.com) but both their methods said that unlock wasn't available yet. They refunded me for both attempts.
If anyone has a Linux setup, we can compile our own TWRP. I found the kernel source earlier today: http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=NAME&search=Lgl15g
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I picked one up last night. Kingroot said my device wasn't supported but clicking "try it" successfully rooted the device!
I replaced Kingroot with SuperSU by following these directions: **Link removed**
I've removed McAfee, but are the Tracfone bloat apps safe to remove?
Tracfone refused to give me the unlock code because their policy is that the phone must be active and have minutes on it for 12 consecutive months (wtf?)
One unlock website did have our device listed (**Linked Removed***) but both their methods said that unlock wasn't available yet. They refunded me for both attempts.
If anyone has a Linux setup, we can compile our own TWRP. I found the kernel source earlier today: **link removed **]
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I just got this phone for Christmas. What version of Kingroot did you use? The ones I'm downloading don't work. (The one I've tried says something about no available root strategy and adds me to some stupid que line or something. There is no "try it" button after it does this.) You happen to have the specific APK you used and what version was your phone on when you rooted it?
Currently mine is Android version 4.4.2 with kernel version 3.4.0. I haven't attempted to update it yet as I am to assume that would be a bad idea. Unless you have a version newer then mine, then I guess updating would actually help me in this situation.
Looks like there STILL isn't any custom rom or custom recovery for this phone yet. It's been out since July and thanks to the $10 phone promo, there are tons of these out in the wild so I'm surprised nothing has been done with it yet.
I really want to root it as I want to remove some bloatware like McAfee and Polaris office. I would also like to uninstall Chrome so that I can install it to SD card. (unless Chrome can't be moved to SD card, in which case this would be a waste of time I suppose.) Aside from a few extra Google apps, there really isn't that much bloatware aside from what I already mentioned above. I can wait for a custom rom/recovery (though having a custom recovery would be nice as it would allow me to backup my phone incase something gets messed up). I just want to free up some internal storage by removing the bloatware.
(also, the no outside links thing with new users is annoying. I agree new users shouldn't be allowed to. But please at least code the forum to be smarter. I had to manually remove all the links to a post I quoted before it would let me post. That's kinda stupid. If I quote a post in the same thread I'm responding too that has links, it should be assumed to be safe since the links were posted by a verified member. I would hope the forum could fix that or at least have the common ***king courtesy of removing the links from the quotes for me. )
EDIT:
Ok some interesting news to report. It almost wants to work now. For what ever reason, it randomly decided to finally show me the "Try it" button. (I should have clarified earlier it never displayed that button. It would just say root strategy unavailable and that was the end of it. Now it says there is one and lets me use the Try It button. However it will get to about 60% (though it will randomly stop earlier on other attempts. Sometimes my phone will reboot after it reaches 20% or so) it will just say root failed.
I don't understand why this is seeing that my LG Sunrise is pretty much the same as someone else who managed to root it with Kingroot. It's never been updated. (I even checked for updates and there aren't any).
The only thing I can think of that might be a problem is that the phone isn't yet activated as I have not gotten air time for it yet. Does this root process require the phone to be on an active SIM first?
Root with Root Genius
I have root my LG L15G (Android 4.4.2, kernel 3.4.0+, software version LGL15G10f) with Root Genius for PC v3.0.85.
Of cource, before rooting "Developer options" must be unlocked (5-8 taps on Settings>About Phone>Software information>Build number) and turned on; in "Developer options" must be selected "USB debugging".
After this connect phone to PC. All phone drivers must be installed.
Run Root Genius. When program will ready and say about connect with LG L15G - press one button. After 2-3 minutes root is enabled.
Titanium Backup works. But I have no ideas for unlock the phone to make a possibility work in other GSM-networks, except TracFone's.
Hmm, I had tried Root Genius and that didn't work for me (and yeah I did enable USB debugging. I apparently was using an older build of Root Genius. But I found and used the build you used and still get the unsupported model error. ). My software version is as follows:
Android Version: 4.4.2
Baseband version: M8610B-AAAANAZM-1.0.6060
Kernel version: 3.4.0+
Build number: KOT49I.LGL15G11a
Software version: LGL15G11a
There does appear to be some differences in the software version of mine vs the post above me. I'm guessing they changed something. But that's odd as my phone was brand new just like yours assuming you got it around the same time as me.
EDIT. Ok some bad news. Looks like there was a newer software update (that my phone apparently came with) that blocks root and even prevents download mode from working. (I had attempted to boot into download mode but none of the button combinations work and even the root scripts I've tried can't get it to reboot into download mode)
Seems I'm stuck with a phone I probably can't ever root.
It seems it can still be forced into download mode by using a "56k/130k/910k cable" cable (special cable with resistor on one of the data lines). But they are running for $18 on ebay and way to damn expensive for a simple cable with a resistor installed. Resistors are probably only worth pennies each, so they are way too expensive to be charging that much for it.
If I had a such a cable, the root script I had tried awhile back might have worked as it needs to get the phone into download mode to finish the process.
There seems that there's little hope for your phone but I may have a solution. My LG Sunrise got updated as well and got root access with the update. You can use King Root but not Kingo.
Look it up on Google. So far I've had no success on getting to the recovery mode.
I've tried rooting with KingRoot. It will just say it failed after 20% (sometimes it goes higher, but always end with it saying this).
Note that unlike your phone, mine already had the latest update out of the box.
Apache Thunder said:
I just got this phone for Christmas. What version of Kingroot did you use? The ones I'm downloading don't work. (The one I've tried says something about no available root strategy and adds me to some stupid que line or something. There is no "try it" button after it does this.) You happen to have the specific APK you used and what version was your phone on when you rooted it?
Currently mine is Android version 4.4.2 with kernel version 3.4.0. I haven't attempted to update it yet as I am to assume that would be a bad idea. Unless you have a version newer then mine, then I guess updating would actually help me in this situation.
Looks like there STILL isn't any custom rom or custom recovery for this phone yet. It's been out since July and thanks to the $10 phone promo, there are tons of these out in the wild so I'm surprised nothing has been done with it yet.
I really want to root it as I want to remove some bloatware like McAfee and Polaris office. I would also like to uninstall Chrome so that I can install it to SD card. (unless Chrome can't be moved to SD card, in which case this would be a waste of time I suppose.) Aside from a few extra Google apps, there really isn't that much bloatware aside from what I already mentioned above. I can wait for a custom rom/recovery (though having a custom recovery would be nice as it would allow me to backup my phone incase something gets messed up). I just want to free up some internal storage by removing the bloatware.
(also, the no outside links thing with new users is annoying. I agree new users shouldn't be allowed to. But please at least code the forum to be smarter. I had to manually remove all the links to a post I quoted before it would let me post. That's kinda stupid. If I quote a post in the same thread I'm responding too that has links, it should be assumed to be safe since the links were posted by a verified member. I would hope the forum could fix that or at least have the common ***king courtesy of removing the links from the quotes for me. )
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Ok some interesting news to report. It almost wants to work now. For what ever reason, it randomly decided to finally show me the "Try it" button. (I should have clarified earlier it never displayed that button. It would just say root strategy unavailable and that was the end of it. Now it says there is one and lets me use the Try It button. However it will get to about 60% (though it will randomly stop earlier on other attempts. Sometimes my phone will reboot after it reaches 20% or so) it will just say root failed.
I don't understand why this is seeing that my LG Sunrise is pretty much the same as someone else who managed to root it with Kingroot. It's never been updated. (I even checked for updates and there aren't any).
The only thing I can think of that might be a problem is that the phone isn't yet activated as I have not gotten air time for it yet. Does this root process require the phone to be on an active SIM first?
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If you still haven't got root yet,for me it was McAfee that's been blocking Kingroot every since Nov.
Even though I never set up an account,it was the culprit..I opened the McAfee app created the account and Disabled.
Went to settings,ALL apps,then opened McAfee..Scrolled down to ''manage space'' and deactivated and hit force stop.
Then I ran KingRoot version 4.8.0 from this site.My device rebooted at around 30%,went back to KingRoot and it finished rooting.
THANK YOU!
It took a few tries, but after disabling McAfee's root protection (It completely skipped my mind that this stupid app would have a feature that would interfere. ) KingRoot definitely did it's thing. (I had to re-attempt twice because once it rebooted and failed. So I had to kill the app again and try again. That time it rooted without restarting).
I've already uninstalled McAfee and a few other system apps I need to get rid of. (McAfee on a $10 phone? Yeah..... No.... I'll take my chances. )
I also replaced KingRoot with SuperSU and uninstalled Purify and the KingRoot app that installed the root. After cleaning out unneeded bloatware, this phone is pretty responsive now! It used to lag a little and not register touches some times. But after cleaning out the bloatware (McAfee was probably the main source of the lag) it runs pretty well now!
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Ok minor issue. I can't seem to uninstall Chrome (since it's a system app on this phone). It keeps reinstalling it self. It won't stay gone. What would be causing that? I wanted to move Chrome to SD so it doesn't take up space. But this particular phone won't let me.
Seems to happen with Polaris Office as well. Not a big deal at the moment. I can just freeze this app so it won't take up any CPU time/ram. Freezing it seems to work fine. Uninstalling it just results in it mysteriously reinstalling it self....
Does yours lose root after rebooting? I tried to run 'adb reboot recovery' for giggles and SuperSU no longer had root when it failed to start the local and booted normally.
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If anyone has a Linux setup, we can compile our own TWRP. I found the kernel source earlier today: http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=NAME&search=Lgl15g
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I have the Android SDK installed on my desktop but the TWRP porting guide by Dees_Troy is a little bit too vague for a first timer. I was able to extract the stock recovery using dd this afternoon.
I haven't tried to reboot mine into recovery mode. But root sticks when doing normal reboots.
recovery/rom LG-L15G
I am currently working with this phone to provide a twrp recovery that will work properly, please hang on while i work out the bugs. its been a while since i developed anything, was taking a extended break from development
DroidHost said:
I am currently working with this phone to provide a twrp recovery that will work properly, please hang on while i work out the bugs. its been a while since i developed anything, was taking a extended break from development
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That's really awesome! I'm looking forward to what you come up with. I'd be happy to send you some beer money for your efforts as well!
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That's really awesome! I'm looking forward to what you come up with. I'd be happy to send you some beer money for your efforts as well!
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Hang on to that beer money for now, I am working on zeroing the /laf partition to gain access to fastboot hopefully this will work out, and we will have save and easy way to unlock the bootloader on phone to make it flashable
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Hang on to that beer money for now, I am working on zeroing the /laf partition to gain access to fastboot hopefully this will work out, and we will have save and easy way to unlock the bootloader on phone to make it flashable
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That's fantastic. If it would help, I have one of those variable resistor cables that some LG phone requires for supporting baseband or entering the bootloader.
This is the cable I have: http://m.ebay.com/itm/131321398015
It is described here as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069564
I have internetted to the best of my ability and tried many, many different things, but I cannot get my Note 2 to root. Odin keeps failing on NAND or on restore.img or any other step. I have tried every usb port and every cable in my house. I tried this once before (maybe a year or two ago) and managed to get a verizon "unauthroized software" message. From this, I was able to get it back to stock, and I have left it alone since.
Now this is no longer my main phone, and I WILL root it, but I need some help.
It is deactivated (my service phone is now an old Fascinate).
It is SCH-I605, on 4.4.2, baseband is I605VRUFND7, kernel is 3.0.31, build is KOT49H.I605VRUFND7.
The phone is in developer mode, USB debugging is enabled, verify apps is disabled, and I don't have an option to "unlock OEM". I (currently) have Odin 3.10 and 3.12 on my desktop. I've got a thing called "CF-Auto-Root-t0ltevzw-t0ltevzw-schi605" which I believe it some kind of "patch" for the kernel that will grant root access.
I can boot the phone to recovery/download mode. I can start Odin, I can connect the phone, I can see it in Odin (usually on COM5). In NONE of the versions of Odin I have seen, do I ever see this "PDA" button, but I do have a AP button. Depending on the version of Odin, usually AP is the only button that is enabled. One of the tutorials talks about PDA button but the screenshot shows the AP button, so I have been trying this exclusively.
I can click start, and things will work pretty good for a little while, but then I will get some error. Usually it is on recovery.img, sometimes it is on NAND rewrite (I think ... I can't get back there). Always just "FAIL!". I cannot find a log to tell me why, and the message is completely useless. Sometimes it will just hang on SetupConnection, and once it hung on recovery.img for over 10 minutes.
The last time I did this (and recovered) I was on Win 7, now I'm on Win 10.
Can somebody please offer some advice? I can provide screenshots, chat on Skype, whatever is needed. Thanks!!
Emery
I also want to mention that I tried ghetto root but I am getting errors in it as well. The main error is that there is an unexpected newline (but I do not know which file), and then I am told that root fails, and Super SU does not appear on the phone.
i used Saferoot and it seems to work each time...
Forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
SafeRoot Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2760984&d=1400951117
Jaws4God said:
i used Saferoot and it seems to work each time...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2760984&d=1400951117
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Thanks! I will try it right now!
Ok. So saferoot failed with "Your kernel is patched! This device is not supported."
I think it also said something about a locked bootloader, so I went looking for more information and found
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
I tried "no you verizon" version first, which said that it failed (I took a copy of the log).
Then I tried the earlier "Back Atcha Verizon", and now I am back to "system software not authorized by verizon ..... blah blah go to the nearest verizon store for help".
Lol, now I have to remember how to undo this ... I think I had to restore the stock image with Odin or something.
In any case, what the heck is possibly going on? How is this the most locked-down phone on the planet? This is incredible and ridiculous and I don't even know!
emeryalan said:
Ok. So saferoot failed with "Your kernel is patched! This device is not supported."
I think it also said something about a locked bootloader, so I went looking for more information and found
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
I tried "no you verizon" version first, which said that it failed (I took a copy of the log).
Then I tried the earlier "Back Atcha Verizon", and now I am back to "system software not authorized by verizon ..... blah blah go to the nearest verizon store for help".
Lol, now I have to remember how to undo this ... I think I had to restore the stock image with Odin or something.
In any case, what the heck is possibly going on? How is this the most locked-down phone on the planet? This is incredible and ridiculous and I don't even know!
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weird.. yeah i used saferoot on my device a few times and haven't had an issue.. it shouldn't matter if your bootloader is locked.. that would only keep you from flashing a customer recovery...
I know mine is running 4.1.2 (MC3) so I should be able to unlock my bootloader but can't got get CASUAL to work... just fails at different points or loops trying to install CAD or something... so not sure what i need to do.
I did try to use Flashify to put a custom recovery on.. i got the "system software not authorized... " blah blah.. knew I did have to use ODIN to restore the factory firmware.. but it wasn't reading my phone.. finally after switching USB ports, it worked and I was able to put it back to stock and get it to boot and root again..
so if anyone has any ideas on how to get CASUAL to work, please let me know.
Galaxy Note 2 lessons from Verizon
There is still no root or bootloader unlock for Verizon Galaxy Note2 (Model SCH-I605). Ours quit working, by shutting down/locking up often. From what I've found out, this behavior is caused by Verizon's own software, not the hardware, forcing us to get a new phone. I STRONGLY recommend anyone on Verizon to drop the service immediately, before this becomes the standard. What we will see is, having to purchase a new phone product every two years, requiring us to turn in the old phone, then being sold a repackaged refurbished model at new phone prices.
Verizon is pushing the boundaries, and they are preventing a piece of equipment that you own from functioning in order to force you to buy another of their products. If allowed, this business model WILL spread to all their competitors. It will stunt the growth of future technologies since innovation will not be the motivation to buy a new product, the only motivation being the continual failure of a sabatoged product.
So again, please drop Verizon if you have them, and if you don't have them don't get them.
update.. i was able to get CASUAL to work.. had to download another program to reset the CAD Driver.. then it worked like a charm.. so have an unlocked bootloader and rooted. Right now i'm trying out Alliance ROM..
emeryalan said:
Ok. So saferoot failed with "Your kernel is patched! This device is not supported."
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yep, i got this error too after I had tried Alliance 4.4 ROM... so I guess that saferoot only works for 4.3 and older..
LordBaronMarshall said:
There is still no root or bootloader unlock for Verizon Galaxy Note2 (Model SCH-I605). Ours quit working, by shutting down/locking up often. From what I've found out, this behavior is caused by Verizon's own software, not the hardware, forcing us to get a new phone. I STRONGLY recommend anyone on Verizon to drop the service immediately, before this becomes the standard. What we will see is, having to purchase a new phone product every two years, requiring us to turn in the old phone, then being sold a repackaged refurbished model at new phone prices.
Verizon is pushing the boundaries, and they are preventing a piece of equipment that you own from functioning in order to force you to buy another of their products. If allowed, this business model WILL spread to all their competitors. It will stunt the growth of future technologies since innovation will not be the motivation to buy a new product, the only motivation being the continual failure of a sabatoged product.
So again, please drop Verizon if you have them, and if you don't have them don't get them.
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Even though my device is bootloader unlocked for testing CM releases I always go back to stock ND7 for stability minus bootloader then Ghettoroot and it's been working solid for years. And, unlimited data for $60 is hard to beat. Absolutely nothing wrong with the phone and software and not yet with the service as long as I can avoid the $20 unlimited data increase when contract expires in 2017.
mi7chy said:
I always go back to stock ND7 for stability minus bootloader then Ghettoroot and it's been working solid for years. .
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what version is ND7 ? thank you.
Jaws4God said:
what version is ND7 ? thank you.
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ND7 is Kit Kat 4.4.2.
mi7chy said:
ND7 is Kit Kat 4.4.2.
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oh got ya. i haven't read much about that version.. wonder if it has possibility of unlocked bootloader or root.
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oh got ya. i haven't read much about that version.. wonder if it has possibility of unlocked bootloader or root.
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It's the last official release. If you're already bootloader unlocked you can use Mobile Odin Pro to flash it minus the bootloader then use Ghettoroot. Only thing is Mobile Odin Pro only works with Lollipop such as CM12.1 or older. So, if you try CM13 and decide to go back to stock ND7 you have to first flash CM12.1 then use Mobile Odin Pro to flash stock ND7.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
mi7chy said:
It's the last official release. If you're already bootloader unlocked you can use Mobile Odin Pro to flash it minus the bootloader then use Ghettoroot. Only thing is Mobile Odin Pro only works with Lollipop such as CM12.1 or older. So, if you try CM13 and decide to go back to stock ND7 you have to first flash CM12.1 then use Mobile Odin Pro to flash stock ND7.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
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oh interesting.. so right now i'm on a ND7 port.. should I bother flashing the ND7 without bootloader or is not really needed?
Thanks!
So, In order to better prepare for the Nougat update whenever Lenovo/Motorola decided to give it's U.S. customers the official OTA, I had decided to Unroot my phone and install Stock firmware official version .64. Went through all the steps, got a No command error screen when trying to get to recovery, also showed Modified in FastBoot mode. Also, I had decided to do this because I was having some irritating Error Report issue always downloading.
Anyway, I learned that I can hold Power then press UP volume button once then release power to get to Recovery despite the "No Command" screen. Also, eventually that I needed to downgrade to .49, then accept the .64 OTA in order to get rid of the "Modified" message in Fastboot Screen. So, went through all the trouble to download the .49 firmware, flashed it, etc. When I got into my phone, I checked for Software updates as soon as I was able, to get the .64 update. But, lo and behold, instead I was gifted with a screen explaining that I would instead be getting Androud 7.0 Nougat. Awesome. I live in California. Was totally not expecting Nougat, because I check almost every day and would never get that long awaited message lol.
So I am surprised. I noticed, when I flashed straight to .64 firmware and checked for Software updates, I Did Not get the Nougat OTA notification. Only with the .49 firmware. I didn't think to take a screen shot, and am currently downloading the Nougat update now. When it is installed, I'll take a screenshot of the firmware version once booted into my phone. It's about time, I'm going to be ordering the G5 for my wife tomorrow, and was a tad bit jealous that it would already come with Android 7.0 lol. Hope this gets the rest of you American users excited, and hope this information helps. You can find a guide how to downgrade here in the forums or google, or at stechguide website. PS- I cannot guarantee nor take responsibility that you will have the same luck to get the OTA as I did. Downgrade at your own discretion.
Notice the firmware version. Joy!
I would have done this if I waited 2 weeks earlier. If more people get it and can confirm, just maybe I will unroot and go back to stock. But I love all the customizations with Resurrection Remix.
selw0nk said:
I would have done this if I waited 2 weeks earlier. If more people get it and can confirm, just maybe I will unroot and go back to stock. But I love all the customizations with Resurrection Remix.
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Had to do a quick search on what Resurrection Remix was, very nice rom it seems!
Doukeyakusha said:
So I am surprised. I noticed, when I flashed straight to .64 firmware and checked for Software updates, I Did Not get the Nougat OTA notification. Only with the .49 firmware. I didn't think to take a screen shot, and am currently downloading the Nougat update now. When it is installed, I'll take a screenshot of the firmware version once booted into my phone. It's about time, I'm going to be ordering the G5 for my wife tomorrow, and was a tad bit jealous that it would already come with Android 7.0 lol. Hope this gets the rest of you American users excited, and hope this information helps. You can find a guide how to downgrade here in the forums or google, or at stechguide website. PS- I cannot guarantee nor take responsibility that you will have the same luck to get the OTA as I did. Downgrade at your own discretion.
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I too didn't get an OTA update notice when I went back to .64 stock/unrooted . So I said the heck with it and went back to Invicta and will stay there. I ran stock nougat flashed via the TWRP flashable files that were available for a while. But when the rubber meets the road, I see no advantages to going through the hassles of downgrading my phone to stock anything given that the features, performance, stability and battery life are far better on various custom ROMS. Not to mention that the security is more up to date. Just my own opinion.
hmmmm..interesting...tempted to try this out
My phone is too new to be rooted (sorry, I no longer do that first day...) After seeing the earlier posts I checked last night, no luck.
Today is another day! New version installing now. NPJ25.93-14 just said, "Hello, Moto". Woohoo!
Peace,
Tom
OTA zip
Does anyone have the OTA files? I suspect I will have to manually flash the files in Fastboot due to earlier impatience (I did nougat soak test and then downgraded back to stock). Now the regular ota keeps giving me error which I am assuming is tied to the gpt.bin error I got when I downgraded. I can't do anything scripted. Gotta install manually from fastboot.
Just for your info... The Amazon ad remover doesn't work after the update. XT1625
Downloading in Austin Texas
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Has anyone made an image as I need it to unbrick my phone?
Amston said:
Has anyone made an image as I need it to unbrick my phone?
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My wife's just got the update. Mine is unlocked and rooted. If someone can tell me the steps to get back to a position to download the ota, and root again, and pull the image, I'll happily do it. I'm on .48 right now. Looks like I need to relock the bootloader and reload .48 fresh, but I'm not real sure at this point.
downloaded and installed. startup animation was fun. anyone know how to root this build?
fredwinky said:
downloaded and installed. startup animation was fun. anyone know how to root this build?
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I dunno. Try searching the G4+ forum? There is a post that tells you how.
I got the update before the weekend and installed it. Everything went smooth and the changes are very nice. I've noticed the Bluetooth issues I had seem fixed (dropping connections, having to de-pair, power cycle and re-pair). However, one annoying thing still persists and it seems related to Do Not Disturb. Sometimes the audio never comes back after DND. Notifications, touches, calls, they're all silent after DND is turned off. I have to power cycle the phone and then it works. I had this issue on Marshmallow and Motorola advised me to wipe & reset. That took care of the issue but it seems to have come back for now. No other issues that I can find right now.
The only thing I've noticed is with my wifi . Every now and then it doesn't auto connect when returning home. This was reported by a number of people during the soak test but I guess it wasn't important enough because the OTA was released anyway. Also, I previously had the option of connecting with 2.4GHz, 5GHz, or auto. Now there is no option and I've noticed that sometimes I'm connected with 2.4 and sometimes with 5 but it seems to be random.
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fredwinky said:
downloaded and installed. startup animation was fun. anyone know how to root this build?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3484672
Has the instructions to root.
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I'm new to this phone Can anyone give me a link to the ".49 firmware"
I ordered this phone as an early xmas gift for my mother during black friday, got it for $115 32gb unlocked from B&H Photo. Just wanted to mention as a current Nexus 6 owner I'm surprised how this phone is basically pure android with the exception of 2 Moto apps. I was able to upgrade from 6.0 to Nougat out of the box and then the security patches without any issues. Once all updates were done I just erase the device to factory and setup as expected. Jealous it's running faster than my Nexus 6 (and I'm running performance mode using ex kernel manager). Only wish Motorola can reboot the nexus 6 with a bigger screen and fingerprint.
Before start i'd like to tell you about my adveture with my phone
I had a Huawei mate 10 ( ALP-L29 c185) installed 8.0.0.139, rooted with magisk and TWRP (By Pretoriano80) as recovery so yesterday i suddenly think that "i shuld try android 9" (i don't know why?) . I searched here and internet so finally i decided to update by "hurupdater" method. I downloaded stock firmware by "Firmware Finder for Huawei" app (9.0.0.177) and hurupdater 0.4 also twrp_bla_alp_0.7.img for twrp recovery. I put them in same folder on sdcard. Renamed recovery.img to keep recovery as twrp. Lastly i restarted recovery and installed hurupdater.zip.
DANG!!! My phone is bricked....... It gave a lot of errors during installation and when i try to reboot it was bootlooping, cant load recovery interface (twrp or stock). I could enter e-recovery but gives "getting package info failed" error. So ended up with bricked phone in my hands. I tried many ways including hisuite but nada....
Then i remembered "Funky Huawei", bought 1 credit and followed instructions. After long hellish hours (firmware downloading takes long) i have my phone back working with stock 8.0.0.140 rom, stock recovery even relocked bootloader also my whole data was intact. My curosity cost me 20 $ and hours. This morning i realised there is system update 9.0.0.159
So my questions o this point
1)What should i do now? Update to android pie (with stcock recovery of course)? Is it worth trying or just install twrp and root my current rom and go on my way for a while longer ? (till a more stable pie relase)
2) For the future, what was wrong in my update process. I'd never want to make same mistake again..
Thanks...
draqkin said:
Before start i'd like to tell you about my adveture with my phone
I had a Huawei mate 10 ( ALP-L29 c185) installed 8.0.0.139, rooted with magisk and TWRP (By Pretoriano80) as recovery so yesterday i suddenly think that "i shuld try android 9" (i don't know why?) . I searched here and internet so finally i decided to update by "hurupdater" method. I downloaded stock firmware by "Firmware Finder for Huawei" app (9.0.0.177) and hurupdater 0.4 also twrp_bla_alp_0.7.img for twrp recovery. I put them in same folder on sdcard. Renamed recovery.img to keep recovery as twrp. Lastly i restarted recovery and installed hurupdater.zip.
DANG!!! My phone is bricked....... It gave a lot of errors during installation and when i try to reboot it was bootlooping, cant load recovery interface (twrp or stock). I could enter e-recovery but gives "getting package info failed" error. So ended up with bricked phone in my hands. I tried many ways including hisuite but nada....
Then i remembered "Funky Huawei", bought 1 credit and followed instructions. After long hellish hours (firmware downloading takes long) i have my phone back working with stock 8.0.0.140 rom, stock recovery even relocked bootloader also my whole data was intact. My curosity cost me 20 $ and hours. This morning i realised there is system update 9.0.0.159
So my questions o this point
1)What should i do now? Update to android pie (with stcock recovery of course)? Is it worth trying or just install twrp and root my current rom and go on my way for a while longer ? (till a more stable pie relase)
2) For the future, what was wrong in my update process. I'd never want to make same mistake again..
Thanks...
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I have exactly same phone (c185) never tried unlocking bootloader but I updated to emui 9 159 there are some buggy things like when you want to use third party lunchers You can't use gesture navigation and it has so many bugs so not using gesture is better
there are again some problems with third party launchers (im using nova) like sometimes when you go to "resents" its totally blank and you have to force stop "huawei home" to make it right
there are some good changes in camera like new 960 fps slow motion (but there is a huge crop in 240fps 720p and 960fps 720p I can't remember that 240fps had that crop or not) Turning off master ai and some new scene detection but it's slower than last one
there is a new performance mode that i love using it (it feels like a real flagship however it's not because of stupid SOC)
there is a new AI api that android 8 didn't have so most of apps wasn't able to use NPU
in emui 8 there is a little bit better battery
I love changes to my phone so I preferred buggy new firmware to old ones there are so many good little changes in interface (like when you take a picture you can go to gallery then scan it for QR code)
There is a way better Mira cast functionality (and new desktop mode in it)
hi touch, hi vision
These were all expensives I had with emui 9 that I can think of
How did you update @arianamirgholami ?
Meanwhile, I have the same phone but am still on Android Oreo......I have the ALP-L29 8.0.0.141(C185) model. I'm reading more and more about others with this model that have gotten the Android Pie upgrade over the last two months but the upgrade is still not available to me. Makes no sense...I have a stock rom on the phone, I am NOT rooted and my bootloader is locked. Neither hisuite, hicare, system update, nor firmware finder methods gets me anywhere. They all say that I'm on the most recent firmware.... 8.0.0.141(C185). Go figure....
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Meanwhile, I have the same phone but am still on Android Oreo......I have the ALP-L29 8.0.0.141(C185) model. I'm reading more and more about others with this model that have gotten the Android Pie upgrade over the last two months but the upgrade is still not available to me. Makes no sense...I have a stock rom on the phone, I am NOT rooted and my bootloader is locked. Neither hisuite, hicare, system update, nor firmware finder methods gets me anywhere. They all say that I'm on the most recent firmware.... 8.0.0.141(C185). Go figure....
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Same here, although my brother and I have the same device (ALP-L29C185) and we're on the same career, he got the pie update like a month ago and nothing for me yet. I think it's a matter of time until our imeis turns.
MasterThiefGarrett said:
How did you update @arianamirgholami ?
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I used Erecovery of firmware finder
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Meanwhile, I have the same phone but am still on Android Oreo......I have the ALP-L29 8.0.0.141(C185) model. I'm reading more and more about others with this model that have gotten the Android Pie upgrade over the last two months but the upgrade is still not available to me. Makes no sense...I have a stock rom on the phone, I am NOT rooted and my bootloader is locked. Neither hisuite, hicare, system update, nor firmware finder methods gets me anywhere. They all say that I'm on the most recent firmware.... 8.0.0.141(C185). Go figure....
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Yes I saw many people on internet facing same issue, What I assume is that when you purchased the phone it came with 8.0.0.141, that's why its not getting the Pie. Because the phones which were using 8.0.0.140 already got the Pie instead of 8.0.0.141. So one thing you can try is to go back to 8.0.0.140 and then update the phone. I did the same, Installed 8.0.0.140 using HiSuite and then update to Pie.
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Yes I saw many people on internet facing same issue, What I assume is that when you purchased the phone it came with 8.0.0.141, that's why its not getting the Pie. Because the phones which were using 8.0.0.140 already got the Pie instead of 8.0.0.141. So one thing you can try is to go back to 8.0.0.140 and then update the phone. I did the same, Installed 8.0.0.140 using HiSuite and then update to Pie.
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I finally got the OTA update from EMUI 8 to EMUI 9
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I finally got the OTA update from EMUI 8 to EMUI 9
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Thats great. Means you got more luck. Mine is still on 9.0.0.159 and no update. Please also confirm one thing. What is android security patch in this version?
Finally grab the update today morning...
Another update today. Woww