Firstly, apologies if this is a stupid question - this is my first time posting.
I have been following threads on here about the Oreo OTA update and people have been confirming it left and right, however I still haven't received anything in the UK.
Is it down to my device?
Is it safe to follow a guide on installing it from FF?
Thank you in advance.
You're on C432B120 ?
I'm still waiting too - on C432B183
" Is it safe to follow a guide on installing it from FF? "
I've use Firmware Finder to update my Honor9 ( from 183 to Oreo ) with no problems, after a few days, without FF ,I get new OTA from android, so, I think it's safe. In my case : Nothing is unlock no root , nothing, only Stock.
Thanks for all the replies. I'm on C432B183.
I'll try the FF option
Just asking!
Hi all, March is over for us in the UK in just under 4 and a half hours did anyone get the official update to Oreo other than using firmware finder? Just wish they (honor) would of just kept silent on the update until it was rolling out instead of all this guessing
Cheers
Nothing here. I only got my phone a few days ago and it did an update but only to the same version as you guys.
You tried on wifi ?
Tried on wifi connected to their PC software, not sure if I want to go down the firmware finder route just yet as there is always a chance of bricking the phone and I should of mentioned it is a retail unlocked honor 9 bought in the UK from J__n Lew_s (not sure if we can, name names so to speak on the forum) again not moaning about the phone just the lack of official information even sent honor a tweet but I will probably wait and wait for a reply
xdaGecko said:
Firstly, apologies if this is a stupid question - this is my first time posting.
I have been following threads on here about the Oreo OTA update and people have been confirming it left and right, however I still haven't received anything in the UK.
Is it down to my device?
Is it safe to follow a guide on installing it from FF?
Thank you in advance.
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FF is totally safe if you always use the IMEI approved ones. Also, use the full OTA files. (Larger ones)
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Using firmware finder no doubt will work I was wondering will a phone updated that way still receive official future ota updates for security etc or once it has been used do you have to update using FF?
I updated mine to B180 via FF and got an OTA update for B183 a few days later. Also updated to Oreo via FF with no problems. My phone came from Three.
bazo said:
Using firmware finder no doubt will work I was wondering will a phone updated that way still receive official future ota updates for security etc or once it has been used do you have to update using FF?
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Yes, FF only makes your phone "skip in line" of the OTA queue.
Thanks for those answers think I will update it when I return from work later
Cheers
I'm on C432B183 and am getting nothing. Firmware Finder is always saying that any new OTA update is not approved for the device...
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So a couple of days ago I updated my phone.
I used Windows Phone 7 Connector for mac doing this.
This updated the device to the following:
OS version: 7.10.8107.79
Firmware version: 1600.2479.7740.11451 ?
The latest FW version is 1600.2483.8106.11500 and is not what I've got in FW.
Is this an error?
I rolled back to 7.10.7740.16 and updated from Zune in Windows 7 (64 bit) that gave the exact same result with latest OS version but still the old FW version.
Ahh just read through at the dev section. I can see I'm not the only one.
Just thought they would update the whole device when they now took the time to tell me an update was available, guess the update process is weird on WP7
OS and firmware roll out separately. The OS is universal across all devices while the firmware is device specific so you can understand why they are separate.
Now why Nokia and MS can't coordinate so both updates come at the same time is a different question. Although i think in this case the firmware came out after the OS update.
I am still stuck up with the os version 7.10.7740.16
I got stuck with 1600.2479...
Boburto said:
OS and firmware roll out separately. The OS is universal across all devices while the firmware is device specific so you can understand why they are separate.
Now why Nokia and MS can't coordinate so both updates come at the same time is a different question. Although i think in this case the firmware came out after the OS update.
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If thats the case how come some users received both the OS and Firmware update in one update? and has anyone received the OS update and then a couple days later received the firmware update?
Well I wrote Nokia to get a clear answer on this matter.
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mickfarr said:
If thats the case how come some users received both the OS and Firmware update in one update? and has anyone received the OS update and then a couple days later received the firmware update?
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They might be downloaded at the same time but it isn't a single file. If you look into it the software update is a bunch of smaller files. It downloads the main OS and all the installed languages separately (I.E. doesn't download italian if you don't need it).
I received a firmware update for my trophy a week after i updated to mango.
It may have 1000 files but its reported on Zune as one update which contains the OS and the firmware. If it where 2 separate updates, Zune would run the the update twice like we had with mango. If it were 2 separate updates, there would have been 2 separate backups done.
So has anyone or know anyone who has received the OS update and then a few days later received the firmware update?
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mickfarr said:
It may have 1000 files but its reported on Zune as one update which contains the OS and the firmware. If it where 2 separate updates, Zune would run the the update twice like we had with mango. If it were 2 separate updates, there would have been 2 separate backups done.
So has anyone or know anyone who has received the OS update and then a few days later received the firmware update?
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I think it's an error. Because Zune only checks up on the OS version 8107.79 and says there is no updates. So I hope Nokia will write me back soon to get a clear answer on this matter.
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So has anyone or know anyone who has received the OS update and then a few days later received the firmware update?
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I did. I got the latest OS update and then got a firmware update a week later.
Hello, has anyone on T-Mobile uk contract manage to get the OS update?
I've got the Nokia firmware update only.
Thanks
Venstar said:
Hello, has anyone on T-Mobile uk contract manage to get the OS update?
I've got the Nokia firmware update only.
Thanks
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I think you're on the same boat as me, waiting, Orange network, since T-Mobile and Orange are one, I believe that they are taking the right p***, I've been waiting for two-three weeks, only one Orange user claimed to have forced it with the disconnect trick, but how he has done it, only God knows if he's lying, after an hour of trying, I gave up.
sHaHiN786 said:
I think you're on the same boat as me, waiting, Orange network, since T-Mobile and Orange are one, I believe that they are taking the right p***, I've been waiting for two-three weeks, only one Orange user claimed to have forced it with the disconnect trick, but how he has done it, only God knows if he's lying, after an hour of trying, I gave up.
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I couldn't get the disconnect trick to work either but I manage to update manually using the cab files & info. from mobiletechworld.com.
Everything seems ok at the moment, time will tell...
Venstar said:
I couldn't get the disconnect trick to work either but I manage to update manually using the cab files & info. from mobiletechworld.com.
Everything seems ok at the moment, time will tell...
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Mind pm'ing me the link, since you're a new user, it won't allow you to post links. Thanks.
Update 1: Never mind, found it, just charging my phone, then will try it out, looks pancakes.
Update 2: Successfully done with no problems, thanks bub.
mickfarr said:
It may have 1000 files but its reported on Zune as one update which contains the OS and the firmware. If it where 2 separate updates, Zune would run the the update twice like we had with mango. If it were 2 separate updates, there would have been 2 separate backups done.
So has anyone or know anyone who has received the OS update and then a few days later received the firmware update?
Sent from my Lumia 800 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
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I thought firmware updates can't be rolled back (only OS updates). If so, Zune wouldn't backup for a firmware update.
jj14 said:
I thought firmware updates can't be rolled back (only OS updates). If so, Zune wouldn't backup for a firmware update.
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It's correct. Just got an answer from a Danish Nokia rep. The OS Version is handled by Microsoft and the firmware version is rolled out by Nokia. So it can indeed be two separate updates. He told that the firmware update should roll out to danish handsets next week.
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Hopefully someone can help me. I recently purchased an Honor 7 in the UK so I assume I have the EU version. I have noticed on a few forums that people are getting OTA's for version B180. I have tried checking for updates via the settings menu to no avail. My phone is running B121. Am I stuck on this till MM or is there an update available that I should have received.
Don't panic, I'm in the UK on B121. We'll get the ota update in the next week or 2
That's fine then. Thanks for the help.:good:
Just download the updates and do them manually, the instructions are in the getting started thread above. I am in the UK was running 121 but am now on 180, just be careful and follow the instructions to the letter.
You can either wait for the full Marshmallow version when it comes on OTA, but if you want, you can update from B121 to B140, then to B170, and finally from B170 to B180.
It'll give you a few more features (such as pro-camera mode) and some security patches.
I got OTA from B121 to B130, but no OTA further on from there, so I manually went from B130 -> B140 -> B170 -> B180.
I'm in the UK as well and I got OTA from B313 to B320. Not sure I see any improvements, though!
edit: I am not a beta tester, I just uploaded manually up to B313. Never unlocked, never rooted the phone.
Ghostpiracy said:
You can either wait for the full Marshmallow version when it comes on OTA, but if you want, you can update from B121 to B140, then to B170, and finally from B170 to B180.
It'll give you a few more features (such as pro-camera mode) and some security patches.
I got OTA from B121 to B130, but no OTA further on from there, so I manually went from B130 -> B140 -> B170 -> B180.
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boombuia said:
I'm in the UK as well and I got OTA from B313 to B320. Not sure I see any improvements, though!
edit: I am not a beta tester, I just uploaded manually up to B313. Never unlocked, never rooted the phone.
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If you update to B180 will they release an OTA that goes from B180 -> Marsh mellow directly? Or will I have to flash any intermediate updates?
This is all speculation but I was wondering if anyone knew, many thanks.
I think there will be a full Update file and also an ota from b180 to mm because all other releases greater than b180 are beta firmwares...that does not make any sense for me to force a stable user to intermediate Update to a beta and than to a final release.
Yes there will be a full update package from 121 to MM released. On the French honor site it has a European zip file for honor 7 which contained both packages inside it with instructions how to update depending which software you were currently on. It was a beta package so I decided to wait for the official as it is only another week to wait. It is annoying how honor 7 in Europe are getting ota updates to 180 when people in the uk seam not to. Plus I want to do a full fresh install of MM to make sure it's a clean install on my phone and no chance of bugs ect.
Just received ota B180 in the UK , so MM is on its way.
I got my Uk Honor 7 in September and it came with B100 and to date I have not had any updates, it is strange that some people in the Uk say they get OTA updates and others here get nothing.
numbnutsuk - what was yours on before you got your update today?
Thanks
graham35 said:
I got my Uk Honor 7 in September and it came with B100 and to date I have not had any updates, it is strange that some people in the Uk say they get OTA updates and others here get nothing.
numbnutsuk - what was yours on before you got your update today?
Thanks
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My phone was on B121, and is currently downloading the 180 update....
I think mine was one of the early ones delivered to the UK as it came with B100, I have seen several posts on here where people are stating theirs came with B121 which I think were delivered at a later date, I could have updated mine via the links provided as I use to do manual AOSP updates with my Samsung S3, but was not able to use my Lloyds bank app and a few other apps, so I decided to keep my Honor 7 with official updates only. but may have to rethink that if we don't get an update soon.
Just received B180 update notification. Hopefully will fix a couple of issues.
graham35 said:
I got my Uk Honor 7 in September and it came with B100 and to date I have not had any updates, it is strange that some people in the Uk say they get OTA updates and others here get nothing.
numbnutsuk - what was yours on before you got your update today?
Thanks
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Mine was on B121 mate.
Is your model PLK L01?
Try sticking this in your dload folder
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2G3OZB5BzS9MWZNZDFReGpHZUk/view?usp=docslist_api
B121 update zip
numbnutsuk - thanks for the link, yep, I decided to get on with it and it installed fine from your link and then my phone has just downloaded the B180 OTA and its installing as I type this, hopefully my bank apps will still work ok, they should as its an official OTA update.
If everything works out ok I will update my wife's phone (Honor 7)
Thanks for your help, cheers
Your welcome.
Good to hear, it should not wipe your phone so everything should still be working as before.
Let's just hope official MM is next week.
Everything is working fine now on B180, all my apps including the bank work fine, cheers
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I think mine was one of the early ones delivered to the UK as it came with B100, I have seen several posts on here where people are stating theirs came with B121 which I think were delivered at a later date, I could have updated mine via the links provided as I use to do manual AOSP updates with my Samsung S3, but was not able to use my Lloyds bank app and a few other apps, so I decided to keep my Honor 7 with official updates only. but may have to rethink that if we don't get an update soon.
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I'm exactly the same, got an early one with B100..... When will mm arrive?
Create a folder on your SD called dload and stick the above zip into it then update manually through the update app on your phone. Reboot and it will ota update to 180. I think the MM update will be released the end of this week!
I need some help, I have a Mate 10 from China the Al00 version 6gb/128gb version. It came rebranded with AL29 115 (C636) flashed over it. Everything is working fine. When I check Firmware Finder app it shows there are updates available for C636 but these are not approved for installation. However when I check the (C185) update version of the L29 it is approved for my device. So I updated to this version which is L29 8.0.0.119(C185) everything worked fine and when my phone rebooted it was still on L29 8.0.0.115(C636) but the security patch was updated to the latest November one from October. I don't understand what has happened here? WHY HASN'T the build version changed? Why isn't any update version of the C636 not approved for my phone? I would appreciate any help thank you in advance
Interesting I thought about doing this myself, so you probably have the firmware files of .119 but still device details .115. Can you take a screen shot of your syatem/About Phone?
You would need to rebrand your phone I would have thought, currently only funky Huawei can do this from what I've read.
I'm in the same boat, all the C636 firmwares are not authorised currently for my device also. Update.app method doesn't work with out associated hw files and I'm not willing to fastboot the partitions to the device tho should work.
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Interesting I thought about doing this myself, so you probably have the firmware files of .119 but still device details .115. Can you take a screen shot of your syatem/About Phone?
You would need to rebrand your phone I would have thought, currently only funky Huawei can do this from what I've read.
I'm in the same boat, all the C636 firmwares are not authorised currently for my device also. Update.app method doesn't work with out associated hw files and I'm not willing to fastboot the partitions to the device tho should work.
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I have checked and I am positive that my phone is rebranded to C636, what I find strange is that others in this forum bought the same phone from the same vendor and it was rebranded by the vendor too. They are also in the UK and they have received an OTA to 119 from 115, I do not understand why this is the case.
ramheer said:
I have checked and I am positive that my phone is rebranded to C636, what I find strange is that others in this forum bought the same phone from the same vendor and it was rebranded by the vendor too. They are also in the UK and they have received an OTA to 119 from 115, I do not understand why this is the case.
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Yeah I've the same device from Wandamobile.
I just received the .119 OTA update as of last night. You'll get it very shortly.
Seems to be in line with firmware finder when you check firmware access, as soon as my access was approved on the app I got the OTA.
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Yeah I've the same device from Wandamobile.
I just received the .119 OTA update as of last night. You'll get it very shortly.
Seems to be in line with firmware finder when you check firmware access, as soon as my access was approved on the app I got the OTA.
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Thank you very much my friend I appreciate that ?
i have the same problem.. my mate 10 rebrand by itself after i installed a full OTA via firmware finder. my mate 10 was 119(C636) then after i downloaded and installed a firmware 128(636) via firmware finder. it didnt change at all. my mate 10 was still on firmware 119 but the worst it became 119(185) when i try to download a firmware 128(C185) i cannot install it because it was not approved.. but when i try to download a 128(636) all is good but the problem is im still at 119(C185) after the installation..
I just got this OTA. Is it final?
No, it's the second beta of Oreo for EU firmware.
Good for you. Now were you the smart guy who grabbed the files before actually upgrading? In order for @OldDroid to make an updated guide for everybody to upgrade... ?
i have a curiosity, i'm in italy so europe, device L09. i cant agree to beta test program beacause closed. so my question is: if anyone on oreo go on updater then download most recent update.zip and upload it everywehere or send me i can install it without problems with the emui recovery?
Hi,I am using HONOR 7x BND-L21 IN MIDDLE EAST and it is not receiving update to Android 8.0......thereby all my friends who have bought it in India are receiving this update.......What can I do to get the update ASAP...
THANKS
What firmware region and version are you on actually ?
C....
How to know firmware region??
It's currently running on ANDROID 7.0
EMUI 5.0
go to /System/About Phone
you'll get a line like :
BND-L21CxxxByyy
What's your Cxxx will be rour region's phone.
What's your Byyy will be your build's number.
Bnd-l21c185b14q
ayank668.ak said:
Bnd-l21c185b14q
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I'm guessing you meant Bnd-l21c185b141 or Bnd-l21c185b144 ?
You could try one of this two methods:
1) try the 'Nougat Update to Oreo' part of this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649
with the BND-L21C185CUST185D1B330 available on FirmwareFinder.
or
2) Replace your nougat stock recovery with the 'BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img' from the previous link and then you can use FirmwareFinder's android apps to force update to BND-L21C185CUST185D1B330.
Both method will need you to have both bootloader and bootloader's FRP already unlocked.
Thanks for your help........But I was not able to do the methods you gave to install it.....But I got another one....and that one is to Get that software-
In firmware finder there is an option to get it by In-App proxy.so can I update it by that way?????
Coz after seeing videos and videos I understood it.....
ayank668.ak said:
Thanks for your help........But I was not able to do the methods you gave to install it.....But I got another one....and that one is to Get that software-
In firmware finder there is an option to get it by In-App proxy.so can I update it by that way?????
Coz after seeing videos and videos I understood it.....
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You're describing my second method.
It won't work without replacing stock recovery with 'BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img' because the firmware you'll like to install is not 'Approved'.
Sry for disturbing you again and again....what will happen if I install the firmware which is not approved coz I'm not able to understand how to do it...
nothing will happens, firmware will be erased from phone and you will get an 'install failed'
oslo83 said:
nothing will happens, firmware will be erased from phone and you will get an 'install failed'
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i did upgrade a middle east version of honor 7x to Orio and installation failed and it's brick. i just have access to fastboot. The phone not fully orio and not Noughat! no recovery works!
Better is to wait for the official update..
I asked in hicare when will we receive the update they said between July and September.......
So I'm waiting for the update