Will huawei update the MediaPad M2 tablets to 6.0.1 anytime soon? Or is it just start praying?
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Same question
nobody know the answer, I've written to huawei but received no answers...I think we must start to pray
Huawei UK @ twitter "No official date was pinned down yet. Stay tuned as more details will be revealed soon!"
I contacted support and it seems like there may be no plans to upgrade, which would be pretty bad.
Actually at the moment we have not gotten any official communication on when an update will be available for this device. However, anytime an update will be available, you will receive a notification on your device to do the update.
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Here my answer from yesterday:
Dear customer,
thank you for your inquiry.
We do not yet know, whether or when your device will receive the next Android update.
Once a new Android version should be provided for your device,
your device will receive the update automatically via OTA.
Please do not download any update files from the Internet!
These downloads, as the devices itself, are country-specific.
For example, an Asian software could damage the operating-system of an European device.
For further questions please contact us by email or telephone.
Best regards,
Julia
Hotline 0800 77 88 66 33
You can reach our hotline Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 18:00 clock
and on Saturdays from 9:30 to 18:00 clock
(except federal holidays).
The call is free of charge.
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So when N comes out in a few months, we'll have a one year old device running an OS two versions old. Rubbish Huawei.
It doesn't looks like that we are getting updates in the near future. I have had an Email conversation with Huawei where I asked exactly this question if they plan to update to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) or even to 6.1.x (Android N)
In short: They don't know.
Below is the german answer from Huawei:
Sehr geehrter Kunde,
vielen Dank für Ihre zugesandten Daten.
Uns ist zur Zeit noch nicht bekannt, ob bzw. wann Ihr Gerät das von Ihnen gewünschte
Android-Update erhalten wird.
Sobald eine nächste Android-Version für Ihr Handy bereitgestellt werden sollte,
wird Ihr Gerät das Update automatisch über OTA erhalten.
Bitte keine Update-Dateien aus dem Internet herunterladen!
Diese sind, wie die Geräte selbst, länderspezifisch.
Beispielsweise könnte ein asiatisches Betriebssystem einer europäischen Software Schäden zufügen.
Bei weiteren Fragen stehen wir Ihnen gerne per E-Mail oder Telefon zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Mario
Hotline 0800 77 88 66 33
Sie erreichen unsere Hotline Montags bis Freitags von 8:00 bis 18:00 Uhr
und Samstags von 9:30 bis 18:00 Uhr
(außer an bundesweiten Feiertagen).
Der Anruf ist für Sie kostenfrei.
http://consumer.huawei.com/de/
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Worst of all: the German as well as the English answers are precisely the same, thus just another standard text, copy and pasted from a template and send to you.
Just ordered this Tab myself, as I wish a tablet with pen and multi window, but don't like those Samsung plastic tablets a lot.
Hopefully Huawei will get those things sorted and at least offer Android M for this beautiful device. Android N I guess will be a thing we'll dream off but never receive on this tablet. At least as long as there aren't any ROM Cooker in sight to port it over once it got released.
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Hey guys, I am new here but I got a Huawei Mediapad M2-801W 8.0 and I'm loving it.
It's definately a high-end tablet but the OS certainly Isn't.
I emailed customer service at Huawei asking for some info on a possible Marshmallow release and here is what they replied with. @5m4r7ph0n36uru I agree it does seem like they are just copy and pasting from a template lol.
Thank you for contacting Huawei.
Kindly be informed that, availability of software update may depend on your network service provider and availability is depend on country region. The OTA updates are based on the regional software of the phone. When there are updates for your system, your phone will automatically prompt you to update. Kindly be advised, please follow the below steps if you did not check the update from the phone:
Go to Settings > Updater > Check for Updates.
Kindly be informed that, you can also visit the Huawei Downloads Page and download the latest software update package to update your phone. Kindly follow the below link.
(had to remove to post but was just the usual link they provide)
Kindly be informed, we're still working on Marshmallow update. We'll announce it as soon as it becomes available. You can follow official page of Huawei New Zealand on Facebook, LIKE us & get the latest updates on our products, giveaways, community events and official page of Huawei New Zealand on Twitter page. please email us back if you still face any difficulties. We will be happy to assist you accordingly. In our attempt to serve you better and retain you as one of our valuable customers kindly be informed, we're still on the testing phase on the rest of the models that will be given the Marshmallow update. We don't have the final list yet however we'll announce it as soon as we have it. Once again we apologize for inconvenience caused.
Should you have further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at (blah). Our lines are open Mondays to Sundays from 9.00AM to 9.00PM, including Public Holidays. Alternatively, and for further support, please visit?*iwonderwheredotcom
Anyway I hope it sees Marshmallow sometime soon
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Sorry to tell u guys,
Samsung Delays bada 2.0 Launch for Wave Handsets Until 2012
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2011/12/...aunch-wave-handsets-until-2012/#ixzz1h6aqMtua
http://www.sammobile.com/2011/12/19/samsung-and-update-to-bada-2-0/
kolk11 said:
Sorry to tell u guys,
Samsung Delays bada 2.0 Launch for Wave Handsets Until 2012
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2011/12/...aunch-wave-handsets-until-2012/#ixzz1h6aqMtua
http://www.sammobile.com/2011/12/19/samsung-and-update-to-bada-2-0/
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I don`t know about you guys but Samsung kind of starting to piss me off and I know I am not alone. Many people are very disappointed. What makes it even worse is that Samsung already finished development for Bada 2.0 but won`t let it out because of whatever reasons (probably because of poor Wave 3 sales).
Now they are saying Q1 2012 which means they can stretch it until March 31st but who knows if they are not gonna delay it again
Sorry but I am just pissed of right now
Everyone is!! Too annoying!! Hate this!!
The reason for the delay is simple: its a marketing strategy.
They discontinue the older models production, and want people to buy the new models with bada 2.0 (wave 3, M and Y), presenting a new/revamped OS as one of the advantages of buying one of the new models.
When that "cash cow" is dry they can release it to the olders models.
The problem is that this strategy backfires at them in some extent (we all being pissed, etc) but they still think the end result brings them more revenues than "costs".
Personally, i think this is positive for their side in the short term, but this approach being continued will kill the system in the long term.
They should had learned from their competitors by now (apple, google).
Lets hope they won't wake up too late.
well samsung has done it again.. i'm glad that I sold my wave
Samsung
take care of your customers! letting us wait for more than a year won't give you more customers! we lost our trust in you.
u were very stupid..
in italy, last week samsung officially said that the update will be released on december (http://www.badaitalia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Schermata-2011-12-13-a-12.09.04.png), today they've officially replied that bada 2.0 update for wave s8500 and s8530 will be released perhaps for april 2012, seriousness does not exist, they are ridiculous, in my opinion Bada OS is dead...
f**k bada, buy android :|
yeah Bada is dead(was never alive). No Apps = No Success --> Forget Bada get an Android
Time to throw all our support behind the BadaDroid project. If anyone is moving onto a new phone and still has their Wave, please consider donating it to the project, or naming a fair price for it. We are collecting the funds to purchase some second hand units for developers to use for the port. Checkout the donation post for more info.
Time to throw all our support behind the BadaDroid project.
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Time to start brain...
bada 2.0 is available and full functional in KK7... for S8500 AND S8530...
KL1 is seen on S8530...
We NOT know how long BadaDroid will take... to have minimum feature of an handset... call your mom, girl friend, etc...
Please, be little more realistic instead dreaming...
Donation also leeds to nothing...
Remember "2 fake projects" before...
They collect only your money 4 Nothing...
If you have tooooooooo much money.
Help childs in Africa for instance.
Merry Christmas.
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If someone has forgotten...
http://androidport.net
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899535
We need IDA to buy
Can't stop laughing.
We have 4.01.2011...
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They have only collect money...
And then again money collectors... with f. Video from Axdrxbada...
Choose wisely...
Best Regards
adfree said:
Time to start brain...
bada 2.0 is available and full functional in KK7... for S8500 AND S8530...
KL1 is seen on S8530...
We NOT know how long BadaDroid will take... to have minimum feature of an handset... call your mom, girl friend, etc...
Please, be little more realistic instead dreaming...
Donation also leeds to nothing...
Remember "2 fake projects" before...
They collect only your money 4 Nothing...
If you have tooooooooo much money.
Help childs in Africa for instance.
Merry Christmas.
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If someone has forgotten...
http://androidport.net
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899535
We need IDA to buy
Can't stop laughing.
They have only collect money...
And then again money collectors... with f. Video from Axdrxbada...
Choose wisely...
Best Regards
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With the difference that the project on XDA is not fake and people know that it can work! that`s the reason I will donate next month because I still have hope that they will succeed.
Du kannst so viel spenden, wie Du Bock drauf hast.
Dein Ding... Die paar Piepen werden das nicht beschleunigen können.
Also am Wochenende ist es noch laaaaaange nicht fertig.
Und obs vor April irgendwas stabileres wird, als bada jetzt ist.
Ist immer wieder witzig... Ein Multimilliarden Dollar Unternehmen wie Samsung kämpft mit Schwierigkeiten Hard + Soft in Einklang zu bringen.
Und ihr denkt mit 50 Euro und einem Dev kann man das bringen...
Danke, lange nicht mehr so gelacht.
Ihr glaubt wohl echt an den Weihnachtsm...
Frohe Weihnachten
Short Translation:
Merry Christmas.
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Du kannst so viel spenden, wie Du Bock drauf hast.
Dein Ding... Die paar Piepen werden das nicht beschleunigen können.
Also am Wochenende ist es noch laaaaaange nicht fertig.
Und obs vor April irgendwas stabileres wird, als bada jetzt ist.
Ist immer wieder witzig... Ein Multimilliarden Dollar Unternehmen wie Samsung kämpft mit Schwierigkeiten Hard + Soft in Einklang zu bringen.
Und ihr denkt mit 50 Euro und einem Dev kann man das bringen...
Danke, lange nicht mehr so gelacht.
Ihr glaubt wohl echt an den Weihnachtsm...
Frohe Weihnachten
Short Translation:
Merry Christmas.
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Ich bin natürlich niemand der sich in Programmierung auskennt, aber das was ich weiß ist, dass Froyo ja teilweise schon läuft, ich nutze es sogar um einige apps zu starten oder Spiele zu spielen, die man unter Bada vergäblich sucht. Selbstverständlich sollte es jedem hier klar sein, der hier freiwilig Geld spendet, dass das Projekt nie fertig werden könnte und scheitern könnte. Wenn das passiert, dann ist das halt pech und dann kaufe ich mir ein Android Smart Phone aber solange dies noch nicht der fall ist, bleibt mir noch ein wenig Hoffnung. Auf dem HTC HD2 läuft Android ja auch schon, also könnte es ja vielleicht eines Tages auf dem Wave laufen. Du hast doch selber gesagt, dass du nicht viel Ahnung davon hast, was komplizierte Programmierung angeht, wie die bei dem Port notwendig ist. Wie kannst du dann sagen, dass es nie fertig wird, wenn du nicht nicht viel über die dazu notwendige Programmierung bescheid weißt? Und dass uns hier Leute nur abzocken wollen glaubst du doch wohl selber nicht.
adfree said:
Du kannst so viel spenden, wie Du Bock drauf hast.
Dein Ding... Die paar Piepen werden das nicht beschleunigen können.
Also am Wochenende ist es noch laaaaaange nicht fertig.
Und obs vor April irgendwas stabileres wird, als bada jetzt ist.
Ist immer wieder witzig... Ein Multimilliarden Dollar Unternehmen wie Samsung kämpft mit Schwierigkeiten Hard + Soft in Einklang zu bringen.
Und ihr denkt mit 50 Euro und einem Dev kann man das bringen...
Danke, lange nicht mehr so gelacht.
Ihr glaubt wohl echt an den Weihnachtsm...
Frohe Weihnachten
Short Translation:
Merry Christmas.
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if you say something about samsung... i want to make my point, they always sucks at software. people are buying there phones only due to good hw and always craving for cm or custom roms. there sw sucks on every platforms not only on bada. they cant even make a app perfectly. if you had tried chaton on android, it always crashes. In short samsung software developers are sucker in front of these community developers. And thats becoz they hired cyanogen who was also a community developer.. I dont know you got my point or not. and yes i am not sayin anything about project i want to only comment on samsung sw team-- they are samsucks.
Well ... Anyone want a Samsung Wave ? ... I've ordered something else... Bada for me is finished !
adfree, I think you can't compare the current BadaDroid project with previous attempts. BadaDroid is the real deal from what I have seen, sure it might take awhile, but progress is being made.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how great Bada 2.0 is. If it gets delayed 3-4 months and comes out and is good... again so what. Without the apps and big app companies supporting Bada, it will be nothing more than a phone for people who don't use apps.
There is not reason what Bada would be the #3 phone OS. But sheer numbers alone won't keep that position. Nice going Samsung, you got millions using Bada phones now, but keeping them happy is another skill alltogether. I mean I think we are all still officially waiting for Angry Birds since the head of Bada himself tweeted that it was coming out real soon with Fruit Ninja. Well we got fruit ninja some weeks after that tweet but no Angry Birds. And Skype, still waiting on that one too.
If Samsung can't manage to get quite possibly 2 of the biggest apps ever onto Bada, then get used to this ship, because I see the iceberg coming.
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Well ... Anyone want a Samsung Wave ? ... I've ordered something else... Bada for me is finished !
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For real? Would you be willing to donate your phone to the BadaDroid project? If so, checkout the donation topic and post what you think about it there.
News from Swisscom via Facebook on HTC DACH
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Hallo zusammen,
soeben wurde bekannt, dass das Jelly Bean Update für das HTC One X Verspätung haben wird, da beim globalen Testing in Taiwan noch zwei grössere Probleme festgestellt wurden.
Es wird aber in den nächsten Tagen eine neue Softwareversion erstellt, die voraussichtlich gegen Ende Kalenderwoche 48 an unsere Kunden ausgeliefert wird.
Swisscom entschuldigt sich für die Verspätung.
Vielen Dank für Euer Verständnis.
Liebe Grüsse,
MichelleG
and in English (Goggle Translate)
News from Swisscom:
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Hi all,
has just been announced that will have the Jelly Bean update for the HTC One X delay, since the global testing in Taiwan, two major problems have been identified.
However, it is created in the next few days a new software version that is expected to be delivered towards the end of calendar week 48 of our customers.
Swisscom apologizes for the delay.
Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards,
MichelleG
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sorry for my bad english
That make it around 2 December.
"Global testing in Taiwan" :lol:
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Here we go with thread after thread of "HTC SAID THIS", "HTC SAID THAT" and "ID EAT HTC's BOSS's POOP FOR JB"
Because people can't keep it in one place and have a intelligent and friendly conversation and have to ruin useful things for everyone else.
I knew after the previous thread closed a new one would spring up ,but this was fast lol
Hi guys
New one x owner here, got it 7 days ago
Been having network signal issues since I got the phone, just called HTC to sort it and also asked the UK support guy about jelly bean, he said that they received an email yesterday from above and jelly bean has been delayed and its looking like no update till the new year.
Don't know how accurate this info is but the guy seemed sure.
Although its disappointing I would rather a bugless stable release, the amount of bugged pc games I bought over the
years that were never fixed is a joke.
from my HTC One X
Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is one stinking Jelly Bean
I don't get what's wrong with JB
Been running it since 9 days no without one single issue...
ARHD 14.0, 14.2 and 15.0
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problem isn't with jell bean, I think htc wants to sell bulk of htc one x+ before issuing update because it has already jelly bean. I personally observed in Switzerland the demand of htc one x+ isn't too high. This is another factor for delaying updates.
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problem isn't with jell bean, I think htc wants to sell bulk of htc one x+ before issuing update because it has already jelly bean. I personally observed in Switzerland the demand of htc one x+ isn't too high. This is another factor for delaying updates.
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HTC knows they can't sell much of the one x+. JB update is not being delayed for that. Almost no one will buy one x+ if they have the one x and those who will would do it regardless of the update. HTC's chance is with W8 phones (no mater how ridiculous this sounds now), because with the money Samsung is investing in marketing all the other Android OEMs are competing for the second place and it's about 10% market share. Sad but true...
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I was waiting for this thread to extend beyond Swisscomm.
Thread Closed. As Per The Last JB Thread.
I just got an email saying all voice services like voice search, voice text input, voice control will be disabled starting tomorrow. using any of these functions will now yield an error message.
Guten Tag,
Wir kontaktieren Sie bezüglich unserer Voice Services auf Fire Phones (Sprachdienste):
Ab dem 30/9/2017 werden die Voice Services auf Ihrem Fire Phone nicht mehr verfügbar sein.
Die Einstellung der Voice Services betrifft unter anderem die Sprachbefehle "Anruf", "Text" und "E-Mail" und außerdem die Diktat-Funktion auf der Telefon-Tastatur.
Bitte entschuldigen Sie die Unannehmlichkeiten.
Wenn Sie nach dem 30/9/2017 die Startseite-Taste gedrückt halten, um eine dieser Funktionen zu starten, erhalten Sie die Fehlermeldung „Leider ist etwas schiefgegangen“. Sie bekommen diese Fehlermeldung, da der Service nicht länger unterstützt wird.
Wir hoffen, Sie finden diese Informationen hilfreich und freuen uns auf Ihren nächsten Besuch.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Amazon.de
Kundenservice
https://www.amazon.de
Bitte beachten Sie: Dies ist eine automatisch versendete E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf dieses Schreiben, da die E-Mail-Adresse nur zum Versenden, nicht aber zum Empfang von E-Mails eingerichtet wurde.
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Hitting the undisableable mic button on keyboard accidentaly will now be even more annoying!
I got it too.
How dare they do that?
It is my phone. How can they take an app off my phone.
They have to be stopped from doing that.
Even though the damn thing works only half the time.
I bet they were getting too many "help" calls.
So, let them drop support.
But removing something from my personal phone.....that is too over the top!
So if they discontinue apps, why don't make public the bootloader unlocking procedure?
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So if they discontinue apps, why don't make public the bootloader unlocking procedure?
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this was my tought too but they simply dont care
"phone is more than 2 years old so throw it away"
Tr4sHCr4fT said:
this was my tought too but they simply dont care
"phone is more than 2 years old so throw it away"
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2 years old, but still runs better that j3 2016/ alcatel pop 4, i tested them too.
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"Guten Tag,
Wir kontaktieren Sie bezüglich unserer Voice Services auf Fire Phones (Sprachdienste):
Ab dem 30/9/2017 werden die Voice Services auf Ihrem Fire Phone nicht mehr verfügbar sein.
Die Einstellung der Voice Services betrifft unter anderem die Sprachbefehle "Anruf", "Text" und "E-Mail" und außerdem die Diktat-Funktion auf der Telefon-Tastatur.
Bitte entschuldigen Sie die Unannehmlichkeiten.
Wenn Sie nach dem 30/9/2017 die Startseite-Taste gedrückt halten, um eine dieser Funktionen zu starten, erhalten Sie die Fehlermeldung „Leider ist etwas schiefgegangen“. Sie bekommen diese Fehlermeldung, da der Service nicht länger unterstützt wird.
Wir hoffen, Sie finden diese Informationen hilfreich und freuen uns auf Ihren nächsten Besuch.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Amazon.de
Kundenservice
https://www.amazon.de
Bitte beachten Sie: Dies ist eine automatisch versendete E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf dieses Schreiben, da die E-Mail-Adresse nur zum Versenden, nicht aber zum Empfang von E-Mails eingerichtet wurde:
03:05 PM MEST Azis Ozan: So, why amazon doesn't show to us how to unlock bootloader procedure? Fire Phone software is discontinued by amazon, so bootloader locked is our problem, we can't support our fire phone, apps need newer version of android
03:06 PM MEST Jorg: Yes the Fire Phone voice service has been discontinued. U know like the siri service on the Iphone
03:07 PM MEST Azis Ozan: So, why amazon doesn't show to us how to unlock bootloader procedure? Fire Phone software is discontinued by amazon, so bootloader locked is our problem, we can't support our fire phone, apps need newer version of android
03:08 PM MEST Jorg: I cannot tell you why but I will pass on your feedback to the developer team
03:09 PM MEST Azis Ozan: Ok, thank you, i appreciate your work, i know that dev team will do nothing
And all the new phones are monsters.
I want a small phone.
Amazon is just too arrogant for my taste.
I minimize my purchases from them.
Recently the Walmart B&M beat Amazon for two items.
2 years old, but still runs better that j3 2016/ alcatel pop 4, i tested them too.
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And all the new phones are monsters. I want a small phone.
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to be fair, it's the same size as my 5" Redmi 4
exactly as tall and a tad slimmer, but heavier
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to be fair, it's the same size as my 5" Redmi 4
exactly as tall and a tad slimmer, but heavier
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Good to know.
Thanks.
Take to twitter and the like to complain about this disgraceful treatment of customers. Complaining here has no effect at all on Amazon https://twitter.com/AmazonLab126 and even this guy https://twitter.com/JeffBezos be sure to hash in these guys too https://twitter.com/Reuters media just love stories about Giants like Amazon mistreating customers and maybe some of the mainstream media will pickup on it if it's a quite day in the news room or they just bought a faulty Amazon product and are pxxxed off.
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Take to twitter and the like to complain about this disgraceful treatment of customers. Complaining here has no effect at all on Amazon https://twitter.com/AmazonLab126 and even this guy https://twitter.com/JeffBezos be sure to hash in these guys too https://twitter.com/Reuters media just love stories about Giants like Amazon mistreating customers and maybe some of the mainstream media will pickup on it if it's a quite day in the news room or they just bought a faulty Amazon product and are pxxxed off.
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Well, I didn't do anything yet because, Amazon said, "As of September 30, 2017, Voice Services on your Fire phone will no longer be available", "and will also remove the dictation feature from your phone’s keyboard. "
I found Amazon did not remove the microphone from the keyboard and other voice services seemed to remain on the phone as of 10/09/17. So I thought Amazon decided to not remove the functions.
Well, now I am getting suspicious that they left the functions on the phone but they don't work anymore. Well to tell the truth, they only half worked from day one. But at least I could create texts and emails using voice 1/2 the time and the other half it would fail and I would have to type. Now I can't get any voice recognition to work.
The damn thing gives all the signs it used to give when it was trying to convert voice to text. But it fails every time.
Does anyone else have this problem? I am hesitant to accuse Amazon of something as nefarious as this without some harder proof.
Well I called Amazon three days ago and was told they did remove Voice Recognition. I demanded to speak to a supervisor. He didn't seem to know what was going on and had me try a few things. Then he seemed to find out that it was removed and said they were working on it and I should call back in 48 hours. I waited 72+ hours and was just told they don't know what Amazon will be doing for Voice Recognition. They did give me a $30 "promotion credit". I haven't checked the TOC but I bet they say that if I use any of the "promotion" I give up all rights to complain. They did say that during any purchase the "promotion" will be used first. So if my speculations are correct, the next time I purchase something from Amazon I will give up all rights to complain about this action.
I did send those tweets that bigrammy mentioned but haven't seen any responses.
Can you imagine that in this day and age I have a smartphone that no longer does voice.
Any other ideas please?
Since this is an android phone (crippled by Amazon) is there a way to get the android voice recognition onto the phone?
Thanks,
Pete
I thought I would provide some more information in case there are others in our predicament that are following this thread.
Around October 22 (2017) Amazon removed the microphone image from my keyboard. Amazon also disabled the "double press" of the button which enabled it to respond to voice commands. Note voice input of any kind has not worked for, maybe 20 days.
I began installing any apps that I could find that said they did voice recognition. Most didn't work with my crippled phone. Others worked in only special cases. If I got them from the Amazon store I was sure to rate them one star and state that Amazon disabled the functions.
I have found three apps that when all are installed, have restored most of the voice input functions. If I get time I will experiment to find out if they all are necessary. They are, "Google" (an app from play.google.com), "OK Google Commands", and "Gboard".
Good luck.
Pete
hi guys, so... anybody reccomend this amazon fire phone at 2018 like a back u phone? because a friend offer me today one, but i dont know if still run whatspp, twitter and facebook, principal whatsapp....
Can't help.
I dropped mine around xmas and cracked the screen.
I moved on from Amazon.
Most things work well, especially considering it's now a 65euro phone. Google services and a launcher(Google now is ok) must be installed and there are still some shortcomings, such as Facebook does not directly play videos, but redirects to a browser page where they can be played and Whatsapp does not like to play videos, they just stop after a second. I would say its quite usable for me, nevertheless.
So, Google fu*ked up. If you got the update prompt (especially outside the USA), don't do it. Deactivate auto update in Developer options until we get the december patch.
More information (german article, I'll do a translation in quotation):
Android 12: Renewed update for the Pixel smartphones was a mistake; users now have a US version
Google had surprisingly started rolling out a fresh update to Android 12 yesterday evening for many Pixel smartphones that are already running the new operating system. It very quickly became clear that this must be a bug, and now it has been officially confirmed. Now, many users should be on the road with a version that is intended for a US provider.
Many could hardly wait for the update to Android 12 in the last few months, but we would not have expected it to come twice. However, that is exactly how it was and numerous users, also in Germany, reported about the new update yesterday evening. This might have seemed strange to many, so that the 1.5 gigabyte update was not downloaded and installed for the time being. However, some others have installed it.
Now Google has stopped the rollout and confirmed the assumption that it was a version designed for the US provider Verizon, which was accidentally offered to all users worldwide. They quickly stopped it and officially do not see a problem in the fact that this version is now used by many other users. The next update, probably the security update in December, is supposed to correct the whole thing. We can only hope that it will remain problem-free for all courageous users.
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Source: https://www.googlewatchblog.de/2021/11/android12-erneutes-update-pixel/
At this point we don't know if it might be a problem, especially concerning the whole deactivating 5G thing-y. Best just don't update at all if you are not a US Verizon customer.
Android 12: Erneutes Update für die Pixel-Smartphones war ein Fehler; Nutzer haben nun eine US-Version
Google hatte gestern Abend überraschend damit begonnen, ein erneutes Update auf Android 12 für viele Pixel-Smartphones auszurollen, die bereits mit dem neuen
www.googlewatchblog.de
For reference: https://9to5google.com/2021/11/10/pixel-android-12-update/
Phew, this is about a software update. When I read your headline I thought they sent us the wrong hardware :-D.
Hey there,
maybe you could help me.
ive got a tablet (kindle fire hd 10, model: sr87mc) from an older friend, who has it from a dead family member.
The tablet is not from high financial value, and the data is not important, but she asked me about unlocking it.
It has a numeric pattern and i want to unlock it for the still living family members, its not really important, they said, in case of bricking the device or something it would not be evil.
In past i have unlocked some amazon devices, by example fire hd 7, but in this pastly time i had a lot of time for this, now i am involved to a company leadership and i dont have enough time to take long care about it.
Is there a possibility to unlock/root/fastboot the device with standard configuration and without enabled usb debugging or something?
I really want to help the family, that they can use the tablet.
Thanks for your response!
Okay, danke für eure Unterstützung.
Hatte jetzt endlich mal 45 Minuten Zeit mich darum zu kümmern.
Hat gereicht. Sehr schwierig war das Ganze nicht.
Den Lösungsweg teile ich bewusst nicht mit, musste ja ohnehin alleine drauf kommen.
Bei ernsthaftem Interesse (ohne jedwede böse Absicht oder den WIllen ein gestohlenes Gerät zu entsperren, stehe ich privat zur Verfügung.)
in english...
OK, thanks for your support.
I finally had 45 minutes to take care of it.
Was enough. It wasn't all that difficult.
I deliberately don't share the solution, I had to figure it out on my own anyway.
If you are seriously interested (without any bad intentions or the will to unlock a stolen device, I am available privately.)