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The Vogue has the same hardware inside than the TyTN2/Kaiser.
Can we imagine flash the Radio ROM from the Kaiser to the Vogue and get access to the wifi and the GPS options ?
or have an own cooked ROM to open the access to this ?
Any idea on this ?
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uhm ... you have right! chipset have the ability ... i have get yestersday my new working handy! i will try some cross mixes with the kaiser rom.
I am also very interested by the outcome of this tweak.
Cheers from Brussels!
The TyTN II/Kaiser is GSM, the HTC Vogue is the CMDA Touch... So the radio will not probably work...
Leon_Citron said:
The Vogue has the same hardware inside than the TyTN2/Kaiser.
Can we imagine flash the Radio ROM from the Kaiser to the Vogue and get access to the wifi and the GPS options ?
or have an own cooked ROM to open the access to this ?
Any idea on this ?
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The Vogue does NOT have the same hardware as the Kaiser. If you flash the Kaiser rom on your Vogue, you are likely to brick it.
The vogue has a Qualcomm MSM7500 chipset, where as the Kaiser has Qualcomm MSM7200 chipset. Very similar, but not the same.
Either way, I am very confident that the Vogue has GPS capiblities that may or may not be unlocked in a future rom update (possibly at the same time as a EV-DO Rev A. update comes out, but that is hearsay). I say this because the MSM7500 chipset has a GPSone unit built in. It is capable of running as an aGPS chip or a standalone GPS, if the rom allows it to, like the Kaiser's does. This chip is included due to FCC regulations for E911 service.
WiFi is another question. The MSM7500 chip does not have a wifi radio built in, but it does support one on the SDIO bus. I can't see why they would go through the trouble of adding a WiFi radio, only disable it. I suppose it is possible, but until someone gets some good pictures of the guts of the Vogue or comes out with a ROM or hack that enables WiFi, I am not inclined to believe that there is a WiFi radio on the unit.
spectec makes a wifi card, only prob is, it probably has a terrible range!
Regardless if it has terrible range or not, it would be nice if the company will get off its butt and sell that card. They have been promising about it for months and still nothing.
TS
Sorry all guys, I'm not tallking about the Vogue but about the "Touc Dual"....
Will repost in the good category...
Isn't it stated in the HTC website (http://www.asia.htc.com/Asia/SEA/products/pda_Touch_Dual/pda_Touch_Dual.html) that the chipset is Qualcomm® MSM 7200, 400MHz ???
waiting for the HTC Nike forum then...
but I am still interested whether the vogue may be enabled with GPS/Wifi as well
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Isn't it stated in the HTC website (http://www.asia.htc.com/Asia/SEA/products/pda_Touch_Dual/pda_Touch_Dual.html) that the chipset is Qualcomm® MSM 7200, 400MHz ???
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The Touch Dual is a MSM7200 chip set. But it is a GSM phone and has more in common with the Kaiser than it does with the Vogue
we will have to wait n see
Well fellows I have good news and bad news. Good news is I work for a corporate RadioShack that sells the Touch(Vogue) and am able to play with brand new, out of the box Touch's. I can find out for sure if the newer versions(which I know for a fact are EV-DO Rev A capable), are also equipped with WIFI. The bad news is that my store has been sold of them since we got them in and they have been selling out before we get any in stock leaving us with a backorder. As soon as the hype slows down and I get a chance to actually get my hands on one(I plan on buying one soon and getting rid of my Mogul very soon) and play with it I will get online and let you guys know.
When I buy my Touch, it will already be the new EV-DO Rev A model and if it is capable of WIFI, I will release a dump of the ROM for you guys to disect but until then thats the best I can do.
UPDATES will follow.
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Well fellows I have good news and bad news. Good news is I work for a corporate RadioShack that sells the Touch(Vogue) and am able to play with brand new, out of the box Touch's. I can find out for sure if the newer versions(which I know for a fact are EV-DO Rev A capable), are also equipped with WIFI. The bad news is that my store has been sold of them since we got them in and they have been selling out before we get any in stock leaving us with a backorder. As soon as the hype slows down and I get a chance to actually get my hands on one(I plan on buying one soon and getting rid of my Mogul very soon) and play with it I will get online and let you guys know.
When I buy my Touch, it will already be the new EV-DO Rev A model and if it is capable of WIFI, I will release a dump of the ROM for you guys to disect but until then thats the best I can do.
UPDATES will follow.
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That sounds good ...this topic is just getting better and better everyday
- dharvey, we're holding our breath here for some updates on your side..
reasons to keep on hoping ....
Hey guys and gals,
I posted some finding worth your opinion at a different post..... I'm just avoiding a cross-post... here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1736538&postcount=94
mbote said:
That sounds good ...this topic is just getting better and better everyday
- dharvey, we're holding our breath here for some updates on your side..
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It's my pleasure. Think of it as my way of giving back to the community. It might be a little while though because like I said, we're constantly sold out. As soon as I can get some solid information for you guys and as soon as I buy my own, I will post a link to a ROM dump as a base for building custom ROMs but again, this might take a little time so please be patient with me.
Good luck waiting. The Rev A/A-GPS update for SPRINT Touch won't be available until Q1/Q2 2008 and won't just be available for new devices sold through Sprint. It'll be posted on HTC's support website, thus a rom dump or whatever you're talking about isn't required--people can get the rom update themselves.
--James
Isn't Q1/Q2 2008 soon coming ......If I'm not mistaken we're currently in Q4 2007..... unless their FY doesn't match CY...... please confirm!
storino03 said:
Good luck waiting. The Rev A/A-GPS update for SPRINT Touch won't be available until Q1/Q2 2008 and won't just be available for new devices sold through Sprint. It'll be posted on HTC's support website, thus a rom dump or whatever you're talking about isn't required--people can get the rom update themselves.
--James
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Yes they can but if I can get the dump out before that, it'll help in the mean time. And as for the EV-DO Rev A capabilities, they ARE available on the new Moguls and Touchs available through Sprint. I'm not talking about one that might have been purchased through Sprint a few months ago, I am talking about the ones we have IN OUR STORE. Why do you think I would lie about this? Did you not read my other post? Or even my signature? I am a an employee at a Corporate RadioShack and am also a Representative of Sprint. As for information I cannot obtain in-store, I can call MY Sprint Rep, Julie, and get whatever information I need. The only reason I haven't yet is because she is always busy and rarely answers her phone.
Stay positive, I'm gonna do what I can whether you care or not. This is for the others that actually DO care.
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Alright. Here is my first update as I promised. We finally got a Touch in at our store and I was able to sit down and play with it as I was selling it to a customer and I can CONFIRM that IT DOES have EV-DO Rev A capabilities but WIFI is NOT present.
After noticing this, I called my Sprint Rep Julie and asked her why, if she knew, would the Touch be left without WIFI and she said it had something to do with sales but she didn't have a lot of information. After this I contacted a close friend of mine who is an executive at the Sprint Kansas City Division Office(he will be left un-named) and asked him the same question: Will there be a ROM update for the Touch that would enable WIFI and if not, why would the Touch be left without WIFI? I told him that I knew that the chipset has WIFI capabilities but there is no USABLE WIFI on the device whatsoever. He then told me that during the later development stages of the Touch, it was decided that the internal GPS/WIFI antenna would be removed.
Having confirmed that there was in fact no internal GPS/WIFI internal antenna for the Touch and that WIFI would never be supported on the Touch, I then asked him WHY Sprint would do this to the most sophisticated Windows Mobile Touch Screen Phone ever made(aside from Apple's monstrosity). His response was simple: "We had the GPS/WIFI antenna removed to get customers to pay the extra money for the EV-DO Rev A wireless internet. Without WIFI, if customers wanted to use the internet features on their phone, they would be forced to pay the extra money for the data package or face an extremely high phone bill. Win Win situation for us."
I was shocked to hear this. Every other Windows Mobile based touch screen phone made by HTC has had WIFI and or GPS capabilities. It's rather disappointing to hear this coming from a Sprint Executive but at the same time, can you honestly blame the nations largest wireless cell phone provider with the worst customer service for doing something like this? It's almost expected in my opinion.
Update complete. Sorry for the bad news folks.
I currently have an iPhone 3Gs which I like but the Touch2 is looking pretty nice. I'm thinking of leaving AT&T and going with the Touch2 using Verizon. Most of the ROMs I have seen here are for T-Mobile, my question is - can they be used on a Verizon phone? I have a couple of more questions if you don't mind:
1. Since I may be getting a new Touch2 - would it be wise to upgrade WM6.1 to 6.5 right off the bat - before even adding contacts, etc?
2. Can the Verizon version be update to 6.5 and is it safe and stable?
3. Which ROM would you recommend using? I'd rather have speed than 'pretty'.
I'm new to this and did not even know ROMs were available since the iPhone does not use one.
Thanks all,
MasterJack
BTW, I did a search for Verizon but not much came up.
1. No 6.5 for VZ out yet
2. Once 6.5 is officially released or HSPL becomes available
3. No HSPL out for VZ yet, so no custom ROMs
Bummer - sounds like I'm S.O.L. for now - maybe I'll just keep my iPhone until 6.5 and ROMs are available..... thank you.
you will be able to update it to 6.5 and use custom roms eventually, but not yet. just install windows phone on the phone and sync your contacts with it and when you instal a new rom you can sync them back onto the phone, pictures, ringtones, anything you put in their info. also, check sprint a lot cheaper monly plan, with the lowest minutes its $70/month on verizon (they make you get data). The Sprint Touch Pro2 should be around the T-Mobile ($150) / Verizon ($200) price range when its for sale in stores (10/11) and online through other retailers.
btw, some guy on my local craigslist will give u his tmobile touch pro2 for ur iphone if ur near chicago.
davebu said:
you will be able to update it to 6.5 and use custom roms eventually, but not yet. just install windows phone on the phone and sync your contacts with it and when you instal a new rom you can sync them back onto the phone, pictures, ringtones, anything you put in their info. also, check sprint a lot cheaper monly plan, with the lowest minutes its $70/month on verizon (they make you get data). The Sprint Touch Pro2 should be around the T-Mobile ($150) / Verizon ($200) price range when its for sale in stores (10/11) and online through other retailers.
btw, some guy on my local craigslist will give u his tmobile touch pro2 for ur iphone if ur near chicago.
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Thanks for your reply. I have never checked out Sprint - how is their coverage compared to Verizon? How does the TP2 Sprint compare to the TP2 Verizoin - hardware-wise?
Hardware wise they are the same. As for coverage, go to each of their sites and click "coverage map". There is a link right on their front pages.
How about the AT&T version due out soon - would it be wise to wait for that one or go with Verizon's version? Will AT&T's version be any better?
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How about the AT&T version due out soon - would it be wise to wait for that one or go with Verizon's version? Will AT&T's version be any better?
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There is speculation that the AT&T version will ship with WM 6.5... Other then that, the only real difference is in the Carrier. Verizon is CDMA - mostly North America Service - Has an international option for GSM. AT&T will be GSM standard and will also allow for custom ROM's...
I have used Verizon and AT&T for work and Verizon seems like the better network in the US. I am personally waiting for the AT&T version.. (Same carrier I am on now.)
Why the desire for 6.5 so bad? Not much is different.
The stock ROM on the Verizon version is surprisingly good. Unless there is earth shattering improvements I doubt I'll flash it at this point.
No matter what, out of the box, this phone blows the iphone away!
Just finally took a look at one today at a T-Mobile store. Very nice unit - not as reponsive as my iPhone but it makes up in many other areas. I just saw that AT&T will have one soon - what's the advantage of that one over let's say Verizon? I just got my 3Gs a couple of months ago so I would have to break my contract with AT&T to get one - weather I get one from them (just break it and re-sign up if I can) or go with Verizon. My thought is that Verizon has better coverage here in Houston.
What about the Samsung Omnia II - seems very nice - which carriers will carry it?
Thx,
MasterJack
Protonus said:
Why the desire for 6.5 so bad? Not much is different.
The stock ROM on the Verizon version is surprisingly good. Unless there is earth shattering improvements I doubt I'll flash it at this point.
No matter what, out of the box, this phone blows the iphone away!
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Agreed, with GPS working and the stock ROM running well (for me) I'll wait for official 6.5 (as it is better than the HTC TouchFlo interface IMO). Though I am sure once it is cracked I won't be able to resist, but it is saying something that that I am not dying to upgrade it. As an old Touch and Touch Pro user this stock experience isn't even in the same league.
So if I go with the Verizon version - you recommend no changing anything? Just leave it alone until 6.5 comes out?
What's good site to learn about what's new with 6.5 as it relates to this phone?
Thx,
MasterJack
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So if I go with the Verizon version - you recommend no changing anything? Just leave it alone until 6.5 comes out?
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You really don't have a choice with the Version Phone.. You can not add new ROM's until somene creates a HARD SPL for the CDMA phones. Once that is created, it provides the ability to make changes to the base OS.
I really dont like AT&T. I have gone back to them on 2 different occasions and left becuase of the same issues. There are days where they work great. There are other days where in areas you had full signal in, you will drop a call or be searching for service. AT&T's network just isnt as mature as Verizons. I have traveled all over the US for work and verizon is always the best.
One thing i am going to add....The only thing that is nice about AT&T is there handset freedom. But they are even managing to take that away from there clients.
I agree on the service area... Verizon's network is the best in the US...
I have moved my company to AT&T for two reasons... They used to get hardware out before anyone else (Tilt) and I can use the phones in Europe and Mexico with out issue. (Verizon works in Mexico but is expensive).
this is out for verizon right? i got it for tmobile and i love it so since my gf is looking for a new phone i will recommend it even tho she wants a black berry
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HTC-USA OFFICIAL TECH SUPPORT IS CLUELESS ABOUT THEIR OWN PRODUCTS.
Today is Thursday August 5th, 2010. I have not yet gotten the Froyo update. How do I get it. This is my scenario:
I am in USA, I have an unbranded, unlocked UK Desire (purchased the day they first went on sale in UK). My cell operator is T-Mobile USA. No, I don't have 3G and don't care. (T-Mobile USA wont offer good phones so I choose to buy good phones and give up 3g, since I use WIFI 80% of time anyway).
My firmware version still says: 2.1-update1
I have manually tried "Check Now" several times for the past 5 days to see if the update was ready for OTA download. NO. It always says "Your software is up to date."
(1) Has ANYONE from USA gotten the update on a UK Desire Phone?
(2) Does anyone know the rollout procedure? This is an unlocked phone that was bought without tied to a carrier. What kind of detection does HTC have regarding REGION of where you are located in determining when you are "next" to get the update?
thank you.
/quicksite
Currently it's only Europe that has the update. I'd say flash your phone with the Europe ROM but that would probably cause issues as T-Mo US uses a different radio frequency so you'd get no 3G.
steve228uk said:
Currently it's only Europe that has the update. I'd say flash your phone with the Europe ROM but that would probably cause issues as T-Mo US uses a different radio frequency so you'd get no 3G.
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Let me clarify:
1) I bought an unlocked Desire from the UK the day they first were shipped, the very first people at XDA developers who got a phone.
2) I chose this phone because I wanted it, even knowing T-Mobile USA sucks for not offering the phones I want -- the Hero last year, no. The Desire this year, no. Thus, I pay for European models and do without the 3G because I want the phones
3) It is also not true re just Europe. The Sprint EVO, which is the Desire for USA, on Sprint network, has the update.
4) I just spoke to HTC-USA support. They are about as incompetent as anyone to whom i have ever spoken. THEY sound like the "iPhone 4 buyer" in the infamous YouTube video comparing the Evo vs iPhone4... which is to say, they are blithering idiots.
a. I ask them when I will get my update. They said: it was already available 2 weeks ago for unlocked phones.
b. I asked where? They said: from http://developer.android.com
c. I went there while on the call and saw only a SDK download and asked, are you sure? He said, NO, no not that. You want the generic 2.2 download, because since you are not on a branded carrier phone, there is nothing that you need from the carrier.
d. I said "there is nothing here, can you find the link?"
e. After he searched he said, I cant find any link. he said "i can find a link on 3rd party sites but we cannot endorse them."
f. I said: I bought an HTC phone. How do I get an HTC approved 2.2 update?
g. he said, unfortunately, since you are in USA with T-mobile, and they don't carry this phone, you cannot get the update OTA. The signal won't reach you from the UK cell towers.
h. I said: Then how are the people in UK getting it?
i. He said: Their local cell towers are pushing it out?
j. Then if I can't get it OTA, where do I get it?
k. He says: Unfortunately I cannot find anything about it on any HTC website in Europe or North America. We do not host the downloads.
l. So how do I get it?
m. I'm afraid I don't know.
n. ME: I am calling HTC Support north america and you don't know how i am to get this update?? Should I call HTC Support UK since it is a UK purchased phone? (I was serious, not smartass)
o. No, they won't be able to help you since we have no files on UK site either.
p. This is pathetic. Will you please check with a supervisor and tell me who i should contact, or where i should leave a support trouble ticket to be able to be told where to download the update?
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q. I'm sorry I told you wrong. You SHOULD be getting your update OTA.
r. How is that possible when you told me 10 minutes ago that I could not get it because it was being pushed from European cell towers and the signal could not be reached here? How NOW am i supposed to get it OTA?
s. I was mistaken. You had a WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY about 2 weeks ago and it must not have worked, so you have to hold on maybe another week or so until they come around again to your cluster.
t. what?
u. They release the OTAs in clusters, and yours has expired and so you will have to wait til it comes around again.
v. I have no faith at all in what you are telling me. Suddenly it's supposed to appear in my Software Updates -- and yet I missed the fact that it occurred already? How is that possible? I have manually checked it every day for past 2 weeks?
I then asked about IF i were to go to a THIRD PARTY SITE to download the 2.2 update, is it PHONE SPECIFIC? because that is what I kept reading HTC saying, that it takes time to port it over and test it per phone.
He said: No, it was ready 2 weeks ago, it didn't take long to test at all.
I asked: Are you sure? Isn't this supposed to have an update to Sense?
No. There's no update to Sense that I know of.
Are you sure? I thought there was? And that this was why it was taking so long. That HTC had to get Android 2.2 to work properly and have Sense work on top of it.
Not that I know of.
I asked: So, this update will enable 720p recording, and apps2sd?
He (HTC TECH SUPPORT): Well 720p is dependent on whether or not your phone is capable of it.
Me: What? I am calling HTC. Don't you even know your own phone? The DESIRE has been stated as being capable of it, as having a far greater sensor than necessary but the OS update is what will enable this feature. How can you not know that?
He: Well to be honest, I have not had a lot of time to play with the phones.
Me: I am astounded. I am a customer and I know your product line and you don't even have a clue. You have been zero help on this call. I am going to post about this whole experience on XDA developers (I am sure he didn't know what that was, anyway). I said "Are you sure you don't want to amend anything you've said?"
He: I'm sorry I got the OTA info wrong initially.
Me. Thank you, I have to go.
He: is there anything else I can help you with today?
me: Are you kidding me? No.
He: Well keep in mind you can get updates to support issues at our twitter channel 24/7.
Me: Oh please, no. is this the twitter/HTC channel?
He: Yes.
Me: You have got to be kidding me. Do you have any idea what gets posted on that channel?
He: Support news.
Me: NO! It posts about "See our latest TV ad for the Aria on Jimmy Kimmel Show tonight" ... It is crappy marketing, it has nothing to do with support. How could you have possibly made an already terrible call filled with horrible misinformation any worse? and yet you did by citing HTC's pathetic TWITTER channel which has nothing but marketing contests. Something is terribly wrong with your company's communications. I have been buying your phones for over 5 years, HTC invented the genre -- and with no disrespect intended, you have managed to malign the whole brand reputation in one phone call. Please, get your act together.
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So -- here I am an hour later -- and now I know that I am ABLE to get the update -- my phone being an unlocked UK phone. So please, is there anyone who can explain how. This is ridiculous.
thank you.
This may be a long shot (but might work)
Assuming you are connecting over wifi to do this then how does the phone know it is in the USA and not the EU? My guess is because when you first put a SIM in the phone, it tells it.
So take the SIM out of the phone and try again (over WiFi of course). If that does not work, see if you can manually set the operator to a UK one (such as Vodafone).
The OTA update comes over the air (duh). But when you are connected over wifi you are bypassing the carriers network and connecting direct to the HTC servers (wherever they are). So the argument about you not being on am EU network does not make sense.
Try the above and see how you go and if it does not work, sorry.
Not sure that will work, it doesn't even work for me in the UK...
My official response from HTC was similar to the phonecall repeated here, they said it is being released in batches not all together and I just have to wait until my batch comes round, potentially up to 2 weeks according to support.
My phone is also a very early one (bought on 2nd day they were in store after my pre-order from CPW wasn't fulfilled because they were somehow out of stock, despite having them in stock in my local shop!) I guess they're not releasing the update in serial number order!
P.
How long have you been trying though? I know that the EVO has had the update but what I was saying is the Desire hasn't anywhere but Europe i.e. Canada, Asia, and the USA.
You should be able to get the OTA if it's a SIM free phone with a WWE ROM but there are posts on the forum stating the the update may have been removed due to some issues.
Keep hitting that check button or just flash manually with the released ROM zip.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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HTC SUPPORT WEBSITE IN UK: Search results for: HTC Desire > Android 2.2
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This may be a long shot (but might work) ... Assuming you are connecting over wifi
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It's a great idea, thank you for that suggestion! hadn't even thought of it, i will try it -- despite messages afterwards saying wont even work in UK.
But what I want to know is: WTF is happening to HTC?
Really, this is becoming more and more disturbing.
The people at XDA are the people that PUT THEM ON THE MAP as their earliest buyers -- we are the early adopters of touchscreen smartphones -- longe before an iphone existed as a glimmer in Steve Jobs' eye. True, he had the Newton years ago, and hats off, as always, to Apple's exceptional product design vision. But it wasn't a phone, and it was long ago abandoned.
HTC and Windows Mobile made this whole new multi-billion dollar industry possible -- that now enables Verizon to profit from introducing and seling the DROID, that enabled steve jobs to launch the iPhone and, in all fairness, to finally get the UI right -- and take advantage of touchscreens -- vs Windows Mobile engineering's retarded tiny stylus driven tap inside 5-pixel wide box to hit that preference selection.
Then HTC ceded that business to Apple for several years as they barnstormed the industry, became the darling of engadget and gizmodo and could do no wrong. WHAT KEPT WINDOWS MOBILE COMPETITIVE were two things: HTC -- and their various UI overlays -- like touchflo -- now advanced to SenseUI -- and XDA-developers -- who pioneered so many advances that made a stylus-based OS start to work like a finger-navigable OS.
MY POINT? We, the early adopters, don't just get bragging rights. That's juveile. WE BOUGHT PHONES -- over and over and over. I have bought 5 HTC smartphones. SO I am getting a little sick and tired of being treated like **** by them. They paid multiple hundreds of millions for the whole new BRANDING campaign internationally -- to jetison the faceless image of no-name chinese manufacturer -- to a brand name of high quality phones they have always been known for.
But with that corporate makeover on the outside, what the hell has happened on the inside? WE, those of us who bought the Desire en masse in pre-orders -- were screwed over by HTC time and time again in April and May of this year as they have taken their eye off the prize -- of rewarding customer loyalty -- and now they just shoot for NEW CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS... They diverted OUR stock of shipments to RE-STOCK T-mobile UK, and other carrier sticks - so the carriers could CHA-CHING selling not just phones but service plans and data plans -- and HTC kissed their asses, while dismissing us as expendable.
It was only after we mounted a huge backlash that they did an about face and fixed that issue, but only after showing their hand, and really annoying alot of loyal customers -- these are not cheap phones -- and we don't buy the low-end crap. we buy the high end phones.
And so same thing now. WHO GETS THE UPDATES -- frikkin SPRINT in the USA with the EVO.... The CMDA phone which has no legacy tie at al to the GSM phones HTC built their reputation on. They are once again spitting in the faces of their loyal REPEAT CUSTOMER base -- because they feel they can DO so -- and what are we going to do -- STOP BUYING?
That's when hubris sets in, and it's very arrogant, and very calculated. They run the risk/benefit analyses of "what's the downside of pissing off the unlocked phone buyers" vs the UPSIDE of making our NEWEST PARTNERS -- Sprint in the USA -- and VERIZON in the USA -- happy?
I know how this game is played. I live in the heart of silicon valley. I live in the neighborhood with many google developers including the guy who product designed the G1 -- the first android phone -- and developed its UI. I onlty say this because I know the marketing business very well. SO well that it makes me very angry when I get PLAYED by smartass people who think they can pull the wool over customer eyes.
They only CAN because custimers let them. It ticked me off that XDA-devs sat on their thumbs and refused to use their enormous CLOUT when HTC was F*ing over all of the DESIRE pre-order purchasers in April and May.
I frnakly do not understand the sheep argument.. of why it is that people sit back and take it --- and sooner or later someone will post here -- dude- chill - it's just a phone, or - dude-chill -- Im sure there is nothing going on like you say. and so on.
Yeah? okay, fine. I will twiddle my thuimbs and keep looking for that update while some as*h*le who only discovered touchscreens last month and bought their EVO from Sprint quickly gets their 2.2 update served to them on a silver platter. This is nuts.
Oh. Sorry. I just riffed off of a THANK YOU post to someone who posted to help me Trust me, i greatly appreciate it, and will try it. This steam is of course not venting at you. It is at the situation and how preposterous it is.
@MARK said:
This may be a long shot (but might work)
Assuming you are connecting over wifi to do this then how does the phone know it is in the USA and not the EU? My guess is because when you first put a SIM in the phone, it tells it.
So take the SIM out of the phone and try again (over WiFi of course). If that does not work, see if you can manually set the operator to a UK one (such as Vodafone).
The OTA update comes over the air (duh). But when you are connected over wifi you are bypassing the carriers network and connecting direct to the HTC servers (wherever they are). So the argument about you not being on am EU network does not make sense.
Try the above and see how you go and if it does not work, sorry.
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steve228uk said:
You should be able to get the OTA if it's a SIM free phone with a WWE ROM but there are posts on the forum stating the the update may have been removed due to some issues.
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Thank you. When you first posted I had not yet spoken to HTC... So i didn't yet understand what you meant.. sorry bout that. What does "WWE ROM" mean?
Whose site would it have been hosted on -- before there were issues?
This is what I am trying to understand. The HTC guy initially told me: You can get it from the Android site -- then use HTC Sync to downlaod it to computer and then install onto phone that way...
Then it was not available at Android.com
Then you were saying perhaps it was available from T-Mobile UK's site -- in downloadable form? Is that correct?
(NOT DIRECTED AT YOU) Why is this such a frikkin' mystery? Isn't the whole concept supposed to be: Android phones are updatable firmware phones, thus, improved features sets and functionality always as the code is improving... And phone manufacturers like HTC manufacture phones that are compliant with Google's Android OS. So why is this such rocket science?
I have an HTC phone. It's been cleared for takeoff. Android 2.2 exists for this phone. What is their problem?
Since basically every other carrier (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint) have already released Stagefright patches for the M8 and some even M9, rather than wait for T-Mobile's lame pathetic ass to get onboard with security, would it be possible to copy over the patched libraries from the other phones OTAs?
The AT&T update only weighs 28mb total, is it at all possible to extract the libs needed or are we waiting until next year (come on be realistic, you know it's not coming this year) when they decide to release Android M with Sense 7? I could care less about flashy features and other bs that is irrelevant, but for them to just overlook security updates is a real real bad move
What can we do, other than flash to cyanogenmod
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Further evidence to support T-mobile doesn't care about security, talked to 2 different agents, as well as a phone call. Told them every other major carrier has pushed this update, meaning they received the details, updated their fw, tested the fw, and then deployed it. Both times I was given "we haven't received any details regarding this fix"
Bad way to go, uncarrier. Apparently security is not a priority whatsoever.
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I just dont get it. The device manufacturers always want to blame the carriers for patch delays. So here I am sitting on my international H815(eu) figuring since this is a broad scope device it will get the update before the carriers specific devices. Then today I see T-Mobile's model is getting a stagefright update. WTH?!!? Anyone got any good insight on whats going on here?
No idea, but I'm a little irritated too. Seems like it would make MORE sense to push the update to unlocked, unbranded US devices before T-Mobile for testing simply because there are presumably less of us.
My guess (and probably wrong) is that TMo was picked to do the roll out, in batches, so that if there are any issues, it can be stopped & rectified quickly. The patch would be tested on one phone variant & one carrier.
Also, the risk of this affecting someone is very low.
I just flashed the KDZ...
Can't you guys do the same?