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[Galaxy Tab General] nev310:
My battery life is much better. I went from 7 hours or so to about 24+ hours of light use.
[Galaxy Tab General] jiminitaur:
Mine used to die within 24 hours, even if I wasn't using it, even faster if wifi was on.

Now I can leave it in my car for days, come back and it is still just as charged as when I left it. I don't know about active battery time, but clearly they did something smarter with sleep mode power management.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
yup.. i use mine every now and then, and rarely plug it in.. i get tons of use out of it before i notice the battery getting low and needing to be plugged in..
[Galaxy Tab General] throwback1718:
I'm getting about 15 hours with moderate usage.... Maybe about 6-8 hours with VERY heavy usage
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
Mine says "Your system is up to date" just like it always has. Weird though, because it's like it doesn't take time to check or anything. Just loads right to that page.
[Galaxy Tab General] l8agin:
How are you all checking for the update? When I go to settings, about my galaxy tab, there's no option to check for updates. Is it because I'm not on a data plan (sprint tab)?
[Galaxy Tab General] neuteboomt:
I go to menu/settings/about my galaxy tab/system updates/update android.

I have not recived the update either..

GUS_Golfer my tab seems to look for the update after a reboot. The Update android is greyed out until it checks.
[Galaxy Tab General] X1088LoD:
No update for me yet either, restarted several times. Guess well wait and see.
[Galaxy Tab General] l8agin:
I don't show any option to update, greyed out or not. I was asking if it's cause i'm not on a data plan.
[Galaxy Tab General] upperkingjr:
Someone posted a link to the update on the android central tab forums..
[Galaxy Tab General] neuteboomt:
I do not think that would be the case.
[Galaxy Tab General] The Crazy Old Gunny:
And you didn't include a link,,,,,WHY???

thanks for nothing
[Galaxy Tab General] teddy333:
I have the link.
[Galaxy Tab General] teddy333:
Just perform a search on SPH-P100 on the opensource Samsung site and you will see the link for Gingerbread (SPH-P100_OpenSource_GB_Update.zip). I have the file but don't know what to do with it. Do you guy's think this is the official Sprint Tab Update? And if it is how do I flash my device?
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
For my Droid Pro, you unzip that file, and there is an update.zip inside. Boot into recovery and flash that one from your sd card.
[Galaxy Tab General] qsec:
Hold your horses ;)

This file from opensource is for sure documentation of the sorce for the GB update.

i don't think it will be a good idéa to flash it.

Look inside the zip and se whats in there.

/qsec
[Galaxy Tab General] Hawk521:
No Gingerbread joy here either. My refurbished Sprint Galaxy Tab does not have an active Sprint data plan, although it probably did with the initial owner prior to it becoming a "refurb".

Attempts to manually "Update Android" yield "Your system is currently up to date." which is not true (it is at Froyo 2.2, EB28)

Attempts to manually "Update Firmware" seem to try for about a minute or so and eventually fail with a "Connection Error".

I'd love to read that at least SOMEONE is having some success with this update.
[Galaxy Tab General] velishka:
One thing I noticed on my woot! tab with not data plan is when it checks firmware it turns off wi-fi. So my guess, refurbished, woot and no data plan tablets need to be updated manually.
[Galaxy Tab General] l8agin:
I flashed back to stock and now it's back.
[Galaxy Tab General] The Crazy Old Gunny:
If you go to the SPRINT website you'll see that they've had problems with the FIRMWARE update option since like January.

My TAB is at EB28 as well,,,,, For all we know the official GINGERBREAD update hasn't been released yet.

All we can do is keep hitting the UPDATE ANDROID selection, and the blogs, and the forums here. Or we could all collectively storm down to our local SPRINT stores and demand updates now. This is not how I pictured today going..... It's not feeling like Christmas in July yet.
[Galaxy Tab General] zzelinka:
Patience is like money...Everyone wants it, but no one has it.

- Z
[Galaxy Tab General] cruton:
I have a Sprint Tab and for what it's worth I can tell you that you didn't need a data plan to get the previous updates. Hopefully that's still the case.
[Galaxy Tab General] neuteboomt:
According to the document leaked the update will be rolled out over 4 days starting today.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/30/sprint-updating-the-samsung-galaxy-tab-with-gingerbread-on-july/
[Galaxy Tab General] canizares:
Google services work badly in China due to the Great Firewall.

So I have to work on DJ30 Froyo ROM + DJ05 Baseband for daily use.
[Galaxy Tab General] chefdave12118:
Haha. Both goes for me and I'm a restaurant owner :( . With that being said.... Nothing in NY yet.
[Galaxy Tab General] Veereihen6:
That can't be true. I have a woot! tab as well, and no data plan, but the first thing it did when I got it was an update to the EB28 firmware.

It also did it again after I reverted back to bone stock (EA24) from the Honeycomb ROM.
[Galaxy Tab General] chefdave12118:
Turns my wifi off as well. :0. I bought my Sgt off craigslist and the dude never turned 3g off. Or sprint forgot? I've had 3g for 2 months now. :)
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
Same here. When I flash stock I'm going to EA24 and it updates to EB28 everytime.
[Galaxy Tab General] Veereihen6:
Sorry, I should've been clearer....I meant, you don't need a data plan to update (or at least we didn't beforehand).

FWIW, wifi turns off when checking for new firmware on mine as well. I just make sure to turn it back on immediately.
[Galaxy Tab General] tyy10002:
July 5th now.. Has Anyone been able to update it? I have tried it and it said that my current system is up to date. I don't have 3G service.
[Galaxy Tab General] undesputed:
I also have yet to receive an update.

I also own a woot! Tab, and I agree that our OTA upgrade will be delivered as "Update Android," which requires no 3G service, as opposed to "Update Firmware" if the upgrade is in the same form as E28.

Anyways, hopefully my Tab is not in the day 4 batch of updates!
[Galaxy Tab General] x4gvnferdy:
i too am anxiously awaiting this sprint update, mine hasn't been pushed yet, it's afternoon!
[Galaxy Tab General] upperkingjr:
Sprint tends to push updates late evenings and on end of friday nights..
[Galaxy Tab General] neuteboomt:
True, but this one is suppose to come from Googles servers.
[Galaxy Tab General] tpike:
so no one has it yet?
[Galaxy Tab General] Jepod:
I just re-flashed mine back to EA24 and did the EB28 update. I'm just awaiting the "Update Found" pop-up since every time I manually try to check for update, it says "Up to Date".
[Galaxy Tab General] neuteboomt:
I have not read that anyone has received the update.
[Galaxy Tab General] upperkingjr:
I heard wifi has to be turned off and it will come through 3g only..

http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/308762#308762
[Galaxy Tab General] Chahk:
You heard wrong.
[Galaxy Tab General] Veereihen6:
ugg, I really don't want to have to take this back to unrooted bone stock again just to get the GB update.Is the consensus here that we have to be unrooted?
[Galaxy Tab General] KidTech:
Ugh, when will T-mobile release gingerbread..
[Galaxy Tab General] seewhyphotos:
The GB update is published to include

HIDBluTooth

Does that mean that us Sprint users may be able to use this finally?

http://www.tvc-mall.com/details/New...older-Leather-Case-with-USB-Cable-KEYB-P1000/
[Galaxy Tab General] CodeRedEd:
It should work. I know when the Verizon Tab got HID it did. I will be testing 2 BT keyboards after I get the update.
[Galaxy Tab General] icreative:
What about EF17 for odin? )=
[Galaxy Tab General] tullywork:
I have the Sprint SGT from woot.com (refurb) and I do have the data plan. No update for me yet, I've updated 3 times and rebooted as many and nothing...
[Galaxy Tab General] teknikk7:
GB running smooth. How's everyone liking it?
[Galaxy Tab General] siptang:
hmm i have my tab on wifi and it keeps on giving me connection error sign when I press upgrade firmware...

[no service error]

android says it's up to date.
[Galaxy Tab General] The Crazy Old Gunny:
Are you implying that you are NOW running the stock update?

The world wants to know.....well maybe a small part of the planet.
[Galaxy Tab General] Hawk521:
Congratulations! You are perhaps the first successful download of Gingerbread that I've been able to find on the internet.

Did you have to manually request it? If so, which option (Update Firmware? or Update Android?) worked?

Does your SGT have an active Sprint data plan? Or is it like mine - a refurb that relies totally on WiFi access?

At this point I've been unsuccessful getting the server to even acknowledge that my SGT needs an update.
[Galaxy Tab General] etvaugha:
Can you post the contents of your /system/build.prop file when you get a chance?
[Galaxy Tab General] seewhyphotos:
Trolling? Or seriously using the new Sprint GB Update?

Pic's or it hasn't happened... <grin>
[Galaxy Tab General] jay2o01:
http://community.sprint.com/baw/com...11/13/samsung-galaxy-tab-maintenance-releases

tried following the instructions here, no luck for me yet...

edit: fwiw im on a 3g data plan...

edit 2: i think this is the link the other poster was referring to...

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-tab...gerbread-update-dump-galaxy-tab-download.html
[Galaxy Tab General] crankless:
Seems like someone is trolling, I havent found any other posts or people I know that have the update.
[Galaxy Tab General] eaglerazor123:
Thats not the Sprint update

the link you referred is not the Sprint update,its old one from XDA forum here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1073854
[Galaxy Tab General] oscarthegrouch:
I'm not calling anyone a liar. I am excited just like everyone else is. I will point out this...

The exact same thing happened when the 2.2 was ready to drop for the epic 4g. Take a few deep breaths and calm down. It's Christmas Eve and the time to open our present will be soon. Chill out.
[Galaxy Tab General] The Crazy Old Gunny:
I say the time for logic and reason is over. I say we hunt down this Kringle dude and steal that bag of gifts. Who gave that jerk permission to pass em out in the first place.

Tar and feathers aren't good enough. Oh yeah Merry Christmas and Happy July.
[Galaxy Tab General] upperkingjr:
Where in mighty hell is the update allready!
[Galaxy Tab General] zzelinka:
I want to be patient, but...

- Z
[Galaxy Tab General] SDW90808:
Then riddle me this - do I really want to upgrade to Gingerbread? The last upgrade I accepted all fat, dumb, and happy and then realized I lost my root. I spent untold hours of grief before I finally got it back and I'm none too anxious to repeat the experience.

I'll admit, I would like a more responsive SGT but not sure if I'm willing to make the sacrifice. FWIW, I have a Sprint 7" Tab.
[Galaxy Tab General] gsu_golfer:
You could always flash it back to EA24.
[Galaxy Tab General] bzh2:
has anyone tried resetting to stock and trying to update?
[Galaxy Tab General] neuteboomt:
I have never rooted my tab (stock) and have not been able to pull the update. I have tried through wifi and over 3G with no luck. I guess when they said it would be rolled out over 4 days they were not kidding.
[Galaxy Tab General] EatKeyLimePie:
Yes, just takes me back to EB28
[Galaxy Tab General] bzh2:
oh well thanks for letting us know
[Galaxy Tab General] seewhyphotos:
I've been looking around the web for any sign of people getting the GB update on their tabs, and found this and many more mentions about the 4-day roll out

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/07/05/sprint-galaxy-tab-gingerbread-update-begins-rolling-out/
[Galaxy Tab General] Radical-J:
Okay, just to clarify a few things. You buy it outright you own it--usually no return policy and possibly a one month minimum contract. When you pay full price or bring your own equipment they can't make you enter into a two-year agreement. They may say they won't sell to you but Sprint Customer care 888-211-4727 will sign you up on the 1GB month-to-month.

If you are at a Sprint store tell them to look at the Playbook that came out on Wednesday. This plan came out on June 24th and only works if you own the device or bought the G-tab outright---you cannot get the $199 price and get the $19.99 plan--if you later switch to that plan--you will be charged back the full price.

I am a store manager at a non-corporate Sprint store and these people sound like idiots that you are having to deal with--imagine that right?

You can ask to speak to the store manager and tell him to look at the 'playbook' or call NSS National Sales Support and they can explain to the store manager 'what the hell' is going on... FWIW

I own the G-Tab paid full price in December and now am WiFi only...and still waiting for 2.3... and yes the rollout was to start today and only take 4 days...(also in the playbook)
[Galaxy Tab General] The Crazy Old Gunny:
This update process looks less like Apple or Microsoft and more like Ubantu.

This is why I have no faith whatsoever in the Google Cloud.

Android will always be an ALSO-RAN.
[Galaxy Tab General] teknikk7:
Lost Root with update...sigh
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
Successful update to gb?
[Galaxy Tab General] seewhyphotos:
You have the update? What region of the US are in you?

I'm in Texas/Central Timezone, and was wondering if they were rolling it out by Timezone..
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
like mentioned earlier I think he's trolling... we should stop feeding him. :)
[Galaxy Tab General] seewhyphotos:
Uhg.. I fell right into that one. Didn't realize it was the same troll.
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
Me either. tricky, those little trolls are! :)
[Galaxy Tab General] Radical-J:
Yeah, an 'also ran' that is selling 500,000 units a day...
[Galaxy Tab General] shoman24v:
If anyone gets the update, post it before you flash it.
[Galaxy Tab General] The Crazy Old Gunny:
I get the feeling when this actually hits, we'll all be busy installing.

It's just frustrating when the show is being ran by a bunch of amateurs.
[Galaxy Tab General] block911:
Come back saturday
[Galaxy Tab General] dallastx:
Google informed Sprint

No one on here will probably get the update today/tonight 06/05/11. Maybe tomorrow but chances are greater on 3rd and forth day...Today only 5% tomorrow only 15-20% and numbers increase 3 and 4th day to 100%....
[Galaxy Tab General] galexandr:
Washington DC,

Eastern Daylight Savings,

No update

Waiting!
[Galaxy Tab General] teknikk7:
Anyone know how to return to stock Froyo after the update?
[Galaxy Tab General] EatKeyLimePie:
Hahahaha troll can troll
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
Alt+f4. Then hold down your power button...

:)
[Galaxy Tab General] zzelinka:
I'm going to cyber punch you in the corn hole. Quit being a douche. Thanks!

- Z
[Galaxy Tab General] oscarthegrouch:
I've asked this question before on previous phones and nobody could give me an answer that was really true. If I, or someone else, gets this update, where does it download to? What are the possible names? Is there usually a file extension to look for? Does is download to the device or sd card?

I was trying to "catch" an update before installing and rebooting on other phones I've had and nobody seemed to know where it usually downloads to, or it's naming scheme or it's file extension. I know you're not going to know what it's actual name is but there are people who have done this before and they know where to look and what to run searches for on the card and device. Among other file extensions, I've tried looking for zip on the device and can't find anything. I don't see any file that seems to be a temp file. I assume that after the download and install that the file is erased. I must have spent over an hour once trying to find it on a phone and couldn't find squat. I knew it was there because the device was wanting me to reboot to install the update.
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
Woah there. It was a joke. Obviously if someone is posting on xda they are most likely aware of the perils of alt+f4 and the power button. :) He's trolling, and I'm bored. Didn't mean to offend you bro.
[Galaxy Tab General] The Crazy Old Gunny:
Whoa were you even part of the conversation?

pipe down pipsqueak
[Galaxy Tab General] shoman24v:
I think it gets stored in \cache on the device, not SD.
[Galaxy Tab General] seewhyphotos:
Anger up much? The reply was toward a troll, are you his defender? Relax and go back to the iPhone forums where such angry people belong..
[Galaxy Tab General] oscarthegrouch:
I guess since I have nothing to lose, I could Odin back to 24 and when the notice to update to 28 (whatever the current number is) I could start looking around. I know it will practically immediately want to update to 28 within 10 minutes of the first boot. I can look now, before I down flash, to get an idea of what files are "normally" there. There isn't much else to do while waiting for gb.
[Galaxy Tab General] ebmorgan:
You can download the update now from Samsung OpenSource.

Go to "Mobile Phones" and find the "SPH-P100" section. One is labeled "SPH-P100_OpenSource_GB_Update.zip ".

DL'ing now. I'm gonna pop it and report back.
[Galaxy Tab General] ebmorgan:
Hold up! It just appears to be the opensource dev files.

BOOOOOOO
[Galaxy Tab General] Andrewb19:
How do I get the update odd my SD card? I'll post it.
[Galaxy Tab General] zzelinka:
I'm kidding dude :)

- Z
[Galaxy Tab General] powerserge1:
I'm jealous, where is the Verizon tab love? It's also CDMA:confused:
[Galaxy Tab General] coferjinelong:
i think what you have here is not a installable rom, but a uncompiled source
[Galaxy Tab General] oscarthegrouch:
I'm flashing ea24 now and will report back if I find out where the update is downloaded to.
[Galaxy Tab General] The Crazy Old Gunny:
So we've officially rolled into day 2 of the update with nary a soul reporting actually seeing their device being updated.....

So....being new at this "android" garbage I'm at a loss as to what to do next....

Should we hold a prayer circle or search for a sacrificial virgin to bar-tend the big upgrade party whenever we actually see this update?
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
theyd prolly love it if you dropped some files over at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1149270
[Galaxy Tab General] oscarthegrouch:
You are correct. The files are downloaded to /cache. I couldnt see them with a fresh odin so I had to root reboot then unroot reboot then I could still get into the folder but not be rooted.

I just saw the gsm post and was like damn, they beat us to the punch.
[Galaxy Tab General] nev310:
Stop trolling
[Galaxy Tab General] nev310:
Stop trolling.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
I just got the update notice. Pulled the .zip with root explorer, uploading it to mediafire.

http://www.mediafire.com/?cngx5e67dgbq04y
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
Is it possible to put the update zip onto the sd card and trigger the update without the ota prompt/push? If that makes sense...
[Galaxy Tab General] eggypadua:
https://picasaweb.google.com/edgardopadua33u/06072011#5626122242730640370

I received the update 2 am.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
Should be able to rename it to update.zip and put it on the root of your sd card, and boot into recovery to flash it. Stock recovery would be your best bet to get it to work. I'm about to test it various different ways to see what works. Gonna run it from the notice, (rooted stock with CWM installed) and if that soft bricks, i'll go back to stock ea24, and flash it from there. Then play with rooting it etc.. :)

No surprise, installing from rooted/etx4 stock w/CWM fails. time to dump ea24 on there and start from scratch.
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
Sweet. I'm trying from stock 28 now. :)
[Galaxy Tab General] swaser18t:
So oooooo what do we do with this.I'm not rooted can I still some how flash this
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
If it's like any other android device i've played with, rename the file to update.zip, put it on the root of your sd card and then boot into recovery, and choose apply update.zip. going back to root myself atm to test this exact process.
[Galaxy Tab General] swaser18t:
So it should work without root I'm updated to 28
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
I can comfirm this works from stock! I love you dude!

Hello Gingerbread! 2.3.4!
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
Already noticed it runs a lot smoother off the bat, just fui.
[Galaxy Tab General] swaser18t:
Did you start from update 28 or?
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
yes, it's an official signed zip file from sprint, don't need to be rooted or have CWM.. if you have stock unrooted EA28 it should install fine from recovery once renamed.
[Galaxy Tab General] swaser18t:
Nice.I forget its volume down and power for recovery right?
[Galaxy Tab General] theamazingaustin:
Yeah. Odin'd back to 24, then update, then flashed the zip. Much faster than 24 and 28
[Galaxy Tab General] swaser18t:
So I should go back to 24? You think it will work on 28? Sorry just bought it last night dont wanna mess anything up.have not even put odin on my pc yet
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
it was built to work from EA28, but I'm not surprised it does work from EA24 (just testing myself.)

Don't forget to click Thanks if this helps.. :)

After testing, the update wouldn't work for me from EA24, but as soon as i booted up i got the notice for 28, did that update and then EF17 update works just fine.. :) Sweet tasty Gingerbread!
[Galaxy Tab General] swaser18t:
So I did the volume down and power and I have a big yellow triangleand it just says downloading do not turn off Target????
[Galaxy Tab General] qsec:
Thats download mode. Hold in power button several secounds to turn it off.

Then hold up on volume and power to get in to recovery.

/qsec
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
It's Vol Up to get into recovery, you put it into download mode.
[Galaxy Tab General] wellsshine:
Hi, quick question. I got my Sprint Tab a few days ago off of eBay, and this is my first endeavor into Android as a whole. I downloaded the file and renamed it update.zip, but can't find the root folder on my SD card.. it's never been rooted or anything. Is there something I'm missing...? Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
by root folder, it means no subfolders, just directly on the sd card itself. not a folder called "root" :)
[Galaxy Tab General] swaser18t:
Is a wipe in order?
[Galaxy Tab General] qsec:
The root of something is directly on it without being in a folder. It has nothing to do with rooting a device or so.

Just put the file directly on the sdcard.

/qsec
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
Guess I can go to bed now, since qsec and I are right on top of the same posts.. :cool:;)
[Galaxy Tab General] shoman24v:
I had ODIN'd back to DJ30, took the EB28 OTA and my device was wiped.

I flashed the update.zip and this is what I get...
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
I'd try redownloading the zip, if others come up with the same issue, i'll re-upload the file..
[Galaxy Tab General] qsec:
Here in Sweden it's 9.30 am.

/qsec
[Galaxy Tab General] swaser18t:
Oh yeah
[Galaxy Tab General] wellsshine:
Tried from EB28, one second after clicking apply, takes me to the screen with the exclamation and green android. Hrmm..
[Galaxy Tab General] swaser18t:
Rocking some ginger.... Now for root. Anyone have any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab General] zzelinka:
Anyone else who has this downloaded want to host it? It is painfully slow. Thanks y'all!

- Z
[Galaxy Tab General] wellsshine:
What did you do once you got to the recovery screen? Any wipes, etc? I'm redownloading the file and hopefully it'll work...
[Galaxy Tab General] frickinjerms:
yeh mine does the same thing little yellow bar that looks promising then disappears and then the little exclamation in the triangle pops up and it does nothing... hard reboot and it takes me back to an unchanged froyo *gag*

i tried it rooted the first time and thought that was the issue, unrooted, rebooted then booted into recovery... same crap... time to odin on back and try it that way i guess