yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Thanks for posting about this, and I really appreciate that the update has been provided so people can get it.

I am downloading the update now from yogi2010's dropbox - i'll see what I can find when I break it open after the download finishes.

I just woke up, so this gets to be the first item on my list.

If there is a new kernel provided, then don't expect to be able to open that up and scan for changes - but otherwise i'll see what I can find out and report back.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] FreeK200:
I updated my phone on friday night, and it was my first update ever. Is this the same one, or is it a newer version?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
First impressions: wow, they made tiny changes to just about everything in the system.

I am going to focus first and foremost on the GPS changes they made - looks like they updated the SUPL certification, the GPS lib file - I need to find out what they did. They probably made it look like the GPS changes I made, but I never edited the SUPL certification file so expect an update to my GPS patch (probably) when I figure it all out.

I am also concerned about what they did with the bluetooth stuff - they updated the blacklist and also all of the Bluetooth files on the device.

If anyone applied the update, can you check and see if all of your bluetooth devices work?

I am half tempted to apply the update to one of my MT4GS phones, but I'm afraid of bricking it trying to go back after I sort through it all - writing the Radio is where you can brick your phone and that I would have to do ... so looks like i'll be figuring out how to decompile some of these update files and note the changes.

If anyone has any information to share about the update, please post it here.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
the reason i was kind of a proponent of the first update was because there were changes to a LOT of things, even tho the size of the package was small. still, i myself don't know what was changed, if anything.

do you think the fact the HBOOT read the original PC59IMG.zip on my sdcard, and asked me to update, means that we can still go back to what we had before?

unfortunately no bluetooth devices here but will report back later about GPS.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Probably - I may very well end up trying later but don't hold your breath. I might apply it to my phone that I bought with my plan so that I can take it back to T-Mo and force them to give me another one because their update broke it.

It kinda is special to me, being my first smartphone ever, so I don't want to part with it, but if I can't figure it all out i'm not so sentimental that i'll let that impede progress.

-also -

If anyone does flash this, some of the files that were removed with Undeadk9's security patch - and are also removed in my ROM, are put back onto the phone - most notably QXDM2SD.apk that I have seen thus far - this will have to be removed again if the update is flashed to prevent logging activities.

I have no idea what Smith.apk is - so decompiling and looking through that after I finish typing this out.

I'll keep people updated as I go through it.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Braccoz:
can someone check if the CIQ stuff is still there or not?

i got a feeling...
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
I'm not sure yet about CIQ - but Smith.apk is absolutely a new logging utility.

It looks like it's primary function is to log battery stuff, but that doesn't look like it's all that it's logging - i'm looking into this and disappointed to see another attempt at spyware and intrusive logging being pushed onto our phones.

Please be advised that in addition to the .apk file mentioned above, Smith.apk is a logging utility that needs to be assessed and explored more in-depth. I am doing so now but others should as well if they can, maybe see something I miss.

Also looks like Smith.apk gives us a new dialer code - 76484 is the number but not sure what the preface is to get to it. Check my sig under 'guides index' to see the other dialer codes i've found so far.

If anyone has installed this update, can you experiment with the different ways of entering dialer codes to see about activating this number?

More to follow as I get through it all.

Thanks!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
No luck so far with that new dialer code, I tried many combinations of # and * with the number, but I didn't hit on it yet.

I want to say the update might have improved the responsiveness of the keyboard backlighting... It seems to light up a bit better now.... I didn't like how it wouldn't come on even when I couldn't see the keys. Hopefully they did fix that.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] cmraymond:
Themes are also gone. Nothing in theme chooser.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
I've put this project to the side for the minute, wanted to get back into the kernel work I was doing. I'll pick this up later again when I get around to it, but maybe someone else will comb through it too.

I tried to install the Smith.apk directly onto one of my phones, but couldn't get to it so it'll have to be put in as part of the update to get it working the way it was intended or the installer package will have to be split open and all the supporting files will have to be installed to make it work.

Sitting here in my linux environment I don't have any of the tools set up I do in my windows environment to work with the update - I really want to spend the rest of the night compiling and testing kernels.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
Which method did you try?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Edit - nevermind, bad idea.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
I believe I tried the temp-root here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192383

I got nothing but errors, but come to think of it, I am not positive if I have the drivers installed, tho I think I did do the driver installation process using PDANET. I believe I did this in Windows, whereas I usally use Ubuntu for most HTC rooting stuff. Let me work more on it when I get home later and see for sure.

Also, is there another method I should try if this doesn't work?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
Nope, that's what I use/d.

Dumb question, but you did have USB debugging turned on, I assume? Actually, you must have, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten the errors. :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
Oh, did you get temp-root? If so, then I'm sure I can get it to work somehow... it's conceivable I don't have the drivers....

Not a dumb question at all, by the way, haha. But yeah, definitely had usb debugging on.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
That's what I used prior to the update.

I'm running the update now, so I'll see what happens. :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
Ok cool, definitely let us know, because the other variable for me is I managed to misplace my Windows 7 copies and have been using a free preview copy of Windows 8, haha. Most stuff has worked tho...

Good luck!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
No, we most have definitely lost root with this update. Crap. :)

Edit: One huge thing that jumps out at me... SD Encryption is now available.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
Ok damn! Like I said before tho, it looks like it might still be possible(not confirmed tho) to flash the original stock firmware in the bootloader, and then re-root, etc, if we chose to go back to what we had before. But it looks like at this time we can't have the newest stock setup AND root.

Perhaps we can put in requests to the devs. to see if they can update the root methods for this new update.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Anyone used a hex editor to pop open some of these .p update files yet?

I don't have one installed - looking for recommendations.

Can you still get to CWM?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
Blue, i once used a hex program to make a goldcard in order to root an Inspire 4G. i followeed the guide on the Cyanogenmod wiki, and they reffered me to this hex program:

http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

no idea how it compares to others or anything tho :)

we are most definitely on stock recovery right now... i am about to try and fastboot flash CWM, but i doubt it will let me, as it did not let me on previous stock HBOOTs, until i re-ran the Revolutionary program.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
I never did S-Off, just did temp root and froze the bloat. Therefore, no CWM. :\

I'm mega bummed.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
without an S-OFF bootloader, getting a custom recovery may be problematic at best, impossible at worst.

When I bought my second phone, it had an S-OFF bootloader, but stock recovery.

What I did to put CWM back on it was to temp-root, and without rebooting I used the dd utility to overwrite the stock recovery with CWM 5.0.2.7, so went straight from stock recovery to official CWM.

If you can temp-root, and have an S-OFF bootloader, you should still be able to replace the stock recovery - but no guarantee.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
Unfortunately I've lost the ability to temp-root. I've tried both gingerbreak and zergrush, and neither is working.

Fre3vo isn't working either.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
yeah, gonna need some kind of root. this bootloader says *locked* at the top, but also S-OFF. didn't let me flash CWM.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Ohgami_Ichiro:
I still have all my ringtones, themes and the weather app is still the animated sense 3.0 one.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
wow, that's weird. i think i have all my ringtones, but no themes and no weather widget animation.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
You are lucky you didn't brick your phone trying a root method not designed for it.

If the kernel didn't prevent you from writing to memory addresses out of range, you know you would've bricked it, right?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
I do now. :)

EDIT: Are you sure? I mean, if i'm only doing a temp root, not writing anything permanently, wouldn't it just corrupt memory and therefore a reboot would clear it?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
maybe, maybe not - i'm not familiar with gingerbreak in a temp root context.

What I do know is that the MT4GS uses an odd range of memory addresses for where information is stored, so if you accidentally overwrite the space in memory where your boot partition is, for instance, with something that isn't a boot.img, it won't turn on after that.

Edit:

Consider, that temp root isn't storing it's root in the RAM, but in the hard memory on the device.

What happens, and what makes it temp, is that the security bootloader checks the hard memory to see if it's what it should be, and if not, it restores it from the recovery image - when you replace that recovery image with CWM it can't do this anymore so your temp root becomes permanent root.

That set of instructions has probably been re-written to the bootloader, the recovery has been replaced with an updated stock recovery, and now that situation is back in play.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
so i took a chance and went into the new bootloader and flashed the original firmware that came with the phone.... and it worked(phew). scared me for a second because i seemed to have to press POWER twice in order to reboot, but it worked. anyway, so the update is reversible, and nowit looks like i am able to root again, etc. etc.

so at the moment it looks like we can have either the brand new firmware without root, or all the stuff we had before today. i am almost curious to go all the way back to the new update of today and see if the themes and weather widget animation show up this time! lol
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
Any chance you could make that firmware available?

And did it do a complete reset, or did you retain your apps?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Fantastic!

Can you post a step-by-step for others who come behind while it's still fresh in your mind?

This post of yours I quoted is probably the most important one in this thread.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
absolutely, the firmware is in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1178082

but yeah, it will be a complete reset, back to how the phone came out of the box. i haven't re-rooted yet, but Revolutionary is acting like it will work, asking me for the serial # like usual, etc.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
Good to have the stock as a backup.

I did notice a few things with the new update (and I did have the weather animations). They updated the version of google talk, SD card encryption is enabled, and weirdly, I have more free RAM in the task manager. I usually hovered around 120, but now I'm seeing 160-170mb free.

I'm sure there are other little 'surprises' scattered throughout this update as well.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
sure Blue, it is pretty much the usual...

To undo the update/restore the stock firmware that came with the phone:

(Note: this will only work if you are still S-OFF even tho you have the new HBOOT version. If you are S-ON with the new HBOOT, then at this time there is no known way to revert... hopefully we can get the devs. of Revolutionary, etc, to update the root methods. Also, if you want to update just to check it out, make sure to turn S-OFF first if you'd like to give yourself the option to revert later.)

1. Download the stock firmware package from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1178082

2. Rename it PG59IMG.zip and put it on the root of your sdcard.

3. Boot into the bootloader('adb reboot bootloader' or power down the phone then hold volume down + power), let it read the update package, and press 'volume up' to update when prompted.

4. At the end it will prompt you to press Power to reboot. It scared me because when i pressed Power, the screen went off and seemed to not come back on, so i pressed power once again, and it booted into the system.

That's it! Just remember that if you do this, it will of course erase all your data... your phone will be like it was out of the box.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] sabeard:
I am happy, they added Google Talk Video support. :-)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Sinfamy:
Pre ICS patch. Sensation ~ March, MT4GS in April.

My prediction lol.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
I'm going to wait a few days until I roll back, cos I may be crazy but the battery life seems to have improved a bit with this update.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nldroid:
Do you have a source for that?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
Pretty minor points here, but are you guys using the big weather widget in portrait mode? I found out that on mine, the animation is working in portrait mode, but not in landscape, haha. The themes are still missing here as well, after installing the update a second time.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] doost650:
Nevermind,
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] NoobyDobbyDoo:
Doost650, could you help me root my phone, I'm having difficulties. I don't know where to start our what to do. I've read every thread just about and it found foreign..lol, I just updated my mt4gs yesterday per tmobile nothing seems different. Anyhow, I also have the unlock code given to me by tmobile don't know if I need it to upgrade or root my phone. PLEASE HELP, I've seen youtube videos of this phone doing.crazy things. I guess rooted by cynogen or Ice cream, etc. I'd appreciate any guidance. Thanks
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
If you updated your phone yesterday, you can't root it.

You have to roll back the update as per the instructions in this thread in order to do so.

T-Mobile has re-secured their bootloader preventing the use of a custom recovery and denying people the full use of phones they paid good money for.

So your phone, with the current update, is not rootable.

Once you flash back to the old software, you can root the phone. You will have to use the revolutionary method to replace your bootloader, then it is recommended to upgrade your recovery to ClockworkMod 5.0.2.7, as it is the only official version for our device.

Then you can flash either a custom ROM, or just the superuser.apk file to root the stock ROM.

I know this isn't the step by step you asked for, but i'm about to compile something and wanted to let you know you had to roll back the update before you could root your phone.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] NoobyDobbyDoo:
Help

Need help rooting phone, already read threw general Q&A, trying to get latest upgrade aside from the one I got yesterday from tmobile. I wanna root mt4gs to latest kernel,.cyanogen, ice cream, etc, anything, please, already got unlock code if needed.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
I just told you that you cannot root your phone if you installed the update from yesterday. Period.

You have to rewind the changes you did, or keep your phone not rooted. You can't have both.

Either choose to take the extra steps to make your phone exist in the condition prior to the update you installed, or be stuck with a device you CANNOT root.

There no latest kernels for this device, save the unity kernel - but it has some issues though people have been getting good use out of it.

Ice cream sandwich is a long way off.

CM7 is a buggy alpha version, but well done for what it is. The author is working on bringing us ICS.

Read the information you are being given before ignoring the help provided and asking the same question again as if you will get a different answer. We are not trying to steer you wrong here.

So once again, follow the steps in this thread to remove the update from your phone, follow the revolutionary method to replace your bootloader, upgrade your clockworkmod to 5.0.2.7, and then you can feel free to root or flash a new ROM.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] sonicjam:
Any camera improvements or features?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Sinfamy:
Would the new radio improve signal?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
i haven't noticed any changes with the camera...

---------- Post added at 06:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:06 PM ----------

from what i understand, it's possible that a different radio can improve your signal and/or battery life. it seems to vary among users, and could depend on where you live, etc.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
It's most certainly the reason for an updated radio.

If no one else breaks the update down and makes flashable zips out of the important parts, I'll get to that sooner or later. I'll take another look when I get home in the a.m.

Someone should at least make the updated radio available.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
i thought about the radio thing, but i actually don't know how at the moment, and i wouldn't want to put out something harmful, since i know that flashing radios can be fatal. lol. i'd be happy to learn tho
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Morphine_OD:
You're a lifesaver, I though that the update was a one way train for a minute
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
I thought it might be too, and I wasn't positive if it was safe to flash anything thru the bootloader, but I didn't like the idea of not having a choice, so I went for it. just remember that flashing the stock firmware that way does erase all your data... your phone would be like it was out of the box.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Morphine_OD:
That's fine, I didn't have a lot of it in the first place. One more thing though - I don't get an option to update after it loads and checks PG59IMG.zip. What option should I choose to begin the downgrade? The Recovery one fails with a Red Exclamation mark.

EDIT: OK just figured I have S-ON. Any ideas on how to proceed, anyone?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Droidmoder:
Run revoultionary. Instructions are in my sig or general sticky
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Morphine_OD:
That's not that simple, Revolutionary doesn't work with the new h-boot v 1.45
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] sgtmedeiros:
If you still have s off you should be able to just flash the recovery.img through fastboot

Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Morphine_OD:
That's the point - I've just bought the phone from ebay, it does have S-ON and 1.45 H-BOOT.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
Dang, if you have S-ON then I believe it WAS a one way train for you! Sorry about that, didn't mean to mislead you. That's odd tho.... Were you not rooted at all before the update, or did the update actually put you back to S-ON?

Hopefully the root methods will be updated for the new HBOOT version soon.

Edit: ah, just saw your post. Perhaps the phone was already updated and never rooted? I probably need to go back and mention that this will only work if you were rooted before and are still S-OFF even with new HBOOT version...
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
I tried that myself, but the stock HBOOTs don't seem to allow flashing a new recovery, even if they are S-OFF. If they are S-OFF you can, however, revert back to the rootable firmware with the PG59IMG.zip.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Morphine_OD:
You could be damn right. I don't think the update can reactivate S-ON for some people and not for others, so the only explanation is that the phone I bought was most likely locked.

It'd be a good idea to mention that in case someone stumbles upon the same stuff - not to update before turning S-OFF.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
Yep, I went back and made a note... that's a good idea also to mention to turn S-OFF before updating.

Sorry about this, didn't mean to mislead you!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Morphine_OD:
Np man, that's a part of the standard development process - trial and error.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
Just a complete shot in the dark that probably won't accomplish anything.... but.... have you tried making a goldcard and reverting from that?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
Yep that's true.

We definitely gotta let the Revolutionary guys know about this. I went to their site but didn't offhand see any way to contact them...
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Yeah, if the story will be the same as it was with one of the htc g2 official update, most probably a new temp root will be needed to set lower sw version numbers to let install older s-offable recovery.

sent from HTC Doubleshot vu remix
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Just an interesting sidenote, htc sensation (in a lot of ways similar (like cpu/gpu) but qhd screen) got ICS htc sense 3.5 leak. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1403859

sent from HTC Doubleshot cm7
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Morphine_OD:
Just told the devs via IRC, they told me it was a user issue. Whatever that means. Well, I hope they'll update Revolutionary sometime for the new HBOOT
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
hmmm, then how is the user supposed to get past the issue? hehe

oh well, thanks for doing that.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Morphine_OD:
So I've just talked with guys on Revolutionary IRC channel and it appears that if zergRush fails then their exploit has been patched. Looks like I'm in for a wait.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] cactusmatt44:
Update

So I just got my 4gSlide in the mail and did NOT apply the update. I was able to get S-OFF and install clockwork recovery and all the Revolutionary goodness.. Am I correct in thinking I need to wait for an update from the community and shouldn't apply the update it keeps asking for? Or since I already had S-OFF am I safe to install it?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
You won't be able to install the update if you have Clockwork Recovery. If you wanna stay rooted you can just wait for a community release. Otherwise you would have to unroot, and then you wouldn't yet be able to root the newest software.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Droidmoder:
Im waiting for a cracked version. Use root too much to even thinking about the ota
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Morphine_OD:
Yeah, it's pretty much either old kernel, root and CFW or new update but stock firmware and no root.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
yeah i hear ya, it's nice to be able to install zips and ROMs, to uninstall bloat, swap in some themed system apps, generally have way more control over your phone. this is really the first phone where i'm actually giving stock a good chance, lol. I've been running this new unrooted stock, and it seems pretty good. i'd root it in a minute tho, haha.