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[Ascend Mate 7 General] alawadhi3000:
Got an OTA firmware update to 143, still no Lollipop.

When Google can't even update their own devices on a timely manner, Its Google's problem as much as other mobile makers.

I had to wait three months after 4.4.4 got released to get it on my Nexus 7 (2013) LTE, not to mention further delays for 5.0, 5.1 and 5.1.1
[Ascend Mate 7 General] morpheoussc400:
I just watched the P8 review. And most of the complaints, I thought were more preference oriented.. I personally have never been a big fan of googles bare OS, and Samsung, HTC, as well as most other vendors "skin" Googles OS to their target crowd, which in Huawei's case is primarily China...

From what I saw in the video, EMUI 3.1 seem very similar to 3.0, which I happen to like. (Personal preference) I just hope they update the 7 soon.. But if they don't, it works perfectly fine as is...

I only want the best, so give me what I want! BMW!!!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] cyber8607:
Huawei are searching beta tester

http://www.unlockpwd.com/huawei-seeks-beta-testers-lollipop-on-huawei-mate-7/
[Ascend Mate 7 General] tixoo:
This somehow does not look legit to me.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
It's legit alright. Huawei Italy is currently looking for beta testers on ther Facebook page, other countries may follow. The German Huawei Blog reckons that Lollipop should come to the Mate 7 in July, judging from previous update cycles.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Skeese:
I've just sent them an e-mail after seeing the message on Huawei Italia Facebook page, let's see what they say...
[Ascend Mate 7 General] people211:
The response I got...

Ciao,

grazie per la tua email.

La tua richiesta di partecipazione al beta test Android 5.0 lollipop per Huawei Mate 7, è stata presa in carico.

*

Se verrai scelto, ti ricontatteremo al termine della fase di selezione.

*

Grazie,

buona giornata
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
I don't speak Italian, but from what I understand they say your request to participate in the beta testing has been received, and they'll contact you when they select the final beta testers. Something along these lines.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] tuddu:
100% correct translation.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Could you please translate. We don't all understand Italian. Thanks

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Anyways I think Huawei is full of ****. Why say they'll release Lollipop on mate 7 in May if towards the end of May they're still hunting for beta testers? They really should set their priorities straight. If they aren't ready they should STFU. (Pls excuse my French Btw) and not release an update schedule as early as April if they're not ready.

My opinion though

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[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
I don't think there was ever ONE OFFICIAL statement from THE Huawei. Remember they have branches on every major continent and in every major market. I think the May rollout was for China with other markets to be served later.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Wrong. They actually did. On their official emui website. Here's the update schedule again Incase you missed it
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
Ah yes, that. Well, as I said, that was for the Chinese market only. The MT7-L09 isn't even listed.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Well that still sums up what I said earlier. They're full of s***. It's almost June and even the so called Chinese market haven't received the ?.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
How do you know the Chinese market hasn't received Lollipop yet?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
I thinking Huawei are busy castrating all lollipop functions so that when we get lollipop we will not even notice a a difference between our kitkat version besides the version number in options. Hopefully some performance boost though. I am worried about worse battery life
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Easy Computer:
How do you even update when you are rooted? I have seen posts here that when they update to the latest firmware. They get the phone bricked. I hope they fix that issue.

Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-TL10
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
I know because I know ppl who bought the Chinese version from Ali express and they're still stuck on 4.4.2 like everyone else

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Rooting doesn't affect updates. Having a custom recovery is the only thing that affects Huawei updates. I had a similar problem when I was using cwm. Updates failed to install till I reverted to stock recovery and it worked like a charm. Been rooted since day 1 and i have never had issues
[Ascend Mate 7 General] amintehrani:
When liplop update????
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
When Android M is released.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
:D :mad: :crying:
[Ascend Mate 7 General] amintehrani:
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[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Huawei is just a pathetic excuse for a company. Now they're releasing a beta lollipop test program for mate 2 an archaic device when their more recent devices are stuck on old Android versions. This will obviously be my first and last Huawei device if they don't take updates seriously.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] cyber8607:
Huawei left Android 5.0 in the Corner and is searching now Testers for Android 5.1 on our Mate 7.. Look on Facebooks "Huawei Device Italia".
[Ascend Mate 7 General] jopomopo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3125227

Go to that link and stop whining and you'll see why it's taking a bit more time to come out.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Thanks. I have seen it but isn't it a bit suspicious that's there's no such info on any other Huawei site or even Chinese blogs. Huawei device Italy seems to be the only one carrying the info
[Ascend Mate 7 General] tomija1980:
Huawei Consumer Polish

Holders of units Mate 7, P7 and Honor6 invite you to test the latest version of Android - Lolipop 5.1. If you want to participate and update the software of its smartphones, you must send the name of the model and IMEI number poland@huawei.com address.

:)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
They are SLOOOW and badly coordinated.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] avatar_ro:
First glance.

http://www.gsmarena.com/android_51_...scend_mate7_spotted_in_a_video-news-12560.php

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http://www.gsmarena.com/android_51_...scend_mate7_spotted_in_a_video-news-12560.php
[Ascend Mate 7 General] major90:
Finally....wonder how long before they roll it out
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Maybe in December. There's nothing new about that video and the beta tester that posted it has had it for a long time and the video has been on his website and YouTube page for long. Still beats me why huawei has refused to announce it officially
[Ascend Mate 7 General] elroy944:
Today i got confirmation to be a beta tester, so i think it won't take long anymore (for beta) when no bugs are reported i think huawei will release it to the big audience
[Ascend Mate 7 General] :
Hi! I get Android 5.1 Lollipop with EMUI 3.1 to my Mate7. I'm from Poland.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] jopomopo:
Holy Moses this is awesome update. Downloaded and installed as local update. No regrets. Everything feels snappier. Long long wait is over.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
Wow this was unexpected so fast!.

I live in Sweden, how do I get this installed ?

Can is it on the polish huawei website ?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ballicali:
From Germany
[Ascend Mate 7 General] jopomopo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=61239608

I've downloaded it with laptop approx. 900MB zip file, put it in your phones sd card folder called dload which of course you need create. Do not unzip it. Open updater program on your phone, there open menu and you'll see local update if everything has gone right updater will see that you have update available. Update it and your phone will restart and wait patiently you'll not regret it.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
Can someone from Germany upload the firmware somewhere? I don't know why but I'm not receiving any OTA updates ... or is it still part of the beta testing program?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ballicali:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vk2kk7sxjmaomzk/update.zip?dl=0
[Ascend Mate 7 General] deadlineone:
Ups, saw screenshot it's for the 2GB version
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
Sweet! I'll download it after work today.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Sehr nett. Viel Glück
[Ascend Mate 7 General] trichard:
I am at 5.1 now.............. quite laggy ............. compare to 4.4.4.

Anyone share the same feeling?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Err...sorry for asking

Where did you get 4.4.4 from?

Everyone I know is either on 4.4.2 or 5.1

So I dunno how you got updated to 4.4.4
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
Upon inquiry with Huawei DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), I was told the current OTA update is still BETA, with the final ROM to be distributet soon.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
since it has been confirmed that the Polish OTA update was Beta version and that they confirm the final version come soon I think I will wate to upgrade..but I will not wait for too long.. I just i hope I do not need to downgrade and to a full wipe of my phone I want to update normally so I do not have to begin from scratch again which is a huge strain. Considering it is June despite beta status I think they can't make us wait too much longer.. I think this was planned from the beginning, other manufactures lie about their software update plan too..to keep customers calm and loyal.. It is just pathetic and a HUGE flaw in the whole Android circle, I am sure apple laugh at this system that it takes as almost a year to get the latest version and when we get Lollipop Android M is probably released one month after.

I still blame Google for this, they can control how manufactures customize their android versions, I think the under the hood stuff and update competibility must be more seamless and force other manufactures to follow more strict rules in order for a more seamless and more easy software update both for the manufactures but also to give faster updates to customers. This system we have right now is a total joke, sure iti s good that manufacture can customize and invent new ideas but they must follow more strict rules so they do not have to start from scratch.. Sure it is good that Android is open an all, but it is not a good system when the majority of the users use 2 year old android version, which include very critical security flaws..this is not acceptable.. no one can protect this ****ing system..even in the name of openness it is a bad system, compared to apple who at least get updates regulary .

I am not sure what the best system would be, to limit manufactures or atleast give them more strict rules how to customize in order to be more compatible with future updates, or atleast that they use the same rules..

Also I think the choice to use vanilla OS should be possible on all android devices.

However this mean that Googles Vanilla version must be better compatible with all devices..

which a lot like windows plug and play functionliality can detect the hardware, such as camera, how many buttons

etc.. Every one can use vanilla OS today with root, however not all functions will not work.. such as home button and other important things.

From may 2015

[IMG="From may 2015"]http://cdn-www.xda-developers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504234322432-300x215.png[/IMG]
[Ascend Mate 7 General] nsa666:
Dropbox link is down. Can somebody reup?

edit: found it. never mind!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] trichard:
My bad.......... 4.4.2
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Huawei are just pathetic. How can they be rolling out BETA via OTA? They should have just put the file on their download site and warned ppl that it's BETA so only those who want to will update
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
My guess is the beta comes to registered testers via OTA.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] elroy944:
They send registered beta testers through ota. Registered testers needs to give their imei nrs so that they can push the ota
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ballicali:
https://mega.co.nz/#!nk5UwAoD!7Lh53MJ2H1LjISd4j3ENG2TxPYhZ8WVpzGGLVpW4WTo
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
That's what I thought at first but I've seen two cases of ppl who didn't register or apply for any beta test but got the OTA anyway. One in Germany and the other in Portugal
[Ascend Mate 7 General] jopomopo:
Almost everyone seems to have all sort of problems. I'm the only one not having any issues with this lollipop?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Skeese:
I think i'll wait to update mine to Lollipop now...
[Ascend Mate 7 General] paulopais:
Version ?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] deadlineone:
MT7-LT09 :(
[Ascend Mate 7 General] helmuth:
Nope, I don't have any issues either. I downgraded to b137sp03 and from there to LP5.1. Actually I don't care if it's official or beta, it's fast, smooth and stable.

And all the flaws in the old version that annoyed me (e.g. missed notifications when screen is off) are gone. And to improve an otherwise very nice and stable OS is rather difficult imho, so I think the real improvement is under the bonnet.

In a nutshell: I'm happy and will stay with LP5.1
[Ascend Mate 7 General] jopomopo:
I can concur. It fixed several problems I had with kitkat. Missed notification were big flaw but at least for me it's been fixed. Many have complained that it looks nothing like other manufacturers lollipops material design, but that's why there are themes you can modify your screen to your liking. Also I found that Ultra snap shot with the camera is pretty awesome and fast.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] elroy944:
+1 also batt is much much better compared to b137sp03
[Ascend Mate 7 General] tdude:
+1 this is what I ended up doing yesterday also and everything works perfectly. Only issue I did have is when all said and done I did a factory reset on lollipop and it did error out but still reset. Other then that all good. Great speed and battery life.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] dekraan:
Guys, I'm rooted and on b137sp03. When I park the update zip on my phone and go to emui update it seems to work, but when I press update, the phone ends up on an error page in CWM, asking me if I want to fix root (yes/no) and then just rebooting. What could I be doing wrong?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] helmuth:
Quite simple: You absolutely MUST be on stock! So you have to use the emergency procedure to force the stock reinstall before you can move on to LP5.1. And be aware that this will include a factory reset, so backup everything.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] dekraan:
Hello [MENTION=520500]helmuth[/MENTION], how do I get back to stock? What is this emergency procedure you are talking about? I've backup up everything just now using Titanium Backup, so factory reset is no problem...
[Ascend Mate 7 General] helmuth:
I'm referring to the instructions provided here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61252832&postcount=9

It's the unbricking or "three button" method described in other posts. And if your're not on stock recovery you have to flash (via flashify or fastboot) that one first or everything else will fail.

Good Luck!!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] dekraan:
I am going to need that luck! I just tried this method, and downloaded the B137SP03 zip, unzipped it and copied the dload folder in my sdcard directory (which is sdcard0 in my case, need to score a new sdcard and see how it goes then). Then I did the local update, but I still ended up in CWM recovery.

Maybe I have to have a sb-card for it to work? I have none in my phone now and am using the internal storage.

If anyone has a solution to return to stock recovery....
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
To return to stock recovery flash it via fastboot

Visit mate7.net for more information.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] helmuth:
Returning to stock recovery quite simple. As you sucsessfully installed CWM I assume you are familiar with the process - either use flashify or boot into bootloader, connect your phone to your PC and use fastboot (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) assuming that you kept your original recovery.img in a safe place before you flashed CWM.

Check this method http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61130274&postcount=1

I think in this post you will also find the original recovery.img
[Ascend Mate 7 General] dekraan:
Checking out that post seems to have a file called recovery_b119.

I am currently on: MT7-L09V100R001C00B137SP03 but with a custom recovery. I do not have the right stock recovery image, that I probably need to flash?

I rooted the phone through the steps given in a tutorial here, without any further knowledge. Does anyone (you?) have the correct stock recovery? And a plan for me how to use it?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] explorer1234:
my phone is MT7-TL10

How to Update to Lollipop ?

i am in iran and no OTA update since this time!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] dekraan:
I just tried to flash a recovery image trough flashify, but it was apparently the wrong one. Now my phone is stuck in rescue mode when I try to go to recovery...

I can however boot my phone up through holding power and volume down. Thats a relief.

What to do now? Does anyone know? Can I try to flash the right recovery image? Or flash CWM?

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Never mind, I managed to flash CWM through flashify and that did the trick. So now I just need the right recovery.img.

Does anyone here have it for the B137SP03 version?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Visit the link I posted earlier. They have the recovery you need. Just download the Mate 7 zip file there.

Take note that there are two recoveries in the zip

one is the stock huawei recovery and the other cwm recovery

Note that if you ever want to install huawei updates then you must stick to stock recovery and not cwm recovery. Otherwise updates will always fail.

Or you have to flash the stock recovery whenever you want to update your device

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Welcome to club
[Ascend Mate 7 General] dekraan:
I tried recovery_stock.img inside that zip file with Flashify, but it does not work and brings me back to rescue screen.

Is this because of flashify, or is there another problem?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialkillazzs:
Anyone got an answer?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialkillazzs:
Nearly a year and still no one has answered
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialkillazzs:
Wonder if I hold the xda record for longest time a question has been unanswered?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chikess:
U mean miracast? If yes, for me it's working fine on my stock rooted.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialkillazzs:
Fan dabby dooby great thanks for answer

And yes screen cast aka miracast

Maybe you could answer if it works on rooted 5.1?

Personally had mine non rooted 4.4.4 since around Christmas, phone needs a refresh.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chikess:
Yep, im on the 5.1 CE1 and it works fine with my samsung bluray Player. Full rooted, locked Bootloader and xposed running.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialkillazzs:
Cool looking forward to trying it out now
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] D_JWhite:
problem solved just needed some more work!
[Samsung Galaxy S Duos] omarmaher:
i tried to install recovery with Odin and every thing goes well but when i try to enter recovery mod i see stock recovery ??

android version 4.0.4

baseband version s7562xxbmj1 ​
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atluriharsha:
Hi, it initially rooted my XT1068 and a day before I received the notification for software update to Lollipop, I opted in for the update, but when I started the update the Recovery mode booted by and when I tried to install from the Recovery by selecting the downloaded file "Blur_Version.21.11.23.titan_retaildsds.retaildsds all.en.03" it gave me error saying:

"Package expects build fingerprint of motorola/titan_retaildsds/titan_umtsds:4.4.4/KXB21.85-23/19:user/release-keys."

Your device has "motorola/titan_retbr_dstv/titan_udstv:4.44/KXB21.85-18/24:user/release-keys".

I got the above message after trying to restore to the stock version from the files in this post :http://xdaforums.com/moto-g-2014/development/windows-tool-moto-g-2014-xt1068-dual-t2983295

Prior to the restore which is when I rooted the device, I got the error as "Your device has "motorola/titan_retaildsds/titan_umtsds:4.4.4/KXB21.85-14/9:user/release-keys"

Can someone help me how can I restore the exact firmware?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i7icegy:
After using the gieroot method, what can we do now?

Am I safe to assume we cannot install custom roms without unlocking BL?

What xposed modules are there for the xperia line?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pricey2009:
Install the dual-recovery then you can flash roms/kernel
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialkillazzs:
Backup your drm keys first
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Howlbeck:
Seriously :confused:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzab a:
But for custom stock kernals you cant unlock bootloader?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RayRewind:
How to back 'em up ? :confused:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charliebigpot:
Here's how:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292598
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RayRewind:
Thanks for linkin it!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nocta:
You can unlock the bootloader!

There's no need to unlock it when using stock kernel but if you want to use a custom kernel, then you have to unlock the bootloader.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moetoby:
then wait for 5.0:p
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxtester:
Seriously, if you don't know what to do after rooting, then why did you root at all?! :silly:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i7icegy:
I don't know. Why do we do anything in this world? Why do you go around forum boards and reply to questions you could care less to answer. Why? Why? :)

Anyways to update this thread - Since this is my first sony xperia phone, i tried different Gem and Serajr Xposed mods and found them to be a bit buggy. One of the mods even made it so the phone was inoperable from an UI standpoint. I had to go into safe mod and delete them.

I tried to run Rectify without unlocking BL but ran into issues. Dev informed to flash stock boot.img. Then I proceeded to install the CM12 nightlies.. running very well!

Remember to backup that TA!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] :
[Q&A] [ROM][Official][5.0.x] CyanogenMod 12.0 Nightlies for the AT&T Galaxy S4 (jflt

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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [ROM][Official][5.0.x] CyanogenMod 12.0 Nightlies for the AT&T Galaxy S4 (jflteatt) . If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mugensiz:
i get sgh-i337m canadian with bell and it's working fine for me

You need to change device name in updater-script

after i have dirty flash for testing over original rom rooted and it worked fine

now i have wipe all and reinstall correctly all is working also my apn was correct

Great rom , good battery life, and many more