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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] Signor Rossi:
Ha, I also though that this Device is Dead!

Might update it and put it on Ebay or give it to Charity

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] SHA_NDY:
The size of march security patch seems a little small to me with its 11.5MB. And January and February patches are also missing. 11.5MB can't be all of them in one patch I think
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ozan2:
I posted how to update january february, but you don t know to read! check here:

Since android 10, security patches comes through play store

I will show you how to, also you can see that kernel is build in january 2020

Check screenshot and install february patch

(1- about phone

......

last step=press google play system update)

https://xdaforums.com/u11-life/help/u11-life-android-10-news-germany-t4049901
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Unfortunately not. Android one has been a huge disappointment for me as far as updates are concerned and me coming from a nexus 5x, which got 8.1 pretty soon. To put it in perspective there are a few non Andorid one phones running 8.1. Here we are in may and no security update for April. Very poor considering these were the main things that made up the pitch when they were selling the phone.

And also the fact that Google bought out HTC, so whats the issue google ? Its a big shame, because the phone itself is excellent, fast, fluid, etc. I think ill be jumping onto a pixel soon because of the reasons above.

Can I encourage u to ask questions on twitter. Ill give u the handle of the main person. I have posted there a few times

[MENTION=501059]urbanst[/MENTION]rata ‏

and here

[MENTION=1941826]HTC_[/MENTION]UK ‏
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] burnstine:
just received notification and downloading april security patches for the ONE version

Android 8.0.0

1. Apr 2018

SDM630-005201-171215436A

Kernel 4.4.78-perf+, Tue Apr 24

Build 1.10.401.24 9.0_g CL1008231 release-keys

installation took quite a while
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
Yes and here you will find stock and patched boot.img and also system.img of that update in about half an hour
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Finally, 8.1.0 guys with Security patch for May :)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] NexusMT:
didn't get it yet...

Did you see any changes ?
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Yep, quite a bit. I had it on the nexus 5x previously ( in case I havent mentioned it before :) ). App drawer is now black, dpi has changed and u can choose shape of icons, when connected to bluetooth device battery percentage is displayed of the bluetooth device. The last is a very nice feature
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] AlanFla700:
Hi can you put some screenshots to show us what's new in android 8.1?
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
No update here by now, but i will provide the system and boot files as soon as possible.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Here u go
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] AlanFla700:
Thank you very much, I'm really looking forward to getting the update.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] jacktheriefla:
Good to know :)No Update yet :)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
Would be nice to see a screenshot that shows you are using u11 life with 8.1 running and not just screenshots of an app launcher that doesnt show anything except for a black background (whats possible with nearly all app drawer). Sorry if it doesnt look like i belive you but if you already got the update, you are the first and till now only person in the world which has it. In the three biggest android forums (english, russian and german) all over the world nobody got this update.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Haha joker. Im not posting any more screen shots and if you dont believe me well thats ur problem. I have nothing to gain from pretending i got an update. Keep waiting buddy :) not much difference between 8.0 and 8.1 u said didnt u ;)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
Haha, sure there is no big difference, but as you can see i host all files which are available for u11 life, its saturday and not much to do so would be cool to be able to do this today. Hack the device with a update again takes me about 2,5 hours to get all files which are needed to gain root on the update and get the system and boot.img files. Additional it takes about 40 min to upload all those files. And if you want to post a screenshot that shows an update, there are only two that show everything whats needed as information. One is the notification about the update with the changelog in it. And the second is after the update in the settiings menu the entry "About Phone" where it shows the device name and android and kernel versions.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
May I ask in which region you are? Meaning Europe/Asia/Americas?

If it was Europe, I might be closer to 8.1 as well ;)

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
UK bro
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] street_dog:
I did unroot mine and tried to get the update, now more than 12 hours later, i rooted my phone again and will wait until i see your announcement of new patched files... :good:
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
Ok, I'm Austria, so have the German version. Might take the HTC folks a while until that's out.

How long do the Security patches take, until you get em?

In my case it's 6 weeks, so May should come around mid June.

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Bro check my previous screenshots. You will get Mays security update with 8.1
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
Haha, same here. Searching for the update at least every half hour. Strange that Google is able to provide the security updates for everyone at the same time but HTC isnt able to provide version updates for everyone at the same time. So it took them half a year now to bring their first update from HTC to 8.1... I hope that we wont have to wait that long for Android P.

I also tried to reset the device set a fake gps position to uk and use a vpn for uk, chaged device settings to english and toke my sim out of it so it looked like i am in the uk. Didnt work.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
I know. If you got May Update (incl. 8.1) some days ago, then it should be delivered during the next 10 days here as well.

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] street_dog:
we can only hope...but one of my daughter's bought a xiaomi mi a1 and they are actually no way better...
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
I would say the Android P Update will not come much before the end of 2018.

6 weeks for Security patches, so 6 Month for Major releases seems legit. [emoji57]

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
Yeah i read about that too. If they will ever make the bootloader unlockable my next device will be a Nokia, they provide fast updates for all devices and i didnt read much about problems/bugs like with mi a1. I think in the last Year HTC showed how they care about the customers and updates, you can read it for every single device from flagship to android one devices the nearly never provide any updates. We are lucky that google provides the security patches for android one and not htc haha. I was with HTC since m7 and they allways made promisses about updates but never took them serious. For most flagships they only provide one main version update and if you are lucky you get one update every 3-4 months and thats only 3-4 updates a year.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
But in ur earlier posts u accused people of flaming htc and telling lies when i questioned their update policy, u have changed ur tune? Ur post below. Hey its only 1 update, whats the big deal?

'Hahaha what a heavy kind of flaming just because of one update and so small changes between 8.0 and 8.1 that you would not even see or know it if you dont look into the system settings info page. All updates before where published within 3 weeks after google made them available and also 8.1 and latest security updates are on their way. I just asked HTC on facebook and they told me it should come in the next days. Dont tell lies if you did not even ask them, also 3 weeks ago they already answered this question on facebook. Just read before flame.'
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
You should maybe follow the thread and read everything ;p
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
I got mine yesterday morning. I would hope u will get it very soon, today or tmrw hopefully :)

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The old context debate ;)

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The old context debate ;)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] street_dog:
nokia 7 or 8 was my choice of weapon until i realised they would not allow unlocking of the bootloader. so i went to htc which i loved since my nexus one, which i still use on almost daily basis. :)

don't get me wrong, I really like this phone. a little big perhaps, but i think anything bigger than the nexus one is to big. i did believe that treble would give faster security patches, but it hasn't...but that seems to be the case for all manufacturers, more or less. to be fair, treble is new and it will force old routines to change. and we actually had 3 updates this year...so there is time for 3, maybe even 4 more updates this year... :)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
I can wait. Just a bit disappointed in general from HTC update policy but no matter if it's 8.0 or 8.1 - it's still a phone [emoji16]

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Very right. I have been hammering it on twitter re: updates and i would hope that has had an effect
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] street_dog:
We have received 3 updates this year, 4 with this version update in just 5 months. I do agree that it took some time for htc to get their arse out of the way to release 8.1. Not that i ache or yearn not having it, yet. The same thing with security patches, it is not every time there is patching for my specific phone. I have not read a changelog in a while, but when i read them, mostly there were phone specific patching and if a monthly security update does not have anything new for my phone i won't bother.

I believe we have a P before the end of the year and hope we have it in september/october... :)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
My other gripe, im picky and come from the nexus world, they should open this phone and other android one phones to the beta pogram
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
As I'm a bit more pessimistic, I'll say around Helloween [emoji1]

Sent from my HTC U11 life using Alien Technology

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Nokia might open its phones to the beta program, although they are not into unlocking their bootloader. I absolutely doubt that HTC is opening anything for Beta. Imho they are focusing much more on new phones and my overall experience with HTC I had since I got my U11 life don't let me jump to the conclusion, that they would open this phone for Beta or anything else.

Sent from my HTC U11 life using Alien Technology

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I see, maybe they rolled out a beta version for you as you kept pounding their Twitter timeline [emoji23]

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Haha, u know it crossed my mind. I hope not as everyone should get it. Great to see the activity regarding this phone on here

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[/COLOR]I see, maybe they rolled out a beta version for you as you kept pounding their Twitter timeline [emoji23]

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
Guess so too. 5-10 days max, until it's here.

After that I'd hammer that "search for updates" Button as well [emoji1]

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] jacktheriefla:
Maybe you need to Hammer the Button,so they know you want it?
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
I've heard about it, that Google is preferring those "update seekers" over those, who only wait until the next update comes, but I guess in Case of HTC it's more likely "You get the updates, when we're ready - all of you" [emoji5]

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
I think the updates come from htc not google, hence the delay. If its anything like the nexus updates, then its by country/serial no
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] street_dog:
always with the negative waves... ;)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
No, it's not negative. It's simply what I think, especially what I experienced with HTC Support.

If it comes earlier, I I was proven wrong in a good way. If it comes around Helloween, I was proven right, which is great as well and if it comes later, I still kinda anticipated it [emoji16] All positive, as you can see [emoji4]

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
Three days later now and still nobody else got an update. Hmm
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
:fingers-crossed:
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] NexusMT:
You're a lucky fella moghm. It seems only you got the update so far. Perhaps you can answer one more question.

Did they update the Kernel ? Can you please post a screenshot of About the Phone?
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
You guys have got me proper paranoid now. I was hoping that some of you would have started receiving the update by now. Surely I haven't been targeted because I have been hammering twitter, facebook and support ? If that is indeed the case then they would have had to know my accounts were linked to this phone, lol. Amusing. Here u go. Just noticed that the kernel does have pre release on it. Am iIguninea pig ?
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] NexusMT:
Hi,

thanks for the screenshot... I wouldn't worry about that the "prerelease" mentioned because that's the version of the compiler that compiled the Kernel. It is part of the official NDK.

See below if you are curious.

arm-linux-androideabi-gcc.exe -v

Using built-in specs.

COLLECT_GCC=C:\Users\mel1hi\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\ndk-bundle\toolchains\arm-linux-androideabi-4.9\prebuilt\windows-x86_64\bin\arm-linux-androideabi-gcc.exe

COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=c:/users/mel1hi/appdata/local/android/sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/../libexec/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.9.x/lto-wrapper.exe

Target: arm-linux-androideabi

Configured with: /usr/local/google/buildbot/src/android/gcc/toolchain/build/../gcc/gcc-4.9/configure --prefix=/tmp/df2ba04b9fa9816ab534243afdccc25f --target=arm-linux-androideabi --host=x86_64-pc-mingw32msvc --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-languages=c,c++ --with-gmp=/buildbot/tmp/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-mpfr=/buildbot/tmp/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-mpc=/buildbot/tmp/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-cloog=/buildbot/tmp/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-isl=/buildbot/tmp/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-ppl=/buildbot/tmp/build/toolchain/temp-install --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-isl-version-check --enable-cloog-backend=isl --with-host-libstdcxx='-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -lstdc++ -lm -static' --disable-libssp --enable-threads --disable-nls --disable-libmudflap --disable-libgomp --disable-libstdc__-v3 --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-shared --disable-tls --disable-libitm --with-float=soft --with-fpu=vfp --with-arch=armv5te --enable-target-optspace --enable-bionic-libs --enable-libatomic-ifuncs=no --enable-initfini-array --disable-nls --prefix=/tmp/df2ba04b9fa9816ab534243afdccc25f --with-sysroot=/tmp/df2ba04b9fa9816ab534243afdccc25f/sysroot --with-binutils-version=2.27 --with-mpfr-version=3.1.1 --with-mpc-version=1.0.1 --with-gmp-version=5.0.5 --with-gcc-version=4.9 --with-gdb-version=none --with-gxx-include-dir=/tmp/df2ba04b9fa9816ab534243afdccc25f/include/c++/4.9.x --with-bugurl=http://source.android.com/source/report-bugs.html --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-bootstrap --enable-plugins --enable-libgomp --enable-gnu-indirect-function --disable-libsanitizer --enable-gold --enable-eh-frame-hdr-for-static --enable-graphite=yes --with-isl-version=0.11.1 --with-cloog-version=0.18.0 --with-arch=armv5te --program-transform-name='s&^&arm-linux-androideabi-&' --enable-gold=default

Thread model: posix

gcc version 4.9.x 20150123 (prerelease) (GCC)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Thanks for that. So we can probably conclude the update I have is legit, not beta. Have to say, I have had no issues, its very stable and fast, enjoying it. I got the update 1/06/2018 i.e. Friday morning. Question is why havent you guys got the update as yet. You are due as a minimum the May's security update although in this instance it is 1 update for both 8.1 and the security patch. Waiting....
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
Ich hab gerade eine Firmware für das U11 life Android One gefunden welche auf Android 8.1 basiert, diese ist bereits seit dem 23.05. online jedoch leider nur für japanische Geräte. Also das Update existiert 100%ig bereits. Frage mich allerdings wieso man dann von HTC nicht wenigstens mal eine offizielle Ankündigung erhält nachdem Sie soooo lange gebraucht haben dafür. Und wieso man uns so lange warten lässt.

Edit and sorry for german ;p:

I just found a Firmware for U11 life Android One which is based on Android 8.1, it is online since 23.05. but sadly only for japanese devices. So the Update exists for sure. I only ask myself why we have to wait that long and why HTC didnt made an anouncement after it took them so long.

Ok its realy HTCs fault that we have to wait that long, every single update our device got was there 1-3 weeks earlier for the japanese version of the u11 life android one. So at least this or next week we should get 8.1 here in europe.

Here are the exact Dates when the Files were available:

Securitypatch/Update------HTC Europe------HTC Turkey------HTC Japan

Oktober/2017------------------08.11.2017--------08.11.2017---------26.10.2017

November/2017---------------25.11.2017---------25.11.2017---------no update

Dezember/2017---------------30.12.2017---------30.12.2017--------20.12.2017

January/2018------------------25.01.2018---------25.01.2018--------25.01.2018

February/2018------------------------------------no updates

March/2018--------------------02.04.2018-------02.04.2018--------06.03.2018

April/2018---------------------08.05.2018-------08.05.2018---------13.04.2018

May/2018 + 8.1---------------not yet-----------not yet-------------23.05.2018
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] AlanFla700:
What site did you find the firmware on?
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
I got the 8.1 Update right now.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] Ace the Firefist:
Got it too. I'm German and have a unlocked one from the Austrian provider Bob.

puu.sh/AA55f.png
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] AlanFla700:
I valid, I also have it.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] NexusMT:
Confirmed! I also got the update now. o/

I hope HTC doesnt take >6 months to release Android P to us.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
Haha, thats exacly what i wrote in the german forum a few minutes ago.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
there it is. good news guys :)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
Aye, here as well. Just downloading. +0,5 for HTC [emoji23]

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] NexusMT:
Which German forum ? Just curious...
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Reason why I really wanted 8.1 is for HTC to get in a mindset, if I can say, to install the next 'version' of android to the HTC u11 life i.e. carry out any testing if necessary, schedule updates, etc. Far from me to dictate HTC's update program, I am hoping that after this exercise and the constant pressure via support, twitter, facebook, etc, it will result in a speedier Android P update (when P comes out that is). Just for the record, I am already asking for P beta via twitter, lol. I think that ship has now sailed.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] Net_murder:
Got it too. I'm from Poland
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
As you say yourself. Beta is the best way to go for testing purposes. Otherwise HTC won't act speedier as before. They will deliver Android P, when they are ready. I'm not sure, if there's a real timeframe until when they really have to deliver it, as long as they hand it out as promised.

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[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] jacktheriefla:
Installed also here, working Fine.

What to complain now? Where is Android P?!!!

:)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] moghm:
Guys, have to defend htc a little bit here, because android p hasnt been released yet, hence, htc, wheres my android p beta? :)
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] saturday_night:
What i would like to see is that our device is realy up-to-date for at least 1-2 weeks each month, that requires a release of the monthly securitypatch within 14-21 days (Google write for Android one it can take UP TO 14 days after the release) and for sure the latest Android Version. The U11 life Android one was not a single time up-to-date with european firmware. If they would have started the OTA of todays update three days ago the device would have been up-to-date for the first time for about 24 hours till google released june security patch two days ago. Will be intresting to see if HTC is able to bring the security patches within the month they are made for in the future. What is realy strange that a single dev can provide updates for several custom roms for several devices within one evening and a big company isnt able to do it within 14 Days for one device and one rom?!? Maybe it would be better for them to give the complete source to public so the devs on xda can work with everything thats required and for sure they would make a better job than htc does till now.
[HTC U11 Life Guides, News, & Discussion] ucomix:
Has anyone experienced a higher battery drain with 8.1? In my case it seems to drain it faster than before.

I have no comparisons with screenshots or so, but it is not just a feeling.

I know, it might take a day or so, until battery is calibrated again, after system changes within Android, so I will have to wait a bit longer, but wanted to ask you guys, if someone has experienced the same behaviour.

[MENTION=7715118]saturday_night[/MENTION]

A single dev can concentrate on which ever release he/she wants to, with a huge company like HTC things are not getting easier, simply because it's bigger.

If the focus is more towards releasing new phones and only smaller commitment is being brought towards middle to low range phones (U11 life is no flagship Phone) then there will be no workforce left for sending out security ASAP.

That's the way it works. Have experienced it during my work at a bigger Company as well.

In the end we are still way more secure than most other Android users and Android One or not. Instant-Security won't happen, at least not with this phone.

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