[Q] UK based, will I need vpn to get OTA - Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello.
I have a table 10.1 purchased in usa but i live in UK and my IP is london. Would I need vpn to look like I'm in the usa to get the Touchwiz update from tomorrow?

Same here...USA tablet living in France...we're gonna see this tomorow ;-)

Same here. US tablet in Germany. Will report back tomorrow

same tablet in Vietnam

Glad to hear I'm not the only one
Hopefully it'll work... I wonder how fast or slowly they'll roll out... I work in software and we never release on friday in case things go wrong!

Well ever if it isn't released Friday in the UK i'm sure you can update via odin or CWM once a copy becomes available on here.

Joschi75 said:
Same here. US tablet in Germany. Will report back tomorrow
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+1 Any recommendations for a good VPN service? Just in case ;-)
edit: found this http://www.flyvpn.com/freetrial.php

I’ve received the 3.1 and Google Video update so I can’t see this being a problem,

OTA
Actually i did not get the Google video OTA ... i wonder why

ghislandi said:
Actually i did not get the Google video OTA ... i wonder why
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Only the IO Limited Edition got the Google Video OTA

Same here. USA tablet in Pakistan. Will report back tomorrow

vpn
use vpn service to get usa ip

I bought my Tab in the US a few weeks ago, and it just pulled down the touchwiz update this morning via wifi. Took a while to install, but first impressions are pretty good.

yeh ok nice

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Amazon App Store in the UK

Following a hint from a friend in Australia, he had found that the Amazon App Store had started to work over there and I have now got it to work on my Desire HD in the UK. Haven't tried on the Vega yet as that is at home and I am at work. Pricing is still in USD, but I could get the free downloads with no problem.
You get the apk by clicking https://www.amazon.com/app-email from your Android device. You need a live Amazon account, but my UK login credentials seem to work fine.
downloads not working in your region :-\
On my Vega in the uk
It was confirmed that there seems to be a gradual roll-out by TechRadar today. Not all accounts seem to be able to do it though. I am wondering if it is something to do with Kindle which appears to register my UK account on the Amazon.com web site.
todd69 said:
downloads not working in your region :-\
On my Vega in the uk
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Same here :-(
OK, that was clearly a momentary aberration on the part of Amazon as after a couple of days, access seems to have been revoked again.
Sorry to have got any hopes up. Hopefully, it was a test run to a full roll-out in the near future.
dmarchant said:
OK, that was clearly a momentary aberration on the part of Amazon as after a couple of days, access seems to have been revoked again.
Sorry to have got any hopes up. Hopefully, it was a test run to a full roll-out in the near future.
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Yeah hopefully so, always good to have more places to get apps from!

[Q] Do OTAs work for US units in other countries?

Hello there!
I just received my USA Transformer Prime (I am from Spain) and in 10 minutes or so I couldn't get it to see any OTA. Do USA OTAs work out of USA or do you have to connect from a USA IP?
Thank you very much
I would say this is something you should be able to tell us soon
Dont worry, it should update. I have a US prime but I live in the UAE and I am on .13 now...and hope to get .14 soon! The first update came just a day after I switched it on.
crimsomshadow said:
Hello there!
I just received my USA Transformer Prime (I am from Spain) and in 10 minutes or so I couldn't get it to see any OTA. Do USA OTAs work out of USA or do you have to connect from a USA IP?
Thank you very much
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Technically you can. Here is how:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492887
That being said, I DO NOT recommend this method because you don't know how it might affect future OTAs. Honestly .13 was more or less a beta test and .14 just got release which fixes a lot of the problems in .13 so just wait a couple of days.
It doesn't seem to get any OTAs. I started in Honeycomb and it never told me to update, so I followed Gary Key's instructions ad updated manually via MicroSD. Now I am running .13.
Manual updates work perfectly, but it seems OTA doesn't. I hope they release .14 on the web soon (as I don't want to force update via blob just yet)
Thanks!
It works fine here in the UK.
I bought my TP in USA and i live in Argentina(South America). I downloaded all the other OTAs with no problem.
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How to download the firmware update outside of countries that have it?

Long story short, I am using a UK Xperia S however I'm in Canada.
I installed the Sony PC companion but it's not detecting any updates. I even tried changing my location to UK on the program but does not make a difference.
Is there any way to get this update without having to use the flashtool in the android development section?
Anybody else have this problem using the phone in a country that officially does not have it yet?
Sorry if its of topic but where did u buy yours? And how much including taxes?
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bimmerboii said:
Sorry if its of topic but where did u buy yours? And how much including taxes?
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Negri electronics online.
Roughly came to $679 including overnight delivery. (plus US customs taxes of around $37)
There are cheaper places to order the phone but I am extremely happy with Negri's service. Phone was delivered to my door less than 24 hours of placing the order online.
ssj_jaypee said:
Negri electronics online.
Roughly came to $679 including overnight delivery. (plus US customs taxes of around $37)
There are cheaper places to order the phone but I am extremely happy with Negri's service. Phone was delivered to my door less than 24 hours of placing the order online.
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ordered mine from them as well, ordered it on the 13, but they didnt have any units when i ordered it, and they got some today and already shipped my order, getting it on the 16th
Edit: as for updating the phone, why don't you just flash the file posted by bin4ry, and i don't think sony pc companion works like that, when it updates, it just checks ur build.prop for the firmware you have and releases the update based on that
hey i am in Toronto as well XD
I don't have problem on update, i just plugin and it notify me that i can update right away.
athris said:
hey i am in Toronto as well XD
I don't have problem on update, i just plugin and it notify me that i can update right away.
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Really? That's odd, maybe I already have the latest version.
How can I check? Thanks
Hey guys, I ordered from Negri too, also in Canada. Victoria, BC
Mine was the Singapore version, updated to .67 right away, although I am thinking of flashing to the UK version. What is pre loaded with it?
My build version is 6.0.A.3.62 so it's the older version, so why isn't Sony companion updating my phone?
bustervic said:
Hey guys, I ordered from Negri too, also in Canada. Victoria, BC
Mine was the Singapore version, updated to .67 right away, although I am thinking of flashing to the UK version. What is pre loaded with it?
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Other than all the PlayStation apps, there's no difference.
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um... that's odd. Maybe try to take out the sim and try. I am not quite sure it work, but worth to try i guess
bustervic said:
Hey guys, I ordered from Negri too, also in Canada. Victoria, BC
Mine was the Singapore version, updated to .67 right away, although I am thinking of flashing to the UK version. What is pre loaded with it?
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Really? I'm stuck with .62 and keeps saying it's the latest
prathaban said:
Really? I'm stuck with .62 and keeps saying it's the latest
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I think I may have the singapore version, I always thought I had the UK version.
How can you tell them apart?
Anyway mine won't update either, keeps saying I have the latest version already.
ssj_jaypee said:
I think I may have the singapore version, I always thought I had the UK version.
How can you tell them apart?
Anyway mine won't update either, keeps saying I have the latest version already.
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I have the Singapore version as well and checked in the service centre and they said .62 is the latest here and .67 isn't released yet here.
If you are in .67, most probably you might be in the UK version.
prathaban said:
I have the Singapore version as well and checked in the service centre and they said .62 is the latest here and .67 isn't released yet here.
If you are in .67, most probably you might be in the UK version.
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mines .62
I have the Singapore version and can't receive the update =(
P.S. I am in Toronto.
so what's causing the singapore version to block the update?
will this affect future updates?
maybe its a good time to flash to the generic .67 firmware.
ssj_jaypee said:
so what's causing the singapore version to block the update?
will this affect future updates?
maybe its a good time to flash to the generic .67 firmware.
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I ask the person in sony, and she said not everyone get the update at the same time, so we should wait for it.
Why not just flash the UK version, i think they have play station store enable
athris said:
Why not just flash the UK version, i think they have play station store enable
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I got the playstation store .apk file from the android development section so now it's on my xperia s anyway.
I should clarify that it was Seus that updgraded, wasn't on the device.
Can you d/l the playstation games? I thought you couldn't unless you were in the country they were released?

sony tablet s ics 4.0.3r5 countries available

Hi
I wanted to know in which countries the release 5 update has been rolled out...?
I have not got in india...?
Any idea plz reply..
Thanks
In the US and some say it has been rolled out in India
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still not in the netherlands
A few received OTA in India last week - Europe normal gets the rollout about a week - 10 after the US, atleast going by past updates.
Changed region to India and no action at all. India is in ST006 so NZ AUS Hong Kong etc would get at the same time.... Going by past updates anyway. ICS original came through at 11pm local time for me which was 2pm Hong Kong (I think).
My guess is that the people in India had changed theirs to US or had US tabs....
Also could not find a URL for this, hence changing to India region.
I agree with the roll out, everyone had ICS within the end of the next month (May). So wasn't too bad
Stifilz
Thanks for the replies...
I guess its not yet available in india mayb many of them have chaanged their region to usa so they are getting the update since mine is an unrooted tab I havnt got the update when I checked in the system update
Thanks again all for confirming my doubt
tablet in different country
got my tablet in India but I live in USA. Will I get the update when it is available for Indian customers(or will I have to somehow connect to their Indian server)? Theoretically I should but because of a very bad experience with Sony recently I am just not sure. Can anyone tell me that?
samyukta88 said:
Thanks for the replies...
I guess its not yet available in india mayb many of them have chaanged their region to usa so they are getting the update since mine is an unrooted tab I havnt got the update when I checked in the system update
Thanks again all for confirming my doubt
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I just received an email from Sony UK
Thank you for your recent email regarding the Android update release date. Until now we do not have any news from our software developer regarding the update, on this occasion to keep yourself posting with any update, I would suggest to register your Tablet at our website, then after subscribe to Sony news letter to receive any update related to your tablet.
Should you have any further questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact us back.
Yours Sincerely
Ahmed Mousa
SONY Support
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Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda premium
blackspectre said:
got my tablet in India but I live in USA. Will I get the update when it is available for Indian customers(or will I have to somehow connect to their Indian server)? Theoretically I should but because of a very bad experience with Sony recently I am just not sure. Can anyone tell me that?
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Yeah I guess u will get the update once india gets it n I dont think so that u need to connect to any specific indian server connecting to wifi is enuff since ur model is an indian tab....
andyabc said:
I just received an email from Sony UK
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I really dunno y americans are always lucky in everything related to updates....and remaining countries will have no clue wen they wil get it....but always wait n watch for months
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I contacted sony support and they confused the hell out of me. Made me format my tab.
I contacted them through a contact on phone and they actually said that it is a global update and i should be able to update it so thought that my tab was abandoned because some kind of lack of contact to Indian servers. This thread told confirmed my suspicion that it was not not a global launch.
Thank you for that. The support is bad to say the least.
samyukta88 said:
Yeah I guess u will get the update once india gets it n I dont think so that u need to connect to any specific indian server connecting to wifi is enuff since ur model is an indian tab....
I really dunno y americans are always lucky in everything related to updates....and remaining countries will have no clue wen they wil get it....but always wait n watch for months
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BLA-L09 8.0.0.124 (c782) uK

As above, is there anyway to download the above firmware other than funkyHuawei? I dont think its right i should have to pay $35 for 5 credits when Huawei should release the OTA update to fix several problems with there device, especially a phone that doesn't work over WiFi!
I guess you could email Huawei, or your operator. It doesn't exist outside of FH, not sure how he got his hand on it.
Or you could rebrand to C432 or C636.
No way to do this unfortunately. You could contact Huawei but they will ask for your IMEI, then tell you the update is being rolled out.
Luckily I don't have the WiFi problem, but a few other smaller problems which could do with an update.
Maybe the phone doesn't like certain routers. Not sure.
I emailed Huawei last week but doubt anything good will come out of it. So is the firmware over at FH unofficial?
ant78 said:
I emailed Huawei last week but doubt anything good will come out of it. So is the firmware over at FH unofficial?
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Could be a beta.
ant78 said:
I emailed Huawei last week but doubt anything good will come out of it. So is the firmware over at FH unofficial?
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A select few have said they got it as an OTA so I don't think so, unless they used FH
I talked to Huawei live chat and they confirmed that this update is rolling out to UK users, just a waiting game.
I'd use funkyhuawei if it was a one time purchase but having to buy 'credits' every time I want to flash an update just doesn't justify value to me.
Guess I'll wait for the OTA
mad.jack10 said:
I talked to Huawei live chat and they confirmed that this update is rolling out to UK users, just a waiting game.
I'd use funkyhuawei if it was a one time purchase but having to buy 'credits' every time I want to flash an update just doesn't justify value to me.
Guess I'll wait for the OTA
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Exactly, why should we pay for a official ota update !!!! What is really bugging me is the fact im having to use my data plan as the WiFi doesn't work. If i dont get a ota very soon im going to return my handset as i dont get long to return anyway.
ant78 said:
Exactly, why should we pay for a official ota update !!!! What is really bugging me is the fact im having to use my data plan as the WiFi doesn't work. If i dont get a ota very soon im going to return my handset as i dont get long to return anyway.
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I'm the same mate, I've got until tomorrow. Going to try the Huawei live chat again tomorrow to see if they can force an update. If not I'll see what three can do
mad.jack10 said:
I'm the same mate, I've got until tomorrow. Going to try the Huawei live chat again tomorrow to see if they can force an update. If not I'll see what three can do
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Let me know how you get on, im still waiting on an email reply as the chat was down. I bought mine sim free from amazon so i dont see why im waiting for a OTA unless its because i stuck a Vodafone sim card in it?
Hi, I got the BLA-L09 8.0.0.124 update about a fortnight ago (bought unlocked from CPW in Nov.) and did receive the update OTA..... did NOT buy anything from FH. So, can confirm it is a UK OTA update, so, should roll-out eventually...bit of a pain though for anybody playing the IMEI waiting game...
When checking for ota, sometimes you have to click the 3 dots in the upper right and click install full package.
Another thing sometimes i was getting ota update on Huawei's phones after a factory reset directly,i would do it from the stock recovery,but don't feel bad if this doesn't work for you, it's up to you if you can't wait and want to try.
ant78 said:
Exactly, why should we pay for a official ota update !!!! What is really bugging me is the fact im having to use my data plan as the WiFi doesn't work. If i dont get a ota very soon im going to return my handset as i dont get long to return anyway.
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I'm the same mate, I've got until tomorrow. Going to try the Huawei live chat again tomorrow to see if they can force an update. If not I'll see what three can do
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ant78 said:
Let me know how you get on, im still waiting on an email reply as the chat was down. I bought mine sim free from amazon so i dont see why im waiting for a OTA unless its because i stuck a Vodafone sim card in it?
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Think I am going to send it back. Apart from having a bit better battery and brighter screen than my U11+, the software is a mess and the audio via every dongle is worse.
Don't think the sim card you used has anything to do with it really. Just IMEI lottery which is stupid tbh lol
What is in this update? In the Change Log it says, "No information". Google search doesn't return much except a reddit thread where someone said, "I purchased a sim free mate 10 pro from CPW which was running 115 (c782) flashed this fine but since I always get an EE app even after a factory reset, help?" I too bought Sim Free from Carphone Warehouse and am worried I'll get EE spam on my phone (I'm an EE subscriber), so need to know if it is worth updating.
cpoxon said:
What is in this update? In the Change Log it says, "No information". Google search doesn't return much except a reddit thread where someone said, "I purchased a sim free mate 10 pro from CPW which was running 115 (c782) flashed this fine but since I always get an EE app even after a factory reset, help?" I too bought Sim Free from Carphone Warehouse and am worried I'll get EE spam on my phone (I'm an EE subscriber), so need to know if it is worth updating.
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If you pay the money and update via FunkyHuawei you will likely get some EE branding. If you wait for the official OTA update, it will stay with the carrier branding you have at the moment.
It appears that FunkyHuawei has managed to get hold of the EE version of the latest firmware.
Three?
mad.jack10 said:
I'm the same mate, I've got until tomorrow. Going to try the Huawei live chat again tomorrow to see if they can force an update. If not I'll see what three can do
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Good luck with that!
Still no reply from Huawei, they have till the end of the week to reply back to me otherwise im sending it back for a one plus 5T. The more i use the phone the more faults i find, Today i used google maps to navigate me to an address, is so jerky and not smooth at all, really bad.
I spoke with Huawei regarding the bugs I have with this phone on firmware 115 and the update to fix them.
They took my imei . They told me there was an update that is approved for ota waiting for me.
I told them both ota and hi suite say there is no update for my phone.
They then tell me the update is automated and rolled out in batches and I must then wait for the update notification....
numbnutsuk said:
I spoke with Huawei regarding the bugs I have with this phone on firmware 115 and the update to fix them.
They took my imei . They told me there was an update that is approved for ota waiting for me.
I told them both ota and hi suite say there is no update for my phone.
They then tell me the update is automated and rolled out in batches and I must then wait for the update notification....
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I asked the same question 14 days ago and was told the same. Still no update.
numbnutsuk said:
I spoke with Huawei regarding the bugs I have with this phone on firmware 115 and the update to fix them.
They took my imei . They told me there was an update that is approved for ota waiting for me.
I told them both ota and hi suite say there is no update for my phone.
They then tell me the update is automated and rolled out in batches and I must then wait for the update notification....
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Mario_Wiznycia said:
I asked the same question 14 days ago and was told the same. Still no update.
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If the update is approved for ur iemi than factory reset Should trigger it,you can try wiping cache first in stock recovery.

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