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syntagm

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Over the air upgrades suxx big time. I am denied the right to upgrade when I can and even the decision to pay for the airtime if I want to do so. After a week of just getting "your software is up to date" which everyone knows it is not - I am fed up. I have tried during every day part imaginable with NO success.
Oh! and did I mention OTA suxx.
 
Self-updating

I have read everything I can about it. Some aspects worry me, like the fact that my software version seems to 1.15 and I need to go via 1.21 to get to 2.2. That bit is OK until you realise that 1.21 is probably a Bravo ROM. Now that may be OK but I see no evidence (yet) that it has been found to be OK. Also losing my settings is not an appealing idea if it can be avoided.
 
Pain free - WOW

Please tell me more. Like

  1. What appened to your settings?
  2. Was it on a Desire>
  3. how long did it take?
  4. did you follow the instructions elsewhere on this forum?

Any walk throughs I can look at?
 
Thank you

No - you are right - it is not that hard.
It was the the unaccounted for risks that worried me and I needed just a few reassurances like these that some got it right. I see 1.21 (145 MB) is almost double the size of 2.2, One more thing. My phone is unbranded and I love it that way.
 
syntagm said:
No - you are right - it is not that hard.
It was the the unaccounted for risks that worried me and I needed just a few reassurances like these that some got it right. I see 1.21 (145 MB) is almost double the size of 2.2, One more thing. My phone is unbranded and I love it that way.
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Hmm, my update (the zip file) to 1.21 was 27.1 MB, so I hope you are using the correct file? 2.2 zip file is 90.1 MB. Although you could be using a different update method, which could explain it?

These were the names of the files I used, version numbers (from and to) are in the names:
OTA_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2-1.15.405.4_release_P4ohim1mtp6zggcyon.zip
OTA_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8-1.21.405.2_release4dua3bcrut4wrv30.zip
 
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mjwitter said:
Hmm, my update (the zip file) to 1.21 was 27.1 MB, so I hope you are using the correct file? 2.2 zip file is 90.1 MB. Although you could be using a different update method, which could explain it?

These were the names of the files I used, version numbers (from and to) are in the names:
OTA_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2-1.15.405.4_release_P4ohim1mtp6zggcyon.zip
OTA_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8-1.21.405.2_release4dua3bcrut4wrv30.zip
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if u use the .exe update for 1.21 its 145mb (i used it and it worked fine)
 
mjwitter said:
Hmm, my update (the zip file) to 1.21 was 27.1 MB, so I hope you are using the correct file? 2.2 zip file is 90.1 MB. Although you could be using a different update method, which could explain it?

These were the names of the files I used, version numbers (from and to) are in the names:
OTA_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2-1.15.405.4_release_P4ohim1mtp6zggcyon.zip
OTA_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8-1.21.405.2_release4dua3bcrut4wrv30.zip
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i used the 27mb and 90mb updates for my desire, worked perfectly and took about 10-15 mins to complete both updates
 
The 145 MB file

This was not the right file and gave a signature verification error. I am now downloading the 27 MB version. There were no recovery problems in getting back to the starting line. Thank you for all your posts. I all helps to make us independent. Well sort of....
 
I keep getting signed verification or whole file verification failed and then it aborts
 
I did not think it was. Maybe my understanding of what is branded and what is not is faulty?
 
syntagm said:
I keep getting signed verification or whole file verification failed and then it aborts
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I have not done the official updates. But if you use the same recovery, you'll see there when you go into "install zip from sdcard", there is a option that says "toggle signature verification", select it and then try the update again.
 
All the while I have been trying to get the OTA to work. I keep getting the same message 'your phone is up to date'. I have tried calling Vodacom. They send you from pillar to post. I have tried LEAF they send you to Vodacom. I have gone to VodaWorld they shake their heads. The 1.21 executable going through SYNCH does not want to execute. I appreciate everyone's help on the forum - I really do. However, what was easy and straightforward for some may not be so for others. There are too many variables in this system. Right now I think the issue is "branding" and I may have to create a goldcard. This is silly since it is just a matter of the vendors helping their customers but I guess that is asking too much.
 
I have been sent from pillar to post by both HTC and Vodacom. Most of Vodacom don't know what I am talking about and suggest I take my handset in to VodaCare who will keep it for 72 hours while they do the upgrade. Ha Ha! That flies in the face of what is published elsewhere. In the meantime the executable 1.21 I downloaded will not execute. So it is not always that easy as it all seems. I suspect me phone is then branded although no branding is visible or evident. I repeat OTA suxx and it would have been so much easier just to make the upgrade available on the far side of HTC SYNCH like the iPHONE does. What the manufacturers and networks don't get is the fact that I am not talking about a device that can phone people anymore. My handset is now in integral part of my business.
 
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