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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    The only UK updates i see are Vodafone UK and CPW models .
    If their is an official release then the path is always .
    Samsung to phone vendor who pass the update or not to OTA and Kies . If it does not show then vendor has not released the firmware or phones firmware is reporting the wrong build to Kies .


    Link to this i know its upgradable in the UK ??
  • 50Twuncle
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    edited 22 November 2014 at 3:46PM
    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    The only UK updates i see are Vodafone UK and CPW models .
    If their is an official release then the path is always .
    Samsung to phone vendor who pass the update or not to OTA and Kies . If it does not show then vendor has not released the firmware or phones firmware is reporting the wrong build to Kies .


    Well - I bought the phone from EE and am now THREE - So how does that work ?
    Also the actual file DOES download - almost 1Gb of data - but it is what the phone does with the data that fails !!
  • JJ_Egan
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    Go back to the vendors support site and see if they can update .

    Rooting has nothing to with updates and will not give you an update .
  • 50Twuncle
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    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    Go back to the vendors support site and see if they can update .

    Rooting has nothing to with updates and will not give you an update .

    Have you tried samsungs site or tried to obtain support ?
    Obviously not !!
  • tronator
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    This got me thinking...
    I assume that Google now has access to billions of pieces of (supposedly secure) data - data that many people would prefer not to be publically revealed - not only passwords (WiFi - which will be backed up) as well as Email !!
    Think about it - Would you trust Google to hold on to such data - not encrypted ?
    Before anyone asks - is it encrypted ?
    According to Tomsguide - no it is not - which to me - means that it is held in "plain text" which anyone could access ....

    If you don't trust Google, set up your own caldav / carddav server like OwnCloud and sync your contacts and calendars to it. I moved all my data away from Google a while ago...
  • 50Twuncle
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    tronator wrote: »
    If you don't trust Google, set up your own caldav / carddav server like OwnCloud and sync your contacts and calendars to it. I moved all my data away from Google a while ago...

    Good idea - though extremely complex !!
  • JJ_Egan
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    Have you tried samsungs site or tried to obtain support ?
    Obviously not !!


    Are you saying now Samsung is the vendor not EE .
  • 50Twuncle
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    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    Are you saying now Samsung is the vendor not EE .

    No - I guess that I bought the phone through EE (but if you check their website - the version 1 NOTE is hardly even mentioned anymore - let alone any updates offered) - EE will not even respond to any emails, either - understandably, because I am no longer a customer - so I am trying Samsung again !!
  • forgotmyname
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    Use ODIN not KIES... KIES = Spawn of satan....
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • 50Twuncle
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    forgotmyname wrote: »
    Use ODIN not KIES... KIES = Spawn of satan....

    Won't make any difference to the outcome
    The file gets to the phone OK - via Wireless download - it fails after this point !!
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