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December 2009: T-Mobile Pulse software update


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Guest magneticflip
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I think I've being a bit dim - does applying this prevent you from installing any other custom ROM's like the U8230 one etc?

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Right, so it's the MoDaCo Custom Kernel that breaks with the December update. I'm not sure i'm willing to give up compcache, EXT3/4 etc. etc.! ;)

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Guest Shuflie
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Right, so it's the MoDaCo Custom Kernel that breaks with the December update. I'm not sure i'm willing to give up compcache, EXT3/4 etc. etc.! ;)

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Isn't it a bit late now though ;)

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... update from me...

boot.img didn't help, just like Paul predicted, but applying the T-Mobile December update again did get it booting again.

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So, interestingly when I now boot the recovery image on the now-returned-to-T-Mobile-December-stock Pulse, it still can't perform a Nandroid backup:

/ # nandroid-mobile.sh -b

nandroid-mobile v2.2.1

Using G1 keyboard, enter a prefix substring and then
or just to accept default:

Using - prefix to create a backup folder

mounting system and data read-only, sdcard read-write
checking free space on sdcard
Dumping boot to /sdcard/nandroid/mem=128M/BCDMRS-20091217-1057/boot.img...done
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 1 hard) at 0x00260000
error reading recovery: No such file or directory
Dumping recovery to /sdcard/nandroid/mem=128M/BCDMRS-20091217-1057/recovery.img.
..mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 1 hard) at 0x00260000
error reading recovery: No space left on device
md5sum: can't open '/sdcard/nandroid/mem=128M/BCDMRS-20091217-1057/recovery.img'
: No such file or directory
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 1 hard) at 0x00260000
error reading recovery: No space left on device
md5sum: can't open '/sdcard/nandroid/mem=128M/BCDMRS-20091217-1057/recovery.img'
: No such file or directory
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 1 hard) at 0x00260000
error reading recovery: No space left on device
md5sum: can't open '/sdcard/nandroid/mem=128M/BCDMRS-20091217-1057/recovery.img'
: No such file or directory
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 1 hard) at 0x00260000
error reading recovery: No space left on device
md5sum: can't open '/sdcard/nandroid/mem=128M/BCDMRS-20091217-1057/recovery.img'
: No such file or directory
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 1 hard) at 0x00260000
error reading recovery: No space left on device
md5sum: can't open '/sdcard/nandroid/mem=128M/BCDMRS-20091217-1057/recovery.img': No such file or directory
Fatal error while trying to dump recovery, aborting.
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Guest Shuflie
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... update from me...

boot.img didn't help, just like Paul predicted, but applying the T-Mobile December update again did get it booting again.

Strange, that's what I had suggested doing earlier but Yaboo said it didn't work for him ;)

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MCR 1.5 - Stock T-Mobile Style is now compatible with the December update, see first post in it's topic for details.

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MCR 1.1 - U8230 Vanilla Cupcake Style is now compatible with the December update, see first post in it's topic for details.

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Guest screwface
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MCR 1.1 - U8230 Vanilla Cupcake Style is now compatible with the December update, see first post in it's topic for details.

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If i'm already running your U8320 custom rom do i just install the update as normal?

Guest meinnit
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Does this mean that we can apply December update and still be able to apply other ROMs?

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Before I apply the update...

Does this really improve the sound quality and does it fix the noisy speaker bug?

Guest mackiem
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Yes, but you'll lose the ability to use custom kernels.

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Thanks Paul got my phone to boot by reapplying the update. Crap so I'm stuck without custom kernels. Was able to install the updated roms that you made compatible with the december update.

So is your handset post-december or pre-december?

Edited by mackiem
Guest martinmax
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I have one of each right now! ;)

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And is any diference in sound volume , quality etc

Guest Spook Tooth
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Sound is improved, both in volume output and quality. This goes for multimedia playback and importantly, call quality. The speaker is no longer noisy, it's not great when compared to my Nokia N95 but it does the job.

The headphones bug remains - ie, if you're watching a video and decide to plug your own headphones in (with 2.5mm adapter), the sodding music player still tries to start up resulting in the video picture freezing whilst audio continues.

Guest _melchett
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sorry to ask yet another noob question, but does this permanently block the ability to update the kernal, or is it only currently block until the geniuses in this forum sort out a fix? As i understand it 2.0 uses a different kernal (does 1.6?) so by updating to Dec 09 will it block the ability to upgrade to these (once these are also eventually crafted)?

TMobile / Hauwai should surely still be able to update the kernal in the future?

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You can update the kernel, it's just our custom one causes reboots for some reason! ;)

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You can update the kernel, it's just our custom one causes reboots for some reason! ;)

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I remember seeing that a while ago someone claimed they had found an error in libandroid_runtime.so which caused the phone to reboot unexpectedly. I can't find the post that said that, but here's one by the same guy that just mentions the error, but doesn't give any symptoms or evidence: http://groups.google.com/group/android-dev...d70ac935e6b16c6

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I notice that with this update you don't need to be holding the phone in your hand for the touch screen to work. You can operate it one-handed while it's lying flat on the table.

Guest blaze23
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I notice that with this update you don't need to be holding the phone in your hand for the touch screen to work. You can operate it one-handed while it's lying flat on the table.

can anyone else confirm this.

Guest quincy456
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Works for me. ;)

prob a dumb question but how does the phone know if it's held or not!!?

it does indeed now work flat on a desk

Guest Spook Tooth
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prob a dumb question but how does the phone know if it's held or not!!?

it does indeed now work flat on a desk

Accelerometer? ;)

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