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Help New update for prevail(Ginger Bread)
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chin checka
Well-Known Member
check here. some are testing & checking what works & what doesnt.
new optimus
Android Expert
no reason not to upgrade, gingerbread seems to be more streamlined and faster and it is rooted check the shabby one click.any reasons one should not upgrade to ginger bread???
i mean would it make phone slow or make memory less or something else?
can we root GB too? i need root to use link2sd only
new optimus
Android Expert
yes.
it roots both stock 2.2 and this new 2.3 gingerbread
http://androidforums.com/galaxy-pre...oot-samsung-prevail-replenish-shabbyfied.html
jmccullough15
Lurker
My wife's prevail got an OTA update from boost last night. She complained about how long it took and that everything changed (her words). So, I checked the phone and almost fell over when i saw that her phone was running Gingerbread. I guess Samsung actually relased something in a timely manner. Color me surprised
BTW, i am a Sprint Samsung Epic user and I STILL havent seen GB!!!
BTW, i am a Sprint Samsung Epic user and I STILL havent seen GB!!!
jmccullough15
Lurker
Apparently i will be getting my epic's GB update in the next 10 days!!
well if you get sick of waiting Koumajutsu has made some Odin Images for the new GB EJ06 update there's a stock and pre rooted and cwm version just go to the all things root part of this forum and there's an odin sticky the links are in there
chiefsquirrel
Lurker
FYI:
I got the notification that my phone was going to be updated, but sometime during the process (I was busy, and wasn't paying attention as to when) it fell over.
What I saw was a screen with a warning icon. The screen looked like a bootloader screen, with options to reboot, restore, etc. At the bottom it simply said install failed. None of the options were selectable, and I was eventually forced to remove the battery and let it restart. Needless to say I still have Froyo.
Yes, I know, I should have written down the messages. I do IT for a living and know better. Sorry I can't give more info.
Interestingly when I check for updates now it says I'm up to date, but System Info still shows 2.2.2 Froyo.
I got the notification that my phone was going to be updated, but sometime during the process (I was busy, and wasn't paying attention as to when) it fell over.
What I saw was a screen with a warning icon. The screen looked like a bootloader screen, with options to reboot, restore, etc. At the bottom it simply said install failed. None of the options were selectable, and I was eventually forced to remove the battery and let it restart. Needless to say I still have Froyo.
Yes, I know, I should have written down the messages. I do IT for a living and know better. Sorry I can't give more info.
Interestingly when I check for updates now it says I'm up to date, but System Info still shows 2.2.2 Froyo.
mvaness
Android Enthusiast
I had the same issue with an ota update. So I used the Odin method to get GB stock, and it worked. then did some of the tweaks listed in the All things root section. Just make sure you read the directions, and you should be good to go.
Koumajutsu
Android Expert
The OTA update does a metric buttload of md5 checks to verify that your system is basically unmodded (just the files that it's going to apply patches to) They did this because instead of sending an update with complete files (teh HUEG!), they pushed out an update.zip that only contains the binary differences to the files and .img files. Since doing that to a file that it's not intended for could cause the file to not run, rather than brick phones, the patch only works on stock phones.
The error was basically your phone's way of saying, "OMG, I can't update your phone because the files you have are not the ones I can safely update!"
Check out the stuff in the odin thread in all things root, you can get stock gingerbread there without all the safety checks, it's just a lot bigger
Koumajutsu
Android Expert
you will most likely not be able to update with a rooted phone.
just go here: http://androidforums.com/galaxy-pre...turn-phone-stock-factory-updated-11-09-a.html
and download:
DOWNLOAD EJ06 Gingerbread Rooted Image with CWM5 made by Chin Checka
http://bit.ly/t2nBKN
follow the instructions in the thread very carefully.
that will give you rooted gingerbread.
there is also a stock gingerbread in there if you feel safer with all stock
chrisinsocalif
Well-Known Member
Downloaded the Rooted GB version from the ODIN thread and GB works great. Netflix now works, I can view shows from my Uverse app, Skype uses my bluetooth headset (not sure if skype updated this before I got GB). Very happy with the update.
TomServo85
Lurker
So I'm kind of a computard. Galaxy Prevail is my first smart phone, and I just got it a few days ago. Well already I got a notification of a new update, Gingerbread. The only thing I like is that now when you're typing, you can put the cursor on the exact spot you want much easier by sliding it, whereas before you had to try to tap the exact spot you wanted it on.
Aside from that one awesome little addition, I have not noticed any good differences. It has made my phone a lot slower, and it didn't use to freeze so much. Now it does. Everything takes forever to load and the update I downloaded nearly maxed out my phones memory capacity. Does anyone know what I should do?
Oh, and can anyone explain the terms "rooted" and "shabby"? I have no idea what this refers to.
If I can't get this thing to go fast again, I will have to find a way to revert it back to Froyo. Is that even possible? HELP!
Aside from that one awesome little addition, I have not noticed any good differences. It has made my phone a lot slower, and it didn't use to freeze so much. Now it does. Everything takes forever to load and the update I downloaded nearly maxed out my phones memory capacity. Does anyone know what I should do?
Oh, and can anyone explain the terms "rooted" and "shabby"? I have no idea what this refers to.
If I can't get this thing to go fast again, I will have to find a way to revert it back to Froyo. Is that even possible? HELP!
DeathsPit00
Newbie
Ok, so like the guy before me, the Prevail is my first smartphone. I haven't rooted the phone or done anything except download the modified version of flash player so I can watch stuff other than youtube. I have NOT gotten any update for Gingerbread, althoug my step-dad has, and he hasn't had his prevail as long as I've had mine. I'm wondering why I haven't gotten the update because no offense to Shabby or anyone else, I'd rather not root my phone to download GB from here unless I have no other choice. Can anyone help??? Does anyone know why my phone wouldn't update to GB???? I might add that I got updates for everything else earlier today from Layar to Twidroyd that I didn't want, but nothing for Gingerbread. Is my only hope in Rooting the Phone?
TomServo85
Lurker
Netflix still sucks on my phone. Are you sure you have a Galaxy Prevail?
TomServo85
Lurker
Super upset with this update now. It has turned my phone into a piece of garbage. I did a "hard reset" of my phone, which claimed it would restore all my factory settings. Instead I lost all my apps, but was still stuck with this horrible gingerbread piece of crap. Someone please help me.
Bloodawn
Android Expert
factory reset tells you what its going to do before you do one lol
if you hate GB so much just odin back to froyo
Riotpump
Well-Known Member
No, you don't have to root your phone if you do not want to. You can find a stock(non-rooted)version of the Gingerbread update in the same thread from above.
This is the stock Gingerbread update. Just go to this thread to learn how to use Odin to push it to your phone.
I am rooted and have super user, and thats it. No rom, no mod, nothing changed. I got the update with no problem.
chrisinsocalif
Well-Known Member
Yes, Netflix works but its laggy. The uverse on demand app plays videos without the lag.