Can confirm that ROW 2643 firmware update runs 6.3 Maps updated from Android Market.
Quick question:
There's an OTA update available for me.
My A1 is currently rooted. A few system apps are 'frozen'.
Am I supposed to unroot the tablet, de-freeze before I go for the OTA?
Thanks in anticipation!
Unfreeze might be a good idea. The update will unroot automatically. Then to root again you'll need to use the CWM method as SuperOneClick will not work.
Note: The boot-logo is on for a LONG time during the first power-back-on after the update. And you need to power on manually, it doesn't automatically reboot.
First night I am annoyed with the home keys (soft keys I think= menu,home,back) keep going dark while doing stuff on the screen. I am doing okay guessing where they are, but it sucks. What have you guys done? It's not under display settings. The only other thing I could think of was adj brightness app. I'd like them to go dark when the entire screen goes dark...
I would like the home screen widget gone so it's more like my phone. Soon I will root and such
Fred over at the Lenovo forum noted that the OTA live tree now contains new downloads for 2643. I'm presently running the OTA US update from the Settings screen.
So far so good. Great "Chinglish" text on the downloading screen.
"If you insert the USB,downloaded will be ceased when you downloaded the file."
At reboot now. Nothing seems to be happening. I'm guessing I'll need to power up manually....
Held power for 5 seconds, A1 vibrated, and Lenovo boot animation logo is up...
And after a very long boot logo animation cycle I'm at 2643 fw. Now to root...
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Root was fun. I knew that 2643 fixed the SuperOneClick hole, but I didn't expect A1_Rooter renamed to update.zip to not work.
Yet it would not install from update.zip, despite trying 3 times. However, CWM would. So I installed CWM and then installed A1_Rooter.zip using ClockworkMod Recovery.
Thanks Graham!
I've run into an interesting visual glitch after the upgrade to 2643. My status bar becomes garbled every so often. If I rotate the tablet then it clears up, only to happen again a short while later. I suspect it is due to the launcher that I'm using - VTL. But I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing this.
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The home-screen widget is not actually a widget, but part of the Lenovo launcher. If you don't like the 4 button center pane you'll need to replace the launcher with a different one.
Tinybeetle.
KiyoeHK said:1. Download the file, rename it to "update.zip".
2. Copy the file to the root of micro SD card.
3. Hold "Vol-" button, then power on. You will see a android logo and a status bar.
4. After downloading the ROM, A1 is turned off itself.
5. Power it on
but I don't see much progress. Would be much happier if the CM7 becomes bug free (front camera video working, gps date fix etc.)