[December, 19th 2018] System update 1.24.709.994 rolling out

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WayneKerr

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Dec 19, 2018 at 9:43 PM
ouioui01 said:
Hi,
New OTA for TW devices.

I'll post link to OTA later...




Cheers
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Short story before I get to my question.

I have a U11+ bought direct off HTC in Hong Kong.
I have had no updates since Dec 2017.
Wrote to HTC in Europe about the lack of updates and got this amazing reply:
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Thank you for contacting HTC.
In regards to your enquiry about updates, kindly note that after running the serial number provided, your device ship country is Hong Kong.
Which means, it is not from EU region, and devices from the Asian region most of them cannot be updated and have no option to update.
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Soo I checked through the XDA forums seems the TW version of the phone is the only one that gets regular updates.

Then I unlocked bootloader and downloaded HTC_U11+_TW_1.24.709.93_Images_OTA from nene bear.

I didn't install TWRP as I was going to return to stock and just be happy with the updates hopefully coming from the TW version.
all went smooth thanks to all the excellent posts and help on the forum.

378 fastboot flash -S 1G system system.img
379 fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
380 fastboot flash boot boot.img

oh and I relocked my bootloader

Yesterday I got a message about new update (I'm currently on Vodafone in Ireland)

I downloaded but it wouldn't install see the 2 screenshots.
ahh can't post the screenshots because i'm a new guy

its says:
cant update cause i may be running a modified version of system software....
I wonder is that because i turned of the boot lock once?
Or is this because of my CID is still HKG ??

I'm going to fire up fasboot and try and side load the update I downloaded from nene bear as I don't have root access and i couldn't find the update on the phone

I saw an interesting thread from handsome_hell about changing cid

Would the TW version or the WWE version the best for updates.

RGDS W
 
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marusia7

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Dec 20, 2018 at 9:03 AM
I have both TW and EU version of HTC-U11+ (both rooted with Magisk 18.0) and will apply OTA on TW only when RUU will be available (as I had - probably self-caused - problems during previous update of TW version).

I am not too advanced but AFAIK the phone needs to be "s-off" to change the CID to apply other region version updates smoothly, which is not available yet for HTC-U11+ (maybe I am wrong).

I hope for the EU version updates a "shortcut" directly to Android 9.0 (which was announced for HTC-U11+), otherwise the neglect of EU updates is really weired.
 
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boub1

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Dec 20, 2018 at 1:09 PM
Today I got an answer from HTC support why European version U11+ did not get security updates ...

Sorry for for the answer but we can't say why 11+ is not getting security updates.

That's all [emoji1787]
 
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WayneKerr

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Dec 20, 2018 at 9:27 PM
marusia7 said:
I have both TW and EU version of HTC-U11+ (both rooted with Magisk 18.0) and will apply OTA on TW only when RUU will be available (as I had - probably self-caused - problems during previous update of TW version).

I am not too advanced but AFAIK the phone needs to be "s-off" to change the CID to apply other region version updates smoothly, which is not available yet for HTC-U11+ (maybe I am wrong).

I hope for the EU version updates a "shortcut" directly to Android 9.0 (which was announced for HTC-U11+), otherwise the neglect of EU updates is really weired.
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Ah Thanks for the reply

I did have further conversations with HTC customer service regarding updates they said this:
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note that your phone is due to receive Android Pie very soon and this will be communicated via system notification message on your phone once the update is available for your phone, we are sorry for any inconvenience.
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It still doesn't explain the lack of regular security updates on the U11+ but my friends U11 has had 2 or 3 updates bought the same time as my U11+

I tried to get into recovery last night but got a red triangle Ill try it again later, got into the bootloader and download mode fine.

Think Ill end up going down the TWRP and Magisk route and change the CID just a bit more reading up to do.

Rgds
 
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Electro58

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Dec 20, 2018 at 11:23 PM
u11 + model is selling in taiwan because the small updates take that region. I think he's looking at the sales figures. But if it's just Taiwan for the update, it won't be able to sell anywhere except Taiwan. International brand, will be the domestic brand.
 
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