HTC takes down firmware 1.72 for undisclosed reason

[marleyb]

I recently got myself a new DHD wich comes with stock firmware 1.32. I was wondering why did no get the 1.72 update so I send a mail to HTC support. I got this email today explaining that 1.72 was revoked a couple of weeks ago for reason unknown to them. So the latest official firmware for the DHD is now 1.32 again Just wondering why they pulled the 1.72 offline. below the orginal mail in dutch from HTC support.


Van:HTC
Onderwerp: Betreffende je bericht (11NLCW07NLA000208)
Aan: [email protected]; [email protected]
Datum: 9-2-2011 10:50:01
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Beste Ilan de Vries,

Dank u wel voor uw email betreffende de firmware versie 1.72. Deze is een aantal weken geleden offline gehaald, de reden hiervoor is bij ons niet bekend. Het klopt dus inderdaad dat firmware versie 1.32 op uw toestel staat en dat er op dit moment geen nieuwe updates bechikbaar zijn. Gingerbread (Android 2.3) is aangekondigd, wij weten helaas niet of en wanneer deze update voor uw toestel beschikbaar komt.

Als u verdere vragen heeft, of u wilt laten weten dat uw probleem is opgelost, dan kunt u dat aan ons laten weten door naar de ContactUs te gaan en daar in te loggen met je e-mailadres en het volgende ticketnummer 11NLCW07NLA000208.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Roswitha

HTC

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[ozzyo99]

It was pulled weeks ago due to SMS notification bugs and issues with random reboots.

Stick to 1.32 and make sure you leave USB debugging on to prevent the INIT process going crazy. Whilst you're at 1.32, get Visionary on it and Permroot it, apply S-OFF and then never run an OTA update unless you've read it's safe to do so, 1.72 broke root.

 

[shithead]

They mentioned about Gingerbread or did you ask about Gingerbread update?

 

[marleyb]

They mentioned about Gingerbread or did you ask about Gingerbread update?

No I did not ask, they told me that it's a upcoming release

 

[marleyb]

It was pulled weeks ago due to SMS notification bugs and issues with random reboots.

Stick to 1.32 and make sure you leave USB debugging on to prevent the INIT process going crazy. Whilst you're at 1.32, get Visionary on it and Permroot it, apply S-OFF and then never run an OTA update unless you've read it's safe to do so, 1.72 broke root.

Yeah I know, well actually I'm running 1.72 rooted and s-off atm have not experienced problems with SMS or Reboots yet.

If so, I prolly downgrade to 1.32 again. thx for the info

 

[magandas21]

I present the same problem.I bought dhd from hong kong and use it in Turkey now, and it is 1.32.405.6 software installed. I choose update now but it says that " there are no updates for your phone".Waiting for your help and Waiting for your comments about the problem-solving

 

[marleyb]

I present the same problem.I bought dhd from hong kong and use it in Turkey now, and it is 1.32.405.6 software installed. I choose update now but it says that " there are no updates for your phone".Waiting for your help and Waiting for your comments about the problem-solving

Well you can manual flash your phone with RUU to 1.72 if you wan't, but then you loose the option to root it and to install custom firmwares. see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879525 If you only want to use HTC official released firmware this will be no problem for you.

If you want both (so rooted and 1.72) then follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885996

Regards
Mb

 

[magandas21]

Thank you for your reply. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885996 official update Did he to fix the problem?

 

[AndroidLEK]

From translating what you copied off the email into English it states that Gingerbread was announced but the customer support representative did not know when or if Gingerbread will be released for the DHD.

I reckon that that they are going to skip the 2.3 release for the DHD and go straight to the 2.4 version for the DHD.

Liam

 

[robE9]

From translating what you copied off the email into English it states that Gingerbread was announced but the customer support representative did not know when or if Gingerbread will be released for the DHD.

I reckon that that they are going to skip the 2.3 release for the DHD and go straight to the 2.4 version for the DHD.

Liam

I doubt that, since they told that some devices will get 2.3 but they didn`t said what devices, and 2.4 will still be gingerbread but will be actually a bridge between 1core devices and 2 core devices (not confrmed by google)

2.3 will come to DHD, when...we don`t know. I really hope that we will have some news at the mobile conferences this month.

 

[marleyb]

From translating what you copied off the email into English it states that Gingerbread was announced but the customer support representative did not know when or if Gingerbread will be released for the DHD.

I reckon that that they are going to skip the 2.3 release for the DHD and go straight to the 2.4 version for the DHD.

Liam

This is correct, they say it's coming, but they don't know if it will be for DHD. Guess they are instructed to stay on the safe side when answering questions.

 

[marleyb]

Thank you for your reply. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885996 official update Did he to fix the problem?

No problems here, follow his guide and it works

 

[toolbum]

What about the 1.83 update, has that been taken down too cos I haven't had an OTA for that either

 

[marleyb]

What about the 1.83 update, has that been taken down too cos I haven't had an OTA for that either

As far I can tell that update ONLY has todo with Arabic language support, so it will not show up (region specific)