Help software update 11/12/14

[km2002]

I downloaded the update immediately upon powering on my new GL on Metro. It downloaded and installed seamlessly.

"Immediately upon powering on my new GL on Metro"": Does that mean that you just got the phone? That would, of course, be the perfect time to install an upgrade, before you get any apps loaded or data accumulated. I've had my phone a little over a month; I first saw the upgrade notice almost two weeks ago. But between you and Codawg, perhaps I'll push the button and roll the dice. Beginning to seem like it's not as much of a gamble as the warning flags suggest.

 

[stevedec]

"Immediately upon powering on my new GL on Metro"": Does that mean that you just got the phone? That would, of course, be the perfect time to install an upgrade, before you get any apps loaded or data accumulated. I've had my phone a little over a month; I first saw the upgrade notice almost two weeks ago. But between you and Codawg, perhaps I'll push the button and roll the dice. Beginning to seem like it's not as much of a gamble as the warning flags suggest.

Yes, brand new out of the box. Having seen this thread, I didn't wait on the message, I went straight to the OTA update after activating.

 

[km2002]

Hello, all,

I should probably let you know that I pushed the button within the last 24H. So far, so good. Update went smoothly; I haven't noticed any problems with apps or data. I did notice, as did samsung_guy and Codawg, that the mobile hotspot app changed its name and icon (cosmetic, I'm sure) and, as Codawg mentioned, I did find the change in build number as described above. It appears this update is safe from deleterious consequences. I wish it had fixed the problems with the MP3 player (I think that's in another thread); perhaps I'll have to find a better player and try to make it the default for everything, if possible, to include ringtones, alarms, and notifications as well as multimedia. But enough off-topic drivel for one night/early morning. Gonna stick my head out to see if we get 3-5 inches of snow or if we get nothing. I doubt highly it'll get any worse.

 

[jbreaker]

Does anyone who's applied this update know if it enabled VOLTE on calls? The T-Mobile version has it, the Metro ROM has all the stuff in there to do it, but it doesn't look like they have it turned on...

 

[km2002]

Does anyone who's applied this update know if it enabled VOLTE on calls? The T-Mobile version has it, the Metro ROM has all the stuff in there to do it, but it doesn't look like they have it turned on...

Not aware of it yet. I know the phone does voice over Wi-Fi. Not the same, of course.

 

[jbreaker]

You'd notice the difference - if not on call quality, then in the call app itself. It says "HD Voice" during calls in the TMO version (after VOLTE was enabled), and there's a little equalizer button thing that you can use to adjust some kinds of settings.

It's confusing to me that T-Mobile would continue to develop 2 (very different) versions of the same phone for 2 aspects of the same company. I'm not sure how that's cost-effective, but I guess I understand very little of what motivates any of these companies.

 

[km2002]

You'd notice the difference - if not on call quality, then in the call app itself. It says "HD Voice" during calls in the TMO version (after VOLTE was enabled), and there's a little equalizer button thing that you can use to adjust some kinds of settings.

It's confusing to me that T-Mobile would continue to develop 2 (very different) versions of the same phone for 2 aspects of the same company. I'm not sure how that's cost-effective, but I guess I understand very little of what motivates any of these companies.

A Q&D Googling of "voice over lte metro pcs" gives me the impression you won't be happy, jbreaker. I got reads like this, and they're all a few years old already. Apparently, Metro PCS created VoLTE because they were stuck w/o a lot of bandwidth, something they got by merging with T-M.

 

[ohbaby]

Is anybody rooted after this update?

Heard this update locks the bootloader.

 

[RobbyG2112]

Is anybody rooted after this update?

Heard this update locks the bootloader.

Anyone confirm this yet? Still holding off on the update since would like to install CM11 if/when it's ready for this phone.

 

[tdarb69]

Samsung Galaxy updates can be viewed here:

Firmware archive | Samsung Updates
Software versions & updates: Samsung Galaxy... | T-Mobile Support

I am pretty sure the other post do not have 4.4.2. The latest os version is 4.2.2. It is unlikely that light will ever get Kitkat.

Paul

I bought this phone a couple months ago and it came with KitKat 4.4.2

 

[KageBeast]

I bought this phone a couple months ago and it came with KitKat 4.4.2

The t-mobile version doesn't have kitkat. Only the metropcs version does.

 

[WardoSkier]

***My comments are for T-Mobile customers and not necessarily for MetroPCS users.***

Myself and others have been fighting with T-Mobile since this baseband version of the firmware was released -- it causes the phone to randomly reboot. I have done a lot of troubleshooting, e.g., factory data reset, etc., as have others and the bottom line is that the OTA software update ended up being corrupted for many users and is causing the random reboot issue. For anyone that hasn't downloaded this update from T-Mobile, please save yourself a lot of trouble and do not update to this baseband version. T-Mobile technical support has been notified of the issue, but has yet to announce an upcoming software release to fix the problem. Given the age of this phone, some are wondering if an updated software fix will ever be released.