Verizon Tab S4 now skips directly from Update 12 right to Update 15 - Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Guides, News, & Discussion

Trying to get a hold of someone at VZW but thought I would try here.
For business reasons when updating our Tab S4 tablets I need to get them to Update 14 and then stop there-- I reset them and then enroll them in SOTI Mobicontrol to be able to block further updates until we have a chance to test it. Until this morning I could update devices from Update 9 to 10, 10 to 11, and so forth until installing Update 14 and locking it down.
The first two tablets I tried this with today take Update 12 (to Android 10) but then they skip Update 13 and 14 and offer Update 15 only. I reset the device and get the same behavior, no way to get to Update 13. I then tried the Upgrade Assistant software but that also only offers Update 15.
Is there some big issue fixed in Update 15 that is so important that they wont' let me take the intermediate updates?
Thank you,
Matt

mattman10987 said:
Trying to get a hold of someone at VZW but thought I would try here.
For business reasons when updating our Tab S4 tablets I need to get them to Update 14 and then stop there-- I reset them and then enroll them in SOTI Mobicontrol to be able to block further updates until we have a chance to test it. Until this morning I could update devices from Update 9 to 10, 10 to 11, and so forth until installing Update 14 and locking it down.
The first two tablets I tried this with today take Update 12 (to Android 10) but then they skip Update 13 and 14 and offer Update 15 only. I reset the device and get the same behavior, no way to get to Update 13. I then tried the Upgrade Assistant software but that also only offers Update 15.
Is there some big issue fixed in Update 15 that is so important that they wont' let me take the intermediate updates?
Thank you,
Matt
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Now I'm no expert, but could you download the ODIN firmware files for the 13.1 update and manually update it that way?

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[Q] Why won't my phone update (not rooted)?

I have been trying to update to the 3.29.651.5 update since its release on September 22 and it just continually says, "Checking..." It never stops. I've left it there for thirty minutes before. It never tells me there isn't an available update nor that 3.29.651.5 is available.
I took the phone into a Sprint store and they said to come back in forty-five minutes for the upgrade (a bit of a wait!). I came back after fifty and they told me they would have to wipe the phone to install the software update.
Is there an easier way to fix this? Sprint support gave me a link to a download for the update, but said it is a risk. Is there a way to just fix what is making it continually check so that it finally just finds the software update by the normal means?
Thank you for any help.
idealisticrealism said:
I have been trying to update to the 3.29.651.5 update since its release on September 22 and it just continually says, "Checking..." It never stops. I've left it there for thirty minutes before. It never tells me there isn't an available update nor that 3.29.651.5 is available.
I took the phone into a Sprint store and they said to come back in forty-five minutes for the upgrade (a bit of a wait!). I came back after fifty and they told me they would have to wipe the phone to install the software update.
Is there an easier way to fix this? Sprint support gave me a link to a download for the update, but said it is a risk. Is there a way to just fix what is making it continually check so that it finally just finds the software update by the normal means?
Thank you for any help.
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just download the ota from here in the 4g developement area and connect to your pc and update, be sure to sync your contacts first, and back your apps up to just incase, i know when i updated the wife's hero her contacts were ok, and did not get deleted from the phone, the apps i cant remember if i had to add them back in or not.
I ended up doing a factory reset and then the update was able to found normally. Thank you for your help, though.

Rollback NoDo update only once

Hi,
It seems that the rollback works only once.
So, i installed the NoDo update and the rollback option was in Zune, at Settings->Phone->Update.
I rollback it and after a while put it again, because i got the "an update is available" every time i connected Zune.
This time there is no rollback option on Zune, Settings->Phone->Update page, it only display:
Your Phone is up to date.
Current phone software version: 7.0 (7390).
So i think the only way to roll back now is hard reset(i didn't tried that yet).
It is a feature or a bug?
Not sure. I accidentally did not remember to apply the relock prevention registry edit on my Samsung Focus before I updated to Nodo. As a result my phone became locked again and I lost my ability to sideload.
I restored my phone to the Feb update through Zune, made sure to unlock the phone and apply those registry edits, and reupdated to Nodo. I successfully got my phone back to a dev unlocked state =)
Check to be sure your phone isn't connected as a guest partnership and that its the exact same device name. Just a thought.
holimon82 said:
Hi,
It seems that the rollback works only once.
So, i installed the NoDo update and the rollback option was in Zune, at Settings->Phone->Update.
I rollback it and after a while put it again, because i got the "an update is available" every time i connected Zune.
This time there is no rollback option on Zune, Settings->Phone->Update page, it only display:
Your Phone is up to date.
Current phone software version: 7.0 (7390).
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How long did yours take to roll back? I am attempting to roll mine back and take the phone back to AT&T because of a constant boot-reboot issue.
And doing a hard reset will just erase your data... it will not roll back your device.
I think my rollback took about 20-25 minutes... sorry I didn't time it.
OTD Razor said:
Not sure. I accidentally did not remember to apply the relock prevention registry edit on my Samsung Focus before I updated to Nodo. As a result my phone became locked again and I lost my ability to sideload.
I restored my phone to the Feb update through Zune, made sure to unlock the phone and apply those registry edits, and reupdated to Nodo. I successfully got my phone back to a dev unlocked state =)
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OTD Razor, now, if you go in Zune at Settings->Update you still have the option to rollback?
Thanks.
I rolled back at least twice and I still have the option in the Zune software.
Sent from my SGH-i917 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
OTD Razor said:
I think my rollback took about 20-25 minutes... sorry I didn't time it.
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My rollback never got past step 2... and I left it running overnight... oh well... back to AT&T I go for a 3rd Focus.
holimon82 said:
Hi,
It seems that the rollback works only once.
So, i installed the NoDo update and the rollback option was in Zune, at Settings->Phone->Update.
I rollback it and after a while put it again, because i got the "an update is available" every time i connected Zune.
This time there is no rollback option on Zune, Settings->Phone->Update page, it only display:
Your Phone is up to date.
Current phone software version: 7.0 (7390).
So i think the only way to roll back now is hard reset(i didn't tried that yet).
It is a feature or a bug?
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I think this is a bug in the Zune software. When I upgraded from 7.0.7004 to 7.0.7008 I had the same problem. There was no backup. No possibility to restore. When I upgraded to 7.0.7390 (NoDo) a proper backup was created and I do have to possibility to restore. I don't know the exact conditions for failing or succeeding to make a backup.
Plug it in, open zune ->Settings ->Phone ->Update ->Restore/Rollback.
Xerax said:
Plug it in, open zune ->Settings ->Phone ->Update ->Restore/Rollback.
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The problem is that "Restore/Rollback" is not there
Anyway, i was only curios if i'm the only one with this kind of problem.
Like I said above... I couldn't get mine past step 2.. the reboot phase. Phone had the Samsung boot screen on it all night. Doesn't matter. I took the phone in this morning to AT&T because of the stupid hard reset/reboot issue I was having. New phone is unlocked and loaded with what I need on it. NoDo is a damn snore.

[GUIDE] [SOLUTION] Windows update stuck at "Checking updates..."

Note: The update packages linked down below are for ARM devices (basically for the Windows RT OS)
After contacting Microsoft, and doing research for at least a few weeks, I found a solution to this major problem.
Alright, so I got a permanent solution for the Windows Update searching disaster!
Step 1: Restore your Surface RT with the recovery image from the microsoft website. (optional)
Step 2: Set up your surface and head to Windows update.
Step 3: Search for updates, after 30m-1h you will see a firmware update, press install without modifying the update list.
Step 4: After the installation got succeeded, and your surface rt restarted go ahead and search again for updates.
Step 5: Again you will see a package of updates, this update includes the Windows RT 8.1 Update 1 update (kb2919355).
Step 6: When you finished installing the updates and your surface rebooted again, go to "installed updates" and check if kb2919355 is installed.
Step 7: If not, try to install the updates again. If yes, start searching for updates again.
Step 7B (Read before doing): IF kb2919355 is not installed and you are stuck on the search for updates part please download THIS file, turn off your WiFi, install the file by opening it, restart when finished and turn on WiFi
Step 8: Once Windows Update is searching for at least 4 hours we came at the point where most of us are stuck.
THE SOLUTION
Step 9: Download kb3173424 from HERE.
Step 10: Download kb3172614 from HERE.
Step 11: Turn off your Wifi, and reboot the surface.
Step 12: Install kb3173424 by opening it.
Step 13: Reboot the surface.
Step 14: Install kb3172614 by opening it.
Step 15: Reboot the surface.
Step 16: Turn on your Wifi, start searching for updates and after 10+/- minutes you will see 180+ updates coming your way .
I hope this helps a lot of people, since it was a major problem on the Surface RT.
Don't forget to hit that donation ehh... Thanks button!
Great work and thanks for the help ill try this on my surface 2 when I have more free time. I basically did that but instead got to the point where I was able to manually install the update 3 (which was about 60 updates in) and just stopped there and blocked updates so I could use the store without errors and use the development tool to run ported desktop apps.
mattschwantes said:
If this really works, you are heroic. How did you figure this out?
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I restored an image on my surface RT more then 80 times in total. Contacted Microsoft which couldn't do anything and just told me to live with it. And finally came at the conclusion that 8.1 update 1 did something with the Windows update module (still doing research what exactly went wrong with that update).
However I tested this 2 times on my own tablet I can guarantee you this will work!
mattschwantes said:
My friend, you are very dedicated. Much more than MS it appears. I tested your method on a Surface 2 last night. It works great. Excellent work.
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Glad I could help!
Hmm. I can't say if it is working or not yet. After finally fixing the errors I was getting after a reset (80240440) now I am updating, and after 2 large installs I still have no kb2919355. In fact I don't even have it's pre-requisite of kb2919442. I would really hate to be the guy that discovered this not working for every RT out there. :crying: I will just keep installing large groups until I either get them or it gets stuck again, and I will be absolutely sure to update this for the benefit of others.
Update: It worked, but I had to download and restart 5 separate sets of updates. My theory is that it is tied to the wi-fi connection. I had several errors at first indicating that I wasn't able to connect to the update servers. Internet Explorer worked fine so I went chasing a red herring looking at network settings, firewall etch. Then I brought the Surface from my living room into my office, where the router is, and suddenly it is working perfectly. So my point is, remember that this thing is finicky, and don't take any chances. The community thanks you Stjinchan, awesome job.
CptDraco said:
Update: It worked, but I had to download and restart 5 separate sets of updates. My theory is that it is tied to the wi-fi connection. I had several errors at first indicating that I wasn't able to connect to the update servers. Internet Explorer worked fine so I went chasing a red herring looking at network settings, firewall etch. Then I brought the Surface from my living room into my office, where the router is, and suddenly it is working perfectly. So my point is, remember that this thing is finicky, and don't take any chances. The community thanks you Stjinchan, awesome job.
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Glad it worked! I love helping people!
Holy cow it works. Thank you so much I've been trying to resolve this issue for weeks. I didn't even have to reformat it.
Stjinchan said:
Alright, so I got a permanent solution for the Windows Update searching disaster!
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This is awesome, can't wait to test it. But what about the Update 3 for Windows RT 8.1 (KB3097667) ?
I didn't read anything about it in your guide.
Niel86 said:
This is awesome, can't wait to test it. But what about the Update 3 for Windows RT 8.1 (KB3097667) ?
I didn't read anything about it in your guide.
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After you installed the 2 mentioned updates manually windows update should be fixed and you are able to receive all the updates including update 3 through windows update again.
Stjinchan said:
After you installed the 2 mentioned updates manually windows update should be fixed and you are able to receive all the updates including update 3 through windows update again.
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Thanks mate, I'll try it ASAP on my Surface RT
I can't manually install the first of the two updates, it say it's not possible to install it. Looks like I miss the 2919355 after the two big bacth of updates.
Any idea?
I'm very surprised and somehow happy to let you guys know that my Surface RT updated itself to the latest Update 3 after few days of downloading updates.
I was ready to follow this new guide, downloaded the manual updates but I've never used it.
I started everything by restoring Windows, keeping all my data and just refreshing WinRT, after that I started the typical updates cycles but something was different. I noticed I was missing the Kb2919355 (update 1), some of the updates were titled "KB **WhateverNumberItIs** without KB2919355", so I was a bit concerned but instead of the KB2919355 my Surface keeped find new updates in a very small time. After another batch of 137 updates, which took almost 3 hours to install, few other not important ones, here I am with my Windows 8.1 RT Update 3.
I really did nothing different from the previous 7/8 times.
Thank you, it works!
Now my Nokia 2520 tablet is back to life.
Not working for my Surface 2
I already have the first update listed to install, but when I try to install the second one it just says searching for updates on this computer...
Is there anything else I can try like resetting it? I just got it today.
amazing
Thank you for detailed instructions.
Advice for others, the key update we're looking for is the only one that ends with "55", so it's easier to search for it, just check the KB numbers in update history until you see it.
Also, another advice, DO NOT lightly install any optional updates. At the end of the process you will see a few optional updates. Please google each and every KB number, some of them caused big problems in the past! I personally installed 3 updates out of recommended list, including the new start menu and some other fixes that no one complained about.
In my case it took a couple days of waiting until my device got and installed the kb2919355 update, and I could take the matter into my own hands.
Now I just installed the two updates, and started searching for updates online.
Let's see where does it take me.
It's a completely new surface RT I purchased for laughable money to see if I could use it as a portable typewriter
For others out there who are still going through the process, the timeline was as follows:
- Friday 4pm I reset the device to official image, and started searching for updates (not connected to my microsoft ID, just local account)
- Friday 5pm I got a message about firmware update, downloaded and installed
- Friday 6pm I set it to search for updates, and left it at work.
- Saturday night I came to check it out, and it told me it wants to install updates. I installed some updates, there was no kb2919355 update, so I set it to search again
- Monday morning I cam full of hopes, the device told me it wants to install some updates, but kb2919355 wasn't among them. I installed whatever was ready, and set it to search again.
- It was still searching at 1pm. I got tired of waiting, and went to power menu. It suggested "Update and restart", so I chose it. It installed 50 updates, kb2919355 was amoung them, but failed.
- I fiddled around for 5 minutes, and it said that 3 updates were available (without searching), kb2919355 among them. Installed them, restarted.
- Then as per instruction, installed 2 updates manually (wifi off) and rebooted.
- searched for updates, took 10 minutes and voila! 161 important updates, and 8 optional.
- took an hour to download all 161 important updates, then about 2 hours to install.
- patience is a virtue! After installation of all 160 updates above, surface offered to do a restart. After clicking the Restart button, it spent >30 minutes with Restarting and a spinning circle. I was pondering about hard-resetting it, but then it started showing progress of update installation, so wait and wait until it does.
- Took about an hour to finalize updates installation. Like I mentioned at the beginning, I installed 3 optional updates (carefully chose them out of the list of 6)
- only then I connected my microsoft account, installed and updated all Metro UI apps (do not start using them before you update them, trust me on this one).
Stjinchan said:
Note: The update packages linked down below are for ARM devices (basically for the Windows RT OS)
After contacting Microsoft, and doing research for at least a few weeks, I found a solution to this major problem.
Alright, so I got a permanent solution for the Windows Update searching disaster!
Step 1: Restore your Surface RT with the recovery image from the microsoft website. (optional)
Step 2: Set up your surface and head to Windows update.
Step 3: Search for updates, after 30m-1h you will see a firmware update, press install without modifying the update list.
Step 4: After the installation got succeeded, and your surface rt restarted go ahead and search again for updates.
Step 5: Again you will see a package of updates, this update includes the Windows RT 8.1 Update 1 update (kb2919355).
Step 6: When you finished installing the updates and your surface rebooted again, go to "installed updates" and check if kb2919355 is installed.
Step 7: If no, try to install the updates again. If yes, start searching for updates again.
Step 8: Once Windows Update is searching for at least 4 hours we came at the point where most of us are stuck.
THE SOLUTION
Step 9: Download kb3173424 from HERE.
Step 10: Download kb3172614 from HERE.
Step 11: Turn off your Wifi, and reboot the surface.
Step 12: Install kb3173424 by opening it.
Step 13: Reboot the surface.
Step 14: Install kb3172614 by opening it.
Step 15: Reboot the surface.
Step 16: Turn on your Wifi, start searching for updates and after 10+/- minutes you will see 180+ updates coming your way .
I hope this helps a lot of people, since it was a major problem on the Surface RT.
Don't forget to hit that donation ehh... like button!
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On step 7 = if KB2919355 still hasn't installed, do you continue checking for updates or remove whats been updated and start again, ive been trying this for 3 days now
ouatitw said:
On step 7 = if KB2919355 still hasn't installed, do you continue checking for updates or remove whats been updated and start again, ive been trying this for 3 days now
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Continue checking for updates till you are stuck in the endless search. You should got the *355 update before that loop.
Stjinchan said:
Continue checking for updates till you are stuck in the endless search. You should got the *355 update before that loop.
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The surface has 196 updates installed, it hasn't found anymore for over 12 hours - it still hasn't found KB2919355, i have reset the machine approx 3 times now and i always get this far only. Is KB2919355 available to install manually ?
ouatitw said:
The surface has 196 updates installed, it hasn't found anymore for over 12 hours - it still hasn't found KB2919355, i have reset the machine approx 3 times now and i always get this far only. Is KB2919355 available to install manually ?
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Hmm, could you try to install this manually and report back to me if it worked? If so I will add it to the guide.
Stjinchan said:
Hmm, could you try to install this manually and report back to me if it worked? If so I will add it to the guide.
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Stjinchan................... YOU ARE A LEGEND !..................... it worked, after 5 days of resets and refreshes you have resolved my issues, KB2919355 would never install via windows update itself. I am currently installing 210 updates at present........ I turned off WiFi and installed KB2919355 manually it took approx 40 mins to verify and install, from then i followed from step 9 of your guide and now things are looking good, so far i have 210 updates to install and after approx 3 hours installing as we speak we are at update 184 ...................... so we are almost there. Thank you for providing the standalone KB2919355 file ! That was the problem for me. I am delighted that forums such as XDA help people to resolve issues such as this its just a pity Microsoft themselves cant help more - credit to you STJINCHAN !

Upgrade to Official VZW Nougat using Software Upgrade Assistant!

Hi all, I was messing with the Verizon software Upgrade Assistant and managed to upgrade my SM-G930V from 6.0.1 to 7.0. Here are my steps so feel free to give it a try yourself.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible if the install fails and your phone is bricked blah blah blah. I also cannot guarantee this will work for everyone.
Let's get started!
1. Plug in Galaxy to computer
2. Pull down notifications and tap USB Charging
3. Select Software installation
4. Find Verizon Mobile in My computer or This PC (It will look like a CD Drive)
5. Run the VZW Software Upgrade Assistant
6. Follow the installation steps on screen
7. Run the upgrade assistant. It will check for an update and download it for you.
8. Change the phone to File Transfer mode the same way as above from the notification menu
9. Click Upgrade! The update files will be sent and your phone will reboot into download mode.
10. Wait as it will take a while. Your phone will reboot to Recovery and install the update now.
11. After another reboot, you will see "Upgrading Android" as it optimizes your apps. This can take a while based on how many you have.
12. You may get a prompt saying some apps must be upgraded. Just follow the onscreen options.
13. You're done! Enjoy android 7.0!
Hope this helped you get the update! Feel free to ask questions. I'm more than happy to help to the best of my abilities. I'm no expert, however.
this is what i had to do on mine......it kept giving me error 402 when I tried to wifi OTA
Thanks OP! The SW update on the S7 Edge I just bought kept stating it was up to date, but it was running Android 6.0. Your steps def solved that issue! One tip was that the VZW SW got hung up forever trying to run some type of update, but the real "VZW Software Upgrade Assistant" that I need to run was hidden down in the systray. I ran that one and all was smooth... didn't even need to open ODIN. lol!
Unlocked?
agapedisciple said:
Thanks OP! The SW update on the S7 Edge I just bought kept stating it was up to date, but it was running Android 6.0. Your steps def solved that issue! One tip was that the VZW SW got hung up forever trying to run some type of update, but the real "VZW Software Upgrade Assistant" that I need to run was hidden down in the systray. I ran that one and all was smooth... didn't even need to open ODIN. lol!
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I have the unlocked S7 (930U), is it possible to flash it to the Verizon version with this? I'd like to get Wi-Fi calling and Advanced Calling features.
hi all i recently buy a new phone that is Samsung Galaxy S7 and then i used it i come to know that it is Verizon G930V and Converted to G930F.
please someone let me know how i can update my mobile to nougat.?
please help me :'(
it says my firmware is not supported, any other ideas

Mi A2 Lite Stuck on Android 8.1 - What am i doing wrong?

Hi everybody,
i have a new Mi A2 Lite. I purchased it from a private person, not a shop, but it was still in foil and opened by me. It works nicely, is fast, the phone feels fine, i like it. It has AndroidONE, Oreo, on it. If i search for updates, it tells me that it is up to date and there are no updates. The same for the security patches - they are from nov. 2018, which is nearly a year ago, but there are no updates either.
I wanted to install android 9, so i did lots of tricks and things like using a VPN to poland and resetting the phone and so on, but to no avail - there are no updates.
so...
(1) is there something that can be done wrong? why wouldnt the phone find updates?
(2) is there a way to flash the official OTA zip without unlocking? I do not want a special kernel or rom, i dont want to modyfy anything on the os, i just want the official, latest os on the phone
(3) Any other ideas?
Thanks in advance
damaltor said:
It has AndroidONE, Oreo, on it. If i search for updates, it tells me that it is up to date and there are no updates.
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Hi!
Could you please share a screenshot showing your actual Android build number and kernel version? You might have a fake A2 lite (Redmi 6 Pro).
Edit: Don't flash anything before you're sure that your device is a geniue A2 lite, otherwise you will brick your device.
yep, i heard about that. unfortunately, i did flash it by now, but the flash worked perfectly. i unlocked the bootloader with fastboot, flashed the last fastboot package, and re-locked the bootloader. the device is now on android pie and it still works nicely. is there any way to find out if it is genuine after flashing?
So, now i can say the following:
- the deveice works still well with the flashed software.
- the device did just find and download the google security patches of sep 2019
- the imei of the device passes the xiaomi authentication test
so, i am somewhat sure that the device is an original.
still, i am interested why the device was stuck on the old version. maybe it could only handle incremental updates and the old incremental update was not available anymore?
Hi!
I have simmiliar issue. New, 100% original Mi A2 Lite. It downloaded 1GB update 8.0 to 8.1 (?), but no update for Android 9, and now it is stuck.
My screens:
ibb.co/SKjNJ6D
ibb.co/YR4793D
Regards!
Facing The same in my Mi A1
The same thing is happening with my Mi A1, I have Android 8.1 an I hadn't update to Android 9. Every day the notification for Android 9 would appear in my phone, saying that is available.
Today that update didn't show and when I checked for updates, it said I was already up to date.
Sorry for my English, I barely know it
Well i could probably Help you to flash your device but you should be sure that the device is not a fake, too. I cannot help you with that though. I will look in here tomorrow and give you a few hints to the flashing process.
So, the screenshots of the A2 Lite look pretty mich exactly like mine did. for me the only way was to reflash the device. if you are interested, i can tell you how, but there is a risk of bricking your device if it is a fake a2 lite. i cannot tell by your screenshots, maybe @thorin0815 can?
Otherwise, do you want to try it and risk ist?
edit: you can put in your imei here to check your phone, though i would not entirely trust it.
https://www.mi.com/global/shield#imei_en
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chriss7777 said:
Hi!
I have simmiliar issue. New, 100% original Mi A2 Lite. It downloaded 1GB update 8.0 to 8.1 (?), but no update for Android 9, and now it is stuck.
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You're right, your device looks like a geniue A2 lite. We never had an update from 8.0 to 8.1, it was shipped with 8.1.
Maybe Xiaomi pulled the incremental (8.1->9.0) OTA updates from their servers.
The "safest" way to update would be to flash the latest available full firmware via Miflash tool.
well, thats what i did. fortunately there is no longer the need to wait for hours or days to unlock the bootloader, it works in an instant now even without registration.
thorin0815 said:
You're right, your device looks like a geniue A2 lite. We never had an update from 8.0 to 8.1, it was shipped with 8.1.
Maybe Xiaomi pulled the incremental (8.1->9.0) OTA updates from their servers.
The "safest" way to update would be to flash the latest available full firmware via Miflash tool.
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I did not notice what update it was downloading. I unboxed it, then I connect to WiFi and it started downloading. Anyway it downloaded aprox. 1GB of data, then restart and update. And now it is stuck with 8.1. I thought it will be Android 9 after update with latest patches.
I validate IMEI's on site and it is valid, also it has all google logos, and so on.
Is there any comprehensive update manual for MiFlash for this model?
Well, Not that I know of one that is really complete and up to date. But here you are (own phone, own risk!). Back up your phone first!
Switch on your phone.
Go to settings, about phone.
Tap the build number multiple times until "you are a developer".
Open the developer options.
Switch on USB debugging.
Switch on "allow unlocking bootloader".
Leave settings.
Download this, and install it, answering yes to all three questions:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
Connect the phone and when asked, accept the adb debug question on your phone. Your computer is now allowed to debug your phone.
Also download your new os from here:
https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/ (put your phone model in there and download the latest fastboot image)
Unpack it. Depending on your packing program you might have to unpack twice - you should have a few folders and files.
Download the mi flash tool here:
https://www.xiaomiflash.com/
Now you are ready. Take a deep breath. Make sure your phone is charged, 50% should be enough.
Disconnect and Switch off the phone. Hold volume down and power until a rabbit working on an Android robot is seen on the screen. Now reconnect the cable.
Open a command window on the computer by pressing windows+R and entering "cmd".
In that window, type "fastboot oem unlock" and press enter. You should get the answer "OKAY".
If your phone reboots now, hold volume down and power again until the rabbit is there again.
Start miflash. Show miflash the folder in which you unpacked the os files.
In the lower right select "clean and lock" and then press update, select your phone, and press flash.
Flashing now takes roundabout 5 minutes.
Afterwards your phone should reboot into Android 9. Your data will be gone (though my phone managed to keep a few of it's settings for some reason).
Good luck!
damaltor said:
Well, Not that I know of one that is really complete and up to date. But here you are (own phone, own risk!). Back up your phone first!
Afterwards your phone should reboot into Android 9. Your data will be gone (though my phone managed to keep a few of it's settings for some reason).
Good luck!
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It works like a charm. Also now it is updating with new security patch. Thanks damaltor!
No problem, good to hear that it worked!

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