The update system doesn't use SMS. JBQ
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:01 AM, Sheridan Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For any curious parties that are interested, I have found some more > information and made some informed observations. > > One UK user reported putting the RC29 USA build on his G1. He noted > that once he did, that the phone found and automatically received > RC30. This may be because he was on the UK T-Mobile network. > I think what happened is that he put the US RC29 build on and then > sometime after, the 'update SMS' was received from T-mobile UK. I > rather suspect that the SMS simply triggers the G1 to 'check' with > Google directly for an update, and therefore the SMS doesn't actually > contain any information regarding the update other than to serve as a > trigger for the phone. > > Because I'm on O2 UK I'm clearly not going to receive this SMS, > however I think I've found a way to trigger the update check. Using > 'Any Cut' from the market you can get a shortcut to something called > "Device Info". From there, at the bottom of the page you can press > 'Check for upgrade'. > > I'm going to do some more surmising here but I think it's correct. > > When you press the 'check for upgrade' it goes to the google servers > directly, so this is nothing to do with your mobile service provider. > I have evidence of this because earlier when I was changing from WIFI > to 3G I pressed it to see what would happen, and it returned a massive > error message referencing sub-domain names for google that it was > trying to access via SSL that had (of course) failed to be reached. > This is really good news. > > Given this I presume that once T-mobile UK update their build and have > it stored on the google android servers, all I need do is hit the > 'check for upgrade' and it should work. At the moment it merely > reports a successful check with no update found. The upgrade that you > are given is more than likely determined by the current 'main' build. > This main build is determined by "TC4" which has been reserved for T- > Mobile US and TC5 for T-Mobile UK. So if the google server sees > you're on TC4, you'll be offered an upgrade based on the TC4 main > build path, or, if you are using TC5 > > A representative from T-mobile UK has said that their update are > likely to be 'pushed' out between the 12th and 14th so I'm waiting > with anticipation to see if the 'check for upgrades' returns an > 'available' result soon :) > > Could anyone confirm or deny that G1 handsets will automatically check > for updates for their main build type, WITHOUT being prompted by SMS? > Maybe there is an automatic check every 30, 45 or 60 days possibly? > That would be interesting as it might also explain why that person who > I described on T-Mobile UK, with a US build, would received the US > update; it's entirely possible he didn't receive a trigger SMS. > > I shall post any further findings as they become available, no doubt > in time this kind of information will become more sort after when more > handsets start being unlocked and used on other UK networks. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
