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How Can I Get Firmware Update!!!

2 replies · 6,274 views · Started 01 February 2008

This is driving me CRAZY!!

I have resonantly seen a guy on Youtube update his firmware with FOTA (Firmware over the air) and ever since then i have been trying to do the same and after 2 days of solid work and search i came across absolutely nothing!

First i found out about FOTA from few other people trying to do the same thing and it all comes from the Device Management that is built into the Z8 and i cant even connect to the MOTOROLA server with the error message "SyncML is currently suspended". What dose that mean? I have called up Motorola and they helpled me sign up for a "Motorola Account" which is needed to access the FOTA. but even after that...it still does not work!

then I thought that i needed to set up WAP/GPRS to get it working but i have no way of accessing the internet because i have bought the Z8 over eBay and the guy who originally bought it had it on Vodafone contract.....now im using it on T-Mobile pay as you go and WAP settings are all locked within the phone and there is not way of changing it...and even if i make a new profile with all the T-mobile stuff, but the dam phone is still trying to access vodafone!

I should also mention that i will be buying a seperate vodafone sim card so i can accesss the wap, but i first have to make shore if it's WAP that i really need!

So with the WAP being useless i tried to surf the net to find if i can download the firmware and then transfer it via USB to the phone but it is absolutely impossible to find a single result on Google or even yahoo. I even installed PCSync to see if there is anything useful, but the crappy bluetooth in the phone wont connect to anything, not even other phones, and i know my bluetooth on the PC works, because its brand new and works with my other things! even the USB sometimes wont work and i know for definite that i have no problems with my USB ports.

It is really important that i do this upgrade, because i have been putting up all the slow, choppy, crappy interface of the Z8 for absolutely ages and i got this phone for the features that it offers, but its no use if half of them dont even work properly.... if anyone has done an upgrade?....where can i find some release notes outlining the bugs fixed!

Thank you for reading!
IGM

When you're in the Internet settings, you can select the preferred internet connection (from the Options menu) and chose your t-mobile profile instead of the Vodafone profile.

Anyways as stuclark said, the update isn't out yet so be patient lol. There's no way such an update would come out without a bunch of posts on here and various forums announcing it in the excitement.

Patrix