(2014-01-23, 01:59)Popo Hamerupad Wrote: [ -> ]I checked my phone and the build number is: cxq_v3_v1.0.6T02
I am not sure exactly what does it mean, but I expected to see 1.0.1 version in my phone.
Does anybody familiar with my version? Is it the default one?
I know this case. The version number is a bit misleading and it's not newer than 1.0.4, but AFAIK, it's the oldest one. So, whichever firmware version you update to, you will most likely be better than with the one you currently have
(2014-01-23, 02:39)StardustOne Wrote: [ -> ]Part1 is a broken file, I cannot install it with CWM. Can you upload it onto another source? Thanks and best regards.
No, it's not broken. Links are just fine. No one else reported a problem, so you must be doing something wrong.
(2014-01-23, 04:11)StardustOne Wrote: [ -> ]What is the secret behind part1 and part2? What exactly has to be done to use this update? Sorry, but I have never seen such an update containing two parts and I am not Harry Potter and I do not have a magic wand, I need a bit more specific instructions how to handle this.
There is no secret. Files uploaded to ZippyShare file hosting service cannot exceed 200MB, so I had to split 310MB into part1 and part2. That's how people upload their files on the internet for the past 15 years. So it's nothing new and it's considered as elementary stuff, so you really don't need a magic wand and Harry Potter's skills.
(2014-01-23, 04:41)StardustOne Wrote: [ -> ]I am not sure anymore if I want to update this version 1.0.4 at all, this is way too confusing.
Considering what you've said so far, I would recommend you not to go any further. If you really don't know how updating process works, and if you don't know what you're doing, why you're doing it, and what outcome will it have if you don't do it right, you could do some serious damage to your phone (software-wise), and I don't want to be responsible for that.
(2014-01-23, 04:41)StardustOne Wrote: [ -> ]From what I understood with the CWM update I lose the internal SD partition and everything I have installed on the phone and with the flash tool update I still have the SD partition but I also lose everything that I have installed on the phone.
No, flashing through CWM your /data partition (ie. installed apps) will stay intact. Problems that others have had, were introduced because they modded their EBR's in previous firmware version, so phone storage partition became invisible to the system.
(2014-01-23, 04:41)StardustOne Wrote: [ -> ]This does not make much sense to me. Either way I end up with everything gone and I have to re-install everything from scratch.
Welcome to the Android world!
Is this your first Android phone or only the first upgrade? That's why people are using Titanium Backup which can make a backup copy of all your apps, and restore them afterwards altogether using only one tap on the screen.
(2014-01-23, 04:53)bay Wrote: [ -> ]From what some have said if I flash using firmware upgrade I wont lose my 6gb partition.
If you by "firmware upgrade" mean CWM, then you're correct. But since you applied the 6GB mod, your phone storage partition will become invisible.
(2014-01-23, 04:53)bay Wrote: [ -> ]What i'm confused with is...given the selection of all items using the scatter wouldn't this just reset to default? Or do I de-select the ebr settings? If I use spf will I have the need to re-install everything again (or restore from titanium), or is cwm safer using the update.zip?
Deselecting EBR files is a good idea. Theoreticaly it should leave your EBR the same as before. But I can't confirm how would that affect the rest of the system. If you flash with SPF, say goodbye to everything. So make TB backup beforehand and restore your apps later. I would always flash through CWM, since I find it safer, but this is now a special scenario because of the EBR modding done before.
(2014-01-23, 04:53)bay Wrote: [ -> ]Isn't there a way to get the 'best of both'? I.e. use cwm to do the update whilst maintaining the partitions & apps - or am I asking too much / for a custom here??
I think that would be possible only if you re-flash stock 1.0.3 EBR's and then update through CWM. But that process itself would invalidate both /data and phone storage partitions. What I would try, is make a backup of the phone storage partition and a /data partition (from within CWM), re-flash 1.0.3 EBR's, and restore the partition backups. Then maybe, and just maybe, CWM 1.0.4 would flash correctly. But those are just pure speculations. Don't take it for granted.
What I would do now if I were you, I would first make TB backup, then flash through SPF to have cleaned up system, and restore my apps. Simple as that. That's all you can now have in situation you are in. I like the way you're thinking, so if you think of something else, keep us all posted here.