Software Version Updates

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Last updated: Apr 29, 2019 by Manav Chugh

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Overview

Software updates can be a great way to get the most up-to-date software and features that the Rumie tablet and Rumie app has to offer. These software updates are not required, but highly suggested. The updates provide continuous improvements for a users learning experience and the Rumie tablets software functionality. These guides are to help you easily update the software for both the Rumie tablet and the Rumie app on the tablet. There are two ways that you can update the versions of the software: Wifi sync or SD card.

The Google Play services software update is included in this guide because it is an important app on any Android device, including the Rumie tablet. It is used to update Google apps and apps from Google Play store. When a user is in an offline environment with no Wifi, they will need to manually update Google Play services with an SD card. 

Software Versions

To check what software version your Rumie App is currently on:

  1. Inside the Rumie app navigate to "Settings"
  2. At the bottom of the Settings page the Version will be listed 

Updating Software Versions with Wifi

  1. Inside the Rumie app, click on hamburger menu on the left ->navigate to “Settings”
  2. In “Settings” -> Click on "App Updates" -> select "Update From Internet"
  3. To confirm that the Rumie app has successfully been updated:
    1. Inside the Rumie app “Settings” -> Version
    2. Confirm the version had updated
  1. Navigate to Launcher
          
    1. Click on the "Apps" tab which is next to the "Welcome" tab on your screen 
    2. Click the three aligned dots in the top right-hand corner
  2. Click “Software Update” -> “Internet Update”
  3. Once Launcher has updated, you will be prompted with a pop-up which will state "Allow Launcher to access device's location?" select "Allow" (only when updating from 3.6 to 3.8)
  4. To confirm that the Rumie app has successfully been updated:
    1. Click the three aligned dots in the right top hand corner of Launcher
    2. Click “About”
    3. Confirm the version has updated 

Updating Software Versions with SD Card

Updating on a blank SD card

Prepare File

  1. Insert the SD card into the micro SD card adapter and then into your computer
  2. Confirm it is a blank SD card by going into the SDHC drive and ensure there is no contents inside of it
  3. Download the software version zip file that was emailed to you
  4. Open the file and select Unzip/Extract All

Copy Update to SD Card

  1. Copy the Rumie folder and paste it into the empty SDHC drive
  2. Safely eject the SD card from the computer

Install Update on Rumie Tablet

  1. On the Rumie tablet ensure you are on the home screen
  2. Insert the updated SD card into the Rumie tablet
  3. A notification will appear “SD Card Detected: Rumie has detected an SD card. Do you want to update from it?”
  4. Select “Yes”
  5. Confirm that the update was successful by clicking the three aligned dots in the top right hand corner on the home screen
  6. Click “About”
  7. The Rumie tablet version should now be at the updated version 

Install Update on LearnCloud app

  1. Navigate to the LearnCloud app
  2. A notification will appear: “SD Card Detected: Rumie has detected an SD card. Do you want to update from it?”
  3. Select “Yes”
  4. Confirm that the update was successful in the Rumie app by navigating to Settings -> the Version listed at the bottom should now be updated 
  5. *If a prompt does not appear navigate into LearnCloud Settings -> Click “Update from SD card”

Updating with an SD that has a Deployment Library on it  

Prepare File

  1. Insert the SD card into the SD card adapter and then into your computer
  2. Confirm there is a Deployment Library on the SD card by going into the SDHC drive and there should be a folder there named “Rumie”
  3. Download the software version zip file that was emailed to you
  4. Open file and select Unzip/Extract All

Copy Update to SD Card

  1. Open the Rumie folder inside the unzipped software version folder
  2. Copy apps folder and .DS_Store file
  3. Navigate back to your SDHC drive
  4. Open up the Rumie folder inside of it
  5. Paste the contents inside of the Rumie folder
  6. Safely eject the SD card from the computer

Install Update on Rumie Tablet

  1. On the Rumie tablet ensure you are on the home screen
  2. Insert the updated SD card into the Rumie tablet
  3. A notification will appear: “SD Card Detected: Rumie has detected an SD card. Do you want to update from it?””
  4. Select “Yes”
  5. A notification will appear “Allow Launcher to access this device’s location?”
  6. Select “Allow”
  7. Confirm that the update was successful by clicking the three aligned dots in the top right hand corner on the home screen
  8. Click “About”
  9. The Rumie OS Version should now be updated

Install Update on LearnCloud app

  1. Navigate to the LearnCloud app
  2. A notification will appear “SD Card Detected: Rumie has detected an SD card. Do you want to update from it?”
  3. Select “Yes”
  4. Once the update is complete it will take you outside the LearnCloud app
  5. Navigate back to the LearnCloud app
  6. Confirm that the update was successful in the Rumie app by navigating to Settings -> the Version listed at the bottom should now be updated 

Updating Google Play services

If a user is in the process of updating their Rumie Tablet and Rumie app software version with an SD card, there are some steps required in initially updating Google Play services.

Updating Google Play services through SD Card

  1. Ensure you have updated to at least version 2.2.2 on both the Rumie Tablet and the Rumie app (see instructions above on “Updating with SD card”)
  2. The Google Play services latest version will always be in your Deployment Library on learncloud.rumie.org. It is connected to the Google Play Store which will always have the latest version of the app so there is no need to re-add the app to your deployment library
  3. To get the latest version of your apps, including Google Play services, onto the Rumie tablet, you must re-generate your Deployment library and load the latest deployment library onto an SD card
  4. Before syncing the SD card onto your tablet, take note of the current Google Play services version, to ensure that is has updated once the sync is complete
    1. In the home screen of your tablet navigate to the tablet Settings -> Apps -> Google Play services
    2. The version will be listed at the top
  5. Sync the SD card onto the Rumie tablet
  6. Once the deployment library has been synced, a notification will appear when logging into the LearnCloud app: “Update Google Play services: Google Play services won’t run unless you update it.” Do not accept this notification. Click outside the notification on the screen to get rid of it
    1. This notification requires Wifi and a Gmail account to update Google Play services through it. If the tablets are being shared or there is no access to Wifi then this notification should be ignored.
  7. Inside Rumie app login to the Admin user
  8. Navigate back to the home screen -> tablet Settings -> Apps -> Google Play services and confirm the version has been updated

If the version of Google Play services did not successfully update by this point, continue with these further steps:

  1. Reboot the Rumie tablet
  2. On the side of the tablet hold down the small button to bring up some options
  3. Select “Reboot”
  4. The tablet will reboot by turning Off and then On again. Please wait for this process to complete
  5. Once your tablet is back on navigate to the tablet Settings -> Apps -> Google Play services and the version should be up to date

Google Play services is a system level app so sometimes it can take a few tries to get up-to-date. If Google Play services is still appearing as the old version after the steps above have been completed, re-sync your deployment library on the Rumie tablet through the SD card and check the Google Play services again as it will now be up-to-date. 

Updating Google Play services with Wifi

Google Play services will automatically update to the latest software version when a Rumie tablet is connected to Wifi as long as the Rumie tablet software and Rumie app are up to date on at least version 2.2.2.

  1. In the LearnCloud app, login as Admin to access the tablets Settings
  2. Navigate to the home screen -> tablet Settings -> Apps -> Google Play services
  3. The version will be listed at the top
  4. To confirm that the tablet is operating on the most recent version of Google Play services you can navigate to the Internet and in the URL type in the following address: www.androidapksfree.com/apk/google-play-services/
  5. The most recent version of Google Play services will be listed
  6. Google Play services

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