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Well, today is the date we had heard the OTA would begin to roll out. Whether it does remains to be seen.
If anyone sees an update notification, let us know here. Better yet, contact someone in #g2root or #g2-dev on IRC (freenode) so we can help you obtain the URL to the update. Keep in mind if you intend to help out, you should not accept the update before reaching out for guidance on extracting the URL.
Update:
8:22PM PST - Still nothing. Not happening today.
3:20PM PST - Still nothing.
12:23PM PST - Still nothing.
10:48AM PST - Nothing yet from anyone.
Keep the post up
and checked mine...nothing happens
I've been running *#*#checkin#*#* all morning, and nothing.
I'll keep you posted, and if I get an update, I'll share the goods!
Also, can we please be civil in this thread? The last one we had on this topic got shut down by the mods.
waiting patiently
Hope its true!
There wasn't an update last night?
This phone rebooted on its own about midnight. Had to reinstall two Widgets and a keyboard program.
Fugs
For the sake of not having my data softcap adjusted I hope this rumor was just that.
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Just checked mine out and nothing so far. If I get a notification I'll be back for y'alls help to extract the necessary URL.
I thought it was the 19th
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Let's hope so. If there's an update I'll definitely upload a video.
What happened to those other guys who claimed they got an OTA update? Was that debunked?
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Nothing in Lubbock, Texas
2 G2's here, along with my bro and sis-in-laws 2 G2's and nothing so far. Running logcat, hoping... And to empahsize someone elses comment, PLEASE no bs this time, having one thread closed was bad enough. 2 would be worse...
Nothing here either. Wouldn't surprise me if we didn't get it today. Tmobile is never on time with their dates.
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I don't recall TMO giving a date, official or otherwise. I was under the impression it was simply a rumor as to when the masses would receive it. It would be nice to get it, but it is like Christmas, etc... It will happen when it happens, all we can do is be ready... My $.02 worth...
It wasn't a date from T-Mobile. Just a rumor that halfway made sense at the time.
I would bet its a no go for today. Its already noon EST and no reports yet. Somebody would've got it by now if they were indeed rolling it out.
Time to put it out of my head again and concentrate on other things like...lunch! I'm starving, and beer would be nice right about now.
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I'm not seeing anything different with the g2. (Tho I'm not to sure what to look for either)
Trying to figure out why it rebooted on its own. Hoping its not an hardware issue.
Fugs
I agree with trying not to close this thread.
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Fugms said:
I'm not seeing anything different with the g2. (Tho I'm not to sure what to look for either)
Trying to figure out why it rebooted on its own. Hoping its not an hardware issue.
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You would know if you got an update. Read the 10 million other threads on here if you want to discuss a random reboot. It has nothing to do with this rumored OTA.
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Yeah, should have said "going to figure out why"
Fugs
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There wasn't an update last night?
This phone rebooted on its own about midnight. Had to reinstall two Widgets and a keyboard program.
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thats just a flaw with the phone, mine reboots at least 2x everyday, walking thru a building on campus without signal, and then walking out of the building....
It reboots because of the signal. If your in a area you know you have no coverage just pop your phone into airplane mode.
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So I went to the sprint store today cuz my battery took a ****. The repair guy was telling everyone not to run the OTA update to 2.2, apparently it's bricking phones and breaking camera. He said Sprint will have their own update in a couple weeks. I lol'd as I walked out with my deodexed rooted EB13...
well that would probably explain why my wife hasnt received the update.. oh well.. I already updated with the zip files as well.
Go figure and they keep rolling it out.
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well that would probably explain why my wife hasnt received the update.. oh well.. I already updated with the zip files as well.
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My wife just got hers a couple of hours ago.
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Damn it booiii...more dissapointment...and after such a long and druamatic wait for the release...smh, will the corrected version be another rolled out OTA or will they release it on the samsung website?
Loving the official 2.2. 12hrs unplugged so far and 60% battery left. Usually my exchange email kills it during the day since the tower is overloaded downtown with awesome 20-60 kilobit speeds. So my 3g radio gets a work out constantly trying to communicate.
Good job sprint smh
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I updated my buddies phone to official 2.2 last night and his phone turned into a brick. Nothing would power it on. No boot, no recovery, no download mode, no nothin... I was using odin and the tar file though and not the update.zip
I did the same procedure twice to my epic and it worked great.
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Calling B.S. unless otherwise proven.
I'm skeptical that they are still rolling it out in force... My mom and sister have yet to get it. I'm just sitting on dk28 for a bot myself so I'm not sure how eb13 is actually performing... The forum posts don't make me particularly optimistic
i can believe it, it was a ***** for me to update my phone using odin and the eb13 tar, it just would not work, my phones screen kept turning a different color like purple or green then odin would just freeze. Tried another computer and was able to do it using the samsung .exe file and it wiped everything and i thought i was good, running real quick and snappy, but i opened the camera and went to record a video with it and as soon as i hit the button to switch to video i got an error saying the camera has crashed and it kicked me out :/ I thought, according to sprint, that we waited this long so they could iron out the bugs and make sure there was a release that was worth of releasing!
This official release is flawless for me. I did get the orange screen thou with the samsung tool, I just reran it and its 100 % flawless. Recorded vids with no issue.
could this be the EVO curse we were dreading?
Btw. Everyone owes a oppology to noobl. Remember he warned us about the leak dk28 bricking some phones? And some in here claimed the epic is unbrickable? Uhhuuu... Everyone... Form a single line and appologize.
I don't know how to prove that the phone was bricked, but it definitely was. It got stuck at param.lfs (or whatever that file extension is) in odin, so I retried it a few times, next thing I knew it would not turn on. He should be swapping it at the sprint store tommorow I think.
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abduljaffar said:
could this be the EVO curse we were dreading?
Btw. Everyone owes a opt to noobl. Remember he weaned us about the leak dk28 bricking some phones? And done in here claimed the epic is unbrickable? Uhhuuu... Everyone... Form a single line and appologize.
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I was on DK28 and since I followed instructions correctly, my phone is still in working condition. HA!
That's misinformation from the store. Here's the deal with the update... Yes, it's still being pushed and all devices should have it by Friday. There have been some reports of issues with the camera and browser force closing but those are resolvable in most cases with a hard reset (sucks I know). I haven't seen any reports of a phone that was truly bricked, although custom roms will be more likely to have issues with the OTA update. I've personally updated 8 of these both OTA and with the Samsung installer and haven't had an issue with any of them after the update.
Currently looking for a custom rom though because I don't like some of the changes that were made. It does feel like the screen is a bit laggy after the update and I hate the new messaging app but overall no performance issues
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I was on DK28 and since I followed instructions correctly, my phone is still in working condition. HA!
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lol. Me too. I used the 200mb samsung tool. No old odin with modified eb13 deodexed junk. Follow instructions nerds!
I'm not buying it. I know there are isues out there (myself included) but I would think if it was a serious problem we would have people on the forums saying it happened to them by now.
I updated my phone via the Samsung .exe file which I knew would wipe my phone which wasn't a problem for me since I use gmail to keep records of my contacts, call logs / sms (using sms backp+) and etc. So no worries there. I did get a little miffed about losing the apps but that is expected for a phone wipe.
There are few quirks and some changes in the GUI I didn't like. Big issue is the stupid SMS client they had to change so will be looking for a altnative version for it. No big deal but why change something when it works in DI18??
Screen rotation lag is fixable via screen calibration (posted elsewhere in this forums).
Least now the Devs have the source code they should be coming out with some nice ROMs soon. Rumored for Sprint to come out with an update in a couple of weeks? Not worried about it, by then most of us will be on custom ROMs anyway.
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abduljaffar said:
could this be the EVO curse we were dreading?
Btw. Everyone owes a oppology to noobl. Remember he warned us about the leak dk28 bricking some phones? And some in here claimed the epic is unbrickable? Uhhuuu... Everyone... Form a single line and appologize.
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i still think its effing impossible.
rbjem said:
I don't know how to prove that the phone was bricked, but it definitely was. It got stuck at param.lfs (or whatever that file extension is) in odin, so I retried it a few times, next thing I knew it would not turn on. He should be swapping it at the sprint store tommorow I think.
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flashing kills the balls out of the battery. i have had a fully charged battery die in half an hour running odin multiple times trying things out. id bet almost anything that if you had an external charger to throw your battery in for a bit the phone would boot in to download mode with no problems.
1st post, 1st android - LOVE this forum!!
So, I managed to figure out how to root several weeks ago, mainly so I could wifi tether. Been waiting (and waiting... and waiting...) on Sprint to put Froyo out. Toyed with the idea of doing it myself, based on several threads in the xda forums, but just couldn't quite pull the trigger.
Finally took the plunge last week & also flashed my first custom ROM, Syndicate Frozen. Had a couple of 'Oh $hit' moments, but made it through and very glad I did. The speed increase is amazing!
Getting ready to try midNIGHT next... just for kicks.
Just had to say I couldn't have done it without all the awesome help from this forum. Just hope I'm able to contribute, someday...
Cheers!
I remember that from when I got my first Android, the HTC Hero. Such good times.
I am running Syndicate, too. It's my favorite ROM. MidNIGHT is a second, the only reasons I don't use it is because he uses the beta swype in his ROM (meaning you have to renew it every so often), and his rom doesn't support 1x/3G icons like syndicate's does. Though, I must say, MidNIGHT is VERY, VERY stable and will probably not force close ANYTHING you run on it. In other words, MidNIGHT is what stock should've been.
Glad you took the plunge and did it. Its definitely worth it isn't it. On on the latest bonsai rom and its awesome. The.main difference with this rom is you don't have to wipe all your data before you flash.the rom. It backs up all your data and restores it when you flash the rom so you don't have.to start from scratch
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whitfield77 said:
1st post, 1st android - LOVE this forum!!
So, I managed to figure out how to root several weeks ago, mainly so I could wifi tether. Been waiting (and waiting... and waiting...) on Sprint to put Froyo out. Toyed with the idea of doing it myself, based on several threads in the xda forums, but just couldn't quite pull the trigger.
Finally took the plunge last week & also flashed my first custom ROM, Syndicate Frozen. Had a couple of 'Oh $hit' moments, but made it through and very glad I did. The speed increase is amazing!
Getting ready to try midNIGHT next... just for kicks.
Just had to say I couldn't have done it without all the awesome help from this forum. Just hope I'm able to contribute, someday...
Cheers!
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Ptfmedic did an awesome job in creating the most flexible and stable (with the BYOR edition) Rom I have ever seen to date, even spawning from the old Windows Mobile 6.1 days... ahhh...
Not to mention the dude has a heart of gold. If you do decide to flash one of his roms, be sure to read some of his blogs and if you feel it stir inside you, help out his cause.
Welcome. This forum is very arousing.
Tried to flash midNight BYOR, after using Odin to get back to a stock with root & CWM, but for some reason it kept failing. Something about couldn't open the zip. Going to try to download the Standard version; maybe the BYOR was corrupted during download.
bighuta said:
Ptfmedic did an awesome job in creating the most flexible and stable (with the BYOR edition) Rom I have ever seen to date, even spawning from the old Windows Mobile 6.1 days... ahhh...
Not to mention the dude has a heart of gold. If you do decide to flash one of his roms, be sure to read some of his blogs and if you feel it stir inside you, help out his cause.
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Yeah, I did take the time to read through a few of his blogs. The Broken Heart one was gripping - will definitely make me think twice the next time I'm approached. The man definitely has a heart of gold & the patience of a saint. And he still takes the time to make great Rom's from what I hear. I should know here in the next hour or so - multiupload is slower than...
Guess I'm supposed to wait 5 minutes between posts...
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Tried to flash midNight BYOR, after using Odin to get back to a stock with root & CWM, but for some reason it kept failing. Something about couldn't open the zip. Going to try to download the Standard version; maybe the BYOR was corrupted during download.
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Not to sound offensive or mean, but did you follow his instructions exactly as written on his Android Development page? When it comes to flashing roms (at least with the Epic) one minor mistake can be the difference between a perfect flash and a faulty one. I learned that the hard way -.-
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Oh and I forgot to mention, although it hasn't happened to me yet, i hear that bad flashes can occur; I.E., something went wrong in that instance alone, not necessarily the entire thing is debunk, but rather just that one time. Try it again and you might have better luck.
Cheers
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I remember that from when I got my first Android, the HTC Hero. Such good times.
I am running Syndicate, too. It's my favorite ROM. MidNIGHT is a second, the only reasons I don't use it is because he uses the beta swype in his ROM (meaning you have to renew it every so often), and his rom doesn't support 1x/3G icons like syndicate's does. Though, I must say, MidNIGHT is VERY, VERY stable and will probably not force close ANYTHING you run on it. In other words, MidNIGHT is what stock should've been.
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Not sure why he did that either, but he's recently started using the stock swype we all paid for.
I have to second what you said. I came from a moment and the epic is a huge step up. I'm also running the syndicate rom as well and it sure is a speed demon. I am starting to get the hang of flashing now, though I probably go overboard when I do it. I usually end up flashing back to stock and then install cwm, then I go and flash the rom. This forum is outstanding too. The people here are (for the most part) intelligent and willing to help.
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bighuta said:
Not to sound offensive or mean, but did you follow his instructions exactly as written on his Android Development page? When it comes to flashing roms (at least with the Epic) one minor mistake can be the difference between a perfect flash and a faulty one. I learned that the hard way -.-
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Oh and I forgot to mention, although it hasn't happened to me yet, i hear that bad flashes can occur; I.E., something went wrong in that instance alone, not necessarily the entire thing is debunk, but rather just that one time. Try it again and you might have better luck.
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No offense taken at all. I'm definitely a noob, so I'd rather have someone point out the obvious than assume I knew what I was doing.
Tried it a couple ways. 1st time, I was already rooted with CW3.0.0.6 with flashed syndicate. Wiped davlic, cache, and user 3 times. Tried to install the BYOR version & got the error. 2nd time, I used Odin to get back to EB13 rooted with CW3, no other custom rom. Then tried install BYOR version again (after wiping 3x) and got same error.
Decided to Odin back again, EB13, root, CW3; wipe 3x & then installed the midNIGHT Standard & it worked like a charm. I've had bad file downloads from multiupload before, so I'm gonna pin the blame there for now.
Been exploring midNight this afternoon & like it so far. Figured I should give it a few days before I decide which to go with.
I was messing with my girls fascinate and checked for an update knowing tomorrow is suppose to be the day. Well, her phone is nearly done downloading the Froyo ota. I just wanted to let people know its really happening, even though its really irrelevant now...
**And of course other threads already started about this. Please forgive my ignorance
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mikeyinid said:
I was messing with my girls fascinate and checked for an update knowing tomorrow is suppose to be the day. Well, her phone is nearly done downloading the Froyo ota. I just wanted to let people know its really happening, even though its really irrelevant now...
**And of course other threads already started about this. Please forgive my ignorance
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I wouldn't worry about it. As long as people have been waiting, and as much excitement and joy this release is going to create, I would hope no one would say anything about multiple threads right after the release. Just let everyone share their excitement as long as XDA doesn't end up with 20 new threads. Then in a day or so the threads can be combined. Let's all support the part of the Fascinate family that made what was for them the right choice and didn't root. This is their day to shine and celebrate.
her phone is definitely faster and smoother. gps seems to work a little better. when gb comes, i may trade her for my bolt lol
Manual ED01 download links and update instructions for those who don't have the update available or want to download it and play with it first.
Alright so my problem started on Thursday morning when I got the update...got excited and tried to update but like most of us....failed. So I got to work and found out that I needed all the .apks and excited me decided to delete the system apps but never back them up. So I got the system apps from a thread on here....Deleted the duplicate app folder and I started to get a whole mess of FC's. So I said *SH!T* and it went down hill from there...lucky enough this forum was here. Downloaded an update.zip with the EMEA Update...Flashed that and I lost Wifi,So all Up Friday trying to fix this...Did POSSIBLY everything I could DD'd A Bunch of System,Flexrom, and boots.....So I said...F it....Going to Staples to Buy a new since my 14 days are up at BB...WORD OF ADVICE....READ THESE THREADS FIRST .....The Jerk in me wants to return the Non-Wifi Acer to Staples to get my money back but I just don't want anything to come back on me....Hmmmmm
What do you guys think would be the best Idea...Keep the Non-Wifi a500 or go Purchase a New one and Switch-a-roo?
EDIT: Thanks to this Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101859 I successfully fixed my a500 and I just ordered a New a500 on Best Buy but I was able to cancel it....I'm SOOOO THANKFUL FOR THIS FORUM!!!! Lol
Honestly...when rooting and changing things, we all assume the risks. I personally think it would be wrong to defraud a store due to hacking gone bad.
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Honestly...when rooting and changing things, we all assume the risks. I personally think it would be wrong to defraud a store due to hacking gone bad.
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If we get good support by Acer there is no need to make things like that, but there is no way to get back to stock
btw, BB return iconia to acer, BB will not lost a dollar if you dont want your tablet anymore, because there is a satisfaction guarantee
to set up wifi u need to replace new wifi modules(which came with system.img) to that what u have in your flexrom.img/update.zip
that problem was already been discussed in several threads
As a last resort you could always look to the truth.
If you have decided to be honest and not to defraud them and buy new tab all well and good.
But you have another option.
Be honest! Take it to them and tell them what you done, you never know, I am sure they know this has happened before with returns, and at least you are being straight with them.
They just might respect that and change it for you, after all it is no cost to them and once returned to factory they can put it right again.
Good luck...
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to set up wifi u need to replace new wifi modules(which came with system.img) to that what u have in your flexrom.img/update.zip
that problem was already been discussed in several threads
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Believe me I tried and before I head to the store I'm gonna try again....
I'm using the update.zip from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097224
My thing is...I tried to use the Chinese update like most of us have and I can never get it to Flash it constantly gives me the Android error at Recovery,so if somebody wants to help with that then I would appreciate it.
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Believe me I tried and before I head to the store I'm gonna try again....
I'm using the update.zip from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097224
My thing is...I tried to use the Chinese update like most of us have and I can never get it to Flash it constantly gives me the Android error at Recovery,so if somebody wants to help with that then I would appreciate it.
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My guess is that your Chinese update.zip is corrupted. Try downloading it again. It should be around 349MB and you should be able to unzip it and examine the contents. The extracted folder should be around 465 MB.
Ok I need a link to that Chinese Update I guess becuz I decided against that switch thing, but I tried to load that update from the thread again today but now at the boot up I'm getting a Check-Sum failure...Don't get me wrong the root thing is easy but once I tried to do the whole Terminal thing...It's New to Me...So could somebody give me a Chinese Update link and so some step by step of things I need and to do in order to fix my possibly Bricked a500 I would Greatly appreciate it.....as in help I mean help with the Kernal Modules and img. @_motley can you show me what u did exactly in order to get your device back to Stock...
Giving in again...lol Contacted Acer....sending it in for Repair....Can't exchange at BB since it's over 14 days.
Bring it back to bestbuy I had mine for 30 days they exchanged it with no problem got home an did the update poc
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Bring it back to bestbuy I had mine for 30 days they exchanged it with no problem got home an did the update poc
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....Going to try this today, If it works....I THANK YOU lol
I had the same problem as OP described. Tried every possible way, no dice. Brought to BB for the Geek squad to look it. Long and before, I SH** myself as i am ONE friggin day over the 30 day exchange/replace policy...God dammit...I have to give credit for my local Geek squad as the tech spent a good 30 mins going round calling ppl and checking on all things (XDA and Androidcentral) for remedies. I'd told him I had done EVERYTHING that were listed on the boards and still no dice.
The manager didn't bulged so he wasn't able to swap nothing for me. Got the Acer repair number and address, guess I'll be calling them Tuesday morning for some needed RMA. He had told me there might be EEPROM problem...Personally I don't think so, I think I just screwed up during one of the process.
I have two more days to dig deeper into the interweb to see if I can revive this bad boy...LOL...
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Alright so my problem started on Thursday morning when I got the update...got excited and tried to update but like most of us....failed. So I got to work and found out that I needed all the .apks and excited me decided to delete the system apps but never back them up. So I got the system apps from a thread on here....Deleted the duplicate app folder and I started to get a whole mess of FC's. So I said *SH!T* and it went down hill from there...lucky enough this forum was here. Downloaded an update.zip with the EMEA Update...Flashed that and I lost Wifi,So all Up Friday trying to fix this...Did POSSIBLY everything I could DD'd A Bunch of System,Flexrom, and boots.....So I said...F it....Going to Staples to Buy a new since my 14 days are up at BB...WORD OF ADVICE....READ THESE THREADS FIRST .....The Jerk in me wants to return the Non-Wifi Acer to Staples to get my money back but I just don't want anything to come back on me....Hmmmmm
What do you guys think would be the best Idea...Keep the Non-Wifi a500 or go Purchase a New one and Switch-a-roo?
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Ya. That sounds like fraud. Plus many here took the risks to unload or change software or even root knowing that an update was just around the corner. We all take chances when we root new products. Anyway seems those that rooted had more problems with getting the update than those who took a wait and see approach. That is at least how I am reading it.