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I think I got a system update...

I was in the middle of tweeting, when a pop up notification ask me to take part in a survey, so i said yes. The next message said a system update may be available and they wanted me to plug my phone to a PC. I'm about to do it but wanted to know if anybody else got this message aswell?

That's not an update, it's just sending information to Microsoft.
Raadius said:
I was in the middle of tweeting, when a pop up notification ask me to take part in a survey, so i said yes. The next message said a system update may be available and they wanted me to plug my phone to a PC. I'm about to do it but wanted to know if anybody else got this message aswell?
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Raadius said:
I was in the middle of tweeting, when a pop up notification ask me to take part in a survey, so i said yes. The next message said a system update may be available and they wanted me to plug my phone to a PC. I'm about to do it but wanted to know if anybody else got this message aswell?
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a couple of other HD2 owners reported updates too. Goto your settings after the update and let us know the software versions listed, to see what it updates. Thanks

Unless your handset has a completely different SOFTWARE VERSION and/or ROM VERSION afterwards... you didn't receive any sort of "update".
T-Mobile USA would publicly address a system update for the HTC HD2.
Trust me, I work for them... I would definitely know, considering my manager is the VP of Human Resources and Communications.
I bet you're merely submitting information to Microsoft, nothing more.

Reignzone said:
Trust me, I work for them... I would definitely know, considering my manager is the VP of Human Resources and Communications.
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Great!! Then would you please communicate to them that this human would like to know when your resources are gonna get me a damn HD2???
nothing personal lol just had to vent

sirphunkee said:
Great!! Then would you please communicate to them that this human would like to know when your resources are gonna get me a damn HD2???
nothing personal lol just had to vent
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Well, our store in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area had 3 as of last night, but of course we sold all of 'em before we could get the FedEx guy outta' the store.
Our store also carries the most volume and moves the most in the state... so we typically come across more of the HTC HD2 handsets, but sell 'em the quickest.
All I can suggest is... keep trying. Persistence will eventually pay off.

sirphunkee said:
Great!! Then would you please communicate to them that this human would like to know when your resources are gonna get me a damn HD2???
nothing personal lol just had to vent
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I heard Wal-mart might have tents on sale.

damn I got that notification nbut I was watching transformers and when I clicked ok every thing went away I would defintently havetaken a screen shot to compare even thoughI did write downbbbmy software specs haha

Will, I never got to update my phone or do what it was asking me because my phone died moments later (stupid battery only works for like 2 hours a day) but I did manage to get a pic of my screen. My fiancee snap it for me.
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Now I cant get it back, I've tried everything, its GONE. I went to a local Tmo store and show the lady, she told me "if thats an update, it'll be there, just go back to settings, and than updates" and I did, it was there still but that was before my phone died and I could update.

this has happen to me in several diferent devices.no updates were available to any of them .

I just got a call from a guy named Josh at HTC Quality Care Department. He called me back regarding there customer satification survey I did on there site a few days ago, I had left a comment letting them know the many of issues I was going through. He notice I had a couple of open tickets with HTC CSR Lindsay, so she passed me up to the Senior HTC Quality Care Dept. Josh said I will be getting a call on Monday regarding these issues because HTC is trying to figure out why the phone is having troubles and nobody has seem to help them out... except me he says. I laugh and said sure, Im willing to do whatever it takes to help you guys . He thank me and said look for a call from a senior advisor on Monday.

your gonna get a email or a call 3 weeks after. when i damage my touch pro 2 door i called them trying to buy a new one since the device was brand new on the market they said they will call me when they have the door for sale actually ebay beat them by 1.5 months

I just got one ofthese surveys or updates.....idk. I already had my HD2 plugged in a PC charging.

I have a beta test version of the nexus one, given out to employees only.

So heres the story. i called google because my power button wouldnt work.. they checked my IMEI and said it wasnt on their database.. so they transfered me to HTC. The rep told me that I have what they call a holiday nexus. there were only a 1000 made and given to google employees for testing. he told me that it had a different bootloader and that it was a collectors item. He said its value is significantly more than a normal nexus. I dont see a difference between this phone and a normal nexus one. nothing seems different other than the bootloader being unlocked from the start. Anyone care to share their thoughts and tell me what makes this phone any different?

It has S=OFF, so you can re-lock the bootloader with 'fastboot oem lock'
Also you should have an Android waving a QR code flag on the battery cover.

hmm yeah S is OFF but i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.. very weird. i wonder if the guy who sold it to me worked at google..

carbonfiber1 said:
i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.
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I'd love this battery cover:
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OH..I have that cover!

Check if you have S=OFF in fastboot, you might be a lucky boy...

I have one of these phones too, QR back cover and all. I doubt I'd be able to get it fixed under warranty if I need to since it was a gift from Google, so I won't be needing to relock it anyway.

OMG!
I would kill for one of those! jajaja

carbonfiber1 said:
So heres the story. i called google because my power button wouldnt work.. they checked my IMEI and said it wasnt on their database.. so they transfered me to HTC. The rep told me that I have what they call a holiday nexus. there were only a 1000 made and given to google employees for testing. he told me that it had a different bootloader and that it was a collectors item. He said its value is significantly more than a normal nexus. I dont see a difference between this phone and a normal nexus one. nothing seems different other than the bootloader being unlocked from the start. Anyone care to share their thoughts and tell me what makes this phone any different?
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I'm curious; did you purchase this on google.com/phone?
If not, where did you get it?

Maybe you can switch phones with cyanogen and he can play around with the bootloader to see if he can find out how the relocking of the bootloader goes. Maybe he might find something and can release something so people can relock their bootloaders. Just a thought.

If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.

Rusty! said:
If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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CM is greatness. You just have to believe. haha.

Rusty! said:
If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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I'm sure if Cyanogen get his hands on this phone, he'd find a way to tackle this...

faraz1992 said:
I'm sure if Cyanogen get his hands on this phone, he'd find a way to tackle this...
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agreed for the good of humanity you should trade/sell/give to someone smarter than me so we can all benift from it ;-)

Not to rain on the parade, but this has already been looked at length by the developers, and the phone is of no use.

i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.
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I'd love this battery cover:
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So there absolutely has to be a place where we can buy this cover

It's just a normal one
I also have a holiday nexus one with the QR code cover (btw this links to android.com/holidays but only on a Nexus One), which I rooted a few months ago. It seems to be completely normal before unlocking, with no superuser access and apparently a locked bootloader as well. The fastboot mode shows this text (after using fastboot oem unlock and Amon Ra recovery):
*** UNLOCKED ***
NEXUSONE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.33.2012 (PB9910000)
MICROP-0a15
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0102
RADIO-4.03.00.21_2
[date]
Is this the same as a normal Nexus?

No. You can relock your bootloader.

Since the only real purpose of relocking the bootloader would be to have the phone officially covered by warranty, why is this really even useful on the "holiday" nexus if that is not covered under warranty at all anyhow?
It seems the only advantage is the battery cover then, which doesn't seem like too big of a deal.

Paul22000 said:
I'm curious; did you purchase this on google.com/phone?
If not, where did you get it?
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i got this phone off craigslist. traded my iphone 3g and 150 bucks for it. it was in perfect shape, didnt come with anything other than the phone. the guy i bought it off was very weird. he said like 5 words throughout the whole transaction. when i first got the phone, it did not have a rom installed on it. i could go into fastboot and a weird recovery. it had Hello World floating across the page when you rebooted into recovery. i just flashed the CM recovery put CM on it and its been working fine since.

Aaaahh!!!! I bricked my phone!!

Hey. Don't laugh at me.... OKay, go ahead laugh!
It wasn't my fault! I bricked my phone while flashing a radio update. I followed the instructions and i seemed to work! And now it wont turn on. I take it there's no way to undo this????
BTW, this is the one i used! DO NOT USE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
And this is the guide i used .... http://geekfor.me/faq/flash-radio/
EDIT: I talked to Sprint Customer Service over the phone. I told them that this is my second replacement phone (honestly) and it wont turn on anymore. I troubleshooted with them for a while, and then... they sent me out a replacement phone! FREE! Thank you sooo much Sprint. But i still hate you because of 2.1 delays and NO NEXUS ONE?!!!!

szainmehdi said:
Hey. Don't laugh at me.... OKay, go ahead laugh!
It wasn't my fault! I bricked my phone while flashing a radio update. I followed the instructions and i seemed to work! And now it wont turn on. I take it there's no way to undo this????
BTW, this is the one i used! DO NOT USE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
And this is the guide i used .... http://geekfor.me/faq/flash-radio/
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wrong section, but which one did you flash?

You must have done something wrong maybe a faulty usb cable i cant tell you how many times ive been disconnected from pda net because of the quality of cables htc uses *GRR*

regaw_leinad said:
wrong section, but which one did you flash?
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Oh sorry about the section mess up.. im new to XDA...
I flashed this one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=662005

szainmehdi said:
Oh sorry about the section mess up.. im new to XDA...
I flashed this one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=662005
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you sure your batter didn't die?

killerxx2 said:
You must have done something wrong maybe a faulty usb cable i cant tell you how many times ive been disconnected from pda net because of the quality of cables htc uses *GRR*
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Oh... I didn't know that.... But I don't use PDANet.. Only Wireless Tether...
So.... There's no possible way to fix it, right?

I have flashed that same radio and had absolutely no issues. You most likely did something wrong. Remember modding your phone in such a way is done at your own risk. I'm sorry to hear you ran into problems because of this.
As a side note, if you haven't already, remove your battery from your phone for 2 minutes and then put it back in and try to boot.

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you sure your batter didn't die?
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Pretty sure... Lol.. It wont even respond to the USB... Maybe cuz I had the USB plugged in?????

this is why i will not flash any radio's or RUU's to my hero.
i hope you have an extra $100 laying around for an insurance claim? well it may be full price if you cannot restore you phone back to stock before you send it in to sprint.

fixxxer2008 said:
this is why i will not flash any radio's or RUU's to my hero.
i hope you have an extra $100 laying around for an insurance claim? well it may be full price if you cannot restore you phone back to stock before you send it in to sprint.
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If the phone is bricked and shows no sign of other damage, Sprint *usually* does an exchange if he has an insurance plan on the phone. As long as he goes in and says "It just wouldn't turn on this morning when I took it off the charger" he should be fine.
It's dishonest and shady, causes a lot of problems and price hikes, but it works :/

some where around here is a guide on how to unbrick your phone using testpoints if worse comes to worse the phones have been going for like 200 on craigslist

thatguythatdid said:
some where around here is a guide on how to unbrick your phone using testpoints if worse comes to worse the phones have been going for like 200 on craigslist
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try between $100-150. the price has really dropped for the hero's.

DevinXtreme said:
If the phone is bricked and shows no sign of other damage, Sprint *usually* does an exchange if he has an insurance plan on the phone. As long as he goes in and says "It just wouldn't turn on this morning when I took it off the charger" he should be fine.
It's dishonest and shady, causes a lot of problems and price hikes, but it works :/
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unless they find out he had a custom radio/rom loaded.

How could Sprint find out??

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How could Sprint find out??
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simple they can hook it up to their software and get all info off of it. bricked or not, it just depends on what tech you get. if i were the OP id make sure this thing is really bricked and none recoverable before shipping it back.

fixxxer2008 said:
try between $100-150. the price has really dropped for the hero's.
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Not trying to hijack the thread but wow that makes me feel great about spending 100 on it in march plus the 125 radioshack cover your ass protection plan almost forgot 50 for deposit
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what happens when you plug your phone into your computer? Don't know if this will help but read this

thatguythatdid said:
what happens when you plug your phone into your computer? Don't know if this will help but read this
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That's just it. Nothing happened when I plug it in.

Just Got a Phone Call From Sprint

The rep on the other end told me that they know that I was the guy who stapled Amy Rabbinowitz's maxi pad to the blackboard in 9th grade. They say they can tell that and a whole bunch more from pinging my phone because it's rooted. The say that if I don't publicly apologize on her Facebook page with 72 hours they'll cancel my contract. I told them no way they can't do that but they told me to read the fine print of my service contract, they can. No courtesy call or anything. Worst part is, Amy Rabbinowitz won't approve my friend request, so there's nothing I can do. I'm just sitting here waiting for the 72 hours to pass and my Evo becomes a paperweight. HELP, WHAT CAN I DO?!?!?!?!?!

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The rep on the other end told me that they know that I was the guy who stapled Amy Rabbinowitz's maxi pad to the blackboard in 9th grade. They say they can tell that and a whole bunch more from pinging my phone because it's rooted. The say that if I don't publicly apologize on her Facebook page with 72 hours they'll cancel my contract. I told them no way they can't do that but they told me to read the fine print of my service contract, they can. No courtesy call or anything. Worst part is, Amy Rabbinowitz won't approve my friend request, so there's nothing I can do. I'm just sitting here waiting for the 72 hours to pass and my Evo becomes a paperweight. HELP, WHAT CAN I DO?!?!?!?!?!
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really what the hell are you talking about

I'm pretty sure that's an elaborate prank. Sorry man. If it isn't I guess you are sol.
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chickut123 said:
I'm pretty sure that's an elaborate prank. Sorry man. If it isn't I guess you are sol.
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An eleborate prank? No way I could devise a prank this elaborate. It's 100% FOR REAL!

dsf3g said:
An eleborate prank? No way I could devise a prank this elaborate. It's 100% FOR REAL!
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See here

HMMM REALLY.... WHAT THE.....

Guys, this is for the guy claiming Sprint was canceling him because he was rooted.
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LMFAO. I love it OP. Needed a good laugh today!!

Sometimes people try tooo hard to be funny

robnelle said:
See here
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This one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137621

Well, damn, I better unroot my phone quickly. Who knows what else can happen!

meanmeanstride said:
Well, damn, I better unroot my phone quickly. Who knows what else can happen!
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Remember: it's not enough to unroot and go "s-on." You've also got to check the "ROOT OFF" checkbox under Menu-->Settings-->About Phone--->Superuser Settings. In fact, you must do this BEFORE you unroot or Sprint will cancel your service and charge you a double ETF.

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Remember: it's not enough to unroot and go "s-on." You've also got to check the "ROOT OFF" checkbox under Menu-->Settings-->About Phone--->Superuser Settings. In fact, you must do this BEFORE you unroot or Sprint will cancel your service and charge you a double ETF.
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But only after they kill your hamster and eat it. They said they would do that to me if I didn't stop looking at an iPhone.
Sprint Brother is always watching!!

LOL! That's really funny...

There has to be more to the story. I think Sprint is tracking the rooted users that use the wireless tether and have large amounts of data downloaded. Not just the mere fact that your rooted. Just my .02 cents.
Its like modifying a car. You get a programmer to reprogram the car to perform better the manufacture i.e. Chyrsler, Ford etc cant call you up and say you cant drive our cars anymore. But if you have a warranty yes they can decline your warranty because of it. Same goes for the phone you root it and have a hardware issue that is when Sprint can decline against repairs etc.

I have found that a small aluminum foil tent placed over your EVO will prevent anyone from gathering information from it, this is especially important to do at night when it is charging or whenever you are tethering.

What this thread needs...,
Is a bump,
Front of the line,
Yeah,lol
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verizon will unlock your xperia plays bootloader for free!!!

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here is the pic i was talking to them and she told me that they can do this on the phone with no cost its 3:33am were i am at when it gets 6:00am i will call them and see if they will do it like she told me the wood so this may be a free way to get this done but if you miss up your phone then verizon will not fix it if you have them unlock it thats what she also told me but see what you guys think about this and i am redy to buy replacement parts for my play so if i was to miss it up!!! so i was just thinking i will let you guys know this
ok i called them the girl on the chat was way off and we can not get it done that way so its not going to happen for free sorry for this post guys looks like every post i put up on this page just gets a lot of you guys hopes up sorry and if a mod will like to remove this post then do it.... this is embarrassing on how my posts are looking

Why not ?!
BUt the normaly way to unlock the bootloader is easier i think it takes 2 minutes and zack bootloader iss unlocked

devoice1985 said:
Why not ?!
BUt the normaly way to unlock the bootloader is easier i think it takes 2 minutes and zack bootloader iss unlocked
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yep guss im paying to unlock my bootloader now but its still all good i will have my bootloader unlocked in one week any ways so i can not wait for it to get done!!!!!

i understand right?! you have to wait one week??

devoice1985 said:
i understand right?! you have to wait one week??
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Read the entire OP. He's going to wait a week before he pays to get his bootloader unlocked, most likely through Alejandrissimo.

Yep you got it! And i got off the phone with verizon and they told me that there are no more updates comeing to the play and that i need to be happy with the update i did get so looks like no more uodates for the play guys will thats what they told me i hope they were lieing to me.
Unlocked bootloader here i come!
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let us know how their unlocking goes. i'm still on the fence about it as i am holding out hope for a ics release...dreams

Excuse my ignorance but why does it cost money to have the verizon xplay unlocked? Does it require some special piece of hardware? Or is it that the people who know how, won't tell anybody how?

leerpsp said:
Yep you got it! And i got off the phone with verizon and they told me that there are no more updates comeing to the play and that i need to be happy with the update i did get so looks like no more uodates for the play guys will thats what they told me i hope they were lieing to me.
Unlocked bootloader here i come!
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Future reference : Dont believe everything Verizon tells you over the phone or at the store.
Edit : Or in a chat for that matter

Pinesal said:
Excuse my ignorance but why does it cost money to have the verizon xplay unlocked? Does it require some special piece of hardware? Or is it that the people who know how, won't tell anybody how?
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Because the testpoint unlock method requires the person doing it to buy credits to unlock devices...
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buy credits? what do these credits do and who supplies them?

Pinesal said:
buy credits? what do these credits do and who supplies them?
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What i've posted before (over in the android development forum)
Because credits are needed to unlock the phone... (IMO) The software is most likely suppose to be bought by a minor carrier (like boost, us cellular, etc.) So they either can unlock phones after a persons contract is up and they want to switch carriers, or so that extra phones from big carriers can be unlocked, rebranded and sold through a third party. It just so happens that we have users who bought the program and people who get a test point unlock pay right around cost to get their phone unlocked...
These credits (about $24 worth) allow an end user to unlock the sim lock/bootloader (see above)
I don't remember which company supplies them, but it's the same company that makes the program to unlock phones.

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