Not sure if this is where this goes but this worked for me on 3 Nexus S 4G's today..
All of them on different accounts. One is flashed to MetroPCS and still get's Jellybean love!
Remember it will not work right away, just when your sick of doing it BAM..
One phone i tried for 2 hours and nothing..Then just before my friend left my house i tried once more and it worked..
If this does not work for you,well, at least i gave you something to do while you were bored!
But i swear it worked on 3 phones today!
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Open the Settings application.
Select Apps.
Select the All drawer, and select Google Service Frameworks.
First, Force Stop the application, then Clear Data.
Now that the Google Service Frameworks are reset, you may check for an update, by selecting About Phone in Settings, and select System Update.
**The last update check should be garbled. Around 1969.**
--------------->If this did not work, try these steps several times. This is important, IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL TRIES BEFORE A RESULT.
Give a thanks if it works for you and reply back with results..
Enjoy
** Not sure about this breaking push notification on apps?
First I heard of this. I guess try at your own risk but my wife's Nexus S 4G seems to be working great after using this method.
## Maybe try to back up apps that use push notifications with Titanium Backup and reinstall after if u have any issues.
Just a thought not sure if that will help!
TONYSALEM78 said:
Not sure if this is where this goes but this worked for me on 3 Nexus S 4G's today..
All of them on different accounts. One is flashed to MetroPCS and still get's Jellybean love!
Remember it will not work right away, just when your sick of doing it BAM..
One phone i tried for 2 hours and nothing..Then just before my friend left my house i tried once more and it worked..
If this does not work for you,well, at least i gave you something to do while you were bored!
But i swear it worked on 3 phones today!
================================================== =============================
Open the Settings application.
Select Apps.
Select the All drawer, and select Google Service Frameworks.
First, Force Stop the application, then Clear Data.
Now that the Google Service Frameworks are reset, you may check for an update, by selecting About Phone in Settings, and select System Update.
**The last update check should be garbled. Around 1969.**
--------------->If this did not work, try these steps several times. This is important, IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL TRIES BEFORE A RESULT.
Give a thanks if it works for you and reply back with results..
Enjoy
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I thought this broke the push notification on apps that use push, no?
I decided that I could resolve the push if need be and went ahead and tried this again (did it previously on other updates). Tried about five times, walked away for about 15 minutes. Tried again and it worked. Update is downloading now.
Cool. Glad its working for people! Enjoy
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Thanks man it works!
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So, I just switched to the NS4G from my ET4G because it's been having some hardware issues (Not really relevant for this, but figured I would introduce myself to the Nexus S community this way haha...)
This is what worked for me:
*Force Stop Google Services Framework
*Clear Data On Google Services Framework
*Wait about 5 minutes
*Checked for updates
I did it 1 time, and it worked for me. Not too sure if it'll work that way for everyone, but I believe it's def worth trying.
didnt force stop at all but clear framework and checked now, didnt work.
Read your post, cleared data,
waited 5 mins.
checked and now update.
Thanks file size 121.6mb
ok, so this means only one thing could be possible...Sprint lied to us. they told us the update would start the 6th, but it didn't start until yesterday. I can't count how many posts I saw from people who tried this and it didn't work...now, miraculously, it starts working when we know it's out?!?!?!?!
Look at the facts, people!! Sprint lied to us and the update did not start the 6th like they said. if it had, this would have worked on sept 6th, and would not just magically start working on sept 10th!
This worked. I'm on jellybean now. It took over 26 attempts. No joke. But so worth it.
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Sprint didn't lie they said this is a two part roll out starting the 6th the galaxy nexus got its first then us look at the facts they still have a few days before some people will get it and they didn't even have to bring it out for our phone oh and download supersu and flash it thru recovery for root and air kernel r1 works with this
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Flashable .zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31430372#post31430372
So question for the New Jelly Bean update... Teamviewer came out with there Quicksuppprt app. It says it only works on Stock firmware, Non modded. It works on Stock ICS but doesnt work on Stock JellyBean. Is any one else having this problem. Im not sure if its because i flashed Jellybean via ODIN yesterday since i didnt want to wait for the OTA to get pushed or is it just the fact that it doesnt work on JellyBean NS4g's yet
Also im rooted, forgot to try before i rooted my device :/
Can anyone who waited for the OTA to get pushed to there phone confirm or not if they are able to Download and install "TeamViewer QuickSupport" to there Jellybean NS4g device
Thanks and much appreciated
shrekdaklown said:
Sprint didn't lie they said this is a two part roll out starting the 6th the galaxy nexus got its first then us look at the facts they still have a few days before some people will get it and they didn't even have to bring it out for our phone oh and download supersu and flash it thru recovery for root and air kernel r1 works with this
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are you kidding??
1. they never said it's a two-part update. they said updates would start the 6th...nothing about two parts. even the reps I spoke with said I should have had it already!! The funny thing is, not even two hours after I complained (and openly admitted to having looked on XDA for it and it wasn't out yet) people started getting the OTA. That's pretty coincidental, no?
2. they owed us an update. we are nexus owners. we get every update until the hardware can't run the firmware. If they don't like that, they can choose to stop selling the nexus line...there's the door. If it's a phone that's only on one carrier and the carrier doesn't update, google should step in and release the factory image immediately. Now don't take what I'm saying the wrong way. I don't mean they LEGALLY owe us an update. I mean since we own a development device, they would be pretty stupid to turn their backs on us....many of us have given google a percentage of the code used in final release versions of android. If they turn their backs on those people, they will be pretty screwed. They use quite a few features from roms that were here before google ever had the idea to do that. For example, swipe to clear notifications...that came from CM team. It sure as HELL wasn't google's baby, that's for sure!! That's why I say they owe us an update. Whether any one of us has personally contributed code or not, we have still contributed to the android project by testing the code that the developers here contributed to android.
if they are releasing a rom for two phones it wont be a single wave the galaxy nexus owners got it first because they bought the newer phones and when we bought our nexus s's they never said they would update it forever we are lucky we got it they could have been like nope you have to be a galaxy nexus and honestly we are lucky because most companys would have made us upgrade to get it or make our own i was right beside you waiting for the update and as soon as i had the image files on here i odin'ed them to my phone most sprint reps have no idea whats going on with roms and such but i know i count myself lucky to have a phone like this and not be stuck like i was with my evo shift alot of companys owe us for bettering there product but how many actually pay
wifi
Tried this using 3g or 4g all day and nothing, then tried with wifi and if worked like a charm the 1st time i tried, dont know why it worked out this way, but to those for which this method is not working when connected to 3g or 4g try using this method while connected to wifi, it might just work as it did for me.
Doing the checkin CMD does nothing but the same thing as going through the settings about phone and clicking system update..
Haven't tried this method yet.. May try soon..
Hopefully that OTA hits my way some time soon..
I forgot to add that I was on Wifi also...
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GrimReaper24 said:
Doing the checkin CMD does nothing but the same thing as going through the settings about phone and clicking system update..
Haven't tried this method yet.. May try soon..
Hopefully that OTA hits my way some time soon..
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Make sure your on wifi and you remove or delete Google services framework data in settings...apps. it took me over 26 times before it worked. I'm happily running stock jellybean
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hp420 said:
are you kidding??
1. they never said it's a two-part update. they said updates would start the 6th...nothing about two parts. even the reps I spoke with said I should have had it already!! The funny thing is, not even two hours after I complained (and openly admitted to having looked on XDA for it and it wasn't out yet) people started getting the OTA. That's pretty coincidental, no?
2. they owed us an update. we are nexus owners. we get every update until the hardware can't run the firmware. If they don't like that, they can choose to stop selling the nexus line...there's the door. If it's a phone that's only on one carrier and the carrier doesn't update, google should step in and release the factory image immediately. Now don't take what I'm saying the wrong way. I don't mean they LEGALLY owe us an update. I mean since we own a development device, they would be pretty stupid to turn their backs on us....many of us have given google a percentage of the code used in final release versions of android. If they turn their backs on those people, they will be pretty screwed. They use quite a few features from roms that were here before google ever had the idea to do that. For example, swipe to clear notifications...that came from CM team. It sure as HELL wasn't google's baby, that's for sure!! That's why I say they owe us an update. Whether any one of us has personally contributed code or not, we have still contributed to the android project by testing the code that the developers here contributed to android.
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Sprint stores had the file so people who had a replacement or a friend inside could of got the update on the 7th.
Sprint never said it was a two part update, but they said it would be a slow rollout for ns4g not gnex, over 8 days between which leaves you to believe the first half would be gnex, second half ns4g. Gonzo posted the files he got at the service center hours before anyone got the OTA link posted so the files were out since the 6th for both phones. SO my point is big deal it was only 4 days. Better than 4 months for ICS and deff better then whats going on over at verizon. Sprint told the truth. Not all reps know the facts. I worked for target and it doesnt mean i knew when we were getting new shipments of products. You should be mad that Sprint didnt explain the process but OTA 4 days later is better than no OTA.
Hopefully, you didnt quit your job or something like that to get the update on the 6th because thats your fault.
but cheer up, you have it now. Play around with the smoothness and yell out "I CANT BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER!!!"
I have been trying to get this to work the last couple of days with no success.
Would having an unlocked bootloader prevent me from getting the OTA? If so, how do I lock the bootloader only?
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I just saw on Twitter that Samsung has released an app to "officially" fix the GPS problems. Check it out for yourself and see if it does the trick. Post results
Official Link to Sammy
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It's NOT a GPS fix!!!
The app is just restoring the lbstestmode settings to default.
zender2k said:
It's NOT a GPS fix!!!
The app is just restoring the lbstestmode settings to default.
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figures. did not try yet since im stuck indoors.
Huh no kidding.
Wanna bet its the same setting changes we've been passing around here since JFD?
I hope its not and its a real solid software/firmware fix. Some have never gotten theres to work.
I'm real interested in what this really does and can it be applied to a custom ROM?
Edit: took a minute or two to post, see above for answers. Drat. Man if thats it, its weak. Way weak.
12paq said:
Huh no kidding.
Wanna bet its the same setting changes we've been passing around here since JFD?
I hope its not and its a real solid software/firmware fix. Some have never gotten theres to work.
I'm real interested in what this really does and can it be applied to a custom ROM?
Edit: took a minute or two to post, see above for answers. Drat. Man if thats it, its weak. Way weak.
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It's not a mystery. Just read the linked doc.
# Does the application contain new values for GPS?
* No. The application only resets settings to factory defaults and then writes data in setting file.
I have to at least give Sammy a tiny bit of credit for trying. Even if its just an app that does the same settings clear that we had for a while here. I mean hell, look how long we had Froyo here, yet to get from Sammy.
Maybe a conspiracy or a plot. Follow me here,
1. Problems arise on phone
2. XDA fixes it
3. Samsung then releases an official fix similar to the XDA fix
1. Froyo "mysteriously" leaks out.
2. XDA gets it and makes it phone friendly
3. Samsung gets workable copies and makes the official Rom
Maybe Samsung just wants to indirectly use XDA to fix all the problems. Saves them some development money.
techboydino said:
I have to at least give Sammy a tiny bit of credit for trying. Even if its just an app that does the same settings clear that we had for a while here. I mean hell, look how long we had Froyo here, yet to get from Sammy.
Maybe a conspiracy or a plot. Follow me here,
1. Problems arise on phone
2. XDA fixes it
3. Samsung then releases an official fix similar to the XDA fix
1. Froyo "mysteriously" leaks out.
2. XDA gets it and makes it phone friendly
3. Samsung gets workable copies and makes the official Rom
Maybe Samsung just wants to indirectly use XDA to fix all the problems. Saves them some development money.
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If that's the case, Samsung needs to be more generous with their leaks, give us the Kernel Source like HTC does for their phone plus all the other different drivers. While Samsung's at it, might as well give us the source for RFS, so we can eliminate it for good.
PaiPiePia said:
If that's the case, Samsung needs to be more generous with their leaks, give us the Kernel Source like HTC does for their phone plus all the other different drivers. While Samsung's at it, might as well give us the source for RFS, so we can eliminate it for good.
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RFS is not the problem. It's merely something that sounds good. RFS OMG!
Have you tried the Galaxy Tab? Where is the lag on that thing running the same file system? Exactly.. anyway
LBSTestMode settings aren't to be messed with. OBVIOUSLY.. this has nothing to do with anything XDA does. When will you folks get it? Samsung doesn't get fixes from XDA. Nearly everything we get is from Samsung. Hacks on XDA don't get packaged up and sent to our phones. If you will recall, JIx fixed aGPS and a number of other problems with the GPS software. Not XDA forums' developers. JK2 is obviously something Samsung has ditched, left over scraps of what we will get..
heygrl said:
RFS is not the problem. It's merely something that sounds good. RFS OMG!
Have you tried the Galaxy Tab? Where is the lag on that thing running the same file system? Exactly.. anyway
LBSTestMode settings aren't to be messed with. OBVIOUSLY.. this has nothing to do with anything XDA does. When will you folks get it? Samsung doesn't get fixes from XDA. Nearly everything we get is from Samsung. Hacks on XDA don't get packaged up and sent to our phones. If you will recall, JIx fixed aGPS and a number of other problems with the GPS software. Not XDA forums' developers. JK2 is obviously something Samsung has ditched, left over scraps of what we will get..
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they were just 1/2 joking around is the way I took it, lighten up dude.
heygrl said:
RFS is not the problem. It's merely something that sounds good. RFS OMG!
Have you tried the Galaxy Tab? Where is the lag on that thing running the same file system? Exactly.. anyway
LBSTestMode settings aren't to be messed with. OBVIOUSLY.. this has nothing to do with anything XDA does. When will you folks get it? Samsung doesn't get fixes from XDA. Nearly everything we get is from Samsung. Hacks on XDA don't get packaged up and sent to our phones. If you will recall, JIx fixed aGPS and a number of other problems with the GPS software. Not XDA forums' developers. JK2 is obviously something Samsung has ditched, left over scraps of what we will get..
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seriously. Take is easy. It's pretty obvious that they dont really use XDA as a free code fixing source. Just messin around. Like my *official* on the titles makes it so its a guarantee. All in good fun.
Now on Engadget too
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/30/samsung-releases-gps-restore-app-for-captivate-and-other-galax/
Fail
Epic fail. doesn't work. tell me to go to open sky.
I am returning the device.
the GPS faulty and samsung have been playing with the costumers for 6 months.
I can't believe that they released an app to restore settings.
it's so lame. i can't believe it.
ohadbasan said:
Epic fail. doesn't work. tell me to go to open sky.
I am returning the device.
the GPS faulty and samsung have been playing with the costumers for 6 months.
I can't believe that they released an app to restore settings.
it's so lame. i can't believe it.
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Yeah, this was good for some lolz.
This is the last straw for me; I've decided to ditch this phone due to the poor gps performance and sell it while it's still worth something. It's clear now that samsung either can't or won't get gps working well enough to meet my expectations, which were set by other smart phones (iphone 3g, nokia n95, etc).
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This makes a lot of sense to me. Samsung fixed the gps problems in the JI series update, but so many people messed up their settings after reading false information here on XDA. And many others installed custom roms with so-called"fixes" that in reality just needed up their settings.
So who can help those people now? The "devs" who are just cooking up rom images have moved on to screwing up peoples phones in other ways.
They are just trying to clean up the mess that XDA created...
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if I were a person with a faulty GPS i would've returned it a long time ago.
My GPS has been fine since JI2
QQ MOAR ppl
Ok, I messed with the GPS settings months ago, before the last OTA update from Tmobile. Did the OTA update change these settings? I havent messed with anything since the OTA update.
What should the settings be anyway?
androidmonkey said:
Ok, I messed with the GPS settings months ago, before the last OTA update from Tmobile. Did the OTA update change these settings? I havent messed with anything since the OTA update.
What should the settings be anyway?
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Dude just run the attached apk... That's what it is for!!
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grennis said:
This makes a lot of sense to me. Samsung fixed the gps problems in the JI series update, but so many people messed up their settings after reading false information here on XDA. And many others installed custom roms with so-called"fixes" that in reality just needed up their settings.
So who can help those people now? The "devs" who are just cooking up rom images have moved on to screwing up peoples phones in other ways.
They are just trying to clean up the mess that XDA created...
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^ ^
^this^
Doesn't fix anything, I still can't get a GPS lock outside.
androidmonkey said:
Ok, I messed with the GPS settings months ago, before the last OTA update from Tmobile. Did the OTA update change these settings? I havent messed with anything since the OTA update.
What should the settings be anyway?
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androidmonkey-
Here is my recollection. I bought my Vibrant the first week it came out and it took me a few days to realize that the GPS was highly unreliable and often essentially non-functional, so I, too, messed with the settings. As a result of the JI6 update, several of the settings were changed: 1) they were different from what the phone came with stock, and 2) different from what I had changed them to. Not everything got changed, and I can't document anymore what was and wasn't affected. But that was the first thing I checked once the update was installed. My phone is not rooted. Since the update, I've had good GPS, typically: Lock on 8-9 out of 11-12 satellites in about 20 seconds in any weather (inside lock takes about a minute and I need to be relatively close to a window); accuracy within 20 ft, sometimes less than 15; navigation stays on track.
Here are my settings now for LBS Test Mode
Server FQDN Type: Auto Config
Server: h-slp.mnc260.mcc310.pub.3gpp
Server Port: 7275
SUPL Secure Socket: On
AGPS Mode: SUPL
Also: MS Based; Hot Start; GPS Plus On; Dynamic accuracy 50; Skyhook Off
I have been reading several forums, and it seems that quite a few people are in a hurry to unroot their phones in order to download the latest OTA update from HTC.
WHY WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO UNROOT JUST TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST OTA ??
Why would you want to risk breaking your root, possibly permantly, just to install an update that is basically the same as the previous one and is going to bring some bugs with it? From what I am reading, the new update is not all that wonderful.
One of the purposes of any HTC OTA update is to break as many roots as possible and to patch the phones so that they cannot be rooted. And, if the bootloader is locked, which several people claim it is, your phone may never be rooted again, at least not perm rooted.
IF YOUR ROOT IS KILLED, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE FLASH YOUR FAVORITE LOOKING CUSTOM ROMS, YOUR CUSTOM ROM THAT MAKES YOUR PHONE RUN SO MUCH FASTER, THAT CUSTOM ROM THATS GIVING YOU THAT GREAT BATTERY LIFE,...
IF YOUR ROOT IS KILLED, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL YOUR PHONE'S CPU, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESTORE THAT BACKUP, THAT POSSIBLY SAVED YOUR PHONE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT FREE WIFI TETHERING, YOU WILL NOT BE ALBE TO DELETE THOSE UNWANTED APPS THAT ARE WASTING STORAGE SPACE ON YOUR PHONE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FREEZE ALL THOSE SERVICES THAT YOUR TASKMANAGER CANNOT TOUCH THAT ARE KILLING YOUR BATTERY,...
Sorry I wrote a book here, but it makes no sense to me. If you want to try Android 2.3, why not just download the rooted version and maintain your root along with its many advantages?
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I have been reading several forums, and it seems that quite a few people are in a hurry to unroot their phones in order to download the latest OTA update from HTC.
WHY WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO UNROOT JUST TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST OTA ??
Why would you want to risk breaking your root, possibly permantly, just to install an update that is basically the same as the previous one and is going to bring some bugs with it? From what I am reading, the new update is not all that wonderful.
One of the purposes of any HTC OTA update is to break as many roots as possible and to patch the phones so that they cannot be rooted. And, if the bootloader is locked, which several people claim it is, your phone may never be rooted again, at least not perm rooted.
IF YOUR ROOT IS KILLED, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE FLASH YOUR FAVORITE LOOKING CUSTOM ROMS, YOUR CUSTOM ROM THAT MAKES YOUR PHONE RUN SO MUCH FASTER, THAT CUSTOM ROM THATS GIVING YOU THAT GREAT BATTERY LIFE,...
IF YOUR ROOT IS KILLED, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL YOUR PHONE'S CPU, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESTORE THAT BACKUP, THAT POSSIBLY SAVED YOUR PHONE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT FREE WIFI TETHERING, YOU WILL NOT BE ALBE TO DELETE THOSE UNWANTED APPS THAT ARE WASTING STORAGE SPACE ON YOUR PHONE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FREEZE ALL THOSE SERVICES THAT YOUR TASKMANAGER CANNOT TOUCH THAT ARE KILLING YOUR BATTERY,...
Sorry I wrote a book here, but it makes no sense to me. If you want to try Android 2.3, why not just download the rooted version and maintain your root along with its many advantages?
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I just answered a post in another thread about this .... people are out of their effin minds especially when the software is out there already and has been for a while... Hey there a million what do I do posts and people getting flamed and the sensitive ones going stop doing that... Hey you stupid enough to update your phone OTA f-it you deserve what you get. forum is here to educated and help and if you dont want to use that help then you get what you deserve... Dont mean to be a **** but I guess for some you will feel that I am oh well
A lot of us unrooted prior to the update because we were expecting a hell of alot more than what we were given. I could have waited for one of the devs to give us a rooted version but it's like being given a present and told not to open it till tomorrow. Had I known the specifics of the update I definitely would have waited. All in all not a big deal though, they'll figure out how to root this soon until then I'll just piss and moan about this half ass update.
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I didn't get a choice, my phone died after flashing the new radio. When i got my replaced it had the latest ota already installed. Also went from Hardware 003 to 004. Guess I now have to give up flashing cold turkey
wgallt said:
A lot of us unrooted prior to the update because we were expecting a hell of alot more than what we were given. I could have waited for one of the devs to give us a rooted version but it's like being given a present and told not to open it till tomorrow. Had I known the specifics of the update I definitely would have waited. All in all not a big deal though, they'll figure out how to root this soon until then I'll just piss and moan about this half ass update.
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Within the same day a rooted version was out.
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Do we really need a thread to explain the obvious? People are just impatient and stupid.
Yup but I felt the need to get let down a few hours sooner. But I will say I knew in advance that it would more than likely screw my chance to root for a while. I made my own bed no need for me to come on here and whine about it like I see a lot of others doing.
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Award Tour said:
Do we really need a thread to explain the obvious? People are just impatient and stupid.
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The purpose of this thread was to discourage the next person from making the same mistake that others made, because people right now are still desperate to get the update by any means necessary.
wgallt said:
Yup but I felt the need to get let down a few hours sooner. But I will say I knew in advance that it would more than likely screw my chance to root for a while. I made my own bed no need for me to come on here and whine about it like I see a lot of others doing.
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When you do that, you run that chance of an exploit never being found. That may very well be the case if you have S-ON.
The dissapointment in the leaked OTA wasn't enough to dissuade people i guess.
shortydoggg said:
The purpose of this thread was to discourage the next person from making the same mistake that others made, because people right now are still desperate to get the update by any means necessary.
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If they come to xda then what in the blue help makes you think they will miss the stock odex Rom in the dev section?
If they come here for help then they already know better.
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If they come to xda then what in the blue help makes you think they will miss the stock odex Rom in the dev section?
If they come here for help then they already know better.
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I agree fully with this statement but like I said the leaked version has been out for like a month already... no guarantees they can fix the new bootloader... I know better though lol
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Impatience
I unrooted because there was no reason for me to be rooted. The only benefit of rooting for me was to have the free wifi tethering.
When my wife did the latest OTA update she was getting 4g in places I didn't get it. Her phone was also downloading on 4g at 10 megs down using the speedtest.net app. With multiple roms I have never gotten above 2 megs down, when I unrooted and went stock I was getting faster and better 4g.
Every Rom I installed was buggy, So if I am going to deal with roms that don't work or take away features or burn your eyes in the dark I would rather just deal with the stock sprint phone. I am also fortunate enough to be able to afford the hotspot service from sprint so I would rather pay for reliable fast service.
These are the reasons I unrooted. I understand that everyone has their own reasons for what they do with their devices and I respect them please respect mine. I am just answering the question that was asked in this post.
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If they come to xda then what in the blue help makes you think they will miss the stock odex Rom in the dev section?
If they come here for help then they already know better.
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Well, people HAVE missed it, and yes, they SHOULD know better. However, some need more help than others.
I was tempted but I knew someone that was stock and I let him go first. I also knew everyone would be posting here. I now run the rooted Rom put out the same day the ota was released. Thank god I held on to my senses and waited for it.
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I'm not unrooting anytime soon. Couple of reasons.
1.The big one is I'm not a huge fan of Sense.
2.All the bloatware that comes on the stock rom that slows it down, and takes up room.
3.For my battery!!!!
unrooted
Unrooted, tried out stock Gingerbread, rooted it again with rooting hormones.
It's not that "hard"...
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I saw today that radio shack has the evo 4g for $30 with a contract, and since I was due, I snagged one right up!!
As the girl was activating my phone, I went to play with the evo 3d...very cool device, I must say
When I came back, she was in the middle of an OTA update!!!! I asked her to please cancel it because I don't want it. She told me she couldn't, and she had already activated mine, and if I wanted to exchange it I had to use insurance. When I looked back down at the phone, the update had completed
I paid, grabbed my phone off the counter and stomed out of the store.
When I got home, I went straight to XDA to see about rooting it, and to my dismay, I found out because the idiot retard they hired at radio shack had updated it, I'm blocked from rooting!! WTF!!!!!
DO NOT BUY A PHONE FROM RADIO SHACK IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE OTA UPDATE!!!!!!
Don't walk away while she's activating it?
this isnt a reason to not buy from radioshack...ive gotten all my phones from them and they are so much more reasonable and helpful than sprint, not to mention cheaper...just ask them not to update it and im sure they wont do it
I went with my uncle to Radio Shack today so he could get the $30 EVO deal. I told the guy selling him the phone not to do any OTA updates before he even removed the phone from the box because we wanted to root the phone. The salesman was really cool about this and didn't do anything other than get the phone up and running. Unfortunately, 2.3.3 was already installed on the EVO...so my uncle is stuck without root for now too.
Take it back..say it dont work..they will exchange it..she obviously hasnt a clue about their return policy.
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That's your own fault.. why in the world you would walk away while she's messing with your phone???? Lol now u know!!
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I don't think it would have made a difference. If I'm not mistaken the evo is shipping with 2.3.3 now...the ota she installed was probably from 4.22 to 4.24....neither can be rooted anyway.
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I got a refurb evo a few days ago from sprint and it came with the 2.3 too... new Evos are screwed. We just have to wait for a root method. And i wanted to try Synergy Rom so bad
HolloWX said:
I got a refurb evo a few days ago from sprint and it came with the 2.3 too... new Evos are screwed. We just have to wait for a root method. And i wanted to try Synergy Rom so bad
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Not true at all...go to Best Buy. 4 different Evo's for me, all 2.2. Exchanged both my wife's and mine for hardware issues...and asked the CSM not to do anything to the phone, I'd power it up myself. No update, stock 2.2.
They still had around 20 or so in stock at the Tulsa BB, 71st and 169...for those of you in Tulsa.
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That's your own fault.. why in the world you would walk away while she's messing with your phone???? Lol now u know!!
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how is it my fault that I didn't know she was gonna be retarded and start messing with my phone?? I've never had anyone update my device straight off the bat like that before!!
It's really crappy that HTC would even bother blocking root since it comes with a stock recovery menu??? that is so confusing to me it makes my brain hurt lmfao
I had no idea that the update would even block root. I didn't look here first, because I didn't think I needed to prepare myself for a sales associate to start messing with my device, updating it, etc. I figured I'd have exactly what it shipped with when I got it home.
I'm gonna call radio shack corporate tomorrow and sort this whole thing out. I'm going crazy already with all the apps, etc. I'm missing without root lol
lightyear420 said:
how is it my fault that I didn't know she was gonna be retarded and start messing with my phone?? I've never had anyone update my device straight off the bat like that before!!
It's really crappy that HTC would even bother blocking root since it comes with a stock recovery menu??? that is so confusing to me it makes my brain hurt lmfao
I had no idea that the update would even block root. I didn't look here first, because I didn't think I needed to prepare myself for a sales associate to start messing with my device, updating it, etc. I figured I'd have exactly what it shipped with when I got it home.
I'm gonna call radio shack corporate tomorrow and sort this whole thing out. I'm going crazy already with all the apps, etc. I'm missing without root lol
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Disclamier - I do not work for RadioShack but have worked in retail upper management for many years.
The rep did exactly what he/she should have. For 95% of people out there they want the latest software and dont even know what root is or care. If the associate doesn't update the software once the customer gets home and sees the phone trying to update they are probably going to get confused and either call the store or go back in taking up more of the associates time. You should have done the research yourself and informed the rep to please not update anything even though as previously posted it was prob on gingerbread already and just updating the latest fixes. Radioshack has no obligation to take the device back as it is not faulty in any way.
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how is it my fault that I didn't know she was gonna be retarded and start messing with my phone?? I've never had anyone update my device straight off the bat like that before!!
It's really crappy that HTC would even bother blocking root since it comes with a stock recovery menu??? that is so confusing to me it makes my brain hurt lmfao
I had no idea that the update would even block root. I didn't look here first, because I didn't think I needed to prepare myself for a sales associate to start messing with my device, updating it, etc. I figured I'd have exactly what it shipped with when I got it home.
I'm gonna call radio shack corporate tomorrow and sort this whole thing out. I'm going crazy already with all the apps, etc. I'm missing without root lol
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Good luck with that.
"Im mad because the sales person completed a function of the phone during activation".
She is not retarded, you are sir.
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For everyone who didn't know, HTC is unlocking their phones starting next month, check out this article
HTC: Bootloader unlocking starts in August - (add http... to beginning)
pulse.me/s/CyRn
Yea!
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I don't think it would have made a difference. If I'm not mistaken the evo is shipping with 2.3.3 now...the ota she installed was probably from 4.22 to 4.24....neither can be rooted anyway.
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You are correct. I just bought two on Thursday, and they came with the 4.22. So I had to update to the newest patch(4.24)
lightyear420 said:
I saw today that radio shack has the evo 4g for $30 with a contract, and since I was due, I snagged one right up!!
As the girl was activating my phone, I went to play with the evo 3d...very cool device, I must say
When I came back, she was in the middle of an OTA update!!!! I asked her to please cancel it because I don't want it. She told me she couldn't, and she had already activated mine, and if I wanted to exchange it I had to use insurance. When I looked back down at the phone, the update had completed
I paid, grabbed my phone off the counter and stomed out of the store.
When I got home, I went straight to XDA to see about rooting it, and to my dismay, I found out because the idiot retard they hired at radio shack had updated it, I'm blocked from rooting!! WTF!!!!!
DO NOT BUY A PHONE FROM RADIO SHACK IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE OTA UPDATE!!!!!!
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No offence Bro. But you think that HTC is going to shipped phones that have the old 2.2 froyo software for sale? even though the newest software is out(gingerbread). come on, that will have to be stupid on their part.
lightyear420 said:
I saw today that radio shack has the evo 4g for $30 with a contract, and since I was due, I snagged one right up!!
As the girl was activating my phone, I went to play with the evo 3d...very cool device, I must say
When I came back, she was in the middle of an OTA update!!!! I asked her to please cancel it because I don't want it. She told me she couldn't, and she had already activated mine, and if I wanted to exchange it I had to use insurance. When I looked back down at the phone, the update had completed
I paid, grabbed my phone off the counter and stomed out of the store.
When I got home, I went straight to XDA to see about rooting it, and to my dismay, I found out because the idiot retard they hired at radio shack had updated it, I'm blocked from rooting!! WTF!!!!!
DO NOT BUY A PHONE FROM RADIO SHACK IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE OTA UPDATE!!!!!!
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I just got the $30 EVO and it came out of the box with Android 2.3.3
Same with the other 2 EVOs my family bought the same day. None of them had an OTA update done with them.
You just have to get lucky.
how is it my fault that I didn't know she was gonna be retarded and start messing with my phone?? I've never had anyone update my device straight off the bat like that before!!
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She actually did the not retarded thing, and did what she's trained to do. This could be different from area to area, but when I worked for Radio Shack we were required to update the prl, and the software if there was any available. If a customer asked not to, I wouldn't do it then. You can't be mad at her for doing her job.
It's really crappy that HTC would even bother blocking root since it comes with a stock recovery menu??? that is so confusing to me it makes my brain hurt lmfao
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The recovery more or less is mainly for the carrier and manufacturers support, there's always a recovery in android! It's dumb to assume that there's no use for it when it's stock just because we don't use it.
I had no idea that the update would even block root. I didn't look here first, because I didn't think I needed to prepare myself for a sales associate to start messing with my device, updating it, etc. I figured I'd have exactly what it shipped with when I got it home.
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Something like root is something you should look up on and read before you buy the phone since you're at risk of harming the device.
I'm gonna call radio shack corporate tomorrow and sort this whole thing out. I'm going crazy already with all the apps, etc. I'm missing without root lol
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So you're argument is she updated your phone when you didn't want her to, but you neglected to tell her you didn't want her to so you can take it home and gain root access through a security hole for apps that require root? You're not gonna get very far.
You have 30 days to trade the phone in for a different phone, trade it in for a Shift or an Epic and ask for no updates next time.
She was just trying to help you. 99% of people who buy these phones DON'T root or do anything similar.
I rather just wait for radioshack to bring the GS2.... oops... did I say too much?
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The Guy at Radioshack told me that it wouldn't be updated out the box. He said it would still have 2.1 back in September yet when I look at about phone it had already been preloaded with 2.2. Guy didn't know what he was talking about but oh well, better than paying the rebate.
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I just received my new Galaxy Note from Amazon.de. Tried to update it with Kies to ICS it wasn't working ! Then I checked and it came pre-installed with ICS ! YAY ! I thought I'd post in case any of the devs were interested if it was different in any way/if the black crush was still evident.
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I just received my new Galaxy Note from Amazon.de. Tried to update it with Kies to ICS it wasn't working ! Then I checked and it came pre-installed with ICS ! YAY ! I thought I'd post in case any of the devs were interested if it was different in any way/if the black crush was still evident.
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Please read very important. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633938
it's xxLPY dated May 4th
Read:
***WARNING!!! PLEASE READ! ICS Kernels and Recovery
Any question feel free to PM me!
By the way LPY is a leaked kernel, NOT official!
I could've swore LPY was the official German release... [I got mine OTA a few weeks ago]
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I could've swore LPY was the official German release... [I got mine OTA a few weeks ago]
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Yes it is.. my bad!
I was surprised to found it pre.installed but I bought it from Amazon.de so it can only be stock (one would hope).
Highly doubt it comes preinstalled with ICS! I have received mine from UK (see sign) and it came with gingerbread!
Got my first motherboard it was gingerbread KK1 in both cases!
And now that i'm getting the second motherboard in Samsung Service Center they told me i will get a motherboard with gingerbread again!
zylor said:
Highly doubt it comes preinstalled with ICS! I have received mine from UK (see sign) and it came with gingerbread!
Got my first motherboard it was gingerbread KK1 in both cases!
And now that i'm getting the second motherboard in Samsung Service Center they told me i will get a motherboard with gingerbread again!
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I assure meu amigo that this came pre.installed from Amazon.de "sold by amazon" and not a partner and was pre-installed with 4.03 ICS.
Other details are model number gt-N7000, Baseband N7000XXLPT Kernel version 3.0.15-N7000XXLPY-CL474507 se [email protected]#3 smp preempt Fri May 4 04:49:06 KST 2012
Build number
IML74K.XXLPY
Well but i advice you to read the topic that was posted on my 3rd post on this thread! ICS has some ****ty bug!
At least to be bug free install CF root 5.6
If he isn't rooted and doesn't wipe, he should be fine though.
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If he isn't rooted and doesn't wipe, he should be fine though.
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Im rooted and runnung LPY and ive returned to factory settings once. Maybe im lucky. But in theory samsung will find a solution and release a version of ICS that doesnt risk bricking?
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zylor said:
Well but i advice you to read the topic that was posted on my 3rd post on this thread! ICS has some ****ty bug!
At least to be bug free install CF root 5.6
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Not quite true. There is an issue with SOME existing GSN units, but not all. There is a best effort utility somewhere on these forums that can give an indication which devices are, or might be affected by flawed eMMc software/hardware. Its not totaly conclusive, but its a good indicator. The fact that Samsung have pre-loaded ICS is good news, and they have either ensured the hardware is 100% or they have an updated version of ICS, or done both. I'm wondering if the OP could post which version of ICS they have ie 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 or something else. The OP have bought this brand new from Amazon.de and can expect to be able to use the device fully, as per the instruction manual without fear, including factory re-sets. If the device croaks, its RTM to Amazon for replacement or refund.
I'm wondering if the OP solarboy, could let us all know how well the GPS runs with google maps and navigation (should be near perfect with no screen flicker/jumping) and would he be prepared to run the Check brick bug App. Post the results. Its a simple app that reads hardware detail and displays the result, does nothing else, and its easy to remove afterwards.
Personally, I think this is a positive move. I did hear on the grapevine that Amazon are getting slightly pissed with the high number of returns its getting with the GSN, maybe Samsung have finally woken up. I do hope so.
Hi im at work atm but ive already posted in this thread the full specs. Turn by turn works great so far and i didnt notice flickering. Ill try to test at lunchtime...
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That's good they started to ship with ICS.
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but apart from the fact it says 'yes' to the brick question, the rest of the info does point to the problematic eMMc. So, what to do. Firstly, there is a factory re-set option in the settings menu, the user manual does not stipulate how many times you can re-set. But we already know that people have done a few re-sets and got a brick, others like me, have done several factory re-sets without problem (apart from other issues which I have posted elsewhere, but nothing to do with re-sets), and yet we have all got the brick chip. So, for a new owner, you can either run the device as is and wait for a software fix from Samsung, which will have to be verified by developers on these forums, because Samsung inexplicably does not publish detailed update logs, or simply say to Samsung, "I do not want this product, I would like my money back". In the EU that is a consumer right within errrr, 7 or 14 days, not sure check, but you can do that. Amazon have helpful details on that. The next option would be to root you device, all consumer rights going out the window the moment you do that, and flash something like CM9. If you choose that route, please do lots of reading on how that is done with ICS already present. In fact I cant remember seeing anyone flashing CM9 to a device with ICS pre-installed, I'm guessing it shouldn't make any difference.
Elsewhere on these forums, the Indian GSNs have been receiving ICS updates, or at least some of them have. This 'might' be the fix that guys have been waiting for, but as previously mentioned, Samsung do not state exactly what their updates actually do.
Its a sorry state of affairs that all we have to rely on is guess work, the work of independent developers, and the sad stories of guys who now have bricks. Samsung could have made it soooo simple, but no.
Edit: Solarboy, thanks for posting the screen shot.
Not the happiest of posts, but I hope it gives a full picture, and helps in some way.
Well for now I,m going to leave "as is"; after Winmo6.5 this is heaven. I'm sure I'll at least root at some point, I was posting so as to let you all know.. I'm still exploring androidland!
Indeed. Anyway, you are covered with a warranty up to the point of rooting, and don't forget there are millions of these handsets out there with satisfied users. Dont get lost in AndroindLand and enjoy the 'Note
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Not quite true. There is an issue with SOME existing GSN units, but not all. There is a best effort utility somewhere on these forums that can give an indication which devices are, or might be affected by flawed eMMc software/hardware. Its not totaly conclusive, but its a good indicator. The fact that Samsung have pre-loaded ICS is good news, and they have either ensured the hardware is 100% or they have an updated version of ICS, or done both. I'm wondering if the OP could post which version of ICS they have ie 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 or something else. The OP have bought this brand new from Amazon.de and can expect to be able to use the device fully, as per the instruction manual without fear, including factory re-sets. If the device croaks, its RTM to Amazon for replacement or refund.
I'm wondering if the OP solarboy, could let us all know how well the GPS runs with google maps and navigation (should be near perfect with no screen flicker/jumping) and would he be prepared to run the Check brick bug App. Post the results. Its a simple app that reads hardware detail and displays the result, does nothing else, and its easy to remove afterwards.
Personally, I think this is a positive move. I did hear on the grapevine that Amazon are getting slightly pissed with the high number of returns its getting with the GSN, maybe Samsung have finally woken up. I do hope so.
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Thanks for your reply mate! Actually didn't thought of that.. it actually can mean good news
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Indeed. Anyway, you are covered with a warranty up to the point of rooting, and don't forget there are millions of these handsets out there with satisfied users. Dont get lost in AndroindLand and enjoy the 'Note
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How i support this sentence! Even thought i got my Note bricked 2 times in a row.. i won't change to any other phone in the market currently because i really love my Note
Ive been a long time lurker on this site prolly since the GSII-- I dont post much then , or with me GSIII or Note 2- I guess thats why that account no longer exists. So with my purchase of the Note Edge i knew this would be my go to place for any information or eventually ROM's-- i gotta say that normally i never spent more then a day with Touchwiz- usually rooting and flashing within 24 hours of purchase. Ive had the phone foe about 4 days and.... HOLY MOLY this phone is slooow... so much crap is running-- 3gb of ram and 2 and half of it is always used-- sprint zone and fb keep updating and re downloading even though i continuously uninstall them daily and revert to original software versions. Now i finally understand peoples hatred towards touchwiz.. im used to ASOP-- I coulda swore touchwiz was NOT that bad in the GSII days ;-( although i have faith the dev. will take off eventually with this phone... if there were other options i might have considered going else where-- im coming from a rooted note2) But i dont think there is anything remotely better then samsung-- as bad ass as the phone is spec'd out to be i thought it would be as zippy as the nexus--- but it is most definitely slower then my note- Also since ive been ot of the loop this KNOX stuff is all new to me--basically from what i gathered by googling any root will void the warranty on the device? ive never ever sent a phone in to samsung but there is times ive gone to A Sprint tech center for help--will they turn me away if its 0x1? well i just wanted to stop by and say hi to this forum-- im beginning the process to acquire files so i can root my phone tonight-- id think the sky is the limit with the things we can do with out phones--- Much thanks to the DEV's that make this possible!!
Well your sprint one seems to be acting funny.. I'm on my T-Mobile Note Edge, and I started from the G1. This phone is really smooth, no errors, and for the first time really no reason for me to have to root my phone and get rid of bloat ware to speed things up! And that was before I disabled the bloat ware anyways. You could say I'm also waiting for a way to root without tripping Knox. I'm kinda curious how ASOP or CyanogenMod will look like on this phone, and if they'll be able to use the edge productively. I'm actually throughly pleased with the phone, especially with how the home launcher is setup. My only bug is the fact that the second favorite edge doesn't allow for reorganization. That's my 2 cents. I hope your experience becomes more enjoyable
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Let me restate...i kinda sounded like a whiney brat with my last/first post. I realize that we as a group aa the less then 1% that care about specs.. and ver numbers. Im just not used to TouchWiz trying to do everything for me yet not the things i want it to do. for example every time I touch it text entry field I have a keyboard icon on the top of the notification bar...prompting me to choose Input method EVERYTIME?!? everyday I get sprint zone adverts in my notification bar even though I uninstall it every night before bed.. and multiple times a day I'm asked if I would like to sign in for Picasa.. i say no 3 or 4 times a day.. i cant figure out how to delete it. I miss the custom roms where all this bs is not even installed. Granted i knew there wasn't much support when i took the jump.. and honestly these issues would be the same with the regular note 4... id most definitely be willing to throw some $ to a recocognized established dev out there ... im miss my paranoid android and illusion roms :-/ but i know nothing out there can compare to the note edge at the moment...!
I have none of the issues you speak of. My only real issue is with kit Kat since I can't write to my sd card but other than that I am good with my phone.
I'm using the AT&T stock version and haven't encountered any issues except I waited to long to send it back to get the white version. Lol. Other than that I like the device.
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Ive been a long time lurker on this site prolly since the GSII-- I dont post much then , or with me GSIII or Note 2- I guess thats why that account no longer exists. So with my purchase of the Note Edge i knew this would be my go to place for any information or eventually ROM's-- i gotta say that normally i never spent more then a day with Touchwiz- usually rooting and flashing within 24 hours of purchase. Ive had the phone foe about 4 days and.... HOLY MOLY this phone is slooow... so much crap is running-- 3gb of ram and 2 and half of it is always used-- sprint zone and fb keep updating and re downloading even though i continuously uninstall them daily and revert to original software versions. Now i finally understand peoples hatred towards touchwiz.. im used to ASOP-- I coulda swore touchwiz was NOT that bad in the GSII days ;-( although i have faith the dev. will take off eventually with this phone... if there were other options i might have considered going else where-- im coming from a rooted note2) But i dont think there is anything remotely better then samsung-- as bad ass as the phone is spec'd out to be i thought it would be as zippy as the nexus--- but it is most definitely slower then my note- Also since ive been ot of the loop this KNOX stuff is all new to me--basically from what i gathered by googling any root will void the warranty on the device? ive never ever sent a phone in to samsung but there is times ive gone to A Sprint tech center for help--will they turn me away if its 0x1? well i just wanted to stop by and say hi to this forum-- im beginning the process to acquire files so i can root my phone tonight-- id think the sky is the limit with the things we can do with out phones--- Much thanks to the DEV's that make this possible!!
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root it and strip the rubbish and bloat, was da matta you?!
mine was slow and lagged like crazy from all the "indexservice" and annoying samsung crap running. i stripped it all and use CM cleanmaster and battery doctor. no autostarting apps and no bloat like weather and yahoo finance...
titanium backup to freeze or remove crap.
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Best variant ever!!! :highfive:
No problems since I pulled it out the box...
bignibb said:
I have none of the issues you speak of. My only real issue is with kit Kat since I can't write to my sd card but other than that I am good with my phone.
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theres a fix listed in the note 4 root post. let me see if i can find it.
here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n915tuvu1anjl-sm-t2943993 first post, midway
bignibb said:
I have none of the issues you speak of. My only real issue is with kit Kat since I can't write to my sd card but other than that I am good with my phone.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jrummy.sdfix
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deeznutz1977 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jrummy.sdfix
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even better
All those fixes are for rooted phones, i have not yet taken the plunge. I rooted my wife's note 4 but have just been hesitant to do my edge. I thought I was going to wait on lollipop but might not make it
Welp... enjoy your refusal
I wish there was a step by step thread on how to root the Sprint Edge and not any other variants because I don't wanna mix things up and brick my phone.
bignibb said:
I wish there was a step by step thread on how to root the Sprint Edge and not any other variants because I don't wanna mix things up and brick my phone.
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follow the steps in the link i posted but get the cf auto-root for the 915p. easy. i did it by following the link. if you screw up relax, you can fix it. but you will not screw up
cvaria said:
follow the steps in the link i posted but get the cf auto-root for the 915p. easy. i did it by following the link. if you screw up relax, you can fix it. but you will not screw up
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Does that include either custom recovery?. Is there one that is prefered to the other.
bignibb said:
Does that include either custom recovery?. Is there one that is prefered to the other.
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i would suggest at least reading the steps before asking questrions
bignibb said:
Does that include either custom recovery?. Is there one that is prefered to the other.
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I usually use CWM, but that's only because it's old school. Right now I chose not to install it in the last step of that thread because I have never used TWRP before. I have to say that I like the touch interface.
Besides getting the sprint variant of auto root you also need the sprint variant of TWRP. I posted a guide with basic steps including getting private mode working with xposed
For those that are here to help, thanks for pointing me to where I need to go, for those that posted about my needing to read, maybe you should spell check your snyde remarks before posting........lol
Sometimes its easier to answer a question and move on than to waste yours and my time. Yours by typing and not helping and mine by reading and not getting an answer.
bignibb said:
For those that are here to help, thanks for pointing me to where I need to go, for those that posted about my needing to read, maybe you should spell check your snyde remarks before posting........lol
Sometimes its easier to answer a question and move on than to waste yours and my time. Yours by typing and not helping and mine by reading and not getting an answer.
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look dude, i'm not trying to be a jerk but, you didn't even read the post. you just fired back a question. it's all right there in the in the link i posted, props to the creator, very well laid-out.
"RTFP"
nobody is going to baby you. you wanna root and do phone kung-fu, read!