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G2 Constantly Reboots..LG Can't/Won't Fix

still under warranty i might add...
http://youtu.be/dPsu7OxR2Lk

Wow, I'd post this LG's Twitter account! Have you tried to revert back to stock?

comk4ver said:
Wow, I'd post this LG's Twitter account! Have you tried to revert back to stock?
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it is stock. 100% factory stock, locked bootloader and all. just booted from the packaging and entered gmail info. the thing is, when i go to factory reset it maybe 90% of the time it can't complete it because of the rebooting

No use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960

comk4ver said:
No use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
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Actually use this. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663369) This is ATT specific.
But I doubt it will help.
I am in same boat but unlike you my phone starting doing RR 7 days after my warranty expired.
I was feeling bad but looking at your video I guess it would not have mattered even if mine was under warranty.
I tried reverting to stock etc but no dice. Most likely HW issue .
Let me know if you find a solution. I like this phone and it worked fine for a year.

epapsiou said:
Actually use this. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663369) This is ATT specific.
But I doubt it will help.
I am in same boat but unlike you my phone starting doing RR 7 days after my warranty expired.
I was feeling bad but looking at your video I guess it would not have mattered even if mine was under warranty.
I tried reverting to stock etc but no dice. Most likely HW issue .
Let me know if you find a solution. I like this phone and it worked fine for a year.
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yep, same result. keeps rebooting. so after trying safe mode and this i've concluded it's a hardware issue. and i have no recourse from the mfr. even with it under warranty. good times

Unbrick Verizon Note 7 (No matter How Bad)

Hey guys,
I created an account here just to share this fix with you all.
To start, Tuesday morning, I decided to update the note 7 (to the firmware that changes battery color if your device is safe). After finding that my battery is still white, I contacted my Verizon Rep and ordered a replacement. Since the phone should have arrived the very next day (corporate account) I decided to flash my phone using the root methods in this forum... BIG mistake. If anyone can confirm that after updating the note, root is successful, then please share. But in the end what I was left with was a note 7 that wouldn't even accept the verizon firmware flashed through Odin. Smartswitch didn't work either (wouldn't accept my serial) so i was pretty much SOL and out of a phone... Until today.
After one last attempt to fix this as I wait for my replacement to arrive, I was searching on the verizon forums and found an old post from the galaxy s5 on their forum. I downloaded the repair assistant from here * verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-80201/#windows * and put my phone in download mode. After connecting it and selecting REPAIR in the verizon software, the program downloaded the latest firmware and brought my phone right back to factory settings working as good as new. This was the only method that I found to work after several days of frustration.
I hope this helps someone out there. Thank you for reading! :laugh:

i assume the only option was the most recent firmware?

elliwigy said:
i assume the only option was the most recent firmware?
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Correct. The software goes to Verizons servers and downloads the latest firmware. So the annoying "power down now!" pop ups still show when the device is plugged in but it will be replaced soon anyway At least I have a functional phone in case of an emergency until the replacement arrives.

dude you save my life..same exact thing happen to me,but I had already updated my new note with the green battery and when I tried to flash the sprint firmware it failed and brick my phone..i decided to do the update cause people where saying that it did work with the new phone. but i guess i should of waited and not apply the new update.oh well

Glad to hear I helped somebody! Maybe I'll learn to live without root for a little while lol. The phone is still awesome

streetbikejay said:
Glad to hear I helped somebody! Maybe I'll learn to live without root for a little while lol. The phone is still awesome
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yeah i know. thanks a lot. maybe someone comes out with a new root method with the latest update. and only reason i update it was because i saw someone saying it was ok. but i guess that person never applied the update before he rooted

streetbikejay said:
Hey guys,
I created an account here just to share this fix with you all.
To start, Tuesday morning, I decided to update the note 7 (to the firmware that changes battery color if your device is safe). After finding that my battery is still white, I contacted my Verizon Rep and ordered a replacement. Since the phone should have arrived the very next day (corporate account) I decided to flash my phone using the root methods in this forum... BIG mistake. If anyone can confirm that after updating the note, root is successful, then please share. But in the end what I was left with was a note 7 that wouldn't even accept the verizon firmware flashed through Odin. Smartswitch didn't work either (wouldn't accept my serial) so i was pretty much SOL and out of a phone... Until today.
After one last attempt to fix this as I wait for my replacement to arrive, I was searching on the verizon forums and found an old post from the galaxy s5 on their forum. I downloaded the repair assistant from here * verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-80201/#windows * and put my phone in download mode. After connecting it and selecting REPAIR in the verizon software, the program downloaded the latest firmware and brought my phone right back to factory settings working as good as new. This was the only method that I found to work after several days of frustration.
I hope this helps someone out there. Thank you for reading! :laugh:
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HOLY **** THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! THIS WORKED PERFECTLY!! dude you saved my phone <3
i love you. you're amazing. thank you for sharing this!!

Im about to try this out. I was able to get my phone back but im not able to connect to any cell services such as Text, Data, ect. Wish me luck! :good:

It Works? I saw this page earlier but I was unable to find the download link. Thanks -Nick

Lol yeah I was trying to find it also. Every link you click just takes me to a different part of the webpage. I'm sure it's there somewhere!

xavierxxx2p said:
yeah i know. thanks a lot. maybe someone comes out with a new root method with the latest update. and only reason i update it was because i saw someone saying it was ok. but i guess that person never applied the update before he rooted
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Okay, this worked for me, so I'm paying it forward because you guys have been tremendously amazing!!
SO, like many people with the PHE Verizon Note 7 , I received the 60% update and unknowingly installed it. Was very unhappy and tried to root my device not knowing that it would semi-brick it. Used the verizon software assistant to repair it and it erased and restored my device back to the point where it prompted me to install the update again. Downloaded package disabler pro apk version 6.3 and turned off auto update in the play store. MANUALLY entered in two file names which I will post below this and.. VOILA!!!! NO MORE UPDATE MESSAGE... EVER!!! This works only for VZW Note 7 as far as I know.
I disabled these two: com.samsung.sdm and com.sec.android.soagent since we are talking about Verizon here. They do vary by carrier.
First one gets rid of the message icon in the notification bar. Second one I guess stops it from coming back. Hope this helps someone!!

THANK YOU!!
You saved me from having to downgrade to an inferior phone. THANK YOU!!!

My wife (whose Note 7 was not rooted) accidentally did the upgrade from PH1 to PHE. Do you supposed we could plug her phone in and use this software to get it to revert back to the stock PH1 firmware? I'm trying to figure out how we can get her phone back to stock, if at all possible.

NarcissusV said:
My wife (whose Note 7 was not rooted) accidentally did the upgrade from PH1 to PHE. Do you supposed we could plug her phone in and use this software to get it to revert back to the stock PH1 firmware? I'm trying to figure out how we can get her phone back to stock, if at all possible.
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No. Not possible.
She is stuck on STOCK PHE.. block updates so she doesnt get bumped to the next STOCK upgrade at 60% battery

Hmmm. She now has the update where she's limited to 60% battery. Can't she do like Tmunroe1 above, try and root and use the Verizon software to revert it back? Seems like that would replicate exactly what he did, and ultimately end up back at stock like we want, yeah?
EDIT: Let me clarify. She does not care about root. She just wants her 100% battery back, so I'm interested in knowing if we can plug her phone in and utilize the Verizon Repair Assistant to revert it back to PHE w/ 100% battery.

Possibly
NarcissusV said:
Hmmm. She now has the update where she's limited to 60% battery. Can't she do like Tmunroe1 above, try and root and use the Verizon software to revert it back? Seems like that would replicate exactly what he did, and ultimately end up back at stock like we want, yeah?
EDIT: Let me clarify. She does not care about root. She just wants her 100% battery back, so I'm interested in knowing if we can plug her phone in and utilize the Verizon Repair Assistant to revert it back to PHE w/ 100% battery.
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That worked for me. Yeah, I attempted root and bricked it unknowingly (I've rooted phones before but didn't adequately research the versions that wouldn't work. I was rooting for the express purpose of blocking the 60% limitation). But when the Verizon/Samsung repair software went in, it put me back to the version prior to the 60% update. I'm now able to charge to 100% and have blocked further updates using methods described above. Unfortunately, we likely don't have any way of knowing what version the repair tool will put on the phone, as they may or may not have remembered to update it by now. The version the recovery software put on my phone is N930VVRS2APHE. I hope this helps.

MizSxxyBych said:
We can help you get your battery back to 100%. Note7alliance.com
Sent from my flaming hot Note 7 via Tapatalk!
Join note7alliance.com for tutorials to get your battery back to 100%, use Samsung Pay, Gear VR, block Samsung updates etc! We are the ALLIANCE!!!!
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How bout no

Lol..... OK don't.... No biggie to the rest of us ???

Samsung is bricking the devices, good luck on cheesy alliance bull.

jjayzx said:
Samsung is bricking the devices, good luck on cheesy alliance bull.
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i wouldnt call it a brick lol moreso unuseable for much anything haha

Maybe an updated version of software by Google will fix the BLOD

Hello guys.
I live in South Korea and just had contact with customer service.
They said once my warranty is now passed, they might not be able to provide me a free repair, but google will soon release an update that is supposed to fix the BLOD(Boot Loop Of Death), so I'd better wait for it.
I don't know if it will work, but for me, and people having a phone which can't even get to recovery but only bootloader, who seem to have nothing to lose, this update will worth the wait.
Let's hope that's true and we can get our 6P back to life.

Didnt Google mentioned BLOD is a hardware issue earlier?

Aswin08 said:
Didnt Google mentioned BLOD is a hardware issue earlier?
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Yeah. There's a news that Google said it's hardware problem, but Huawei did say the upcoming update will fix it.
IDK which one is truth.. just hoping simply updating software will fix it.

frostydawn said:
Yeah. There's a news that Google said it's hardware problem, but Huawei did say the upcoming update will fix it.
IDK which one is truth.. just hoping simply updating software will fix it.
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If it's a software issue why does it happen with Marshmallow, Nougat and custom ROMs? I don't think Huawei is being honest.

jhs39 said:
If it's a software issue why does it happen with Marshmallow, Nougat and custom ROMs? I don't think Huawei is being honest.
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Oh it didn't occured to me..
I also have some doubt that it's a software-related problem, because downgrading to MM doesn't even work.
Well, maybe they are fixing bugs that they haven't found before, or also maybe, the defective OS has triggered something..
I'm not sure that update will fix my phone, but for now, this is my last hope.

frostydawn said:
Oh it didn't occured to me..
I also have some doubt that it's a software-related problem, because downgrading to MM doesn't even work.
Well, maybe they are fixing bugs that they haven't found before, or also maybe, the defective OS has triggered something..
I'm not sure that update will fix my phone, but for now, this is my last hope.
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Good luck but I honestly wouldn't get my hopes up too high. But you aren't the first person Huawei told this to. Hopefully there is something to it besides them trying to brush people off. I personally think people should file a class action suit against Huawai since the phone appears to be defective and it should last for more than a year given its premium price. I've never had a phone from HTC, LG or Samsung break, no matter how long I kept using them. I've never even heard of another phone that has all the issues the 6P does.

jhs39 said:
Good luck but I honestly wouldn't get my hopes up too high. But you aren't the first person Huawei told this to. Hopefully there is something to it besides them trying to brush people off. I personally think people should file a class action suit against Huawai since the phone appears to be defective and it should last for more than a year given its premium price. I've never had a phone from HTC, LG or Samsung break, no matter how long I kept using them. I've never even heard of another phone that has all the issues the 6P does.
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Yeah I'm suspecting if there's an inherent hardware defects, and if that's the case, I think they should provide us a proper support like LG providing refund of Nexus 5x in US.
But, I'm not an expert and don't know what caused boot loop.
As I saw another person who may live in another country of mine, heard from Huawei that update will fix the problem, there may be something google is preparing for.
For now, there best thing I can do, is wait android 7.1.2 beta image.
If it won't work, that's a problem of then.
p.s. luckily I have unlocked bootloader, but considering boot looping devices can update their software only through unlocked bootloader, what should normal people having locked bootloader should do?

frostydawn said:
Yeah I'm suspecting if there's an inherent hardware defects, and if that's the case, I think they should provide us a proper support like LG providing refund of Nexus 5x in US.
But, I'm not an expert and don't know what caused boot loop.
As I saw another person who may live in another country of mine, heard from Huawei that update will fix the problem, there may be something google is preparing for.
For now, there best thing I can do, is wait android 7.1.2 beta image.
If it won't work, that's a problem of then.
p.s. luckily I have unlocked bootloader, but considering looping devices can update their software only through unlocked bootloader, what should normal people having locked bootloader should do?
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Exactly, with those people have warranty expired and locked bootloader as well will have to throw it away?

Blod, I assume thats bootloader something something. Wish everyone would just write ..... Nevermind.

dontbeweakvato said:
Blod, I assume thats bootloader something something. Wish everyone would just write ..... Nevermind.
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Battery life of death...

dontbeweakvato said:
Blod, I assume thats bootloader something something. Wish everyone would just write ..... Nevermind.
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Sorry for not writing post in a way everyone can understand easily and using only abbreviation.
BLOD means Boot Loop Of Death

tigsandmitch said:
Battery life of death...
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*Boot Loop of death

Hardware Issue
frostydawn said:
I don't know if it will work, but for me, and people having a phone which can't even get to recovery but only bootloader, who seem to have nothing to lose, this update will worth the wait. Let's hope that's true and we can get our 6P back to life.
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If you have exhausted your warranty options, it's time to put the phone down and move on.

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If you have exhausted your warranty options, it's time to put the phone down and move on.
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Maybe you're right.
I'm not sure if the update will fix my phone, and whether they meant 7.1.2 beta or officially update.
I also have a bad feeling that my phone won't back, but if this phone doesn't return, I have no choice but keep using my old-fashioned Nexus 5.
If the beta update doesn't fix it, maybe I'll just give up or give it a second chance for official update.. but for now, I can see some hope because Huawei said it to me.

There's some news about what I tried, but there ain't good things.
First, I downloaded N4F26O update(https://developers.google.com/android/images), which was uploaded in 2 days ago(Yeah, I only thought about 7.1.2 beta, abd didn't think about this) and installed it.
It didn't work.
So I contacted with Huawei and Google's consumer care center.
Huawei said, to talk about softwares, I should contact with Google.
Google said, they didn't receive any plan of the update which is supposed to fix boot loop. I got confused, since a days ago, Huawei once did say there will be that update.
They also said, if I have a secondary phone, I'd better use that phone and see if the update will be released and fix my phone.
So... I didn't gain anything. Google and Huawei both said they can't assure the update will fix the bootloop, and the only clear solution is to change its motherboard.
Well, I won't give up, at least unti thel 7.1.2 beta's release, but I'm tired and for now, have nothing to do.
I'll just wait for the 7.1.2 beta.
I'll just keep waiting...

If you feel compelled to support, and bring attention to this issue.
https://www.change.org/p/google-inc...utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

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There's some news about what I tried, but there ain't good things... I'll just keep waiting...
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Since you have nothing to lose, why not try this while you are waiting. I would direct any questions you have about this method to the dev.

v12xke said:
Since you have nothing to lose, why not try this while you are waiting. I would direct any questions you have about this method to the dev.
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But that's seems to be for devices that's stuck in EDL mode.
I still can access bootloader, so thank you for your advice, but that seems to not work.

I'm afraid that you'll have to let this go.. Huawei is know for telling customers BS on the phone. Even the warranty repair center sucks. They downgrade people their phones and say that the battery issue is now resolved. It really is a shame, but they don't give a rat's *ss about you or any other customer who has already paid for the product.

Moto Z Force Droid - Updated, then gets HOT, Bootloops...

FYI...This is my daughter's phone, and I am new to MOtorola.
Phone Information
Android version: 8.0.0
Security Patch: July 1, 2018
Configuration Version: F16.MOT.XT165.0.0
Baseband: M8996_1239.53.01.126.29.01R GVS
Kernel Version: 093.18.7Lperfg4966e91
BUild # OCLS27.76-69E
Symptoms
Gets HOT
When try to reset, nothing happens
When try to hook to Wifi, none of the SSIDs show up
Daughter said it was boootloop, but when I brought it home to work on, it is not bootlooping right now
I did try to boot to recovery, and found the screen in the first attachment when I select recovery
Then I selected ********* and get what is shown in the sideways attachment (I did rotate it on the PC, but it rotated back down here). I find it interesting in the second/sideways picture it says Baseband not found.
I was able to get a boot loop going, but I think that was due to low battery. I was also able (before the boot loop) to get it to boot into the OS. That was when I found I could not factory reset, or attach to wifi.
I found a post on here about using the Software Update - Software Upgrade/Repair assistant, and was thinking about going down that path.
Sound like a good idea?
What if I want to downgrade to V7x?
While waiting for thoughts here, I'm charging the phone, and plan to search more for threads about this type of problem, and maybe about how to downgrade to 7.
Thanks in advance...

I "NEVER" do over the air updates any more!!!
Too easy for the network to go down during the update!
Then the device operating code is not all there!
Use the insurance and get it replaced. Trying to fix it is a waste of time! Per my experience!
Kd
Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

kidc4 said:
I "NEVER" do over the air updates any more!!!
Too easy for the network to go down during the update!
Then the device operating code is not all there!
Use the insurance and get it replaced. Trying to fix it is a waste of time! Per my experience!
Kd
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She wasn't spending on insurance. Hasn't had problems over the years, so decided it wasn't worth the $.
I'm trying the repair from the option I listed. IT appeared to be going, downloaded and all. But it's been sitting on Installing for several minutes now, and it is remaining at 0% completed. So, I'm becoming skeptical it will work.

Best bet is to take to the verizon store or sprint and have the operating system reloaded...
Her stuff is backed up in the cloud. Once the os is reinstalled then reload her stuff to the phone.
The store can reload the os via a hard line with no chance of data loss. They may have to send it in to reinstall the os. But, I would insist on it! You bought the phone there and use their network. It is partly their fault and should not give you any grief over reloading the operating system...
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Well, no good.
I want to downgrade to NCLS26.118-23-13-6-1. But I'm having trouble finding the file to download. Just finding dead links.
If anyone has a tip on where to find it, I'd love to hear it.

kidc4 said:
Best bet is to take to the verizon store or sprint and have the operating system reloaded...
Her stuff is backed up in the cloud. Once the os is reinstalled then reload her stuff to the phone.
The store can reload the os via a hard line with no chance of data loss. They may have to send it in to reinstall the os. But, I would insist on it! You bought the phone there and use their network. It is partly their fault and should not give you any grief over reloading the operating system...
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She took it to Verizon, and they told her it couldn't be fixed. I don't think they wanted to bother with it. It was boot looping...which I think was just because of discharged battery. ONce I charged it a bit, I was able to boot, but have all the other issues.
I just ran it through repair that said it was successful, but still can't see any WiFi. ATM the phone is deactivated, as she had to get something to get calls. I wouldn't think that Wifi would stop if it's deactivated.
I agree with your comments about they should do it, but at this point, I think we're past that. I'm now trying to get it operational as a backup device.

ewingr said:
She took it to Verizon, and they told her it couldn't be fixed. I don't think they wanted to bother with it. It was boot looping...which I think was just because of discharged battery. ONce I charged it a bit, I was able to boot, but have all the other issues.
I just ran it through repair that said it was successful, but still can't see any WiFi. ATM the phone is deactivated, as she had to get something to get calls. I wouldn't think that Wifi would stop if it's deactivated.
I agree with your comments about they should do it, but at this point, I think we're past that. I'm now trying to get it operational as a backup device.
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Look on line for full os file for the phone then hook it to the laptop or desktop and install from the computer via micro USB...
That may work. Best of luck!
Kd
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kidc4 said:
Look on line for full os file for the phone then hook it to the laptop or desktop and install from the computer via micro USB...
That may work. Best of luck!
Kd
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That's what I"m trying to do. I've been looking for NCLS26.118-23-13-6-1 for a half hour. All references to a download for it are dead links. I'm going to post a question to see if anyone can provide a link.

It's done for...
Well, I think I have found why Verizon shooed her out the door. The bootloader is locked, and given that, you can't even install any rom on it at all I guess. Not even the original rom.
I finally found a rom that might work. But after then trying a couple tools in the forums I found, it didn't work.
ON the second tool I found, there was someone asking if it worked for the Force, and someone said no, and that it would never work, because Moto has it locked down.
The first tool even had an optoin to pull the text to take to Moto to get the unlock code (although it didn't work...I had to use a fastboot cmd)...and Moto said it is not unlockable.
I guess it's just good for the trash bin.
Leaves me glad I'm not on Verizon, nor Motorola.
I appreciate the help and input you folks have supplied me. Hopefully this thread will help someone else, maybe prevent them from spending hours to a wasted project.

ewingr said:
Well, I think I have found why Verizon shooed her out the door. The bootloader is locked, and given that, you can't even install any rom on it at all I guess. Not even the original rom.
I finally found a rom that might work. But after then trying a couple tools in the forums I found, it didn't work.
ON the second tool I found, there was someone asking if it worked for the Force, and someone said no, and that it would never work, because Moto has it locked down.
The first tool even had an optoin to pull the text to take to Moto to get the unlock code (although it didn't work...I had to use a fastboot cmd)...and Moto said it is not unlockable.
I guess it's just good for the trash bin.
Leaves me glad I'm not on Verizon, nor Motorola.
I appreciate the help and input you folks have supplied me. Hopefully this thread will help someone else, maybe prevent them from spending hours to a wasted project.
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No over air updates!
Period!
Kd
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kidc4 said:
No over air updates!
Period!
Kd
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That's what I gather, which getting up this morning and thinking about it, leaves me confused.
So, do they never update the phone? If so, how? And, then, why did 8.0 get put on this (which borked the phone)?
Thanks again, everyone.

ewingr said:
That's what I gather, which getting up this morning and thinking about it, leaves me confused.
So, do they never update the phone? If so, how? And, then, why did 8.0 get put on this (which borked the phone)?
Thanks again, everyone.
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To stop updates!
Click Motorola update services
Then stop!
It is under apps and you must engage system applications view!
The screen shots will help...
Whenever you reboot you must go back in and turn it off!!! You run out of battery it will reboot when you power it back up!
Once I stopped over air updates! Had zero problems!
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I had issues with the latest update, as many others have (just check Verizon forums). It's known to kill the phone. Bluetooth, WiFi, Sim detection, battery.
Motorola knows of the issue and is asking users to contact them directly for service. You might try that. I personally has Verizon honor warranty because I still owe 2 payments and have been paying for device protection. I got a new phone FedEx the next day. There's no way I'll allow this new phone to accept the latest update.

What essential did i just buy?!?!

I ordered an essential phone on eBay, which came in today. It functions. However it's stuck on 7.1.1. I contacted Essential and they told me what I have is a Sprint demo model. I run a few errands hardware tests and it seems it does have the sd835 (it says msm8998?) and correct ram and memory, supposedly. It said something like only 407dpi and a slightly lower resolution display. I contacted the seller and he told me that Essential says this to like 20 of his customers and that I can manually download and install the update. I'm hesitant to try that in case of hardware discrepancies. The bootloader says "Mata" for codename etc. Any thoughts on this???

I have the chance to return it. Is it worth it to return it and get another one? I want the correct specs as a normal ph1.

Nickdroid86 said:
I have the chance to return it. Is it worth it to return it and get another one? I want the correct specs as a normal ph1.
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Mata is the codename for this phone. If you goto about phone and it is hardware revision 1.8 then you have the same hardware as the rest of us and should just download one of the "back to stock" fastboot packages on this forum and call it a day.

djinc91 said:
Mata is the codename for this phone. If you goto about phone and it is hardware revision 1.8 then you have the same hardware as the rest of us and should just download one of the "back to stock" fastboot packages on this forum and call it a day.
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Thank you for the info I do have 1.8. What is the significants of that? Will I get OTA's now that I manually was able to update to 9.0?

I fastboot installed 9.0. rebooted and had no touch screen. So I installed through adb sideline the same version and it seems to be working now.

Nickdroid86 said:
Will I get OTA's now that I manually was able to update to 9.0?
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If Sprint is anything like Telus (my carrier) you will get ota updates but it could be days or weeks after essential releases them. I do all my updates manually.

djinc91 said:
If Sprint is anything like Telus (my carrier) you will get ota updates but it could be days or weeks after essential releases them. I do all my updates manually.
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I don't know if it's Sprint or not but it was stuck at 7.1.1 and I had to do it all manually. I have MetroPCS.

Nickdroid86 said:
I don't know if it's Sprint or not but it was stuck at 7.1.1 and I had to do it all manually. I have MetroPCS.
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What is the variant in the bootloader? It must be unlocked, so in that case, you should get OTA updates as they are released.

It does say unlocked but it would not receive OTAs, I spent a good couple hours trying and troubleshooting. I contacted Essential and that's when they told me it's probably a Sprint demo. I just unlocked the bootloader and updated everything manually then relocked the bootloader.

You could flash last months 9.0 release, use it like that for a bit and see what happens. Would be the fastest way to determine whether it will update now or not. Also you should leave the bootloader unlocked, from what I've seen on this forum relocking the bootloader has been the cause of 99% of bricking for this phone.

Thanks for the info. I may try the recent prior update thing, if not I guess I can always manually flash.

Anyone else end up with a "demo" model (according to Essential)? What's your experience with it?

Nickdroid86 said:
Anyone else end up with a "demo" model (according to Essential)? What's your experience with it?
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I don't have one, but they are in the wild.
You get no support and they will not take it for out of warranty repair.

tech_head said:
I don't have one, but they are in the wild.
You get no support and they will not take it for out of warranty repair.
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They said I could still update manually, which is ok. With my luck I'd get no warranty support anyway lol.

Bumping this because I booted into my bootloader and it says "Variant - ". It's blank.

Nickdroid86 said:
Bumping this because I booted into my bootloader and it says "Variant - ". It's blank.
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Was it always like this?
Personally as soon as Essential told you it's likely to be a Demo model I would have returned it to the seller immediately. That's just a recipe for disaster/headaches.
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geko95gek said:
Was it always like this?
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Ever since I received it and few days ago. Used from yywireles on eBay.

Nickdroid86 said:
Ever since I received it and few days ago. Used from yywireles on eBay.
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Can you still return it?
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I can, but it's only $209 I don't think I'll find a better deal for that price. Everything still functions the same just no warranty support, and no ota's. I can update manually still.

Nickdroid86 said:
I can, but it's only $209 I don't think I'll find a better deal for that price. Everything still functions the same just no warranty support, and no ota's. I can update manually still.
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Ah fair enough, that's pretty decent.
Cheapest I know a brand new one was on sale for was $225 I think.
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