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Well I would hate to jump on this prematurely but I've noticed today my 3G has been strong and seems to be working the way it should be. Wish I had another 3G phone to match it up to but I don't. Anyone else here notice better 3G, think maybe google quietly rolled out and OTA?
And Where is here? Mine has always been fine in Vegas!
phoenix, az
I doubt a device is gonna update itself without notifying
good point, but i haven't had solid 3G to speak of until today, had it all day.
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Well I would hate to jump on this prematurely but I've noticed today my 3G has been strong and seems to be working the way it should be. Wish I had another 3G phone to match it up to but I don't. Anyone else here notice better 3G, think maybe google quietly rolled out and OTA?
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Did you check to see if maybe you have a new firmware version?
its just 2.1 but day 2 and still strong 3g, either way im happy!
i noticed after the weekend of data outages, my 3G has been really solid since. both yesterday and today i listened to slacker throughout the entire work day without any hiccups...
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phoenix, az
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Had my N1 since the 6th and never had 3G problems here in Phoenix; however, since Cyanogen added the "H" icon, I'd notice it would flash between 3G and H at random, and it 'does' seem to hold "H" longer now... interesting...
Well my polar clock is not FC'ing on any settings anymore, which is a bit odd...
I would assume though that you would get a notification if they did an update.
My polar clock isn't FC-ing either anymore. I seem to remember someone saying that it was date-dependent (the bug that caused the FC), so maybe it's just since Feb 1st.
My Polar Clock doesn't FC anymore either! And I tried it only yesterday, or two days ago and it was totally FC'ing. Wow. Something happened...
Possibly another time bug similar to the Droid Camera bug??
[Edit]: Actually, it may be related to the month sphere... Maybe it doesn't work at the end of the month
Are you guys talking about the FC's that we were getting by using one of the dynamic Polar Clocks?
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My polar clock isn't FC-ing either anymore. I seem to remember someone saying that it was date-dependent (the bug that caused the FC), so maybe it's just since Feb 1st.
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Ah ye, I remember now. It was a programming bug that caused it to FC the whole of january.
An FOTA update is being out pushed imminently, but correct, it will always warn you prior to installing..
I still could not get a GPS lock even with the new radio and the DK05 ROM was still to buggy for me. So I went back to stock then back to 4.2 release of Froyo. I needed the GPS so I flashed the radio to the DK05 release and got 12 Sats in just a few seconds. This was the only combination hat has worked for me. Maybe it's just a fluke but it works for me even after reboot. Just thought I would share. I don't know why the rom version would matter 4.2 and DK05 radio gives me orking GPS.
Hope this helps someone......
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Well known fix for a well known bug. Don't use GPS for a few days, then try it and report back, please.
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herzzreh said:
Well known fix for a well known bug. Don't use GPS for a few days, then try it and report back, please.
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I feel like there should be a flashing red line at the top of every forum post
"If you reboot your phone and your gps works, ITS NOT FIXED!"
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Well known fix for a well known bug. Don't use GPS for a few days, then try it and report back, please.
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I understand where your coming from but that's not what I was referring to. My point was that I could barely EVER get a GPS lock until now. I tried the "leaked GPS fix" in the other thread and if it worked it wouldn't after I rebooted the phone. I was simply reporting that with this combination of Radio and ROM that it worked very well. Before it would stop working when I rebooted but it locks right on now.
I am very aware the "Well known fix for a well known issue". This was different for me and I thought it might work for someone else still having issues.
I wasn't trying to be a **** or anything. What you did just forced a complete cache wipe and then a download of new data. Unless you use it daily and unless you have it set to cold start, I guarantee you that your issues will be back.
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herzzreh said:
I wasn't trying to be a **** or anything. What you did just forced a complete cache wipe and then a download of new data. Unless you use it daily and unless you have it set to cold start, I guarantee you that your issues will be back.
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No problem. I guess my whole point was I had done the cache wipes many times with no positive outcome. This was really the first time I was able to use the GPS on my phone. Maybe it was just coincidence but I tried the cache wipe and anything else I could find to get the GPS to lock and this was the only thing that ever worked for me.
No GPS satellites in view
I wanted to share since I have the same problem...
I am now on my third epic as the first two would not even see a satellite for anything. Not sure if anyone else may be this unlucky but the first two were definitely defective. Third one works like a charm.
I do work for Sprint, and I've seen how shoddy quality control can be for some of the devices, but it seems like they almost rushed these out of the factory. Only had two customers come in that actually required a replacement, as the others were just the standard GPS issues, but man is it frustrating for this kind of phone.
I remember when I got my original touch that didn't even have gps enabled yet! How many years old and even with froyo on it, gps works near instantly for all tests.
But anyway, just wanted to share as I don't know that everyone who has been having issues has verified if they are even seeing satellites available.
ramsestut said:
I wanted to share since I have the same problem...
I am now on my third epic as the first two would not even see a satellite for anything. Not sure if anyone else may be this unlucky but the first two were definitely defective. Third one works like a charm.
I do work for Sprint, and I've seen how shoddy quality control can be for some of the devices, but it seems like they almost rushed these out of the factory. Only had two customers come in that actually required a replacement, as the others were just the standard GPS issues, but man is it frustrating for this kind of phone.
I remember when I got my original touch that didn't even have gps enabled yet! How many years old and even with froyo on it, gps works near instantly for all tests.
But anyway, just wanted to share as I don't know that everyone who has been having issues has verified if they are even seeing satellites available.
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Thanks. I was seeing 0/0 in GPS Status. No matter what I did I had nothing. I was swapped out a few times as well but for the capacitive buttons. I got it working pretty good now. Now I get 12/12 outside and like 7/7 inside. Stas seen/Sats locked
I'm unclear on which version is "froyo 4.2". Do you mean the DJ29 leak? NVM. I didn't put 2 + 2 together; you were referring to the 4.2 revision of leaked DJ29.
I'm basically in the same boat OP was, I'm flashed all the way up to the latest DK05 ROM and modem but GPS is still a crapshoot.
At least it's finally looking like the next OTA will for-sure fix the GPS problems. With Samsung supposedly never acknowledging the problem I was worried.
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At least it's finally looking like the next OTA will for-sure fix the GPS problems. With Samsung supposedly never acknowledging the problem I was worried.
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From reading the anecdotal reports of uncontrolled testing here, I've seen no evidence of that at all. Maybe it's fixed, and maybe it isn't. You should still be worrried.
People are overcoming the novel problem particular to installing the leaked version. This problem, apparently an artifact of the way the leaked firmware is installed, was breaking GPS completely at the outset.
But that is not the same thing as saying that Samsung has fixed the longstanding GPS bug on the Epic. In fact, having the GPS work initially is a symptom perfectly consistent with that bug. (You can get the same effect just by doing of factory reset of your stock Epic running Eclair DI18.)
The Epic's GPS bug occurs over time, as the GPS almanac and ephemeris cache becomes out of date or corrupt. As far as I can see, no one running the leaked firmware has tested the use cases that can replicate the bug on the stock Epic.
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The Epic's GPS bug occurs over time, as the GPS almanac and ephemeris cache becomes out of date or corrupt. As far as I can see, no one running the leaked firmware has tested the use cases that can replicate the bug on the stock Epic.
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I'm not doubting that this is a bug, but my Epic has NEVER been able to get quick and accurate locks, and I have tried after countless wipes. Unless it's just bad hardware there is more then one bug in play here.
The OP's situation seems near-identical to mine so I'm hopeful that trying this might actually have results.
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At least it's finally looking like the next OTA will for-sure fix the GPS problems. With Samsung supposedly never acknowledging the problem I was worried.
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First the fact that samsung hasn't acknowledge the problem is not "supposed" it is a documented fact. They refuse 100% to acknowledge the problem and in fact say on the record all GPS issues on Epic were fixed at release.
Second there is zero evidence that the next OTA will do anything for GPS on Epic, where do you even get the slightest indication that is the case?
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I'm not doubting that this is a bug, but my Epic has NEVER been able to get quick and accurate locks, and I have tried after countless wipes. Unless it's just bad hardware there is more then one bug in play here.
The OP's situation seems near-identical to mine so I'm hopeful that trying this might actually have results.
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the OP situation is totally different an yours, it has to do with flashing, which killed the GPS on many Epics. IE not an issue with time to first fix, interrmtant falure to fix, or accuracy, but a total killing of GPS.
The fix implemented restores GPS to the same function state as the rest of ours, generally working with some number of failures to flush cache and thereby no fix locaiton on occassion
Thought i'd post these here. Others can post theres as well. If I get any answers I'll post those here also.
1. Are there plans to fix the gps issues on the epic? Or is it simply hardware related?
2. Why did samsung choose the rfs file system?
3. What is Samsung's corporate position on open-source software development?
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I have a question for you and other members. What exactly is the gps issue? Mine works perfectly on my epic on 2.1 and 2.2.1
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I have a question for you and other members. What exactly is the gps issue? Mine works perfectly on my epic on 2.1 and 2.2.1
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Some people have gps issues such as accuracy i believe. some don't
Oh ok thanx just curious because me and my wife both have the epic and both are fine.
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I have a problem where the gps doesn't lock at random. Usually a battery pull clears the problem. Accuracy is usually within 30 feet or so.
Rfs? It was the thing they had at the time. On new phones they are using ext4.
Supposedly 2.2.1 official on Monday will address GPS.... we will see... not sure the point of that Q&A at this time (the next few days) as we have yet to see what they listened to for the build they are dropping in a few days. I honestly think he wants our input on matters other than software/hardware complaints that are well known. I think that will be useful if everyone is contented with the 2.2.1 release, Its not a bad thing to have a suggestion box, IF the issues are addressed somewhat promptly...
I asked:
Does Samsung intend to address the hardware keyboard issue that causes the phone to miss keystrokes?
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one other question that I completely forgot.
Edit: strike that, just remembered.
Is Samsung going to offer firmware updates for the Camera which is available in the settings menu of the leaked 2.2 rom??
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I have a question for you and other members. What exactly is the gps issue? Mine works perfectly on my epic on 2.1 and 2.2.1
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Gps locks fine and quickly, but then loses lock after 5-15 minutes. You have to manually turn the gps on and off again to get it to re lock.
And I asked because it was supposed to be addressed in an update that came our months ago but still happens for a lot of us.
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Gps locks fine and quickly, but then loses lock after 5-15 minutes. You have to manually turn the gps on and off again to get it to re lock.
And I asked because it was supposed to be addressed in an update that came our months ago but still happens for a lot of us.
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Dont forget you cant lock GPS with wifi or 4g on.
Well there must be enough wrong with GPS for them to mention it as one of the main features of the udpate to happen monday... hopefully they will fix your issues, I have got my GPS to 2 meters on DK28, but actually have yet to leave it on for an extended period of time, dont really use Nav, I know my city from jobs... and dont really like leaving that on, Ive disabled it since they first came in phones... tinfoil hat and all...
HW Keyboard!!! If it does not improve, I will take it in for service. I got a replacement like Jan 3, for my OG that I had since launch week, and aside from the screen fail, my original never dropped keys... not that I can remember... it also seems to be getting worse, and since January I have not gotten that much faster at typing on it to make a difference that way... but I HOPE its software... else I may end up with another TEP claim.
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Dont forget you cant lock GPS with wifi or 4g on.
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I lock with wifi on.
My question is what is samsung's plans for future os updates for the epic?
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From the sound of it, Svetius at captivate says that xda will be filtering the questions before they go to Sammy.
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I can probably easily tell you how they will answer it or at least summarize it..
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1. Are there plans to fix the gps issues on the epic? Or is it simply hardware related?
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We are working hard to isolate and fix this issue..
2. Why did samsung choose the rfs file system?
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We chose RFS for its reliability (they made RFS themselves they are not going to say any bad about it)
3. What is Samsung's corporate position on open-source software development?
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Samsung is committed to open source
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Those will be your answers..in a fancier manner..
As for GPS locking , I lock just fine..I noticed Google Maps gets stuck here and there but if I use any other software there is no issue...
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I lock with wifi on.
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Generally not for long. Leave WiFi on for 2 days, without ever shutting it off. Then try getting a lock. Promise you won't be able to.
I've never had problems locking on to GPS
The problem that I share with many others is that the GPS will randomly stop connecting with satellites after 10-20 minutes of use. Sometimes a lot sooner than that. It'll reconnect after about 2 minutes, but its really annoying when you're using google nav.
I've tried using GPS status and I can see that it has a great signal, but it won't connect to a couple of sats at random times. Very buggy.
AFTER the update, if it happens, those with GPS issues should get an ALL GPS thread like the 2.2 one... it seems like a real clusterfuk as it stands, and theres no clear proof that its software, or a crappy GPS radio, and thats the end of the story. After the update, which claims to address GPS, those with GPS issues need to compare notes, and figure out as best as possible what is hardware limitation, what is software, what is user error. As stated above, other software besides google maps should be tried as well, in case there is something weird happening with that... I dont use GPS much, so I wonder why this issue keeps popping up so much, and people dont collaborate enough on solving the issue. After that best GPS fix ever thread popped up, I Odin'ed to DI18, and did all the steps, even considered going to DG27 or whatever to be extra retentive, but once I got all the way up to my rooted, rom'd setup, got 2 meters, or maybe 1... thats all I bothered with. I understand those that use their epics as a tom-tom need much higher standards of connectivity.... hopefully you wont be disappointed.
I hope so too. I work at several different locations and user the phone as nav. Gps locks fine, just loses lock soon enough, often at critical times...
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I just got an update from HTC to 2.50.495.2 and I would like to know if anyone else got this and what are their observations. It happened just 5 minutes ago or so.
I didn't get it but i heard that they fixed the WiFi-issue. The connectivety seems to be better now.
Yup, fixed some wifi issues (constantly dropping connection) for me.
Thanks for the info. I never had the WiFi issue so I guess the update is rather useless for me. Oh well.
Thanks again!
I've never experienced any wifi problems, but updated anyway. Now, the battery is draining pretty quickly compared to before the update Anyone else experiencing the same?
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I've never experienced any wifi problems, but updated anyway. Now, the battery is draining pretty quickly compared to before the update Anyone else experiencing the same?
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I'll be checking this for the next few days, but if anyone has any figures I'd appreciate the info.
I tried to do the update, but I think it failed, because my phone was completely resetted! Guess I'll try again...
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after update , htc location doesnt work for me anymore. i have to disable wifi and 3g to work again.
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I've never experienced any wifi problems, but updated anyway. Now, the battery is draining pretty quickly compared to before the update Anyone else experiencing the same?
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I too see faster battery draining then before update..will se what happens next few days
No battery drain here, 4h. of wifi for 2%, I did however reboot it a few times, maybe that helped, dunno.
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I just got an update from HTC to 2.50.495.2 and I would like to know if anyone else got this and what are their observations. It happened just 5 minutes ago or so.
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can you give me the link for the RUU, like PM me? Thanks
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can you give me the link for the RUU, like PM me? Thanks
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Sorry, but I cant provide a link as it was OTA. I noticed it yesterday on the phone and updated, although I dont know how long its been out. I did some quick research and there doesnt seem to be a lot of information about it except that some say they lost Arabic support.
My phone is, I think, a unit from France so I dont know if all regions have the update. Maybe the others who responded to this thread can shed some light to the updates availability.
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Sorry, but I cant provide a link as it was OTA. I noticed it yesterday on the phone and updated, although I dont know how long its been out. I did some quick research and there doesnt seem to be a lot of information about it except that some say they lost Arabic support.
My phone is, I think, a unit from France so I dont know if all regions have the update. Maybe the others who responded to this thread can shed some light to the updates availability.
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im in australia, but my dhd is a unit from arabic region. Not sure if it will allow me to update to the WWE 2.50
Just got the update this morning too... (O2 Czech Republic)... can't really tell if is any different than before, I had no problems with the wifi....
Ota update
I get the OTA update last night, i seems that some devices had wifi issues (i haven't) i update in anyway. can we found an official announcement with changelog?
thanx in advace
My ota was on a Dutch network-free device.
i did The Update via RUU..
Check Shipped Rom site.. Its available in the last..
Still no Sense 3.0
No GPS since update. Waiting on HTC for answer. See this thread about GPS problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1168531
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No GPS since update. Waiting on HTC for answer. See this thread about GPS problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1168531
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My GPS is no different than before, just to let you know for comparison.
Thought my GPS was broken too but it just took a while to 'find' itself. Was hoping the update might have been a preparation for an unlocked bootloader (yes I know it has only been announced for 'current and future handsets'). But I still live in hope. Only had the update for a couple of hours so will need to monitor over a couple of days to assess the affect.
Verizoners are you ready ? to get the update tomorrow with including a long change log list expected http://goo.gl/U7h3Jb
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Verizoners are you ready ? to get the update tomorrow with including a long change log list expected http://goo.gl/U7h3Jb
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Hopefully people can report receiving the update and any experiences. I just checked and it hasn't arrived in NC yet. Always good to get security updates even if they are not the latest (are they ever with VZN?).
AliceBToklas said:
Hopefully people can report receiving the update and any experiences. I just checked and it hasn't arrived in NC yet. Always good to get security updates even if they are not the latest (are they ever with VZN?).
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No need to check it will arrive tomorrow
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No need to check it will arrive tomorrow
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Sure, I guess I misinterpreted the title of the thread 'New Update coming tomorrow 6th may' to mean it was to show up on 6-May. Still, no harm in checking and looking forward to hearing the experiences of users.
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No need to check it will arrive tomorrow
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According to Android Police: "Verizon Is Rolling Out An OTA To The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Tomorrow, May 6".
This was posted on May 5.
So, unless my calendar is wrong, the update should be coming today.
Has anyone received the update? I tried and it says the phone is up to date, but still has the Feb security.
I just got it at 10:33am MDT (Utah). I'll report back tomorrow around the same time if I can.
I had HORRIBLE battery life with Wifi turned on (<10h total with maybe 2h screen on time), but I pay for 18GB plan so there wasn't really a need for wifi anyway and that helped my battery life tremendously.
I'll turn wifi on and report back tomorrow.
Have you tried Smart WiFi Toggler? It learns where and when you want to connect.
The update just became available in the KC market. Any reason not to take it?
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I just got it at 10:33am MDT (Utah). I'll report back tomorrow around the same time if I can.
I had HORRIBLE battery life with Wifi turned on (<10h total with maybe 2h screen on time), but I pay for 18GB plan so there wasn't really a need for wifi anyway and that helped my battery life tremendously.
I'll turn wifi on and report back tomorrow.
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Psychlone? Blue Nissan Titan driving Psychlone?
This is Blue Toyota Tacoma driving PiousInquisitor.
I haven't played Ingress in forever. Is it still fun?
On topic: got the ota notification. Will download and install during my lunch hour.
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Downloading right now. I'm in Maine.
I got the update this morning. Build number is now MMB29M.G930VVRU2APD2
No problems noticed so far...
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I got the update this morning. Build number is now MMB29M.G930VVRU2APD2
No problems noticed so far...
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Same here. No problems so far
Count me as surprised and wrong in my assumptions. Security patch level is 1-May. You read that right. I had to check twice to trust my eyes.
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Count me as surprised and wrong in my assumptions. Security patch level is 1-May. You read that right. I had to check twice to trust my eyes.
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So was I. I was expecting March at the latest. Working nicely so far. It'll take me a full cycle to see how battery is behaving, but everything seems good so far.
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So was I. I was expecting March at the latest. Working nicely so far. It'll take me a full cycle to see how battery is behaving, but everything seems good so far.
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Yes, can't assess anything on the battery life yet.
The one odd thing I experienced was it copied the calendar icon from My Knox home screen to my normal home screen (left the one in My Knox fine). No idea what that was about but my deleting it might come back to bite me later - will report if it does.
Feels the same after update so far. What the heck is DT ignite? Safe to disable?
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Yay! May security update
lol still doesn't fix what the tmo update fixed, with fixing the choppy video recording and fixing the android system battery drain? still doesn't fix the ****ty front facing camera focus issue and overblurring effect? no thanks.
Does it fix Android system drain? Or false reporting? I'm getting gold battery life but still adroid always says it's draining
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took this update like a fool and wish i didnt!
now the verizon variant has the same damn problem with nova launcher double tap to sleep that every other variant has.
when you use double tap to sleep gesture, and wake it up, it won't let you unlock with your fingerprint anymore. it makes you use the damn pin or pattern too.
god i can't stand verizon and their **** updates