Pie Update Release [Rant/News] - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Disc

So I'm sitting here, day after my Note 8 breaks and I have to get a new phone, no big deal, it was mostly paid off. Then I get a software update notification. What for? I'm already on the March security patch, so Pie maybe? Well as it turns out, it is in fact Pie. Waited so long for it to finally hit our devices, and yet it's released right after I come to the conclusion on getting a new phone. Just a weird chain of events for me as I've really wanted the Pie update. And now I get it. After I break it.

Your new phone will probably have Pie, also

glennsha said:
So I'm sitting here, day after my Note 8 breaks and I have to get a new phone, no big deal, it was mostly paid off. Then I get a software update notification. What for? I'm already on the March security patch, so Pie maybe? Well as it turns out, it is in fact Pie. Waited so long for it to finally hit our devices, and yet it's released right after I come to the conclusion on getting a new phone. Just a weird chain of events for me as I've really wanted the Pie update. And now I get it. After I break it.
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I had my first Note 8 since it first came out. Love it and had it right where I wanted it. A week ago I turned it on, and it STAYED on. I tried everything, even flashing it back to factory mode, *nothing* worked. I wasn't even able to get it to safe mode..it would boot up to the Verizon logo and stayed there ..it crashed and bricked on me, oh..when it bricked it also corrupted my sd card I LOST ALL my data

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[Q] Multi Window all the sudden changed to split screen

OK,
I have searched for hours on this one both here and google.
Maybe I'm not typing the query right, but here is my problem.
Galaxy S4 Android 4.4.2 Build: KDT49HL720VPUFNAE. Sprint. Not rooted
I installed the latest update and didn't care for the how it performed.
Any way my multi window used to just change between app's. No split screen.
After the update all the sudden it was split screen. It had never done that before, and I have had this phone since Oct 2013.
I did a factory reset, and now it's still split screen. I didn't pair any windows. I like it to just switch from app to app in full screen like it did when I first got the phone. Not the split then have to drag the line up for full screen or press the little button to turn off one screen It used to just switch from one app to the next in full screen. This is the only phone I have had that all of the sudden decides it will just do something different on it's own.
Is there a setting I'm missing?
Thanks in advance
The exact same thing happened to my multi window, so annoying to have to manually make it full screen. id love to see if anyone knows how to revert it back. thanks
Well the only answer so far is the the 4.4 Kitkat update caused this.
Factory reset wont roll it back so I guess we are stuck with whatever surprises 4.4 brings.
Sprint didn't do it's do diligence on this release from what I have been reading about how bad this messed up peoples GS4's
I'll consider myself lucky this is the only thing (so far) I have ran into.
Mike Boucher said:
Well the only answer so far is the the 4.4 Kitkat update caused this.
Factory reset wont roll it back so I guess we are stuck with whatever surprises 4.4 brings.
Sprint didn't do it's do diligence on this release from what I have been reading about how bad this messed up peoples GS4's
I'll consider myself lucky this is the only thing (so far) I have ran into.
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damn thats bad .. as soon as i got the pop up to update i didnt even bother to read on the changes, i went straight to update. bad mistake

Phone Reset In Pocket

So I was doing cardio at the gym with my rooted verizon s5 in my pocket. It was only for about 30 minutes and I checked my phone before I started. Once I finished, I checked my phone, only to see the set-up menu asking me what language I wanted, gmail account, etc. I have a lock screen on my phone, so I don't see how it could have pressed the right buttons to reset in my pocket even of the phone was turned on somehow. I had quite a few hours customizing it, so I'm pretty pissed. I did do a back-up and according to root checker I still have root access, so I guess I'll just do that even though the back-up is like a month old. I'm just wondering what the hell happened, and more importantly, how I prevent it in the future. I was getting constant requests for updates and security reports, but always dismissed them because I was told that was normal. Thanks in advance and let me know if you need anymore info.
Mathlete33 said:
So I was doing cardio at the gym with my rooted verizon s5 in my pocket. It was only for about 30 minutes and I checked my phone before I started. Once I finished, I checked my phone, only to see the set-up menu asking me what language I wanted, gmail account, etc. I have a lock screen on my phone, so I don't see how it could have pressed the right buttons to reset in my pocket even of the phone was turned on somehow. I had quite a few hours customizing it, so I'm pretty pissed. I did do a back-up and according to root checker I still have root access, so I guess I'll just do that even though the back-up is like a month old. I'm just wondering what the hell happened, and more importantly, how I prevent it in the future. I was getting constant requests for updates and security reports, but always dismissed them because I was told that was normal. Thanks in advance and let me know if you need anymore info.
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well, maybe it accidentally updated while in your pocket? lol maybe it shut off n u pressed recovery buttons?
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Mathlete33 said:
So I was doing cardio at the gym with my rooted verizon s5 in my pocket. It was only for about 30 minutes and I checked my phone before I started. Once I finished, I checked my phone, only to see the set-up menu asking me what language I wanted, gmail account, etc. I have a lock screen on my phone, so I don't see how it could have pressed the right buttons to reset in my pocket even of the phone was turned on somehow. I had quite a few hours customizing it, so I'm pretty pissed. I did do a back-up and according to root checker I still have root access, so I guess I'll just do that even though the back-up is like a month old. I'm just wondering what the hell happened, and more importantly, how I prevent it in the future. I was getting constant requests for updates and security reports, but always dismissed them because I was told that was normal. Thanks in advance and let me know if you need anymore info.
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Did you have the bottom check box in this Settings screen checked?
Mathlete33 said:
So I was doing cardio at the gym with my rooted verizon s5 in my pocket. It was only for about 30 minutes and I checked my phone before I started. Once I finished, I checked my phone, only to see the set-up menu asking me what language I wanted, gmail account, etc. I have a lock screen on my phone, so I don't see how it could have pressed the right buttons to reset in my pocket even of the phone was turned on somehow. I had quite a few hours customizing it, so I'm pretty pissed. I did do a back-up and according to root checker I still have root access, so I guess I'll just do that even though the back-up is like a month old. I'm just wondering what the hell happened, and more importantly, how I prevent it in the future. I was getting constant requests for updates and security reports, but always dismissed them because I was told that was normal. Thanks in advance and let me know if you need anymore info.
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I restarted mine the other day pulling it out of my pocket. I thought that was odd...
Samsung pocket reset explained. ****ED ME OVER
So about 3 months ago i was playing ultimate Frisbee on a school trip with some friends with my S5 in my pocket. After about 30 minutes of play i heard my phone making a strange noise. I pulled it out and realized i was operating in Chinese on a screen that was seemingly a setup screen. All my phone data had been lost due to a factory reset. I was pissed but it wasn't that big of a deal because i had gotten the phone a week earlier. So I reinstalled the few apps I had, re downloaded my contacts, and didn't look into to it much. But today, four months later, I was doing the same exact thing, playing ultimate Frisbee with some friends, and it happened again. But this time I had a 32 GB SD card in that was nearly full of important pictures, videos, files, folders, documents and schoolwork. What I now know is those retards at Samsung made it so the phone thinks the SD card is part of the phone AND IT PERMANENTLY FORMATTED IT. I was am and still livid that those ****tards have no way to fix this problem what so ever. The phone has a defense mechanism that resets the phone after too many incorrect password attempts and the phone against my leg in my pocket did the ****ing trick! Me - "So there is no way to recover the data?" Dumb Samsung ****head - "No its a permanent reset that protects the phone from intruders". How Stupid do you have to be to create something like that, that can be triggered by so many other means than an intruder, AND HAVE NO WAY TO FIX IT. I am now ****ED by Samsung and never purchasing a phone from them again. DON'T BUY SAMSUNG THEY ARE ****. And don't buy Apple either because they are WORSE. Hopefully this helps someone hate Samsung a little more because I'm SCREWED.
LukeChristensen said:
So about 3 months ago i was playing ultimate Frisbee on a school trip with some friends with my S5 in my pocket. After about 30 minutes of play i heard my phone making a strange noise. I pulled it out and realized i was operating in Chinese on a screen that was seemingly a setup screen. All my phone data had been lost due to a factory reset. I was pissed but it wasn't that big of a deal because i had gotten the phone a week earlier. So I reinstalled the few apps I had, re downloaded my contacts, and didn't look into to it much. But today, four months later, I was doing the same exact thing, playing ultimate Frisbee with some friends, and it happened again. But this time I had a 32 GB SD card in that was nearly full of important pictures, videos, files, folders, documents and schoolwork. What I now know is those retards at Samsung made it so the phone thinks the SD card is part of the phone AND IT PERMANENTLY FORMATTED IT. I was am and still livid that those ****tards have no way to fix this problem what so ever. The phone has a defense mechanism that resets the phone after too many incorrect password attempts and the phone against my leg in my pocket did the ****ing trick! Me - "So there is no way to recover the data?" Dumb Samsung ****head - "No its a permanent reset that protects the phone from intruders". How Stupid do you have to be to create something like that, that can be triggered by so many other means than an intruder, AND HAVE NO WAY TO FIX IT. I am now ****ED by Samsung and never purchasing a phone from them again. DON'T BUY SAMSUNG THEY ARE ****. And don't buy Apple either because they are WORSE. Hopefully this helps someone hate Samsung a little more because I'm SCREWED.
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sucks.. but why didnt you disable that option in settings? and why dont you have backups on the cloud or pc?
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[Q] Note 3 Google Play Services failing/OTA updates HELP

Okay, so my old phone basically broke after I updated to 4.4.4, my service was absent almost everywhere, my bluetooth went in and out, my phone was slow and froze constantly, and my battery could drain completely in like 30 minutes if I didnt turn everything off and hardly use it, then it would maybe last a few hours. So I got a replacement through Verizon, and lo and behold, it came with 4.4.2. My last post was about me trying desperately to root, but I couldnt because of my 4.4.4 update. So I was thrilled. I transferred all my stuff, and actually managed to use towelroot and it worked.
Then, my phone automatically downloaded the update, and I couldnt figure out how to stop the update popup or notification. Nothing I tried worked, and I downloaded a few apps to try and turn it off. Disabling or etc Google Services Framework does nothing, but somehow, everything else I did managed to make the phone basically unusable. I get two errors: "Unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped." and the same one but about Google Play Services. I tried to undo what I did but it didnt fix it. I reset my phone to factory settings, and while that stopped the downloaded update from popping up, i cant use it because the popups are there literally every 2 or 3 seconds. I cant navigate through a menu without tapping a hundred times, usually on the wrong buttons. I dont have wifi on, so the ota update hasnt downloaded.
Im going to probably take it to Verizon tomorrow and ask them if I can just get a replacement replacement, but I hate having to do all that, because I might have to wait even longer now. If somebody has any idea how to fix google play services, please tell me. I reenabled them, cleared data and cache, force stopped them, turned them back on, nothing fixes it.
Also, I desperately need to know how to prevent an update from downloading, and how to get rid of it once it is downloaded. Ill have root access, but none of the methods Ive googled have worked, please help me, Im so frustrated with Verizon and Samsung all this bull**** now. Why cant they just let us enjoy our devices?
First off a Verizon store will not give you a new phone unless you are inside of 30 days of a new purchase. Ofirst din 4.4.2 to give it a clean start. Re root phone. Then disable sdm which will stop all ota updates.
No, Verizon will give you a replacement if you have their insurance. I've gotten dozens this way. As long as there isn't any serious physical damage like obvious scratches or cracks, water damage, or anything similar they overnight you a brand new device.
I have two phones in my possession right now, on Monday I'll have a third. I went in and showed them the replacement, they seemed confused, but they always do. They told me to just send back the broken replacement and went ahead and put in for a new one, which Ill get Monday since tomorrow is no post.
So that problem is solved.
Ill try what you suggested when I get my replacement. I've never rooted beyond the towelroot I mentioned before, so this is all new to me. It seems like some methods I've seen only work on certain phones, so thats what Im worried about.
Do you think you could give me more specific instructions, because I have no idea what everything you said meant. Im just tired of googling everything you know? Id appreciate it!
Thank you for the reply!
drewcam888 said:
First off a Verizon store will not give you a new phone unless you are inside of 30 days of a new purchase. Ofirst din 4.4.2 to give it a clean start. Re root phone. Then disable sdm which will stop all ota updates.
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Bricked Nokia 6 after February update, anyone else?

Hi,
I updated my Nokia 6 early yesterday morning, February 21st. The update was 1,7GB in total, don't know what it consisted of. The update came to my phone through standard automated update check, I got a notification to connect to WiFi, I did, the update downloaded and installed.
Apparently, it was the Android Pie update, though I didn't look that closely.
So, 100% stock ROM, no mods, fully official update method. No tricks. Connected to wall, 100% battery.
After the update the phone booted and asked to reboot to install operator updates. I'm not quite sure the exact wording of the message pop-up, but that's what it asked as far as I can remember. I agreed to reboot, the phone shut down, and never came back to life again.
It won't respond to any key presses. It's completely bricked.
I'm going to get it fixed in a shop, where it'll go to have its display changed anyway. I'm writing this here to ask, has anyone else had troubles with the update? It was rolled out in Finland apparently February 21st or 20th, or then I haven't reacted to the notification before. I'm quite unhappy with the state of the matters, since it seems to be the official update that bricked my phone.
So, anyone had any troubles with Android Pie update?
Mine bricked 2 days ago after the same Android pie update, 1.7 GB. I have tried flashing to no avail. Currently looking for ways to restore a bricked Nokia 6 TA-1021.
rwaithera said:
Mine bricked 2 days ago after the same Android pie update, 1.7 GB. I have tried flashing to no avail. Currently looking for ways to restore a bricked Nokia 6 TA-1021.
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According to the service personnel, a small wonder happened when they plugged in my TA-1021 - the device started right up. It's quite extraordinary claim, since my phone was connected to my charger when it shut down, and it was showing 100% battery.
I have no reason for this, only speculation. The only explanation I can come up with outside of some divine intervention is, that the phone did not shut down after all. Instead, it was stuck on some loop with screen off and buttons inoperative. When it finally ran out of battery, it responded right away when it received more power.
I did not try and flash my phone myself. Nor did they flash it in the shop. It wasn't necessary, the phone is now fully functional.
Maybe try to plug it in briefly and see what happens. If nothing, then just unplug it again and try another time tomorrow. Btw. HMD Global's chat support was very responsive, so I highly recommend contacting them if you suspect that your case was caused by the updater itself.
Mine didn't get bricked, but it started having issues with Google accounts. After the update, all apps which use my Google account to login had login errors & I couldn't add Google accounts onto the device. I manually synced the account, removed the account & tried to add it again (shows a "sorry something went wrong" message everytime I try to add an account), wiped the cache, even factory reset it, but nothing helped. I finally had to spend some time learning how to downgrade it & was able to add accounts on the device again. But after I updated my device with Android 9 (V6.12) again, the issue came back.
my all google apps arent working on TA-1000
mine is completely bricked. wont turn on at all. TA-1033.
Is there anyway to fix this?

Axon 7 - help pls - some apps freezing

Hi
With help from this forum I upgraded my Chinese Axon 7 to Build A2017V3.0.0B17 back in the autumn. It's now on Build A2017V3.0.0B23. I think it did that update a month or so back.
Anyway for some weeks, which I don't think coincided with the update (but it may have done), I have apps freezing on startup. E.g. Uber splash screen comes up and sometimes it goes to the next (white) screen before it freezes, and sometimes not. In Chrome I have a number of tabs, sometimes it starts properly and opens them all and sometimes it freezes before it's opened them. (With Chrome , if I keep closing it down and restarting eventually it works).There are lots of apps like this, although there are also lots which are still working OK.
So last night I took the plunge and set it back to factory. Iv'e been reluctant to do this because I am on such a steep learning curve on rebuilding phones and I wasn't sure what it might do.
The outcome was that it reset just fine, still on B23, and so I started putting back my apps. Only to find I still have the issue.
So... should I put it back to B17 and see what happens, or can anyone advise anything else to look at before I do?
Thanks
Oh well, over the weekend I took the plunge. I used EDL method to put on A2017G onto my A2017 phone. It took a couple of attempts, and I think I have one or two outstanding gremlins, but by and large the phone seems at least as good as before. I need to check out making and receiving calls - tested it once with my partner and all was fine but a later call seemed to conncct but nothing heard by me. Using it as a phone is a small part if it's existence but it's important.
I have got back some of the Google stuff which didn't work after the last update, like Timeline.
However I don't seem able to get back into FTM mode or to get my PC to recognise the phone any more (except as a disk device) so I guess next time round I'll have to splash out on a new phone...

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