Noob question: If I root my stock AT&T Captivate, will I need to un-root to upgrade to the final Froyo ROM when it is released?
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You should be able to update just fine if you are rooted. I was rooted and had no problem updating OTA ATTs last update. That being said, consider the cognition ROM if you want to get the best system with the least amount of work.
Is it possible to disable OTA updates from ATT if you have a custom ROM and don't want to risk getting things screwed up?
daesdaemar said:
Is it possible to disable OTA updates from ATT if you have a custom ROM and don't want to risk getting things screwed up?
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The OTA isnt automatic. It will notify you if there is an update, but not automatically install it for you
rooting is simply just adding files to your system. No stock files are deleted. You should be able to OTA just fine while rooted and nothing else.
orlandoxpolice said:
rooting is simply just adding files to your system. No stock files are deleted. You should be able to OTA just fine while rooted and nothing else.
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I did an ota while rooted. Worked no problem. Even kept the root after the install.
From a phone on an app
boborone said:
I did an ota while rooted. Worked no problem. Even kept the root after the install.
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I call bs, there were way too many threads about the problems rooted users had updating.
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I had no problems doing the ota while I was rooted, lag fixed and partial bloatware removed. However on my new captivate the ota failed so I updated using kies mini and it was like I did a factory reset and I had to do a factory reset because my ext system was there but one click root didn't recognize its and said I didn't have enough space for fix.after reset I had no problems.
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Dell2 said:
I call bs, there were way too many threads about the problems rooted users had updating.
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Obviously you didn't read enough. I posted in half of em a well as others like the guy above this post who had no problems. Might wanna lower the bs flag. Lots of people have problems, most don't. Just cause one guy posted his doesn't mean the other 99 have the same issue.
If you mess with the rom, you will have issues with any phone with any ota update.
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Dell2 said:
I call bs, there were way too many threads about the problems rooted users had updating.
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the problems were due to more than just rooting
Nokia E71
daesdaemar said:
Is it possible to disable OTA updates from ATT if you have a custom ROM and don't want to risk getting things screwed up?
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Hi, do you know how to root an Nokia E71? Can it be rooted/unlocked?
Thank you.
EpicSaga said:
Hi, do you know how to root an Nokia E71? Can it be rooted/unlocked?
Thank you.
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This is the Captivate forum. Please post to the proper forum and always do a search before starting a new thread. The user you responded to probably does not have that phone anymore, but you'd be better off sending him a PM rather than posting to the wrong forum.
EpicSaga said:
Hi, do you know how to root an Nokia E71? Can it be rooted/unlocked?
Thank you.
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Jailbreaking/rooting
daesdaemar said:
Noob question: If I root my stock AT&T Captivate, will I need to un-root to upgrade to the final Froyo ROM when it is released?
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Hi I am trying to help my friends with a phone that they are going to buy. I only know that it is a Nokia E71. I need to know if they can root it or jailbreak it. I need to know which one. Can they tether with it? Thank you. I had to Google the question and it took me here. Hopefully I can find my way back to this part of the forum!
GSM phones
I don't know if there are any GSM phones listed on this site. I entered in the Nokia E71 info in the "find your device..." box in the top right hand corner on the screen but nothing came up. I was wondering if anyone knows if the phone can be rooted or jailbreaked and if it can be used for tethering. I don't know if GSM phones from Walmart's Straight talk plan are hackable. If you would let me know it would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.
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Miami_Son said:
This is the Captivate forum. Please post to the proper forum and always do a search before starting a new thread. The user you responded to probably does not have that phone anymore, but you'd be better off sending him a PM rather than posting to the wrong forum.
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Thank you, I just got your message after posting more in this forum.
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I'm new to Android - my apologies if this is an ignorant question.
If I root my Captivate will I be removing myself from OTA updates?
From what I understand rooting it does not prevent you from getting the OTA updates but if you put a custom ROM on there you will not be able to get the Samsung ROM when they release it - but then again you won't need it. Everything I've read about Samsung so far pretty much indicates that won't be anytime soon - apparently they are terrible at software updates. I don't know that first hand though, this is the first Samsung Smartphone I've owned.
If you rooted just to remove the AT&T bloat then you should have no worries about when they release Froyo.
If I'm wrong someone please correct me!
No, you'll be fine.
Edit: I agree with what the previous poster said.
Awesome, thanks guys. Looks like I'll move forward with a root this weekend. Time to remove some AT&T crapware
also you can always remove root later if its a problem
since you're new to android and this phone, i highly suggest you read the Pimp my captivate pdf provided for in a sticky on this sub forum.
systoxity said:
also you can always remove root later if its a problem
since you're new to android and this phone, i highly suggest you read the Pimp my captivate pdf provided for in a sticky on this sub forum.
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First thing I did when I got home was jump on xda and read through that PDF. It's well put together; thanks for taking the time. I wanted to wait awhile for some others to take the plunge and report before I dove in myself.
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From what I understand rooting it does not prevent you from getting the OTA updates but if you put a custom ROM on there you will not be able to get the Samsung ROM when they release it - but then again you won't need it. Everything I've read about Samsung so far pretty much indicates that won't be anytime soon - apparently they are terrible at software updates. I don't know that first hand though, this is the first Samsung Smartphone I've owned.
If you rooted just to remove the AT&T bloat then you should have no worries about when they release Froyo.
If I'm wrong someone please correct me!
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I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure there was already a leaked copy of the Samsung Froyo so I don't think it will be too far off for the OTA
iamcombat said:
I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure there was already a leaked copy of the Samsung Froyo so I don't think it will be too far off for the OTA
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Quite the opposite. That leaked copy is an early test build which lacks a lot of features and buggy as well.
^yeah dont try it!!!
I am new to the Smartphone and I have an naive question? Is there any possible danger to root the Captivate? Would it be locked by AT&T? Thanks!
Invocation said:
I am new to the Smartphone and I have an naive question? Is there any possible danger to root the Captivate? Would it be locked by AT&T? Thanks!
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Not sure what you mean by "locked by AT&T", but, AT&T will never know its been rooted unless they have it in their hands.
There is always the possibility of something going wrong, but unlikely if you follow the directions as they are written. Research is important too. I've learned TONS here, from others mistakes and experiments.
i have epic 4g (rooted) but OTA not working.
cant update PRL, FIRMWARE, nor profile. I am kinda worried.
Has anyone tried updating PRL?
Is there a way to install OTA.APK back to my rooted phone? I copied the old stock OTA.APK to my sd card and tried installing it in debugging mode, but wouldnt let me.
Help?
yonglee09 said:
i have epic 4g (rooted) but OTA not working.
cant update PRL, FIRMWARE, nor profile. I am kinda worried.
Has anyone tried updating PRL?
Is there a way to install OTA.APK back to my rooted phone? I copied the old stock OTA.APK to my sd card and tried installing it in debugging mode, but wouldnt let me.
Help?
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Might want to ask in the Epic forums
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Should we unroot before accepting the ota download?
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Caliesv said:
Should we unroot before accepting the ota download?
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I didn't and everything went fine.
axis01 said:
I didn't and everything went fine.
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Anyone think we should unroot before updating to 2.2? (when ever the hell that is)
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I finally got sick of the bloat and rooted it. I used The tutorial from here:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/26/universal-android-rooting-procedure-rage-method/
In the tutorial download file I substituted with the new version of the superuser.apk and su from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
All you need to do is substitute the superuser.apk(system/app) and su(system/bin) the rest of the folders/files are not needed. This method worked 1st try, you just have to be very cautious and type everything exact.
Thought I would share for those that like to do things manually Now on to de-bloating, anyone know of a good list of apps that are safe to remove? So far i just got rid of cityid and infoalarm.apk(daily briefing).
Or you could install z4Root from the Market...
This is true but I like to know whats going on under the hood.
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Or you could install z4Root from the Market...
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I would but i just checked and z4Root is not on the market. Another name perhaps?
okctmaxxer said:
I would but i just checked and z4Root is not on the market. Another name perhaps?
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There you go. Happened to have a copy saved.
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There you go. Happened to have a copy saved.
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Rooted my US Cell Samsung Mesmerize in about 2 minutes 30 seconds on the 2nd try after the 1st attempt froze and I had to pull the battery. Thanks!
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Rooted my US Cell Samsung Mesmerize in about 2 minutes 30 seconds on the 2nd try after the 1st attempt froze and I had to pull the battery. Thanks!
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Yeah, that happens sometimes. I don't know why. That's one reason that I like SOC better. That and I can see what's going on.
Question. If/when I Jack up my phone, and it needs to go in, is there a way to restore the Mez to it's original bloated glory? Thanks in advance
Rocking away waiting for Gingerbread
piperthedj said:
Question. If/when I Jack up my phone, and it needs to go in, is there a way to restore the Mez to it's original bloated glory? Thanks in advance
Rocking away waiting for Gingerbread
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Yes.
Stock Mesmerize Files
Question if i root with z4root and no custom roms will i be able to tether and save apps to sd card?I'm new too all this.
haymondroz said:
Question if i root with z4root and no custom roms will i be able to tether and save apps to sd card?I'm new too all this.
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You can tether without rooting with the stock wireless modem app unless you just don't want to use that one. Saving apps to the sdcard won't come until Q1 2011 with the 2.2 update.
Welcome to the forums. Good to have another Mesmerize user!
phidelt82 said:
You can tether without rooting with the stock wireless modem app unless you just don't want to use that one. Saving apps to the sdcard won't come until Q1 2011 with the 2.2 update.
Welcome to the forums. Good to have another Mesmerize user!
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ok thank you so much.Thanks for welcoming me to the forum.
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ok thank you so much.Thanks for welcoming me to the forum.
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No prob. The more people that are here, the better things get.
Yes I agree.I'm a newbie so I have a lot to learn.
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Having a problem with getting clock work to even get a back stored. Any help?
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bigdodge said:
Having a problem with getting clock work to even get a back stored. Any help?
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Since you are in the Rooting the Mesmerize thread, have you gotten the phone rooted? Next, if so have you gotten Clockworkmod installed correctly? That is in a different thread?
Just trying to get background info to know where to start the help. I definitely don't mind helping.
phidelt82 said:
You can tether without rooting with the stock wireless modem app unless you just don't want to use that one. Saving apps to the sdcard won't come until Q1 2011 with the 2.2 update.
Welcome to the forums. Good to have another Mesmerize user!
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Don't you have to pay an extra $25/month to use the stock wireless modem app?
imeraz said:
Don't you have to pay an extra $25/month to use the stock wireless modem app?
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You're supposed to, however. I have talked to several us cellular employees and they cannot tell if you use it or not. If you go over your 5 gigs, they'll assume and charge you. I've been using it and have not had anything said to me.
Can my phone get bricked from using z4root?
These phones are hard to brick permanently, i have not used z4root but it seems there has been lots of testing with it and I havnt read of anyone bricking from it.
My thunderbolt is rooted. I am not running an special roms. I quess you could said I run a stock root. My thunderbolt just told me there is a update available. If I take it will I loose root access. It is the update for the constant rebooting.
The update for rooted phones is out. I believe it is on XDA.
If you have rooted and titanium backup you can freeze the update 2.300.... progaram and your phone won't check for updates anymore and you can save a bit of memory and maybe even some battery life in the process. If your like me you check the forums for updates on a regular basis, or better yet your rooted with a custom Rom and don't worry about Verizon updates.
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update
I looked at xda and didnt see the update for rooted phones. If you could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
bama9393 said:
I looked at xda and didnt see the update for rooted phones. If you could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
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[ROM] Official 1.70.605.0 MR2 OTA Deodexed Rooted Busybox Debloated [Link Added]
and here is the radio file for the OTA
[RADIO] Official OTA MR2 Radio 1.39.00.0627r [7/8/2011]
That will give you basically a stock ROM without the bloat crap.
Thank you
I really do appreciate your help. One last question. Is that rom the closest I can get to stock? Also I am sorry for asking questions in the wrong place. I should have ask this in the Q&A section. It wont happen again.
Thank you. One last thing.
I really do appreciate your help. One last question. Is that rom the closest I can get to stock? Also I am sorry for asking questions in the wrong place. I should have ask this in the Q&A section. It wont happen again.
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I really do appreciate your help. One last question. Is that rom the closest I can get to stock? Also I am sorry for asking questions in the wrong place. I should have ask this in the Q&A section. It wont happen again.
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Yes that is the OTA just deodexed and debloated basically. It will appear to be stock but without the garbage!
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If you have rooted and titanium backup you can freeze the update 2.300.... progaram and your phone won't check for updates anymore and you can save a bit of memory and maybe even some battery life in the process. If your like me you check the forums for updates on a regular basis, or better yet your rooted with a custom Rom and don't worry about Verizon updates.
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Thanks for this info!
Will I still receive the android updates? Ive always been sketchy about rooting my phone because i want to keep the android system as up to date as possible. Will I still receive the android updates if I root my phone or will I have to manually do it somehow?
Much thanks
If you flash a custom rom then you won't recieve the official OTA updates from Google.
If you root the stock rom you will still receive ota updates. You can also manually flash updates(best method). Please do alot of reading about rooting before attempting anything. Had you done this you would have known the answer to your question. Learn how to use adobe and fastboot. Don't be lazy and use a one click root method as this will not teach you anything about your phone and you will not know how to fix a problem should one arise. Thanks for posting in the correct section!
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any recommendations for a guide to root my nexus?
wsiegfri said:
any recommendations for a guide to root my nexus?
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If you have a mac, my guide.
thats what i have. could you link me? also my phone is on 2.3.7
Rem3Dy said:
If you root the stock rom you will still receive ota updates. You can also manually flash updates(best method). Please do alot of reading about rooting before attempting anything. Had you done this you would have known the answer to your question. Learn how to use adobe and fastboot. Don't be lazy and use a one click root method as this will not teach you anything about your phone and you will not know how to fix a problem should one arise. Thanks for posting in the correct section!
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What in the world does he need to know anything about adobe for?
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Auto correction on his phone turned abd into adobe I would say. It is clear to me what was meant.
sooo how should i go about rooting it with 2.3.7 and being on a mac?
Found this sticky in the Nexus S General section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878446
double check if it supports your Nexus s version though.
Guides in Android Development section
do you think it will matter that I'm on mac 10.7?
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do you think it will matter that I'm on mac 10.7?
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You'll be just fine
Also, if your rooted and running a, custom ROM, you don't need OTA updates, as the ROM developers incorporate the updates into their ROMs, within a day or two usually. I don't even worry about updates from OEMS or Google anymore.
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One click is certainly looking like a bad idea as the ota does come through and then screws up your superuser. I've been arguing w my phone for a week trying to get past this and put cm7 on it.
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i get to the part where i have to mount my phone while in recovery mode and my phone won't mount to my computer. Some help with this would be greatly appreciated
HI all my Tmobile mytouch 4g just got a software update to 2.32.531.1 ,its is 24.22 MB .. This inclures new enhancement and importannt security update and wont be deleting any files inside as per the notice, download going on now.. will let u know more on this.
see attached image..
Cheers,
Renga
Rengak05 said:
...Tmobile mytouch 4g just got a software update to 2.32.531.1 ,its is 24.22 MB ...
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I tried searching google for any info on this update. It appears you are the first and only to mention it!
Looking forward to hearing more about it. I wonder if this will roll out in the West or just in India.
Thanks for the notice, and please keep us posted!
In az just checked and i have the same update available
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when I did an upgrade check on my phone I got the notice for this as well - Colorado -
I checked on of my employee's phones, and it found it for him too.
Question, will this break root?
Milehighmeltdown said:
Question, will this break root?
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That's really the important question.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the Carrier IQ mess.
Skipjacks said:
That's really the important question.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the Carrier IQ mess.
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Typically any Official update will break #SU access and sometimes cause a serious headache in the process.
If you are rooted, do not apply the update. Just wait for a kitchen baked variant to be released.
neidlinger said:
Typically any Official update will break #SU access and sometimes cause a serious headache in the process.
If you are rooted, do not apply the update. Just wait for a kitchen baked variant to be released.
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The ones in the radio thread stickied in the development section are ok to flash. They are setup properly for root. Bluetooth definitely got some attention in this update. Much more stable connection than before, not perfect, but much better and livable.
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What changes are included in this update? Any chance sense 3.0 is included?
neidlinger said:
Typically any Official update will break #SU access and sometimes cause a serious headache in the process.
If you are rooted, do not apply the update. Just wait for a kitchen baked variant to be released.
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In the dev section there's a rooted version already out.
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
........Death before dishonor........
Disregard this post, replied to the previous poster, then realized they were talking to someone else, sorry!
I just applied this update on my wife's phone that is stock 2.3.4...don't notice anything different so far, no sense 3.0 or anything.
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maybe fixes visual voicemail bug?
For about 6 weeks I've been having issues with the stock visual voicemail app force-closing every time I tried to use it. I tried going into the app's settings area and clearing its data, then re-enabling it in the caller app, all to no avail.
I just installed this update and it looks like my VVM is working again, so I'm hoping this was indeed a known issue and was fixed.
(FTR, I'm not sure that a factory reset before the update wouldn't have fixed the problem, but I didn't feel like re-installing all my apps so I let it go and just used the old-school voicemail number for a while.)
Is there anyway possible for me to get the update because i had s-off and then i wanted to unroot but i used gfree so i had to use gfree and ran into a crap load of problems leaving me right now with s-off and no root permissions . i need to get a new mytouch because this one randomly restarts and i cant send in one with s-off... can anyone help me out?
Rengak05 said:
HI all my Tmobile mytouch 4g just got a software update to 2.32.531.1 ,its is 24.22 MB .. This inclures new enhancement and importannt security update and wont be deleting any files inside as per the notice, download going on now.. will let u know more on this.
see attached image..
Cheers,
Renga
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If you can please post any other changes you noticed.. thanks.
Is there anything in this radio other than a new radio and new hboot?
I'm s-off via engineering bootloader, NOT gfree. Is it worth the trouble to use gfree so I can ruu and stay s-off, accept the update, then flash clockworkmod recovery via bootloader, then go back to cm7?
That's exactly what I did with the sensation.
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I haven't even gotten the 2.3 update yet, I'm still on 2.2, same with my brother.
steven-026 said:
I haven't even gotten the 2.3 update yet, I'm still on 2.2, same with my brother.
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You might be better off downloading the rom and doing it yourself.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1384438.
If not go to T-Mobile store and yell at them. Just kidding. Go to the store they might be helpful.
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Phateless said:
Is there anything in this radio other than a new radio and new hboot?
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http://www.tmonews.com/2011/12/mytouch-4g-software-update-begins-on-december-20th/
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jr_718 said:
You might be better off downloading the rom and doing it yourself.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1384438.
If not go to T-Mobile store and yell at them. Just kidding. Go to the store they might be helpful.
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I don't want to wipe my phone though, and I'm not even sure if I'll be able to fit the file on my sd card haha, too much music.
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I don't want to wipe my phone though, and I'm not even sure if I'll be able to fit the file on my sd card haha, too much music.
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Guess you can upgrade your sdcard.
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