I haven't found any answers on this, but once or twice per day my phone will be stuck on Searching for Service even though in the status bar, it shows like 3 bars of 3G or 4G. Data still seems to work, but this seriously drains the battery. I'm on stock unrooted HD. Any advice is appreciated. I already tried a new SIM. I bought this phone here on xda, no box, so I doubt Verizon would let me exchange it.
I know this is a silly question but what radio is installed?
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The HD radio baseband
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The HD radio baseband
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I would upgrade to the vrlg7 if you can. New radios are released for precisely this reason.
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I would upgrade to the vrlg7 if you can. New radios are released for precisely this reason.
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VRLG7 is a downgrade in release but does not hurt to reflash any of the modems to see if it fixes problem and which works better for your area. Affects 3G more than it does 4G..
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I would upgrade to the vrlg7 if you can. New radios are released for precisely this reason.
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I had this issue myself. I downgraded to the vlrg7 and my phone works great.........
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Can I flash it via odin without root?
prdog1 said:
VRLG7 is a downgrade in release but does not hurt to reflash any of the modems to see if it fixes problem and which works better for your area. Affects 3G more than it does 4G..
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Oh ok, thanks for the correction , i didnt take the update so i was unaware.
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It still seems to be happening. I don't know if it's better but it's still happening. Any other ideas?
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Can I flash it via odin without root?
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Yep.
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Like I said I tried G7 and it's worse. I'll try he. Idk why I haven't gotten the update yet
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It still seems to be happening. I don't know if it's better but it's still happening. Any other ideas?
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Maybe root it and try a custom kernel, though I'm not positive that will help. Possibly a total wipe and reinstall of a stock system? If you bought it from someone here on xda, chances are it has seen some mods. Hopefully someone with more knowledge on the subject will chime in for ya. I just hope you didnt buy someone else's problem... :-\
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I got it and it had never been rooted before. I rooted it, used custom ROMs, they all weren't my cup of tea, so I unrooted and flashed the stock HD images via ODIN yesterday. I just flashed the HE radio, and it seems to at least be a bit better. I'll keep experimenting.
It's still dropping signal. Sounds like I'll be calling up Verizon tonight.
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It's still dropping signal. Sounds like I'll be calling up Verizon tonight.
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Does the tower update function (#611) work witb 4g phones? Sorry i wasnt much help.
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No and I tried *228 as well. This is so dumb.
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No and I tried *228 as well. This is so dumb.
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Uhh.. yeah don't dial *228 on a 4g phone. It could fry your SIM.
Well I did it and a samsung dialog box popped up and said, "HELLL NOOO. A SIM card does all dis crap."
So, right now I'm on unrooted stock HE, and while the problem seems to be less of an issue, it's still there. Any other suggestions?
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Can someone please make a flashable zip of the new baseband/modem available in the new update.
Don't feel like updating the whole rom completely, just the baseband to see if it solve signal issues!
Thanks.
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I'm also mostly interested in the baseband update. Is that captured in a nandroid update or does one need to use a flashing utility to update that?
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Can someone please make a flashable zip of the new baseband/modem available in the new update.
Don't feel like updating the whole rom completely, just the baseband to see if it solve signal issues!
Thanks.
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Please I would also appreciate if someone could do this. Many of us who have attempted the update had it fail and are now left with phones that only boot into recovery or S/W Update...
So your device is unusable? It's ok as long as you can get into recovery your ok....
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Is it even a new baseband? Yeah, the date is more recent but the rest of the baseband version string is exactly the same... Mentioned it in the other thread but no one replied.
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Is it even a new baseband? Yeah, the date is more recent but the rest of the baseband version string is exactly the same... Mentioned it in the other thread but no one replied.
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Not sure, I'm hoping it is!
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How does one pull / push the baseband?
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Wow, Sumpter SC! Not too far from Walterboro...
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Hour and a half or so
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I guess this is harder to do than I thought!
coming from the Vibrant and having so many leaks Scrizz had it up almost immediately after the leak!
I guess I gotta wait!
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Last I checked they had it but they won't publish it UNTIL they get a good working stock baseband.
Right now the best bet is to flash the official via the LG updater, then reflash whatever rom you want. It's been tested to work correctly with CM7.
They are just making sure they don't screw everyone with a bad flash
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Last I checked they had it but they won't publish it UNTIL they get a good working stock baseband.
Right now the best bet is to flash the official via the LG updater, then reflash whatever rom you want. It's been tested to work correctly with CM7.
They are just making sure they don't screw everyone with a bad flash
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Gotcha thanks
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Last I checked they had it but they won't publish it UNTIL they get a good working stock baseband.
Right now the best bet is to flash the official via the LG updater, then reflash whatever rom you want. It's been tested to work correctly with CM7.
They are just making sure they don't screw everyone with a bad flash
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i can confirm this method worked for me. flashed official, then the rooted official and i'm still showing the 7-15 baseband.
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i can confirm this method worked for me. flashed official, then the rooted official and i'm still showing the 7-15 baseband.
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So have you noticed any difference in signal/ signal stability?
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Sumter is not spelled with a "p". It's 81 miles from Walterboro.
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Is full data wipe necessary to flash from CM7 to Froyo to OTA?
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Is full data wipe necessary to flash from CM7 to Froyo to OTA?
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Always full wipe when switching different roms. Don't have to only when flashing updates to a rom you already have.
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So have you noticed any difference in signal/ signal stability?
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i never get above edge in my house. i'm on the border of buffalo right by lake erie. i can see canada, so i'm also on the edge of tmo's signal. outside my home, i would sometimes get 4g.. and that is still the same. throughout the city, i get 4g most everywhere. maybe it improves others signal strength. and maybe it improves battery life. but my phone is plugged in alot, so hard to comment on that. all in all, i guess i answered none of your question lol. sorry.
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i never get above edge in my house. i'm on the border of buffalo right by lake erie. i can see canada, so i'm also on the edge of tmo's signal. outside my home, i would sometimes get 4g.. and that is still the same. throughout the city, i get 4g most everywhere. maybe it improves others signal strength. and maybe it improves battery life. but my phone is plugged in alot, so hard to comment on that. all in all, i guess i answered none of your question lol. sorry.
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Lol, thanks anyways!
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Is full data wipe necessary to flash from CM7 to Froyo to OTA?
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Just do a Nandroid backup of your current config. Restore a stock Nandroid. Update using the LG updater. Then restore your CM7 backup.
Time consuming process but it'd work. You'd be back using your existing CM7 config and the new Baseband.
I bought a g2x from craigslist. its brand new but i guess that previous owner has done some update or something now it does not show any baseband version. So my Sim card which i changed to 4g version yesterday does not show any network. my old sim card did not show any network either.
this is what i see when i look at About Phone
Model # LG-P999
Android Version 2.2.2
Baseband Version : Unknown
Kernel Version : 2.6.32.9
Build Number : FRG83G
Software Version : LG-P999-V10f
I am coming from a vibrant with using bionix and not new to rooting or flashing rom. I did research a lot. But not sure if this is something that can be fix.
Please help.
thanks a lot in advance
Try the official update ota or via LG, other threads describe the process and that might get you the new baseband.
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Try the official update ota or via LG, other threads describe the process and that might get you the new baseband.
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I tried to run the software update check from the phone. i connected with wifi. but i guess as it does not have a connection with tmobile netowrk its showing connection failed.
I think what heysharon is saying, is to update through lg website with your phone connected to your pc.
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I think what heysharon is saying, is to update through lg website with your phone connected to your pc.
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Ohhh, Yeah tried that already. But LG updater says device not supported for update. is there a way to flash the baseband ? I have a feeling that the previous owner flashed a o2x rom or something which changed the baseband. and then he ran the recovery to fix it.
Which model do you have? Check under the battery hood if it's Model 990 or 999. Perhaps it's wrong update for the phone.
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i can't return it cause i bought it from craigslist.
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i can't return it cause i bought it from craigslist.
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Was it working when you bought it from the Craigslist seller? Did you try it with a SIM card before you bought it? Just wondering if the problem was there when you bought it or if you might've done something to the phone after you bought it.
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Was it working when you bought it from the Craigslist seller? Did you try it with a SIM card before you bought it? Just wondering if the problem was there when you bought it or if you might've done something to the phone after you bought it.
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it was working with his sim. my sim did not support 4g network at that moment so could not check it with my sim. then i got my sim yesterday. and have been trying to use it after words. no Luck. i guess i just lost $300.
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it was working with his sim. my sim did not support 4g network at that moment so could not check it with my sim. then i got my sim yesterday. and have been trying to use it after words. no Luck. i guess i just lost $300.
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That seems odd. You saw it working with his SIM? Did you or him make any changes to the phone software after you saw it working? The baseband wouldnt just disappear.
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Ohhh, Yeah tried that already. But LG updater says device not supported for update. is there a way to flash the baseband ? I have a feeling that the previous owner flashed a o2x rom or something which changed the baseband. and then he ran the recovery to fix it.
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Probably didn't flash an O2X rom as that would've changed the partition table and I don't think you can restore the G2X system back to it ... well at least without going to great lengths to fix the partitions.
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That seems odd. You saw it working with his SIM? Did you or him make any changes to the phone software after you saw it working? The baseband wouldnt just disappear.
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i guess what happened is i really did not check it throughly. his sim was inside the phone and when he gave me he took it off and did a factory reset. thats what it was. and i was texting him before we met and he was calling me or texting me from his phone. i believed him. and i can see what happned for believing him. great
Try doing the regular nvflash thing root it n flash a rom or stock nanroid maybe that'll bring the baseband back
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i guess what happened is i really did not check it throughly. his sim was inside the phone and when he gave me he took it off and did a factory reset. thats what it was. and i was texting him before we met and he was calling me or texting me from his phone. i believed him. and i can see what happned for believing him. great
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I've never heard of a factory reset removing a baseband... interesting issue.
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I've never heard of a factory reset removing a baseband... interesting issue.
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I don't think it did. Sounds like the guy scammed him. He said he never actually saw it working.
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jaestreetss said:
Try doing the regular nvflash thing root it n flash a rom or stock nanroid maybe that'll bring the baseband back
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Wont work. Baseband isn't backed up with a nandroid backup.
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You should try updating through kdz I think it will work for you search the threads for the proper methods
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You should try updating through kdz I think it will work for you search the threads for the proper methods
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Was just going to suggest that too lol. Just looking for the right link to post. I'll add it if I can find it.
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yea thats weird if it was working with his sim , how did u see it with his sim in? cuz let me tell u something an unknown baseband isnt good news, we dont have any flashable basebands yet
hey xda,
it seems that i have lost my 3g connection and cant getit back? yesterday and the day before i was having issues with the google servers (bars staying white) and now i've lost my 3g connection all together.
Already called sprint but they just told me to update my profile and prl, which i can't do without 3g
anyone help?
Are u rooted? What rom are u on? Try flashing back to stock and see if that helps
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Are u rooted? What rom are u on? Try flashing back to stock and see if that helps
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yes i'm rooted and i already tried going to back to stock, didn't seem to fix anything.
OK so if u went back to stock u should take it to a sprint store and tell them that it just started to happened and u did a factory data reset and nothing changed.
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did you try changing your radio band?
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did you try changing your radio band?
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yes, i tried reflashing it and no change. still only getting texts and able to make phone calls. no data.
i'll probably be taking it in to the sprint store tomorrow.
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yes, i tried reflashing it and no change. still only getting texts and able to make phone calls. no data.
i'll probably be taking it in to the sprint store tomorrow.
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that isn't changing your radio band, so i'm guessing that you didn't try it. it's a pretty stupid idea, but who cares as long as it works, right? dial *#*#4636#*#* and click on phone information. then push menu, select radio band, and choose USA. otherwise, take it into sprint lol
This happened to me today. Flash to a stock rom (if you aren't already) and update your profile and PRL. Did the trick for me.
Good luck
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that isn't changing your radio band, so i'm guessing that you didn't try it. it's a pretty stupid idea, but who cares as long as it works, right? dial *#*#4636#*#* and click on phone information. then push menu, select radio band, and choose USA. otherwise, take it into sprint lol
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i flashed the d8 or whatever it's called and the ke5 and neither worked.
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This happened to me today. Flash to a stock rom (if you aren't already) and update your profile and PRL. Did the trick for me.
Good luck
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i can't update my prl or profile. it just says cannot update please try again. i did a complete back to stock unrooted and still no luck.
Ok its been few months, I have been on skyics 2.3.5 for a while, can't use ICS yet.
I started getting sim has been removed, I reboot and its fine, not sure why this is happening, I had it unlocked about a month a go and use in europe with out issue with ekit SIM. Came back and for a week it was fine, now this started and its very annoying any one seen this?
Last time I had an issue it was hardware and had to replace phone. Now I don't want to replace phone and advice? Before I start changing the ROM etc?
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what was the hardware problem before ?
Had to replace phone. Not 100% sure what was wrong exactly but ATT replaced phone.
Can this be traced back to ROM or radio some how? Or maybe my SIM?
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1st troubleshooting step ----------> replace SIM and see if it would fix the issue ..
Thanks for the reply, any other suggestions?
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yozh said:
Thanks for the reply, any other suggestions?
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You can cross-check your SIM's function in another similar/unlocked phone. Also maybe try flashing a different modem.
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You can cross-check your SIM's function in another similar/unlocked phone. Also maybe try flashing a different modem.
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Well that's the thing, the sim works here afyer reboot. Good call on radio flashing diffrent one now.
Im starting to think that changing SIMs might work as thia usually happenes when the phone is in my pocket. Lets see how flashing radio goes. Maybe I need to move to a new ROM, when is official ICS out?
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Ok after reflashing radio and clearing cache etc.. it did it again.
Just walked out of ATT store with new SIM lets see how it is.
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At this point, I'm guessing SIM will clear it?... Android 4.0.x fourth leak just dropped from Samsung. Official ICS for SR is (unofficially) overdue.
hey guys
Could someone tell me a link to stock rom for vow HE update as i want to go to stock to get the ota update.
I could find it anywhere, maybe i am new to this forum might be a reason.
Sorry for the trouble guys.
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I dont need the actual HE update i just need a stock rom which will get me unrooted to get HE update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Follow section 6.
or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867253
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If you are looking the HE update why not just go with CleanRom 3.0. It is based off of the new HE update and is about 95% stock. The plus side is that most of the garbage (VZW bloat) is removed. It is MUCH faster and very stable.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Follow section 6.
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If you are looking the HE update why not just go with CleanRom 3.0. It is based off of the new HE update and is about 95% stock. The plus side is that most of the garbage (VZW bloat) is removed. It is MUCH faster and very stable.
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Good advice thanks man
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I dont need the actual HE update i just need a stock rom which will get me unrooted to get HE update.
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I odin back to stock so i could get the HE update... im stock HD right now and cant ota to new HE cause it keeps telling me that there is no new update... so as of right now im still waiting for the HE update while im on the HD one... so as of right now there isnt no HE stock unless you use a custom rom and or have gotten the update.
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I odin back to stock so i could get the HE update... im stock HD right now and cant ota to new HE cause it keeps telling me that there is no new update... so as of right now im still waiting for the HE update while im on the HD one... so as of right now there isnt no HE stock unless you use a custom rom and or have gotten the update.
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If you haven't set everything back up again, you can clear data from Google Services Framework and try to "force" the update.
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If you haven't set everything back up again, you can clear data from Google Services Framework and try to "force" the update.
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Just tried that and nothing yet.. ill keep trying to check but so far nothing... its weird it should out to all phones by now.
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Just tried that and nothing yet.. ill keep trying to check but so far nothing... its weird it should out to all phones by now.
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I saw somewhere here that if you're on HD then it won't update since that wasn't an official update. Idk how much truth there was to that. Have you tried updating by using the G7 OTA first?
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I saw somewhere here that if you're on HD then it won't update since that wasn't an official update. Idk how much truth there was to that. Have you tried updating by using the G7 OTA first?
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Nope havent done that. Ill try and odin back to G7 and maybe it will ota to HE.. But on my wifes galaxy s 3 she also had HD and hers updated fine to HE... some ppls phone i guess!!! lol
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Nope havent done that. Ill try and odin back to G7 and maybe it will ota to HE.. But on my wifes galaxy s 3 she also had HD and hers updated fine to HE... some ppls phone i guess!!! lol
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It's worth a shot and if doesn't help try getting a new SIM card from Verizon. It's kinda weird how OTA's work easily for some and not others haha
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SlimSnoopOS said:
It's worth a shot and if doesn't help try getting a new SIM card from Verizon. It's kinda weird how OTA's work easily for some and not others haha
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Im not too worry about it for now.. ive read that there really isnt any difference.. I am just being greedy and want to be with the latest software!!! LOL
But thanks for the reply!
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Im not too worry about it for now.. ive read that there really isnt any difference.. I am just being greedy and want to be with the latest software!!! LOL
But thanks for the reply!
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No problem. Same here haha I usually wait out OTA's for kernel updates.
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No problem. Same here haha I usually wait out OTA's for kernel updates.
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Yeah same here but guess ill just flash the radio and then back to eclipse rom!! lol