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[Q] unsighed apps on original ship rom

Hi, my wife has the inspire, with the original ship Rom, she never updated, she was trying to get today's free App from Amazon, but it tells her to check off the setting to allows unsigned apps, but when we go to settings where it's located, the option isn't even there to check off or not. A friend of hers has the same phone with a stock rom too but she bought the phone a lot later, and the option is there on her phone. I figured her phone might have just shipped with an updated version of the Rom, maybe the one that fixed the signal issues or even gingerbread.
Anyways, just looking for help to get the app installed. Can we just use a file explore app and drag over the app from a desktop? Or will we still get the unsigned app issue?
Thank you.

You will not be able to side load apps with out updating. Go into setting, about phone, and some where in the bottom there are two update options. The update won't wipe the phone so every thing will be as it was just the latest update.
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Thank you, appreciate the help, +1 thanks

droe411 said:
You will not be able to side load apps with out updating. Go into setting, about phone, and some where in the bottom there are two update options. The update won't wipe the phone so every thing will be as it was just the latest update.
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Ok, when I tried this, it brings up the option to do the ROM update to 2.47.502.7 --> Gingerbread ROM
I need to just confirm, this Won't Delete all my wife's Pictures or info, right?
BTW anyone know where I can find the 2nd Update, the Fryo one, with the Fixed Signal...the one that came out before Gingerbread?
Thanks
[WM Rom updates use to wipe the phone...but I know android is a lot different]

If you do the OTA upgrade, the one from the phone over wifi, it does not wipe user data. Neither upgrade will touch the SD card.
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If you call ATT they may still be able to push the "Unknown Sources" update to your phone without having to upgrade to gingerbread.

StrangeShadow said:
BTW anyone know where I can find the 2nd Update, the Fryo one, with the Fixed Signal...the one that came out before Gingerbread?
Thanks
[WM Rom updates use to wipe the phone...but I know android is a lot different]
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Don't worry, Gingerbread already fixed the signal problems.

Or use the Sideload Wonder Machine
PC and MAC/Linux versions

[Q] "DMClient has stopped working"

Every now and then this msg "DMClient has stopped working" pops up two times. I googled a bit and found out that force stopping and clearing data/cache should stop this from happening, but the pop-up is still bugging me. I found out that when I enter the firmware update section in "About tablet/phone" and tap the "Check for updates" button, the DMClient stops working and it throws me out of the 'update page/menu/thing'.
Is this a very common problem? Are there solutions?

Well, it started a firmware download and now it's installing new firmware. Let's see if that was part of the sudden problems.
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The DMClient is what handle the OTA update.

baseballfanz said:
The DMClient is what handle the OTA update.
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I figured they were related. After this update I'm still on 4.0.3. I guess this is how it should be?
Edit: ah... Lost my root with this update. That sucks, because OF COURSE I'm not going to be home the next two weeks... The nerve Asus has to ruin my hardware in this way...
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have a look at thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622628
it tells you how to downgrate and OTA back for both rooted and un-rooted TF

e154037 said:
have a look at thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622628
it tells you how to downgrate and OTA back for both rooted and un-rooted TF
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This will come in handy as soon as I get home in about two weeks. But for now I'm stuck...
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Moto has apparently released a software update

Per this poster over on S4GRU.com, the new version is 77.8.10.XT897.Sprint.en.US:
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2507-photon-q-software-update/

Yeah, I had seen someone on the Sprint forums say he got the update last night. He said IM didn't work aterwards, but I wasn't sure if he meant Gtalk, or what.
I am rooted and debloated as well, but from my experience, that shouldn't prevent the device from saying an update is available.... but the update could fail if we try and apply it like this... I always go back to stock unrooted if I wanna install an update.
I think at least one thing they were supposed to address was that VSNCP registratiom error that pops up sometimes, I've seen it pretty much every day, and I've even done the fix of editing my data profile username.
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Actually, I will be interested to see whether we do receive the update with bootloader unlocked and rooted. I did see Moto say in the FAQs that they are under no obligation to offer updates to unlocked devices. However, that is probably just something they say, and they did also mention the bit about accepting the OTA when rooted/modded causing problems.
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yogi2010 said:
Actually, I will be interested to see whether we do receive the update with bootloader unlocked and rooted. I did see Moto say in the FAQs that they are under no obligation to offer updates to unlocked devices. However, that is probably just something they say, and they did also mention the bit about accepting the OTA when rooted/modded causing problems.
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any idea is it JB or stil ICS?

Pretty sure its still ICS, I'm sure the guy would have said if it were JB, plus something that significant would have hit the various sites beforehand most likely.

yeah, if it were JB we most probably would have heard about it beforehand. i haven't seen many people with the update yet, today i keep getting 'check for update not available at this time'.

Probably to fix the vsncp error message problem.

i just got off a chat with Sprint, and they said there is no such update currently
unless maybe it was released, then pulled due to bugs?

I woke up to a notification of the update. Size was about 50mb. I pressed 'later' to cancel it, even though it'll fail if I take it since I'm unlocked.
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yogi2010 said:
i just got off a chat with Sprint, and they said there is no such update currently
unless maybe it was released, then pulled due to bugs?
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The tech was an idiot, I just got the popup notification and was able to click on the link for the release notes.
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/90757

Yeah, I just got the update notice myself. Thanks!
Gonna install and check it out. Can always revert if it's no good.
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dpwhitty11 said:
I woke up to a notification of the update. Size was about 50mb. I pressed 'later' to cancel it, even though it'll fail if I take it since I'm unlocked.
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I'm gonna try restoring the bone-stock backup file, reflashing stock recovery, and then installing the update. From past experience, unlocked bootloader has been ok, it just won't work if your system is rooted/modded.
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I got the OTA message this morning.
Coming from the shift forum we have learned to never to install OTA updates. However this one looks harmless.
Who knows.. maybe my LTE will start actually working?
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anyone do the update with a rooted phone>?

Got the update pushed down around 10:30 am est today.
From the release notes:
Multimedia Texting - Improved MMS texting functionality when the Data Username/NAI has changed to a shorter length
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This is most likely the data profile extra ".com" fix. I like their wording.
Hey a quick question to everyone. Never really had to deal with Sprint for my epic since XDA had everything I needed but I have gotten very concerned with the information around this and the "VSNCP" stuff. Are the tech's normally this clueless? Is there a quick way to talk to someone that actually knows what they are talking about? They told me I had to get a new phone the other day due to these issues. How could they tell me that if a software update to fix it is going to be release a week later?

ericcire said:
anyone do the update with a rooted phone>?
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I am rooted and unlocked and the upgrade went through fine. Now I am not rooted anymore, but that shouldnt be hard to fix.

swintec said:
I am rooted and unlocked and the upgrade went through fine. Now I am not rooted anymore, but that shouldnt be hard to fix.
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I am also rooted (and unlocked, of course you have to be unlocked to be rooted ), but my phone went through a different scenario.
I downloaded the update (was 56MB I believe, somewhere around there. The update is 77.8.10.en.US). Downloaded it via Wi-Fi, then the phone asked if I wanted to install. I pressed Install Now, and it rebooted.
My phone rebooted and went into recovery. I dont remember everything, but it asked if I wanted to install "Unknown.zip", and it had:
No
No
No
No
Yes - Install Unknown.zip
No
No
No
Etc... I clicked No, then it went to the recovery menu (where you have the option to restart the phone, and the other options.. sorry, I've only ever rooted my evo shift so my termoinology is limited). I rebooted the phone via the first option, the phone went through its process, came back up fully, and rebooted by itself! Everything happened again (asking to install the unknown.zip, etc..). Basically, it was in an endless look when I would restart the phone.
First thing I tried was to wipe the Delvik Cache. Did that, rebooted, phone came back up and rebooted by itself again.
Second thing I tried (and I had a feeling I would probably regret this cause it would either brick my phone or unroot it), was to install that Unknown.zip. But that didnt even go through. The install failed (A message appeared at the bottom of the phone along with the other message logs, so I really dont remember exactly what it said. It was just an error message basically).
At this point I didnt know what to do... so I got to the recovery menu (where it said Reboot phone, Advanced, and the other options), and I selected the one that said to Wipe Cache. Not the Delvik cache but the phone cache (I dont think the option said Wipe Cache, but something similar?). Did that, rebooted, and my phone stayed on! The update popped up again, and this time I pressed "Later". Learned my lesson.
I guess the update may be hit or miss for rooted users?

ericcire said:
anyone do the update with a rooted phone>?
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Yes, clockwork recovery booted up and the update failed.. probably going to flash the stock image..
But my phone says I'm up to date?

Kenneth196 said:
I guess the update may be hit or miss for rooted users?
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Possibly..I dunno. I used the 2nd method posted only a few weeks ago and a few clicks of the mouse to root...not the first method initially posted when the phone first came out. When I clicked update now it simply rebooted and the android guy came up and did its thing...about 5 minutes later everything was back to normal.

I wiped my phone completely and am not getting a notification about the OTA now.
I'm flashing TWRP and hoping I get notified again.
Is there a way to flash the stock recovery?

I installed this update, all I can confirm is that it's still Android version 4.0.4. Otherwise I've really not noticed anything different or new yet, but I haven't had much of a chance to use it.

New security update OTA issues LMY47X.N920VVRU2OJ3

Anybody else having issues receiving the latest OTA released today? I've tried 3 times now with it returning an error on the recovery screen and when it boots back into the OS it says the update failed with no explanation.

Mine worked first try. Software update complete. It even mentioned making sure to charge the battery as the update may have drained it...

Mine worked Ok. How much memory do you have remaining free? Maybe that is an issue...?

New firmware update huh? I have not gotten my notifcation yet. I'll do a manual check, but I'm stll on the default OGJ firmware and modem.

KruseLudsMobile said:
Mine worked Ok. How much memory do you have remaining free? Maybe that is an issue...?
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4.01 GB free and the funny thing is I actually just did a fresh restore using the previous AOJ2 firmware via ODIN and I used the PIT file as well. I'm gonna try again and see what happens in a moment.

Manually checked for the update. Went without any hiccups.
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Just tried again, it's giving me error code 410. A Google search is suggesting a factory reset. :silly:

enzyne said:
Just tried again, it's giving me error code 410. A Google search is suggesting a factory reset. :silly:
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Have you disabled anything that could be causing a conflict? If not, I'd do the FDR and then try again.
Good luck.

What does it do? Any significant changes?
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Geezer Squid said:
Have you disabled anything that could be causing a conflict? If not, I'd do the FDR and then try again.
Good luck.
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On a couple of other devices I had, I had stuff disabled and that was the cause of the OTA failure. I currently used the debloater on my Note 5 to disable/hide a bunch of stuff. I will try to re-enable all those, and then try the update.

toskabab said:
What does it do? Any significant changes?
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I don't see any changes as to what we interact with, but new Android security patches and does have a new kernel with a different date, not sure if anything changed on the internals of it. Have new entry in about device of android security patches and November 1st date.
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Just an update I also had alot of apps disabled as well and re-enabling them did not fix the issue. I had to install samsung smart switch on my pc and do the update manually and it worked with no factory data reset which was optimal because transferring my music collection via MTP is a pain in the a$$. I will post the firmware if anyone needs it, but there is also a firmware thread that should be updated momentarily.

Android security patch = hogwash
They are just making it harder to achieve root. ?
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Did my update over lte.
I noticed major lag for like a couple hours after. Now it works smoother and it seems like my standby drain is fixed. 11% in 7 hours with 45mins SOT.

I'm using the Verizon note 5 on AT&T and I can't update? Do I need a Verizon sim card to be able to update?
I'm on OJ2 BTW

jacky37 said:
I'm using the Verizon note 5 on AT&T and I can't update? Do I need a Verizon sim card to be able to update?
I'm on OJ2 BTW
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Do you have a computer? Plug it in and install the updater. You might be able to pull the update from there.
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jacky37 said:
I'm using the Verizon note 5 on AT&T and I can't update? Do I need a Verizon sim card to be able to update?
I'm on OJ2 BTW
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As these updates are often specific to carriers, I'd be surprised if the installer did not look for the sim card to absolutely verify carrier. Just my guess. Good luck.

Didn't work. I think I need a Verizon sim

I wonder if you can get a hold of an old non-working Verizon sim and see if it works. If so, you can just switch them out any time you want to update. Try eBay or something.
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Will give it a try

How to Restore Factory WIFI Settings

Hi all,
I have a sprint HTC U11. I have TWRP installed and the phone rooted via SuperSU. I installed the Wifi Tether Router app and got it to work. However, the app did something to mess up my WIFI and I am no longer able to turn WIFI on at all anymore. It just says "Error" in the WIFI section when I open the phone settings.
Can someone please tell me how to restore all of the factory WIFI settings to get rid of this problem?
Thanks.

You can maybe try Settings -> Backup & Reset -> Network Settings Reset to see if it will help..

velimirchek said:
You can maybe try Settings -> Backup & Reset -> Network Settings Reset to see if it will help..
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I have tried this with no luck. I think I probably will have to flash something via fastboot, but I'm not sure what to flash.

jmalbright said:
I have tried this with no luck. I think I probably will have to flash something via fastboot, but I'm not sure what to flash.
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I suppose you have also tried this from their support page (if I googled correct app):
Q: After using the app I can not use WiFi, I can not connect to WiFi networks
uncheck the "Scan Always Aviable" on WiFi Advanced Settings on your phone and reboot your phone

velimirchek said:
I suppose you have also tried this from their support page (if I googled correct app):
Q: After using the app I can not use WiFi, I can not connect to WiFi networks
uncheck the "Scan Always Aviable" on WiFi Advanced Settings on your phone and reboot your phone
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Yeah, I have seen that, but the "Scan Always Available" option is not present on my U11. I know that it was on my Old M8.

jmalbright said:
Yeah, I have seen that, but the "Scan Always Available" option is not present on my U11. I know that it was on my Old M8.
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I have relocked my bootloader as I am selling this one as Solar Red is on it's way so I cannot test it.
I might be completely wrong, but there is that or similar setting now in Location -> three dots menu in top right corner -> search -> enable wifi scan or something..
I have no other ideas except obvious ones or googled ones, if you uninstalled app, rebooted and still doesn't work you can maybe contact developer or someone here uses that app and can help you..

velimirchek said:
I have relocked my bootloader as I am selling this one as Solar Red is on it's way so I cannot test it.
I might be completely wrong, but there is that or similar setting now in Location -> three dots menu in top right corner -> search -> enable wifi scan or something..
I have no other ideas except obvious ones or googled ones, if you uninstalled app, rebooted and still doesn't work you can maybe contact developer or someone here uses that app and can help you..
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Thanks for the help, still no luck . I'll try to get in touch with the developer.

That error seems kernel related, try restoring the stock boot.img
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thicklizard said:
That error seems kernel related, try restoring the stock boot.img
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I'll give that a try when I get home.
I should have also noted that doing a factory reset resolves the issue. I would like to avoid that if possible though.

Have you tried dirty flashing rom?
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thicklizard said:
Have you tried dirty flashing rom?
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No, I am not familiar with that process.

I believe that is flashing without wiping, on top of the existing rom install. I'm not sure that this will help; but that is what I've seen discussed as dirty flash....
So this is a conceptual only answer.

I am having the exact same issue. Anyone come up with a fix?