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Was updating my G1 and bricked it when I installed the SPL from http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
This had root access before I messed it up.
I've tried all booting methods. Camera and Power, Home Power, etc. and nothing gets me out of the T-Mobile G1 screen.
Please advise if this can be fixed.
congratulations if you cant do anything with those buttons you have now bricked your phone, it makes a nice looking paperweight tho, there is no way to fix what you have done
I REALLY hope you flashed the Radio first like it said so in the instructions... But I guess it doesn't matter now, you are bricked sir =/. I hope you still have the warranty or insurance...?
There is a thread some where on here claimong some type of method to get a new one or something you should look for it n see if it helps u n any way
if you still have a warrenty....say this
"after months of waiting i finally recieved the 1.6 update. but after the phone rebooted it wouldnt start up. i have tried everything the guides on the internet say about how to get it working again and nothing worked. the guides all said that if you cant get to the 'recovery screen' or something like that then you cant fix it..."
wing it along those lines....it works
and next time please post in the correct section - questions go in the QnA section
sidenote - if its a tmobile UK or USA one this will work
if its rogers Canada it wont as there is no 1.6 for rogers dream
did you remember to back it up before you done anything - if so do try the following as this fixed mine when i had that issue
remove and replace battery
boot into recovery mode
use the restore option and restore from backup
if you can get into fastboot then you maybe able to push a new recovery and spl but not sure so you will need to search the forums
as stated, they cant get in, unfortunately
I would say act more innocent than what you say.
Guides, recovery, 1.6 update etc.. would all ring alarm bells for me if I worked for tmobile.
Just say it said something about an update, you clicked ok, it restarted and then wouldnt come back.
Dont mention recoverys, 1.6, guides online etc....
i found that acting intelligent worked better coz 'an intelligent person would never **** up their phone'
and edited version:
"i woke up yesterday and my phone said 'update available' so i hit ok. once it was finished my phone wouldnt turn on - it just got stuck at the G1 screen"
Short Story: GPS didn't work on my G1 so I unrooted for warranty return. After dropping to RC29 my update came and it bricked the phone.
Garok89's statement below is almost verbatum what I told the rep. New phone 3 days later.
garok89 said:
"i woke up yesterday and my phone said 'update available' so i hit ok. once it was finished my phone wouldnt turn on - it just got stuck at the G1 screen"
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btw.....
i live in Asia....God
well i would try to act dumb first, but then if they start trying to give you hassle, little by little pile on your knowledge of the phone, if you live in asia and cant do anything about it, just make a call to the corporate office and handle it with them, the minute a business this big hears the words "corporate office" im sure they will find a solution for you.
So today I was at work and a little notification popped up about a software update. I just left it alone and went on with work. I come back from lunch and it updated itself and disabled all my apps and root. The SD nethod with Nooter does NOT work. The software version showed 1.0.1. I ended up returning the Nook as its pretty useless with no root & 3rd party apps for me. I will be waiting and seeing where this all pans out as more people get the OTA. Good luck!
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So today I was at work and a little notification popped up about a software update. I just left it alone and went on with work. I come back from lunch and it updated itself and disabled all my apps and root. The SD nethod with Nooter does NOT work. The software version showed 1.0.1. I ended up returning the Nook as its pretty useless with no root & 3rd party apps for me. I will be waiting and seeing where this all pans out as more people get the OTA. Good luck!
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I haven't gotten any notification of an update and I've been using the wifi all day. Don't see anything about an update on the Barnes and Noble site or community forums.
Not saying it doesn't exist. But if so, it's quite odd for them not to officially announce it the way they do for the original Nook firmware updates.
Keeping my WiFi off for the time being though.
This is definitely not good news. Can someone else confirm this firmware update ? B&N is not showing any updates on their website and the community forum over there is not indicating anything either. Haven't heard anything over on MobileRead.com forums either. I'd imagine that someone else would've gotten this update by now (either rooted or not) and reported it.
I'm wondering if mine just happened to get caught in a glitch in their system. Like how some Android phones got updated randomly before others. Your guess is a good as mine. I guess we will see if anyone else got hit too.
Any idea of where it saved it to? If this comes down the pipe, I'd like to pull it apart for a look at what they did
Those bastards
Maybe its time to edit the host file to prevent NC from calling home?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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Maybe its time to edit the host file to prevent NC from calling home?
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Do we know what domain the updates are coming from?
There are some instructions for blocking updates here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860480
But as the author says, they may not work (read the thread).
The best option is to flash a new rom probably and it looks like good progress is being made there.
houseofbugs: Did you get a notification before reboot? My guess would be that these updates are installed from recovery, so there may be an interim solution to delete the file from internal memory if you get a notice.
Far from perfect, but better than nothing.
So nobody else has received this update ? I Googled for any info, checked out the BN forums and another forum dedicated to the NC and nobody else has reported any kind of software update.
Just as a precaution I called my gf and had her turn off my nook and turn off wifi on hers, not looking forward to going home and finding root has been broken. Don't like the fact that it force updates itself without user interaction too, from what I gathered from the op's post. OTACerts.zip doesn't do anything on the nook?
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Just as a precaution I called my gf and had her turn off my nook and turn off wifi on hers, not looking forward to going home and finding root has been broken. Don't like the fact that it force updates itself without user interaction too, from what I gathered from the op's post. OTACerts.zip doesn't do anything on the nook?
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If the Op didn't mess with the OTACerts.zip, then we wouldn't know. Op, did you disable updates as suggested in the thread above?
I haven't seen any "update" messages on mine. I double-checked and my NC is still running version 1.0.0. My wifi has been on for the past couple days (including all night last night) and I've seen nothing suggesting a firmware update.
Maybe I'm lucky. Looks like B&N may be planning to force a firmware update soon. It'd be nice if they gave us the option to decline it (they'll probably strip in-Store features without the most current version, but I've read here that rooting does away with in-Store features anyway).
There's another thread over in NC Android Dev where someone got a firmware update scare. Looks like a false-positive, but it's something to keep us on our toes.
Hmm no updates here either..
nothing...
I remember reading that someone else got an Update Available notification in the huge thread that started this forum. I think they said they did a system restore to factory and it allowed them to re-root it, but I don't recall if it had a version number in it. Same thing happened, nobody knew what was going on.
Regardless, we should eliminate the ability for B&N to apply automatic updates at will.
After un-rooting and resetting back to factory fresh settings, the Nook DID download an update, version 1.0.0.0. The notice appeared in the notification area.
The good news is that I am still able to root using the nooter method.
gojeda said:
After un-rooting and resetting back to factory fresh settings, the Nook DID download an update, version 1.0.0.0. The notice appeared in the notification area.
The good news is that I am still able to root using the nooter method.
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That's not an update, it's an improper notification. It hasn't been *updated* to anything, since that's what it came with stock. It's just the nook's way of saying it's been reset to defaults.
Hopefully the update is not rolling out...
...but if it is I hope it hits my NC after this weekend when I have to take my son from the USA to the UK! Two flights and two airports without Angry Birds to keep him happy would be unpleasant.
Hmmm...
OTAcerts.zip would be my usual suggestion, for this kind of thing.
If anyone gets the nook with the update, try and grab the URL of the update via logcat.
Failing that, someone with the update might need to try things to get it rooted RageAgainstTheCage, anyone?
I don't know what you specifically need for the nook to let you sideload etc, but RageAgainstTheCage would make sense to work and get at least shell root.
I am wondering how stop an update on a Droid Bionic?
I understand you need to "move the update from /cache to your SD card" once downloaded.
However, I do not know where "/cache" is located, how it is accessed, or how the moving process is done.
I connected my phone to a PC via USB and could not find "/cache" stored on the phone. The only thing close was a cache folder within "com.google.android.apps.maps", which doesn't seem like what I'm supposed to be looking for. I've also tried looking in Menu>Settings>Storage but do not see any 'cache' info.
I've been searching the forums but have had no luck; plenty of references to a 'cache' from
people who clearly know what they are talking about, but I can not find any explanations or instructions.
Any help is appreciated. This is my first Android device btw! (though I've been reading this forum for a week or two now)
Wow, you're wanting to stop .905 while most people are chomping at the bit to get 6.7.xxx. You can't do it with your PC, you will need to do it from your phone with a file manager app.
I think you need to be rooted to see the cache'. you will also need a root file manager like "root explorer" to move the update to your SD Card.
ICS is much much better than the GB OS. I would reconsider the update, better things are coming around the corner.
If you choose to stay at .902, I would suggest doing some reading about the rooting process. Bad things can happen if you haven't done some research.
There are many here that will be glad to help you, but you will need to be a little knowledgeable to "help them, help you"
root .902
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-bionic-hacks/198045-902-root-method.html
advanced root and play with leaks and return (well written, read 1st post several times,) also has links to current drivers
SamuriHL spends his life supporting that thread and spends too much time helping others
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-bionic-hacks/214902-downgrade-902-no-app-data-loss.html
I'm not sure if I helped or confused, mainly just want you to be aware
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Wow, you're wanting to stop .905 while most people are chomping at the bit to get 6.7.xxx. You can't do it with your PC, you will need to do it from your phone with a file manager app.
I think you need to be rooted to see the cache'. you will also need a root file manager like "root explorer" to move the update to your SD Card.
ICS is much much better than the GB OS. I would reconsider the update, better things are coming around the corner.
If you choose to stay at .902, I would suggest doing some reading about the rooting process. Bad things can happen if you haven't done some research.
There are many here that will be glad to help you, but you will need to be a little knowledgeable to "help them, help you"
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thanks; that's really what I needed, a point in the right direction. I confess it's a bit new to me. I just got this phone, programmed it using steps found here (great forum!), and activated it on pageplus, but this was the first time I just got 'stuck' on something.
I read that 3G worked much better with 902 than with 905. this is why I was thinking of sticking with 902, at least until a legit/finalized version of ICS gets released (which allegedly, is very soon...maybe). Since I don't know much about the OS yet I figured I could survive the wait without 'knowing what I'm missing' so to speak.
whoa, just googled and saw that a new leak is out. I picked an odd time to be a newb working on a Bionic.
Thanks again!
If you do take the plunge into a leak, you should probably stick to one where FXZ to 902 isn't blocked so you can return to stock if needed. Everything 235 and after is poison, so to speak, and you won't be able to go back, which (thanks Moto) makes it really difficult to go forward (thanks Moto). I'm on 232 and I'm happy as a clam. It's stable and doesn't have many issues. Now when the official update comes out, they should release an FXZ and we'll be safe again and can all take the dive into ICS.
so, I realized you could postpone the update by just not accepting it when the prompt comes up.
so, I use my Bionic for a while and am quite happy. Then today, I noticed I no longer had 3G service. I tried restarting it, removing the battery,
toggling some of the data changes, no luck. I figured since ICS is (allegedly) right around the corner, there was really no reason not to go ahead and update.
I ran the update. I now have no phone service, no texting, and no 3G/1x.
My question is: how far in the process do I need to go back to get things running again? Right now what I have is a blinking white triangle in the notifications bar. My phone is stock in every way.
Edit: in "about phone/status" I have no phone number (it's blank). no MIN, no network. My PRL version is 'unknown'. so, basically I think I need to just start over, using the info I used successfully before (adam3rd is my hero), beginning with flashing a pageplus PRL. but I shouldn't need to reactivate it on pageplus, or need a new sim card, right? I feel like whatever happened wouldn't have effected my status with PP or the sim card, but I can't find a clear answer....any help appreciated
The white triangle is your phone searching for a signal to activate itself. Take your sim card out and re-insert it. you may need to wipe the dirt off the gold metallic area
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The white triangle is your phone searching for a signal to activate itself. Take your sim card out and re-insert it. you may need to wipe the dirt off the gold metallic area
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thanks for the response. I actually had 4 bars of signal strength along with the white triangle. I'd assumed this meant I could 'detect' the verizon/PP network but wouldn't be able to get out of 'roaming' status until it was activated for the network.
I actually contacted PP via chat to reactivate it. they did it, but the problem wasn't resolved so I tried a factory reset. boom, activation screen came up! now I have fone and text again.
my real problem now is getting data to work consistently. gonna wait until the legit ICS comes out before tackling that one again.
You're going to love .246
no signal drops, fast reaction on apps. it's truly a who;e new phone experience
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You're going to love .246
no signal drops, fast reaction on apps. it's truly a who;e new phone experience
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yes, I'm very excited. a little paranoid about updating since I'm on PagePlus and haven't seen anyone use Pageplus and .246 yet. but I may just try using the info on howardforums; I know it 'should' work, but that's just not the same as confirmation.
on a side note; I believe I may have discovered what my data problem was; I think I'd just disabled the 'connect with data over mobile network' option and forgotten I'd done so a month later. pretty funny. but it's been a good learning experience, heh
I updated OTA to 10.4.B.0.569 a few weeks ago.
My phone is stock, rooted, locked BL.
Today I'm getting another OTA system update notice to 10.4.B.0.569 - showing 1.2mb
This is the same version as I already have, but showing a very small size.
Does anyone know about this, and what it is?
Thanks.
MickieH said:
I updated OTA to 10.4.B.0.569 a few weeks ago.
My phone is stock, rooted, locked BL.
Today I'm getting another OTA system update notice to 10.4.B.0.569 - showing 1.2mb
This is the same version as I already have, but showing a very small size.
Does anyone know about this, and what it is?
Thanks.
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I'm getting this too, read somewhere it's supposedly there to update apps but I don't know 100%.. Can't get rid of the message either from my status bar! I also have 101 ready to install on PCC so not sure if I can just update straight to that instead of going through the 569 update OTA? Hoping it won't interfere with my phone etc & mess things up...
SalamiQueen said:
I'm getting this too, read somewhere it's supposedly there to update apps but I don't know 100%.. Can't get rid of the message either from my status bar! I also have 101 ready to install on PCC so not sure if I can just update straight to that instead of going through the 569 update OTA? Hoping it won't interfere with my phone etc & mess things up...
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Yeah, I hear that the 101 update is rolling soon (another few months then lol) - where did you get it early?
I'm going to run the update and see what it does anyway.
MickieH said:
Yeah, I hear that the 101 update is rolling soon (another few months then lol) - where did you get it early?
I'm going to run the update and see what it does anyway.
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Mine is already available on PCC (UK generic) but I haven't had the chance to update yet. Not with the known bug of the screen not coming on when pressing the power button lol
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Mine is already available on PCC (UK generic) but I haven't had the chance to update yet. Not with the known bug of the screen not coming on when pressing the power button lol
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Ah, I hardly ever connect mine to PCC lol, there ya go then. :silly:
I've heard about the screen not coming on, but I've never had any issues like that either.
Now it won't let me update cos the battery is only on 37% lol
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Ah, I hardly ever connect mine to PCC lol, there ya go then. :silly:
I've heard about the screen not coming on, but I've never had any issues like that either.
Now it won't let me update cos the battery is only on 37% lol
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I just updated mine (569 again), said it would take 2 mins but not even that, more like 30 seconds!
Will let you know of changes I notice, but prob won't be any.
The screen not coming on I think is a known bug with 101, not sure about previous updates as I have never experienced this!
SalamiQueen said:
I just updated mine (569 again), said it would take 2 mins but not even that, more like 30 seconds!
Will let you know of changes I notice, but prob won't be any.
The screen not coming on I think is a known bug with 101, not sure about previous updates as I have never experienced this!
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Well, got mine over 50%, ran the update, can't say I've noticed any differences to be honest.
Point to note - root was retained again.
Did only take 30 seconds or so, like you say.
I think I'll read up a bit more on the 101 update before I go there :good:
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Well, got mine over 50%, ran the update, can't say I've noticed any differences to be honest.
Point to note - root was retained again.
Did only take 30 seconds or so, like you say.
I think I'll read up a bit more on the 101 update before I go there :good:
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I only noticed the calendar app being tiny bit different with new information being show on the widget..
Also weird thing just happened, last night when I checked PCC 101 was definitely there to update, now it's not there anymore & says I'm up to date..?
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I only noticed the calendar app being tiny bit different with new information being show on the widget..
Also weird thing just happened, last night when I checked PCC 101 was definitely there to update, now it's not there anymore & says I'm up to date..?
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Probably cos of the bugs lolike
Not like Sony to retract an update eh? Lol
I am on Three and got the update yesterday, now I get 4G preferred, but not sure what else is different though...
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I am on Three and got the update yesterday, now I get 4G preferred, but not sure what else is different though...
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It's just a minor update , after installing it your standby time will improve and also the phone will become a little snappier
I was hoping this would fix the bluetooth audio stutter, but it still stutters. Any other changes?
hi guys and gals
im already on 10.4.B.0.569 as well, rooted already.
got this notification of update with the size 1.2MB, so i am assuming its the same one.
from what i read here, its safe to install this update and it will not remove my root.
is my understanding correct?
btw i used this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565850, when i updated to 10.4.B.0.569.
thanks
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i tried installing, but after the reboot, it said it could not install.
any one experience this?
any suggestions what I can do?
thanks.
Ah, you've installed the custom. 569 ROM from NUT's thread.
Mine was stock. 569 OTA update originally, before this 1.2mb thing, perhaps that is why?
Sorry, can't help more, I'm still learning myself.
Something really strange happened to my father's Turbo. He got it brand new from Verizon about a month ago and I sat down and updated up to .44. I told him that if another update comes in, do not touch it because I was going to unlock it with Sunshine and root it. I don't allow him to do updates on anything, I do it for him when I know the bugs won't screw anything up and flash it myself.
I was ready to unlock the phone and when I looked About Phone, I saw it was on .49. So I checked a little more and found the exact date and time it updated (July 23rd, 7:23PM). The date and time coincided with his being in the hospital and I had possession of the phone. The phone was sitting in my room (there's no one else around to mess with things), undisturbed for a week. I never saw the .49 update show up before I left it alone--and I checked it to make sure he didn't accidentally update it, just in case. I know on my Turbo, it was annoying as all get out and I dealt with the nag screens for a week or so until I could buy the Sunshine app.
Is it possible Verizon is now forcing the .49 update? I know there's no way possible that either, I or my father, allowed this update to happen.
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Is it possible Verizon is now forcing the .49 update? I know there's no way possible that either, I or my father, allowed this update to happen.
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Others have claimed that with some people being very skeptical. I would not put it past Verizon. Is it possible if you totally ignored the nag screens Verizon takes that as a yes?
Thing is, the update and nags never showed up in the first place for it to be accepted or ignored. It just happened.
My phone auto-updated while I was sleeping one night. I was thinking of unlocking the bootloader. Oh well.
lastnight that's update come to my turbo,.luckily that's happen when the phone on my hand,so i'm disconeted a mobile data ..
but now i'm stuck on no mobile data or wifi cause i'm afraid when i'm turn it on,the updates get installed
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lastnight that's update come to my turbo,.luckily that's happen when the phone on my hand,so i'm disconnected a mobile data ..
but now i'm stuck on no mobile data or wifi cause i'm afraid when i'm turn it on,the updates get installed
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(Wow, that's quite a cracked screen!)
Can you boot into recovery and clear cache? Would that clear the downloaded update files from the phone?
Of course, first chance -- after you stop the SUTL-49 update -- you get go ahead and unlock the bootloader already! Then you don't have to worry about it anymore.
(Wow, that's quite a cracked screen!)
Can you boot into recovery and clear cache? Would that clear the downloaded update files from the phone?
Of course, first chance -- after you stop the SUTL-49 update -- you get go ahead and unlock the bootloader already! Then you don't have to worry about it anymore.[/QUOTE]
yups,,for a first time the progress still there,,but after I'm trying to root a phone using vroot (via pc) and kingroot,specially by vroot cause this process makes turbo reboot a couple time (with a failed result :silly,.now on the second time on wipe cache,the progress is gone ( it's a temporary right?it's will coming again on a mysterius time :silly i'm use Gsm/Edge for a connectivity to make a slow downloading update progress when is coming back
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a money problems for this time to buy that license
I, too, would probably resist unlocking that particular device, since the screen is so cracked up... if you replace the phone, you'd have to get another Sunshine license for the new device.
Anyway, back to the original point, I recall on my old GalaxyS3, VZ was pushing an update that only allowed you to postpone it for some specific amount of time and/or it had a timer for the "we're going to start installing" popup, after which it would force-install. Based on that, I wouldn't be surprised to hear VZ is forcing updates, especially on an unattended phone...
There may be hope...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/general/sunshine-bootloader-unlock-su4tl-49-t3445523
while collecting a money,i'm try freezing updater using adguard.apk (non root) and the result for a last two days,the update progress is gone (I don't know if that's a result from a adguard method)..
The old user of my phone said that. The .49 update was made automatically, with no Yes/No options, just updated.
I think it might be that if you don't interact with the prompt it will update your phone after a certain amount of time. When the update first rolled out I would always postpone it, telling it to remind me at 12AM cause that's when I usually go to bed. However one day, after setting it to remind me at 12, I fell asleep earlier and didn't see the prompt. The next morning, surprise, surprise, it was updated to .49.
Good news!
Sunshine will now unlock bootloader on Verizon SUTL-49 on the Droid Turbo XT1254:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68384014&postcount=21
jcase said:
We just released it, 3.4.6 will unlock SunShine
Sometimes stars align and a bug becomes apparent, one that we can use.
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ChazzMatt said:
Good news!
Sunshine will now unlock bootloader on Verizon SUTL-49 on the Droid Turbo XT1254:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68384014&postcount=21
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It is a great news for a lot of people.
Good work by Sunshine team.
In the future with any phone. If you see a update is about to happen, plug your phone to your computer, go to root of storage, and delete the download.. Hell I do this all the time... You can't miss it, it will be the only white looking item there..