I finally had enough of my D3 physical keyboard skipping, so Verizon is shipping me a "like new" replacement phone.
This is my second replacement, again due to the keyboard; the last time I had to rebuild my phone, I used Titanium Backup to backup all my apps+data from my original phone, then restore on the new phone (after rooting, installing Titanium Backup, etc.) It seems like that took more fiddling than I was expecting (no, I don't recall what I had to fiddle with, just that I had to switch my Verizon account back and forth a couple times during the process).
So recently it occured to me - can I use Safestrap to make a backup of my old phone and restore it on the "like new" phone? Has anyone done this? Can anyone think of why it would NOT work?
I also plan to first take a Safestrap backup the new phone and then restore that backup on the old phone, so I don't have to worry about SBF'ing my old phone back to what will look like a standard phone to Verizon, when I ship it back to them.
Thanks,
Chad
Sorry, i'm offtopic, but your D3, did you sbf back then send it back? I'm also sending my D3 after camera issues (and after I got my phone, game issues as well, as some games wouldn't play on my old D3) i'm just leery about the $500 fine warning for software mod. i did SBF before I popped the battery out...
and the answer would be yes, why not? The nandroid would have the exact stuff that would be recorded (almost, i think).. they are exact replicas, as long as it's still a Droid 3.
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I finally had enough of my D3 physical keyboard skipping, so Verizon is shipping me a "like new" replacement phone.
This is my second replacement, again due to the keyboard; the last time I had to rebuild my phone, I used Titanium Backup to backup all my apps+data from my original phone, then restore on the new phone (after rooting, installing Titanium Backup, etc.) It seems like that took more fiddling than I was expecting (no, I don't recall what I had to fiddle with, just that I had to switch my Verizon account back and forth a couple times during the process).
So recently it occured to me - can I use Safestrap to make a backup of my old phone and restore it on the "like new" phone? Has anyone done this? Can anyone think of why it would NOT work?
I also plan to first take a Safestrap backup the new phone and then restore that backup on the old phone, so I don't have to worry about SBF'ing my old phone back to what will look like a standard phone to Verizon, when I ship it back to them.
Thanks,
Chad
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If you are receiving the exact same phone (Another Droid 3) you can make a full nandroid backup, then restore it to the new phone, then manually move the contents of the internal storage to the new phone. I've done this several times with a few Droid Xs and OG Droids.
You will then just have to have Verizon change the account to the new ESN and it'll be exactly like your old phone. It would be a good idea to SBF the phone back to stock before sending the defective one in, search the forum for a one-click method, there's several out there, just make sure you match your system (Mainly 890 or 906).
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If you are receiving the exact same phone (Another Droid 3) you can make a full nandroid backup, then restore it to the new phone, then manually move the contents of the internal storage to the new phone. I've done this several times with a few Droid Xs and OG Droids.
You will then just have to have Verizon change the account to the new ESN and it'll be exactly like your old phone. It would be a good idea to SBF the phone back to stock before sending the defective one in, search the forum for a one-click method, there's several out there, just make sure you match your system (Mainly 890 or 906).
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Just make sure you get back to stock. Verizon does not like us playing around!
First off, under the "Sure - what could go wrong?" philosophy, I restored the Safestrap backup from my defective phone onto the replacement one, and it worked. Mostly. A couple apps didn't restore, like "Bad Piggies", but I wasn't able to restore those via Titanium Backup, either. I found a directory on the internal SD card that looked like application data, so I copied that between the phones and the applications seem OK now, more or less. I also had to resync my Bluetooth headset. I may play with these things more later, and I'll see what else on the internal storage looks like it needs to be moved.
For the first replacement, I SBF'd back to stock before I shipped the phone back. This time, I plan to restore the Safestrap backup of the replacement phone (which I made before I started messing with it) onto the defective phone . Then I'll remove Safestrap, make sure the internal SD card doesn't have anything suspicious on it (like my Titanium Backup key), then ship the thing back to Verizon.
Thanks for all the advice!
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My original Tilt stopped charging the battery so I got a warranty replacement. I restored my last Sprite Backup file on to the new Tilt and after completing the restore the new Tilt wouldn't accept my device PIN number. At first I thought in my haste I had somehow made a typeo (not realizing that of course it would have the same PIN as on the original phone after restoring the Sprite file) so I called ATT. They walked me through the hard reset procedure which I knew very well from owning the 8525 since the day it came out, Nv. 17, 2006. No dice. No matter how hard I tried to hard reset it just did a soft reset so they sent me another warranty replacement phone. Got that today and mad sure to not enter any PIN before restoring the Sprite file. Performed a Sprite restore and bam! Same problem. Call HTC and ATT and discover that apparently the version Sprite built into the ROM as a "Extra Security" doesn't allow you to restore on to a new phone. So now I have to wait for another (Third) warranty replacement phone to Arrive On Friday (I missed the overnight deadline this time) and I was hoping one of you geniuses might now a way out of this predicament without flashing a non authorized ROM. I have considered it many time but am not ready to make that plunge right now. Also, I am wondering if I install the commercial version of Sprite and back up my original phone will I be able to restore that on the new Tilt when it arrives. I suppose I would have to upgrade from my windows Mobile 5 version of Sprite I had on my 8525. In the mean time at least these two brand new Tilts are good for something, I can use them to charge my battery that won't charge in my original Tilt. Thanks in advance for your help.
Brian
Try this: Open SpriteSelect the options menu & "switch to advanced mode" Click option menu, select restore options & check "enable device upgrade mode". Note: this will restore most of the device programs & settings, however not all.
I've got a Hero running LiquidSense and everything's working great. Except that I dropped the phone and now the earpiece stopped working. So I was going to try and get a refurb from Sprint. I made a fresh Nandroid backup of the phone and plan to restore it to my replacement phone (assuming Sprint gives me one). But will that restore my SMS text messages, too?
Your concern should really be can a nand on one phone be restored to another. If that's the case, then yes your sms, and everything, are in there.
AFAIK It just makes an image of the current state of your phone it really doesn't even know/care what it's backing up.
If it can be restored, it will be like you never left it. (Except for a few special things like the prl and the radio, afaik.)
Is there any reason I wouldn't be able to restore a Nandroid backup on one Sprint HTC Hero to another? Assuming the original was no longer in-use?
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Is there any reason I wouldn't be able to restore a Nandroid backup on one Sprint HTC Hero to another? Assuming the original was no longer in-use?
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I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work once the new phone is rooted.
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I'll bet they can actually fix the phone.
Yesterday my earpiece stopped working (speakermic still worked) brought it to my local non-Sprint Sprint store and 15 minutes later it was all better. They even did it for NO CHARGE (my phone is out of warranty and I have no insurance on it)
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I've got a Hero running LiquidSense and everything's working great. Except that I dropped the phone and now the earpiece stopped working. So I was going to try and get a refurb from Sprint. I made a fresh Nandroid backup of the phone and plan to restore it to my replacement phone (assuming Sprint gives me one). But will that restore my SMS text messages, too?
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As I am about to upgrade to the Galaxy S3, my brother will be taking my Captivate. I've installed Mosaic IX on the phone and he wants to keep his number, so how can I reset the phone so the AT&T employees will not know it's been anything but stock?
Just a few questions:
1. Are you both currently on AT&T? If so, he should be able to put his SIM card into your Captivate and use it right away. The only thing to look out for is that they'll add a data plan when he puts it in.
2. Where would the AT&T employee see that the phone was something other than stock? The only time I've ever seen this really mattering is when you're getting warranty service. If that comes up, just flash back to a full stock ROM and you should be fine.
1. Yes we are, but he has an iPhone 3GS, so I don't know if that affects anything. But the iPhone data plan is a separate data plan than regular data if I'm not mistaken...
2. If we all bring our phones into the store, because of me buying the Galaxy S3 and getting a new micro SIM, I'm worried maybe when we swap phones and get it arranged, perhaps they may discover it...if they do though, what can happen, if anything?
1. That makes sense.
2. Probably nothing, but if you're really worried about it and you've already gotten the data off of it, just go here and get either the I897UCJF6 or I897UCKB2 one-click and flash that. It'll put the phone back to complete stock (but won't wipe your personal data like pictures, music, etc off of the internal card).
So make a Titanium backup, then flash back to stock?
Does it matter that my phone boots up as an I9000 rather than I897? Will it still flash backwards fine?
The Tibu backup would be the way to go.
If yours is saying I9000 when you first boot, make sure you get a package with I897 bootloaders (if the stock issue worries you). Both the ones I linked to are capable of flashing those bootloaders.
To answer your question, it will flash backwards fine, but they could potentially tell that you have the I9000 bootloaders on there.
You should be able to pop his sim card right into it no problem.
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Ok thanks so much for the help! I knew I could count on the collective genius of XDA! Thanks again!
Hi all, I just bought the G4 from T-Mobile yesterday. (It was discounted to $350, which put me over the edge.) My Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G (SGH-T699) is 3+ years old, so was time to replace it. It was getting really sluggish, apps were crashing I think due to running out of memory, it would often thermal shutdown (and always when using maps to navigate while driving), etc.
I had been looking at the Blu Pure XL for a few months, but was waiting on the development community to put a 3rd-party ROM on it. Well if you look in the Pure XL forums, you'll see how well (or not!) that has gone.
So now I have the G4, and would like to restore app data, messaging and call history, etc. from my SGH-T699. My Galaxy is rooted with Cyanogenmod 11 and Titanium Backup Pro. The LG G4 is NOT rooted, and I would prefer to wait to do that until the warranty expires.
How would I restore those things with something like adb backup and restore, or with Helium? (I know Titanium doesn't work on a non-rooted device.) Or is there a better/easier/safer way to do it?
Btw, last time I tried setting up Helium with my Relay 4G several months ago, my computer (Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, i7-4790K, ASRock Z97 Extreme6, 32GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 RAM, 12+ TB HDD space (4x HGST 7200rpm NAS), etc) unable to connect with it that way. I was able to use ADB backup/restore to do a nandroid backup on that phone, and also Titanium (once it was rooted) has helped me keep apps backed up.
I'm guessing that doing a full adb backup from the Relay 4G and adb restore that backup to the G4 wouldn't work, right?
I did do the OTA update to Marshmallow on the G4. (Only mentioning that cause of the other posts that mention hard-bricking when downgrading, but I don't know if that applies to me at this time since I'm not putting a custom ROM on it yet.)
Again, I do NOT want to root the G4 before the warranty is expired, UNLESS it won't void the warranty. (Same goes for installing a custom ROM, or anything that would void the warranty.) I have enabled developer options in the G4 (tapping build number 7 times), but I haven't used the unlock app provided by T-Mo (which I think is a SIM or carrier unlock, not bootloader unlock anyway) yet. (Edit: I did do the carrier unlock, but made the mistake of making it a temporary and not permanent unlock. Do I need to wait the 30 days or can I perm-unlock immediately? Edit 2: turns out it gave me the option, but said it's ineligible. I did pay for the device in full, but I guess I still have to wait a month?)
I don't know how, but I do have a quick question! What are the first three digits of your serial #? Because I also just bought the G4 from T-Mobile, it's arriving in a couple days, but 505-509 serial numbers are seemingly affected by the dreaded bootloop issues. Do you which batch T-Mobile has in their stock right now? If it's 512/601/602 it should be fine.
(this post is assuming you bought the phone online, but even if you bought it in-store I would still like to know. )
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I don't know how, but I do have a quick question! What are the first three digits of your serial #? Because I also just bought the G4 from T-Mobile, it's arriving in a couple days, but 505-509 serial numbers are seemingly affected by the dreaded bootloop issues. Do you which batch T-Mobile has in their stock right now? If it's 512/601/602 it should be fine.
(this post is assuming you bought the phone online, but even if you bought it in-store I would still like to know. )
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I bought my phone in store, specifically Parkway Plaza in El Cajon, CA. Upon inspection, it does look like I have the dreaded 509(KP...) number. I just bought it yesterday so maybe I should take it back and see if I can get it exchanged for one with a different serial? (Maybe at a different T-Mobile location?)
Well $*!*!! I was typing a reply, and my internet connection went down when I went to submit it!
Anyway, the T-Mo store told me to basically keep my G4 until / unless it exhibits the problem. Also, is there a way to find out if my phone would exhibit that issue? Mine's serial starts with 509KPZK... Is there a way I can test for the issue myself before I do anything more with the phone?
I can't get adb *or* Helium working - my computer can't see my phone, other than opening it in the file explorer. In Linux, the adb shell script won't run cause it says the adb file (which is right in that folder!) doesn't exist. In Windows, "adb devices" comes up empty, and Helium can't see the phone no matter what mode or USB port I try, and yes, USB debugging is enabled.
I really need to do a full backup of the current phone, then restore my app *data*, SMS, call history, saved games, etc. from my Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G SGH-T699 to my LG G4 H811.
Since I can't get any of the above things to work, what else can I do, *WITHOUT* rooting the G4?? I am *NOT* going to root it before the warranty (I think 1 year) expires, *UNLESS* I can do a FULL backup, then restore that full backup and turn off root access to be able to return the phone for warranty service if I get that issue.
Also the T699 is frequently stopping recognizing my SD card. That issue started happening right after I changed my service over to the G4's sim (which is a different size sim so I don't think I can just pull it out of one phone and put it in the other.)
As for the G4, did I get the wrong phone? (warranty void if rooted, can't connect to PC, etc.) I'm still within the 14-day window. If so, what other phone has the same or better features (1440p screen, 3GB RAM, Snapdragon 808 or better CPU, removable battery+SD, etc) for the same price ($350) without buying a used one on ebay or buying on Amazon from a 3rd-party seller (unless it's a known established retailer), that is more dev friendly? (The Blu Pure XL which I had considered seems to be quite dev UNfriendly, the Moto X Pure and Nexus devices either lack removable batteries or SD cards and are too expensive, the Note 4 hasn't been dropped in price like the G4 has, etc.)
Last Friday I noticed that I stopped receiving texts on my unlocked DE running stock rooted 4.4.4. Sending texts works fine. This phone has never had any problems with anything since I started using it 18 months or so ago, and out of the blue it stopped receiving texts. I have checked Verizon's side on another phone (moved sim card to old Gnex and texts are received fine) and it is definitely a problem with my phone. I have deleted all texts, wiped caches, tried Safe Mode nothing has fixed it. Seems like some odd radio problem. I have read about the 4.4.4 issues others have had, but as I mentioned, this phone has been fine on 4.4.4 since I set it up.
In any event, I am here looking for some answers or some suggestions of what else to try. I would like to keep the total wipe and restore as a last resort, as this phone is mission critical to me for work, and being too stupid to do regular backups, resetting everything back to the way it is now would be a hardship. I do have a nandroid backup from when I originally set up the phone, and was thinking of trying that. If I wipe everything though, does that wipe the SD card too? I thought a factory reset wipes the SD card, so if so I need to back it up first.
(So this is interesting... I was using Verizon's Messaging app and went to the "Subscribe" in the integrated messaging feature in the Settings area, and when I do that it basically hangs and finally goes back to the messaging app. A few minutes later I get the following error message, "Failed to retrieve security code. Please try to connect again later by using the Subscribe option withing the Settings screen.". The error message comes in like a text (with notification). Googling this error really yields no real information, however I wonder if there is something to the security thing. Not sure how to investigate, though...)
Thanks in advance for anything you guys can offer!
In my case, and others, this problem was solved as indicated in post #25 by qtonic (thanks to you, qtonic!). In my case, VVM was not an issue as I did not use that feature, so I can't vouch for whether or not that problem is solved. No "factory reset" was involved, nor any "upgrade" to Lollipop was necessary, so no worries there. One important note is to backup your texts if you want to restore them after you clear the data. I did that and I am back up and running with all my old texts in place. Hopefully this fix works for everyone experiencing this issue.
Same thing happened to me. I was running eclipse rom 4.4.4 I had to upgrade to lollipop to get texts working again. Which sucks cuz I think kit Kat is better. I'm wondering if it's all 4.4.4 where this happens?
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Same thing happened to me. I was running eclipse rom 4.4.4 I had to upgrade to lollipop to get texts working again. Which sucks cuz I think kit Kat is better. I'm wondering if it's all 4.4.4 where this happens?
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Did you try a wipe and reinstall first before trying the lollipop upgrade? Are you running a rom now or stock rooted lollipop?
I am dealing with the same issue. Don't want to upgrade to lolly or do i want to factory reset. I will stay tuned to this thread and hopefully get a fix.
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Did you try a wipe and reinstall first before trying the lollipop upgrade? Are you running a rom now or stock rooted lollipop?
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i just wiped cache and dalvik. then went to lollipop. it then dawned on me that i should have tried to wipe kitkat, but when u switch to LP it screws everything up so idk if you can go back to kitkat. i may try to at some point, maybe over the weekend.
right now im just running a debloated stock LP rom and i used xposed to customize.
I just added the following to my OP.
So this is interesting... I was using Verizon's Messaging app and went to the "Subscribe" in the integrated messaging feature in the Settings area, and when I do that it basically hangs and finally goes back to the messaging app. A few minutes later I get the following error message, "Failed to retrieve security code. Please try to connect again later by using the Subscribe option withing the Settings screen.". The error message comes in like a text (with notification). Googling this error really yields no real information, however I wonder if there is something to the security thing. Not sure how to investigate, though...
Can you guys duplicate this?
Any solutions other than factory wipe?
Having this issue on both my Moto X developer edition phones. One stock software it stopped receiving texts yesterday one running a custom Rom which stopped receiving texts last thursday.
Verizon's answer is some of the provisioning code implemented when I activated the phones is no longer supported and they have changed whatever they have to change but the phone has to be factory reset and activated in order to be reprogrammed with the proper provisioning. Verizon said it is motorola's problem.
I honestly have no idea what all that means that is what they kept repeating to me.
I really don't want to have to do a factory reset.
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Having this issue on both my Moto X developer edition phones. One stock software it stopped receiving texts yesterday one running a custom Rom which stopped receiving texts last thursday.
Verizon's answer is some of the provisioning code implemented when I activated the phones is no longer supported and they have changed whatever they have to change but the phone has to be factory reset and activated in order to be reprogrammed with the proper provisioning. Verizon said it is motorola's problem.
I honestly have no idea what all that means that is what they kept repeating to me.
I really don't want to have to do a factory reset.
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I went up several levels of tech support at Verizon and eventually ended up getting the same story. I need a factory reset and then all will be fine. They said it was due to some voicemail interface version not being supported anymore and my phone is trying to use the old one and it's keeping the phone from provisioning and that's why texts stopped working.
I've been putting off applying the Lollipop update because I knew it was going to have undesired consequences, but I went ahead and applied it. Text work again but of course I had to re-root (Developer Edition so no sweat there) and even with root WiFi Tether for Root Users (which had been working great under KitKat) bit the dust and no longer works. Under KitKat I had to use the special version that had some added binaries to make up for pieces that were missing from the kernel and I guess those binaries don't work with the Lollipop kernel.
So I'm using the stock tether app now (with provisioning check disabled) but I hate it. You can't turn on access control lists (to "approve" users), you can't see who's connected, you can't define an inactivity timeout, blah blah blah. It sucks so bad compared to WiFi Tether for Root Users.
Oh yeah, in the process of troubleshooting they removed voicemail from my line and put it back on. So I had to set up my voicemail from scratch and lost a bunch of voicemails I'd been saving for years including one from a friend who's dead now. Not happy.
Eh, at least SMS works again.
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Having this issue on both my Moto X developer edition phones. One stock software it stopped receiving texts yesterday one running a custom Rom which stopped receiving texts last thursday.
Verizon's answer is some of the provisioning code implemented when I activated the phones is no longer supported and they have changed whatever they have to change but the phone has to be factory reset and activated in order to be reprogrammed with the proper provisioning. Verizon said it is motorola's problem.
I honestly have no idea what all that means that is what they kept repeating to me.
I really don't want to have to do a factory reset.
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Yes, for me it was last Thursday that it was working as well. So, that being said, I take it a factory wipe is required. A couple of questions for you guys: Since I have a Developer Edition (running Xposed) too, do I have anything to worry about about doing a factory wipe? I am currently on 4.4.4, rooted, do I need to prep anything to do the factory wipe so I don't brick? Can I stay on 4.4.4 and just re-root and reinstall my apps from TiBU? I haven't messed around with anything since setting it up over a year ago, and not really thrilled with starting from scratch...
Anyway, great sleuthing MotoCache1, seems that you got to the bottom of things. At least we can be sure it was not some other app or something causing this.
I have the same setup so I am very interested too...on how to set this all up. I use my phone to tether a lot...how will I go about this with lollypop?
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I have the same setup so I am very interested too...on how to set this all up. I use my phone to tether a lot...how will I go about this with lollypop?
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If you're rooted edit your /system/build.prop file, add this line to the end, reboot the phone, and then use the factory hotspot tethering:
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net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
More information here if you want it.
I backed everything up and did a factory reset but still no text coming in. Maybe I didn't do it right?
I booted into TWRP and picked factory reset, can anyone tell me if there is something more I need to do besides that??
And to reiterate what has been said verizon again just told me
To correct issue
1-Visual Voice Mail must be removed from account (if it has not been done already)
2-Device data must be backed up
3-Master/Factory reset required on device
But those things have been done and my text still aren't coming in. So they said they would escalate it....
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I backed everything up and did a factory reset but still no text coming in. Maybe I didn't do it right?
I booted into TWRP and picked factory reset, can anyone tell me if there is something more I need to do besides that??
And to reiterate what has been said verizon again just told me
To correct issue
1-Visual Voice Mail must be removed from account (if it has not been done already)
2-Device data must be backed up
3-Master/Factory reset required on device
But those things have been done and my text still aren't coming in. So they said they would escalate it....
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That's what they told me as well. They said "take it in to a Verizon store and they will back it up and do a factory reset and then restore your data".
I decided against that and instead opted to use the VZW Software Repair Assistant tool. When you use that there are 2 options - Software Repair Assistant (which is supposed to "repair" your currently installed software) and Software Upgrade Assistant (which is supposed to update your device to the latest available software for it).
I didn't particularly want to go to Lollipop so I chose the "repair" option, chose the phone, and clicked "Repair". And it "repaired" it by upgrading it to Lollipop. Lol. Maybe it's because I had previously told the phone to go ahead and try to apply the Lollipop OTA. The OTA failed to install. Not sure why - possibly due to root and/or other changes to the system partition. I was using stock recovery.
So anyway, I ended up on Lollipop even though that's not really what I wanted to do, and that did fix the problem - though, as previously bemoaned, I can't use WiFi Tether for Root Users anymore and have to use the piece of crap that's built into the OS. I guess I should be grateful that works because I'd be in a pickle if I had to do without tether.
Back to what you posted -- I don't think anybody here has yet posted that the factory reset actually fixed the problem for them. Honestly I don't understand how it would. A factory reset isn't going to suddenly make your phone start using a newer version of anything and what I was told was that the phone was using an old, no longer supported version/protocol to access voicemail and that was the root of the problem.
I suspect that if you take it into a VZW store for a "factory reset" what you're really going to get is an upgrade to Lollipop. Lol.
@MotoCache1 so basically Verizon's treating us like idiots!
I just got done chatting with them (the agent finally just disconnected not sure why) and they told me to see if Motorola would replace the phone......yeah that isn't going to happen.
I chatted with Motorola and did a bunch of troubleshooting with them, they suggested trying a new sim card.
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@MotoCache1 so basically Verizon's treating us like idiots!
I just got done chatting with them (the agent finally just disconnected not sure why) and they told me to see if Motorola would replace the phone......yeah that isn't going to happen.
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Wow. Talk about a lame answer. Nothing on the phone changed. Nothing on the phone broke. Obviously Verizon changed something on their side and rather than back out, or fix it, they want to shift the problem to the device owners.
At least you know you can probably fix it by going to Lollipop (so far that seems to have fixed everyone that has posted here) but that comes with some negatives. I'd rather still be on KitKat personally, but I put too much time into it already so I'm just going to be satisfied that it's working and try to forget how much I hate the factory tether piece of crap.
Wow, I didn't even think to look here, I figured this problem was just my phone. I too lost the ability to receive text a few days back. After confirming it wasn't a SIM problem with another device, I did a factory reset and all was well. 4.4.4. I test texting every morning from AIM now, just to make sure it still works, but I'm afraid it'll happen again. Has anyone figured out what the actual problem is?
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Wow, I didn't even think to look here, I figured this problem was just my phone. I too lost the ability to receive text a few days back. After confirming it wasn't a SIM problem with another device, I did a factory reset and all was well. 4.4.4. I test texting every morning from AIM now, just to make sure it still works, but I'm afraid it'll happen again. Has anyone figured out what the actual problem is?
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Were you rooted prior to factory reset? Did you need to re-root? Did the factory reset wipe the SD card? I want to fix this without upgrading to lollipop if possible
Have you tried to factory reset and it didn't fix the problem? I don't understand, you have the option to try it with nothing to lose. Worse case scenario it doesn't work and you have to upgrade anyways.... either way better than using a 6 year old phone
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I was rooted. I did the factory reset from Settings in Android. Factory reset SAID it would wipe everything, but it didn't touch my 'sd card', so I wasted a lot of time transferring my backups to the computer, but better safe than sorry. Root remained after the reset. I also froze anything Verizon related with TiBu just in case it is the voicemail app (though I'm pretty sure it was frozen before).
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Have you tried to factory reset and it didn't fix the problem? I don't understand, you have the option to try it with nothing to lose. Worse case scenario it doesn't work and you have to upgrade anyways.... either way better than using a 6 year old phone
That being said...
I was rooted. I did the factory reset from Settings in Android. Factory reset SAID it would wipe everything, but it didn't touch my 'sd card', so I wasted a lot of time transferring my backups to the computer, but better safe than sorry. Root remained after the reset. I also froze anything Verizon related with TiBu just in case it is the voicemail app (though I'm pretty sure it was frozen before).
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I did try a factory reset and it didn't work. Of course I'm running the eclipse 4.4.4 ROM not sure if that matters.
Looking in TiBU I've only got a few Verizon apps, none of them appear to be for voicemail the only thing that says voicemail is the phone 4.4.4-26 (19) app.
I'd love to stay on 4.4.4 if possible.
Otherwise I need to figure out which ROM to go to next.