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I rec'd my Nexus 7 Tab a couple of weeks ago. Immediately there was a flurry of updates landing me at 4.2. Today I rec'd notice there a new update had been downloaded and was ready to install! The new version? 4.2.
After reading some of the woes others have experienced with 4.2, I'm wondering if I have a "different" version of 4.2 (that works just fine.)
The constant stream of OTA updates is a pain in the arse. Can we get on a 3 month release cycle?
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December bug fix they had to release before December started hence the update, it isnt usually that frequent.
webrover83 said:
I rec'd my Nexus 7 Tab a couple of weeks ago. Immediately there was a flurry of updates landing me at 4.2. Today I rec'd notice there a new update had been downloaded and was ready to install! The new version? 4.2.
After reading some of the woes others have experienced with 4.2, I'm wondering if I have a "different" version of 4.2 (that works just fine.)
The constant stream of OTA updates is a pain in the arse. Can we get on a 3 month release cycle?
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An Android user complaining about too many updates? Mind=Blown
Nospin said:
An Android user complaining about too many updates? Mind=Blown
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Sign up with Verizon. You will be lucky to ever get another Android update.
Is this a serious thread? You're actually complaining about updates?
You do realise that these updates improve your device (new features & bugfixes). Are they really that much of an inconvenience for you?
10 whole minutes of downtime. The horror!
Yeah buy any android device that doesn't have "nexus" in the name and you won't have to worry about android updates anymore...
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How many of these threads do we need?
locking this. There are plenty of OTA threads to post in guys...
Have a read. Sucks for us.
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/4...tt-delayed-but-that-might-be-for-the-best.htm
Some lying scumbag at AT&T said:
We are rigorously testing this update to avoid any bugs and create a smooth transition for all. Thank you for your patience.
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Oh yeah, like they "rigorously tested" the 4.4.4 update that, despite being months behind the release on other carriers, still managed to reduce my battery life from "this easily lasts well into a second day" to "it's dead by the time I get out of work from just idling," even after multiple factory resets?
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Oh yeah, like they "rigorously tested" the 4.4.4 update that, despite being months behind the release on other carriers, still managed to reduce my battery life from "this easily lasts well into a second day" to "it's dead by the time I get out of work from just idling," even after multiple factory resets?
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lol.
my vzw s5 with my rom i used it most the morning (few hours) then idle and im headin home from work and at 87% still
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OK, so let me get this straight. My phone was happy and pretty solid. Battery life was decent and I rarely had to reboot it. I have gone several weeks without an issue or reloading it.
Now, in preparation for 5.0, they push 4.4.4 on me and the interface now crashes regularly, battery life is less than 10 hours and I have to reboot it about every two days. I have missed several calls trying to swipe and answer only to have it ignore my every attempt. How much worse can 5.0 be than the 4.4.4 I have now. Are they testing 5.0 as rigorously as they did 4.4.4? How about letting us go back a version until they can budget enough people to test 5.0?
Funny thing I've been really happy with 4.4.4 and only a few minor issues. Battery life has been the best so far for me.
I'm sure lollipop with be out by the end of March for AT&T anyways. My son in law has it on Verizon and is not really that impressed with it. I'd rather them get it as right as could be than rush it TBH.
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Have a read. Sucks for us.
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/4...tt-delayed-but-that-might-be-for-the-best.htm
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This is a stupid article written by someone who's extrapolated one sentence into we're never gonna get lolipop... Geez come on!
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im so happy to be on a rooted 4.4.2 NG3 that is blocked from updates. I think I liked ND3 better on battery life.
I can already tell the article is not worth reading from the URL.
AT&T failed on 4.4.4 bugs and bloatware so what do you thinks going to happen with 5.x Lollipop? :silly:
I'm sticking with 4.4.2
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OK, so let me get this straight. My phone was happy and pretty solid. Battery life was decent and I rarely had to reboot it. I have gone several weeks without an issue or reloading it.
Now, in preparation for 5.0, they push 4.4.4 on me and the interface now crashes regularly, battery life is less than 10 hours and I have to reboot it about every two days. I have missed several calls trying to swipe and answer only to have it ignore my every attempt. How much worse can 5.0 be than the 4.4.4 I have now. Are they testing 5.0 as rigorously as they did 4.4.4? How about letting us go back a version until they can budget enough people to test 5.0?
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I completely agree. My phone was pretty solid and my wife's too...now we are both ready to throw them out a window. No battery life, lots of reboots and lost calls. I'd rather have 5.0 sooner than later, but May 22 my Saygus V2 ships. I may be done with Samsung for a while.
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AT&T failed on 4.4.4 bugs and bloatware so what do you thinks going to happen with 5.x Lollipop? :silly:
I'm sticking with 4.4.2
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After I got the OTA update to 4.4.4, my phone ran like crap! I downgraded back to 4.4.2, rooted and disabled all OTA apps. My phone is now running great on 4.4.2/NG3.
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I replaced my phone and upgraded to 4.4.4 from stock NG3. Bluetooth issues that annoyed me such as when playing music from scratch from my radio, it would play some random ringtones. Had to manually select Google music. Downgraded to 4.4.2 and had major wifi issues due to OA1 baseband and older ROM. Realized I left re-activation lock on which wouldn't disable in 4.4.2. Flashed back to stock ND3, wouldn't boot. Did the NG3 to NCE downgrade with the reactivation lock on. Was successful and once I upgraded from NCE to NG3 stock, I was able to disable the lock. Flashed my NuclearFallout ROM back on and ran with it. This will be my last Samsung phone, I'm going Nexus next. Can't stand AT$T adding crap to my device without my permission when I'm running stock.
I can't even read the article on my phone, there's so many pop-ups, side load ads, and auto-start videos.
I will say that the 4.4.4 update pushed out to my S5 Active effectively killed my phone.
Windows ME was more responsive than this.
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Never read or post links to sites that force you to mute your computer due to invasive ads. When you see sites that look like that with "news" stories, ads that adjust size as you're reading, ads that keep playing no matter how many times you pause, just hit that "x" button up there. Chances are wonderful that you didn't miss out on anything.
I just a week and half ago decided it was time to buy a house (living in a double wide for 14 years). Filled out loan preapproval, next day had answer. Met with my new realtor at houses. Saw five homes, 5th one was THE ONE. Put an offer, offer accepted same day. Escrow opened. Sent loan paperwork and down payment today. Escrow is 30-45 days. Moral of the story? I will have decided to buy a house and move in BEFORE AT&T gives lollipop to ANY Samsung device I own. At least I have something to occupy my time.
So much for this being their flagship phone on AT&T...
Note 4 getting it before us: http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4-att-finally-receiving-its-lollipop-update
czechpunk said:
So much for this being their flagship phone on AT&T...
Note 4 getting it before us: http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4-att-finally-receiving-its-lollipop-update
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This sucks
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This sucks
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don't lament just yet, even tho it is rolling out to the AT&T Note 4 it is still version 5.0.1 and most of the die hard note 4 are sticking with the 4.4.4 at least until we have root or at least until there is a verifiable way to roll back to 4.4.4 if root is achieved. unfortunately for us Note4 owners currently there is no Odin firmware for 4.4.4 and AT&T is releasing 5.0.1 via OTA only.
just hang in the advantage you users have is there are devs with working L roms that you can flash once you get the official release and root is confirmed still working.
https://twitter.com/droid_life/status/580428664946454530
The note 3 is getting 5.0 today too
Dieselrellim said:
https://twitter.com/droid_life/status/580428664946454530
The note 3 is getting 5.0 today too
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Beat me to it
http://www.androidcentral.com/lollipop-update-samsung-galaxy-note-3-att-rolling-out
Hello everyone,
My HTC One is working very slow since the last major update (if i recall correctly). Even when i'm typing a message the phone can't keep up with me typing in text (and i don't even type that fast).
Its been perhaps 2 months and i kept telling to myself that HTC is/was going to fix this with a new update, but so far i keep getting no updates for my phone software itself. And now i'm fed up with it and i need help. I'm not a big smartphone/tablet enthousiast but there shouldn't be any malware or something keeping its speedcapacities down.
About a half year ago almost every 2 weeks there was an update and now the things that needed updates are google/youtube and others app's i've got installed. It's like they've abboned the 3 year old system or something
Thanks in advance & friendly regards
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Hello everyone,
My HTC One is working very slow since the last major update (if i recall correctly). Even when i'm typing a message the phone can't keep up with me typing in text (and i don't even type that fast).
Its been perhaps 2 months and i kept telling to myself that HTC is/was going to fix this with a new update, but so far i keep getting no updates for my phone software itself. And now i'm fed up with it and i need help. I'm not a big smartphone/tablet enthousiast but there shouldn't be any malware or something keeping its speedcapacities down.
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Its time for a factory reset, backup your files first.
About a half year ago almost every 2 weeks there was an update
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Every 2 weeks? not really...
and now the things that needed updates are google/youtube and others app's i've got installed. It's like they've abboned the 3 year old system or something
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M7 reached it's EOL recently, don't expect new system updates... Latest version is android 5.0.2 with Sense 6
As the title suggests, I'm on the T-mobile Note 9. I was looking around online for a Pie update and found this page. I thought I'd share for those who hadn't seen it.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-39346
Apparently, there are three different statuses: Development, Testing and Complete.
As of yesterday, the Note 9 was still in Development. Today, it is in the Testing mode. Lets hope we're getting pretty close to the release!
EDIT 3/2/2019
According to the above link, the device is still in TESTING. In this document, Android 9 Pie HAS BEEN released as of 3/1/2019, but only to a limited audience. Not sure if this is a test group or what's going on.
EDIT 3/3/2019
Hi everyone. Please keep this on topic. The reason I made this thread is to provide a reference (T-mobile users) on the status of the update. If you need assistance getting back on the OTA track, please create your own topic. Furthermore, this thread is meant for users on the T-mobile SM-N960U, "probably not" the SM-N960U1 , which I know nothing about. Thanks!
EDIT: 3/4/2019
According to the document I originally posted, the phase of the update has now changed to COMPLETE. Hopefully, I'll have it by the end of the week, but we shall see how long actual deployment takes. The document provided in the 3/2/2019 update of this thread does not detail any further updates past 3/1/2019.
I just checked for updates. A security level patch level February 1, 2019 is now downloading. Size 1867.41 MB. Versions: N960USQU1CSB3 / N960UOYN1CSB3.
EDIT: 3/5/2019
I'm now on Android Version 9 / N960USQU1CSB3.
First Impression: I do not like the fact that the time clock is moved to the left side. They should've kept it where it was. I'll be looking for a way to change it.
I'm hoping it comes out next week. Att already has it, so I dont know what's taking them soo long to release it for tmobile
My wife's S9+ got the update today from TMobile. I'm surprised that S9+ got it first before Note 9.
Today it shows its moved to testing, hoping to get it soon now.
chinmayfun said:
Today it shows its moved to testing, hoping to get it soon now.
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Been like that all week.
My guess you won't see any updated to the Note 9 till long after the S10 is in stores. T-mobile is a crap company and this is how they do business. They will hold the update till we have had many weeks to look at the S10. T-mobile want you to spend the money on the upgrade. It's the 25th of February this update has been available on unlocked devices for nearly a month. AT&T has had it on their Note 9 for a few weeks already.
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My guess you won't see any updated to the Note 9 till long after the S10 is in stores. T-mobile is a crap company and this is how they do business. They will hold the update till we have had many weeks to look at the S10. T-mobile want you to spend the money on the upgrade. It's the 25th of February this update has been available on unlocked devices for nearly a month. AT&T has had it on their Note 9 for a few weeks already.
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If any part of what you said was even remotely true, then they wouldn't have pushed the update to their S9/+. Note 9 owners aren't the target audience for the S10/+
Imo keep Oreo untill the next Pie update at least. It has bugs and if you just got the device there may be things you want but aren't on Pie.
Updates are fine but OS version changes I let others be the guinea pigs...
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Just talked to a Tom rep, they stated they were sorry about removing the note o update and that they were in process of approving a new update that would release in March but that he was not sure. Smh
hondasforlife said:
Just talked to a Tom rep, they stated they were sorry about removing the note o update and that they were in process of approving a new update that would release in March but that he was not sure. Smh
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that mustache Tom is a bastard.
hondasforlife said:
Just talked to a Tom rep, they stated they were sorry about removing the note o update and that they were in process of approving a new update that would release in March but that he was not sure. Smh
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Assuming similar as the U1 update not dropping until March as well
This is depressing
However, I did update mine manually using the OTA that is posted. Could wait for T-Mobile.
Went fairly smooth. Couple minor issues, one with Google Home. Home would crashed every time I opened it. In the end, a factory reset brought everything in line.
I would recommend this upgrade to anyone and I would also recommend just side-loading it like I did.
Pie is ugly and slow
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Pie is ugly and slow
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Ugly can be changed with a theme but then again ugly is subjective.
As far as speed .. it actually behaves faster on my 9 then Android 8.x did. Not sure what you are running on yours that would slow it down so much.
Been on Pie now for a week. Love it. Better battery life, faster in almost every aspect. Didn't wanna wait for TMO to push it so went the firmware science route.
Haven't experienced any issues that have been reported, quite the opposite for me. I personally prefer pie over Oreo, but that's just me. Now if only, they fix the Swift installer app to work with Pie (unrooted) now.
Saw this on Droid Life just now...
https://www.droid-life.com/2019/03/01/t-mobile-galaxy-note-9-receiving-pie-update/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DroidLife+%28Droid+Life%29
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-38176
I'm on CSAA will it be able to OTA to the least tmobile on release?
I am currently on Tmobile with the version N960U1UEU1ARL1, would i have to wipe my device if I download the update manually? In any case, I can't seem to find my version on the Firmware Science form so do i just have to wait for the unlocked version of the update or am I eligible for TMOBILE's
I am confused, on the official T-Mobile update page, it lists N960U1UEU1CSB3 as the build number for the update. I thought N960U1UE specifies it's for the unlocked N960U1, where as carrier builds for the N960U are N960USQ?
Ok 2 questions around the AT&T Pixel 4 December update
1. Has anyone received the OTA yet?
2. Since the factory image for December is up on Google and labeled specific to AT&T, does this mean Google baked it entirely and AT&T will not touch it? Did AT&T send any carrier specific mods for Google to bake in the monthly patch? I know some carriers like to add their own pieces to updates but I was wondering why Google has an image labeled AT&T?
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Ok 2 questions around the AT&T Pixel 4 December update
1. Has anyone received the OTA yet?
2. Since the factory image for December is up on Google and labeled specific to AT&T, does this mean Google baked it entirely and AT&T will not touch it? Did AT&T send any carrier specific mods for Google to bake in the monthly patch? I know some carriers like to add their own pieces to updates but I was wondering why Google has an image labeled AT&T?
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1. I haven't received it. Side loading it now.
2. It's a mistake on the downloads page. The one labeled AT&T only is meant for every other carrier except T-Mobile & Fi (version *.11), and Japan & Taiwan (version *.016.A1).
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/21769134?hl=en/
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1. I haven't received it. Side loading it now.
2. It's a mistake on the downloads page. The one labeled AT&T only is meant for every other carrier except T-Mobile & Fi (version *.11), and Japan & Taiwan (version *.016.A1).
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/21769134?hl=en/
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How does one side load? And does it factory reset the device?
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How does one side load? And does it factory reset the device?
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I'm assuming your phone is completely stock and its bootloader is locked?
If that's the case just sideload the OTA image for your phone using the stock recovery. Follow the instructions here:
https://developers.google.com/android/ota?hl=en
This process will not reset your device. It's just a manual way of updating your phone instead of waiting for Google to send it to you.
Curious as to who releases the update? Carriers or Google direct?
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Curious as to who releases the update? Carriers or Google direct?
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Images are developed and provided by Google monthly. Did you look at the URL? See the very straight forward instructions there. Those monthly images are also referred to as "rescue OTA's". Applying OTA images is really an essential skill for those with locked bootloaders. First step is to "install" the latest adb/fastboot binaries. This is essentially extracting a zip file into a folder, and reading the instructions right there on the same web page. I challenge you! You can do it. This is a walk in the park for you who presumably was partially dis-assembling HTC phones and jumping solder points to get S-On and root. If you need some pointers just PM me. I'm working a lot of hours but can help you at night.
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Images are developed and provided by Google monthly. Did you look at the URL? See the very straight forward instructions there. Those monthly images are also referred to as "rescue OTA's". Applying OTA images is really an essential skill for those with locked bootloaders. First step is to "install" the latest adb/fastboot binaries. This is essentially extracting a zip file into a folder, and reading the instructions right there on the same web page. I challenge you! You can do it. This is a walk in the park for you who presumably was partially dis-assembling HTC phones and jumping solder points to get S-On and root. If you need some pointers just PM me. I'm working a lot of hours but can help you at night.
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Lol indeed and almost 15 years ago! Oh I am sure I can bro but not sure I want to after reading some of the issues with flashing the ota and uncertainty of which img to use. This post I was actually wondering who pushes the actual ota, Google or the carriers? If i had an unlocked bootloader I may actually root but asides kernal and minor mods, I'm not sure root is beneficial for me now. Used to oc the processor and push the devices but there's plenty under the hood nowadays lol.
I feel like I'm back on my Samsung! Updates that don't deliver. Asides from vanilla Android, another was prompt patches/updates coming from the horse itself is why I switched to the pixel. Total disappointment
Mine is updating right now, just got the update tonight. I'll follow up after it installs
splink7007 said:
I feel like I'm back on my Samsung! Updates that don't deliver. Asides from vanilla Android, another was prompt patches/updates coming from the horse itself is why I switched to the pixel. Total disappointment
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Its always going to be slower coming from a carrier than it is from google.... So I really wouldn't expect updates any sooner than mid month of the release. Honestly, this is the fastest AT&T has EVER updated a device. I just got mine tonight (had to manually check for a system update)
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Its always going to be slower coming from a carrier than it is from google.... So I really wouldn't expect updates any sooner than mid month of the release. Honestly, this is the fastest AT&T has EVER updated a device. I just got mine tonight (had to manually check for a system update)
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I actually got November update they day of release last month.
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Its always going to be slower coming from a carrier than it is from google.... So I really wouldn't expect updates any sooner than mid month of the release. Honestly, this is the fastest AT&T has EVER updated a device. I just got mine tonight (had to manually check for a system update)
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I am on T-Mobile and bought an unlocked Pixel 4XL. They are dropping the ball with these updates. This is 2 months in a row for me. I don't mind them holding off if they fear it is going to break the devices but I shouldn't have to sideload an OTA every month when there are other devices, a few being Samsung devices, with the December security patch.