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Any way to stop the OTA gingerbread update?
- Thread starter chiruscan
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I'm rooted & couldn't figure out how to stop the auto DL today. Turned phone off, but it started right up again when I turned it back on. It downloaded the file in under 10 min.
I keep delaying the installation as I'm not sure what'll happen if I let it go. So far it lets me put it off. Not sure why it decided to DL itself automatically though.
I keep delaying the installation as I'm not sure what'll happen if I let it go. So far it lets me put it off. Not sure why it decided to DL itself automatically though.
Please. Don't be influenced by what you read in the Forums about any update.
I'm watching this in progress, just as I've watched many other updates and this one is no different. I saw one person who said he got the update and it works great. 1 person made a thread.
Everything else is a complaint. And if you really look at the complaints you will see many people who say they don't have the issue.
People only post to complain. When they are happy they don't post, that's why I point out to you I only saw the one post. I've been through many updates and everyone of them has someone like you who doesn't want to update because of what they read.
There's an old expression. Don't believe everything you read.
My phone works GREAT. I'm extremely happy with it. I don't want to risk the slightest compromise of that greatness just so Motorola or verizon can use me as a test subject to work out their kinks.
Just want to know how to stop this update process safely.
(I'd be happy to hear what improvements make this upgrade worth the gamble, but even in the official documentation I'm not seeing enough info on anything substantial)
Just want to know how to stop this update process safely.
(I'd be happy to hear what improvements make this upgrade worth the gamble, but even in the official documentation I'm not seeing enough info on anything substantial)
I know not to believe everything I'm told (read). I have read some posts about how good it is,too, and I'm sure there are way more people that do like GB and just haven't said so. I have read a couple posts here and on a few other forums, including the one on VZW's site talking about problems with GB. I just want to wait until the bugs are out before I update.
I did talk to a lvl 2 tech today and he did confirm that there are a small number of people who are having legitimate issues with GB and there will most likely be a patch available in the future. Some, not all though, are due to third party apps that are not updated to "play nice" with GB.
He said: "If you decide to opt out or wait for the issues to be fixed just keep telling the update notification to ask later. The update app will eventually stop asking you because there is a counter in it. Once that number is reached it will ask no more."
My only thought is "It works fine right know. I would rather wait than take the chance."
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I did talk to a lvl 2 tech today and he did confirm that there are a small number of people who are having legitimate issues with GB and there will most likely be a patch available in the future. Some, not all though, are due to third party apps that are not updated to "play nice" with GB.
He said: "If you decide to opt out or wait for the issues to be fixed just keep telling the update notification to ask later. The update app will eventually stop asking you because there is a counter in it. Once that number is reached it will ask no more."
My only thought is "It works fine right know. I would rather wait than take the chance."
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I was in class and had my phone set to vibrate and all of a sudden I thought I was getting bombed with sms messages becasue it vibrated like 5X.
Get out of class and find out that VZW had auto-installed the update and the download at 4%. I was like "WTF?"
I mean they couldnt have at least given you an screen to ask and opt out?
So I froze the upgrader program with titanium backup, rebooted, and it stopped downloading.
I also like my phone the way it is and am not willing to sacrifice all my customizations for a simple upgrade until the bugs are fixed and its rooted.
Get out of class and find out that VZW had auto-installed the update and the download at 4%. I was like "WTF?"
I mean they couldnt have at least given you an screen to ask and opt out?
So I froze the upgrader program with titanium backup, rebooted, and it stopped downloading.
I also like my phone the way it is and am not willing to sacrifice all my customizations for a simple upgrade until the bugs are fixed and its rooted.
No offense but ALOT of people are having problems just here in this forum. The update is bricking peoples phones and they are having to reset it 4-5X just to get to the factory menu.
superpopmonk
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Granted, I have a droid 2(happily rooted and liberated I might add) but my girlfriend has an x. I love phones and as soon as I found out that an ota was coming with gingerbread for the x I was more excited than she was. Everyday I kept telling her (and doing it myself) to check and see if she could manually update. Today I happened to check and lo and behold and update was available. We downloaded it and installed it. As much as I wanted to play with it and see how much better it was I asked her to use it a while and tell me how she liked it for the reason of posting on the forums how it was. She told me it was faster and more responsive and that the widgets (all the updated blur stuff) was "cooler". Afterwards, I played with it for a while and honestly, its nice. Its snappy and responsive, and it is very smooth. I know people have said that they had problems but it seems just fine to me. All her stuff and layouts stayed the same as well which I know she enjoyed. If this is what is to be expected from a gingerbread ota then honestly im excited for when it comes out for the d2. Just thought I would put in my two cents.
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