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06-19-2009, 06:57 AM
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Anyone know if the MMS prob has been fixed?
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06-22-2009, 04:11 PM
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any updates on battery life from the people who have installed?
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06-22-2009, 07:17 PM
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any updates on battery life from the people who have installed?
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When you ask that question it's important to mandate that people indicate which OS they upgraded from....
Anyone coming from .114 will likely tell you that battery life is greatly improved but people coming from .206 and the latter releases might not notice much difference.... |
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06-23-2009, 08:49 PM
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Better battery life from .231?
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06-24-2009, 11:36 AM
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Ok, am I missing something here? I've downloaded this OS version (currently running .231) - I deleted the Vendor file, but when I go to Loader, it goes thru steps but says no update is available or needed. It's only reading 4.6, not reading out the extension of 4.6.1.378...I've done these OS upgrades before and haven't had this happen...what am I missing here?
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06-24-2009, 05:28 PM
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Drastic improvement in battery life after upgrading from stock to this .250! Just, wow!
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06-24-2009, 07:21 PM
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Drastic improvement in battery life after upgrading from stock to this .250! Just, wow!
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From .114? Yeah I noticed the same thing upgrading to .206 |
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06-25-2009, 09:22 AM
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I upgraded from .199 and to be honest dont notice any difference to be honest.
haven't come across any issues with .250 like lag on answer or anything.
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06-25-2009, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by AZsteelman
Ok, am I missing something here? I've downloaded this OS version (currently running .231) - I deleted the Vendor file, but when I go to Loader, it goes thru steps but says no update is available or needed. It's only reading 4.6, not reading out the extension of 4.6.1.378...I've done these OS upgrades before and haven't had this happen...what am I missing here?
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i have the same problem, did u resolve it ? |
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06-26-2009, 11:44 AM
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Deleted vendor file but upgrade from .206 to .250 not working. Using Desktop Mgr get "A fatal error has occurred while updating your device's software. Please try again." (tried half a dozen times with same response). If I just click on loader.exe (run as admin), it doesn't 'see' that my 8900 is connected, so does nothing. Any ideas? I am running Windows 7 RC. Last update was done under Vista.
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06-26-2009, 04:04 PM
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i'll be an issue with windows 7.
desktop manager program is NOT compatible with it.
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06-26-2009, 05:54 PM
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i'll be an issue with windows 7.
desktop manager program is NOT compatible with it.
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I thought maybe Win7 and Desktop Mgr may be the issue, but does that carry over to just using the loader.exe as well? |
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06-26-2009, 06:17 PM
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yes, because loader is the main app behind update in desktop manager.
its basically the same thing.
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06-27-2009, 01:57 PM
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Hmm it olny took me 10 mins to install and that was w/ backup! granted I dont have alot to back up but that seems fast.
I have been playing around with my phone for a min and everything works fine cant comment on battery life yet.
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06-28-2009, 03:50 AM
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Phenomenal!
Greetings everyone! I registered an account JUST to post my results going from the stock T-Mobile .114 to .250 as linked here.
I've been using my 8900 for about two weeks now with a consistent usage patter more or less. WiFi enabled, UMA @ my house, moderate texting all day long, UberTwitter running in the background, and Google Maps running latitude in the background.
My battery life with .114 was atrocious. I would just scrape through the day without hitting the low battery warning. After upgrading to .250 I'm only down one bar around the time of night I'd normally be down to less than half on the battery indicator. The OS also seems much snappier.
I fully recommend this update - I haven't had any of the call answering delays or other issues mentioned.
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06-28-2009, 03:18 PM
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Ran this for just over a week (ending today). Not happy with it at all.
Tons of hourglasses, Crappy battery life, crappy coverage levels, crappy WiFi coverage levels, NO transition from UMA to mobile network (to OR from - over 20 dropped calls!).
I went back and just reinstalled 4.6.1.231
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06-28-2009, 09:11 PM
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I have a lot of issues with this software....the device doesn't wake up or respond to any keys when on home screen until the display turns off......tried wiping with javaloader and didn't restore anything except for the contacts but still same issues...memory card empty except for 6 pics...any recommendations? I am suspecting this to be hardware issues but it never happened with older version of the handheld code
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06-29-2009, 01:23 PM
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All seems OK with me.
An issue that I noticed for the first time with .206 remains. Maybe it was always there:
when I am on UMA, the GPS can't update either in Google Maps or in the Options/ Advanced/GPS/ Refresh GPS. If I turn off UMS/WiFi, it updated right away.
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06-29-2009, 05:10 PM
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i have the same problem, did u resolve it ?
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06-30-2009, 04:29 PM
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Not sure what it is over here but this release seems to have made my call reception worse. Anyone else noticing problems?
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