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ICS Issues after upgrade-This Ice Cream Sandwich is not very tasty

Background: I received the ICS upgrade last night and right away started having issues:.

Issues:

1 The downloading lasted several hours. I finally had to pull the battery and forced a reboot.

2-Once I got on and started selecting different apps I noticed that Gallery or pic apps and Music apps are having problems loading any of my files. It constantly produces forced close statement.

3-My battery is having difficulty getting to full charge. For the record, I didn't have any issues with my battery or apps prior to the upgrade install.

Comments: I'm not too happy with the update. I didn't request this upgrade and was happy with my phone just the way it was. In short; I had zero issues prior to this upgrade. .

Questions:

1-Am I the only one having these problems?

2-Is Verizon aware and will they be providing a fix for all these issues?

3-Is there somewhere I can get help with these issues?

Venting statement: Would you guys please thoroughly test the upgrades before you send them out to the masses?

Thank you for letting me vent. Now can someone please give me a workable solution?

Signed: Not finding this Ice Cream Sandwich very tasty

Comments

tikibar1

You are not alone and you'd know this if you'd do a search of the various threads that have been running rampant the past two days.

Have you cleared your phone cache or done a factory reset? It also takes up to 48 hours for the new OS to stabilize.

unknown

Well my first advice to you would be, when it asked you if you wanted to upgrade you could have said no.

The update OTA I had found is or was just too many people trying to update or did not follow the update guidelines. Must have at least 40% battery on the device. Better yet it should have been plugged into the wall electric. No turning the phone off.

I must say on my own update it was downloading slowly and taking over an hour just to reach 20% and then crapping out with a network error while downloading message.

you can and should just use Verizons Upgrade Assistant to get your update. I went that route and it took 7 minutes to get the needed files on my computer, and another 9 minutes to have it auto install the update on my phone.

please note do not turn your phone off even after the download finishes. Just keep it connected and on and it will scan your media card for photos, apps, music and make things work faster and better. you will note the phone will restart on its own when fully updated.

aplmedic

My problem is that the phone is stuck on a screen that says "Android Is Upgrading.... Upgrading Media Database". This has been going on for over 3 hours now. I have followed the recommondations and the prompts so far. The question now is how much longer do I wait.................. :-(

tikibar1

Depending on how many media files you have, it could take hours. Too late now, but it's advised to backup your media and then remove from the phone before the upgrade. Also keep in mind that once installation is complete, things may run slower while the system optimizes ... give it 24-48 hours.

aplmedic

Thank you tikibar1!! I did the backup but didn't even think of removing it all from the memory. I'll tough it out for a while more.

unknown

I moved everything to a folder on my desktop just in case.

the music and photos and apps took a little time to organize but it did eventually complete the update process.

B33

Good Suggestion Tik Thumbs up

Jakeman1

Upgrading Media Base can take 12 - 18 hours depending on how many songs, pictures, documents, apps, videos are on the phone as ICS Optimizes ALL of these to install and make the phone faster. You can pull the media card from the phone and it will skip optimizing anything on the card and do only what is on the phone, but once you put the card back in, it will optimize the stuff on the card so you are not really gaining anything.

B33

I tell what Jake i bet one of those 10 series 32 Gig SD's would Help a Quite a Bit as the Speeds are a heck of allot faster than that of the Card that Originally came with it) it would speed up File Transfers.. That's why i got one for my Maxx

aplmedic

Thank you Jakeman1!! I'm now nearing the 9 hour mark and still waiting for the screen to clear. I'm really glad I waited till I was off shift to start this. This is about as bad as having a bricked phone!!

B33

The I.C.S update gives allot but in return it Takes allot to get it Loaded right and for it to Function Properly) it Took over and Hour to load it on my Maxx when the OS was released to Razr Owners i was using my Wi-Fi to Download it took the Longest of any of the other OS to pull in.. b33

sage419

I, too, am experiencing all of the above. The phone now runs hot all the time (it did not before) and the battery lasts about a third of the time it used to (if not less). Apps that used to run with no issues won't even open. Icons seem to appear and disappear from my homescreen at random. My phone is now less functional than ever. My guess is that Verizon knows about the issues, but does not care. If this is the best they could do, they should have just left it alone.

saiyonk

i have found that if you disable the media service com.motorola.android.omadrm the CPU stops running overtime, the battery stops discharching and the phone cools off/doesnt get hot -

i have a suspicion that it has to do with me saying YES when asked if i wanted to Share my Media...

can someone tell me 2 things - how can i restore or reinstall the update? or is there a way to change my selection to NO for sharing media?

Jakeman1

Battery on these Post ICS is a downer for the first day or two until everything syncs up.

A few things you can do for the battery life as well.

1) Disable ALL of the Bloatware or apps you do NOT use (they do use battery)

2) Turn OFF Auto Wifi On (with it on, it causes the phone to search for Wifi and uses a lot of battery

3) If you are NOT in a 4g Area download LTE On/Off and change your phone to 3G until you get 4G. This will save a lot of battery

4) Turn off Background Data Sync

Now by nature we all like to play with things so usually the first week or so after an upgrade, your battery life is down. Mostly from us playing with the device to see how it works.

I have had ICS for almost a week now and my Battery is right back up where it was PRe ICS in terms of how long it lasts.

daniellecatherine3

I cannot open my texting apps. When I try to open a text app it will like for a minute and restart itself..

Phone is hot.. Battery is crap and charging painfully slow.. The phone in general is slow.. is this a matter of waiting a day or two for the slow stuff but what about my messaging? Im not receiving anything cannot send anything. I can make phone calls at the least....but please help...what do i do?

I've tried turning off and removing the batter and then starting it up but little has changed..

B33

Sounds like you need to do a System Cache Clear Daniell here is how to perform it Give it a Try Let me know if it Worked or Not if not we'll move to something Else, but give it Go and hopefully it will clear the issue

Here is How you Clear the system Cache on the Bionic : Do as Follows

Step 1: power your bionic down

Step 2: hold volume up, down, and power simultaneously

Step 3: use the volume down to navigate to "recovery," use volume up to select

Step 4: you will get a screen with a triangle with an exclamation point, next to an Android. Press volume up and down simultaneously

Step 5: use the volume rocker to navigate to "wipe cache" and use the power button to select.

Step 6: after it has finished, use the volume rocker to navigate to "reboot system now" and use the power button to select it once it is Done See how the Device operates and might not hurt Doing a "Soft Rest" in conjunction of the System clear!

enelson321

So I thought I'd give a little update on the updatel, 72 hours after the fact.

ICS is actually quite a "tasty ice cream sandwich". I am very pleased with some of the fixes which have made a couple of my apps run more smoothly and fixed things like icons disappearing. This is particularly aimed at SMSPopUp and SMSReader which used to periodically have issues with repeating notificiations 4+ times. ICS now supports the quick reply in the popUp and utilizes the GTalk type of keyboard with the smiley button (something I've always wanted available in my texting keyboard).

Initially, I did notice certain apps taking longer to load (texting being one of the biggest culprits). This cleared up after about a day or so. I did NOT perform a cache clear or another "hard" reboot. So I attribute the issue to ICS initially syncing its processes/optimizing for my usage.

My battery life is still not QUITE where it used to be. I find I can not make it through a day without charging. I use my phone (4G streaming of pandora especially) quite heavily all day though. It does charge as quickly as it used to (that took about a day to return to normal as well) so it's bearable.

I have noticed in forums (not sure if it was this one) people complaining about the bionic suddenly dropping or failing to use 4G in the past. My phone developed this issue about 5 months into its life and after multiple Verizon Support calls never fully dropped the habit. ICS seems to have solved the problem. I have not had a problem with acquiring or maintaining a connection in areas where 4G is available at ALL for the past 3 days, which, if you were dealing with the "random 4G drop problem", is amazing.

So be patient! It will get better... though I still think Verizon should consider better (or simply any) communication on what to expect with updates of this nature. I am mollified by the joy of a *practically* new phone in the last couple days, but I can not forget the inconvenience that was suffered (unnecessarily) while updating.

tikibar1

enelson321 wrote:
So be patient! It will get better... though I still think Verizon should consider better (or simply any) communication on what to expect with updates of this nature. I am mollified by the joy of a *practically* new phone in the last couple days

Jakeman1

2 things on the Battery life (this may or may not apply to you). Typically what I see when a new OS is loaded is people in general are trying to figure out what is new, how does this work, does that still work etc... and don't realize they are on the phone double or more then they were prior to the update itself. We have all gone through it. Next, ICS does optimize the phone (which you already went through). After it is finally installed and running it also optimizes the APP Usage (Android in general does). So you have some apps that turn themselves on automatically because the app writers feel you will want to use them so often. when you do not use the apps, the OS learns that you do not want them and it turns them off (saving battery) As long as you do not use a Task Killer this will happen in the first 7-10 days.

You can help speed that along and save more battery though by disabling the bloatware you do NOT use on the phone (all of these apps will start themselves at least long enough to check for updates daily). This will extend the battery life as well. One of the apps I found that is a large drain on Battery is Smart Actions. Some people swear by it and it can do many things in the way of automating your phone so the power it uses is a good trade off. For me, I disabled it and gained 3-4% more battery life.

I believe B33 has a Battery Savers Guide as well??? Maybe he can post the link to it.

tikibar1

Jakeman1 wrote:
2 things on the Battery life (this may or may not apply to you). Typically what I see when a new OS is loaded is people in general are trying to figure out what is new, how does this work, does that still work etc... and don't realize they are on the phone double or more then they were prior to the update itself. We have all gone through it. not me! ok, sure I did ... hours extra! LOL
I believe B33 has a Battery Savers Guide as well??? Maybe he can post the link to it. is this the one you're thinking about?

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