My Thunderbolt just got ICS OTA without my consent.
I don't want ICS on my phone.
Gingerbread was working fine.
How do I go back to Gingerbread?
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I just want to go back to the plain old stock Gingebread that was working fine.
Thanks!
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Replying so I can see the answer to this. I hate it too. It's ruined my phone. All my music is gone - the music programs can't find any music on my phone. Videos, same thing. Phone can't find them. When I press the button on top to light or darken the screen, it lags about 10 seconds. Actually everything lags. I hate it. I want my phone back.
No you can't go back to a previous version of the OS. Also you had to say okay for it to have downloaded and install the update.
You may want to consider a factory reset to clear out any leftover code. I am planning to do one myself even though my Tbolt isn't having any major issues after the update.
I'm most definitely NOT a VZW employee. If a post answered your question, please mark it as the answer.
I Know that I did not say ok to any download! I looked at my phone at about 1am and I could not use it because the download was in progress. Now I have a 2 to 10 second delay on just about every function on the phone!
Ann154 wrote:
No you can't go back to a previous version of the OS. Also you had to say okay for it to have downloaded and install the update.
You may want to consider a factory reset to clear out any leftover code. I am planning to do one myself even though my Tbolt isn't having any major issues after the update.
factory reset won't work I tried it and it won't go back to the original look and feel
bh0673 wrote:
factory reset won't work I tried it and it won't go back to the original look and feel
That is correct, a factory reset only clears out any "stuff" hanging around from installs, etc. Once the OS update is completed, it burns itself in as the default OS, and you cannot go back to a previous version. There are alot of people who will tell you that you should do a factory reset after every OS update, just to help clean it up. Of course, that means re-installing all of your apps, settings, etc, but most if not all of them can be backed up.
Got news for you... I did not okay the update. Went to use my phone and it was doing the update and not usable. I couldn't even turn the phone off. I also have a delay from touching any app button. Come on Verizon what gives?
As I mentioned to another post. I did NOT okay the update. Went to use my phone and it was in the process of the update and would not allow me to do anything to stop it. Have had problems ever since.
cdsemloh wrote:
As I mentioned to another post. I did NOT okay the update. Went to use my phone and it was in the process of the update and would not allow me to do anything to stop it. Have had problems ever since.
That seems to be the common theme among a lot of people who say that they did not ok the update, they plugged it in at night to charge, and when they picked it up the next morning it was doing the update. I may have prompted, but I wonder if Verizon put a timeout on the response screen?
I never saw a prompt to okay. I plugged it in to charge late at bedtime, woke up the next morning to a new OS. Have had problems every day with it since. Every time I try to search my contact list, about 200 names... I get an error:oy reads.. "Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped". I press the OK and it closes the contacts list. So, search only works 1/2 the time. In fact, that message pops up when using a number of the apps that I use a lot. And the Google maps for navigation is not working so well anymore either. It may be okay for a tablet, but cupcake on the android phone leaves a lot to be desired. They should do a lot more testing before they push it out to the public. That's a quick way to lose customers.
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I never saw a prompt to okay. I plugged it in to charge late at bedtime, woke up the next morning to a new OS. Have had problems every day with it since. Every time I try to search my contact list, about 200 names... I get an error:oy reads.. "Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped". I press the OK and it closes the contacts list. So, search only works 1/2 the time. In fact, that message pops up when using a number of the apps that I use a lot. And the Google maps for navigation is not working so well anymore either. It may be okay for a tablet, but cupcake on the android phone leaves a lot to be desired. They should do a lot more testing before they push it out to the public. That's a quick way to lose customers.
I think you mean Ice Cream Sandwich, not Cupcake? Cupcake was V1.5 on Android. It sounds like a factory reset is in need here. Make sure you backup your contacts, and any other thing you need (Text messages, etc) and then try a reset You will have to setup your apps again, but that is a small price to pay to make the phone work again.
Yes, I guess it is Ice Cream Sandwich. My brother keeps up with all this, but I'm not interested in having all the latest and greatest bells and whistles. I was just getting really comfortable with my phone the way it was. They should think about who they are sending these upgrades to, and really be more discriminating. Upgrade the younger generation first, they give their phones a real workout much more so than the older generation. Let them figure out all the bugs in the system and fix them before you push it out to the old geezers like me that don't want to be used as a software tester.
How do you do a factory reset? I backed up my contacts list. I don't want to lose my pictures, but I think they are on the SD card.
On the contrary... There was no warning or prompts whatsoever asking me to update the phone. They updated my phone without my permission. They invaded my privacy. They virtually walked through my front door, without knocking or ringing the door bell, picked my phone up off the table, and changed EVERYTHING on my phone, including deleting some icons from my home page and deleting various content that was already on my phone. The update came from HTC, not Verizon, but I am considering filing a lawsuit against HTC for such privacy invasion.
My phone is unusable now that it has updated. Yes, I agreed to the update, but I didn't know it would do this. My cpu is running at 100% constantly, and takes 1-2 minutes between button presses or screen touches. This is awful. I certainly wouldn't have upgraded if I'd known it was going to do this. I'd love to go back to gingerbread.
Verizon owes all of us a big apology and a software update to make it go back
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bh0673 wrote:
Verizon owes all of us a big apology and a software update to make it go back
I remember people screaming on these forums that they wanted ICS...
Yep people were so mad about not having it. They wanted to sue and get the FCC involved etc etc. Now they have it they don't want it.
I never asked for it. I was perfectly happy with my phone the way it was. I work in IT, I know how upgrades can cause headaches. If they had put a prompt and asked if I wanted the upgrade, I doubt I would have gone for it.
bksme45 wrote:
I never asked for it. I was perfectly happy with my phone the way it was. I work in IT, I know how upgrades can cause headaches. If they had put a prompt and asked if I wanted the upgrade, I doubt I would have gone for it.
A) Read the boards half the complains for the last 6-8 months is "My ( insert any model ) phone hasn't gotten ICS yet. We need a class action lawsuit."
B) They DO in fact give you a prompt.
Start a new topic or ask questions in the open forum.
