NG6 - Update Issue List

[ynggrsshppr91]

How about the fact that these updates you have all the issues with have nothing to do with Verizon. Samsung makes it along with Google so maybe you should get an iPhone and be done with it.

[mremptywallet]

Well, I wanted to keep this phone as close to stock (non rooted) as I could but it looks like that's not an option anymore. If there is no word from Verizon on a patch that's in the works at least, then you are forcing users to root and use custom ROMs.

[stef7]

This is not true. You do not need to root.

Look at the most recent posts in this conversation

https://community.verizonwireless.com/inbox?objectType=2&objectID=1160614

[stef7]

I'm sorry, that URL is no good. In this thread: Near the end, a poster explains how to use the Repair Assistant Tool to get NG6 on your device.

Verizon NG6 Update: Multiple random reboots?

[mremptywallet]

You are correct. No, I don't have to root. But that's only because my phone has stopped rebooting randomly after I was forced to do a factory reset as I said in an earlier post.

My point about users being forced to root and install custom ROM's is based on how Verizon is seemingly not doing much to fix the issue let alone stop pushing out this update to others. That fact, along with other issues that have appeared since the update other than the reboot is why I say rooting is becoming a very real and possible answer for a lot of users.

[stef7]

OK, I see your point. I would think though that running the Repair Tool is simpler and less prone to present problems to average consumer, than someone attempting to modify their device. The typical consumer needs to remain stock, specially if they want some sort of warranty (as bad as it may be in this case).

I don't understand why for some users, an FDR works, and for others it doesn't. Probably an FDR doesn't really clear all memory, and if that's the case, I suppose there could be some bits hanging around that cause problems with the OS or some apps...

[mremptywallet]

The repair tool is definitely an easier option for most users who are not knowledgeable when it comes to rooting in order to fix the problem. I am mostly saying that rooting, for the people who know how to, is a better option. Not only to fix the problem this update caused but to prevent it from happening again. Buggy updates are bound to happen with whatever carrier you use.

This way you can update it yourself to a ROM that has been thoroughly tested by the modding community, and if it fails, you can always flash it to another ROM and be happy.

At any rate, a fix is a fix. Hopefully most users have resolved it on their own since Verizon doesn't seem to be doing much.

[JGG2]

Sorry, I missed your post.  Better late than never.

Oh, please...Samsung does not "make it along with Google".  Google develops Android which is open source.  Samsung then bastardizes it with TouchWiz. Verizon and Samsung then add all their crap on top of that.  No wonder why they have such a difficult time providing timely and issue free releases.

Just give me untouched Android and the updates straight from Google and I will be a very happy customer.  Or better yet, let me bring an unlocked Nexus 6 to your network VZ.  All I want is your network which is great.

[Ann154]

The Nexus 6 available from the Play Store should work out of the box on Verizon Wireless.

[JGG2]

Thanks Ann154.  I will investigate.  Thought there was an issue with CDMA vs GSM.  Do you know if VZ will actually provide a sim card to pop in to the Nexus 6? I am terrified that VZ will populate the Nexus 6 with crapware once active on there network.

Thanks for the heads-up regardless.