I was wondering if the OTA update that the phone prompts you to take when you launch the HTC Watch program is the same OTA that the devs are saying stay away from? Wanted to check out the 3D movie but don't want to screw up my chances of early root by doing it. I'm still on the original H_Boot that the phone shipped with & declined all attempts the phone has made to update itself.
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I was wondering if the OTA update that the phone prompts you to take when you launch the HTC Watch program is the same OTA that the devs are saying stay away from? Wanted to check out the 3D movie but don't want to screw up my chances of early root by doing it. I'm still on the original H_Boot that the phone shipped with & declined all attempts the phone has made to update itself.
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Keep declining unless a 3D movie means more than root to you.
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I read on here last night somewhere of a work around to play the 3D Green Hornet without having to accept the OTA update. Is this still possible because I wanted to see what the 3D looks like.
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Why not just accept the update? Who's to tell you'll be able to root anyways anytime soon.....i still have hope HTC is unlocking it with ota so why the hell not.
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klbjr said:
I read on here last night somewhere of a work around to play the 3D Green Hornet without having to accept the OTA update. Is this still possible because I wanted to see what the 3D looks like.
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I'll start with the obvious first. In the future, please search first as you even admitted to seeing it before.
As for how, Place the Watch widget on the home screen and use that.
dirkyd3rk said:
Why not just accept the update? Who's to tell you'll be able to root anyways anytime soon.....i still have hope HTC is unlocking it with ota so why the hell not.
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True but if they do get root before HTC decides to give it to us, I don't want to be one of the sorry souls who updated and will have to wait on HTC. Not worth it in my opinion, especially just for the Green Hornet.
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I'll start with the obvious first. In the future, please search first as you even admitted to seeing it before.
As for how, Place the Watch widget on the home screen and use that.
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I did search but the search function on the Xda app is lacking. As to placing the widget on the homescreen, that was one of the things I did remember from the OP but I'm still getting the prompt to update.
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True but if they do get root before HTC decides to give it to us, I don't want to be one of the sorry souls who updated and will have to wait on HTC. Not worth it in my opinion, especially just for the Green Hornet.
I did search but the search function on the Xda app is lacking. As to placing the widget on the homescreen, that was one of the things I did remember from the OP but I'm still getting the prompt to update.
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I'm pretty sure they won't get root before HTC gives it to us LOL.....not with phones shipping bootloaders locked tighter than a 16 yr old virgin.
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dirkyd3rk said:
I'm pretty sure they won't get root before HTC gives it to us LOL.....not with phones shipping bootloaders locked tighter than a 16 yr old virgin.
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There aren't many 16 year old virgins anymore.
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There aren't many 16 year old virgins anymore.
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Touché LOL
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Should I apply the new update or should i wait on details about root. The only reason I would do new update is because people claim its helping battery life
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Personally I'm waiting.
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Hey guys personally I want to get the 3d but if I renewed my contract on December , I neeed to get it for the full price????
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Should I apply the new update or should i wait on details about root. The only reason I would do new update is because people claim its helping battery life
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Wait for root, I did not notice any battery life improvement with OTA, the battery will get better if you discharge and charge in full cycles do not charge half way
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Wait for root. None of the devs updated. If they achieve root, only for people who didn't update will probably to root for a while. Just be patient.
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Personally I did the OTA Updates because I don't think that Root will be achieved until HTC produces the update that removes the Bootloader Encryption. That being said, once the encryption is removed, I believe the root method will not be restricted by the OTA's that have been released. Worst case I would have to wait an extra week for them to fix the root method for the folks who did take the OTA's.
For now, I want to enjoy my phone as much as possible. I want to be able to show off The Green Hornet movie etc to friends. I want the bug fixes.
I also paid and got the Sprint Insurance with the $100 deductible so if I am wrong I can always drop my phone in the toilet and get a new one, but I doubt it will ever come to that.
Update if you like.
Just because the devs are likely not updating does not mean or prove anything. Nothing has been verified that those with OTA updates and those without will vary any differently once root is achieved. HTC made it well known of it's intention to unlock the bootloader before sending out the update.
Personally, I have enjoyed the update...
I saw a notable dif with the ota don't think it will hinder root but every phone is different I guess
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Hey guys I tried to watch it so many times but no lock it say Downloading license , and I leave it like for 30 minutes or more and nothing, so guys how long it is supposed to take to download that license? So I can watch it Thanks in advance
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You have to do the OTA to watch this, did you do the OTA?
No! People be saying to not take the OTA, did u took the OTA?
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No! People be saying to not take the OTA, did u took the OTA?
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Yes, I took both of them and I'm using wifi tether right now with temp root via free3vo right now. So taking the OTA didn't effect the ability to use the temp root. If you want to watch green hornet you have to take the OTA.
Thanks just did the OTA and I'm able to watch it thanks a lot
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hhmm...debating on taking OTA arghh
I took the OTA and now my phone isn't sleeping and the Sync icon is at the top the whole time so annoying lol
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fdavila17 said:
I took the OTA and now my phone isn't sleeping and the Sync icon is at the top the whole time so annoying lol
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The sync icon was on constantly for about the first day or so, for me. It finally finished and only comes on when it's actually syncing now.
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The sync icon was on constantly for about the first day or so, for me. It finally finished and only comes on when it's actually syncing now.
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Ok I hope it go away too but u know what it looks good up there lol
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after doing both the software update and the app updates (including HTC Watch) it no longer lets me watch Green Hornet....others say u NEED the watch update to fix the problem....after i did the update it CAUSED the problem...any pointers
Sorry for the question, what is OTA?
arriveran said:
Sorry for the question, what is OTA?
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O.T.A= Over The Air refering to udates that are sent to u via ur phones data connection..if i helped hit thanks
Gronde481 said:
after doing both the software update and the app updates (including HTC Watch) it no longer lets me watch Green Hornet....others say u NEED the watch update to fix the problem....after i did the update it CAUSED the problem...any pointers
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Try calling sprint seeing if you can get it solved by them. Maybe they'll credit your account or something.
Movie sucks bad your not missing out in anything , the watch app is floating around here if you dont wanna take the ota
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Sounds like this is a little late since you took the ota to watch the green hornet. The ota is still NOT recommended by the devs cuz HTC could've patched a hole they are hoping to find for perm root. Guess it all depends on your priorities. xHausx says never take ota's so I don't.
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if you gave away your 8gb from the evo3d
Well my phone died today, rebooted and would not turn on.. held down power button, power vol dn, etc.
Sprint is ordering me a new phone. My question is, hopefully the phone will not have the latest OTA installed. Is there a way to stop the OTA when I go to activate the new phone? Hopefully it wont just install no matter what.
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It's possible that the newest version will already be put on there before you even get it.
Otherwise if it's not on there, when you get the ota, let it download and the just don't install it when it ask. Simple as that.
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Make sure the sales person doesn't activate it in store, if u are going to a store to get it.
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Anthonicia said:
Make sure the sales person doesn't activate it in store, if u are going to a store to get it.
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Had my Sprint HTC EV 4G LTe for 5 weeks. Rooted phone after week 1. No problems until week 5 when I had left it in my windshield mount for 2 hours in the sun. After that there were several unexpected re-boots then after executing a "Mirror" app it froze. Any attempt to reboot phone gave continuous white HTC screen with vibrate or boot loop. Bestbuy junked it out replacing the phone. New phone is now updated with new OTA update waiting for new root code... No indication that Bestbuy detected "tampered" screen with root.
Otherwise very happy with phone!
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Micro Maniac said:
Had my Sprint HTC EV 4G LTe for 5 weeks. Rooted phone after week 1. No problems until week 5 when I had left it in my windshield mount for 2 hours in the sun. After that there were several unexpected re-boots then after executing a "Mirror" app it froze. Any attempt to reboot phone gave continuous white HTC screen with vibrate or boot loop. Bestbuy junked it out replacing the phone. New phone is now updated with new OTA update waiting for new root code... No indication that Bestbuy detected "tampered" screen with root.
Otherwise very happy with phone!
Micro Maniac
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Rooted my exchanged EVO as well. Had no trouble w the exchange at best buy either, but was before ota update. The girl doing my activation didn't turn over my new phone until after all the updates had been performed when the phone is first powered on. Snatch it from them before they accept HTC update is all I'm saying.
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If you get the OTA, it is not that big of a deal. You can still root using this method: http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-4g-l...tc-evo-4g-lte-unlock-bootloadertwrp-recovery/ Did it yesterday and it worked like a charm.
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Make sure the sales person doesn't activate it in store, if u are going to a store to get it.
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^^^^^^^^This^^^^^^^^^
I always tell them not to accept it. Cause they won't ask of course. But like the first guy said, it may already be in there.
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^^^^^^^^This^^^^^^^^^
I always tell them not to accept it. Cause they won't ask of course. But like the first guy said, it may already be in there.
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Yeah I dont trust them. Worst case if it comes with the new OTA I'll just do the HTCdev unlock and root. From everything I read it puts me back pretty much where I was with root and s-off.
Just pisses me off quite a few people are having the same issue the phone dies for no apparent reason.
I'm on my wifes og EVO because last night, I plugged in to charge and this morning when I woke up, phone was dead... No button combination worked and I gotta assume its a paperweight... Off to the Sprint store I go, maybe tomorrow... I just hope I don't get shafted with a newer version... Prolly will...
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drob311 said:
I'm on my wifes og EVO because last night, I plugged in to charge and this morning when I woke up, phone was dead... No button combination worked and I gotta assume its a paperweight... Off to the Sprint store I go, maybe tomorrow... I just hope I don't get shafted with a newer version... Prolly will...
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Thats how mine died. Plugged in to charge, and it died. Were you using the charger that came with the LTE or a different one. I was using a charger from my EVO OG. I wonder if that has something to do wih it.
R u sure the charger isn't broken and it just died from being on all nite? Try a different charger
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R u sure the charger isn't broken and it just died from being on all nite? Try a different charger
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Mine still had a 40 percent charge and was only on the charger for 5 mins. I am seeing a trend, from others that this has happened to. Most if not all were not using the charger that came with the phone.
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Mine was at 50%... I was using one of the numerous HTC chargers I have, but probably not the one that came with EVO LTE. I'll have my replacement on Tuesday, just sucks it will prolly be updated... No soff is a bummer...
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I know on some devices if it was rooted Google Play Movies did not work...you would get an error message. The same happens with HTC Watch. So can someone, that's rooted confirm that this is still the case?
I know it's an app in the Play Store I used awhile back called OTA Rootkeeper, that can temporary un-root a device with a click of a button. Then re-root it again. But I'm not sure if that works on the HTC One...
HTC Watch doesn't work for me. It always pops up a message, "Unable to download license." Funny, it lets you spend all your money buying stuff, but then doesn't let you play it. LOL.
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HTC Watch doesn't work for me. It always pops up a message, "Unable to download license." Funny, it lets you spend all your money buying stuff, but then doesn't let you play it. LOL.
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Yeah..that's because you're rooted...I may go ahead and unlock mine and see if the OTA Rootkeeper app works.
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Try renaming your superuser apk to something other than superuser or su. Works for some drm apps.
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rooted and running the latest ARHD ROM. just tried a free TV show on google movies and it says purchase not found. not sure if htc watch works. not gonna pay for a show or movie.