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Just wondering if anyone has anything (good/bad) to report about the OTA update. Figure this would be a good place to post those issues for the people who are still hesitant about updating. I have the 2.1 v3 non-root and have yet to update. Thanks.
Having issues with 2.1 I can't find ANY HTC widgets. Tried to reload the digital clock with the weather app at the bottom and realized the phone doesn't have any HTC widgets, only shows the android native widgets. Anybody else having this problem, got any advice how to solve this?
I just manually updated to 2.1 (Official) and now my weather app doesn't work. Widgets are ok, just opening the app causes a force close. Any way to fix this? Might call customer support tomorrow and tell them the OTA got to me and it won't work now.
From what I've seen around a reboot might fix that if you haven't tried that already
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Haha thanks, but I've tried it several times. Also, the recovery doesn't work with the official update.zip. I'm assuming that it's because the versions are the same, but if it says RECOVERY then I'm wondering why it won't RECOVER like I'm trying to do now. Any other ways to reinstall the OTA?
I manually updated my wife's around 10 am today and about 3 hours ago, she started havin no sound issues. couldnt hear through the earpiece, phone vibrates instead of rings, speaker will not play volume. I have tried everything. Making sure all settings are in place like volume TTY. Reboot fixes it for about five minutes then right back to the same thing. Hard resetting now. If it still does it I'll probably take it in and demand a new one i guess...lol
EDIT: Should I have to reprogram on a hard reset after this update? Hmm somethings not right about that...
Ive had no problems with the OTA. I went from stock 1.5 to OTA 2.1
It seems that people with leaked 2.1 v3 won't get the ota. My friend has an Eris with 1.5 and just got
it but I didn't.
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I don't think anyone who is running any leaked version is getting an update right now. There is an issue with the hboot versions it seems.
Don't worry, two things have been confirmed.
First the OTA will not work with the leaked ROMs installed.
Second, the OTA is exactly the same as the 2.1 leak v3.
This was confirmed on Android forum by someone that took the time to compare every single file and CRC the binaries. The only difference was that the leaked ROMs use a different bootloader to install as they did and the actual OS and apps are exactly the same so if you got leak v3 you got the OTA.
The OTA won't install because you are already running it.
if you have rooted 2.1 (test keys) and you downgrade to back to 1.5 any one if this will allow you to get the OTA update? i installed the rooted 2.1 (test keys) but never installed a custom ROM (the second half of the directions on XDA forum) and I still haven't received the update. but I was thinking of downgrading to 1.5 to see if i can get the update.
anyone having problems with live wallpapers on 2.1? or was this not included with the 2.1 for eris?
Jrbourque said:
anyone having problems with live wallpapers on 2.1? or was this not included with the 2.1 for eris?
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Unfortunately it wasn't included.
just found out about 2.1 this morning...
I'm a verizon rep for an authorized premium retailer, and one of my customers came up to me today with her eris complaining about all her contacts being gone and her album not being there... her exact words: "What happened??? I clicked the update thingy and now half my ****'s gone!" Personally I laughed slightly, then checked the software version, found it updated to 2.1 and figured the deal. Her sound is working fine, she now has a couple more widgets she wont know how to operate, and albums is now "photos", and contacts is now "People". also required a resync to get her contacts back, but now she's golden.
-vzw rep in MS
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Unfortunately it wasn't included.
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thanks for the info
Quick question about TaskBar (process killer) widget. Anybody know how to program it to ignore certain processes? Like sense... I tried using it but it killed sense every time. Along with mail and the weather process, which I don't care so much about, waiting for sense to reboot every time is a serious pita though...
I previously had 1.5 stock eris. I downloaded the official OTA zip and manually installed it. I had a few issues at first.
1. I had Spare Parts installed and had set my End key to first goto home screen and then lock. 2.1 did not like that setting and so my end key wouldn't do anything except turn it on from sleep and end a call until I changed the setting to just lock the phone.
2. Couple apps wanted to be updated to a new version after installing 2.1 before they would work.
3. Here is my unresolved issue - All my apps that I had installed before 2.1 no longer have write access to my SD card.
For example Astro File Manager showed my permissions on /sdcard as dr-. Reloading the card, rebooting, etc did not fix the issue. Uninstalling and reinstalling seems to have fixed the issue.
Why did this happen in the first place and is there an easier fix than uninstalling/reinstalling all my apps?
I've had the same disappearing HTC widget issue as was mentioned earlier, but a reboot (with a battery pull) didnt fix the problem. Is a hard reset my only option?
my girlfriend installed the OTA and now only the stock ringtones work when receiving a call- she set up custom ringtones for a few contacts, but if they call, the default ringtone rings.
I was running the leaked 2.1 eris rom on a MyTouch 3g and had the same issue, so i'm guessing it's not an easy fix. anyone else seeing this?
2.1 OTA back to 1.5
Hi everyone, I had many problems with 2.1 I manually installed 2.1 OTA from 1.5. everything went smooth, once running first thing i notice I click on the HTC clock weather, and it force closes, ok great, found a trick to delete the cache for weather provider, boom works, then i find out I do infact have the 50% time without signal issue, well I figured it wasn't too big of a deal, but after basically cutting my time in half going from 2 days no charge, to barely making one day, and I've heard that it would just take time as it did when first getting the phone.. which makes sense as it was the case with 1.5, week later not much improvement, so..
I would just like to comment on my experience. It went so smooth, it was in-fact easier to set back to 1.5 than it was to initially, manual install the OTA 2.1... I downloaded the MR2 file, unzipped the file, went through the computer on screen step-by-step process, Took less than 10 minutes, and of coarse as soon as turning the phone back on with 1.5 I see the OTA msg. I'm, just praying it doesn't get too annoying..
Hi guys
Little help needed.. I've had the phone since Aug 09. Had loads of problems with it, but have now decided after nearly a year to update phone as I've lost all notification lights, the charging light, etc. etc. It's not a great phone at the moment!
Donwloaded latest ROM from the HTC site, plugged in phone, and it wouldn't work. Something about the abl, or acb? Wouldn't connect properly when searching etc.
Anyway round it, Tried disconnecting from net, but figure it needs the connection. But didn't work either way.
Is the latest Orange update the one to go for? Does it help the lousy signal, the frozen text messages?
When it says you lose all data, can someone clarify that for me please? Numbers, Sim card info, Phone numbers info, Pics, Music, Email set ups? etc. etc.?
Thanks
Which ROM have you tried?
If you haven't tried it yet, try the VillainROM 12 I think its pretty stable.
Hi, its the latest one for Orange on the HTC forum, but that's not the problem.
It's the fact I can't get the programme to take. It's that ab thing that keeps stopping me and the ROM just exits..
If your ROM is rooted then you shouldn't install the HTC official updates, instead look at the developers forum here and try ROMs from there. For example VillainROM 12 and many others are based on the latest official HTC update.
If your ROM is not rooted, I am not sure what the problem is. Assuming you don't want to root it, maybe you can get support either from HTC or from the shop you bought it at.
Have you got the latest HTC Sync installed?
Hi
Thanks for your replies.
No, not rooted, not anything, since I got it 12 months ago. Other than plugging into pc to transfer pics which always worked. HTC sync? Not aware of?
Never updated Rom ever, but its given me so much grief over the last year, I get maybe 2 web pages and then it freezes for ages and the green line sits for 10 mins before another page. Is that the nature of this phone? Would an update make a difference to that problem?
I downloaded few apps the other night and removed them and now all lights notifications and charging lights don't work. Typing is so laggy and painful to do. Texts won't scroll for minutes...
I just can't understand how everyone says this phone is so great?
I know its a year old now but its always been like this.
Any help much appreciated.
Install HTC Sync and you're problems should go away, though you may need to boot into fastboot and install the driver for that too for the update to work. I can describe that if necessary.
Thanks again ...
Fastboot? Lost me on that one
What does the Rom update erase?
Will try this tomorrow and see if I can get sync on there
You lose everything, but considering the problems you're having this may not be a bad thing. You can backup certain data without root access (such as texts i believe) but that is about it. Check out SMS Backup & Recovery for that. HTC Sync will do contacts (though you should really be using Google contacts by now rather than phone or sim).
Having said that you should lose nothing on your SD card, but I would format that after putting the new system on just in case (so backup to computer etc).
I'll explain fastboot if it's needed. Post back detailed error messages if you get any after installing HTC Sync.
Thank you for your help. I will attempt that when I'm at home, can't do at work.
Forgot to ask, have many others had the phone switching itself off problem? It still does this, and only when you remove battery will it switch on again. No idea why, but you can press every button and nothing doing till battery is removed. Love to know what causes that...
I'm a great ad for this phone huh.
Anyone else having issues loging into facebook for htc sync?
I am getting "The service is currently unavailable. Do you want to try again?" accross multiple different ROMs...
You can test by going through setup on a new ROM or just deleting the Facebook for HTC Sense account and tring to add back...
Yeah, facebook for HTC Sense is totally hosed right now and has been for a few days. There are many people (if not all Eris users even if they haven't noticed) experiencing this issue.
okay so I have tested the following HTC based ROMs by completing a full wipe and goining through a clean setup and when I try to sign into HTC facebook for Sense I get the same error with each
- jcases origional plainjane
- EvilEris
- xtrROM
- xtrSENSE
- Plain_JaneT2 V2.0
Can someone else confrim?
Yeah im getting the same error, on Kaos Froyo v24 and Aloysius Snow. This is a problem =/
I just got off the phone with HTC. They said that they are well aware of the sync issues and are trying to resolve them. I was informed to kinda just sit tight and wait till its worked out. : ) Just thought Id share : )
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Found this over on HTC Sync's Facebook page. Just thought I'd let everyone know. Seems to be HTC-wide. This was an EVO user on Friday.
Zach, I'm running xtrROM3.0.3 and facebook is syncing just fine for me. All of my accounts(mail, facebook and last.fm) sync properly. I did update my radio to the new 2.42.01.04.27 a few days ago. I dont know if that has anything to do with it, though my reception did increase by 10dbm!!
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Zach, I'm running xtrROM3.0.3 and facebook is syncing just fine for me. All of my accounts(mail, facebook and last.fm) sync properly. I did update my radio to the new 2.42.01.04.27 a few days ago. I dont know if that has anything to do with it, though my reception did increase by 10dbm!!
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FYI The issues DOES NOT effect you if you are already connected... it is when you first setup your accounts and sync via HTCfacebook (gennerally durring the setup process).
After completing a NAND that you can restore back to; you should be able to reporduce the issue by removing the account and trying to add back...
Im running Senseable 3.0 and i no longer receive facebook updates via Facebook for HTC Sync. Other than that i think everything is fine with it. Im about to do a nand and deleting that account and see what happenss.
*Edit* Yup don't delete your fb for HTC sync account.
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zach.xtr said:
FYI The issues DOES NOT effect you if you are already connected...
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The issues affects everyone. What these people are seeing is the previously sync'd pictures prior to the server issues. If you go the updates page and look at the day of the last sync'd status updates, you'll see they are days old. Nothing current.
I had to delete mine to correct another problem last night and it has not worked today. However it will sync my facebook profile pic to "my contact card"
I just received updates via htc facebook for sense. Can someone else confirm the sync problem is fixed?
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New to the site. I joined to see what I can possibly do wit my Evo, and had this problem recently too. I confirm, things seem fixed. All my contacts are syncing with FB for Sense.
All - looks like HTC Sense and facebook are back online! Sync and initial account signin when flashing a ROM are working for me...
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Good to hear its finally back. That's the first time I've seen a problem like that htc side (assuming its was a problem on their end) since I've had this phone. Plenty of problems facebook side but no surprise there.
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Solved??!!
The first time you install
Facebook for Android
you put in your username and password then push next.
So put them in, and push next.
THEN
don't go to the next screen.
PRESS 'BACK'.
Sync your Contacts.
TRY THIS!
AAAAaaannnnd... that's a fail. I chose 'Sync All' and it still didn't show up. It looked promising though!
pkopalek said:
The first time you install
Facebook for Android
you put in your username and password then push next.
So put them in, and push next.
THEN
don't go to the next screen.
PRESS 'BACK'.
Sync your Contacts.
TRY THIS!
AAAAaaannnnd... that's a fail. I chose 'Sync All' and it still didn't show up. It looked promising though!
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Facebook sync should be working again.
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Not working for me, xtrsense
awesome, working for me now
Hi there.
I have been using the htc wildfire for over a year now and it is a lovely phone. I have been continously installing and uninstalling various apps without any trouble. Lately i ran into trouble when i installed a keyboard (swipeITpro or so) and it hung on installing forever...since i waited for about half an hour id didnt finish..so i hit the back button and it went to the home screen. The phone became sluggish and no app would install therefore..I restarted and it hung on the bootscreen. So i had the only option of a hard reset. This happened twice with another app not installing the same way...My question is why does this happen as i keep installing apps and dont know when which app will hang the phone.
Using HTC wildfire Stock 2.1 eclair upgraded to 2.2.1 OTA from HTC.
Thanks!!
Anyone able to successfully upload photos to select albums?
I keep getting constant failure notices no matter what I'm uploading over (3G/WiFi/4G) & even when removing & adding the HTC/Facebook account on both ends (Facebook.com's Application Permissions).
I'm on the stock rooted 2.17 ROM deodexed. Rom wiped & came back; still had the problem. Changing ROMs.
Is this a widespread problem?
I have this problem as well.
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I was hoping it was just me. I changed the ROM just to be sure & still, it fails everytime.
Yea same here
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You guys having problems syncing as well? My brother says his Facebook/Twitter contacts won't sync and update.
I can get HTC Peep (Twitter) to work ok as far as sync goes, even HTC/Friendstrem Facebook status/contacts.
Works here.
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It has to be something on htc's part, I'm having the same problem and so have others, I'm using an amaze for tmobile, I've tried everything and on any connection it'll say upload failed
I have the problem too, very odd.
Glad to hear its not just me having this issue. Well not really glad.
I hope it gets fixed has the I dont like using the other upload facebook tool as I cant select different albums with it only the HTC Faces seems to be able to do that
Facebook contacts ain't syncing as well yea
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Had an issue over the weekend with a photo not uploading, but all seems to work now. I just uploaded a photo in Gallery (with tags from FB contacts) and everything seems to have synced well.
Maybe just a temporary issue?
Hopefully it's back up & running. I'll give it a try later.
Thanks.
I've had this problem for 10 days or so. Also, sometime I have three Share to Facebook apps, and sometimes I have four. But only one of them allows multiple picture selection, which is what I normally do.
Im having the same problem too, not able to upload photos to a selected album via HTC sense.
Uploading without specific album (Mobile upload) is fine though.
HTC please do something !!
no problems here, uploaded about 15 pics yesterday to various albums
Still having the problem myself. :/
If only the brilliant minds at Facebook would've added a multi photo-upload option to the regualr application, I wouldn't care.
Guess I'll be doing multi-uploads from the Laptop.