So i bought a used Verizon S4 yesterday and it works fine. Last night it said it had an update, so i accepted before i went to sleep and this morning it said "software update unsuccessful"
Today i tried again to update, i downloaded the update, it verified the download, update available, tap to install, install now, it booted, said installing system update and then "error" about 5 seconds later and thats as far as it gets before it restarts the phone and says "software update unsuccessful"
The phone is not rooted (i used root checker) and is currently on I545VRUAMDK
Any ideas or suggestions to remedy this issue?
Plug it into your PC and let it update thru the Verizon app. Just realize once you take the update you will not be able to root your phone.
that worked, thanks!
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The notice said "Waiting for WiFi to be turned on for updates", I thought it was android market updates, there was no note of what it was, even if I clicked on it. Once done it restarted my device and I am not in the android with the ! screen.
Help?
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The notice said "Waiting for WiFi to be turned on for updates", I thought it was android market updates, there was no note of what it was, even if I clicked on it. Once done it restarted my device and I am not in the android with the ! screen.
Help?
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That means there was an error. Just pull the battery out, put it back in and restart the phone. it will work. If you want to update you need to have a unmodded version. so just flash back to 1.5.7 before trying the update.
Noticed my phone tried to force an update today while working, caught it with 4min left. I know there are issues with unlocked phones and roms and updating so i wanted to get a thread up here to let people know.
Update will FORCE itself, latest deffered time is 2/5/12, 4am (est for me)
So this should be a warning to apply the update in some capicity before you end up looking at your phone stalling out in the middle of a forced update due to bootloader/roms.
Woke this morning to my phone in recovery, it had done something but the update didn't go through. Rebooted back to my unlocked Rezrom 1.5 , later it tried again but I deferred it.
I got my Prime 2 days ago and after charging and powering it up for the first time, it began downloading a firmware update. I chose to install it, the Prime rebooted, and after the android logo with moving gears, it showed an android logo with an exclamation sign.
I rebooted it and then I got a notification that said "system update failed(2): unknown error". I then attempted to manually check for a firmware update, but I got "There is no update available for your device currently".
I tried copying the ASUS update zip to a microsd, I tried draining the battery, I did multiple factory resets, and it still won't update or even find OTAs.
I also tried with the installed version again (8.8.3.33) and even that resulted in the android + exclamation symbol.
Does anyone have any idea how to solve this issue? Or at least what could be causing it?
As the title says, I have no data from my home WiFi or 4G from the cell signal, despite them being shown as connected.
I noticed it just a few minutes ago. I was looking into Voodoo RootKeeper because I haven't updated to the latest OTA update and I've been wanting to soon, it was mentioned that SuperUser should be fully updated for it to work. While looking through SU settings, I noticed the option to set SU as a system app, so I did it. It rebooted and just before finishing the boot it had a message saying something about configuring apps (similar to what you would see after an update, I believe). Once it finished I was going to update some apps that needed updating and Play said it had no connection, checked Chrome and it was the same story. So here I am.
It is rooted, also has an unlocked bootloader (which is why I've waited so long to do the OTA). I haven't updated since I got it at the beginning of December last year, so the current version I'm running is 4.1.1
Any help is really extremely appreciated; my smartphone becomes a dumb phone without any networking, dumb phones make me sad :crying:
Edit: I fixed it, somehow. I temp-unrooted with Voodoo, tried to complete the OTA update (failed because of recovery or something), re-enabled root after update, and then I had data back. Leaving this post here in case someone comes across a similar problem.
I am having an issue with updating via OTA with Verizon. The OTA update came out a couple of weeks ago but I never received notice. When I went to search for it I got an error message, no matter where I was or whether it was on 3g, 4g or wifi. The message states "service unavailable". My service is working fine and I can use the internet without any issues. I called Verizon and they didn't know what was causing it but they did confirm I have an update available. I have powered off, taken out the battery cleared cache, tried to update manually with ODIN (which failed) and have come to my wits end. I am trying to avoid factory resetting the device and having to wait for all my apps to be reinstalled. I have rooted several devices before but don't want to do that this time.
Does anyone have a suggestion to help me accept the OTA from Verizon? Again, I am locked and unrooted running everything stock.
Thanks for your help!