I had a "failure to connect to the network" notification of my phone this morning. So, thinking it was because verizon had sent me the update notification, i went to my settings and clicked on system updates and sure enough, it said i needed to update. then the fun started. for some reason, my phone wouldn't show either 1x OR 3G connection and neither the browser or the update would work. i tried cycling power and removing the battery to no avail. FINALLY, i turned "airplane mode" on and then back off and it connected to the mobile network (3G) and downloaded, updated, and now all is well again in my world!
*edit*: virginia