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RC29 Update!?

chrislimon

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Oct 28, 2008
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Tonight when I got home and turned on Wi-Fi my phone started going slow and freezing a bit when I was doing some stuff. Next thing you know I get a screen saying: System Update available: install now or install later. You may not use your phone while updating blah blah blah well of course I hit install now. The phone restarted shows some loading screen that shows a software package with an arrow to the phone, then restarts does some thing with some arrow to a microchip then restarts 2 more times.

Anyways,
When I go to system settings to view the version this is what it shows:
Build Number:
kila-user 1.0 TC4-RC29 115247 ota-rel-keys,release-keys.

So I guess they are just skipping the RC28 and going straight to RC29...

I wonder what is different between this and RC28.
 
I got rc29 last night and noticed something this morning (pretty sure it came with the update)
FORCE LANDSCAPE MODE in the browser while the phone is closed!
Just go to menu - more - flip orientation :)

I just found a bug with that flip orientation...if your phone sleeps in that mode then it won't re-orient itself so when you hit menu to get your unlock pattern it is sideways. Usable but sideways.
 
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Hey, I've noticed that I'm having some issues connecting today. I have 4 bars, seem to be getting SMS without a problem but for some reason maps doesn't fully load the area where I am (which makes my Locale "work" situation useless), and it can't find My Location at all. It keeps saying it's having a connection issue but 3G seems to be flying (the icon is there and the up/down arrows keep moving and flashing).

I also don't seem to be able to load the market.

Does the update hog resources like this? I remember someone saying their connection was suddenly slow right before they got the update notification.

It's been like this a couple hours and I've turned the phone off and on a couple times just to see if that would help it make a good connection, no dice.
 
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your data connection is down because of the update rolling out. i talked to the customer reps and the lady told me that the data plans drop from your account and they need to re-apply it. they are working on fixing it. but even when they re-apply the data plan to your account, you have to wait a while for it to work. mine is still down :(. i would recommend calling tmobile to double check if your data plan is added and if the correct one is selected. also the rep was complaining on the amount of calls she got about this issue. i think it's something major :thinking:
 
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Hey, I've noticed that I'm having some issues connecting today. I have 4 bars, seem to be getting SMS without a problem but for some reason maps doesn't fully load the area where I am (which makes my Locale "work" situation useless), and it can't find My Location at all. It keeps saying it's having a connection issue but 3G seems to be flying (the icon is there and the up/down arrows keep moving and flashing).

I also don't seem to be able to load the market.

Does the update hog resources like this? I remember someone saying their connection was suddenly slow right before they got the update notification.

It's been like this a couple hours and I've turned the phone off and on a couple times just to see if that would help it make a good connection, no dice.


I was all excited to show off the g1 in a networking meeting and then use the GPS to get to my next meeting and had the same connection issues. Browser, Maps, etc all not working. As I was in the car, no wifi access.

I just tested this now back the office, and in Maps it tries to find me and an error message shows up. (while my battery sucks to the ground.)

Then I turned on Wifi just in case and....it works.

Bottom line - data services are off. I called Tmobile and checked on my Tmobile.com. Long story but you need to add them back in again if you are having issue.

Do it now. Took me 35 min to get back on after I added them, but could be up to 2 hours. Faster to do it online (via a PC) than calling too.
 
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FYI - Tmobile's past (with Danger) was to do rolling installs in a random batch.

It works "kinda" like this....

10K users across the country get an OTA, which tests the system, for flaws, bugs, errors etc.

then

They roll out XXX number of users every X period of time, randomly. They may continue to do a geographic distribution.

The idea is to not overload their own network during this mass download to their installed user base. It is actually a smart idea as only rabid fans like us (forum users) know about an OTA so most people just one day go "hey look an update".
 
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I got mine sometime this morning. I woke up checked my time and there it was, the prompt for the "SYSTEM UPDATE". So it must have received the request while I was sleeping but who knows for how long.

Went ahead with the update and while I was waiting, it gave me the creepy feeling how that they can just access my phone like that remotely.
It's like it some kind of conspiracy. LOL

next thing you know, once we have that retinal scanner app, we all be hypnotized and be under Google's control to rule the planet!
 
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FYI - Tmobile's past (with Danger) was to do rolling installs in a random batch.

It works "kinda" like this....

10K users across the country get an OTA, which tests the system, for flaws, bugs, errors etc.

then

They roll out XXX number of users every X period of time, randomly. They may continue to do a geographic distribution.

The idea is to not overload their own network during this mass download to their installed user base. It is actually a smart idea as only rabid fans like us (forum users) know about an OTA so most people just one day go "hey look an update".

i can understand

but quite honestly it kills me that everyones like saying they got the update and im sitting here with RC19 still like waiting when I'm going to be next.. hopefully they fix this in the future or allow a manual download via pc and an application to update it for users who can..

maybe even release a torrent for us :) no system overloading there :p
 
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Tmobile is not very likely to change this policy. There is one more issue, Customer Service call center bandwidth. If they let you update or others update and something really was wrong, they now have a larger group of people calling with a messed up system. So the small batch releases work well for them in multiple situations.

BTW - as you can see from this thread, in the case of this update you aren't missing much of anything. No one seems to be able to determine what has actually changed for the user. It is likely under the hood items.
 
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