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Nervous about ICS (walmart phone)

CrackBaby

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Jun 29, 2012
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I have the walmart t-mobile phone. I got a message saying they want me to update, I assume to ICS from gingerbread, but I'm reluctant to do this. I keep reading some bad reviews about how badly ICS runs on this phone, including some fast battery drains and stuff like that. Also, does foxfi work for those of you with ICS, unrooted? If anyone can confirm that battery power works fine and foxfi works fine on ICS, then I will upgrade. Thoughts, advice, welcome. :eek: :) :dancing2:
 
No. I went to settings about and update.

Ok now I have USB in and the home kies screen set up. Now what do I do?

Do you see a screen like this telling you an update is available?

kies.jpg
 
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You're using Kies on your computer and not Kies Air on your phone right?

Do you see a screen like that at all with the basic information tab?

I don't know....I'm using both at the same time. :thinking:
I have kies air open on the phone, and also on the PC.
The PC is a browser and not a file program like what you showed in your picture
 
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Were you able to update with Kies?

Yep! It worked like a charm! :)

My favorite thing about ICS, now that I've played with it, is the ability to use chrome browser.

However, yesterday afternoon I was disappointed when I realized the hotspot app didn't work. I decided to play with ICS for a little longer and then downgrade back to gingerbread this morning. But before downgrading, I tried the app one more time, and this time it worked. I think the phone needs to reboot before you can successfully use it. The app is SVTP Lite or SVTP. Free will work for two days so you can try it, then after that just five min at a time.

I've been using the Holo launcher but now that I'll be sticking with ICS, I may switch to Nova.

Thanks Atmazz and everyone else who helped! :)
 
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However, yesterday afternoon I was disappointed when I realized the hotspot app didn't work. I decided to play with ICS for a little longer and then downgrade back to gingerbread this morning. But before downgrading, I tried the app one more time, and this time it worked. I think the phone needs to reboot before you can successfully use it. The app is SVTP Lite or SVTP. Free will work for two days so you can try it, then after that just five min at a time.

I've been using the Holo launcher but now that I'll be sticking with ICS, I may switch to Nova.

Thanks Atmazz and everyone else who helped! :)


You're welcome. :)

Does mobile hotspot in settings not work?

If you haven't tried the Apex launcher you should check it too.
 
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