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[Q] Un-Brick tools?

Hi Guys -
unfortunately the incredible got bricked today after unroot. I unrooted, then allowed the official update to run, then tried a radio update and it went south - no charging light, wont turn on, wont fo in to HBOOT - notta. I am guessing that this is now my newest and most expensive paper weight but before I shot the patient I thought I would ask if there is a way to un-brick that did not come up while searching google or the forums. I know that I am 99% SOL.

Nope...not that I know of.
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How could you run a tool if your phone is bricked? This doesn't sound possible.
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I think he means an sbf
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brvheart said:
unfortunately the incredible got bricked today after unroot. I unrooted, then allowed the official update to run, then tried a radio update and it went south - no charging light, wont turn on, wont fo in to HBOOT - notta.
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Assuming you were already on the 2.05 or 2.15 radio and ran the 2.05 radio update, you are indeed truly bricked. I don't believe anyone has found a way to recover from this.
VZW was nuts to try to save a little data by packaging a radio patch rather than a full radio update, but you get what you get when you deal with a leak.

^ was afraid of that, I was actually on the 1.xxxxx radio, oh well that is what I get for testing things out.

brvheart said:
^ was afraid of that, I was actually on the 1.xxxxx radio, oh well that is what I get for testing things out.
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Hmm... well then it's not the well know problem of applying the 2.05 radio patch to the wrong version radio. Not sure what went wrong.

yeah me either, I really dont gave no warning before it just shut off. When the screen went blank I was thinking....please let be a reboot.....not that lucky, she never came back :-/

brvheart said:
Hi Guys -
unfortunately the incredible got bricked today after unroot. I unrooted, then allowed the official update to run, then tried a radio update and it went south - no charging light, wont turn on, wont fo in to HBOOT - notta. I am guessing that this is now my newest and most expensive paper weight but before I shot the patient I thought I would ask if there is a way to un-brick that did not come up while searching google or the forums. I know that I am 99% SOL.
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Call vzn and told them your phone wont turn on and you will get a replacement phone the next day.

slight problem - I had my blackberry hooked up and was going to swap after the update so I dont think they will be able to do anything....

similar problem
i had a similar problem. I'll tell you this. if its under manufacture warranty send it in. i did. they have to put a whole new board but its going to be free. If they have to replace the whole board i think it should be clear how we are never going to see a fix we can do anytime, or ever for that matter.

I was messing around with roms the other day and had the same issue. Did a battery pull and life was good again. Hope that works for you.
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brvheart said:
slight problem - I had my blackberry hooked up and was going to swap after the update so I dont think they will be able to do anything....
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Say your phone was Dead on Arrival. Never started up.

I tried the battery pull as well and that did not work. Going to call VZW and see if I can get another one.

WAIT! Don't do it! Call after tomorrow.

^ ?..................................

hint: OTA's start rolling out tomorrow.

Prove it.
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I know that today Verizon updated the support page for the new 2.2 update. That's a first. When I first saw the rumor I checked no updated page. Nyah! Went and did some other mom things.
Then engadget posted a picture. So I went and checked the support page again. There it was updated for the new 2.2 information. I can't wait to see what new rom's come out of this.

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[Q] Wifi Error - Can't Fix it! - 2.3.4 - Droid Incredible

Ok I have never rooted my phone, and never deviated from the stock android ROM. About a week ago my wifi randomly stopped working.
When I go to turn it on it simply says error, and rebooting it does not help.
I tried a factory reset and it did help, temporarily, but after powering the phone off and back on the next day it stopped working again!
This makes me think it is in fact a hardware problem. I also just recently upgraded to 2.3.4, but I'm almost certain this was happening before then. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?
Anyone know if Verizon will help me if I take it in? I do not have insurance (big mistake!)
Any help is greatly appreciated, I have read TONS of threads and cant find any info on this, besides from people who had modified roms.
Thanks in advanced!

On a vanilla (virgin) dInc, I'd say you are in fact facing a hardware issue. Have you tested with another WIFI connection manager app?
Search for "Wifi Manager" in the market, it's worked well for me in the past.

Awesome! Thanks so much man, Wifi manager did the trick! Very strange that it wouldn't work with the default wifi app, but I'm happy either way.
You made my day!

Looks like I spoke too soon...
It worked for about three minutes then it shut off. This seems so strange!
Any other ideas?

Are you running any sort of power management apps? Many of those will auto shut off your WiFi to save power.
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No I'm not, but funny you mention that because when I was (before my factory reset) I think thats when these issues first started.
I'm definitely not running any right now though.

Probably just a coincidence, but yea. Any ideas from anyone? I just bought the Seidio 3500mah battery! Would be a shame if the wifi is broken

Try rolling back to 2.2 via htc sync and the 2.2 ruu package. See if you still get the problem on 2.2, if not, stick with 2.2 or invoke the 2.3.4 update again (dialer *#*#checkin#*#*) and test again after the update. This should without further question determine whether there is a hardware problem or not.
Also, although unlikely, maybe your new battery is causing interference.
Try your best to test all of the basic variables before giving up.
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mindlessacts said:
Looks like I spoke too soon...
It worked for about three minutes then it shut off. This seems so strange!
Any other ideas?
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Settings>Wireless &Networks> Wifi Settings>Menu>Andvanced>Sleep Policy
What is it set to?
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Unholyfire said:
Try rolling back to 2.2 via htc sync and the 2.2 ruu package.
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You can't downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.2. If what you say is true, then some rooted users who unrooted for the update with s-on need to know about this.
Not to be off topic, but do you someone who successfully did this?

how long have you had it if it is less than a year then htc will take care of you if it is over a year verizon might be talked into giving you an upgrade early. only way to know for sure is to go into verizon and see...

mindlessacts said:
Looks like I spoke too soon...
It worked for about three minutes then it shut off. This seems so strange!
Any other ideas?
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Is it showing an error right after you turn it on, or when attempting to connect to a WAP?

Have you tried long pressing to forget the wifi access point then readding/reconnecting it?

SlimSnoopOS said:
Have you tried long pressing to forget the wifi access point then readding/reconnecting it?
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That's what I was getting at. Trying to tell if it's failing at the connect or at simply turning on the WiFi chip itself.
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Thank you very much everyone for your suggestions. I tried everything but downgrading to 2.2 since I didn't know how. However I'm happy to report that my WiFi is now working again and I did nothing.
Well besides buying a new battery! I replaced my oem battery that I bought off amazon with a siedo 3500mah so not only am I getting insane battery life, but it made ky WiFi work!
I should have mentioned that my charge was averaging just three to four hours on my old battery. Maybe it was defective and not powerful enough to run WiFi?
I really don't know, but do hope that if someone is on my same position they find this thread helpful. Thanks again to everyone, these are very kind forums!
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mindlessacts said:
Thank you very much everyone for your suggestions. I tried everything but downgrading to 2.2 since I didn't know how. However I'm happy to report that my WiFi is now working again and I did nothing.
Well besides buying a new battery! I replaced my oem battery that I bought off amazon with a siedo 3500mah so not only am I getting insane battery life, but it made ky WiFi work!
I should have mentioned that my charge was averaging just three to four hours on my old battery. Maybe it was defective and not powerful enough to run WiFi?
I really don't know, but do hope that if someone is on my same position they find this thread helpful. Thanks again to everyone, these are very kind forums!
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Glad you got it worked out!!

got back to stock ROM

I rooted my phone about half a year ago, and now, finally I got back to the stock ROM. You may ask why, so here is why I initially rooted it, and then why I got back to the stock ROM.
My main reason for rooting was the extremly small sized internal storage. Even with the "stock" app2sd it was hell like fast full. Of course customizen played also a role, and I liked the ability to change like everything the way I like, but moving nearly the whole apps was the main reason.
So I finally decided to root my phone. The process was (in opposite of what I thought) really easy, especially with the help of this awesome guide and I chose "MIUI" as the first OS to try out. I really liked it, but I had some occasional crashes which I wasn't able to solve. But that wasn't the reason I got back to the stock ROM. After about 2-3 months with "MIUI" my complete phone got stock in a bootloop. Flashing the zip again wasn't succesfull, so I finally tried an older backup. This worked, but sadly all my SMS data and else got lost.
After some searching I tried out cyanogenMod. I liked it quite well, but I also got the crashes and freezes I got with MIUI, but I was able to live with it. But then, about a week ago, my phone got completly stuck in a bootloop, and instead of throwing it straight ahead into a wall, I flashed back to the stock ROM.
At first I was quite surprised how fluidly it runs, in comparision to cyanogenMod. Then I noticed, that you can't really switch between 3G and 2G data, and was afraid of getting out of energy much sooner. But the opposite happened, the battery lasts much longer than with the other two ROMs, and I hadn't had any crashes or complete freezes till yet. Also, I haven't got the great warning "Battery level 0% or lower (how is this even f*ing possible?), please connect to power source" I got on cyanogenMod, with the addition of my phone shutting down immediately afterwards.
So, long story, short: I really like the ability to root my phone and everything, and I do not regret having done it. It was a great experience, I now I know the "true" capability of android. But after all this trying out, I have to say, that I think I will now stick with the stock ROM, since it's more stable. Probably it was a hardware issue with my device, probably some kind of software bug. Maybe something of both.
just my quick thoughts, and sorry for my bad english, but it's not my native language

To each his own.
I've been using Cyanogenmod more often than any other rom and never experienced bootloops that is caused by the rom itself. It's always something I did with the rom. LOL

Well, that's also a possibility, but since I wasn't able to find the cause of it, I gave up. It was not only the bootloop, but also the quick battery draining and the complete freezes.

I understand where you are coming from... You just want it to work properly.
As for the battery, the default cm7 kernel isn't really that good compared with ManU kernel. That's the first thing I change when I flash.

Now I'm taking my stopwatch to count how long will it take for loons to start Runnymede or ICS recommendations.
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Long story short??
Maybe you should publish the unedited version...could be a few volumes in that.
Also, will never go back to stock. I unrooted last year, so I could set up for S-Off, and couldn't wait to get back to a custom ROM. Slow, boring, low storage and boring.
You should use Runnymede, it's the best ROM ever!

Annddd there you have it Erklat.

haha. Funny. And necessarily runnymede

You have luck with the Battery, my phone say 15% or Lower and shutdown, if yours work down to 0%

stankyou said:
Annddd there you have it Erklat.
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I was being facetious

MetinKale38 said:
You have luck with the Battery, my phone say 15% or Lower and shutdown, if yours work down to 0%
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Well, that was the problem with it...the battery showed 20 percent when it happened...
btw, the stock rom didn't solve that problem either, but at least the crashes are gone...it's still pretty weird, the battery level showed like 20% or more when it suddenly shut down...

Battery life has always been dreadful on the Desire no matter what ROM you use.
Now on the bootloop, Sandvold ICS Beta 0.4.4 ROM seems to be getting on well.
No bootloops whatsoever!
(Some lags and bugs may occure, but nothing you can't handle with a little bit of patience! )

What was I saying -.-'
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erklat said:
What was I saying -.-'
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Page 2... not a bad prediction man. LOL

erklat said:
What was I saying -.-'
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stankyou said:
Page 2... not a bad prediction man. LOL
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erklat, what will be the numbers in tomorrow nights Lottery draw??
O, I'm in Australia, btw.
kthxbai

777ace said:
erklat, what will be the numbers in tomorrow nights Lottery draw??
O, I'm in Australia, btw.
kthxbai
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supps 5 13
You are welcome!!

I am so gonna try those!!

Nascor said:
My main reason for rooting was the extremly small sized internal storage. Even with the "stock" app2sd it was hell like fast full.
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So, how did you resolve the issue with the storage now?
I'm using MIUI too and it runs rock solid for me since months. Next time I will switch, I will switch to a new phone...

hudl said:
So, how did you resolve the issue with the storage now?
I'm using MIUI too and it runs rock solid for me since months. Next time I will switch, I will switch to a new phone...
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well, since my new Transformer Prime is now my primary mobile gaming device, I just put the most necessary apps on my phone (like facebook, twitter, maps and stuff like that)

Thanks Nascor, Its very important the information.

[Q] Should I wait or just dive in?

My HTC One X JUST came into the mail today and I want to get started and get my favorite custom software already. However, the fact that my phone could possibly have a problem out of the box, if I start doing dev stuff, I lose my warranty. Should I wait a bit? I feel like I would notice if anything was wrong already.

SedaG said:
My HTC One X JUST came into the mail today and I want to get started and get my favorite custom software already. However, the fact that my phone could possibly have a problem out of the box, if I start doing dev stuff, I lose my warranty. Should I wait a bit? I feel like I would notice if anything was wrong already.
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Personally I would hold off at least a week just to make sure. Cause you would be kicking yourself if you do have a problem and HTC decide to try and charge you for it cause your unlocked.
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Personally I would hold off at least a week just to make sure. Cause you would be kicking yourself if you do have a problem and HTC decide to try and charge you for it cause your unlocked.
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That's a very good point.
Some common problems with the device sometimes only show up after a few days use and sometimes HTC wont repair your device if it's rooted, even if it's a hardware problem.
After a week any problems that it might have should have showed up

Thanks guys! Yeah I was kind of thinking the same thing. I suppose I can live with Stock for a week while I test everything out. I would definitely be pissed at myself if they wouldn't service it simply because I wanted Adblock over the next week. haha.

I usually give it a month or so before I do anything to void my warranty. I've had phones before that had something wrong with them that I didn't notice until they were no longer under warranty, so I give it a while before I bother. Plus, this phone is undoubtedly much faster than your previous, so even stock it should be a sizable boost. Enjoy it as it is for a little while, then when you put custom software, you'll get that boost again!

I had mine rooted and flashed straight out the box.
Your call though...

rwleigh said:
I had mine rooted and flashed straight out the box.
Your call though...
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Mine over 1 night !
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Check out the defects thread and check your phone thoroughly before unlocking, I'd give it at least a month as some issues don't manifest straightaway
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DONT DO IT YET. i had mine for 2 days, after 2 days yellow tinting appeared on it, i am definitely going to wait a few weeks when HTC send it back, hopefully we will have S off then

Give it a week or two. Longer the safer.

Thanks guys! You rock. I'm definitely gonna wait. I'm thinking a week or two so I can test every feature which I haven't been able to test (blue tooth, tethering, and more) or even discover for that matter.
And yes, I came from the Moto Milestone 2 to the Moto Backflip... To the One X. The experience isn't even comparable. I am so happy with the improvement I am just giddy over the fact that I have this super phone. No rush to throw custom on it when it's already this good. Only SERIOUS reason I would unlock for at the moment would be battery and AdFree purposes but for real, the battery isn't that bad.. Idk why people keep hating on it. I am a pretty heavy user too. I mean, it's got some serious hardware to run!
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Just got OTA update to 1.29.708.15

kernal 2.6.39.4
baseband 2.1204.122.17
build 1.29.708.15
3 dots still there however

are you in the UK? just checked and havent recieved anything,im unbranded and on stock rom in the UK

That's not the UK, that's for Asia - UK unbranded is x.xx.401.x
More here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1665805
To the OP - unless the build is 2.x you won't see anything more than we already have outside of the leaked ROMs

stm2008 said:
kernal 2.6.39.4
baseband 2.1204.122.17
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3 dots still there however
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that sounds weird, with the 3 dots. i've read it on some pages for the AT&T version of the new firmware there is a setting for it, to switch it off. find it under gestures and buttons according to androidpolice. http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ers-remapping-options-and-maybe-closing-root/

Thanks Eddy just noticed,seems theres a flurry of activity this morning,someone recieved update in hong kong,not 4.0.4 or 2.15 still on 4.0.1

Yod-b said:
that sounds weird, with the 3 dots. i've read it on some pages for the AT&T version of the new firmware there is a setting for it, to switch it off. find it under gestures and buttons according to androidpolice. http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ers-remapping-options-and-maybe-closing-root/
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The AT&T version is now 2.x - this is just the 1.29 update going out to the Hong Kong unbranded handsets
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Thanks Eddy just noticed,seems theres a flurry of activity this morning,someone recieved update in hong kong,not 4.0.4 or 2.15 still on 4.0.1
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2.15 is unlikely to be the final build version, I'm expecting it to be 2.2x like the One XL and One S

Got the update in hong kong today. Not really noticing any differences.

Yod-b said:
that sounds weird, with the 3 dots. i've read it on some pages for the AT&T version of the new firmware there is a setting for it, to switch it off. find it under gestures and buttons according to androidpolice. http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ers-remapping-options-and-maybe-closing-root/
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Yes, the so called 4.0.4 update should include this switch.
Not sure why HTC withhold this, maybe they want to directly jump to JB.

EddyOS said:
That's not the UK, that's for Asia - UK unbranded is x.xx.401.x
More here:
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To the OP - unless the build is 2.x you won't see anything more than we already have outside of the leaked ROMs
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Yes, I'm in Hong Kong.
I can't find any changes yet except the machine is smoother than before.

I have a HK phone, I'm in the UK right now, just got the update.
This is the second 1.29 for HK, it is probably equivalent to 1.29.401.11, so should solve missing storage space and flickering, if you had those problems.
It could be equivalent to .12, we need to compare radio versions, I guess.

BenPope said:
I have a HK phone, I'm in the UK right now, just got the update.
This is the second 1.29 for HK, it is probably equivalent to 1.29.401.11, so should solve missing storage space and flickering, if you had those problems.
It could be equivalent to .12, we need to compare radio versions, I guess.
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15 is newer.
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The update is 72.9MB
HTC just said the update improvement performance.
Test it for whole day. This is what I have noticed so far.
Speed improved when loading very large web page.
Bettery improved during 3G call.
Power consumption became normal in some mini games.
Faster charging time.
Less heat generated.
Seems more lag in facebook app. But seems battery improved.
The screen seems consume less power just got less then 40% after the update. It used to be 58%. However, it looks less contrast. (Nvidia PRISM??)
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Indeed are there any official documents list out the updated items?

hokoonho said:
The update is 72.9MB
HTC just said the update improvement performance.
Test it for whole day. This is what I have noticed so far.
Speed improved when loading very large web page.
Bettery improved during 3G call.
Power consumption became normal in some mini games.
Faster charging time.
Less heat generated.
Seems more lag in facebook app. But seems battery improved.
The screen seems consume less power just got less then 40% after the update. It used to be 58%. However, it looks less contrast. (Nvidia PRISM??)
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I see u r from HK... Any news on when the update will be rolled out to people in south east Asian countries? like Pakistan....cz i am really looking forward to this update that might have an improved battery performance as u have mentioned....

Hi I m from Hong kong too
Ya I feel smoother UI experience but I wonder The Hboot version change 0.94-->0.96
I wanna know isn't the same method to root my phone in case....
Go htcdev and ....

1.29.708.15 update
Hi Guys,
I am new to the forum but have been reading your phone reviews for a while and really pleased with the help and advice you have given in the past. I have the new HTC one X and never had any issue that other people have complained about etc etc, not one problem at all. its never overheated, never crashed, or had screen issues - BUT as soon I installed the new update my phone has been crashing all day. When my phone rings it turns off, when I leave it alone it reboots, half way through a conversation it reboots. I have not installed any additional apps after the update and as far as I know its only started after the update?? Also my battery is getting milked to death.
Also I am not that computer savvy so please keep the English in layman's terms!!!
Please help shed some light on this as I have been loving this phone, but its completely killing me at the moment.
Thanks again guys

HTC-CRAZY said:
Hi Guys,
I am new to the forum but have been reading your phone reviews for a while and really pleased with the help and advice you have given in the past. I have the new HTC one X and never had any issue that other people have complained about etc etc, not one problem at all. its never overheated, never crashed, or had screen issues - BUT as soon I installed the new update my phone has been crashing all day. When my phone rings it turns off, when I leave it alone it reboots, half way through a conversation it reboots. I have not installed any additional apps after the update and as far as I know its only started after the update?? Also my battery is getting milked to death.
Also I am not that computer savvy so please keep the English in layman's terms!!!
Please help shed some light on this as I have been loving this phone, but its completely killing me at the moment.
Thanks again guys
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If you don't mind losing your data,then Iwould suggest a factory rest.
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Good plan. I guess if all else fails then I will have no choice. Is there a way I can save all my downloaded apps before I do full reset? Picture and videos not an issue, but some of the apps are huge files and don't really want to spend all day downloading them again.
Again, thanks for all your help.
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well it's still 4.0.3....
what i concern about about is what enhancements have the update brought to our phones...

Hi,
I did not have to reset my phone in the end, very strange, I just let my battery die and gave it a full charge with the phone switched off. The next morning switched it on and perfect again. Very happy
Thanks
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