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Re: When my phone turns on it states "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been fo This method worked for me. Thank you. I'm not sure the benefit I get from being rooted is worth the hassle when a software update fails. I'm going to attempt to unroot and see what happens.

I just attempted to make my first nandroid backup. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Verizon. I installed clockworkmod recovery, pressed the one click backup button, the phone started rebooting as the instructions said it would, but instead of rebooting, I got: Secure Fail: Recovery, a yellow...

I cracked my screen early in the morning. I contacted Asurion and had a replacement unit the next day. The only way I could tell it was a refurbished unit was it was labeled as such. Unfortunately it would not reliably hold a 4G connection in areas where my first unit was rock solid steady...

To follow up, I found from another source how to boot into safe mode and performed a Factory Reset, then reloaded my apps and reinstalled the keyboard driver. I've now changed my password from alphanumeric to pattern lock to keep this problem from recurring.

I didn't intentionally deselect the Touch Input keyboard, but I can't get into Settings to look at it, since I can't enter my password. I'm stuck at the "Enter password to unlock" entry box. A long press in that box does not bring up the Input Method button. Is there no way to force the...

My Thunderbolt is password protected. I use it with a Freedom bluetooth keyboard. Yesterday I installed the Gingerbread update. This morning I rebooted the Thunderbolt while the input method was set to the bluetooth keyboard. After the reboot, the Thunderbolt won't accept inputs from the...

Yes, that is all you need to do.

If it was happening only to my unit, replacing it would be the logical solution. Since other Thunderbolt users are also experiencing the same problem, I have no confidence that a replacement would be any better.

I've had this problem twice, most recently yesterday. The only solution appears to be a Factory data reset. That fixed the problem both times I had it. I still don't know why it happens, or how to prevent it.

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