Will this mess up my phone service ?

[Anino4]

Okay so I have a LG Thrill 4G running 2.2 . Its pretty scary its that old . But i have it on airvoice wireless a prepaid service . You have to flash the phone to connect to the service. Because i flashed it i cant get ota updates from AT&T . I recently found out it got ics update & i want to sideload it with my PC . But my question is will updating my phone mess up the service i have it set up to ? I cant really afford to mess it up cause i paid about $100 just to flash it & first bill . I really need help .

 

[Central n ohios best]

If it match's the phone then odds are its OK to sideload ics. Flashing Roms and kernels doesn't interfere with your cell service.

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[Anino4]

Its not a ROM its a software update . But I think I'll give it a shot .

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[Rukbat]

Of course running ICS on a phone designed for 2.2 is going to slow it down a bit. (For pretty huge values of "a bit".)

 

[Central n ohios best]

If its an official update then its optimized to run on the device.

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[Anino4]

Yeah its official . I haven't done it yet but I will in a bit .

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[Rukbat]

If it's official (unless you downloaded it from the manufacturer's site), you don't "do it", the carrier puts it into your phone over the air. (BTW, installing a downloaded update, official or not, unless that part of the site says otherwise, voids your warranty the same as flashing a ROM would.)