New update for the Sprint GN2 - 2/13/2013

[kg4icg]

Just got the new update today and noticed a new icon in the notification field. Looks like a football with clock hand inside and 3 antennae sticking out of the top. any clues as to what that is?

That is the keep awake feature on the phone looking for your face.

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[Wolvan]

Just got the new update today and noticed a new icon in the notification field. Looks like a football with clock hand inside and 3 antennae sticking out of the top. any clues as to what that is?

Thats the Smart Stay feature toggle. Where it uses the camera to see your eyes and tell if you are looking at the screen. Prevents the screen from timing out and shutting off while you are looking at it. Will also cause a little eye icon to show up on the top info bar on the phone. (Use to just flash when it checked for eyes periodically, now it stays on all the time, and flashes bright when it checks. Sorta annoying.)


Overall my battery drain seems to have fixed itself. The first day was really bad, but seems to have sorted it self out and is back to normal. Then today a new thing popped up. All the sudden started getting little pop-up Help notes to explain basic functions of the phone such as scrolling pages side to side or hitting the application button to bring up my list of apps. Stupid stuff. Have had 3-4 of these pop up today. (Got my updated Monday I believe)

 

[indysteve9]

Oh, ok, thanks!

 

[Dingus McPiper]

just received my update notification...now the question is do I want it?? the increased battery drain is concerning to me.

 

[Mom2Ninjas]

just received my update notification...now the question is do I want it?? the increased battery drain is concerning to me.

I did a hard reset before installing it. I'm not noticing a battery drain.

 

[yankeesusa]

just received my update notification...now the question is do I want it?? the increased battery drain is concerning to me.

I've heard that the battery drain may be due to the update that was done to smart stay and smart rotation. I have disabled it and will see if my battery life is better.

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[seand26]

Rooted MA7 link - [ROM][Kernel][Firmware] Stock-Rooted L900VPAMA7 Odex / DeOdex [Team WHOMP] - xda-developers

 

[discdoc]

Did those with issues do a hard reset before the update?

I didn't... shouldn't have to.

 

[discdoc]

just received my update notification...now the question is do I want it?? the increased battery drain is concerning to me.

I think you'll be forced to update at some point, but I would hold off as long as possible. The detriments of the update far outweigh the benefits... and it's not just about battery drain. Hopefully, they'll issue a quick fix, and it will be worth updating...

 

[yankeesusa]

I think you'll be forced to update at some point, but I would hold off as long as possible. The detriments of the update far outweigh the benefits... and it's not just about battery drain. Hopefully, they'll issue a quick fix, and it will be worth updating...

I agree. Only plus from this update is being able to use g wallet. Other than that these are the negatives, force roam is now only for rooted users, Swype is laggy and inconsistent, battery life for alot is less now, annoying smart stay icon which may also be causing problems with battery life and there are others who are reporting other problems.

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[anon(3783942)]

Is there a way to disable the notification for the update from popping up?

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[Kalums]

Thats a little weird because my batt life got better so has the overall respsiveness *shrugs* other than the smart stay icon that yankeesusa (thx) help me fix its working good for me. But I don't plan on rooting until this BEAST gives me a reason to.

 

[hitman26]

Do not update. After the update, my phone was no longer rooted. Before, you update, backup everything using titaium backup in case you have to change your phone back.

 

[yankeesusa]

Do not update. After the update, my phone was no longer rooted. Before, you update, backup everything using titaium backup in case you have to change your phone back.

If course. Most updates always unroot your phone.

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[discdoc]

One thing I did notice is that before the update the number one battery consumer was the Display, now it's Exchange Services... that could explain the battery drain.

Has anyone tried a factory reset to see if that corrects some of the quirkiness? I'm sure it couldn't hurt, but I really don't want to go through the ordeal unless it helps.

 

[Mom2Ninjas]

I did a hard a reset before the update and I am not noticing and of the quirks.

 

[discdoc]

I did a hard a reset before the update and I am not noticing and of the quirks.

I'm tempted to do one myself... my phone went from fantastic to downright annoying since the update.

 

[anon(3783942)]

So a hard reset before updating should help with some of the issues?

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[Mom2Ninjas]

I always hard reset before an update. It seems to help a lot with issues.

 

[anon(3783942)]

So a hard reset is turning the phone off and resetting from stock recovery?

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