ATTENTION: SAMSUNG AND SPRINT HAVE PULLED THE OTA DUE TO ALL THE ISSUES USERS ARE EXPERIENCING WITH THE OTA UPDATE. THIS IS AS OF JULY 19, 2012.
Ok a ton of issues are being reported by people who updated from EL29 to FF18. This Noob guide will answer all those nasty questions have.
What if im having a ton of issues? This update sucks. Why did samsung allow this horrible update?
First Off...
Do a factory reset...
Second...
This update is amazing. Users need to get it thru there heads that this is a huge MAJOR update for this phone. App data from gingerbread is the cause for ff18 instability.
What will a factory reset fix???
Horrible Battery Life
Crappy WiFi Performance
Random Reboots
Poor Radio Performance
App InCompatibilty
Lagginess
DID I MENTION POOR BATTERY LIFE?
DID I MENTION CRAPPY WIFI?
But wont a factory reset delete all my user data?
YES YOU WILL LOSE ALL USER DATA. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN INORDER FOR THESE RANDOM ISSUES TO BE FIXED. BASICALLY ITS LIKE A BAND AID....JUST PULL IT OFF FAST
If Im not rooted how can I backup my apps and app data?
USE AN APP IN GOOGLE PLAY CALLED "MYBACKUP" AND ONLY BACK UP YOUR APPS.
DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT BACKUP APP DATA. APP DATA FROM EL29 INTERFEARS WITH FF18 STABILITY.
Why didnt Samsung/Sprint make the update.zip wipe my user data?
THIS IS BECAUSE USERS DONT LIKE SUPRISES. SAMSUNG KNOWS THIS. DO A MANUAL WIPE.
What About the eMMC Lockup Bug?
I HAVE DID 13 FACTORY RESETS ON THE OTA FF18. MY PHONE IS STILL ALIVE. IF THIS DOES HAPPEN THEN YOU WILL GET A WARRANTY REPLACEMENT FROM SAMSUNG.
After I did the factory reset i am still having issues with the update, what am I doing wrong? HELP?
First check you apps. Alot of apps ARE NOT Ics compatible yet. Second remove any and all weird and off the wall apps you DLed. Once you do that go into "Settings" app and go to "Applications" and disable ALL the apps and widgets you do not use. Disable and force close each app of choice then after your done reboot.
Next go into the "Settings" app again and go to "Developer Options"
Check box for "Force 2D hardware acceleration in apps" then turn off all screen animations. Then scroll to the bottom and press "Number of processes allowed" and press "Only One Process allowed". Once you do all that reboot again. If you truely follow this to the letter you WILL NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES.
How do I do a factory a reset?
GO INTO SETTINGS...
PRIVACY...
FACTORY RESET...
THIS PROCESS CAN TAKE UP TO 3 MINUTES DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF APPS AND APP DATA.
Ok a ton of issues are being reported by people who updated from EL29 to FF18. This Noob guide will answer all those nasty questions have.
What if im having a ton of issues? This update sucks. Why did samsung allow this horrible update?
First Off...
Do a factory reset...
Second...
This update is amazing. Users need to get it thru there heads that this is a huge MAJOR update for this phone. App data from gingerbread is the cause for ff18 instability.
What will a factory reset fix???
Horrible Battery Life
Crappy WiFi Performance
Random Reboots
Poor Radio Performance
App InCompatibilty
Lagginess
DID I MENTION POOR BATTERY LIFE?
DID I MENTION CRAPPY WIFI?
But wont a factory reset delete all my user data?
YES YOU WILL LOSE ALL USER DATA. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN INORDER FOR THESE RANDOM ISSUES TO BE FIXED. BASICALLY ITS LIKE A BAND AID....JUST PULL IT OFF FAST
If Im not rooted how can I backup my apps and app data?
USE AN APP IN GOOGLE PLAY CALLED "MYBACKUP" AND ONLY BACK UP YOUR APPS.
DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT BACKUP APP DATA. APP DATA FROM EL29 INTERFEARS WITH FF18 STABILITY.
Why didnt Samsung/Sprint make the update.zip wipe my user data?
THIS IS BECAUSE USERS DONT LIKE SUPRISES. SAMSUNG KNOWS THIS. DO A MANUAL WIPE.
What About the eMMC Lockup Bug?
I HAVE DID 13 FACTORY RESETS ON THE OTA FF18. MY PHONE IS STILL ALIVE. IF THIS DOES HAPPEN THEN YOU WILL GET A WARRANTY REPLACEMENT FROM SAMSUNG.
After I did the factory reset i am still having issues with the update, what am I doing wrong? HELP?
First check you apps. Alot of apps ARE NOT Ics compatible yet. Second remove any and all weird and off the wall apps you DLed. Once you do that go into "Settings" app and go to "Applications" and disable ALL the apps and widgets you do not use. Disable and force close each app of choice then after your done reboot.
Next go into the "Settings" app again and go to "Developer Options"
Check box for "Force 2D hardware acceleration in apps" then turn off all screen animations. Then scroll to the bottom and press "Number of processes allowed" and press "Only One Process allowed". Once you do all that reboot again. If you truely follow this to the letter you WILL NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES.
How do I do a factory a reset?
GO INTO SETTINGS...
PRIVACY...
FACTORY RESET...
THIS PROCESS CAN TAKE UP TO 3 MINUTES DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF APPS AND APP DATA.
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