Can't find my camera or my gallery after update??

[ansa82]

Very odd...I can't find my stock camera app..or my gallery??? Anyone else having issues?

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[ansa82]

GREAT Verizon has instructed me to reset my phone to factory settings. Fabulous update LG!

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[HollyandJosh Wills]

Mine has just done the same thing...WTH? I hope I haven't lost all of my photos and videos!

 

[Levi Lynch]

Yea update removed my camera and deleted every contact i have.

 

[erkq]

Well at least I didn't loose my contacts. But I lost my camera and my calendar! I didn't ask for this...

 

[erkq]

OK...so here's my story: On a brief look around I found that I lost my camera, calendar, file manager and backup assistant connection. I called Verizon and after trying to find these apps the tech said she'd have to send me a NEW PHONE! What disturbs me about this is she said since the phone was still under warranty the replacement would be free. But that suggests it may well cost me something if one of their future software upgrades breaks my out of warranty phone.

 

[Zyekad]

Same here - they want me to get a REFURBISHED phone that could have had who knows what wrong with it in place of my phone. I'm not ok with that. They broke it, they can give me a NEW one, not a refurb that had screen problems, speaker problems, or who knows what spilled in or on it.

Oh - and also missing the e-mail icon on mine too - it is no where to be found.

 

[Levi Lynch]

Mine was out of warranty. They are sending me a new phone.

 

[knitsteel]

same thing with me- no email, no calendar, no gallery and whatever else I haven't noticed. LG really screwed up. Verizon is overnighting me a new phone.

 

[erkq]

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Oh - and also missing the e-mail icon on mine too - it is no where to be found.

What email client were you using? I was using Gmail and it's still there.
I'd be really ticked at a re-furb too. I would go to AT&T but they don't reach my house! Verizon gives me 3 bars at home and that's worth a little grief.

 

[elgatogeorgi]

Same thing here: no camera, contacts deleted, and no search function. I would not update until VZW figures this out.

 

[erkq]

Same thing here: no camera, contacts deleted, and no search function. I would not update until VZW figures this out.

I did not choose to update. It did this itself with no input from me.

 

[HollyandJosh Wills]

I just went through the gamut with IT at Verizon. No camera, gallery, contacts and whatever else I havent noticed. After being sent to 2nd tier IT, it was determined that I'll need a new phone. According to Verizon, LG has said that every remedy they have tried has made the issue worse. She also informed me that I should check forums before I ever install these updates. So nerve racking considering that it was a manufacturers update.

 

[erkq]

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She also informed me that I should check forums before I ever install these updates.
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Great advise. But as I posted before, my phone didn't even ask me! It just went ahead and did it on its own. That's what's really got me PO'd. It just self-destructed at their command.

 

[Zyekad]

Talked to tier 2 support at Verizon. They said GOOGLE pushed this update and that it wasn't LG or Verizon at fault. They had LG on the other line and supposedly over 50% of the people that got this push (we were all the unlucky ones that got it first before they stopped sending it out) have complained with this same problem. I really don't see the fix being them sending out thousands of refurbished phones, and according to the tier 2 support person they are working on a fix which should be pushed to the phones "shortly". When asked to define shortly it was from minutes to days. I'm still not too thrilled it happened, but would love to know if the blame game is accurate or where the actual fault is in this.

I will wait a day, but if this isn't fixed by tomorrow I won't take a refurb (and lose all my data, hell no) and will fight them for a full upgrade to a NEW phone, or they will be having one heck of a credit card dispute since my phone is only a couple months old. I bought new, not refurb, and THEY broke it with this faulty update, not me. Just like if someone walks into my retail store and broke something ... you break it, you bought it ... They broke it, they should replace it with a NEW one.

 

[wakeman37]

Dear all,
I had the same issues. I lost my contacts, my gmail accounts, calender, etc. I took it to a verizon store who hard started it which did nothing to fix the problem.
I went to my Verizon store and told them what happened. I am getting a brand new phone (not a refurb)! I would fight if anyone tries to get you anything but a new phone. I too have only had my phone a few months. Also, I was told that this would NOT void my warranty because it was a software problem and not a true issue with the phone.
I hope that helps... it has been a frustrating day.

 

[ansa82]

Yep me too... They sent a "refurbished" like new replacement. My intuition was in Warranty but I sure hope they don't send anymore updates!!!

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[ansa82]

Wish I would have known that!! I didn't think to stop at my local Verizon store when all this happened yesterday! Would have maybe been easier.

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[awalbrink]

If you didnt factory reset yet tether to your computer it found my pic in the internal memory . but reseting doesnt help and I feel the same way I didnt do it they should eat the money give us new phones or fix it asap . They should have to deal with LG not us . Also if you havent checked you cant access any google app at all either the only contacts i still have is my facebook ones. they need to fix this mess I really like my Intuition but this is ridiculous .

 

[ansa82]

I got "certified like new" replacement phone yesterday at noon. Its OK. It has the update on it (have no idea what this update was supposed to do anyways) and I don't see anything different except its taking much longer to take a full charge and the battery power is draining very fast even though I have my display brightness on only 16%.

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