Sprint Update missing features! :(

[aurora_660]

Did anybody get the Sprint update for HTC One M8 yesterday and have noticed some missing features? Like the Do Not Disturb has been hacked out... That was an awesome feature!

 

[Legobricke]

That feature was removed and the new Google Lollipop standard is now in place.... I have gotten use to it.... The PRIORITY feature works pretty well and provides me with the same features (which I used DND) for.

 

[aurora_660]

I figured that one out not long after I sent the message. The weird thing is I got the Lollipop update a month or so ago. DND was there up until yesterday when HTC/Sprint sent a system update.

I think I miss that DND would send non-allowed calls to voicemail. Priority just mutes audio.

 

[ndzone]

No complaints here so far. Battery life seems improved!

 

[puch96]

The new system update that incorporated the Priority notification system was changed recently when it jumped from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2.

 

[kct1975]

Right now, I fairly ticked off at Sprint. Installing the update, completely borked my phone, and caused it to be 'soft bricked'

The software update downloaded and installed, but during the reboot, the phone COMPLETELY froze on the HTC One splash screen.

Luckily, a coworker of mine was able to finally get into Recovery, and force a complete Factory Reset.

I have now been spending a lot of time over the past two weeks trying to reinstall everything that was lost.

My coworker friend and I have been wondering what caused the phone to become 'Soft Bricked', and we both think that the cause was the crappie Sprint Connections Optimizer having been frozen. It appears that the software update checked for the presence of the Sprint Connections Optimizer, and when it didn't find it, the software update locked up the phone.

So the point of this post, other than to rant, is that everyone should be very careful to make sure that all of the stock apps that came with your phone are updated and running before you take the OTA update.