"Hello, this is your final phone interview for T-Mobile Android Support. We are glad to present you with an opportunity to be on our team. If we get disconnected please call us back as soon as possible at" *phone reboots to update*
T-Mobile Pushing out Android System update
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Not even if they don't ask you to install it? They just install it whether you want it or not.
I have Windows Update, Steam, Google Play, etc. all set to update automatically without asking me. Not really fair to set system updates on my phone apart from that. What bothers me is the irresponsibility of the updates installing with no regard to how much battery is remaining.
I always seem to be the last person to get an update. It was the same way on my N6.
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Phil Nickinson
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I wrote a little something.
Force-feeding an Android system update isn't helping anyone | Android Central
Force-feeding an Android system update isn't helping anyone | Android Central
I got the update to 10h last night, sometime between 11pm and 7am. Time will tell if I notice any difference.
Was connected to LTE via mobile data for anyone curious. My phone was also on a charger
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Not sure if someone else suggested this but try disabling auto time and date and manually change the date 24 hours each time and then check for an update. This worked for me on an M8 I use to have.
Did this update remove the mute option? I could have sworn it would switch from sound, vibrate, mute.
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The update for T-Mobile was ignoring all checks. We've had people off WiFi get the update, as well as those with 25% or less battery get it. Both of those were listed requirements to get the update. My update went through even though I had OTA updates DISABLED on the phone in the hidden menu.
I managed to pull a log of the night my phone updated, found the link to the update file, and actually downaded the update file. I took a nice look through it. It updated a whole slew of system apps, libs, frameworks, etc. Also updated boot.img, so could be why the couple users I saw in this thread are now able to play new games. Had a new radio as well, so that's probably why WiFi calling is now working on my G4 as well as a couple others in here. I can't say what exactly, as the files are all patch files, so they're not easily read....I just know what files were changed.
What my theory on the forced nature of this is that the G4 had a hard release date and the software wasn't fully ready. They could have forced the update to fix stuff that was broken possibly hoping that the "average user" would not notice the update happened, as the only way you're even notified of an update being available is if you either 1) turned on a new device with 10d software or 2) factory reset a device with 10d. There's not even a "you've been updated to the latest version" that comes with 99% of updates.
It really irritates me, as I bought this phone, and I think I should have the ability to 1) know what is being updated..."stability update" is NOT a good enough changelog for me and 2) accept or deny it based on said changelog.
I managed to pull a log of the night my phone updated, found the link to the update file, and actually downaded the update file. I took a nice look through it. It updated a whole slew of system apps, libs, frameworks, etc. Also updated boot.img, so could be why the couple users I saw in this thread are now able to play new games. Had a new radio as well, so that's probably why WiFi calling is now working on my G4 as well as a couple others in here. I can't say what exactly, as the files are all patch files, so they're not easily read....I just know what files were changed.
What my theory on the forced nature of this is that the G4 had a hard release date and the software wasn't fully ready. They could have forced the update to fix stuff that was broken possibly hoping that the "average user" would not notice the update happened, as the only way you're even notified of an update being available is if you either 1) turned on a new device with 10d software or 2) factory reset a device with 10d. There's not even a "you've been updated to the latest version" that comes with 99% of updates.
It really irritates me, as I bought this phone, and I think I should have the ability to 1) know what is being updated..."stability update" is NOT a good enough changelog for me and 2) accept or deny it based on said changelog.
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Has it been determined that the update happened on less than x% battery? Relying on forum comments may or may not be accurate. I just find it difficult to believe that battery level was completely ignored. Maybe instead of 50% full it was lowered to 25% But either way that's the carrier's fault, not LG. And in the case of T-Mobile the wi-fi calling is an absolute bear to program for a device. It always adds to release time.
I've had the predecessor - G3, for less than a year, and by all measures the update to Lollipop (5.01) made that phone much less stable than the G4. And if there was a choice to release when it did or wait another month - glad it was sooner.
Before the forced update I was satisfied with the stability of the just released G4. Both there H815 and H811, but on the H811 I rarely use wi-fi calling. and like I said, coming from the G3 it was great to have a more stable device.
OK so imo T-Mobile and AT&T screwed up, but really, in the big picture, this is a first world problem.
I honestly have not noticed anything. My phone was running fine to me before update. Equaliser and Android Users i still missing though.
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