If not rooted, you can download my backup from the play store. It is $4, but will save a lot of time by backing up data and apps
I know that idea has been thrown around on here since the OTA...but...
My phone seemed to be working fine without doing the reset, but I did it anyway (2 days after the update) and I'm glad I did...
Several little things came to life on my phone after the reset...all my apps were restored by Google, as well as my contacts and everything...no good reason not to do the reset.
It did make a difference...
If not rooted, you can download my backup from the play store. It is $5, but will save a lot of time by backing up data and apps
I would try the cache partition wipe first, before doing the factory reset. I suspect the benefit from the factory reset is the clean cache partition.
I didn't do a FDR, and have no issues other than battery life. Did the cache wipe and it seems to have solved that one so far.
You lose nothing (data, apps, etc) with the cache wipe, so doing it first costs nothing. If you still need to, you can then do the FDR. Just my .02.
I would try the cache partition wipe first, before doing the factory reset. I suspect the benefit from the factory reset is the clean cache partition.
I didn't do a FDR, and have no issues other than battery life. Did the cache wipe and it seems to have solved that one so far.
You lose nothing (data, apps, etc) with the cache wipe, so doing it first costs nothing. If you still need to, you can then do the FDR. Just my .02.
seriously? This is bullshit. an update should be seamless and intuitive and NOT cause hiccups and glitches that require a factory reset for the phone to work normally..... yet somehow these updates always mess everything up instead of improving it.... same thing happened with my previous smartphones.
so now, apparently, after I spent months tweaking the phone to get it exactly how i want it - in order for the phone to operate correctly after the update, i have to reset it and lose all my saved personal data - photos, texts, notes, reminders, calendars, schedules, maps, etc. ?
re-loading apps may only a PITA, but i'm not interested in losing forever, all the other personal data i have saved in the phone. Nor am i interested in going through some whole process to save it elsewhere, then transfer it all back.
Although i'm in IT and am tech savvy, i'm NOT a big phone geek who's interested in playing with all this stuff. For me the entire point of these fancy high-tech smartphones is ease-of-use, and technical superiority - "set it and forget it" - so the user doesn't have to mess with them. Phone AND all updates should work seamlessly and smoothly, without the user having to go through this with every update.
Learn to back stuff up? It's not that hard to do. Download an app, push a button and bam everything you need is saved to a folder on your sd card. Then when you install it after the reset it brings everything back. And if you are using a custom launcher like launcher pro or nova then you can backup your home screens so there isn't even anything you have to set up. Can't get much easier than that. I don't understand why people seem like it's such a big deal. It would take maybe an hour tops to set all your apps back up the way you had them if you decided not to make backups.
@MsBlue - You need to take a deep breath, exhale and relax. Like other posters have said, just do a simple Cache Wipe and you'll be good. ICS is legit and you'll see why after doing a Cache Wipe.
Can someone please post how to do this cache par wipe? Thanks!Nah you just need to do a cache par wipe. Factory reset is not necessary. Just don't screw up the phone trying to do it.
Can someone please post how to do this cache par wipe? Thanks!
seriously? This is bullshit. an update should be seamless and intuitive and NOT cause hiccups and glitches that require a factory reset for the phone to work normally............. that's kinda my point. A regular update would integrate seamlessly, not require going back to square one with a factory reset.....
so why would i want to do it on a phone? Regular users like myself, who aren't phone geeks who love to play around with their phone SW, just want a good performing product that works well for daily use......
yet the OTA push came and DL'd it, whether i wanted it or not. and now i keep getting the reminders to install it..... and after reading the feedback from those who have made the change, i'm not convinced that ICS is that much better to make it worth dealing with it.
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