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Help Droid X Won't Update.

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gaines629

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Around May, I installed the Gingerbread leak and rooted my phone. About a week ago, I noticed my battery was draining faster than normal so I decided to do a factory reset before I took it in to Best Buy to get the battery/phone replaced as that is standard procedure there I believe. I forgot to unroot it first with Gingerbreak but looked up a guide online and was able remove superuser and all that through a terminal app. I had wanted to unroot anyway for a while to get the update (Running 4.5.588 and read that it's currently at 4.5.595; may be wrong about that) because when I go to update it, it always says "your device is up to date!" I didn't remove and bloatware or change anything else. It still won't update after the factory restore. Please excuse me if this post sounds "noob-ish" as I'm not technically savvy with Android. I figured I'd post here first before I simply break my phone in half and bring it to BB :)..
 
The factory restore command choice only wipes any user data added since the phone was activated. Mods please correct me if I'm wrong but when you deleted superuser, there are still a few files left behind in various directories that the factory restore does not delete. For a true factory restore you should SBF - then your phone will update properly.
 
Actually, it is currently up to 602. However, to get the OTA for 602, you need to be on 596 and to get the OTA for 596, you need to be on 340. (I'm pretty sure, anyway)

Typically, people will tell you to SBF to 340 and then update, but there is actually a SBF file for 596 out there. You just won't be able to root the phone afterwards.
 
I have never rooted my X and still can't get the update. I keep getting "Check for update is not available at this time. Try again later." Any suggestions?

Thanks
 
AND DROID said:
I have never rooted my X and still can't get the update. I keep getting "Check for update is not available at this time. Try again later." Any suggestions?

Thanks
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Go into Settings->About Phone and tell us what the System version is.
 
Yesterday it was stuck twice on "Checking for available update, please wait...." for about 20 minutes at a time. The first time I got tired of waiting and hit the back button. The second time a call came in and killed it. I have not had any success after that.
 
I did a quick search and found this advice:
Go to Settings / Data Delivery / Social Applications / Sync over WiFi only and make sure it is UNCHECKED.
Try again, and you should be good.

Not sure what that has to do with the updates, but...give it a try.
 
ylexot said:
I did a quick search and found this advice:
Go to Settings / Data Delivery / Social Applications / Sync over WiFi only and make sure it is UNCHECKED.
Try again, and you should be good.

Not sure what that has to do with the updates, but...give it a try.
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You sir are a genius! ;) It is now checking for the update. Is it suppose to take forever before something happens?
 
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