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Corpse11 said:
Handcent SMS is not showing contact pictures anymore, as well as some contacts in People are not showing Facebook pics anymore...According to the Play Store, alot of other people are experiencing this using Handcent SMS and Android 4.0+...so its more than likely an issue with that, and not our phone directly...
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Did the update, and everything appeared to go smoothly, except for one thing. I can no longer open my text messages. I can open the list, and it shows all the threads, but I can't open any of the threads to view the actual messages. It just sits on the screen saying "Loading". At first I thought it was just the particular thread I was opening had too many messages, so I tried opening one from someone who has only sent me a couple of messages, and it won't open those either. I'm really hoping I don't have to wipe out all of my text messages to get this to work. I mean, I guess it isn't THAT big an issue. I did back them up through MyBackup Pro prior to the upgrade, but still, it is annoying.

Other than text messages, everything else seems to be working. By default, I had been using SPB Shell, but for now, I have switched back to Sense until I know everything is working. Would rather not introduce more variables than I need to.

Also, everything on my phone seems to be slower than before the update. I am not too worried about that one yet. I assume there is still going to be a lot of background cleanup stuff going on, and caching etc. Have to go run all of the new updates for my apps also. Was just curious if anyone had run into problems with the stock text message app after the upgrade.
 
kinetic said:
I tried:

3D Games
Nascar
Blockbuster
Qik Video
Spider-Man
Sprint Radio
Sprint TV and Movies
Telenav GPS Navigator

None of them were able to be removed. I could have sworn I was able to remove some of those apps before the ICS update.
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Same problem on my phone. I had them all removed before the update. I kinda wish I didn't do a factory reset now, because they weren't there before that :(
 
ArmageddonX said:
I am doing the update now.

I was told by a very wise man to follow these steps:

  1. Backup entire SD Card to Computer
  2. Download & Apply Firmware Update
  3. Do a Factory Restore (Do not format SD card)
  4. Reinstall Apps
  5. Enjoy new Firmware!
~ ArmyX
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I searched for said wise mans instructions from months back when I heard the news today. Ready to roll now that I'm off work!!!

Backing up then taking the plunge!!:cheers:
 
Apparently my SMS problems were related to the threads being too large. After deleting the largest thread (which took about 20 minutes to actually delete, with no indication that it was actually doing anything), I can now open my text messages.
 
He didn't say he uninstall, he disabled them.


kinetic said:
Were you able to uninstall some of the preloaded apps? I can't remove any of the apps that I'm sure was removable before the update.
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DonB said:
He didn't say he uninstall, he disabled them.
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Yea.. was just wondering if he disabled them because he was unable to uninstall them. Strangely, my sister who also updated her 3D did NOT do a factory reset after updating and she doesn't have the 3D games and Blockbuster apps anymore, so perhaps the reset was the cause.
 
Hi all,

While downloading the new Ice Cream Sandwich update for my HTC EVO 3D today, my phone turned off. Now it won't continue the update because the file is corrupt. Any ideas on how to fix this? :(

Thanks!
 
kinetic said:
Yea.. was just wondering if he disabled them because he was unable to uninstall them. Strangely, my sister who also updated her 3D did NOT do a factory reset after updating and she doesn't have the 3D games and Blockbuster apps anymore, so perhaps the reset was the cause.
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I'm pretty sure I already said this lol. They were gone before the reset, and came back to life after the reset
 
Very possible


kinetic said:
Yea.. was just wondering if he disabled them because he was unable to uninstall them. Strangely, my sister who also updated her 3D did NOT do a factory reset after updating and she doesn't have the 3D games and Blockbuster apps anymore, so perhaps the reset was the cause.
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krayziejoe said:
I'm pretty sure I already said this lol. They were gone before the reset, and came back to life after the reset
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Oops.. my apologies.. didn't see your reply. Yes, it appears that a factory reset brings the bloat back with no way to remove them (without root).
 
kinetic said:
Oops.. my apologies.. didn't see your reply. Yes, it appears that a factory reset brings the bloat back with no way to remove them (without root).
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How did you have them removed in the first place? Root?


I'm not sure I want to do a factory reset if more bloat comes on :/

Also, side note, how do you disable applications on ICS?

My only experience with ICS is CM9 on my HP Touchpad and it has zero bloat :D
 
So here's what I'm going to do:

Do a HTC Sync
Backup entire SD Card to Computer
Download & Apply Firmware Update
Do a Factory Restore (Do not format SD card)
Reinstall Apps
Enjoy new Firmware!

Are my contacts on the SD Card?
 
atg284 said:
How did you have them removed in the first place? Root?


I'm not sure I want to do a factory reset if more bloat comes on :/

Also, side note, how do you disable applications on ICS?

My only experience with ICS is CM9 on my HP Touchpad and it has zero bloat :D
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Many of the Sprint apps were uninstallable via the "Applications" settings before the ICS update. After a factory reset, the apps will come back with no way to remove them.

You can disable apps via the "Apps" settings.
 
Corpse11 said:
Handcent SMS is not showing contact pictures anymore, as well as some contacts in People are not showing Facebook pics anymore...According to the Play Store, alot of other people are experiencing this using Handcent SMS and Android 4.0+...so its more than likely an issue with that, and not our phone directly...
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This behavior is consistent with all of my Android 4.0 devices. It's broken somehow in ICS.
 
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