I didn’t notice at first because I rarely use mobile data, but my data seems to have stopped working after this update. I made sure my Freedom Mobile APN settings matched their instructions, but it hasn’t helped.
(Also, sometimes the SD card loads initially, but then unloads itself again hours or days later, claiming the card is missing.)
Are you able to attempt a Network Reset in Settings as a first troubleshooting step?
As for the microSD card, I experienced that on a card during the run up to it eventually failing. If it were me, I would backup what is on there and move to another card from a trusted brand/vendor.
Data is working now!
After performing the network reset, I noticed that data roaming was turned off. I’m not sure whether the network reset turned it off (and the network reset was the vital step) or whether it was already off (and turning it on was the vital step), but the end result is good.
(Because of the way Freedom Mobile’s infrastructure is set up, my phone is often under the impression that I’m roaming.)
Good point on the microSD. I went and checked my purchase records, and I see that this microSD is three years old and that my previous microSD failed at three years.
Glad you are up and running!
Yeah, using the microSD heavily can really wear them down quickly, unfortunately. An “oversize” drive gives the storage controller more empty blocks to shuffle around, extending lifetime.
Update: I bought a brand-new microSD directly from SanDisk, but it’s still intermittently vanishing.
Every time I reboot, it forgets my app battery-optimisation settings and my default-app (browser, SMS) settings.
(It looks like this only applies to apps stored on the microSD, not apps on the built-in storage. Presumably it’s just part of the problems with getting adopted microSDs to load and to stay loaded, not a separate issue in its own right.)
Are you positive it is sat in the slot firmly and fully?
If so, and the issue is persisting with a known-good card from a trusted vendor, your phone might need either a firmware reset again, or a warranty replacement.
Are you positive it is sat in the slot firmly and fully?
I just tried to remove the card and put it back in again…and the card won’t come out. I can get it out a couple of millimetres, but no further.
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After several minutes, I managed to get the card out. While my previous card is completely flat on the back, this card has a rectangular area that is very slightly raised. (Perhaps this is related to its higher storage capacity?)
Are we positive there are not major risks of corruption like with the last patch? That traumatized me lol and I’m not exactly eager to tempt fate again
It has not been reported nor seen in testing so as far as we can be aware, it looks smooth.
Impossible to promise it absolutely cant happen, but the risk should be basically zero this upgrade cycle.
We know the zirconia A11 upgrade was not smooth, so I understand you being cautious.
Likely, yeah, but it should not affect it seating properly.
Let us know if it behaves, if not, a warranty replacement or repair might be needed.
…uh, I did report that mine wouldn’t boot after upgrading to 14 until I did a factory reset? Do you mean something stronger by “corruption”?
(To be fair, it was the second time that month that I’d abruptly had to factory-reset the phone (which suggests my phone might be unusually fragile): I got some kind of hard-drive corruption error a couple weeks previously. Hasn’t happened since, knock on wood.)
Are you using a microSD Card as Shared Internal Storage on that device that is giving you issues?
Yes.
(Modern Android versions don’t actually let you do very much with a microSD card without turning adoptable storage on, in my experience. Can’t sync your files automatically because the file-sync app and the files are on different sides of a security barrier, can’t read your books because the e-reader and the books are on different sides, etc.)
P.S. I hope I don’t come off as rude with the above. Mostly I’m just confused about the implication that formatted-as-external microSDs would be the default assumption even on modern Android. Maybe I’m missing something about how to make external microSDs practically useful.
Not rude, but Google and other OEMs have been pushing for the deprecation of shared microSD storage for a number of major versions now, due to issues with stability that they’ve cited.
I was asking in case it might be relevant to your device’s behavior.
New update is available, check OTA or main thread to download manually!
Received the OTA notificacions, and just updated.
Thanks!
Same here. Flawless!
Issue with NFC payment not working with Google Wallet: after the update It worked fine until yesterday, but then I’ve been shown the ‘device not complying the security requirements’ message due to rooting or something everytime I tried to use It, and it’s not working when I try paying with the phone.