First Vox software update is now available - Page 4

Haesslich · 11-26-2011, 10:06 PM

You have to add the widget to the home screen. Select "Beautiful Toggle" and then you get to choose the toggle type. One of those is "airplane mode".

WilThor · 11-27-2011, 03:11 AM

My Vox told me that an update was ready. I OK'd the installation. Now my browser does not work. Error message is (process.com.android.browser) has stopped unexpectedly. I have to tap the Force Close option on the fialog box. All I can do is read a book. The unit was purchased on November 3. Any suggestions?

hpulley · 11-27-2011, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haesslich

You have to add the widget to the home screen. Select "Beautiful Toggle" and then you get to choose the toggle type. One of those is "airplane mode".

Thanks! I didn't realize that Beautiful Toggle was an umbrella widget.

Speaking of BW, the weather one wants to download an animation package from Android Market which we still can't get to work. Anyone know if the BW animation addon package is available elsewhere?

taming · 11-27-2011, 07:39 AM

http://www.apktop.com/animated-weath...ock-4-5-3.html will fix you up with a really nice clock/animated weather widget.

Nojo · 11-27-2011, 12:25 PM

"You have to add the widget to the home screen. Select "Beautiful Toggle" and then you get to choose the toggle type. One of those is "airplane mode". "

Can someone tell me how to do this? I'm really, really new to this - and I'm having the same issue as hpulley - browser won't work after the update!!! ERG.

Haesslich · 11-27-2011, 12:36 PM

Hold your finger pressing down on the home screen. You'll be prompted to add something - pick Widget, then select Beautiful Toggle. You. Then get sent to the app to pick the toggle type.

Jesslynne · 11-27-2011, 12:39 PM

Download this and install this: www.apktop.com/beautiful-widgets-3-65.html

Once that's done, go to home screen or wherever you want to put it, and and get long press on a blank space. Select widgets, and and scroll to 'Beautiful Toggles widgets', this will bring up another list, and select 'plane', this will be airplane mode, which will turn mode on when you touch it, will be green when it's on.

Nojo · 11-27-2011, 01:02 PM

Thanks everyone - I also had the same issue as WilThor since yesterday - I decided to do a factory reset (hope all my scrabble games aren't affected) to see if it fixes it. It's hard to get updates, etc. when your browser isn't functioning!

Haesslich · 11-27-2011, 01:25 PM

Before you factory reset, did you try the Clear Data option for the browser by going to Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/All/Browser?

pulsar · 11-27-2011, 02:42 PM

It appears that with the newest update the full factory reset (Volume+ and Power buttons together) no longer works. I thought I bricked my unit - soon after the update, trying to install an app, it got frozen, and wouldn't reboot beyond the welcome message, and factory reset didn't work. Finally, after half an hour of multiple attempts to reboot and reset the device, it finally produced a "system error; will do full reset" message; then it went through the whole process - internal recovery and new update over WiFi.

Has anyone else tried to do the Volume+ and Power unit reset after the update?

Annibronte · 11-27-2011, 03:21 PM

Any reason to do the update if you don't give a toot about the sleep issue?

49Kat · 11-27-2011, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pulsar

It appears that with the newest update the full factory reset (Volume+ and Power buttons together) no longer works. I thought I bricked my unit - soon after the update, trying to install an app, it got frozen, and wouldn't reboot beyond the welcome message, and factory reset didn't work. Finally, after half an hour of multiple attempts to reboot and reset the device, it finally produced a "system error; will do full reset" message; then it went through the whole process - internal recovery and new update over WiFi.

Has anyone else tried to do the Volume+ and Power unit reset after the update?

So what finally worked for you? Did you keep trying the volume + power buttons and eventually that worked, or just the power button?

hpulley · 11-27-2011, 07:11 PM

My browser works fine after the update. Works well in fact.

I'm still having waking and sleeping issues and occasional wifi restart issues (even with airplane mode) but aside from all that it works well. No problem reading books, surfing with the browser, rooting it, playing music, most videos (aside from sound in my AVIs), playing games, pretty much everything. If only the basic power button would work it would be pretty much perfect ;-)

pulsar · 11-28-2011, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 49Kat

So what finally worked for you? Did you keep trying the volume + power buttons and eventually that worked, or just the power button?

Just perseverance I guess

. I did multiple attempt at rebooting, always got stuck at the intro message. At some point, I connected to the charger, and after one ore more attempts the system generated the error message, and went into the recovery. So it is hard to say, what exactly did the trick.

Nojo · 11-28-2011, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haesslich

Before you factory reset, did you try the Clear Data option for the browser by going to Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/All/Browser?

Yes - I tried that - still no go...I did the factory reset - only bought it a couple of weeks ago so not much lost...however, I DID lose all the Scrabble games in progress...man...I was kicking butt too.

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11-26-2011, 10:06 PM	#46
Haesslich Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 1138182 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Touch,Glo,Mini,Aura/HD/One,H20, Sony PRS-300/600, Kindle 3-PW	You have to add the widget to the home screen. Select "Beautiful Toggle" and then you get to choose the toggle type. One of those is "airplane mode".

11-27-2011, 03:11 AM	#47
WilThor Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	My Vox told me that an update was ready. I OK'd the installation. Now my browser does not work. Error message is (process.com.android.browser) has stopped unexpectedly. I have to tap the Force Close option on the fialog box. All I can do is read a book. The unit was purchased on November 3. Any suggestions?

11-27-2011, 07:39 AM	#49
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	http://www.apktop.com/animated-weath...ock-4-5-3.html will fix you up with a really nice clock/animated weather widget.

11-27-2011, 12:25 PM	#50
Nojo Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: KOBO evox	"You have to add the widget to the home screen. Select "Beautiful Toggle" and then you get to choose the toggle type. One of those is "airplane mode". " Can someone tell me how to do this? I'm really, really new to this - and I'm having the same issue as hpulley - browser won't work after the update!!! ERG.

11-27-2011, 12:36 PM	#51
Haesslich Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 1138182 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Touch,Glo,Mini,Aura/HD/One,H20, Sony PRS-300/600, Kindle 3-PW	Hold your finger pressing down on the home screen. You'll be prompted to add something - pick Widget, then select Beautiful Toggle. You. Then get sent to the app to pick the toggle type.

11-27-2011, 12:39 PM	#52
Jesslynne Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 126 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Manitoba, Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Kobo Mini	Download this and install this: www.apktop.com/beautiful-widgets-3-65.html Once that's done, go to home screen or wherever you want to put it, and and get long press on a blank space. Select widgets, and and scroll to 'Beautiful Toggles widgets', this will bring up another list, and select 'plane', this will be airplane mode, which will turn mode on when you touch it, will be green when it's on.

11-27-2011, 01:02 PM	#53
Nojo Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: KOBO evox	Thanks everyone - I also had the same issue as WilThor since yesterday - I decided to do a factory reset (hope all my scrabble games aren't affected) to see if it fixes it. It's hard to get updates, etc. when your browser isn't functioning!

11-27-2011, 01:25 PM	#54
Haesslich Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 1138182 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Touch,Glo,Mini,Aura/HD/One,H20, Sony PRS-300/600, Kindle 3-PW	Before you factory reset, did you try the Clear Data option for the browser by going to Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/All/Browser?

11-27-2011, 02:42 PM	#55
pulsar Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 52416 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: kindle 3, kobo vox	It appears that with the newest update the full factory reset (Volume+ and Power buttons together) no longer works. I thought I bricked my unit - soon after the update, trying to install an app, it got frozen, and wouldn't reboot beyond the welcome message, and factory reset didn't work. Finally, after half an hour of multiple attempts to reboot and reset the device, it finally produced a "system error; will do full reset" message; then it went through the whole process - internal recovery and new update over WiFi. Has anyone else tried to do the Volume+ and Power unit reset after the update?

11-27-2011, 03:21 PM	#56
Annibronte Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 80 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3,Kobo Vox	Any reason to do the update if you don't give a toot about the sleep issue?

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11-27-2011, 07:11 PM	#58
hpulley Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 29760 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Playbook32	My browser works fine after the update. Works well in fact. I'm still having waking and sleeping issues and occasional wifi restart issues (even with airplane mode) but aside from all that it works well. No problem reading books, surfing with the browser, rooting it, playing music, most videos (aside from sound in my AVIs), playing games, pretty much everything. If only the basic power button would work it would be pretty much perfect ;-)