How to Avoid 1.47 OTA When buying/exchanging a new EVO

lilflip21 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 03:05 PM

Ok this is just my story today nothing too exciting or groundbreaking but worked for me so thought I would share... I had to exchange my EVO today so when the Sprint rep turned on my new EVO it did its initial startup and prl update then went to the Google account screen at which point I immediately said let me enter my info.. Once I was handed the EVO I was not giving it back no matter what and was always watching for the update box.. after entering my Gmail and skipping the facebook/twitter setups the Rep. asked for the phone back to "finish setting it up" to which I delayed and said just a min I'am checking it out I wanna see my contacts..blah..blah.. I continued to delay and clicked a contact to call listened to ring or 2 and hung up the rep was eying me but i just continued to hold onto it.. then the 1.47 OTA update box popped up I declined quickly and said anything else you need me for it appears to be working fine and I need to get going.. he then said he should check for updates and do a test call and I said my lunch break was ending I needed to go I would do that myself later and I was on my way out New EVO and no OTA.. Time to root this guy

wish you all the same luck till the 1.47 is rooted

**lipidfats** · #2 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 03:22 PM

ha i'm sure if you said you didn't want to update just yet, they wouldn't have forced it on you.... (still would've unchecked auto update notification in settings before handing it back tho)

slopokdave · #3 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 03:31 PM

Cool story, bro.

Enjoy!

**zone23** · #4 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lipidfats

ha i'm sure if you said you didn't want to update just yet, they wouldn't have forced it on you.... (still would've unchecked auto update notification in settings before handing it back tho)

Some of those guys absolutely would force the update. I've run into some real jerks at the Sprint store. Almost smashed a phone in front of the entire store once because of a Sprint employee.

fuzzy26 · #5 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 03:54 PM

I just wish I was as smart as lilflip21. Now I suppose it about time I give my whole justification sepal about how stock is ok, but I wish I would have said gimme my damn phone. I paidd full price and if I want to root it then so be it. XDA/PPC will prevail though.

**orangekid** · #6 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 03:56 PM

well done bro that was smooth

**zone23** · #7 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 04:01 PM

TBO I have a replacement coming to my local radio shack. I only have one problem (maybe two). I originally wanted it replaced because of problems with the screen being unresponsive. Now the OTA update has fixed that, so technically nothing is wrong with the phone. Now I can't root it so what do I do return it anyway when the new phone comes in or tell them the OTA update fixed the problem. The new phone might be here tomorrow. Karma is saying tell them, that little devil on my shoulder is saying swap it.

Don't mean to hijack your thread..

SunnyGeek · #8 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 04:05 PM

This reminds me that I need to contact RS about my exchange.

**brownhornet** · #9 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 04:17 PM

Back when I bought mine on launch day, I had to pretty much threaten dude not to upgrade mine. He said im going to upgrade now and I said

and gave him a

look and he said ok well ill let you do it.