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[LG G Flex 2] shanedragon:
Well at least it didn't brick your phone! Maybe we can use the same idea and the command has to be adjusted.

You did it exactly? Rooted and all?
[LG G Flex 2] timumi:
Yes, rooted and changed permissions on file and folder
[LG G Flex 2] Sj12345:
When you create the command file with the echo code (--update=/cache/fota/dlpkgfile) try to reboot in recovery mode adb reboot recovery...

When I reboot in recovery mode is show me "no command" maybe with the file "command" under /cache/recovery, recovery will read the file and start the update... Make sure the command file has 666 permission
[LG G Flex 2] timumi:
rebooting into recovery shows android with red triangle and "error"
[LG G Flex 2] joeminati:
Guys I was able to do the update. Here my background.

I have Cricket (ATT) with the $60 dollar plan. Also purchased one of qualitycellz gflex2 for $250. I did this update from NYC. From sealed to download. ===>

I popped in the T-Mobile sim to get the unlock out of the way. It worked. Once done, wanted to go for the 5.1 download. I put in my cricket sim and rebooted the phone. Once in, went straight for the update. On mobile network, not wifi. No luck. Then I changed the date by a date over until I reached 9/4/2015. No luck. Got impatient and pushed up to 9/17/2015. I did this process at midnight as well. Once I checked again, it confirmed the update. Downloading as I type this out.

Side notice, at the unlock sim screen, I saw yellowish stains on the screen. But looks fine on other screens. Bleh.
[LG G Flex 2] Tikerz:
So it DOES work on the Cricket network in the U.S.
[LG G Flex 2] joeminati:
Could be based on cities and location maybe? I honestly felt that it was pointless to try since so many users were having troubles. Just typed out my experience to let people know that it worked for me.
[LG G Flex 2] strictlyphat:
I literally just followed ur instructions to the tee and it didn't work. Must be Imei based. Or city. I'm right outside Newark Nj tho
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
Wow, this is great. Glad to see 5.1.1 is getting pushed to Cricket. THANK YOU for posting.

Two questions: 1) Do you think unlocking it made any difference in helping it get pushed to you; and, 2) You said mobile network, not wifi, -- were you only checking for the update all those times on mobile data?
[LG G Flex 2] joeminati:
1.I wouldn't say not really. The Cricket people are owned by ATT anyway. So I dunno.

2. I tried every time to check for the update on my mobile data and not on wifi. I also kept trying with no pauses in between. I would check.... Nothing. Then change the date again and kept doing it with no pauses.
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
For all the failed attempts, what message were you getting? Was it something like, "your device isn't registered," or was it something like, "there are no updates available."
[LG G Flex 2] joeminati:
No updates available.
[LG G Flex 2] caccon:
I usually don't post here, but I know some people might be anxious to hear the update (I knew i would)

First of all, I am on H2o.

I tried to update it on the day I got my phone and it said "no update available". I kept pushing my clock forward, until like 2 months later, and it kept saying no update available. I tried to take out my sim card, use a ATT sim that came with the phone to no avail. I gave up and restored my time, and then it says "you may check again in 1055 hours" or something like that.

The next day I checked early in the morning it says "you may check again in 1040 hours" or something, so I really gave up but that evening I got a push notification that said update was available. It was already downloaded (without me knowing) and everything, and I just installed right away.
[LG G Flex 2] strictlyphat:
Damn I usually factory reset when my update says 1000+ hours to check again. Maybe I just needed patience.

Question tho when the update came through were you using the AT&T SIM or the h20. I have yet to see it come up automatically for cricket as my main number is cricket.
[LG G Flex 2] caccon:
i was using my h2o sim
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
Thanks for posting. Had you activated the AT&T Sim in anyway when you tried with it?
[LG G Flex 2] caccon:
No, I id not activate the ATT sim, since I do not have service with them.
[LG G Flex 2] strictlyphat:
I want the update. My battery is terrible
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
I think that's good. It leads me to believe the phone's software is at least handshaking with the ATT update servers.

Obviously it's moot for you since you got 5.1.1 OTA update on your Cricket sim, but when I had a locked ATT original Flex on Cricket and checked for updates, the message I got was something to the effect of, "device not registered on network." When I switched to an ATT sim (postpaid) the message I got when checking for updates was different -- it changed to, "no update available," both before and after I got the Kit Kat update that was pushed to me in a day or so after activating an ATT postpaid sim. When I cancelled my ATT service and went back to Cricket service with the same phone and checked for updates, I got the original message I got when I first tried on Cricket before I went to ATT, which was, "device not registered." My family still uses that original flex on Cricket (different household) but when we check for software updates on it, the message is always "device not registered" (or not recognized, or something like that). It's not "no update available." It makes me think it isn't handshaking with ATT's update servers.

I think anybody who is trying to get 5.1.1 on the ATT Flex 2 and is on ATT's network (including mvno), and gets the "no update available," when checking for the update should feel pretty confident that it will get pushed to them in due course. At least I would. It's a heck of a lot better imo than getting the message, "device not registered."
[LG G Flex 2] joeminati:
I am on my flex now and I the updates have gone through for me as well with cricket.
[LG G Flex 2] Sampson0420:
just got finished unboxing my phone about an hour ago, I am also in cricket, went to update show3d no update available, put my date several months ahead, still no luck :(
[LG G Flex 2] thebest:
I have a feeling AT&T batches these updates, so that they check every day or so for new phones to allow to be updated.

So, probably if you're on any MVNO you'll probably get it after a few days. Going to test it myself on H2O pay as you go.
[LG G Flex 2] voigts:
I am in the exact same boat with you other Cricket users. I just got my phone Saturday via the $249 ebay deal and put my sim card into it today. I am hoping this phone updates soon as I don't want to root or install all of my apps via Titanium backup until it does.
[LG G Flex 2] Raay:
I can confirm that i finally got the update on the second day , using the $2 per day AT&T Gophone sim i kept moving the date until 10/12/2015, after that i changed the date one more time(without checking update this time) , turned Wifi off and data on then i went to work and when i returned the update notification was there.
[LG G Flex 2] buddywiser:
That reminds me, when I was on the phone with the ATT tech, she stayed on the phone during the 8 minutes it took to push to me. After it was done on her end, she said I should be seeing a message that it was available. After a couple minutes of not seeing it, I turned wifi OFF and the message popped up immediately. So I think this is a key point. Turn wifi off . If you just keep moving the date up, it might actually be downloading the update in the background, but won't show as available. When it does show as being available, it will give you the option to turn wifi back on.

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I don't believe Cricket sends out updates for all phones. They never sent out the LP update for the G2. It could be the same for the Flex 2.
[LG G Flex 2] thebest:
Everyone who wants to update should take a look at this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/g-flex2/general/kdz-compatible-att-h950-t3180847

You can take your AT&T model and turn it into the interational version and get rid of all the bloat AT&T crap.

Be warned though, once you make flash the international version you won't be able to go back to the AT&T version, since there is no KDZ.
[LG G Flex 2] romiust:
chatted with cricket

the girl "laura" had no idea what I was talking about but said they don't send out ATT updates. Who knows if she really understood me.
[LG G Flex 2] strictlyphat:
Screw this. I went with H950PR. thanks
[LG G Flex 2] Sampson0420:
Just wanted to report back, I had no luck updating through cricket, last night I threw in my girl is AT&T SIM card after factory setting, after 30 times of pushing the date forward and checking update, the update came through :). Sorry for the run on sentence doing voice dictation on the road
[LG G Flex 2] Homer J. Fong:
I don't know if anybody brought this up but, I received my phone with 5.0.1 on it. I had issues with lines on the screen, so I sent it to LG be repaired and they didn't fix the lines but, they did update to 5.1.1

Sent from my SM-N920T
[LG G Flex 2] snaketooth2007:
I say just contact AT&T tech chat because they helped me get the update
[LG G Flex 2] hack14u:
I am on ATT, and I told them I couldn't get the update. The rep just said, I pushed it to your phone and you should have it, no probs. Worked like a charm. I had to do this once before with a G2, same thing. ATT Chat reps are pretty nice.
[LG G Flex 2] Homer J. Fong:
Sounds like good advice. I'm a T-Mobile customer though, so getting the update through AT&T was a not an option.

Sent from my SM-N920T
[LG G Flex 2] Sergykm:
Anyone who wants get update from 5.0 to 5.1 and are not att customers can do it via KDZ method http://xdaforums.com/g-flex2/general/kdz-compatible-att-h950-t3180847
[LG G Flex 2] TECHNOLLIC:
Need some advice on what I should do. For a couple of weeks now I have been trying to get the 5.1.1 update with no luck, I did the push thing with an At&t Rep last week and it didn't work, also moved the date forward. Today I did a chat and tried having it pushed to the phone again. It didn't work, so the Rep said the phone had to be defective and sent out a replacement phone. Later today the update came to my phone and now I have 5.1.1 update.

What should I do? Keep the other phone when it arrives & send mine back? Or send it back with out opening it?
[LG G Flex 2] whtchocla7e:
I signed up for gophone $2 a day plan, put $10 in the account and still no update for me. This is getting beyond frustrating at this point.
[LG G Flex 2] strictlyphat:
I went h950pr route. I'm enjoying 5.1.1 with all the perks as I type this
[LG G Flex 2] scottie888:
hey im a fellow canuck (southern ab) who got on the ebay usd$249 deal & had the phone shipped to a us holding address in point roberts wa. a friend in richmond bc picked it up for me although unlocked & usable with fido (rogers), no updates. she was in bellingham wa for some cross border shopping today so she popped in a $10 at&t go phone prepaid sim (includes 1 day usage) & had no luck in a local bellingham starbucks with their wifi.

got back to richmond bc & tried a few times to update (with at&t go sim & home wifi) but again no luck even with the moving the date forward trick. told her to do a hard factory reset & try again. long story short, a few tries later & i got the update notification. i now have a h950 5.1.1. (which she'll ship to me on tues). since its possible to update in canada on wifi on an at&t sim, one can buy a at&t sim on ebay(saw one for $3) & ativate it online on the daily go phone plan to get the update.

no guarantees but if it worked for me, then its worth a shot for u.

on another note, does anyone have any idea on how to remove/delete all the at&t bloatware??
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
Thanks for posting how you got update. I'm about ready to give up trying to get on Cricket and will get a Go Phone sim card. As to the AT&T bloatware, there might be a root and hacker method, but I just uninstall as much as I can in the Edit/Uninstall option in the app drawer. The rest I don't want I disable in Settings ---> Apps. Getting the address book to re-prompt AT&T welcome screen everytime you open it can be stopped by dialing *#*#266#*#* and then choosing completed for registration.
[LG G Flex 2] scottie888:
no worries mang, glad to have some good news for fellow flex lovers.

i cannot believe how LG fcuk up so badly on this phone cos specs wise, the flex2 is a beast of a phone. 32gb is plenty fine for me on apps but i take all my tunes with me on ext microsd's so this is a big +++. i didnt jump on the nexus 6 mainly bcos this. gimickey as it may seem, the other reason is the flex/curve as i usually hold the phone in my back pocket & the flex seems to be the best fit for that - who wants to be the same as everyone anyways!!

custom roms woulda been great but cest la vie. if LG had a winner, then we wouldnt have been able to snag it at such a hot deal. thanks for the tip on slamming the nasty at&t address book prompt.
[LG G Flex 2] fuzion9:
I feel like I won! AT&T H950 (- the bloatware with 5.1.1 PR + Root). Man I'm loving it!!

:good:
[LG G Flex 2] TECHNOLLIC:
*#*#266#*#* Is this code correct? When ever I enter the last star symbol it disappears of the screen, so I can't hit dial cause its gone. Also, do I have to be rooted? Because I am not.
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
That's correct -- the screen disappearing and not being able to dial.

At the page that pops up you just choose "completed" for registration and your done. I don't even think you need to back out or press anything else

after choosing "completed."

The ATT address screen then stops opening. You don't have to be rooted.
[LG G Flex 2] TECHNOLLIC:
This did not work for me. No screen popped up, made sure at one time wifi was on and another time data was on, no page appeared. The only thing that worked was Att Address Book asked me to sync, I said no, and that stopped it. Don't know for how long.
[LG G Flex 2] voigts:
I too went the H950PR route and rooted via the Easyroot img method and was frankly surprised at how easy it was to update. No AT&T bloatware sure saved time in Titanium Backup. It's almost like having a different phone compared to the stock AT&T version.
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
The *#*#266#*#* to complete registration so you can disable the AT&T screen popping up in an annoying way every time you open up contacts is the same method for a number of AT&T LG phones. It's been around awhile, at least since the LG G2. It is a common posted question in android AT&T LG phone forums.. I don't know why it's not working for you. You might already have completed registration, or I don't know, maybe your phone is modified. I've done it on 2 stock AT&T LG phones, the Flex and the Flex 2. Before I knew the hack it I used a third party contacts app, Contacts+, because I didn't have the patience to deal with that AT&T reminder.
[LG G Flex 2] TECHNOLLIC:
That might be the case, being already registered, because I am not getting the Att address book when I go to contacts anymore. I have had the Lg g pro and the g2 and never really had the problem of the address book popping up, maybe at first, then it would go away.
[LG G Flex 2] TECHNOLLIC:
I am updated to 5.1.1, it says 11x but on LG's website I see 11z is is available, which is a minor update 43mb. Does anybody have 11z?
[LG G Flex 2] Ace42:
Yes.

Sent from my LG-H950
[LG G Flex 2] TECHNOLLIC:
Cool, just got 11z, the push works great, requested it thru chat. Thanks for the reply.
[LG G Flex 2] whtchocla7e:
ATT GoPhone is a no go for ATT OTA updates. I'm not getting a damn thing. Not even the 5.1.1. update that was released back in August. If you're thinking about it, save your money and look for a different way.
[LG G Flex 2] Ace42:
That's how other people are getting it done...but it's not the gophone department, it's ATT's tech department that pushes updates. You have to ask to be transferred because gophone reps can't push OTAs.

Sent from my LG-H950
[LG G Flex 2] bormasina:
I got the phone through that ebay deal ($250) and received it last friday. I'm on ATT postpaid and cannot get the update either. Tried advancing the date, then factory reset it, then again advanced the date and factory reset it again. Chatted with tech support and asked them to push the update, and they said that they did pushed it manually to my device, but got error message on their screen that the update failed. Today i took it to ATT device support center and they appear that do not have a way to manually flash the device via USB. The ATT device support center guy told me that they can flash only Samsung phones, on LG devices they can only do a manual push over the air. Not sure if he was pulling my leg, but i left the store frustrated. Not sure what the crap is going on with ATT, but they have very broken OTA. Even regular postpaid customers like me cannot update. Tech support could not help, the "Device Support Center" couldn't do a squat ... Sheesh, no wonder why less and less people buy android phones. The updates are scarce, and when we do get them, people are skipped left and right ...
[LG G Flex 2] Ace42:
You'll just need to keep trying. It took me a few hours to get 11x pushed because the reps can be very annoying. But 11z only took me one call, so it's all about luck.

Sent from my LG-H950
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
Similar experience as you except I'm prepaid. Tier 2 tech support tried pushing to my device but it wasn't showing up on my device. They recommended as a last resort to go to my local AT&T device support center.

At the device support center, the tech person seemed very competent and knew exactly what was going on with the Flex 2. For one, the device centers don't have the flash tools to flash software for the G Flex 2 -- yet. He said they'll have them soon, but right now they can't flash Flex 2 software. Secondly, he said that there were problems with the recent 5.1.1 updates --- even the Aug 12th one. They had to pulled, patched and fixed, and that is the cause of the delay.

He said, and he was just thinking out loud, that the update might be rolling out staggered very slowly, even the Aug 12 one, but that soon it will be fixed and be much more available.

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Ace, I don't it will do any good trying beyond Tier 2 support. I got to the tech person who can push it to my device and it didn't work. He even had patience to let me change the date 20 times and do a factory reset. Sent me to my local device support center, and like my post above says, the device center people said there's been problems with Aug 12 and Sep 2 OTA updates for our phones, and the updates have been delayed or staggered really slowly.

For those of you who are trying to get to Tier 2 via telephone on the GoPhone support telephone number -- you can get there. You just have to sit through kindergarten class as the Go Phone person walks you through all their canned responses.

It takes like 15 minutes for them to check your software update and you somehow have to patiently wait for them to ask you if you want to be transferred to "advanced technical support," and then be lucky enough not to be disconnected when the transfer you. The suggestion for "advanced technical support" has to come from them. You have to let them do their thing. It won't do any good to suggest it at the beginning of the call.
[LG G Flex 2] Ace42:
In update center (settings > about phone) did you guys see "continue" show, even though a prompt was never displayed visually?

Sent from my LG-H950
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
No, I didn't. I get "....your device is update to date and it will automatically check again in 24 hours..." I pretty sure that means it's handshaking with the AT&T servers.
[LG G Flex 2] Ace42:
It showed continue after checking manually.

Before calling about the OTA I did a manually check for 11x, but got the 24hr countdown eventually. Afterwards I called gophone, etc, etc later that area said "continue.." and the data bars were active for awhile before getting the prompt to actually install the update.

Now for 11z there was a visual message during the call with tech support, so I ended the call and updated shortly after.
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
I got 5.1.1 tonight. Not 11z, but 11x.

When I manually checked on my GoPhone sim, I saw the "continue update" for the first time. Not sure what I did to eventually get it, but Tier 2 tech support did try to push it to my device earlier today. Maybe it takes 1/2 day for the update to show. Anyway, I'm glad you had mentioned "continue update" so I knew what to expect when I saw it.

At this point I'm not going to worry about 11z. GoPhone credit is good for a month. About once a week I'll pop the GoPhone sim in and check. I'll wait a couple weeks before calling GoPhone support and trying to get transferred to tech support. It's a major pain trying to get them to transfer you.
[LG G Flex 2] bormasina:
Well, i got the updates. After my last "factory reset" i advanced the date for a couple of days (couple of tries) and i still couldn't get it. I gave up, but yesterday evening received a notification that i have an update with the usual info to connect on WiFi if i want to download it. I installed the update and the funny thing was that after the update completed, my "update counter" was still off because of those couple of date advancements that i did before the update came. Because my "update timer" was messed up, i couldn't manually check for H95011z. Now, this morning, with update counter still messed up, i received notification that i have a new update pending. So, now i'm on 11z. Not sure what to say, this ATT OTA system is very weird. I assume some engineer pushed it to me because i opened two tickets and because my update timer was messed up; it couldn't be initiated by me ... The updates were like nine hours apart ... Since you got 11x, i assume very soon you will get 11z too ...
[LG G Flex 2] whtchocla7e:
And just as I was about to throw in the towel... I get the update notification this morning. The same "continue" message mentioned by posters above me.

I have no idea how this happened but here's some information:

- I'm on Cricket normally and phone is not unlocked

- Active ATT GoPhone sim with the $2 a day plan and $10 deposited into account was in the phone when I got the update notification

- Never contacted ATT phone support. I did raise a flag with ATTMobilityCare on the ATT forum a few days ago, sending them my IMEI. So maybe they were able to trigger the update for me.

- Just before getting the notification, I went into apps and cleared data/cache of every app that had the word "update" in it

- Also just before the update, I went into (About Phone > Update Software) and got the 24h bs and then dialed *#*#checkin#*#* multiple times

- Data was enabled but I did not buy the $1 data package today before running the update check; WIFI was also enabled

- Did not have to do a factory reset just before getting the update;

- I have not played with manually changing the phone date either recently;

Turns out this only the August update. So, I'm expecting to see the Sept update pretty soon as well.

I hope this helps somebody. The ATT update system is so wonky...
[LG G Flex 2] jgolf:
You called it -- I did get 11z about 9 hours after 11x. I didn't even check but just got the notice that an update was available.
[LG G Flex 2] akpirani83:
do we need unroot 11x in order to get the 11z update? Anybody here have any experience with this? Any help would be appreciated, Thanks
[LG G Flex 2] Sj12345:
yes you have to unroot your 11x before to try the update