New S3..How Long for Program Download?

[hookbill]

I got my S3 going around 1:00 this afternoon. I still can't get anywhere beyond tomorrow at 8:30 pm on the program guide. Is this usual or is it the fact that I haven't activated it yet?

[sommerfeld]

I got my S3 going around 1:00 this afternoon. I still can't get anywhere beyond tomorrow at 8:30 pm on the program guide. Is this usual or is it the fact that I haven't activated it yet?
If you force it to call in (messages & settings/settings/phone & network/make daily call now) it will get full data, even before activation.

[hookbill]

If you force it to call in (messages & settings/settings/phone & network/make daily call now) it will get full data, even before activation.

I've tried that several times now. Through my network, each has been successful.

[Krellion]

Just be patient, it has a lot of data to go through and index.

[sonicboom]

Plus... if it downloaded new software (like it did in my case), you will have to reboot the system before it actually installs and uses it.

[hookbill]

Plus... if it downloaded new software (like it did in my case), you will have to reboot the system before it actually installs and uses it.

I guess I should have been more patient. I'm restarting everything. Screen says it may take an hour to clear everything.

That's me...inpatient.

[megazone]

It can take a full day to fully index all 2 weeks of data.

[Shawn95GT]

I got my S3 around lunchtime and it was well into prime time before I could see past 2 days out. This was with just off-air. I can just imagine the wait with a cable lineup!

[eisenb11]

It can take around 24 hours to get the full 2 weeks worth of data.

I forget where I read that... think it was burried in the manual somewhere.

[hookbill]

FWIW on the day I posted this and did the delete everything, upon reboot and call it had all data within two hours.