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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 10:12 AM
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Yay - bricked it!
I don't even think you can brick a phone by flashing a RUU lol.
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 12:56 PM
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Team Wiz is in a boot loop, Ill look at it later.
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 07:59 PM
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Team Wiz is in a boot loop, Ill look at it later.
What phone is it?
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 08:40 AM
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What phone is it?
Galaxy Tab 8.4 tablet. I fixed it.
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 07:49 AM
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Is anyone using the Clean Master app? Or is this just a gimmick?
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 07:55 AM
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stop downloading pron
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
Is anyone using the Clean Master app? Or is this just a gimmick?

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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 09:01 AM
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gotcha, thank you
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 09:30 AM
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The HTC One M9 is such a terrible phone, that nobody should even think about buying it.
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by TSXy Luster
The HTC One M9 is such a terrible phone, that nobody should even think about buying it.
oh hai!
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 11:59 AM
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Picked up an S5 yesterday, so far I'm pretty impressed. Runs nice and smooth on Kit Kat...
Upgraded to Lollipop, lots of random app closures and crashes... Still better than my N5, but damn. Where's my 5.1 update Google!?
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 12:04 PM
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I gave up and ordered a Nexus 9. Picking it up today and selling my samsung galaxy tab pro 8.4 for cheap.
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
Upgraded to Lollipop, lots of random app closures and crashes... Still better than my N5, but damn. Where's my 5.1 update Google!?
lol, should have waited until 5.1

5.0 makes the phone unusable. i had to actually use it as a phone - strictly calling.
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 12:48 PM
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I assumed that 5.1 was out for the S5 already, I was sadly mistaken.
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 02:26 PM
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Upgraded to lollipop, upgraded to lollipop... shut it... I'm still on 4.4 on my Note 4. St00pid AT&T.
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 05:16 PM
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yay nexus 9.
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Old Mar 23, 2015 | 09:08 PM
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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
Upgraded to lollipop, upgraded to lollipop... shut it... I'm still on 4.4 on my Note 4. St00pid AT&T.
Looks like they're sending the updates today I want to read reports first before forcing it.
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 08:00 AM
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I woke up to it, I was sleepy didn't realize what it was. I now have Lollipop on my phone.

How da f do you put your phone now on vibrate with one tap? It's no longer in the holding power button menu...
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 08:04 AM
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you cant.

lower the volume all the way down to put it on vibrate
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 08:07 AM
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to put it on silent mode:

lower volume all the way down and select the none option.
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 08:07 AM
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T? W T F

Why would they remove such a convenience of one tap?

PS Back to 4.4 only with a root, egh?
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 09:59 AM
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I got mine this morning. Guess it hit the east coast today. Good thing I took the day off or else I'd be updating on the way to work so I slept through it as well.
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 10:02 AM
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Nexus 9 still on 5.0 huh. Wow.
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 06:31 PM
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Nexus 9 still on 5.0 huh. Wow.

Yeah. The Nexus 4, 7 and 9 are still on 5.0.1/5.0.2. The 4 and 7 use the same SOC so when one gets it, the other should follow. Not sure what the deal is with the 9. But it does look like Google just released a new Lollipop update. New build number is LMY47I. What's new? Not sure. I just flashed it though using the commands above and removing the "-w".

android-5.1.0_r1 to android-5.1.0_r3 AOSP changelog
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 11:27 PM
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I like how on the calendar widget it shows the weather forecast in the next few days.
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 07:50 AM
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I no like lollipop. Everything is laggy, especially the Messaging app. I switched from Textra to it since it has those new nifty notifications features on the lock screen, but I can't stand of how slow it is.
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 07:53 AM
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I found an easy way to switch sound from On, Vibrate and Off, on lockscreen just swipe from top to bottom to get the quick settings menu and tap on sound. Works from any screen.

some sample


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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 08:27 AM
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 08:30 AM
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lol why do you have a picture of Matt as your avi!?

do you like boners too?
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
Upgraded to lollipop, upgraded to lollipop... shut it... I'm still on 4.4 on my Note 4. St00pid AT&T.
:ditto:

Still on 4.4 on my 1g MotoX (2013)... Thanks Stunna...
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 11:14 AM
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I find my Note 4 is more zippy. App switching used to be laggy. Its much faster now for me.
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by stogie1020
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Still on 4.4 on my 1g MotoX (2013)... Thanks Stunna...
moto is still testing lollipop on the 1st gen motoX.

some of the features of lollipop would render motoX's features useless.
and that's the best part of the motoX, the moto designed features/apps
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 01:38 PM
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Need help. I've disabled Messaging notification for the default app but when I get a txt message, I receive both the default and Textra notification. Grr.. Help.
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lol why do you have a picture of Matt as your avi!?

do you like boners too?
It was a gift from him and his iphone loving asian robot
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
Upgraded to lollipop, upgraded to lollipop... shut it... I'm still on 4.4 on my Note 4. St00pid AT&T.
Enjoy it, my S5 was a lot more stable on 4.4
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 03:43 PM
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Need help. I've disabled Messaging notification for the default app but when I get a txt message, I receive both the default and Textra notification. Grr.. Help.
I'd probably uninstall Textra. Restore messaging as the default. Then install Textra again.
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Old Mar 29, 2015 | 03:44 PM
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have you guys ever click on the "On This Day" feature in FB? It tells you what you posted on that day in previous years.





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Old Mar 30, 2015 | 07:01 AM
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You should've posted in there to give a bump and say something like Still Gone Bitches!!
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Old Apr 3, 2015 | 10:42 AM
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