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odd, my wives htc 1 has just flagged up an update to KK but upon trying it says (repeatedly) 'Update is corrupted: The downloaded system software update is corrupted. Do you want to download it again?'

ad infinitum.

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I did read that HTC have stopped rolling out KK in the UK due to a bug, I'll look on my Facebook page and post a link here to the article tonight.

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Temporarily suspended due to unspecified problems. Couple of people on the Farcebook page were saying they had problems with wi-fi connectivity after the upgrade - having to rename the phone to get a connection.

http://www.androidcentral.com/kitkat...g-difficulties

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Confirmed, HTC have temp pulled the update pending a fix.

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I'm still not too clear if the S3 will get Kitkat, reports seems to be on and off to much.

Saying that after the last update I won't be updating till I'm 100% sure, that's if it does come out.

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You might get it via rooting.

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Same here, i have no trust in Samsung's updates at the moment

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i have a Motorolla Moto G and its running Kitkat fine.

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Me too, best value phone ever

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Anyone noticed any changes with battery life under Kit-Kat? After the update My HTC One has gone 3 days without needing a charge, normally needs a kick after 2.

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At last, my Note 3 has finally got the Kitkat 4.4.2 update.

Anyone else with the Note 3 had the update yet?

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My S4 got it. Only thing I've noticed is any different is that the status bar icons are now white.

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White? Mine are already white under 4.3... or do you mean white white instead of very light grey?

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Even the battery icon is white now.

Loads of new UI changes. Inc album art on lock screen when playing music. Batt level on the camera screen.

For the note 3 new accessability stuff including one handed phone usage of the whole phone.

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Can anybody recommend a CD database app? (free if possible)

I use CD Shelf, but some of the track listing are badly screwed up its beyond a joke and retyping all the ones that are screwed up will take far to long.

SO I need one that you just scan/type the bar-code and it fills out all the relevant information and access a decent CDDB.

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Does anybody know when T-Mobile are releasing kk on the HTC One (M8), and when Samsung are going to release it for the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014)?

Also im after an app that will allow to to store serial numbers for my hardware?

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KK is already being released for the Note, details of where it's been released so far is here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1...ode=0#firmware

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I see android 4.4.3 is out..I have it on my 3 devices now

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Yes Nexus 10 is done, waiting for N7 & moto G

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My Nexus 7 2013 updated today. Pity Samsung but so much bloatware on the Galaxy there's no chance of updating past 4.3 unless I mod it.

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I'm after an app that will allow to to store serial numbers for my hardware, any recommendations?

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What is your criteria?

Keep...stores information. Depends what you want.

Or are you looking for something more sophisticated?

http://keepass.info/compare.html
That is more pc based.

Then there is wallet

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...rdwallet&hl=en

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Hi something that will enable me to scan the barcode (if applicable) and add it to a database so I can list all the devices, in the event of any loss.

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like this?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roidbase&hl=en

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"Android L"

Developer Preview announced today.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/25/Android-L/

"A flatter look with rounder elements and softer edges" hmmm ios7 was flatter and not many people liked it.

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Android has a billion users

http://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/sm...-active-users/

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Woohoo, yet another new look. Just what we were all needing, after that last new look they introduced recently...

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Anyone running ART runtime on the Nexus 5?

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I run ART on my HTC One M8 - it's stable and supposed to be quicker but it's hard to compare as Dalvik was pretty nippy on this phone anyway.

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I do, thought I would give it a go and it works fine for me with everything apart from the new Angry Birds game (I screen apps before letting the kids have them on their tablets, honest!)

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yeah yeah heard it all before lol

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This might be useful for some. It took a while to come but the famed Nokia Here maps app is now available. Supposed to be as good as Google Maps, but you have the ability to use offline, so you're not dependent on wi-fi or a mobile signal. If you go driving in areas with no signal, it might be a godsend. I've got it just as backup, as I have a large SDCard so storage isn't an issue.

If you fancy a go, the link is here: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia...evices_id61996

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Co-founder of Android project to leave Google

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29847537

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My Nexus 10 just updated to lollypop 5.0

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GF got Lollipop 2 days ago on the Nexus 10, still waiting for mine!

The only problem so far is she had to reinstall Skype as it wouldn't make calls.

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I'm going to hold off a bit, after seeing things like: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30116319

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Think i will take the risk seeing my partners runs fine.

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My Nexus 5 seems to be running fine on lollipop. Still waiting for it on my N7

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I accepted the update on my Nexus 7 (2012 - WiFi) and it now runs badly. Apps that were stable now crash, the SystemUI crashes, it runs really slowly, then speeds up to OK then snails to unusable. I would recommend holding off if you can.

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Yea the same for me on a Nexus 7. Don t suppose theres a way of taking the update off is there.

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I`ve managed to get it back to Kitkat, lollipop was unusable on the Nexus 7

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How?

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Lollipop appears to work fine for my Nexus 10, hope it is also on my LG G3 when available.

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I used this program to put kitkat back on. It wasnt that difficult but read it several times before starting. Took about 90 minutes from start to finish. If youve got stuff on it that you want make a copy of it before starting. There was nothing on mine that I didnt have elsewhere.


http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/

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My nexus 10 has flagged a system update, still going to hold on a few days to see if anything gets posted on the tech sites I frequent, I'm happy to wait a bit until its right.

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Only issues if you can call them that was 1 crash in chrome and the tesco app froze a couple of times during an online shop but recovered ok.
Overall it seems very stable, some apps need updating but that's to be expected.

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1 feature I really like after the Google play services update is the ability to set trusted locations, so once set I don't have to enter a password for my Nexus 10 at home.

1 bug found so far in Lollipop, a few times all sound stops working until a restart.

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My Nexus 7 does have that. In Settings go to Security then select Smart Lock and you can set it there.

I don't know if this happens with windows phones, other android phones or is just a Samsung issue but my 32gb micro SD card has apparently started to degrade to a point where when it's in the phone the phone reports that it doesn't have a sim inserted within a few minutes of booting. The only remedy is to run the phone without the SD card.
This has happened twice now, once in my wife's note 2 and now my s4. It's not as if we buy cheap no brand cards, they are branded but only seem to work for a year or so before causing issue.

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Not had that issue before, although i have had to reinsert a microSD card again a few times in my old S3 as it wasnt recognised.

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Your phone says there's no SIM when there's an SD card?

What model is it? My S4 has had similar issues (though it has a mainboard hardware fault too, possibly related) that sporadically causes 'SIM removed' or 'SD unexpectedly removed' errors, I've never pegged them as related but then again the SD slot and the SIM slot are both connected via the same cable so it's not inconceivable.

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Finally I had to do a system rest and now Nexus 7 works fine on Andoid L.

Still a couple of niggles and the odd crash but faster and more stable than 4.4

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Don't put the SD card in the sim slot and it wont be a problem. :D
Sorry couldn't resist.
On a more serious note I have never heard of that one before though I know on an earlier firmware my s3 would periodically through out the insert sim error. Never had an SD card in my s3 though, I just used the internal memory. So I doubt its related.
EDIT: I wonder if the error is similar to a failing hard drive in a PC. The delay in I/O causes the whole system to hang or at the very least makes all the healthy drives and occasionally network connectivity stall.

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I've had a few failing SD cards in my Samsung phones and apart from the SD card itself unexpectedly disconnecting it has never affected other components or caused anything to hang or stall.

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Me neither. Just thinking out loud :)

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Android Lollipop had been really slow and sluggish on my Nexus 10 tablet, i was thinking maybe the Nexus 10 isn't upto the job, it was starting to pee me off it was like a slow old computer!

Well after reading other peoples comments with the same problem i decided to do a clean install wiping the Nexus 10, and to my surprise it is now superfast, faster than it ever has been so well chuffed now!

So if you guys are finding your phones or tablets really slow then try a clean install from the setting menu!

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Not entirely specific to Lollipop either, similar things occur with KitKat and Jellybean.

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I should have waited 24hrs before doing a clean install as i got offered the 5.02 update last night, luckily all appears to still be fast without any issues....for now.

Picked up an extremely cheap, mint, note 3 open to all networks last night. Thinking about Cyanogenmod for it. Pleased with screen size and speed.
Good I hate Samsung bloat.

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Can anyone recommend a Startup blocker for Android?

There are things booting with android that are causing phone to lag such as facebook, twitter, tumblr etc and i wanna stop them booting on boot with O/S.

Thanks

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http://www.tested.com/tech/android/6...ks-on-android/
Looks like it can only be done properly with root, otherwise it appears the only way is "kill 'em as they start" which gains less.