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Android 5.1.1-based Cyanogen OS 12.1 rolls out to OnePlus One

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Adrian Diaconescu

From a hardware standpoint, the surprisingly popular OnePlus One smartphone has been clearly superseded by the Snapdragon 810-packing 2. Yet as far as software goes, the market “veteran” remains on equal footing with the rookie.Both handhelds now run modified versions of Android 5.1 Lollipop, the OnePlus 2 out the box, and the One following an over-the-air update started less than 24 hours ago. Of course, the latter’s OTA promotion will spread ...

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Motorola explains why AT&T slammed the brakes on Moto X update

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Earlier this month, AT&T users with the first-gen Moto X started receiving a long-overdue update, bringing Android 5.1 Lollipop to their phones. Considering how the last major update was in November, and left the phone still running KitKat, this was a major step forward,. However, something seemed to have gone wrong, and back on Monday AT&T announced that it was temporarily suspending distribution of the update. Presumably, there was something wrong with the code, but at the time no one who ...

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Android 5.1 reaches Sony Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z3 family

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Jaime Rivera

The amount of horror stories with Android 5.0 Lollipop is significant enough to have many waiting eagerly for Android 5.1. Surely this newer version is still no Android M when it comes to benefits, but it kills a ton of bugs that reduce the glory that Lollipop deserves. Sony has had a positive track record with software updates, and the trend continues.Sony has just ...

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Android 5.1 update arrives for Huawei Ascend Mate2

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Rithvik Rao

This news may not surprise you if you were invited to test Huawei’s Ascend Mate2 Lollipop update early as part of a special program, but for the rest of you, the time has finally come. Huawei today has officially announced that the Huawei Ascend Mate2 Android 5.1 Lollipop update is out.The update isn’t quite yet being pushed over-the-air to Ascend Mate2 devices; if you’re interested in rocking it on your own device, you’re going to have to jump through some hoops, but Huawei is here to ease you through them. The update includes Android 5.1 with EMUI 3.1, and can be ...

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Motorola brings Android 5.1 to AT&T and US Cellular Moto X, Cricket Moto E

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Rithvik Rao

Let the Android updates never end! In what feels like the millionth piece of Lollipop update news this week already (and it’s only Wednesday morning!), Motorola has taken to Google+ to talk up some additional new updates. Specifically, these Motorola Android 5.1 updates concern the US Cellular and AT&T Moto X 2014, as well as the second-gen Moto E for Cricket.The bulk of the information is available below, thanks to a Google+ post from Motorola employee David Schuster. It’s all pretty self-explanatory from the information below, organized by device, but one thing you may be ...

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Sprint HTC One M9 to get Android 5.1 update this week

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Rithvik Rao

We’ve got good news for you, users of the HTC One M9 on Sprint. The Sprint HTC One M9 Android 5.1 Lollipop update will be rolling out later this week, on July 1, according to a company product manager.The update is the latest in a line-up of HTC updates – just today, we reported on the Desire EYE on AT&T getting the update to Android 5.0. And this additionally comes soon after the Sprint One M9 saw a ...

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Verizon makes Android 5.1 update for 2014 Moto X official

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Rithvik Rao

Given just how recently the soak test for the update began, we’re impressed at how quickly Verizon and Motorola able to turn around and deliver officially the Verizon Moto X Android 5.1 update. The carrier has posted release notes on its website today, and the OTA is due to be rolling out any minute now.The full Verizon changelog is available below; let us know down in the comments if you’ve received the update on your own device!ChangelogVolume settings panel icons added to match icons in status bar.Quickly select different WiFi accessory or Bluetooth devices with the added ...

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Motorola Android 5.1 updates make progress: Moto X, Moto X 2014

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Bring on the Android updates for older hardware! We just shared with you word that T-Mobile was getting the ball rolling on the eagerly awaited Android 5.1.1 update for last year’s Galaxy S5, and now we’re getting info on some similar releases headed out to a couple popular Androids from a different OEM, as Motorola makes its own Android 5.1 updates available for the Moto X ...

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Samsung’s Android 5.1 update may not bring all the fixes rumored

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Jaime Rivera

Even with all the praise that Samsung has received with its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, there’s no such thing as a perfect phone. As such we’ve heard that Samsung is already pushing its Android 5.1 update to certain regions to address bugs, in addition to provide more user options. Today we learn that users might have to wait, and this time, for another phone.Insider sources claim that Android ...

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Android 5.1 is out, already shipping on new phones

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Didn’t it used to be that Nexus phones got first access to the latest Android releases? After all, while many Android handsets are still waiting for their first tasted of Lollipop at all, Nexus model have seen the release of not just Android 5.0, but also 5.0.1 and now 5.0.2. So when Google finished work on Android 5.1, we assumed ...

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Android 5.1 tipped for early next year, partial changelog leaked

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

Do you have Android 5.0 (or 5.0.1) Lollipop yet? Odds are, you don’t, as even with manufacturers cooking up updates as quickly as they can, the vast majority of Android devices out there will be waiting weeks, if not months, before Lollipop even becomes close to a possibility. But as most of you wait patiently for Lollipop at all, Google’s already hard at work on what’s next, and today some new rumors arrive that suggest a big Lollipop refresh is coming early next year, and give us a few clues at what to expect.First up: that ETA. According to a pair of sources,

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Your Lollipop is already out of date; possible Android 5.1 build spotted

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

Android Lollipop is slowly making its presence felt this week, as updates start hitting existing devices. Maybe you’ve already downloaded one of the OTAs for your Nexus phone or tablet and have installed it over ADB. Maybe you’ve been lucky and your device has just directly received its OTA the old fashioned way. But however you got it, you’re finally on the very latest version of Android. Right? Well, maybe not so much, because at a dev event in the Netherlands, some Google guys just gave a ...

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