Android 5.1 update arrives for Huawei Ascend Mate2

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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

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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

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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

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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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HTC Desire EYE gets Lollipop update tomorrow

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If you’ve been rocking the HTC Desire EYE on AT&T, you’re going to be a happy person tomorrow. At long last, the phone will be receiving an update to the latest version of Android, Sense utilities and all included.It’s unclear from what Mo Versi, a product manager at HTC, had to say on Twitter whether the update will include Android 5.1 or just a build of Android 5.0. It’s likely to be the former, given the fact that the Sprint One M9 is receiving that update today, but it’s not likely to make much of a difference if it’s the latter – skinned ...

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First CyanogenMod 12 snapshots arrive with Android 5.0

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Have you been looking for a stable custom Android 5.0 Lollipop ROM? If so, you’re not the only one – there are undeniably a host of benefits that can be tapped into as a result of opting to use custom ROMs. The only issue is, given the lack of testing ROM builds receive, oftentimes the ROMs you install will end up without stable performance. That’s why it’s pleasing to hear today of the first CyanogenMod 12 snapshots becoming available for download.In case you aren’t familiar with how CyanogenMod builds are labelled, here’s a baseline understanding of it: ...

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The top 5 Android games you’re not playing (yet)

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Ah yes, the summer vacation … the annual pastime of losing your signal along the vast stretches of asphalt and airways. The question is: what are you going to be stuck playing with when that happens? We just might have answers for you here and we won’t waste more than five minutes. A special thanks to those that followed through from our YouTube page, the Play Store links are right below.Jelly Jump

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AT&T Nexus 6 receives software update, Android 5.1.1 in tow

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It was last month when the Android 5.1.1 update began rolling out to Nexus 6 devices across the globe, though those who purchased their units from AT&T were out of luck at the time. Sure, it was a minor update over the build of Android 5.1 the phone was already running on AT&T, but it represented an important bug-fixer nonetheless – for good reason, users wanted to have it. Those people are in luck today, as the Nexus 6 Android 5.1.1 update is finally rolling out to users of the AT&T variant of the device.The OTA comes in at a fairly small (at least in the land of ...

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Android M can’t come soon enough

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Google showed us Android M at its I/O conference a couple of weeks ago, and we’ve been running the preview ever since. It isn’t without its faults, as is the case with just about every developer preview for every platform, but Android M is already leaps and bounds better than Lollipop. The performance, the stability improvements, the battery life… It’s frustrating that these are still issues in the current version of Android after Google has put so much emphasis on improving them over the past ...

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Sprint’s LG G Flex 2 gets Android 5.1.1 update

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Now that the G4 is out, let’s not forget about LG’s first big phone of 2015, the G Flex 2. Announced at CES 2015, the phone still remains relevant – relevant enough that we gave the phone not one, but two reviews (one for when it came to Sprint in the United States). Sprint also thinks the phone remains relevant, apparently, since today the Sprint LG G Flex 2 Android 5.1.1 update has landed over-the-air for ...

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Updated Android distribution numbers put Lollipop on the radar

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Now that February is officially upon us, it’s time for Google to release its latest Android platform distribution numbers showing just how diverse the vast pool of Android devices in the world is. As you may recall, the newest version of Android, Lollipop, didn’t even make an appearance last month (that is to say, it hadn’t yet even met the 0.1% distribution threshold). In the January 2015 Android distribution numbers, Lollipop is finally making its debut, as older versions of the mobile OS continue to fall in popularity.First of all, let’s address the elephant in ...

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T-Mobile offers appealing discount on Nexus 6

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Even as we ease into flagship season in 2015, one of 2014’s best phones remains a great buy. Google’s Nexus 6 made in collaboration with Motorola was quite a beast when it launched, and it remains one now, though availability has been limited. Should you be wanting to snag yourself one now – perhaps after the long delays faced trying to order from Google Play – there hasn’t been a better time to do it yet. There’s a new T-Mobile Nexus 6 deal available now, knocking down the phone’s price pretty substantially.If you use the promotional code ...

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European HTC One M8 devices are getting a taste of Lollipop today

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Here we are months after Google’s official release of Lollipop code to the Android Open Source Project, and yet updates to the newest version of Android remain rare. HTC, however, has been at the forefront of the development that has occurred, updating its unlocked One M8 models within 90 days of the source code dropping as promised. Since then, updates have been slowly making it to other One M8 models, and today we’ve received word from multiple sources that the European HTC One M8 Lollipop update has also begun its official rollout.The news was first shared by HTC’s ...

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Sony teases its new Lollipop UI in screenshots

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Sony has proven to have a great track record with Android software updates, ever since the company said goodbye to the old Sony Ericsson brand. Even today, we’ve seen the company update legacy flagships like the first Xperia Z, and its timing for updates is also competitive. We’ve seen the company

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Leaked Lollipop plans let us know when to expect updates for HTC models

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Now that we’ve got the One M8 update out of the way – at least for unlocked models, that is – it’s time to look over the rest of HTC’s smartphone portfolio and check out when the juicy goodness of Android 5.0 will grace the models in question. A source out of Vietnam has posted what looks to be a legitimate look at the various HTC Lollipop update plans for a variety of the company’s models, including the ...

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