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  • Ever since my verizon htc one m8 phone went up to lollipop, apps have been failing daily. It is almost to the point where the only thing works on my phone is my phone. I think 80% of the apps I have had running all fail and wont load. i’ve had to uninstall most everything on my phone. HORRIBLE experience. My phone only works as a phone. Very unhappy. No idea what to do. Thanks android. Thanks Verizon.

    If I knew I was signing up as a beta tester, I would have stayed with a land line.

  • Northern Morris County NJ…. @11 am.
    Seems like a great up grade.

    Just make sure you have a Full charge on WI fi… Big packages.

    If this makes it a Better M8..might put off the M 9.. For a couple of months..
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  • Well it has almost been a whole day and I still haven’t been able to update to Lollipop.

  • This pisses me off. Why would Verizon not update their newest most powerful phone. The Droid Turbo is the same guts as the Nexus 6 which has had the update for some time. Do the damn update Verizon!!

    • Patience and understanding.. You know what.. It’s here.. Look at all the pretty colors..

  • question: When i check for update is says nothing, and same when i plug it in to sync manager. Please help! i disabled via weaksauce but still nothing!

  • How long do I have to wait? I’ve tried to update software multiple times and it hasnt detected any updates

  • Update has been pulled. There is no tweet from Mo Versi stating it has been released and HTC’s website says its still in certification.

    • Mo never said it was released. Just that it had been approved. I suspect it’ll come in the next day or two.

    • I just spoke to an HTC rep. The HTC site does say it’s released but Verizon hasn’t actually released it yet.

    • I may be wrong, but isn’t the S5 on VZW the *only* phone that Sammy has updated so far in the States?

      • Yes, you’re correct. My statement was angled to “Hoping” that the Note 4 would be next (on deck). It appears that Pinky is updating their Note 3 line so maybe that was wishful thinking on my part.

      • CM12 is looking more and more likely even if I have to pay $25 for SunShine

      • well that is 100 percent wrong being as HTC itself (mo via twitter) said update was approved. So does the head of HTC product management know more than a lowly verizon rep who makes $9/hour and has to deal with people calling up asking about an OTA which the have no idea about really…I am going to go with mo….

  • Has anyone else confirmed the update push for this? I just spoke with Verizon directly and they said this update hasn’t been approved and isn’t set for release yet

  • Ugh, so forgot my Wi-Fi wasn’t turned on a checked for the update only to be told, “Cannot download the update at this time.” Switched my Wi-Fi on and of course now it is saying that my system is up to date…..

  • When is Google going to take control of updates for phones like they have for Auto, Wear, TV, Glass, and Chrome OS? Any “Silver” news? It’s time!

  • It’s so nice to see these newer phones are getting Android 5.0. This is just one less weakness that the iphone IDIOTS can try to use against us. Now thanks to both HTC and Samsung these same IDIOTS can’t claim that we don’t have a 64 bit processor thanks to phones like the M-9 and S6,S6 edge.

    FAIL ON APPLE

        • I think he means that we still do not have a 64 bit phone because the M9 and S6 haven’t been released yet. Except if he did mean that, HTC already has a phone out with it.

  • Honestly if I was all in on HTC at this point I’d just get a M8 on the cheap. No reason this device can’t hold over most people comfortably until next year at least.

    • Agree. It’s still a good performer. The camera is passable if that’s not the most important thing to you in a phone.

  • According to comments and forums on other sites, no one has received it yet. Someone at Verizon probably posted the update info too early.

  • FYI, correct path to take on the phone is Settings>System Update>Check New. Still not there for me thoguh.

  • is the G3 update still slowly trickling out? i know 5.0.1 is available but the slow rollout leads me to believe they might still be ironing bugs out and i’d rather just wait.

    • I don’t believe the G3 update ever was rolling out. There is not one indication besides one guy who says he received it. No other reported OTA at all so I doubt it was ever really happening in the first place. Hopefully I’m wrong because I would really like to receive it as well. If there are bugs they are ironing out or possibly testing 5.0.2 instead of 5.0.1 that would be great too, I’ve heard there are more fixes in 5.0.2.

  • I wonder when they will send out Sense 7 since they confirmed its going to the M8

    • you must be mad right? lol. Turbo was so hyped up “flag ship” LOL well.. I am too but with A note4 😉 samsung and motorola are on same level of updating now 😛

      • I will be a little ticked if it updates to 5.0.2 instead of 5.1. If it updates to 5.1, I will accept that and be grateful to skip the bugs.

    • No kidding. I think my sister in laws LG G Vista might of pulled it last night too. Had a 650MB update last night. Waiting for her to confirm what version of Android she is running now.

  • I’m so confused, which model is this the new or old? Haaaaaaaa!

    • What, Moto X still doesn’t have 5.0? My Note 4 doesn’t either but I thought the amazing stand out thing about the Moto line was fast updates from Google since it’s basically stock? Hmmmmmm

    • This is getting ridiculous. Google needs to change the way Android gets updated. As much as I can’t stand Apple, they have the update mechanism right: release the update to ALL carriers on ALL devices at the same time. Google should require that manufacturers and carriers push the update to all compatible devices no later than three months after images are posted to AOSP, for example. That should be more than enough time to have devices tested and ready for an update.

      I’m really getting sick and tired of playing the “gee, when is my device going to get the latest version of Android?” game. And please, spare me the “maybe you should get an iPhone” and “root your device” comments. I shouldn’t have to root nor go to Apple for timely updated. I’ve got a Droid Maxx I bought new in November of 2013 and the way things are going, Google will release Android 6 (M) before I get an update to Lollipop.

      Google makes it no secret that they hate the word “fragmented” when it comes to Android. It’s 100% true, yet they do nothing to fix it.

      • Yep, well said. Google has a real problem and they need to do something about it. They should have done something long ago. If their [Google] numbers are correct, don’t they have the overwhelming market share when it comes to phones? If so, why don’t they have any power when it comes to phone makers and carriers?

        Sorry folks, Apple still rules, as much as we don’t want to hear that. Most people still think they have a “droid” phone and don’t care about updates because they got their cheap device for free in the first place, and couldn’t even being to run Lollipop.

        Look at the latest Android OS version breakdown. It’s a sad pie chart to say the least.

      • I think this is something google needs to fix with the manufacturers and carriers. apple never releases updates to carriers^ they release the update themselves they dont send it through an iphone manufactuer then let them add a skin then a carrier add the bloat. google’s OS lets the carriers add the bloat after the certain manufacturer adds their skin and what other bloat only then does the carrier release the update. They can’t go to an iphone style update system

      • I have to agree with saying this is ridiculous waiting for the updates however you have to understand that because of the openness of android that conpanies use that opportunity to add bloatware as well as their own apps to it. Essential Verizon has had this update in their hand but wants to add stuff to it before releasing it. Lollipop is made and then a company like HTC will put there input which is Sense and then the carrier puts all those apps that can’t be taken off. I see it as the update taking forever due to carrier and not google themselves.

    • I believe it’s because the SDS4Pro processor has issues with 5.0? Also why they said HTC DNA isn’t getting it because it has that processor as well.

      • Yeah. I’m actually starting to think the X 2013 won’t ever see lollipop. To be totally honest, I don’t really care all that much. I’m fine with the phone as is. Was just trying to be funny

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