OnePlus Rom Update: CM12S YNG1TAS17L

So a new OnePlus ROM update is available, and I of course downloaded it instead of waiting for the OTA.  Besides I would probably have to wait a few days for the update, better to check out what is new.

The main "selling" point for the updated ROM was the OK ONEPLUS.  Well hate to break the news but I could not get that to work.  OK Google still works.  But OK OnePlus, not so much.  And just to make sure it was maybe a bad training I retrained my phone for my voice a second time.

Same issue, does not work from sleep, nor when its on.  I guess I will go back to using OK Google when I need something.   As for everything else the following updates are said to be included:

Pulled from the OnePlus Forums:

1) "OK ONEPLUS" Voice command is included..
2) Google Services upgraded to 7.3.29 (Thanks @VinceCgto)
3) [FIXED] Messaging app crashing on boot (Thanks @VinceCgto)
4) [FIXED] OTA fails due to encryption (Thanks @VinceCgto)
5) [FIXED] Improve Theme engine (Thanks @Mike9966)

I might switch over to nightlies to see if there is a new things on there.  I am still glad I jumped from KitKat to Lollipop, but there is nothing that jumps out that makes it stand out from the standard Lollipop build, and I guess that is what it supposed to be.

There were rumors that this update will also help with battery drain, so I will keep my eyes on this.  Now I would like to see the update for 5.1.1 for OnePlus come out.

CM12S: OnePlus One

A few days ago they announced the release of CM12S for the OnePlus One will be delivered by OTA.   So I waited like everyone else for a day or so, and still nothing showed up, so I went to figure out if there was a downloadable copy of the OTA to install it.

Good thing I did this because as of yesterday they stopped the OTA to add "a feature" which from what I can tell is "OK ONEPLUS", I am guessing to replace OK GOOGLE. I use OK GOOGLE so not a big deal in my eyes, and should not have to wait for this important update.

I found the OTA (Bacon) and downloaded it to my phone, which took a few minutes because my 4G was pretty bad where I was at the time.  The file itself is about 180MB.  I followed one of the OnePlus sites showing how to get into recovery (which is practically the same for each phone as I can tell).  Hold the power and down volume key till the OnePlus Icon shows.

It took about 2 minutes to install, and then about 10 minutes to start back up, there was a few minutes where I was tempted to reboot the phone because it sits at the Cyanogen Logo with no visible changes.

So now I am on Lollipop, 5.0.2 to be exact, and my tablet just updated to 5.1.  I am glad the upgraded to Lollipop for the OnePlus so far there is not many noticeable differences that I can tell from the Nexus 7 version.

If I see anything that stands out for the Cyanogen verse the Stock experience I will update.


For anyone interested in the nightlies changelog for CM12S
And the download themselves

First Impressions: Android 5.0.1 on Nexus 7 2013

Yesterday Lollipop finally was pushed to my Nexus 7 2013 device.  The download itself was pretty quick, but the update took sometime.  I put the tablet down and went and made some dinner and when I came back it was still updating.   I think it took about 35 minutes for everything to complete.

Right from the start you already see the Material Design aspect of Lollipop on the tablet.  It looks brighter, and the ease of getting around for the mast part is easier.  It did take me a minute to find the settings from the drop down menu, did not realize to pull down twice.

So far I have poked around in all the settings just to get a feel for it.  The first area I wanted to look at was the profiles.  I would like to see how effective they are for setting up a kids profile

The setup itself was pretty easy.  First things first you need to setup a screen lock for your primary user.  After that you create the new profile and select the apps that you would like the other user to be able to access.

I set it up for my kids to be able to just play games on it, and not have access to play store, twitter, facebook, ect.  The one thing that would be nice, and I may have missed it but give settings for stuff like Youtube.  Some Parental controls in there would be nice, maybe there are some already in the app itself, but does it work with profile switching?  Other programs not owned by Google, I wonder if they have the ability to use the profiles to set themselves up accordingly.  Say Netflix, if its your default account its wide open, but under the other account you might be able to set it up for the kids interface.

Another nice thing about the new version of Android is the speed, its seems to have increased, this could be because of the use of ART vice DAVLIK or it could be the code, or more likely a combination of the both.  Now to have the rest of the apps to start updating to benefit from Lollipop.

Now I am waiting for my Nexus 7 2012 to be updated via OTA to Lollipop.  Hope that happens soon, or I may have to do it myself.   I also hope that it will "speed" up the older Nexus 7 as it seems to be showing its age.