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Titanium Backup and Lollipop 5.1

Posted by egingell on Feb 24, 2016
Posted in: Android.

Last Updated on Dec 26, 2022

A warning to Titanium Backup users: If you allow TB to backup EmergencyManagerService, the system will crash when TB pauses/kills the service (depending on the settings – default is to pause), so if you want the device to not crash every time TB runs a backup, you might want to add EmergencyManagerService to an inverted filter so it gets skipped.

Samsung Galaxy S5 and Lollipop

Posted by egingell on Feb 11, 2016
Posted in: Android.

Last Updated on Dec 26, 2022

SGS5

I have purchased a new T-Mobile SGS5. So far, I’m impressed with the T-Mobile network – 4G-LTE delivers. Not like that Sprint network which is super slow. I use Ting, so I can have both my phones (Sprint SGS4 and T-Mobile SGS5) on one account. It also affords the ability to test both networks at the same time.

Sprint.

Sprint.

T-Mobile.

T-Mobile.

SGS4

I finally took the plunge and updated my SGS4 to Lollipop (Android 5) official OTA. I skipped right past Kit Kat (Android 4.4) which I thought was the latest official for the SGS4. It’s pretty, but there are features missing that I like. Namely: lock screen shortcuts and lock screen widgets.