I received a new update 5.4 of FireOS in my Fire8 (6th Generation) tablet, but as always Amazon does not give many details of what they include or improve with it, they just say:
"Your table have been updated to Fire OS 5.4.
This software update includes general improvements and performances enhancements"
Anyone who has received this latest 5.4 update, knows what's new or have noticed some improvements or changes when using the Fire8 tablet?
ulises.rodriguez said:
I received a new update 5.4 of FireOS in my Fire8 (6th Generation) tablet, but as always Amazon does not give many details of what they include or improve with it, they just say:
"Your table have been updated to Fire OS 5.4.
This software update includes general improvements and performances enhancements"
Anyone who has received this latest 5.4 update, knows what's new or have noticed some improvements or changes when using the Fire8 tablet?
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This is really the only thing I actually noticed. They added Apps With Usage Access...well sort of. If you go into Accessibility, there may or may not be a list of apps at the very bottom. Usually this section is reserved for 'Apps with usage access.' But if you really want my opinion, I don't think, at least speaking in terms of FireOS, that section and the functions in it, actually do anything. I think it's there with buttons for us to flip, just to give us some kind of piece of mind, and I have the evidence to back up my claim.
Not long ago I wrote a thread about an app that actually turned out to be really helpful, much to my surprise. It's called Activity Launcher. and it clearly shows (and I can confirm as of this posting STILL shows) 'Apps with usage access.' This list is significantly different than the one in Accessibility.
Current Accessibility 'Services' layout:
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Apps With Usage Access:
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The Mozilla Foundation has released the latest version for their Firefox browser for Mobile devices.
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Alpha 2 brings the following improvements:
Improved panning performance
Newly designed theme
JavaScript error console is now built in
Improved add-on support
Numerous bug fixes
Improved UI polish
Unfortunately it would not be an Alpha is there were not plenty of bugs still. A major one may be that panning and scrolling in iframes have not been solved yet, meaning web sites like Google Mail and Reader remain difficult to use.
Download the latest alpha, for the HTC Touch Pro specifically, HERE. Might work on other devices as well, I have not tested yet.
Found info at WMPowerUsers
I posted in another fennec thread but nobody even looked at it so thought I would start my own. Sorry for another fennec thread.
tried it on my vogue, its supposed to be alpha 2, so they are exused, but still, never saw a program so worthles at its alpha stage, just wondering why they release it all? whats the point? bug reports? are you kiding me? its one big bug!
one new thing I noticed, it now does support touch screen keyboards, so you can now try it with devices that do not have a hardware keyboard.
makes me wonder why its not mentioned in the release notes.
I like how the TF3D bar made it into the picture
Tried this one and the previous ones on my HTC Fuze. It doens't really work quite right and the things is really really slow. ...but hey it IS an alpha version - I will wait and try the next realsed one cause this one is worse than the first one...ha
Alpha or not I would be embarrassed to show anyone this large pile of crap!!
Hey guys,
I'm very excited about the upcoming moto 360, but one important feature for me is a stock market ticker.
Is there currently one available for android wear?
AcuraKidd said:
Hey guys,
I'm very excited about the upcoming moto 360, but one important feature for me is a stock market ticker.
Is there currently one available for android wear?
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Google Now can track stocks and give you updates and Wear supports Now cards so yes.
etiger13 said:
Google Now can track stocks and give you updates and Wear supports Now cards so yes.
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Though, I'm not sure how "detailed" they would get.
On my phone with google now and stocks all I usually see is something like "GOOGL 34.87 3.76 12.09%" for each stock one per line. However clicking on a line opens up a more detailed view. The question is (and I don't have a watch yet to test this out) will this "expanded view" be available on watches? And even with expanded view I would imagine some would need more detail/certain details that are hard to distinguish on such a small screen etc.
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Though, I'm not sure how "detailed" they would get.
On my phone with google now and stocks all I usually see is something like "GOOGL 34.87 3.76 12.09%" for each stock one per line. However clicking on a line opens up a more detailed view. The question is (and I don't have a watch yet to test this out) will this "expanded view" be available on watches? And even with expanded view I would imagine some would need more detail/certain details that are hard to distinguish on such a small screen etc.
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How about these?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thomsonreuters.eikon
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.personalcapital.pcapandroid
Wear Stock Ticker Watchface for Android Wear
There is a free stock ticker watchface now:
Google Play: search for "wear.stockticker"
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Can't post the link yet. If anyone can post it, I would be glad.
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Is this a stage fright patch? Or a lollipop update? I rather stay on kitkat since lollipop was a mess. I use it as a wifi device and its never been connected to Boost.
Here's the end result
The update hangs quite a bit around 77%-90% (phase 1) then it goes into phase 2 and finishes the update.
strange I can't find info about this patch ..
are you seen something new after update?
loonbg said:
strange I can't find info about this patch ..
are you seen something new after update?
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me neither. if you can tell by the timestamps on my screenshots i was looking all over the place. it is snappier but that could be a placebo. also, i don't know about call quality or mobile data since i basically use it as an iPod.
wade_county said:
me neither. if you can tell by the timestamps on my screenshots i was looking all over the place. it is snappier but that could be a placebo. also, i don't know about call quality or mobile data since i basically use it as an iPod.
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I search in sharp and sprint webpages but there still show s4081 as last update.. for now I will not update my phone bcs I don't want to waste my chances to unlock bootloader or root if some one find a way...
Maybe???
I just got it too my phone won't install it cause me battery is to low but, I'm pretty sure its a patch to fix the multimedia message problems . too small of a file to be lollipop .or maybe it's a straight to SD patch idk probably one of the two..lol.
Just updated. Touch feels more responsive but it usually does after an update. Here's to hoping it doesn't crap out again.
Compared to the last build it has a new kernel. So far the only thing I've noticed, is that instagram doesn't auto play video with sound, (finally!) like it should. Before it would blast the speakers whether you tapped on the video to turn off/on sound.
It fixed my MMS problems.
Now that i've upgraded to Marshmallow I no longer have the option for location/places with Moto Assist
this originally allowed me to put the phone into a particular mode when at a given location (i.e work, calendar events )
Is there an alternative to this with marshmallow (moto clear there is but i dont see a option for places only time)
Try using Llama, you can add different cells for places like work and home and you can add actions which should happen at this places.
I didn't even know Moto Assist had this functionallity
Yeah originally i would use Llama or Tasker but switched to just using the moto app when i noticed it had it included
o well.. one more app to download then thanks alot
but are we 100% sure that this functionality is not in marshmallow already?
(else why would moto remove it..)
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unfortunately this is just for moto voice and not control of the the actual profiles like we had before )
but not to worry llama appears to be working well anyway so i'm just goign to see that
I remembered to this post about Android M form Moto:
Changes to Moto Enhancements
The release of a new Android version is a great time to take a fresh look at our signature Moto Enhancements to ensure we’re complementing Android (not competing with it). Android 6.0 Marshmallow includes some great new features similar to things we’ve developed in the past. For example, you’ll find an option for ‘Do not disturb’ under the ‘Sound and notification’ settings to make sure you’re not interrupted during meetings or while sleeping. That’s similar to Moto Assist, so we’re removing Moto Assist as part of the upgrade to M.
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So I think they missed the part that Moto Assist also did something else that just what Android M now is able to do by itself.
As promised here: https://www.xda-developers.com/sonys-xperia-z3-z4-tablet-and-z5-series-get-updated-to-android-7-1-1/
yes, it is already running on my Xperia Z5 P. just today installed, testing it!
So far so good, improve performance.
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I just downloaded the update last night. Haven't noticed any changes yet.
psawjack said:
I just downloaded the update last night. Haven't noticed any changes yet.
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Apart from all the circular icons everywhere?
They do however not appear to support long press on icons on the homescreens (on 7.1 they should produce a submenu)
This is the download link
https://mega.nz/#!AtYSyAbQ!I6Sg7wGgjraSy2UPgsCXOrLQgRfNytweEJya2uYmEMA
Decryption case:
!I6Sg7wGgjraSy2UPgsCXOrLQgRfNytweEJya2uYmEMA
Please help to reupload or mirror to another host. I can not download from mega
Thank you very much
X reality bug is still present Nordic ftf and german ftf
The quick settings panel now shows 6 settings instead of 5, and the settings gear-icon now shows without expanding the panel entirely.
Did you get this as an OTA?
I have seen nothing yet ...
I have had it for a week or so. My tablet now runs very sluggish and needs rebooting several times a day to free it up.
Reports from others are a bit thin on the ground. So I shall wait a while and see what happens but this is not acceptable so far.
Mine was running sluggish too (no upgrade) the last few days - especially the touchscreen, I tried clearing the cache from a number of apps ... no real change. I rebooted into safe mode - and it seemed to run OK - I then made a simple reboot ... some unexplained changes to launcher and keyboard then seen ... but once I changed those back to my preferred ones, it seems to be running OK again now. I guess there was "something" running in the background hogging all of the processing power.
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Mine was running sluggish too (no upgrade) the last few days - especially the touchscreen, I tried clearing the cache from a number of apps ... no real change. I rebooted into safe mode - and it seemed to run OK - I then made a simple reboot ... some unexplained changes to launcher and keyboard then seen ... but once I changed those back to my preferred ones, it seems to be running OK again now. I guess there was "something" running in the background hogging all of the processing power.
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There is an interesting observation here
https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...mance-issues-after-nougat-update/td-p/1245802
can anyone upload for lte model