Android 5.0 Lollipop Release Date, News and Features

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ANDROID 5.0

Jan 6, 2015

CM12 nightlies based on Android 5.0.1 Lollipop officially starts rolling out for selected Android devices

Rajesh Pandey

CyanogenMod has just announced that they have started rolling out CM12 nightlies, based on Android 5.0.1 Lollipop, for a selected few devices. The team considers their work for the first CM12 M release

ANDROID LOLLIPOP

Jan 5, 2015

LG G Flex 2 tech specs

Rajesh Pandey

LG has just announced the successor to the original G Flex at CES 2015 in Las Vegas. The G Flex 2 improves on its predecessor in every way, including a smaller screen to aid ergonomics

ANDROID 5.0

Jan 1, 2015

OnePlus releases first alpha build of their own non-Cyanogen custom ROM based on Lollipop for the One

Rajesh Pandey

Thanks to their legal issues with Cyanogen Inc., OnePlus was forced to work on its own custom ROM for the One, especially after the former announced that they won't be providing software updates to

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 31, 2014

Nasty memory leak bug in Android 5.0 marked as fixed by Google in AOSP Issue Tracker

Rajesh Pandey

With Lollipop being such a major release of Android, some bugs are bound to slip by through Google's QA testing. One such bug is a nasty memory leak that has been plaguing Lollipop right

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 29, 2014

Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 update starts rolling out in Europe

Rajesh Pandey

After initially rolling out the Lollipop update for the Galaxy S5 in Poland, Samsung has started a wider rollout of the update starting from Spain. The company is expected to rollout the update to other

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 28, 2014

How to unlock the bootloader of Nexus 6

Rajesh Pandey

Like any other Nexus device, the Nexus 6 also comes with an unlockable bootloader and not an unlocked one. The difference between the two is pretty minor on paper but makes a lot of difference

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 24, 2014

Samsung to update the Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S4 to Android 5.0 Lollipop

Rajesh Pandey

According to a page on Samsung's Finland website, the Korean giant plans on updating quite a few of its older devices to Android 5.0 Lollipop, including the Galaxy Note 2 and the Galaxy

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 22, 2014

More screenshots of Sense 6.0 + Android 5.0 Lollipop running on the HTC One M8 leak

Rajesh Pandey

Courtesy of a few leaked images, we already have seen how Android 5.0 and Sense 6.0 will look together. Now, LlabTooFeR is back with more screenshots of Android 5.0 with Sense 6.

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 20, 2014

Motorola starts a wider rollout of Lollipop update for the Moto X and Moto G

Rajesh Pandey

The Moto X and Moto G were among the first devices to receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop update -- at least in the United States. The Lenovo owned company has since then taken its own

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 20, 2014

Nexus 6 units in Australia ship without a Turbo Charger

Rajesh Pandey

For its size, the Nexus 6 comes with a paltry 3220mAh battery that provides the device with enough juice to get through the day. To make up for a hefty battery, Motorola and Google bundled

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 20, 2014

Google pushes Android 5.0.2 to AOSP; Releases factory image for 2012 Nexus 7

Rajesh Pandey

Google has started pushing a newer build of Lollipop -- Android 5.0.2 -- to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). It has also pulled the Android 5.0.1 factory images for the 2012 Wi-

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 16, 2014

Android 5.0.1 rolling out for Nexus 5; Factory images available for download as well

Rajesh Pandey

Google has started rolling out the Android 5.0.1 Lollipop update for the Nexus 7. The company has also uploaded the factory image and relevant binaries for the device on its developer website. The

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 13, 2014

Google Play edition Galaxy S4’s Lollipop update rolling out

Rajesh Pandey

Samsung and Google have finally started rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Google Play edition Galaxy S4. However, Samsung is rolling out the Android 5.0 build of Lollipop, and not

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 12, 2014

How to install stock Google Play edition Android 5.0.1 Lollipop on HTC One M8

Rajesh Pandey

Last week, HTC started rolling out the Android 5.0.1 Lollipop update for the Google Play edition of the HTC One (M7/M8). The company has also already confirmed that it will be updating

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 6, 2014

Motorola starts Android 5.0 Lollipop soak test for 1st gen. Moto G in India

Rajesh Pandey

Motorola has started rolling out the Lollipop OTA update to owners of the 1st generation dual-SIM variant of the Moto G in India, who signed up for the soak test. Moto devices already run

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 5, 2014

T-Mobile delays the launch of LTE Nexus 9 indefinitely

Rajesh Pandey

The launch of the Nexus 6 has been nothing short of disastrous for Google and Motorola with supply issues crippling the phablet's availability. Now, to make matters worse for Google, it looks like the

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 5, 2014

Android 5.0 Lollipop update rolling out for the Google Play edition HTC One M8 and M7

Rajesh Pandey

After numerous delays, HTC has finally started rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Google Play edition of the One M8 and One M7. The company started rolling out the OTA update

ANDROID 5.0

Dec 4, 2014

Carriers can now delay updates for Nexus devices

Rajesh Pandey

One of the key advantages of buying a Nexus device has always been quick updates to the latest version of Android. Generally Google manages to roll out an OTA update to all Nexus users within