Tag: google
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Nexus S Jelly Bean Update
The Nexus S has been around for a while now (15 months is a long time in phone-years), and been through several OS updates. Currently, the phone is running Android 4.1.2 ‘Jelly Bean’. I’d like to be able to report that all is well, but it isn’t. Things had been going well with 2.3.4 and 4.0, but started…
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HTC Desire Z
I like reviewing old, obsolete products, so here’s another. The USB port on my Nexus S died recently, and I got this loaner HTC with the Nexus is in for repair. While the HTC is a fairly recent phone, it still runs Gingerbread (2.3.3), and feels very dated when coming from my Nexus S running Jelly…
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Google Play Store Localization
Twice I’ve encountered Google’s attempts to keep me from accessing some apps for my phone. In both cases, the apps I wanted were restricted to the U.S. market. In both cases, I had to look up how to fix the problem. So, here’s the simplest solution I found: Disable all location services on the device…