Recent content by cliffyk

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    Finally had it with 5.0.2, "downgraded" to 4.4.4

    Yes, as I said it does not have the "horsepower" to run 5.x--thing is Google should know that and not push it out to the 2012 units. Unless of course their deliberate goal was to hobble them and push owners into buying a new tablet. I did actually consider that but "downgrading" to 4.4.4 has...
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    I am at a loss of what to do to solve the problem?

    Re: I am at a loss of what to do to solve the problem Open it up again and make sure all three display ribbon cables are properly seated--one (coming from the "center" of the device) has a plug, the other two (at the side of the case) use ZIF sockets. The one with the plug needs to click into...
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    Finally had it with 5.0.2, "downgraded" to 4.4.4

    Well my tablet continues to behave as it did when new! It has been a week, which is 14 to 20 times longer than I could get 5.1.1 to be usable after resetting the cache and/or doing a soft reset. If I were a conspiracy theorist sort I would put forth that Google doesn't give a rat's back-end...
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    Finally had it with 5.0.2, "downgraded" to 4.4.4

    You will not regret it--mine is back to it's old self. My wife's "goes under the knife" next...
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    Finally had it with 5.0.2, "downgraded" to 4.4.4

    I reached the limit of my patience with Android 5.0.2 on my 32GB 2012 model. <edit> It was 5.1.1 that I got rid of, just had it for a couple weeks... </edit> With constant hang-ups and crashes (I will live out the rest of my life quite nicely if I never again have to see that insipid "Aw Snap"...