Recent content by RealKromey

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    Updating despite my carrier

    Thanks again to the both of you! I managed to update to the latest version of 6.0.1, and everything seems to be working great -- including Google Fit, which seems to finally be accurately tracking footsteps and active time! (Not that that was the goal of this at all, just a nice added bonus; the...
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    Updating despite my carrier

    Hm, incidentally, I wonder if this means that the Google Fit app that I finally binned out of pure frustration will actually work reliably once I'm updated... Thanks for the tips! I'll start downloading the ROM tonight so it's ready once I am -- I definitely won't have the time to do this today...
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    Updating despite my carrier

    Thank you both for the information! Ironass, you are exactly right that I can't really afford to experiment (or rather, can't afford to mess up an experiment), but I also can't afford to just have a $200 paperweight sitting on my dresser. (Emotionally speaking, that is; the money's already...
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    Updating despite my carrier

    My Galaxy S5 has been stuck on Android 4.4.2 since the day I bought it over 2 years ago. My carrier -- GCI; unless you're from Alaska you've most likely never even heard of them -- never releases updates for their phones. You'd think I'd have learned by now... Anyway, I've never done this...