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    Major problems with BLU Life One Android 5 Lollipop update

    I removed the Word App that I had moved to the SD card (but still took up 70% of the original space in Internal memory) and sure enough the Internal memory space came back. Combining this with other articles I've been reading on the Internet, I'd conclude the following (Kit Kat=Android 4.4.4...
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    Major problems with BLU Life One Android 5 Lollipop update

    From BLU's response, it doesn't seem that they yet see it as enough of a problem to pull the update. Don't know which FB page or group you're referring to--I don't see reports of successful upgrades on either BLU Products Development Team group nor the official BLU Products Page. Can you point...
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    Major problems with BLU Life One Android 5 Lollipop update

    Got a reply from BLU today to each of my points. Here is the summary: 1. Problem with default installation location to SD card being ignored and always installing in internal memory. Their reply, "This is a known behavior expected for Qualcomm devices on Lollipop ... as seen with the latest...
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    Major problems with BLU Life One Android 5 Lollipop update

    I hope they have pulled it for their own sake and that of their customers. I did file a support request with BLU both via their online ticket system and by phone the same day or the day before I posted it here with a summarized version of the key symptoms (it was rather difficult in the latter...
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    Major problems with BLU Life One Android 5 Lollipop update

    I had posted yesterday my initial experience with installing this over my Android 4.4.4 installation. You can see that article at forums.androidcentral.com/blu-android-phones/616797-blu-life-one-android-5-lollipop-now-available-first-experiences-installation.html However, I've now done a hard...
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    BLU Life One: Android 5 Lollipop now available - first experiences on installation

    Today (3 Dec 2015) I got a notification that the Android 5 update was available for my BLU Life One (and a friend who has one also got it today, so it seems they have started to roll it out recently). And indeed the build and kernel versions both have dates of 16 Nov 2015, and a couple of weeks...