Tag: Nexus 5

  • Charging a Pixel 7

    “Charging Wirelessly” “Charging Slowly” “Charging Rapidly” Pixel 7. On Samsung Wireless Charger, just Charging Wirelessly. Very slowly too, while Samsung devices say Fast Charging Wirelessly. I connected Pixel 7 to my USB-C cord that is plugged into my PC USB-C power port, Instant “Charging Slowly” message, then a couple of seconds later “Charging Rapidly” OK.…

  • Why I didn’t like Sprint Integration with Google

    In the end, after finally getting Sprint Integration, I couldn’t stand living with it, so I un-did it. Immediately I was able to call my own phone from my tablet or other wifi only device, since I have 2 phone numbers again. Also I can put all my SMS and MMS merged in Hangouts, choose…

  • My feelings about the S6 Edge+

    My feelings about the S6 Edge+

    I got a new phone this past week. I had wanted a Sony Z3 or Z5, but that isn’t going to work out anytime soon on Sprint, so I looked and looked at what Sprint had to offer on their Website. Finally, after looking up lots of information I had decided it’d be best to…

  • Android 5.1.1 Security Update

    My Nexus 5 was rooted, custom recovery, of course, kept it from updating traditionally when the August 2015 Security Update was downloaded and ready to install. I ended up using ADB to  FASTBOOT the image to my Nexus 5. The Flash-All Bat file didn’t work, I had to line-by-line fastboot send each part of what…