and SPRINT'S HTC M8 goes LOLLIPOP!

Legobricke · Feb 6, 2015

Seems that Sprint is starting it's push of both the M8 & M8 HK version of Lollipop...

http://support.sprint.com/support/a...your_HTC_One_M8/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB69195

olbriar · Feb 7, 2015

I hope big Red isn't too far behind. Let us know how the upgrade goes.

DILands · Feb 7, 2015

T-Mo supposed to start Monday!

CrashGordon · Feb 9, 2015

Hasn't gotten to me yet. I still get no updates available.

DILands · Feb 9, 2015

CrashGordon said:
Hasn't gotten to me yet. I still get no updates available.

Same here!!

DILands · Feb 9, 2015

Looks like tomorrow : https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-10366

quijibo · Feb 10, 2015

Legobricke said:
Seems that Sprint is starting it's push of both the M8 & M8 HK version of Lollipop...

http://support.sprint.com/support/a...your_HTC_One_M8/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB69195

It looks like Lollipop was removed from that schedule.
Has anyone received their Lollipop from Sprint?

Legobricke · Feb 10, 2015

Mo @moversi · 2:50 pm - 2/10/15
Sprint HTC One (M8) Owners!! Your Lollipop technical approval has arrived!! OTA to start tonight. #HTCAdvantage Thank you for your patience!

CrashGordon · Feb 10, 2015

Cool. I'm Sprint so I'll keep trying.

Nevis · Feb 10, 2015

Giddy up! Downloading as we speak...

AHWagner · Feb 11, 2015

Finally..

EarlyMon · Feb 11, 2015

Long time no see compadre - welcome back, congrats on the update.

smitty543 · Feb 11, 2015

EarlyMon said:
Long time no see compadre - welcome back, congrats on the update.

What has been the experience been wit, and subsequent to, the Sprint M8 5.01 update? Any problems (yet)? Did your phone require a factory reset!

EarlyMon · Feb 11, 2015

smitty543 said:
What has been the experience been wit, and subsequent to, the Sprint M8 5.01 update? Any problems (yet)? Did your phone require a factory reset!

Mine is rooted and I won't be taking the update until I have all of my preferred customizations lined up and ready.

I expect my wife's unrooted M8 to get the notice today.

Per usual with any major update on an unrooted phone, almost a certainty that I'll just do a factory data reset right away rather than wait and see.

hilker09 · Feb 11, 2015

Tried to update at work, but wifi there was worse than my 3G signal, so I'm holding to download when I get home. It's a biggie... 713 mb.

I too am curious to hear from people who have applied the update, and if they agree that a factory reset is warranted. Thanks!

EarlyMon · Feb 11, 2015

It'll be anecdotal but not significant.

Having things tangled under the hood is like rain.

You can ask a hundred people if you need an umbrella today but if they live two states over, any correct advice will be coincidental.

This update is going to be bad weather for some and sunny skies for others.

I've personally seen one sunny day and the rest full of rain when updating WifelyMon's phone over the years lol.

I like to just get it all over with at the time of the upgrade, but that's just me. She doesn't mind redoing her screens if I don't mind setting up her emails lmao.

Just two cents.

Best luck to us all!

steelcowboy · Feb 11, 2015

Updated my HTC One M8 last night and have had nothing but problems. The phone doesn't run smooth and it is very jerky. Download of apps is also very slow. The text and email notifications don't clear after you remove them. Also I don't like the removal of the calendar widget from the lock screen...I was hoping they would actually make this functional but that didn't happen. The tech at the Sprint store said I was a lucky guy...many folks brought their phone in because it was just hung up trying to update...the phones would just keep cycling and never boot. The store is just replacing the phones at this time as there's nothing that they can do. The tech flashed the OS on my phone directly from Sprint's computer and it didn't make any difference. The tech said that they think HTC released the OTA update too soon before getting all the bugs worked out. Here's hoping ya'll have better luck than alot of us. Also, every time the phone boots I get a screen that says "Android Updating - Starting Apps"

Nevis · Feb 11, 2015

steelcowboy said:
Updated my HTC One M8 last night and have had nothing but problems.

Oh man, I'm really sorry to hear that. I wish I could tell you that I had issues too, and how I solved them, but I can't. The only issue I have is potentially lowered battery life. I will consider a factory reset if I determine that it's worse. Have you tried to reset yours?

Nevis · Feb 11, 2015

smitty543 said:
What has been the experience been wit, and subsequent to, the Sprint M8 5.01 update? Any problems (yet)? Did your phone require a factory reset!

My experience overall is quite good so far. Everything is fast and works just fine, and the user experience is even nicer than KitKat. There's a WiFi Calling toggle in the notifications pull-down (is that what you call it?). I had been wanting that since they introduced WiFi calling.

rangergrrl · Feb 12, 2015

Updated my phone last night and no issues.

smitty543 · Feb 13, 2015

I do not want to be in the position of having to do a factory reset and rebuilding my phone after an "update". Would "wiping the Cache Partition" and clearing "junk files" help to decrease the need for factory reset?

If only we had capability similar to that of iPhones to replicate our phones' setups on reset (or new) phones merely by connecting them to a server WITHOUT THE NEED TO ROOT the devices!

hilker09 · Feb 13, 2015

Yesterday my Moto 360 died after only 7 hours of the charger (previously could go 30+ hours between charges). I reset the watch (after having cleared cache partition on my phone) and today it looks a little better, but not back to normal:

I know with Lollipop on my phone we got some new features for hiding notifications on the watch, but I'm hoping I will get back to a more normal battery life over the next few days.

EarlyMon · Feb 13, 2015

smitty543 said:
I do not want to be in the position of having to do a factory reset and rebuilding my phone after an "update". Would "wiping the Cache Partition" and clearing "junk files" help to decrease the need for factory reset?

I'm going to assume that you've seen my other posts on this.

There's no way to predict if the stuff under the hood will get tangled or not, nor to what extent if it does.

Some people have reported success just clearing cache on major updates, but more have reported needing the factory data reset.

I still recommend a good backup strategy. In addition to helping with factory data resets, they help when your phone is lost or stolen.

If you switch to Nova from the stock launcher, you can back up your home screens setup as well.

I'm not going to comment on the backup strategy for a phone with less features. One of my daughters would still like to know how her iPhone got borked on the last update doing everything right. The grass is always greener.

It always rains somewhere at some time.

AHWagner · Feb 13, 2015

So with the Lollipop update, I've noticed my M8 is much faster and much smoother, but on the other hand I'm having the hardest time sending SMS messages and receiving MMS messages. Debating on doing a Factory Reset, but I don't feel like re-customizing all my apps and such again.

EarlyMon · Feb 13, 2015

AHWagner said:
So with the Lollipop update, I've noticed my M8 is much faster and much smoother, but on the other hand I'm having the hardest time sending SMS messages and receiving MMS messages. Debating on doing a Factory Reset, but I don't feel like re-customizing all my apps and such again.

Try dialing ###72786# upper right, Menu, reset, confirm if necessary and WAIT while it does its thing. Don't panic, it needs a little time to reprovision the settings.

Then settings, update, and update PRL and Profile, in that order.

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