# Latest update **URL:** \ **Category:** meta\ **Created:** [April 15, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986 "2015-04-15T23:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/41 "2015-04-21T18:48:03Z")
> [@ClockWorkXon](#): > > If my carrier actually allowed upgrades… 'Zactly… The phone hardware manufacturers have little incentive to do the work to test/tweak the updated OS versions on their phones, since that prolongs the life of old hardware instead of selling a new phone. If they do finally put out an update, then the carriers drag their feet… they couldn’t possibly release a clean update without stuffing their bloatware and custom crapola in, so they may or may not ever get around to it at all. Example: My step-son has the same model phone as I do, but on a different carrier. We noticed differences in the icons for quickly enabling/disabling GPS, WiFi, etc. Looking further, even the menus & options under Settings were different. Big can of WTF? Sorry, I’ll get off my soapbox now. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/42 "2015-04-21T19:05:16Z")
> [@RoadRunner](#): > > Sorry, I’ll get off my soapbox now. Especially since the company that makes my phone just released a new smartwatch? ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/43 "2015-04-21T19:39:26Z")
Form the preview of their new smartwatch, it doesn’t look bad - less cost and less complicated seems like it could be a winner. But it will require Android 4.3 or later. Awww. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/44 "2015-04-21T22:17:49Z")
Yeah, Android’s carrier madness is so blatantly, absurdly anti-consumer that I don’t know how anyone could put up with it. Love Apple or hate them, they at least deserve props for bullying the carriers into staying completely out of their firmware—and I can load the latest iOS revision onto four-year old iPhones without problem (and it even works…[mostly](http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/ios-8-on-the-iphone-4s-performance-isnt-the-only-problem/)). Being beholden to a carrier for an update sucks. I’d go with a Nexus device if I had to go Android. It just seems like the only sane option. ---
**Author:** ![sig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/sig/32/286_2.png) [@sig](https://cog.discourse.group/u/sig)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/45 "2015-04-23T02:46:52Z")
I love my Nexus 7 tablet (gen 2). My phone is a hand-me-down from Sunbeam which is dying. I’m thinking about going to a dumb flip phone next. I don’t want to spend the money to stay current on a premium smartphone just to keep my life from being compromised through it. Not when I can’t even carry it until after the workday. (Reference our earlier conversation on this topic.) ---
**Author:** ![CryHavok](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/cryhavok/32/413_2.png) [@CryHavok](https://cog.discourse.group/u/CryHavok)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/46 "2015-04-23T10:56:28Z")
Yeah, I’ve got a Nexus 5 and love the fact that I get rapid updates. Of course, it’s not just Android that has the update problem. I remember back in days of the Nokia smartphones it needed the network to roll out upgrades to their branded handsets then too. I learned then to buy unlocked where possible, which I think is where Apple have won in that they’ve historically not allowed branding. ---
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/47 "2015-04-24T14:20:00Z")
Not saving log in state properly now… I think. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/48 "2015-04-24T14:52:11Z")
Typo in varnish config! Fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/49 "2015-04-28T21:26:40Z")
I _think_ the latest update (as of a few minutes ago) also adds desktop-side notifications. ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/50 "2015-04-28T21:28:57Z")
Yup! ![](http://cog.discourse.group/uploads/cog/676/2fbbd53a88f47e09.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/51 "2015-04-28T21:30:10Z")
GAH my computer just beeped and I got a desktop notification OKAY I OFFICIALLY HATE THIS ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/52 "2015-04-28T22:21:44Z")
Ha! I didn’t turn it on… good to know ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/53 "2015-04-29T01:59:13Z")
I turned it on for this session to see what it would do. Of course, the board isn’t very active at this time of the evening… ---
**Author:** ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/54 "2015-04-29T02:00:05Z")
I’m not havening a problem with it. ---
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/55 "2015-04-29T02:32:47Z")
Ding fries are done! ---
**Author:** ![balance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/balance/32/1888_2.png) [@balance](https://cog.discourse.group/u/balance)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/56 "2015-04-29T19:53:52Z")
I[quote=“Lee\_Ars, post:49, topic:986, full:true”] I think the latest update (as of a few minutes ago) also adds desktop-side notifications. [/quote] It asked about it. I said no. ---
**Author:** ![CryHavok](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/cryhavok/32/413_2.png) [@CryHavok](https://cog.discourse.group/u/CryHavok)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/57 "2015-04-30T11:04:51Z")
> [@balance](#): > > It asked about it. I said no. I said yes, simply because I can turn it off if it becomes annoying. ---
**Author:** ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/58 "2015-07-16T19:20:26Z")
Okay, with this update, the preview is no longer working. It just stays blank. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/59 "2015-07-16T19:30:06Z")
Seems to be working here—I’m watching the preview pane fill in as I type right now. But I’ll go ahead and poke it with a sharp stick just to make sure all is well. edit - OK, give it a shot now! ---
**Author:** ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986/60 "2015-07-16T19:45:53Z")
Okay, that’s working now. Not sure what happened. [Previous page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986.md?page=2) [Next page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/latest-update/986.md?page=4)