Posts tagged reboot

OnePlus-One-boot-up

I can’t tell you how much of my life has been wasted staring at boot up screens. I’m sure most smartphone owners are in the same boat. But those who upgrade to the new OnePlus One will hardly ever have to endure that painful wait again.

The $299 flagship has an insanely speedy boot-up time. In fact, in a simple speed test against the Nexus 5, the One booted up, powered down, and booted back up again in the time it took Google’s device to get to the home screen.

Samsung_Galaxy_Note_3-5529

While the Galaxy Note 3 has received rave reviews since it went on sale last month, it’s has its fair share of bad press, too.

First there was the region lock, which means the device must be activated with certain SIM cards in certain markets to function correctly — and then it became apparent that the device has a locked flash counter that makes using custom ROMs close to impossible without voiding the handset’s warranty.

Now users are reporting that the device is suffering from random restarts and boot loops, and no one knows what’s causing them.

HTC-Droid-Incredible

HTC doesn’t normally update devices once they’ve reached a certain age — usually because they’re not powerful enough for the latest Android software — but it appears to be making an exception for the 2010 Verizon Droid Incredible. Don’t get too excited, it’s not getting Jelly Bean, but it is getting a much-needed fix to kill a random reboot issue.