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johnny sack: Jan 30, 2004; One day, this team will play to their expectations...

Just not this year..

I have a question about Lollipop.

Prior to upgrading my Nexus 4 to Lollipop, I could quickly access my phone's Song Search even without unlocking my screen. I would swipe a certain way and I could immediately begin searching for the song. Now, I can't figure a way to add a widget back to my unlock screen.

Is it possible to add this back with Lollipop?

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johnny sack: Jan 30, 2004; One day, this team will play to their expectations...

Just not this year..

LastInLine posted:

Maybe?

One way might be to find an app that sticks a persistent notification to an app of your choice. Another might be to use the swipe up from the home button to launch into Google Now and invoke the listening that way.

Nothing will work as well as the old lockscreen widgets for your purpose unfortunately.

Thanks for the response and I am bummed to hear that.

# ¿ Dec 25, 2014 16:41

johnny sack: Jan 30, 2004; One day, this team will play to their expectations...

Just not this year..

Is it possible to upgrade an Android operating system on an old phone that is not on any cell phone network?

We have an old HTC Thunderbolt that we let our kids use to play games. However, it's got Android 2.4 or something. I can't find any obvious way to update the OS.

Do you have to have a cell phone network connection? Can I do it using wifi at home?

# ¿ Jun 3, 2015 03:15

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