My only concern with ZTE Nubia Z7 Max...

Hey guys,
i have the ZTE Nubia Z7 MAX and i relly enjoy it.
i run the official rom v3.22 with gapps installed.

my friend also want to buy this device and asked me if i recommend it.
i'm a bit worried recommending this device to him, because the lack of stock gapps.
yes, you can flash the gapps pretty easily, but who knows what will happen tomorrow -- maybe google will update the framework or something and the gapps will stop working etc?

anyways, just wanted to share my thoughts with you.
thanks

My only concern with ZTE Nubia Z7 Max...

Hey guys,
i have the ZTE Nubia Z7 MAX and i relly enjoy it.
i run the official rom v3.22 with gapps installed.

my friend also want to buy this device and asked me if i recommend it.
i'm a bit worried recommending this device to him, because the lack of stock gapps.
yes, you can flash the gapps pretty easily, but who knows what will happen tomorrow -- maybe google will update the framework or something and the gapps will stop working etc?

anyways, just wanted to share my thoughts with you.
thanks

July 2015 OTA update concern.

I have (or had) an AT&T branded S5 that was previous rooted and running Safestrap (I don't recall the BL version). Due to some EXTREME idiocy on my part, I took an OTA update two days ago, which updated and synched everything to G900AUCU2ANG3.

Naturally, this borked root. But there's some weirdness going on. Even after the OTA update, the phone's device status still says "Custom". And I still see the custom text when the phone boots. Is this Knox related?

Further oddness is that the phone keeps trying to pull down a second OTA update that looks identical to the first based on the filesize (over 400 MB). It goes through the motion, boots into recovery, and starts installing this second update, but stops partway through. Upon rebooting, the phone tells me the update was interrupted and can't be installed.

I realize I may never get root back, but I'm alarmed the phone's status still says "Custom" and that it's trying (and failing) to install this second OTA update.

I've tried factory resetting the phone, both within KitKat and via recovery, but these issues remain. Should I just reapply NG3 via Odin?

Thanks in advance!