[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Old faithful:
That was from a recommendation from a post here on xda-developers, where it was suggested to essentially block one's router to access this url, which was surmised to cause the dropout due to a non response. I will see whether connecting to another WiFi changes anything, in case my old router is to blame (My neighbour's WiFi access always appears first in the list whereas mine can take up to a minute to appear, even when I'm standing right next to it)

All I can say is I notice a significant increase in signal strength as seen from any number of apps that measure signal strength including the icon in the notification bar, and the fact that it prevents dropouts once connected. From what I understand, it disables WiFi power management if the signal is less than stellar. You can add me to the list of reviewers who would write "works great for me, maintains a steady connection". Of course that would mean I'd have to register a Google+ account, which I refuse to do because of its

horribly misguided

real name policy.

I'm not sure it isn't Lenovo's doing, unless Google deliberately removed it in the latest iteration, as there are published hacks on how to activate it on Lollipop (there is an app for that as well), that I have tried and don't work on this tablet. But I will certainly take a good look at the Xposed Framework and GravityBox like you suggested. If I understand the concept correctly, it is like an extension of the operating system like the .net framework is on Windows? Does it replace the Google Framework?

Danke vielmals für das Tip, mein Freund! It works as expected now, I should have checked there instead of expecting it to be in the Camera Settings like it is on my Galaxy Note 2 ;)

That being said, I did have to use the KitKat platform.xml hack to be able too use an older text editor that I prefer, TED, so that it could save to the SD card. Any idea

why

security zealots seem to believe it is a horrible security risk, apart from a homeland-security-esque paranoia? And could someone explain to me why the Android OS (and Linux and Unix and NT) developed to become so oppressively authoritarian, that it takes increasingly greater effort to simply

own

your own computer? Are we doomed to live in a fearful society where we must ask permission for everything we do? What happened to free will?

There are definitely plusses and minuses and most everything runs better now. I guess too much tweaking during the first install, less experimentation afterwards helped a lot.

Unfortunately, the 'updates' didn't just bring improvements in real bugs (such as the excessive saturation in reds in the KitKat ROM, fortunately resolved in this ROM) and besides the dumbing down of the interface in general and the dreadful 'Materials' UI which hurts my eyes and, with its 'flat' elements with no feedback (or excessive vibration) are, to me, extremely unpleasant to use, just like Metro is in Windows, what I miss most are my preferred homescreen and widgets such as my favourite, CirclesWidget3D, which had everything in a compact, fluid, intuitive package (flippable analog and digital clock with 3D specular reflections, weather cities that could be flipped one to another, a super intuitive fuel-gauge-like battery indicator) and the possibility of several widgets on the home screen, customizable folders for apps on the next pages, permament apps on the bottom bar... Which has made me so proficient on the small screen of the Galaxy Note 2 and make the Tab 2 feel so incredibly dumbed down in comparison...

Completely off topic, does anyone else but me miss the After Dark screen savers, and a good implementation of the old early 80's game, Atari Tempest?

I will certainly follow this with great interest. The more we can do from recovery, the better :)

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A BIG Thank You to you, clsA for letting me know, and, of course, to Tzul, for explaining it all! I'm going to read the whole thing after I've prepared myself something to eat. This is going to be one super interesting evening :D