Android Lollipop

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by Dopedangel

I don't think you get updates if you are rooted in some devices you so but you loose root and have to root again. Once the update is out you can find and flash the update from xda.

You do get updates, but they don't always work if you have apps installed as system apps or if you have made modifications to system files. You can keep root quite often if you use Supersu Pro. There is a setting to keep root that worked the last couple of updates to my Nexus 7. Rooting Nexus devices is very easy anyway after unlocking the bootloader - just flash Supersu or other super user app.

[Teknikal]

Apparently Lollipops been delayed a full week because of "severe" battery draining bugs I find that kind of worrying in truth as I thought that was mean't to be one of the things they were sorting out and this shows they haven't really been at all.

[afv011]

Originally Posted by Teknikal

Apparently Lollipops been delayed a full week because of "severe" battery draining bugs I find that kind of worrying in truth as I thought that was mean't to be one of the things they were sorting out and this shows they haven't really been at all.

The bug was fixed today. It has nothing to do with project Volta (better battery performance), just a bug that had the unfortunately side-effect of draining your battery. It also does not affect the N6 or N9, so it's not a "general" bug but specific to a subset of devices.

[Teknikal]

Originally Posted by afv011

The bug was fixed today. It has nothing to do with project Volta (better battery performance), just a bug that had the unfortunately side-effect of draining your battery. It also does not affect the N6 or N9, so it's not a "general" bug but specific to a subset of devices.

I actually read it effects all devices and it's been on Android a long time something about Lollipop just made it easier for the end user to notice and that's the only reason Google's finally tackling it.

[jscarbo]

The unofficial word is that Google will begin rolling out OTA updates to Nexus devices November 12 but I haven't seen any info about how long the rollout process will take or if there's any specific schedule as to which devices get it in which order.

I have a 1st gen Nexus 7 (2012) and generally keep my wifi turned off except when I need it. I'm not sure if I want the update right away or will wait and see how many bugs need to be worked out.

[HarryT]

I'd wait. There are certain to be application-compatibility issues at first; there always are. I'm going to wait at least a month.

[Bilbo1967]

Looks like Harry's advice was sound!

Android Lollipop causes problems

I haven't received the OTA update yet for my Nexus 7s (2012 & 2013) but I shan't be installing it when I do until I'm sure that this is rectified.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Looks like Harry's advice was sound!

Android Lollipop causes problems

I haven't received the OTA update yet for my Nexus 7s (2012 & 2013) but I shan't be installing it when I do until I'm sure that this is rectified.

I have the Nexus 7 LTE and 3g versions so they always get updated late and by the time I get it the bugs are usually worked out. I could always download the latest version if I wanted to anyway. This upgrade is more likely to have problems since it's changing from Dalvik runtime to ART.

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

I have the Nexus 7 LTE and 3g versions so they always get updated late and by the time I get it the bugs are usually worked out. I could always download the latest version if I wanted to anyway. This upgrade is more likely to have problems since it's changing from Dalvik runtime to ART.

Mine are Wi-Fi only but, I haven't received the update yet and, hopefully, any bugs will have been ironed out by the time I do. I was not aware of the Dalvik ART thing, so thanks for making me aware of that.

[tubemonkey]

The upgrade appeared on my Nexus 4 yesterday, but then disappeared while I was updating some apps. Hasn't been back since; no big deal.

[eschwartz]

Meanwhile, a friend desperately wanted lollipop on his Nexus 4 and wouldn't take no for an answer. So I installed the OTA downloaded from the discovered URL and pushed to the device with adb sideload.
It did have a much slicker UI.

I guess we will see if he regrets it...

[Canuck_in_Japan]

I heard that lollipop now mutes the alarms as well when it's muted. What genius had that brilliant idea?

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

I heard that lollipop now mutes the alarms as well when it's muted. What genius had that brilliant idea?

I just checked my alarm and calendar reminder apps and they have a setting to play sound even in silent mode. Is that what won't work anymore or is it the default apps?

[Dopedangel]

I haven't had any problems so far and I have a nexus 7 2012 16gb. It seems to run a lot faster. Nexus 7 2012 8gb is having the most problems from what I have read online. So if you have an 8gb device don't update till the bugs are fixed.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

I heard that lollipop now mutes the alarms as well when it's muted. What genius had that brilliant idea?

Isn't that exactly what "muted" means? If you're in a business meeting where you don't want your phone to ring, surely you also don't want any alarms to sound. Seems more like common sense than a "brilliant idea".