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Android |OT4| I/O Silver
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I thought you bought the Note 4?
I don't see your problem since one is running Lollipop while the other one is running Kitkat.
No, that was from a Samsung preview of what they're doing with Lollipop.
Oh okay I see the point Wreav was trying to make, but as you said it's from a preview build and I'm sure Samsung isn't going to completely show off what they have store for their version of Lollipop until the Galaxy S6 comes out.
I got one of those on the way too. I needed another coaster.
We should start a gang
The Faceless Master
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is that from a Samsung preview or from an unofficial video of a leaked build?
Call us the Two 6 Mafia
Yeah I hear the design lends itself to be spacious enough for any beverage.
google should put ALL their apps on GooglePlay, dialer too. Would make things easier for those who buy android phones but want to be as close to stock as possible.
Didn't Google say that they wanted that all bloat from OEMs shouldn't be installed byt default but just given the option to dwl it from play store.
it seems an old build, that probably just used current touchwiz with a few changes here and there, i am sure that, for better or worst, Touchwiz on L will evolve. In fact even google is still updating their apps atm to meet materila design so is fair to think OEMS are a bit behind them.
I think it was only for carrier bloat.
ouch, pitty. Well it is better than nothing though :/
It's what cause most trouble, but that's if the carriers choose to do that.
Flashed my Nexus 7 last night.
Very initial Lollipop thoughts -
Very initial Lollipop thoughts -
- Having a non-removable email icon to tell me there's no AOSP email client anymore is the most dunderheaded design decision Google has ever made.
- It seems bizarre that I have to pick my own profile photo now and can't just take my Google+ profile picture. This worked in Kit Kat.
- The settings menu is really disappointingly riddled with layout bugs for a stock version of Android that had a significant beta period on Google's own hardware. If you click on a wifi network for details literally half the words on screen wrap FFS.
- Voice search from the lock screen now works for UK English... but still not on Kit Kat, which is what my phone runs where it would actually be useful.
- If you disable swipe up for Google Now the animation is still here, but it just does nothing. C'mon Google. If I've disable swipe up it's probably because I don't want to swipe up.
- Calendar and Contacts are trainwrecks, usability wise. I use Sunrise anyway, but the Contacts app need to display about 50% more stuff on a 7 inch screen frankly.
- Mailbox needs a homescreen widget.
- I still wish there was an option to have your settings pulldown and your notifications pulldown separate on a tablet like they were :-(
RoadHazard
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Why do you have Messaging (assuming you're talking about the old AOSP one)? Still on the preview? Final Lollipop only comes with Hangouts.
brotkasten
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I fucking love smart unlock in Lollipop.
And now I wish every icon on my home screen was in material design. Dolphin just sticks out like a sore thumb. Any way to change it without rooting or switching to a different launcher?
And now I wish every icon on my home screen was in material design. Dolphin just sticks out like a sore thumb. Any way to change it without rooting or switching to a different launcher?
Soodanim
Gold Member
With every post I seem to look forward to getting 5 less and less, both my on Nexus 4 and 7. Thanks for the info though.
I really miss this. It was a nice feature!
Jzero
Member
Same. I would use my Moto 360 to unlock my phone but then it would just unlock in my pocket. My only unlock device is my car's Bluetooth.
RoadHazard
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Eh, there are some small annoyances, but overall it's a vast, vast improvement over KK. The best Android release ever by far, even if it's not perfect. 4.0 (ICS) certainly wasn't perfect on release either, there were immense improvements on that base leading up to and including 4.4. Now we have a brand new base design with 5.0, and of course it's going to see significant updates over the next few years.
The question is where they go after this. I thought ICS was a great leap for Android - it was the first time it had ever looked nice and felt somewhat modern - but Lollipop is clearly an even bigger one. 4.x looks really old and outdated now. Will we think the same of Lollipop in a few years? Hard to imagine right now, but we'll see.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
How are you guys getting lollipop on the n7? Mine says there is no update available yet.
brotkasten
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You can sideload the update file.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/11/13/flash-all-the-things-lollipop-ota-update-zip-file-roundup/
It's pretty easy. I had a driver issue last night, where my PC didn't want to recognize my N5 in ADB mode, but once I forced the Google driver on it, it went pretty well.
There's lots I like.
There's just... to be honest there's just several things that should have been fixed given the long testing period.
Hopefully 5.01 comes shortly.
Lollipo looks and feels good Wipe and load my friend. Its so fning good. Kit Kat looked and felt like a kiddy toy compared to Lollipop.
no afaik, but i do not know if keeping the bootloader open could prevent that, i have it open beacuse i am lazy
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qizah
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Anyone know how to fix contact pictures?
It takes away from the experience when you call someone and the picture is pixelated as fuck.
It's even worse with Lollipop now than it was KitKat.
It takes away from the experience when you call someone and the picture is pixelated as fuck.
It's even worse with Lollipop now than it was KitKat.
Official Samsung video
It's pretty horrible. I can't even collapse notifications anymore, cause, Hello settings.
WhiskerFrisker
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It doesn't hurt to wait. I'd wait until black Friday/cyber Monday is over before purchasing any type of tech.
Elaugaufein
Member
Nexus 5 updated the hard way (Backed up with Titanium, ADB pulled my storage, Flashed the system image, rooted, pushed my storage back, sideloaded the Titanium Lollipop build and restored from Titanium) due to being Australian so the current OTA doesn't work.
Good Things:
Built in Flashlight on the Settings Bar
Interface "feels" snappier.
Things I miss:
Bluetooth File Transfer App (used this for FTP over Bluetooth. Lollipop seems to have changed the Bluetooth Layer)
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Smart Unlock (Good) / SkipLock (was better) : Would be nice if you could unlock with Wifi & if it would maintain a passive connection to a trusted device, needing to have my laptop as Media audio is silly
Weird Stuff:
Many of my apps work fine, some of them have required reinstallation (Square Enix apps are especially bad, nearly all of them need reinstalling and since some of them still potentially have Fatal Disagreements with ART its hard to tell if its worth the massive downloads). I'll finish reinstall all the apps that don't work and make a list of anything that seems like its permanently broken.
Good Things:
Built in Flashlight on the Settings Bar
Interface "feels" snappier.
Things I miss:
Bluetooth File Transfer App (used this for FTP over Bluetooth. Lollipop seems to have changed the Bluetooth Layer)
Both
Smart Unlock (Good) / SkipLock (was better) : Would be nice if you could unlock with Wifi & if it would maintain a passive connection to a trusted device, needing to have my laptop as Media audio is silly
Weird Stuff:
Many of my apps work fine, some of them have required reinstallation (Square Enix apps are especially bad, nearly all of them need reinstalling and since some of them still potentially have Fatal Disagreements with ART its hard to tell if its worth the massive downloads). I'll finish reinstall all the apps that don't work and make a list of anything that seems like its permanently broken.
You're crazy.
So, um. How do I disable the pattern again?
Agreed. Especially since the tasks accumulate really really quickly on L, what with each Google search result getting its own card.
Agreed. Especially since the tasks accumulate really really quickly on L, what with each Google search result getting its own card.
piratepwnsninja
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My friend is telling me that the N6 and G3 have the same camera sensor, but a few of the reviews I've read for the N6 don't really praise the camera as a great thing. That seems odd.
You can't cause of encryption.
WhiskerFrisker
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Google Nexus 6 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4: http://youtu.be/afOEn-zm_y0
Adding more fuel to the fire. The battery life comparison is rather interesting. The Nexus 6 was less than the Note 4 by under an hour. I'm starting to think that battery optimization was botched. I expect an update to address this. Also, when opening the same app, the music app, the Nexus was slightly faster. Very interesting.
Adding more fuel to the fire. The battery life comparison is rather interesting. The Nexus 6 was less than the Note 4 by under an hour. I'm starting to think that battery optimization was botched. I expect an update to address this. Also, when opening the same app, the music app, the Nexus was slightly faster. Very interesting.
BertramCooper
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While I wouldn't consider it "the dumbest shit ever," I turned it off as well.
Adding potentially 10+ more cards (I tend to have a lot of open browser tabs) to the app switcher is just too much for me.
Elaugaufein
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Titanium Backup from the store now officially has Lollipop support. Hopefully SuperSU gets updated in the next few days so I can go back to auto-updates.
Battersea Power Station
Member
But if you haven't accessed them in a while, do they get pushed the back and not interfere with your more recent apps?
I don't have 5.0 yet so I don't know. If that's the case, though, then I don't see the problem, even with a lot of tabs; especially since if I see tabs I don't need in Recents, I'd be more likely to swipe them away.
It's so convenient to open a page in a tab as a shortcut and reminder to return to it later. It seems like they've done nothing to maintain that functionality in Lollipop's new system...
Do you have a corporate email account that is enforcing security policies?
Read more reviews then. And two phones can have the same sensor but do vastly different post-processing.
That being said, N6 camera is looking stellar. Not Note 4 level, but probably better than G3 level.
BertramCooper
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I'm not entirely sure, but if it does, I wouldn't care for it. When I'm browsing, I find it easier to switch between tabs directly in Chrome than using the app switcher to do it. If they're scattered throughout the task switcher that seems incredibly inconvenient. If they're grouped it's less of a problem, but still kind of annoying.
I probably wouldn't mind as much if enabling it didn't completely remove the tab switching button in Chrome. I don't see why you can't switch tabs directly in Chrome while also having the tabs appear as cards on the app switcher.
What do you mean? On KK, it was on by default in Chrome beta. But on Lollipop, regular Chrome has it on by default too.
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