"Supposed" to. Just like Lollipop was "supposed" to fix the battery drain on Android.
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"Supposed" to. Just like Lollipop was "supposed" to fix the battery drain on Android.
It provides notifications for Samsung apps. It's basically useless.
Junior Mint
Member
Random wakelocks and battery drain are staples of Android, man.
It didn't with some manufacturers.
I have a love hate relationship with Lollipop that's the backwards version of me and Windows 8. Sure, the background stuff got worse, but it's so damn pretty.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
It really bothers me how android has all these system related things that are always fighting battery and updates are like wild cards in terms of making them a lot worse or better. I guess it's part of the experience o_0
I hope when google talks about the next version of Android whether that's at I/O soon or whenever, they bring up battery life.
I hope when google talks about the next version of Android whether that's at I/O soon or whenever, they bring up battery life.
osiris3355
Banned
I've been aware since 2.0 but its starting to get worse.
Praise Goog!
*looks at vanilla lollipop phone*
*on track for ~6 hrs screen on time*
*whistles*
I guess a good counterexample though is the Note 4 starting to drain like crazy for some who updated lol.
osiris3355
Banned
You never know. The Android flagship this year has shit battery life . Maybe people will start looking else ware that dont want Apple .
Lay off the koolaid man. Its starting to get hard to believe the accuracy of your posts even when they are.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
meh there's very little MS could do to ever get me to want to use WP10. The whole OS is just a bust imo. Needs to go back to the drawing board. I'd say that's just me but it seems the vast majority has spoken on that as well.
I'm a windows guy too though.
Baroquemantic
Member
I love Windows and I'm very excited about W10, but on phones it's a bust. It also doesn't help that I think the metro design looks terrible on phones. It's weird, but to me, on large screens the design looks great, but on phones I think it's ugly as hell. Is to cramped or cluttered or something.
Don't care. You can believe whatever you want to believe, i'll keep posting anecdotes/opinions/discussion as I always have.
If you're looking for inaccurate posts, you're better off with Wreav or someone else.
Unknown Soldier
Member
What it does is give the world the best app reviews ever on Google Play
TimeEffect
Member
How do i make it sobthat i can see who messages me on the notifications/lock screen
This "new message" replacement sucks
This "new message" replacement sucks
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Hey are there any high end phablets that compete with the Note 4? Are any of them recommended?
Which should be more stable for music streaming - miracast or chromecast's 'cast screen'? Trying both and both seem to keep cutting out and dropping connection.
This was with a Z3 connecting to a Bravia TV with miracast support, or a chromecast dongle. Also tried to my xbox one but the phone was complaining about no HDCP so refused to work.
This was with a Z3 connecting to a Bravia TV with miracast support, or a chromecast dongle. Also tried to my xbox one but the phone was complaining about no HDCP so refused to work.
HoodWinked
Member
is there any good android keyboards because every keyboard has one issue or another its so frustrating.
swiftkey gets the most right but still several annoying things like garbage spell check really stupid (.) key size on horizontal. word suggestion touch box is easily accidently touched.
swiftkey gets the most right but still several annoying things like garbage spell check really stupid (.) key size on horizontal. word suggestion touch box is easily accidently touched.
"show content" for notifications, setting under lockscreen.
Nexus 6 and 6+ on the iOS side
Marty Chinn
Member
I still can't decide between the S6, S6 Edge or neither. Logically the S6 makes more sense given the Edge's faults but the Edge just looks cool. I've also never dealt with carrier bloat or branding so that's off putting too.
Have you tried holding the Edge? I found it kind of uncomfortable in my palm.
Marty Chinn
Member
I have and I figure a case will eliminate any odd feeling.
It does.
I've found recently that in a built up area with a lot of signals, it's hard to use either over even N WiFi. Using ac devices has fixed it for me.
Marty Chinn
Member
I'm more worried about the glare which isn't a factor on the S6, the warping of anything including text that hits the edge and the color shift at the edge. I'm afraid those will bother me in the long run once the shiny factor wears off.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Have to hand it to Google their I/O website is always mega impressive
But chromecast is only 2.4GHz g/n, and my TV is probably no better - miracast should support LAN connection as my TV is wired.
Soodanim
Gold Member
My Nexus 4 waited until I was out at a party across town to let something fuck up the nav bar. That's good fun. Luckily after a few restarts (everyone else in the room disappeared to me by this point, I was committed to sorting this shit out) I managed to sort out getting home. Luckily I was ready to leave anyway. I'm typing this on my N7 as my cache rebuilds (Google suggested search let's me know this is common enough). I'm not sure what ruined my phone, but Contacts+ (only used as a Facebook profile pic/details sync app, feel free to recommend a new one) has been updating recently. Deleted Facebook as it doesn't do much but take spacw anyway, but I'm not sure what else it could be. I uninstalled anything from the last couple days (just Opera).
that made me go for the S6 in the end.....after trying them out in the store, i realised the colour shift on the edges would really annoy me.
Tell that to my stock N5, like zero modification whatsoever, only two or three apps aside factory settings. 2.5 SoT. Nothing good has come of Lollipop for me. :c
I have to say it's most definitely improved in the latest chrome beta.
Edit. This is on my N9.
BoboBrazil
Member
When is I/O? New version of android expected?
Note 4.
Yeah every one is having a different experience. Some people are reporting no change in battery life, a bunch are reporting worse, and a bunch are reporting better. So I guess it would actually qualify as a fail lol.
RaySpencer
Member
My Nexus 5 battery seems to be shot (I get like 6 hours per charge on it now), so I think Im going to pick up a Xperia Z3C.
Any cases you guys recommend? I like my LG Quick Cover on my Nexus 5, so I will probably go with something similar, but Im open to any suggestions.
Any cases you guys recommend? I like my LG Quick Cover on my Nexus 5, so I will probably go with something similar, but Im open to any suggestions.
The Faceless Master
Member
sideloading and multitasking would be a start.
the Note 3.
get the edge.
BoboBrazil
Member
I upgraded to the 5.1.1 nightlies on my OPO. I still hate this notification system. Is there no way to see the notification light for texts when your phone screen is off? Also I hate how it shoves a text in your face when you unlock. Why can't I just see the symbol from the status bar like KitKat? It also used to show me I had a text even from the lock screen on KitKat and now it doesn't .
Hey, guys. Quick question.
I just came over from WP8 and something that really bothers me about the adjustment is that when I want to watch a video it doesn't automatically go into landscape mode for videos when I turn the phone on its side. Any way to make this happen? I keep having to watch 16:9 videos in portrait.
Thanks.
I just came over from WP8 and something that really bothers me about the adjustment is that when I want to watch a video it doesn't automatically go into landscape mode for videos when I turn the phone on its side. Any way to make this happen? I keep having to watch 16:9 videos in portrait.
Thanks.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Did you um turn the phone sideways?
I did. I said that in my post. Is there a simple setting I'm missing? My main frustration with this is the MLB videos and some select others but I think they all do it.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Did you turn the phone sideways while holding it up vertically, so the gyroscope tells the phone it is now sideways?
Do you have Screen Rotation turned off for some reason?