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Android |OT5| The Sonic Cycle
- Thread starter Bboy AJ
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But the lockscreen's music widget is super important!
Jazzy Network
Member
I'm hoping there's enough of an outcry to eventually get the music controls back to what it was on 4.4.
Right, KK.
Depends on the plan. All plans have unlimited data, but only one has unlimited 4G/LTE data (on the right). The others are throttled after they hit their specified limit.
Jazzy Network
Member
What is the problem with the music widget on the lock screen? I can pause, skip music and even see a cover art?
You can't go back? You have to take extra steps to do things you don't really need to do. Plus the big ass notification in the middle just does not look good when you have the artwork in the background.
Literally nothing
What is the problem with the music widget on the lock screen? I can pause, skip music and even see a cover art?
You have to do a very cumbersome and time-wasting swipe down to expose the previous track button. 0.5 seconds of your life, gone just like that.
Yep, I tried going back to KK and can't keep it. Absolutely inferior user experience.
Ok,
so I'm the target audience for Lollipop as I can't remember a single day where I skipped back on my phone. It's more like open play music, select playlist, let it play
Lucky me
They didn't realize that instead of swiping twice you can tap the second time to pull down entirely, lol.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
one or two people in this thread definitely have one.
Or just use two fingers... like you always could. And it was a second tap before as well. They've literally done nothing but add one more way to access them. Otherwise it's exactly the same.
Yup, so it's pointlessly worse. Especially as I can't skip back in my pocket either when I'm walking to work in a storm.
Fortunately, it is the only thing left bugging me after installing CM12. Everything else is better.
Exactly. There are a handful of minor regressions and dudes act like Lollipop is a complete disaster. I think people forget all the stuff they added with 5.0.
Just to name a few:
- Material design
- Battery saver mode
- Smart lock (bluetooth, gps)
- Privacy control for lockscreen notifications
- Multiuser support for phones
- Screen pinning
- ART
- Support for 64-bit SOCs
- Low latency audio and USB audio
And, in comparison, the extremely minor setbacks:
- Confusing priority mode / no easy "silent mode"
- Slightly worse lockscreen music controls
- Removal of lockscreen widgets
I mean come on. Take a step back and gain some perspective here.
Not to be picky but ART was in Kit Kat.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Beta ART was in Kit and it wasn't default.
As of now Dalvik doesn't exists anymore.
That's not the same IMO.
The Faceless Master
Member
but everything except screen pinning was already available before 5.0, sure somre weren'ty stock, but hey...
soundahfekz
Member
so Android bretheren, is it a crap shoot on getting a good One plus One phone? I've heard of people w/ yellowing screen issues and all that, but wasn't sure if that got sorted out or if it was a minor issue.
Honestly I don't see anything else on the horizon that warrants the "wait and see" game, and I'm not interested in buying a contract phone.
Honestly I don't see anything else on the horizon that warrants the "wait and see" game, and I'm not interested in buying a contract phone.
Ask yourself this... Do you want to punch yourself in the balls now or later after buying a phone with near 0% customer service or ease of return?
So buy a phone unlocked? Z3 and Z3c are still great if anything.
How does that negate the significance of Lollipop? They weren't in Android 4.4 and they are in 5.0. Plus, I don't think I'm alone when I say features being built into Android is preferable to downloading a combination of apps, Xposed modules, and ROMs to achieve the same.
osiris3355
Banned
What phones had mutli user support?
Jazzy Network
Member
My Moto X just rebooted itself for no reason. Sweet.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
it's a feature
brotkasten
Member
Funny, because my N5 did the same today. First time it happened, too.
Ran out of memory.
I got a Moto X with a wood back at the beginning of December. I noticed a few days ago that the back is starting to very slightly separate from the frame at the bottom. I did a support chat with Motorola's customer service on Friday and was told that it was considered a "cosmetic" issue, and that I only had 14 days after delivery to exchange the device for that reason. I asked if they would consider it a cosmetic issue or a warranty issue if the back completely separated in the next few weeks. The rep told me that would be considered accidental damage and not covered by anything. Needless to say, I'm annoyed. I'm thinking about selling it while it's still in good shape and going back to my G2.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
http://phandroid.com/2015/01/16/defective-nexus-6-battery-cover-separation/
lol nexus 6 had the same problem and motorola offered to replace those phones for people. Sounds like they might have some factory issues.
Mine has done that once so far in the 3 days I've had it.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Mine never rebooted. Yet. *Crosses fingers*
BoboBrazil
Member
Great phone. Yellow issues seem to be gone for at least the last few months with newer phones. It feels and looks like a premium phone for $350. I recommend it 100%.
osiris3355
Banned
Its prolly lollipop. My nexus 9 reboots sometimes.
I dont think I've ever owned an android device that has never done a random reboot.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Google tried to pull this nonsense with me when my Nexus 5 lettering started to peel off. Go get your warranty booklet and quote from it. I bet there's nowhere that limits cosmetic issues. Here's my email chain. Keep in mind, it's for my N5. YMMV.
They then relented. As if some supervisor wrote the warranty smh
Google have been a pillar of great ideas lately. Let's not forget that the stupid ass material redesign of the Play Music app was nothing more than a slight change in iconography and a slightly tweaked action bar.
Laziest update among all the updated apps.
Other than moving my beloved Feeling Lucky down so it's not right on the top of the app, I can't really find fault. It's not like Hangouts where it needs a total overhaul, it works anyway.
It looks like a malnourished holo/material bastard child. It's slow, unresponsive and janky. The fact that it has to load in the overflow menus is complete and utter bullshit.
I'm not getting any of that, but I do have full bars of LTE almost all of the time and ac wifi at home, so it might mitigate a lot of that I guess.
Maybe so, but then that begs the question if it needs an internet connection to open a god damn oveflow menu. Like what?
I do not understand this discussion about KK vs Lollipop.
Sure, some changes haven't pleased everyone, and some are arguably worse, but that happens all the time.
That said i'll throw my own complain, but for a change from Jellybean to KK -> GPS vs Location. Now i can't disable GPS and use wifi/data location: if i disable location i turn it off completely so when i use maps or here i have to go into settings and allow the full location mode and then change it back to only wifi/data.
Sure, some changes haven't pleased everyone, and some are arguably worse, but that happens all the time.
That said i'll throw my own complain, but for a change from Jellybean to KK -> GPS vs Location. Now i can't disable GPS and use wifi/data location: if i disable location i turn it off completely so when i use maps or here i have to go into settings and allow the full location mode and then change it back to only wifi/data.