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Howdy hello,
I've been on my Nexus S since GB. Ever since I've rooted and been running custom ROMs. I've had some awesome experiences but some crappy ones at the same time, all of which I attributed to my phone running a custom ROM.
Now I've finally got the new, new stock JB on my device, and after running it for a few weeks, I'm a bit disappointed. The features are nice and all, but there are so many issues I face that make it near unusable. To name a few:
Google Now takes way too long to pull up. At least 5 seconds and even while it's loading the cards, it's very laggy. The search button used to be a quick way for me to search for something, but the is effectively ruined with this lag.
Constantly losing data / connectivity. I know this may be at the carrier level, but I've never had this much trouble. ALSO, in these cases, the phone will often be reporting that it has full bars / full 3g connectivity, so either way the phone is acting screwy. I mean seriously, the one thing I need my phone to do is make a damn phone call, yet it semi-frequently fails to do so.
Apps fail left and right. Today my youtube app crashed in the middle of the first video I pulled up on it. I know this isn't really the OS, but it's part of the stock experience, and I think android should be held responsible.
Just a few minor gripes. I'm just wondering: has anyone else experienced this? I did a full wipe before installing the stock JB rom, and I don't think it could just be root permissions making things go wacky. I may consider re-wiping and only installing a few apps, but I really don't have that much crap installed, so I'm not sure if that's the issue as well.
I saw another post recommending to get a new SIM card from AT&T. I have had mine for a few years, so that could be a possible fix for issue #2, but I don't think that's the entire reason.
Any feedback is welcome. Thanks a lot all.
Stock JB was very laggy on my NS for some reason. Even swipping pages in the home screen was laggy. Some apps would instantly crash, too.
I've been running custom JB roms on my Nexus S, and its been running really well. The only thing is im experiencing the same lag that you do with Google Now. It has caused me to open my browser to do a search, which is disappointing, because in GB and ICS, the Google Search bar was so quick and convenient.
shyguyhighfive said:
Howdy hello,
I've been on my Nexus S since GB. Ever since I've rooted and been running custom ROMs. I've had some awesome experiences but some crappy ones at the same time, all of which I attributed to my phone running a custom ROM.
Now I've finally got the new, new stock JB on my device, and after running it for a few weeks, I'm a bit disappointed. The features are nice and all, but there are so many issues I face that make it near unusable. To name a few:
Google Now takes way too long to pull up. At least 5 seconds and even while it's loading the cards, it's very laggy. The search button used to be a quick way for me to search for something, but the is effectively ruined with this lag.
Constantly losing data / connectivity. I know this may be at the carrier level, but I've never had this much trouble. ALSO, in these cases, the phone will often be reporting that it has full bars / full 3g connectivity, so either way the phone is acting screwy. I mean seriously, the one thing I need my phone to do is make a damn phone call, yet it semi-frequently fails to do so.
Apps fail left and right. Today my youtube app crashed in the middle of the first video I pulled up on it. I know this isn't really the OS, but it's part of the stock experience, and I think android should be held responsible.
Just a few minor gripes. I'm just wondering: has anyone else experienced this? I did a full wipe before installing the stock JB rom, and I don't think it could just be root permissions making things go wacky. I may consider re-wiping and only installing a few apps, but I really don't have that much crap installed, so I'm not sure if that's the issue as well.
I saw another post recommending to get a new SIM card from AT&T. I have had mine for a few years, so that could be a possible fix for issue #2, but I don't think that's the entire reason.
Any feedback is welcome. Thanks a lot all.
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The cards could be taking longer to load because of your flaky connectivity. Can't expect them to load instantly if your data/signal is dying all the time, can you?
Definitely an inferior experience here on stock JB compared to ICS. Really hope Google fix this in an incremental update, as it's a bit silly their second-best phone can't run JB properly.
polobunny said:
The cards could be taking longer to load because of your flaky connectivity. Can't expect them to load instantly if your data/signal is dying all the time, can you?
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heh, that's a fair point. I'm not so upset with the cards taking a long time to load as I am that, while they are loading, the OS is very unstable. It's difficult for me to bring up the keyboard and search google while it's trying to load those cards. I can't believe it's not butter
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Definitely an inferior experience here on stock JB compared to ICS. Really hope Google fix this in an incremental update, as it's a bit silly their second-best phone can't run JB properly.
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My thoughts exactly . I was excited to get back on stock so I could have a functional phone without any added bells and whistles. New features are nice, but not at this price.
Try running a custom kernel.. Try the thalamus kernel its very stockish and it's SUPER smooth..
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I'm running stock on [email protected] with a matrix kernel everything smooth for me
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I had problems with JB too. There were a few lags, especially with Google Now. Some apps would crash every time I tried to open them, and the launcher crashed every time I tried to change wall paper.
shyguyhighfive said:
Howdy hello,
I've been on my Nexus S since GB. Ever since I've rooted and been running custom ROMs. I've had some awesome experiences but some crappy ones at the same time, all of which I attributed to my phone running a custom ROM.
Now I've finally got the new, new stock JB on my device, and after running it for a few weeks, I'm a bit disappointed. The features are nice and all, but there are so many issues I face that make it near unusable. To name a few:
Google Now takes way too long to pull up. At least 5 seconds and even while it's loading the cards, it's very laggy. The search button used to be a quick way for me to search for something, but the is effectively ruined with this lag.
Constantly losing data / connectivity. I know this may be at the carrier level, but I've never had this much trouble. ALSO, in these cases, the phone will often be reporting that it has full bars / full 3g connectivity, so either way the phone is acting screwy. I mean seriously, the one thing I need my phone to do is make a damn phone call, yet it semi-frequently fails to do so.
Apps fail left and right. Today my youtube app crashed in the middle of the first video I pulled up on it. I know this isn't really the OS, but it's part of the stock experience, and I think android should be held responsible.
Just a few minor gripes. I'm just wondering: has anyone else experienced this? I did a full wipe before installing the stock JB rom, and I don't think it could just be root permissions making things go wacky. I may consider re-wiping and only installing a few apps, but I really don't have that much crap installed, so I'm not sure if that's the issue as well.
I saw another post recommending to get a new SIM card from AT&T. I have had mine for a few years, so that could be a possible fix for issue #2, but I don't think that's the entire reason.
Any feedback is welcome. Thanks a lot all.
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Hmm I can say that AOSP JB is WAYYYY better than ICS. Soon I can port my ROM from the NS4G to the NS.
I have to agree with this. I've used stock JB when it was released, I was wowed by it's smoothness and cool animations. But everything felt a little slow and sluggish coming from ICS custom rom. After switching to Jellybro, JB feels both very fast and smooth. If you feel disappointed with JB, try using custom rom.
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I don't know if you guys with problem tried that yet, but it might be a good idea to do a factory reset. You will lose all your data if not backed up but I'm getting a feeling it could help. JB has only been smoother than ICS for most.
Looking to get an NS soon, but it may help, as others have mentioned to run a custom kernel and bump up the clock speeds a bit.
My N1 is almost perfectly smooth (very little lag and often times none) with JB installed and overclocked.
My GNEX is smooth as butter. (As to be expected). But I guess what I'm saying is, if the N1 can run JB smooth, then the NS should not have any problems.
And while I know AOSP is technically designed to run on multiple devices, only two were in mind when JB was released....the N7 and the GNEX. Everything else is an afterthought in which AOSP may not be fully optimized for the hardware that is pushing it. (Just my opinion).
And another opinion while I'm on my soap box. JB is what ICS should have been.
In my opinion 512 MB of RAM are a tight fit for Jelly Bean. I can just run 3-4 background apps without kill-restart-kill-restart-kill-restart and a constant lag.
I remember some kernels used to have compcache support. Maybe I could try to enable compcache/zram.
got556 said:
Looking to get an NS soon, but it may help, as others have mentioned to run a custom kernel and bump up the clock speeds a bit.
My N1 is almost perfectly smooth (very little lag and often times none) with JB installed and overclocked.
My GNEX is smooth as butter. (As to be expected). But I guess what I'm saying is, if the N1 can run JB smooth, then the NS should not have any problems.
And while I know AOSP is technically designed to run on multiple devices, only two were in mind when JB was released....the N7 and the GNEX. Everything else is an afterthought in which AOSP may not be fully optimized for the hardware that is pushing it. (Just my opinion).
And another opinion while I'm on my soap box. JB is what ICS should have been.
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I just got my GNex and the difference with JB on this phone is night and day. I didn't think it would be but I'm pleasantly surprised. But yeah. The RAM issue seems to be my biggest gripe with it on the NS. And for some reason, it just dominated my battery. I went through my first cycle on stock with Trinity and managed 3.5 hours of screen time over the course of almost 17 hours and still had a little under 50% remaining. My NS would've been dead long before that with the same usage pattern.....
I run stock JB with Matr1x. It works very very well.
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ekerazha said:
In my opinion 512 MB of RAM are a tight fit for Jelly Bean. I can just run 3-4 background apps without kill-restart-kill-restart-kill-restart and a constant lag.
I remember some kernels used to have compcache support. Maybe I could try to enable compcache/zram.
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Not to mention it only uses 368 mb of them. If it used the full 512, it would be pretty nice
I'm running Androxide 3.1 and used to run AdamG's custom ROM. Both ran great, no hiccups what so ever, Google now loads very fast, I guess it depends on your GPS and internet connection. My experience with JB is far better than the fastest ICS ROM out there, I believe given enough time, performance will become exceptional.
Logomotph said:
I run stock JB with Matr1x. It works very very well.
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Not to mention it only uses 368 mb of them. If it used the full 512, it would be pretty nice
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That can be tweaked a bit with different kernels.
I am running XenonHD 9 + marmite 4.2 kernel. It's stable and smooth. Worth a try.
Or should I install it on my Shield Tablet LTE?
Nope, it's still Lollipop. Google has pushed two fixes that kinda fix things but also create new problems, only one of which the Shield has gotten.
Also, if you like your current Gallery, remember to kiss it Goodbye as Lollipop uses the bloated Google+ for it. :/
Thanks for the prompt reply!
primetechv2 said:
Nope, it's still Lollipop. Google has pushed two fixes that kinda fix things but also create new problems, only one of which the Shield has gotten.
Also, if you like your current Gallery, remember to kiss it Goodbye as Lollipop uses the bloated Google+ for it. :/
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Damn, I didn't realize the gallery was gone until now. The new gallery doesn't seem to be too bad, but you're right in that it's bloated kinda.
Other than that, Lollipop seems to be an improvement over KitKat with regards to stability OP. I haven't had nearly as many issues with it. I'd say go for it.
MidgetMob said:
Damn, I didn't realize the gallery was gone until now. The new gallery doesn't seem to be too bad, but you're right in that it's bloated kinda.
Other than that, Lollipop seems to be an improvement over KitKat with regards to stability OP. I haven't had nearly as many issues with it. I'd say go for it.
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On the bright side, Nvidia actually went out of their way to compile the email app... my Nexus sorely misses that. But hey, I've been using QuickPic for a while too, which is sufficient where Gallery is meh and Google+ just hurts.
Meanwhile, I'm pretty pleased with the direction the camera and its aftereffects editing have gone. It's not Picsay (or insert favorite editor here), but it's serviceable enough to not require an extra app.
So I'm beginning to see more reasons to upgrade to 5.0.1(?).
Is the only reason not to do so because of the aesthetics of using Google Drive for image storing?
I am thinking about going back to KitKat until there is a update to Lollipop which fixes the slowdowns I and others have.
Otherwise my main problem with Lollipop is that new volume control. To change the media volume you have to go to sound settings in settings menu. It's also too easy to turn of alarm sound by mistake with the new volume/notification control.
I remember reading an article at Android Central ago where they listed all bugs/missing features/problems with Lollipop. Well worth reading before updating.
dape16 said:
I am thinking about going back to KitKat until there is a update to Lollipop which fixes the slowdowns I and others have.
Otherwise my main problem with Lollipop is that new volume control. To change the media volume you have to go to sound settings in settings menu. It's also too easy to turn of alarm sound by mistake with the new volume/notification control.
I remember reading an article at Android Central ago where they listed all bugs/missing features/problems with Lollipop. Well worth reading before updating.
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Too late.
Just as well, so far it seems more stable for what I'm doing. I haven't seen any of the slowdowns you and others mention.
Thanks for pointing me to the Android Central article, I'll have to see if I can't find it. Feel free to post a link if you stumble across it before I do.
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Nope, it's still Lollipop. Google has pushed two fixes that kinda fix things but also create new problems, only one of which the Shield has gotten.
Also, if you like your current Gallery, remember to kiss it Goodbye as Lollipop uses the bloated Google+ for it. :/
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Since people are complaining about the gallery going away. Here is the old one. It also installs the old camera.
https://mega.co.nz/#!CkJBlLiK!KcJGELR2ut_q1avgUGuJBfFMVGdm99RQ_JZQbPZQlGk
Just install the apk.
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I use Quickpick as a replacement for the stock KK camera and it works really well. As for upgrade to 5.0.1, poeple is complaining about battery life and some miscellaneous thing, that's why i kept 5.0
5.01 is significantly smoother... Especially when you disable HW Overlay (Force GPU rendering).. I went back to KitKat due to the wonky battery stats / life of 5.01 and KitKat was a dog in comparison --- So I went back to 5.01. ANd its butter smooth in comparison - even Chrome is significantly improved on 501. The battery life / stats are still wonky but with my clean load of everything (reflashed everything) and rooted (removed all the ATT bloat) I have to say... I am loving the tablet much much more..
So my suggestion is to load a fresh version of KitKat (1.2 Nvidia Image) then perform a clean upgrade from there...
>even Chrome
With a fresh install approaching 80MB, that's a pretty impressive benchmark.
Yeah, Lollipop elsewhere might be trouble but I think Nvidia pulled it off.
Thanks for all the feedback.
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Honestly, don't... I have been running lollipop since launch on my SHIELD LTE and now with 5.0.1, the number of minor bugs this has is simply mind bending. I have tried blaming it on pretty much everything but in truth all the stuff i use works heaps better in KitKat. Not to mention the Power drain, intermittent wifi, broken power control, rendering artefacts and so on and so forth. FYI none of this was an issue in kitkat for me and i have run it rooted and unrooted and with both locked and unlocked loader and pretty much anything i can think of, since I use EU/RoW software there is no bloating but even so i have tried removing anything and everything i could, to no improvement at all.
If you think nVidia did a good job on lollipop then i really don't want to see a bad job...
I agree... Other than performance Nvidia 2.1 (5.01 Andorid) has been a very poor quality build . However, Performance improved significantly (Antutu I gained 3k points just by going from 2.0 Nvidia to 2.1)
You can fix the artifact thing by Disabling HW overlay in Developers Options... pretty much all video glitches go away... WIFI is no better... I think they have a poor hardware design and wont be able to fix this with software. Battery Life is definitely worse and the battery stats are FUBAR. Regarding power control... I cant tell - honestly I dont see much difference when optimizing and not optimizing thus I guess they are broken.
I went back to KitKat and then went back to Lollipop - that tells you something right there
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Honestly, don't... I have been running lollipop since launch on my SHIELD LTE and now with 5.0.1, the number of minor bugs this has is simply mind bending. I have tried blaming it on pretty much everything but in truth all the stuff i use works heaps better in KitKat. Not to mention the Power drain, intermittent wifi, broken power control, rendering artefacts and so on and so forth. FYI none of this was an issue in kitkat for me and i have run it rooted and unrooted and with both locked and unlocked loader and pretty much anything i can think of, since I use EU/RoW software there is no bloating but even so i have tried removing anything and everything i could, to no improvement at all.
If you think nVidia did a good job on lollipop then i really don't want to see a bad job...
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If i disable the overlay i get quite bad stuttering in animations in the places i had artefacts so between two bad things... I hate redoing a good setup but I will go back to kitkat & wait a good while for nV to sort out lollipop before going back.
stanglx said:
I agree... Other than performance Nvidia 2.1 (5.01 Andorid) has been a very poor quality build . However, Performance improved significantly (Antutu I gained 3k points just by going from 2.0 Nvidia to 2.1)
You can fix the artifact thing by Disabling HW overlay in Developers Options... pretty much all video glitches go away... WIFI is no better... I think they have a poor hardware design and wont be able to fix this with software. Battery Life is definitely worse and the battery stats are FUBAR. Regarding power control... I cant tell - honestly I dont see much difference when optimizing and not optimizing thus I guess they are broken.
I went back to KitKat and then went back to Lollipop - that tells you something right there
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I had the memory leak issue on 5.0.0, but 5.0.1 remedied every issue I had. I have no regrets about the update (except that I'm still unhappy with how the OS handles folder permissions because app developers are taking WAY too long to adapt to it).
Mathman85 said:
I had the memory leak issue on 5.0.0, but 5.0.1 remedied every issue I had. I have no regrets about the update (except that I'm still unhappy with how the OS handles folder permissions because app developers are taking WAY too long to adapt to it).
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Similar experience here, no issues on latest firmware.
I'm running 5.0.1 and I'm having battery drainage issues and major throttling when waking the device, even if my power management settings are set for max performance. Need to wait 10-20 seconds for commands to register.
I get one day of use out of the Tablet, would have to bring up the battery day for actual on screen time. I do use Chromecast quite a bit and play a lot of Hearthstone so... a day may be correct lol.
the biggest issue for me are the slow downs and random crashes though, just painful. Nothing angers while I'm having relax time than having Hearthstone crash while I'm laying down the hurt..... oh well, just a game.
I had the lovely memory leak issue pretty recently, and my tablet is definitely running 5.0.1. The OS is mediocre generally, with the processor still doing impressive heavy lifting, but when the system grinds to a total halt and not even the Home, Back, and Recent keys are disappearing or unresponsive, it's a bummer.
How about those software keys, huh? Twice as prone to failure in tight situations. Deciding to not register touches, being frozen, disappearing, etc... a brilliant choice.
Post your experience with Lollipop on the Note 3; things you like, things that are different, problems you have had, solutions you have found., so that others can benefit.
I've tried two ROMS based on the leak, echoes and flex. I really like many of the features, but I have reverted back to KitKat for now.
It seems many of the TV-watching applications, such as Disney XD, Cartoon Network, etc. do not support Lollipop yet. For me, they crash on video playback. I ran into at least one game, Crossy Road, that crashes too.
I also had a strange issue with WIFI. I could connect to my 2.4 Ghz band just fine, but could not even see the 5Ghz access point. After I reverted to KitKat it was fine.
When ROMS based on the official release for my region come out, I will try again
@burtcom is it possible to revert back from lollipop?
Can you root it? What about xposed framework?
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@burtcom is it possible to revert back from lollipop?
Can you root it? What about xposed framework?
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Yes -- I ran into a few problems but I managed it.
Essentially I downloaded a KitKat rom from Sammobile, then flashed with Odin. I ran into an issue with the flash, and had to reflash with a PIT file.
That gave me a stock KitKat, which I then had to root by flashing CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx
Finally I flashed philz_touch_6.13.0 for recovery
Took all morning yesterday. I found a few threads on XDA which helped a lot, I'll see if I can dig them up.
I flashed the leak and other than the odd bit of stutter it's been as solid, if not more than kitkat.
One of my favourite new features is the trusted devices. I keep my phone pin locked but I can now set it so I can just swipe to unlock if my smart watch or Bluetooth hands free is connected. I walk out of range and it pin locks again.
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@burtcomWhat about xposed framework?
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xposed will not work with Lollipop, unfortunately.
I liked it so far but until Sammy release the source code then we are limited with mods. The leak is solid with some expected bugs but with more releases it will surpass kit Kat very quickly. ..
I went back kit Kat though just cause no official room is our yet and I like xposed framework mods. ...
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I am very happy and have been since the first leak. Encountered no issues whatsoever, experiencing much better battery life, and other than a fee complaints (white menus etc) it's a solid improvement that makes this feel like a new and improved phone.
I do miss Xposed, but I mainly used it for battery tweaks and notification bar shading, which Lollipop resolves for me anyway.
I've been using Echoe ROM for the past month and I'm very pleased with it.
For me battery life is better than it was with Kitkat, Touchwiz works properly and I've not gone back to Nova.
There are a few things you need to get used to like interruptions, but all in all its an improvement over Kitkat.
As soon as some of the apps catch up with Lollipop it will be perfect.
hi thinking to try lollipop, so what is the most stable rom and less bugs?
I installed the leak on 1st release and found it awesome much better than KK.
However once I got my LG G Watch R for Xmas it was a total disaster
My watch would not stay paired for love nor money rendering it almost useless as a smart watch
I would go back to lollipop in a heartbeat if it worked with my watch ok.
Long story short.
Pros:
+ the thing is DAMN fast.
+ me gusta material design.
+ yes, better battery life.
+ the insane multitasking added from the Note 4. It's like that the Alt+Tab has an Alt+Tab.
Cons:
- WHAT THE **** IS WITH ALL THAT WHITE ON AN AMOLED SCREEN
- Did I mention the white all over the place? And the cyan? That color scheme can make me poke my eyes out just for s**ts and giggles. Don't mistake me, I like the design, but the color scheme is hideous.
- While overall navigation, opening apps and the such, IS fast, Recent Apps can have a bit of an odd delay.
- No Xposed yet. :/ Well, rovo89 warned us we might have to wait.
Also, I must commend Samsung with the Troll OEM of the year award for updating the N900 and the I9500 to Lollipop before any of the Note 4 variants.
P.S. I also hope to all gods that Samsung f***ing implemented Ultra Power Saving Mode that doesn't need a mod to be made available. Such a mode should be made available for any device with an OLED screen.
to all who flashed official 5.0 (XXUEBOA6) by odin, can you check your bootloader version? thank you so much.
Installed the BLN8 which ran fantastic, but what the hole is wrong with the battery usage??? It drane 20% an hour, just laying in my pocket!
Installed CM12 which is awesome, but waiting for a stable Sammy firmware so I can get my S-view functionality back.
Memory Leak and Lags
Can anyone of u who have installed Lollipop confirm that you never experience lags or memory leak after few days usage (continuously without restart) ?
i cant flash philz touch recovery.
flashed rom
flashed cwm
then flashed philz touch
everything is normal for this step.
but when i reboot phone im trying to boot in recovery it boot in stock recovery.
i tried flash supersu stuck on samsung logo.
anyone solve this problems?
Edit : problems are solved
Thanks for making this separate thread:
I am very new to Android devices, Note 3 is my 2nd device.. earlier device Lava IRIS died within a week (it was a very old handset)
Used BB a lot and tried apple as well.
My experience with lollipop as a layman.
Pros:
1. Application loading is bit faster comparatively.. consumes little less battery especially with large apps.
2. Using internet related applications, (playing online games consumes less battery with improved performance)
3. Device gets charged more quickly..
From 0% to 100% in less then a hour. (using official cables)
Cons:
1. The white menus everywhere (too disturbing for eyes, if there is no way to change this. I will get to Kitkat again). I really hate this new interface.
2. Weird brightness issue, its too dim sometimes and gets fixed automatically.. (disabling auto brightness and making it run on 10) wont give that brightness when you are standing on road under sun.. cannot view mobile properly like reading messages etc under sun.
3. Massive battery drain.. not sure when/where its happening..
a. Idle mode consumes lot of battery.
b. Use same old Background applications I suppose, which ran normal on Kitkat mite be consuming more battery now..
4. It takes almost double time to hold home key to kill all recent apps..
5. Device gets charged way too slow (when using unofficial cables from chines mobile phones etc.)
Will share more as comes to mind..
Power button menu
I flashed the Russian ROM without factory reset. Overall it's working fine so far.
WTF with this new power button menu ?!! .. I won't go into the hassle of the missing Silent mode for favor of Priority ... but do I have to unlock the device each time to change the sound mode ?!! ... Who's this idiot in Samsung who came up with this ?!!!
Biso007 said:
I flashed the Russian ROM without factory reset. Overall it's working fine so far.
WTF with this new power button menu ?!! .. I won't go into the hassle of the missing Silent mode for favor of Priority ... but do I have to unlock the device each time to change the sound mode ?!! ... Who's this idiot in Samsung who came up with this ?!!!
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That's really sad. I liked to hold power button and get to mute or vibration mode.
Gone now or ca;not find the best thing
I like Lollipop.
Yes, there are a few Xposed modules, that I do miss sometimes, but I still prefer Lollipop.
The design is nice, white color on that AMOLED screen isn't as bad as I thought it would be. The color in notification area and settings isn't the nicest, but I can live with it. Isn't too much of a problem for me to go and edit it.
Battery life is far superior than on KitKat (honestly, I tried - downgraded to KitKat, ran in same configuration for 1 day, battery life was a lot worse)
Performance-wise I can see some improvement as well (yay for Android Runtime).
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Can anyone of u who have installed Lollipop confirm that you never experience lags or memory leak after few days usage (continuously without restart) ?
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5th day since I had last restart, no issues with that.
Hi there, If I flash it with Odin , will I lose all installed software and configurations?
Also I have Knox Status: 1 .... Does it matter for this kind of flashing?
I don't have that much time to upgrade and then having to install every single app and setup wifi etc..
Thanks!
If not I will just flash it straight away.
I have to admit that I'm getting upset about my N5 several times a day now. Since I updated to Lollipop, I'm experiencing random issues with WiFi and 4G data connectivity, my LG G Watch is randomly disconnected sometimes and the worst thing presubably is the memory leak bug - when the phone is running for a few hours, I can't even browse the web with music playing in the background as the music is stopped when I open up more than one tab in Chrome. Obviously, I don't even think of navigating with Google Maps while playing music, and the Google Now launcher is redrawing every time I hit the home button.
I actually never had a custom ROM on my N5 as I was happy with the unmodified stock ROM, but now, I really need to get another ROM to be able to properly use the phone again.
After quickly browsing the forums, I think Cataclysm or something like CM12 or Paranoid Android is what I'm looking for. I figured out that the first one is based on 5.0.1 while the latter are based on 5.0.2... is there any noticable difference? And the most important question: Is the memory leak bug fixed in one of those?
Which ROM would you recommend if I just want to have a ROM that runs very well overall (I don't want to be required to flash every weekly build for bugfixes) and is updated fairly fast when new Android versions are released?
Either downgrade to KitKat (my recommendation) or wait for 5.1.
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I have to admit that I'm getting upset about my N5 several times a day now. Since I updated to Lollipop, I'm experiencing random issues with WiFi and 4G data connectivity, my LG G Watch is randomly disconnected sometimes and the worst thing presubably is the memory leak bug - when the phone is running for a few hours, I can't even browse the web with music playing in the background as the music is stopped when I open up more than one tab in Chrome. Obviously, I don't even think of navigating with Google Maps while playing music, and the Google Now launcher is redrawing every time I hit the home button.
I actually never had a custom ROM on my N5 as I was happy with the unmodified stock ROM, but now, I really need to get another ROM to be able to properly use the phone again.
After quickly browsing the forums, I think Cataclysm or something like CM12 or Paranoid Android is what I'm looking for. I figured out that the first one is based on 5.0.1 while the latter are based on 5.0.2... is there any noticable difference? And the most important question: Is the memory leak bug fixed in one of those?
Which ROM would you recommend if I just want to have a ROM that runs very well overall (I don't want to be required to flash every weekly build for bugfixes) and is updated fairly fast when new Android versions are released?
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There is no memory leak. Most reliable ROM is stock one. I would recommend 5.0.1, root, remove bloatware (yes, even Google can do that) and integrate all updates into system. Off course as @_MetalHead_ said, with 4.4.4 and Xposed you will also get a SuperRom.
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Either downgrade to KitKat (my recommendation) or wait for 5.1.
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So the custom ROMs won't help with the issues I'm experiencing?
Downgrading to KitKat wouldn't be pretty as I'm using Lollipop's DNG capture feature with "L Camera" a lot...
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There is no memory leak. Most reliable ROM is stock one.
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But what is this about then? http://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...-android-5-0-1-lollipop-memory-leak-issue.htm
YassinTP said:
So the custom ROMs won't help with the issues I'm experiencing?
Downgrading to KitKat wouldn't be pretty as I'm using Lollipop's DNG capture feature with "L Camera" a lot...
But what is this about then? http://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...-android-5-0-1-lollipop-memory-leak-issue.htm
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Custom ROM will only bring you more issues.
"The thread reveals that several Nexus devices ranging from the Nexus 7 (2013 model), the Nexus 4 and the Nexus 5 were affected by the bug." (from your article) - I own all of them and never ever experienced such a bugs on non of them.
There is a lot off diferent users with their own habits and (no)knowledge. Google must answer some way.
YassinTP said:
I have to admit that I'm getting upset about my N5 several times a day now. Since I updated to Lollipop, I'm experiencing random issues with WiFi and 4G data connectivity, my LG G Watch is randomly disconnected sometimes and the worst thing presubably is the memory leak bug - when the phone is running for a few hours, I can't even browse the web with music playing in the background as the music is stopped when I open up more than one tab in Chrome. Obviously, I don't even think of navigating with Google Maps while playing music, and the Google Now launcher is redrawing every time I hit the home button.
I actually never had a custom ROM on my N5 as I was happy with the unmodified stock ROM, but now, I really need to get another ROM to be able to properly use the phone again.
After quickly browsing the forums, I think Cataclysm or something like CM12 or Paranoid Android is what I'm looking for. I figured out that the first one is based on 5.0.1 while the latter are based on 5.0.2... is there any noticable difference? And the most important question: Is the memory leak bug fixed in one of those?
Which ROM would you recommend if I just want to have a ROM that runs very well overall (I don't want to be required to flash every weekly build for bugfixes) and is updated fairly fast when new Android versions are released?
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Frank by Sykopompos .........For the N5
YassinTP said:
So the custom ROMs won't help with the issues I'm experiencing?
Downgrading to KitKat wouldn't be pretty as I'm using Lollipop's DNG capture feature with "L Camera" a lot...
But what is this about then? http://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...-android-5-0-1-lollipop-memory-leak-issue.htm
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Honestly, I've had nothing but problems with Lollipop. I've tried stock, and a couple custom ROMs and there was no difference. I don't think it performs that much better than KK and I'm also not a fan of how it looks so I decided to keep all my devices on KK. Hopefully 5.1 will take care of all of the issues, I might upgrade then.
Or stay on LP and use this fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/arm-arm64-android-5-0-lollipop-t3032247
Primokorn said:
Or stay on LP and use this fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/arm-arm64-android-5-0-lollipop-t3032247
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Doesn't have much effect, if any at all, people said they still have "memory leak issues".
If anything, there are probably multiple "memory leaks", and non-developers on XDA will spam links to "fixes" in every single thread/forum section, every time they're posted, and are under a placebo effect.
Then there are also the people who spam about Android 5.1 as if it's a huge improvement over 5.0–5.0.2.
The best band aid for this I've found is to use a kernel with zram compression like Faux kernel and the FauxClock app. I never though I'd have to resort to using compressed ram on my Nexus 5 but it was a godsend on reducing launcher redraws on an HTC Evo LTE running Sense with only 1GB of ram. The issue still pops up but much less frequently for me. BTW I have not run any comparison testing and this statement is pure anecdotal. I just have repeatedly observed on the same rom with the same exact setup for 2-3 months that using 3 kernels without zram required a reboot every day. On the same exact setup with zram I could go 3-4 days. A repeatable test for me was to browse on Chrome for a bit then go to the home screen. Without zram the launcher would redraw almost every time which was the same issue I had on Sense. With zram the launcher never redrew. Poo on Google for letting this issue go on this long without a fix.
I finally went back to lot kat for the same reason a month a go and couldn't be happier. The aggressive memory leak caused me to reboot several times a day. I liked cataclysm, but it's a modified stock nexus rom. So it contains all the same bugs the stock nexus rom does like the memory leak. It only adds new features.
Android lollipop memory leak not fixed in cm 12.1 with android 5.1.1 sources!!
I am using cm 12.1 latest nightlies which is based on android 5.1.1 sources and still I am faxing the lollipop memory leak issue and applications are restarting and the free Ram reduces up to 400 mb with no reason and the Apps will start restarting. I don't know when this memory leak will be fixed!
I've spent a long time using various versions of Cyanogenmod, but I always end up going back to stock sony, because it's just so much faster.
On Cyanogen, I'd sometimes have to wait a good 10-20 second after my phone starts ringing before it starts responding enough for me to answer.
I love all the nice UI stuff that lolipop brings to the table, and being able to install newer apps that no longer support Jellybean is also great, but it seems like this old phone is just not strong enough for it. Anybody have any advice?
I too would like to know which is the fastest and litest mod out there?! I don't care if they have to get rid of some visuals and animations or some features to speed things up or to lighten things.
All I care about is that it should be fast, lite and battery friendly. If I want some more features or visuals, I would get it from play store!
Japamala said:
I've spent a long time using various versions of Cyanogenmod, but I always end up going back to stock sony, because it's just so much faster.
On Cyanogen, I'd sometimes have to wait a good 10-20 second after my phone starts ringing before it starts responding enough for me to answer.
I love all the nice UI stuff that lolipop brings to the table, and being able to install newer apps that no longer support Jellybean is also great, but it seems like this old phone is just not strong enough for it. Anybody have any advice?
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I'm using SlimLP for now and I can say that it is great. It is really fast, never laggs and you have enough memory space for many apps! Just try it and you will see the difference. And the best thing is that @CodeZero regular updates the ROM so we have the latest security patches and ROM features. I hope that I could help you
KingShahJahan said:
I too would like to know which is the fastest and litest mod out there?! I don't care if they have to get rid of some visuals and animations or some features to speed things up or to lighten things.
All I care about is that it should be fast, lite and battery friendly. If I want some more features or visuals, I would get it from play store!
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Xperia_L said:
I'm using SlimLP for now and I can say that it is great. It is really fast, never laggs and you have enough memory space for many apps! Just try it and you will see the difference. And the best thing is that @CodeZero regular updates the ROM so we have the latest security patches and ROM features. I hope that I could help you
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What about the battery bro , I read that CM12.1 and every ROM that it's built on it has battery drain .
For me I'm running an old copy of CM12 it's working like sharp no lagging enough space and the best thing awesome battery.
n78 shadow said:
What about the battery bro , I read that CM12.1 and every ROM that it's built on it has battery drain .
For me I'm running an old copy of CM12 it's working like sharp no lagging enough space and the best thing awesome battery.
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What version of CM12 you're running now?
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What version of CM12 you're running now?
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cm-12-20150619-NIGHTLY
I tried cm11 recently and it surprised me. Smooth( best experience I ever had) , nice UI, 1.42 gb of internel storage(cm12.1 has 1.2 gb). But it has an ANNOYING bug that made me say hello to cm12.1 : if you turn the screen off and turn it back on right after that, it takes like 10 seconds to turn on. I wish there was a kitkat aosp project for XL that is still being developed or had some stable builds. The latest build of cm11 on CM download page cannot detect sim card and has some wifi problems
Try it :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-t3195312
I'm using rom cm12 nightly 20160227.
No problem . faster and smoothness. OTA updata. Battery pin.
Rom amzing for everyday use.