The super flexible, infinitely superior platform isn't infallible either...

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30116319

 

The only time limited update availability is a good thing.

 

I got the ota update for my Nexus 7 2012, installed it and it's blisteringly quick with no lag on anything its done so far. No issues with the update here.

 

So the article must be made up then?

 

I'm saying i've installed it on a device mentioned in the article with no issues and it runs perfectly. I've never rooted my device or messed with it in any way so who knows what those complaining have done to their devices.

 

Why are so many software/OS updates so poor now?

 

More users, more hardware, more apps.

 

To be fair my 2012 N7 hangs/lags/crashes on KitKat - and has done since late Jelly Bean - so I'm expecting this to remain unchanged with Lollipop. From what I recall, there's a a hardware issue around the NAND storage on a depressing number of the 2012 N7's which makes them perform pretty badly at times

Lollipop itself is pretty nice - runs very well indeed on my N5, and I've not personally had any issues with it. Can always roll back to KitKat if I do encounter any showstopping problems, but so far I'm not expecting to.

 

That's not really an excuse. Apple don't have the hardware issue and they messed up iOS 8. MS used to mess up all the time, and it was core stuff, not related to being on disparate hardware.

The enterprise software I use at work is the same, and that is very specialised. The last release of the sotware I use was shocking, so they put out a fix pack, which actually introduced even worse errors! We have commented to the vendor about the quality of releases, and that is much less widespread then things like Android or iOS. It just seems everyone is obsessed with getting a big update out yearly, or more, and QC has gone down the drain.

Our insatiable appetite for better, now, seems to be the thing that hurts most.

 

It is really an excuse. Plus more people prepared to make a big deal about small issues. 99.9% of people would not have been affected by any issues with iOS8.

 

I commented on this in another thread, software developers have just got into the vicious circle of adding code to fix any bug, plug any hole

But coders code, it is what they do - so no real surprise

 

Installed it on my 2012 Nexus 7 and it's now very slow, to the point that if I want to look something up quickly I'll use the iPad instead.

 

i have a Nexus 4 and found the same thing the move to KitKat brought bugs and flaky email and i have now upgrade to lollipop and have slightly different issues but about the same amount as Kit Kat