An0n0m0us

My Note 4 popped up this morning with a message to update to Lollipop. Dismissed it as no way do I want to mess the phone up and so I thought i'd look online to see how others are fairing and surprise surprise:

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/46...s-and-more.htm



What did people expect? Lollipop seems to have been a ***** up on almost all devices including Google's own, the original Nexus 7 was a nightmare and unusable with the Lollipop update.

My Note 4 has been the best device i've owned since getting it and no way will I be messing with it, if it works perfectly why take any risk of doing an update that could make it utterly useless?

I've been exactly the same with my ipad 2 as no way do I want to knacker that with ios8 and slow it to a snails pace.

I think there are a few other Note 3/4 owners on here so my advice would be don't touch Lollipop for a very long time or even better not at all, 4.4.4 is the best version of Android by a long way.

brendy76

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I have had lollipop for a few weeks now and have to say it is grand, a couple of oddities like text message theme is rank and slightly lesser battery life but im sure thatll be sorted, Im still getting well over a day per charge. It is certainly faster than KitKat.

An0n0m0us

What device is that on? I have had 4 days out of my Note 4 battery before although I tend to average 2 days before it needs charging. Also the update looks to be 5.0 which is what had all the bugs in it and 5.1 is the latest with many of the fixes other devices needed. The one thing I will not risk is battery life being diminished and so 4.4.4 I think is going to be what I stay on permanently.

Samsung are notoriously slow at releasing updates and so if you go to 5.0 now you could be waiting a long time for 5.1 to get released (if they ever do) and risk being stuck with all the bugs 5.0 has.

MDS_WRX

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I've had it a few weeks now on a HTC One M8 and not had any issues (it says the version is 5.0.1), and the battery life is even better too.

The only thing I've found that I'm not that keen on is how the Google Chrome tabs appear as their own "window" rather than grouped all together.

An0n0m0us

Yep but each manufacturer's version will be different as only Google devices get a completely stock version of Android so your HTC version of Lollipop may be fine, Samsung's version by the report above looks to have many issues which doesn't surprise me if it's 5.0.

alcazar

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My son's last Samsung asked him if it could do an update...and was unstable and virtually unusable afterwards. It was a decent one, not a cheapo POS like mine.

He now has the HTC 1 M8...and has updates switched to refuse.

brendy76

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Its a Galaxy Note 4. I would tend to be a heavy user and get around 5-6 hours screen on time per charge. Ive got 5.0.1 I downloaded and installed it from the Sammobile site (non service provider specific rom)

DJ Dunk

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Still all good here



5.1 seems to have ironed out any little niggles that I had before. Solid as a rock now.

An0n0m0us

Yep plus you are on stock android. Mines as solid as a rock on 4.4.4 which is exactly why I don't want to go to 5.0.

It also looks like I am going to be stuck with the notification of the update as it can't be dismissed

DJ Dunk

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Don't blame you, mine was great on KitKat. The little niggles didn't ruin the experience for me, but I can see why some might be apprehensive, especially after Samsung have 'modified' it

Graz

The Lollipop update totally screwed my Galaxy S4, random reboots, lock ups, getting into this odd mode where the battery discharged in around an hour and got really hot.

I did a factory reset on it last night and have only put a few key apps on. So far it's behaving itself today.

Galifrey

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Same here, few tweaks to improve battery life but otherwise top stuff.

An0n0m0us

I'm stuck with my notification to 'upgrade' and it can't be got rid of. I unlock the phone and occasionally the screen to update pops open, utter pain in the ar$e you can't say no to it permanently.

Edit: I found the answer to this only after mine updated - the phones are set to autoupdate in settings and if you turn it off that stops the prompt when you unlock the phone. My mates S4 was doing the same as mine and so I turned his autoupdate setting to off and his update prompt when unlocking the phone immediately disappeared. Shame I didn't find it sooner

An0n0m0us

Well my Note 4 is fcuked now as it decided to do the update on its own tonight I unlocked the screen and somehow it thought i'd pressed yes to update and it just started doing it without any option to confirm or cancel it. I wasn't exactly best pleased.

The battery drains ridiculously fast and you could cook a fried breakfast on the rear of the phone it gets that hot. So I either have to put up with a ruined phone with a warranty or root it and revert to 4.4.4 and lose my warranty.

Thanks Samsung you utter fcukwits.

Edit: I cleared the partition cache in recovery mode and so far it seems to be behaving itself although I can't test battery life yet as away somewhere with no reception which does the battery in constantly polling for signal anyway. Even with that situation it's currently saying 2 days and 17 hours at 96% so hopefully once back in signal range that will improve.

An0n0m0us

Having given it enough of a test it seems the clear partition cache was the magic answer and it has been running fine all week. However there is definitely a negative effect on battery life as i'm only getting 2 days out of the battery now and would be impossible to get near the 4 days I had on KitKat.

And being 5.01 there will be a lot of fixes between that and the latest version of 5.1.1 which will probably never even come to Samsung devices.

I still would given the choice be on KitKat.

JackClark

Is it just the Nexus range that gets all updates? It sucks that people get stuck on outdated operating systems.

An0n0m0us

All Google manufactured devices so the Nexus range plus Motorola devices.

I'm not fussed about having to have the latest version of Android, 4.4.4 on my Note 4 was perfect and the battery life simply the best from any device i've seen. So changing to 5.01 was of no interest to me so the fact it did it accidentally through a stupid design by Samsung riled me somewhat as it's now not as good as it was.

An0n0m0us

Looks like 5.1.1 is actually going to be released for the Note 4 next month:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/os/and...llout/page/0/2

stevebt

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The link is dead, do you think the new update will address the overheating?

An0n0m0us

Mine overheated only straight after updating accidentally to lollipop. Once I reset the partition cache the overheating didn't reoccur. Link fixed.

stevebt

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Mine was overheating badly so I tried clearing the cache and It stays nice and cool now. Thought I had to call into the Samsung shop with it until this solved it

An0n0m0us

Anyone got their Note 4 connected in Windows 10? Mine just gives an unknown usb issue.

stevebt

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My ipod touch has stopped getting updates from apple.

JackClark

How old is it?

stevebt

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It's the 4th gen but you never mentioned anything about how old an item should be.

An0n0m0us

Just got 5.1.1 OTA finally! Did another wipe cache partition after the update as it was red hot after the update just like it was last time it updated.

stevebt

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Some thing on your phone is causing your issues; I had the same issues and my battery life would be dead after 15 hours use.

I did what the web said and updated all apps and deleted ones I wasn't happy with due to notifications.

My phone rarely overheats and if it does it's never an issue and I find from charge ending at 6.3am and say going to bed at 11.30pm the phone is only at 80% charge.

I don't know what's happened but as the web says keep all apps up to date

andy97

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Wife's Note 4 has updated and works fine. She doesn't like anything that changes though.

I was never a fan a lollipop layout, so I decided to stay on kitkat. My phone is rooted and setup up as I like it. Adblockers, privacy settings on apps. I have disabled many stock apps, system improvements to increase speed and battery life.

Galifrey

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I have gone back to Kit Kat now as the battery life was appalling on lollipop even after clean installs and clearing cache etc.

bioforger

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If you get that issue then a factory reset definitely cures it. I didn't need to i get great batt life on an S5 using lollipoop now.