Soooo, Android Lollipop is pretty tits

"R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet" (r-saldana)
03/04/2015 at 10:52 • Filed to: Android-lopnik

Seems really cool, running a test-bed version on my Nook tablet that became a Nexus after many painstakingly annoying roots.

Little Senna at old Rascasse wallpaper for your time. I need to tweak by color settings for system windows and frames, but so far lollipop is quite swift, even on an outdated device like this.

DISCUSSION (30)

KirkyV > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
03/04/2015 at 10:54

I like it, but the memory leak and the endlessly annoying pop-up notifications are a constant irritation. Roll on 5.1, I suppose. (No notification fixes that I know of, but they should at least have the memory leak under control.)

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > KirkyV
03/04/2015 at 10:56

Are you on 5.0 or 5.1? I'm on 5.0.2 and have had zero issues once I optimized my processor minimum speeds and removed apps I don;t use anymore

cazzyodo > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
03/04/2015 at 10:58

Big fan of Lollipop after it rolled out to my phone (last month, I think?). Pretty sweet overall.

KirkyV > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
03/04/2015 at 11:01

5.02. It's perfectly usable - no lag, or stuttering or whatever - but if I don't restart every couple of days, I start to get masses of homescreen redraws, reloading tabs, and occasionally even 'Ran out of memory' messages. It's moderately better on my tablet - Nexus 7 II - than my phone - Nexus 5 - which is a tad odd, considering that it has substantially less powerful hardware.

The notification thing is the main issue, honestly. I can't bloody stand them. And Xposed still doesn't really work with ART, so I can't fix it.

BeaterGT > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
03/04/2015 at 11:01

Sucks on Nexus 5. Whoever thought pop-up notifications was a good idea should be taken outside and disemboweled with a wooden cooking spoon.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > KirkyV
03/04/2015 at 11:03

I wish there were more options on what system notifications showed up, not just all or nothing. I have noticed I need to reboot my M8 every few days or it gets slow, but then I'm only on 5.0.1

scoob > BeaterGT
03/04/2015 at 11:05

There might be a solution in Xposed

KirkyV > BeaterGT
03/04/2015 at 11:07

Indeed. At the very least, they should be optional; the old ticker worked so much better!

Honestly, the worst bit is the way that, if you swipe a pop-up away - which you'll have to do, as they take ages to go away by themselves - it also removes the notification from the tray. One of my favourite things about Android, going back to freaking Donut, is that the notification tray keeps a record of pretty much everything that happens on your phone, so you can deal with all of it when you've got a second. With the pop-ups, it's deal with it now, or loose it completely—which, as my memory has more holes than your average colander, is a pretty major issue for me.

KirkyV > scoob
03/04/2015 at 11:09

There isn't. At least for now, Xposed doesn't work with ART, so it's completely useless on Lollipop.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > cazzyodo
03/04/2015 at 11:11

It hasn't roled out on my Droid Turbo yet, so this is a great chance to use it worry free and on a far weaker system to try to explain any and all performance problems before it goeson my flagship

BeaterGT > KirkyV
03/04/2015 at 11:12

Yeah I really liked the ticker setup. Is it possible to roll back to 4.4?

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > KirkyV
03/04/2015 at 11:12

Do you run a task killer app? i have mine set to repetitive memory purges

KirkyV > BeaterGT
03/04/2015 at 11:13

If you're willing to root, then certainly. It's actually relatively easy, since you'll just be flashing a factory ROM. I'm really not the person to ask when it comes to specific advice - I fumble my way through pretty much everything - but it should be relatively easy to find a guide with Google. The Nexus 5 has one of the largest modding communities going.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
03/04/2015 at 11:13

Rom manager -> cyanogenmod nightly release

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > BeaterGT
03/04/2015 at 11:14

You can remove that ability in cyanogenmod's dev options. But I agree, my alarm app was on a continuous hash fail this morning and it took me a solid few minutes to remove it.

KirkyV > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
03/04/2015 at 11:15

Nope, I've never liked task killers. I think I'd go back to KitKat first.