hello, I bought galaxy s4 i9506 this week and i'm currently on 4.4 kitkat. My classmate has an S5 and he updated it to android 5.0. he says that he absolutely hate it. all the menus now look worse, camera doesn't show, if its focused and so on. but is there real improvements, like battery life? battery life is one on the most needed things in a phone. for you guys that have updates there phones, what do you feel? is the battery better or the opposite?
Are we talking about custom or stock? Cuz it does make a difference.
I went from stock kitkat to custom lollipop. It doesn't seem to make any big battery difference, if at all. But I do see better performance than stock firmware.
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I just got my new Nexus 4 and it came with 4.2 in the box. I've researched a bit about 4.3 and the upgrades don't seem too major..I've heard a lot of problems with it, including worse battery(4.3 is supposed to improve battery life). I haven't had enough time with the phone to test the battery yet, but my question is, is it worth upgrading to 4.3?
Thanks for any input.
4.3 has scratchy sound in some games where 4.2.x didn't.
Apart from that I can't tell the difference for my usage.
Personally, its all worth.
Firstly, its a Project Butter revisit.
The battery life is either same or better, I can easily get 7 hour SOT on both.
I might not be an audiophile, but the sound seemed the same to me.
Conclusion for me, I'm never turning back to 4.2.2(unless there is a major test), because 4.3 is far far better.
You should do more reading on more benefits, its in the general thread.
i am using 4.3... but i guess its worse.. if lowers my antutu score.. the custom kernels for 4.2 have way more features... keylime pie is expected to be out in october.. you may wanna wait.. and regarding battery i hardly see any difference.. in 4.2 and 4.3
I have a stock n9005 note, still on jb out of the box. I'm planning on rooting it and keep it that way until there's a safe way to root on 4.4.2.
Are there any noticeable differences, on daily usage, between the 2 os versions?
I know kk manages memory better and has other improvements under the hood, but how SIGNIFICANT is it?
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I have a stock n9005 note, still on jb out of the box. I'm planning on rooting it and keep it that way until there's a safe way to root on 4.4.2.
Are there any noticeable differences, on daily usage, between the 2 os versions?
I know kk manages memory better and has other improvements under the hood, but how SIGNIFICANT is it?
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To be honest i wasnt able to feel any diference at all :s, i dont know if it was me or what but it just the same, like u said theres bettery memory management and the battery icon is white... but thats pretty much it.
on a side note, it feels great to have the lastest update on your phone =D
I've read through just about every Lollipop thread on this Verizon forum. I'm currently sitting on rooted 4.4.2, happily enjoying some pretty stable performance and battery life thanks to debloating, Amplify, Greenify and the like. With Nova Launcher and all of the Material Google apps, the interface can be made to look a lot like Lollipop as is.
Given all of the challenges that have come along with the update (battery, performance, root issues, beta Xposed support compared to 4.4.x), can those of you who have made the leap answer one question with a justification as to why - Was upgrading your Verizon Galaxy S5 to Lollipop worth it?
Wasn't worth it to me. Played with a couple lollipop ROMS for a week and now I'm back to 4.4.4.
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If your not the type that needs to be on the latest version and your happy with things as they are now, leave well enough alone. Newer is not always better, besides there are very limited 5.0 roms right now.
You know the old saying "if it ain't broke don't fix it"! I haven't updated yet im still on beans Alliance rom and it run fantastic and battery life is exceptional so i don't see a solid reason to move on. This is probably the longest I've been on any rom but it has some nice customizations and i use xposed for a few things so im content. The grass isn't always greener on the other side.
I tried 5.0 but found that a few apps don't work on it yet. I went back to 4.4.4 and will probably stay there until rooting 5.0 is easier and more apps get updated.
For me I've given it about 2 weeks now, and i give it a big no. Mostly for how bad the battery life is and how sluggish it gets throughout the day. Going to go back to KK this weekend....
I have been using rom-v6-0-touchwiz-modness-lollipop-4-t3035513 and am extremely happy with it. you dont get to have Exposed on it but i only used exposed for turning off charging sounds and theming whitch you can do with the moar controls on this rom
I played with LP bit came back to 4.4.4 NK2 and NK7.
There were too many things in LP that I didn't really like, starting with the battery life. It isn't as good as KK.
Now I'm running stock NK7 debloated with the NI2 debloater and no mods but it runs the way I like it. And battery is amazing !
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While on lollipop, I had nothing but problems. My gear fit and g watch were both pretty flaky on holding a connection and Bluetooth would randomly reset for no reason. Battery life was horrid. I found that I didn't enjoy being on lollipop, it felt like my phone was just hobbled together. Back to KK and I couldn't be happier.
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I have had my Verizon G2 for about a year and I have just been using the Verizon updates since then and no huge issues that made life miserable. But I just got the OTA update to 5.0.2 and my battery life is awful. I have done a factory reset to it, and it is still bad.
So I have decided that I'm just going to root and get a custom rom (I have done this with Bugless Beast the Motorola Droid in 2010 or so, so I am not totally unfamiliar with the process, just out of the loop).
My big this is battery life and stability. I would like to have some of the cool cutting edge features, so totally vanilla may not be the thing for me. I had rather the rom be based of of Lollipop, but if there is a much better one based off of KitKat, especially with battery life and stability, then that is more than ok with me.
So if anyone could recommend me a rom (or a few) that I could look into to get an idea of where I would want to go, that would be great! I just don't quite know where to start at the moment.
Thanks.
Should i upgrade to lollipop? my note 3 n9005
iv heard some draining battery issue :v
I have the same question. I feel good with KK rom: very stable, fast, battery friend. All apps works good.
I would like to try Lollipop, but read a lot of battery drain problems, no real advantages in performance, some compatibility issues for some apps.
Is lollipop really better, at this moment for note 3?
If yes, in your opinion, why?
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I ran lollipop since it came out and recently rolled back to KK. The phone is smooth and responsive again.
You wait hours to open the recents and the phone is simply lagging after 2 or 3 days of uptime.
The lollipop UI looks better and feels more polished, but the performance is a deal breaker.
I haven't had any issues with battery life, pretty much same as KK.
Until they fix the memory leak LP will not be any where near as good as KK and with M coming out soon they very well may stop updating LP for M and make a new polish OS instead of patching LP to match KK performances. ..I'm using arya rom v5.4 and having no problems yet but performance is not better than KK and recent apps takes way to long to open ...i do like KK clean fast and battery good audio is better in KK small glitches on LP ...it just doesn't feel like it's polished enough for a high end phone
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The only way that i'll use LP, is when they release 5.1 version. Until that i stay with 4.4.2.
I'm happily staying on 4.4.2. 5.0 is unstable, looks terrible and has far too many problems.
In fact, I'm still on NB7. Yes, Februari 2014. The battery life I have is amazing, I'm not risking an update.
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Which is more frienldy for battery? KK or Lollipop?
I would say kitkat has a better stability ,smoother and more battery friendly without you doing much tweaking. Lollipop can be as good as kitkat but need tweaking.
If you are ordinary user and do not care about updates, I recommend kitkat. If you are flasholic then most likely you will move forward to Lollipop and android M soon.
N9005 Rocking with Norma v21 Lollipop + Lean 6.2
In this week I will back for KK and make a root. Half year wothout root is tiring. White settings etc now are booring for me so i back for 4.4.2 and next maybe update for 5.0 but with using Mobile Odin pro and root permission.
Very irrytating is slow react proximity sensor when i set aside from the ear after call.
Only kk
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