Got it on my Z3 Compact and haven't had any problems so far. Still seems as smooth & quick and I'm getting my usual 2 days battery life out of it. Thanks for the tip on the browser tabs, turned the merge off and much better. The rest just takes a bit of getting used to. New pull down menu etc. but so far so good.
So upon reading through this thread, I've come to the conclusion that we're back to where we were in 2007 where mobile OSs are crap (haven't tried a Windows phone though so I might leave that out of the equation). I run iOS, but a lot of the issues you guys are facing here are exactly in the same vein as the rubbish I've been noticing lately. Things like change for the sake of change, bloated and unnecessary extra apps, stupid design choices, fundamental alterations to simple functions that now mean they no longer work properly. It's funny how apps seem to have been both the best and worst things about modern smart phones. They're great as they add any functionality under the sun and more. Bad because now both iOS and Android have so many, nobody wants to switch to a new OS and lose them (which is perfectly understandable). I'm hoping that smart watches help to clear some of the bloat and rubbish in these platforms. The cynic in me though is just thinking that the watches will be streamlined by chucking even more crap onto our phones instead.
This, the watches solve a problem that wasn't there in the first place. Apps, well, seeing as android doesn't even come with a decent CLOCK for pete's sake, I don't see the need to load an app for that. A certain level or basics on a phone should be on it. Also, non-removable apps are a real pain. A good thing about windows phone (and vanilla android I guess) is you can remove the crapware. The problems startas you well put it, when changing ecosystems. I have about 11 apps on my android that i really use a lot, and more than half of them don't have an equivalent on the lumia, as especially the bigger companies simply can't be arsed yet.
Well, I may have overreacted and bought a Z3. As predicted, it's still running the older OS - hotspot now works. I made the stupid decision to modify my microSIM to a nanoSIM (which in itself was modified from a standard SIM) but it all worked out. Quite scary actually - I cut through to the chip cavity on both sides and when the phone booted I initially thought I had cocked it up. "There's a new system update available" - err, no. Anyhoo, the phone is working exactly as I want it to i.e. as my Z2 did, so I think I'm going to ignore all future updates for all apps installed unless they stop working. I see my phone as a backup of a backup of a backup, so the onus is on it to just bloody work! The downside is that the Terrapin case I bought for it is broken, so that'll have to be replaced. I only noticed when I pulled it out of my pocket and it caught. Also, the Z3 doesn't seem to take kindly to my knock-off Z2 charger.
I have access to a 1st Gen Moto G that's been updated recently. No complains here as far as I can tell.
Hmm. I posted but it didn't post. Weird quantum behaviour, or my wifi screwing up? You decide. Chaps (and chapesses), I would appreciate some advice. I have a 'system software update' notification that I just can't get rid of and my Google-fu is failing me. Any ideas on how to remove it without resorting to things that could brick my phone?
Short answer: there are a few things you can try but nothing that is guaranteed to work without some compromise. I just learned to live with it on our Nexus 7, it's not too hard if your OCD can handle it!
Well, I'll keep it as a reminder to never update Android if everything is working fine in that case. I hate the way it is always in your face. You don't get Windows 7 saying 'Oh, look! Windows 8 is out! I'm going to leave a bloody annoying icon in your system tray until you install it!'. Oh well, back to killing processes I don't like. Hmm, what's Vine? Oh, another crappy piece of social media drivel? KILL. Where's the 'kill it with fire' option?
At least you can kill it, on my samsung, the pre-installed stuff can't be kicked. Over twenty silly unused apps, thanksalot.
There are scripts to get rid of the Samsung crap, but it needs to be rooted with a custom bootloader (TWRP or similar)
Yah, I never rooted it. Mind, you, now that I have a new phone, I could root the Samsung and finally run the software that doesn't run under the old version so I won't need to get a new phone, which I already have. Uhhhh, wait, there's a kink in that logic somewhere Hmmmmm.
Lollipop rocks! For all who hate a the original stock rom that has all the 'bloatware' on there phone head over to XDA and download another rom. If you don't like the Lollipop, downgrade it to a KitKat or a Jellybean also over at XDA, most phones are simple to do, Samsung's I find the easiest. It does all depend on what there is available for your phone at XDA but most 'newish' phones get an XDA developer sorting out a Lillipop rom or some other 'bloat free' rom. I had an old S3 and that got a Lollipo ROM before my S4. Never looked back since getting Lollipop. I do however dislike the Browser Tabs as apps thing, that is a feature of Chrome and not Android, but it does make sense, I use 'Chrome Beta' and I get all the new features before they are realised in he final version and been using tabs as apps for a number of months, after a while you get used it.
Running it on my Nexus 10, can't see that much difference, certainly nothing to get riled up about, runs as it always has
Not getting any of these issues on my Nexus 5 with the latest update. I guess it isn't android is the problem but more what manufactures do with it and put all heir own embellishments on it which makes it so frustrating. It's almost worth rooting it and using a custom ROM.
