So, since I've downloaded the lollipop ota update about 10 days ago, my N5 has started acting a little wonky to say the least. Here are the problems I've been having, the first two are resolved, the others I need your help with:
1. Battery drain
Since the ota update, my N5 could barely get an hour and a half of screen on time (well youtube time, since that's the app I use the most). I remember it getting 3-4 hours easily before.
This was resolved by disabling that fit app, which got me back up to maybe 3, 3.5 hours of youtube per charge, a bit worse, but certainly bearable.
A lot of people have been reporting battery life gains, but it seems I'm not one of them. (I'm also using it, as always, with battery conservation in mind: we're talking 1/6 brightnes, location, nfc, bluetooth turned off, the only thing I use regularly is wi-fi).
2. Wi-fi connectivity issues
This sort of resolved itself, I guess. I've been having the 'network saved but won't connect' issue, which I've seen has been pretty common with this update.
But I've also had this problem where if i'm not on full bars, the wi-fi just flat out wouldn't work. Stepping out of my living room, effectively reducing the signal to 3/4 strength just killed it instantly, I'd get the buffering thing on youtube and it wouldn't resume playing until it got back to 4 bars, which was really weird, but again, it sort of resolved itself about a week ago, and I havent seen these problems since.
3. Massive ram usage
So, before, I would get maybe around 600-700 mb of ram used in total when I'm idle, no matter what. Now it's regularly at 1.2 gb just for the system.
When I restart it, I do get normal ram usage, but after some time it just skyrockets, and it didn't do that before. I mean, I guess restarting works, but still, it's far from an ideal and practical solution.
Lollipop is supposed to be snappy and efficient, so what the hell is this? Which brings me to:
4. Performance issues
I suspect this could be tied in to problem number 3.
I've been seeing moments of choppiness, random hangs...4.4 was buttery, but this isn't, at least for me.
Apps and games seem mostly unaffected (haven't played many though, so I'm not totally sure), but the most noticeable hangs happen:
1) While scrolling through the app drawer. (sometimes)
2) After I've been using an app (mostly see this with chrome) for some time, pressing the home button causes 1-2 seconds of being on my home screen with nothing but the app drawer button, with other icons popping in gradually afterwards. (always)
3) App drawer taking 1-2 seconds to appear. (sometimes)
5. Camera
I just noticed this 5 minutes ago when i tried to upload my ram usage image. I clicked camera by accident in the 'select source file' dialog box, and it gave me an error that said "can't connect to camera". Tried starting the camera app on it's own, still doesn't work.
So guys, any fixes, suggestions, ideas? I'd really appreciate some feedback.
I mean, I guess I could roll back to 4.4, but I like lollipop and I wanna make it work properly. Also, a factory reset before applying the update could fix some of these issues, but I have a lot of files and apps that I need, and it's just too much of a hassle for sometnihg that 'might' work (that's why I waited for the ota in the first place and didn't just flash it, I wanted to keep my files and apps).
Also, how's lollipop working for you? Hopefully better than it is for me.
P.S. Chrome chrashed like an absolute bitch while I was writing this
And also, this happened, cool widget bro! What even...
1. Battery drain
Since the ota update, my N5 could barely get an hour and a half of screen on time (well youtube time, since that's the app I use the most). I remember it getting 3-4 hours easily before.
This was resolved by disabling that fit app, which got me back up to maybe 3, 3.5 hours of youtube per charge, a bit worse, but certainly bearable.
A lot of people have been reporting battery life gains, but it seems I'm not one of them. (I'm also using it, as always, with battery conservation in mind: we're talking 1/6 brightnes, location, nfc, bluetooth turned off, the only thing I use regularly is wi-fi).
2. Wi-fi connectivity issues
This sort of resolved itself, I guess. I've been having the 'network saved but won't connect' issue, which I've seen has been pretty common with this update.
But I've also had this problem where if i'm not on full bars, the wi-fi just flat out wouldn't work. Stepping out of my living room, effectively reducing the signal to 3/4 strength just killed it instantly, I'd get the buffering thing on youtube and it wouldn't resume playing until it got back to 4 bars, which was really weird, but again, it sort of resolved itself about a week ago, and I havent seen these problems since.
3. Massive ram usage
So, before, I would get maybe around 600-700 mb of ram used in total when I'm idle, no matter what. Now it's regularly at 1.2 gb just for the system.
When I restart it, I do get normal ram usage, but after some time it just skyrockets, and it didn't do that before. I mean, I guess restarting works, but still, it's far from an ideal and practical solution.
Lollipop is supposed to be snappy and efficient, so what the hell is this? Which brings me to:
4. Performance issues
I suspect this could be tied in to problem number 3.
I've been seeing moments of choppiness, random hangs...4.4 was buttery, but this isn't, at least for me.
Apps and games seem mostly unaffected (haven't played many though, so I'm not totally sure), but the most noticeable hangs happen:
1) While scrolling through the app drawer. (sometimes)
2) After I've been using an app (mostly see this with chrome) for some time, pressing the home button causes 1-2 seconds of being on my home screen with nothing but the app drawer button, with other icons popping in gradually afterwards. (always)
3) App drawer taking 1-2 seconds to appear. (sometimes)
5. Camera
I just noticed this 5 minutes ago when i tried to upload my ram usage image. I clicked camera by accident in the 'select source file' dialog box, and it gave me an error that said "can't connect to camera". Tried starting the camera app on it's own, still doesn't work.
So guys, any fixes, suggestions, ideas? I'd really appreciate some feedback.
I mean, I guess I could roll back to 4.4, but I like lollipop and I wanna make it work properly. Also, a factory reset before applying the update could fix some of these issues, but I have a lot of files and apps that I need, and it's just too much of a hassle for sometnihg that 'might' work (that's why I waited for the ota in the first place and didn't just flash it, I wanted to keep my files and apps).
Also, how's lollipop working for you? Hopefully better than it is for me.
P.S. Chrome chrashed like an absolute bitch while I was writing this
And also, this happened, cool widget bro! What even...
