Help Nexus 7 (2013)LTE, upgrade from 5.0.2 to 5.1.x

[Ocelot]

I broke the digitizer on my nexus 7 five weeks ago, had some grief getting it replaced locally, but it all worked out in the end. prior to sending it in, it was 5.0.2, and reset to stock before I dropped it off at the repair depot. When I picked it up yesterday, and re-registered it, it stated that 5.1 is available for download.
with all the talk of lollipop bricking N7 tablets, should I proceed with this update, or hold off a bit?

 

[mydian]

The way I look at it since you're already running lollipop if there is a risk of bricking you're already there. I gave up waiting for the OTA and updated immediately by flashing the factory image after reading about the problems which seem to be more related to 5.0.x.

 

[Bearsyzf]

I'm doing the update as we speak .

 

[Bearsyzf]

The way I look at it since you're already running lollipop if there is a risk of bricking you're already there. I gave up waiting for the OTA and updated immediately by flashing the factory image after reading about the problems which seem to be more related to 5.0.x.

Have you had any problems with the new update ?

 

[Ocelot]

5.0.2 didn't cause any issues on my N7, aside from me not being familiar with Lollipop.
However, on my 1st gen retail verison Moto G, current widget used to show charge/discharge current on Kit-Kat 4.4.4, but shows "no data" on 5.0.2.

 

[Madbat]

Have you had any problems with the new update ?

Only thing I've had trouble with on 5.1 is a few video playing glitches. Nothing big. Like mxplayer would play sound without video after a recent reboot. Waiting a minute or so and trying again is successful. Happened a few times.

 

[mydian]

The only problem I've had was when I installed all 100+ of my apps the thing lagged real bad afterwords. I couldn't even type. A quick reboot fixed that and that was over a week ago it hasn't done it again.

I have noticed a huge increase in battery life. The standby time seems to be back on par with kit Kat. I also got over 8 hours of screen time so far but with 5.0.2 I could barely get 6.

I'm very happy so far. I used Wugfresh Nexus tool kit to flash the factory image and root it.

 

[-=Jeff=-]

was the 5.0.2 or 5.1 an OTA update? mine is still 4.4.4

 

[Madbat]

was the 5.0.2 or 5.1 an OTA update? mine is still 4.4.4

Yep. Mine is updated to 5.1.1. I used factory image, but my wife's got ota.