Android 5.0 and Nexus announcement thread!

Extrasupervery

Got it OTA on Nexus 4. Seems to be stuck in "bootloop" (if that's what infinite spinning logo things means). Any advice?

Fresh Pots

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Got it OTA on Nexus 4. Seems to be stuck in "bootloop" (if that's what infinite spinning logo things means). Any advice?

How long have they been spinning? First boot does take about 4 mins.

Extrasupervery

Fresh Pots wrote: »

How long have they been spinning? First boot does take about 4 mins.

It's been several hours now, I'm getting dizzy. I've turned it on and off, tried to load a boot menu...still spinning dots.

Mayo Yid

Extrasupervery wrote: »

It's been several hours now, I'm getting dizzy. I've turned it on and off, tried to load a boot menu...still spinning dots.

I'd get the factory image, something's gone wrong

ongarite

Extrasupervery wrote: »

It's been several hours now, I'm getting dizzy. I've turned it on and off, tried to load a boot menu...still spinning dots.

Boot into fastboot menu by powering off phone and then turning it on again holding volume down button.
Then select recovery mode and when that loads press volume up and power until menu appears to clear cache.

Discodog

corkie wrote: »

Battery Percent for KitKat/L


Or HD widgets has a widget that display battery percent along with other toggles

The percentage is there when you pull down settings. Is there any way to make the font bigger on the Google search ?

Basq

Got notified of OTA update on Nexus 4 last night so left it downloading overnight, woke up this morning and and chose to 'restart and install'. Came back 5 minutes later and Nexus was on lock screen. Nothing looked any different - so checked and still at 4.4.4, and am getting told my 'system is up to date' under Settings.

Any thoughts of how to get it to reapply?

illdoit2morrow

Basq wrote: »

Got notified of OTA update on Nexus 4 last night so left it downloading overnight, woke up this morning and and chose to 'restart and install'. Came back 5 minutes later and Nexus was on lock screen. Nothing looked any different - so checked and still at 4.4.4, and am getting told my 'system is up to date' under Settings.

Any thoughts of how to get it to reapply?

IMHO the easiest way to flash a rom on a Nexus device is via the toolkit provided at http://www.wugfresh.com/

It provides tools to install the required drivers, unlock the bootloader, root the phone and a tool to flash a new ROM.

There are other ways of course, but I used this on my N4 and N7 with no hassle.

Best of luck.

Im_No_Superman

corkie wrote: »

Battery Percent for KitKat/L


Or HD widgets has a widget that display battery percent along with other toggles

Cheers, the Battery Percent for KitKat/L is tiny, very hard to make out clearly and for others like HD widgets you have a persistent notification on your lock screen which is abit annoying.

Seems like an odd feature to be removed, hopefully they bring it back in 5.1! For the time being I just have put a battery widget on the homescreen.

laoisfan

laoisfan wrote: »

Agree, have the 2012 Nexus 7 as well and not impressed. Lagging, certain apps just closing of a sudden. Hopefully they can address with an update, else I'll flash 4.4.4.

So I did a factory reset last night and upon logging in with my Gmail account I decided to set the device up as a new device, not restore from a previous backup.

Downloaded & installed majority of the apps I used again.

It is running normal now, no lag. Speed wise I personally think it is no faster or slower than KitKat.

Extrasupervery

ongarite wrote: »

Boot into fastboot menu by powering off phone and then turning it on again holding volume down button.
Then select recovery mode and when that loads press volume up and power until menu appears to clear cache.

Recovery mode won't load, I just get a picture of the android dude and he looks dead. So over these spinning dots.

Fresh Pots

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Recovery mode won't load, I just get a picture of the android dude and he looks dead. So over these spinning dots.

The android on his back is recovery mode.

laoisfan

Mayo Yid wrote: »

It's not a great experience on the nexus 7 2012, it lags.

Set it up as a new device after installing, do not restore.

I did a restore and the lags were terrible. Did a factory reset last night, set up as a new device and it's running fine now, no faster or slower than KitKat imo.

Extrasupervery

Fresh Pots wrote: »

The android on his back is recovery mode.

Yup, I get him, and underneath him it says 'no command'. I tried holding power and volume up buuut we just go straight back to the spinning dots.

ongarite

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Yup, I get him, and underneath him it says 'no command'. I tried holding power and volume up buuut we just go straight back to the spinning dots.

You don't hold power and volume up as that will power cycle the phone.
You press both together for a moment as if you are changing the volume on a song or ringtone volume.
It may take a few attempts to get it to work and then a menu will appear with 4 options like clear cache, wipe/factory reset and adb mode.

Extrasupervery

ongarite wrote: »

You don't hold power and volume up as that will power cycle the phone.
You press both together for a moment as if you are changing the volume on a song or ringtone volume.
It may take a few attempts to get it to work and then a menu will appear with 4 options like clear cache, wipe/factory reset and adb mode.

Thank you for your patience, it's appreciated. I cleared the cache, rebooted, back to the dots! Anyone have a spare blokia?

Extrasupervery

I repeatedly selected EVERY option in recovery mode (got a tad frustrated) and, miracle of miracles, it rebooted.

DEATH TO THE SPINNING DOTS.

Ongarite thank you, you're my new favourite.

listermint

listermint wrote: »

Unsure if its required, but doing it after most updates and it always seems to be snappier on the 7

http://www.robschmuecker.com/fix-nexus-7-lag/




couple of simple steps to clear the cache partition.

Mayo Yid wrote: »

It's not a great experience on the nexus 7 2012, it lags.

for lag do above

Ruu

No faster or slower for me so far, might give the wipe thingy a go.

Mayo Yid

listermint wrote: »

for lag do above

Already did, no difference.

Ruu wrote: »

No faster or slower for me so far, might give the wipe thingy a go.

Won't improve, mine was a factory image install, not upgrade. It's prob ok if you just use a browser, but for me I jump from browser, to Twitter app to Yatse app or Google Music etc, it's the end of the road for this hardware, multitasking is poor

listermint

Mayo Yid wrote: »

Already did, no difference.



Won't improve, mine was a factory image install, not upgrade. It's prob ok if you just use a browser, but for me I jump from browser, to Twitter app to Yatse app or Google Music etc, it's the end of the road for this hardware, multitasking is poor

Worked for me, Perfectly fine and sped it up instantly. But hey its a 2012 device. What are you expecting tbf?


end of road ? yeah maybe if i was super multitasking rather than reading stuff and streaming stuff to chromecast.

DoBhrionn

Does anyone have their Nexus 10 on 5.0 from the OTA update?

peejay1986

Still not OTA for my Nexus 5

god's toy

They are only doing the 'Soak Test' now, so if you were not one of the 1% of users to get OTA already then it will be a week before they send out more.... even then its only to the next 25% of users.. another week sees the rest of us getting it soooo unless your doing a DIY job your in for a few weeks of wait.

projectgtr

ixoy wrote: »

So is the Gallery gone? It's vanished from mine after I updated today.

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Quick pic is pretty good.

Just sideload the KitKat Gallery apk, i done it day one, the photos app is shocking bad, only feature that doesnt come across is the edit section of the app, it still uses the photos edit though not the end of the day, but i loved the simplicity of the KK Gallery edit features

peejay1986

god's toy wrote: »

They are only doing the 'Soak Test' now, so if you were not one of the 1% of users to get OTA already then it will be a week before they send out more.... even then its only to the next 25% of users.. another week sees the rest of us getting it soooo unless your doing a DIY job your in for a few weeks of wait.

It's weird. I'm hearing of friends who've got the update every day over the passed 4 or 5 days, on various devices. Bizarre way they're trickling it out. Had KitKit pretty much straight away.

Atomic Pineapple

Just got the notification to update OTA on my nexus 5. Downloading now.

dastardly00

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

Just got the notification to update OTA on my nexus 5. Downloading now.

Same as.

JohnK

Just got the update ota on my nexus 5. I'm sure I'll get used to it but honestly I'm not loving it from the get go...

Gatling

I like the new battery saver mode .
When you activate it you get the usual reduced performance and a new orange band top and bottom of the screen .
Im liking 5.0 so far on my N7 2012

The Black Oil

Question. With Gallery gone, things are now in Photos. It said I had to enable Google+ use this, which seem to work fine. In the long run can I use the app without having to subsequently active a Google+ account?

Atomic Pineapple

I'm liking it!!

5starpool

I got the notification earlier for my N5 but I got a phone call just as it started installing. When I finished my call no sign of the update any more. Gah!

god's toy

On reading the Nexus 5 updates are starting I fired up my old N5 and what do you know, 5.0 waiting for me!

HibernianRunner

My nexus 7 (2012) is downloading lollipop upgrade right now.

dulux99

Maybe I just don't know my way around it yet, but I'm not a fan at all. Seems to have made things very convoluted, especially differentiating between silent/vibrate/loud. On the older android, I could have my phone on vibrate for phone calls, and have whatsapp messages be silent, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it now. It's quite annoying. The different options it gives you for "priority, all, none" doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. Cant I just have phone on vibrate?

Again, I may not be using it correctly, but I've had it for 24 hours now and it's not really getting any easier to navigate. (Rant over)

dulux99

dulux99 wrote: »

Maybe I just don't know my way around it yet, but I'm not a fan at all. Seems to have made things very convoluted, especially differentiating between silent/vibrate/loud. On the older android, I could have my phone on vibrate for phone calls, and have whatsapp messages be silent, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it now. It's quite annoying. The different options it gives you for "priority, all, none" doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. Cant I just have phone on vibrate?

Again, I may not be using it correctly, but I've had it for 24 hours now and it's not really getting any easier to navigate. (Rant over)

From googling it now, there's an option for putting the phone on silent, but this disables the notification light for some baffling reason. I thought the notification light was basically there, to show you had a notification, without your phone going off? So frustrating. :mad:

corkie

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Cheers, the Battery Percent for KitKat/L is tiny, very hard to make out clearly and for others like HD widgets you have a persistent notification on your lock screen which is abit annoying.

I don't have a persistent notification for HD widgets, but I have the paid version. It ages ago that I got it. (Since 28/09/12)

dr.kenneth noisewater

Anyone know if lollipop fixes the mm qcamera issue killing the battery on the N5? Restarting at least twice a day to kill it!

caolfx

The Black Oil wrote: »

Question. With Gallery gone, things are now in Photos. It said I had to enable Google+ use this, which seem to work fine. In the long run can I use the app without having to subsequently active a Google+ account?

Would be interested to know the answer to this also.

I don't use Google +. I don't want to use it either.

What put me off was - delete it on Google + and it deletes off the device. Ridiculous.

Edit: Still f*cking waiting!

Mayo Yid

Says here you don't need to sign in to use it, but you will need to sign in to use the photo backup feature

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12ashkapnm2cjwpu04cj5galuqoj3xasao

http://www.gplusexpertise.com/2014/11/photos-update-in-android-50-lollipop.html?utm_content=bufferddc95&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer&m=1

ActingDanClark

I can see how to switch on/off wifi, but can't see how to turn off mobile data?

CiDeRmAn

No sign of the Moto G update yet
Although with Nova Launcher and the Flatro icon set it's looking pretty snazzy anyway...

dastardly00

Mayo Yid wrote: »

Says here you don't need to sign in to use it, but you will need to sign in to use the photo backup feature

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12ashkapnm2cjwpu04cj5galuqoj3xasao

http://www.gplusexpertise.com/2014/11/photos-update-in-android-50-lollipop.html?utm_content=bufferddc95&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer&m=1

Although you don't need a Google+ account to use the new Photos app, you still have to have the Google+ app 'enabled'. I had it disabled because there was no need to have it (possibly) running in the background. It's a bit of a stupid change I think!

ActingDanClark

5starpool wrote: »

I got the notification earlier for my N5 but I got a phone call just as it started installing. When I finished my call no sign of the update any more. Gah!

Look in settings,system,about phone, system updates. Should be there

peejay1986

Google hate me. Still nothing on my N5

keano_afc

Anyone else with a Nexus 7 finding it even slower after the update?

laoisfan

keano_afc wrote: »

Anyone else with a Nexus 7 finding it even slower after the update?

Do a factory reset & set it up as a new device, do not restore backups.

I had to do this for N7 (2012 model) even after I flashed the original image (not OTA).

It is running normal now, neither faster or slower than KitKat.

You will have re-download your apps again though.

dastardly00

16 Things You Can Do In Android Lollipop That You Couldn't Do In KitKat

EvanKelly6

Anyone have any battery problems? I feel like mine is running down a lot quicker. I'm on 94% and it says that there's approximately 4 hours left? Would this be correct?