Lollipop 5.0 just got pushed to a whole bunch of Samsung devices

[Bman123]

I've had it on my Verizon S5 almost a week now. I wonder how far this phone will actually get updated in the future.
Does anyone know what the S4 started at software wise?

 

[ChronoReverse]

We started on 4.2. I'm pretty happy with the Lollipop update, aside from the blinding white design which is really Lollipop's fault, Samsung did a pretty good job on the update (besides timeliness).

 

[Bman123]

Better late then never I suppose. There is too much white in the update. Makes me miss the ice cream sandwich color scheme, it was so good on battery life.

 

[lilrayray69]

My HTC One S7 just got 5.0.2 which seems mostly an aesthetic update - it does look nice but I've found it annoying how there doesn't seem to be a button to exit all background apps anymore, you click an X on each one individually.

 

[cronos]

My HTC One S7 just got 5.0.2 which seems mostly an aesthetic update - it does look nice but I've found it annoying how there doesn't seem to be a button to exit all background apps anymore, you click an X on each one individually.

You mean M7, right? Yeah, there is no way to 'exit all' anymore, but I thought that's how all Lollipop is (I made a jump from 4.4.2 directly to 5.0.2). If you're rooted, you might want to try installing Xposed and then Sense Toolbox mod. I remember getting the 'exit all' option in a previous Android version when Sense didn't have it.

 

[lilrayray69]

You mean M7, right? Yeah, there is no way to 'exit all' anymore, but I thought that's how all Lollipop is (I made a jump from 4.4.2 directly to 5.0.2). If you're rooted, you might want to try installing Xposed and then Sense Toolbox mod. I remember getting the 'exit all' option in a previous Android version when Sense didn't have it.

lol yeah M7. Mine's not rooted. It's not a big deal just kind of inconvenient, especially when you've gotten used to the exit all.

 

[JimKiler]

Since installing Lollipop 5.0.1 on my S4 the battery gets drained very fast and the phone gets very warm. right now it is charging via my laptop USB cable and the battery % keeps going down. I know the laptop is a slow charge but it should not go down. I will probably have to do a factory reset and hope it works or contact my work's techs support.

 

[Oyeve]

Since installing Lollipop 5.0.1 on my S4 the battery gets drained very fast and the phone gets very warm. right now it is charging via my laptop USB cable and the battery % keeps going down. I know the laptop is a slow charge but it should not go down. I will probably have to do a factory reset and hope it works or contact my work's techs support.

Yeah, same thing happening on my Note 4. Slower, battery drains 20 percent with minimal use in an hour, gets hot blah blah blah. Backing up tonight and doing a factory restore. Suck because I have over 100 app installed on the external SD card. I should of left it on kitkat.

 

[ControlD]

I'm sure this doesn't help much, but I have noticed 5.0.2 seems to behave much better on my Note 2 than either 5.0 or 5.0.1 did. I would say my battery life is pretty much the same as what I saw with 4.4.4. Hopefully Samsung can get an update pushed out quickly for the Note 4, but I imagine they will just move on to 5.1.

 

[ChronoReverse]

5.0.1 on my GS4 runs great but I had installed clean. It seems like a universal maxim that in-place upgrades causes problems.

I wish Google had backup and restore to cloud as effective as Apple does.

 

[gorcorps]

5.0.1 on my GS4 runs great but I had installed clean. It seems like a universal maxim that in-place upgrades causes problems.

I wish Google had backup and restore to cloud as effective as Apple does.

My upgrade on my note 4 went well enough, but I'm getting a little bit of worse battery life and a couple other odd issues. I'm considering doing a factory reset just to see if it helps but I always hate starting from scratch.

 

[Oyeve]

My upgrade on my note 4 went well enough, but I'm getting a little bit of worse battery life and a couple other odd issues. I'm considering doing a factory reset just to see if it helps but I always hate starting from scratch.

I have resigned myself to the fact that I have to factory reset my Note 4 tonight. Battery issues are pissing me off.

 

[isekii]

Yeah, same thing happening on my Note 4. Slower, battery drains 20 percent with minimal use in an hour, gets hot blah blah blah. Backing up tonight and doing a factory restore. Suck because I have over 100 app installed on the external SD card. I should of left it on kitkat.

Can you install the kies app back it up on the computer factory reset then restore?

 

[khha4113]

5.0.1 on my GS4 runs great but I had installed clean. It seems like a universal maxim that in-place upgrades causes problems.

I wish Google had backup and restore to cloud as effective as Apple does.

I OTA updated my wife's S4 two days ago, and so far there is no difference on its battery life.

 

[KentState]

I have resigned myself to the fact that I have to factory reset my Note 4 tonight. Battery issues are pissing me off.

I know it's not a Samsung phone, but my wife's M8 battery went to crap and a factory reset did wonders.

 

[JimKiler]

I have resigned myself to the fact that I have to factory reset my Note 4 tonight. Battery issues are pissing me off.

I hope it worked for you. My battery issues on my Galaxy S4 are non existent so far. I even got excited when Andriod let me select which apps to reload and I unchecked all the bloatware. But alas those crappy apps were still installed.

 

[rci2990]

yes you have to factory reset with the note 4.once i did that battery life is fine.

 

[Bman123]

I factory reset both of our s5's and haven't had a issue yet

 

[Oyeve]

I know it's not a Samsung phone, but my wife's M8 battery went to crap and a factory reset did wonders.

My job provided M8 got the lollipop OTA and I have had no issues with it, granted, I only had it a day when I updated it so there were practically no apps on it.

 

[Oyeve]

Can you install the kies app back it up on the computer factory reset then restore?

I could have but didnt want the crappy apps loaded back.

 

[Zaap]

Just got the update on my Verizon Note 3.

So far its working great. I like the new look and features. I'm a few days from an upgrade but still nice to have lollipop for the last days of my Note 3.

 

[VashHT]

ATT pushed another update to my note 4 today, 142mb and the android version is still 5.0.1. I'm guessing the build changed, I didn't check it beforehand but it is now LRX22C.N910AUCU1COC4. It didn't give any release notes in the update and I haven't seen it on any news sites really, anyone know what it could be? I'm guessing just some bug clean up from the lollipop update but it'd be nice to know what.

 

[Oyeve]

I hope it worked for you. My battery issues on my Galaxy S4 are non existent so far. I even got excited when Andriod let me select which apps to reload and I unchecked all the bloatware. But alas those crappy apps were still installed.

Factory reset did wonders for me. I had around 270 app and when the restore finished, about 30 didn't make it back, Going in the play store to manually install showed me that those apps that didn't make it back are not compatible with my phone/os version. I'm betting some or all of those apps that wouldn't install was what was causing my issues. Seem lollipop just installs over the system without telling you that any app would not work.

 

[Red Storm]

Still nothing from T-Mobile for my Note 4. Pretty surprised, but then there's nothing I'm really dying to have from Lollipop so I don't mind waiting.

 

[JimKiler]

Factory reset did wonders for me. I had around 270 app and when the restore finished, about 30 didn't make it back, Going in the play store to manually install showed me that those apps that didn't make it back are not compatible with my phone/os version. I'm betting some or all of those apps that wouldn't install was what was causing my issues. Seem lollipop just installs over the system without telling you that any app would not work.

That is a good theory on why we have issues initially and a factory restore corrects it.