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Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by 67726e » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:20 PM UTC

ansible wrote: post #13

I've seen this issue too on my Nexus 4. Rebooting fixes the problem, at least temporarily. Since I had just used the OTA updates for stock 5.0 and 5.0.1, another redditor suggested that I do a factory wipe. I haven't seen the problem recur yet, but it has only been a couple days. Because of this and other problems (random crashes), if I see any issue again, then I'll downgrade to 4.4.4. My typical uptime for that rel…

I had the same issue with an older 4.4.x version of Android, tried everything and after two weeks of frustration I just returned it and got a new one. Never saw the problem again.

Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by delroth » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:21 PM UTC

userbinator wrote: post #16

Priority-Small An indication that Google no longer considers the phone functionality of a smart phone to be all that important? Or is the Nexus 4 considered too old already? It is a little over 2 years old, which is a relatively long time in the mobile world. I'm curious to know what the cause of this bug is.

It's the default priority for user reported bugs before triaging.

Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by comboy » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:22 PM UTC

ansible wrote: post #13

I've seen this issue too on my Nexus 4. Rebooting fixes the problem, at least temporarily. Since I had just used the OTA updates for stock 5.0 and 5.0.1, another redditor suggested that I do a factory wipe. I haven't seen the problem recur yet, but it has only been a couple days. Because of this and other problems (random crashes), if I see any issue again, then I'll downgrade to 4.4.4. My typical uptime for that rel…

It may be a bad generalization since I imagine Google teams for different products don't have that much in common, but it seems to me that since some time Google is pushing more forward and caring less about apps being reliable and bug-free.

I've seen errors in inbox, in google music, and most annoying in google photos where I'm unable to access some of my albums (created stories were unavailable for me for about 2 weeks - I've checked almost every day, it's fixed now).

I tried taking Google take out (downloading all of my Google data), but all I got was an e-mail that it failed to create it. And there's of course not much I can do, I'm simply out of luck (well I can google similar problems to see I'm not the only one and that others are also out of luck).

I'm still a Google fan but I'm very dissappointed with this. Of course they can exist just fine if it works only for 99% of cases, but that's not the same brand that I knew.

Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by jmnicolas » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:24 PM UTC

ansible wrote: post #13

I've seen this issue too on my Nexus 4. Rebooting fixes the problem, at least temporarily. Since I had just used the OTA updates for stock 5.0 and 5.0.1, another redditor suggested that I do a factory wipe. I haven't seen the problem recur yet, but it has only been a couple days. Because of this and other problems (random crashes), if I see any issue again, then I'll downgrade to 4.4.4. My typical uptime for that rel…

I have a Nexus 4 like you and I treat it like a Windows 98 PC : reboot early, reboot often (ie at least once a week since Lollipop, it was worse before).

The phone seems to have problem exiting airplane mode (I do it every night) and only a reboot cures the problems.

Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by kordless » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:25 PM UTC

andyl wrote: post #20

My Nexus 5 is broken. Is there a simple way to revert to the old version?

Do a factory reset.

Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by paralelogram » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:25 PM UTC

andyl wrote: post #20

My Nexus 5 is broken. Is there a simple way to revert to the old version?

http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-downgrade-a-nexus

Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by mobiplayer » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:28 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #11

reedcat wrote: post #3

This is why I never upgrade my phone to the first couple updates pushed to the device.

First couple of updates relative to what exactly? Because with Android's update process you cannot opt to push anything but the latest update which is always an unproven by its nature. It isn't like Windows where you can opt out of the latest service pack for a while and wait to see if it is stable. With Android you either take the latest update or you don't.

He probably just prefers to wait for versions X.X.3 instead of X.X.0, X.X.1 and X.X.2 :)

Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by latch » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:31 PM UTC

belorn wrote: post #17

spacefight wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The full quote should read "Hi, I don't think anyone from google is even looking at this since we have no resolution, upgrading of priority or even an acknowledgement response."

Would be interesting to know how high priority telephony has as a feature.

I imagine high. 911 calls.

Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by emidln » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:33 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #11

reedcat wrote: post #3

This is why I never upgrade my phone to the first couple updates pushed to the device.

First couple of updates relative to what exactly? Because with Android's update process you cannot opt to push anything but the latest update which is always an unproven by its nature. It isn't like Windows where you can opt out of the latest service pack for a while and wait to see if it is stable. With Android you either take the latest update or you don't.

You can install updates via downloading the updating and flashing. This isn't too difficult (basically what you have to do if you run a ROM). It's often how people opt-in to updates that are rolling OTA before their device wins the OTA lottery.

Re: Google broke telephony for many Nexus users

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Post by pakled_engineer » Mon, Jan 05, 2015, 3:33 PM UTC

ansible wrote: post #13

I've seen this issue too on my Nexus 4. Rebooting fixes the problem, at least temporarily. Since I had just used the OTA updates for stock 5.0 and 5.0.1, another redditor suggested that I do a factory wipe. I haven't seen the problem recur yet, but it has only been a couple days. Because of this and other problems (random crashes), if I see any issue again, then I'll downgrade to 4.4.4. My typical uptime for that rel…

Been running 5.0.1 stock on a Nexus 4 for a week with no problems. Haven't got around to trying to build a 5.0.1 CM port yet but at least stock image I don't have to factory reset constantly anymore.