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So, basically, don't answer then phone when in an app until an update cures it.
Just about what I expect as far as phones these days, people just suck at making software.
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Except for 8.0.1 which hosed cell service for everyone. However, Apple was able to pull the update within hours and release a fix the next day.
And millions of customers stormed shops? Which is the rationale that is provided for carriers taking months to approve updates for everyone but Apple.
I've been holding off on the 5.0.1 update due to laziness, looks like that was a good thing.
Yep, I have the update sitting on my Moto X for a week or so. Was tempting,.. good thing I didn't go for it.
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 this too, but have not tried a factory wipe yet. This is quite infuriating, and is the time I have considered moving to an iPhone or other non-Nexus device.
It seems that in the end Nexus, etc. are the beta testers for us Moto users. (Though we still get updates faster and more frequently than most other Android phones.)
I work for a telco (I don't speak for them, usual disclaimers apply). Everyone gets really ranty when operators delay firmware updates. Yeah, some of them delay to force you to buy a new phone, or to stuff the ROM full of bloatware. Most, however, do extensive testing to make sure that customers don't ring up call centres making angry complaints. Carriers (by and large) test the phone to make sure that the network po…
I had accidentally moved $1,000 from the wrong bank account into Google Wallet, and called customer service to try and figure out what I should do, because there wasn't going to be $1,000 in the account I had selected, but Google Wallet was giving me access to the funds already. The CS rep that responded was a nice guy, but had no clue what to do. We started spitballing together some possible ideas, and I suggested t…
Android Lollipop also broke the led indicator at the bottom of my Nexus 5. I can no longer count on it to reliably indicate if I have messages/emails pending on silent mode.
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 w…
I had to download QuickPic to do what Gallery used to do (no-nonsense viewing of media stored on my device, no I don't want your cloud). A lot of text is gone and I have to do a web search to figure out what the icons mean and what I'm supposed to touch to do what I'm trying to do. Using my Nexus now requires me to read the manual. My e-mail went unsynced for days before I figured out how to manually sync it again.
I bought a Nexus to avoid all the crapware, and now Google is churning out the crapware directly to my phone.
I am looking at getting the Nexus 6 and its threads like this that make me think twice about leaving the iPhone. I prefer android, I love my nexus 7 but issues like this are the reason I left android to get the iPhone 5 from a Droid X2. Now, I thought if getting a Nexus google would support it more because my main issue with the Droid was that it was never updated...but now I am concerned.
You act as if Apple hasn't had issues with iPhones either. Remember iOS 8 breaking a lot of phones?
I work for a telco (I don't speak for them, usual disclaimers apply). Everyone gets really ranty when operators delay firmware updates. Yeah, some of them delay to force you to buy a new phone, or to stuff the ROM full of bloatware. Most, however, do extensive testing to make sure that customers don't ring up call centres making angry complaints. Carriers (by and large) test the phone to make sure that the network po…
Listen, it is a shame the telcos get totally thrown under the bus when there's an entire supply chain full of issues, but I don't see what that has to do with this bug except in the sense that "there are bugs" not caused by the telcos.
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> compared to millions of customers storming your shops and demanding refunds And yet somehow Apple is able to push updates without carrier approval and this doesn't happen.
Except for 8.0.1 which hosed cell service for everyone. However, Apple was able to pull the update within hours and release a fix the next day.
Only iPhone6 only if you updated a point release in the first hour, not that it is good.