Android L 5.0 Lollipop Update Bugs Worry Users, Especially on the Nexus 7
The latest version of Android, 5.0 Lollipop, has been out in the wild for some time now, and although the new mobile operating system received favorable reviews from the technosphere, some users are quite dissatisfied with it.
Turns out that Android 5.0 Lollipop creates some major issues. Many users are complaining of Wi-Fi connectivity problems and, in some cases, audio completely cutting out. While the Android 5.0 headache applies across the board, owners of the 2012 Nexus 7 tablet seem to be the ones with severe migraines.
"Same here Nexus 7 has been ruined by lollipop, so laggy it's unusable," Steve Western 2 said on Google's product forums discussing the Nexus 7 debacle.
There is a solution, however. Just don't expect it to be practical when dealing with digital bugs.
"Updated and the Nexus is [so] shockingly bad it is basically unusable, lags just rotating the screen, every task takes 10 seconds to perform if it does it [at all]," Gary Looker said (via BBC). "I've turned off Google Now, changed transitions to zero and limited it to two background apps maximum like the good people here suggested. I shouldn't have to do that, and many people won't know where to turn or who to listen to."
There's also an issue with Adobe Air, a popular design accruement used in many indie apps. Adobe is aware of the problem, however, at the time of this report, no fix has been issued.
"We were previously unaware of this bug and contrary to other reports, were not working with Google on a fix," Adobe product manager Chris Campbell said. "However, we are working with Google on another self-signed certificate issue that is impacting in-app purchases. It's possible the two are related, but we do not have enough information at this time to determine one way or the other. That said, we'll be escalating this issue with Google immediately."
Other problems have arisen too. It seems that changing the language setting to French or Canadian causes the affected (afflicted?) device to suffer from looped UI crashes while charging. In case you're wondering, this pretty much makes the device unusable after you've depleted your initial charge.
The interesting thing is that Android 5.0 Lollipop received favorable reviews across the board. The new aesthetic (thanks to Material Design), improved notifications, and general overall bump seems to have the tech community in awe. It's just too bad the experience isn't translating to the consumers, although Google and Adobe and any other developers affected by Lollipop's eccentricities should soon release patches.
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