Nexus 5 with Lollipop impressions

[enjoylife949]

I do not like the notifications at all.
I want to see an icon on the lock screen but without giving my email address when mail arrives.

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[planoman]

I do not like the notifications at all.
I want to see an icon on the lock screen but without giving my email address when mail arrives.

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I think you can adjust how much info is given in notifications?

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[salmanahmad]

Really liking L so far, animation transitions are nice, lockscreen notifications rock and everything just seems fluid as a whole. Sad the OK google via screen off (ala moto) doesn't work.

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OK Google worked when screen was off? Wasn't that only when your phone was on charging as well?

 

[zedz]

OK Google worked when screen was off? Wasn't that only when your phone was on charging as well?

There's a 3rd option that allows it to work when the screen is locked. My Nexus 9 works when the screen is locked and off but on my Nexus 5 the screen needs to be on.

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[enjoylife949]

I think you can adjust how much info is given in notifications?

I have not seen any option that prevents my email addresses from being displayed but does allow a simple notification on the lock screen.

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[chezm]

OK Google worked when screen was off? Wasn't that only when your phone was on charging as well?

Nope it didn't but its been introduced with lollipop to devices that support it, I believe the nexus 6 supports it. I meant I wish we could wake up the device saying "OK Google"... No we never had it. Moto x does as a feature based on its design.

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[chezm]

There's a 3rd option that allows it to work when the screen is locked. My Nexus 9 works when the screen is locked and off but on my Nexus 5 the screen needs to be on.

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Ya we had that in KitKat as well. Its cool but not the same. I would like it to wake up the device, since my commute is long and sometimes text my wife or others using voice I wouldnt need to turn it on manually but rather just say OK Google.

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[salmanahmad]

Nope it didn't but its been introduced with lollipop to devices that support it, I believe the nexus 6 supports it. I meant I wish we could wake up the device saying "OK Google"... No we never had it. Moto x does as a feature based on its design.

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I was expecting that this feature arrives on the Nexus 5, but I have a number of possible reasons why it didn't arrive.

First of all the Moto X 2013 and 2014 both have a special low power voice detection chip, if you check the specifications page:



This special kind of chip is limited to high end Motorola devices and I hear that it is on the Nexus 6 as well, maybe that's why it has voice control when screen is off.

However! The Nexus 9 also has this feature and it's an HTC device and all Snapdragon 800(and above) devices have their own DSP for low power voice detection(albeit not as good as Motorola's chip).

Maybe they decided not to give it to the Nexus 5 because it would cause battery drain and the Nexus 5 doesn't have the best battery life as is.

I personally might be moving to a Custom ROM soon if it offers voice control when phone is off, *cough* ParanoidAndroid maybe *cough*.

 

[Benjamin_NYC]

I've seen an improvement in battery life since I flashed lollipop. This was my only beef with the Nexus 5.

There is no improvement.

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[Benjamin_NYC]

Not liking the fact that you can't have a true silent mode with the led light active. The none mode is the only way to achieve silent bit it doesn't display the led.

YES! It is absolute stupidity.

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[Benjamin_NYC]

I do not like the notifications at all.
I want to see an icon on the lock screen but without giving my email address when mail arrives.

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Agree. They're stupid. Just give me the icon on top. Stupid stupid stupid.

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[Benjamin_NYC]

I think you can adjust how much info is given in notifications?

Posted via Nexus 5 with Lollipop!

You can't adjust it to just a logo. Stupid.

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[Benjamin_NYC]

-I don't like how chrome tabs were added to recent apps. This feature is easily disable though.

How?

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[grover5]

I think its safe to say Benjamin doesn't like lollipop.

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[Benjamin_NYC]

I think its safe to say Benjamin doesn't like lollipop.

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Love it, but they got rid of some things that worked too.

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[Benjamin_NYC]

How?

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NVM. Found it. Better. Idiocy having all the tabs in recent apps. Thanks for the heads up.

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[chezm]

There is no improvement.

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Also haven't noticed any battery improvement...its exactly the same so far but maybe it will improve over the weeks.

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[Benjamin_NYC]

Also haven't noticed any battery improvement...its exactly the same so far but maybe it will improve over the weeks.

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Because there isn't. But the N5 battery is perfectly sufficient, so none was needed.

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[chezm]

Because there isn't. But the N5 battery is perfectly sufficient, so none was needed.

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You're certain the battery life for all devices running L won't be better optimized to sustain longer battery life? Im not but that's why I'm asking here

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[planoman]

You're certain the battery life for all devices running L won't be better optimized to sustain longer battery life? Im not but that's why I'm asking here

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There will be eventually when app devs take advantage of the changes of Volta. Just updating to Lollipop itself is not a big change in battery life according to reports.