10 reasons why KitKat is still better than Lollipop

[mohit9206]

1. Battery life
Lollipop brings its Project Volta optimizations and promises of a better battery life for your device, but that doesn't necessarily work out in the real world: In the tests run by GSM Arena, theNexus 5and the LG G3 actually suffered from worse battery life after the upgrade. At the very least check the benchmarks for your handset before pushing the upgrade button.

2. Streamlined lock screen
As you may know if you've searched through the feature lists, Android Lollipop brings notifications to the lock screen — that means anyone picking up your phone can see your alerts (though sensitive content can be hidden). If you want a more streamlined, less cluttered lock screen, then you're better off sticking with KitKat for the time being.

3. Better multitasking
Google has made some tweaks to the way multitasking works in Lollipop which may or may not be to your tastes. Each browser window and open document counts as an extra pane on the multitasking screen, so it gets more crowded more quickly, and the open apps stay open even after a reboot so you can't quickly clear everything out from the memory.

4. No silent mode
One of the most baffling decisions made by Google in Lollipop was the removal of the silent mode shortcut — accessed by a long press on the Power button — that let you quickly mute your phone. You can of course mute a Lollipop handset but it's a much more complicated process and the old Power shortcut has been cut for no apparent reason.

5. Interface tweaks
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as far as OS design goes but not everyone is happy with Lollipop's revamped navigation buttons and the white apps drawer that you can't editwithout installing an alternative launcher. The Material Design has been widely heralded as an improvement by most, but forsome it looks a little garish and cartoonish.

6. Lock screen widgets
If you're a fan of lock screen widgets then you won't like the Lollipop upgrade — they're no longer supported. Why Google decided to give them the chop isn't clear, but maybe the new lock screen notifications have something to do with it. If there are certain lock screen widgets that you rely on, then you're better off sticking with Android KitKat for the time being.

7. App compatibility
Of course Google has been quick to update its official apps for Android, and many of the big names have done the same, but smaller and older apps can throw up bugs and complications when running with the new-look Lollipop. If a handful of your favorite apps haven't been updated to be fully compatible with Android 5.x, you might want to hold fire on upgrading.

8. You want a more "powerful" power button
In KitKat, you could enable airplane mode on your phone directly from the power button. It also allowed you to switch between the different sound modes. There are no such options in Lollipop - you can only power off your device (and reboot to safe mode by tapping and holding the power-off option).

9. You want your LED indicator to work while in silent mode
If you enable the new priority mode on your Lollipop-powered phones, the LED indicator willno longer light up and flicker when you have a pending notification. This, accompanied by the lack of true silent mode, makes the new notification philosophy a pain.

10. Xposed Framework
If you are running KitKat and can't imagine life without the Xposed module developed by rovo89, well, you better stay on KitKat. Xposed doesn't work with Lollipop, and from the looks of it, it might not score support for the newest Android at all.
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7 reasons why Android 5.0 Lollipop is not for you (but KitKat probably is)
What are your thoughts? Which version do you prefer more? Have you upgraded to Lollipop or happy with Kitkat?

 

[Sizzers]

The UI is crap with everything hidden where you cant find it.

And what's with "Material Design"? Just looks a bright, white, childish, yukky mess. Thumbs up to the devs who ignore it and go with their own originality.

 

[UrDroid]

1. Battery life
2. Streamlined lock screen
3. Better multitasking
7. App compatibility
9. You want your LED indicator to work while in silent mode

It's not all so bad:

1. Battery life on our Droid Turbos remains about the same as it was on KitKat. (This is on 5.1.1, we waited and missed 5.1 )

2. If you don't want notifications on your Lollipop lockscreen you can turn them off.

3. If you want Chrome to behave as it did before on the Recents screen there's an option for that, "Merge Tabs & Apps". [I agree apps shouldn't reopen when you reboot, but if you don't let the screen get too crowded before that, it won't be after either.]

7. We have had no issues with app compatibility.

9. This phone (like many recent models) has no LED indicator.

I do miss the mute and airplane features on the Power key, and am not a fan of Material Design. But revert the keyboard to the old "Holo White" style, and it's not so bad. Not to mention, Verizon didn't give me a choice.

 

[trsbbs]

Some folks liked the Dark Ages too..

 

[nahoku]

Lollipop's interface is a joke and painful to my eyes. So much blank white blindness! You know, old folks can't tolerate that stuff!

Long live KitKat! Long live KitKat! Long live KitKat! ...

 

[nahoku]

I really hope MM will be stable for everyone. If LP was a preview, then I'm not holding out much hope. LP with all the problems was simply in beta stage as far as I'm concerned. According to THIS, Google is addressing a battery bug in LP with MM. I think they know they have to fix LP. LP is like Window ME or Vista!

My phone actually took the LP OTA 5.01 update, and while it was just for a short time (before I reverted and blocked all OTA's), I did see freezing, slow response, or lagging if you like. I also experienced my phone just hanging up for no reason while I was talking to my Mom. Sometimes it gave me a black screen as a result. 4G also dropping out, and a few other things I can't remember. And yes, the battery problems... I also saw that when I unplugged the charger, the battery dropped from 100% to 98% instantly. I also noticed bad battery life during use. In all honesty, this was before I wiped the cache partition and factory reset the phone, so I don't know if that would have cured all the ailments.

However, the major downer was the interface. The notification panel got lighter, diminishing contrast with the same white lettering. Man, this really affected my eyes. I was having such a hard time reading the notification panel! "Floating" icons, blocked my contacts. New animations... does anyone actually enjoy animation delays? I don't! I've stated all this and more elsewhere, so I won't repeat anymore here. The LP UI just sucks for me! It was about as bad a change as if you were to take my WinXP PC and slapped Win 10 on it and NOT GIVEN ME A CHOICE!

I'm so happy I'm on KK... I just can't tell you! I actually feel sorry for those forced to run LP and I'll do anything I can to help people stay on KK!

 

[bnice]

I disagree. Lollipop gave you in built flash light, battery priority,guest users, notification panel and quick access to Chromecast. I'm also sure their is more. The changes to Android annually has been good in my opinion..

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[jemfalor]

i have no issues with all 10 reasons given.

˜xperia z3,d6653,5.1.1,v71,tapatalk

 

[profkefah]

very useful thread
and the 1. Battery life is most important

 

[craigrn16]

Marshmallow preview 3 seems to have fixed the battery life issue on my Nexus 5. So that should be addressed soon with the official update. As for everything else. It's all subjective and a matter of taste. I happen to like the look lollipop. Not a fan of the bugs

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