4.2 Impressions

[TJH132]

aside from that, is anyone else annoyed at what they did to the clock? I know this is a small detail, but the original clock was slick and simple; what's with the multi-sized font? or is it just bold for the hour and not bold for the minute? either way that's missing the point, before it was clean and simple; now it's just ugly. again, it looks like something a child came up with. It's a small detail but it is something I have to look at everyday.

Small detail? I say BIG detail! The lock screen is the first thing a person sees when turning on the tablet and now they're presented with what looks like a ransom note font. Horrible. I also don't like the "holo" lines indicating lock-screen widgets. Overall, I'm not happy with the changes to Roboto system-wide. I suspect it may look better on the high-res N10.

My experience with 4.2 so far has been disappointing. Nearly every aspect seems less responsive than before. Task switching animations are NOT smooth, the lock screen slider is NOT smooth... this is my first Android update since Eclair that hasn't been better performance-wise than the one before.

Very disappointing.

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[Wullie32]

All in all I like the 4.2 upgrade just fine. I do have one question though. On my N7 I can't go straight to Google Now by swiping up on the lockscreen anymore. I can still get to it just fine by swiping up, but not from the lockscreen. Anyone else?

You have to swipe up from right at the bottom of the screen now, rather than swiping the main lock up as before.

 

[flux capacitor]

What's different about the keyboard? Other than the lock screen changes and the notifications window being offset for some reason (was center before now its slightly skewed to the left), all seems exactly admit was before.

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[B. Diddy]

The keyboard can now be used like Swype.

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[TomsAndroid]

This update had grown on me. The task-switching seems way better, the multiple-users works great for me and the keyboard is good (although I still use Swype). Once the bugs are sorted out I think the update will be great.

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[cdf3]

I'm liking the new features, but I've noticed that my device lags more than before.

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[JustinMueller8810]

a lot of people here don't know about SwiftKey Tablet

 

[TomsAndroid]

I'm liking the new features, but I've noticed that my device lags more than before.

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I'm not noticing heaps more lag...

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[slosh74]

The lock screen widgets man i just cant find anyway to like em really man, its a huge turn of to me man, i would have appreciate if we had the option to turn the new widget feature on or off man, prefer the old lock screen over this new one by far.

Just like on our home screen we have the choice to add widgets or not we should have the same choice for our lock screen man and not be forced into this ugly new look.

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[Caldera]

4.2 feels half-baked to me, and performance and fluidity have taken a hit. The UI changes make zero sense on larger tablets, but I use the N7 almost exclusively now. Multi-user support is a godsend though.

 

[slosh74]

Another thing idk what they did to the auto brightness setting but the constant flicking it does now is so disturbing

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[TomsAndroid]

My main problem with the update is the lack of an option with the lockscreen widgets. Until more are added (weather, music etc.) I don't really need or want them there.

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[DirkBelig]

I installed the update via adk sideload Wednesday night and throughout Thursday it seems even faster and slicker, but something has happened where it's seriously bogging down and hanging. I thought it was the Next Issue app being buggy and sluggish while downloading the big magazines, but I'm seeing it all over.

I've cleared the app cache and restarted, but it's still bogging down and the battery is draining precipitously.

 

[sushiguy732]

I installed the update via adk sideload Wednesday night and throughout Thursday it seems even faster and slicker, but something has happened where it's seriously bogging down and hanging. I thought it was the Next Issue app being buggy and sluggish while downloading the big magazines, but I'm seeing it all over.

I've cleared the app cache and restarted, but it's still bogging down and the battery is draining precipitously.

I noticed that after installing multiple users the system bogged down

 

[johnwccres]

Hate the new lock screen. Ugly clock and why does it show part of the 'placeholder' for the plus thing every time the lock screen comes up?

I much preferred the old one.

I don't understand why the bottom row icons are smaller than before - in what way is this an improvement?

Apps crashing doesn't bother me, they'll update soon enough.

 

[cdf3]

Hate the new lock screen. Ugly clock and why does it show part of the 'placeholder' for the plus thing every time the lock screen comes up?

I much preferred the old one.

I don't understand why the bottom row icons are smaller than before - in what way is this an improvement?

Apps crashing doesn't bother me, they'll update soon enough.

I'm starting to like the new lock screen. The clock widget can be replaced by other 3rd party widgets. HD Widgets came out with an update yesterday that will allow you to customize the clock widget. I created one with a different font and weather widget.

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[dano_tech]

Still works

 

[jairusz]

I'm getting forced reboots now. Happened when using Google Maps to navigate, making it useless. While messing around on the desktop, using Chrome and now on Tapatalk. 4.2 is a busted POS. Never download a "major" update! Always wait for the patch afterwards that fixes any of the bugs that came with the previous update. Should've learned my lesson when I upgraded to iOS 6.

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[anthonycr]

I'm gonna try a factory reset and see if that clears up any lag

 

[T-BoneX]

Good luck with that. My reset worked for me for about a day. Then I got the same lag all over again. My tablet was less than 14 days old, so I just exchanged it. And I am not upgrading to 4.2 again.

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