Do you plan on updating to Lollipop, or you will stay with KitKat?

[Jalopiejoe]

I took the update April 17th - BIG MISTAKE!!! Factory Reset does not help! I was told by Samsung to wait for the next update for a fix.
If you are on KitKat 4.4.4 NK1,
Stay there for awhile till they get Lollipop to work correctly!
My Note 3 ran Great on 4.4.4 !
So far I don't see much to like on Lollipop and I hate the teal and white screens!

Sent from my Galaxy Note 3 "Size Does Matter!"

 

[anon(394005)]

I upgraded a month ago. Couldn't answer the phone when somebody called.
Took it to Best Buy they backed up the phone and did a factory reset and everything is great.

If you listen to everything on the internet you will probably bury your head in the sand.
All you hear is the bad, not any of the good.
Guess when people have one problem it runs like wildfire scaring everybody else.
The internet is good. But as good as it is. Its bad.
There are lots of people who have downloaded lollipop and not had a problem.

Kinda hard for me to go threw life and not think there will be bumps in the road.
Got to take the Bad with the good and go on.

True to an extent, but there are just as many with valid complaints about performance issues or decreased battery life even after a factory reset. Not to mention valid points about poorly implemented changes to system operation in Lollipop such as the new overly complex mute system, the new notification system, or the new predictive battery graph, all of which appear to try to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place. Then there are the UI changes using garish colors with blinding white backgrounds (where's a dark theme?). Personally, I have no regrets staying on KitKat and not dealing with any of that.

 

[fablis]

Updated to 5.0 and cannot be happier! ^^v

So I take it you haven't come across any bugs yet?

 

[BBRfuG]

I now wish I had stayed with KitKat. (on my GS5s) I would have, but that pesky notification system just doesn't want to take "NO" for an answer!

The standard email app restricts my ability to customize the "user" field when setting up a POP3 account. It asks for the "email address," and assumes the "user ID" is just that part of the email address prior to the "@" sign. In my case the entire email address is the user ID, but the mail app won't allow me to change it. Thus, it can never collect or retrieve mail. It did allow me to set up accounts that way on Kit Kat.

 

[fablis]

I now wish I had stayed with KitKat. (on my GS5s) I would have, but that pesky notification system just doesn't want to take "NO" for an answer!

The standard email app restricts my ability to customize the "user" field when setting up a POP3 account. It asks for the "email address," and assumes the "user ID" is just that part of the email address prior to the "@" sign. In my case the entire email address is the user ID, but the mail app won't allow me to change it. Thus, it can never collect or retrieve mail. It did allow me to set up accounts that way on Kit Kat.

I know it's too late now, but if your phone is similar to mine you'll find under personalisation there's an option to choose which apps send notifications, so unticking which ever app is used for system updates will remove the notification that you mentioned, this worked for me thankfully.

 

[BBRfuG]

I know it's too late now, but if your phone is similar to mine you'll find under personalisation there's an option to choose which apps send notifications, so unticking which ever app is used for system updates will remove the notification that you mentioned, this worked for me thankfully.

Thanks anyway, but as I've just discovered, it was a false alarm. It was just my touching skills that needed a touch up! I can configure it to work OK, now.

Still taking a bit of getting used to with Lolipop, though.

 

[fablis]

Let us know if you come across any other bugs.

 

[cardboard60]

True to an extent, but there are just as many with valid complaints about performance issues or decreased battery life even after a factory reset. Not to mention valid points about poorly implemented changes to system operation in Lollipop such as the new overly complex mute system, the new notification system, or the new predictive battery graph, all of which appear to try to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place. Then there are the UI changes using garish colors with blinding white backgrounds (where's a dark theme?). Personally, I have no regrets staying on KitKat and not dealing with any of that.

The phone learns as you use it.
And if you get Shut App you will see increased battery life faster.

 

[ram1220]

I will stay with KK. I force close the Lollipop update notification daily. I am not worried about doing a factory reset to get my phone working right with LP. For me the reason to stay with KK is that too many unneeded changes were made to LP that in my opinion are just too annoying. For me the new notification system is a big fail. As well as the music controls on the lock screen. Until these two (huge issues to me) are fixed as well as many other annoyances with LP I will be staying with KK. And if I need to buy a new phone in the meantime I will just have to look at something other than Android. To me LP is a huge step backwards.

 

[cardboard60]

On my S6 I haven't had a problem with Lollipop.

 

[Rukbat]

It doesn't look as if I've checked into this thread. My wife is running 5.0 on a Note 3, but she just runs apps and sends and receives texts.

I'm still on 4.4.2 (I don't need the SSL fix on a phone - I'd never do anything secure on an insecure connection) and plan on staying here until someone fixes the Note 4 Evolution port or Google comes out with a ROM that actually does something more than eat battery (a white screen on an Amoled display is like sprinkling arsenic on your cereal - done with no thought at all).

 

[ZSSchulze]

I plan to as soon as my friends use it for a week or two. And I see that it is very stable. Sometimes these upgrades are not so reliable from my experiences

 

[cardboard60]

My wife has been using 5.0 lollipop for a few weeks on her S5
Since we have done a factory reset , her phone has been working good.
Battery life is good also.

 

[Jalopiejoe]

I will stay with KK. I force close the Lollipop update notification daily. I am not worried about doing a factory reset to get my phone working right with LP. For me the reason to stay with KK is that too many unneeded changes were made to LP that in my opinion are just too annoying. For me the new notification system is a big fail. As well as the music controls on the lock screen. Until these two (huge issues to me) are fixed as well as many other annoyances with LP I will be staying with KK. And if I need to buy a new phone in the meantime I will just have to look at something other than Android. To me LP is a huge step backwards.

I think you are right!!

Sent from my Galaxy Note 3 "Size Does Matter!"

 

[bubbbab]

Does anyone know of if the issue of losing network connection when SGS4 moves from LTE To a lower network has been fixed in LP? ISSUE: When switching say from LTE to 4G you'd loose network connection all together. For some reason turning on and off airplane mode fixes it. Just wondering if anyone experiencing that in KK has seen it vanish in LP.

Thanks.
Steve.

Samsung Galaxy S4 And 4.4.2 Switched from Z10 July 26.2014

 

[theduder]

I'm actually considering flashing my 2012 Nexus 7 back to KitKat. Even on 5.1 it's dog slow and occasionally becomes unresponsive when apps "lock".

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

 

[cybernutte]

There are lots of people who have downloaded lollipop and not had a problem.

Kinda hard for me to go threw life and not think there will be bumps in the road.

Yes, it's true that many people have downloaded Lollipop and have had no problems. But there are also many people who have had problems, often serious problems. For me, it's not worth the risk, esp. since KitKat works beautifully on my tablet and my phone, and Lollipop offers me very little that I want or need. So I'd prefer to avoid the bumps in the road whenever possible, especially since some of those bumps are huge potholes that can cause serious damage.

 

[ZSSchulze]

Good to know. I hear though it can be unpredictable between users.

 

[bubbbab]

Aside from one glitch putting me at the mercy of the God's several times a day kitkat has been good on all of our S4s. I'd have preferred the they enhance kitkat rather than unilaterally deciding what "they" feel the market should have and completely changing everyone's phone way of life. Just my opinion of course.

I haven't found anywhere online where users have asked for any of the changes in LP. I hesitate based on readings, to call them enhancements. Of course all of this is sans actual LP experience.

Samsung Galaxy S4 And 4.4.2 Switched from Z10 July 26.2014

 

[Kirill Turov]

Updated to 5.0. Nexus 7, all right. Also some applications works better that 4.4