Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 releases

[Wai Kong Pang]

That's too bad. The RAM issue is the one problem I have with this phone. I want my apps to stop reloading so much!

Posted via the Android Central App

What's wrong with the RAM issue? Pls elaborate more. Thanks.

Posted from my Samsung Galaxy S6

 

[rashapril]

I would love to have this phone it is a real good phone and a better battery life

 

[what5k]

Ram being mostly taken up isn't an issue, that's how the android os works. If you kill off apps running in the background to free space they'll just restart and take more of a toll on your battery.

Android is meant to take up ram, it's actually more battery efficient for it to be mostly taken up. Only when apps forceclose or theres NO room for new apps does this become a problem.

 

[razza1987]

Ram being mostly taken up isn't an issue, that's how the android os works. If you kill off apps running in the background to free space they'll just restart and take more of a toll on your battery.

Android is meant to take up ram, it's actually more battery efficient for it to be mostly taken up. Only when apps forceclose or theres NO room for new apps does this become a problem.

What about apps constantly reloading? It annoys the heck out of me when I've been writing something on the internet on my phone and switch between apps to then go back to the internet and have it refresh and me losing everything I had written

 

[drone3]

Ram being mostly taken up isn't an issue, that's how the android os works. If you kill off apps running in the background to free space they'll just restart and take more of a toll on your battery.

Android is meant to take up ram, it's actually more battery efficient for it to be mostly taken up. Only when apps forceclose or theres NO room for new apps does this become a problem.

If you want see the RAM issue just multitask and watch how the apps keep reloading when you open them. Multi tasking is borked until Samsung give us a fix.

dreaming of electric sheep

 

[what5k]

It seems like it aggressively kills background apps to me. I have no idea why it does this.

 

[Gator352]

It seems like it aggressively kills background apps to me. I have no idea why it does this.

It does to free up more ram for the OS for no reason. That's why people are complaining about apps reloading. There will be 20% or so free ram available and you've used a few apps. When you go to multitask between those few apps a few minutes later, they'll refresh/reload at intermittent intervals losing anything you were doing on those apps.

 

[Gator352]

If you want see the RAM issue just multitask and watch how the apps keep reloading when you open them. Multi tasking is borked until Samsung give us a fix.

dreaming of electric sheep

I'm afraid that won't happen till we get Android M. Google screwed the pooch on lollipop and I'm disappointed.

 

[jcp007]

I'm afraid that won't happen till we get Android M. Google screwed the pooch on lollipop and I'm disappointed.

From what we've heard earlier about 5.1.1 on international devices, you may be right. That would be disappointing. Are there differences in update versions by country?

 

[cwise222]

The only differences should be what the US carriers tinker with.

I'm not confident that 5.1.1 fixes much. The memory leak should be fixed, but other then that I think the Lollipop related battery drain issues are still there. If M is a full number jump up to 6.0 then I think that is a good sign Google just wants to abandon Lollipop as quickly as possible since it's just jacked up.

 

[jcdub]

Still no update available in Ireland / UK...

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[anon(9099462)]

Sprint is taking for ever too!!

 

[jcp007]

Still waiting for AT&T.

Posted via My Samsung Galaxy S6 Handheld Device

 

[cwise222]

T-Mobile or Sprint are usually first out of the gate. The rest will likely trickle out over the next 3 to 5ish weeks.

 

[jimbl]

Verizon is usually last. I'm going to assume it's because they are making sure it is bug free. Yeah, that's it!

 

[clintw22]

Verizon was one of the firsts for lollipop on the s5 and it was horrible. So as much as it sucks to wait I gladly will for a good update.

 

[jcp007]

Verizon was one of the firsts for lollipop on the s5 and it was horrible. So as much as it sucks to wait I gladly will for a good update.

Better to get it right even if you have to wait. Slick and quick not necessarily the best.

 

[davidbrow]

Come in sprint

 

[Michael Alan Goff]

I'm afraid that won't happen till we get Android M. Google screwed the pooch on lollipop and I'm disappointed.

Don't blame this on Android. The Nexus 6 doesn't have these issues. It's a TouchWiz problem.

 

[Gator352]

Don't blame this on Android. The Nexus 6 doesn't have these issues. It's a TouchWiz problem.

I beg to differ. This is happening on multiple devices on multiple carriers. Period.