I hate this phone since the Lollipop update

[alil25]

My phone keeps getting worse. It appears to be working on dial-up speed. Today it put itself on silent twice after I put it on audible. It's constantly dropping wifi, apps continually crash, the home button won't wake up the screen until I push it several times. Today I was in the middle of typing a text message and another app opened itself over the message app, when I hit the home button to close an app and go to the home screen the keyboard stays open over the homescreen. The screen gets very hot along with the back of the phone and the keyboard stalls while I'm typing so words don't get entered correctly.

I honestly hate it and can't wait for Oct when I can upgrade.

Anyone else with similar problems?

 

[systemofadown1]

before you break it in half pull your battery out, now put it back in the phone hold down the power button home button and volume up button at the same time until you're in recovery. Now use your volume rocker to scroll down to wipe cache hit the power button. now scroll with your volume button to reboot system and see if that helps things

 

[monicakm]

Have you done a factory reset? I know, doesn't seem like you should HAVE to do that but apparently you do. It's helped most everyone with the dreaded Lolliflop update.
I'm holding off as long as I can. I already accidentally downloaded the first of two downloads.

 

[SpookDroid]

And also, probably not what you want to hear, but one of the usual recommendations (and one I've seen a lot around the forums with users claiming it helps A LOT) is to actually do a factory reset after you update to Lollipop. Yes, that wipes out all your data and starts afresh, but with the new OS. Yes, it's a PITA. But yes, it usually makes your phone act like normal again and even better.

 

[systemofadown1]

Have you done a factory reset? I know, doesn't seem like you should HAVE to do that but apparently you do. It's helped most everyone with the dreaded Lolliflop update.
I'm holding off as long as I can. I already accidentally downloaded the first of two downloads.

Yep, if the cache clear doesn't help the OP will probably have to factory reset.
I hope it helps.
out of curiosity you said you got the first of the two updates from Verizon do you have your developer mode enabled I would love to know if it says you're using Android runtime instead of dalvik cache. I've always wondered if that was what the first update was although that's probably not it...

 

[Mojave]

Yep, if the cache clear doesn't help the OP will probably have to factory reset.
I hope it helps.
out of curiosity you said you got the first of the two updates from Verizon do you have your developer mode enabled I would love to know if it says you're using Android runtime instead of dalvik cache. I've always wondered if that was what the first update was although that's probably not it...

I have done the part 1 of the Verizon update. My developer option is on and my "select runtime system is Dalvik. I hope I understood your question.

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[systemofadown1]

Thanks Mojave
That clears it up for me

 

[mountainman]

I was reluctant since Lollipop to do the factory reset, because I'm lazy. Had same problems as the OP.

Bit the bullet, did the factory reset. Battery life is great now. No more hot screen/hot back. I was clearing cache like every day which would help for a while. It is indeed the factory reset which fixed it.

 

[prlundberg]

I did the partition cache clear, didn't do anything. Did a factory reset, still no improvement. And I'm far from the only one with that experience. It's worth a shot because it evidently has worked for others, but don't count on it.

My Verizon S5 has come very close to being thrown across a room several times the past few weeks, so I know exactly how you feel. I've never truly loved this phone due to the bloat and lag, but it did what I needed it to and I was generally satisfied. I am now wondering how I will be able to stand it for another year. I've spent hours trying to fix how awful it's become on Lollipop and am completely disgusted with it. I am considering downgrading back to KitKat but it really irritates me that I need to waste even more time on that.

 

[mountainman]

I did the partition cache clear, didn't do anything. Did a factory reset, still no improvement. And I'm far from the only one with that experience. It's worth a shot because it evidently has worked for others, but don't count on it.

My Verizon S5 has come very close to being thrown across a room several times the past few weeks, so I know exactly how you feel. I've never truly loved this phone due to the bloat and lag, but it did what I needed it to and I was generally satisfied. I am now wondering how I will be able to stand it for another year. I've spent hours trying to fix how awful it's become on Lollipop and am completely disgusted with it. I am considering downgrading back to KitKat but it really irritates me that I need to waste even more time on that.

I feel so bad for you... really I do. Here are some other things to look at from my experience....

I am with you on taking the time to downgrade to Kit Kat - eff that. Go to Settings - Accounts. For every Google account see what each is syncing. For me at bare minimum I have 4 email accounts I sync, so I have Gmail checked on all of those. One is my calendar email, so on one that is checked to sync as well. Got my spousal units Google account on there, but only sync calendar on that one. If you are seeing your Google accounts syncing much more than that, then it may be your draining problem.

Another thing to check on is after you did the factory reset, to NOT do the Auto Update Apps in Google Play. In fact, don't reinstall all the crap you had. Install just what you use on a normal day. Leave the fluff out there. Update the apps you have installed. I know it's a crap shot but every once in a while an app will indeed suck CPU/RAM/battery.

I hope this helps you brother.

 

[PainFX]

Question,

I already backed up my phone via KIES, is it possible to restore back to Kit Kat? I already installed Lollipop by accident.


Tmobile.

 

[alysmom19]

I hated my phone before the Lollipop update and I hate it even more now! Since Lollipop, my home button doesn't work unless I press it several times, my voice mail keeps updating and the most annoying thing is everytime I do anything on the phone, I get a message that says "sd card unexpectedly removed", which is then replaced with "preparing sd card". What the heck is up with that? I've never opened the phone! Does anyone have any ideas how to correct this? I am not tech savvy and don't know how to do a lot of the things I read on this site. I'm ready to go back to my old iphone 4s!

 

[systemofadown1]

First thing to try is a cache clear.
Power down your phone, now press & hold the power button, volume up & the home button until your phone boots into Recovery. Now use the volume rocker to select Wipe Cache. Hit the power button to make it happen - give it a sec to clear the cache. Now use the volume rocker to select Reboot System - hit the power button & run you phone for a bit. See if this helps
If not you may need to do a FDR, make backups with Samsung Kies on your laptop first if it comes to that...

 

[P_Devil]

Question,

I already backed up my phone via KIES, is it possible to restore back to Kit Kat? I already installed Lollipop by accident.

Nope, you're stuck once the upgrade happens.

I too hated my S5 after the upgrade to 5.0.0, I'm still not fond of it. Well, actually, everything was fine at first. Battery life seemed to be about the same, performance felt smoother, and the added notifications on the lock screen were a bonus. That slowly changed to where my S5 would maybe last for 6 hours on a charge if I did absolutely nothing, it would access all sorts of stuff while in my pocket. It once opened up Facebook, sent a friend request out, has Facebook messenger open, had my contacts open, dialed someone at 4:30 AM their time, adjusted my Google Music app settings to allow streaming over a cellular network, started streaming songs, had Google Messenger up, and was trying to access a website in Chrome all at the same time. I was outside one morning at 6:30 AM cleaning the snow off of my car. Half an hour later, when I was done, my phone was burning up in my pocket. It had all of that crap going at once and the battery had gone from 100% to 20% in just 30 minutes.

I broke down completed a factory restore. That has fixed a lot of the issues. Performance has been fine the last two weeks, battery life a lot better (still not as good under Android 4.4.4), and it stopped doing random stuff while in my pocket. The only problems, for me, that weren't fixed with a factory restore were app crashes (I am constantly getting an error message saying that Contacts has stopped working) and the heart rate monitor still comes on if I have my finger over it despite not running an app that uses it. Battery life could still be better. Before, with 4.4.4, I could play music for 4-6 hours a day, text, and barely get down to 73% by the time I left my office. Now it's down to 65% by the time I leave regardless of what I do. That's still better than before when it would get down to 10% when I was done, that's if it even lasted that long.

Samsung's approach to Android 5.0 has me hesitant to buy the Note 4/Edge as I don't want the same things to happen again.

 

[thatguy97]

Welcome to the club

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[systemofadown1]

Nope, you're stuck once the upgrade happens.

I too hated my S5 after the upgrade to 5.0.0, I'm still not fond of it. Well, actually, everything was fine at first. Battery life seemed to be about the same, performance felt smoother, and the added notifications on the lock screen were a bonus. That slowly changed to where my S5 would maybe last for 6 hours on a charge if I did absolutely nothing, it would access all sorts of stuff while in my pocket. It once opened up Facebook, sent a friend request out, has Facebook messenger open, had my contacts open, dialed someone at 4:30 AM their time, adjusted my Google Music app settings to allow streaming over a cellular network, started streaming songs, had Google Messenger up, and was trying to access a website in Chrome all at the same time. I was outside one morning at 6:30 AM cleaning the snow off of my car. Half an hour later, when I was done, my phone was burning up in my pocket. It had all of that crap going at once and the battery had gone from 100% to 20% in just 30 minutes.

I broke down completed a factory restore. That has fixed a lot of the issues. Performance has been fine the last two weeks, battery life a lot better (still not as good under Android 4.4.4), and it stopped doing random stuff while in my pocket. The only problems, for me, that weren't fixed with a factory restore were app crashes (I am constantly getting an error message saying that Contacts has stopped working) and the heart rate monitor still comes on if I have my finger over it despite not running an app that uses it. Battery life could still be better. Before, with 4.4.4, I could play music for 4-6 hours a day, text, and barely get down to 73% by the time I left my office. Now it's down to 65% by the time I leave regardless of what I do. That's still better than before when it would get down to 10% when I was done, that's if it even lasted that long.

Samsung's approach to Android 5.0 has me hesitant to buy the Note 4/Edge as I don't want the same things to happen again.

uninstall Google fit that should correct your heart rate monitor problem

 

[meandmike2]

My phone keeps getting worse. It appears to be working on dial-up speed. Today it put itself on silent twice after I put it on audible. It's constantly dropping wifi, apps continually crash, the home button won't wake up the screen until I push it several times. Today I was in the middle of typing a text message and another app opened itself over the message app, when I hit the home button to close an app and go to the home screen the keyboard stays open over the homescreen. The screen gets very hot along with the back of the phone and the keyboard stalls while I'm typing so words don't get entered correctly.

I honestly hate it and can't wait for Oct when I can upgrade.

Anyone else with similar problems?

 

[meandmike2]

I am having alot of the same issues! And it's driving me crazy! I was happy with my phone before the update...I wish there were some way of uninstalling it! I haven't tried removing the battery or doing a factory reset yet...guess I'll try those and hope for the best

 

[PainFX]

Nope, you're stuck once the upgrade happens.

I too hated my S5 after the upgrade to 5.0.0, I'm still not fond of it. Well, actually, everything was fine at first. Battery life seemed to be about the same, performance felt smoother, and the added notifications on the lock screen were a bonus. That slowly changed to where my S5 would maybe last for 6 hours on a charge if I did absolutely nothing, it would access all sorts of stuff while in my pocket. It once opened up Facebook, sent a friend request out, has Facebook messenger open, had my contacts open, dialed someone at 4:30 AM their time, adjusted my Google Music app settings to allow streaming over a cellular network, started streaming songs, had Google Messenger up, and was trying to access a website in Chrome all at the same time. I was outside one morning at 6:30 AM cleaning the snow off of my car. Half an hour later, when I was done, my phone was burning up in my pocket. It had all of that crap going at once and the battery had gone from 100% to 20% in just 30 minutes.

I broke down completed a factory restore. That has fixed a lot of the issues. Performance has been fine the last two weeks, battery life a lot better (still not as good under Android 4.4.4), and it stopped doing random stuff while in my pocket. The only problems, for me, that weren't fixed with a factory restore were app crashes (I am constantly getting an error message saying that Contacts has stopped working) and the heart rate monitor still comes on if I have my finger over it despite not running an app that uses it. Battery life could still be better. Before, with 4.4.4, I could play music for 4-6 hours a day, text, and barely get down to 73% by the time I left my office. Now it's down to 65% by the time I leave regardless of what I do. That's still better than before when it would get down to 10% when I was done, that's if it even lasted that long.

Samsung's approach to Android 5.0 has me hesitant to buy the Note 4/Edge as I don't want the same things to happen again.

So if I do a factory restore it will not go back to KitKat????

 

[PainFX]

I am having alot of the same issues! And it's driving me crazy! I was happy with my phone before the update...I wish there were some way of uninstalling it! I haven't tried removing the battery or doing a factory reset yet...guess I'll try those and hope for the best

After you did factory restore, it didn't go back to KitKat? How so?