Lollipop OTA (GPE)

[Benjamin_NYC]

That's about right. Or, it could be all the animations that Google added to Android. I know Apple moved away from overly animated transitions several versions ago, and that helped. I might look to see if that can be turned off.

But, yeah. Doesn't seem as smooth.

It can. In Developer Mode.

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[amroa]

It can. In Developer Mode.

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Yep. Turned them off. I think its better. Will need more time to see.

 

[TarekElsakka]

You guys are right, it feels a lot faster without the heavy animations but still not nearly as smooth and responsive as Kit-Kat was. @Benjamin_NYC I was very disappointed, too, because I had high expectations ever since I heard about Android L, ART runtime, and all of that. Maybe in the future updates it will get better, or at least I hope so.

 

[Mteuzi]

The OTA Lollipop 5.01 update has killed my HTC One M8 GPe. It's so slow that it's practically unusable... very frustrating. WiFi only works intermittently now. It seems that it's not closing apps in the background and the memory is filling up (key word: seems). Every time I restart the device it wants to optimize 1 of 1 apps for 5+ minutes.

Just thought I'd share my experience.

 

[EWY]

One issue with this update on M8. Every time I reboot the phone. It displays a windows stating Upgrading and optimizing 1 app of 1. It would take about 5 minutes or more of the M8 to get to the Home screen. This is strange as I have about the same apps on my N4, and the N4 boots into the Home screen without any issue. Other than this long boot up time, I do not see much difference in performance with this update.

 

[Benjamin_NYC]

The OTA Lollipop 5.01 update has killed my HTC One M8 GPe. It's so slow that it's practically unusable... very frustrating. WiFi only works intermittently now. It seems that it's not closing apps in the background and the memory is filling up (key word: seems). Every time I restart the device it wants to optimize 1 of 1 apps for 5+ minutes.

Just thought I'd share my experience.

Something is broken in your update. It should only optimize once. I'd wipe and reinstall.

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[Benjamin_NYC]

One issue with this update on M8. Every time I reboot the phone. It displays a windows stating Upgrading and optimizing 1 app of 1. It would take about 5 minutes or more of the M8 to get to the Home screen. This is strange as I have about the same apps on my N4, and the N4 boots into the Home screen without any issue. Other than this long boot up time, I do not see much difference in performance with this update.

Also something broken in your update. Factory reset.

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[EWY]

Thanks. I did a master reset and it now boots without any issue.

 

[Benjamin_NYC]

Thanks. I did a master reset and it now boots without any issue.

Coocoo

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[mmaestro]

Well, I'd been going to wait for the update to be pushed to me so I didn't have to redo all my apps on my phone (never unlocked the bootloader, so because that's a necessary step even for pushing the OTA, it means I need to do a wipe), but now I'm wondering if I should just flatten things anyway to get a clean slate.

 

[Benjamin_NYC]

Well, I'd been going to wait for the update to be pushed to me so I didn't have to redo all my apps on my phone (never unlocked the bootloader, so because that's a necessary step even for pushing the OTA, it means I need to do a wipe), but now I'm wondering if I should just flatten things anyway to get a clean slate.

I always advocate a fresh start.

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[amroa]

I always advocate a fresh start.

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Agreed. When I get time, I'll do a clean install to see if that helps. But considering how much has changed, it wouldn't surprise me if a few updates get pushed before this runs "buttery" smooth again.

 

[TarekElsakka]

From the looks of it and my short experience with it, several.

 

[lschen]

Has anyone else not gotten the OTA? I have an "natural" GPe, that is unlocked and rooted, but has the stock recovery re-installed, but have not gotten the update yet. Just wondering if it is me, or still slow rollout.

(It isn't s-off'ed, so I'm waiting on the official update instead of sideloading the OTA.)

 

[vicw926a4]

I don't think it should be taking this long for the OTA to arrive on your phone. I got it on Dec 9th, just 4 days after the release. I'm using an unadulterated stock, non-rooted GPe device, with s-on.

 

[Miro R]

I have not yet received a Lollipop OTA yet (it's March 11 !!). I have not rooted my phone, basically did nothing out of ordinary with it.

Just realized that it probably is the fact that I had replaced the handset using HTC one replacement policy. The device I got is still HTC One M8 GPe but I got it from HTC and not from Google.

I think I'll try forcing it.