Reboots, reboots, reboots and other issues since Lollipop update

[jeffrok]

OK, I'm getting tired of a few things since I've updated to Lollipop. Here is my top 5 complaints since getting the update:

1. My phone reboots at least once every other day. Yes, this is even since resetting to factory defaults and clearing the cache. This also seems to (believe it or not) happen when I turn the phone upside down in my car's cup holder. That is, when it goes from earpiece up to earpiece facing down.

2. The Recents screen.. I thought when you opened Chrome tabs, that all of the tabs were supposed to be organized on this screen, not mixed in with your other tabs. I've disabled this new feature in Chrome for this reason unless someone knows how to sort the Recents screen.

3. Battery Life. I've read that Android 5 is supposed to have improved battery life. Not in my case. It seems like random apps restarting (according to Clean Master) may be the culprit, but this was never a problem before I updated to 5.0. I'm lucky if I make it past 5 or 6pm with any good amount of battery left. This is with moderate use.

4. The volume control.. Anyone else notice that the screen doesn't completely turn off when you pocket your phone? I have my phone in my pocket and I can hear the volume being decreased until it is at Vibrate level. Sure, it could be because the volume rocker is rubbing against the pocket, but once I turn the screen off, my pocket should not be able to turn the screen back on even if there isn't a screen lock enabled. As long as your phone screen is off, the volume keys shouldn't do anything. Not in my experience.

5. Strange amounts of lag at times, going from an app to the home screen. It takes a couple second for the homescreen icons to re-draw. Come on, really? On a late-2014 phone with 2GB of RAM, this shouldn't happen.

I'm a self-admitted Android fanboy and have had an Android phone since my Nexus S (Sprint), but I'm not liking the direction Android is going with its steps back in innovation and steps forward in cosmetics. I hate Apple products in general, but the iPhone is becoming closer to being on my list of possible next devices.

 

[Rukbat]

I'm not liking the direction Android is going with its steps back in innovation and steps forward in cosmetics.

That, and releases that aren't ready for release, looks like the way it's going. From my experience, I'd say that engineering is having less influence and marketing is having more.

If you can find a 4.4.whatever ROM, maybe you could flash back to that, and sit out the nonsense until they come out with a decent ROM. I'm still at 4.4.2, and I'm not budging yet. (Rooted and the updater is frozen.) My wife's Note 3 updated to 4.4.4, which isn't seeming to cause any problems, but if it updates to 5 and there are problems, she's not going to be complaining to Google when I'm a lot closer.