Would you recommend using ART on the HTC One M8?

[Smply_Rcklss]

I switched animation to .5 & everything seems to open faster also. I may go back to 1 tho

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[ddot196]

I switched this morning. Tbh I can't really tell a difference. The phone is already quick as is.

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[Smply_Rcklss]

I ended up switching back, I started noticing some bugs & several forecloses that never happened before. I'll wait till Android 5.0 when it's fully polished. Now that I have still feels fast as hell as if it was still running ART

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[Dizfunctions]

ART seems like it's really going to speed up Android as a whole. I'd love to see Apple talk more about 64 bit while Android has noticeable speed and battery life improvements.

 

[bryanmsi]

I ended up switching back too. The uneven performance was a bit odd, and I found several bugs. Polaris Office wouldn't open, AT&T Digital life wouldn't sign in, etc.

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[CollegePartyBoy]

For those who switched back to Dalvik, was it without issue?

 

[Super Dave426]

I switched to ART yesterday and most apps do seem to open quicker and I haven't run into any that freeze yet. The Facebook app is the one that came with the phone (3.7) and opens immediately, I won't update it until they make choosing "Most Recent" stick instead of the stupid Top Stories.. I turn off my phone every night and I noticed that at bootup it gives an upgrading apps spin and then boots. Strange, I guess if there was a new app it would have to adjust it. Haven't noticed any battery difference, yet.

 

[Mooncatt]

...I won't update it until they make choosing "Most Recent" stick instead of the stupid Top Stories.

Like that'll ever happen. Their desktop and mobile websites do it too.

 

[Robgo]

I've been using ART only for a couple of weeks now. There is a definite improvement in speed and battery life overall. Some apps don't work but none of them are critical apps for me. I just delete the apps that don't work and find alternatives that do work. All my essential apps work fine as well as a couple of games I've got on my phone. For me it's mostly been games that don't work but I don't care about that so much.

 

[brodrick]

I didn't have good luck with ART. It used less RAM consistently, but the camera opened slower, and it seemed that the only apps that opened faster, were the ones I had recently used. The battery life didn't improve for me like I hoped. The phone got hot in my pocket today for no reason, and drained it 15 percent in 3 hours. I went back to Dalvik and will stay there until they polish ART up a bit with L. One thing, I didn't select the "high performance mode" in the developer options, just because I like the battery life as is.

 

[CollegePartyBoy]

I went ahead and switched. It is noticeably faster, even smoother. Have not had any apps that did'n't work. I like.

 

[whitelunchbag]

Speed improvements are generally because changing runtime clears the dalvik cache, not because dalvik is faster than ART or vice versa

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[Super Dave426]

Like that'll ever happen. Their desktop and mobile websites do it too.

But it did happen, that's why I am sticking with 3.7 it opens to most recent if you check the choice by default, my PC version sticks too for about 5 days and then I have to set it again. FB has a Beta test running and the single most requested change is to return the most recent choice by default, they must make a lot of cash on Top Stories to ignore everyone.

On a side note I had to reboot this morning because I couldn't turn the screen off, that's new.

 

[Super Dave426]

Reverting back to Dalvik, second time I had an issue booting up, an error report was generated and sent. Also couldn't turn the screen off again so I figured if I am going to reboot I might as well switch back. I didn't notice any difference in battery life, just seemed snappier on ART. Reversion took only 2 minutes, unlike the 15 to switch to ART.

 

[estebancam]

Definitely a less even experience. However, I have noticed one consistent thing : better touch responsiveness. Which I really enjoy. The entire os seems to respond to my finger much faster.

Otherwise, some things are faster, others are slower.

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[mfreeland]

After a month, I switched back. ART felt a little snappier, maybe, but, I had some booting errors, and a few apps wouldn't work such as Polaris Office 5 and WPS Office (Formerly Kingsoft) didn't work. Switched back and they work again...

 

[Smply_Rcklss]

I recently switched back to ART to test the better battery life theory & imo it seemed to die a lot faster than normal w the power save mode on

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[Kibbster]

Tried it for a while, battery life dropped a lot, camera became sluggish opening and very sluggish closing.
A few of my apps crashed constantly and overall it wasn't worth the hassle for me.
Back on Dalvik now and the phone is running a dream.

 

[mfreeland]

I noticed after I switched back to Dalvik, my charges faster. In ART it seemed to take forever to charge.....

 

[tigerNamedtony07]

I switched but i noticed at times stuff would freeze up and lag so i went back