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[Nexus 5 General] aletto:
I decided to revert back to KitKat. Google has made some strange if not stupid changes. A lot of mechanics have become quite inconvenient. For instance, now it takes two movements to open the quick settings and another two to close them. So instead of three taps to change a setting, you now need five. The new recent apps actually display less info than before only three apps instead of four. I've always found that look inconvenient in Chrome, it simply doesn't work well if you have a lot of tabs open. And now Android itself has that problem. You also cannot access the app info in recents anymore.

The battery isn't featured in the quick settings anymore so you can't access it's been or check the percentage quickly anymore.

You can't dismiss all notifications at once.

The overflow menu now overlays the action bar which is annoying because the menu button is underneath it. You also can't swipe quickly to the first element in the overflow menu anymore. Think of chrome when you want to open a new tab in one swift motion. Won't be possible anymore once it gets updated.

L is full of similar changes that make Android less powerful, less efficient and downright annoying. Pretty much every change feels ill-conceived. And except for the new design (which I'm not a fan of, I prefer the simple and sleek holo look), there isn't anything new.

If this is supposed to be the future of Android, then persons responsible for this mess should hang their heads in shame.
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
I just noticed something interesting. I had hotword detection off in google now. I went to go turn it on and I saw the options for activating it from any screen. What was especially interesting is it said "when screen is on OR charging" I tried it first when screen was on and it worked while I was in hangouts. However, when I threw it on the charger it didn't work and when I went back to see the settings, the option was gone.
[Nexus 5 General] ltredbeard:
I hope they find a way to tweak the quick settings, but remember this is a preview. All of these issues and more may be addressed.
[Nexus 5 General] Dreadsteel:
How is everyone's battery life? I know this is a preview build but I just want to get a sense of how the battery is vs kitkat.
[Nexus 5 General] aletto:
Doesn't change the fact that virtually every chance they've made feels ill-conceived.
[Nexus 5 General] Rox598:
oh is there a software update option? just wondering for any updates to the preview are they gonna be OTA
[Nexus 5 General] Batfink33:
Loving the new UI. Sexy.
[Nexus 5 General] :
YES!
[Nexus 5 General] iamnotkurtcobain:
Guys please upload the keyboard and other new apps please
[Nexus 5 General] ConMcCRay:
How do you go about flashing the preview like what to wipe and all that
[Nexus 5 General] Lloir:
here's some screenshots i took

HERE
[Nexus 5 General] sjansen2:
Dude you look like the guy from milky chance :)
[Nexus 5 General] Tumeconnais:
I want to flash it, but I want know first if the realease have many bugs.

So thanks to early flasher! :angel:
[Nexus 5 General] JLishere:
:eek:
[Nexus 5 General] obtained:
The option is there.
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
That's the same one that was released with the LG G smart watch I believe. Theres a zip of it in the themes and apps section here on XDA. Ive been using it for a while and I love it.
[Nexus 5 General] DrexelDragon:
Stupid work computer. I can't use ADB here.

Does anyone know if it is possible to flash a factory image without a computer?
[Nexus 5 General] Handzeep:
Is there a way to use multirom to install this version. I don't want to wipe my whole device.
[Nexus 5 General] klin1344:
Can someone confirm TWRP works? and root?
[Nexus 5 General] danielblakes:
haha! that's one i haven't gotten before. Thanks!?
[Nexus 5 General] ewalk4866:
So has anyone tried this with Sprint yet?
[Nexus 5 General] DunlopTires:
booting :)
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
It should work just the same as all the other Nexus 5 devices
[Nexus 5 General] joejoejo:
Apks or system dump would be great right now
[Nexus 5 General] asdfzz:
can someone post launcher apk? if possible extract it..
[Nexus 5 General] :
For some reason (For me at least) I got worse battery life than on PA 4.4 (Stable). I found this really unfortunate as I wanted to stay with the L Dev Preview. The battery life was so abysmal that I had to switch back. I want to see other people's opinions though, since I may be the only one.
[Nexus 5 General] ConMcCRay:
Here you go
[Nexus 5 General] Brushstroke:
Dude, chill. It's a preview release. It's in alpha stage at best. They haven't fixed/added everything and we should expect things to start coming together more as the year progresses. I actually really like it, but I went back to 4.4.4 because naturally Android L is pretty barebones at this point.
[Nexus 5 General] aletto:
I'm aware of that, it's just pretty much every change they've made has made the experience worse. And that worries me.
[Nexus 5 General] Damian2013:
How would someone go about porting PIE from PA 4.4 to android L?
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
Not everyone hates that same stuff though. I for one like the changes
[Nexus 5 General] aletto:
Please elaborate how for example making the quick settings harder to access and close makes the system better. Or why you can't quickly dismiss all notifications anymore. Or why you can't access the app info using recents anymore.
[Nexus 5 General] Brushstroke:
Don't get me wrong, I agree with some of your criticisms, particularly about the notification shade and quick settings. The quick settings menu seems somewhat disorganized. It's too soon to be worrying though. A lot can and will change in five months.
[Nexus 5 General] flyboy_9:
Feels like microsoft

Does it not look a lot like Windows 8?

I've got no idea what the big hype over the flat look is.
[Nexus 5 General] androidpk:
I could not find the tool historian.par

I agree. I looked everywhere and downloaded the sdk twice updated everything and still no sign of the tool historian.par" to be found anywhere! :(
[Nexus 5 General] Brushstroke:
I fail to see how this is like Windows 8. I like the flat look.
[Nexus 5 General] xgrind:
For those who have the same storage size issue as me, bad news. I tried rolling back to KK stock and the storage still showed 16GB instead of 32GB. Guess have to live with it until a savior comes up with a fix
[Nexus 5 General] barondebxl:
The android L keyboard is HANDS DOWN the best keyboard I have ever used. Its so clean and accurate. I love it!
[Nexus 5 General] ogrillion:
Maybe this was said before but I used to get this issue on my nexus 4.

Only way to fix it was stock recovery and factory reset. Of course this will wipe your /sdcard/ so make sure you back up.
[Nexus 5 General] LeeSta108:
Thank you so much this.
[Nexus 5 General] pikachukaki:
As for those asking about battery life its pretty the same as with kitkat for me...its a little hard to notice at first cause of the changed view of battery stats...but i was getting 2.30-3.0h/SOT on kitkat thats what i get today on my 1st fully charged run!!
[Nexus 5 General] Pyro96:
Really? I was getting about 2 hours SOT on kk, but on "L" I get over 4 hours SOT!
[Nexus 5 General] pikachukaki:
Every usage is different...i never with any rom manage to use my phone as i like and pass 3.0max h/sot...but i always have 1+h phone call wifi 100% on location always on...etc etc..
[Nexus 5 General] norwoodesteel:
seem to remember a factory reset fixes that.

nexus root toolkit gives instructions on storage problems AFTER you flash a sys img

maybe it was factory reset in stock recovery?
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
Well instead of swiping down the notification shade and then tapping the button to switch over, it's now just a double swipe. It's still two steps. The back button puts it back up. And clear all recents was never in stock android. That was a custom ROM thing. And app info can always be added later. Even though I never used that option there.
[Nexus 5 General] aletto:
It used to be possible to access the such settings immediately by using two fingers to scroll down. I avoid using the back button because it's uncomfortable to reach it.

I'm not talking about clearing every so from recents. I mean the ability to clear all notifications. You may argue that few people used these functions but that isn't a reason to remove them. Surely it didn't hurt anyone?
[Nexus 5 General] rahsaanabdul:
Ditto +2
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
Well it can all be added in the future easily. With a whole refresh of the ui, I don't see how it could have been possible for them to cram everything back in in time just for the preview build.
[Nexus 5 General] psmedley:
I spoke to Netflix live chat regarding the issues with Chromecast, was told they have had several reports of the problems and are working on a fix :)
[Nexus 5 General] adiliyo:
i'm pretty sure clear all notifications will come later. as for quick settings, personally i found both the two finger swipe as well as hitting the button to flip the panel to be more inconvenient than a double swipe. maybe because i open the shade with my thumb and it's less reaching. this is also something (esp a two finger swipe) that can be added later.

as for the general UI, i personally love it and was pretty tired of the holo design. it fits better with the scaling of screens across platforms, and the loss of chrome really helps to bring content to the front. can't wait for the play music redesign to roll out!
[Nexus 5 General] xgrind:
Thanks guys, I'll give it a shot
[Nexus 5 General] Mr. Steve:
You can access app info by long pressing on the app's icon in the recents menu.
[Nexus 5 General] fabiocastilhos:
Double swipe is an improvement to me since the two fingers swipe was a PITA because I lost the tip of my middle finger when I was a little kid, and after several plastic surgeries the nail is a little bit curve, so two fingers swipe was extremely uncomfortable. Thanks, Google :)

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And actually you don't have to do the second swipe, just tapping the top bar will open the expanded notifications.
[Nexus 5 General] 1ManWolfePack:
I'm right with you, brother, and I think you nailed it -

Editing system files.

I enabled percentage in battery and BOOM! The loop started. Went into stock recovery and cleared cache and I'm back. If you're on a custom recovery and I'm on stock, that eliminates one variable from the equation. It has to be the editing of system files, although I had it happen to me using BT audio while driving. Took a phone call and towards the end of a five minute chat screen went black and wouldn't wake. Three-finger saluted into BL and did my cache trick after it started looping again.

Since it appears it is not TWRP, I'm fastbooting that B back on ?
[Nexus 5 General] wolfdroid1984:
lock screen loop

I searched everywhere but couldn't find anything about this bug, it only happens sometimes but when I unlock my phone with the pin security it unlocks but then relocks and I have to put the pin in again. Sometimes just once more works but other times its a continuous loop and I have to reset the phone. Seems to happen randomly with no preference of apps open. Just thought I would share for anybody who is interested.
[Nexus 5 General] Paul L.:
Reported here.

https://code.google.com/p/android-developer-preview/issues/detail?id=78

(You should add your own experience about this on the bug report and vote it so it gets confirmed and fixed on the next OTA, or the one after that, if ever comes)
[Nexus 5 General] fabiocastilhos:
Anyone experienced the mobile data turning off (only the signal bars shows on status bar, the 4g icon is gone), but when go to Mobile Data in settings the toggle is On and after switch it off and on the mobile data is effectively back?
[Nexus 5 General] nyyankees1237:
Whoever just asked about the battery percentage indicator it's baked into the OS but cannot be enabled without a 3rd party app still (just like KK). Pretty sure I saw on Android Police that the feature actually works now and is legible but just needs an app to activate (at least for now).
[Nexus 5 General] david279:
I enabled it from the cmd line
[Nexus 5 General] brockkk:
Weird. Every apk (adaway) I try to DL over 4g fails. Multiple mirrors.
[Nexus 5 General] ajftl:
Front camera looks fine but after taking the pic in gallery pic looks lot brighter. Exposure gets screw up when saving.

Facebook .. When opening comments on a post comments section its transparent can't read comments
[Nexus 5 General] :
What's the command? And is it in fastboot or just adb?
[Nexus 5 General] david279:
adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:status_bar_show_battery_percent --bind value:i:1
[Nexus 5 General] feered:
I've got mine set to 385.
[Nexus 5 General] lotherius:
Noticed the "NFC Service" accounted for 7% of my battery drain. So I went to disable NFC since I don't use it.

NFC won't disable. The checkmark dims a little bit, but doesn't disable. When back out and reload the setting page, it's back to a fully lit checkmark.
[Nexus 5 General] Pyro96:
Strange, mine stays disabled
[Nexus 5 General] Mikeonic:
I've read through the thread and was wondering if anyone is still having troubles with mms being received. I'm on straight talk
[Nexus 5 General] adiliyo:
i'm okay now with the radio reflash and the apn changes.

have to be using data, not wifi

hangouts doesn't work

i'm on ATT
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
Yeah, I guess it isn't the recovery. I flashed the stock boot.img and still had the issue after installing adaway. Which also modifies a system file. I guess I'll just have to make sure I'm at home if I want to modify something. But I have root and I think I'm done with modifications for now so I'm good for a while.
[Nexus 5 General] xgrind:
Thanks to the community, I got the lost space back. :D
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Seriously. Do you not know the definition of a preview. Who knows what the final build will include.
[Nexus 5 General] Akr706:
Yes, final build will include all those quick settings. You will feel that if you see the empty power menu.
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Face in palm.... Seriously.???? Dev preview!!!!!
[Nexus 5 General] limzm:
Sometimes I wish Google could lock this Developer Preview to purely developers.

And all these people who cannot accept changes really should just remove Android L and go back to 4.4.4 already. Don't need to nitpick every small details of cosmetic/experience error there is.

Sure it may be an open opinion, but changes are changes. If you dislike the changes, wait 3 years later for custom ROM developers to customize the ROM better.
[Nexus 5 General] Akr706:
Warning: This is a preview version of the Android system image, and is subject to CHANGE.

For sure, going is going to provide updates of developer preview and yeah, that's what a developer preview actually means.
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
Have any one got an OTA or anything like that .

Because i think i am on an older version of Android L .

LPV79 ....this is the build number
[Nexus 5 General] Ken C:
Haven't made the leap into L yet (been reading through all the fun on this thread) with all the mms etc issues has anybody just flashed the new radio only? And do all those issues still occur?

Thanks ?
[Nexus 5 General] DoesntPostAThing:
Did you flash userdata or use flash-all with the -w when flashing L images? In short, did you wipe everything in sdcard? If not you need to do that when coming to L. Otherwise sdcard is screwed up and downloads don't know where to go.

Nope, we're all on LPV79.
[Nexus 5 General] Akr706:
No, LPV79 is the latest build of developer preview, provided to developers by google. And no OTA yet.
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
I asked because someone was talking about LPV81B ..

Btw The battery is great , performance is consistent and fluidity is just what we wanted ..

I hope every app will be updated soon to support ART
[Nexus 5 General] limzm:
More like the SDK requires an OTA. Not the Android itself.
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
[emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

Got the latest sdk as well
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Lol
[Nexus 5 General] limzm:
Does it work for you on both Android Studio and/or Eclipse ADT?

Seems buggy for me.
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Sorry if I replied to the wrong person earlier but I don't google is to blame. They even placed a warning when the build was flagged not anything b is guaranteed to work. The dense people just need to take a step back and read and understand what they are doing instead of going into overdrive and then posting the obvious. Then complaining when something obviously started doesn't work.
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
What bugs ? Btw i have the eclipse
[Nexus 5 General] limzm:
Well, have you tried creating CardView or RecyclerView?
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
Not yet .
[Nexus 5 General] lotherius:
Edited

edit n/m nothing new here
[Nexus 5 General] DoesntPostAThing:
I created a sample app that tests CardView with elevation and RecyclerView. CardView with elevation seems to work fine when I call View.setElevation(), but the android:elevation attribute I'm not too sure about. RecyclerView I haven't quite worked out yet. All this was done in Android Studio, I haven't tested Eclipse yet. Last night after I updated the ADT Eclipse seemed to be quite buggy.
[Nexus 5 General] SilentGaia:
Is anyone getting Over-counted in the battery stats?
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Think everyone is. Not everything works 100% hence preview build.
[Nexus 5 General] SilentGaia:
I had Miscellaneous during my last battery period, so that's weird. With both, I still have battery drain issues though with those two stats counting as the most battery used. Might need to switch back to KK because of that.
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Even with that my battery had lasted me longer with the same usage as kit Kat. That's just me though.
[Nexus 5 General] rani9990:
Am I the only one who really has no complaints other than non functional greenify and the flickering in recents ui? This Dev preview seems pretty stable otherwise.
[Nexus 5 General] SilentGaia:
I envy. D: I don't have a difference in the apps I was using, and it drained pretty fast last night when I was asleep with wifi, data, and location turned off. 14% in a matter of 5-6 hours compared to <=5% when I had wifi or LTE and location turned on.
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Me neither. I'm planning as using as dd. Flashed since it was available. Followed instructions to the t. I only use my n5 to make calls, text, maps, g+ and a w other google apps. I don't use fb, what's ap, twitter etc. I'm good. Nice to see a good post instead of an echo of the last few thousand.

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What's weird is I don't always get the misc label. When I refreshed just now t said it was only using 1% vs your 36%
[Nexus 5 General] Huey85:
anyone got a working Exchange Email security bypass mod working on the L preview?
[Nexus 5 General] SilentGaia:
Interesting. All I got last charge was Misc. and now I'm just getting Over-counted. I'll try reflashing tomorrow night and then give it a few more days before I decide whether or not I want to switch back to KK. I like the changes overall, and everything I need works other than FB (though that's not really a need, it's just more of a time passer on the bus), but mainly battery is the problem especially on days when I don't have work and go out all day, since I would then need the phone to last me longer than what I'm getting right now.
[Nexus 5 General] RayLovesick:
"Miscellaneous" percentage seems to be the amount of power draw that Android can't account for. In other words:

Miscellaneous = (Max real power - Computed power) / Total battery capacity

Computed power is simply the power draw that Android has gathered from app use, display, radios and such. Max real power is what has really been drawn from the battery so far.
[Nexus 5 General] norwoodesteel:
the only thing for me is the wi-fi is 25-30% slower. [180-190 mbps]

i reverted to 4.4.4 just now to make sure. [220-240 mbps]

but i'm back on L now for a while to see how it goes.

[note: on gig fiber internet]
[Nexus 5 General] Akr706:
Same here. In the last battery cycle, "Miscelleaneous" was appearing. And this time, "Over-counted" is appearing.

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Android System / Android OS show battery consumed by system apps and system. Battery consumed by radio is shown by Call Standby.
[Nexus 5 General] Pyro96:
I get 10 Mbps if I'm lucky... You could say I'm jealous!
[Nexus 5 General] bogdan_wrc:
and because this is a forum with personal opinions, it reflects personal information. meaning...perfect for WHAT I use.

nor me, neither each one of us knows the perfect truth...
[Nexus 5 General] jparnell:
Yep, mine terrible too, but just the way it is at the moment given its still in development. Only thing that's making me consider moving back to KitKat, everything else works brilliantly.
[Nexus 5 General] defffizz:
Definitely not a daily driver material. 4.4.4 is a lot of faster and smoother. But I expect final release to be fantastic!

Bright Red Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Wakamatsu:
Pretty pleased with this preview so far. Most "bugs" I've encountered so far that affected usage are apps that haven't had a chance to be updated to play nice with the build.
[Nexus 5 General] jordanofff:
After 1 day of experience with L, i'm so pleased. Camera works fine, battery usage is fine as it were with kitkat. One night(7-8 hours) with working wi-fi - 1% of battery consumption, no lag at all. Dropbox not working, weather now(live wallpaper) also is not working properly, google+ crushed one time, opera mini not working at all. Aside from that Android L is quite a pleasant surprise, and i can't see problem to use it as my daily driver. :good:
[Nexus 5 General] Datzi:
Does anyone know if there will be multiple betas like on iOS? Or is this the one and only preview until final release?
[Nexus 5 General] Telomir:
How did you get yours to work? I always get an HTC Sync Error -1 for some reason. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but no luck there.
[Nexus 5 General] mcarbaja:
I wish they would've added a quick reply to texts from the notification without having to open the Hangouts app.
[Nexus 5 General] Akr706:
I think this developer preview will be updated with time, as it is subject to change.
[Nexus 5 General] nyyankees1237:
Finally, got it running. Flashed a zip via sideload after fully wiping and it was booted up to the welcome screen in 6 minutes. Downloaded a few of my core apps and haven't restored much else yet like my pictures.

It's running phenomenally well for something that is only a dev preview. Smooth, consistent, and overall feels stable. Loving the new UI and animations. The new notifications are alright at best in their current state though. Also couple of the other bugs others has been having (WiFi MMS broken, etc.).

My apps all run well and smooth; twitter, Tapatalk, Snapchat, Instagram, pulse, 2048, etc. (New twitter beta fixed FC for L)

I will test the Bluetooth in my car today and will report back. So far will be using as a daily driver until I find a deal breaker.

Awesome work Google.
[Nexus 5 General] dario2106:
Battery

Screen batteria
[Nexus 5 General] mcarbaja:
All the menu options have the new UI palette except the mobile network one.
[Nexus 5 General] vinmoto:
why I do not like green color in the picture does not show-schedule. and everything works.

clean flash, procedure as advised
[Nexus 5 General] Daniel Kng:
Review Time!

Made a Little Review over the Android "L" Version i show a lot from this Rom :good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhnRJyyM_G0&list=UUekg1Z_9_VtQdV4dLq341ww
[Nexus 5 General] Mikeonic:
Anyone lose the ability to check storage?
[Nexus 5 General] olfyboy:
Has anyone found a working equalizer? Built-in MusicFX does not work properly (volume gets really low when enabled). Tried to install Viper4Android, but I can not seem to find any setting where I can change the default equalizer...
[Nexus 5 General] MilkyJoePD:
Try disabling MusicFX.