yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
I tried the Free version. I usually use ES Explorer as my default file manager but since it didn't work to edit /system/, I tried others. You can give Total Commander a try. It works flawlessly. Even Root Explorer (Paid) works perfectly with Lollipop!

There are so many options mate, just move on. Once Lollipop is publicly released, I'm sure the developers of Solid and ES Explorer will fix it! :)
[Nexus 5 General] Tom540:
I've flashed factory images many times on a number of Nexus devices without wiping the SD, and I've had not problems; I just flash twrp immediately and wipe internal data ☺
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
Also es explorer loads too slow while browsing /system partition. It definitely needs an update. That has been my favorite file manager since gingerbread days :D
[Nexus 5 General] konradbnet:
I am using sliding Explorer right now. But I really enjoy Solid Explorer, and I was suprised that it works for you. But if you use only trial, thats ok - works for me too. :)
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Huh? Isn't it? And here was I thinking that it was only me who's facing it.. Overall smoothness of ES has taken a hit IMHO. Using Root Explorer (paid) which I grabbed for free with a Amazon promo! :D
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
Haha i too thought it was only me. You are right. Its overall performance has taken a hit. Right now, i can live with that though :)

Edit: [MENTION=5165311]vin4yak[/MENTION] Is notifications working for you? For me, it won't show notifications on status bar. For example, while installing apps from playstore, i can't see anything on status bar but can be seen when i pull down status bar.
[Nexus 5 General] carlese:
So.. Solid Explorer works only in trial but not full?
[Nexus 5 General] aldyu:
Yup since the issue is on the unlocker, not the file manager itself.
[Nexus 5 General] carlese:
Well that sucks.. I think I'll wait then :)
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Everything works for me. Notifications, some heads up, led notifications. My question is, did you fully wipe when flashing image? If you didn't then there you go.
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
Yeah, i wiped everything including sdcard too. Now this is weird :( Notifications are working, but won't show up on status bar.
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
I know you guys are overlooking this But you guys having tons of issues , following the instructions to the t and not avoiding fully wiping your device otherwise you shouldn't have that manybbugs. Wiping data is NOT optional. The repeat bug posts are sort of useless as fixes have been posted and the only fix is fully wiping. The legit bug is exchange email that has a working workaround as posted many times. Again its a Dev preview and well have full version in a few weeks. If you need this phone for work and NEEd exchange , I'd suggest try the work around or flash back to what you we using before.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
No issues here mate. :rolleyes: Reboot and see if its fixed.
[Nexus 5 General] _-livio-_:
found the 1st problem on the latest preview, i can't delete sms messages stored on the sim card, messaging app gets a fc when i tap delete, hangouts has no sim options and other sms apps say they did the job but on refresh the messages are still there :(
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
Rebooted it many times. I will do clean flash once again and see if this solves.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Flash system.img and reboot. If this fixes it, well and good otherwise, you'll need a clean wipe.

One more thing, let userdata.img do it's work. Don't wipe with twrp this time.
[Nexus 5 General] ramig:
How to Set a Ringtone for an Android 5 Contact ?
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
Thanks mate, will try it first. And, I didn't wipe with TWRP before. At first attempt, i edited flash-all.bat to not wipe data and got lot of FC's and then flashed it without editing.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Woaah.. Then it's really weird. You're the only one who's facing this afaik..

---------- Post added at 07:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:39 PM ----------

Open Conatcts. Open a contact entry and hit edit. Now, hit the 3 dot menu of the upper right side and select "Set Ringtone"! :)
[Nexus 5 General] ramig:
Thanks

R@mig
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
Unlucky me :( Anyways, i didn't restore my internal storage from PC yet, so i will clean flash it again.
[Nexus 5 General] donnyp1:
It is for me
[Nexus 5 General] Atok_fr:
I didn't found any notifications "heads-up"... Someone knows how to active them ?
[Nexus 5 General] sjknight413:
Heads up isn't automatic in android 5, apps need to take advantage of it. Google dialer is the only one that does as of now but I'm sure hangouts won't be far behind.

Sent from my Android 5.0 Lollipop powered Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] donnyp1:
I'm curious if anyone who flashed the script thru fastboot has found anymore than the email and calendar bugs? That's how I flashed, wiped EVERYTHING, setup was a breeze and those are the only 2 issues I've seen. Every app works, no misc battery drain, and decent battery life. Seems like those who flashed a zip or those who tried to not wipe data, or those who tried to restore data are the ones having problems. My phone is like a new phone again. Treat it like a new phone, start completely clean an you will be amazed.
[Nexus 5 General] m4nu4l:
Can anyone test if the game 'Heroes Charge' work on your device with latest l preview?
[Nexus 5 General] floepie:
Just curious how the new restore function from other devices works precisely. Typically, I use TiBackup to restore all apps and their data moving to a new ROM or upgrading with Hammerhead images. Does the restore function restore not only the APKs but also their data, negating the need for TiBackup entirely? In videos, I see that bluetooth is used to transfer data from one device to the other. But, what if you only have one device? Does all that data actually get backed up in the cloud and restored?
[Nexus 5 General] jarjar124:
For me it didn't restore the data. It restored everything else like WiFi and apps. Great way to restore without root. The placeholder is great when restoring apps so you don't need to set up the launcher again.
[Nexus 5 General] floepie:
That's what I would have thought. So, this isn't really the real deal yet as many are saying? How is it that Apple can do this for many years now, and yet we all know how iCloud has its faults, especially recently. This should be Google's strong point...:confused:
[Nexus 5 General] FCDHBubbles:
Did a flash-all.sh via fastboot same story here????
[Nexus 5 General] thegtfusion:
Amen :)
[Nexus 5 General] AnthonyTex:
[MENTION=4617326]jarjar124[/MENTION]

May I ask you if you were on the previous Developer preview or on KitKat before flashing this developer preview? I'm asking this because the phone doesn't restore anything:) thank you!:)
[Nexus 5 General] mithab:
I wiped everything but have misc battery drain. :(
[Nexus 5 General] AndrasLOHF:
There are API's in place for apps to store and restore data but very few devs actually use them which is very irritating.

Don't get be wrong I love Android but Android's best asset(openess)can also at times be it's worst enemy. I really wish when it came to things data backup/restore functions or UI changes, Google would enforce compliance guidelines. By not doing so it greatly diminishes the user experience. If they can put their foot down on devs to require a physical address why not on things such as this that actually adds usability to Android.
[Nexus 5 General] do9uz:
Anyone has this high Mobile radio active usage. I don't event open Spotify app today.
[Nexus 5 General] dwang:
Yeah i see that as well and L doesn't really have good idle times.

I went to bed at around 68% battery and got up 8 hours later and it was at 58%.

With KitKat I would lose at most 2% with the exact same setup.

I'm sure Google will clean that up with the final release.
[Nexus 5 General] MrKaon:
Looks like none of you guys are using GSam Battery Monitor?
[Nexus 5 General] _-livio-_:
anyone have an idea if there's a fix/workaround?
[Nexus 5 General] ern88:
Does work good to keep the radio from draining quick.
[Nexus 5 General] omaryahya97:
Can someone help me on how to remove the invert colors button from quick settings
[Nexus 5 General] Tagtag123:
How can I copy numbers from the new dialer?

Numbers which aren't saved for example.

The usual tap and hold doesn't bring the copy option, at least for me.
[Nexus 5 General] PetritH:
You can't lol
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
[MENTION=5165311]vin4yak[/MENTION] I flashed it using flash-all and still notifications won't work for me :eek: Why isn't it working for me :(
[Nexus 5 General] eep2378:
Reboot.

Also anyone know any other apps that allow icon packs on stock launcher(GNL)? I used to use Beautiful Icon Styler, but it doesn't work with new Google now launcher in L.
[Nexus 5 General] Tagtag123:
Just use some other features like auto rotation toggle, flashlight, location, airplane mode, etc.

It supposedly learns what you need and shows it in the notification drawer.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Whatt thhe????? Go to the stock recovery and do a Factory reset which will reset it to default settings.

One more thing, are you restoring your apps when setting up your phone on the welcome screen? If so, then don't.

It could also be a bad download even though chances of it are less. So, you might want to re-download the factory tgz file if the above 2 things don't work.

Edit: Can you post a screenshot of it? Can you see the status bar? Or is it just the notifications that are missing?
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
During flashing, cmd showed something like archive doesn't contain boot.sig, system.sig bla bla. Is this normal?? :( And notifications aren't missing, they can be seen in notification drawer, but won't show up in status bar. Like i said before, when installing any app from playstore, you can see notification on status bar right? That is missing.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Yes, those messages are normal if you use the flash-all.bat. I've used it a few times, ran into some serious problems and from that point on, I've always manually flashed those img files one by one.

Yes, it's supposed to be like that when you enter stock recovery. Hold down power button and quickly hit the Volume Up button. You'll see the menu and from there do a factory data reset.

Ohh... Ohkk.. Got it.. One more thing, don't restore anything while setting up your phone. Just attach your google account.
[Nexus 5 General] snappycg1996:
It honestly puzzles me as well these amazing SOTs. I get 3-3.5 hours Judy like you, with my phone in airplane mode, and using WiFi only. With cell service? I may get 2 hours. I'd love to know the problem here, seeing as though our time is the sane and it seems to be the "norm* for the battery. I've gotten almost 4 hours ONCE. Had 2 percent left.
[Nexus 5 General] Stilm:
I did just this on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 and would like to share my findings so far.

This rom is great, love the looks and UI only thing I really miss is a "sync" toggle since my data plan is 500MB only. And that toggle for vibrate mode being on sound slider and not showing up when listening to music is annoying.

As for bugs, besides those you stated, some games do not work, some examples would be Sonic 4 (both episodes), Jet Set Radio and Magic 2015. Not sure if it's game issue but they ran just fine on KK.
[Nexus 5 General] snappycg1996:
I'n generally always inside on lowest brightness and on Wi-Fi always, airplane mode on, and 3-3.5 is the usual for me. I almost got 4 hours once, but just once. Greenify, no wakelocks. Everyone seems to either get this battery of 3-3.5 or 5-6 hours. Its weird.
[Nexus 5 General] dwang:
How old is your nexus 5? It could be just a degraded battery.

My one year old nexus 5 would only get 4 hours of SOT. I called google and they sent me a refurbished n5 w a new battery and I started getting 5+ hours SOT.
[Nexus 5 General] tietherope:
I flashed it following Google's instructions exactly and wiped everything. Still have terrible battery drain. I think it's pretty short sighted for people to say it's due to the way it was flashed and it's impossible there is an issue when done correctly.

You can argue there are apps causing the issue or that it's just a preview, but everything was flashed properly.

Edit: My phone actually will not go to sleep.
[Nexus 5 General] snappycg1996:
Hmmm... 7 months now I think? I don't know if that's the issue or not, but I'd like to know. It seems different N5s get different battery life.
[Nexus 5 General] supguise:
Smh.
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
I almost forgot how stock recovery looks like :D Hm, so i tried to wipe data from stock recovery, still no dice man. Why does everytime, something different happens only with me. Do notifications appear on status bar at all?? I mean, if u get a message, will it be displayed on status bar? That's the one i can't see them.
[Nexus 5 General] m4nu4l:
Bump, anyone?
[Nexus 5 General] jpalo:
I wonder how you do it, followed Google's instructions, but only see POP3/IMAP in Emai lapp, and trying to add Office account via Accounts says "Can't add account from settings".
[Nexus 5 General] rednit:
Sorry if this was already raised.

I've installed the new build but got it without gmail, google calendar, Google +, hangouts and maps.

Is it just me ?

Should I flash the image again ?

(I used nexus toolkit)
[Nexus 5 General] Tom540:
The developer preview doesn't come with those apps, they're on the Play store haha
[Nexus 5 General] eep2378:
Interesting. I have a replacement coming this week. I'll see if the battery improves.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Yes.. Icons are shown on the status bar like always...

SS attached.

-Sent from a Lollipop'd Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] ak118:
I wasn't able to get Office Mobile app working.. It tells me "Cannot connect to server"

Exchange Email isn't working, there is a work around posted in this thread, search "Exchange" its from a couple days ago.
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
That's notification drawer, i'm talking about status bar, see you are installing firefox from playstore, do u get that message "installing firefox" in status bar? Without pulling down status bar, can u see that message?
[Nexus 5 General] snorfu:
For the guys with excellent battery life...do you have Google now activated and location? When location which mode do you use?
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
OMG! You're talking about "just" the words which come for a few seconds while installing apps? Huh. No. They don't come anymore. :silly:
[Nexus 5 General] donnyp1:
You have an app causing it. The only app I know for sure that causes misc, is ESPN fantasy football
[Nexus 5 General] Failyx:
Experienced the same, thought i was the only one with that problem haha ?

Not a big deal anyway.
[Nexus 5 General] donnyp1:
It is apps, if you start clean like you did, installing apps individually without a restore, then you can find what apps cause misc drain
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
That's what i was talking about lol :D Thanks a lot man. You just saved me from installing it again and again. Is that removed?? Woah, i never knew that. So i guess its replaced by heads up notifcations right? I heard that it appears only when apps support it. I tried in google dialer too, but didn't get message in heads up.
[Nexus 5 General] jpalo:
Yes, but the guy said he had also Exchange working. Guess it was not true.
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
Well, i'm kinda OCD about it :silly: As this is the first time i'm seeing this behaviour, i just felt something awkward lol.
[Nexus 5 General] donnyp1:
There is a fix in vomers thread. Several pages back. It works fantastic. I asked it to be added to OP, don't know if they did or not.

---------- Post added at 12:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:51 PM ----------

Fix in vomers thread
[Nexus 5 General] donnyp1:
This is a medicare email opened on my work acct
[Nexus 5 General] jpalo:
Strange that it says Google Email app 'isn't available in your country'. I'm in Finland.

UPDATE: Just got it from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
Been on the latest L Preview since Friday. I absolutely do not see any improvement in battery life, and honestly it's probably worse than it was on 4.4.4. I keep reading all this stuff about how L has improved battery life and I just don't get where they are getting this data as I had the same crappier battery lie on the previous L preview.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Unfortunately... I totally agree with you. I've greenified everything, tried wakelock detector to see if anything's keeping my device from sleeping. Phone goes to deep sleep perfectly... but as soon as I start to use it, the battery starts depleting like crazy.

Now, I've installed TricksterMod and lowered the min cpu clock to 300 mhz and edited some other things hoping to see some improvement..

Even though I simply love this build, I'm really missing ElementalX! :rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
If it wasn't for not wanting to deal with having to wipe everything and reinstall the apps, which I just don't feel like dealing with again, I'd go back to 4.4.4 without a second thought. I really hope the final build of Lollipop is better than this...
[Nexus 5 General] jpalo:
Well, can't get Exchange Online working even with old email.apk. Can get up to where it starts to validate server after typing in credentials and server address, but then it says 'Can't connect to server'...?
[Nexus 5 General] eep2378:
With the stock kernel? Stock kernel uses mpdecision so lowering min cpu clock won't stick, hence not really affecting battery. Without a alternate hotplugging method(custom kernel) cpu clock will ramp up on touch anyway.
[Nexus 5 General] gpvecchi:
Any way to boost the volume? I never neede this, so I'm a little noob...
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
While I have my complaints with battery life, I have to say aside from that I LOVE Lollipop. Such a beautiful and smooth operating system. Has made so many strides since even as recent as Kit Kat. First version of Android that really feels like a "premium" OS. I don't have it rooted and with each iteration of Android I am finding less and less reason to root it because Google keeps adding stuff I would root in order to get.

But if the battery life doesn't get better with the final version of Android L, I might just drop my Nexus 5 for a Moto G.
[Nexus 5 General] Circaflex:
It will get better, why wouldn't it? the main reason for battery drain right now is due to apps that are not fully compatible with Android L; once the app makers start updating their apps for L youll see battery drain go down
[Nexus 5 General] kevtrysmoddin:
The sync button is accessed by the menu button in accounts in the settings
[Nexus 5 General] donnyp1:
You have to also install google exchange services. Make sure you disable the stock app. Everything to download I found in vomers thread
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
Well it says on GSAM over 305 of my battery life is being consumed by the screen and I have brightness turned down as much as possible to make it readable. For app usage, it says Android System has been using over 20% of the battery life, Kernel has been anywhere between 10-20%, and system UI around 5%. That's around 1/3 to nearly 1/2 of the battery life. On 4.4.4 those three combined for less than 20% for me. Unless the apps are causing those three things to use more power, apps being optimized for L aren't going to improve anything. I'm barely getting over 2 hours of on screen time and I've been taking my battery under 10% to get that. On 4.4.4 I was getting three hours before even getting under 20%.
[Nexus 5 General] Circaflex:
sounds like a rogue app or something you did I don't have any of those issues and get equal if not better battery life compared to KK. did you flash the zip or do the adb flash to install
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
ADB. And the apps I have installed are all the same apps I had on KitKat 4.4.4 Actually I have even less apps installed now.
[Nexus 5 General] Circaflex:
what is your battery usage for misc using the built in battery info not gsam
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
WEll I had just turned off my phone to get it a quick full charge so it's not showing battery history from before then
[Nexus 5 General] XeLLaR*:
Guys, if you have problems with battery life, go to Settings - Apps and check for apps that are continously restarting.

Uninstall them, reboot , and you should be fine.

Amazon DE(Amazon for germany) APP did that for me and since i uninstalled it my batterylife is twice as good as on KK.

Sonstiges = Misc

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
How would i tell if an app is continuously restarting?
[Nexus 5 General] XeLLaR*:
Check the Active tab, it will show you "restarting" if the APP is restarting.

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] SilkyJohnson:
This thread is incredibly painful to read. Few key points:

*complaining about "Lollipop battery sucks going back to KitKat" - this is an UNFINISHED preview meant for app developers to test their apps on, not for you to use as your daily driver and judge Lollipop on

*sorry your app doesn't work, I'm sure it will when the FINAL release is finished. Until then flash back to KitKat and quit crying

*quit judging this as a final product

Am I the only one who gets this? Am I the only one happy that google let us play early, when they've never done this before? Do any of you know how to troubleshoot? The people posting problems after problem are the same people who clog up Dev threads with their one-off issues.

Also, before you complain - did you flash this through fastboot EXACTLY how google instructed? I did, and I have zero issues.

If you choose to keep user data, flash a zip, dirty flash over old preview -- then you asked for your problems. Flash the way you are supposed to and shut up.

So much crying and complaining in here. You sound like entitled children.

/rant
[Nexus 5 General] XeLLaR*:
Uhm...

1. this is a dicussion thread and as you say...the thread is hard to read. Would you read this whole thread to get an answer for your question?

2. Why do you go bananas over it? Its not like you get paid for a clean thread or something..

3. Your post doesnt help at all, it just makes the mess even more messy (my answer to your "rant")

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
Well when you read all over the internet that users with the same phone as yours saw a 30% increase in battery life you kinda don't expect your battery life to be 30% WORSE, that's a 60% swing...
[Nexus 5 General] IRX120:
So overall do you guys feel the new DP is a daily driver? I played around with it for a bit in multi rom and didn't notice any problems but I'm just curious before I flash it as my primary ROM.
[Nexus 5 General] SilkyJohnson:
It's been out for two days, bud! Good lawd. Do you expect to have the same battery life as someone else? Do you understand how a phone works?

Google should require an aptitude test before you are allowed to download and install the preview.

---------- Post added at 02:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 PM ----------

Because I come in here to talk about L, not to hear you cry over your battery usage and user error.

And yes, I do read an entire thread to get my answer, unlike the majority of you.
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
YEs I understand how a phone works dumbass. Clearly you don't understand how expectations work.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Yes, it sure is. Battery life isn't particularly good for me though. Other than that, I have zero issues. However, if you're a gamer, you might want to check whether the games you play work on this build or not.

-Sent from a Lollipop'd Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] SilkyJohnson:
Learn to troubleshoot.

Also, I'd watch your tone and choice of words.
[Nexus 5 General] XeLLaR*:
Stop crying pls...

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] scottharris4:
I'd first suggest you stop slinging around insults first and second I'd suggest you stop whining when people come on to a message board topic about Android L to discuss Android L.