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[Nexus 5 General] yuyeung.wong:
I actually dig what google is doing with recents.

Many people seem to notice that recent apps are kept indefinitely. I would like to point out something subtler:

How about one app can stick multiple contexts in the recent screen? It is fantastic! One way to notice is how chrome tabs are scattered in the recents screen. A more useful one is how you can now finally search multiple topics in google search app! Multiple search sessions are shown separately in the recents screen and you can keep their contexts as long as search app is in memory.

Pretty neat imo.

I can understand how people are concerned about privacy. But as other posts have pointed out, any concern over memory usage is just nonsense. You should just use greenify. Google has also deliberately designed the graphics of the recent apps screen to show how older apps just kind of "fade away" similar to how older apps tends to get it's memory reclaimed. I suggest people take this chance and learn not to fret about how many screenshots are shown.
[Nexus 5 General] burnstine:
+ Official 5.0 on N5 is the first Android version, which switches between different WIFI networks as I expect it to do.

+ The light UI ist better readable outdoors (for me), and i don't have to push up brightness that much: maybe more juice left for essentials.

+ Love the new button logics which is now clear: Volume buttons manage volumes an notifications, power is for power on/off, and i always missed the possibility the specifiy emerceny contacts!

+ Quicksettings now work for as supposed. Don't need additional apps for that anymore.

~ we'll see what battery life brings, first charge was never accurate for me.

- Bluetooth RSAP profile seems to be not working anymore. Up to 4.4.2 ist was possible to actvate it through an app.

Overall Lollipop seems to bring in much wanted features, combining best features of AOSP/Touchwiz/Sense while reducing complexity. Therefore: overall well done, but there is always room for further improvements!
[Nexus 5 General] Willisme1:
I'm pretty annoyed that the gallery app has been removed, so I'm either forced to enable G+ to use Photos or download a third-party app. Not cool Google, not cool.
[Nexus 5 General] gsmyth:
Probably the closest to fitting in with the 5.0 design. You never know the gallery app may reappear on the store at some stage, look at the SMS app that got replaced by Hangouts and now they've release a stand alone SMS app in the store.

https://plus.google.com/111164401852334880642/posts/P15da2BSXUj
[Nexus 5 General] @home:
Just installed & 2 things annoy me instantly -

The persistent Google search bar is present on every home screen & cannot be removed , WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cannot clear all the recent apps in one go. WTF!!!!!!!!!
[Nexus 5 General] AlderCass:
The persistent search bar has always been there in the Google Now launcher, for as long as the Nexus 5 has been around

Clear all recents has never been a stock feature
[Nexus 5 General] gsmyth:
The persistent search bar has been there for quite a while since 4.0 ICS I think. You can either wait/look for a modded stock launcher or just use Nova/Apex which is faster with more customisation.

Again the clear all recents will probably be added by devs at some stage. Generally speaking its not needed as android manages memory itself and keeps things frozen in the background which it can access quickly when they are neede.
[Nexus 5 General] @home:
I know all the but they could have changed those things with this new OS, couldn't they?

Just cause it was like that before doesn't mean it should always be like that.
[Nexus 5 General] rpudner:
Quick Setting On Lock Screen

I flashed 5.0 yesterday and like it so far, I have given up root for now to see what effect it has on my use. But one question, when my phone is locked, you can swipe the notification bar and get to and operate the quick toggles, why, this would allow someone to put aeroplane mode on while running off with your phone, do I have a setting wrong?
[Nexus 5 General] AlderCass:
Stock Android may as well be rebranded to Google Phone at this point, the persistent search bar is one of their many ways of forcing Android users to use Google products and that'll never change (I'm not complaining, I'm a satisfied Google user). As for the clear all recents, people in this thread have already explained why it's not necessary, or even harmful according to some.
[Nexus 5 General] lasha117:
why google has not his own file manager?
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
i know it's early to talk about battery life, but i don't see a change for the better for now
[Nexus 5 General] AlderCass:
Because the average user will never need one.
[Nexus 5 General] Mountainjew:
:good::good::good:

So many whiners who are too ignorant of their own ignorance in here. *****ing about project volta not working? I think they just pick up these buzzwords to complain about them rather than try to understand what it is, or that apps must be updated to take advantage of it. Lollipop is fan ****ing tastic! Best release yet in terms of design and speed. I just hope devs actually do take advantage of project Volta, but something tells me they'll want their apps active on phones for as long as possible and won't want to limit the wakes.
[Nexus 5 General] meangreenie:
calendar reminders disappear from notifications after a few minutes? I can't find an option to change that behaviour.

more Google genius?
[Nexus 5 General] JPsy Droid:
You can use photo app without g+ account, not tried - but i read this.
[Nexus 5 General] @home:
But to have the choice would have been nice.

Big fail.

Nit much I can do about it but mod.

Ahh google get ever closer to being apple.
[Nexus 5 General] Curiousn00b:
Lollipop has introduced a new level of sync errors for me. :l

There's no Sync Now button as well, so I have to manually click them. Contacts keeps giving a sync error as well.
[Nexus 5 General] Nexonian:
The good:

- USB audio. Finally... I have been waiting for this a very long time.

- Multiuser / guest: Quite useful if you let somebody else use your phone for a moment

The bad:

- This may sound stupid, but there's way too much "Google inside" for my taste. Activate Google+ just to see my photos? Come on... Stock email gone? WTF... Of course there are alternatives, I already installed quickpic, nova launcher, K9 and so on, but somehow it still feels like I have picked the wrong OS. The only google apps I actually need are maps, calendar and play store...

- UI does not seem quite as snappy as under Kit Kat

The ugly:

- I don't really appreciate the new "material design". IMHO it is "too flat" in many places. E.g. the outline of the keys in the keyboard are gone. This doesn't improve usability at all.

Conclusion:

I'll switch to Cyanogenmod as soon as they're on 5.0. Mainly because the list of deactiviated apps has become really long on my device.
[Nexus 5 General] Ubichinon:
What i like:

- new UI, looks good and has nice animations

- material design

- new features

what i dislike:

- too much google in every single way. I need Google+ to view my photos now? Seriously? Google is just becoming way to invasive nowadays and i have a feeling Skynet is materialising soon.

- no customisable quick toggles in navigation bar - AGAIN

- no xposed framework

- to change tabs in chrome, you need to go the multitask menu
[Nexus 5 General] kherboucha:
use this ..

use this KK gallery app, works perfect ......... :good::good::good:;)
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
go to chrome settings, and switch off "merge tabs and apps"
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
I think Google camera is now too slow at taking pictures .

There is a total 2 seconds of animation going on in just one single shot .

1s for the shutter button glows and 1s for the pic to be taken and glides to the right

Can anyone confirm , or maybe this is my misunderstanding .
[Nexus 5 General] notowork:
Android LOL

I used the Developer preview launched last week and yesterday updated the official version.

between the both, i find a bit of lag in the latest release and battery drain as well.

Google is trying to be Skynet, but who isnt!.
[Nexus 5 General] Cirkustanz:
Ugh...I thought it would be a good idea to "try encryption to see how it operated" only to discover I hate it.

First of all, I don't really have data worth encrypting. Sure, if someone stole my phone and was able to get my google passwords and the like that could SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK but I'm not really worried about that.

But the pattern lock requirement on every boot is annoying as hell. I can't even use Helium to back up settings on an app anymore, regardless of what I try regarding the desktop backup passwords.

First thing I do when I get home tonight is to get it turned off. I am not sure yet if I have reload the factory image/reroot/reload recovery or if I can just do a factory reset from within Android. I just know that I hate it!

(The answer to that question is probably somewhere in this thread I just have not yet looked)
[Nexus 5 General] mosaiques:
Using that app you can see the photos, but you can't edit them.
[Nexus 5 General] Sinfamy:
I'm disappointed in so many ways.

With each iteration, battery has gotten worse for me.

And google tries really hard to make me dislike it, I have to do so much work myself to side load things to make it the way I like it.

I hate the way chrome tabs operate, I dislike that there is no cohesive universal rule set to material design, which isn't really implement much. YouTube still hasn't been updated.

Gallery app removed instead of revamped, ugh.

I think I'll just switch to 4.4.2 and stay there.

And what's the point in having all these features that scan your area and do things in the back ground if my battery lasts 3 hours.

The Nokia Lumia 521 I got for my parents lasts like 3 days. I know its apples and oranges, but Android has become a buggy mess that a multi billion dollar company can't fix and relies on the community to plug holes.
[Nexus 5 General] pedrodoom12:
The only thing that I don't like is this strange statusbar toggles, I was playing in settings, and than found a invert colors option,activated it and said to myself, "wtf I would use this" and now this option is in the status bar toggle for ever
[Nexus 5 General] shan.3500:
Camera bug

I am running the LRX21O on my Nexus 5 but I still get that 'Unable to start Camera. Please restart device' message on my phone.

Wasn't Lollipop supposed to fix that?

I am genuinely disappointed that Google still hasn't fixed this issue.
[Nexus 5 General] Sinfamy:
Did you flash an insecure boot.img?

That's what gave me that error.
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Never ever had this issue

I liked the overall smoothness of L...

I disliked that its too much White ...White everywhere ..even the app drawer is white .. :( i loved black ui of kk... Also most of the games i played are nw incompatible wid Art runtime..

The biggest dislike is still that i have to touch the screen 4 times just to switch on data :/
[Nexus 5 General] pianistaPL:
IMO some animations are not smooth for example when I open conversation in Messenger app (not Facebook Messenger). It isn't good.
[Nexus 5 General] Edge330:
I like new holo blue keyboard, new animations, speed is amazing.

I dont have enough information to get conclusion about battery we'll see after some custom kernel like franco or elementalx...

There is for sure too much google apps.

Does anybody know how add battery percentage?
[Nexus 5 General] som1special2:
Great start

I have been using the dev preview since release and upgraded to RC when it came out. I think the battery life is WAY better than it was in 4.4.4 - for me. I wish that they would have taken the extra time to release with active notifications and always listening features. Otherwise, I think this is a solid release that has few bugs and small issues that can be corrected in updates. High five to Google devs, they did a good job. NOTHING is ever perfect!
[Nexus 5 General] -A-P-M-:
With this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kroegerama.android4batpercent
[Nexus 5 General] Griffeycom:
I think my battery life is slightly better in 5.0 than it was in 4.4.4 HOWEVER

My adaptive brightness no longer auto adjusts. Anyone have that issue? I'm planning on doing a factory reset when I get home from work unless I find a fix before then.

I don't like the white menu's. I prefer black on light text, it's usually the first thing I change when that's an option. Otherwise I like the update.
[Nexus 5 General] meangreenie:
calendar notifications disappearing, photos app full of pictures of icons with seemingly no way of changing that, massive app incompatibility, astonishingly bad battery life.. did anyone even test this?

meh
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Adaptive brightness working like a charm :)
[Nexus 5 General] stennett:
Haven't had enough time with Android lollipop to judge it but so far I'm happy with the majority of it.

Battery life seems (very) slightly better than KitKat. I sleep for 7-8 hours in every 24 hour period so I only need my phone to last 18 hours and it does that (with my usage)

The only thing I dislike at the moment is the fact I need to swipe my screen before entering my pattern lock, seems pointless and annoying !

Didn't like chrome tabs being separate windows but changed that in chrome settings.

Happy Nexus 5 user running android 5.0 here.
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Bad battery life? Nopes... Got 4+hrs sot over 20hrs of first battery cycle after install...

Photos app full of icons? Not for me... Massive app incompatibitly - yes :p
[Nexus 5 General] shan.3500:
Anyone else experiencing Camera issues ? Guess it just me.

The 'Can't connect to camera' bug is still there :(

Any kind of help would be appreciated.
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
U made a dirty flash didnt u?
[Nexus 5 General] shan.3500:
What's a dirty flash? :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] sciacallo010:
Am I the only one to have just "Power Off" in the power button longpress menu?

I have that doubt because I updated through OTA with adb and maybe something went wrong (it's the first time I update this way)
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Means did u flashed the image file ? Or did u received ota? Or did u flashed image file after removing the -w

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Same here ...clean flash... Only power off... Lol not even reboot or airplane or mobile data toggle :(
[Nexus 5 General] sebasgl1:
reallly happy

This updates is good.

BATTERY: on kitkat my battery was like 9 hours per day, now un my third day with lollipop i can say that my battery is around 12 hours. something i miss is having the time the device has endured, is a nitpick but was just more enjoyable seeing it

RECENT APPS: i dont like the new cards, are all stacked and is not very functional, now is more quickly to select the app from the home screen or the drawer, that using the convenient recent apps button.

DESIGN: matirial design is quite good, i like the animations, and the device looks fluid enough with the update
[Nexus 5 General] Miqueas111:
I love it. Perfection ti me.
[Nexus 5 General] sebasgl1:
i think they are gone, i dont have it also, maybe is because the new quick access in the notification bar

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you can disable the chrome tabs in recent apps menu, just enter chrome and there is a checkbox
[Nexus 5 General] shan.3500:
Yeah i flashed the factory image
[Nexus 5 General] Highway 55:
I like it. The light UI is refreshing compared to the drab holo UI we've had for the last 3 years.

1. Why the **** is it so important to see the exact battery percentage at all times? [emoji3] Just pull the notification shade down into quick settings, it's right there. [emoji6]

2. Haven't noticed that bug.

3. I agree completely. That teal color needs to go. At least there isn't as much of it as there was in the first dev preview.

4.I do like the design of the new recent menu. However, like you said, I don't like that chrome open tabs are mixed in. There should be long press to see tabs or just have a tabs button in the chrome app like before. I agree on the clear all button.

5. I like Google now launcher. But I only use 1 home screen anyway (I don't use widgets or shortcuts). As far as everything being too big I agree to an extent. The stock navbar DPI is definitely too big. The rest of the screen is debatable.

6. Battery life is subjective. Depends on how you use your device.

7. I don't go into the battery menu often enough to care.

In all I think it is a good update. There is quite a bit of holo left over if you really look for it. Hopefully with updates that is taken care of. This is actually the first android version where I feel that I don't *need* a custom ROM. YMMV....
[Nexus 5 General] sciacallo010:
I miss the long press on apps in recent apps to open them in setting :(
[Nexus 5 General] gamer.11:
I love this, first we complain it's not out, then we complain that we don't like what came out. I love human nature :p :D :good:

First the UI/UX changed dramatically if I were a new user to android without seeing any of the previous versions this is what I would think:

1.Lotta white stuff, it's like Christmas without the cold.

2.Big icons i cant miss what i am trying to hit.

3.Loving the notification system and the priority notification system.

4.Oh i have to use photos?Gmail?even if i don't want to?instead of my gallery, and email client for Hotmail?that's a deal breaker.

As an user who used everything from 2.1

1.White, red, blue everything is colorful maybe too colorful.

2.Wow new battery saver mode and everything, will have to test it out for a few days to know how useful this is.

3.Google everywhere, now all i need is for them to tell me when to eat, drink or sh*t.

4.Totally different notification system have to use it more in order to properly give a verdict, does it make it easier or not.

Verdict of One day of usage: Can't give one simply because of the total overhaul of the Android ecosystem.
[Nexus 5 General] Highway 55:
I come from more of a constructive criticism point of view rather than complaint. [emoji3]

One thing that I will add to my previous post. Why are we not able to long press on any of the quick setting toggles? Takes away a large amount of functionality IMO. (I do realize that on previous stock systems it was long press to toggle and short press to go into menu.)
[Nexus 5 General] ambichetan:
I love it. Material design is just amazing. My nexus 5 feels fresh.
[Nexus 5 General] shaikmonster:
So I really like it..

My issue so far is that I have had a sync error on my google account ever since the upgrade? Anyone else?
[Nexus 5 General] dilorenzo:
my findings so far.

my findings so far.

1. Bluetooth disconnects a lot now from Android Wear, which triggers a false alert on my Android Wear (ive an app which alarms me if i forget my phone).

Didnt have this problem on tasty kitkat

2.Cant put phone into SILENT mode in "All Notifications" mode. And no: Dont say put it into priority mode. Its possible to do this with my Nexus 9. So its clearly a bug!

And "None" is also not on option. My phone is my alarm clock . and if forget to change it before sleep i will oversleep.

3. My Exchange calendar is not visible. Problem also exists on my Nexus 9. Only Email works. Was working correctly with tasty kitkat.

4. AOSP Image Gallery is gone. I hate the G+ equivalent.

5. Device feels slugish.... not so snappy as on Kitkiat

Regards,

Fabio
[Nexus 5 General] Snez18:
I installed the OTA last night. Thoughts so far:

1. Battery is terrible. 2 hours and 15 minutes after unplugging it this morning (sent a couple hangout messages and checked time a few times) and I was at 33%.

2. Phone gets hot. Just sitting there and it's at 39C.

3. Sluggish to say the least. Feels like I'm using a 5 year old phone :P

4. Now the screen goes black after I do almost anything. All I see is the navigation buttons and the notification. The rest is just black.

Hard to tell if there's anything I like when the phone is now barely usable. Anyone else having these issues.
[Nexus 5 General] gamer.11:
Maybe it made it faster? the usual long press meant time waste for google? Instead of holding on to a bit more longer just a touch and go? Sure a few extra seconds wont matter much at all, but that is not what google was thinking of.

I don't care about anything else but the most annoying thing is that I have to stay on the Bluetooth menu for it to stay visible? I mean come on I really liked setting a time out and giving it out so that if i was to connect to multiple phones which i haven't paired up with, that is a bloody head ache.

Two steps forward one place leads to five steps back some other place. This release is not a total waste nor does it live up to the hype.
[Nexus 5 General] ps000000:
I just wait for more "L" base custom ROMs.....
[Nexus 5 General] dilorenzo:
did you use an "app password" before lollipop for your device?
[Nexus 5 General] pookipsy:
if you meant the Bluetooth and WiFi toggles, i can inform you that if you press the icons you toggle them, and if on the titles, you get the settings.

maybe they could add this to the location toggle too.
[Nexus 5 General] CatThief:
So many whiners? This is a thread for opinions. Just because you disagree does not make you right. Ignorant of their own ignorance? I won't even go there since one thing I can always depend on here at XDA is exactly this. There's always someone who would rather be rude than be helpful.
[Nexus 5 General] AndreIrawan97:
Things I Don't Like :

1. I can't edit the quick setting. BUT, if i use hotspot, the quick setting for hotspot suddenly appear and i can't delete it... The only way is to wipe data for System UI via TB

2. And also, i can't use Lucky Patcher, Xposed on Android L

3. It feels weird when you pull the notification when you on landscape (when playing a games), and you pull the notification drawer and quick settings. It's like it's so small

4. That white background on App Drawer. It's annoying

5. Updating Apps take an age to finish

Things I Like

1. New UI, New Notification drawer, and New Animations

2. Battery life is improved a little bit. (Depends on your ROM, but mine is nice)

3. Faster app opening and faster booting

4. Dat Keyboard!
[Nexus 5 General] shaikmonster:
Yep... Hmmm
[Nexus 5 General] honam1021:
Things I hate:

In power menu, the sound and airplane mode toggles are no longer there

AOSP gallary app is gone, the G+ replacement has a terrible layout in my opinion

Overall it's still an awesome update:)
[Nexus 5 General] dilorenzo:
That seems not to work anymore.

I've reset my nexus 7 2012 from CM11 to Stock 5.0 2 days ago (factory images, clean state of course) and i didn't accept app passwords anymore for the Google account.

After my Nexus 5 received the OTA it also received the same sync error. so i think this will be the reason.