[G2 General] YuanKhai1996:
First look - LG G2 Lollipop

Just finished updating my G2 to Lollipop using LG PC Suite (SEA Singapore v30a) in the evening :D. Strangely the update doesn't pop up through OTA even though my KitKat update did before... Anyway, the download took quite a while to complete (having 5MBPS internet here only haha) and I was a panicking a little when my phone started going into download mode as PC suite hits 70%. Ohh yeah I realize that one good thing about LG's PC suite update vs Kies is that you don't need to put it into download mode right away so you'll have less chance of bricking it even if the download fails. (Soft-bricked my sis's Samsung Galaxy Mini before) After the update completes I reset my phone twice (first is to clear everything inside, second time is to ensure that Google doesn't automatically restore anything back. I wanted it to be like a new phone again, so yeah). Charged my phone to 100% before the update so it stayed that way till I started setting it up.

Here are my first thoughts of it:

1. Generally I think everything is smoother, and everything runs really well (haven't encountered any crashes yet) and the icons looks quite pretty. Compared to KitKat I like Lollipop's UI better.

2. Personally, I think the screen is dimmer now if you put it to auto-brightness... Well, technically the brightness changes according to your surroundings but I think it changes more minimally and slowly as compared to that when I'm on KitKat. It's not a big issue for me since I could save more battery. I think. Aww yeah.

3. They merged the Gallery and Video app. The video playback interface is cleaner now, and (thanks to Lollipop) the video kind of "colorize" the notification bar. So instead of seeing a black notification bar on top during video playback you actually get a transparent one. Just mentioning it ;)

4. The clock on the notification screen is quite small. I do prefer the larger one on KitKat as opposed to the circular one like the G3.

5. As mentioned by Swetnes USB OTG still works (a big yay!) which facilitates file copying. An interesting thing that I find is that the "Safely remove storage" option that appears on the notification bar cannot be dismissed by swiping it away. It's actually good for me since I can just clear my x627167981267832 notifications while preserving that for later use.

6. Camera performance is the same for me. But they added in the Gesture shot for the front facing cam which is pretty cool (mentioned before too).

7. I can no longer access Voice Mate from the Home Touch Buttons but they revamped the design too. Looks more Siri-like to me now.

8. Calendar app looks cleaner now too. No more "split-view" but you get the option of showing weekly weather info in Calendar. I think it's useful if you like the super duper tiny icon next to your date (in month view).

9. Keyboard is adjustable too. Just go into settings and there it is. The suggestions list is also different now... it doesn't suggest words right away like in KitKat but it will take like a second to do so. Can't really explain it well haha~

10. Battery is pretty good for my phone! I've been using it for the past 5+ hours and I'm down to 54%. Will try the SOT tonight but FYI I've been using WiFi to download and updating apps all this while (Phew) without using Power Saving mode.

Yeah, so that's a few thoughts I have regarding Lollipop on my G2. Cheers!

---------- Post added at 01:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:18 AM ----------

Nope I think my WiFi's fine~ Except the first time it took 20 minutes to download the Facebook app but it went back to normal after I restarted it.

Meanwhile for Whatsapp I couldn't get my verification SMS/call cause I'm overseas now....:( Suay cannot use Whatsapp for a few days so I can't test it haha