[LG V20 Questions & Answers] CryogenicChris:
Puzzling: NEVER CHANGE A WORKING SYSTEM

I've learned from working with IT for years and decades that updates often ruin things. "Never change a working system", a wise man once said. So, to hell with updates.

Unfortunately, my online banking app requires Android 5 to work, apparently for so-called "security reasons". So I had to switch from my old Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone to something newer.

I remember the catastrophy the so-called "upgrade" from Android 4.4.2 to Android 5 caused on my S5 (if you mine the web for that event you'll find loads of user complaints, as that upgrade from 4.4.2 to 5 created real problems for many S5 users). I reverted back to 4.4.2.

So, I had already learned that Google and/or Samsung post bull**** as "OS updates" and jeopardise operations of vast parts of their user base, simply because their engineers aren't as smart as their marketing departments are trying to make them look...

By the way, I've also learned that app updates for Google play apps sometimes ruin functionality or change a paid app into something entirely different you would never have spent a cent for... Automatic app updates has been turned off on ALL of my devices for two or three years now. I update them manually, when they notify me of necessary updates.

So, I can't claim I hadn't had clear experiences. I can't say that I didn't know the risk of upgrading my LG V20 from Android 7 to Android 8. I could have known. And you know what? I knew it was going to be a risk. I read articles about the benefits of upgrading from 7 to 8. And they're ****ing scarce. I didn't really understand why Google changed version number from 7 to 8. The difference between Android 7 and 8 is minimal. There's just absolutely nothing you'd really need. All changes reflect... that Google's Android engineers seemingly don't know what to do during working hours. Seemingly, they're trying hard to be creative in one or the other way and then announce minor developments as a so-called "new" OS version. Wow.

Alright, so to be honest, I first decided NOT TO UPDATE MY LG V20 FROM ANDROID 7 TO 8 BUT TO CONTINUE WITH ANDROID 7. As my older devices all are still running Android 4.4+ because of the desaster I had experienced when updating the aforementioned Samsung S5 fron 4.4.2 to 5.0. So, updating was a nogo. First it was a nogo.

Why the hell did I update the LG V20 anyway?

There was exactly ONE feature Android 8 promised in the description which I considered important. The description of the update promised an improvement in power management. Specifically an improved battery life is promised. Sound good, eh? Any user will update if she or he's promised that a charge will last longer after updating.

Ok.

Now, after updating, the automatic battery saver at 15% has disappeared completely..?

After updating my V20 from Android 7 to 8 an automatic function is available only manually again? What humour is that?

God damn... Just ****ing God damn...

I gotta turn battery saver mode on MANUALLY now, in Android 8 you have to turn on battery saver manually when the phone notifies you that the charge has dropped to 15%. Running Android 7, the V20 turned battery saver on automatically at 15%...

What ****ing **** is this?!?!?!

In the first place, it's a downgrade. It's certainly not an upgrade, for ****s sake!

I think I've learned my lesson today. Once and forever.

NEVER CHANGE A WORKING SYSTEM.

And as I had decided NEVER EVER to buy a Samsung device again after the desaster because of upgrading Android 4.4.2 to 5.0, I'll never ever buy an LG device again after this experience. It's that simple, people. Messing up working systems with crappy updates is simply an absolute nogo.

NEVER CHANGE A WORKING SYSTEM!