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My Galaxy S5 has been terrible since the 5.1 upgrade. I actually don't want any software updates. My phone used to be a fast nicely functioning phone and now it

by levemi 11y ago

My Galaxy S5 has been terrible since the 5.1 upgrade. I actually don't want any software updates. My phone used to be a fast nicely functioning phone and now it's a sluggish piece of trash that's unusable. Like just stick with the current phone software and give me security updates and that's it. I've tried factory resetting and uninstalling most apps (and a factory reset is a huge pain with 2-factor set up everywhere by the way). The 5.1.1 upgrade didn't help either. I don't want updates. Leave my phone alone.

jonknee 11y ago
Without updates your phone is even more of a security nightmare than it is already.
- levemi 11y ago
  I explicitly said that I do want security updates, I don't need the next version of Android though. If the current software I have is broken, please just fix that and not ship me something my phone can't deal with.
  - pasbesoin 11y ago
    I've had the same experience with my 2013 Moto X. Phone used to be sufficiently responsive for my use. Updated to 5.1, and things hang momentarily and lag. And, I'm not talking about browsing and other uses that continue to escalate power demands. The darned phone app/dialer is quite laggy. One difference that might account for some of it, is that the appear to have made it more graphical and to have further animated the graphical elements it displays. Under 4, the dialer popped right up, populated its list displays expeditiously and smoothly, and did things the moment you touched the control. Now, it can take a couple of seconds just to launch. Buttons are harder to hit because they are smaller, move around, and are not positioned at the screen edge as they were before. The also don't respond consistently; often there is a delay, and occasionally a touch doesn't register at all. The recent calls list displays a couple of days with only some jerkiness, but the requires an explicit tap to go further back and quite noticeably delays when first doing so and continues to delay and stutter as one scrolls down. Function first. Then form, or "design." The move from 4.x to 5.x seemed to get this backward, in this regard.
  - simplexion 11y ago
    The S5 can deal with it. Considering my Nexus 5 has dealt with all versions of Android including the current version means that the S5 can too. The S5 has a more powerful CPU than the Nexus 5. The problem is with Samsung and their terrible UI.
- bitmapbrother 11y ago
  Where are all of the security exploits? I keep hearing about that Android armageddon that was supposed to happen because of the Stagefright bugs, but nothing ever happened and the FUD fizzled out into nothingness. As long as you stick to the Play store and don't install apps from shady app sites or downloads then you have nothing to worry about. I suggest you watch Adrian Ludwig's State of Android Security on YouTube to see how really ineffective malware on Android really is.
Pxtl 11y ago
Omg yes the experience resetting a phone with 2FA is hilariously bad. I get an SMS I can't read! Although for me the factory reset did fix my post-upgrade performance failings... But I'm just using a moto g 2. That said, the space gobbling is making 8GB stock in value-priced devices ludicrous. I can barely fit all the stock software, much less 3rd-party apps. Thanks so much for not letting me uninstall hundreds of MB in international keyboards I'll never use - yay, pinyin.

by levemi 11y ago

jonknee 11y ago

Without updates your phone is even more of a security nightmare than it is already.

levemi 11y ago
I explicitly said that I do want security updates, I don't need the next version of Android though. If the current software I have is broken, please just fix that and not ship me something my phone can't deal with.
- pasbesoin 11y ago
  I've had the same experience with my 2013 Moto X. Phone used to be sufficiently responsive for my use. Updated to 5.1, and things hang momentarily and lag. And, I'm not talking about browsing and other uses that continue to escalate power demands. The darned phone app/dialer is quite laggy. One difference that might account for some of it, is that the appear to have made it more graphical and to have further animated the graphical elements it displays. Under 4, the dialer popped right up, populated its list displays expeditiously and smoothly, and did things the moment you touched the control. Now, it can take a couple of seconds just to launch. Buttons are harder to hit because they are smaller, move around, and are not positioned at the screen edge as they were before. The also don't respond consistently; often there is a delay, and occasionally a touch doesn't register at all. The recent calls list displays a couple of days with only some jerkiness, but the requires an explicit tap to go further back and quite noticeably delays when first doing so and continues to delay and stutter as one scrolls down. Function first. Then form, or "design." The move from 4.x to 5.x seemed to get this backward, in this regard.
- simplexion 11y ago
  The S5 can deal with it. Considering my Nexus 5 has dealt with all versions of Android including the current version means that the S5 can too. The S5 has a more powerful CPU than the Nexus 5. The problem is with Samsung and their terrible UI.
bitmapbrother 11y ago
Where are all of the security exploits? I keep hearing about that Android armageddon that was supposed to happen because of the Stagefright bugs, but nothing ever happened and the FUD fizzled out into nothingness. As long as you stick to the Play store and don't install apps from shady app sites or downloads then you have nothing to worry about. I suggest you watch Adrian Ludwig's State of Android Security on YouTube to see how really ineffective malware on Android really is.

Pxtl 11y ago

Omg yes the experience resetting a phone with 2FA is hilariously bad. I get an SMS I can't read! Although for me the factory reset did fix my post-upgrade performance failings... But I'm just using a moto g 2. That said, the space gobbling is making 8GB stock in value-priced devices ludicrous. I can barely fit all the stock software, much less 3rd-party apps. Thanks so much for not letting me uninstall hundreds of MB in international keyboards I'll never use - yay, pinyin.