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

by jonknee 11y ago

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.

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

by jonknee 11y ago

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

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.