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> Running older Android versions reminds me of how fast and slick they were Those are some rose-tinted glasses for sure. Android lacked basic performance and s
by ianlevesque 7y ago
> Running older Android versions reminds me of how fast and slick they were
Those are some rose-tinted glasses for sure. Android lacked basic performance and stability for years after release.
- elagost 7y agoI apologize for not being clear; I was referring primarily to 4.4 "KitKat". Still have a tablet that I run with that on it (offline) to read ebooks. Quite nice. You are correct though - pre-4.0 was pretty rough.
- ianlevesque 7y agoYeah agreed. I am torn presently between the feature creep and the fact that new phones are so physically faster computationally that Android can finally scroll smoothly.
- 29083011397778 7y agoEven my 2017 KeyOne with 2GB RAM and a slower class SoC runs fine; the only caveat is I've disabled GApps. I realize this is a large ask for some, but I think it's important to point out that Android itself isn't terribly heavy, Google's tracking is.
- Lammy 7y agoI'm quite partial to 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, the last release with the "Phablet" UI layouts meant for the Nexus 7. I had a Galaxy Note Ⅱ at the time, and it was easy to get that UI by changing the screen DPI setting or using a custom build like Paranoid Android: https://i.imgur.com/O8lSsXn.png https://i.imgur.com/O8lSsXn.png
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoAndroid hasn't gotten slower. Android apps have had feature creep and the lack of native code makes them slow. A good example is the Google Maps app which has consistently gotten slower every year because the devs clearly only test it on flagship phones with gobs of RAM.
- Jyaif 7y agoAndroid has been getting slower because of security enhancement like disk encryption and aslr, and probably mitigation for Spectre/meltdown.