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My 3a XL has been completely and totally bug-ridden since upgrading to Android 12. I have used Android for the last 12+ years across inumerable phones, and this

by donatj 5y ago

My 3a XL has been completely and totally bug-ridden since upgrading to Android 12. I have used Android for the last 12+ years across inumerable phones, and this is the worst Android experience I have ever had. - Sometimes I'll unlock my phone and the stupid new fade in effect gets stuck half way and my phone screen will just be dark until I sleep/unsleep. - Sometimes the buttons in my top menu decided to just not render, like yesterday when I was under my car trying to activate the flashlight. Requires a full restart. - The Google Assistant crashes every single time I try to use it, and I'm a big fan/user of Google Assistant. I just can't use Google Assistant. She goes to reply and it just dies mid reply. Every. Single. Time. - So much more little crap. My phone has become completely unreliable. When I got the OTA upgrade 6-ish months ago I was certain "oh, Google will fix these problems in no time." My phone is very quickly reaching EOL and I suspect Google is not going to fix any of this. I am, for the first time, contemplating switching to iOS.

wnolens 5y ago
The UI changes still piss me off. Example: You can no longer flip WiFi on/off with a swipe (to expose tray) and tap. There's an extra tap and they removed the automatic re-enable, which I got used to.. so I find myself turning WiFi off when I'm out somewhere to avoid connecting randomly, and then I go home and blow through several GB of data accidentally. Also getting lots of google assistant crashes. And sometimes it just starts glitching out, virtually tapping all around the screen on it's own. A month ago it dialed 911 when I was trying to restart, and I had to apologize to the operator. I'm probably going to switch to iOS after 10 happy years on Android.
- donatj 5y ago
  > A month ago it dialed 911 when I was trying to restart, and I had to apologize to the operator. Yup, I had mine do that too. The UI was frozen so I couldn’t hang up. I had to hold the power button and power cycle. They called back, and I apologized profusely.

by donatj 5y ago

wnolens 5y ago

The UI changes still piss me off. Example: You can no longer flip WiFi on/off with a swipe (to expose tray) and tap. There's an extra tap and they removed the automatic re-enable, which I got used to.. so I find myself turning WiFi off when I'm out somewhere to avoid connecting randomly, and then I go home and blow through several GB of data accidentally. Also getting lots of google assistant crashes. And sometimes it just starts glitching out, virtually tapping all around the screen on it's own. A month ago it dialed 911 when I was trying to restart, and I had to apologize to the operator. I'm probably going to switch to iOS after 10 happy years on Android.

donatj 5y ago
> A month ago it dialed 911 when I was trying to restart, and I had to apologize to the operator. Yup, I had mine do that too. The UI was frozen so I couldn’t hang up. I had to hold the power button and power cycle. They called back, and I apologized profusely.