Not sure if that is because of the app (which seems to have had similar issues even before L)?
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Android L Preview: Apps that don't work
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Not sure if that is because of the app (which seems to have had similar issues even before L)?
I know this is not really an app, it's just a workaround. Have anyone tested to see if the workaround for the Samsung Gear Fit works for the Nexus 5 with Android L? I was thinking about getting it, I know it works on kitkat. I just don't want to downgrade to kitkat, my battery life is a lot better with Android L (battery saver mode on)
Adding Contacts from hangouts don't stick. That is to say, if you get a number from a phone, you can add it to the contact, but hangouts still shows the phone number instead of the contact name.
This actually wound up being the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back for me". If Android L gets some real updates, I'll jump back, but until then, I'm going to stick with Kitkat.
That's why it is a developer preview. To get the developers of apps to fix their apps before public release.
While it is great that anyone can download the " L" preview, I hope Google doesn't do this again in the future. You should be a registered developer or user within the Beta programs before being allowed to download a coded/tagged preview.
This isn't directed at you Austin. Just commentary. I recommend every stay on 4.4.x, until the official drop of L, unless you have a spare phone you can put it on to play with.
Agreed. That's why I went back. It was worth a spin, for sure.
I disagree. Google makes it explicitly clear that it is a preview and some things won't work. I'm a software tester by trade so I thought I would give it a spin. I like what I saw and found things, but have since gone back.
Understood. Didn't mean to seem like I was talking down to you. I apologize if I came across that way and i Hope you were not offended?
I've just seen a lot of people complaining on a lot of forums about L (even XDA! Which you'd think those people would know better, and it was getting annoying).
I have also left L and my Nexus 5 on the shelf and back on Windows Phone. My Lumia 925 arrives tomorrow, so updating / backing up everything on my 1520 for easy loading on to the 925.
Of course not. I think I'm more than content at this point to see Lollipop or whatever as Google intended for the customer.
Change something and you know someone will be unhappy. I like it a lot, I just want it when the rest of the OS has caught up to the look and feel of L.
I'm looking at Apple's offering before I make any future OS plans anywhere, but I will certainly consider keeping my Nexus 5 as a play phone in the future.
The mobile version of Dunegon Keeper is awful.