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Lollipop vs iOS 8.1.1 bugs
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And yet, Lollipop is only available for a small amount of devices at this point, and I know of several bugs already. And I don't even own an Android device.
Is iOS 8 buggy? Hell yes, it is. No one is debating that.
Wait - so you have MORE problems flashing the update yourself versus waiting for the OTA?
Dammit....
I'm on 8.1.1 on two iPhones and an iPad. Nothing problematic to report here. Occasional app crash, but developers will be working to update their apps to include all the new dev tools and be compatible with the new screen resolutions for quite a while. It'll take time.
The only issue is from people not updating the SDK prior to flashing the factory image. Has nothing to do with Google and everything to do with the user.
I had zero issues loading the factory images on my Nexus devices.
I responded to your post that said 'others haven't seen IOS8 bugs' yet! I didn't say Lollipop doesn't have bugs
It's all good. My iPad 2 runs smooth as silk. Not much of a difference on my 5s, except the intermittent wifi lag is gone. The portrait/landscape orientation issues also seem to be gone.
eh, if you don't know what you are doing, sure. I side loaded the OTA and have had no issues.
And naturally, as I'm attempting to fix the drivers for my N5, the OTA hits my device 
Will download and install when I get home.
Will download and install when I get home.
I manually installed it on the used unit I picked up yesterday as it hadn't received the OTA yet and I suspected the original owner may have restored a buggy copy of KK as I was having some connectivity issues. Have to say, I'm really liking Lollipop and would absolutely be looking at either a Moto X or Nexus 6 if choosing an Android phone.
The major iOS bug that affects me is landscape typing on third party keyboards. When you type and then turn the phone to landscape, the keyboard is not flush with the bottom of the screen. On a number of apps, the landscape keyboard appears in the centre of the screen. This issue happens with all third party keyboards I have tried. As someone who mostly types in landscape, this bug makes third party keyboards useless to me.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/11/21/apple-news-digest-bugs-io8-usb-lightning-free-apps/?partner=yahootix
The beat goes on.
The beat goes on.
I hope you were actually clicking the delete key and not just the back cursor button.
The backspace key is next to the M key in landscape mode.
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Both have bugs but I put more weight behind Google in fixing them. One of the reasons is because so many people have their hands on Android code. Motorola could tell Google about bugs when updating the Moto X. Or Samsung finds a bug while skinning stock Android with TouchWiz. And maybe a developer found a bug while tweaking a custom rom. Apple on the other hand receives zero feedback from outside phone OEM's with raw access to code. Apple must rely on itself to squash bugs. I don't expect Motorola, Samsung, HTC, LG and Sony to keep bugs to themselves.
To me there is more potential to find and confirm the bug if you have multiple/credible sources. But then again why does iOS have so many bugs in the first place when they only have 1 to 2 phones a year vs Androids larger mix?
To me there is more potential to find and confirm the bug if you have multiple/credible sources. But then again why does iOS have so many bugs in the first place when they only have 1 to 2 phones a year vs Androids larger mix?
You know what's funny? Apple has released a handful of iOS 8 updates but my Note 4 on Verizon has yet to receive one and my phone has been rock solid. My wife was like "got another update; what should I do and she has a iPhone 5?"
I know that bugs can happen on any phone but for the number of models Apple has you would figure that the bugs would be fixed by now. It's like they introduce more bugs with each revision of iOS. I can pretty much guarantee that iOS 9 is going to require multiple updates in the first 4 to 6 months. This is another reason why I gave up on jailbreaking; it forces you to stick to older versions of iOS.
Same here. My GF has a IP6.....every update she stresses over whether to install it or not. She asks me what to do. I advise her to wait...lets Google it and see if this update breaks anything. Lets give it some soak time. If the reviews are good. then update. If not wait.......update 02 will be out shortly.
But your Note 4 is also not running the latest OS (and likely won't for quite a while), but rather a very mature iteration of Android that was originally released a year ago and has been updated 4 times since. A more fair comparison would be to compare the iPhone 6/6+ in about 9 months when iOS 8 has reached the same maturity as KitKat has now. And considering Samsung's recent track record for updates, there's a good chance your Note may still be running 4.4.4.
(yes, I'm exaggerating and partly joking so save the littany of posts showing me Samsung doesn't actually take 9 months)I know. It's almost like people assume that a brand new OS is going to work without a single bug. iOS8 is a huge step for Apple, since they are opening up a lot more to 3rd party, which will bring a lot of possibilities for things to break. I'd much rather get a steady stream of updates to fix things, then have to wait several months and up to a year to actually get the required update from Samsung.
Samsung does not update Lollipop.....Google does......
The thread does not include Samsung. there are no Samsung devices with Lollipop!
You have no idea what you are talking about!
Really? Does Google supply the OTA update of Lollipop to all Samsung handsets? Or does Samsung, after they added their own flavor to it?
And, you proved my point. They are NO Samsung devices with a brand new OS on them, so comparing the two devices does not belong here. And yet, you did it anyway.
So what is the thread title? Only Nexus and some Motorola phones have Lollipop!
No YOU brought up Samsung to post yet more mis information. Showing just how little you know.
Why not just buy your gf an Android phone and be done with it? Then, she'll never have to stress out about an update ever again.:roll eyes:So what is the thread title? Only Nexus and some Motorola phones have Lollipop!
No YOU brought up Samsung to post yet more mis information. Showing just how little you know.
Seriously, the only update from Apple that has ever affected me badly was 8.0.1, which was fixed in a day and the new update was rolled out. However, I was back up and running within an hour and nothing was lost.
So why don't you buy a current Android flagship so you might know what you are talking about?
So you admit.....an IOS update bricked your iphone. And yet you wonder why people worry about the next update