Android 5.1 is Here

loltim · 12 Mar 2015 at 08:22

Rusty! said:
Yes, if you've unlocked your bootloader.

or sideload.

http://www.droid-life.com/2015/03/1...1-ota-updates-for-nexus-devices-4-5-6-7-9-10/

Cosimo · 12 Mar 2015 at 11:17

Nexus 5/6 links on first post have been updated.

How to update guide if you can't wait for the OTA:

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-upgrade-your-nexus

Orcvader · 12 Mar 2015 at 11:26

Sideloaded on my N10. The optimising part really does take a while, and I don't have that much apps on it.

snitcher · 12 Mar 2015 at 11:39

kona786 said:
You'd be surprised at how well it runs for old hardware. It's finally feeling a bit too long in the tooth now with some of the new updated apps coming out. Perfect timing really as I'm happy enough with the S6 to go for it. Note 4 was nice but just too large for me.

if this build is good enough i might load it to my android

loltim · 12 Mar 2015 at 14:06

Cosimo said:
Nexus 5/6 links on first post have been updated.

How to update guide if you can't wait for the OTA:

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-upgrade-your-nexus

genuinely don't understand why you'd do it like this when i've just explained the sideload ota zip's are available.

Swarfega · 12 Mar 2015 at 21:52

I sideloaded my stock Nexus 5 with 5.1. Simple process.
5.1 certainly seems better. I need to leave it a few days though to see it gets slower like it did with 5.0.x

G-MAN2004 · 13 Mar 2015 at 12:44

Thought I'd take the plunge and give it a go. I went back to 4.4 after trying 5 because it was awful, but this updates seem to have fixed the problems I was having.

Cosimo · 13 Mar 2015 at 13:58

What's new in 5.1:

http://www.androidcentral.com/whats...ig-and-small-changes-updated-lollipop-release

Emlyn_Dewar · 15 Mar 2015 at 13:20

Took the plunge, and installed this on my 2012 N7 today. Had been very happy on the previous 4.4 F2FS DirtyUnicorns rom, but I like Lollipop and wanted something to mess with.

Runs better than expected, although first boot did take about 15 minutes...
Sort of expecting the storage performance to degrade quickly, but hopefully not.

Swarfega · 15 Mar 2015 at 13:21

Why are you expecting it to degrade?

Emlyn_Dewar · 15 Mar 2015 at 14:16

Have went back to ext4 filesystem. Every stock Google rom I've used has eventually slowed to a crawl.

Mekrel · 15 Mar 2015 at 21:00

Bad news for those expecting the memory leak issues to be completely fixed: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...fixed-internally-no-timeline-for-release-yet/

kona786 · 15 Mar 2015 at 21:58

Updates to fix updates. Awesome work Google.

Skeeter · 15 Mar 2015 at 22:44

kona786 said:
Because you love the bugs?

Having the latest Android version means very little to me. Rather have a stable properly working version.

To be fair, up until lollipop the latest release of Android was the most stable and properly working version.

Google dropped the ball somewhat with 5.

kona786 · 15 Mar 2015 at 22:54

Skeeter said:
To be fair, up until lollipop the latest release of Android was the most stable and properly working version.

Google dropped the ball somewhat with 5.

KitKat went from 4.4 to 4.4.4 over around 8 months, ironing out bugs along the way. I'm happy to sit back for the first 3-4 months and get the matured version compared to the one fresh off the test team.

Add that to many broken 3rd party apps when a desert named version of Android is launched.

Skeeter · 15 Mar 2015 at 23:10

On the flip side, both my previous non Nexus phones were abandoned in terms of upgrades within 6 months.

Nexus18 · 15 Mar 2015 at 23:15

Can't say I have ever had issues with apps not working or being buggy on the newest version of android (but then I don't have many apps installed since stock android is pretty much perfect for me

). I think apps are updated a good few weeks, maybe even months before the update goes OTA.

kona786 · 15 Mar 2015 at 23:18

I can appreciate many people wanting the latest OS, I'm just outlining why I'm happy to wait a few months.

Nexus18 said:
I think apps are updated a good few weeks, maybe even months before the update goes OTA.

Not all apps though.

loltim · 15 Mar 2015 at 23:21

Nexus18 said:
Can't say I have ever had issues with apps not working or being buggy on the newest version of android (but then I don't have many apps installed since stock android is pretty much perfect for me ). I think apps are updated a good few weeks, maybe even months before the update goes OTA.

Me neither. Gotta justify buying a Samsung somehow I guess

Orcvader · 15 Mar 2015 at 23:33

To be honest, ever since Lollipop came out, I have yet to notice any problems with it on my N10. However, it is a tablet with no phone features, so I suppose the ROM is more "simple". With Kitkat and before the bugs were a bit more obvious resulting in me in jumping on the custom ROM boat. Not really noticed any problems on my M7 yet either but HTC may have added in their own fixes.