Lollipop for S5, now live!

[Chris_K]

Lollipop, lollipop, where for art thou lollipop?

I am here, says Lollipop while standing atop a shiny Samsung Galaxy S5!

Okay enough of the ye olde talk – Lollipop means business. If you thought Jellybean was buttery smooth, then you’ve not seen what Lollipop can do. This is a major platform update and isn’t just a collection of minor bug fixes or anything like that… This is a full blown update – new eye candy, new & fresh menus, new features – all while keeping the system running smooth & fluid while keeping your battery life in check too. You can find out here what Lollipop can do > http://www.android.com/versions/lollipop-5-0/

The update is now live via KIES and should be live via OTA update towards the end of the week, so go grab it now and let us know your thoughts on the new update

[Anonymous]

Its 5.0

Seeing high battery drain

No bluetooth reconnects, have to do it manually for some devices

Facebook issues

Blocking mode has gone - email notifications at stupid o'clock

[MI5]

I believe it's now called "Priority Mode" ?

[Anonymous]

Is anyone else having issues with battery life?

i lost 30% overnight doing nothing

[MI5]

Did you do a factory reset after updating?
With such a major upgrade it is always recommended..

[Anonymous]

Nope, i haven't done that i didnt realise it needed to be done.

whats the best way to do this without losing all my settings, data etc

[MI5]

You need to install Kies and make a full phone back up first (you can restore your back up afterwards).
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/
After you have everything saved you can either boot into recovery menu (Hold Vol Up + Home + Power) and choose the factory reset option from the menu or go into settings and do it from the back up and reset menu.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Ill give that a try later when I get home.

[MI5]

No worries mate - It will also take a couple of days to settle down afterwards, but 30% is definitely excessive so needs doing.

[Anonymous]

Priority mode doesn't seem to work either on 5.0

Need to wait for a later release it seems

As per doing a factory reset, yes I suppose its a major release but that shouldn't be required

Working for a major OS manufacturer (Not MS) the upgrade process shoul be clean.

I cleared the cache for now to see how that works as I don't want to lose setting and go through the Kies restore on top of the restores from Google or Samsung settings

[MI5]

I agree it shouldn't be necessary, but it is one of those "Samsung" things I'm afraid.
I had hoped they'd have overcome it by now though....