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Posted by Daly de Gagne
Feb 7, 2015 at 02:38 AM

Has anyone had experience with Android Lollipop on their tablets?

Three weeks ago Lollipop was installed on my Google Nexus 7 (Asus-made), and my tablet has had to be regularly rebooted. Chrome browser is especially buggy, and the user interface itself has crashed several times.

A chap in the university bookstore computer department suggested I should wipe the tablet clean, and do a complete reinstall of everything. Fortunately I have a content/app save feature for when and if I ever need to reinstall the operating system.

I appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

Daly

Posted by jaslar
Feb 7, 2015 at 03:56 AM

I had the same problem, but did finally find the answer here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/advice/11351514/I-updated-my-tablet-but-now-its-running-slowly.html

The relevant bits:

Step one is clear the tablet’s cache memory of old and potentially troublesome files, which is worth doing on any Android device following a system upgrade. With the tablet turned off, press and hold the volume down and power buttons.

When the Start arrow appears use the volume down to scroll to Recovery Mode and press the power button to select.

When the Android icon appears hold down power and press volume up; release power and use volume down to select ‘Erase or Wipe Cache Partition’ and the tablet should restart.

If it is still sluggish [mine was] go to Settings > About Tablet and tap Build Number 7 times to enable the hidden Developer Options menu.

Go back to Settings, Tap Developer Options then Window Animation Scale and set it to Off.
Repeat for Transition Animation Scale and Animator Duration Scale.

Finally tap Background Process Limit, set it to 3 Processes, switch off, restart and it should be a lot livelier.

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Feb 7, 2015 at 05:50 PM

Thanks for this, Jaslar! I read the article. The process sounds complicated to me, so I will look at the article some more before trying it.

Do you have any thoughts on just wiping the tablet clean, and doing a complete reinstall of Lollipop, apps, and data?

I appreciate the article because it confirms there is a problem with Lollipop and Nexus 7 - something which Google apparently has neither the customer commitment or integrity to do.

Daly

jaslar wrote:
I had the same problem, but did finally find the answer here:
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/advice/11351514/I-updated-my-tablet-but-now-its-running-slowly.html
> >The relevant bits:
> >Step one is clear the tablet’s cache memory of old and potentially
>troublesome files, which is worth doing on any Android device following
>a system upgrade. With the tablet turned off, press and hold the volume
>down and power buttons.
> >When the Start arrow appears use the volume down to scroll to Recovery
>Mode and press the power button to select.
> >When the Android icon appears hold down power and press volume up;
>release power and use volume down to select ‘Erase or Wipe Cache
>Partition’ and the tablet should restart.
> >If it is still sluggish [mine was] go to Settings > About Tablet and tap
>Build Number 7 times to enable the hidden Developer Options menu.
> >Go back to Settings, Tap Developer Options then Window Animation Scale
>and set it to Off.
>Repeat for Transition Animation Scale and Animator Duration Scale.
> >Finally tap Background Process Limit, set it to 3 Processes, switch off,
>restart and it should be a lot livelier.

Posted by Paul Korm
Feb 7, 2015 at 07:09 PM

OT: how in the world do people ever discover fix-it recipes like this—me, I’d just toss the machine ;-)

jaslar wrote:
>The relevant bits:

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Feb 7, 2015 at 08:11 PM

Believe me, Paul, if I had the money I would toss the Nexus 7.

The sound jack on it failed some months ago, so I can’t use it to listen to music.

So much for Asus’ reputed superior quality.

And talking about Asus, the sound jack on my previous laptop, an Asus, failed at 16 months. I got a usb workaround which actually provided a better quality of sound.

I am unlikely in future to buy anything with the Asus label on it. Or the Nexus label.

All of this is frustrating on a limited budget.

Daly

Paul Korm wrote:
OT: how in the world do people ever discover fix-it recipes like this—
>me, I’d just toss the machine ;-)
> >jaslar wrote:
>>The relevant bits:

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