Android Lollipop - a massive backwardsbackwards performance step

[zazou]

*edit* Apologies for the messy title, predictive text is still hung over from the weekend.

I've had a Sony Xperia Z1 since new and was amazed at the performance and speed until I upgraded from Kit Kat to Lollipop.
Then everything basically died. The phone became unresponsive, basic apps took ages to open (SMS, phone).
I have a useful CPU monitor running and it would show all cores at maximum speed most of the time (even when the phone was idle)
I am running the same apps as before and everything's up to date.
It is that bad that I bought a new phone which on paper is fast but I am finding it sluggish at best (Samsung Galaxy Note 4).

Anyone else experienced performance degradation after upgrading to 5?

[DaveB]

*edit* Apologies for the messy title, predictive text is still hung over from the weekend.

I've had a Sony Xperia Z1 since new and was amazed at the performance and speed until I upgraded from Kit Kat to Lollipop.
Then everything basically died. The phone became unresponsive, basic apps took ages to open (SMS, phone).
I have a useful CPU monitor running and it would show all cores at maximum speed most of the time (even when the phone was idle)
I am running the same apps as before and everything's up to date.
It is that bad that I bought a new phone which on paper is fast but I am finding it sluggish at best (Samsung Galaxy Note 4).

Anyone else experienced performance degradation after upgrading to 5?

Got a One Plus:One thats running 5.02 (Cyanogen 12.0) with no issues.

[sal]

Did you use an official update or 3rd party rom from XDA etc.?

[VectraMan]

Works for me on my Moto G. I don't like the colour scheme as much, and I don't really like the notifications on the unlock screen, but no other performance or other issues. My friend with a Nexus 7 tablet said it was a lot slower.

[The Spartan]

Works for me on my Moto G. I don't like the colour scheme as much, and I don't really like the notifications on the unlock screen, but no other performance or other issues. My friend with a Nexus 7 tablet said it was a lot slower.

The Moto G had Lollipop 5.1 as opposed to 5.0.1 which has bugs

[The Spartan]

*edit* Apologies for the messy title, predictive text is still hung over from the weekend.

I've had a Sony Xperia Z1 since new and was amazed at the performance and speed until I upgraded from Kit Kat to Lollipop.
Then everything basically died. The phone became unresponsive, basic apps took ages to open (SMS, phone).
I have a useful CPU monitor running and it would show all cores at maximum speed most of the time (even when the phone was idle)
I am running the same apps as before and everything's up to date.
It is that bad that I bought a new phone which on paper is fast but I am finding it sluggish at best (Samsung Galaxy Note 4).

Anyone else experienced performance degradation after upgrading to 5?

My S5 has a weird bug since upgrading whereas all my messages disappear, they're not deleted instead they're invisible other than that my phone performs faster though I've noticed at times it can operate a lot hotter in terms of temperature.

The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact tab I have hasn't had any noticeable problems though it does have decent hardware in it.

[TheFaQQer]

Got a One Plus:One thats running 5.02 (Cyanogen 12.0) with no issues.

WHS - although I preferred some of the features before the upgrade.

My wife uses a Nexus 4 on 5.0.2 and my spare phone is a Nexus 5 on the same - no issues there either.

Edit - My N5 has 5.1.1 now. Can't remember when I updated that. I suspect the N4 has the same.

[VectraMan]

The Moto G had Lollipop 5.1 as opposed to 5.0.1 which has bugs

Has 5.0.2.

[The Spartan]

Has 5.0.2.

Mine has 5.1 which was an OTA update

[Scruff]

*edit* Apologies for the messy title, predictive text is still hung over from the weekend.

I've had a Sony Xperia Z1 since new and was amazed at the performance and speed until I upgraded from Kit Kat to Lollipop.
Then everything basically died. The phone became unresponsive, basic apps took ages to open (SMS, phone).
I have a useful CPU monitor running and it would show all cores at maximum speed most of the time (even when the phone was idle)
I am running the same apps as before and everything's up to date.
It is that bad that I bought a new phone which on paper is fast but I am finding it sluggish at best (Samsung Galaxy Note 4).

Anyone else experienced performance degradation after upgrading to 5?

Try clearing your Dalvik cache. Shut it down, restart into Recovery, select the option to clear the Cache, then restart it again.

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