Any chance of these things coming back after 4.4.2?

[J S Machine]

I am struggling with the not being able to write to the SD card issue. I have two things I use that for exclusively, one being my camera to store my pictures and the other being an app called notepad. I simply don't want to use internal phone memory for these. What are the chances we get the SD card thing back? The slide to cancel alarm. I use my phone as my primary alarm clock, and on more than one occasion so far I have just about dropped the phone to figure out how to make it stop. One just doesn't function well when being awakened from a deep sleep.. 3. The slide to answer. I received my first call this morning since update, and it must have been about 20 seconds before I figured out that I had to slide to answer.. wtf..

 

[J S Machine]

will a factory data reset restore me to a previous OS?

 

[Thom]

You seem to be asking three questions.

I am using a Droid Maxx under 4.4 ... so I can not directly verify it for you. Why does anyone use the slide to unlock feature? Anybody who has the phone can operate the slide and it is unlocked. I go to Settings | Security & Screen Lock and chose None.

Factory Data Reset will not take you back to the previous version. It was a move that they made a few years ago to reduce the number of versions that they had to pay people to maintain. The really encourage people to go to the new versions.

I recommend a Factory Data Rest after any major system upgrade. There are apps that ran under the previous version that will not run (yet) under the newer version.

... Thom

 

[J S Machine]

You seem to be asking three questions.

I am using a Droid Maxx under 4.4 ... so I can not directly verify it for you. Why does anyone use the slide to unlock feature? Anybody who has the phone can operate the slide and it is unlocked. I go to Settings | Security & Screen Lock and chose None.

Factory Data Reset will not take you back to the previous version. It was a move that they made a few years ago to reduce the number of versions that they had to pay people to maintain. The really encourage people to go to the new versions.

I recommend a Factory Data Rest after any major system upgrade. There are apps that ran under the previous version that will not run (yet) under the newer version.

... Thom

I do protect my phone with a pattern. What I'm talking about I the circle that pops up when receiving a call. If I remember right, the old way to answer an incoming call was to tap the center phone icon, and then the one at the 9 o'clock position. Now I have to slide from that center icon to 9 o'clock.. The alarm deactivation is similar. There is an eye in the 9 o'clock position to deactivate the alarm, and then in the 3 o'clock position is the snooze. The functions are the same as in answering calls..you have to slide from the center to either side.

 

[tanware]

As far as the SD card, it could be your file manager. I know Gallary does seem to show files saved to the card. The default camera app does too. I just installed File Manager from Cheetah Mobile and can access the SD card fine but my old manager doesn't.