When you say that it now provides simultaneous voice and data, do you mean at any time, or only in an LTE area with Advance Calling activated? The Turbo could do V&D before but only if you had LTE coverage and AC enabled. I can't have AC enabled due to a bug that occurs when you use a Network Extender, so for me to use simultaneous V&D I need to use WiFi.
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Droid Turbo 5.1 (Lollipop) Experiences and Observations
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When you say that it now provides simultaneous voice and data, do you mean at any time, or only in an LTE area with Advance Calling activated? The Turbo could do V&D before but only if you had LTE coverage and AC enabled. I can't have AC enabled due to a bug that occurs when you use a Network Extender, so for me to use simultaneous V&D I need to use WiFi.
Didn't the Droid Maxx have that for awhile while on KK? I seem to recall it did, since their first KK update didn't fully convert to the KK style (dialer, status bar, etc). The 2nd update changed some of those things though.
Yeah, I still prefer having tabs contained inside Chrome rather than splitting them up in the recent tabs window. Many times I have multiple Chrome tabs open, so it really clutters things up. Like now for instance, I have 7 tabs open, and since the rolodex keeps separate tabs for apps and their settings, it can fill up rather fast.
Somniferum
Android Enthusiast
Understood. For what it's worth, I happened upon an interesting article by Chrome's designer, Sebastien Gabriel, where he explains the philosophy behind the change. Basically the idea is to treat every document in Android equally, whether it's a native app or a Chrome tab, as part of a more unified user experience. The example he gives is that you're taking notes for an upcoming trip in a native notetaking app (say Evernote or Keep) and you need to access a Chrome tab to copy some information. In the old system, you had to either use the app switcher and find Chrome, or jump out of the native app to the home screen and open Chrome. Then you had to invoke an entirely separate tab switcher within Chrome to find your tab. Under the new system, you just tap the app switcher and find your tab in the stack, at the same level as your notetaking document. Looking at it that way, I could finally see what they were trying to accomplish and it actually is a neat idea. I think the problem is that we were all used to the other system already, so it seems like more work to change it now even if the actual number of steps is reduced. Plus it comes across like an arbitrary change for change's sake, rather than a well-thought-out change in design philosophy.
Here's the article -- it's a great read about this and other elements of Chrome under material design: https://medium.com/google-design/redesigning-chrome-android-11eab15dc7ee
Are you sure? I seem to recall that there was a "clear all" option with KitKat, which is why I immediately noticed that it was missing in 5.1...
AlfaDroid
Newbie
About the Turbo audio:
call audio quality is quite good, significantly better than my previous phone, a Razr M. I suppose due to VoLTE. I am also NOT experiencing the low call volume some users have reported (which does not seem releated to 5.1 anyway).
However, I am a bit puzzled by stereo sound over headphones when playing music. The sound is not as full as with the Razr M (less bass) and even playing with the equalizer preset does not seem to have any noticeable effect in "Settings -> Sound & Notification -> Audio Effects. I have installed an EQ app I have on the Razr M, which also has a Bass Boost slider, and that one too does not seem to do anything. The latter could just be the app not being compatible with either the Turbo or Lollipop, but the former is strange. The built in EQ should make an audible difference, it does on the Razr M.
Unfortunately I had the Turbo for only a few days before Lollipop got pushed, so I did not notice if it had the same behavior with KitKat 4.4.4
call audio quality is quite good, significantly better than my previous phone, a Razr M. I suppose due to VoLTE. I am also NOT experiencing the low call volume some users have reported (which does not seem releated to 5.1 anyway).
However, I am a bit puzzled by stereo sound over headphones when playing music. The sound is not as full as with the Razr M (less bass) and even playing with the equalizer preset does not seem to have any noticeable effect in "Settings -> Sound & Notification -> Audio Effects. I have installed an EQ app I have on the Razr M, which also has a Bass Boost slider, and that one too does not seem to do anything. The latter could just be the app not being compatible with either the Turbo or Lollipop, but the former is strange. The built in EQ should make an audible difference, it does on the Razr M.
Unfortunately I had the Turbo for only a few days before Lollipop got pushed, so I did not notice if it had the same behavior with KitKat 4.4.4
Observation merged from existing thread.
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In the case of the battery. They changes it to be predictive.
If you look at the display for the first hour it is pretty minimal. If you look at it after that the graph shows when you came off full power ... what you have used so far ... and a prediction on when it will go to zero. It also gives you the prediction in words.
Improvement? Some will say yes. Some will say no.
... Thom
Kevin-B
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Obviously we're all struggling with the various new volume settings in 5.1. But this looks like a bug to me:
When I press the volume rocker and select "None", then reverse that and select "All," my volume levels end up back where I started. However, if I select "Priority" and then return to "All", the notification volume remains at zero.
Anyone else have this phenomenon, or is it likely some app I have installed?
When I press the volume rocker and select "None", then reverse that and select "All," my volume levels end up back where I started. However, if I select "Priority" and then return to "All", the notification volume remains at zero.
Anyone else have this phenomenon, or is it likely some app I have installed?
Don't you have to pull down the screen from the top to see the notifications and swipe up to make them disappear? I don't understand how that gets in the way.
I guess I don't understand what you mean by notifications. An app can send a popup or flash to the screen that covers up what is there. Perhaps you are talking about one misbehaving app on your phone?
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emmzone22
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Text messages among others display a window or bubble as they come in, and then they disappear to the notification area. If I'm using my phone when they come in, it covers up what I'm doing for about 5 seconds or so. With KK, the notification came through to the notification area without the window or bubble first. It's very annoying because I have to pause what I'm doing.
emmzone22
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Text messages among others display a window or bubble as they come in, and then they disappear to the notification area. If I'm using my phone when they come in, it covers up what I'm doing for about 5 seconds or so. With KK, the notification came through to the notification area only without the window or bubble first. It's very annoying because I have to pause what I'm doing until the window disappears.
It doesn't display the time since it was last taken off the charger, but there are ways to figure out how long it's been off the charger. One way is to look at the battery graph. It displays hash marks with times below each one (10am for example). You can also I believe look at cell standby, which will I believe show how long it's been active since off the charger, and it's on pretty much all the time.
emmzone22
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It does it using both the stock messaging app and the downloaded Google Messenger app.
emmzone22
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It's sad that a 3rd party app has to be downloaded to do what Kit Kat used to do. I see very little improvements, if any in Lollipop.
I use chompSMS and Pixel Phone Pro. I do not have the problem you report.
I adopted a strategy of using the best third party apps and divorcing myself from MANY problems introduced with system upgrades.
BTW Android used to be distributed with a pre-installed file manager app.
... Thom
I adopted a strategy of using the best third party apps and divorcing myself from MANY problems introduced with system upgrades.
BTW Android used to be distributed with a pre-installed file manager app.
... Thom
One of the best things about smartphones is that you can replace mediocre built-in apps with top of the line alternatives from the Play Store. This isn't a bad thing - it's a great thing. I'm all for using built-in apps when they make me productive, but if I can be more productive with a third party app, I'll go for it.
Somniferum
Android Enthusiast
I use Google Hangouts with SMS merged, and do not have the issue you describe.
Somniferum
Android Enthusiast
GSam Battery Monitor is my favorite app for this. Free in the Play Store.
emmzone22
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I just tried it with Hangouts and it still does it. It's not as big a window, but it's still there.