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> Google's Android 5.0 screw up

Care to elaborate?

For inexplicable reasons, Lollipop removed silent mode. The new task switcher is an abomination and memory management is way too harsh (constant gc-ing)

Seems that silent mode is still there, but the name is changed:

https://gigaom.com/2014/11/17/silent-vibrate-do-not-disturb-...

I haven't used lollipop so I don't know about the task switcher and memory management. These seem like they could be quite annoying, but fixable and not a complete failure.

I haven't heard Lollipop being widely described as a boondoggle, so I'm wondering if it's as big of a failure as you are ascribing.

Adding my own two cents here—

- You can no longer put your phone into silent from the volume slider

- You can no longer put your phone into vibrate or silent from the power menu

- They removed the shortcut to "app info" from the most recents menu, and from the notifications menu (I used this to force-stop apps)

- Apps randomly restart themselves; I assume this is a memory leak issue (this is on a Nexus 5, I'd never experienced this before)

- Reduced battery life (night-time battery life is abysmal—my first night with Lollipop I missed my alarm because my phone died)

I was so frustrated by Lollipop I reset my phone to Kit Kat. They removed a bunch of shortcuts, and I really don't understand why.

And this would be the reason for a "landgrab" in mobile?

Most users hardly notice spyware hijacking their browser. I don't think they will be too concerned with harsh memory management.

I said nothing about landgrabing...Just pointing to some of the failings of lollipop.

I also heard that the new calendar is several steps backwards.

I found Lollipop to be an improvement in general, but as for the calendar,

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