Now that the new Android OS version has been rolled out to most, if not all, Nexus devices, complaints and bug reports have flooded the internet at an exponential rate. Users have posed many issues, but some of the most recurring complaints seem to be regarding a poor battery life, issues of Wi-Fi and a factory reset issue that has now been resolved.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has tried to minimize bugs in the new OS version with its latest 4.0.1 Android update, which was released for all Nexus devices a couple of days ago. Although many of these issues have now been resolved, it still goes to show how unstable every new OS is right after it’s released in the market. Google is dominant as far as mobile OS developers are concerned and tests its products extensively before launching them to the public. However, as is evident, it is not always possible to eradicate all the bugs an OS may have after bing run on devices. But, the issue with the new Lollipop update is not pervasively present in all Nexus devices. In fact, only the Nexus 5 seems to show most bugs with the new Lollipop update.
Users of the old Nexus 4, which also received the Lollipop update last month, have reported minimal, if any, glitches with the system. Nexus 4 is the predecessor of Nexus 5, which runs the new Android OS in a much better way. The core issue which Nexus 5 users are experiencing with the device is with the battery life, which users have complained, drains too fast.
These same users have also complained about their Nexus 5 heating up right after the phone received the new Lollipop update. Thousands of such complaints have been received by Google, and almost all seem to reiterate the same issues. According to tech analysts, there is a correlation between the battery drain and the heating up of the Nexus 5 device after the Lollipop update. Supposedly, the new Android OS update has tried to utilize more of the 2.2 GHz quad-core processor the Nexus 5 is capable of, whereas the previous Jelly Bean OS was good enough to run on even a good enough dual-core processor.
This causes the device to heat up and the battery life to drain faster than before. This change, however, is relative, and is not damaging to the device at all. It has only highlighted the true potential of the Nexus 5, and what it has always been capable of doing. However, this explanation is still not enough to calm the distraught Nexus 5 users, who are envious of users of the Nexus 4 who have been running the new Android Lollipop OS flawlessly for the past many weeks. But, it’s not the fault of the Nexus 5.
The phone has been built for a much powerful operating system, and unless one is created, it would be apt for Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) to revise the usage of the powerful hardware Nexus 5 has to offer. Nexus 5 users will have the last laugh when Nexus 4 won’t be able to run an OS which requires a quad-core processor.
