These few fixes may help you fight those Lollipop bugs
The rush to update Android phones and tablets to Lollipop has just begun. The obvious players — Google’s Nexus devices and Motorola — are getting Lollipop updates to all eligible devices now, and we’ve already seen LG and Samsung dip their toes into the update waters.
This is a good thing. (Most of the time.) Android and the people who use it in their smart devices have a reputation for poor update practices and procedures to overcome, and pushing new software in a timely manner is what it will take to do that. We’ll leave discussion about why we expect or need an OS update on our small computers for another time.
Of course, with any and all system updates come bugs. Some are universal and affect everyone. Some are device-specific, and some seem to be bad luck — the kind of bad luck that comes with every major system software update.
Luckily, there are some things you can try to alleviate some issues should you be having them. None of these are fool-proof, and they may or may not work for you, but they need to be discussed because they have worked for others.
Let’s do that.