Google acknowledges leaky memory, fix coming to Android 5.1.1?

6. jeso86 (Posts: 8; Member since: 17 Apr 2014)

You mean the same bug :)
but this is really annoying I mean FFS Google fix this every couple of days my N5 becomes completely unusable :(

12. vincelongman (Posts: 5068; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)

No they did fixed the 5.0 memory leaks
See the changelog, there's over 60 memory leaks that were fixed
This is a new memory leak in 5.1

And it is some specific apps/games
My apps/games aren't causing any memory leaks (not yet at least)

Google need to step up their testing
IMO they need to introduce soak testing, like what Motorola do
i.e. allow people (devs and power users) to sign up to test the builds, before they are officially rolled out

41. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)

Google should be ashamed of themselves. They fast tracked Lollipop to release and forgot to even test the build and make it stable. They should have stayed with kitkat until lollipop was in order.

46. tedkord (Posts: 14114; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)

But it was perfectly alright the mess that iOS was released as, right?

47. vincelongman (Posts: 5068; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)

Lollipop 5.0 was "stable"
I didn't have any app crashes or restarts
It just needed a reboot every couple days

At least its not like iOS 8, where apps crash daily on my iPad Mini 2
And there's nothing I can do about it

49. joey_sfb (Posts: 6600; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)

I can say the same for iOS 8 release by Apple.

Mxy have you conveniently forgot to mention about how buggy iOS 8 release is?

10. fireblade (Posts: 717; Member since: 27 Dec 2013)

you mean ios?

5. Atrixboyyy (Posts: 438; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)

same here but with the Z3. I'm anxious for the 5.0 update but it literally means that much more waiting for 5.1.1...

14. vincelongman (Posts: 5068; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)

Its supposedly already fixed
So Sony would just need to copy the fix over to their build of 5.1

21. boosook (Posts: 1442; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)

the problem is that Sony will now release android 5.0, then it'll take another 6 months for android 5.1, and then another 6 months for android 5.1.1, and some devices will be stuck with android 5.0 and its memory leaks because the 18 months will be over when sony will release android 5.1 (they have done this with many older phones, even flagships like the T which never received kitkat... they do not consider the 18 months from when Google releases a new version, but from when *they* release a new version).

22. vincelongman (Posts: 5068; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)

4.4 to 5.0 was a huge update
Literally the biggest ever for Android
So there were bound to be plenty of bugs

5.0 to 5.1 is one of the smallest updates ever
Mostly just bug fixes
So I'd be surprised if it took Sony more than 2 months

Also many OEMs already fixed the memory leaks in their builds of 5.0
For example I know Motorola did (my brother has a 1st gen Moto G)
I've heard Samsung and HTC also fixed the memory leaks on their builds
So I'd be surprised if Sony hadn't fixed the memory leaks

11. vincelongman (Posts: 5068; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)

No they did fixed the 5.0 memory leaks
See the changelog, there's over 60 memory leaks that were fixed
This is a new memory leak in 5.1

And it is some specific apps/games
My apps/games aren't causing any memory leaks (not yet at least)

Google need to step up their testing
IMO they need to introduce soak testing, like what Motorola do
i.e. allow people (devs and power users) to sign up to test the builds, before they are officially rolled out

13. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)

based on what information?

"A memory leak that was originally discovered in Android 5.0.1, is still annoying and befuddling Nexus device users with Android 5.1."

that's what the article clearly states.

15. vincelongman (Posts: 5068; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)

The article is wrong

There was never ONE memory leak in 5.0
There were MANY memory leaks in 5.1

Google fixed 60+ memory leaks

But they introduce this new one in 5.1

Otherwise find me a link to this exact problem (check the AOSP source) in 5.0

16. Awalker (Posts: 1689; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)

Vince is right. Go over to the AOSP site and look through the change log. There's many references to various memory leaks being fixed. I installed 5.1 on my Nexus 5 about an hour after Google posted the factory image and my device has been working fine. RAM is okay and none of my apps are closing or resetting.

40. JC557 (Posts: 1794; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)

It's worse with the desktop version of Chrome and it's been brought up quite a bit in their forums as well as elsewhere.

39. Sidewinder (Posts: 513; Member since: 15 Jan 2015)

I had to ditch my s3 and buy a s4 for the exact same reason. Aosp lollipop rom on my s3 was worse than touchwiz 4.3 when it came to memory management

50. james58385 (Posts: 5; Member since: 03 Dec 2014)

Android One user here (1GB RAM) on 5.1 Lollipop. All is well, so far.

18. Andrewtst (Posts: 678; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)

I am running 5.1 at my Nexus 6. I don't have single apps FC.

So far I find 5.1 is stable now not like previously in 5.0.1

19. LoveHater (Posts: 183; Member since: 09 Oct 2013)

dont fear .. here at Moto G 5.0.2, and never had ML

24. Predator1701 (Posts: 110; Member since: 28 Oct 2014)

What are you smoking my friend because I want some! First of all we(Nexus users) are not beta testers for new versions of android, Nexus devices are consumer devices as much as development devices. And if you think that the version of android 5.0 lollipop that you have on your Note 3 is different from mine on my Nexus 4 just because there is touchwiz on top of it the you are very wrong!!! It has the same bugs and mistakes as well as new features, the only difference is samy put a skin on it and added mostly useless features.

25. elitewolverine (Posts: 5192; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)

If you think all they did was put a skin...then here is a bridge to sell you.

28. ciprian.ruse (Posts: 311; Member since: 13 May 2014)

My Galaxy S5 ( G900F) with 5.0 has the memory leak that makes the drawer redraw sometimes so nothing is fixed on touchwiz !

31. joey_sfb (Posts: 6600; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)

ciprian.ruse you should just bring your device back to Samsung Service Center and complain to them.

Works for me. If they really can't resolve it they might give you a new S5 with the older firmware in it.