Android Lollipop has a memory leak bug, fix is on the way

30 December, 2014
The latest version of Google's mobile operating system is apparently being plagued by a bug.

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  • 10 Jan 2015

Yes... Everything that is mentioned above is happening with my Nexus 4.
Hope they will fix it soon.

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    • Anonymous
    • r@q
    • 05 Jan 2015

    Anonym, 03 Jan 2015I'm not a big fan of name calling, but one has to be really... moreOne must be really dumb to fear of nothing.

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      • Anonymous
      • KsT
      • 05 Jan 2015

      Yea i encountered this bug yesterday on my Nexus 5, pretty annoying that it kept killing power amp every 3 minutes despite the wakelock used and NICE priority set to -20, System used 1GB of Ram, reboot fixed it,

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        • U{1
        • 04 Jan 2015

        AnonD-326334, 02 Jan 2015How many time for Sony mobile upgrades to 5.0.1 drop to Asi... moreU r neva gonna receive it on Sony if u r a user of it. ThankYou

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          • Anonym
          • A1a
          • 03 Jan 2015

          Anonymous, 02 Jan 2015Reat this to understand things: Those "security bugs&... moreI'm not a big fan of name calling, but one has to be really stupid to call exploitable CVEs "propaganda".

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            • AnonD-244675
            • Ibx
            • 02 Jan 2015

            Good thing I downgraded to CM 11 M5 Hammerhead...

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              • Anonymous
              • r@q
              • 02 Jan 2015

              Anonym, 02 Jan 2015Even though I can understand your argument (in the light of... moreReat this to understand things:
              Those "security bugs" are just marketing to create fear for people like you.

              Clever people DO NOT fall for the propaganda. Clever people wait several months before considering the update.

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                • Anonym
                • HB9
                • 02 Jan 2015

                Anonymous, 30 Dec 2014That's why clever people don't update their devices. Clever... moreEven though I can understand your argument (in the light of performing a major version upgrade -- which I agree also haven't done), let me add this statement so that things become crystal clear.

                "Clever people" DO NOT wait for months to get core-OS security updates in devices that pretty much hold data that exposes their whole life.

                It may seem petty, but rest assure many readers will make that mistake. (And Android manufacturers in general couldn't care less for their costumers in this regard.)

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                  • YTS
                  • 02 Jan 2015

                  How many time for Sony mobile upgrades to 5.0.1 drop to Asian areas

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                    • m}9
                    • 02 Jan 2015

                    AnonD-340012, 01 Jan 2015Samsung really trash! If Android 5.0 no pops big deal. Imag... moreyou are welcome, don´t buy if you don´t like there are plenty of smartphones that you could buy.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • vfj
                      • 02 Jan 2015

                      Anonymous, 01 Jan 2015What does samsung have to do with this? Android belongs to ... moreNooo.... Touchwiz is still lag. The animations still looks choppy/unsmooth.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • pqp
                        • 02 Jan 2015

                        Anonymous, 30 Dec 2014That's why clever people don't update their devices. Clever... moreVery well said.

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                          • sXJ
                          • 01 Jan 2015

                          AnonD-340012, 01 Jan 2015Samsung really trash! If Android 5.0 no pops big deal. Imag... morehttp://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-leaps-ahead-apple-customer-satisfation-us/

                          Happy new year

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                            • pao
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                            • 01 Jan 2015

                            yup. I got this problem for weeks. i have two apps that crashes, facebook and instagram. The instragram crashed just once though.

                            NExus5

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 33Z
                              • 01 Jan 2015

                              AnonD-340012, 01 Jan 2015Samsung really trash! If Android 5.0 no pops big deal. Imag... moreWhat does samsung have to do with this? Android belongs to google...
                              And the new touchwiz does not lag at all....
                              you are probably another itroll
                              Ps learn english

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                                • 01 Jan 2015

                                On my Nexus 5 running 5.0.1, I have from 300MB to 800MB available.I have no SYNC or Wi-fi or GPS etc running , I switch the cell off , restart and I have 1GB plus , but the longer the cell is on the less the RAM becomes...
                                Are you sure that what you see is used RAM and not avaible RAM ...???

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                                  • K8T
                                  • 01 Jan 2015

                                  Even my motoX 2014 has the same bug and its very annoying.

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                                    • L}F
                                    • 01 Jan 2015

                                    Samsung really trash! If Android 5.0 no pops big deal. Imagine with heavy TouchWiz of Samung!

                                    Samsung, Never Plus!!!

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                                      • 31 Dec 2014

                                      xcvb, 31 Dec 2014I shall migrate to Lollipop only if I have option to change... moreYep its possible to change the white background....you can just install apex launcher and change that white background to any other color you want.

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                                        • mav3rick
                                        • r$C
                                        • 31 Dec 2014

                                        AnonD-347073, 31 Dec 2014I have this bug. Running 5.0 on the 2014 Moto X. It's ver... moreI have a Moto X 2014 - but haven't encountered it yet. I thought Moto x 2014 'escaped' - but I guess not ;)