Re:Android P
by loafoe on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @04:50PM
(#17024922)
installed it about 3 hours ago and it definitely feels good enough to use as a daily driver
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Do you feel it is worth the upgrade
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Yes! It feels.. very polished. The new notifications and settings area are just awesome. Also the app drawer is pretty great. And the animations... smooth as butter!
Until you discover in X months that moving from the beta to release versions that get security updates requires wiping your phone.
Re:Android P
by looperhacks on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @05:37PM
(#17025419)
This is not the case if you installed the beta via the beta tester program (and thus received the beta via OTA) and wait until P is released.
If you flashed the beta manually or want to downgrade, then yes, you need to wipe and flash.
Re:Android P
by wakkaflokka on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @05:37PM
(#17025412)
You have to wipe the phone to upgrade to the release version? Might change my mind about installing the beta.
Re:Android P
by Someone1234 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @05:49PM
(#17025513)
If you do OTA (over the air) updates, no, you don't need to ever wipe your device. At the end of the beta they'll just push the retail version and de-enroll your device.
This is my third beta (8 and 8.1) and I never wiped.
Re:Android P
by arthurcolle on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @04:50PM
(#17024925)
famous last words
Still here! Definitely stay away from preview release on your main phone, but once Google slaps beta on a build stuff is pretty stable (have not tried in car Bluetooth yet -- knock on wood).
As a dev, days like these are the ones where I get my moneys worth buying into Googles hardware :)