Let's go back to Jelly Bean

[vPro97]

Whoa, Did I really say that?
I remember posting in the KitKat thread daily and looking at various LG sources for the newest update. I got excited when I saw how much faster and smoother KitKat was in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UcvB4aD0KA

When I first tried KitKat I was really impressed. Maybe it was placebo. But it felt smoother and nicer. And I got Immersive mode too! Then I noticed that the battery drained faster, but I learned to accept that. Recently; I was barely able to reach 4h 30 min of SOT on kitkat. The standby times were awful, too, and without root, you have no way of checking what's eating your battery.
It all culminated with the 20D update, that rendered VOIP useless and impossible. I then decided I wanted to return to JB.

I had almost forgotten how GOOD Jelly Bean was. Sure, there's lockscreen lag, occasional scroll animation lag and no immersive mode, but apart from that, I barely notice any major drawbacks. Battery life is so much better, wakelock detectors function perfectly and VOIP works!

So for those of you who have had this thought in your mind for long, just do it. The process of going back to jelly bean took me about 5 minutes and I'm happy with my decision, at least for now.

Have you had a similar experience then please share it!

Guide for going back to JB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476

 

[donm76]

I bought my G2 before KK was released for it. Initially, I was only delaying the upgrade because Swiftkey wouldn't work for kitkat on the G2. I am staying on Jellybean now. Everyone I know with this phone complains of issues now after going to KK.

 

[fix-this!]

I bought my G2 before KK was released for it. Initially, I was only delaying the upgrade because Swiftkey wouldn't work for kitkat on the G2. I am staying on Jellybean now. Everyone I know with this phone complains of issues now after going to KK.

I have zero issues on kitkat. Then again im running aosp.

 

[Lawlrus]

Jellybean was trash for the vs980 because of reboots, and sod's on aosp.

I will agree on stock jellybean I had better battery life, but if you need better than a day off charge with 5-7 hours sot, you have issues.

I'll pass.

Sent from my Vs980 running SlimKat 4.4.4

 

[mannequin]

T-mobile D801 here, latest KK.

absolutely zero issues here. the battery life is actually better, the performance across the board is way better, the extra features are great and worth it. the only issue i was concerned with before the upgrade was the audio hiss / distortion but as it turned out D801 has never suffered from it and on latest KK the sound is as good as with JB for me.

 

[kolembo]

Agree... Except the camera was unbearable!!

Still, I think it's excellent we can go back. Subscribed.

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[masteril]

It will be nice if we have a flashable stock jb+root and maybe latest camera mod for jb build in..

 

[Makrilli]

Kk aosp...

Sent from my LG G2 D802

 

[meangreenie]

might be nice to use kk ondemand settings on jb.. make it a bit snappier

also the advantage of using aosp browser properly is a big plus.. with webview intact

 

[vPro97]

I bought my G2 before KK was released for it. Initially, I was only delaying the upgrade because Swiftkey wouldn't work for kitkat on the G2. I am staying on Jellybean now. Everyone I know with this phone complains of issues now after going to KK.

SwiftKey worked on Kitkat since day one. You would just get a popup that gapps stopped working once you turned the phone on but that was all.

Jellybean was trash for the vs980 because of reboots, and sod's on aosp.

I will agree on stock jellybean I had better battery life, but if you need better than a day off charge with 5-7 hours sot, you have issues.

I'll pass.

Sent from my Vs980 running SlimKat 4.4.4

You are more than free to pass, but the thing is - on kitkat, I was barely able to get four hours of SOT on a regular basis. And since I'm an unrooted user, I have NO ways of checking what's draining my battery at all. Sure Jelly Bean is not flawless, but battery life is very important to me and seems more stable all around.

T-mobile D801 here, latest KK.

absolutely zero issues here. the battery life is actually better, the performance across the board is way better, the extra features are great and worth it. the only issue i was concerned with before the upgrade was the audio hiss / distortion but as it turned out D801 has never suffered from it and on latest KK the sound is as good as with JB for me.

My device never had the hissing problem with KitKat, and the perfomance was generally much snappier. But the international KitKat didn't seem to be refined at all, so maybe TMo did their job!

might be nice to use kk ondemand settings on jb.. make it a bit snappier

also the advantage of using aosp browser properly is a big plus.. with webview intact

I agree. But I actually figured that the phone runs much cooler on Jelly Bean BECAUSE the speed doesn't jump to 2.26Ghz instantly. I also think that the refined ondemand is what's taking a toll on the battery =)

 

[Ascertion]

JB had HORRIBLE bluetooth drivers on stock for my device in my Honda Civic. The static in the background was borderline unbearable. KK update fixed it so I'm sticking with KK. Battery life could be better though, I do agree. Something I've always noticed about all devices I've owned is that the shipping OS is always the most stable.

 

[vPro97]

JB had HORRIBLE bluetooth drivers on stock for my device in my Honda Civic. The static in the background was borderline unbearable. KK update fixed it so I'm sticking with KK. Battery life could be better though, I do agree. Something I've always noticed about all devices I've owned is that the shipping OS is always the most stable.

Now that you remind me - I occasionally played music from my phone in my dad's car through bluetooth. I only have lossless music on my G2 (.FLAC), so the music quality of the files is generally very good. On kitkat, however, I would start hearing background noises at higher volumes. That's not a problem on Jelly Bean at all.
I guess you're right about your observation, although instead of going back to the 10A which my phone shipped with, I downgraded to 10F (a version of the software, which I never got). The only major difference I feel between 10A and 10F (and keep in mind it's over 4 months since I last used JB) is, that knock on is much faster on 10F and very comparable to KitKat. The only thing I really miss, however, is the CPU jumping up to an adequate frequency to prevent lockscreen lag.

 

[XERO_Racer]

I do agree with the fact JB had stellar battery life compared to KK, although i feel like if i go back to JB, mentally thinking i feel outdated compare to the other phones out there, but thats just me haha, i never had any lags when i first got my G2 out of the box, highly disappointed the fact KK did the opposite in terms of battery life. Honestly i cant really complain, this battery still beats all the devices ive owned or came across and tried for a few days, M7, S4 etc

 

[wulsic]

I guess the kk battery is also more bad because like you guys said it is fast and smoother then the jb stock and jb stock is cooler so yh... Their kernel. Kk stock users must just use dorimanx kernel its better and safer then the stock one

 

[stoney73]

Why stop there? Maybe we can get gingerbread ported over...smh

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[votinh]

Why stop there? Maybe we can get gingerbread ported over...smh

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I thought CupCake was way betttttter

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@OP

"I had almost forgotten how GOOD Jelly Bean was."

R u sure you meant "GOOD" and not "BAD"???
You can always go back to JB and then months later, you could say the same thing "I had almost forgotten how GOOD Kit Kat was."
C'mon, m8, move forward.
I have seen too many people eager to get the new update (that many people usually do curse mfg. for slow update) then demand to go back.
Same exact reaction with Windows OS.
I personally have no issue with KK.

 

[BackDaws]

Im going to 4.4.4 cm11 to see what its like and if its cack ill be going back to jb i think.