The memory bug present in Android 5.1 has been fixed internally
The release of Lollipop 5.0 is a rather touchy subject for many members of the Android community. Whilst it’s the biggest visual and technical overhaul since Ice Cream Sandwich, it carries a handful of extremely irritating bugs that render some smartphones unusable.
Amongst the bugs is one that’s been dubbed the “great memory leak.” This is the result of a handset failing to clear its memory (RAM), which causes almost every application to repeatedly crash and the launcher to regularly redraw — making it almost impossible to use any app or service.
When Lollipop 5.1 was first announced, many hoped that the issue would finally be resolved. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Even though version 5.1 fixed the bug present in 5.0, this latest release brought its own memory leak to the table, which proved to be just as bad.
Thankfully, Google has today announced that the 5.1 memory leak has been “fixed internally”, but it does “not currently have a timeline for public release.”
Source: Google
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