Spiritreaver
Member
Man I would really like to see speed tests done with ART enabled. Watched a video of load time comparisons against the 5S, but it was obvious it wasn't in ART. My Nexus loaded Netflix way faster than the Nexus in Dalvik.
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Nexus 5 |OT|
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CreepingFear
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It's out for delivery! So I should fully charge it first? Also, I need to call T-mobile and give them the imei number to get full 4g speeds, right?
Dude from Android Police said he'll update soon with some benchmarks and stuff of ART vs. Dalvik.
Thanks, I will try this.
Spiritreaver
Member
Can't wait. I really think with ART on it brings the phone pretty damn close to the 5S, if not better. Which is mind boggling awesome considering the circumstances.
Does Whatsapp work with ART? I heard it crashes, wonder if it just needs an app update.
It does not work. But out of the close to 100 apps I have installed it is the only one acting up.
It seems to me like the N5 could currently do with having a permanent dial-in of exposure compensation to bring the exposure down, it seems to have a tendency to overexpose and blow out highlights. This isn't anything that one doesn't have to do with a regular camera at times anyway, so I don't know why these people that do comparisons don't play with that kind of thing if it's obvious that default settings on one device tend to a higher exposure than another.
Vyse The Legend
Member
So, uh, should I enable ART? Outside of some apps not working, there are no other drawbacks?
I've been going for 16 hours on the battery and still have 70% remaining. That's with Wi-Fi on the whole time, a GPS drive to the airport and back, and 35 minutes of screen time. This battery is a real beast if you don't sit on your phone watching YouTube for four hours a day.
I've had ART enabled for ~24 hours and haven't noticed any drawbacks. Don't use any of the apps that seem to have compatibility issues, so seemed like a no brainer to me.
Think slightly longer install times and slightly more space used for apps are the drawbacks...but that's practically not even worth mentioning.
Think slightly longer install times and slightly more space used for apps are the drawbacks...but that's practically not even worth mentioning.
Whatsapp is the only app I've encounter with issues. Though many people use it in my address book the are only two people I care to use it with, and those two family members are still on Blackberry devices, so I can communicate through BBM. No lost at my end.
Advantage? I guess native code? App loading is definitely quicker and I guess once the apps are running natively there is less work for the CPU to do.
Do note that the initial boot after you switch will be long. I had 100+ apps to update at boot when switching.
How taxing is Light Flow on your battery life? I mean the service that keeps an eye on notifications. I know that the more you make your light pulse the more battery it will consume.
Spiritreaver
Member
I've been running it for at least 24 hours as well and have had no issues. Skimming through the XDA thread the apps mentioned not working are:
Titanium Backup
Rdio
Pepperplate or some such
I also have a nagging Android is upgrading/Optimizing apps thing that happens every time I boot, but it doesn't last very long. The first time you set it up though the boot will take ages. Smooth sailing otherwise.
I wouldn't be surprised if ART hits one of the next big updates.
awesome! now i can have it turn the screen on when i get a text again
ThatObviousUser
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If it's cold outside let it warm up for a day or two.
: )
It will probably be about 70-80% charged when you get it. I wouldn't worry about the charge.
I'm not on T mobile. When I got mine for the AT&T network, I just used the old sim from the N4 and copied the network settings over to the N5.
Wireless & Networks-->More-->Mobile Networks-->Access Point Names--> + APN.
FallingEdge
Member
I didn't have to do anything and it showed up as LTE next to the bars. That should be fine or should I still call T-Mobile?
Vyse The Legend
Member
No shit. I didn't know this beforehand, and it ate up like 12% of my battery while it did this.
Knock on on the N5 would be sexy
It doesn't seem to be too taxing, actually. Granted, I disabled it when it was broken...I'll keep it on and see if it affects battery life too much.
It doesn't seem to be too taxing, actually. Granted, I disabled it when it was broken...I'll keep it on and see if it affects battery life too much.
Does that make the N5 attractive?
Doesn't the stabilizing camera system use magnets?
probably. no idea. he posted a video of a lens attaching pretty easily. i guess the question now is does the magnet in the lens mess with the ois
What if the massive ring around the camera on the Nexus 5 is magnetic so you can attach different lenses to it kinda like this?
I just can't understand why they would put a massive ring around the lens.
Called it!
Portugeezer
Member
Is the screen good enough to read manga?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
People complained about viewing angles? How should they look? I see pretty much no shift no matter what angle I hold it at.
It used to be 24 hours...
24 hours was too long imo. but i really wish they'd let the developer choose something aside from 15 minutes.
ThatObviousUser
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Goddamn the Galaxy Nexus camera is shitty.
ThatObviousUser
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Fixed, lol.
Viewing angles are only bad if you look at it from a diagonal angle in line with one of the corners.
Currywurst
Member
How? What I need to do to get a refund?
Edit: Never mind. Found it on the support site. But its a great service.
Uninstall within 15 mins.
Same. Weird.
This has been going on for years...Sprint is terrible where I live and even on EVDO 3g I get 1xRTT speeds
HowardRoark
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What clock widget is that?