Thanks very much for the input. Ordered a white 32GB N5 and the wireless charger. Unfortunately, the red bumper case is out of stock right now.
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Thanks very much for the input. Ordered a white 32GB N5 and the wireless charger. Unfortunately, the red bumper case is out of stock right now.
New Android user here. I previously had an iPhone 4S for a few years and decided to purchase the Nexus 5 yesterday. Aside from the AndroidGAF thread, I was wondering if there are any go-to sites for understanding how the OS works? Kinda like an Androids for Dummies type of thing. With the whole "kernel" and "rooted" talk I've heard about, this is gonna take some time getting used to and I could use any recommended forum (or YouTube channel) out there.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Don't worry about it just yet. Just use the phone.
Gobersmoogen
Neo Member
When did you order yours?
How are you getting such good battery life?
USA= call LG (their repair shop is in Texas) 1-800-793-8896. Ship it to them, they contact you with an estimate, you give your approval, they fix it. $146 to replace the screen/digitizer
Canada=around $230. Call LG Canada.
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/kK1uhW6if9c
Buba Big Guns
Banned
Yea I checked that out last night. They dont open till monday so I still gotta wait till I get a price from them. $250 is pretty steep though. I wonder if that covers only screen damage or body damage as well. The bottom of the phone got fucked pretty hard, theres a pretty big dent.
Vyse The Legend
Member
I get 4+ hrs screen time with heavy use every day. I'm completely stock too.
Phone is so good, and I'm glad I upgraded from the Nexus 4.
FreshCakes
Banned
Well this sucks. Just went to Best Buy and one of the workers there told me I can use a Google play giftcard to buy a Nexus 5 off Google's site. Purchased 2 $50 ones since I got a $100 BB giftcard. Turns out I can't use it, and I am stuck with $100 in Google Play that I can't use...
Arrowgigantic
Member
Never listen to a Best Buy worker, or any other retail worker for that matter. It's not their job to know about things like that.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Go back to bb with the receipt, talk to a supervisor or something and single out the worker who told you that. Return it for a refund. It's $100 dude.
My girl sent me an MMS with 2 pictures in the message. I can see them in the text screen, but when I click on one of them to fullscreen it and save it, it just shows an MMS message from a few weeks ago and if i swipe right it's a few others she sent subsequently in messages where she sent only one picture. How can I fix this, be able to see both pictures and save them?
Also, I snet a picture in a hangout and it saved to gallery and there is NO way I can delete it from my phone. There is literally no option. wtf kitkat.
Also, I snet a picture in a hangout and it saved to gallery and there is NO way I can delete it from my phone. There is literally no option. wtf kitkat.
Solideliquid
Member
Was at best buy checking out a pebble watch. Saw the N5 on display at some obscure part of the store where tablets were on display. Would have picked one up if they had it in stock. A man wearing a blue shirt told me they only get like 2-3 phones at a time. I like the pebble watch though.
threetri333
Banned
Nexus 5 + Unlimited Data is like my best phone eva.
LTE speeds and used up 16GB of data so far within 2 weeks! Very good compared to my own house's download speed which goes up to 300kbps and has a 150GB/month cap.
LTE speeds and used up 16GB of data so far within 2 weeks! Very good compared to my own house's download speed which goes up to 300kbps and has a 150GB/month cap.
If I could get rid of these horrible horrible GPS issues (and maybe a upgrade to the camera app) then I wouldn't have a bad thing to say about the Nexus 5
I can't say much, but I do know that Franco's kernel does not conflict with ART. First boot under ART will take a long time, which of course by now you'd know if it worked or not, but just saying. Otherwise the people over at XDA would probably be able to help you more.
Finding out more things I dislike about the phone the more I use it. If you tilt the phone and loom at it from an angle from any of the corners, the screen gets completely washed out and goes almost pure white, even on a completely black screen. Wtf? Terrible viewing angles on this thing.
What is a "loom"?
If you haven't yet RMA'd it, try charging it by plugging it into a computer. I've had Nexus 7s (both 2012 and 2013 versions) die and refuse to charge plugged into the wall. Every time this has happened I've plugged it into a computer for 15-20 minutes and then it booted up no problem.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Nice, for the other Canadians out there, it seems LG is coming out with an OEM slim hard shell case.
If I didn't have a Ringke Slim (and 4 other hard shell cases coming in the mail) already I'd jump on the white one. Actually I probably will still order a white one anyway, it looks too good with the official Nexus printing.
You can order them at the Bell Nexus 5 Accessories page, for $5 less than the other sites I've seen.
http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Accessories
If I didn't have a Ringke Slim (and 4 other hard shell cases coming in the mail) already I'd jump on the white one. Actually I probably will still order a white one anyway, it looks too good with the official Nexus printing.
You can order them at the Bell Nexus 5 Accessories page, for $5 less than the other sites I've seen.
http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Accessories
FreshCakes
Banned
Tried to get a refund, not even possible, Best Buy seriously has one of the worst customer services ever...
The support tech I talked to walked me through doing that and nothing happened. Granted, I only plugged it in for 30 seconds or so. Maybe I'll give that a shot when I get home. I ordered the replacement but it apparently isn't shipping until Dec. 11th.
Arjen
Member
Get zedge from the playstore .
Nice, for the other Canadians out there, it seems LG is coming out with an OEM slim hard shell case.
If I didn't have a Ringke Slim (and 4 other hard shell cases coming in the mail) already I'd jump on the white one. Actually I probably will still order a white one anyway, it looks too good with the official Nexus printing.
You can order them at the Bell Nexus 5 Accessories page, for $5 less than the other sites I've seen.
http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Accessories
What!? I need this. Where did you find the above pictures? I do not see them on the site. I tried to see if I could purchase and have it shipped to the USA but I keep getting a server error. Is this available in the US anywhere?
I was thinking the same thing. I have one coming to keep next to my bed. I really just want to see if the magnet is strong enough that I can use one in my car as a charger/mount, that would be amazing.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
LG Hardshell Nexus 5.
It will show up at various Canadian sites as pre-order for $24.95
Someone on xda got an order through on bell, so it should be hitting soon everywhere else. You don't have to be a bell member to order from their store.
Canada only atm from what I'm seeing.
I got the pictures from http://www.cesiumonline.com/smartphone-accessories/lg-mobile/nexus-5?originalcategory=397. Just scroll down a bit.
*Edit: Yeah had to do it. I ordered a white case from the bell site. That makes 6 cases for this damn phone lol.
Nice, for the other Canadians out there, it seems LG is coming out with an OEM slim hard shell case.
If I didn't have a Ringke Slim (and 4 other hard shell cases coming in the mail) already I'd jump on the white one. Actually I probably will still order a white one anyway, it looks too good with the official Nexus printing.
You can order them at the Bell Nexus 5 Accessories page, for $5 less than the other sites I've seen.
http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Accessories
Welp, I was about to get the Google bumper but now Im gonna wait for a review of this one.
cartoon_soldier
Member
I am getting annoyed at google now randomly stopping hotword detection, even though google now and hotword detection are turned on in the settings.
Only way I have found to fix it is to restart phone.
Only way I have found to fix it is to restart phone.
Yeah definitely give it more time. The first time I did it I thought it was actually dead because I tried to power it on after 5 minutes and nothing happened. Left it plugged in and came back a few minutes later and it powered on fine.
I'm a huge fan of wallbase.
I'll give that a try and see what happens. Fingers crossed.
Edit: After about 40 minutes, the result is still the same. Shite.
EmptySpace
Banned
finally getting my nexus 5 delivered this friday, and yes it's my first-ever smartphone (i'm cheap). very excited. heard of the battery life and gps antenna problems, but then again software is where it's at. i wanna get my first try on this "rooting" thingy but kinda scared because i've never dealt with it before (yes, i'm computer-literate but still...don't want to brick the phone).
if the battery drain is going to be problematic, might dive into the whole mod thing.
if the battery drain is going to be problematic, might dive into the whole mod thing.
Its really easy, just follow some instructions or something.
EmptySpace
Banned
lol i've flashed some devices and applied mod on games, no problem. i can imagine rooting the device just means replacing some files in the flashmem or doing some fairly easy installs (it's mobile anyway, which means far friendlier instructions for newbs). the problem is the warranty and since it's a new device, software might still be untested, beta phase, whatever. this is a new $400 device. better to be careful.
Its just a couple of things to type into a console. Its very easy to revert back to stock if you really need to RMA something.
Interesting enough, I do not have the microphone button on my keyboard by default. I assume I need to go search for it and turn it own. Haven't bothered to do so but also wondered why it wasn't there by default.
Yeah you're right. If you go to settings > language and input, you can toggle Google Voice Typing. I thought it was a little weird it wasn't turned on by default too.
Well that's a bummer. At least you'll get a new one though.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Yeah its weird. Some come with it on and some don't. Mine was on by default, but a buddy of mine had his off and had to change his settings.