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[hitsugi]

Ok, well I'll wait for Nexus 6 then :/

Why do you want a Nexus device? The N5's camera was as close as it could be to being great, then they patched things which allowed for faster focus times and shots, but with ISO levels that are through the roof in order to compensate for it.

If you're looking for a top tier camera, you should not hold out for a Nexus phone.

 

[adamYUKI]

Oh geez, I'm sorry for not responding!

For me, all I had to do was have them disable T-Mobile voicemail. I didn't ask them to change the conditional forwarding numbers or anything. Once the voicemail was disabled, I downloaded the Google Voice app, went through the setup, and was good to go.

If you're still having issues, I'd probably head over to one of the tech-ier tech forums out there. XDA is usually a helpful place, as is Android Central.

Thank you kind sir!

I'll head over to XDA. Just one quick question before I go: do you have the $30 pre-paid plain from T-Mobile?

 

[Lion]

Thanks for the answer guys, I guess I will get me a nexus 5 for christmas.

 

[Vinterbird]

Getting a Nexus 5 in a few weeks, what are my options in regards to backup from my Nexus 4?

Does Googles own sync stuff take over the data from within the apps? Are there better (non root) solutions out there?

 

[samus i am]

DOWNLOADING THE UPDATE RIGHT NOW!!!!

As you can tell I'm pretty excited.

 

[Parablank]

any input on whether I should get a Note 3 or Nexus 5? Is the camera really as bad as the reviews say?

 

[BertramCooper]

Thank you kind sir!

I'll head over to XDA. Just one quick question before I go: do you have the $30 pre-paid plain from T-Mobile?

Yes, I'm on the $30 plan.

 

[Rootbeer]

Oh geez, I'm sorry for not responding!

For me, all I had to do was have them disable T-Mobile voicemail. I didn't ask them to change the conditional forwarding numbers or anything. Once the voicemail was disabled, I downloaded the Google Voice app, went through the setup, and was good to go.

If you're still having issues, I'd probably head over to one of the tech-ier tech forums out there. XDA is usually a helpful place, as is Android Central.

Let me make sure I understand...

so, people calling my T-Mobile # would still go to Google Voice, even if my GV # is different? Because that's what I want to happen. If so I will try this! I'm on the $30 plan too.

*edit* yeah it's not working for me, it gives me a "the subscribe you have dialed blah blah", been fiddling with settings, can't get GV to pick up the calls.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Let me make sure I understand...

so, people calling my T-Mobile # would still go to Google Voice, even if my GV # is different? Because that's what I want to happen. If so I will try this! I'm on the $30 plan too.

*edit* yeah it's not working for me, it gives me a "the subscribe you have dialed blah blah", been fiddling with settings, can't get GV to pick up the calls.

don't think that works on prepaid.

 

[Arjen]

Just got 4.4.2

 

[Draper]

Finally got the update. The haptic feedback is A LOT more precise now.

 

[Zabuza]

If price isn't an issue, is this the best Android phone? It seems better than the more expensive competitors. Don't want a Note 3 by the way.

 

[dorkimoe]

Took a dive on the Nexus 5.

I'm coming from an iPhone 4, I would go for the 5s but it didn't make sense for me to pay almost double, especially considering that I could have the Nexus and a new iPad mini for less than a 32gb 5s. I think I'll enjoy a big screen, I just hope the change isn't too hard and that I wouldn't have to fiddle around with the phone all the time.

I'm sure everything will work out well! I'll be more informed afterwards at the very least.

Thinking of coming from iPhone 5 to moto x myself. I'm techie. But I don't know if I feel like messing and tweaking anything other than basic things.

 

[tr4656]

If price isn't an issue, is this the best Android phone? It seems better than the more expensive competitors. Don't want a Note 3 by the way.

G2 is basically the same with a bigger battery though.

Thinking of coming from iPhone 5 to moto x myself. I'm techie. But I don't know if I feel like messing and tweaking anything other than basic things.

If you don't like messing around, may or may not be worth going. Android definitely is more flexible but some apps are definitely not as good as the iOS counterpart or just not there (see Day One).

 

[CronoShot]

If price isn't an issue, is this the best Android phone? It seems better than the more expensive competitors. Don't want a Note 3 by the way.

Arguably. The LG G2 and Xperia Z1 both have bigger batteries (and the Z1 has a memory card slot), but they're obviously not stock Android and won't get updates as fast. I believe they're both still on 4.2.2, in fact.

There's also the Moto X, if you want to trade the better specs of the Nexus 5 for certain features.

 

[tr4656]

Arguably. The LG G2 and Xperia Z1 both have bigger batteries (and the Z1 has a memory card slot), but they're obviously not stock Android and won't get updates as fast. I believe they're both still on 4.2.2, in fact.

There's also the Moto X, if you want to trade the better specs of the Nexus 5 for certain features.

The thing to note about the Xperia Z1 is that the display still is washed out if you care about that.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Finally got the 4.2.2 update. Speaker is the most noticeable improvement, both loudness and clarity.

Opening and focussing speed of camera is super quick too.

 

[RaySpencer]

Is there any good cases that are like the LG QuickCover ?


...or alternatively, what do you guys suggest for cases? Im not a case guy, but the job I work now, pretty much means I need to keep my phone in a case most days.

 

[The Faceless Master]

If price isn't an issue, is this the best Android phone? It seems better than the more expensive competitors. Don't want a Note 3 by the way.

if price isn't an issue, the Note 3 has the top specs like other Q4 flagships and nobody else has 3GB of RAM.

 

[tr4656]

if price isn't an issue, the Note 3 has the top specs like other Q4 flagships and nobody else has 3GB of RAM.

He didn't want the Note 3 though.

 

[Husker86]

Does anyone else's vibration motor make a sort of loose clicking sound at the end of a short pulse (like on keyboard presses or on-screen nav button presses)?

 

[The Faceless Master]

He didn't want the Note 3 though.

other than 3.14, how should i start out pi?

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

Hello guys. I am gonna be soon part of the smartphone world and I have to say that I'm generally cheap but I do appreciate a good quality phone for a relatively cheap price like the nexus 5. At first I was considering the Moto-G but is apparent that phone is not as future-proof as the nexus 5, performance wise at least.

The question is, on its own terms do you think the nexus 5 will last me at least a good 3-4 years without becoming what you may call "slow" due to performance? I don't plan on doing gaming at all but I do like to do multitasking of different apps and such (I do have a nexus 7 2013 which I find relatively fast even under multitasking).

Battery aside, 4 years will probably be pushing it. The Nexus One will be 4 years old next month for a reference.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Battery aside, 4 years will probably be pushing it. The Nexus One will be 4 years old next month for a reference.

and that battery life won't be pretty after 4 years as a daily driver.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Is there any good cases that are like the LG QuickCover ?


...or alternatively, what do you guys suggest for cases? Im not a case guy, but the job I work now, pretty much means I need to keep my phone in a case most days.

Ringke slim. Minimal bulk and good protection.

 

[RoadHazard]

My N5 came with a dead pixel. Waiting for a replacement now, which seems like it's gonna take some time. Shipments to Sweden (where LG is the distributor, not Google) have been very low, I think. But the one I have now works fine other than that, so I can live with it as long as I know a replacement is coming.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

Was the low light performance of the camera supposed to improve with the update or is it in my head? I had serious issues getting it to focus in dim places like bars before. Now its no problem at all.

Yes. Update improved performance across the board.

 

[yyzjohn]

Was the low light performance of the camera supposed to improve with the update or is it in my head? I had serious issues getting it to focus in dim places like bars before. Now its no problem at all.

Yep, here is DP's update talking about the camera improvements on the Nexus 5:
http://connect.dpreview.com/post/09...ource=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_0

 

[zedge]

Woohoo just got 4.4.2 ota.

 

[SimleuqiR]

Might not be a fair comparison, but here are two images of the same scene, same time, same lighting:

Nexus 5

GS3

Granted the GS3 picture was taken by my cousin. I don't know how well she knows the camera software on the S3, but she didn't fiddle with it too long. She just took the picture rather quickly.

 

[CronoShot]

Finally got prompted for 4.4.2, coming straight from 4.4.

Too bad I'm at work with no Wi-Fi.

 

[Arrowgigantic]

Granted the GS3 picture was taken by my cousin. I don't know how well she knows the camera software on the S3, but she didn't fiddle with it too long. She just took the picture rather quickly.

Yeah, she had it on the wrong white balance setting.

 

[lunchtoast]

So it won't let me update. I keep getting e drive errors on install

E: invalid command argument
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed

I've tried doing a factory reset, even unrooting and locking the boot. I'm using stock rom.

Ok think I got it. Had to flash stock image. Don't know what got fucked up when I first rooted it.

 

[CoachKevin]

Still no go using this phone on Verizon?

 

[CronoShot]

Still no go using this phone on Verizon?

Nope. Moto X is apparently pretty good though, and near stock Android.

 

[tr4656]

Nope. Moto X is apparently pretty good though, and near stock Android.

That or the G2.

 

[Haint]

Is there any good cases that are like the LG QuickCover ?

The Mofi QuickCover knockoff is a piece of shit, so definitely avoid that. There is a Nilikin one as well, but I haven't tried it yet.

 

[RaySpencer]

The Mofi QuickCover knockoff is a piece of shit, so definitely avoid that. There is a Nilikin one as well, but I haven't tried it yet.

Thanks, I will look into these Nillkin ones, they look pretty decent.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Still no go using this phone on Verizon?

call (800) 922-0204 and ask why Verizon doesn't have the Nexus 5

 

[Rootbeer]

i got 4.4.2 on the day it came out but still haven't received the play store update I'd really like them to push it to me because the store keeps crashing on me when updating apps, wondering if it would be an improvement.

 

[ajpw]

Thanks, I will look into these Nillkin ones, they look pretty decent.

I have the nillkin slim case (yes I know its not the cover) and its very nice indeed

 

[samus i am]

I ordered the Nillkin case that is similar to the official LG case. It was on Amazon but it was not available for Prime and it is taking forever to get here.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

So, I did the phone update last night, but my phone about still says Android 4.4

what gives?

But system says up to date

 

[chaostrophy]

Battery aside, 4 years will probably be pushing it. The Nexus One will be 4 years old next month for a reference.

OTOH, my 2 year old GNex doesn't seem nearly as slow as my OG Droid did when it was 2 years old and I replaced it with the GNex. As any technology matures each iteration tends to be decently usable for a longer period of time.

 

[Husker86]

So, I did the phone update last night, but my phone about still says Android 4.4

what gives?

But system says up to date

Have you modified the phone at all? If you did the OTA and it failed because of modified system files it will take time before if gives you the update again, saying your system is up to date.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Have you modified the phone at all? If you did the OTA and it failed because of modified system files it will take time before if gives you the update again, saying your system is up to date.

Yea, I unrooted it. I guess I will have to sideload the update.

 

[Husker86]

Yea, I unrooted it. I guess I will have to sideload the update.

If you sideload the OTA and do nothing different it will still fail (I think). The easiest way would be to flash the factory image from Google, since it will bring everything back to stock. You can do that without wiping data, but you have to make one small edit in a text editor on the .bat or .sh file. This is how I've updated all my Nexus devices for the last several updates.

The only "hard" part for some is getting drivers to work if using Windows.

 

[DrFurbs]

Best general settings for camera? I'm useless at taking pics?

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Mine arrived this morning from Google Play. Haven't spent much time using it yet, but so far it's definitely worth every cent. Nice screen size, perfect display, not too heavy or light, rubberised for my pleasure and smooth performance.

 

[Cudder]

I'm going to send my N5 in for repairs soon. Is it possible for Google/LG to know if someone opens up their N5 if they send it back for replacement?