*** Nexus 5 THE Official Thread ***
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Noticed a few hickups while editing some photos using Google's built in editor. Basically the photo failed to load up. This obviously forced the app to close, closing and re-opening the app didn't sort this but a restart did.
Apart from that hickup, everything else has been smooth.
Can't wait for paranoid android to release their rom however as I'm used to a lower DPI range than on a standard build, so the icons and everything else appear to be HUGE!
Apart from that hickup, everything else has been smooth.
Can't wait for paranoid android to release their rom however as I'm used to a lower DPI range than on a standard build, so the icons and everything else appear to be HUGE!
Oh and I LOVE the new calling function that allows you to type in a name of a company and it will automatically search then provide you with the number. Lovely little feature. I tried it with my work's company and various others and all worked perfectly.
With hangouts, you can swipe a conversation to the side and this is then archived. Is there any way to change this to delete, as per gmail?
With hangouts, you can swipe a conversation to the side and this is then archived. Is there any way to change this to delete, as per gmail?
From what I've read The Verge aren't very good at giving proper balanced reviews, at least not of Android kit.
I don't agree with that.
Textra.
It's just what I've seen mentioned, I've never read one of their reviews I don't think.
Anandtech are amazing, one of the only decent techy sites out there, I gave up Tom's Hardware and the like many years ago.
I'm a bit disappointed by the Nexus 5 overall I think, obviously I'm just going off of the reviews but I was hoping for something more.
Yes the 16Gb is pretty cheap SIM free but the 32GB is £339 and I could buy the Galaxy S4 for £414 direct from Amazon (no dodgy sellers), this is only 16GB but not an issue as it has the memory card slot and I already have a 32GB card ready to drop in.
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remind me why i should root again?
i've rooted every phone i have had before, but don't think i will be custom ROM'ing this phone, which i have done with every other phone.
i've rooted every phone i have had before, but don't think i will be custom ROM'ing this phone, which i have done with every other phone.
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i think the main benefit is cost and stock android and updates months before other phones, etc.
some people just don't want to spend £350+ on a phone they will only use for 12 months max.
for any apps you have that require root access, such as titanium backup
Yeah I know what you mean but it almost doesn't seem quite cheap enough compared to some of the alternatives.
I do like the fact you'll have the current version of the OS but Samsung shouldn't be too far behind getting KitKat?
Samsung bloatware/pointless apps annoy me a bit but I create a folder and shove them all in there never to be used again so not the end of the world.
I think the camera is the big thing, if they had included a 13MP one like the LG G2 I'd have been sold as otherwise there isn't much improvement over my S2 it seems.
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i have titanium backup but never really bothered using it tbh, you only need to if your constantly switching ROM's.
You're misunderstanding me. I didn't think the reviews around so far (Verge/Gizmodo I think) were great quality. Not as much detail as I'd like really; too wordy and not enough detail. I much prefer those from anandtech and gsmarena, they're generally much more thorough, more quantitative than other websites.
I added my own ringtones and notifications and they appeared instantly in the menus. I did it via the pooter via usb cable.
There is a thread on XDA about this somewhere I was reading last night.
