Nexus 5 2015 refresh

Matthew.M · 9 Nov 2015 at 22:37

I've just been reading the Anandtech review - I'm surprised at the screen and battery life results given some of the comments by owners online.

Not a bad all rounder. Only let down appears to be the throttling if you're a heavy gamer.

michty_me · 9 Nov 2015 at 23:25

I'm finding my battery life not so bad. It had around 3hrs 45mins screen on time and still 33% remaining yesterday. I think I could get it fairly close to the 5hr mark.

Freefaller · 10 Nov 2015 at 08:14

bigredmachine said:
Anyone else have a hard time picking the 5x over the 6P? I do want stock Android as had it with the Nexus 5 for the past few years. I do like the sound of burst mode and the video FPS but the phone is a lot bigger than the 5x.

The 6P is a better phone, but because of the size it was a no brainer for me to go for the 5x. Though that said the 5x is still big.

this_is_gav · 10 Nov 2015 at 09:24

bigredmachine said:
Anyone else have a hard time picking the 5x over the 6P? I do want stock Android as had it with the Nexus 5 for the past few years. I do like the sound of burst mode and the video FPS but the phone is a lot bigger than the 5x.

If your worry is holding the 6P then it is tricky one-handed, but a case does wonders, as the raised-sides stop your finger from activating the side of the screen, but obviously that's only helpful if you're happy to cover up the beauty. Despite obviously making the phone bigger it doesn't actually make the phone feel larger.

I'm alternating between case and no case, but for the most part I'm trying to keep it naked. I got the Spigen "Rugged Armor Ultimate Protection" one that was £2 on Amazon recently, but my cheap clear Spigen was dispatched yesterday, which might be a happy medium.

bledd · 10 Nov 2015 at 09:59

bledd. said:
Ordered two of these yesterday.

I'll say what the quality is like when they turn up.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/NXET...00068&clkid=784702138894733107&_qi=RTM2108002

Wouldn't normally bother with braided, but it'll make things simpler when grabbing a cable quickly as I leave the house.

Very happy with these, not some el'cheapo cables.

michty_me · 10 Nov 2015 at 10:02

Anyone found any decent after market wall chargers yet?

Furton · 10 Nov 2015 at 17:26

The battery on my Nexus 4 is dying a slow and painful death, struggle to get through a working day without having to charge it.

I'm considering upgrading to the 5X. How much of an upgrade will it be other than having a battery that lasts?

michty_me · 10 Nov 2015 at 17:46

Furton said:
The battery on my Nexus 4 is dying a slow and painful death, struggle to get through a working day without having to charge it.

I'm considering upgrading to the 5X. How much of an upgrade will it be other than having a battery that lasts?

I would imagine it would be a fantastic upgrade to a Nexus 4. Is there a Carphone warehouse you can pop into to play about with it?

Silly Goose On The Loose · 10 Nov 2015 at 19:41

The 5X is a large phone. It's as tall as the LG G4 which has a 5.5 inch display. I really think Google dropped the ball on sizing up this phone.

rossk26 · 11 Nov 2015 at 08:45

I'm starting to experience pretty poor battery life now.

I barely use the phone and lucky to get 24 hours out of before the phone needs recharging.

E-mails just are not coming through on both gmail and hotmail accounts. Nothing has changed and this worked perfectly on my Nexus 4

There's also quite a delay in whatsapp/messenger messages coming through too, unless the phone screen is on all the time.

Sunbed · 11 Nov 2015 at 10:20

Can't comment on the other problems but I don't get 24 hours out of my battery either. I don't consider this a problem though as I don't think I've ever got 24 hours on a smartphone.

roboffer · 11 Nov 2015 at 12:13

bledd. said:
Very happy with these, not some el'cheapo cables.

Does anyone know if they fair any better than the ones slated by the Google engineer?

roboffer · 11 Nov 2015 at 12:15

One thing I noticed yesterday was that the notification LED is turned off by default, I'm sure most of you have enabled it already but for anyone like me that hadn't seen it it is under Settings -> Sound & Notification ->Pulse notification light.

Lightflow is 10p on Google Play too at the moment.

AndyCr15 · 11 Nov 2015 at 12:55

I've noticed there is USB Type C chat in 3 different threads now, I thought it might be handy to keep it in one place?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=18701715

tntcoder · 12 Nov 2015 at 20:30

Hi Guys,

I've recently got the 5x and have really poor/intermittent 3g/4g signal on Three. As far as I know there is no network issues and it worked previously in this area on my nexus 5 really well.

Is there anything I can do? Could there be any issues with the new nano sim that might effect signal strength?

Im running MDB08L with baseband M8994f-2.6.28.0.65

Silly Goose On The Loose · 12 Nov 2015 at 20:51

A SIM card does not dictate signal strength. It literally serves to authenticate your device on the network.

I did find that the Nexus 5X just didn't have great reception and that possibly is down to the antennae used and their placement. It is perfectly feasible that Google/LG didn't go for the best antennae for this phone.

I would try another phone in the same area and see if that's any better (ask a friend perhaps?). If it isn't, get a replacement Nexus 5X. If that's no better than it's either the network in the area (unlikely as you say), or it's the fact that the Nexus 5X just isn't that great cellular wise (as I said).

Freakitchen · 15 Nov 2015 at 14:15

Has anyone noticed the November 'security' update has changed the way the phone charges?

I usually charge overnight and use a 2.4A 'Duracell' charger. Before the update it used to say 'charging' but recently this has changed to 'charging slowly'. Didn't bother me because it gets a full charge on that overnight anyway.

Today however I'm attempting to charge with an iPhone charger (1A) and the phone is pretty much refusing to charge. It sometimes shows 'charging' when connected (but sometimes doesn't) but doesn't raise the percentage. I've had to resort to plugging it into my laptop which shows 'charging slowly' as expected but it does actually seem to be charging.

I can't test with the original LG one as I don't have it with me but I have tried a couple of different cables (albeit 3rd party) with the same result. Interestingly, this morning I charged from 0 to 25% using an old car charger rated at 1.2A.

Struggling to work out what's going on here!

michty_me · 24 Nov 2015 at 12:48

AndyCr15 said:
Do you have a screen protector on?

I managed to get replacement screen covers that have the cut out for the proximity sensors. All good now. Thanks for pointing me in that direction.

On another note, I only notice the charging issue when near full where as I'm sure others said it was at the other end of the battery charge.

michty_me · 26 Nov 2015 at 09:26

Has anyone noticed an issue with Gmail app? When replying to an email chain, The email just shows as queued. When you go into the account settings it shows as synced then synching every second. It took my battery from 80% down to 10% in a matter of a couple of hours idling. I've deleted all accounts on the phone and set them up again but it keeps happening.

Ice Globe · 29 Nov 2015 at 01:02

My 5x decided to reboot itself on 2 separate occasions today

First was just loading BBC News, second was just swiping away a few recent apps.

Not sure what is going on!

Nexus 5 2015 refresh

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