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I've never used a case or cover for my phones - but I'm going on holiday next week and will be using it at the beach/photos/etc. Bit worried about getting sand and grit in it, and I suspect sand is very good for scratching the glass too..

What sort of accessory should I get? :confused:

Thanks for any ideas!
 
Been holding off upgrading from my S2 for a while now but £240 is just silly cheap - time to join the N5 club!
 
toString said:
I've never used a case or cover for my phones - but I'm going on holiday next week and will be using it at the beach/photos/etc. Bit worried about getting sand and grit in it, and I suspect sand is very good for scratching the glass too..

What sort of accessory should I get? :confused:

Grab a flip case from Amazon. But beach holiday is better served with a cheap camera

Thanks for any ideas!
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Grab a flip case from Amazon. But beach holiday is better served with a cheap camera
 
I wish they would fix the camera hiss. I liked the n5 and it's price but they seem to be taking an awful long time to fix something that is apparently a software issue!
 
_Jimlad_ said:
Yeah it's odd. If I switch mode and then back again it focuses fine.
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Oh I actually didn't know there focus bug while recording, but it does happen to me sometimes. I will turn on video and the screen will remain blurry and won't focus no matter how long I wait. How I fix it is I just move the camera to focus on something else and it'll focus properly on the new subject and then I just move the camera back to my original subject and it'll focus just fine.
 
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Are the wireless chargers any use, or more of an expensive gimmick?
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The google one is brilliant when used with the nexus 5 but is rubbish with the nexus 7. With the 5, you can feel it align with the charger by itself and it will start charging immediately. The 7 is another matter, you have to move it millimetre by millimetre and wait for the charging light to come on. It's much faster to plug in a cable.
 
Skeeter said:
Are the wireless chargers any use, or more of an expensive gimmick?
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I have a launch n5, but only bought the official wireless charger last month. I know it's overpriced, but this is my first wireless charger and I wanted to make sure I got one that worked with no probs, so went for the official one.

It works great for me because I put it beside my bed. I like to use my phone a bit in bed before falling asleep and then I just plop it on the charger before I fall asleep so it's at full charge in the morning.

However, I will say you do kind of need to find the sweet spot when placing it on the charger. I read some reviews that said the magnets will automatically move the n5 in place if you misaligned it. I haven't found that to be true and to make sure it wasn't my case, which is just an ultra slim spigen case, I tried it without the case too. In both cases, you do need to find the sweet spot yourself and the phone will never align itself through magnet pull.

I try to hold the phone over the spot where the magnet pull feels strongest, then place it down and this usually works but not always. If it doesn't I just slide the phone around until I hear the charging sound. So, that is my only small gripe with it as it's not as drop anywhere and don't worry about it as I thought and you do need to be careful and find the sweet spot to drop it on. Other than that I absolutely love it for the convenience factor.
 
I picked up one from Amazon for £15 works well. But use the wall charger most of the time. The wireless ones look nice on a desk for top up charger.
 
got the nokia one off ebay for £22 - it turns off automatically which IMO is a HUGE plus.

also works on my nexus 7 with no issues and the build quality of nokia is well known.

IMO you would be hard pushed to find a better wireless charger
 
Just changed to vomer amoled colour profile and it's very good.

Better than true rgb I was using before but may be too saturated for some.

I suggest that you try out all the colour profiles, makes a huge difference to the screen.

IPhone colour profile was completely rubbish
 
I bought a second one from CPW thinking someone in my family would definatly want it. Turns out no one does - probably should have checked but it was such a good deal and I was hungover. So, I'm stuck with a new and unopened Nexus 5. How should I sell it? Gumtree, MM, ebay? I'm not intending to make profit I just want my money back - they say no returns at CPW. OOps! :p
 
Could someone save me from reading through the 165 pages of this thread and recommend a screen protector and case please?
 
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Picked up one today from my local store, good to see they are doing the deal in-store aswell!

As a first time android user, anyone recommend settings/apps to download?

And also, my LED light doesn't seem to be working when I get a notification, and I've downloaded some app called LED Manager or something? Doesn't seem to work though!
 
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