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Scratched my screen today, about 1cm long ... not sure how I managed that, had nothing in my work pants pocket ... gutted
*** Nexus 5 THE Official Thread ***
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I am kind of tempted to buy the Nillkin tempered glass screen protector from ebay, supposedly quite good.........
Don't really want to bother with a case as I love how this phone feels "naked", if I was to get one, it would probably be the diztronic case.
Don't really want to bother with a case as I love how this phone feels "naked", if I was to get one, it would probably be the diztronic case.
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This is exactly what I did for mine and the misses Nexus 5. The tempered glass feels just like the normal glass and not crappy plastic, it applies really easily and has no bubbles, you literally clean it and drop it ontop and your done.
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I've got a Sandisk 128GB microSDXC card to allow me to have my entire music collection playing through my N5 rather than carry an iPod around. I have also bought a Meenova adapter to allow me to connect my 128GB microSDXC to my N5.
I didn't realise that the card would be exFAT and therefore unreadable by my N5. I can't re-format to anything other than exFAT or NTFS. It seems I have to root my N5 to be able to install something like StickMount to allow my N5 to read the card.
If I do root my N5, would I need to choose a ROM? Or can I just root and that's it?
I've found the following links to unlock my bootloader and then root my N5. Are they reliable directions? Is there anything else I need to do to root my N5 like choose a ROM?
http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com/how-t...tart-modding-your-android-experience-0149956/
http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com/how-to/root-your-nexus-5-an-easy-guide-for-first-timers-0150493/
I didn't realise that the card would be exFAT and therefore unreadable by my N5. I can't re-format to anything other than exFAT or NTFS. It seems I have to root my N5 to be able to install something like StickMount to allow my N5 to read the card.
If I do root my N5, would I need to choose a ROM? Or can I just root and that's it?
I've found the following links to unlock my bootloader and then root my N5. Are they reliable directions? Is there anything else I need to do to root my N5 like choose a ROM?
http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com/how-t...tart-modding-your-android-experience-0149956/
http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com/how-to/root-your-nexus-5-an-easy-guide-for-first-timers-0150493/
Just be aware that unlocking the bootloader wipes the device. Other than that you can just unlock the BL, root the device and then keep anything/everything else stock if you want to.
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Just double-checked and I only have exFAT and NTFS options to choose from.
Might do that then. Are there any guides you'd recommend or are those links I posted OK?
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Yeah, that's fine. I can back up files/photos and then re-install apps through my Google account when I'm rooted.
Cool. What would be better? Formatting the card to FAT32 and seeing if the phone recognises that and can play the music in some MP3 player or rooting?
It is in my PC. Windows offers me either exFAT or NTFS.
formatting would be the far simpler solution.
this is the verbatim tool I think - http://www.verbatim.com/index/search.php?words=fat32+tool
this is the verbatim tool I think - http://www.verbatim.com/index/search.php?words=fat32+tool
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I used this program to do my nexus 5 and 7, worked great on both
http://www.wugfresh.com/
also rooting shouldnt delete any data on the phone, unlocking the bootloader may do if it factory resets as part of the process
http://www.wugfresh.com/
also rooting shouldnt delete any data on the phone, unlocking the bootloader may do if it factory resets as part of the process
Guys is this still a valid root for the N5, was going to do it via my Macbook Air this morning
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...olkit-root-twrp-recovery-unroot-11-6-t2515640
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...olkit-root-twrp-recovery-unroot-11-6-t2515640
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That's the link I was looking for! Thanks.
Can I root without unlocking the bootloader or is that necessary?
Just placed an order for one of these £7.95 I'm concerned about Scratching my new N5 now
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I only found this out the other day so posting in case someone else doesn't know about it...
You can take photos using either volume up or down. Just press and hold either down when in camera and release to take the photo. Neat!
You can take photos using either volume up or down. Just press and hold either down when in camera and release to take the photo. Neat!