*** Nexus 5 THE Official Thread ***
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The N5, or at least early versions, had an issue with GPS. The antenna cable was a bit loose. You could try returning under warranty? I did and the new one worked much better.
thanks for this mate looks very easy
It is great tbh, lots of tools in one package and no need to muck about with the Android SDK. Very handy.
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Yeah i find adb very daunting to use... So this will help me loads as i only use stock anyway at the moment im on the 5.0 developers preview but wondering if is should go back to 4.4 for ota of the 5.0 next week.
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What's the reception like on this phone?
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Mines pretty solid, not sure if anyone else would agree but I had na iPhone 6 for awhile and the Nexus 5 had 4g in more places.
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Ironic that I'm on Vodafone and its awesome, but when I do travel outside of London its pretty useless if I'm not in a city, don't even get edge.
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Vodafone and O2 are known for having really terrible 3G coverage.
Okeydokey I'll look into that, think its a fraction under a year old
Yeah, I can't really be bothered with ADB to be honest. People at XDA say toolkits are for newbs, but with the Nexus is so flexible a toolkit works great because it can do so many things. It's so easy to prepare the phone for sale for example - just reflash the factory image and lock the bootloader.
Personally re: the full 5.0 release I'm gonna keep running the latest preview and then flash the full factory image when it becomes available. The OTA might take a while to materialise.
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I;m just going to wait for a flashable zip and go that way for 5.0.
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So any chance of a price drop soon? I'm not feeling the N6 due to price/size.
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Sounds normal for Vodafone.
Coverage in (central) London is always good (on any network) - London have a ridiculous amount of masts, like actually ridiculous.
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I'd say the Nexus 5 will continue with the same pricing. I reckon the Google Play store will have stock again next week of Nexus 5's filled with tasty Lollipop. I think they will keep it as the Nexus 6 is not for everyone either by price or size as it's going to feel a bit large for many people.
That's actually more what I hope as I would prefer to buy a Nexus phone from Google and they are out of the 32GB version at present. So, really, it's fingers crossed until next week!
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Kind of sucks really. I picked up the N4 for £239 I think so am obviously reluctant to pay £300 for a phone that's been out a year. Oh well....
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Actual hoping the Nexus 5 gets dropped and they instead off a Moto X 2014 for the same price as the Nexus 5 in the same colours as the Nexus 6. Makes more sense.
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Well I don't need to replace my Galaxy SII immediately but if the Nexus 5 is back with Lollipop I think I will. It's nearly 4 years old. So I hope stock is back in next week.