Google Nexus 5

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LocoBlade

7,622 posts

256 months

Sunday 15th December 2013
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Not so sure it is the charger now, I butchered a USB lead and used it inline with my multimeter, both chargers providing about 900mA. That's the same as two different 2A mains chargers I've got, so I think the phone is limiting its current draw. Need to run the iPad down a bit and use that instead as that should in theory try and charge at the full 2A.

Also seems I'm not alone..

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2...

Macd355

320 posts

174 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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Seriously considering a Nexus 5, any issues I should be aware of before I order one?

wjwren

4,484 posts

135 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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Had a nexus 4 and now a nexus 5. Great phone but where is the call waiting feature? I dont think it is network specfic as I was on Virgin but now on Three and if someone calls me when im on the phone they get my VM

LocoBlade

7,622 posts

256 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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wjwren said:
Had a nexus 4 and now a nexus 5. Great phone but where is the call waiting feature? I dont think it is network specfic as I was on Virgin but now on Three and if someone calls me when im on the phone they get my VM
Click the Dialler as if to make a call, then click the menu icon in bottom right (3 vertical dots). Now go into settings - Call Settings - Additional Settings. The Call Waiting option is in there.

egomeister

6,700 posts

263 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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Just had the OTA update come through on my Nexus 5.

However, does anyone know how to disable this from happening on 3G. I'm abroad at the moment and fortunately had my local sim in the phone, if it was the UK one I hate to think what the data charges would have been!

TotalControl

8,062 posts

198 months

Friday 20th December 2013
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Is anyone else getting phantom noises coming from their phone? Sounds like the default text notification.

Or am I going nuts?

LocoBlade

7,622 posts

256 months

Saturday 21st December 2013
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TotalControl said:
Is anyone else getting phantom noises coming from their phone? Sounds like the default text notification.

Or am I going nuts?
Yes, I get an occasional click type sound but no apps running and no notifications when I look at the phone.

LocoBlade

7,622 posts

256 months

Sunday 29th December 2013
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Just trying to upload a video to Youtube from the gallery, and either I'm being stupid (most likely) or there's some bug because I get to the upload screen where I fill in the video title etc, but the Upload arrow in the top right always seems to be greyed out, so I cant actually kick off the upload. It seems to be a problem with the Youtube app as this happens whether I try via Gallery, Photos or directly from within the Youtube app. Can someone else shoot a quick video and see if they can upload it to Youtube from the "<" share icon please?

tank slapper

7,949 posts

283 months

Sunday 29th December 2013
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I am able to upload videos. This is what I did:

Open Youtube app. Pull out menu from the left and select uploads. Press the upload icon in the title bar. Select video from gallery and enter title/details. Press upload in to right corner.

I tried a few different videos and all start uploading straight away.

I also tried it from the gallery app - Select the video and press share. Select Youtube and it opens the upload page to enter the title and details. Fill it out and then press upload in the top right corner. It starts uploading straight away again.

It works the same from the Google+ photos app. If you can't get it to work, try signing out and back in to your youtube account. Failing that, try clearing app data and cache for youtube to see if that helps.

V-spec

759 posts

251 months

Sunday 29th December 2013
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Got mine and finally replaced my ancient htc Legend. Very impressed. Can't believe how quickly it connects to wifi. Haven't got a SIM card in it yet though, need to exchange for a micro one. Is there an easy way of getting all my contacts from the old Sim to the new micro one?

Macd355

320 posts

174 months

Monday 30th December 2013
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Got mine today, ended up just cutting my old sim, works fine despite making a bit of a pigs ear of it.

Are people using the standard hangouts app for sms or another app?

LocoBlade

7,622 posts

256 months

Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Cheers, I'm doing the same as you. When I upload though it gives me a "There was a problem while connecting to the network" error when I press the final upload button (didnt spot that before as it only apprears once). I've tried clearing the app cache/data and even tried reverting it back to the factory version removing the update it's had, and tried both "WiFi only" and "Any Network" options (even though I'm on WiFi). Can't think what else to try short of another Youtube account, will give that a go later.

ETA - nope alternative Google account doesnt work either frown


tank slapper said:
I am able to upload videos. This is what I did:

Open Youtube app. Pull out menu from the left and select uploads. Press the upload icon in the title bar. Select video from gallery and enter title/details. Press upload in to right corner.

I tried a few different videos and all start uploading straight away.

I also tried it from the gallery app - Select the video and press share. Select Youtube and it opens the upload page to enter the title and details. Fill it out and then press upload in the top right corner. It starts uploading straight away again.

It works the same from the Google+ photos app. If you can't get it to work, try signing out and back in to your youtube account. Failing that, try clearing app data and cache for youtube to see if that helps.
Edited by LocoBlade on Tuesday 31st December 12:26

V-spec

759 posts

251 months

Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Have been playing with mine for a week now and only one complaint: when viewing photos, if you zoom in then you can't swipe to the next photo. You have to zoom back out before you can move on. Seems counter-intuitive. Is there a fix?

Apart from that I am still stunned by how quickly it connects to wifi smile

parapaul

2,828 posts

198 months

Thursday 2nd January 2014
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V-spec said:
Apart from that I am still stunned by how quickly it connects to wifi smile
I'll second that - and I think it must be something new in the KitKat software because my tablet which is running CyanogenMod, used to struggle quite regularly with Sony's stock 4.1 and CM10.2. Since flashing a CM11 nightly, I haven't had an issue.


NiceCupOfTea

25,289 posts

251 months

Thursday 9th January 2014
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About to order one, but have read bad reports of battery life. Given they aren't replaceable, is this a real problem?

Gren

1,950 posts

252 months

Thursday 9th January 2014
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NiceCupOfTea said:
About to order one, but have read bad reports of battery life. Given they aren't replaceable, is this a real problem?
Can only compare it to my Galaxy Nexus and the battery life (and everything else) is so much better. After 16 hours of typical use my GNex was usually at around 20%-30%. With the same use the N5 probably has around 50% left.

V-spec

759 posts

251 months

Thursday 9th January 2014
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NiceCupOfTea said:
Given they aren't replaceable, is this a real problem?
I had an HTC Legend before the N5

It got to the stage where it needed charging twice a day if used in any way (once a day if left in standby with no internet connection)
Unless I switched it off when charging, it would never get to 100%. At the end, barely 40%.

I bought a new (genuine HTC) battery for it, and it made absolutely no difference. I was quite surprised.

LocoBlade

7,622 posts

256 months

Thursday 9th January 2014
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NiceCupOfTea said:
About to order one, but have read bad reports of battery life. Given they aren't replaceable, is this a real problem?
I previously had an iPhone 4 which was considered to have decent battery when launched. That lasted me all day easily with 40-50% left when put on charge when I went to bed and was way better than a work Galaxy S2 I had at the same time, so I was also a bit worried about getting the Nexus 5 given the reports. Happily, I'm finding it better than the iPhone was, I use it significantly more than I did the iPhone due to the larger form factor making it more usable for web browsing etc and I leave Bluetooth and WiFi enabled most of the time (unconnected) as I did with the iPhone, but it still has similar 30-50% of battery left at the end of an average day. I don't hammer it like some do, perhaps averaging about 2 hours of active use per day, so unless you're burning 4+ hours of screen time per day or playing loads of games its certainly up to the job of lasting with an overnight charge. If you don't use it much at all and switch off stuff like bluetooth and WiFi, its idle efficiency is very good so should last several days quite easily.



Edited by LocoBlade on Thursday 9th January 20:04

NiceCupOfTea

25,289 posts

251 months

Thursday 9th January 2014
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Thanks chaps. Not interested in more than a day - as long as it will last a day with reasonable use and still do that after a year or two then I am happy. On my 3rd battery for my Sensation, so it bugs me that they can't be replaced...

LocoBlade

7,622 posts

256 months

Saturday 11th January 2014
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You can also enhance battery intelligently using automation apps like Llama to set up profiles based on your location etc, without it restricting the functionality

For example I've recently set mine up so when my phone connects to my car bluetooth, Llama disables the Wifi (which I'd obviously never use in the car) and enables it again when disconnected, and I do similar with mobile data on/off when connected to home WiFi