Google Nexus 5

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Broccers

3,236 posts

253 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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Thats one of the main plusses in my mind.

There are a lot of people with android phones with no google account / google play access. Its quite bizarre to me but then if they've never been told how then how are they to know?

fluffnik

20,156 posts

227 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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Broccers said:
There are a lot of people with android phones with no google account / google play access. Its quite bizarre to me but then if they've never been told how then how are they to know?
The weird thing is, it's more difficult to set up an Android phone without a Google account than it is to just follow the steps...

tintopracer

139 posts

167 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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My 5 stopped working a couple of weeks ago and reading on here about battery replacement, I thought I'd give it a go. The new LG battery arrived this morning and I've fitted it. It started off at 44% life so I plugged it in to a genuine charger to get it up to full.

Having done a number of app updates, not only has it not charged, although the charging icon is on, the battery has now gone down. I've tried a number of other chargers which have said charging, but the battery level kept falling.

Could it be a fault with the charging port and its flex cable? I've got to the point where having fitted a new battery and got it working again I'm willing to try to get it charging as well otherwise it goes in the box of obsolete electronics. Also, I got a toolkit of pries, screwdrivers and the like so feel I'm tooled up for almost any repair.


DervVW

2,223 posts

139 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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Look for an app called ampere - it shows you how much juice is going in via the charger in real time - ive used it to get rid of loads of crap cables - although your issue seems worse.

Chris Type R

8,026 posts

249 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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tintopracer said:
My 5 stopped working a couple of weeks ago and reading on here about battery replacement, I thought I'd give it a go. The new LG battery arrived this morning and I've fitted it. It started off at 44% life so I plugged it in to a genuine charger to get it up to full.

Having done a number of app updates, not only has it not charged, although the charging icon is on, the battery has now gone down. I've tried a number of other chargers which have said charging, but the battery level kept falling.

Could it be a fault with the charging port and its flex cable? I've got to the point where having fitted a new battery and got it working again I'm willing to try to get it charging as well otherwise it goes in the box of obsolete electronics. Also, I got a toolkit of pries, screwdrivers and the like so feel I'm tooled up for almost any repair.
Have you tried one of the inductive charging bases ?

Chris Type R

8,026 posts

249 months

Monday 26th October 2015
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For anyone trying to work out how to browse the device files on a PC after the Marshmallow update - http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/125140/...

Dave.

7,360 posts

253 months

Monday 26th October 2015
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Completely wiped mine this afternoon, and flashed stock 6.

Now I can't pair my miband... Grrr!!!

Dave.

7,360 posts

253 months

Saturday 31st October 2015
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Just an update on the above, went back to stock 5.1.1, Bluetooth/miband fine, did ota update to 6.0 and it still works. But won't let me set up smart unlocking as it doesn't think the band is paired...


CoolHands

18,618 posts

195 months

Saturday 31st October 2015
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Anyone know when I genuinely get hold of a genuine LG battery? Some of the reviews for one on Amazon state it is defo not genuine.

TotalControl

8,055 posts

198 months

Saturday 31st October 2015
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If it's the link to the one posted above either on this page or the previous, it should be genuine. I ordered one too and it has improved my battery life a little.

Only problem is, my speaker has noe stopped functioning since I farted around with it when it was open. Will need to open it up again and fix it soon. I broke two clips from the cover too. Drat.

CoolHands

18,618 posts

195 months

Saturday 31st October 2015
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Found it thanks. Not sure if I should attempt it or not, don't want to screw it up! Its my wife's phone...