Hey guys I only have 3 Widgets on my 5 homescreens and what I notice is that my phone gets very choppy but when I remove those 3 widegets the phone becomes so smooth. I'm using the Nexus s. Any way around this?
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I have a black Nexus 5 and currently using a case, but rather not. I'm wondering if anyone has marked up the back of there phone yet or shows some kind of wear from normal use without dropping it. It just looks sooo much nicer out of the case and feels better, but I rather not mark it up if its fairly easy to do so
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like the title said, TWRP seems to be taking extra long on my N5 15 mins+ any ideas why or anyone know how to make it speed up a bit?
Did you tick the enable compression box? Untick it and it should be quicker.
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In my country they have same price. So which one would be a better choice? I love stock android, but the specs confuse me. I am planning to use the phone about 3-4 years.
Thanks.
Zhoene said:
In my country they have same price. So which one would be a better choice? I love stock android, but the specs confuse me. I am planning to use the phone about 3-4 years.
Thanks.
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U should opt for Nexus 5 as the developer support for this phone is mind blowing... And, You get to taste almost all the flavours of Android...
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Zhoene said:
In my country they have same price. So which one would be a better choice? I love stock android, but the specs confuse me. I am planning to use the phone about 3-4 years.
Thanks.
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I would take the nexus 5 over the g2. This seems like the longest ongoing argument in the Nexus 5 forums. There is a thread "g2 v nexus 5 I have both" but I stopped looking at it after like the second page because it was a useless thread that just makes you go what the hell. Nexus 5 will have the most support unless you are just going to buy it and slap CM on it. I think the g2 has a better speaker for listening to music but the Nexus 5 is easily fixed with a flash of a zip here and there. Camera wise I do not know. Remember nexus 5 is unlocked and is easystreet to root and unlock the bootloader. Make sure the g2 isn't carrier subsidized because it's a little more difficult to get through those phones, still can be done just not as easy as n5. :good:
mistahseller said:
I would take the nexus 5 over the g2. This seems like the longest ongoing argument in the Nexus 5 forums. There is a thread "g2 v nexus 5 I have both" but I stopped looking at it after like the second page because it was a useless thread that just makes you go what the hell. Nexus 5 will have the most support unless you are just going to buy it and slap CM on it. I think the g2 has a better speaker for listening to music but the Nexus 5 is easily fixed with a flash of a zip here and there. Camera wise I do not know. Remember nexus 5 is unlocked and is easystreet to root and unlock the bootloader. Make sure the g2 isn't carrier subsidized because it's a little more difficult to get through those phones, still can be done just not as easy as n5. :good:
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Hmmm, so is Nexus 5 fine battery wise, does it take you through all day long?
Zhoene said:
Hmmm, so is Nexus 5 fine battery wise, does it take you through all day long?
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Hi mate,
If you stick to Wifi and mobile data the whole day, 6-7 hours backup you will get :-|
Else with minimum usage of everything, it gives you a day backup
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I would definitely take the N5! I come from a LG G2 myself, but it just wasn't doing it for me.
The Nexus 5 just seems so much more professionally made - both hardware and software wise (mostly due to the lag of LG UI). It feels so much better in the hand.
I too was scared that I would be disappointed by the smaller battery in the N5, but I took the step because everything else would be so much better.
AND I LOVE MY NEXUS 5! I don't regret it one bit!
Luckily the battery didn't disappoint me at all. As you can see in another post of mine, it actually performs almost as well as the G2! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49901859&postcount=1822
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Hi mate,
If you stick to Wifi and mobile data the whole day, 6-7 hours backup you will get :-|
Else with minimum usage of everything, it gives you a day backup
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6-7 hours backup? I just went over 3 days on a charge. Granted it wasn't heavy usage, but I'd say 3.5+ hours screen time over 3 days is pretty great. 100% stock unrooted mobile data on the whole time.
95Z28 said:
6-7 hours backup? I just went over 3 days on a charge. Granted it wasn't heavy usage, but I'd say 3.5+ hours screen time over 3 days is pretty great. 100% stock unrooted mobile data on the whole time.
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@95Z28,
Are you getting that much amount of battery back up on your Wifi??
Because I'm using stock too and getting one day battery backup on usage of Wifi + mobile data :-|
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I actually don't use WiFi as I have unlimited data. In the past I found WiFi to cause more of a battery drain in standby, but most people will say WiFi uses less battery. I usually charge every 2 days with about 4 hours screen time.
Everyones use varies though, if you look in the battery life threads you'll find all kinds of different results. Some considerably better than mine, others much worse.
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mistahseller said:
I would take the nexus 5 over the g2. This seems like the longest ongoing argument in the Nexus 5 forums. There is a thread "g2 v nexus 5 I have both" but I stopped looking at it after like the second page because it was a useless thread that just makes you go what the hell. Nexus 5 will have the most support unless you are just going to buy it and slap CM on it. I think the g2 has a better speaker for listening to music but the Nexus 5 is easily fixed with a flash of a zip here and there. Camera wise I do not know. Remember nexus 5 is unlocked and is easystreet to root and unlock the bootloader. Make sure the g2 isn't carrier subsidized because it's a little more difficult to get through those phones, still can be done just not as easy as n5. :good:
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How do you fix the speakers? Thanks.
Anderson2 said:
How do you fix the speakers? Thanks.
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its just a low volume thing. This would be the zip to flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532788
or you can load viper4android
theres also a few other audio mods in the themes and apps section
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@95Z28,
Are you getting that much amount of battery back up on your Wifi??
Because I'm using stock too and getting one day battery backup on usage of Wifi + mobile data :-|
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I get great battery even on WiFi. 3% battery loss all night.
Bare in mind I still had 1/3 of battery left at these screenshots. So based on them numbers I can get 2 full days at least with at least 6 hours of screen time.
This was at home pretty much all the time constantly connected to WiFi.
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Alex240188 said:
I get great battery even on WiFi. 3% battery loss all night.
Bare in mind I still had 1/3 of battery left at these screenshots. So based on them numbers I can get 2 full days at least with at least 6 hours of screen time.
This was at home pretty much all the time constantly connected to WiFi.
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@Alex240188
It's an ideal time mate!
When you use it on normal usage, I don't think it will give you!
It's a cool battery back that you are getting
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I'd pick the Nexus 5 if you either like to flash new stuff or want a phone that is updated for longer. If pure speed is your thing, I saw a comparison and the G2 was clearly faster.
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Mr hOaX said:
@Alex240188
It's an ideal time mate!
When you use it on normal usage, I don't think it will give you!
It's a cool battery back that you are getting
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It's given almost as good today under normal usage.
WiFi left switched on but under DC-HSPA for most of the day.
16hrs on battery
Over 2 hours screen time
2/3 of battery left
Lots of xda
Some Browsing
Some YouTube
A little music and a few calls and texts
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Alex240188 said:
It's given almost as good today under normal usage.
WiFi left switched on but under DC-HSPA for most of the day.
16hrs on battery
Over 2 hours screen time
2/3 of battery left
Lots of xda
Some Browsing
Some YouTube
A little music and a few calls and texts
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Hi mate,
It's pretty cool battery backup you are getting
I do lot of heavy usage all the time
Synching, remote control, streaming videos etc
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By remote control are you meaning like vnc/remote desktop. If so that is a major killer on battery life.
Don't know why but every android device I have used with remote desktop seems to make it run at full throttle, get really warm then kill the battery.
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If you're going to have it for 3-4 years, it should definitely be a nexus 5.
The ease of development on this device will allow smooth upgrades even after google drops support after its 18 month cycle.
Look at this:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...s-android-4-4-and-joins-its-younger-brothers/
This is a 4 year old device now. It runs kitkat, and personally as I've modified a friends nexus one to run this, it runs pretty decently enough.
Nexus man.
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I don't understand why the Nexus 5 speakers are always called into question in threads like these. Am I the only one who thinks the stock speaker settings are just fine and are capable of reaching volumes high enough for me to never use?
I have a bad habit of frequently clearing all apps from my recents
I somewhere read that it's not good (can't remember where)
So is it worth killing apps frequently ?? Does this effect battery life too??
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Hi,
I would say you "kill" multitasking...
...which is actually not good, because opening an app that is already in the phones RAM loads much faster plus it doesn't consume that much battery juice
Just leave em. Don't be obsessed with closing stuff all the time
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Apps running in your multi tasking window still drain some battery. Even Google suggests closing them if you're not using them, to extend battery life.
Launching apps doesn't doesn't spike my current widget readings so I don't think much battery is used there. I've noticed rebooting the phone does cause huge spikes though so try and only do that while plugged in.
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sohail77 said:
I have a bad habit of frequently clearing all apps from my recents
I somewhere read that it's not good (can't remember where)
So is it worth killing apps frequently ?? Does this effect battery life too??
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This topic has been debated again and again. It makes no tangible difference in battery life. If you want to swipe your apps, go ahead and swipe them. You will never see a difference in battery. And that's because there isn't one.
I notice that if I don't reboot my N5 for a long time, my available RAM goes down to <150mb regardless of what I close. Does it sound like I have a bad app?
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no point. the device is more than capable of handling multiple apps open in the background.
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I notice that if I don't reboot my N5 for a long time, my available RAM goes down to <150mb regardless of what I close. Does it sound like I have a bad app?
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Or a bad kernel
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inconceeeivable said:
I notice that if I don't reboot my N5 for a long time, my available RAM goes down to <150mb regardless of what I close. Does it sound like I have a bad app?
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Doesn't happen with me
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Usually its best to just keep pressing the back button repeatedly to exit an app and let it be in the recents. I read that just swiping the app off the Recent doesn't completely exit the app and there's still some background process that will be running for some time.
Read this article http://www.howtogeek.com/169549/wha...ipe-an-android-app-from-the-recent-apps-list/
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greenify em
Ben36 said:
Or a bad kernel
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Running pure stock. Haven't flashed a thing.
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What works best for me is leaving all the apps that I'll be using more than 2/3 times during the day and closing all others.