Hey,
I come from the HTC One section and so I know the basics about Android rooting. But there are still some differences I wanna know before buying a Nexus 5.
Compared to the HTC One I found here a amazingly high amount of people having the random bricks:
[Q] what is qhsusb bulk ?
[Q] Bricked Nexus 5 doesn't boot + no access adb/fastboot/recovery (corup. bootload)
Have I bricked my N5?
So I don't wanna spam you
Ok, AFAIK these bricks happend randomly and not after flashing something. So their phones just randomly died after working correctly for a long time. Can someone tell me if these bricks could also occure when having an unrooted/locked N5 ?
Or does it only appear to be a high amount of bricks and it actually isn't ?
Thanks for helping me
my 2 cents: if you do your homework the likeliness of bricking the phone (no matter of what you flash) is very small.
all other "random" bricks could be just defective hardware or random issues. that's why all devices have warranty.
advice: keep your phone stock for a few days / weeks. just to test it (in case some unfortunate hardware failure appears you will have a better poker face for RMA). after that you can document / read / learn and decide weather you want to tweak it.
LibertyMarine said:
Compared to the HTC One I found here a amazingly high amount of people having the random bricks:
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Hi,
Ah...? It's not what I called an "amazingly high amount of people having the random bricks"...
Plus people claim they "bricked" their device when it's not a "brick"...
I don't think the number is like you describe.
A real bricked device without doing anything is minor for me and all the rest is by doing something wrong, at user level. It's always the same thing for all the devices (I agree some are more concerned than others) but the Nexus 5 does not suffer more...
LibertyMarine said:
Can someone tell me if these bricks could also occure when having an unrooted/locked N5 ?
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It could happen, whatever if you are rooted, unlocked, stock or not.
LibertyMarine said:
Or does it only appear to be a high amount of bricks and it actually isn't ?
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For me it's this, but it's just my opinion.
kraven001 said:
my 2 cents: if you do your homework the likeliness of bricking the phone (no matter of what you flash) is very small.
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Ok, I generally like having everything under my control... that's also why I try to learn first many things about the phone and so on... and that's also why I don't use toolkits... eventhough I think their creators did an awesome job !
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all other "random" bricks could be just defective hardware or random issues. that's why all devices have warranty.
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Ok, yeah... I had 3 damn hardware faults on my HTC One... everytime rooted and everytime got it replaced on warranty... :victory:
kraven001 said:
advice: keep your phone stock for a few days / weeks. just to test it (in case some unfortunate hardware failure appears you will have a better poker face for RMA). after that you can document / read / learn and decide weather you want to tweak it.
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Ok, that sounds like a very good idea... Will do that when I got the HTC One refunded !
Thanks!
viking37 said:
Hi,
Ah...? It's not what I called an "amazingly high amount of people having the random bricks"...
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Yeah... I exaggerated a bit.. you know surely.. some people may agree and some others disagree with this statement... and because of the fact that it's exaggerated there are more people answering this thread because it's kinda provocative
Nothing against the people agreeing or disagreeing, I just wanna get answers and this is one way of getting them If you think this isn't a good way, I'm always open for better options :good:
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Plus people claim they "bricked" their device when it's not a "brick"...
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Yeah... I experienced that on the HTC One section too About 90% of people telling that they have a brick actually didn't have a bricked device and we could fix these devices .. and 9% bricked their device doing something stupid... flashing a wrong hboot and 1% did have a hardware fault... poor guys... I had 3 times one
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I don't think the number is like you describe.
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Thanks, that's a relief (or however it's called in English.. sry)
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A real bricked device without doing anything is minor for me and all the rest is by doing something wrong, at user level. It's always the same thing for all the devices (I agree some are more concerned than others) but the Nexus 5 does not suffer more...
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even more relieved :victory:
viking37 said:
It could happen, whatever if you are rooted, unlocked, stock or not.
For me it's this, but it's just my opinion.
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Thanks !!! Thanks to both of you 1!
Have a great weekend !
Count me in as one of the "hard bricked" phones with just normal use and seems to be a hardware failure. I have seen a few similar post recently but doesn't see like a very big number of instances. Mine had the show up in device manager as "QHSUSB_BLUK" issue. I was not flashing anything or using the phone at all. Just picked it up and it was off.
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Count me in as one of the "hard bricked" phones with just normal use and seems to be a hardware failure. I have seen a few similar post recently but doesn't see like a very big number of instances. Mine had the show up in device manager as "QHSUSB_BLUK" issue. I was not flashing anything or using the phone at all. Just picked it up and it was off.
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Yep, it stinks but does happen. I had it happen on a different device and have seen about the same amount of instances on a number of devices I've followed. The n5 is no different.
One thing you must take into account is that many people buy the Nexus 5 because it is very much a developer friendly phone; so the percentage of Nexus 5 users who post on XDA Developers and who do things that increase the chance of bricking (such as installing a custom ROM) is probably much higher than the percentage of HTC One users who do the same things.
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One thing you must take into account is that many people buy the Nexus 5 because it is very much a developer friendly phone; so the percentage of Nexus 5 users who post on XDA Developers and who do things that increase the chance of bricking (such as installing a custom ROM) is probably much higher than the percentage of HTC One users who do the same things.
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The n5 is a difficult device to truly brick by flashing things. The ones I've seen that are bricks are failure of the emmc, imo.
a far majority of bricked nexus 5 are not really bricked, its just users doing stuff to their phone without knowing how to recover from their own errors. sure, a few are defective and get bricked on their own, but thats very rare. but the far majority are just user error.
I saw another device kernel flash brick. I assume incorrect bootloader would brick too.
Bricks are caused by 2 things.
1) defects
2) idiots
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jd1639 said:
The n5 is a difficult device to truly brick by flashing things. The ones I've seen that are bricks are failure of the emmc, imo.
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Yes, but you're still more likely to brick it by messing with the root system than if you just keep the phone stock forever and never even go into fastboot. I'm not saying that the Nexus 5 is easy to brick, I'm just saying that it probably has a much higher percentage of users who are into modding than other phones, I guess you could counter this argument by saying that many people buy the Nexus 5 for the "stock Android" experience though. Your point does stand though, many of the bricked Nexus 5s I've heard of sound like it was due to a hardware fault and not caused by something done with software, you can't expect this not to happen with anything manufactured in mass production though.
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Yes, but you're still more likely to brick it by messing with the root system than if you just keep the phone stock forever and never even go into fastboot
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Yes but only if you're an idiot or clumsy.
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rootSU said:
Yes but only if you're an idiot or clumsy.
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Yeah, and you find these people with every device :silly:
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Yeah, and you find these people with every device :silly:
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This is true
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The only real manufacturing fault that seems to cropping up is the emmc failure.
But I'd say the most part it is user error.
Many of the bricked threads are actually just soft bricks which can be fixed.
Others are often caused by cross flashing things for a different device.
I've seen people flashing kernels for different phones.
Restoring efs partitions from old to new n5s.
All result in bricks.
The nexus is more open than many other devices.
Unfortunately this gives those who don't know what they are doing the ability to do things they really shouldn't be doing.
As first stated. Failed emmc seems to be the only thing that is a genuine brick. Pretty much all others I think are either not actual bricks or user created bricks.
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Many of the bricked threads are actually just soft bricks which can be fixed.
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That's another truth right there.
Personally I prefer not to acknowledge the existence of "soft bricks" though. It ain't a brick if its fixable.
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Yes, most are fixable and not close to a hard brick!
Too many people modding their phones, when they don't know how to properly.
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Users with minimal to zero knowledge start rooting and modding cause its hip and cool and preferably use a toolkit to mess up their phones and then scream that the toolkit killed their phone
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Users with minimal to zero knowledge start rooting and modding cause its hip and cool and preferably use a toolkit to mess up their phones and then scream that the toolkit killed their phone
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yeah, I know... on the HTC One section (I have the impression) this is even more popular... they unlock the bootloader mod their device... relock the bootloader and then they can't unlock it again and they are stuck on custom firmware ...
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So, I bricked my last A2 and had it replaced and the one they gave me is horrific (bunch of issues...). Anyway, I know I have to unroot, they will most certainly detect that. However, What about bootstrap? Do you think they will notice that when they bring it to the back to do their "troubleshooting"? Because I was just planning on unrooting and then uninstalling bootstrap app (incase they know what that is, i know that that wont remove they bootstrap). So, what are your opinions on that?
Fzx back to stock.
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tmease1 said:
Fzx back to stock.
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Yeah thats never worked out well for me...
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So, I bricked my last A2 and had it replaced and the one they gave me is horrific (bunch of issues...). Anyway, I know I have to unroot, they will most certainly detect that. However, What about bootstrap? Do you think they will notice that when they bring it to the back to do their "troubleshooting"? Because I was just planning on unrooting and then uninstalling bootstrap app (incase they know what that is, i know that that wont remove they bootstrap). So, what are your opinions on that?
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Throw it in a microwave to kill it so it wont turn on.
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Throw it in a microwave to kill it so it wont turn on.
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Ever since I bought a Moto phone I feel the need to do that every day
okachowwa said:
Ever since I bought a Moto phone I feel the need to do that every day
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Lol.
Me too.....
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matt99017d said:
Lol.
Me too.....
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Horrible mistake. Live and Learn...unless youre a sophmore who doesnt have any money and is stuck with it for another year...omg.
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Horrible mistake. Live and Learn...unless youre a sophmore who doesnt have any money and is stuck with it for another year...omg.
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My case lol
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Not sure if I'm completely off topic but don't want to start a new thread either: so does AT&T/Motorola salvage the bricked phones returned/exchanged under warranty? I understand if you microwave it, it's gone for good, but otherwise do they have a way to salvage a phone with hosed bootloader or hard bricking? Will it require special hardware setup to recover these phones? I am sure bricking would be a common phenomena in Moto's lab ...
OMG, just took a look at your sign - okachowwa - your smartphone's histories usage so terrible ...
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OMG, just took a look at your sign - okachowwa - your smartphone's histories usage so terrible ...
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Dude's also only 15, which it states as well, and to cut the kid some slack!
Launched from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 Anti-MOTO Ballistic Missile
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OMG, just took a look at your sign - okachowwa - your smartphone's histories usage so terrible ...
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Hey now lol. I try I try. I totally fixed my Captivate...after I bought this AWESOME phone. But I didn't brick this one, it was a bad replacement, and my last one, yeah FXZ confused me so my ignorance overtook my ability to fix it, because I couldnt find the files on the forums (links were down) and flashed wrong ones (live and learn?). But yes, being a sophmore in high school I probably shouldn't being doing this stuff as I don't have any money lol.
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Not sure if I'm completely off topic but don't want to start a new thread either: so does AT&T/Motorola salvage the bricked phones returned/exchanged under warranty? I understand if you microwave it, it's gone for good, but otherwise do they have a way to salvage a phone with hosed bootloader or hard bricking? Will it require special hardware setup to recover these phones? I am sure bricking would be a common phenomena in Moto's lab ...
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Yes, unless the EMMC is corrupted beyond redemption they have special flashing tools to restore phones to a usable condition. Just think about when the phone is made; it is a blank slate. They have to have a way to flash it initially. They can use a similar method to resurrect it if it is not damaged beyond repair.
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Yes, unless the EMMC is corrupted beyond redemption they have special flashing tools to restore phones to a usable condition.
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Hmmm ... that's exactly is my point; if it is all software, why doesn't it leak like RSDlite? Then users could recover these bricked phones themselves and no need of these warranty calls. It must be some special hardware (to be connected to JTAG?) which even our service centers do not have available. Then we could take our out of warranty phones to them and get it restored for a small fee. Now if I take a bricked phone to them, they change the motherboard and charge ~30% of the phone value.
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Hmmm ... that's exactly is my point; if it is all software, why doesn't it leak like RSDlite? Then users could recover these bricked phones themselves and no need of these warranty calls. It must be some special hardware (to be connected to JTAG?) which even our service centers do not have available. Then we could take our out of warranty phones to them and get it restored for a small fee. Now if I take a bricked phone to them, they change the motherboard and charge ~30% of the phone value.
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That is because there is an efuse that was blown as part of this process, and you can't unblow a fuse/efuse. That is why you are getting new boards. I was at one the AT&T service centers last week and we looked at one of the bricks, and it did throw 2 efuses that I could find. We could connect them to JTAG with the correct connetions, but we could NOT see the phone from the JTAG device/software.
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That is because there is an efuse that was blown as part of this process, and you can't unblow a fuse/efuse. That is why you are getting new boards. I was at one the AT&T service centers last week and we looked at one of the bricks, and it did throw 2 efuses that I could find. We could connect them to JTAG with the correct connetions, but we could NOT see the phone from the JTAG device/software.
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Is it not an inefficient (or dangerous (or suicidal)) design that if you overwrite the bootloader (even by an older version) then a efuse blows somewhere and the motherboard becomes useless. You may refuse to boot if the bootloader isn't trusted but killing the phone in the process sounds too bad to me. Would this happen with phones with unlocked bootloader too?
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Is it not an inefficient (or dangerous (or suicidal)) design that if you overwrite the bootloader (even by an older version) then a efuse blows somewhere and the motherboard becomes useless. You may refuse to boot if the bootloader isn't trusted but killing the phone in the process sounds too bad to me. Would this happen with phones with unlocked bootloader too?
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No, this is a Motorola ONLY thing, as inefficient as it might be. There is no need for anything like is in a unlocked bootloader phone. This happens because these phones are just like iphones in that Motorola does NOT want us "playing" with them, or doing any kind of dev work on them, Moto phones have a HUGE history of being non developer friendly. That is also why certain devs like me find them a challenge and want to "breakthrough" all that.
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No, this is a Motorola ONLY thing, as inefficient as it might be. There is no need for anything like is in a unlocked bootloader phone.
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Well, except their managers we all see how it backfired. It doesn't interfere with people who wants to stay stock, and if it gets bricked doing some dev, they get a warranty call (and maybe they have to swap in 90% cases). Doesn't help anyone.
However I had a Milestone before (why did I buy another Moto afterwards questions my sanity) but even if it had a locked bootloader (and after stock 2.1 no update was given), devs could port froyo and finally CM7 and CM9. I am hoping in spite of the lock, we'll be able to port CM9/10, keeping the kernel same. I am hopeful as LG Thrill 4G, Motorola Droid 3 has CM9 already.
Well I'm offtopic already so don't bother replying
Shoudl I root??? I want to but I'm not to sure if its the right decision. Since the day I got this phone I've seen thread after thread of problems only seen after rooting. I've gone about 4 months without doing anything to my One S and have had no issues, but now I want to move to T-Mobiles unlimited plan but I still want tethering and from what I understand, that's the only way to keep it. I've been looking for some sort of deciding factor in it all but can't find one. Please help me decide?
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shoudl i root??? I want to but i'm not to sure if its the right decision. Since the day i got this phone i've seen thread after thread of problems only seen after rooting. I've gone about 4 months without doing anything to my one s and have had no issues, but now i want to move to t-mobiles unlimited plan but i still want tethering and from what i understand, that's the only way to keep it. I've been looking for some sort of deciding factor in it all but can't find one. Please help me decide?
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whoa guys, not all at once!!!
No.
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Absolutely not.
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No.
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Even if that wasn't sincere, thanks for saying something haha
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No.
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Absolutely not.
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Ok ok I'm gathering that I should NOT root but what is the reason behind the answer?
Rooting is easy, but takes some research and knowledge. If you can't even learn why you should root yourself, you probably aren't ready to do it either.
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Rooting is easy, but takes some research and knowledge. If you can't even learn why you should root yourself, you probably aren't ready to do it either.
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Don't get me wrong I know the ease of rooting thanks to the wonderful members of xda. I've rooted my previous phones and reaped the benefits but with this phone I've seen more problems than anything throughout the forums. I know I know, everyone runs into issues sometimes but I'm not sure if rooting this phone runs more of a risk
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Don't get me wrong I know the ease of rooting thanks to the wonderful members of xda. I've rooted my previous phones and reaped the benefits but with this phone I've seen more problems than anything throughout the forums. I know I know, everyone runs into issues sometimes but I'm not sure if rooting this phone runs more of a risk
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Rooting and running CM made this phone faster, more reliable, easier to use and customize and better looking. Only loss is the camera.
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Rooting and running CM made this phone faster, more reliable, easier to use and customize and better looking. Only loss is the camera.
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Wait so if you root there will be no more camera?
You say rooting has issues? I am rooted and have no issues at all.
The only risk you partake is that you may void your warranty for unlocking the bootloader.
Rooting is nothing but super user. It could set there and do nothing just like unrooted.
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Wait so if you root there will be no more camera?
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Sorry...you lose the fast Sense camera and get the slightly less fast, less featured AOSP camera. You can make up much of the difference with Market apps.
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Sorry...you lose the fast Sense camera and get the slightly less fast, less featured AOSP camera. You can make up much of the difference with Market apps.
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To clarify, you don't lose the sense camera by rooting! You lose the sense camera by installing a Rom that is not sense based: any aosp rom like cyanogen mod. Any Rom that is based on sense like viper, or trick droid, you will have a fully functioning sense camera.
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To answer your question directly, rooting this phone is easy and no negatives if you read a lot and understand wty may be voided and if you screw up, chance of losing a phone. But, you already know that from the other rooting you mentioned you did.
Most people that have issues don't wait long enough to learn phone and don't study the process enough. Reading just one root thread is not enough. I spent weeks reading everything I could before rooting my N1.
Benefits outweigh risks. I would root just to get Nandroids and Titanium Backup.
To me this is a hobby as at the end of the day, it is still a phone with email/internet.
Sorry, that wasn't a direct answer. But, no more risks rooting this phone than any other. Just know if you are S3 or S4 and what hboot you have before flashing roms.
Also, if you can't find a strong reason to root, I wouldn't--this phone can stand on its own--
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To answer your question directly, rooting this phone is easy and no negatives if you read a lot and understand wty may be voided and if you screw up, chance of losing a phone. But, you already know that from the other rooting you mentioned you did.
Most people that have issues don't wait long enough to learn phone and don't study the process enough. Reading just one root thread is not enough. I spent weeks reading everything I could before rooting my N1.
Benefits outweigh risks. I would root just to get Nandroids and Titanium Backup.
To me this is a hobby as at the end of the day, it is still a phone with email/internet.
Sorry, that wasn't a direct answer. But, no more risks rooting this phone than any other. Just know if you are S3 or S4 and what hboot you have before flashing roms.
Also, if you can't find a strong reason to root, I wouldn't--this phone can stand on its own--
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Thank you very much for your input, I appreciate it. I agree with everything you said especially the part about the phone being able to stand on its own, I've had it for months and its great. I will be making my decision by the end of the night haha. (Jeez, you'd think I wouldn't have to put so much importance on a phone :/)
Jeez, you'd think I wouldn't have to put so much importance on a phone :/)
You are not the only one--
Good Luck on whatever you do--
I will add one more thought--I have been doing this for several years back to early Cyanogen/Modaco on my N1 on the Nexus One Forum. Hundreds of flashes and can say I am getting a little tapped out. I may not root myself when I get my next phone. They have come so far from those early days-- hear tell the next generation phones will have my coffee ready when I get up--
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Jeez, you'd think I wouldn't have to put so much importance on a phone :/)
You are not the only one--
Good Luck on whatever you do--
I will add one more thought--I have been doing this for several years back to early Cyanogen/Modaco on my N1 on the Nexus One Forum. Hundreds of flashes and can say I am getting a little tapped out. I may not root myself when I get my next phone. They have come so far from those early days-- hear tell the next generation phones will have my coffee ready when I get up--
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That's what I thought about this one, but every time my finger accidentally hit some idiotic bloat app or I couldn't launch a YouTube link with the app, it pissed me off. With the exception of the iPhone, all modern smartphones really need to be rooted to pry the carrier's fingers out of the deep crevices of your $600 pocket computer.
yes, excellent points on the bloat. that's why odds are I would still root for the features I mentioned above and maybe skip the continuous flashing of custom roms--
however, with more memory and speed coming the bloat may not be a factor. and, I think we can kinda freeze some of these apps now. haven't paid much attention to that feature as I rooted same day i got phone--
I waited a few weeks, then waited a few more weeks after rooting and debloating, but the allure of CM was too strong. I just cant stand the disjointed look of Sense.
CM10 is running pretty good--flashing nightlies
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Hello, I'm considering buying the Nexus 5, But I read that there are some common problems with the device Link, So is the device worth buying?, If so are there things I need to keep an eye on?, Like the box code or something? To be sure I have a fully functional model. Any advice is appreciated!!
Greetings,
GianniDPC
You'll need to decide that for yourself. You may have none of those issues in that link you provided. Or you may have some of them, or all of them, or more than them. See where I'm going with this?
Get the phone and if it doesn't work out for you return it. I think it's a fantastic device, by far the best Android phone made to date. imo
Read THIS and make your own mind up
About half of the issues listed in OP's link are common on all smartphones these days. Any phone can come with dead pixels, there's always a bad apple in a batch of good ones. Tons of smart phones, even iPhones all have rattling buttons. All of the others issues are primarily fixed in software updates, and I haven't had any of the issues listed.
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Hello, I'm considering buying the Nexus 5, But I read that there are some common problems with the device Link, So is the device worth buying?, If so are there things I need to keep an eye on?, Like the box code or something? To be sure I have a fully functional model. Any advice is appreciated!!
Greetings,
GianniDPC
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I haven't experienced any of those problems, had mine for about a month now and I'm loving it, for what it's worth.
I just want to chime in with a simple "yes". Even if you WERE to get a device with an issue, you can exchange it under warranty.
I'm in love with this phone. I got it specifically because its a root machine and has tons of development. Its an amazing device. Get it.
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That's the thing with people now a days..lots of people complain about a certain device having "issues" that other people become unsure if they want the device.I personally don't believe in what people say in the forums with the issues they're having.I purchase a phone because its what I want if I were to encounter issues then I do if I don't then that's great.but I'm not gonna let what some people say about them having issues stop me from buying a device I want. You simply just have to buy it and test it for yourself.most people are just picky and start complaining about random stuff.I will probably get lots of hate about this post but I've been seeing a lot of "buying a nexus 5 but seeing lots of post issues,should I still buy" threads. You just have to buy the phone and see for yourself. Just wanted to put my opinion out there
I'd say wait until google fixes the no SMS or phone calls on LTE issue.
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I'd say wait until google fixes the no SMS or phone calls on LTE issue.
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What?
i have had many high end phones in the past.. my last 2 great phones were the galaxy s4 and the htc one... my nexus 5 is way better in my eyes.. only thing i miss is the htc one speakers... thats it... this is my firtst nexus phone.. i wish i would have jump on the nexus ship years ago.. best 400$ i could EVER spend :good:
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Yeah.........what? Lol
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As others have mentioned, buying from Google means you can always return you're phone for any hardware issues. They will even cross ship you the new phone so you're never left a day without a phone and can compare the two models before sending one back.
The supposed "issues" with this phone are severely overblown by some extremely nitpicky people. Get the phone. It's awesome.
Hi dear Nexus 5 community.
I am in process of getting Nexus5 and i would like to ask is there some desing flaws in this phone, or anything else i would need to pay atention for?
Any informations would be awesome.
Thank you guys
Biggest flaw of nexus 5 is search function on xda is invisible.
Search "defect"
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Yeah read!
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Well it depends on if you are a picky person that just picks apart every flaw in a device. I, for one, love the Nexus 5 and dont see any issues with it. Others will say the screen sucks or the battery isnt that great or the speaker is too low or the power button rattles (yes, thats a things here). It depends on the type of person you are. Maybe even what phone you are coming from, because chances are you will be comparing the two.
jsgraphicart said:
Well it depends on if you are a picky person that just picks apart every flaw in a device. I, for one, love the Nexus 5 and dont see any issues with it. Others will say the screen sucks or the battery isnt that great or the speaker is too low or the power button rattles (yes, thats a things here). It depends on the type of person you are. Maybe even what phone you are coming from, because chances are you will be comparing the two.
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Thank you mate. I know "Perfect" phone dosent exist and i dont looking for it. My phone in moment is Xperia S (nexus 5 is a huge step in upgrade).
I just want to know more about it, what could i expect and etc.
There is no major problem with nexus 5?
And p.s.
Guys above you, dont spam "seach for it", help if you can, if you cannot or dont want to help, keep your mouth shut. Thank you )
electrash said:
Thank you mate. I know "Perfect" phone dosent exist and i dont looking for it. My phone in moment is Xperia S (nexus 5 is a huge step in upgrade).
I just want to know more about it, what could i expect and etc.
There is no major problem with nexus 5?
And p.s.
Guys above you, dont spam "seach for it", help if you can, if you cannot or dont want to help, keep your mouth shut. Thank you )
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No real issues, just some quarks that can be fixed with a good custom kernel and Xposed framework. I`am very satisfied with the N5 personaly.
And as allready mentioned, we promote search and Google
electrash said:
Thank you mate. I know "Perfect" phone dosent exist and i dont looking for it. My phone in moment is Xperia S (nexus 5 is a huge step in upgrade).
I just want to know more about it, what could i expect and etc.
There is no major problem with nexus 5?
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Not unless you think you would have a problem with one of the things I mentioned.
electrash said:
And p.s.
Guys above you, dont spam "seach for it", help if you can, if you cannot or dont want to help, keep your mouth shut. Thank you )
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I wouldn't make things worse.
This phone blows a sorry ass Touchwiz based phone out of the water like the Samsung Galaxy S4 carrier branded models.love this phone
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electrash said:
And p.s.
Guys above you, dont spam "seach for it", help if you can, if you cannot or dont want to help, keep your mouth shut. Thank you )
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FYI, people here like to help people who first try to help themselves. Just some food for thought.
rootSU said:
Biggest flaw of nexus 5 is search function on xda is invisible.
Search "defect"
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If you searched defect, some of the threads would leave you to believe that the nexus 5 is practically a ticking time bomb ready to blow up, maybe 1 in 20 is a perfect model, and the defects are endless.
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If you searched defect, some of the threads would leave you to believe that the nexus 5 is practically a ticking time bomb ready to blow up, maybe 1 in 20 is a perfect model, and the defects are endless.
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So?
If he searches "defect" he will see all the potential defects of this phone, which is what he asked for.
If he then doesn't have the intelligence to work out not all nexus 5 phones are like that, well nothing I can do there. ...and nothing I care about. I'm not here to sell the Nexus 5 to him. I couldn't care less if he got a nexus 5 or not.
Edit > actually, given his blase attitude towards forum rules, i'd probably rather he got an iPhone
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rootSU said:
...i'd probably rather he got an iPhone
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Oooh, that's harsh, man.
PhilipTD said:
Oooh, that's harsh, man.
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Ha ha.
Nah, i'm sure the op is sorry, even if he hasn't said it in this thread
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Ha ha.
Nah, i'm sure the op is sorry, even if he hasn't said it in this thread
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No one should be punished with an iPhone, no matter what he did or said
Looking at getting an N5
What's up N5 forum?
I'm wanting to get a new phone and I'm looking at a couple different devices. The N5 is on the top of my list though. I think for the price and the device you're getting, I just can't go wrong.
I've been reading through the N5 threads to get familiar with the device. Looks really nice, has some great hardware specs and has a lot of development, overall seems like a great device.
So how's everyone liking the device so far?
The only things that really concern me about the device is that it doesn't have a external sd card slot and doesn't have a removable battery. Anyone having issues with this?
Is the 16gb version enough or should I just go for the 32gb. I'm leaning towards the 32gb for the extra storage.
Anyone done a tear down on the device and know if the internal SD card is accessible and can be replaced with a larger SD card? I did this with my HTC HD7 and swapped the original internal 16gb SD card for a 32gb card.
I'm on metro pcs service, so is there any perks to either the Google play edition or the T-Mobile?
Either way I plan on unlocking the bootloader, rooting and flashing a custom rom.
Any feedback is appreciated
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What's up N5 forum?
I'm wanting to get a new phone and I'm looking at a couple different devices. The N5 is on the top of my list though. I think for the price and the device you're getting, I just can't go wrong.
I've been reading through the N5 threads to get familiar with the device. Looks really nice, has some great hardware specs and has a lot of development, overall seems like a great device.
So how's everyone liking the device so far?
The only things that really concern me about the device is that it doesn't have a external sd card slot and doesn't have a removable battery. Anyone having issues with this?
Is the 16gb version enough or should I just go for the 32gb. I'm leaning towards the 32gb for the extra storage.
Anyone done a tear down on the device and know if the internal SD card is accessible and can be replaced with a larger SD card? I did this with my HTC HD7 and swapped the original internal 16gb SD card for a 32gb card.
I'm on metro pcs service, so is there any perks to either the Google play edition or the T-Mobile?
Either way I plan on unlocking the bootloader, rooting and flashing a custom rom.
Any feedback is appreciated
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Get 32 GB
The only things that really concern me about the device is that it doesn't have a external sd card slot and doesn't have a removable battery. Anyone having issues with this?
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why does everyone always want this
The Google play store and Tmobile are the same phone. There's only two models United States and rest of the world.
Never heard of anyone opening up a nexus 5 to put a larger SD card in there
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Get 32 GB
why does everyone always want this
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Well my concern was if the battery goes out there's no way to replace it... right? So the device is rendered useless and then your left with buying a new device. It's not like this is a deal breaker for me, I was just wondering if anyone has had any problems. I know it's a relatively new device and no one should have any problems with the battery yet.
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Get 32 GB <br />
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why does everyone always want this
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Well my concern was if the battery goes out there's no way to replace it... right? So the device is rendered useless and then your left with buying a new device. It's not like this is a deal breaker for me, I was just wondering if anyone has had any problems. I know it's a relatively new device and no one should have any problems with the battery yet.
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Afaik, the battery is not that hard to replace
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See how easy it is to open the nexus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wq0choeCdU#t=93
storage not upgrade-able http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-RWgjtEwQYQ#t=628
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
See how easy it is to open the nexus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wq0choeCdU#t=93
storage not upgrade-able http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-RWgjtEwQYQ#t=628
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Thanks for the tear-down links.... They were very informative. I feel better knowing that the battery is pretty easily replaceable if needed.
The N5 has an integrated memory so there is not actual SD card in the device, but either way the 16gb or 32gb will be plenty of storage.
Hey guys,
my friend recently updated her phone to Cyanogen 12 and now the phone keeps restarting by itself all the time and the display has grafic issues like the one he screencapped on the picture. Is this a hard or software issue? He got his phone a few days befoefore and used Cg11 for 1day only. Thanks in advance!
Why isn't your friend posting?
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Updated to CM12s OTA myself mid week and mine restarted itself today too. Been on stock 11s for 6 months wanting to experience the stock upgrade. I rebooted a few times before this to minimise errors due to that.
Another thing I've noticed is that with the official flip case... Opening the case doesn't now turn on the screen consistently as it used to with 11s.
I'm going to have to factory reset to see if that's the problem. Certainly no hardware issues here.
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Why isn't your friend posting?
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He asked me for advice and since im visiting xda quite often i thougt that you guys may be able to help us.
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He asked me for advice and since im visiting xda quite often i thougt that you guys may be able to help us.
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It'd be much better for him to come and post himself. If he isn't willing to make the effort to come and make the process easier then why would anyone here take the time out of their day either? The whole process is much smoother without having to go through a third party.
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Updated to CM12s OTA myself mid week and mine restarted itself today too. Been on stock 11s for 6 months wanting to experience the stock upgrade. I rebooted a few times before this to minimise errors due to that.
Another thing I've noticed is that with the official flip case... Opening the case doesn't now turn on the screen consistently as it used to with 11s.
I'm going to have to factory reset to see if that's the problem. Certainly no hardware issues here.
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So do you think that the failed graphics on thr top of the screen is a hard or software issue?
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It'd be much better for him to come and post himself. If he isn't willing to make the effort to come and make the process easier then why would anyone here take the time out of their day either? The whole process is much smoother without having to go through a third party.
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Since his technological knowledge equals zero and he is not speaking english very well i think its ok to see me as his representative. Honestly i dont quite get your problem.
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Since his technological knowledge equals zero and he is not speaking english very well i think its ok to see me as his representative. Honestly i dont quite get your problem.
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If his tech knowledge equals zero then that's all the more reason for him to come here himself, to learn and expand his knowledge. There are a great deal of members on XDA who don't speak English very well, but Google translate is quite effective at overcoming that problem.
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Since his technological knowledge equals zero and he is not speaking english very well i think its ok to see me as his representative. Honestly i dont quite get your problem.
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It's software related.
timmaaa said:
If his tech knowledge equals zero then that's all the more reason for him to come here himself, to learn and expand his knowledge. There are a great deal of members on XDA who don't speak English very well, but Google translate is quite effective at overcoming that problem.
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While I totally agree with your point we also have to accept his behaviour to let me do the research. In contrast to me he hasnt got much time since he is very busy working - unlike me. So please let us focus on the original question.
You already mentioned that its software related. Thanks for your help! Is there any way to fix the issue? I havent found another one having this screen grafic lags and the issue thst the phone is restarting by itself all the time.
Note: The phone is not rooted or changed like that in any other way.
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While I totally agree with your point we also have to accept his behaviour to let me do the research. In contrast to me he hasnt got much time since he is very busy working - unlike me. So please let us focus on the original question.
You already mentioned that its software related. Thanks for your help! Is there any way to fix the issue? I havent found another one having this screen grafic lags and the issue thst the phone is restarting by itself all the time.
Note: The phone is not rooted or changed like that in any other way.
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I can only suggest a full wipe off the device and then flashing the stock images with fastboot.