The Nexus 5 Thread

Encrypted11

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anyone got lobang to replace the screen? my screen crack until jialat jialat.

Buy a replacement from aliexpress. Chassis +LCD Assembly version is easier to repair. The colour calibration of the LCD is different from the original one. From what I've seen so far, there are LCDs that are plastic instead of glass.

Just put a tempered glass protector over it to protect it from scratches, though the replacement LCD may not be completely "flat and even", u may get slight bubbling even with a quality tempered glass.

They work perfectly fine though
 
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Same
Notch bad the battery life seems better

Speaking of battery, does anyone know where can I get a replacement battery and tools?

It's about $50 - $65 bucks getting it replaced at a shop. Thought I could just DIY.

Cheers.
 

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Ebay has a german company that makes supposed high tech batteries called Polarcell . just ebay it and take a look around SGD$40
 

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Can see that the stand by battery consumption has been reduced, but nothing much otherwise.
 

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Any of you feel that after updating to android m, user interface wise becomes slower by a slight bit....

I feel like although everything mostly look the same, besides the added features, reaction wise it's a biiiiit slow.... Maybe it's just me hmmmm
 

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Any of you feel that after updating to android m, user interface wise becomes slower by a slight bit....

I feel like although everything mostly look the same, besides the added features, reaction wise it's a biiiiit slow.... Maybe it's just me hmmmm

Was it a clean install?
 

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Looking for the old original battery for Nexus 5, need to confirm whether my phone broke or battery bad..

If anyone has changed their Nexus 5 battery and still have the old original battery, please PM me if you would like to sell it for a small sum..

Thanks!
 

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http://breakfixnow.com.sg/smartphones/

i smsed them on changing battery and got quoted $50

Personally, I bought this replacement battery off eBay. Haven't run into any issues so far. Battery life is the same as an unexpended original battery. It's not difficult to replace. You only need something like a guitar pick or knife to pry the back cover and have a small phillip screwdriver.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251718980057?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

The only difference I noticed was this:
-Feels more dense than the original battery, slightly.No problem fitting it.
-When unpacked, LG logo was doodled off with permanent marker (can use alcohol to erase)
-Battery part no. etc stamped on the silver side indicates its a TSDI, could be reference to Samsung TSDI, possibly Samsung cells.
-When using CPUID, u can see that the voltage range is 3.5 (esp when low bat)-4.2mV. Whereas the original was stuck at 4.1mV.


Overall, I did put the phone through deep discharge cycles to 0 batt (unintended) and it hasn't failed at all (still completely operational) as opposed to some imitation batteries that completely die out if you do this. Common sense battery care still applies, try not to do deep discharge cycles or let it charge overnight.

I did hit low 3Hrs of SOT on 0-50 brightness so far with 3G always on with Android M already.
 

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Anyone try the ota installation ? It's like 2 hrs and its still installing.
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Anyone updated to marshmallow yet?

Read below. Few of us already updated.

Anyone try the ota installation ? It's like 2 hrs and its still installing.

Yes, I sideloaded the OTA image myself, not through the online OTA update from About Phone. No issue. Update was not that big, so was quite fast. Shouldn't take that long.
 

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Updated over the weekend. Only took around half an hour. The main improvement for me is the battery life, standby time significantly improved!
 
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