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[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
[MENTION=4544698]Techimplant[/MENTION] [MENTION=4560499]vibhav1991[/MENTION] I don't know what all is covered under CA but I hope you guys can help me out on this one? :D

https://www.icegate.gov.in/Webappl/duty_details.jsp?cth=85183000&cntrycd=US

Is this custom duty calculator accurate? Since it's a gov.in domain, I'm sure it's legitimate!?

I'm planning to order the V-Moda headphones from their website (US based company) which costs $79 + 15/30 for shipping. On what amount will the duty be calculated? Are the shipping charges included in the calculations as well? Are there any other duties to be paid by me?

Thanks a lot! :)
[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
Octori or something for each state!!!

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
There's no Octroi in Maharashtra/Mumbai afaik, it was abolished the last time I heard about it.
[Nexus 5 General] shhbz:
Yes everything seems promising but need a few days feedback from a xda member so i could have trust on it and real experience matters i even installed miui on my nexus again to make my younger bro chck out software part as i even have the same feeling of stock aosp rather than the miui customisation but he was ok with it so i am in hopefully i get a chance to buy this time though i wont get a chance to get my hands on it as going back to my workplace so anyways i wish he likes it
[Nexus 5 General] jaferiqbal:
Bumper u r trying to buy from eBay is good, I have da orange one bought it for 700 rs.

Looks good, feels good,stock look but only it damages back panel paint over time.I can see black colour inside my bumper edges and light yellow lights on back panel due to discoloration. So think before buy

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Suggest me from where shud I get my display repaired ? [MENTION=441215]nehru[/MENTION] place its 6k at local shop maybe he will agree on 5800 or something.And lg service center will charge 7k with 3 months warranty for display.

I am little tight on budget
[Nexus 5 General] amrit94:
This time I charged my nexus with samsung note 2 charger, I got this as a result..:D
[Nexus 5 General] Techimplant:
Well as far as my knowledge goes, the shipping cost and the insurance cost (if any) are included while computing the Custom duty.

The rate of custom duty should be around 10% coz earphones fall under the category of "Sound reproducing equipment".

And I have heard really good reviews about V-Moda but I am not sure about their after sales service here in India. I have a pair of Klipsch s4i and they sound pretty good when paired up with my iPod. So u can look for other options as well apart from V-Moda or even Klipsch too (like Sennheiser or Audio Technia ).

Sent from a Paranoid Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] Techimplant:
Well, nobody has asked me this but seeing all you people going for expensive earphones/headphones, I want to suggest something.

An external amplifier. This particular one is really small and portable and I strongly recommend that u go for it.

The DAC in the phones isnt powerful and good enough to provide the output that these expensive earphones deserve.

This is the basic model but still it would completely change the quality of the sound that you are used to hearing. U can check out the reviews on youtube as well .

The brand is "Fiio'" and the model number is E6 .

http://www.proaudiohome.com/fiio/FiiO-E6-Headphone-Amplifier#intro

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[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Yeah. I have considered buying it. No point in buying high quality headphones without an external DAC. Don't want to spend more than 8-10k on this whole thing. So weighing in my options and deciding what to do.

Another thing to consider as well is Viper4Android. They have converted my cheap $20 headphones into a $40 ones may be. LOL. So, I'm still paranoid as to whether or not a external DAC would be worth it.

Have you used a DAC before? tbh, I've never owned one but I have listened via them many times. Tthey were Fiio E16/17 which are damn costly. I know that I can't expect that quality from the E6 so, would this E6 be a good option when compared to Viper4Android?

Thanks a lot! :)
[Nexus 5 General] Techimplant:
Well..One thing is for certain that a software mod like V4A cannot be compared to a hardware mod. A software mod will suppress some frequencies and will pump up the rest including the lower ones which will give u loud highs and lows(bass) and thereby making a complete mess of the song. This is what Beats Audio does in HTC phones.

And therefore, u cant put V4A against E6 IMHO. E6 is a different level altogether.

My personal choice would be the E12 paired up with my iPod Classic but its too costly.

N E6 isn't required for an iPod as the DAC inside the iPod classic is really good already.

But for a phone, even E6 is a really good upgrade.

Sent from a Paranoid Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] kaushikd:
I am also using my iPod Classic with the E6 only. :)
[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
In case I get a DAC I'll blow out my earphones... The Sony MDR ex100 has a good frequency response of 5hz-25000hz or so... Also V4A is all set to max in the expert ui... This gives me huge volume boost even at first level of volume settings... If anyone wants to try just lemme know I'll upload the backup...:D

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] eshopper:
Got my case today

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
First time I tried custom ROMs on my nexus 5. .

Used Cm11 after almost 3 months .(before that i used cyanogenmod for straight 3 years on my p500)

But I felt that cm11 or any other non stock based roms are not as consistently smooth as the stock . (at least on my n5)

They might give you higher benchmark scores but can't enjoy the experience ..

And also first time bootlooped my n5 .[emoji3][emoji4] because of the incompatible dalvik bionic patches ..

Also tried elementalX kernel . which is great .. But doesn't contain some preloaded display color profiles .. Which i expected to be in it .

The only thing i don't like about the stock rom is the thermal throttling .

But it doesn't affect the performance even when i am gaming and also keeps the device cool which in turn saves the battery .. (Over heating can also cause faster battery drain)

And as the n5 has only 2300mah(not bad but still could be better)

So whatever it is .. The stock rom is good for the device itself ..
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Sweet! Would you recommend buying it for our Nexus 5? Will there be a noticeable boost?

Thanks! :)

Congo!

No comments! :p
[Nexus 5 General] rootSU:
Well i use my earphones with my Sansa Clip Zip, i think it has got a decent enough DAC for low-mid tier hifi earphones/headphones, Nexus 5 doesn't open up as much with my SM E10, soon thinking of buying VSonic VSD5.. :P :laugh:
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Preference is subjective and can differ from user to user. I completely hate stock rom because I can't mess with my device and provides no customization out of the box.

CM isn't the same anymore. It has changed drastically over the years and ever since it's become a company, profits have been their main motive like any other company (can't blame them) and they have disregarded the personal touch they used to give by accepting constant feedbacks from XDA users.

If you've based your opinion by trying just one custom rom (Cm11) then I would certainly advise you to try out these:

AICP / Mahdi (If you like tons of customization)

Slimkat (If you like it light and slim :p)

Paranoid Android (If you like stock with moderate customization).

Off course all the above suggestions are purely based on my liking and you may or may not like them. But there's no harm in trying! :D

Talking about the Dalvic and Bionic patches, they are only meant to be flashed on AOSP roms. Most of them don't work on cm11 and will result in bootloop. There's no need to flash bionic as cm11/caf roms already have most of those patches baked in! ;)

Yeah! ElementalX is one of the best and I haven't looked back ever since I've started using it! However, if you only want "color profiles" form a kernel, then you may wanna try out faux.

The rom doesn't control the thermal throttling, the kernel does and YES. The stock kernel's thermal throttling is pathetic.. But if you're rooted, you can increase that limit. I'm using ElementalX with Thermal throttling set to 70! I have found some amounts of lag while running stock and elementalX smooths them out completely! :)
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
Actually the thing is that ..

I don't want to mess up with my phone too much ..

If i install a custom rom and a custom recovery .. I can't stop my self from trying lot of experimental things and ported apps and alot of them ..

Back those days when i was using p500 i was changing rom on daily basis ,sometimes 5-6 roms a day , causing lot of bootloops , constant system UI force close etc etc .. Sometimes i changed roms in half sleep state at 3 AM [emoji14]

In short i am flashalcoholic .. [emoji3]

So can't stop myself from messing around

The only way i could stop this is by flashing back stock images.

Btw i got 37k on cm11+elementalX . in antutu v5

I noticed that on stock rom antutu runs the graphic tests at 1080x(something lesser than 1920)

But on cm11 it runs on full 1920x1080

which i thing decreases the graphic score little bit .
[Nexus 5 General] eshopper:
Hehe.. thanks and no reviews from me too.. :D;)

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[Nexus 5 General] kaushikd:
Yes, definitely it improves a lot, but still no where near the iPod Classic.

Personally, I will always prefer a PMP for listening music. :)
[Nexus 5 General] kaushikd:
Off topic but someone has posted elsewhere as well. Any one have the ringtone from the new airtel ad where wifey boss video calls hubby for dinner?

Sent from Nexus 5!
[Nexus 5 General] eshopper:
Ok i was skeptical initially looking at colour but now i like the case.. feels good on hands and looks very eye catchy..

Got lot of complements at office too:D

Will go for blue one of i find a nice deal :thumbup:

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[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
Guys which dalvik and bionic files should I flash?!?

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[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
If you're on stock / AOSP roms then most of the patches will work for you.

I find the z2 patches the best! You need not flash both the files.. If you're on art, the bionic will come into effect and if you're on dalvic, then flash the dalvic patch. :)

- Sent from an IceCold Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] shamps:
Hello Friends!! <br />

Is there any mod to increase the in call volume (earpiece volume during voice calls). <br />

I am happy with the speaker and headphones volume but the incall volume is too low.<br />

<br />

Thanks in advance!! <br />

Cheers!!

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[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
I've flashed the dalvik and bionic files and put my phone in the freezer... I got 36248!!! ?View attachment 2884580

All hail the mod community!!!

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[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
If you love your Nexus, please don't use the freezer test. The climate over here in India isn't meant for it. When you put the device in a freezer, the phone temperature falls down as low as 10*c and when you take your device out, the room temperature is about 20-30*c or even more at times which will lead to condensation which in turn can lead to formation of vapor inside the device. The vapor could short circuit the motherboard easily.

Well, it's up to you to decide what you do with your device but I would certainly advice anyone I see against doing it.

That being said, benchmarks are just for fun.. It doesn't show real life usage at all. If you want more, then you could overclock the device up to 2.5 ghz and change the minimum and maximum frequency of all the four cores to 2.5 (the same value). You can also set the thermal throttling limit to 80 or 90*c and use a air conditioned car to perform the test (a good alternative to the freezer :p)

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Take a look at the themes and apps section. The thread should be floating around there.
[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
Ya I know its bad... But I was a bit disappointed with the benchmark... This was once in a life cycle test which I do with all my phones... Just to get the max out of the phone for the benchmark... Never again...

Also

In this picture see something on the screen over at top?!? Why does this happen and it only happens with opera...

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[Nexus 5 General] shamps:
I checked there, i found a thread there but that was for speaker and headphones boost, it didnt talked about boosting your earpiece vokume. I think it was real nexus 5 volume boost.

Did i miss something? All i want is to boost the earpiece volume during calls,

Thanks in advance!!

Cheers!!

sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
No idea dude.. If it's only happening when you're using opera, it's certainly not a hardware issue. Clear cache, data and reinstall opera and see if it fixes it?

One more reason I can think of is altered dpi. Are you using a lower dpi? If so, then increase or decrease the dpi by 5 and it if it goes away?

Ohh! I'm not at home right now.. When I get back, I'll search a bit and see if I find any relevant posts. Will quote you in this thread itself if I find anything! :)

- Sent from an IceCold Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] shamps:
Appreciate it bro!!

I will also keep looking in the meantime!!

Cheers!!

sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
Actually no DPI change has been made... I think its opera... Its real screwy...

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[Nexus 5 General] :
Follow the same guide, there will be a section in the xml file for earpiece volume as well. Always remember to have a nandroid backup before you start tinkering though or at the very least, a backup of the file(s) you're going to modify.

Edit: another thing you could look into is flashing a custom kernel like franko's which allows you to increase all your volumes (Mic, Headphone, Headset and Speaker)
[Nexus 5 General] jaferiqbal:
Someone reply to my last query too
[Nexus 5 General] :
Definitely go with LG. Don't go to a local shop.

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Yea I tried Opera but hated the UI. Check out Chrome Beta, it's my go to browser now. I absolutely love it.
[Nexus 5 General] jaferiqbal:
[MENTION=4560499]vibhav1991[/MENTION]

Reason why u r recommending lg ?
[Nexus 5 General] :
Because with the local shop, you can't be sure that you're getting a genuine OEM replacement screen, also if something goes wrong with it one month down the line, you're SOL. With LG you will at least know that you're getting a genuine screen and have three months of warranty. Well worth the 1-1.4k extra you'll be paying for the replacement. But that's just my opinion. You might not feel the same so in the end the call is yours.
[Nexus 5 General] jaferiqbal:
Umm yeah u r right ,

Will keep that in mind :)

Thnks
[Nexus 5 General] shhbz:
@vin4yak even today I missed to buy the MI3 I dont understand what the hell is wrong with flipkart even logging in before 3 hours and clicking to buy the second it was on for purchase it was out of stock .

how the hell on earth that could be possible:confused: anyone out here who was able to complete the purchase today
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Well, on the 1st day sale they had 10k devices up for grabs (according to rumour) and hence sales was slow. Most people even thought that it's a cheap quality Chinese phone and hence they were skeptical about buying it on the 1st sale.

However, the consecutive sales didn't have many. Now people have come to know about it's worth and know that it's a great device and hence it's out of stock within seconds.

In the next flash sale, open a Flipkart account on every device you own at home and try to buy it!

- Sent from an IceCold Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] shhbz:
can you tell me if the seller was W S Retail if so I would buy the flipkartfirst service to get my hands on this device seem flipkart is surely fooling customer and attracting traffic to achieve potential brands to sell through their service creating market demand and hype but overall it sucks if they fool customer this way where not even a .001 sec delay resulted in out of stock
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Yeah, they are surely creating a huge hype to push out other brands. They have even slashed the rates of moto x by 2k!

That being said, there are many people who have bought the device in the previous flash sale.. So, it's just about clicking at the right moment.

Yes, all moto and xiaomi phones are sold by WS Retail only. Few of my friends got their device shipped a day before the flash sale because they had subscribed to Flipkart first! So, it might be a good idea.

- Sent from an IceCold Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] shhbz:
fine then I get my flipkartfirst now only I was sure on this that if ws retail has been selling it then this flipkartfirst service might have been the reason for phone being out of stock and i a way they earning an additional 500 bugs to retain customer by giving extra priveldge
[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
Anyone here use airtel unlimited 2G??? I do and it sucks!!! Till 2GB the data sucks with 1 MB download taking 2+ mins and now 1MB is more like 10mins after 2GB... Vodafone was way better...? Now have to wait till 22nd September to port this... Is Docomo any good?!? I need unlimited 2GB or atleast 2GB with considerable speed and somewhat low call rates... Which is my best option?!?

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[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
2g on a smartphone is not recommended at all.. Control your usage and buy a 3g pack. I'm using Airtel 3g from a long time and the speed is simply awesome. I use the Rs. 150 pack which offers 500mb data.
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
And how many times u recharge it monthly :p
[Nexus 5 General] shamps:
Hi

Could you please tell me which entry to modify for the earpiece volume. I was able to identify the entries for the speaker and headset but not the earpiece.

Thanks in advance!!

Cheers!!

sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
I have wifi at home.. So, I only use 3g while I'm out. 500mb is sufficient for my usage. It usually gets over in the last week of the recharge cycle.. :cyclops:
[Nexus 5 General] :
I had a look through the file, The specific section is there but there don't seem to be any tunables that I can identify pertaining to what you need. AFAIK the only way to do this is using a custom kernel. I've been using Franko Kernel and use the FKU app to tweak the earpiece volume (You can also use trickster mod which is a free app on the play store for this).

There are also a bunch of other kernels you could try, Vin4yak has been using ElementalX and from what I can tell, that seems to be pretty decent as well. I don't think it has the audio mods you're looking for though, He could probably confirm this for you.

Good luck.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
[MENTION=3558285]shamps[/MENTION] [MENTION=4560499]vibhav1991[/MENTION]

There's no in-call volume boost in ElementalX which can be tuned. I've not tried faux as I don't use AOSP roms. That being said, I think the caf roms/kernels out there alter the earpiece volume internally as I can see a noticeable change when using caf roms when compared with stock. I'm not completely sure about this though and tbh, I find the earpiece volume more than sufficient.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Vin4yak is right about 2g being useless for smartphones, I use a 5gb data plan and that just about gets me through the month(with high speed wifi at home). You should look into 3g plans.
[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
See... U have WiFi whereas the only download and upload I do is from my N5!!!? All thanks to my stupidity and academic brilliance...? if I could control data usage I'd rather get bsnl... It offers 2GB 3G data at 260 or something!!!

I called airtel to give them a piece of my mind about their stupid network and they say go change your phone!!!? I'm so porting after 1 more month... And could it be the phone's fault?!?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Royal King:
Reliance (y) super cheap. There's this 350rs plan with 1000 mins free, 100 sms and 1gb 3G (later unlimited 2G). It's pretty much awesome. I'm on another plan with 2gb 3G. =)
[Nexus 5 General] swat4samp:
I use vodafone and i don't know if i'm lucky, but they give me offers everytime current offer expires :D Recently, they offered me 1gb plan for 100rs for 30 days and hell yeah, i accepted :cool: Stop using airtel, worst network of all. Only thing is it has more coverage, but who cares when u live in a city.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
The Rs.350 plan is on a monthly basis? Pre-paid or post paid?? The deal is pretty awesome.. How's the network coverage in Reliance? I'm planning to jump ship and use Reliance for quite sometime now but not sure how the coverage will be as none of my friends use it.
[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
It is a sweet deal... I want in... ☺

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[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
Try out docomo ..

Data packs are cheaper ..

Activate 2G data packs and then switch to 3G network .. It will give you very very low latency(ping)(which means more than usable if you just use fb/whatsapp) compared to 2G and constant max speed compared to the fluctuating 2G speeds .. (Max speed will be the same .. But you will get max all the time )

Btw 2G is pathetic . .

You should move on ..
[Nexus 5 General] Sukrith:
Docomo is good overall but in Kerala it won't serve my needs...

I'm scared to use 3G as I have first hand experience with it...

I had bsnl sim which even on 2g recharge connected 3g... Then there was a plan with bsnl that gave 6gb for 303 rupees valid for 90days... I did it for almost a year and had no issue with the speed... The only issue was I did the recharge planning on using 2gb/month as bsnl intended... But for me it'll just be over within say 25th of every month if I do the recharge on 31/30th night... Because of 3g speed and since I have no data at home I download more and browse more on me phone... I would be happy with whatever 3g plans you say but since no data at home its a no go... But maybe I'll go back to bsnl... Yes its expensive but I'll get 2gb at 268 and also reduced call rates with friends and family plans... But still which is the best 2g pack?!?

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[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
Every state has different data pack rates and maybe the service will b a bit different from where i live (ahmedabad,gujarat). .

So .. I can understand that your mobile is the only internet source ..

And 3G is not good for downloading alot of stuff (too costly in some places)

But sometimes in the special offers carriers provide reasonable 3G plans .. Like 150Rs for 1GB per month ..

And btw docomo has given me 2GB + 3GB +1.5 GB 3G DATA for no reason .. I hadn't even activated anything , no charges .. Free ..in the last 2 years . (i guess i am lucky)

Back to the point ..

You should research about the data plans and also ask the local retailers for some exclusive offers ..

Also check all of the website of the indian carriers for the latest data plans
[Nexus 5 General] Royal King:
It's goodish. Not extremely sharp but good enough for the price! I sometimes get over 600 to 750 kbps download speed and sometimes approx 200. I'd suggest you to try it out for a week or so and then only switch. You might or might not like it. For me, I came from Vodafone and I'm happy with the coverage in my area. I live in Juhu, Andheri where I get better reliance coverage than Vodafone!

Using postpaid.
[Nexus 5 General] varuntis1993:
I was able to order 2 Mi3 yesterday :)
[Nexus 5 General] rohit25:
Bought one mi3 for my friend as well

Sent From Dilli
[Nexus 5 General] pxdx:
I thought Reliance CDMA had good plans. Are we discussing Reliance GSM in all these plans for Nexus 5?
[Nexus 5 General] :
From what i've seen reliance has terrible coverage in south bombay (Colaba to grant road) my friends who use it never have any network.