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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcsww:
That it does. That's why I have been looking forward to it. The camera sticking out a bit also bugs me about the phone also. These two things are bugging me very much. With the time I get out of my Galaxy Nuxus battery on normal use, it might be fine for me for normal daily use. If I need to go out of town though, camping, or some where I just can't get to a charger, I'll have to hold on to my Galaxy Nexus to make sure I've got something I can stretch out for a couple of days.

The wireless recharging for the Nexus 5 is something that really caught my attention as a good thing. Being able to just sit my phone down on my desk when I get in and have it charge is awesome! The screen also looks very nice for slightly under 5 inches. Hopefully the announcement and launch kicks off today.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirdroid:
Who buys carrier branded crap phones with their ugly logos ... Nothing can beat a Nexus in Android world.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navillos:
Amen brother! Been on the nexus line since the nexus one. Hell sometimes I still miss the trackball. Lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alicepattinson:
yeah me too about the battery thing. I like to have a removable batt so I can buy an extra and swap it if my other one drains. But I think powerbanks are also helpful for non-removable batteries as well. #confusing hahaha
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
The Nexus has always been a developer only phone. But as it is for the camera that megapixels don't matter, so it is for the battery that the mAh won't matter. We have previously seen that the phones with an extra large capacity battery yet not perform as per the expectations. Atleast Google doesn't stuff their phones with bloatware like Samsung. A Nexus always comes with a minimal OS coupled with a balanced hardware at an unrivalled price. A non-removable battery & no expandable memory have always been the let downs, yet 32GB is enough for me for storage & a battery lasting just over a day is well enough for me. Nexus ftw !
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lombardo8:
LG G2 Google Play edition.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thijsvr:
I'm currently on an OG Note, recently bought a new battery and I have little problems with it. I'm mainly bored with it now and the USB port has some problems (€10 to fix). Minor issues and I'm sure I could use the phone for another year without ever really being bothered by it. I don't play games, so I don't really need all that raw power the new devices have. I have been looking for a new device for some time, just to have a new gadget and all.

I work for HTC indirectly so I have a One lying around here that I can use, but I can't root it so I have no use for it. I can't get used to the new Sense and their strange softkey layout (though that's more the fault of developers that don't keep to the design guidelines of Android, than it is HTC's).

I also had the S4, which I liked overall, but I found it too expensive, it had useless functions which I didn't want to pay for. Especially since you lose a lot of them when you put a stock rom on it. It has an AMOLED screen which, after two years of the Note, I'm not very happy about (uniform colours are a pain, and it degrades too fast). And it looks just like any other Samsung device (and I'm bored now). - I did get hooked on the infrared functionality though. I miss that every day.

Then the Z1 came along, looked refreshing and the waterproof stuff is a giant pro. Useless camera, but the rest was pretty good. Unfortunately the screen dissapoints.

So now I'm waiting for the Nexus 5. Absolutely no useless functions. Just a good and powerfull device that can last for another two years. No screwing around with roms and stuff and a good price.

If it dissapoints, I might go for an S4 as they're now in the pricerange of the Nexus 5 or I'll stick to the Note for another year, to see if something better comes up.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
If not the Nexus 5, I'd go for the Oppo N1.

With out of the box CyanogenMod, IPS 5.9 inch display, and top-notch camera optics and dual user-controllable flash.

I have (had) the S4 and sold it today. I was extremely dissapointed with it in just about every way, and with the addition of Knox locked bootloaders being sneaked in by Samdung, that iced the "sell it now" cake for me.

I'm actually back to using the SIII in the meantime, and even with piss-poor driver support, it runs CM very well.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DumF0rGaming:
my choise is between Nexus 4 or Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
Actually, as far as the hardware goes, I am quite impressed with g2. That display seems so much larger than other phones of the same physical dimensions. Battery, processor, storage, etc. no limitations except no wireless charging. (except verizon version)

A play edition would be very tempting. Unfortunately it doesn't seem likely with the N5 being a somewhat close cousin. If the N5 had the exact same g2 hardware it would be a no-brainer for me even at a much higher cost.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdotM:
Same here.

Or at least a G2 with a custom ROM.

(but I'm pretty sure my expectations will be met)

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hikarugo:
Nexus 5 (2014) obviously
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
Does the knox lock concern you about warranty, trade in program, or ability to return after purchase? Or all of those? I've never owned a carrier phone so I'm trying to get a handle on rooting issues if I end up going that route.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
All of the above and more. While the warranty isn't the biggest issue, the bigger issue is the fact that Knox bootloaders are going to be REQUIRED for stock 4.3 to function. If one flashes anything beyond 4.2 and retains the old (Knox free) bootloader (which I had) sound, Wi-Fi, data get borked. Not cool, Samdung. Not cool. I owned the S4 for a couple of weeks, honestly, and it was the biggest disappointment.

To be honest, my old S3 runs CM as well or better, even though it's Exynos based and has no proper drivers and half the RAM and processor speed!

I'm content to just wait for the Nexus 5. I won't make the same mistake again. Nobody who wants to mod/flash should by the S4. Period.

Knox makes Stock-Based Custom or Modded ROMs nearly impossible if you want to retain warranty, and totally impossible if you don't want Knox.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
I assume note 3 same situation?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
Yes. Knox is going to be the default solution on all Samdung flagship devices here on out. There are newer rooting methods, like de la vega, but any custom kernel, or old root method, or any custom recovery will trip the Knox eFuse which is on the SOC itself (hardware) and it cannot be reset, not even by JTAG.

Bye-bye warranty. Last straw for me. I will NEVER buy a Samdung product again, and I still had the non-Knox bootlaoder. It's the principle of the thing for me.

I have read that LG is heading in the same direction, so that's taken the G2 off my radar. Other makers may follow suit as well. It's done under the guise of "safety" and "security" but all it's really doing is giving the manufacturer a warranty excuse.

Tripped the eFuse by modding your device? No warranty for you. That means that, no matter what's actually wrong with your device, even if your mod had nothing to do with the defect, they'll just refuse warranty service. It's even been reported by several S4 users that full-stock devices have sometimes tripped Knox flags, so something's wrong with that!

Don't mean to turn this into an anti-Samdung rant, but anyone considering non-Nexus devices need to know that Samdung, LG and now others are all looking toward similar "solutions" to the modding threat to their bottom line.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phositadc:
Dang. Might as well buy an iPhone.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hikarugo:
If Nexus 5 doesn't live up to your expectation, simply wait for next year's Nexus phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
I've got a Galaxy nexus that struggles with ram. Its been 2 yrs. Its time for a new phone. I really feel now that 2 yrs is too long.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
The answer is obvious, get an Oppo. It's the only other major manufacturer device out there that is as open and easy to flash custom rom, and they have some of the best build quality.

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattdm:
My problem with Oppo is the same as my problem with Sony. The bezels are too damn big!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
I love the concept of the n1 but a Snapdragon 600 on a 5.9" phone? Not sure that hits the mark. Also not sure about tmo network compatibility?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
Do you really think the Snapdragon 600 with Adreno 320 is too weak to drive the extra .9 inches?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
Maybe not. But its one of the only flagships that have been recently released with a sub 800 cpu. That's not necessarily a deal breaker but it makes me hesitate. The overall size is a deal breaker. I wouldn't get a phone larger than a note 3.

I'm very anxious to see what oppo releases next. Like I said, I love the CM concept and if the phone was what I was looking for I'd jump on it. That is if it ran on Tmo.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvoYas:
The beauty of Android is that you can make it the way you want to. So if N5 dont live up to my expectations, I will just stick to my Note 3 and turn it into a Nexus device, like I did to my S4.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
The HTC One Max is also using Snapdragon 600, regardless of the size the res is 1080p. Maybe it won't be the fastest, but I think phone CPU are pretty fast already. You don't need that much to run CyanogenMod, I guess gaming won't get high fps, but you could overclock the GPU. Oppo devices will be first to get the MEMS camera technology so its supposed to get good photos.

I'm pretty much sold on the Nexus 5 due to the hand free Google Now voice interaction, which the N4 hardware lacks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lqrt:
The guy above you has already explained why any samsung phones are redundant here out..

With the knox... De la vega gets you root. But you are stuck with STOCK rom/kernel and recovery.

Flashing anything in recovery pretty much trips the counter..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvoYas:
Warranty is for kids, never really cared for it, I change phones too fast.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
I've owned 6 android phones (all nexus), 2 were used, and 2 tablets. One of the tablets was a nook and the other a N7. Never had a warranty issue, never damaged any of the devices, and all of the devices are still functional. I have (1) nexus one that has a power switch that is now hard to operate.

That said, I'm aware of the issues people had with the galaxy nexus screen and the massive number of warranty returns. I have 2 GNs so I guess so far I've been very lucky.

With my track record I would be willing to risk the warranty if the rooted carrier device was actually worth it.

What I'd be more concerned about would be a jump program early upgrade denial from tmobile based on the fuse status. I would also be concerned about tmobile denying a 30 day return due to fuse status. I guess at this point no one knows for sure if tmobile will deny for either of these instances . It may even come down to the individual store rep.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
The Moto X is the best choice, is basically a Nexus, but with very useful added features, and I mean seriously, once u use active display or touchless control, u really find yourself missing those features in other phones, even the quick camera shortcut, also the camera is pretty decent, with thr software update is much better than the nexus 4 and i can bet is on par with the Nex5, great battery life, practically no bloatware, awesome form factor, no ugly logos, clean look, beautiful display, u cant go wrong with it... and the performance is beast, dont get fooled by specs, those brutal specd galaxy s4, lg g2, note 3, they all lag, the moto x doesnt...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattdm:
I don't think you can say any phone with a locked bootloader is "basically a nexus".
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndreaCristiano:
moto X for me I'm on the fence already between the two
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Thats not the reason I say it, I say it because it comes with stock android out of the box, i say it because it has a clean front look with no logos or physical buttons, just one slick piece of glass like the nexus...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXxG0dzRAgexXx:
But it doesn't come with stock android or the box... Its very close to but is not stock android.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
How is it not stock android? The interface isnt themed in any way, the settings, the haptic feedback, the keyboard, the ringtones and system sounds, the multitasking, everything is stock android...

It pisses me off when reviewers say "its close to stock android" when it is EXACTLY stock android, they didnt theme or skin anything, they just added extra apps for more functionality, so if I replace the stock camera app on my Nexus 4, and I also install some apps from the playstore to give my phone more functionality, suddendly my Nexus 4 is no longer running stock android?

Because if thats the case every person who is using a custom launcher, custom sms app, custom toggles or any other custom app is not using a stock android device either...

Even if you are stubborn and still think its just "close to stock android", every Nexus owner in this forums, is either installing custom roms (which by that logic are NOT stock android either) or at least rooting to play and mod which ( by that logic again) is also not stock android... sooo it looks like there isnt anyone on xda which is happy with stock android..

Yeah the Moto X is an improved Nexus experience and gives the device much more functionality out of the box, without ruining it with awful skins...

edit: btw I dont own a Moto X, I hope I can get one by the end of the month, but my cousin has one, while im still on the Nexus 4, so yeah Im jealous of him hahahaha
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXxG0dzRAgexXx:
The Moto X is as close to stock android that you can get without having stock android. I see the point you are trying to make but the problem here is what exactly is stock android? What defines stock android? To me Stock android is exactly what is put on a nexus device. Active notifications is a part of the system for the Moto X. The always on voice recognition is a part of the system, as well, and that twist to open camera is as well. That to me is not stock android. Including the different camera app. Anything that comes stock on the phone and is a part of the system when you boot it up that is not present in AOSP as it is, is not stock android. It doesn't just have to look different to not be stock android. I'm sorry if you think I'm stubborn for still thinking its close to stock android. Until there is a widely accepted, and simple answer to "What is stock android?" I will continue to believe that its only close to stock android.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Yeah thats perfectly fine, but the discussion is not about if it runs stock android or not, which some people (like me) believe it does, and others(like u) believe it doesnt...

The point here is this, what do people love about stock android? we love its clean, simple, and sober looks, we love how fast it performs, how smooth the animations are, and how responsive the phone performs, we love that it doesnt have all this bells and whistles that OEMs like to put, slowing down performance, or making the UI look like a cartoon for 8 year old kids, so, all of that experience u get on stock android, which we love, is present in the Moto X, plus extra functionality, with features that are actually very useful unlike samsungs gimmicky ones, thats why the Moto X is (in my opinion) the best smartphone right now for someone who wants the Nexus experience...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wideasleep1:
A 'near-Nexus' experience. The best phone for a Nexus experience right now is the Nexus 4. Hopefully on the 28th, a Nexus 5. ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
I dont consider myself an android purist. What I like mostly about stock android is the support (or lack of obstructions) to complete customization, the community and tools, and the direct updates. Next would be the rom itself and finally price.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowcore:
I never get purists. The so called "nexus experience" is nothing but stock android with google bloatware(gapps).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndreaCristiano:
How can it be Google bloatware ? Google designs android so if course their apps are going to be front and center. That's like saying iOS has apple bloatware. Lol without those apps their is no android/ iOS Thats why their called core apps lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lqrt:
It's not bloatware . It is useful , BUT on some devices it runs FOREVER...

Google services is 8/10 times the main culprit behind battery drains..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndreaCristiano:
sure and primarily because they're core services.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowcore:
I dont see how, say, hangouts, G+ , Google Drive, Gmail, YouTube, Chrome and Google Now are required for an android phone to function.

Google Now is only somewhat useful but it is not an "app" per se. They are by definition not core services because they are not required for the phone to boot or function.

That said, they are bloatware.Of course, people who use them may see that differently.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1gh7m4r3:
Just turned my note 3 in because of knox. It was flagged, but returned fine. No ota updates with the flag triggered is nuts. Got the t-mobile htc one (best phone out for the US on gsm imho) converted it to gpe, its very nice, but I agree, Google bloatware, Google currents, keep etc. It's going to be the wife's phone, so if I don't get the N5, I'll probably go with the developer moto x. And on the topic of stock android, there is a fair chance the N5 will also have touchless control, and always listening for ok Google. Then what's the argument that the moto x is close to stock? The kernel maybe. But meh either way it appears to be a great phone, all the negative reviews vs all the positive comments real world owners say. I'll give her a go.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
I didn't realize they do this with updates. Yipes. That does sound like a game changer. Too bad, awesome display and form factor device.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1gh7m4r3:
I have large hands, and I found it still a little big, display is good, gps blew (on mine, had others say it was right on) The thing I'll miss is the insane battery life, and how fast it charges when you finally do get it drained.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RRF12:
I would like to know what i need to change to get s4 contacts an dialer in white,for thgalaxy s 3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] T Greezy:
I know that you can make ROM slots on internal. What about extrernal? Can I buy a external SD card and run the Roms I made slots for, on the external SD card? My internal is barley at 1.3 gbs left. In know the answer might be no, but I'm just checking.

So can you use your external SD card, for more rom slots without using up your internal SD card storage?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pyro6128:
I really need some help here. I have an MDK S4 that I sold. Need to mail it out tomorrow. It has TWRP installed and was stock rooted. I tried to wipe all my info, so I went into TWRP, did a factory resent, and wiped data. Now the phone won't boot passed the "Samsung Galaxy S4 screen". I really need some help with this. I promised this person I would ship the phone out tomorrow and take that very seriously. Any help is extremely appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hexitnow:
I would try putting it into download mode and then flash the stock mdk images.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pyro6128:
Can I flash the stock rooted MDK file found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292707 through TWRP? I should mention, I can still boot into TWRP fine, I just can't get the phone to boot normally.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Crawshayi:
Using Odin to flash the stock image is pretty much the best way to get it to stock so I wouldn't even bother with TWRP honestly
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pyro6128:
Can I use Odin to get back to stock rooted though? Can I flash the image I linked to above through odin?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hexitnow:
If youre selling it i wouldnt worry about keeping it rooted unless that was one of the selling.points. yes you can also use the stock rooted mdk rom as well but it cant be flashed via odin it has to be flashed via recovery. But once again I would odin to return it to out of the box software.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pyro6128:
Yea, it was one of the selling points, the fact that it was MDK and already rooted. Anyway, I just tried flashing the stock rooted file through TWRP and it didn't work. Still won't boot passed the samsung galaxy s4 splash screen. Guess its time to try Odin. Should I be concerned about the phone updating on its own? MDK is the big selling point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vzwnexus:
have you tried to use it through ODIN? going through TWRP is not the same.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Travisdroidx2:
Are you using twrp 2.5.0.2?

Here is a flashable version 2.5.0.2 I did not make this but got it from the twrp thread and many have used it. Just flash in recovery.https://db.tt/YeZ3cp4c

Twrp 2.6+ is known to have issue's.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hexitnow:
If you have to resort to using odin put it in airplane mode, root, disable airplane mode and update binaries then remove sdm.apk or rename it and the ota update wont hastle you anymore.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pyro6128:
Using Odin to restore it right now. I'll throw it in airplane mode once its done. Thanks for the assistance. This thing is killing me and I have work in the morning, but I need to get this done or it'll bother me all night haha.

Edit: Just odin'ed using this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301259 and it still won't boot past the Galaxy s4 screen
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Travisdroidx2:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2289325

Original full stock images. Will also wipe data.

Did the Odin process pass the first time you tried and then stock froze at splash screen? How long you letting sit on the first boot? That first boot can take a while sometimes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Eric214:
^^ this

Yes sometimes up to 10 min for some ROMs but I've never have had it take more then 4 or 5 min on a fresh flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pyro6128:
I did a battery pull, then booted into the regular recovery, did another factory reset, and was finally able to boot back into android. Then I was able to follow all of the root/recovery steps. Finally got it sorted out!!!!! Thanks to everyone who helped me, its silly, but it helped that I didn't feel stranded with this thing. XDA is the best!