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[Nexus 5 General] regius:
I suggest you return it and hope you get the new version. It all depends if they have the new version on stock. Regarding battery life, What do you mean it's not very good? If u use 3g or LTE, a lot, most probably the battery will die by 5 pm. Here's a piece of advice: disable google now, make sure location settings is set on battery saving, and see if your battery life improves. On stock rom, I could go trough a full day with these settings, and now, with cataclysm rom which has the smart radio option (it switches automaticaly on 2G when the phone is turned off), by 10 pm I still have 40% battery, and I consider myself a heavy user
[Nexus 5 General] ro_bo:
I never used google now, so it's disabled

My location is always off, i activate it only if i use maps, and i use tha app rarely

The mobile data is enabled only few hours per day, and it still consumes a lot of battery, and when i don't use it i switch radio from 3g to 2g.

I think it's a software related problem, cuz' sometimes my battery life is awesome (a day and a half with 4 hours of screen), but othertimes it is very poor, like some hours, and it says media server and android system used something like 30%/40% of my battery, and in the data usage monitor, it says android system used 30 mb of my mobile data, and i can't restrict this, and I have only 265 mb per month....:crying:

About returning: i have it for more than 1 month, i think they won't accept it back..

I would returned it in the first month, but in that period i didn't had any problem with it, and i was very excited that i have a nexus phone(before i had a galaxy gio..)...

Anyway, thanks for your help, i appreciate

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Thank you :)
[Nexus 5 General] gee2012:
You can lock the bootloader and reset the tampered flag if needed in a minute and avoid warranty discussions, look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2513701.
[Nexus 5 General] comsajoh:
This sound like a wakelock problem, some apps are keeping your phone awake with the screen off. Try using Greenefy and BetterBatteryStats to nail down the wakelock apps and delete them. Search for how to use Greenify on google , you will find a lot of instructions.
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
LG charger

Hi guys. I bought my nexus 5 from USA so i have a USA charger. I got an adapter for it but i would like to get an European version of the charger. Do you know where can i find one?

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 5 General] regius:
Basically any microusb charger with 2A would work. Even if it is low amperage it would work, but charging time will be longer
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
yes,i know. i already have a perfect match with another charger. i just want the same look as the original one because it is small and i can access it easily behind my nightstand.
[Nexus 5 General] regius:
You can try some htc chargers, they have the same form factor
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
yes,i know.in the end, if i will not find an original one, i will get a htc charger. but for now i will keep looking for an LG one
[Nexus 5 General] morphvale:
Try searching the forum, there's no revised version. It's all about tolerances during the manufacturing process.

All the 310K, 311K, 312K, etc.. mean the manufacturing date (2013 - 10, 2013 - 11, 2013 - 12).

I would suggest doing a factory reset or unlocking the bootloader, and flashing the factory image. You might have some rogue apps eating your battery. Also, you could try Franco's Kernel (right now I'm using r34 test 1, and I'm over 4 days of standby, around half of it with WiFi on, close to 1h of calls, and around 3h of SOT).

Try gsmnet dot ro. They don't have the original one which comes with the phone, but they do have some other original ones from LG. It's quite a trust worthy website, I've ordered screens, cases, headphones chargers, batteries, and others for the past 5 or 6 years, never had any issues with them.

That's quite a bad advice. The nominal current coming out of the LG charger is 1A or 1.2A. Pushing 2A every day will ruin the battery in the long run. Batteries (whether they are the old NiMh or the new Li-Ion or Li-Pol) need to follow a well established process of charging to keep their capacity for longer. Doubling the current that enters the battery during charging might seem convenient for the time it takes to charge the battery, but it will decrease its capacity.
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
Thanks for the suggestion. i will give it a try. As for the 2A charger,no worries because i only use perfect match charger. at the moment i got a socket adapter and use the original USA one
[Nexus 5 General] aaaadrian:
Hi fewllow Romanians.

I also have a Nexus 5 32 GB, US model, bought from e-bay.

So far very good phone. I mainly use the charger of an old Optimus 2X, but I also ordered a cheap chinese QI wireless charger.

As for protection I use it with a Spigen Ultrafit case and a nonreflective screen protector (3M-vikuiti).

Anyone using the Franco kernel?
[Nexus 5 General] Laurentyu1995:
In using franco kernel from beginning and it's awesome from many points of view... As rom i suggest you stock (if you want more features use xposed framework ) or an aosp rom (Purity)...stock rom +franco kernel it's the best combination
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
As much as I like franco and this is not the place to discuss it, his kernel has been fairly inconsistent for me (I get great days of battery and odd days when the power drops for no apparent reason - tired all sorts of resets).

The most consistent (yet not as good battery life) experience is the stock Rom with stock kernel (out of the box experience). Other than that I found ElementalX kernel to be solid and consistent in my usage scenarios on any rom I tried.

Anyways your mileage may vary so feel free to experiment if you are into all of this.
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
tempered glass

when i got my nexus 5 from USA, i also bought a tempered glass from Nillkin. i want to say that is it great, i even reapplied it multiple times because i got a lot of dust under it and in the end i managed to get it off with a clothing dust roll. however today i saw that the glass is starting to break around the front speaker since there it has a hole. What i am interested in is if you guys are using this kind of tempered glass instead of a regular protective films and if you know any places from were i can get a new one.

PS: for those that never used a tempered glass, i highly recommend it. you don't even feel that it is there
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
Glass protectors are nice but it seems they are not worth the money (not to many re-sellers, seems too much to order a good one with taxes and so on). The good ones are rather pricey and they need to be installed properly the first times otherwise it might be problematic with the adhesive and so on.

I've been using a regular protector, from Krusell to be exact and while it's not the best cutout I've seen for a phone it fits OK and haven't had issues with it in conjunction with the Spiegen Neo Hybrid case. I know for a fact it doesn't compare with the "naked" glass or with a glass protector but for the money and conditions in which I use the phone it's fine and I can't complain.
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
In Romania they are quite expensive. I got mine for 12$ but from US.i am really happy with mine and like i said, i can't even tell it's there.i think i might try to order one from my nexus5 and one for my girlfriend's nexus4 from China.i know it could take even a mounth but it's not urgent. Once i tried the tempered glass,i cannot go back to a regular protective film. I really like it
[Nexus 5 General] mariuck:
Heeeyy guys i'm a proud new owner of nexus 5. Flawless device.. Just one little problem, when I record videos they got some weird background noise, that is a software problem ? Or hardware?
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
That is a software problem.Google is already working on a fix for this and also for a problem with the battery that some have when using skype.
[Nexus 5 General] mariuck:
pheeeewww... this is so awsome... i really don't want to RMA this device cause it has flawless screens and gps :D

PS: Did u all got headphones in your N5 box ?? cause they gave me some headphones and i watched many unboxing videos and none had headphones :P
[Nexus 5 General] regius:
Nope, I don't remember having headphones on mine. Not that it matters, as I have a pair of plantrronics backbeat 2 bt headphones wich work great
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
i got mine from US so i didn't get any headphones. i think it depends on each country. i know that also in India in comes with headphones.
[Nexus 5 General] regius:
With the us one u still get 3g but no lte, right?
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
yes, but i don't want lte. 3g ie enough for me.i have wifi at home and at work so i don't need lte.
[Nexus 5 General] regius:
Well, that's good enough, As 3g works pretty well, at least on vodafone, and the price in us is the best
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
yep, exactly my thought. i am on vodafone also
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
I have the euro one on Vodafone 4G. I consider it to be far better than 3g. You need to have it before saying that something is good enough :) Now I need to "up" my monthly quota since the traffic disappears instantly.
[Nexus 5 General] gamerZ1:
4G is overpriced here in Romania and the traffic is not enough.In april we will have better speeds and better prices.I am on Digi Mobil on Optim 10 subscription. 10 euros unlimited minutes,unlimited data at 21.6mbps for the first 5GB.
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
I know how 4G is in Romania. I just don't really need it. For the tasks i am doing on my phone,3G is more than enough.and furthermore, for the prices we have here,it just consolidates my opinion...but this is just the way i see things ;)
[Nexus 5 General] bogdan_wrc:
its not overpriced at all if included in subscription. i moved to orange from vodafone because of N5. and now, although real 4G si less the 35mb/s, i have 500mb of 4G included in a 18e/month subscription. (of course, with a lot of other benefits...like 2gb of tranfer, unlimited orange, and 200min national)..

but what speed do you get at voda?
[Nexus 5 General] ucraiova88:
i head that Orange has good deals for 4G, but it is not the case at Vodafone. But since i don't want LTE, i will not move to Orange just for this :)
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
Actually Cosmote has "good deals" on 4G, however they have bad (please read NO) coverage on 4G - at least from what I've seen first hands at friends that have technical 4G but never seen anything else than HDSPA.

Anyways new things always cost. The idea is simple - they introduce it as "premium" and prices drop as they have more and more subscribers to "pay for the needed equipment". The difference in speed is very noticeable and on Vodafone's 4G (the 75mbps one) I can tell for a fact that it works nearly as good as WiFi - it's a treat to browse / watch youtube or any other activity (if you want to tether to your laptop / tabled then that's more of a reason to have better speeds). Anyways, I wanted 4G because my N5 had it and I enabled it as a "what if" and now I won't go back, I would rather up my monthly quota (2GB seems more appropriate / month for these speeds) - though more monthly traffic it's expensive.
[Nexus 5 General] bogdan_wrc:
have you really seen >50mb/s in RO? i mean...seen..not heard? because i had an argue with orange with a lot of tests in different areas, with intervention from managers and all of them said that the maximum speed achieved in RO was 45. and i know for a fact that voda is almost the same.

i want to see >50mb/s at voda so to show orange this..and prove my point.

the Bucharest area is completed and now it starts the Prahova valley area to be covered. so the investments will be stopped in bucharest...and for the next years this will be the maximum speed in Buch.

my wifi connection is worse than HSPDA :))) at 15mb/s... so thats why a bought a 3G wifi modem..
[Nexus 5 General] Tudorrrr:
I got my Nexus 5 today, custom ROM, custom kernel, then benchmarks. I am pretty curious what other Romanian Nexus 5 users got. Oh, IN YO FACE NOTE 3
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
The plan that I have is the 75mbps one - that is what they "say" it might reach under ideal conditions.

I tested it when I first activated it it was in a central place in Craiova with good signal and you are right it went all the way up to 35-45 Mbps (that was the speed reported by SpeedTest). That is about 70-80% of how much I get on my router. Ran the test twice and 80 MB of my traffic were gone :)

I couldn't be happier with the speed. It isn't that 3G is unusable, but my point was that the difference is real.
[Nexus 5 General] bogdan_wrc:
yeah, the data consumption is HUGE. during all the tests made with the orange consultant over the phone, i used more than 500mb...on speedtest :))

due to the fact that the 4G speed is not bigger than 3G, and that the battery is killed with 4G I still use 3G. HSPDA...in fact.
[Nexus 5 General] mariuck:
Hey guys.. Everyone here with a nexus 5 have the problem with background noise when recording a video ?? Only when I record videos I got this issue... Not on phone calls.. And if it is a software problem the guys with custom rom they still got it ?
[Nexus 5 General] daniel_loft:
What back cases are you guys using and where did you buy them from?

In the whole Sibiu mall I could only find some cases at one island shop, but they seemed a little softer than the TPU case that I'm using now for my Galaxy Nexus.
[Nexus 5 General] z3nith66:
I use the Spigen Ultra Fit case. Bought it from ebay and came with a free screen protector as well.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271309549584

It fits great, a lot better than the official one. Can't talk about protection in case of drop though, but the screen is a bit elevated so you can put it face down on any surface without much to worry.

If you want cases, ebay is the way to go. Better and cheaper than what you find at the local stores. The only downside is you wait a bit for it to arrive.
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
Hi there mate!;)

1.How long did it took to arrive in Romania ?:confused:

2.Any extra-costs ?

3.What about shippment ?

4.Did you had to pay anything at the customs ?

You said that it fits better then the official case.Have you seen live (touch&feel) a offcial case ? I want to buy a official case but is a bit difficult to find someone in Google Play country to buy it and send it...

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as far as I know,that is a known issue of nexus 5,there are users who complaint about that...

a possible workaround until a update that will fix that might be to try covering the 2nd mike ( top of the device ) with your finger while recording...works fine for me

by the way,have you tried to update your camera app with Google camera app from playstore?

( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera )

maybe it fixes the noise...did not test that yet
[Nexus 5 General] tmihai20:
I use a flip case that came with the phone (I am one of those that bought it 2 weeks ago when it was on sale). Is the Spigen case that good?
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
well everyone says that Spigen is good..but I would definitely buy the official bumper case...

did you bought your device from emag ?
[Nexus 5 General] tmihai20:
I bought mine from cel.ro. The official bumper looks good, but I'd like a case.
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
I prefer the bumber for fast screen acces,and I got my nexus from pcgarage.:)
[Nexus 5 General] tmihai20:
I heard a lot of bad things about PCGarage since they have been taken over or the owner changed. There are cases that leave the screen available, they don't cover it. Let us know if you find the bumper.
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
Well I am satisfied by their services,the device arrived to me in less then 24h,it was sealed,it has no damages ( visual or hardware ),the price was ok, and standard 2 year warranty.So in my opinion,they are OK,and maybe I will buy from them again.

About the case,yes I know about other cases,but I like the official one,is minimalistic,with low extra weight and it does not make the phone thicker...

On the other side,getting the case is an other story...a sad one if you ask me,because I have to buy it using a third person and so on...but I will do my best,and when I will receive it,I will definitly tell you :D
[Nexus 5 General] tmihai20:
I received it as well the second day from cel.ro, it was sealed, warranty is offered at the official LG service store. I know somebody that is currently in the US right now, maybe I will ask her to check the availability and the price for a bumper at least, although it seems to be too expensive (at 35 USD).
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
yes,well the price is a bit..hmmm..high,but I really dont mind...it is to good looking :D
[Nexus 5 General] Laurentyu1995:
You can also find some Spigen cases for Nexus 5 on Altshop.ro, Gsm.net (or something like that) , olx.ro . I just bought an Ultra Hybrid case with 50 lei ( it was used 4 days )... Tomorrow or Friday will arrive
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
I am curious for your impressions about the Ultra Hybrid case...the price is great,and the case looks preety good.

Tell us how you feel about the case after you receive it
[Nexus 5 General] daniel_loft:
Talking about protection... Has anybody found skins for N5 in Romania? I hate waiting over a month for something, only to have to deal with the bored ladies from the post office.
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
Just curious...why would you change the aspect of you device??I just love how my nexus 5 looks.It's superb..i would not change the aspect ever...:)
[Nexus 5 General] daniel_loft:
I just wanna protect it from scratches.
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
I ordered from http://dbrand.com/. they ship via regular "mail" so no need to see anyone at the post office (it comes straight to your mailbox). the wait time was short, about two weeks after they shipped it.
[Nexus 5 General] Laurentyu1995:
My Ultra Hybrid case just arrived. I like it very much, it's slim,i think it offers a good protection(i hope that won't be necessary),it's made from quality materials...i don't know what to say more. Feel free to ask me what you want about case ;) ....btw in next days i'll made another templates for it
[Nexus 5 General] mariuck:
Before I had the chance to test that my phone got stolen :) I had only 3 weeks of nexus fun now all I have is the 2 years contract with lots of internet and no phone to use it :))

I hope that police will find it :(
[Nexus 5 General] Laurentyu1995:
Well you know that in Romania "totul ce dispare moare " (all that dissapears it's dead) ...i don't think the police will find it. Btw i saw moto g (or x ...i don't remember exactly) at Media Galaxy for 1000 RON ,but you can also find nexus 5 at 1500
[Nexus 5 General] daniel_loft:
Biiig mistake, my friend! Big mistake!

Do not EVER make phone contracts in Romania again! They're just not worth. You can cat just as many minutes & all (if not more) on prepay.

I hope they'll find your phone!
[Nexus 5 General] regius:
Sorry to hear that mate. You did not have any anti-theft software on it, did you?. Google device manager did not help either?
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
Sorry to hear that...hope the police will do something ( but I would not be so trustful in their capabilities.. )
[Nexus 5 General] tmihai20:
I installed only Android Device Manager on all my Androids. Most likely the Police won't do anything... I am really sorry for you, mariuck :(
[Nexus 5 General] bogdan_wrc:
Eben if you have Android Device Manager installed, and you find the phone, the police is not capable of helping you. even if you point the at the current location of the phone...they do not have the legal abilities to do anything. its a well known case on the media with a guy with a stolen iphone...was in front of the robber's house, with the device active, and the device showing on the map as active...ITS device..and the police could do anything about it. google it for the fun of it.
[Nexus 5 General] tmihai20:
At least you can wipe it. I read about that case. We should have a law about this. That may not be the robber, I would want my phone back. We must hold on to our smartphones as well as we can :(
[Nexus 5 General] regius:
If I knew who has my phone, I would try other means of persuasion befire going to the police
[Nexus 5 General] Robi-K:
Sorry for your lose. If the phone is in use in our country and you push the police enough then they can find it. I had a friend with a stolen phone and the police found it and returned it. If you have the IMEI number the police can track it noatter what sim card the thieve uses. You just jave to insist and hope the police whants to find it. This is only possible inside our country. If the phone is used in another country then you are out of luck.
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
well not quite out of luck...I know a case when the phone was found by police in Hungary...but YOU DO HAVE TO INSIST!!

and by that I mean to really use persuasion techniques...you will remain amased when you see what they can do when they really want to do something...
[Nexus 5 General] Robi-K:
If thats true then it's very good news.
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
it's all about reasoning..the police has the technology,the only problem is that they usually do not care,unless they get something...but if you talk with them and explain the situation,there is a chance that you will convince them to do something.so good luck,go,talk,and you may have your phone back mate :)
[Nexus 5 General] Geo2160:
Did anybody around here upgrade to LTE? How are your speeds and coverage?
[Nexus 5 General] RaoulS:
What do you mean by upgrade to LTE ?
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
I have 4G from VDF. In my home area coverage is so and so (obviously the center of the town gets the best coverage). When I get more than half bars the battery impact is not impressive; however at work where I barely get 1 bar the battery hit is annoying.

Speeds are good, much better than 3G in my opinion (you see your data plan going away like butter).
[Nexus 5 General] deeren:
Ohhh well I had a n5 stolen in carrefour while shopping. Unbelievable. I went to the police and everything but it's been already 3 months now and nothing. Kinda lost any hope and even purchased another n5.
[Nexus 5 General] daniel_loft:
Unless I'd be downloading big amounts of data, like hundreds of MB per day, I wouldn't consider even thinking of 4G. As far as I've noticed the prices are higher than 3.5G and the coverage is scarce at best. If you put the battery drain in... better not...

And I think that, around low signal areas the speed might go under 3 or 3.5G speeds.