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[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
That's just strange...as my kitkat blew up, catching my Nexus on fire. FTW
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Do pointless threads, people not reading OP and trolls on the forums count as a defect of buying a Nexus 5?
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
The whining started when details emerged about Nexus 5 again being built by LG. For many it was defective before release!
[Nexus 5 General] Jooosty:
I just got my Nexus 5 Red 32GB.

I got it from a private seller so there isn't a warranty.

So far I have noticed a slight power button rattle. Yellowish warm whites. And so far after a few hours use that's all.

The power button I can deal with. The screen may be warm to me since my old phone was a LCD .

One question though, would all Red N5 have the larger speaker holes since it was released later?

I can't tell. They are very tiny.
[Nexus 5 General] [XIX]Secutor:
So, got my nexus yesterday and i've already experienced 3 reboots (two of which substantially consecutives), with everything stock.

After the third, i've cleared cache and re-inserted the micro sim, now let's see if it can be useful.

However, should I begin to worry or it is a common issue?
[Nexus 5 General] NotFromMountainView:
It's been reported that many N5 screens start out on the yellow side but the tint subsides in a few days or weeks. The transition to the different screen is also probably affecting your eye -- so give it a week or two to see if the colour still feels wrong and if so you can flash the Franco kernel or use some other mod to customize the colour.

As to the speaker holes, the red is too new and (possibly) too limited to know for certain if it's built on a single assembly line, but aside from there being the new colour introduced, there have been no hardware revisions since the Nexus 5 was introduced. As far as anyone can tell the slightly different speaker holes are just a production variation and can be found randomly in phones from the first day of production. More to the point; slightly larger speaker holes don't affect the overall sound. If you have some serious issue with the sound output from your phone speaker (and it's never going to 'great') then you have either a software or hardware issue -- but you don't, won't, and will never have a speaker hole issue.

Enjoy your phone!
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
My nexus 5 just started doing this but sometimes when in phone calls turning up the volume to max for the earpeice it sounds terrible it sounds like its vibrating and or rattling and crackling. it just sounds terrible with max volume but if i turn it down to medium its fine.
[Nexus 5 General] bakxsteen:
Recently my n5 started making hurricane noises from the audio jack, so i guess i'm stuck with a broken opAmp. Hope warrantly will cover this as it comes and goes when it pleases.
[Nexus 5 General] W4Q45:
anyone having gps problems? with new nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] neo95:
sound quality

i've purchased two N5 this past week one for me and my sister. My sisters phone been having sound quality issues. People said they could barely hear her on the same network and other networks. I also had issues hearing her on a call. I also noticed when talking on the phone its really quiet until the other person begins to talk you hear them clearly but there is a slight white noise( not sure how to describe it) in the background. we have T-mobile and switched out her sim card but still have some issues with sound quality but better then before. tonight she called me and i put her on speaker phone and could barely hear her and i wasnt blocking the speaker. I dont talk on the phone much but its happen to me once or twice the person sounded far away for a few seconds and they also had a N5 on the same network but heard me just fine. I do have Spigen ultra hybrid case on them and not sure if that may effect the sound quality. I know one other person posted they had the issue on here. i'm thinking of exchanging her phone for another N5 at t-mobile tomorrow before the 14 days is up and not sure if i should do they same with mine, since im getting such great battery life. any thoughts or inputs would be great thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] mariuck:
I got my N5 few days ago.. flawless device.. perfect screen, fast gps lock.

Little loose power button.. but it looks normal cause it doesn't make any sound when i shake the phone or tap massages and even if it did, i would've keep it.. And the background noise when u make a video inside or silent place.. but I saw that is a soft issue(cause i downloaded a record app and i disabled the agc or smth like that and I had perfect sound).. so I really recommend this phone.. I love it :D
[Nexus 5 General] aceian:
Does anyone have weak /unstable wifi reception in their N5??

I'm facing this issue..

Connection drops again and again and weak as compared to my Galaxy s2
[Nexus 5 General] varunthapliyal999:
I bought my nexus 5 around 3 weeks ago... And now my power button is rattling like hell. It rattles even when I tap near the top right corner of the screen.I bought the device from Google play,should I RMA?? Could it cause any issues like the power button not working later on? Or is it something I can ignore?
[Nexus 5 General] drwx:
rumor has it that google is no longer doing RMAs on phones with wiggly power buttons.
[Nexus 5 General] jkc120:
On the one hand, if they don't think it's a defect, good on them.

On the other hand, it seems like their reasoning is "if they're all like that, it's not a defect" even though some would consider it defective. *shrug*
[Nexus 5 General] GR0S:
Does Google accept dust in bezels as warranty case? Or it's normal?
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
No, only manufacturing defects.
[Nexus 5 General] :
I have an odd thing with AT&T service where it will drop out after I've disconnected or connected to WiFi for about two minutes. Any known solution?
[Nexus 5 General] bushako:
I get some dust between the bezel and the screen. But I never thought it was a defect. Although I wish they had squeezed the gap a bit more. Damn dust ruins the look especially with an all black design.
[Nexus 5 General] mariuck:
I feel u bro.. I had this problem with all my phones.. Solution is to clean it with a corner of normal paper.. Stick in the space between the screen and case and go along it.. It works for me and o keep it clean that way and i don.t scratch anything :D
[Nexus 5 General] kwamayze:
Nexus 5 screen always wake up in my pocket for no reason. I think my thigh is somehow able to tap the emergency call button after which several random taps will weaken my battery
[Nexus 5 General] cybervyrus8587:
I've got this unbearable loose sound that comes from inside the phone. Google says that it is stool usable. They also said that if I send it in for an RMA, and my phone was deemed "usable," that I would be charged for the replacement. So someone tell me this....

On top of the rattle, is light bleed considered a defect? I was watching a movie with the brightness turned all the way up and GOOD LORD the light bleed is all over!

Also, if placed on its face, the phone is not flat. It rocks if you push down on the corner that does not touch the tabletop. With that said, is this considered a defect?

I don't think I'm asking for too much to have my phone replaced. But when I talked to them they did not seem to want to help me. I just can't afford to pay for a new phone if they deem this one "usable." What should I do?
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
If the screen is off it doesn't register any input and taps through clothing don't register on a screen that's turned on either. Are you using a case that is activating the power button perhaps?
[Nexus 5 General] kwamayze:
I think the screen turns on with google now notification like weather and then the problem starts. I'm not using any case. On my second nexus 5 and it happens with each of them.
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
Rattling all the time or only when you shake? If its only when you shake, get over it, its the camera.

Was the phone ever placed in a back pocket? It could've bent. If not then it should be flat on a table.

Light bleeding shouldn't be that bad. Take a photo of it.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
That is strange because the screen doesn't turn on for notifications. That's what the notification LED is for. Only phone calls as far as I can tell.
[Nexus 5 General] kwamayze:
used to iPhone's screen turning on for notifications, i installed one of those apps that let me do that, skipping pressing the power button every time a notification appears. Disable the apps but maybe one is still causing that. I guess apps like whatsapp that have screen popup on are causing that. Not sure though
[Nexus 5 General] cybervyrus8587:
The rattling occurs every time the phone vibrates. Even when I type. I've just turned off haptic feedback for that. And yes, all my phones end up in my back pocket, but there is no reason they should bend. Plus I take it out when I sit.

This is the phone at full brightness. I can't watch a movie without the colors looking all kinds of nasty. If you look closely at the top of the phone, you can even see a bit of a curve in the phone. The bend is so bad that my cases don't sit flush.
[Nexus 5 General] isht007@gmail.com:
I am experience a lag while using face unlock feature whereas there is no such lag on my nexus 4. ( I suppose camera takes some time to open up on lock screen and even after face detection there is a 1 second lag) Plz help..
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
Mine looks nothing like that and find that unacceptable. RMA.
[Nexus 5 General] joyj112:
Recently found out that every picture I take has a black dark spot on the left corner. It even appears on the camera constantly.... I think there's a small dust that's covering my phone.... I remember this happened on my Iphone 4 and the only way to fix it was to replace the camera itself - -; I really dont want to disassemble my nexus 5... any fixes?
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
That is an issue with the software you downloaded. This is not a manufacturing defect of the phone and does not belong in this thread.

That level of back light bleed is worth RMAing for.
[Nexus 5 General] cybervyrus8587:
I did. Thanks for the advice.
[Nexus 5 General] CasseTrop:
Anyone seen this yet :

[YOUTUBE]zRlUf5k4ePM[/YOUTUBE]

Stock rom + root.

Happens once every couple days or so, not only with IG just happened to show it with that.

After a reboot, it's all good,
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
The rattle is meh but THAT LIGHT BLEED! I'd RMA that so quick if I was you.

BTW you can bend your phone by putting it in your back pocket so I'd suggest not doing that.

I know it's an iPhone but still.... You never know
[Nexus 5 General] cybervyrus8587:
I've never seen that before. I work for Best Buy Mobile and I thought I'd seen it all. I knew mine was defective from the beginning, but the lack of help, and the assumption that I would have to pay made me hold off.
[Nexus 5 General] bushako:
Man thats nasty. Reminds me of the Galaxy Round.?
[Nexus 5 General] s_special:
Anyone see this defect before? I just noticed it today. I have the first batch on release day. ﻿﻿never dropped the phone, always in a case too. ﻿
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
It's not a defect. That's damage! If you haven't dropped your device, you must have unknowingly hit it somewhere pretty hard for it to crack like that :eek:
[Nexus 5 General] Wesleylau:
I don't think it is a defect, it is more likely a damage.
[Nexus 5 General] s_special:
I would have remembered that. To me the plastic IS defective if it cracks and falls off from from normal wear and tear.
[Nexus 5 General] stuart0001:
I haven't seen anyone else with that problem so its pretty hard to make a case that its due to a fault and not damaged by misuse or accident.
[Nexus 5 General] s_special:
Well that sucks, I take such good care of it.
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
Flex damage from being in pocket. Phone face was against your butt. Compression forced the section to pop and back expansion created the crack.

Edit: nope other way around..expansion cracked the section out and compression caused the crack. Can see a slight curvature on the face's line in that spot.
[Nexus 5 General] .psd:
I've opened 5 N5s so far. 2 from Google Play, 3 from the Tmo store.

One had extreme yellowing on the bottom right corner, but you wouldn't notice most of the time because it's covered by the black nav bar.

One had decent colors, but had backlight bleeding at the top.

Two (the most recent two, one each from tmo store and play store) have this problem where the bottom right corner is normal colored, and the rest of the display is plagued by the left half being much more dim than the right half — this problem is significantly more apparent at dimmer display levels.

Of the two mentioned above, one has severe yellowing along the entire bottom, but it's usually covered by the nav bar

One had a flickering display.

All of these had inconsistent colors. I've opened 5 iPhone 5s and compared each to the 10 5s on display in the store, as well as to whatever N5 I had at the time. All the iPhones had inconsistent colors as well as yellowing along an edge (usually the top, left, or top and left edges). There seems to be a problem with smartphone displays being horrifically inconsistent and just all around bad. No display should have a different color white on the one part of the display compared to another part of the display. I bought a GS4 today just to check out the display, and it was dim (though properly white) toward the bottom, and brighter (though greenish) toward the top. I've decided to settle with my most recent Nexus 5, since I don't want to get banned from the local store for returning devices constantly, and since it's unlikely I'll ever received a device with a proper display.

Note: this isn't even counting the button defects or creaking/popping —*which, to the N5's credit, isn't a problem restricted to it. Even the 5s has these problems, and I can't think of a more premium device.
[Nexus 5 General] norcalsfinest:
Bought my phone on release day, black 32gb model. Just the other day, I noticed a purple splotch on the display when dark colors are displayed.

Did a little research and discovered that this is a fault with the LCD.

Gave Google a call, and after them exhausting their diagnostic tests (Which only included a factory reset, lol) they decided to warranty it.

I must say, my customer service experience was great, I was on the phone all of 10 min before I had a RMA completed
[Nexus 5 General] andybfmv96:
Send me a picture of the yellowing on the bottom? I may have it to. About half the size of the navigation bar.
[Nexus 5 General] .psd:
In both of these pictures, the one on the left is from Google Play, the one on the right is from the Tmo store. Both purchased within a few days of each other, during the past week. One picture taken at dimmest setting, other taken at medium brightness. The quality of these displays is downright embarrassing. Note, the one on the right is just very yellow across the board, so I don't know if the pictures demonstrate the yellowing along the bottom very well.
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
Is the brighter phone an earlier build?
[Nexus 5 General] .psd:
No idea. Got em both during this past week. They were both on 4.4.2 out of the box, that's one thing I know.
[Nexus 5 General] andybfmv96:
I can see the yellowing o.o that's bad.. Mine isn't as bad as that but I have it too
[Nexus 5 General] ahse0w:
yes i saw this just recently on my phone as well!

i didnt see this at all when i first got it. somehow it started happening this 2 weeks.

scared the **** out of me.. not sure if it is a sign of something worst gonna happen....:eek:
[Nexus 5 General] CasseTrop:
Hasn't happen for me since I posted it here, stock rom with root and Franco Kernel, forgot to mention, what do you run ?
[Nexus 5 General] californicated:
Had those graphical glitches on my gf's N5. Flashing Omni Rom with a full wipe fixed the issue for now. She was running Cataclysm rom with franco before
[Nexus 5 General] zolah:
Dude i have the same problem. I bought mine from the carphone warehouse here in UK and noticed the yellow tint. I have since been to 6 different carphone warehouse stores and looked at 8 yes 8 brand new phones they opened for me to exchange the phone and they all had the same issue.

I have given it up as a bad job amnd accepted this is just the way it is. you only notice it if you put it at the side of another phone anyways.

I am lucky enough to know a few other people that have the same device and theirs all look better than mine.

See this post from a thread i started.
[Nexus 5 General] mugneto08:
My Bluetooth is totally not working :(
[Nexus 5 General] ahse0w:
I am running stock with franco as well.. also xposed and gravitybox

Sent from Dog.
[Nexus 5 General] joydeepm08:
Only real defect/bug I have noticed so far (been using nexus 5 for a month now) is the "cannot connect to the camera" which occurs every now and then. A reboot fixes it but still, it's very annoying. :-|
[Nexus 5 General] okmijnlp:
Do you UV? If so, that's or most likely the problem (I had this).
[Nexus 5 General] FirmShark:
Suffered this problem today. Reboot sorted it but tempted to RMA...

Nexus 5 acting funny: https://youtu.be/vqQEjGryXNA
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
If that still occurs on stock and full factory reset...that's an RMA.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Software glitch caused by 3rd party apps such as Skype and Snapchat. Resetting camera data cache can help.
[Nexus 5 General] .psd:
If your tint is even across the display, then you're in luck because that's completely solveable. Just use Franco kernel and use his Color Control in the (paid) Franco Kernel Updater app. Start by loading the color profile "vomer balanced". Then download the (free) app Display Tester, and open its Gamma Detection, and use the slides to check your gamma for gray, red, green, and blue. If any of them aren't on 2.2 then go into the color control in Franco kernel updater and raise or lower the Brightness Positive and Brightness Negative values evenly for that color until it shows up at 2.2 in Display Tester.

It can look GORGEOUS once your get all the gammas at 2.2. But if your tint is along a single edge or otherwise not even across the display then I don't know what to say... I think its a great display with super low quality control during the manufacturing process.
[Nexus 5 General] joydeepm08:
Thanks mate. I use Skype. Will removing it help?
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Removing it might stop the crash from coming back, but you need to clear cache to get rid of it I'm told. I don't use those apps and have never seen the issue.
[Nexus 5 General] qpva757:
Got a defective glass panel on mine. At the bottom of the screen where the black section is, there is a slight indention. A distorted reflection caught my eye today and upon closer inspection there it was, when hit under the right light you can see the indention in the glass. It looks warped there. It''s slight but visible.

I bought a glass screen protector a few days back and when installed there was this weird looking bubble right at that spot, like the glass wasn't able to touch the screen protector.... I Figured it was a defective screen protector and sent it back. Guess it was my phone and not the protector....

Contacted google and they are giving me a refund since it's within 15 days, but they are making me pay for shipping....really Google? This is a quality control issue and you are not going to foot the bill? I mean I already paid for the thing to come here. It being defective is not my fault.... They won't budge on this.

I had a similar issue with the Nexus 7. Bought it from staples because I was there and really liked it and they're an authorized dealer for the Nexus 7. Well, unfortunately mine had an issue with constantly restarting. So I called google for tech support. They were really nice and helpful at first until they found out I bought it at staples.... All of a sudden they couldn't help me anymore and said I needed to contact Asus since I didn't buy it from the play store. huh?!.... This is a Nexus product isn't it, shouldn't matter who manufacturers it for you, you need to stand by your product and support it. Why the hell does Google list staples as a place to buy the Nexus 7 on the playstore and then not support you when there is a problem with the damn thing? I Ended up returning the thing to staples and that should of been my warning. But nope, I gave them another chance and bought this Nexus 5...this time from the Play store. And guess what.... lack of quality control. I really like the phone. But Googles lack of customer service for a 1st time Nexus product convert from apple is very disappointing to say the least.

Meh.... I tried. TWICE....And each time on a respective flagship product.... which they really don't stand by from my experience with them thus far. :rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
That dimple/indention on the bottom part near the LED is present on every Nexus 5... You might well have asked here first before returning the device :eek:

-Flowed from an IceCold Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
NOT a defect. Please return to Apple iPhone.
[Nexus 5 General] Anoopnk:
my nexus 5 radio goes off when i connect or disconnect charger, but not when pluged to laptop or PC !! and sometime radio sumetime suddenly goes off, cannot figure out why yet. totally radio problem.
[Nexus 5 General] ej8989:
Mine also has it but when I install a screen protector there's no visible bubble. Invest on a better screen protector.
[Nexus 5 General] qpva757:
So is everyone suggesting that the indention is a normal occurrence for the phone? I have not sent the phone back yet. I have 6 more days to do it.

What screen protector do you suggest? I used the spigen glass screen protector and right at the spot where there is the indention the screen protector looks like it doesn't touch. I was considering getting the Nilken screen protector next. I'm assuming you are referring to these screen protectors when you are referring to "high quality"?

For the ass that suggest I go back to apple.... it's people like you that makes communities like this look bad... get a life
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
YOU brought up your switch and displeasure with Google over this dimple in your rant..and I still think your expectations are better met by Apple iPhone, but thanks for the ad hominem.
[Nexus 5 General] mariuck:
Mine has the same issue... but is over the screen on lower black part... srsly can't ask for a refund just for this crap.. srsly.. it doesn't bother me :)))

LE: guys i got this issue like an internal sound.. It doesn.t come from buttons, cause i use a case and my buttons are really fine.. Is that smth normal ? I mean can be smth bad.. It doesn.t affect my daily use but if it is smth wrong with it i wanna know
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Spigen offered replacements to all the original buyers because of this. The solution was to make thinner, more flexible glass sheets with better adhesive.
[Nexus 5 General] Jawshawa:
I have the rattling button, I have the dimple in my screen.

Really doesn't bother me a single bit for as long as I am going to be using this phone I am sure it won't deter me from necessary functions.

What matters is, I have a large screen, great image, good camera, good battery, strong hardware, and it was all incredibly underpriced in comparison to a s3/s4/g2... Sooo

As far as I am concerned, there aren't any 'defects' with what is ultimately a purpose serving temporary device.
[Nexus 5 General] Zarkan:
No defects here... I guess I'm lucky! :D
[Nexus 5 General] kealke:
It isn't on mine.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
You can't make it out by just looking at that area... Look at the bottom part of the screen while it has a reflection of a bulb or a tube light... You will notice a slight patch.. (the reflections gets distorted over there)...
[Nexus 5 General] stevemw:
My phone is from the original batch from the Play Store --no screen defects.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
My original batch phone has a patch on the screen where my oleo coating wore off. It's so Damn annoying cause I feel the difference and it's kind of rough.