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[Nexus 5 General] jtwlbz:
Still seeing all kinds of problem. it's your call. you can always return it if you don't like or keep RMAing or ignore them.

I RMAed 3 times to get the right one. I got dead pixel, severe light bleeds, loud vibrator and etc.
[Nexus 5 General] om22:
yup definitley better than a s4 with samsungs knox sh*t. they´re limiting the users more and more with every update. i´ve heard that with one of the next official kitkat updates you aren´t able anymore to boot any unsigned custom kernel (no guarantee on this one though).

will try it again because RMA from google is very nice and my friend doesn´t have any problems with his n5 :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 5 General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
I got my replacement last week but now I noticed my usb port is really loose to the point that if it wiggles a little bit, it stops charging. this rather annoying. anybody noticed this? I tried multiple cables. The charging part I'm not worry. I'm more worry if I'm fastbooting something to it and I wiggle it by mistake. Thou I don't see myself doing any fastboot on it anytime soon.

Wondering if somehow the actual port inside got pushed in a little bit. that being said, It won't be a charging issue soon as I'm thinking of buying a wireless charger device.
[Nexus 5 General] tbgreen89:
Anybody have any idea on what's causing this issue? I got no answer earlier..

I'm on the latest stock ROM unrooted. I'm hoping just a sin card issue and not the phone. I'm going to also flash back to stock via computer.
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
I personally had 1 rma due to a REAL issue which made my phone unusable as a phone (no sims would work at all, mic would not work). The next phone i got was perfect. Really strong and quiet vibrator, perfect screen (~2.2 gamma stock). Its all down to luck. All phones have issues, not just the nexus 5. If you are going to hold back due to the possibility of getting a faulty phone, then don't buy any products at all cause they could be faulty too. I think that you should just get one now.
[Nexus 5 General] jkc120:
I had THREE Nexus 5s with the faulty vibrator. I gave up and returned the 3rd one (don't get me started on Google's refund process, I'm STILL waiting to get my refund, but that's neither here nor there) and I'm done. They had 3 chances to give me a phone without issues. I shouldn't have even given them the 3rd chance. It shouldn't be that hard to get a device without issues. I had similar issues with the Galaxy Nexus (ALL radios would just die randomly 100+ times a day) but I was able to buy those from Costco and finally able to get one that worked. I think once of the major places they cut costs on Nexus phones is QC. Just my humble (and probably unpopular) opinion...
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
Define faulty vibrator. Not working at all, loud, or..? The nexus vibrator IS louder than the on in the s2/g nexus but its stronger too. Mines probably a little bit louder than my s2 but significantly stronger.
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
Id rma. Your phone isn't how it should be. What if you want to transfer files and it comes loose? It's gonna be annoying. And if you want to sell it later your phone will have less value

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
That's what I'm thinking but I just got this one. Maybe I'll wait a week or two. If it gets worse, I'll RMA. Everything else is good. I also found a USB cable that wiggles but stays charging. Its my wife s4 white cable. I'll use that for now.
[Nexus 5 General] ArtieQ:
So is the GPS issue fixed in an update yet or do we still need to RMA to get the newer builds?
[Nexus 5 General] stuart0001:
There are no newer builds. Mine was spot on for a month but now I get frequent dropouts. I'm certain its the contact worsening over time. In my case maybe exasperated by prolonged use of a spring loaded car mount that grips on the sides. I'm going to try the cardboard fix.
[Nexus 5 General] Abhilash_shivanand93:
Can someone tell me the process to rma my fone.. My power button rattles a lot n dust beneath my screen.. I don't know the procedure to rma
[Nexus 5 General] drwx:
you should google that...
[Nexus 5 General] jkc120:
EXTREMELY loud. I understand it's a different type of vibrator, but the iPhone 5 has the same type and the two were night and day. When typing on it, it sounded like a swarm of bees buzzing around my head, that's how loud it was. And all 3 were the same. If that was "normal", then my friend's N5 must be flawed but his vibration is good but NOT loud. I was tired of RMA'ing and figured I'd try the next generation of Nexus.
[Nexus 5 General] mistahseller:
Better get your money back and buy an iPhone.

Sent from The Deathstar
[Nexus 5 General] jkc120:
No thanks this s4 will suffice for now. So because I mentioned an iPhone I want one? Smh.
[Nexus 5 General] eshopper:
I'm having Problem from past few days.. whenever I receive a call I can't see the call screen but could hear ringtone and once after that I need to restart the phone if i need to find call screen for outgoing or incoming

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] WarRaven:
Have you by chance adjusted window animation in developer settings?

That being turned off will effect dialer.

Don't know if that's it in your case though.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] ej8989:
The only thing I complain about this device after using it for two weeks is the LED notification light. It can accurately produce literally RGB colors only! (Red, Green, and Blue)

I understand that google has to cut costs but other colors produced by the LED (specially white) are so ugly and it annoys me. I am forced to use only RGB.
[Nexus 5 General] JazzVH:
Very happy with my N5, no defects so far. At first a little disappointed in the camera, but that got better (of course) after the 4.4.2 update. Grrreat phone;)
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
This is not a defect. You're posting in the wrong Place.

Please post in q&a
[Nexus 5 General] samkent6:
Not sure if this is a defect or not so I'll post anyway. The last couple of weeks my 3G/3G+ connection just sort of stops working for a few minutes. Data connection is always left on and the status bar shows it's still connected to Google services and the internet. Is this a software bug? I can't really describe it better than apart from it just doesn't work sometimes. My signal is always 2 or 3 bars at home.
[Nexus 5 General] eshopper:
No boss ..developer option had been disabled.. and mine is not rooted.. running stock os.. don't know why is that happening off late

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] mabru2001:
Use lightflow and be rooted. I can pick any color for my notifications I want. I have some purple and some gold alerts.
[Nexus 5 General] drwx:
not true.... i can get yellow, orange, and i think purple as well.
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
Same here I get yellow and I've seen purple and I think even a pinkish color. And I get white fine for texts and calls

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
He never said he couldn't get other colours. Just that he thought the other colours it produced were ugly in his opinion.

Unfortunately though, defects can't be subjective
[Nexus 5 General] jugglingandroid:
Finally got Google to give me a full refund after 5 faulty nexus 5's. I'm never gonna buy another nexus again. Even if they do release it in red.
[Nexus 5 General] WarRaven:
Good grief,.. five?

LOL

If they do release it in red, do Google, LG and all of us nexus folk a favor,... And look away.

Mine and two other to me local, all ordered at different times, all perfectly usable to us.

What's the odds.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
You RMA'ed at least once for a software glitch, and once for a warm screen. The other 3 times I'm not sure but if they were anything similar, what did you really expect? Classic example of self-induced RMA hell, I say.
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
You obviously should be dissatisfied with yours. What's the matter with you? :)
[Nexus 5 General] jugglingandroid:
All had software or hardware problems. I get through phones quite quickly and move onto the next supposed flagship. Resale value is nothing if the phone is knowingly faulty. So yes I rma'd those dodgy phones til the point they decided to refund me because they couldn't provide me with a working phone.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Software can always be patched and the mic has 2 temporary fixes already. Warm screen fades away and can be tweaked further if more blue is desired. What were the other 3, loose buttons?

I'm finding the beauty of a Nexus device is any issues you may have are just a quick fix away. Putting yourself through RMA hell should be the last thing you want to do, but then I guess this isn't the phone to get if you want a "perfect" device and the price makes that pretty clear.
[Nexus 5 General] jugglingandroid:
That would be a good listing on eBay. Phone faulty but might be fixed in the future or you can cover up the secondary mic with your finger or use a Bluetooth headset. Good one. November launch now nearly in February. This nexus has no quick fix.
[Nexus 5 General] WarRaven:
I've no mic issue, phone or video.

Neither do the others locally I spoke of or I would be hearing about it at work.

Fussy plain and simple, want a flagship, buy one.

Don't buy a half price developer oriented phone expecting polished perfection.

BTW, good luck with perfection on other phones too.

Cya around other forums after today I guess.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] jugglingandroid:
What are you doing in a nexus 5 defect thread then? Ha.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Every device has it's issues. As someone who buys phones as often as yourself you should be able to factor that into you're reasoning. Maybe you owned a certain iPhone and held it wrong? As for software, I can't actually remember the last time I owned a phone that didn't have at least one software glitch, can you? Patches all showed up eventually.

I don't mean to single you out but I can't find a single person who has had to RMA this many times for legitimate issues. Other people read your non-descriptive post of "5+ RMAs" and might come to the wrong conclusion that they will be unable to receive a working device.
[Nexus 5 General] WarRaven:
Honestly,

Some get a true hardware failure like emmc, screen or a mic...once, maybe twice.

For them, this thread exists.

Outside of them.

I see some folks come to the conclusion its defective if it creak's when they squeeze it.

Others because it rattles when shook or tapped on squarely.

These groups imo are paranoid perfection questing basement dwelling cheesie puff eating nutjobs that have not seen natural light since school other then through a window.

No one wants them scaring rational folk away from a good deal of a phone.

My answer.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
Mmmm....cheesie puffs!
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
I rmad mine for button rattle but it was very annoying. Not average like it should be it could be heard whenever my phone even moved or when I touched that area. My newer one was pretty much perfect in my opinion no rattle at all (I haven't shaken it because there's no reason to) but when you touch your phone you shouldn't here the button shaking that loud. Now it's all good though. Just pointing out because you mentioned about people rmaing for rattle when touching the phone but sometimes it's actually really bad. I even held it to the rep over the phone and taped the screen and they heard it.

(Ps: I'm still in high school and play soccer and go swimming and to the rec center a lot like I just did today so I wouldn't call my self a Puff that hadn't seen natural light:p)

I love going out doors which is why I like having a good camera for those nice moments. I'm happy with this camera but the dark video needs to be fixed. Even in broad daylight the videos are dimmed a little. So hopefully Google fixes that soon (I really hope it's just software which it seems it is because there's some mods that fix it)

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] WarRaven:
I jest above, as much as the extreme some take it to.

Kudos to you for reason and rational thought.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] alcantarvf:
I have a nexus 5 two weeks old and couple of days ago I noticed a dead pixel. Past the 14 days return... Would T Mobile exchange a phone for one dead pixel? I bought it at T-Mobile with a friends discount...
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
Since its an actual defect, they should.
[Nexus 5 General] samkent6:
My camera rattles when I walk around whilst on the phone. Does this bother me? Not at all
[Nexus 5 General] eshopper:
Guys i am having serious problem!!!

from past few days when i am receiving a call then he call screen doesnt show up but i can hear the ringtone and truecaller screen. I cant attend the call now..

then if i dial to any phone the call screen is not popping up but the call is getting connected, cannot disconnect.

help me what to do with this. resetting the phone will make me hell of ajob for taking backups and reinstalling.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
clear data via apps menu on dialer.

This is not a defect. Please ask questions for support in q&a. defects are hardware
[Nexus 5 General] shadowdevil:
Uninstall truecaller and try..!
[Nexus 5 General] daudirfan58:
Actually i was seeming to have the same problem .. It is some how connected to the sensor which turns on screen as soon as u take the device out of your pocket .. I flashed custom ROM and it fixed itself ... !!! Hope it gets better .. :D
[Nexus 5 General] ej8989:
I'm using slimkat and i also have the option to select ANY color I want. What I'm saying is, I cannot get a solid LED color other than Red, Green, and Blue. Yellow has some red and green colors slightly (very subtle) bleeding around the LED light while in White, i can see slight pink and green colors around it. Cyan, Purple, Pink, etc... have very slight blue light bleeding around (or behind?) them. Anyhow, they annoy me that much so I only use RGB. I say "slight" because they're unnoticeable under well-lit environment.
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
So I had the creak around camera lens issue. Today I heard really loud creaks coming from there, worse than when I first got the phone or a few weeks ago. When I first got it, I had no creaks. After a couple of weeks I noticed a slight one and now its louder. Could it be due to heat? I used my torch for about an hour (I really needed it) and the phone got hot. Could it be from that? Should I be concerned?

I heard the noise with my case on BTW. I don't think it's worth an RMA but if it could develop into a real issue then I would.

If I sound whiny it's because I'm nit picking. Other than this, the phone is perfect.
[Nexus 5 General] Gizmo123:
So, who's been getting 401k, i don't see anyone writing much about it? Carriers here in Serbia have it, bought one a week ago for my GF, it's pretty good considering defects. Loose button is still there, but no bad vibration motor, no backlight bleeding, no dead pixels, no yellow screen, etc. All in all, seems great, but doesn't mean others will be that lucky. Still a lottery, i think.
[Nexus 5 General] om22:
Will recive mine on thursday and report which number i´ve got. Ordered today and it´s got shipped today :victory:
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Well since play was out of stock, all nexus 5's ordered now will have been made in January most likely
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
OH NO... I THINK I JUST SPOTTED A DEAD/STUCK PIXEL.. :( :banghead::banghead:

On an all black screen or dark screen, there a small whitish dot. Its not there on any other colours... :/

Is it a dead pixel? If so, I'll RMA for sure.

At least the 401k will be much better and make my phone into a super computer right [MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] ;) ;)

I'm past the 14 day period, would they fix it for free/replace it? I'm not 100% sure they would.
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
They'll replace it within the year but they won't let you return it for refund after 14 days

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Yup. That's exactly right.
[Nexus 5 General] Luigi Vampa:
Well.. Just for people to quit the serial number conversation:

I've had 312k with dead pixels -> returned it.

I've had 401k with dead pixels -> returned it.

As everybody know, those were identical and the quality was just great! Only those dead pixels were there, damn it. Now ordering my third one...

I was just amused when people here were talking about the different sized speaker holes. Well, my old Galaxy S has literally not even the half of the Nexus 5's holes and the speaker works and is loud in there ;)

I hope I could just get a Nexus 5 and keep it!
[Nexus 5 General] fkloznica:
do you know were someone can buy original back battery cover ? but they must have the option to send in Europe not only in the USA ,tnx :o
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
I'm just wondering, do i have a dead pixel? (The description is on the post you quoted)

Other than that, i have a creaking backplate (doesnt bother me) and a gap between screen and frame big enough for stuff to get stuck in there.

If it is a dead pixel, ill just rma.
[Nexus 5 General] shadowdevil:
Guys "dead pixels" are the worst thing in a phone.. because every time when i look at the screen i only note that..lol

Got 312K two dead pixels for my bad luck.. RMAed, now waiting for the replacement..:(

I know all these defects are there from the launch but i can't resist to buy one,really an awesome phone to have..really it is...!
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
Yeah the "dot" on my screen is really getting on my nerves. Where yours visible under all colours? Mine is only really noticable on darker colours since its so small and white...
[Nexus 5 General] jyuuken:
Yellow tint for me corrected with display control
[Nexus 5 General] shadowdevil:
I think that is stuck pixel..you can a try tool from playstore to fix that..but dead pixel can't be fixed and it is a black dot appearing only in white background(Its actually dere but only visible in white backgrounds..)..awhhh so frustrating it is...:(
[Nexus 5 General] pgptheoriginal:
After using six Nexus 5s, I assume that all N5s have yellowish screen right out of the box; but after a week or two it gradually fades away ;) I think that's because the glue between the glass and the LCD takes some time to get dry, and it isn't perfectly transparent until it's dry.

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
I've ran the "fix" there times (1.5 hour total) and its still there... I think its permanent... Ill call google tommorow but first i gotta relock my bootloader, etc
[Nexus 5 General] shadowdevil:
Then its better to RMA buddy,we can't live with this black and white spots on that awesome screen..!
[Nexus 5 General] melogray:
I got one this Monday. The store I bought it at just got them delivered that day, so I assume that it's the latest 401k batch right now. So far it doesn't have any faults, except for a loose power button and very minor light bleed. Doesn't bug me at all though.
[Nexus 5 General] Prezlamen:
rattling power button

i got mine few days ago...rattle edition
[Nexus 5 General] shadowdevil:
If you have no dead pixels other than slight rattle you are lucky..!
[Nexus 5 General] Charlann:
It's not a dead pixel it's the NSA spy eye. :eek:
[Nexus 5 General] om22:
I have a little tradition on android devices:

My old xperia arc had exactly 1 dead pixel.

My xperia tablet z had 1 dead pixel.

Aaaand my nexus 5 which i´ve got today has exactly 1 dead pixel. :victory:

It´s defenitley a dead pixel and not a corn of dust. Vibration sounds normal. Perfect manufacturing quality. I started to love it the first second i held it in my hands.:angel:

Oh BTW: it´s a 312k

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goin to install cyanogenmod, the best ROM in my opinion hehe
[Nexus 5 General] Andypandiiee:
Is the replacement Nexus 5 refurbished or brand new? And when you RMA, do u purchase another Nexus 5 from the google play website? Thanks :)
[Nexus 5 General] drwx:
the replacement device when you RMA is new. They give you a 1 time-use link that "purchases" another phone of the same color and storage size as your original. then they put a hold on your credit card for that phone's amount. After you get the new one, you return the old one.
[Nexus 5 General] toyfreak:
My Dead Pixel Scare

Turned out to be false. I noticed a black spot while running Dead Pixel Test which went away when I removed my screen protector. After thoroughly cleaning the screen and screen protector and re-installing it this tiny speck remains. I can live with it because I know it's a flaw in the tempered glass screen protector, not the LCD panel. I also have to look very hard to see it. The phone itself is perfect in every way, at least to my eye.
[Nexus 5 General] Andypandiiee:
Is it brand new or like refurbished and then called new?
[Nexus 5 General] caspboy:
yeah, that could become a problem in the future...I'd return it and get a new one while you have the 30-Day return policy.
[Nexus 5 General] cybervyrus8587:
Mine rattles when I tap it or when it vibrates when held vertically. I don't mind doing an rma, but when they put a "hold" on the card used to purchase, does it charge the card then return funds once they receive the defective one?
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
No, it just takes off the hold.
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
Do you guys think that the nexus will get an actual hardware revision and not just the "zOMG 401K FIXED ALL MY PROBLEMS AND MADE ME COFFEE" type of revisions im seeing.
[Nexus 5 General] melogray:
Do you mean the light bleed or the power button? And why? :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] stuart0001:
Doesn't seem to be a problem for the op so why RMA. You get 12 months anyway so no hurry.

I think people are far too eager to RMA for the most trivial of issues.
[Nexus 5 General] fleabeard:
I just noticed that two segments of the inlaid lettering of the X on my phone have fallen out. I decided to call Google. The agent that helped me seemed to have never heard of such an issue. She talked to her supervisor, came back and told me that since it was an aesthetic issue they couldn't process a warranty claim.

I know that it's just a sticker, but for $400 I would think that they could find an application that would last more than a few months. BS in my opinion.
[Nexus 5 General] caspboy:
Because your phones can have a light bleed like my 1st galaxy nexus. I was in denial like you and one night it so happen that I fell asleep with my phone, rolled over and dropped it onto the wooden floor. It was fine till a few days latter when dead pixels started to show up.

Your screen isn't suppose to bleed at all - and a loose power button is a issue. Trust me on this
[Nexus 5 General] melogray:
The Galaxy Nexus had an AMOLED screen, which normally isn't prone to light bleeding at all. So I guess your display was defective anyway. :confused:

Backlight bleeding is actually very common with LCD screens. And a loose button is only an issue if you make one out of it. There are plenty of phones out there with loose buttons. As long as they don't fall off, I don't see a problem there.
[Nexus 5 General] owais40:
Hi guys. Hope you could help me.

I bought my Nexus 5 two days ago from online store. It had 4.4.2 already installed and manufacturing date is 01/2014. Everything about it is perfect except two things. One is the Power Button which is a bit loose. This may not bother me much but the other issue is a huge one. My Rear Camera takes a lot blurry pictures especially for closer objects and this happens always. Here I have uploaded two pictures, one taken with Nexus 5 and other taken with my old LG Optimus 2x (also 8MP) at the same time. As you can see that in the picture taken with Nexus 5 nothing is readable from the newspaper. But the picture taken with Optimus 2x is clear. Also there is a lot of difference in the size of the pictures --- 1.47MB in case of Nexus 5 and 4.49 MB on Optimus 2x. I'm currently running Stock on Nexus 5 and with CM11 on my Optimus 2x.

Do you guys also have these camera issues. Any help in this regard is greatly appreciated. This is really annoying :(

Thanks