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[Nexus 5 General] pixelsquish:
i can add that a nexus 5 i received yesterday has the weak vibrate issue. half the day today the phone would vibrate so quiet i couldn't hear it on a table right in front of me in a real estate class. nor feel it in my pocket. the other half the time it vibrated very loud. did a search, this is a known hardware defect.

getting an RMA
[Nexus 5 General] ilostmypistons:
Are you sure that you took the protective plastic off the lens? It's hard to see I almost missed it
[Nexus 5 General] Solsun:
+1 on the clear plastic lens cover being on. My pictures were blurry until I took it off.
[Nexus 5 General] Intub8:
I'm going to sell a car like that. Brand new Chevy....pssss don't worry about the loose wheel, its only a problem if it falls off. The bottom line is you are buying a brand new phone. NOTHING should be loose.
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
The buttons are ceramic (an upgrade over plastic) and tend to rattle when the phone is shaken,etc. If you can't tolerate this you likely need to choose another phone.
[Nexus 5 General] ej8989:
I don't have the same issue. See attached photos.

What good would it be if they're ceramic but not precisely cut? I also got the 'issue' on the N5 and i'm not complaining. I'm just saying that google can do better.
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
Again..its a manufacturing tolerance. Some have it some don't....it is what it is despite everyone *****ing about it.
[Nexus 5 General] owais40:
Hi,

This is all I could find and I have removed it already. Is there anything else.

Appreciate your help.
[Nexus 5 General] Intub8:
My buttons don't rattle, if they did I would definitely return it and go with a different phone. But like I said they shouldn't make noise and rattle just because they are ceramic.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Despite what some may think, none of these issues are unique to to this phone.
[Nexus 5 General] ConorCX:
All phones have manufacturing defects. My first Nexus had a power button that kept getting stuck, absurdly loud vibrator and a nice rattle. I RMA'd and now have a perfect device.

The ones having problems are the ones shouting loudest, so don't let this put you off.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] kleverfarias:
my screen blinks sometimes... I'm using CM 11.0 ... does it happen with you??
[Nexus 5 General] owais40:
Hey guys, help please. I'm desperate here :( feeling like a fool for the first time in my life.
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
But of course they shouldn't. But the reality is they do. Do people return their cars when they hear an interior rattle or a door squeak? Look hard enough and you will find annoyances in everything.
[Nexus 5 General] Intub8:
On a brand new car, you better believe they return it.
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
For service...those annoyances don't meet state lemon laws. You can service a rattly button just the same.
[Nexus 5 General] Intub8:
Yes but they would actually fix the problem. You wouldn't have to take your dashboard apart and cram a wad of paper being a switch. it is a poor design or poor quality control, when you buy something brand new it should have 0 flaws. Google doesn't care how many units are returned because they just dump them back to lg. Lg is the problem here not the people returning them. I do agree though that after 1 or 2 rma's its time to move on , get a refund. 5 returns is just crazy.
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
The crux of the 'problem'. 0 flaws is an impossibility. It is not reality for either assembled hardware or written software. Expert design can alleviate it, sure, but never actually cure it. Quality control can identify and cure detectable issues, but is expensive to implement (why do you think Google has 'beta' everything? To adjust expectations.). The goal is to present no detectable flaws, but the flaws will always exist, if you look for them, and they are highly subjective. Some engineers even call them 'features'.

Google spec'd the unit with LG, and approved final designs before production, so they both share responsibility, but I agree LG has final responsibility for the presentation and warranty. Agreed on the 1-2 RMA's...after that you'd have to move on, or adjust your expectations.

The number of posts in this thread testify to two things: 1) This is a popular phone..likely more popular than any other Nexus. 2) As a result, folks with no prior Nexus background have expectations beyond what the Nexus program represents. We see them say 'flagship' (it's not, its a reference design, flagships get that expensive QC), and we see them say it should be flawless, when it's clearly not. 1+2=massive defects thread, when every phone has similar issues that have been beaten well beyond the dead horse in this thread.
[Nexus 5 General] mariuck:
Sry to say this but you are wrong mate, you promote the consumerism, the fact that u don't care what flaws the product have... u buy it and accept it cause u know u will buy another one soon like next year when next nexus will be launched. Srsly I really don't care about button rattle or small light bleed (which is freakin normal) but honestly... when u design a product and u have issues, like the gps doesn't make contact with the motherboard or buttons rattle to the point they feel like falling... And u are company like google and Lg... I think u can revisit the small design and add 0.01mm of plastic... And srsly it doesn't have any influence on you cause the ppl are doing LOTS of RMAS cause they don't get their not rattle phone... in fact it will maybe have a good influence on you too.. cause at next nexus(which u will buy) they will have a better quality build..

The point is that we are the ones to blame.. cause we buy the new product every year we accept flaws cause nothing is perrfect (it is a difference between perfect and working normaly) Look at Apple all they do is add very small design and change a component or 2 (camera and cpu) which they are very similar to the previous versions but with market politics they make u buy it... same as android only difference is that they take your eyes with big cpu and ram numbers... when they can all lunch a phone at least once a 2 or 3 years...

:eek:
[Nexus 5 General] etoad:
So much 'F U, GOT MINE' in this thread.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Compromises need to be made when undercutting the competition by such a large margin. Also people come on here to point out issues more then to make posts about how their daily driver is operating normally so it can skew perception.
[Nexus 5 General] mariuck:
Totally agree with you.. there were ppl that were buying the 311k, 312k, etc s**t and wanted to RMA just to get other no. on their S/N... this is tarded.. but the issues that bothers me are the ones like the gps... which dosen't make contact with the case... And the fact that that they made compromises to fight with the competition they have to come with a product that does it's daily user job.. and we should see ppl complaining about the bad quality of the camera or speaker or battery life (cause it doesen't go for 2 full days) or the plastic isn't that premium as iphone 5c.... stuff like this they should compromise.. not the the fact that some hardware doesn't work.
[Nexus 5 General] vasilenkoe:
Purple spot on screen

Hello, almost 2 months ago my brother who actually lives in UK got a white nexus 5 16 gb from google play. Then he flew back to Ukraine, where i live, and he presented it to me. Only now i realized that the phone has some pretty big purple spot on the screen that can be only seen on a dark/grey background. And now he is back in UK, and i'm here in Ukraine and i have no idea if it's possible for me to get a replacement. And if so, will i have to actually send MY nexus 5 back to google,as it will a big problem for me. Or maybe they will let me keep my old nexus 5 ?)

Someone who had similar problem please explain it to me :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] daniel_amorim:
hello..

i don't know if you guys can see this but when i have 2 icons like the foto, my screen create something like a stripe connecting the 2 icons...when i don't have icons he it looks fine.

anyone knows what is it??
[Nexus 5 General] raulg15:
wow glad I seen this thread. I read the first few pages thinking it was just the first batch...but a few months later and people are still having the same problem...

I have an upgrade tomorrow and I was going to get the Nexus 5 but I am not sure no more. It is starting to sound like it will be a downgrade from the Galaxy S4. I might just go with the LG G2.

Im going to keep looking at Nexus 5 reviews though because I want to buy it because of the price. But no with any dead pixels though.
[Nexus 5 General] yo2boy:
The posts here are a tiny percentage of people owning a Nexus 5. Majority of people who don't have defects don't post.
[Nexus 5 General] raulg15:
I hope so. I've been looking around and all over the internet people are talking about the same problems. I dont know, I might just pick pick it up and see if I like it, if not i'll just return it.

But I cant believe there is almost 200 pages and from beginning of the thread to the end I see people having the same problems. Even just these past few days people people who just bought the phone are posting about the same old problems I've been reading about.

I'm going to see what I buy, its either going to be the Nexus 5 or LG G2.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
This is to be expected. The Nexus 5 is a very popular phone on these forums so naturally you get a lot of people posting about it. Statistically you are only going to hear from the ones with problems. The thread is also filled with those trying to give advice where we can, even if that comes down to curbing some expectations.

Remember this isn't a flagship phone. It's more like Google's reference design for a high end phone at a mid range price, designed to show off how clean looking and smooth running Android phones can be if you just let it. Keeping in mind the phone's price and position in the market for off contract phones it's impossible not to come away impressed with the sheer value though most people on here got theirs for it's unbridled customization.
[Nexus 5 General] vytman:
Hey guys, I noticed my vibration is very weak. I have root and downloaded vibration config but it's still weak, should I send to RMA or there is nothing to do about it?
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Its hard to say without a point of reference (another device). If you know a guy with an n5 or live near a store where you can compare, that's good.

If not, you cant really tell. It may well be faulty. If it is genuinely faulty, you should rma
[Nexus 5 General] Luigi Vampa:
Having had two Nexus 5's and reading this forum, I can quess that even half of the Nexus 5 units have a weak vibration when using Haptic feedback -feature. The vibration engine is not able to accelerate fast enough to vibrate strongly when using for example android keyboard. On the other hand, the vibration motor works well when incoming calls ring as the motor has enough time to accelerate to full speed.

With these things said, I bet this weak vibration -defect is now more of a feature that can be avoided only by luck. I am now ordering my third phone (returned because of dead pixels) and I'm not expecting it to have a better vibration when using haptic feedback. If I'm lucky enough I'll get a better vibration motor.

LG includes ****ty vibration motors in the Nexus 5, you just have to accept it. Remember, I've had already two of these.
[Nexus 5 General] vytman:
Well actually my only complain is about messaging and call notifications, the haptic feedback is good for my taste.

Unfortunately I don't have anyone to compare my device with :(

I really don't know what to do, if I knew that I had a faulty unity I would send it back for sure :S
[Nexus 5 General] raulg15:
Just bought a Nexus 5 from Tmobile. I've only had it for a few minutes. I dont hear any shaking or rattling on the power buttons or the camera. So far seems solid. Its also has a serial of 401. I am going to check out the vibration and gps later on today.
[Nexus 5 General] vytman:
Yes, thank you =)
[Nexus 5 General] raulg15:
Alright so everything has worked. Vibration is good, do not see any problems with it. Just as good as any other phone. Same with the GPS. I just used it and it worked great. No yellow tint or loose buttons.
[Nexus 5 General] ej8989:
I recommend installing a screen protector the moment you buy the nexus 5. After a month of use, there's a small 'thumb spot' on my device that already lost its coating. The glass spot has a more rough surface (by only about 1%) than the surface surrounding it. They're only noticeable when: 1. Your screen is off in low light 2. Under direct sunlight 3. When you swipe the screen as delicate as possible 4. When there's remaining natural oil from your fingers on the screen and you don't wipe em off.

I can't see it when i'm using the device, so it's not really a defect for me. I was just disappointed to encounter this on a high-end device with a gorilla glass 3.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] vytman:
Thank you, I've sent an RMA. Let's see if it's a phone or a user problem :/
[Nexus 5 General] VicktorDroid:
The nexus 5 of my girlfriend fell from a chair almost 30cm and the screen get a lot of damage so the most i can advise is buying a case or a screen glass protector...
[Nexus 5 General] Li1quid:
Just got my nexus but the vibrate sounds loud.

Example (not mine): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4BqD4PyH0

Mine isn't exactly that bad, but it's close... Damn it, the sound annoys me.
[Nexus 5 General] jkc120:
Yep, I had 3 of them like that (2 were as loud as this, one was *slightly* better, but still bad) and decided to stop playing RMA roulette. :( I guess I was unlucky.
[Nexus 5 General] vytman:
The sound of mine is OK I guess but the intensity is too weak, at least for my taste.
[Nexus 5 General] jkc120:
Mine were quite strong and I liked that. Just very noisy :(
[Nexus 5 General] asuprice:
Is there still a problem with light leaks in the new builds?
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
SERIAL NUMBERS DONT MATTER. ITS THE SAME AS IT EVER WAS. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
[Nexus 5 General] :
I have the supposedly faulty version, but really haven't noticed any problems (though I have rooted and ROMed it out, fixing a lot of audio and software problems). I suppose I just got lucky with my build.
[Nexus 5 General] thefiqs:
After a 3 months a realised I have a defected subpixel or how to call it. I can see it only on black background and it is green. Is any subpixel or dead pixel policy? Can I RMA it or it isn't covered by the warranty?

Nexus5 X Tapatalk Pro
[Nexus 5 General] jtwlbz:
Yes i would do it in a heart beat. Oh and when you order replacemeng do it with nexy day shipping. You wont lose a dime.

---------- Post added at 06:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:45 PM ----------

They won't rma for the problem unless motor is not workinh at all. You can return it and buy another though
[Nexus 5 General] thefiqs:
Thanks for the info.

I don't know what's happening, I'm sure I was very prudent when checked my screen and now I realised I have two. :(

Damn I hope I can remove my dbrand skin in one piece.

Nexus5 X Tapatalk Pro
[Nexus 5 General] daudirfan58:
Looks like u might have some kind of dead pixels.. Download dead pixel decector from play store and check... If still not fixed apply franco kernel
[Nexus 5 General] Roxy:
My phone seemed to be ok except for the screen. I can slightly see the digitizer when the screen is on. ( you're only supposed to see it under bright light when the screen is off, no? )

Does this apply to everyone's phone? or is it quite uncommon?
[Nexus 5 General] jtwlbz:
My nexus 4 had that digitizer easily seen but n5 I never noticed that and can't see in any circumstances
[Nexus 5 General] Roxy:
Oh? then I wonder if mine is considered a ' defective ' screen. o_o
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
No.
[Nexus 5 General] Roxy:
Oh okay.
[Nexus 5 General] jtwlbz:
Call them up if that bothers you they will tell you if its or not.
[Nexus 5 General] iggie94:
I just bought a Nexus 5 from T-Mobile. Everything is perfect except for the back. If I push the middle of the back it feels a bit loose. Is that normal?
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
Not at all. All reviews say that its very sturdy with no creaks or looseness in the back anywhere (buttons are a different story though).

If it bothers you, RMA it.
[Nexus 5 General] californicated:
Scenario:

- set brightness to 100%

- black screen

Do you guys see the screen getting slightly brighter/darker when pressing it a little bit harder, especially on the edges?

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] WarRaven:
I'm never in that scenario, ever.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Jattro:
I sometimes have some sort of flashing pixels on the left side of the screen, when I'm using a browser and the background is black. But it's only in the browser, never in an other app.
[Nexus 5 General] iggie94:
Could this be a plausible explanation?
[Nexus 5 General] Blown 89:
My GPS is completely out. The replacement has a vibration motor that sounded loose and made more sound than vibration. I'm waiting on another replacement.
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
Yeah but my friends nexus 5 has no creaks or soft spots anywhere (mine does). Nor do the review units or ones in stores so I don't think it's normal.
[Nexus 5 General] iggie94:
Hmm. I'm still deciding if I should return it and get another one or not. :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
If it bothers you, then do it. If not, then don't...
[Nexus 5 General] r3d_ark:
Hello guys! Planing to buy n5... Jst want to ask that black color is really having a white earpiece??? I saw in some videos... But in some it was black... Can anyone tell whats going on???:confused::what:
[Nexus 5 General] Roxy:
White earpiece = White N5

Black earpiece = Black N5

Black N5 does NOT have white earpiece.
[Nexus 5 General] r3d_ark:
That was quick...thanx...:)
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
Lack of glue/adhesive inside its normal
[Nexus 5 General] x111:
The biggest defect in Nexus 5 is a screen. Very bad LCD display. Should be super amoled for who want it.

p.s. Google, please, do it for next Nexus phone.
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU ON ABOUT?!?!?!?! Amoleds suck. Neon colours, yellow whites, burn ins, bad brightness....

This phone has a beautiful display.

This isnt even a defect! This is a complaint about the phone itself!

If google puts an amoled, in the next nexus, i will stay with my N5.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
No just no

>^.^< Sent From Meow G2
[Nexus 5 General] WarRaven:
Agreed guys.

If the N5 had an Amoled, of any type, I would rock another phone with out it.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] iggie94:
Makes sense. Not really worth the hassle to return it over that.
[Nexus 5 General] ej8989:
The only good color in an amoled display is black. All the other colors produced are fake.
[Nexus 5 General] jonkillops:
My 2nd Nexus 5 RMA is being shipped today!!!!

Kinda nervous & hope this time, the hardware is spot on what it's supposed to be.

1st Nexus 5 32gb Black purchased at release had a cracked volume rocker button upon delivery.

My 2nd device has strange discolored shaded splotches almost like zebra stripes throughout the entire screen.

Here's crossing my fingers for a healthy 3rd unit! C'mon UPS!﻿
[Nexus 5 General] jtwlbz:
What are you smoking? Can I have some?
[Nexus 5 General] x111:
I strongly believe that many of people want to have chose and have super amoled display on their next nexus phone, and it can the special edition, like red nexus 5 and even maybe more expensive.

I am ready to pay for this screen extra money for sure.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] anesthetize_:
Hello everyone, this is my first post here.

I signed up because i wanted to share how i solved the MAC address question. Simply, after flashing a custom rom, the phone gets the developers MAC. How to solve this?

First of all, you'll need an Hex editor. Install it and give it root access.

Before disabling wifi, take note of you new mac address.

There are 4 files in /data/etc called wlan_maccaddr0, wlan_maccaddr1, wlan_maccaddr2, wlan_maccaddr3. Take note of these addresses.

Then open /etc/firmware/wlan/prima/WCNSS_1com_wlan_nv.bin with your hex editor. (Backup before editing!)

You will probably have something like that.

You will see the new mac address repeated four times. you must substitute each address with the one you read in step 3.

Note that they differ only for the last character. (remember: two numbers is a character)

End up with something like that.

That should do the trick. Reboot and rejoice

Please don't be harsh to me, it's only my way to introduce myself :)

Happy hacking

EDIT: Reported to work on Xperia T and Xperia V
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] TiMiN8R:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2121151
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] anesthetize_:
Already tried that, it didn't work, at least for me! I'm currently using a Sony Xperia T with cyanogenmod 10.1 :)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] TiMiN8R:
Yes you're right that fix only seems to work on stock based ROMs. I'm running omni now and didn't realise it before but facing the same issue. Not a real problem for me personally but thanks for this fix.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] grisu59964:
Works fine with CM 10.1 on Xperia V. Thanks a lot!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bigb0119:
It doesnt work in V (flashed FXP250).

Once saved the file and re-opened it or reboot , all changes lost...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] TiMiN8R:
You need to make sure that system is mounted r/w
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bigb0119:
I am not sure why I failed...

but now I use ES File explorer with root, locate that .bin file, open it using HEX editor, save. And succeed....

But I now use CM10.2 rather than FXP250
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Taucher35:
The folder /data/etc doesn't exists on my Xperia V...

I have the KitKat 4.4.4 OmniRom installed.

What can i do?
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