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[Nexus 5 General] dav94:
Recently, Ive been getting a problem where my power button is not working.

When the screen is off, I press the power button and my screen wont turn on but I can still feel the vibrate from touching the slide to unlock. I can also long hold the power button and I will feel the vibrate but the screen wont turn on. After a few minutes or restarting the phone, it will work fine.

Today, my phone screen was on and was working fine but I could not turn off the screen. I press the power button but the screen phone turn off and I long press the power button and the power options will appear.

Another problem Ive been having is that sometimes, I keep my phone in my pocket and when I take it out, I notice that its really warm and the power went down by like 10% in like 10 minutes. Idk whats happening when my phone is locked but im pretty sure all the apps were cleared.

Does anyone have the same problems or know how to fix?
[Nexus 5 General] MacerHD:
It was near perfect I guess, it has a nick in the plastic bezel since day one.

Why pay for another adapter when this is covered. If I get a bad phone then I'll get an rma again
[Nexus 5 General] dcjose48:
I ordered my phone right when it went on sale and so far I havent really seen any defects on it. There is a very slight play on the power button but doenst bother me enough to send it back. The battery life has been alright on it but I've been switching kernels and haven't stuck with one so I'm going to give it a couple days and see what happens. Someone I got a very light scratch on the screen. I don't know how it happened but its not bad enough that I'd RMA it. Really hope everyone who has problems gets a good unit. It is a great phone. I've put my black HTC one gpe (converted) aside for now so I can use the n5 as my daily driver.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Um I know u said that u aren't gonna rma but I don't think the fact that u scratched the screen is a reason to RMA anyways lol

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[Nexus 5 General] dcjose48:
I didn't mean I was going to RMA for that reason. Obviously I know what valid reasons would be.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
That's normal its just the digitizer :thumbup:

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[Nexus 5 General] dcosmopolitan:
Are we supposed to live with this problem? I don't see this issue with other LCD displays, even Nexus 4.
[Nexus 5 General] Soldier 2.0:
You don't have to "live" with it, you can always get a different phone.

First world problems...
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
The n4 defiantly has it. Its just in a different grid pattern. Just Google nexus 4 visible digitizer u will see a bunch of stuff on it. Its a normal part of having this type of screen. My G2 has it but it's much less visible

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[Nexus 5 General] Dougfresh:
Just got mines from T-Mobile 2 nights ago and I have the screen set to full brightness and I keep noticing that the screen flickers to full brightness then it gets dimmer then brighter. Anyone else? 311k, 16 GB
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
I think I have this problem as well. I am not 100% sure but still.... as it's really confusing and I have no proof to prove it. I can just say I have may be noticed it.
[Nexus 5 General] Dougfresh:
Yeah, it's noticeable on chrome especially. Changes brightness levels every minute or two. At least I could take it back to TMO and get it swapped out within 14 days.
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
hmm, will try on chrome today and report back.
[Nexus 5 General] novodev:
I experienced an issue with calls & SMS.

Sometimes when I try to make a call I get the message “no mobile networks available”. Status bar says “emergency calls only”. But I have mobile data and internet access… Just can’t call or SMS till I toggle to airplane mode.

It doesn’t happen to often but it’s annoying. (today 2x)

Any suggestions?
[Nexus 5 General] starche_old:
Got mine yesterday.

I might be blind, but there's no dead pixels nor dust under the glass of the screen. I checked that couple of times in dark room - nothing. Bleeding - just a bit on left corners, buy literally a bit and it's doesn't bother me.

Screen in general - well, I don't want to start holy war "AMOLED vs LCD" :) the issue here is me and LCD as technology itself, but not N5. It had it's pros and cons and in general looks I like natural colors of LCD.

Rattle noise - just a very bit (camera I guess) if to shake it really well. No such sound in real life.

Vibration motor - a bit more noisy than I'd like to, but NP for me. Vibration itself is strong and that's what I'm care.

Wi-Fi, GPS and everything else works fine. In overall - I'm really happy with N5 and definitely I'm keeping it.
[Nexus 5 General] marcusxv3:
Hello,

Can you please let us know when you ordered your nexus? I am hoping that they have started to make some improvements in the build quality..
[Nexus 5 General] thacounty:
Same problem here. Not always with chrome but noticeable with Chrome. Plume does it too.
[Nexus 5 General] scouser_75:
Is anyone having issues with a screen that adjusts the auto-brightness every few seconds even though you're in the same position and light conditions???
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
Yes, definitely.
[Nexus 5 General] siggmund:
Can confirm device has low earpiece volume. Power button rattles. Camera is horrible. Other than that its all good......
[Nexus 5 General] caribouxda:
My nexus talks to me + it has seizures.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
:eek::eek::eek:

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[Nexus 5 General] mickey4mice:
You obviously haven't been to HTC One defective thread. Cosmetically the One has had much worse run than N5. And that is an almost $700 flagship.

-Sent from mobile device
[Nexus 5 General] chaoslogix:
I have a similar problem (maybe it's the same?). I can see (pulsing?)horizontal lines when the screen is on, and it's almost as if the screen is pulsing, more noticeable at 100% brightness and certainly doesn't look right.
[Nexus 5 General] aimfire72:
Got a 16gb, has dead pixel on bottom right corner and light bleed on too left corner. Returned for a 32gb, perfect screen, but has the super weak and noisy vibration motor problem. Gonna try for #3 and then I'm done... not happy
[Nexus 5 General] anurag4444:
camera problem green screen.

Sometimes in my nexus 5 when i open my camera screen becomes green and it starts flashing. if i close the camera everything else is normal. but if i again open camera app.only the menu appears and screen is just blank.

if i restarts the device everything becomes normal. is it a software bug or hardware bug. i have only install two app dead pixel and tubex (to download youtube videos). tubex app is from unknown resource . please help me. is anyone else facing the same problem
[Nexus 5 General] Kurt2013:
Just got mine in the mail yesterday. Got home around 11 and didn't want to open before bed because I knew if I had a dead pixel or bum something I wouldn't sleep good. (Dumb brain) So what happens....I have dreams all night that my screen is full of dead pixels and defects...thanks to this thread for scaring me! haha!

No issues so far. No power button rattle or dead pixels...that I noticed.

Will update as I play more.
[Nexus 5 General] jpav80:
Bad luck here with the defects (especially the dust and no dead pixels). I noticed on all the phones come covered in debris. I asked Google about this and got no definitive answer. Already sending 3 units back.

1st: Dust particles in screen and no vibration

2nd: Sporadic working volume rocker and more dust under screen

3rd: More dust under screen then the screen started acting wonky (bad banding)

Debating on getting a 4th

Really want to like the phone, but my Nexus 4 is fine for now especially since it got the last update to 4.4.

-Jay
[Nexus 5 General] aimfire72:
Yeah, I'm getting annoyed with the Nexus line in general, with all the defects... I understand they want to keep the prices low, but I'd gladly pay $50 more if they made an effort with quality control.

- Nexus 10 - returned 3 times due to light bleed and dead pixels. Finally settled on #4 despite the light bleed

- Nexus 7 2013 - returned and exchanged 4 or 5 times (lost count) due to dead pixels, light bleed, touch screen, etc. Finally got a good one.

- Nexus 5 - first one had dead pixel and bad light bleed. 2nd one has weak, almost non-existent vibration. Gonna RMA and try for #3.

It really is a shame....
[Nexus 5 General] Simonna:
No one phone is perfect. If you want great quality phone buy more expensive phone like HTC One or Sony Xperia.
[Nexus 5 General] crzycrkr:
And even those aren't perfect. EVERY phone has a run of defective hardware early on. It's party of being an early adopter. HTC, for all their fabled build quality, is well known for it
[Nexus 5 General] :
My first device had a nasty yellow tint on the screen. RMA'd and the replacement is much less yellow, but still kind of warm compared to my perfectly calibrated Nexus 7 2013. The speaker is also louder on my replacement, and the vibration is tighter and less abrasive. I got lucky based off of what I've read in this thread so far.

Color calibration we can tinker with and do ourselves anyway. It is a Nexus after all.
[Nexus 5 General] aimfire72:
Just did the tedious RMA process over the phone. They insisted that I did a factory reset to see if the light bleed and vibration motor issues were resolved. <roll eyes>. Ordered a replacement - does anyone know if they fast track replacement devices, or am I really gonna have to wait until the Dec. 13 shipping estimate?
[Nexus 5 General] alexobrien90:
I sent mine in for RMA on a Sunday and it shipped out on Monday the next day. I received it on Friday. This is after I ordered a 2nd nexus 5 for my girlfriend which still isn't here yet. My first RMA came a lot faster than a prior order.
[Nexus 5 General] fcb1:
Do I have to send in the phone first for an RMA or do they send one out first?
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
They send you one and you place the old one in its box and send it back
[Nexus 5 General] gabe32:
I also am plauged by the lose power button, on a white 32gb model. Going to get a case that covers the whole phone to dapmen it, I don't feel like setting up a new phone for something so minute.
[Nexus 5 General] birdie:
32 gb black, us play store - 11 completely dead pixels. :(
[Nexus 5 General] aimfire72:
Thanks. I called around 3pm PST and it already shipped out tonight! Due to arrive on Friday, let's hope it's a keeper!
[Nexus 5 General] unni_kmr:
I got my N5 32 GB black version two days back. I felt it was yellowish compared to my old Galaxy S2. So I asked for a replacement. The replacement is slightly less yellowish compared to the original. But it has a dark spot that doesn't go away. Would you recommend me keeping the original one assuming this yellowishness is there on all N5s?

Image 1: Original N5 on left, replacement on right

Image 2: Nexus 7, N5, N5, Galaxy S2

Image 3: Dark spot on replacement
[Nexus 5 General] Stefan1980:
My N5 vibrator dosent seem to work, its like having its own life, working whenever it wants to? Is this a common problem on the N5?
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
In your last pic that's the same thing I have on mine. I'm not sure if it's dust or a dead pixel. Can't really Ever see it unless I try to so I'm waiting to RMA mine till another revision comes out or QC seems to be better.

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[Nexus 5 General] ezio2:
Mine works fine !!

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[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
And you posted that in a thread about made to discuss defects why?

>^·^< Sent From Meow LG G2
[Nexus 5 General] aimfire72:
The S2 has a very strong blue cast to it, which is normal. Your eyes have probably gotten used to that, so any screen is going to look more yellowish (less blue). Your N5 screens don't look too bad, I'd say either one is good, unless the dead pixel really bothers you.

I hate dead pixels and will almost always return a phone or tablet because of them. But honestly, if it's on the lower corner of the screen, most likely you won't even notice it in normal daily use. I returned my first N5 because of this and after receiving an even worse replacement, wish I had just kept it. It bugged me to know it was there, but most of the time I didn't notice it.
[Nexus 5 General] Aria807:
Anyone have weird ambient light sensor issues? Sometimes under halogen lighting, the light sensor picks up 0lx, then if aimed directly at the halogen light, it will spike to 30000lx.

Don't seem to have issues under daylight or LED/CCFL lighting.
[Nexus 5 General] ssconceptz:
I think there's something defective about my Nexus 5, when used on AT&T it functions fine but once I activate it on Sprint, it randomly reboots constantly as soon as the screen turns off.
[Nexus 5 General] attily89:
I've noticed my n5 is getting warm really fast, with a normal use the battery is reaching about 35°C, is it normal?

How can i test the temperature properly?
[Nexus 5 General] bigbiceps:
My loud speaker has gone bad recently where it wouldn't play anything at all.

Tried reboot , dif kernel etc still nothing.

But then out of no where it starts playing again ( morning time for around 2 hours)

Later again it stopped working.

Again next day it worked and now it's gone for almost 2 days.

Does anyone know what can be done?

The problem is I bought it from us play store and got it shipped to India.

So no warranty.

Please help, day by day it gets frustrating :(

Sent from my H@mmerHe@d
[Nexus 5 General] scouser_75:
Have you contacted Google about this? If so, what did they say?

They're telling me this is not a fault and is perfectly normal!
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
idk, it's not a big deal for me right now so didn't contacted google at all for this.
[Nexus 5 General] gparmar76:
Returning my N5 for replacement today...defective GPS...other than that, had no issues.
[Nexus 5 General] meangreenie:
Does anyone else feel the sound vibrate on the back when watching videos etc?
[Nexus 5 General] unknvvn:
Reading this thread makes me think that Nexus 5 is made out of scrap parts.
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
Well that's because the only people posting here are people that have defects obviously the posts will be negative. If you want to see a neutral view look at a review by once of those android groups. There's lots of people who don't have any problems with theirs.
[Nexus 5 General] unknvvn:
How about people who try 3 or more replacements but still with defects? Or google is just sending defected phones to other people as replacements? Either that or defect ratio is very high.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Its just a lottery. This is no different than any other smart phone launch. You should have been there for the HTC One launch Lol. It's the price we pay to be the first to get a device.

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[Nexus 5 General] unknvvn:
I saw what happened to htc one forums. HTC failing doesn't make other fails acceptable. I don't see such threads in LG G2, Galaxy s3/4 or whatever forums.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Then u haven't looked cause the G2 has had terrible touch screen issues. I got lucky and my G2 is perfect but others have gone through multiple replacements. I don't like touchpiss so I can't comment on the Samsung devices. I'm not saying this is OK but unfortunately its become the norm

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[Nexus 5 General] unknvvn:
I've read about touch issues. Are they hw or software related?And does it have dust, dead pixels, broken buttons or whatever other parts not working(bad quality control)?

S3 had a few issues like most devices always have but not to the degree which can be seen in this thread.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Its hardware I'm pretty sure. But the n5 doesn't have touchscreen issues so u can't compare apples to oranges they are two different phones with two sets of issues. I agree this seems extreme but u are in the defects thread so its gonna seem bad. There is a spreadsheet around here somewhere and the vast majority have no defects. People post about defects cause they are frustrated about it and people with perfect devices usually don't post about it.

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[Nexus 5 General] unknvvn:
You don't need to repeat this, this is common sense. But it doesn't explain why others need so many replacements to get a phone without defects.

Bad luck isn't explanation. I have bought many items in my life and i haven't got a single defected item which i would need to exchange except for nokia 5230 a bit loose button lol.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Oh I agree its ridiculous but my point is this ridiculousness has become the norm. I think phone manufacturers have come to the conclusion that the majority of consumers won't notice the defects. We are the tech savvy and we expect more unfortunately. If the vast majority would do the same maybe these huge companies would listen. Sad really

>^.^< Sent From Meow nexus5
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
Good point lol. I just meant that it'll look that way if you only look at this thread. People should look at other places too. My phone personally has the vibration issue but only for touch sounds not call vibration. I also have the extra rattling power button (though a case fixed that). I'm just waiting for these to get fixed before making an RMA.
[Nexus 5 General] kdog350:
I was at the sprint store today and I noticed that was a really terrible burn in issue with the nexus 5. The navigation bar along with the buttons were clearly visible while watching a Youtube video in fullscreen
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
I'm doing the same with the dust under my screen. Gonna RMA probably in early 2014 like late Jan or early Feb

>^.^< Sent From Meow nexus5
[Nexus 5 General] ssconceptz:
All the time here! Needs to be fixed, very annoying.
[Nexus 5 General] johnastew:
Can you just return a device with a defect after the 14 day period or do you have to get a replacement? The haptic feedback on this device is infuriating. Its my second one and it is doing exactly what the last one did... Kind of want a Moto X...
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
After 15 days the no question returns are done so you have one more day. But after that it's just a warranty so I think they only replace it.
[Nexus 5 General] cheddar 151:
Phone speaker buzzy / deleted email issue?

Well, I can't go back to my trusty HTC One S on T-Mob after this nice bright and big screen and the speedy performance on AT&T. Still…

…my phone speaker is buzzy with some callers, Higher voices in a certain tonal range cause it to rattle… yes, yes, I thought of those solutions, too. But I'd rather the hardware not drive that decision.

Secondly, and more worrying, actually, is that emails seem to be disappearing off the server (Godaddy) after download and erasure from the phone. I have the settings such that mail is "Never" to be deleted from the server. But I got a half dozen today on my phone, blithely tossed them, expecting to review when I got to the office and…*nada. Determined that the settings were correct, made sure my other two phones were shut off, then fired off a note to Google about the email app.

No one else has reported this, so I keep thinking it is some sort of dumb-ass attack on my part, but I can't find the cause in my stuff. Any advice welcome. Granted, I'm no tech, but not exactly a "complete" newb, either.

No, I don't think the two problems have the same root cause. She knows less about tech than I do.
[Nexus 5 General] jeremykersh:
haven't seen this one yet so I'm guessing this is just a defect in my phone. Been using it about a week and while playing a game I couldn't seem to exit the game, did a reboot and seems I couldn't exit the screen because (if held in regular phone position) about 1/3 to the left of my screen the digitizer stopped working from top to bottom.. Really annoying cant hit the phone key or any app in the app drawer on the left side. Super weird if swiping the keyboard you can see exactly where the digitizer stops working. They are sending me a new one, just hope its not a refurbished one someone else returned for a dead pixel or rattling power button, everything else seemed to be perfect :crying:
[Nexus 5 General] zerocool79346:
This thread happens with every device. Every. Single. One.

And the people in it freak out and threaten class action law suits against the companies because it has to be negligence and is the worst device ever made. Every. Single. Time.

Nothing about this situation is unique. It's the price to be paid for buying a first run device. Don't like it? Wait a few months or RMA multiple times and deal with it.
[Nexus 5 General] wund3rground:
One.Dead.Pixel.

Ugh... Went to the TMobile store, showed dude the power button rattle. He was nice enough, swapped it out, no questions. After popping in my SIM, I gave the screen a good once over, but apparently not good enough. When I got home I discovered one, tiny, dead pixel. You can really only see it on white backgrounds, and it really is pretty hard to see. I'm considering fighting my OCD and just dealing with it, but it's already kinda driving me crazy. Even though you can't see it without trying, I still know it's there. But, as someone mentioned before, these kinds of issues are expected in a first run. Brings back memories of the Thunderbolt, I lost count of how many of those I swapped out...
[Nexus 5 General] NICEGYPT:
I had the same hissing like n4. If you listen to the phone from the back next to the camera you will hear hissing unless you don't have that problem. But I do have that problem. I do also have the motor sound and yellow screen. I am returning it back to tmobile and will go for note 3.
[Nexus 5 General] ryanraven:
I have a small white dot when I open the camera, not a dead pixel looks like a camera defect not sure if I should RMA it? Its there on all teken oictures and throughout videos.
[Nexus 5 General] zat0x:
My new nexus 5 i just got freezes after a few seconds and then restarts. I made it one time to enter the os but then again it freezes and restarts.

I tried the following thing :

- Factory reset from bootloader ( i can enter bootloader without problems and does not freeze). No succes.

- Flashed new factory image using nexus root toolkit. No succes.
[Nexus 5 General] shadowcore:
Yes, this is true, but the nature of the complaintss changes from phone to phone.

People report here some pretty concerning things, such as having a bad vibrator and bad microphone and dead-stuck pixels.

Dead-stuck pixcels are ok unless you have like more than 1 or 2.

THe other issues seem to be problematic because they compromise phone usability. And frankly, people have the right to demand a flawless phone for $350 or more, actually, all phones should be flawless and by flaw I mean things that comeout not defined in the spec sheet.

Having said that,I find this sad. I really hope google does something about this.
[Nexus 5 General] adichandra:
I have a sound distortion either from speaker or from headset. The funny thing is playing movies and music with mx player pro is fine, but watching youtube gives some distortion that makes a headache.
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
Well according to Google it's software related and there's a fix coming "soon". In your case this seems to make sense. But for others it seems to be hardware since they say it's distorted everywhere.
[Nexus 5 General] tylerwatt12:
Mine arrived the 29th. Some things to note about screen colors: properly calibrated screens are warmer than you expect

So anyway, mine appears fine, great battery life so far, speaker is a little crappy but better than the nexus 4. There are some backlight issues which can be seen when you have a black screen at full brightness looking at the top left corner of the screen while the bottom right corner faces you. Camera alignment is fine. That's all I can think of.

Oh also, no dead pixels
[Nexus 5 General] Badd_blood:
I pray mine has no defects or problems. I know they would bother me alot.