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[Nexus 5 General] jonmorris:
This thread is like a carbon copy of the Xperia Z and Z1 threads!!

The thing is, if you do put your phone flat, you can still see the screen. Sure, the colours might be a little off - but it doesn't go invisible.

There's really not a problem, and just as is the case on the Z1, when you do look at the intended angle, you will probably see a much higher contrast image (with better blacks and colours).

But, some people do have nothing better to do than moan.

That said, the speaker isn't its greatest feature.. but, again, it's not terrible. Just nowhere near as good as the HTC One (but nor is any other device, except perhaps the HTC One Max!).
[Nexus 5 General] HRodMusic:
So this is my first day with the phone here in the office at work, and i have the phone laying flat, evertime i get a msg it beeps, and i turn my screen on with the phone still flat and it looks washed out pretty stressful =(
[Nexus 5 General] jonmorris:
This is what mine looks like down on my desk, and at a diagonal angle. Seems pretty readable to me, even if it's not quite as sharp as looking face-on.

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(The last picture is the phone straight-on for comparison purposes)

If a call came in, I'd see who it was when it was there - and then pick it up to answer.

If a text or other alert came in, I'd have to pick it up to read it anyway - not try and read the text when it's on the desk.

It really isn't an issue as far as I can see!
[Nexus 5 General] HRodMusic:
your screen actually does not look bad compared to mine, i wish i had another phone to take a pic of my phone right now.
[Nexus 5 General] Rusty!:
For what it's worth, to my eye, my N5 is nothing like the One X comparison photo
[Nexus 5 General] jonmorris:
Here are some more photos using Display Tester.

Phone is on auto brightness. Photos taken with manual mode on Xperia Z1.

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[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
I would be interested to see what you are seeing because the pics here represent exactly how my screen looks at angles like that. Also, be aware that brightness and room lighting might also have an effect on how you are seeing it as well.....
[Nexus 5 General] HRodMusic:
get an angled shot from the bottom right part of the phone.
[Nexus 5 General] jonmorris:
Here you go:

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[Nexus 5 General] ms0chez:
Pretty much same here. Doesn't look bad to me when its on my desk and I do the same. Pick up my phone to text.
[Nexus 5 General] bloot:
Mine looks pretty the same as jonmorris'. I can't see the problem either, it would be better if at diagonal angles wouldn't wash out, sure, but then there's nothing perfect. Amoled displays have their weak points too.

Anyway, this is much more noticeable with no light.
[Nexus 5 General] FILLY86:
There must be two types of display

Hey Guys,

look at this 2 vids. In my opinion we can clearly see, that there are at least two different types of screens beeing built in.

Good Screen:

[YOUTUBE]AB4xLcRYoLk[/YOUTUBE]

Ugly Screen:

[YOUTUBE]vYt7EPfdsYc[/YOUTUBE]
[Nexus 5 General] bloot:
They're the same panel, the first video has low brghtness and the second, full brightness. You're making a problem where there's none.
[Nexus 5 General] FILLY86:
The Autor of the first video has postet the following description: "Brightness set to maximum"
[Nexus 5 General] jonmorris:
I hope my photos show there's not really a problem even if the colours might be a bit washed out. The important thing is you can still see the display and still read any text on it, so glancing down at it on a desk is NOT a problem.

Unless my phone is somehow unique, which I doubt.
[Nexus 5 General] bloot:
Maybe it's because of being recorded alone, and in the other video ther're two displays, where the N5 is far brighter (has one of the brightest displays I've seen).

Notice the camera overexposure when moving on angles.

Every IPS display has this fault, ones more noticebale than others, and then again, the N5 display is so bright it is much more noticeable.
[Nexus 5 General] kdotent:
Anybody please run these commands to confirm panel manufacturer

su

dmesg | grep -i panel
[Nexus 5 General] Cinner:
I agree, they are probably the same, it's just the different camera's and lighting conditions that make the screens look different. Both have bad diagonal viewing angles though. which is too bad because HTC and Apple have shown that this panel techonology can have awesome viewing angels (from every angle).

I have not seen a Nexus 5 yet with better viewing angles than those shown in the video's and pictures, so at this point maybe we should accept there are no "better" N5 screens out there so be happy with what you've got or buy a phone from a different manufacturer.
[Nexus 5 General] jonmorris:
Is the screen that bad at a low down diagonal view?

Obviously the camera made a lot of the screen is blurred, but you can still see the text is readable. That's surely all that matters - that the screen can be seen at nearly every angle you're ever likely to have the phone in relation to your eyes.

Only if I tipped it almost onto its side would the image disappear - and I can't think of any scenario where you'd do that.

Maybe if the phone was on a ledge and you looked it at eye level to the side? Hmm.
[Nexus 5 General] farangutan:
Plus one for privacy from snooping people nearby. I don't think the priority design consideration in a small screen for a phone meant to be held in your hand are extreme viewing angles. I can't consider lack of extreme viewing angle as a design flaw.
[Nexus 5 General] hello00:
im pretty sure everyone looks straight on at their phones

Sent from Mars™
[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
That is absurd but I am willing to try it.
[Nexus 5 General] kdotent:
The link states 2 different panel manufacturers

https://github.com/franciscofranco/...8974-hammerhead/msm8974-hammerhead-panel.dtsi
[Nexus 5 General] cubalibre832910:
My phone has the JDI panel, not the LG, curious to know the difference between the panels

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[Nexus 5 General] FILLY86:
And how are your viewing angles?
[Nexus 5 General] cubalibre832910:
The viewing angles are not too good but only for extreme angles.

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] aooga:
I don't get it. Mine are perfect. Pics are taken from a n7 thats why the quality is so bad.

If someone wants more pics, ask me.
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
Can you take a picture with a black or grey background?
[Nexus 5 General] nitrogen618:
I think you guys have a defective phone. Mine has perfect viewing angle.
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
Mine is also really washed out from an angle on dark backgrounds
[Nexus 5 General] aooga:
Okay really? I can, but it's obvious that it will have some distortion. Who looks at a black or gray background all day? Come on. I was talking about real world usage, not benchmarks.
[Nexus 5 General] xBeerdroiDx:
i like the 2 people sitting in the chairs not giving a f*ck in video #2. :good:
[Nexus 5 General] jelu77:
Different displays between US and European phones? Can you check your display by:

"The display type can be found by typing these commands in terminal(there are some free apps in play store)

su

dmesg | grep -i panel

You also need to be rooted"

And post your results, including US or European phone. Would be interesting to know. Thx

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Should say:

LGIT 1080p or JDI 1080p according to another thread "Nexus 5 display manufacturer" (cannot post links)
[Nexus 5 General] nitrogen618:
Mine is a JDI panel, no light leak, very very very good excellent angle.

us 16gb bk
[Nexus 5 General] samomamo:
I had the lg g2 for a month now I just got the Nexus 5 and it looks like shi t next to the LG G2 . Nexus 5 looks dull and washed out and the viewing angles are badddd. I got 3 Nexus 5s mine my brothers and wife's they all look shi t 2 black 32gb and 1 white 32gb.
[Nexus 5 General] xBeerdroiDx:
comparing my nexus 5 to my galaxy s4, there is no comparison. the s4 wins hands down.

then again, there's a vast price difference between the 2.

i feel like i have to pick my poison...
[Nexus 5 General] FILLY86:
Can you post a pic from the bottom right corner? And which display manufactorer do you have?
[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
I played with my friends S4 yesterday. Sorry, but that phone would not win anything hands down. Was not impressed with the overly saturated screen and let's not even talk about the lag fast that thing was bringing to the table. Samsung should be ashamed of themselves. It almost felt like I was navigating through a budget device.

I used to be Samsung fan but if you want a phone besides a Nexus, HTC looks like they are spanking them with the One based on it's screen and overall smoothness. The unnecessary crap called TW is obviously doing more harm then good to the S4 and not even an over saturated AMOLED screen (if you are into that) can save that puppy.
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
This is what mine looks like. I don't know the manufacturer because I'm not rooted. That is at half brightness in a room lit by one lamp.
[Nexus 5 General] parmend:
I can't believe its come down to viewing angles SMH. Next it's gonna be I can't see the screen with my eyes closed
[Nexus 5 General] Rusty!:
People aren't happy unless there is something to complain about.
[Nexus 5 General] jonmorris:
OMG. I just tried that, and you're right. If I close my eyes, I can't read the screen AT ALL.

I'm putting this piece of **** back in its box and sending it back to Google right now!
[Nexus 5 General] paperWastage:
I have the nexus 5 and oppo find 5. Both have JDI-branded 1080p IPS displays

at high brightness, oppo is brighter. nexus 5 wash out is apparent at a diagonal angle, 50 degrees(but not obvious or distracting, like the Droid 3 or Xperia Z)

at low to medium brightness, both look great. Nexus 5's wash out isn't as apparent unless you go diagonal at 5 degrees

so yeah, oppo find 5's screen is superior to nexus 5. But nexus 5's screen isn't going to be that distracting (compared to the Droid 3 or Xperia Z that I've seen)

can go to a t-mobile/at&t store to compare against HTC one/S4
[Nexus 5 General] caribouxda:
My neck stays straight. No need to test viewing angles. Good luck to those that have neck problems;)
[Nexus 5 General] xBeerdroiDx:
just to be clear, i use an aosp-based rom on my S4 so i dont experience the lag you speak of.

in every way my S4 still currently wins down. some of this is due to the better display, and some due to the amount of time the S4 has been been out and amount of development it has amassed. i don't hold the latter 2 against the N5. i'm just being honest is saying that the S4 combines a better overall experience. at around $250+ more it should, though.

htc is sh*t. my wife has a One. actually she is on her 2nd replacement. yeah, props to htc.

TW is crap but is removable. you need different friends. cheers.
[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
Not sure what you point is but I don't care what you have running your S4, the One is no doubt the better phone. Every phone will see it's fair share of defects, that is not how one judges a better phone. Do you think no one out there has been through 2 S4s?
[Nexus 5 General] blackhand1001:
There is definitely a difference in view angles between this and other devices. Here's a nexus 7 2013 from the same angle. It doesn't wash out. Even at much steeper angles.

I uploaded two with the flash on and one without.
[Nexus 5 General] xBeerdroiDx:
you brought up TW. i told you i wasnt running TW. i was running stock android...like the N5 is. thats what one of my S4 vs N5 comparisons was based off of.

i'm assuming you own or have regularly operated a One since you're standing by it. i am speaking from daily experience on all 3 devices.
[Nexus 5 General] buhloon:
Mine looks like that :\
[Nexus 5 General] marleyfan61:
Who views their phone from a low corner angle? This is silly.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
"The One is no doubt the better phone" is your opinion and nothing else. I've used both the One and the S4 and I prefer the S4. That doesn't mean I'm right or wrong - it means I have an opinion. The only difference is that I'm not trying to pass off my opinion as objective fact.
[Nexus 5 General] blackhand1001:
The glow starts as soon as a few degrees off angle diagonally. People just post pictures much further off angle to show what they mean.
[Nexus 5 General] gtg465x:
I don't have a Nexus 5, but I had a Nexus 4 and it did the same thing. It's not a huge deal, but it's certainly a minor annoyance at times. For the price though, you can't expect every part to be the most premium out there. There was a budget to meet. Those coming from a One or S4 will probably be more annoyed with the viewing angle washout. Those coming from a Nexus 4 will probably wonder what everyone is talking about because the screen is for sure better than the 4.
[Nexus 5 General] petard:
Vote for most overblown issue?

My Nexus 5 gets darker at extreme angles. It has the exact same effect that my Lumia 920 has. Nokia calls it "clearblack" it's used for making the blacks darker and for improving outdoor visibility.
[Nexus 5 General] detusueno:
I 100% agree. I'm coming from a iPhone 5 and it's display is perfect at any angle. The Nexus 5 is clearly worse at certain angles but they were very unnatural angles that I'd never use. We're talking about over 160 degrees and rotating facing from a diagonal. It's a trade off that I'm willing to make on a $350 phone.
[Nexus 5 General] blackhand1001:
I am thinking there must be two different panels used. The one I have seen in person had the typical IPS off angle glow although it looked pretty severe.
[Nexus 5 General] Rusty!:
There are two, one is LG the other is Japan Display
[Nexus 5 General] blackhand1001:
We need someone to post a the diagonal view angles of each. Maybe one has the A/TW polarizer and the other doesn't. If someone has one with good diagonal view angles please post a picture.
[Nexus 5 General] kdotent:
definitely the polarizer film makes the difference,and actually costs less than 30cents
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
Yeah I've yet to see a picture of an N5 without this issue. It would be nice if someone could post one or two. As it stands now I'm not entirely convinced that there are N5s without this characteristic.
[Nexus 5 General] blackhand1001:
Yeah. I don't know why manufacturers leave it out so much on IPS panels. The nexus 7 2013 has it as does the htc one etc.
[Nexus 5 General] silv3rkn1ght:
I tried to see if my Nexus 5 had the same issue. It doesn't ..
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
Can you please post a few pictures? Maybe load up the calculator app and take some shots from different angles. I'm just genuinely curious. Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] n19htmare:
Oh no!!!!!!! How will I ever view my screen at such extreme angle.......????? I mean no only do I have to tilt the display about 80 degrees I also have to turn the display horizontally about 45 degrees such that I'm looking from a corner........and the. There is this glowing effect that IPS panels are known for.....

How ever will my life be complete if I can't nitpick and complain about the dumbest of things.
[Nexus 5 General] Frozenthunder:
I've got both a nexus 5 and a nexus 7 2013. Their screens are very similar but only the Nexus 5 has that diagonal viewing angle issue. When I look diagonally at my Nexus 5 it looks perfect.

Here are images so that you guys see what I mean:

Now one might argue that you never look at the screen like that. But sometimes I do. Right now for example my phone lies right from me and if I get a notification I just hit the power button to see and then it is exactly that angle. And considering that I paid 400 euros for this phone and only 260 for the tablet I'd expect the viewing angles to be better than this.
[Nexus 5 General] 3473:
If my phone's on the desk and I get a notification

If I'm on a crowded train and can't look at my phone 100% straight

Etc etc. Definitely a cutback to get the price cheap.

I returned my N5 soon after buying it, got an LG G2 instead. Stuck stock android on it. Very happy, excellent display! (and excellent camera and excellent battery life)
[Nexus 5 General] Migamix:
sounds like someone that would complain the holograms on the death star were too blue. hey, while your *****ing about stupid stuff like viewing angle, why not put on some polarised sunglasses and look at your screen at all angles again.. you may learn something

me, I look directly at my phone when using, and the only time I can't see the screen is when in tilted past 85deg. at that point anyway the fonts have become Like flat and squishy anyway.. what is the point of nitpicking everything about a phone.. it is not a fault that the glass is polarised and pressure treated.

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erm... (twitch, twitch)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex~:
Anyone else missing a 2G toggle in their mobile network settings? Never had this problem before with my Galaxy Nexus.

Two screenshots: without SIM card, with SIM card.

Currently on giffgaff in the UK.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkcckr:
I just switched my N5 on for the first time and it has been stuck on the screen with the 4 circles moving around, for about 15 mins ...is this normal?

I honestly have not messed with anything, just charged it and pressed the power button.

Hope someone can help .. or tell me it's normal!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n7of9:
sorry buddy, that's not normal :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkcckr:
Thats what I thought :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Go into recovery and wipe caches and reboot, if that doesnt`t work go back into recovery and do a data factory reset.
[HTC Desire S] Samstag494:
Hey guys,

You can see the problem in the Screenshot. At one point the phone stops charging fast and goes on charging very slow. It looks like the phone thinks the battery is full and minimizes the charging power. It is a 1500mah battery, bought a few days ago. I also calibrated the battery at 100% in the 4ext recovery. CM 10.2 from 08.08.
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Provably not a problem at all. My guess would be that the battery or charging circuits were getting too hot so it dropped the charging current - fairly normal behavior.
[HTC Desire S] Samstag494:
The phone is staying completely cool. I think the calibration is wrong. It is supposed to charge slower at 90% Not something like 50 :(
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
I suspect a cheap battery... What brand is it?
[HTC Desire S] Samstag494:
Its a german brand MTec, oder via ebay.
[HTC Desire S] FlexiPack:
I've noticed my battery does the exact same thing. Charges quickly to around 50% and then very slow for the remaining 50%. I'm using the original HTC battery that came with my Desire S so I just presumed that it was either the due to the battery aging or perhaps due to the CM 10.1 I'm running. Can't say I noticed this charging behaviour before I used CM 10.1 but I didn't immediately notice it after flashing either.

My phone takes around 8 hours to do a full charge. I've noticed that I can get it to charge to 100% more quickly if I let it charge to near 50%, unplug it and leave it for 5/10 mins, then plug it in again. It's starts off with a fast charge again. It slows after a while but overall it's a quicker way to get to 100%. It's probably not the best thing for your battery to do that regularly so I don't do it unless I need it to charge quickly.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystborn:
Hi,

I would need some help , I got the 4.3 update on my htc one unlocked international today, First small update completed fine but the main one fails with this error message :

assert failed apply_patch_check ("system/xbin/nc"

( there is 2 quite long GUIDs after the message )

have anybody encountered this issue ?

Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystborn:
found that the file its referring to is most likely NetCat from busybox. ( I have also the sense 5 toolbox installed but not the Xposed framework, someone said that might cause issues )

have uninstalled both and re-downloading the update , will report back the result
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
for an OTA to work, you need to be on stock recovery and complete stock rom; cause the OTA checks the most/if not all of the files on the current rom, and if it sees a discrepancy (either missing file or different version), it won't (actually can't) update, cause the OTA is just a diff between two version.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystborn:
I have the original stock rom with stock recovery relocked bootloader, s-off, rooted.

i havent modified other stuff, as far as i remember,

you think its best to wipe and reinstall stock ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
well the "assert failed apply_patch_check ("system/xbin/nc"" means that file (/system/xbin/nc) is not the version the OTA expected (ie 100% stock ROM), and therefore cannot update.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystborn:
and the 2 long strings are hashes, one is the expected and the other is which I have...

so far I have found that file is NetCat, and quite possibly BusyBox modified it as it is included in it...

do you think it would be possible just to replace that file with an original ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
I guess so, you could extract it from the stock rom.zip and adb push it to the correct location, since you have SU privileges.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystborn:
I have tried via root explorers ( mounted the system RW ) but couldnt copy out for backup , also the file looks like 0

byte..

Bit the bullet and overwrote the file, the update proceeded past the issue , will report back
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystborn:
That did the job, now I am running 4.3 :cowboy:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
Congrats mate, I thought I saw an earlier post with something like "OTA Check Tool"? What's that?

Anyway, glad it worked out :good::good:

You may want to change the main thread title to include [SOLVED] for other to know
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystborn:
It was the "ota verify tool" from scary alien it is in beta, gave me a bit of bollocks but should be something of a nice tool when it fleshes out properly

I will mark the thread solved , thanks for the note.

Although according to google I am the only one who cocked his phone up this way hehe
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
Hmm thanks, I'll check that tool out when I get a chance, but like you said, it doesn't seem very accurate (at least yet).

And yes, I do believe you had an interesting approach at flashing an OTA :cowboy:
[Sony Xperia ZR] george101:
My Skullcandy headset is not working with my Xperia ZR all of a sudden. last thing i did was update the Walkman app and next day headset is not detected. My original headset and Sennheiser HD439 headphone works fine with the phone and the skullcandy woks when connected to PC.

Tried uninstalling the walkman update, but no change. Android build is 10.3.1.A.2.67.

Is this a software or hardware error? Anyone else with similar issues?
[Sony Xperia ZR] CressKH:
My issue with audio is the equalizer doesn't work... cm10.1
[Sony Xperia ZR] george101:
Just tried the headset in an Xperia L and it works fine. It wont work on my Xperia ZR now. WTF
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] molf48:
Goodmorning,

I have one MDA VARIO (UK), where can I find the I-mate K-jam ROM Freeware (English Version)?

And it’s very difficult to install this ROM in my MDA VARIO? (I will must first Back Up my old ROM), how becomes this?

I hope to help me...

Thanks