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[Nexus 5 General] Cruzfire:
If you have huge sausage fingers, do I qualify to perform this operation ?
[Nexus 5 General] Audioboxer:
[MENTION=5525439]deansaunders[/MENTION] It didn't make a difference attaching my motor to the phone. Seems to be either a dud motor or bad gold connections on the phone.

Hope it's the motor. I will wait until spare parts hit the internet. Probably be a few months? :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] umesswitme:
My power button is fine unfortunately it's my volume rocker that rattles. I might try an RMA but the phone is perfect otherwise.
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
That's a shame mate, it's made mine feel a lot better. I fix phones for a living so every time I see a phone that has one of these circular vibrate motors I'm going to try it in the Nexus. And yes, it'll probably be next month sometime when parts for it start appearing on eBay (all that's on there at the moment is a battery I think)
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
You can do the same trick with the volume buttons as I did the power one. If you watch the video it'll be the exact same process, just using a longer bit of card in behind the volume rocker.
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
That's what tweezers are for :laugh:
[Nexus 5 General] Audioboxer:
What I've noticed is it's the vibrations on the launcher and software keys that are the weakest, definitely weaker than my first N5. When the phone rings its pretty strong. Using franco kernel to set the vibration at 100.
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
Dodgy motor I'd guess then. More constant current goes to it when it's ringing, whereas with the launcher it's just tiny jolts. You got a voltmeter? If so test what current is coming from the contacts on the logic board when you press a button. If it's normal (I'll let you know what normal is later when I get home and can test mine) then it's defo the motor.
[Nexus 5 General] Audioboxer:
I do, I shall check it now :highfive:
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
Ok, do a test of the quick vibration (launcher soft keys) and also the stronger vibration (when the phone is ringing)
[Nexus 5 General] Hydro8:
Is it easy to remove back with nail ?

I try but i didn"t be able to unlock first part :(
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
Yes. The first clip is the hardest. I found the easiest place to start was the top left corner. Push your nail in and dig a bit, then the clip just above the volume rocker should pop out.
[Nexus 5 General] Audioboxer:
Physics in school wasn't my strong point, so excuse me if I've done this wrong :laugh:

Tapping the launcher button shoots the meter up to around the blue mark (slightly higher if I tap quickly repeatedly), testing it at 100 vibrate (what the phone rings at) shoots it right to the red mark instantly.
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
Wow, I was hoping you had a digital one, ha ha. Ok buddy, I'll have a look later when I'm home.
[Nexus 5 General] Audioboxer:
Hahaha sorry :laugh:

Mostly just have this lying around for testing batteries. If you could pull some readings from yours I'll do the leg work in converting how that would show on this antique.

I'm working a backshift today so won't be home till near 11pm, so no rush.
[Nexus 5 General] graffixnyc:
Mine rattles like the video in the OP.. Don't really want to pull the whole phone apart to fix it.. I don't mind it rattling if the phone is moving around but every time I touch the upper part of the screen it rattles.. I think I'll just RMA it as it's really getting on my nerves
[Nexus 5 General] umesswitme:
I feel the same way about my volume rocker.
[Nexus 5 General] onthecouchagain:
Does it rattle when you thumb tap while typing out a message? I remember owning a device that had a rattling power button and it would do that -- drove me absolutely nuts.

Or anytime you tap the screen close to the power button, it's rattle, even if you weren't tapping hard.

This would betray an otherwise seemingly well built phone...
[Nexus 5 General] Mr. Sprinkles:
This issue could easily be remedied if LG would simply stick plastic shims to the buttons at the factory. In fact, I wonder if that's what they're supposed to do and some phones slipped through without them...
[Nexus 5 General] nimrodity:
quick but kinda ugly fix

here´s a quick fix but it´s not the most beatiful one, just take a tiny piece of black duck tape and put it over the button. That´s what I did because the ratting drove me insane but I didn´t want to return it because of that. I had no luck last time with my phone where every replaced unit was worse than the one before.

For me that solution works until I maybe find something cleaner
[Nexus 5 General] ZenithHammerhead:
After unlocking, rooting, custom kenel, brick, adb fastboot, factory system, root, and finally custom kernel again...I'm beginning to want to take it easy when it comes to modding my N5.

Maybe it's time to go into hard-ware "mods?" with this trick?

I have the devil on one shoulder saying "GO GO GO" and the angel on my other saying "Don't be a dumb***".

I guess I'll have an answer as to which one wins out later tonight...
[Nexus 5 General] sxp123731:
I watched your video like a horror movie, plus the sound of your breath ?

I guess you'll be bored as hell if you get to use an iPhone, OP
[Nexus 5 General] Evo_Shift:
Thanks for having the balls to do this. After watching your video I had the confidence to do it as well.

I was able to slide my piece of paper in without removing the entire circuit board though so it went really fast as all I removed was the back cover and then the black cover that has the six screws in it. Worst part was getting the back cover off.

The type of paper I used was from a CenturyLink flyer (good for something I guess) I got in the mail so it was quite stiff, similar to the blue cover sleeve the nexus 5 box was made from only slightly thinner... It was stiff enough paper material not to bend as I used a tweezer to push/slide it in place. There was definite resistance as I slid it in so I know it will stay in place. It really makes the button feel perfect.

No more rattle which was my only complaint. (Other than the LTE issues with Sprint)

By the way remember to "squeeze" the middle of the phone so the clip right in the center of the back cover, next to the wireless charge contacts connects. I didn't do this the first time I put the cover back on and my wireless charging wouldn't work. It wasn't obvious I missed that clip when putting it back together.
[Nexus 5 General] Armutszeugnis:
I'd be highly interested in getting a working solution for this matter. Not in the way it was done for the N4 with 2 batteries of the same capacity and specs put in parallel, but with one battery of higher capacity. I'm not an electronics geek but i'd suppose the maximum capacity to be put on the battery is controlled and limited by a chip (just the hardware itself or is this done by programming??). At least that's what I would do to avoid killing the battery. Is there some information around to get on how the charge control of the N5 is actually working?
[Nexus 5 General] KTT16:
Just wanted to say how awesome this was. Both my power and volume rocker rattled a bit. I was able to do the fix and now no rattle! Back panel a little bent here and there.. But mostly flush...
[Nexus 5 General] harlenm:
My power button rattles, white 32gb.

Just put a little tape over the switch, it's in a case so it's not noticeable.
[Nexus 5 General] deanesn:
FML I opened my phone to fix the button cuz it was kind of annoying but somehow I screwed up the wireless charging. The phone will charge for about a minute and it will stop. I did make sure that I closed the cover correctly. So just be careful when you open your phone.
[Nexus 5 General] Nbsss:
Press the cover firmly in the centre, there's a clip there I think.
[Nexus 5 General] deanesn:
I have. That's the first clip I made sure it went in. The only thing I can think of is that I might have shorten on the wireless charging board because the phone will charge for a minute and it will stop. Also is really hard to find the spot to charge it. Tried it on 2 LG wcp-300 and 2 Nokia dt-900 chargers. My n4 charges fine. Oh well my fault. It sucks cuz I got used to the wireless charging so much I take for granted now.
[Nexus 5 General] deanesn:
I figured I report back in case someone else runs into this issue. I ended up draining the battery completely and I mean all the way down. Ones the phone shutoff the first time I kept turning on until it didn't turn on anymore. At this point I fully charged the phone using the usb port. After the full charge the phone had drained down to 84% I left the phone on my dt-900 and it charged up fully. I will leave the phone on the wireless charger tonight and report back tomorrow but it seems this method reset something on the wireless charging board.
[Nexus 5 General] cannondale0815:
I thought my phone had the same power button rattle issue. But now I realize the rattle is coming from somewhere else (maybe camera)? It rattles even when I hold the power and volume buttons, so must be coming from somewhere else. A colleagues' Nexus 5 doesn't have the same rattle.
[Nexus 5 General] chakra:
there no more rattle.
[Nexus 5 General] cannondale0815:
That's an iPhone.
[Nexus 5 General] ramon110884:
Also worked for me. Tnx
[Nexus 5 General] Pard0ned:
Very nice that this can be easily fixed. Cheers OP!
[Nexus 5 General] thegtfusion:
The camera it is. Its the IOS, its normal.
[Nexus 5 General] Rusty!:
Auto-focus mechanism more likely
[Nexus 5 General] cannondale0815:
Well, two phones from colleagues don't have that rattle, so I wouldn't agree that it's normal. It might be nothing to worry about, but it's not the case with all units.
[Nexus 5 General] kayone73:
No idea where the button rattle complaints are coming from, I shake the hell out of my phone and can't hear the ceramic buttons rattle

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] jball:
Unless you have parkansins I would imagine its just human to find something wrong with something good
[Nexus 5 General] EcPercy:
I shook my phone and didn't hear anything until the phone was, literally, right next to my ear. It doesn't make sense that you can hear the button rattle at arms length. The button is tiny and hardly has room to move around. It seems that people are nitpicking this phone way too much.
[Nexus 5 General] jball:
I'm about to move over from ATT S4 to this phone and ran across this type of picking. I gree with you
[Nexus 5 General] delfin2003:
My original phone had no power button rattle unless I was to bring it up to my ear and shake it and then I could hear it. Unfortunately, it also had dead pixels and light bleed. The replacement that I got has power button rattle but the screen is perfect. Damn..

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You don't have that issue. I'm talking about tapping on the top 50% of the screen and hearing power button rattle, yeah, it's that audible.
[Nexus 5 General] Lownita:
It is exactly the same with my first one which I still have. :eek: Although lightbleed is there, but I don't care.
[Nexus 5 General] cannondale0815:
Just because your particular unit doesn't have that issue doesn't mean everyone else is imagining it.
[Nexus 5 General] onthecouchagain:
If you want to use your power button less, you can do download this app and make it your default Gesture-Up-From-Home to sleep and lock your device (the Google Now gesture from the Home button).

"Screen Off And Lock": https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en

Then swipe up from Home (like you would to get to Google Now) and it'll ask you to set a new default:

Grant it permissions, and now, every time you swipe up from Home, you can lock your screen/device from anywhere! Great for those who don't want to overuse the power button, and for those who obviously don't use Google Now like that.

To get rid of it, just go to "Screen Off and Lock" app in your App settings and Clear Defaults (or just uninstall the app).

Just thought I'd share.
[Nexus 5 General] jtwlbz:
The problem is not when pressing button but when you tap touch screen around the button that's annoying
[Nexus 5 General] jball:
To make everyone feel better about there button. I use an ATT S4 with a locked bootloader.

How's that sound?
[Nexus 5 General] bleets:
So...

I was thinking about the actual cause of this issue.

And it's two things.

Firstly, the decision to use the very inflexible ceramic material.

That on its own isnt a failing since other manufacturers have used inflexible material like sony Z1's power button.

If it's couple with bad design thats when things fail.

Usually with plastic buttons (and i have seen a lot in my day job), they are usually fixed to the chassis in 2 or more places, or with a fixing parallel to the button itself. The natural springyness of the plastic (granted, coupled with decent placement of the button PCB) keeps the button in place and minimises movement.

With the ceramic button, it rotates on a loop at the top end of the button and relies on the power button only to hold it in place.

So with bad design or poor manufacturing, the button doesnt push enough against the ceramic to hold it in place or maybe there should have been some sort of spring mechanism to push the button back and hold it stable or even made the ceramic buttons a touch thicker so that they are held in place better.

Either way it's a bad design choice and poor manufacturing that gives us this annoying issue of constantly rattling buttons...i can't blame the fact on the ceramic buttons themselves, when they're working right they do feel...solid, but when they're loose and rattling and you push them you feel it will break very quickly.

And the fact that it moves around so much under the finger, you'll end up pushing the button not straight and may wear out of damage the microswitch a lot sooner...which would be annoying as LG would probably turn around and say user damage.
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
i wouldn't have noticed the rattling thing if i hadn't watched it on youtube, i have to hit(tap) hard in a certain place to hear it. Yes the power button is not that firm in it's place, but seeing how often this thing is, i think it might just be the way it is manufactured, and just the way it should be.

i actually don't notice it and don't care if it's there, i'll save my nerves for some bigger life problems.
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
They're on eBay now mate.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-GENUI...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item258581b36d
[Nexus 5 General] Audioboxer:
Awesome, cheers. I have a black phone, found black here and cheaper - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rear-Cove...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item2584e7ad11

Would be good to get the vibrator on it's own, but I'll gamble on the whole back piece.
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
I don't suppose you're in the UK? I'm going to buy a white back for my black phone, just because I fancy a change, so will have a spare motor.
[Nexus 5 General] Audioboxer:
I am yeah, guess the white will look quite good on a phone with a black speaker grill.

Btw that same guy has the white cheaper than your link also - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rear-Cove...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item258590a2c9
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
With postage it's only a fiver cheaper, and the more expensive one is coming from the UK and I'm not the most patient of people, ha ha. How about I buy the new back and you can have the motor for £5?
[Nexus 5 General] Audioboxer:
Sure, does your current motor work well?
[Nexus 5 General] deansaunders:
Yeah, the one I have is fine, plus it's superglued onto the logic board so it's not going anywhere in a hurry, lol.
[Nexus 5 General] davidukfl:
just chiming in here to confirm this fix worked for me. Used some very thin card from my Netgear setup cd case. Initially wireless charging didn't work, removed the back panel and made sure i pushed in the middle upper clip first and now all is well. Thanks again OP, you saved my sanity :)
[Nexus 5 General] JoshuaFCB:
its the camera thing people/because of the OIS (optical image stabilization), which is supposed to be "perfectly normal" although its annoying as ****tt. i used to think it was the power and volume buttons but after i got the case on i was able to pinpoint the rattling to be coming from the camera itself. annoying as hell though. my rattles when i tap the part of the screen where the camera is located.
[Nexus 5 General] canada0117:
camera lens?

okay, so I can hear the rattle when shaking the phone, and I can still hear it when I hold down both power and volume buttons.

BUT I feel like it's louder when not holding down the power button, so could that be from both the button and the camera lens?

If so, does anyone have any idea on how to solve this kind of tragedy?
[Sony Smartwatch] grimpy:
Hey all,

I've been workin on a remote control for XBMC from the Smartwatch2. And I would like to share the result with you guys.

Any suggestions are welcome as its still in early phase altough I wouldnt really know what to add :)

See screenshot to see what its all about

Source: https://github.com/grimpy/XbmcXtraMote

PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.grimpy.xbmcxtramote

Changelog:

1.2.2:

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* Fix in loading app

* Open controls when movie is playing otherwise movement

1.2.1:

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* Regression fixes

* Openening of Home/Favourite Series/Movies works again

* FIx issue in timeout when openeing favourites

* Rotate back icon

1.2.0:

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Added longpress actions for select (will open context menu)

Long press for back (bigstepback) and fwd (bigstepnext)

1.1.0:

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* Added possibility to configure username/password

* Changed jsonrpc library (might require reboot of watch/phone)

1.0.3:

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Initial release
[Sony Smartwatch] Dwaalspoor98:
Awesome!!!! Will test later this week when I receive my smartwatch 2! And will let you know how it goes ;)
[Sony Smartwatch] babanomania:
awsome and double thanks for the github link
[Sony Smartwatch] ruggs1234:
Works well for me..thankyou.

Now I also have XBMC running on my phone. When I connect the hdmi from my phone to the tv it would be nice to use the SW2 as a remote. Is that possible with this add-on?
[Sony Smartwatch] grimpy:
If android version of XBMC supports remote api which you need to enable in system services all should be well.

Just change host to localhost or 127.0.0.1 and it should work just fine.
[Sony Smartwatch] ruggs1234:
Great stuff...localhost works fine IF you use the Confluence skin. I suspect most people using XBMC on their android phones use the Touched skin as it makes the whole XBMC experience on a phone much more bearable but your app doesnt work with that skin. I did need to enable the api in XBMC but that and the Confluence skin and your app WORKS!

Thankyou.
[Sony Smartwatch] tzabee:
Great app!

How can I enter user and password to my xmbc?
[Sony Smartwatch] grimpy:
I totally oversaw this, its a feature i never turn on. I added it in the latest version.
[Sony Smartwatch] tzabee:
THX :silly:
[Sony Smartwatch] grimpy:
New version, seems like 1.2.1 never worked as it was supposed to

1.2.2:

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* Fix in loading app

* Open controls when movie is playing otherwise movement
[Sony Smartwatch] ravenhr:
How about to port it to MN2? Please????
[Sony Smartwatch] grimpy:
It shouldnt be hard at all to make it work n MN2 just change some resolutions and stuff, I currently have no hardware to test this on so i wont be able to do it myself. The code is opensource if you know someone that can do it ill happily take the patches...
[Sony Smartwatch] ravenhr:
Can you build for MN2? I'll be glad to test it, every aspect of it :)

I don't know how to make apps for Android, and my friends aren't programmers too...

Tapatalk'd 9300 times with whole Galaxy
[Sony Smartwatch] unlic3nsed:
Awesome..but once installed how to make your SW2 to comunicate with xbmc?

Hi,

awesome job. I just installed your app on my sony smartwatch2. GUI is really cool. But now how do I make your app to communicate with my xbmc installed on a Raspberry Pi? I've a remote app for my android phone to be able to navigate through xbmc menus and I had to enter IP address of my raspberry pi on the network as well as username and password. I guess I should do the same with your smartwatch2 app. But where do I setup this?

cheers.

Solved: you have to go to your Smartwatch2 app on your phone via notifications select XBMC Extra Remote Control and enter IP address, port, login and password there.
[General Questions and Answers] bolshoi666:
hey guys I don't know if im in the right section I'm just new here.. mods just please transfer If I'm wrong..

guys I'm pondering between two phones right now that's right by my budget

Nokia Lumia 720

vs

Lenovo S820

which is a better buy? thanks guys
[General Questions and Answers] andrewfriar:
Amm, i dont use lenovo. and lumia is window based phone . i suggest you that yo have to buy a reliable phone which had all the features and good in use. Android based phone you have to buy
[General Questions and Answers] diestarbucks:
These two threads should help you with your question:

[Discussion] Compare Any and All Devices Here!!

[Discussion] What's your next smartphone / What should I buy

:good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinndissension:
In new to making apps, so I need a little help. I wanted to make some sort of security app, with admin privelages, but its extremely easy to reactive device admin, and uninstall the app. I saw an app called prey that activates the screen lock with a previously set password when you try and deactivate device admin, and you cannot use the phone at all till the password is entered. How exactly could I add this feature to my app? A step by step would be a great help. Thanks.

Here is a link to prey if you'd like to see it to get a better understanding. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prey
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinndissension:
No one can help??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laestrella:
Can someone who uses Spotify confirm whether they can see album art in the app or the notification shade of the lockscreen. I can't see it anywhere. I'm wondering if KitKat broke it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cadams85:
It hasn't shown art for me since their last update for some reason
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laestrella:
I see it on my note 3. So it wasn't even showing on a phone with jelly bean?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shardzmi:
Confirmed. Got my Nexus 5 yesterday and Spotify isn't showing any album art. :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laestrella:
And Spotify is not the best at quickly updating its Android app.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] al.dexter:
Confirmed on Nexus 5, there is already a thread in the Spotify communty http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Android/Android-4-4-Spotify-doesnt-load-images/td-p/576494.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oliverblaser:
I wrote them

Yes, it has to be KitKat. I wrote Spotify service a few days ago and they replied that they're working on it.

The exact words were:

hahah ;)

The update will hopefully come soon :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n8sanity:
Haha thanks for sharing!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamholam:
oh dear :( I think that's the exact same email that I got...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Makes sense. When I notice an issue that im repeatedly answering, I write a stock response and share it with my colleagues so we don't waste time writing the same thing a million times each.

I use the same approach on xda

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Manolito:
Hello!

The Qtek 9000 is sold in Germany with a ROM dated middle October 2005.

Is this ROM also available for download somewhere?

Unfortunately I couldn't find it yet... :(

I would like to try it on my MDA Pro! :lol: