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[Nexus 5 General] lkhafra:
310 functions flawlessly
[Nexus 5 General] Djapatos:
I can also confirm.. I got 311K and no i didnt have to do update for real
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Technically, they all come with "Key Lime Pie" preinstalled (an early build of 4.4). They're patched to KitKat right after startup.
[Nexus 5 General] yonpa:
Today I got my N5. It is 311k. No issues so far. No screen issues, no rattle sounds. 32gb black :)
[Nexus 5 General] RedBlueGreen:
This>
[Nexus 5 General] [hfm]:
New batch of manufacture.. Nothing to see here. It will continue to change until EOL
[Nexus 5 General] abdel12345:
Are there any issues with it?
[Nexus 5 General] Mcjim113:
When I got mine which was a release day one I had the rattle, people were saying it was button rattle others said it was the ois in the camera. So I put my fingers over all the buttons and it still made the rattle with no change in the sound. So I think most if not all of them do this as it's just part of the camera module.

Make we wonder why some people don't try simple things like this before RMA'ing a possibly fully functioning phone back for no real reason.
[Nexus 5 General] Martin6040:
I got my nexus 5 through sprint and my serial is 0308xx....

What does this mean? The speakers look big and I don't really get a rattle, but do "sprint" nexus 5's have something special with them?
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
Just received my RMA unit today. It is a 312 build. Has a noticeably warmer screen than my 310 unit. Also has the larger microphone and speaker holes. Not too happy about the yellow screen but I'll live with it.
[Nexus 5 General] NYCguy2020:
It will improve over time.My RMA (311K) had that warm yellowish tint compared to my 310 and after a week or so it's much less noticeable. I think some of that yellowish tint is glue that will cure within a few days of use.....Also flashing a custom kernel and Faux123 free gamma app helps a lot. Now I have more vibrant colors and brighter whites. I love my screen now.
[Nexus 5 General] scouser_75:
What are the buttons like? Wibbly wobbly? Or solid as an iPhone? ;)
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
The volume button is solid but more recessed than my old phone. The power button is a bit loose but not as bad as before. The new one also has more screen bleed on the top left corner. But that's not visible under normal conditions.
[Nexus 5 General] dazz87:
Speakers better than 310?
[Nexus 5 General] MasterTec:
I just got my new Nexus 5 about a week ago (32GB/Black) and it's a 311K.

It has the button rattle which is no big deal to me, however it also has a hardware fault where every once in awhile the screen won't turn on. When touching the bottom of the screen it vibrates so it's registering my touches but no matter what I do, even turning the screen off and back on again it simply won't work.

However a quick "thump" to the top of the phone will bring the display back to life for a bit and then it will act up again.

I emailed them and basically was told to factory restore the phone and not hit my phone. So I called them and once we were able to get past the accent barrier I was able to explain it all to him and he agreed that it must be a hardware fault so they are going to sent me a replacement. YAY!

He gave me the option for a refund but other than the screen issue it's a great device and I'm loving it. It's probably something stupid like a ribbon cable not fully seated or something but I don't want to take it apart and risk losing my warranty.

Hopefully the replacement will also be the updated version as well. It would be nice to have a bit less "rattle".
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
For my part I never had a problem with the speaker on my 310. It seems the same to me.
[Nexus 5 General] NoClue48:
My Nexus 5 arrived on Monday, December 2, 2013; I'd ordered it on November 7, 2013.

My box shows 311K and it downloaded an update immediately upon initial boot.

I've been running on AT&T's Pay As You Go plan since December 3, 2013

This unit has been a rock solid performer since I got it.
[Nexus 5 General] Kobayashi_SRK:
311k, here. Ordered 11/16, arrived 12/3. Automatically downloaded update upon initial boot. No problems I can find with this handset. N5 is gdlk!
[Nexus 5 General] hullbay:
Noticed any yellow tint to the screen?
[Nexus 5 General] Kobayashi_SRK:
I'm not sure I have a proper frame of reference, but simply looking at this N5, I don't think there is a yellow tint to it.
[Nexus 5 General] Overdose1986:
OMG RMA just becase a button rattles...
[Nexus 5 General] makopronto:
My Speakers are loud

Does that mean i have 311K batch?
[Nexus 5 General] NoClue48:
My lady friend has a 310K and we compared the two the other evening. Could see the difference in the size of the speaker and mic holes on the bottom of the unit, but that's the only noticeable difference. The screens looked identical with no discernible color variation.

Her power button seems to be a bit more sensitive in that it requires less pressure to recognize input. It's really easy to generate a bug report by pressing all of the buttons at the same time; sometimes inadvertently.

Both devices are in Spigen Slim Armor cases with no issues there.
[Nexus 5 General] Fluidification:
Odd. I received a 311k back in mid November (white 32gb). It doesn't have to supposed large speaker grilles, but the volume seems normal. I have no recording issue. Nor do I have any power button rattle or sim tray defect. If you shake the phone fast next to your ear, you may hear something but thats it.
[Nexus 5 General] mdeejay:
312K :)

prod. date 12.2013
[Nexus 5 General] Li1quid:
112 36682255

Does it have the larger speaker holes? :)
[Nexus 5 General] mdeejay:
yea :)
[Nexus 5 General] dazz87:
You should make one about the small speaker hole
[Nexus 5 General] Adamkopo:
Which color/size did you get?
[Nexus 5 General] spielnicht:
If the vibration mechanism was improved, I'd be willing to take a hit to sell mine and get a new one :rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 General] mdeejay:
D821 16Gb black
[Nexus 5 General] jtwlbz:
Any white 312 guys?
[Nexus 5 General] Lwong62:
Did you try the vibration config app from the Play store. It's better but still not great.
[Nexus 5 General] RoyCh115:
Hello guys, I got my 311K this yesterday. I am so confused that how do I know my 311K has larger speaker holes or not? it is very hard to tell, if I do not have 310k to do comparison, even I have tired to compare between mine and the photo of larger speaker holes on the internet. I still get my answer.
[Nexus 5 General] vnvman:
312k officially started to be delivered in Italy today. So far they're perfect. Bigger holes, bright white screens, no dead pixels, no loose buttons. Nothing bad to report so far. Mine is supposed to be here tomorrow. I'll report back and do a photoshoot for a comparison. Fingers crossed...
[Nexus 5 General] RoyCh115:
hi bro, what is the color of your 312k? could you mind take some photos of the speaker and mic please? thank you.
[Nexus 5 General] vnvman:
Sure thing, I just don't have it yet, the delivery is scheduled for tomorrow. I'll provide pics as soon as I get my hands on it.
[Nexus 5 General] paddylaz:
Also mate could you possibly (if you have the energy!) have a look at the screen contrast before and after installing the software update to 4.4.1/ 4.4.2 that presents itself when you get the phone?

There were scattered reports that it improves the display contrast (aka better gamma - which is the only minus point in anandtech's and others' review of the display) and interested out of curiosity if that's true.

Thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] mike9055:
Just received my 32GB Black, 312K, ordered sunday night

Play store said "phone will ship on 20th", but it was shipped on monday

It feels great, even compared to my 9505 AOSP/GE
[Nexus 5 General] vnvman:
Any defects to report? Thx.
[Nexus 5 General] mike9055:
Seems perfect to me! Tell me if i should check anything in particular and i'll post my findings

One note about volume, i tried playing an mp3, volume seems lower than my 9505, just slightly
[Nexus 5 General] jtwlbz:
Seems like blacks are 312 but whites are still old.batches
[Nexus 5 General] vnvman:
Well for example does it have loose/rattling buttons? Stuck/dead pixels? Does the vibrator sound good/strong? Is the screen white or yellowish? How is the audio when you make vids? Just a few things off my mind ;)
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
Just as an FYI. I received my 312K a few days ago. It has a much yellower screen than my 310K. The vibration motor is definitely better though. It annoyed the hell out of me before.
[Nexus 5 General] LBTaylor1984:
Just to chime in I have a Black 311K, with the updated buttons but the older speaker grilles, weird but true.
[Nexus 5 General] mike9055:
I'll test tehn i'll reply, buttons and pixels are fine
[Nexus 5 General] 00MATRIX00:
post a pic of your speaker.i really wanna see if they got bigger or is it a small change.thanks
[Nexus 5 General] mike9055:
They look the same as the first model, not bigger!

Don't know how to post images, is a google drive link ok?
[Nexus 5 General] 00MATRIX00:
just attach a pic:confused:

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i dont think so.....
[Nexus 5 General] mike9055:
you can right click and open in another page

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByzZTpjcDgqmWnBhU0ZFS0RETEZvdUl3VWk5NEhQUEw2ZVE4/edit?usp=sharing
[Nexus 5 General] 00MATRIX00:
thanks.:) they look idk about the same size,,,
[Nexus 5 General] vnvman:
Heeh..obviously it's hard to tell without a side by side comparison, but as far as I can tell they're as big as on most 311ks, aka "the bigger ones", so there may be other changes under the hood but we can't tell so far. Cosmetically speaking 312k looks like 311k. Hopefully it's just a more polished version of the 311k, which still had some QC issues. Not really a surprise, we can't expect the speaker grill to become bigger and bigger release after release, that would be ridiculous lol. Well, I'm finally starting to feel a bit optimistic :)
[Nexus 5 General] 00MATRIX00:
I thought 311k was with small speaker and 312k was bigger?This is getting confusing.i am just gonna enter the bootloader and check for the rev version.
[Nexus 5 General] PhilipL:
Hi

311K is just a date code on the serial number, it doesn't guarantee anything unfortunately.

It could just be LG have tooled up a new line to produce the plastic front, and are using a new mould design on just that new line, and both will continue to feature for the foreseeable future. I can't see the larger holes make any difference to the sound, they are not that different, it is more likely the larger holes are easier to mould with fewer flaws and/or or allows the line to be sped up.

Also unless there was a serious fault, all existing stock will get used up, and there is no guarantee the older style will be used first, so again leading to a mixture.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 5 General] Tenhi:
I can not see any difference between 310k and 311k versions apart of a screen color. One on the 311k is with yellow tint...that is basically it.

Then there is no point to RMA it if 312k has the same screen.
[Nexus 5 General] hooman64:
312K

I got my 312K today, I don't see much of a difference between this one and my 310K. still small speaker grills, the buttons seems to be more stable tho. I let you know if I found any other differences.

Edit: Screen is way too Yellow!
[Nexus 5 General] meangreenie:
could you compare the speaker and possibly the mic when recording a video?
[Nexus 5 General] salfai:
Just got my Black 12k. Le speaker seems just like my 11k receive last week.

And the sound of the new one looks good enaugh.
[Nexus 5 General] 00MATRIX00:
those with 312k.when did you order your device?order not shipped!
[Nexus 5 General] hooman64:
I still have the same Speaker Grill, the sound and mic are almost the same, I don't feel any differences in the sound quality, just the yellow screen.

yes It's Black.

I ordered mine 2 days ago, with the next day delivery option and received it last night. the problem with my (original) phone is that whenever I'm in a phone call the phone Speaker (not the loud speaker) makes a buzzing/screeching noise throughout the calls.
[Nexus 5 General] salfai:
Ordered mine Friday.

I live in France, and it was send from Netherlands.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
So for those with screens that came looking yellow has it gone away? I'm starting to think I'll just keep my 310k n5 that was shipped the day after launch. I had a loose power button but I fixed that myself. There is dust under my screen but after I got over being pissed about it I never see it. Im planning on waiting till Feb or so to RMA but I'm starting to think I should just stick with my current n5. I mean the whites on this screen are brilliant and now that they fixed the speaker and camera software I'm actually pretty happy. I still use fauxsound to up the volume a bit but that's totally ok with me cause his kernel rocks. I easily get an extra hour to hour and a half screen on time over stock and I can use his gamma fix also.

>^.^< Sent From Meow nexus5
[Nexus 5 General] stephen.oneill:
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[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
It's hard to tell without my 310 for comparison, but I don't think it has gotten any better yet. Still seems yellow. But like I said before, my N7 (2013) has a much whiter screen than both the 310 and my 312, and my girlfriend's N4 has an even whiter screen than my N7.

I'm just happy that the vibration motor is much better on my 312.
[Nexus 5 General] pgptheoriginal:
I got my (310k) N5 replaced, and Google sent me a 311k: the speaker grills are identical, the old N5 had loose power button, the new one has the same problem, but with the volume rocker. In both cases audio quality is fine (with Android 4.4.2), and the screen has been yellowish on the first days, but became perfect after some usage (I've got a third, day one N5 to compare with).

The only two differences are the notification LED, which is much brighter (and much more visible when off) on the 311k, and the battery life: I don't know whether it was an issue with my first N5, but with the same apps installed, same usage, same settings etc, I did 3-3.5hrs SOT. Now I usually get 4.5-5hrs.

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[Nexus 5 General] UnknownzD:
It is confirmed that a new batch started with serial number 312K was released.

I have just received my Nexus 5 today with 312K serial number (in Hong Kong).

Order made at 17th of December, 2013, received 2 days later at the 19th of December.

I have not opened it yet and I will tell you any difference that I have found, based on comparison with 311k batch, since my gf is using a 311k batch atm.

I will also try to report the hardware version by taking a photo after booting into the fastboot / bootloader mode.

Edited: It seems that the hardware version is still the same (rev_11) as the 311K batch, but the speaker hole is just smaller (based on my recall / memory of my gf phone) and similar to the 310k batch.

Fastboot mode
PRODUCT_NAME - hammerhead
VARIANT - hammerhead D321 32GB
HW VERSION - rev_11
BOOTLOADER VERSION - HHZ11d
BASEBAND VERSION - M8974A-1.0.25.0.17
CARRIER INFO - None
SERIAL NUMBER - n/a (Sorry I have to mask this up)
SIGNING - production
SECURE BOOT - enabled
LOCK STATE - locked
[Nexus 5 General] Tenhi:
I can confirm this except this part that the screen is now perfect. My new 311k batch phone has still same yellowish screen as before, nothing changed here (compared to 310k). Strange thing is, if I tilt my phone away from my eyes, whites are perfectly white! If I do the same thing with 310k version, screen becomes purple-yellowish. Can this be a problem with some alignment withing the LCD panel?
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Doesn't seem like anything has been consistently fixed and it's clear there is no real hardware revision despite what has been reported. It took 4 months for the N4 to receive a real revision expect at least that long with the N5.
[Nexus 5 General] paddylaz:
Agreed.

When the HTC One came out everyone was complaining about how the screen wasn't flush with the speakers (i.e. if you ran your finger between the screen and the speakers, you would feel an edge/ridge).

On that forum all people talked about was hardware revisions/batch numbers etc in the vain hope that it would eventually be fixed.

It STILL hasn't. Go into a store and have a look at one today. Must just be a limitation of the manufacturing process - either that or this is where they've cut corners.

As long as people complaining about this stuff are only the ones on specialist forums like this, they're not really going to care. I think it's naive to think there is some sort of batch-team on constant standby improving the engineering in the factory every day they find imperfections of the process.
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
Strange but I have similar story as yours. Got 310k on 22nd Nov when I bought it, Head dead pixel and power button very loose, Though volume rocker was perfect. Now RMA'ed and newer(311k) had a dead pixel again lol and both power button and volume rocker button makes rattling noise + loose. Was initiating the RMA today but google support told me that they haven't got the update for previous RMA unit till now so I will have to wait for 24hrs before doing a RMA again. :/

As far as getting SoT, I used to gte 3-3.5hrs on 310k and same on 311k too :/
[Nexus 5 General] pgptheoriginal:
I get 4.5+ hrs with low brightness, ART, greenify, and WiFi/BT off, battery life highly depends on these settings ;)

Anyway, both my phones had perfect screen (I returned the first one because of a location issue), and I don't really think that Google made different revisions of this phone: different serial numbers mean... That some phones were made before others :D People have equal chances to get bad pixels/ poor speaker quality/ dust under the glass either they have a 310k, 311k or 312k N5 IMHO.

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[Nexus 5 General] stickerbob:
I also just received a new Nexus withe the serial number beginning in 312K.
[Nexus 5 General] Mindspin_311:
the 3xx designation is not a hardware rev, its just a production date

310 - Oct 2013

311 - Nov 2013

312 - Dec 2013

Guess what is going to happen right after New Years..

401 - Jan 2014

All of this stuff about new hardware is probably BS. Things are probably fitting better/rattling less/not as yellow/blah blah blah because they arent shipping out bad phones rather than magically making them better.

One guy on Reddit gets a phone that rolled over from 311k to 312k that happened to have a larger speaker hole by 0.002" and automatically that means Google updated everything. Not so fast...
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
Ah, Mine is always 100% brightness , no ART (some of my apps are still not compatible) no greenify and wifi is always ON. So I guess there's that. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] pgptheoriginal:
Probably, yes ;) I really don't know how you can keep always 100% brightness, even on Auto my N5's display is far too bright for me :D
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
I like to take full advantage of display ;) specially this gorgeous display. But if you are under bright sunlight, even full brightness can't do any good :(
[Nexus 5 General] tylerdurden83:
How's the location issue? Completely fixed?
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
This. It's quite annoying that this news spread like wildfire off of one set of pictures with almost no discernible differences and zero actual proof or reporting was done.

Yet every reputable site (including XDA news) has published this as a guaranteed proof of a hardware revision and we get 100 forum posts about if Johnny's N5 is the new revision that doesn't even exist or not. Enough.

Just to add: Some we're reporting Yellowish screens from DAY ONE 310k models. This is also not new.
[Nexus 5 General] JamieFL:
I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but the differences on speaker hole size and button rattle probably has to do with either a different manufacturer for the individual parts, or if from the same manufacturer, different batches.

If they were to change anything, such as upgrading the speaker, wouldn't the new design have to go back to the FCC?
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Well there hasn't been a harware revision but there has been modifications to the housing I do believe. Same thing with the nipples on the n4 when those first started coming out. Funning thing was some people with rev11 had the nipples but some on rev12 didn't. The change in the revision is for hardware alone not the housing or buttons. But this would also mean there had been no upgraded speaker like some claim. I think they assume it's louder and been changed cause there first was borked. With the introduction of 4.4.1 my speakers sounded new also so that was all software. I think and I may be wrong but those sites where talking about the revised housing.

>^.^< Sent From Meow nexus5
[Nexus 5 General] JamieFL:
I've had 3 now. My first was a 310 and had the sound bug. My second was a 311 and appeared to be perfect for about 3 weeks. That was until it overheated and the screen fried. UPS just dropped of my 3rd...which will be my last. If I have problems with this one, I'm switching back to a Note 3. BTW, this one is a 310. I checked the screen, buttons, speaker, and mic and all seem OK. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
[Nexus 5 General] pgptheoriginal:
Yes, my new N5 seems absolutely perfect (apart from the slightly rattling volume rocker, which isn't bothering IMHO) :)

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[Nexus 5 General] tylerdurden83:
The problem is that I've not had that issue anymore either.... What a mess ahahaha
[Nexus 5 General] romichaeli8:
Hello all

I'm a little confused.. When should I order my nexus 5 if I want to be sure that I will get the new revision with the bigger speaker holes??
[Nexus 5 General] Mindspin_311:
Dont ever order the phone. Wait until the nexus 6 is announced, that way you get the latest and greatest speaker holes. I bet that build 409k will be the ultimate Nexus 5.

Order the damn phone already, there is no such thing as larger speaker holes.
[Nexus 5 General] romichaeli8:


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Nice one man I hope u don't angry anymore..

Anyone else?
[Nexus 5 General] EddyOS:
As said, just get it now. All phones are rev11 so there's no change other than slightly tighter buttons. I've got a 311 handset and it's perfect (unless I just don't care enough to notice!)
[Nexus 5 General] romichaeli8:
Now I'm more confused.. U mean that there is no version with bigger holes?
[Nexus 5 General] EddyOS:
If they're bigger it's like 0.2mm bigger - it's not even worth bothering about!
[Nexus 5 General] ramonmaruko:
I have the 311k and I've found no defects on it, so far.
[Nexus 5 General] toyfreak:
I wonder how much money all this FUD has cost Google and LG???

The only winner here is UPS. They sure are shipping a lot of perfectly good phones back and forth.
[Nexus 5 General] donwhall70:
How many A Holes RMA'd because of this thread?
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
194 and counting

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] dazz87:
I bet Google going restrict RMA next year on the Nexus 6. Great.....smh
[Nexus 5 General] NYCguy2020:
Yeah those types of threads are costing Google/LG a ton of money. I bet hundreds of perfectly fine phones have been RMA'd thanks to such threads:rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
It's been like this for every Google Play device and they haven't changed it yet

>^.^< Sent From Meow nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] JamieFL:
My first, with poor build quality was a 310k. That one was replaced with a 311k. It seemed perfect...until the screen melted. That's a little bit of an exaggeration. It overheated while plugged into USB and the LCD blew out. I just got my 3rd. Its a 310k and so far so good. Speaker, mic,buttons, screen, and battery all good.

I don't think those number mean much.