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[Nexus 5 General] jj14:
I have Camera Zoom FX that supports video recording (it is a paid app) - but to be honest, I rarely use anything but the stock camera app.

I just tried and camera zoom fx seems to have respectable recording as well (not too dark). It did force close once after I started and stopped recording 2-3 times - not sure if it is an issue with the app, or if it was random.

You could try out a free app first to see if that solves the problem, and then try to pick a 'good' app.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
I actually purchased that app years ago but haven't used it in a really long time. I'll have to give it a shot. Thanks!

EDIT: looks like it's a no-go. It actually switches to the Google camera for video recording.
[Nexus 5 General] Giroyac:
Is any one getting lots of loud static noise when playing recorded videos?
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
It's a known issue, Google is working on it
[Nexus 5 General] notfaded1:
ART broke???

I'm still on 4.2 and never got OTA till yesterday 12/10 which would go directly to 4.4.2 which I haven't applied yet... I've been running with ART since I got the phone and like it. I hope it really didn't break with 4.4.2?:confused:

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Whew that's good. I hope ART evolves into complete replacement for dalvik... so far it's pretty good.
[Nexus 5 General] Badd_blood:
I always have 1.2GB free on 4.4. That's with 4 non-system processes running.
[Nexus 5 General] DAZEBOY:
Stock Android 'Gallery' app is no more on the new Google Play edition devices http://www.androidcentral.com/stock-android-gallery-app-no-more-new-google-play-edition-devices this news will probably upset alot on this forum. It's probably just a matter of time till they kill it on the nexus devices too
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
Expected move from Google, i do not support it.
[Nexus 5 General] rajunks:
Not noob - always been flashing ROMs since my SGS2.

After I updated to 4.4.2 using CWM recovery (didn't get the automatic OTA), I see a huge lag in the system.

I used the 4.4 to 4.4.2 .zip file.

I'll let it settle and see, but wanted to see if anyone else had any issues.
[Nexus 5 General] DAZEBOY:
It sometime takes moves like this to see how the whole OS is going.

Android is becoming Google
[Nexus 5 General] DAZEBOY:
Did you do a dirty flash?
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Is this really all that surprising though? I would be more surprised if they didn't take it in this direction. That's why it seems really odd to me that the Google Experience launcher is only on the N5 right now. You'd think that they would want it on as many devices as possible.
[Nexus 5 General] DAZEBOY:
The next thing we'll see is they'll call android chrome OS
[Nexus 5 General] Daredeshouka:
I noticed that when you swipe to view the next photo in the Photo app, on some, not all, the photo shifts a few pixels down about half a second after being displayed. Never got 4.4.1 and never noticed this in 4.4. Wonder why it happens and why it only affects certain photos.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
The vibration is at least 3x stronger now then it was before. I can appreciate that for some things but for typing the 2ms vibration length I was using before is now even stronger then at 4.4 default.

OTA update this morning.
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
Everything seems fine on 4.4.2. The camera is a bit dark in low light but that's not a huge problem. The audio sound though is pretty bad. It was good on 4.4. I skipped from 4.4 to 4.4.2 though so I don't know how 4.4.1 was. I recorded a short video just saying "testing" and it was very distorted. Is everyone having this issue?

EDIT: So, interestingly enough, when I uploaded the video to Drive and listened to it on my laptop it sounded perfect. No static or background noise. I think it might be a problem with the sound drivers or something. But luckily it seems like the actual mic is fine.
[Nexus 5 General] TheIgster:
Yeah. Just tried and score 29842 with full stock.
[Nexus 5 General] ohthesepaws:
Okay noob question, what is everyone testing with? My score is just about OVER 9000!

That's with quadrant.
[Nexus 5 General] fulaman:
Yah Camcorder isn't good at night recording anymore like it used to be
[Nexus 5 General] lolcopter:
dunno if i'm going crazy but i think the speaker is noticeably louder. i have it cranked to full volume less often anyway
[Nexus 5 General] dispatch:
Louder and less muffled; much improved.
[Nexus 5 General] ohthesepaws:
Correct, the speaker has been improved. There is an initial impressions video on the main XDA site. Quite the difference.
[Nexus 5 General] nimfa:
Speaker definitely louder, camera is great now, so fast , can not believe the improvement.
[Nexus 5 General] fulaman:
Speaker is definitely better

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I think the camcorder at night was better before I can't really say anything about the daytime. It doesn't seem to have to same auto refocus like it used to. It is as if the Camcorder got worse.
[Nexus 5 General] rikudo:
Speaker is louder but a bit distorted at max volume. A good trade off either way.
[Nexus 5 General] wirelessFREAK:
I'm on stock unrooted 4.4.2. Battery life is crap. Less than half the life of 4.4
[Nexus 5 General] ohthesepaws:
Have you rebooted since the upgrade? Can you post a screenshot of your apps battery usage?
[Nexus 5 General] dispatch:
Battery life for me is a noticeable improvement, I'd estimate about 15-20% better (and I've evaluated this over about 3 days). I actually got 4+ hours of screen time with normal usage, and I'm usually around 3.25 or 3.5.
[Nexus 5 General] jbdan:
Stock unrooted here. Battery life on 4.4.2 is identical to 4.4 which is outstanding. Love this phones battery life
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
They're using a different benchmark called Antutu.
[Nexus 5 General] fulaman:
I always found it odd why the Nexus 5 doesn't get similar scores to other Android devices using the same processor.
[Nexus 5 General] wirelessFREAK:
I rebooted several times. I'd post my system profiles screenshot, but I uninstalled it hoping to find the source of the drain.

I can tell you that today it lost around around %20 in an hour, sitting idle and on home wifi

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Wanna trade phones?
[Nexus 5 General] dispatch:
Sounds like you've got wakelock problems. If this was a widespread issue in 4.4.2 we'd be hearing more about it.

If you want a suggestion I'd look into your wakelocks, or if you don't want to go down that rabbit hole simply wipe and reflash.
[Nexus 5 General] adityamunshi:
After 4.4.2 my phone is almost always awake and the battery life is noticeably worse.

Its stock 4.4.2 with Franco kernel #19. Had the same kernel even before the update.
[Nexus 5 General] wirelessFREAK:
Thanks for the input. Yeah, I agree, but why now, when I had no problems with the same (actually more apps) on 4.4?

Also, why on my nexus 5, and not on the nexus 4 (same apps, including launcher and battery percentage flagged as ON too)?

There both stock unrooted OTAs
[Nexus 5 General] fulaman:
I think the battery is slightly worse too, but then again, the battery was never that great on this device. How is it that an LG Optimus F3 which my brother uses has a larger 2460mah battery than our phone? Poor battery decision on Google's part. Should have been 3000mah like the G2, Xperia Z1, and other phones with the snapdragon 800 processor
[Nexus 5 General] the1onewolf:
Edit: delete this accidentally double posted.
[Nexus 5 General] the1onewolf:
My first day of usage.

Google restored all my apps.

Upgraded to 4.2.2

Spent most of my day in a 1 bar signal environment.

This isn't bad at all.

Stronger showing than the nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Most common benchmarks are totally meaningless. That being said, you'll get numbers similar to the G2 if you flash the Moto X libs that you can find in another thread. That's what I'm running, and the phone is just blazing.
[Nexus 5 General] the1onewolf:
And phone companies cheat/optimize their devices to fudge up numbers in benchmarks
[Nexus 5 General] fulaman:
How Blazing does the phone have to be? I am running it on ART, and it is extremely blazing with no lag whatsoever.
[Nexus 5 General] ravenwood27:
Just went to the play store on my mobile...

And it says there's an update for :

google search

google keyboard

hangouts

maps

Play music

But I just updated these like a few days ago.

You guys getting it too ?
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
You forgot google+ update, with the shake to get snow animation for photos, also rolling out today
[Nexus 5 General] DigitalUnderground:
Sorry for OT but what is that circle icon to the right above your nav bar and how did u get it?

Sent from my Hammerhead
[Nexus 5 General] adityamunshi:
Its Facebook messenger, sorry i forgot to clear the notification.
[Nexus 5 General] ravenwood27:
Hmm...hasn't rolled out for me yet.

But I was hoping I can see the changelogs for this update....seems like the changelogs for each app was from the prev update.

Since I was hoping they'd fix the Hangout app.

Has anyone's hangout since kitkat been sluggish when opening the app after not using it for quite a while ? It opens from scratch yes..but shouldn't take like 3 sec to load.
[Nexus 5 General] bozzykid:
The N5 came with Kitkat so I'm not sure what you are comparing it to.
[Nexus 5 General] ravenwood27:
Just the nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Dalvik with Moto X libs feels exactly the same to me as ART, which is to say really awesome. I have no complaints either way. This phone blows my S4 out of the water.
[Nexus 5 General] fulaman:
I think the Nexus 5 is the fastest phone on the market currently. Fastest load and shut down times. Apps open up almost instantly.
[Nexus 5 General] daddioj:
anyone have a weird shutdown bug? I go to shut the phone down. and it will just start back up as if I powered it back on. :confused: I called for an RMA lastnight. which shipped and is going to be delivered today. that's less then 24 hours which is awesome. hope its not someone elses nexus lol

I am not so sure if its a software thing. I didn't have this with my first nexus
[Nexus 5 General] ravenwood27:
Hey guys, quick question:

I'm getting sick of turning "Location" on/off manually from the settings menu.

The power toggle (on 4.4.2) only toggles between the 3 modes (high accuracy, power save, and device-GPS ).

What I'm wondering is , if I leave it on device-gps (as i only prefer to use the gps using the chip only) on all the time, will that suck the battery fast ?

Will the gps be on all the time ?
[Nexus 5 General] jurijvi:
Same here. With 4.4.1 vibration was solid, after 4.4.2 it's back to a weak/rattling vibration.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
When you have you're GPS enabled it adds a bar for it under the battery graph. You can see exactly when it get's pegged and it does not stay on constantly.

Strange. I went from 4.4 - 4.4.2 and the vibration is at least 3x stronger now.
[Nexus 5 General] dazz87:
Read on another forum don't know if its real or not. He stated with 4.4.2 now while playing music the sound is also coming out of the earpiece? I am not on 4.4.2 could some confirm this? Never heard about this before. Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
I didn't have the issue in 4.4.

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[Nexus 5 General] andrut:
I can clearly hear it in first 2 seconds.
[Nexus 5 General] pranavt2000:
This happened in moderately to dimly lit conditions.
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
I'm referring to the dark screen. And I'm not sure what you hear either... I hear my keys move then me start the car?

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Strange. It's happening on my phone all the time, even under my fluorescent lighting at home
[Nexus 5 General] pranavt2000:
Is this on 4.4? What about PS/Panorama? Do they also work as expected?
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
The dark screen was happening on 4.4.2. Now on Beanstalk 4.4.1, PS and Panorama are also dark. Damn you Google.

I never noticed any problem on 4.4
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
Was the radio changed again? Anyone experience better/same reception as 4.4?
[Nexus 5 General] pranavt2000:
Oh and another niggle, does Video mode also make the aspect ratio go crazy (images appear stretched in portrait) when switching from landscape to portrait and back? I used to see this ever so often on Galaxy S3 CM nightlies. :(
[Nexus 5 General] anactoraaron:
is it just me or does the aspect ratio on the camcorder differ from the camera? Everything seems squished/distorted now. Camera AF seems a bit slower, but more accurate than before.

My camcorder was also very dark, however, alternating mode (camcorder, then camera, then photosphere, etc) a few times seems to have brightened it up.
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
Vibration strength is back as it was on 4.4 (weaker) , at least on my device

The problem with the gallery is that when you tap to open a photo, it opens the last photo you previously openned in the first few milliseconds, and that is making opening of photos slower. The gallery is a mess now.
[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
I think Google is trolling us, surely.
[Nexus 5 General] Chochiwpg:
How do you replicate the issue with noise in the camcorder? I have tested taking pics in HDR+, regular shots without HDR+ and also recorded some video and all looks good to me. I can't see a difference between the video quality and the picture quality. How do I replicate the dark noise that people are talking about. I am also recording in a fairly dim room so I should notice right away.

Everything so far has worked great on 4.4.2, I don't seem to have these issue that others are mentioning.
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
Are you having any radio issues or the gallery bug that people seem to be having?
[Nexus 5 General] Chochiwpg:
Everything so far has worked great on 4.4.2, I don't seem to have these issue that others are mentioning

Made a phone call it worked no problem. Was using WiFi but data works as well for me without issue. Haven't noticed any gallery issues either.
[Nexus 5 General] jasonamd:
I'm not seeing any of these issues with 4.4.2 either. But then I never saw the drop in signal on 4.4.1 so many others saw either.
[Nexus 5 General] yzT:
I don't get what issues are you talking about. I just installed 4.4.2 from 4.4 and it's working perfectly.

Switching from cam to camcorder is the same, gallery is the same, weak signal... is the same :( Just did a test with my old Xperia Neo, at the same spot the Nexus has 2-3 bars of EDGE and the Neo has 3-4 bars of H.
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
look better when you press a photo in the gallery, it takes a part of a sec to open, it's not as fluid as it used to be, if you concentrate a lil bit more, you'll notice that at first a previous pic you opened shows, then the one you actually tapped kicks in.

also they messed with the vibration again, it was stronger on 4.4.1 , seems like it's a bit weaker again.

as for the camera, i don't have the stretched image in portrait, the viewfinder on video/panorama/photosphere is indeed a bit darker, but the video recording i tested is ok, it's not that drastic on my device, so it might not be affecting everyone.

in conclusion, brace yourselves, 4.4.3 is coming ! :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 5 General] DigitalUnderground:
I'll stick to 4.4.1 for now lol
[Nexus 5 General] CatThief:
Same here, and scrolling is choppy. It's driving me CRAZY.
[Nexus 5 General] yzT:
just re-checked the gallery issue, and indeed, it is there but it's just a minor bug. They need to really fix the signal strength issue ASAP.
[Nexus 5 General] scooby359:
Only change I've noticed is the sound on screen taps / screen lock is so loud! Had to mute them both now
[Nexus 5 General] SamBG:
Am i the only one who didnt receive both the updates??

If my post helped u a bit...help me by pressin the THANK button!!!
[Nexus 5 General] fisterkev:
Only difference I'm noticing is that the camera app seems even slower for me to focus, and it's choppy. It's not terrible, but it wasn't choppy on 4.4. Aside from that I didn't really notice anything different. Signal strength seems exactly the same as 4.4. Haven't had it long enough to report on battery issues.

I am seeing 1.2 GB of RAM free in the apps, but Quick System Info is showing only 728 free. Weird. Still seems to run perfectly fine... except for the camera.

ETA: exact same with my wife's Nexus 5. Camera even slower to focus and choppy on launch.
[Nexus 5 General] gotzaDroid:
On a plus side, the stang sounds healthy! Little bit of lope there too... New cam?
[Nexus 5 General] Ketzal:
Messed up sound in video

4.4.2 has messed up the sound in my video recordings.

Was not doing it on other releases.

Static sound in the background.

How many updates will it take to fix this camera?
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
Thanks!

Ford Racing Hot Rod cams. It lopes really hard when its warm. That was a cold start
[Nexus 5 General] muyoso:
There are going to be a lot of updates focusing on the camera. Its going to take at least another one to fix edge case focus and exposure issues as well as minor other issues, and then there are the updates that are going to be focusing on the UI and the Camera app. Then godforbid if Google wants to actually introduce new features like 4k30 and 1080p60 video recording modes, both of which are fully supported in hardware. . . . .
[Nexus 5 General] A_Str8:
Viewing this on a color calibrated monitor, I don't see any problem with the exposure.
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
Correct - this is from 4.4 when I did not have the issue.
[Nexus 5 General] A_Str8:
Ohhh! I was watching this video over and over trying to figure out why you had a problem with it :laugh:
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
Nope, no issue there. However, take your phone now (if you have 4.4.2) and see how it looks when you switch between photo and video.

Example - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2562886
[Nexus 5 General] darkamikaze:
People who are having problems with the dark camera at least on 4.4.1 need to check what gapps they are using. My gf who has complete stock 4.4.1 does not have this issue.

I believe it happens on Banks Gapps/maybe PAs?
[Nexus 5 General] A_Str8:
OK, I see now. Video is significantly darker, but the exposure gives a more natural result than in photo mode - what I see on the screen in video mode is much more similar to what I am seeing in the room than what the screen shows in photo mode. It seems kind of strange for the auto exposure to have such different results in the two modes.

In 4.4, the frame rate of low light videos would drop to allow for longer shutter time. I saw people mentioning that in 4.4.1, frame rate always stays at 29. It seems that this is the compromise that Google made. It would have been better if they made this an option that could be toggled.
[Nexus 5 General] GabbyWC:
Despite all the talk about camera improvements in Android 4.4.1 and 4.4.2, photos taken under CFL lighting still have serious problems in the form of noticeable circle and ring-shaped artifacts that are visible in the center of the actual photographs. I'm still not sure if this is indicative of a hardware defect with my unit but I doubt that because photos taken under incandescent or LED lighting don't suffer from this problem. I started a thread which discusses this in more detail at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2560222.
[Nexus 5 General] Kipp34:
I have this issue and I am still on 4.4
[Nexus 5 General] UnusualSuspect:
My compass app was screwy under 4.4, works properly under 4.4.2. Anybody else notice this?
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
It's not a gapps issue if you're using the stock rom. I'm on 4.4.2 (stock) and video is much, much darker than still photos. It's also much darker than 4.4 or 4.4.1.
[Nexus 5 General] FrankNS:
App Ops no longer works on 4.4.2

Hope anyone can fix this soon.
[Nexus 5 General] darkamikaze:
Hmm, have you used a custom ROM/Kernel on your device?
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
No. Completely stock (just rooted).
[Nexus 5 General] .dan:
For those with issues of dark video and screwed up aspect ratio try cycling the different modes, camera, video, panoramic, photosphere, etc and also front to rear camera. There's a trick to it, but that'll get things right.

For me, rear to front to rear camera fixed the aspect ratio bug.
[Nexus 5 General] gtg465x:
Not a Nexus 5 owner, but this same odd behavior actually started happening to me yesterday on my Moto X, which is running 4.4 still, not 4.4.1 or 4.4.2. So this could be an issue that's been there all along but takes time to manifest. Not sure what changed on my device to cause it, but the Gallery app worked fine when I first updated to 4.4. I suspect Google is doing some weird crap trying to integrate the Google+ Photos app with the Gallery and it is messing stuff up. Remember how everyone started seeing the Google+ Photos logo in Gallery when swiping from the camera app a few days ago?
[Nexus 5 General] alipairon:
For me the camera is MUCH faster than 4.4.1 (focus, shutter), no "dark camcoder" issue too.

Gallery lags, yeah, but I'm using Photos app so it's not a big deal.

I think Google will get rid of that gallery app in sometime anyway.
[Nexus 5 General] XtraWho:
Running good, Pandora not installing no matter what version, even official play store version throws a code 26 fail to install.

Camera working great no dark video on this end.
[Nexus 5 General] Ady1976:
Seeing as my thread was closed as i didn't see this thread although this thread was initially mainly about ram...

The camcorder os extremely dark compared to 4.4 (never tried 4.4.1)

The gallery app is a mess, slower at opening photo's and odd stutters scrolling.

Also forgot to add not only is the camcorder a mess it's not even going in full screen correctly hence check how a portion of the capture button is missing in video mode.

Are they actually testing what they release at google ?
[Nexus 5 General] DAZEBOY:
I think we can all agree the gallery app...

A. Needs to go

B. Needs a total overhaul
[Nexus 5 General] ravenwood27:
I think I will sideload this time.

I'm still on 4.4 ...just feels like i'm left behind.

Can you guys re-assure me (really really ) that by sideloading I will still be in stock and Google will basically still see me as applying the update via OTA

And.....that next time 4.4.3 comes out...I don't wanna sideload again and will wait very patiently for the OTA update.

Can you guys confirm/reassure me of this ?

This is my first time owning a nexus device.
[Nexus 5 General] akmsr:
first thing you have to make sure is to get the proper update ie. 4.4 to 4.4.2 (for you) which is around 57MB as someone mentioned. the update link thats floating here is mostly 4.4.1 to 4.4.2 which is around 1.7MB

if after update something gets worse (for example some people had worse signal issue) you can wait patiently till the next OTA finds you or you can flash the old apk (old radio in the above example) to remiedy the issue. so its a win-win situation for you. only catch is that you have to unlock the bootloader to flash the old apk. an unlocked bootloader does not block OTA update for the future. :laugh:
[Nexus 5 General] DAZEBOY:
Yip totally fine to sideload nothing changes no root or anything else just like doing ota and you will always receive ota's in the future
[Nexus 5 General] kangxi:
Not really experiencing these issues you guys are describing. Here's a novel idea, have you tried doing a factory reset?

Went into my gallery and had no issues.
[Nexus 5 General] ravenwood27:
Cool thanks !

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Cool thanks !