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[Nexus 5 Accessories] d_phekt:
I'm not positive but I thought I read somewhere that Google made revisions to the official bumper because of the peeling.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] TheAltruistic:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/131099824917

bought one of those. Will report back later.

I know you can get them from china on ebay for a few dollars cheaper, but I got lazy and didn't want to wait :(
[Nexus 5 Accessories] fergdizzle9090:
very interested in these. i just want a basic black bumper with the nexus logo but havent gotten one because of the peeling and high price. did the fix the peeling and quality control issues or do they still happen? if these are quality i will definitely grab one. would these work with a nillkin tempered glass screen protector?
[Nexus 5 Accessories] toge64:
Did you get yours yet? I live in the UK too, how long did shipping take?
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Kid_droid:
I just received my yellow one today. I ordered the grey one 2 days after so that one hasn't arrived. It took about 7 business days for me since I ordered it last Friday. I almost got my nilkin glass screen protector. Must say it feels awesome.

Built quality seems alright. But I can't compare with the official since I haven't owned one before but for the price I paid seems good to me.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] marsexpress:
I have the official black bumper bought from the play store and I can tell you that the lettering is not embossed it is flush with the case, I would say that it is printed on.

I have not had any quality issues with my official black bumper, I have not yet experienced any peeling or separating whatsoever and I do like it.

I have ordered a red clone bumper from Ebay. Really fancy a red one but just can't stomach paying £31 delivered for the official one, that is such a rip off!!! £6 for delivery -robbing bastards!!

When I get it I can compare with my official black one for things like weight, dimensions, fit, button feel etc. Only thing I won't be able to compare is the colour.

Will report back when I have it.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] fergdizzle9090:
Would love to hear what you think! And an update after a few days with it! So your black bumper hasn't peeled or anything? I'm probably going to purchase one of these because I can't stomach the price of the official like you said

Tapatalk Nexus 5 Master Race
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Rarscaryfrosty:
I own both the official yellow bumper and a Chinese clone of it. So far both of them look EXACTLY the same. I got mine off amazon a month ago, so I've had it for a couple of weeks now. The official Google version peeled after just a few weeks of usage, but so far the Chinese one has not. The official google bumper looked more pristine when I received it, while the Chinese clone has a couple of "marred" up spots where the silicon was rougher, but I fixed it by taking an xacto knife and slicing them off.

So far I like it, although honestly I trust my Spigen case more for protection if I drop the phone. I know both the official google bumper ans the chinese clone have extra silicone and plastic to absorb shock, but the Spigen cases just feel built a lot better.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] PMamba:
I got one of the black Google bumper cases from Ebay for about 16 bucks and the front is in fact peeling off in a number of places. I'm going to be replacing this case anyway though it just feels like a brick because of the way they made the sides of the case slanted
[Nexus 5 Accessories] wafflenator:
Got my yellow knock off yesterday. It definitely looks like it's going to get dirty fast(no different than the real of course) but this is probably the most legit looking case I have ordered on Aliexpress!
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Kid_droid:
I got my grey one from aliexpress. So my most favorite. It looks so flash and very eye catching when I use it :) £8 including delivery so no complaints there.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] TheAltruistic:
Got the bumper case in the mail today. It actually feels good and would definitely fool me for the original.

I don't have a good picture of it, but the audio / mic holes cut out on the bottom of the case are a few (noticeable) millimeters higher on the case than they are on the official one. However, this has no noticeable impact on usability, speaker, or mic sound quality.

Overall, I'm highly satisfied with this case for the price. :good:
[Nexus 5 Accessories] MILH0U5E:
Received my 2 from a China eBay purchase. Case feels good... adds minimal bulk, but I like it better than naked. The grey is almost white, so heads up if you were expecting mor contrast.

I think I'm going to add a slickwrap to the back of each... The black gets hand/finger spots pretty easily.

Overall, I'm glad I purchased them so far.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] rukkus:
Just got an orange one on eBay from a Maine seller for 16$. I like it. It's a little slippery, but it looks great. Google should have sold them for this price.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Accessories] k.bergmann2:
maybe this is not the right thread to ask but i didn't find a better one and since we are talking about cheap knock offs...

anyone tried this or does know a thread abot them?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Flip-Cover-S..._PDA_Taschen_Schutzhüllen&hash=item5402ff3db9

thanks
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Gnexlex:
Does anyone know whether you can use the bumper copy along with glass screen protector,namely with nilkin anti explosive tempered glass,or it would interfere with it?

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Kid_droid:
I have nilkin glass screen protector and I have no issues so far. I'm happy with both right now.

Faux Powered Nexus 5. Some say Chuck Norris Gave birth to this Beast :)
[Nexus 5 Accessories] jcarlm:
I use the official bumper with mime feather and had no issues.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] rukkus:
My orange bumper has a little section on top left corner that is peeling. I know people complain ed about the real ones doing this.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Accessories] thetonyclifton:
I received the blue and red versions of this clone. Quality is pretty good, the original is certainly not worth the extra money. The fit is good and secure on these except the camera hole I think might be a little lopsided but I am being picky.

I think these will still mark up like the original, my blue one already has some darkening on the edges from coming in and out of my pocket.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] thephantom:
I got my black bumper from aliexpress recently. I'd say I can't complain considering how much it is. I actually do like it. Too bad I don't have the original one myself to compare. I think I'm gonna use this for the time being
[Nexus 5 Accessories] ToZoX:
i want one, how is the quality?
[Nexus 5 Accessories] dunjamon:
I got my black clone today...looks just like the retail one! It's a but square compared to the phone itself, but looks cool as!
[Nexus 5 Accessories] ToZoX:
i'm gonna purchase this one http://www.ebay.de/itm/291091871162?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
[Nexus 5 Accessories] jsufx:
I received my red one today 3/27. I ordered it on the 8th of March. I live in Georgia (US). The case and package looks authentic. The shade of red is what I imagine the red nexus to look like. Super bright orangish. The buttons are easily accessible. No complaints. By the way, I picked mine up from aliexpress for $11.32! Totally worth the buy.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] thephantom:
I'm now thinking of getting another
[Nexus 5 Accessories] dunjamon:
I've had my black one for a couple of days now and love it. I've not seen\used an official Google one, but from what people have said this one looks exactly the same. The only thing I don't like is that the case is a real magnet for fingerprints. Constantly cleaning it, but still love the way it moulds to the phone.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] beaver2233:
just ordered a black one - looking forward to it :D
[Nexus 5 Accessories] marsexpress:
I finally received my copy red bumper, ordered on the 7th March so it's taken 21 days to arrive :(

Thoughts? Haven't got or even seen an official red bumper to compare but I would describe the colour as orangey red which tallies with reviews I've seen and the colour looks good.

It weighs 2 grams less than my official black bumper. In terms of shape and moulding it looks pretty much identical, although the red bumper has the thin buttons. I don't find them any worse to press than the thicker buttons on my black bumper.

Fit is perfect, the cut outs are identical dimensions to the official bumper that I have, the camera, flash and mic holes are spot on.

Only issue I have is the soft plastic on the top right and left front is peeling away a bit to reveal shiny plastic underneath (yes, on a brand new case). I have opened a case with the seller for a refund/replacement.

Barring the peeling I would say that this case is 90+% OEM quality.

My original black bumper has held up well, there is no peeling whatsoever. Only issue is the button feel. I can live with it but it is definitely a downside to either the official bumper or clone versions.

Packaging is close to identical; as others have said the minor differences in the colours on the screen of the picture of the nexus 5 on the back. The barcode is a different size and shape.

Have uploaded a few pictures.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] rukkus:
My red one is now peeling around the entire bezel area after a week or so. I set up an exchange maybe I should ask for another color.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Accessories] domo325:
I've had my black bumper copy case (bought from ebay) for about 3 weeks and no peeling so far. I have noticed that the lip on the bottom of the case seems to be getting looser. It doesn't have a tight fit as before. I think it's because of frequent plugging in and out of my other spare chargers that almost fits with the small opening of the bumper case. Oh well, still sticking to it til it starts peeling as reported here I guess.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] mmmmBACON:
Looks like they're charging more for these ones, but you can get some interesting colour combos haha.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hotsell-Fashionable-officer-two-color-combine-Phone-case-for-Coogle-Nexus-5-LGE980/1629930176.html
[Nexus 5 Accessories] ToZoX:
actually these look really nice :D especially the colors with blue!
[Nexus 5 Accessories] thetonyclifton:
I have a red and a blue clone, both tarnish very quickly from denim dye or general pocket wear very her quickly, like the official case, I would steer clear of anything but the black version.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Gnexlex:
I bought this case from Aliexpress.Its overall condition is good,he color (blue)is really amazing but the buttons are really hard to press, at the bottom is a bit loose and it interfrres with my 3m vikuiti screen protector.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CreativeNerdSam:
Hi Folks,

Firstly, I genuinely apologise for having to post about unrooting but Im genuinely confused on the route I need to take.

I am currently rooted with S-ON running the Revolution custom rom (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2183023). Im wanting to take it back to 'normal' and unrooted as I don't feel I need it rooted as Im not noticing any gain from it.

I have TWRP Recovery installed too and I took a backup via TWRP before flashing the custom ROM - my carrier is 3/Hutchinson 3G

From looking about there are several ways to go with unrooting but I just really need clarification on the method which is most suitable for my situation.

Kind Regards

Sam
[LG G Flex] nothingshocking:
When you enable an Accessibility Service on the G Flex like: Pebble, Tasker or any other notification service in the Accessibility settings, the Hide front touch toggle for removing the soft keys on selected apps no longer works and the toggle disappears. Once you turn all of your Accessibility Services back off, the toggle for showing and hiding front touch buttons appears and works again. Can anyone else duplicate this? I am on the T-Mobile version.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PIYIRIO:
Has anyone had to get a replacement recently? I haven't seen a post or discussion on this recently and Google only brings up the 2012 shortage. Just wondering if they are sending S3's or switching devices on folks. If they are sending S3's, are they coming with the 4.3 locked bootloader and Knox. If so does anyone want to buy a refurb S3? :rolleyes:

I can count on one hand how few times I've dropped my S3 since I got preordered it. I dropped it in the grass in my yard, face down with the extended battery, and the screen shattered. UGH! :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
I've seen a few people who said they got a replacement. Only 1 said it came with 4.1.2 and the rest came with 4.3. I'd guess you'd probably end up with a locked bootloader.

Maybe you can call asurion and ask them to ship you one with 4.1.2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bright09:
I ended up with a locked replacement sadly after my s3 died two weeks ago
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yepyep14u2know:
After upgrading to 4.3 and its horrible battery life, I went and complained to my local Verizon store, and they put in a request for a free (yes, no deductible) replacement and it came with the MB1 firmware!! Instantly rooted and froze SDM

And this was within the last 3 weeks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PIYIRIO:
Dang... Sounds like my only hope is that the local store doesn't suck. Either that or that someone eventually figures a way around the bootloader. I know there's the bootstrap method but I've had pretty miserable luck with bootstraps soft bricking.

Guess I'll look into the HTC One, their latest update to lock it down hasn't been pushing very long. Any mention of the S5 having Knox?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Quantumrabbit:
I had a Rezound, got a replacement that was the SGS3. 4.3, locked bootloader. If they are replacing other devices with SGS3s... they have to have some of them, eh?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PIYIRIO:
It turns out that if you have a white 32GB GS3, they are out of stock. Your picks are a 32GB pebble blue GS3 or a 32GB white GS4. I guess it really doesn't matter since the bootloader would have been locked down anyways. I wasn't ever impressed with the GS4 but maybe I'll be able to sell it easier than an S3. I'm done with commercial Samsung devices, especially with this Knox crap. I'll be sticking to Nexus or GPE devices.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wikedone:
I got a replacement and mine was 4.1.2, I was really happy it didn't have 4.3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PIYIRIO:
S3 or S4 and how long ago? Maybe I screwed up going with the S4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EvanDinelli:
My brother has a rooted Sprint GS4 and he says he clicked to install a Samsung update that was pushed through his phone (probably 4.3). The phone cannot boot into recovery. Trying to get into recovery leads to a screen saying the update is installing and it always fails and restarts the phone. The phone cannot boot and freezes on the Sprint screen.

*EDIT: Now the phone won't even get past the black galaxy s4 screen!!

How I've been troubleshooting:

The battery was taken out for over 6 hours and same thing.

I tried to use ODIN to flash 4.2, ODIN stops on a write error

(following the QB King video)

Should I try to find 4.3 and attempt to flash? Is there anything else I could do? Thanks!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Darnell0216:
If the phone was already 4.3, you have to use Odin to flash MK2. Anything older than that will not work: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2601443

If the update to 4.4.2 (NAE) failed, you may have to use one of the 4.4.2 ROMs to get the phone to boot until the official 4.4.2.tar comes out. Try MK2 first though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
There is a MJA full tar available from rwilco12's repository. First charge the phone for a couple hours. Then put into download mode - volume down+ power, then volume up to confirm. Run Odin as administrator, put the tar.md5 file in the pda shot, connect the phone and flash with Odin 3.07 or 3.09.

First boot may take five earth minutes or more.

If it gets stuck on yellow screen for more that ten minutes, boot into stock recovery and factory reset. Should be good to go.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EvanDinelli:
Thanks!

Thanks for these steps! The phone is fully restored with nothing wiped! I really appreciate your help!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Thank you for reporting back!

That is a big thing, it really helps the community.

Since the phone will be on the full stock it will probably get the OTA update notification.

Might want to hold off on that for a bit.

To turn off the notification for these in the future:

1. from the homescreen click menu.

2. click settings.

3. click more

4. click application manager.

5. scroll over to all

6. find google services framework.

7. uncheck "show notifications"

the short cut?

1. pull down the notification bar

2. long press on the system update notification

3. press app info

4. uncheck "show notifications"

Have fun and good luck with your new phone.

Spend some time reading, searching and reading and you all will sure enjoy this device.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] KennyG123:
Please use this thread for upgrade and or other other devices discussion.

Be respectful of others in doing so. Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ewa12321:
Aaa... I didnt saw this one. So I post my post here:

So Samsung made their S5 water resistant. Is Samsung going to release S5 Active?

I hope there will be S5 Active and future Actives toi. I really like hardware buttons and LCD screen. No typical AMOLED burned pixels.

What do you think? Will you move to S5? Me not. I like my S4 Active.

Are ee becomming new ui? I hope so, I saw small improvement s that helps uu and it looks less ugly. I want slow montion live hdr and focus change for oyr S4A.

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9295 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Deleted member 5657508:
Doubt it, why would they?

No, for the following reasons:

My phone's already water resistant and dust resistant.

I already have a 3000mah (zero lemon) battery (200mah larger than S5).

I don't want a finger scanner or heart rate sensor.

While the processing power would be nice, my phone (with CM10.2 and other tweaks) already benches higher on AnTuTu than any other devices average (except phablets). Should last me a while.

While I would really like a better camera, I usually have a DSLR on me anyway, and this wasn't my main concern last time either.

No real design changes?

Is there any other hardware changes at all?

I will miss the updates and wider support that it would achieve though, but I'm willing to wait for a Note 4 for that.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] vanyel:
S5 is like an inch upgrade of S4 Active, of course, with all the high end AMOLED, camera MP.. Basically that's it. S4 is cheaper and works well, especially coupled with some nice custom roms. BTW.. the 3000mah battery, the brand name is zero lemon??? Samsung doesn't have a larger capacity battery for S4 active. :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Deleted member 5657508:
Yes, the brand name is Zerolemon :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] crispy1805:
Maybe?

The lack of development for this phone hampers it. My old SGS3 was better. It still works, but when it fell a year ago, it was cheaper to upgrade then to get the screen replaced.

I like the active, but the recent upgrade has broken more things than it fixed. I miss having changing out roms and being able to customize.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dekanac:
good

is cyanogen mod working for s4?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mythi:
Ive ported the at&t 4.3 stock rom to the i9295 but 3 things not working :crying:

WIFI and Ril (calls ,messages,etc)

Camera :D

hope i can upload a test build soon !
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] propov:
I had every top model from top manifacturers.Note 2/3,S 3/4,Mega 6.3,Nexus 4/5,XPZ,Padfone 2,One...and now return to Active for second time.For me its perfect.Top phone with no scare from BBQ,home and care repairs... :) I can use it with dirty hands and finaly both washed,its so easy!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] monkeydogger:
Not Likely

After the appalling support the S4A has received from Samsung I will be changing to a Google nexus device or HTC. If it weren't for the likes of Spelgelius / Mythi / LeJay I'd be throwing the active in a deep dark river....

I'm lucky in that I get an upgrade every 8 months or so by passing down my phone to my lad, who then passes his to my wife.... Everyone gets a NEW phone... just mines the newest!!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ShimaMiku:
Are you talking support accessory-wise? I mean, it shares many things with the s4 like the battery, and the software just upgraded to 4.4.2, so I'm not sure how that is appalling. The only one "official" accessory I wanted to see was a wireless charging back. Le sigh.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] TwoStroker37:
I've sent my S4a off to Samsung warranty repair twice now since last June. I purchased the phone the first day it came out at ATT. I also put it on T-Mobile the first day it came out.

Twice now I've had to send mine off to Samsung for the back button that stops working. First they gave me a new replacement phone, and recently they replaced everything but the main circuit board (new screen, bezel, buttons, charge port, etc).

I have less than 2 months left of warranty, so I'm not sure what I'm doing past June. Probably getting an S5 (AKA = S4 Active version 2.0).

I will NOT own this S4 Active without a warranty, it's proven to be a POS.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] AlternativeWater:
I have a question, (I'm sort of a noob) but, I upgraded to Stock 4.4.2 TW XXUCUNE5 and I want to get the custom rom Ressurection Remix 4.4.2, will this brick my device?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] captaincado:
I'm on my 4th Active, had a problem with echoes during calls, and that was on the 1st day. Probably going to the G3 or M8....watching the G3 thread for bootloader unlock.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] adam01v:
Ressurection Remix rom do not officially support S4 Active.

See resurrectionremix.com under list of Devices.

A correct installation of a supported custom rom for your device will not brick your device.

Forcing or installing a custom rom that is not supported for your device can brick your phone.

Since you upgraded to stock 4.4.2 you have now when in download mode Knox flag 0x0.

Any installation of a custom rom on your device will set the Knox flag to 0x1 and is irreversible meaning warranty will be void.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Caboose27:
I bought mine off ebay, and tbh, I thought I was getting a regular S4. I'm kind of surprised at the lack of support for this phone too for as much as they hyped it as being super awesome. I do like it, though I'd rather have the regular S4. What I *really* want is to be able to run BeanStalk on it (it runs on the other S4 Active, not sure what the distinction is), but I'm holding on to this phone until it dies, hoping to buy a PhoneBloks style phone next.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
The i537, which you have has a locked bootloader and the i9295 does not. What this means is that the bootloader with verify the signature of every zip file that you try to flash, the i9295 does not have this restriction. This means that they are able to flash custom kernels and custom recovery while us on the i537's cannot.

The i537 can flash custom ROMs that are based on the TouchWiz kernel through SafeStrap, however BeanStalk uses a custom kernel which means it cannot be installed you can flash it through SafeStrap and the phone will not boot. The ROM will be looking for a custom kernel and when it cannot find it, it will bootloop.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] AfXv237:
Hello,

I've just rooted my S4 Active i9295 with stock firmware 4.4.2 and managed to delete 27 apps that came preinstalled that I've never used such as ChatOn, Samsung apps etc. Are there any other tweaks that can improve my phone's performance? Is there something that especially needs to be deleted or what else should I do next to improve its performances?

Thank you