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[Nexus 5 General] brotherhood1971:
Need some advice on flashing LMY47I on top of LMY47D

I'm currently on 5.1 LMY47D. (I had upgraded from 5.0.1 LRX21O by sideloading the OTA file.) I want to try out the newest LMY47I without wiping my data. Normally, I would wait for someone to post the OTA file and then use the sideload method as I did previously, but it seems LMY47D to LMY47I OTA may not come at all (or it might take a while before it does come.)

So my question is: Is it OK to use the LMY47I factory images to dirty flash the bootloader/radio/system/boot/recovery partitions (ie exclude data partition)? Would there be any data inconsistencies? Or should I be careful and wait for the next OTA?

Thanks!!
[Nexus 5 General] Ja_som:
Yes, it's OK.
[Nexus 5 General] zagorteney:
On LMY47I I got such a mayor issue with data connection drops that I've downgraded to 5.0.2 today. It's not a big deal, because I can use Xposed now.

Anyway, if somebody have working solution about this problem I would really appreciate. My data was constantly droped down, thought I've had a strong signal. Almost anytime I went from Wi-Fi connection area, I got exclamation mark on signal icon. Only solution that work was to switch airplane on and off. But because that happened few times a day I decided not to use 5.1 anymore. I really don't like to check wherever there is data or not. I've find a couple of solutions across internet, but neither of them works for me.

Regards, Zagor
[Nexus 5 General] mk69:
Do you need to be bootloader "Unlocked" to dirty flash?
[Nexus 5 General] Ja_som:
Sorry, I'm not sure, I unlocked BL right after I unpacked my devices...

Here,

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

in point no. 4 there is command for unlocking BL, but there is "If necessary, unlock the device's bootloader by running:", so maybe is not necessary...
[Nexus 5 General] DummyPLUG:
as I remember you can't flash anything using fastboot if the bootloader is locked
[Nexus 5 General] brotherhood1971:
Thanks for the confirmation
[Nexus 5 General] haris163:
Since 5.1 my phone occasionally loses the signal completely (no network). Today did it while it was on my desk. Anyone noticed something like this? I am on at&t BTW.
[Nexus 5 General] dan1431:
That has happened to me a few times since 5.0 actually and maybe even before.

Dan
[Nexus 5 General] ajayajun:
/System space just 5MB :(

Hi Guys,

/System Space in just 5 MB, i'm not able to in change the fonts it says no space, im using ifont app from Playstore.

Im using 5.1 android, nexus 5( rooted) :confused:

Please advise
[Nexus 5 General] shadowdevil:
Delete some of the apps from /system/app like latinIME keyboard..like that..:)
[Nexus 5 General] ajayajun:
Thanks Bro

Thanks bro, i deleted the folder which you advised, now the system space is 30MB, i'm able to change the fonts, i hope the folder which i deleted will not cause any issue??

Edit: and can you give a breif description of latinIME keyboard, whats the use of this keyboard?
[Nexus 5 General] wicked1683:
Hi guys, do you encounter a problem on Photos App. Whenever I try to access Album, it always crashed. Happened when I updated to 5.1

All stock, OTA update :(
[Nexus 5 General] shadowdevil:
You can safely delete the apps. from this thread.!

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/script-delete-unwanted-apps-t2585395
[Nexus 5 General] ajayajun:
Try clearing data and cache of photos app.

Hit thanks if it helped :)
[Nexus 5 General] wicked1683:
Already tried it, still the same :(
[Nexus 5 General] ajayajun:
Last option as far as i'm aware, take a backup and do an factory reset :) coz im using 5.1 without any issues :)
[Nexus 5 General] Kc_Nirvana:
Hello...

I am on Nexus 5 stocked 5.1 and I received a call from a private number and don't answered.

The led starts blinking like in a SMS received....

Android 5.1 corrected the missed calls led?
[Nexus 5 General] kieran_bondflashy:
Missed called led works for me, stock unrooted nexus 5 android 5.1
[Nexus 5 General] -A-P-M-:
Since 5.1 my N5 is full of bugs. Every day when I want to take a photo, I get a message "Error - cannot connect to a camera". Also flash light stop working every day. So I had to reboot a phone. Im very disappointed, Lollipop is out since November and now half year later none of major bugs were fixed. Sometimes Google should look how Apple handle those things. My stock Nexus 5 feels more unstable as Galaxy S3 with Cyanogen nightly rom was when I had it a few years ago.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Did you do a clean install?
[Nexus 5 General] -A-P-M-:
No, I sideloaded OTA.
[Nexus 5 General] pfmiller:
Turning off the trusted face smart lock fixed that issue for me.
[Nexus 5 General] DSF:
Just discovered by mistake something really neat. Don't know if it was present in 5.0 or it's a 5.1 feature..

You can switch between grouped Chrome tabs by sliding your finger from left to right (and in reverse) in nav buttons area! Handy if you have multiple tabs from the same site (eg: opened via contextual menu > open in new tab)

And unfortunately i cannot see any improvement in terms of performance and memoey management.. Also the device rebooted itself couple of times when using the phone..
[Nexus 5 General] borchgrevink:
No launcher redraws here after 5.1.
[Nexus 5 General] CSX321:
That's actually been in Chrome for quite a while. I wish there was a way to have new tabs come to the front when you open them. When I use "Open in new tab" I almost always want to see what I've just opened. It seems nonsensical to open it but leave it hidden behind the current tab.
[Nexus 5 General] atomomega:
On the bright side, this is useful for NSFW material. :p
[Nexus 5 General] CSX321:
That's what "Open new incognito tab" is for. :cool:
[Nexus 5 General] pfmiller:
It makes perfect sense to me to up open new tabs in the back. If I was done with the page I'm on I'd just click the link instead of opening it in a new tab. Since I'm not done with the page, 90% of the time I want to finish the page I'm on before looking at the new page.
[Nexus 5 General] CSX321:
The problem is that most sites these days are using AJAX to load much of the page content. That means in many cases it's not cached. If you tap a link on a site like, say, io9.com, read the new page, then tap the back button, the io9 page is almost completely reloaded. It's much quicker to open a link in a new tab, read it, then close the tab. That way the original page doesn't need to be reloaded and re-rendered, which takes some time.
[Nexus 5 General] DSF:
[MENTION=1975647]CSX321[/MENTION] oh nice, didn't knew!

Regarding the opening tabs im background, this seems to be natural as as [MENTION=2601898]pfmiller[/MENTION] stated. I like the way it is..

And regarding page reloads, i don't think it has anything to do with ajax. Plus chrome keep flushing the pages from RAM, even if you've already visited the page.. Imho it's way to aggressive with that. Reloading pages almost all the time sucks! But that's not only a chrome issue, but all the other apps on android 5 are affected..
[Nexus 5 General] californicated:
Those page reloads are pretty annoying and besides the animations the only thing I dislike about 5.1. Although it improved compared to. 5.0, the reloads don't happen using chrome under 4.4.4.
[Nexus 5 General] atomomega:
Not really, incognito is when you just don't want to leave traces.

This is the way I see it too, most of the times I find a link I want to open while reading something else, so I just open it and switch to it when I'm done with the current tab.
[Nexus 5 General] CSX321:
Let me just say...you guys are weird. :p (I'm kidding, of course.)

I will note, though, that Chrome is the only one of the major browsers that doesn't open new tabs in front, or at least give you the option. There are several extensions for desktop Chrome to bring new tabs to the front, so I can't be the only person who prefers it that way.

Edit...I've drifted pretty far off-topic, so we now return you to your regularly scheduled 5.1 discussion thread.
[Nexus 5 General] atomomega:
hahaha, but aren't we all weird in here?

Yeah, and it's more likely a matter of habit. In desktop Firefox I've changed the default so that new tabs open in the background. There's no right or wrong, it's just a user habit. So we all are right, aren't we? :p
[Nexus 5 General] cb31:
I got the OTA 5.1 from a stock 5.0.1, disaster. After the first reboot I get No sim card inserted errors. Clearing the cache or reinserting the sim removes that message but after that the cell signal is constantly up and down. The signal could be recovered sometimes by flipping airplane mode on briefly. After a reboot you get the sim errors again and sometimes all apps are re-optimised.

I contacted Google support but they said hardware issue and asked me to contact LG. I wiped it completely and reinstalled 5.1 from the flash images with the same result so I rolled it back to 5.0.1. Everything back to normal again. Looks like 5.1 is a no-go for me, mine is an original 32GB version in the UK.
[Nexus 5 General] kaushikd:
I have sideloaded the OTA for 5.1 from 5.0.1. Since then I am facing a bam_dmux_wakelock. No idea what is it.

The OTA files doesn't contains the radio, right? Does the 5.1 has a different has a different radio than 5.0.1?
[Nexus 5 General] cb31:
I take it all back, after working for a day 5.0.1 is now losing signal constantly. Unbelievably the fault must have occurred at the exact time of the 5.1 upgrade. Just called LG and it has a 2 year warranty which is great, hope they don't mind all the scratches and dings...
[Nexus 5 General] Hormesis:
Aside from some minor signal issues, I'm liking 5.1 quite a bit so far.
[Nexus 5 General] Zenouzenou:
Glad im not the only one with strange signal loss... (5.0.1 and 5.1, both on n5 and moto g)

And yes, sometimes my phone say that there is no simcard in it, reboot fix the issue. (5.1)
[Nexus 5 General] rogerchew:
getting weird signal issues too. randomly it'll show completely no service and then after a few secs, will find a signal again. annoying.... is there are workaround?
[Nexus 5 General] haris163:
+1 I have signal issues in areas with strong coverage. I am even thinking calling Google about it.
[Nexus 5 General] bdfull3r:
Any word on if current root methods work after the 5.1 OTA?
[Nexus 5 General] n2rjt:
SuperSU works, that's all I've tried. I keep a zip on /sdcard and flash, in order 1) the ROM OTA or image, 2) latest TWRP, 3 SuperSU. Hasn't failed me yet.
[Nexus 5 General] pgptheoriginal:
I never encountered the No SIM card error, but I can confirm random signal loss, no matter how good the coverage was.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] chrisinsocalif:
I haven't check if anyone answered this, but here is how you fix the redirect page.

To unlock developer options on your phone, go to Settings > About Phone and tap "Build number" seven times.

To enable USB debugging on your phone, go to Settings > Developer options and check “USB debugging”.

On your computer, download and install the Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html.

On your computer, download and install the Nexus 5 USB driver from http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html.

Modify the provider settings for T-Mobile by doing the following on your computer:

Open a DOS prompt and navigate to the “platform-tools” directory in your Android SDK installation (e.g. “C:\Development\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20131030\sdk\platform-tools”).

Execute adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/global --bind name:s:tether_dun_required --bind value:i:0.

To verify the entry was successfully added, execute adb shell content query --uri content://settings/global --where "name='tether_dun_required' AND value=0".

On your phone, change the APN settings to use IPv4.

Go to your Android’s main Settings.

Under Wireless & Networks, go to “Mobile Networks.” You many need to hit “more settings” to get to this option.

Tap on Access Point Names.

Tap the selected APN.

Scroll down and tap APN protocol.

Tap to select “IPv4” or “IPv4/IPv6” for the protocol and save the settings.
[Nexus 5 General] onesolo:
No one has GPS loosing signal temporarily problems?!? I have since 5.0.x and it's still not fixed on 5.1...

Anyone?!?
[Nexus 5 General] Firabit:
Nope, no problems here :D
[Nexus 5 General] MoodZy:
Yes, I had this problem. There is a thread here on xda : http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/gps-dropping-signal-ota-lollipop-update-t2951515/page18

and one on AOSP : https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=81140

There are no specific solutions that work for everyone. In my case, I changed APN parameters (adding a "supl" parameter) and it solved the problem. It might be linked to your carrier (probably something that changed in the way your phone works with the carrier) etc.
[Nexus 5 General] Adrianrff:
I'm having this problem as well, most of the awake time is caused by this wakelock. Have you found any solutions yet?
[Nexus 5 General] kaushikd:
Not yet. Let's see if someone has any solution to this.

Sent from Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] kicksilver:
Man, I wonder when will Google take the control over apps in Android...

Apps are causing MASSIVE battery drain left and right. I felt my device melting my pocket today at noon, and when I checked the battery usage, I found out that my AutoCAD app was using CPU for about 2 hours, and my battery lasted half of what I usually get. I was at 40% at lunch, when I normally am at 75-80.

How can the system let the apps stay awake for so long? If it's not GPS navigation, or media consumption, apps shouldn't stay running in background, except if the permission is granted.

This sucks about Android, having to always babysit your device.
[Nexus 5 General] C3C076:
This issue should be taken up with the AutoCAD developers. It's not the operating system issue. System allows apps to keep wake locks as they are needed in special situations to make sure CPUs stay online when screen is off. Without such functionality, as en example, you wouldn't be able to use Music player apps since playback would stop every time you turn screen off. Wake Locks are an essential mechanism on operating systems that have the ability to put device to deep sleep (CPUs offline) to save battery; and it's always an app developer responsibility to correctly handle wake locks and release them as soon as they are not needed anymore.
[Nexus 5 General] ZaltysZ:
The permission you speak of is wakelock permission (listed as "prevent device from sleeping" to user upon installation of app). If user does not agree with such requested permissions, he should avoid installing app or seek changes from app developer. OS can't do magic here, because that magic can easily break app.
[Nexus 5 General] linzoid:
Am I in the minority here? I've had ZERO issues with Lollipop from 5.0 to 5.1 . . . no battery drain, no wi fi problems - in fact none of the problems that are so often listed by others in these forums. Just lucky, I guess.
[Nexus 5 General] atomomega:
We are the minority indeed. I just couldn't be happier with my N5.
[Nexus 5 General] walpurgisnacht30:
Looks like we are on the same boat here.
[Nexus 5 General] CSX321:
The only problem I have is an occasional Wi-Fi issue. It doesn't necessarily drop the connection, but it does stop responding for about 30 seconds, unless I toggle it off and back on. So far it's not a big enough problem that I'm too worried about it. I have always dirty flashed the factory firmware, so possibly it's something that would be corrected if I did a reset or a clean flash. I've just been putting it off because of the time it will take to set everything back up.
[Nexus 5 General] kicksilver:
I think both are responsible.

CAD dev is responsible for the bad code, and Google is responsible for giving devs so much freedom. Why the hell a CAD app needs to hold wakelock, if it's not in use? Actually, it hadn't been used in the past 4 days or so...

OS should do its part of preventing unnecessary wakelocks due to bad coding.

Imagine your Netflix holding a 4 hour wakelock in a day you haven't even touched it. Cool, huh?

Why the hell is it running? Probably a faulti in its code. Android should flag that and warn you, at least.
[Nexus 5 General] pfmiller:
It's a nontrivial problem distinguishing inappropriate wakelock usage from appropriate usage. I don't want every app giving me stupid warnings for no reason. Face it, it's not Google's job to nanny the app store. If an app is poorly programmed take it up with the dev, or just don't use it.
[Nexus 5 General] -Tiz-:
"I got the OTA 5.1 from a stock 5.0.1, disaster. After the first reboot I get No sim card inserted errors. Clearing the cache or reinserting the sim removes that message but after that the cell signal is constantly up and down. The signal could be recovered sometimes by flipping airplane mode on briefly. After a reboot you get the sim errors again and sometimes all apps are re-optimised.

I contacted Google support but they said hardware issue and asked me to contact LG. I wiped it completely and reinstalled 5.1 from the flash images with the same result so I rolled it back to 5.0.1. Everything back to normal again. Looks like 5.1 is a no-go for me, mine is an original 32GB version in the UK. "

Basically, the same happened to me. T-Mobile, Germany, 32GB version.
[Nexus 5 General] onesolo:
Zero issues?!? I bet that you certenaly have at least, the camcorder audio bug and also the GPS bug introduce in Lollipop...

Maybe, you don't record videos and maybe you don't use a lot, or at least for some extended time the GPS...
[Nexus 5 General] -Tiz-:
Update: It seems that my SIM card was half broken and caused random issues. Now I have a new SIM card and Android 5.1 appears to be running fine.
[Nexus 5 General] TonyHoyle:
The people who don't have any issues aren't posting (most of them aren't on xda anyway), so you can't really get a true picture from this thread. As it happens I've had no issues either - including GPS related (I've navigated halfway across the country since 5.0 first came out).
[Nexus 5 General] GibsonSGJ:
I've had no issues either. Bought two brand new N5's last week, let both update via OTA to 5.1 before inserting the sim cards (there were multiple updates), Then I did a factory reset and cleared the cache partition on both before inserting the sims and setting up as new (overkill I know). Both have been running amazingly!
[Nexus 5 General] oct2274:
No issues here whatsoever either. But I did do a full wipe when I went to 5. I have a feeling alot of people with the problems didn't do that, or they have apps that are acting up that I don't have installed. One thing I noticed is that disabling apps, especially Google ones causes issues, especially with battery. The only app I have disabled now is Fit. Also turning off "Merge tabs and apps" in Chrome's settings seemed to clear up what I would call lag.
[Nexus 5 General] MrBelter:
Mines been fine on 5.1 since i sideloaded it the other week, however for seemingly no reason whatsoever is started turning the WiFi constantly scanning setting on and when it does my N5 gets really hot and the battery plummets. It did it earlier today and with the screen off it was losing 1% per minute!
[Nexus 5 General] linzoid:
Sorry to disappoint. Of course I use the camcorder and GPS- who doesn't? I don't use the camcorder on a daily basis, but I've always used GPS fairly regularly. I'm not a developer, nor do I pick apart every little aspect of an operating system to look for bugs to complain about. I repeat, I've had NO problems with any iteration of Lollipop so far. If you're quite sure everybody had a camcorder issue, I must have missed it.

---------- Post added at 04:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:10 PM ----------

A good point about satisfied owners not posting . . . maybe we should start a thread entitled 'Hands up who's happy with Lollipop' ? ;)
[Nexus 5 General] borchgrevink:
Camcorder bug affects all N5s. You probably just haven't recorded in the conditions which Shows this bug.
[Nexus 5 General] linzoid:
So you are saying it is a problem with the N5, rather than the OS?
[Nexus 5 General] atomomega:
Let alone Lollipop. "Who's happy with this amazing phone?" o/
[Nexus 5 General] borchgrevink:
Yes
[Nexus 5 General] raffstyle:
Question: How important to lock the bootloader ?

My Nexus 5 (andriod 5.1 stock) was draining like crazy so i decided to flash factory image from google to my Phone. this is my first time doing this kind of stuff so i watched a lot of youtube videos.

I was able to follow everything until to the flashing but i encounter some error during the flashing...its about missing system images. I able to find a solution video on youtube but my phone was on fastboot mode and my pc cant recognize my phone. i dont know what to do that time so i unplug the phone and pray that it will boot normaly...it went from that standing andriod with blue circle in the middle then it boots!!! and it was a fresh andriod device again, load my apps again and the phone looks like free from the battery drain!!

Phone working really great right now with everything back to normal.

My bootloader is unlock right now i believed...what should i do with it? is this secure? (read about something in security of the phone)

does my question makes any sense at all?.. well my bad..im noob on this. :confused:

THANKS!!!
[Nexus 5 General] durbshas:
Hey guys I was just wondering if anyone has played around at all with the location services? I am curious about how much of a difference it makes to use the "Battery Saving" mode versus high accuracy or GPS only modes. Battery life isn't great as it is, so I don't want to make it worse.

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Unlocking the bootloader allows you to install custom recovery, root, and flash custom ROMs. I just rooted my phone for the first time last week, and I would definitely recommend it. Gives you way more customization options. An unlocked bootloader is only insecure if you download unsafe files and install them on your phone. So make sure the file is from a reliable source before you do anything with it. Apps/widgets from Google Play should all be secure.
[Nexus 5 General] efrant:
The only disadvantage of having an unlocked bootloader is that someone will have access to your files in the event that you lose/misplace/leave your phone somewhere. That is all.

That doesn't have anything to do with an unlocked bootloader.
[Nexus 5 General] durbshas:
What I meant is you have to be careful not to install harmful files (ie. apps requiring root access) which are now usable because of an unlocked bootloader.
[Nexus 5 General] efrant:
That is an issue with root, not with the bootloader. If you have root, you would still have the same issue whether your bootloader was locked or unlocked...

As I mentioned, an unlocked bootloader is only "less secure" if someone has physical access to your device. It makes no other difference security-wise.
[Nexus 5 General] durbshas:
Gotcha. I just though that in order to root, you need unlocked boot loader, and in that sequuence you could install something maliciousmalicious by getting access to more apps and files from outside sources.
[Nexus 5 General] efrant:
A little unrelated but: you don't always need an unlocked bootloader to get root. (And even if you have root, the SuperSU or Superuser apps filter root requests, so typically it is not a concern.)

But in any case, the point I'm trying to make is that may users re-lock their bootloader once they have root, thinking that it will be more secure. But the only security it adds is in the event that someone else gets a hold of your device, they won't be able to access your files.
[Nexus 5 General] vladimir_carlan:
Lol

Lol! So if I'd keep my bootloader locked and I lose my phone nobody would have access to my files? Yeah...sure! Locked or unlocked bootloader makes no difference on how easy one can get access to my files. As the name is saying "unlocking bootloader" is doing one simple thing: gives permission to write on bootloader area of your phone in order to flash custom recoveries/custom kernels. That is all.