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[Nexus 5X General] Masteryates:
That's a good point. I found LG cheaped out on the Radios on the Nexus 5 compared to my G2. I wonder how the Radios perform on the 5x compared with the G4 :confused:
[Nexus 5X General] maxmax0:
Quite good as far as I can tell. Definitely better than my Nexus 4.
[Nexus 5X General] jbdan:
They're much better on the 5X compared to any phone I've ever used from my home location and out on the road. I come from GS4, N4, MotoX 2013, N5, N6, GS6, G4. Could be the hardware idk. It's great though
[Nexus 5X General] Masteryates:
Excellent news. Thanks for letting us all know. :highfive:
[Nexus 5X General] SlimSnoopOS:
I like the cell reception on the 5X. I live in an area where I typically see -110 to -115 dBm on previous phones, roughly one bar of 3G. Couldn't browse Chrome comfortably and 15+ MB downloads took minutes. After upgrading to the 5X, I get usable LTE at my home and about -100 dBm. Web browsing, downloading updates/apps, even watching YouTube videos is as though I'm on Wi-Fi and it's great.
[Nexus 5X General] bblzd:
I can add that signal reception seems greatly improved on my 5x versus my N5. Both WiFi signal and mobile signal.
[Nexus 5X General] werdnoynek:
If you're on Fi - it's phenomenal, IMO.
[Nexus 5X General] whmaurer:
Has anyone seen a significant performance boost after performing a simple factory reset on their 5X? I didn't bother to unlock the bootloader when I got my phone back in October, so I'm running 100% stock for the moment. I've been avoiding a reset for a while now, but performance is becoming enough of an issue that I am willing to try tinkering to boost performance. I'd like to stay pretty close to stock, but I'm also willing to tweak if that makes a big difference in performance. Any recommendations?
[Nexus 5X General] wmdunn:
I picked up a 5x just before Thanksgiving, kept it for most of the holidays, but ultimately returned it, primarily for performance issues, general lag. I did not unlock the bootloader, kept everything stock. Since then, I have continued to follow all the threads here at XDA, and am thinking about jumping back on board. Flar's kernel appears to bring new life to the device, and with Francisco Franco now on board, I'm thinking it might be worth another look. If I were you, I would unlock, grab a cleaned up stock rom, and one of the kernels I mentioned. Might just put a smile on your face.
[Nexus 5X General] Nidstang:
Just my $0.02, but if you want to stay close to stock (like, me, I am into nexus because I want timely updates -- not because I have any interest in flashing, rooting, etc.) there is no reason why you can't have great performance with pure stock. (Other than possible issues caused by thermal throttling due to heavy gaming (I don't game).) My 5X is encrypted, bootloader locked, and unrooted, and it just flies through everything. No lag at all.

I think people's problems have to be caused by (i) a bum unit, (ii) restoring from a prior phone, and/or (iii) poorly coded apps. The first needs no explanation. The second, I can't explain, but it comes up a lot on threads here and on reddit. With regard to the third, we have to remember that nexus phones are at the bleeding edge -- currently, less than 1% of android phones have Marshmallow and less than a 1/3rd have Lollipop. There just isn't a lot of incentive for app devs to make sure that their apps play nicely with the latest versions of Android. I only install apps from responsive devs who update their apps to the latest android versions and I ruthlessly delete apps if I think they are causing any issues. I am beginning to think that is why my 5X's performance is so good.
[Nexus 5X General] jackdubl:
I'm stock, bootloader unlocked, rooted, encrypted. Just froze or uninstalled the system apps I didn't want. Restored old apps via titanium. I honestly have no idea what people are complaining about. No lag or performance issues here. I see people returning the phone due to how it performs, and I'm baffled. So there must be something going on, like a bad unit/app/user.
[Nexus 5X General] LR07:
I have had the 5x since beginning of November. I'm all stock, don't really care to root it. Love the fast updates. And the updates isn't just about getting the latest version, we get a monthly security patch which is nice. I do experience some stutter once in a while. I will also say that the speaker sucks on this phone, at least it's front facing haha

Sent from my Nexus 5X
[Nexus 5X General] whmaurer:
Good point, I suspect that I'm seeing some issues caused by poorly coded and non-Marshmallow-optimized apps (although I have to think that the camera software issues are on Google). I've got a lot of apps on my phone, many of which I rarely use, so I should probably just dump the ones that I don't use regularly. I'm a little bummed that this is a thing that I still have to do in 2016, but that seems to be the cost for getting a phone that isn't ginormous this year. I may still do a factory reset anyway, and maybe unlock the bootloader as well, just to start fresh. I'm just not all that stoked to rebuild my downloaded podcast queue...

---------- Post added at 04:04 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:53 AM ----------

The main issue I'm seeing is that performance starts to fade after a couple of days of (what I'd consider) moderate use; often, the phone will get warm near the camera as well. Restarting the phone fixes the issue, but it gets old restarting my phone every 2-4 days. I hate to be that guy, but I never had to do that with my OG Nexus 5.

Anyway, we'll see what a factory reset and fewer apps does for my unit. I hope it helps!
[Nexus 5X General] frankied22:
I've had the 5X for about a month and I do notice some lag in scrolling and opening apps. Google Music specifically runs really bad on this device. When I haven't opened the app in awhile and tap on the icon it can take like 5 seconds to open and even longer to draw the app. Navigating the app is laggy and choppy.
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
I have to do the same thing too. Sometimes even at 36 hours I gotta restart.
[Nexus 5X General] pnut22r:
It can happen to me much quicker than that too. Usually if I just clear the apps, it's smooth again
[Nexus 5X General] jim_bocho:
I think the 5X and/or Marshmallow do have an issue with memory management - in which case the 2 GB of RAM won't help. I'm still a bit torn - I can see past the mediocre build quality for a good camera, imprint and what seems to be a growing dev scene.

However I switched back to my OPO (CM12.1 SultanXDA) today and it simply flies past the 5X (stock ROM, unencrypted, ElementalX) performance wise allthough it shouldn't (despite the gig more RAM).
[Nexus 5X General] neph04:
I could repeat all issues from the first post! Horrible audio compared to i5s/i6s/xiomi/lg4/v10. Battery for 10h. I wanted the clean and fast rom - which I have, but the performance is really bad. I would expect more for that price. I'm going to return the 5x and will take Meizu/Xiaomi/Huawei/6s instead. ... too sad ...
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
I wonder how much they pay these guys to sign up and tell us they are returning their phantom phones?

Anyway, just as a true post from someone who actually has the device and knows what he's doing, I will link it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64803955&postcount=280
[Nexus 5X General] bblzd:
Agreed. My device is completely stock, no root access, and it's snappy with no slow downs. My 5x actually runs both cooler and faster than my N5. I have to assume people are having software issues with apps not properly supporting 6.0 features (user permissions for instance) as well as those having issues restoring from a previous device.

Not to be that guy either but N5 had a memory leak for about a full year with Android 5. Most were rebooting theirs every day or 2 during that year.

At the same time I never need to reboot my 5x other then when I get the OTA. Must be the apps that I have (or don't have) running in the background compared to others. Also many have reported success with a factory reset *without* restoring from a previous setup, let us know how that goes for you.
[Nexus 5X General] leo.best1398:
have fun with your Chinese unoptimized crap

Excluding the iPhone of course
[Nexus 5X General] whmaurer:
True, the Lollipop memory leak was a huge mess. I had totally forgotten about it, even though I was so mad at the time! I think I blocked it out!
[Nexus 5X General] neph04:
I had mi2s xiaomi before the i5s/i6sp and definitely it was not an unoptimised crap. The best UI experience I have ever had on android. (Owned Samsung and HTC, but Xiaomi was the best) I could give a chance to huawei...
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Lol. Thanks I needed that.
[Nexus 5X General] neph04:
LOL You are welcome...
[Nexus 5X General] emuneee:
I've had a 5X since the Black Friday / Cyber Monday deal. I loved the size, camera quality, fingerprint sensor, and the screen. However, the lag I experienced drove me nuts. 1) Lag while using the camera, general bugginess while taking panoramas with Google Camera 2) Random slowdowns while just using the device 3) Slowdowns, while listening to Google Play Music over Bluetooth. I really want to keep this phone because of the 4 redeeming qualities I mentioned before...the camera quality was amazing. I'm just going to return the 5X and pull out my Nexus 6.

I tried everything to rid myself of the lag (remove Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, clear cache, factory reset). Nothing worked. All the same apps and version of Android on my Nexus 5 & 6, those two devices flew. Maybe I had a bum unit, but I guess I'll never find out.
[Nexus 5X General] Masteryates:
I've just got this feeling that a combination of a 64bit OS and 2GB Ram is not great. The Nexus 5 is running 32bit which has a smaller ram footprint and the Nexus 6 has 3GB Ram. The 2GB ram Nexus 9 also falls into the same boat as the 5X and the performance sucks whereas the 32bit Nexus 7 2013 flies, all using M. I'm just talking about pure stock with my observations. I know things can be vastly improved with custom roms and tweaks etc.
[Nexus 5X General] LR07:
My nexus 5x ran out of battery and never turned back on. Had to order a replacement. Anyone know what might have happened to it?
[Nexus 5X General] LR07:
Anyone???
[Nexus 5X General] NOSTALGIA:
defective device. shouldnt have had happen to a new device like the 5x
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
You didn't get the white battery charging symbol when plugging the charger?
[Nexus 5X General] LR07:
Nope. Tried turning it on in boot loader mode too. And usually when its out of battery and I press the power button the red notification usually blinks. But that didn't even work.

Sent from my Nexus 5X
[Nexus 5X General] roofrider:
I simply can't decide between 5X and the Moto X Pure. I like everything about the Moto--3GB RAM, Moto Assist and whatnot, better display, speakers, build etc--but once I flash a rom on it, I'll be losing all the nifty features that the Moto offers out of the box.

On the other hand, with the 5X I can be a flashaholic; but right now I can get the Moto X for a lesser price than the 5X (both being 32GB). And can get the 16 GB 5X for $275 which seems like a steal, but I'm not too sure if 16GB would suffice in the long run.

Any thoughts on Moto X Pure versus 5X?
[Nexus 5X General] pieman13:
I own both and flop back and forth all the time. I love the size and portability of the nexus nut the moto X just feels more, complete.
[Nexus 5X General] umbrokhan:
Moto X Pure is a better choice.

but if you like installing different ROM's and Kenels then you should get Nexus.

I think 16Gb is to less. if i was you i will get 32Gb or 64Gb
[Nexus 5X General] El Niche:
I am seriously considering this as my next phone, I would like the 6P, however I like the size of this phone and I am not such a big power user (well not enough to buy a $499 phone). I currently have a Nexus 5, which works great on 6.0. However, it just gets me by the work day until 7pm, if I use it a little bit more during work hrs I'll get home on batt saver and basically dead if I go for night drinks if I dont charge at work. I would look at other phones, but to be honest I want to stay with nexus line for fast upgrades. For those that had the N5 AND have/had the N5X, how is the experience, and if it improved by flashing kernel/ROM. I dont mind rooting and getting rid of encryption if it gives me better battery as the N5 and works just as fluid as well. Are the hiccups/lag due to encryption?

I see a lot of hate for this phone, but I'd like to get feedback from people that ACTUALLY have it now (after it received all the updates) to see if performance has improved. I understand some people hate it because they compare it to an 500 dollar phone, but again, for my needs even the N5 is fine (except battery)
[Nexus 5X General] ibila:
Uhhhh yeah...How about you check the topci beneath this one? It's called "Nexus 5x battery life thread?
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
Great time to pick one up at $299 and $349 respectively.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
[MENTION=4286290]El Niche[/MENTION] I have both and I still use both. They are great phones. The 5x is better in just a few ways, camera, fingerprint, Fi, slightly bigger... But to your point I got it just so I don't have to plug it in during the day. Success. I've yet to have to. Been down to as low as about 33% but that was about 15 hours or so. Tonight I plugged it in at a little over 50%. 14 hours of not heavy use but lots of draining apps in background. I'm thinking of buying another for the Mrs at this price but she'd probably kill me for spending the money. She has an unrooted s5 so I'll leave her be. But she sweats my Fi refunds at the end of the month. Can't go wrong for sure.
[Nexus 5X General] C3C076:
Regarding Encryption. I had been running my N5X unencrypted for a month and then decided to encrypt as enough time passed for me to be able to tell a difference and I was curious. I haven't noticed any slow-downs or some other different behavior after encrypting. So I definitely recommend to keep it encrypted. This means there is another benefit and that is you don't have to switch stock kernel for a different one which has forced encryption disabled - so you can keep it bootloader locked in case you don't plan system level tweaking or root.

I am a normal user (browsing, gmail, social networks, videos, music, no (or very little) gaming).

I can also confirm that battery lasts definitely longer than it did on N5.
[Nexus 5X General] v1c70r:
I've just sold my *almost* new LG G4 to make room to my new Nexus 5x and I couldn't be happier. No lag, no problems at all, and a *at least* decent camera on a Nexus device. The camera from G4 was better on Manual mode but I do think N5X is better on Auto mode. However I miss more controls on Google Camera and RAW photos.
[Nexus 5X General] El Niche:
I have, and I have read and followed that thread for a while as well. I thought I would post here for some more feedback in addition to battery (the lag , which seem have been getting better with updates, any other comparison to the N5). But thanks for the tip

This sounds great, thanks for the feedback. 6.0 def improved my N5, but with a little browsing it can start to drop fast, so hopefully i can do some light/moderate things during the day and not be worried about a quick drop in battery. Google just lowered the price more yesterday ($299/$349, which incidentally I believe should have been the starting price) so I'll probably bite in a few days.

This is great to hear, so it is basically as smooth as the N5, right? It seems your usage is the same as mine. Most of issues were ironed out by updates. I'll probably run it stock for a while, but I usually flash a ROM (running Cataclysm on my N5) for a few extra features. Thank you for the feedback
[Nexus 5X General] avotechlife:
i definitely feel its worth the price tag. but 3GB ram wouldve made it a much better device
[Nexus 5X General] renatofontes:
I think there were LOOOOTS of faulty devices. My devices had a faulty camera but it started working correctly after I dropped it O_o

Besides that, I think I got a pretty good unit... Though I wouldn't recommend a Nexus 5x to anyone else since I've read lots of bad comments about it
[Nexus 5X General] Kroniq:
Dude I would get it. The positives far outweigh the negative in my opinion. Its just as snappy as my nexus 6. I know it sucks having to do it, but once you disable force encryption, the 5x is a beast. I'm getting around 5 hrs sot each charge so I'm sure it would get you through the day and into the next day with moderate use

Im using chroma w/ Franco r5 and its smooth as hell
[Nexus 5X General] El Niche:
Thanks! So far from what I've read I think I'm going to bite. As long as it is as good as my N5 with the improvements in camera and battery that is all I need. I'm totally up for de-crypting it if it gives me a good performance. And besides, can't go wrong for $279.

Thanks!
[Nexus 5X General] techmatlock:
Yeah. They really cut corners on this device and the 3gb of RAM would of made a significant difference. Im already forced to buy the Nexus 6P due to the 5X underperforming in areas of how I use the phone. I would of really liked to of seen improvements in other areas rather than the camera (although for the mass majority I'm not sure if the camera is a key feature when purchasing a phone.)
[Nexus 5X General] leo.best1398:
The camera is a big feature to most customers. Especially non techy ones who certainly certainly don't care about how much ram their phone has. After using this phone for a few months now I am confident it performs well and can do what I want it to do. Of course it could still be improved but hopefully software updates will do that
[Nexus 5X General] roofrider:
Waiting for mine to arrive.
[Nexus 5X General] hopesrequiem:
So you like your phone yet wouldn't recommend it to others based on what you have read??LOL That makes a lot of sense. The 5x is a great device. A lot of bull**** haters on these forums give it a bad name. Google has a fantastic return policy if you don't like it. Hell they even pay for the return shipping. You have nothing to lose. Try it.
[Nexus 5X General] optimummind:
I've had both & I'm happy with the 5X. Better camera, fingerprint sensor, just as snappy, better battery life and SOT, and fast charging. It doesn't feel like a huge upgrade though and my Galaxy S6E is faster in many areas.
[Nexus 5X General] paras:
I have both the edge plus as my show off phone and nexus 5x as a phone where I can't take edge plus.The best part about nexus is the stand by battery life which is amazing.

I have both 5,5x and really love both.
[Nexus 5X General] LR07:
I recently just found out that you are never suppose to let your phone completely die. I think that's why my first 5x never turned back on. I know I let it die out multiple times too.

Sent from my Nexus 5X
[Nexus 5X General] hopesrequiem:
Unless you're trying to clear battery stats....let it die once then charge and drain it from 100 to anywhere around 10 or below but before it fully dies. But not for the reason you mention. Phones don't die like that usually. You had bad luck.
[Nexus 5X General] terrawatt:
Chrome ROM is my daily driver, running jan 18 build. Devs really live up to their philosophy. It's so weird stock OS on an Nexus is so poor when it comes to settings. Stock OS feels like a beta. ItWhat's up with activating UI settings. The settings in that section is so poor and useless.

I agree with many here. I feels plastic, vibration sounds to much. When it vibrates and it lies on a table its a really bad vibrating sound. Many people, including me have a touch screen issue while charging. But for me camera is important, there are not many phones in low light for this low prize that have this camera. And the fingerprint scanner is awesome.

Today I start my new job and can choose a phone. I will pick xperia z5 because of its premium feeling, screensize, camera (not as good as nx5 in low light but awesome in daylight). If I love z5 I keep that one as a private phone and nx5 for work.

This is not the first time.I have touch screen issue. The touch responsiveness whas not perfect in n4 either.
[Nexus 5X General] ScottishPickle:
2 Month Review

Coming from a N6, this phone is not smooth. It stutters and lags.

But if you can handle the slight stutter from time to time.... then phone is a good 7/10.

The camera is great (especially in low light), the fingerprinter scanner is awesome (surprisingly quick to unlcock), the size and weight are perfect but.... the battery isn't all that good and the lagggggg. If you're not used to a smooth Android experience then maybe you'll not notice it but it's like going back to a Galaxy s2 Skyrocket from

2012.
[Nexus 5X General] roofrider:
On stock or are you using a custom ROM and kernel?
[Nexus 5X General] pezza10:
I don't know what's wrong with your phones, as I don't think I'm seeing the issues you all are. Sure it will lag here and there but no more than every other device I've owned, android or iOS. The camera is beautiful and the fingerprint scanner is great too. I have to agree that the vibrate motor is, at least for me, too strong to have on while typing but not strong enough for me to notice in my pocket. Also I am pretty disappointed with the battery life, where I could get two days of medium use on one charge with my old phone, I can get through one day with this bit then its all over. But apart from that, I am really enjoying the device, and I would certainly recommend it to anyone.
[Nexus 5X General] mtoomey79:
My MotoX and MotoX 2014 both run faster and more reliably than my 5X. All are stock. Hugely disappointed in the 5X. Headphone audio sounds like garbage, I use good earbuds. Using swiping as the primary form of input is far less reliable than the aforementioned devices (I get "ask" instead of "all" every time on the 5X, but get "all" every time using the X/X2). Boot time, even the X beats the 5X.

All in all, the MotoX and MotoX 2014 offer a better overall experience. Wish the new X wasn't as big as my head.
[Nexus 5X General] wmdunn:
I also get "ask" instead of "all" every time. Thing is though, it's on my original Moto X ... must be a Google keyboard thing.
[Nexus 5X General] pezza10:
Yeah I would say it just might be, as I'm using Chrooma keyboard and as you can see,

All all all all all all all all all all

You get the picture... I'd say try a different keyboard.
[Nexus 5X General] wmdunn:
My point was ... it's not a short coming of the Nexus 5x.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Why are you here? Please go away.
[Nexus 5X General] mtoomey79:
You mean this thread isn't about being disappointed with the 5X and I'm not free to share my thoughts as well. Hmmmm...
[Nexus 5X General] ScottishPickle:
Stock MMB29P
[Nexus 5X General] illcat2000:
Sure I would have preferred 3gb of ram but I have to say I am happy with my device. It's not blazing fast but for me it doesn't really matter. I don't game on this phone and it does everything else more then fast enough. Not perfect but I like it. The size is however perfect for me.
[Nexus 5X General] Al3xxxinho:
Had issues on the android version that came with the phone ( lag etc ) but after upgrading to the latest available version, and performing a hard reset everything is butter smooth.
[Nexus 5X General] ch.ch1:
I keep in getting the error "application is low on memory"
[Nexus 5X General] davjan:
Never saw that, on what apps you get that?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 5X met Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] whmaurer:
I've gotten this one a few times when things start going sideways:

Restart usually helps.
[Nexus 5X General] whmaurer:
So, I've been having a ton of problems with my phone for a while now, so I finally factory reset my phone tonight (by unlocking the bootloader) and I opted not to restore my apps from Google backups. I haven't added anywhere close to all of my apps yet, and my plan is to add them as I need them from here on out.

Early verdict = the camera is performing noticeably better. Like night and day better, as it was basically unusable before. Good sign, maybe?