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[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pzboyz:
I ended up using EasyBackup to transfer, contacts, SMS, call logs. Worked well and was simple to use. Having to wait now for suitable USB cables before I make the file transfers for music and pictures, thought about one of those Wifi File transfer apps. The built in FileManager does have a Nearby Share feature, you have to touch the screens together to initiate the process and click a few buttons which you can see when you have the screens facing each other. Very odd.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoyololo:
Still in Appleland here. Am I out of luck?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EeZeEpEe:
Sync your iPhone contacts with Google then when you sign into the 5X it should show up just fine.

Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S5.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mu3g:
I found great mileage with MyBackup Pro (paid for Pro 3 years ago or so...) - I essentially created 2 backups (one for apps and media, the other one for data)...moved the two zip files to my nexus 5x and restored them...as good as new...made sure to do everything in airplane mode...also the app has a migrate feature which works well too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] monkton:
Hi,

This is a very basic question, but I haven't been able to find the answer in one place.

I have a new Galaxy S6 Edge G925A on AT&T, baseband version G925AUCU1AOE2. I don't want to take the OTA update because apparently then the bootloader will be locked and can't be rolled back. I'd like to root the phone and not lose any features but I'd also like to be able to flash a ROM based on the most current version of Android available (and continue to upgrade in the future). Right now I only know enough about rooting, bootloader, baseband, kernels, custom recovery, ROMs, Android, KNOX, radios, modems, fingerprint scanners, Samsung Pay . . . to be dangerous. Every search I've done over the past couple days seems to teach me something while also confusing me a little bit more.

What I'm wondering is - if I root my AOE2, am I then able to flash a custom ROM based on 5.1.1 (or later) versions of Android without losing any other features (Samsung Pay, fingerprint scanner, etc.) and without locking myself to a certain version of Android? If so, what steps would I have to take (e.g., 1) root, 2) install a custom recovery, 3) flash a later kernel, 4) flash ROM, etc.)? Thanks in advance, and sorry if this question is answered elsewhere already!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] dandrumheller:
Simple answer is no.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] monkton:
So - if I want to have the latest version of Android possible on this phone does that mean I can't also be rooted (or be using a custom ROM)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] dandrumheller:
Correct. Since you are still on OE2, your choices are as follows:

1) root with ping pong and go to

A) custom 5.0.2 ROM, keeping root

B) stock OF3, keeping oe2 bootloader and recovery via odin/flashfire, keeping root

C) stock OF4, keeping oe2 bootloader and recovery via odin/flashfire, keeping root

2) don't root, update to full stock OF3/OF4/5.1.1 (I forget the build number), lose the ability to root, lose the ability to roll back. Possible that this will never be rooted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] monkton:
Dang. Thanks for confirming. They're sons of *****es. Why do they need both an early contract termination fee AND to lock down the phones so you can't get full enjoyment out of the hardware you're committing to a 2-year contract to get?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] alvalenz79:
My phone is reporting the following

Android Version = 5.1.1

Baseband version = G920AUCU1AOE2

Though my phone has the 5.1.1 update but my baseband didn't get updated does still mean I'm SOL for a future root?
[Samsung Gear S] eliadbs:
Hey There,

I'm LG G4 Owner and I'm planing to buy Samsung Gear S

Will it work together and I could use all Gear S features?

Thanks a lot
[Samsung Gear S] t2bacdp:
It will work but not all function : nous weather, music control... As all non Samsung phone
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Z£Y$:
I m trying to dump my original 3UK rom from a qtek 9000.

After a bit of reading i tried these 2 commands to dump the OS as well as the bootloader:

pdocread 0x0 0x3FA0000 QTEK.RAW =>Created a file of 63.6MB

pmemdump -m 0x90001000 0x40000 bootloader.raw => Created a file of 256Kb

I created with the above commands a further 2 files with the extension of nb with the same filesizes. (Dont know if this is a good idea.....any idea??)

With the d2s command i know that the following memory addresses exists:

Dump Bootloader:

70000000 80000

OS ROM + splash:

70100000 3FA0000

XtendedROM:

74100000 A00000

Radio ROM:

60000000 a24200

Now i m a bit confused that if i need to create files of the extended rom and radio, which command should i use? pdocread or pmemdump ??

And which one is the correct memory address?? As u noticed the bootloader for example with the pmemdump command uses "0x90001000 0x40000" whereas the d2s command uses the memory map of "0x70000000 0x80000"..... I m a bit confused

I will appreciate any feedback......

Thanks in advance

Z£Y$
[Nexus 5X General] joshuadjohnson22:
I find it interesting that your review of this device is different from all the reviews I have heard. Maybe you could have a faulty device or preproduction OS? Just seems odd, I will keep my eyes out for more people to confirm but I have heard the opposite from so many people.

Thanks for the review
[Nexus 5X General] blinkin:
Thanks for the update.

If the call quality is really like this, then I will be also considering returning it... Most of the reviews were saying that the call quality is OK, I think I found one that were complaining about it...
[Nexus 5X General] Evo_Shift:
I have ordered the 5X and cancelled more times than I am going to admit. Right now I am waiting. It seems like maybe this device would be good if you're coming from a Nexus 4 but if you currently own a Nexus 5 or 6 it really isn't much of an upgrade...certainly not worth $430. Hopefully Google goes with a smaller premium model next year.
[Nexus 5X General] robstunner:
You too? Mine is more than a dozen :(

But my last order locked into processing right away, and ill have it tomorrow. Going to be comparing it with my 96gb Moto X Pure.
[Nexus 5X General] rochrunner:
My order is currently cancelled (for "only" the 2nd time) and I have been wary about the published reviews that are lukewarm at best. I guess what I'd really like is a 6p the size of the 5x. Have to wait and see more reviews on the forums...
[Nexus 5X General] geoff5093:
Droid Life compared the 5X to the 6P on their podcast, and said the 5X was noticeably more laggy than the 6P, and when double tapping the power button the launch the camera, it took significantly longer to do so on the 5X. They also mentioned battery life is average.
[Nexus 5X General] withdrawn:
Maybe i could have a faulty unit. I remember the nexus 5 early production units had a few screen issues etc.

But i never remember ever experiencing lag on any previous nexus devices. This doesn't feel like a nexus buttery smooth device. It feels more similar to a device that is using a marshmallow stock rom.

I don't mean to be super critical, but the nexus 5 was a really amazing pure android butter smooth rapid fast lag free experience. I still love that phone, even to this day! Just because of the responsiveness and speed, it sort of cancelled out the negatives of the poor battery life etc

But my experience with the 5x isn't the same. It's not smooth and stutter free like how I've come to associate nexus devices to be.

Do you think I should request an exchange to see if it just isn't my unit or should I run a full reset and install everything again. This is the third day with the device, but frankly, I just feel a bit let down.

Maybe I should have been patient and just waited for the 6p, but the form factor of the nexus 5x is what i find hugely appealing.

I won't deny, the finger print sensor is first class. It's so rapid and class leading. The screen is vibrant and nice. Colors appear in great contrast, but not over saturated and vivid compared to the nexus 6 amo screen.

The camera is a huge step up.

But, for example, the vibration motor is really weak. They should have improved this. They should have improved the audio/media sound quality and the call audio quality. It makes sense if other cheaper alternatives can, why cant google?

Even lg's budget lg g3s and g4s have really decent audio and sound/call quality, as do the moto g, and moto play and especially the moto style.

Audio is hugely important, as is sound quality and call sound quality. This is what makes the media experience immersive when using a smartphone. I don't expect htc m8 or nexus 6 speaker quality, but then i don't expect quality so sub bar, that it's neigh on embarrasing, for a handset valued by google at £340.

I have just read a thread about using the phone with the charger plugged in causes lag.. I have been doing this but only in the morning and the evening. Not during my commute.

I really need to decide whether i should exchange or just return.

But overall, this doesn't feel like the usual nexus magic I've become so used to.
[Nexus 5X General] br125:
All reports that I've seen show that opening the camera on the 5x is laggy. Everything else seems to be smooth.
[Nexus 5X General] Evo_Shift:
4 times :o
[Nexus 5X General] withdrawn:
I can also tell, even by looking at the 6P, that all the emphasis on design, software, user experience etc has been directed towards this model as opposed to the 5x, which is a total shame. Its like those who prefer the small form factor are literally ostracized and classed as second class citizens with a marked down substandard experience.

The 6P will undoubtedly offer the truer next gen nexus android experience. I can tell, it will be totally smooth as silk and lag free :(
[Nexus 5X General] OMEiAM:
Coming from an S6 edge, I don't have any complaints about my Nexus 5X not being smooth and feeling fast.
[Nexus 5X General] withdrawn:
That doesn't surprise me! touch wiz is just generally awful. Any nexus device would be a huge improvement on that front!

But can you honestly say you're not taken back by the lackluster sound quality/audio and the call quality of the 5x in comparison to the s6 edge? the quality of the vibration on the vibration motor?
[Nexus 5X General] PhilipL:
Hi

It always surprises me how people complain about the audio on smartphones. It is impossible for any smart phone to have good audio when you have a speaker the size of an M&M, it's simple physics, they are all just degrees of rubbish really. That's why they have a headphone socket and Bluetooth, so we have options to stream to a speaker that stands some chance of providing full range sound :good:

In terms of performance, worth trying a reset, but you may have a faulty phone, could you try one in a phone shop and see how they compare? I can see no difference in performance between mine and the older 5, the speed is mostly governed by the animations and both phones are slowed down enough navigating around by the "smoothness" that CPU speed differences really isn't noticeable in use. You could have a super computer running Marshmellow and it would still be the same speed due to the animations. If you really want a performance boost pop into Developer settings and turn of the animations, it's miles faster then, but then the 'butter smoothness' is gone. Funny how Google have made slowing down the UI something we perceive as better performance.

Hope you get your issues sorted out.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 5X General] withdrawn:
When I'm talking about the sound quality, I am literally talking about the quality of headphones plugged into the device. Its so embarrassingly low on the 5x its unbelievable that google and lg would see this as fit for purpose when it obviously is not.
[Nexus 5X General] Syn Ack:
I just got mine and I am superbly disappointed of it comparing to my Galaxy S6. Anyone compared the 5X to the 6P yet in terms of OS performance, speaker quality, camera, etc?
[Nexus 5X General] landale:
What are you disappointed with? The S6 is a much higher level phone than the 5X so I would expect it to be a downgrade in almost everything but software. I don't think Google has shipped at 6P's yet to end users to compare.
[Nexus 5X General] graffixnyc:
It's kinda funny that people are saying it feels and looks cheap. People must forget what others said about the nexus 5 when it came out.. That it looked boring, cheap, that nothing about it stood out.. I mean after the beautiful nexus 4 people were expecting a 5 that was premium like the 4.. And look what happened... That became the most loved nexus of them all so far..
[Nexus 5X General] withdrawn:
Trust me when I say that the phone is hard plastic. Like literally.

The moto X play feels more premium and that's a cheaper handset.

The nexus 5 wasn't as aesthetically pleasing to the eye like the nexus 4, but holding the nexus 5, it felt nice, especially the soft touch matte back.

The 5x is just straight up hard plastic.
[Nexus 5X General] bricky23:
4 times here too, and twice with the 6p. Still have the 6p coming through......unless I cancel again [emoji4]
[Nexus 5X General] ethanfel:
Screen of the n5x is bigger and still usable with one hand, the DPI is set by default at 420, the nexus 5 default is 480. You can see a lot more in the n5x.

Overall performance feel the same yeah unencrypted so less secure vs fully encrypted, both are fst.

The front facing speaker is louder than the n5 (that's easy to do anyway)

N5 has ceramic, cool, that's usefull. Do the n5x fell bad ? no, so let's move on.

Nexus 5x exterior is deteriorating ? You are worse and worse, one word, rubbish :D

Video and photographic department are a loooot better, that's not even in the same league. The n5 camera was bad at everything, it's trash. N5X is one of the best, if not the best.

And finally, the battery life. It was bad, very bad on the nexus 5. i like this phone, i had a lot a fun without it. But since the start i have a powerbank with me. It could not last the day since day 1 and after two year, the battery's wear is attrocious. I was very pleased to easily get through the day with my n5x, even the first days when i was using it a lot more than usual.

I was actually worried to not have wireless charging. Yeah since i had to let my n5 charging through the day to make it until i was home on my desk, picking it up on my desk was easy, nothing to unplug. I realised that i don't, in fact need to plug my n5x at all through the day, i don't even need wireless charging anymore..

I can also list the other obvious upgrade of the n5x, i'm curious about your pov.

- Imprint

- encryption

- ambient light

- usb-c

- fast charging

- thiner

- 64 bit cpu

- 2 more years of Android update (M is probably the last for the nexus 5)
[Nexus 5X General] Sinergie:
I agree with you to some amount, but it's a small upgrade for a lot of money in Europe. You would definitely expect a bigger upgrade after 2 years time. I guess we have to wait another year for that to happen and hopefully Google comes to their senses and give us a premium normal sized Nexus phone.

[MENTION=2835562]ethanfel[/MENTION]

Screen size is a personal preference, the screen of the N5 is at the maximum already for me so I would dislike the extra height of the 5X. Less secure, nobody cares unless you work for the government or you're a terrorist.

The ceramic buttons give a slightly more premium look.

Deteriorating isn't the best word to describe it, but I've seen plenty of pictures of the 5X back which got permanently affected by oil grease from your hands. This doesn't happen with the N5.

The camera from the N5 isn't as bad as some people say it is, it's moderate and it's possible to make some good pictures with it. The shakiness in videos of the 5X is terrible.
[Nexus 5X General] ethanfel:
.

Don't forget than being thinner help too. The n5X is as easy to pickup than the 5. :)

Because you don't care, every body shouldn't ? :)

How yeah two very small button in ceramic on a fully polycarbonate phone, that's more premium XD.

We can also talk about the cracking platic around the nexus 5 power button. That's very common on worse than a few case of "not really permanently affected back cover"

No it's as bad,p articulary in dim light or in color reproduction. The camera was not even midrange. The nexus 5X is on par with every high end, maybe the best.

Wierd is did a lot of video this weekend, no shakiness. Maybe i'm holding it wrong.
[Nexus 5X General] firewoood:
Mainstream says it's a great device and worth for buying. Thanks for the review
[Nexus 5X General] funed:
Lag

This phone is a great phone with the weight, photo quality, call quality, fingerprint sensor speed but except 2 things

1. Super lag every 2 days after camera app launched; whole system slows down. Tried reset, installed some mandatory apps but the problem still come up. Getting a replacement see if it helps. Only reboot solves the problem so far.

2. Music Play app is not user-friendly, clicking three dots on right to edit a song often became scrolling down and up.

I have tried other app, but unfortunately third-party apps cannot be default music player app (I need this so pressing play button on bluetooth devices work on third-party music play app) If anyone knows how to fix this problem, please let me know.
[Nexus 5X General] kparis:
Let me start off by saying that i *like* my Nexus 5X.. it seems to be a phone that will do what you want done with a minimum of fuss. However when it comes to recommending it to others honestly i'm not sure. In the USA @ 400USD, yes definitely. In europe at 550eur when you can get a Moto X Pure, or a Galaxy S6 or an LG G4 for less money i'm not so sure any more....

I wrote a small review of my experience with the 5X so far on my blog which goes into more detail :) unfortunately i'm still new here so i cannot post outside links :(
[Nexus 5X General] Rogoshin:
I live in Europa, and i own The S6 and Moto x Style. The reason i have choosen The 5x is that The S6 lags allot, and The ui is foul. The Moto x Style is just to big and cloumsy for me.

Sendt fra min Nexus 5X med Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] kparis:
Samsung software has always been crap. It is the only reason why i didnt buy an S6 in the first place. However the feel of the device is much much more premium than the 5X. Moto X isn't much bigger than the 5x. It's quite a bit thicker but it sat well in my hand (and my hands are quite small)
[Nexus 5X General] Rogoshin:
I tried to adjust to it for a week, i just could not. I does not fit well into Pockets, and it just feels like it is going to fall out og my hands all The time, so i ended up not using it.

I dont think i will own a Samsung device ever again ( i have said this before). I dont feel The 5x has that bad a build. And what is a good build, if you hate everything else.

Sendt fra min Nexus 5X med Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] kparis:
I agree with you, The 5X's build is solid and it feels well made. At 378USD i would be very happy with that phone since it's extremely utilitarian. My original point is that at 550eur, it doesnt have the premium aesthetics of other phones which cost much less... at 550 i think you can even get an S6 Edge on ebay. If they made the S6 Google Play edition that would be perfect imo since their hardware is top notch.
[Nexus 5X General] Rogoshin:
I Like The great signal i get in my plastic phone.

Sendt fra min Nexus 5X med Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] kparis:
I'm very happy for you, but you're implying that all phones which aren't plastic have crap signal strength - which is not true
[Nexus 5X General] Rogoshin:
No i am implying that my S6 has a bad signal. What metal phone has a good signal?

Sendt fra min Nexus 5X med Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] kparis:
You're holding it wrong :p

Joking aside the S6 edge and the HTC One (M8) were OK and metal.
[Nexus 5X General] Rogoshin:
I had The edge, it had bad signal too.

Sendt fra min Nexus 5X med Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] _jis_:
You can post link to your review without URL tags now and after you get permission to publish links you can edit your previous post to have that URL in correct tags.
[Nexus 5X General] kparis:
Hey cool lets see if it works :) There's no ad/money making on my site so should be within the forum rules :)

http://www.kurtparis.com/blog/2015/11/16/the-nexus-5x-mini-review
[Nexus 5X General] _jis_:
Thank you for your review. This part was interesting:

Please, could you test if the same phenomenon occur when you charge your phone from just 0,5A or 1,0A USB 2.0 port on your PC?
[Nexus 5X General] kparis:
You're welcome :) glad you liked it

From my highly unscientific testing(tm) it seems only to occur with the bundled charger. I'm trying with my nexus 7 charger using a USB type a-to-c cable and from the usb port and even though the responsiveness degrades a tiny bit, it's almost unnoticeble to the point where i'm not even 100% sure it's happening
[Nexus 5X General] Raiden350:
20 pages, i wasn't brave enough to read all of them ^^

Can someone sum up what it was said ?

Because i'm actually about to buy the 5X (love the form factor, it's compact, not heavy) instead of the 6P (don't like phablet and it's 120€ more here in France) but if the 5X is laggy (wtf even my current N4 isn't laggy, don't you guys exagerate ?) it will not be to me...

Envoyé de mon Nexus 4 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] kparis:
find a way to buy it from USA :) - in general the 5X is not laggy. There are some rare cases (shooting many hdr+ photos in a row) where the phone slows down a tiny bit but other than that i'm happy with it
[Nexus 5X General] Raiden350:
I think buying it from USA isn't a good with all the taxes...but i'll see if it's possible or not !

So in other apps, the phone is totally smooth ? Like the N5 ?

Envoyé de mon Nexus 4 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] _jis_:
It shouldn't take more than half an hour if you quickly read through this thread in Tapatalk where you can easy concentrate only to the relevant info from posts.

But anyway some users are happy (mostly from US because of price here), some aren't. Consensus is that price could/should be lower. The result for me is just to wait a few months for price decreasing especially in your case If you have no problem with your current Nexus 4.
[Nexus 5X General] ethanfel:
Coming from a n5 it not laggy at all. they both feel quite similar. It's a decent upgrade, more so coming from a n4. I like the screen too. Imprint is awesome, it's on the ideal zone. after nearly a week, i'm only unlocking my phone through that. Swipe to unlock is now something of the past.

Tu ne sera pas décu, malgrès il est vrai d'un prix trop élevé chez nous, bien que le chromecast offert fasse passer reduise la taille de la pilule.
[Nexus 5X General] Raiden350:
D'accord tu me rassures ^^ Oui le coup du Chromecast est assez sympa mais je préfèrerai une promo, dans un magasin Suisse ils proposaient récemment le 32Go a 445€ en boutique...

I'm just a little bit afraid about the comparaison with the 6P, is it really more faster ? Powerful i don't care because i don't play on my phone but i want the smoothest and fastest device possible :/

Same for the community, i see there is about 2x more posts on 6P section than 5X's :(
[Nexus 5X General] sdmix:
I just came on here to find out if anyone else was having this exact same issue.

The moment I plug my phone in to charge using the included charger and cable my phone basically becomes a unresponsive mess. It's unusable. The screen only registers every 3rd or 4th click on the screen and even then, it's doesn't normally register it in the place that I have tapped. This makes using a keyboard impossible and navigating around frustrating.

I've tried charging the phone with a cheap cable off ebay (USB-A to USB-C) and the Nexus 5 USB power plug and it doesn't seem to have as much of an impact (it's also worth noting that this is only a 1.2A power adapter that only displays 'charging' on the lock screen), it is still more sluggish than when not charging at all, but definitely not the unusable state that it becomes when using the included stock accessories.