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[Nexus 5X General] Endoran:
I would definitely read that Reddit thread linked earlier. Specifically, the people who said how forceful they had to push their headphones in. It may sound ridiculous but from some of the comments it sounds plausible that perhaps you aren't pushing in your headphones in enough? Here's a quote from Reddit with someone talking about how hard he/she has to push it in - "It's seriously possible. You had to push REALLY hard for it to click in. I tried a few more times, and it's something that seems like it will wear in...which is sort of weird."
[Nexus 5X General] P.Fan:
This is really confusing, there are so many mixed reviews regarding the audio quality. i currently have a Moto G 2014, and the audio quality through earphone was good. OP had Moto G and he said it was so much better than the 5X. is it just you got a faulty handset?
[Nexus 5X General] MrBelter:
clearly you have not played with the distinctly budget Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3, its not HiFi by any means but when you consider what it is the sound is astonishing.
[Nexus 5X General] dijonemon:
My impressions after 48hrs:

- Fingerprint sensor and screen are both great

- The general lag is nothing short of embarassing

- Camera app is so buggy its frightening

- Memory management is too aggressive - so many redraws when I only have 2 apps in use

- Sound on my N5X is so loud through the headphone jack that I cannot keep them in after about two thirds of the volume. MUCH louder than my OnePlus.

[EDIT] Just received an OTA to the "MDB08I" version of 6.0, and the optimising apps is now going on. Hopefully this'll fix the lag.
[Nexus 5X General] hussan882:
Re CPW, did you buy it online or even via click and collect?

If so I think you can get a refund, its only if you complete your purchase wholly via a store that they limit what you can do.

Good luck with sorting it.
[Nexus 5X General] mastersork:
I'm happy with the phone. I haven't noticed any lag issues so far. Maybe I'm just too slow to notice them :o
[Nexus 5X General] joshnichols189:
Also coming from an S6E and headphone volume is largely the same. I was able to listen to music at lower than max volume in a crowded gym and not worry about hearing others. Today in my commute I'm using my Bluetooth headphones and music sounds fine.

The two calls I've been on have also been fine. I didn't adjust the volume from w.e if was when I unboxed the phone. The biggest thing for me was I wanted a phone whose RAM management wasn't so bad it had to close a process to open the keyboard - which the S6 would have to do.
[Nexus 5X General] donutman:
i agree 100% about the audio. It Sucks. im coming from the One plus one and their sound blows the nexus away. And its not like the OPO has world class audio. No stereo, Just two mono speakers at the bottom, about the size of the nexus speaker. Even through aux, I have to go up 10+ just to equal the sound of my OPO. Bass is barely noticeable. Sometimes I like to listen to spotify or podcast without headphones, but with the n5x, headphone might be a must unless im are somewhere real quiet.

now i was on stock rom with my OPO, which is CM12s. so maybe there were audio modifications added, not sure. hopefully this can be improved on the software side.
[Nexus 5X General] alpha beta gaga:
did you buy it online or instore? you get 2 different return options for both
[Nexus 5X General] banesi:
exactly my thoughts also, having no OIS are producing hard to watch videos, they have put better camera for taking stills but watching videos made with this phone seems like a terrible expirience :rolleyes:
[Nexus 5X General] voyagerfan99:
To the OP: If you have something else in mind than you know a Nexus will actually be, then don't buy a Nexus phone. Spend your money on something else you KNOW you'll be happy with and don't make this a negative experience for the rest of us Nexus owners.

I got my N5X today and love it. I was scared and almost cancelled my order after reading reviews from some people (they must be OCD) but I'm glad I didn't. I have no issues with my phone aside from the loud vibration motor sounding like a mosquito.
[Nexus 5X General] minnemike:
When I first started mine, I noticed a lag when scrolling the app menu, but that seems to have subsided. I did the double button press for the camera and it launches instantly - no lag at all. Sound seems great for me and the front speaker is plenty loud, if not perfect audiophile equalization standards. No real complaints for me so far. I have to assume there are going to be variances out there and possible defects with the first batches sent out. Good luck.
[Nexus 5X General] Syn Ack:
Just put in my return for the 5X. Going back to my rooted Galaxy S6 and sticking with that for a little while.
[Nexus 5X General] Rado_vr6:
EXACTLY! I swear everyone is thinking they're going to get some super-duper premium device. Wait for the 6P if you just have to have that "premium" fit and finish. For the rest of us, we're going to be just fine with the 5X. There are plenty of other options people can check out, but at this price point and pure experience, it's going to be hard to beat. It's almost as if people are expecting something with the caliber of build quality the Note 5 and iPhone possess. People complain more about the phones in their pockets than the 1992 Civic sedan they drive :eek:
[Nexus 5X General] KidWave:
We shouldn't necessarily silence people with issues, he literally might have a defective unit or it might be the misplaced expectations. There should be discussions around those issues.

This is par for the course. I remember during the N5 launch, people were getting super picky about perceived light bleed, vibration motor rattle, power button rattle, and even speaker hole differences! People were literally cycling through and returning multiple N5's which just made me cringe.

Fast forward a month or two after launch and the vocal minority of people with issues either left the N5 or got a satisfactory unit. Then the silent majority basically went along and enjoyed the phone. Of course, over time and with updates the N5 just got better and better to the point it's now basically heralded as the best phone of that era to the point N5 owners are afraid to get a N5X.

I think the same thing is gonna happen with the N5X. I haven't experienced the supposed lag or camera app lag. The perceived performance "issues" and ram deficiency seem like benchmark/stress test fallacies. Ultimately if you need 8 heavy apps on demand, with instant cycling, no re-draws, and need to know your phone is fast through benchmarks, you shouldn't be getting an N5 anyway, the 6P is the power phone.

If you're a normal user that most likely does email, text, takes pictures, browses the internet, messes around with lightweight social apps and a few games, the N5X has more than enough processing power to run through that with ease and no lag.
[Nexus 5X General] pnut22r:
I got a dud.

Every time I plug the phone in, it turns off. Happened before and after the OTA. Battery between 40-60%

Other than that I like it. Some things I like, others are just ok.
[Nexus 5X General] scoliosis:
Almost 10 days in after updating to the April update and it hasn't hung the camera once. Still pretty snappy all around except for when you pick it up after an extended Doze period. Expected since all threads fire up at the same time. 10 seconds or so and it gets back to being snappy again. A good update all around.
[Nexus 5X General] osufishman:
i like the phone but wish it was slightly smaller and don't like the cheap plastic squishy buttons
[Nexus 5X General] osufishman:
OK one thing that bugs me I feel it's dishonest calling this a 5.2" screen, it's really 5" measure it yourself, and no you can not count the bottom nav buttons that are unusable part of the lcd.
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
Yeah but when you watch videos, view pictures, play games, etc, you get the whole screen. It counts.
[Nexus 5X General] Molitro:
Except it becomes usable when you actually need it.

Swiftkey'd from my Nexus 5X
[Nexus 5X General] kanariya:
Sometimes when I use Nav + Spotify together while charging in car. The phone freezes. I have to pick either, not both.
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
I haven't had that since the I got the a March MHC19J update. Before though, it wasn't great using turn by turn with music or YouTube. Lots of slowdown.
[Nexus 5X General] kanariya:
I still have it after April update. 100% stock.

Phone was setup as new.
[Nexus 5X General] 5ageman:
Jeseus people, just root it and flash a custom rom. Its a nexus for gods sake, all mentioned issues are gone if you know how to use a developers phone. Dont expect galaxy experience and you wont be disappointed.
[Nexus 5X General] picard47:
I have similar feelings. Got the Nexus 5x because the whole world is saying that the "Nexus" Feeling is unique and smooth. Moreover the naked specs have sound nicely.

But there are some bugs/errors that I haven't expected especially on a Nexus device.

- my "old" LG G2 with CM12.1 (stock) runs much smoother than the Nexus 5x (stock or AOSP/CM based)

- Read/Write speeds of the internal memory are relatively low - apk install duration is much longer than on some of my other phones.

- I have the "Bluetooth" bug. Means I always have to turn on my bluetooth. Otherwise my WiFi Speed is a desaster

- some annoying things with the bluetooth connections. Especially with car kits there are frequent dropouts
[Nexus 5X General] Masteryates:
I'm also considering going from G2 to 5x so its good to hear your story. I think what slowness you are experiencing are down to 2 things:-

-The G2 is only running a smaller 32-bit OS and therefore has more Ram to play with.

-The G2 is also not encrypted.

A custom rom that isn't encrypted and a bit of zRam could make all the difference on the 5x?
[Nexus 5X General] 5ageman:
The G2 was a great device but it's software brought it down, sadly. CM13 brought it back from the dead. I had two G2s and I consider N5X to be an updated G2 with better screen, stereo speakers ( flash the stereo mod ), imprint sensor and better design. Yes, just disable the encryption and you'll get a blazing fast phone. I highly recommend the upgrade from the G2 if you can afford it. And the first thing to do is to remove the encryption and flash a custom rom, it's a Nexus, it's how it's ment to be used. If you want stock OTB experience just buy a galaxy or an iphone and problem solved.
[Nexus 5X General] cowboy_bebop:
Coming from 1 gen. moto X, I learned to appreciate good design/ergonomic value/refinement more than cpu speed/ram/screen size etc. So, to give an honest response to OP, I don't really care if it's blazing fast or not, as long as I can make it run perfectly. It's an amazing phone for the price and I'm excited to follow people who are working hard to make it even better! For me, Nexus story really begins here, at places like xda.
[Nexus 5X General] Masteryates:
Good to know, thanks 5ageman :highfive:
[Nexus 5X General] exploreresp:
Same feedback for me. I'm on stock unencrypted and I can confirm it is butter. I have a S7 sleeping in my closet. No other device can compare. Even with a configuration that appears not really high ended. (And the photos are the best in every conditions, tested a looooot of good camera phones, the Nexus are impressive)
[Nexus 5X General] kanariya:
So Nexus phones came from great stock Android experience to poor performance without a flash?

It is not marketed as a dev phone anymore.

I've been using Nexus since the S because I prefer the stock Android over Galaxy **** and all those custom themed experience.

I'm disappointed that a Nexus from Google doe not perform well out of box.

Coming from the great Nexus 5. This felt like a downgrade in performance.
[Nexus 5X General] mxrider97:
I have seriously no idea, what this thread is about. I think it's a great phone. Out of the box, I had no issues at all, great performance and decent battery life. Now I'm on rooted stock rom and I'm not planning to flash any custom rom. Maybe some day I'll try PureNexus, but not in the nearest future. I haven't noticed ANY lag since I took it out of the box. The only thing that I noticed is when you open Facebook and immediately scroll down, then you might face some frame drops, but it may be due to my poor internet connection and I don't really care about it, as soon as it performs extremaly good in real life conditions.
[Nexus 5X General] 5ageman:
Thats not wahr I stated, do not use paraphrasing to duscredit my statement. I think that calling N5X a poor performer can only come from ignorance and is no short from overreacting. Sure there are some hickups if you use it stock, but its miles better than N5. N5 was the best and still holds its ground but its not better than N5X in any objective category, maybe the design, but thats subjective.
[Nexus 5X General] kanariya:
n5 is smoother than the 5x stock. if the 5x doesn't perform up to par then it is a poor performer. the latest update made the lag better but it's still there. I don't remember which was my last phone that couldn't handle Spotify and Google map navs together.

this simple task I would expect the phone to be capable out of box.
[Nexus 5X General] user822:
Qualcomm was just never meant to be in the SOC market and nothing is a better testament to that then the Nexus 5X generation. Their giant patent pool made them a choice because they could bundle a good modem, but they are just not good at developing CPUs and even worse at GPUs.

Prove enough is that Apple SOCs stomped them in the ground for generations now.Also Samsung could scale their Exynos up to be significantly more advanced the minute Qualcomm release a failed generation, these are two comapnies that actually know what they are doing.

And guess what, Nvidia had a CPU that was meant to be something entirely else, they forced it to be ARM compatible in a desperate attempt to release the 64bit denver core that is in the Nexus 9, and this complete energency baked accident is still faster than anything Qualcomm had at the time.

If either of these manufacturers had remotely good Android custom rom support in a Phone i would jump ship even if it costs a lot more money to get one of these devices.
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
Something must be wrong with your unit cause I stream iHeart Radio or Google Music while using Google Maps regularly without either one quiting or freezing on me.

Now I'm not saying I never experienced slowdown. It does still occur once in a while but it's occasional rather than often.
[Nexus 5X General] kanariya:
it doesn't freeze with those apps but it slows down to the point that the nav wouldn't follow the route and Spotify would skip every 30 seconds. it doesn't happen all the time but it happens enough to be annoying.

last time the phone froze was due to hdr+ processing. it froze for a few minutes and finally sorted it out.
[Nexus 5X General] ashokabs:
I suppose there are always horses for courses. If you need to have a lot of programs loaded or some that make huge demands for RAM then you need a phone with more RAM than 2GB. Similarly with so many other parameters. I purchased a Nexus 5x a month ago. In between upgraded with latest stock, rooted and put custom recovery. For me everything runs well and there is no stuttering or lag anywhere including when starting from deep sleep. The only problem was ending the day with around 25% battery. I now use ElementalX Kernel with standard settings recommended. I am getting satisfactory results with ending the day with 40%+ battery remaining. I consider this satisfactory. There is still no lag or stuttering. This is my experience. If I had any continuing problems which leave me dissatisfied I would have returned the phone or had it replaced. Primarily because very few buyers have any major complaints about the phone. We get the performance we are willing to spend for. The real world is all about adjustment and though we don't like the word 'compromise'.
[Nexus 5X General] Saad Ali:
Not true, I've had several nexus 5s. Maybe nexus 5 is a tad bit faster in app opening, the animations are way smoother on 5x as well as the overall experience. Nexus 5 has animations that are like 30fps. Smoothness? No comparison.
[Nexus 5X General] user822:
You must be talking of the Nixos 5, the chinese knockoff ;)

But I am kind of serious, the Nexus 5 with Snapdragon 800 does not have slow animations.
[Nexus 5X General] Davirus849:
I don't expected this phone to be "blazing fast", but thats is not expected in any phone unless you use it for gaming, I was expecting a good experience, something that doesn't feel wrong, or strange.

This is what I wasn't expecting: http://f.cl.ly/items/2S2j1B3l0h2l1B2N2k2z/Untitled.mp4

That never happened with the Nexus 4, and I can tell because I still own that, and my girlfriend Moto X Play sure doesn't have that kind of terrible performance.

I don't think that to avoid such problems I would need a "blazing fast" device.
[Nexus 5X General] kanariya:
I kind of had that stutter before but it seems fixed with the updates, maybe.

so I was able to replicate my nav + Spotify slowdown. all I need to do was have both nav and Spotify running while charging in the car. the phone will heat up considerably due to charging and high CPU usage. then the SOC thermo throttle kicks in. Spotify starts to skip and nav starts to act weird. I then have the phone mounted with AC blowing at it which kind of fixed the issue. the phone had 300 hours up time when it happened. not sure if restarting would've helped.
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
Yeah doing all 3 (Navigation, streaming, and charging) get my phone considerably hot. I do the same thing by pointing 1 or 2 vents on it and it has helped a lot. My temperature widget can say as low as 85°F rather that 110°. Any time I've had very bad stuttering or slowdown where it doesn't fix itself in a few minutes, a restart does the job.
[Nexus 5X General] Anonamoose:
I feel my nexus 5x is disappointing too

I've had a HTC Hero

Galaxy s2

Original Htc m7

HTC m8

and a Nexus 6

After playing the latest and greatest I wanted a cheap decent phone. However this phone for the price simply is not worth it. My wife I bought a asus zenfone 2 laser and for my mother I bought a blu vivo 5. Both of those phones multitask better... they both get more hours screen on time...... they both run cooler. Yes I know it shouldn't as the laser has a snapdragon 615 but it does run cooler and throttles less. Also, same amount of ram yet this phone chokes hard with apps.I mean the specs of the 5x look good on paper but in real world usage it's a gimped device. Not terrible mind you but there are a LOT of better phones then it in the 200-350$ range. My remorse is paying $350 ... if it was 32gb model for say 225$ I'd feel like I got what I paid for. That's just me . Build quality is a lot better then those phones as well as the camera on the 5x is superior . However there is a LOT those phones beat it on and they are $150 cheaper. I just don't feel like I got a good phone for the money. A bad phone? NO. Just very disappointing for $350.
[Nexus 5X General] Cave_diver:
I came from a Samsung S6 (no updates, bad standby, no updates), briefly tested a G4 with stock ROM and CM (didn't like stock, CM stability was atrocious) then went to the 5X.

Each phone had serious flaws, for the 5X the battery life is not that great. Other than that it's running super smooth for me with zero lag and OK multitasking. I get around 4 to 6 hours screen on time which I find acceptable.

Currently running Dirty Unicorns ROM with the Bluejay governor options, the combination rocks! It's a good phone and I really like it

But I do have to agree $250 for the 32G version would be fine. However what Google was asking, especially outside of the US, is/was too much.
[Nexus 5X General] mxrider97:
Finally a reliable opinion.

Reading all of these whinings, I'm wondering if we had the same Nexus phone. I'm on rooted stock rom with ElementalX kernel and I have no complaints at all. It's snappy, I get around 5h SOT with 24hours standby. I have never experienced any app crash or any serious lag/delay. I don't know, maybe 90% people are such pedants or have like 200 apps installed. If I had to choosed, I would still prefer 5x over S7 or any other more powerful flagship, because of one simple reason. UPDATES, freedom of flashing various roms, kernels and other stuff. In my opinion, Nexus' phones are for everybody, because you need to play with it a little bit, to get really good phone. Personally, I absolutely love it, but everybody is different. But definitely nobody can say, it's a bad phone.
[Nexus 5X General] scoliosis:
That happens to me all the time until I got the April update. Many said the March update fixed it for them but I still had that issue even after a wipe and reload. When I got the April update, I did a wipe and reload as well and it has been working just fine. No hanging other than when it has been on extended doze. What I do now is if I pick up the phone after an extended period of time is use the power button to screen on, then finger print scanner to unlock (yes you can finger print unlock directly as well but I wanted to burn time), wait another 10 seconds or so before starting apps. It gives the phone a chance to catch up with all the background apps trying to kick off what they need to do at the same time. I heard an unencrypted phone would do better, but I haven't bothered trying to decrypt it. I use Android Pay, so 3rd party ROMs won't work for me (unless someone tells me there is a reliable 3rd party ROM that does have Android Pay support).
[Nexus 5X General] fix-this!:
Still loving my n5x. Running pure nexus + elementalx. No issues and a damn good budget device. I wont lie though the htc 10 is really tempting me but tbh im in no immediate rush to buy. Ive learned throughout my dozens of android phones. Both mid range and high end its not all about the specs or having the latest and greatest. Its about the dev community, oem updates, feel in hand and reliability. For me my nexus 5x serves me well.
[Nexus 5X General] C3C076:
Not only your N5X is buggy. Your desk is, too! :D

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[Nexus 5X General] cowboy_bebop:
ok, lol, that's terrible.. I use wakelock detector to get rid of "misbehaving" apps, and greenify to silence most persistent ones..generally I have no problems with performance or multitasking (sure, there is some lag, but nothing to be bothered with). But to get better expirience I would have to decrypt phone, or to flash more polished custom rom/kernel.