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[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Would you say that the LG Nexus 5X is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the LG Nexus 5X exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] svetius:
This is a quick phone. It does lag a bit when you're trying to push it hard, especially when it starts heating up.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Alcolawl:
4/5 Stars and will surely change to a 5/5 after kernels and leaner ROMs improve speed and responsiveness.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] TachyonGun:
The 808 does an admirable job at first, but like others have said, sustained usage shows slight delays between actions. This almost always comes with slight heat at the top of the phone. It's also perceptible when you enable "show touches"; when the 808 begins throttling, certain commands take half a second to respond, why can get annoying (I.ee. bringing up akeyboard). Gaming is OK, bug throttling can hurt sustained sessions. Apps load fast, and I find no issues with overall fluidity, just responsiveness of actions. Overall, I think it is not a huge step forward compared to the old Nexus 5, which dazzled us with speed 2 years back.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Clivectmob:
In general use, great. Only slow downs are due to encryption, which can be sorted if needs be. Graphically capable due to use of 1080p screen.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] jackdubl:
Lags a bit using SwiftKey. The 6P was smooth as silk using SwiftKey.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] daver68:
I'm not a power user in the common sense, rather I do a lot of text entry: SMS and email. The majority of my use is for work email or SMS with friends. For that, the quad+dual core CPUs are fantastic. I have no leg ever, and I'm also using Kernel Auditor to limit the max speed of both quad and dual core clusters.

For games, I play very light games and find no problems there either.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] mkp52mkp:
what did u mean by push it hard?? i am looking to buy this phone but a bit confused about the multitasking n gaming.

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what about google keyboard?

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is there any stuttering if u play games for long??
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] daver68:
You should bring these questions to other sections. These posts are mostly for reviews, less for Q&A (Mods please feel free to move this post :) )

Personally, I do not find the Google keyboard lags at all.

I can play Star Realms for 30 minutes without any problems such as lagging. I think that's the most intensive game I have on my phone. Like I mentioned, I don't really play many games.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Vulkaistos:
Had no Problems using Swiftkey on it!
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] bblzd:
Actively writing to storage can cause slow downs such as while updating apps, possibly due to encryption. Otherwise the 808 is fast and snappy for all tasks and the camera launches and takes quicker HDR+ pictures than my N5.

The device does not noticeably throttle under normal usage in my experience.

Gaming performance is a huge step up from the N5, which would over heat and cripple performance after 15-20 minutes. This is because the 4x krait cores would downclock to under 1Ghz and the GPU would still be forced to downclock as well.

The 5x runs faster and remains cooler. It does this by throttling the 2x A57 cores but keeps the 4xA53 cores at their full 1.44Ghz. This reduces heat and allows the Adreno 418 GPU to run at full clock speed, which is then able to sustain high graphics performance indefinitely. During this time the device will feel warm but not uncomfortably so as with most other devices and the bottom of the phone remains cool.

Due to the above as well as its 1080p screen, the 5x out performs most high end Android devices today during sustained graphics performance, which drop to lower frame rates during their own thermal throttling and struggle to output 2k resolution. This was demonstrated in this test taken from Anandtech's 5x review.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] fandengo:
in dead trigger game my n 5x very laggi and frame rate is low
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] anheuer:
I'm having delays with everything it seems, when i open the browser, when i open any app, it just feels like i have to wait a second or 2/3 before its loaded.

I also still have my Oneplus One which seems to be faster with everything i load.

Its not horrible but its enough to annoy me every time i open something, its not what im used to and not what i expected when buying a newer generation phone.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Cloudane:
The only performance problem I've had (verified by showing the core clock speeds on an overlay) is playing the Gameloft MLP game. It's fine for the first 30 seconds or so and you can pan around Ponyville to your hearts content buttery smooth, then the A57s slow down and it starts to lag, and after a minute or so (certainly not the 12 minutes I heard somewhere else) the A57s shut down completely and scrolling is like swimming through treacle and has visible framerate judder.

Very snappy in everything else I've thrown at it so far!
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] welxiii:
I'd love to get this phone but with all the lag I am reading and hearing, I'm a bit turned off now. With all these experienced lag in usage, would you guys still recommend this phone? or are you planning on switching to a different brand/model?
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] haloimplant:
Throwing the CPU under the bus is great for graphics benchmarks but what about when a game or app is actually using the CPU? I played some Star Wars Uprising and my experience reflected this, the 3D graphics stayed smooth but loading times and interface lag were atrocious. If I put the phone in the freezer for a minute it would be snappy again for a few minutes until heat built up again.

Also I wonder if encrypted storage with no dedicated hardware aggravates this as well. Heat slows CPU and then when it goes to access storage that is also slower. Cherry on top is the low RAM boots your background apps from memory and then they need to be loaded again on the hot phone if you switch out from a game.

I am happy enough with the phone now that I stopped trying to play games on it (hit the paywall in Uprising anyways hah) but if you want to do that on the regular I would stay far away.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Sofwhitewolf:
I have been using the phone for a few days and all the games i have played have been fine. I had the note 4 and i think the nexus has a bit of a speed boost compared. Menu system and everything else has been really good as well.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] tpayne2345:
Been using since release, running Chroma with Xposed and stock franco kernel. Definitely quick, but not 2016 standards quick. Just my opinion.

I push this phone every day. 100+ emails, texting all day with clients, anywhere from 3-20 phone calls, using Snapchat a lot, Youtube, streaming music on my drive to and from work, etc. This phone gets it done most of the time but there are times when I'm sitting there thinking "wtf is happening right now", I'm talking complete locks that last up to 10sec or more in some cases. Sometimes Swiftkey doesn't want to popup in Snapchat or Google Messenger. Other times I get stuck switching back and forth between Chrome and Outlook or any other app. Slight lags and annoyances are definitely noticeable (even on stock which I used for at least a month or 2).

Battery life is terrible for me personally, I just can't get through the day, but again I don't think many phones can handle my usage. The 2GB RAM definitely had me skeptical about buying but the physical size was perfect so I jumped on it. Not totally disappointed in the phone but just wish they could make something powerful and keep it small too.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] nrgmalik:
Needs to improve!!
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] -woczarder-:
I don't game on the phone.
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] Tfrantzis:
Ok, here's the thing:

Yesterday, i upgraded my Herald from WM5 to WM6. Everything worked fine, i was very happy! I discovered the 5-tab-Homescreen which i installed afterwards, and it worked. As i went to bed last night, i hadn't plugged my herald in, so he didn't charge. Now everytime i try to start the device, it crashes after the Windows Mobile 6 bootscreen! And restarts the device.

I'm really freaked right now... pls help me!

Sorry for double-post, but i really need this working before noon GMT +1
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] Diagorn:
What is the WM6 ROM with you upgrated your device ?

The official or an other ?
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] The Dutchman:
Just flash again...
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] steadi:
Have you tried removing your SD card when it reboots? This has happened to me too but removing it, and re-inserting it once the today screen comes up, worked.

It's not a perfect solution but it could atleast get your phone working.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
OMG! Kim K posted another selfie with tons of cleavage! Rate this thread to express how quickly apps launch on the LG Nexus 5X. A higher rating indicates that even the most intensive apps launch quickly and without hesitation, even if they are no longer in RAM.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] svetius:
Apps launch quickly, no problems here. Despite having only 2GB RAM, apps stay in memory nicely.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] CubeCloudOS:
Blistering fast, even with encryption.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] daver68:
Most apps open up instantly.

Instead, I'm using this to rate the storage speed, which could be faster. It's really quite fine, but given that this is using USB Type-C, it would be nice to see some slightly faster transfer speeds from external sources like a SD card or plugged into a computer.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] mineIsAlreadyTaken:
What bugs the hell out of me is a slight pause when you launch an app (from the moment you touch the icon until the moment anything happens). Both my old N5 and a co-workers stock LG G3 are faster to start loading anything - though I have to say the actual loading is then faster on the N5X. This is mostly visible on apps that are not cached, so the phone has to start them from scratch. Unencrypted, BTW. Might also try a different launcher than Nova(?).
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] hopesrequiem:
Nova isn't always perfect. I have to agree. Using google launcher, this phone flies though
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Andrewtst:
They is some pause few second moment.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the LG Nexus 5X performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the LG Nexus 5X keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] svetius:
Does a pretty good job keeping apps in RAM considering it only has 2GB RAM. Can hold about 6 apps.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] jimv1983:
Holds up just fine with "only" 2GB of RAM. Would I want more? Sure. I don't think there is such a thing as too much RAM. However, the Nexus 5X does hold up just fine with 2GB RAM.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Charkatak:
I think amount of RAM is fine, but...

Nexus 5X is very capable phone and multitasking is mostly fine, but I feel that it could be better if LG would use faster flash storage(throughput), when compared to lets say Samsung flash memory that is included in Galaxy S6 and such.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Moonie17:
For the most part it seems ok, but i do frequently experience phone locks and lag. Snapchat seems to absolutely hammer the RAM and makes the phone practically unusable, known issue from what i've seen on the Play Store reviews.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] ProjectJourneyman:
Not sure if it's my configuration...

Maybe it's the apps and features I have configured, but I see the memory becoming a problem. I'm sitting at 80% or memory used most of the time, while my N5 (with the same amount of ram) is at 46%. My N5X leaves about 350MB free, which may not cut it for intense use. I'll need to look into tweaks to reduce the OS use of memory, but I'm surprised that the N5, with the same amount of memory but a slower processor, is running more smoothly.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] CubeCloudOS:
Never had a dropped application. 2GB is enough. I only use 200MB and have 1.7GB available which is enough to run intensive games (which required around 800MB to run).

EDIT: I am using PureNexus as my ROM so it's probably due to optimizations.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] daver68:
2GB is good enough for now, but given that this is a 64-bit device that means installed apps are going to take up more space both in the storage and memory. 2GB may not suffice down the road, even though it's more than enough for now.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] DBase2:
Yap, 2 GB is good enough for now.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] peltus:
I really don't think the 2GB is going to be a big problem for me personally.

The 5x seems to do nice job managing the memory. Granted i only use it for browsing and reading mostly. Also the occasional video. No lagging yet.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] republicano:
I'm looking into this also, the nexus5 was just right with my usage, but the 5x is just short with the same apps

Opera mobile which uses a lot but the system is also at 650-700mb ram
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] nrgmalik:
Less RAM Available!!
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Javi22:
This is my main concern along with battery

I use tasker, twilight, autovoice, Google now, join, and many other apps that need to be kept in ram

That would let me a few MB for keeping other apps like chrome or tapatalk. I predict redraws for that apps... Right?

(I'm still deciding between 5x and moto x style)
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] mumtahid:
Multitasking sucks on this phone!

Almost all of the apps refresh everytime, and the available ram is always around 400mb even when there's no apps running in the background.

Any way to.improve this?
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] bushako:
Coming from Nexus 6 I have to agree the available memory is too low. Apps almost always close in the background and have to constantly refresh and lose progress. And its not like I've got tons of app running all at once, just simple apps like Firefox, inbox and WhatsApp. I'm running latest version of PureNexus Rom and available memory is always below 500MB. Wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] bblzd:
After 10 months I still have no issues with RAM management on this device. My apps rarely reload and I've never seen a launcher redraw. I'm able to do GPS navigation in the hot sun while streaming Spotify and still able to answering a SMS with Google voice without any of them closing.

Those who load up on lots of background services might have issues, however starting with Android N that will no longer be a problem. See XDA article below on Android N limiting 3rd party background services.

http://www.xda-developers.com/how-android-n-will-improve-battery-and-memory-management/
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] kingsfall1233:
on hindsight whether 2gb of ram is enough will depend on how app developers are able to optimize their apps so that it does not hog unnecessary memory. however in the wake of the latest android n os with increase system ram consumption. i believe much modifications will have to be done to keep the 5x optimise and smooth for daily usage
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] fruity101079:
Since Android N, i noticed something strange in games.

For exemple in Deus Ex Go or The Room 3.

The games runs well, but after some minutes, it starts to lag.

Don't know what's happen, it's like game is loading its content, level after level but never clean it after levels are done.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] SKUndef:
It's probably more related to CPU throttling.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] movielover76:
Android is doing the best it can with what is has on this device, but 2 GB of ram just isn't enough to handle heavy multitasking without some rather large hiccups where the device just slows down and chugs for a bit.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Andrewtst:
Probably the RAM is the culprit, 2GB really not a good multitasking now.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Akopps:
And so, case is closed. The original critics were right. This is effectively a single-tasking smartphone. 2GB just not enough. Nexus 5X was the only smartphone based on Snapdragon 808 and 810 with only 2GB of RAM. Shame on you google.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Masteryates:
Count your blessings Akopps. It was even worse on the Nexus 9. As a nexus 5 owner, I was tempted by the 5X but the lack of RAM put me off. Went for the One Plus 3 in the end and loving the 6GB RAM. Nothing ever refreshes on this thing.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] andy1120:
Don't know if it is just me but Android OS is consistently running at 786mb and my ram use overall is at 98%
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] nokiagye:
The real problem is the Android and not the ram
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] mika91:
Hi,

What is the best android version, to get the most in RAM apps? MM, Nougat or Oreo?

Do some custom ROMS or apprs helps for ram management? (I don't use heavy apps such as games, only mail/phone/social network/web brower)
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Phalanx7621:
Welp this is an age old question: where all the RAM go? And the answer isn't exactly simple. But basically our phones really don't have enough RAM to prevent redraws occasionally, and that's just a situation we have to live with. My RAM usage on Nougat is usually 1300 used.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Atok_fr:
Garry from androidauthorithy made a very good video about that subject, aviable on youtube ! :)
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] EdwardM290:
In 2017 you can still use it pretty well only installing a custom rom (like pixelmod...) Bcouse with the vanilla OS it is so laggy
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Lossyx:
This might be the worst phone in terms of multitasking. Can't have more than 2 or even 1 app open at the same time without reloading.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] jugoslavpetrovic:
...but it could be solved with more RAM ;)
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] espionage724:
It's horrible on stock Android, but I find LineageOS with microG to help a lot with multitasking.

I can switch between Ingress and Pokemon GO without having either one restart much more consistently with LOS + microG than stock.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] svelle1:
I have a 5X with 4GB and it most definitely fixed all the issues I had with multi tasking. Smooth as butter now.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Carball0:
I don't know why the people complain that much, my NX5X 32GB/2GB is as smooth as the first day, nothing takes time to load and I don't see any lag anywhere.

It's true that you can't expect to have an app in multitasking for a long time, but it doesn't affect my experience with the phone.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] johaganism:
how are you guys not having a problem with up to date 2gb ram on 5x? ever since update 8.0 this thing is wack. now i need to root it
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] trench23:
Me too. After the Mainboard went dead i bought an upgraded board with 4GB RAM.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] nascar48:
You know I have used a 5x a few times temporarily and thought the issue was solely the 2gb of ram.

That's just a part of it.

I had to use a Galaxy S5 about 2 weeks ago as my daily phone for a week. The performance was not perfect, not at all. But it crushed the 5x. The ram management Samsung had was light years ahead of the 5x. I mean like double the apps open (ok that's still like only 4 but better lol).

The nexus 5x was the worst cell phone ever built. Like no doubt about it. Worse than its predecessor (moto nexus 6 today still holds up nicely), and worse than phones like the g3 and S5 from two years prior by a large margin.

And that's before we even get to the mainboard failures and bootlooping. Yet the irony is that when the 5x came out it got fairly good reviews... Yet there isn't a single thing on the device that doesn't scream 2010. Sure software updates are nice but Android 5.0 is better than 8.0 if you can't even get 2 apps to run smoothly in 8.0.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the LG Nexus 5X under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] svetius:
For some reason scrolling long web pages causes lag. Scrolling smoothness in other places is fine, though.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] handerson8816:
Agreed
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] neph04:
The scrolling smoothness is fine but very unresponsive. No HW overlay lag. The scrolled page does not track the finger. Tried in chrome, facebook, pinterest, instagram. It's not an issue on 5x only but all android v6.x I guess.

To reproduce: open facebook/instagram. Try to scroll up and down fast and you see the page is behind you about 1 mile :). Or scroll fast down and touch the screen to stop. I've never catched the post I wanted to read - the page was scrolling even I tapped/holded the screen.

I can compare to IOS/Windows 10 (mobile) - no issue, excelent response. LG G3 v5.x better than v6.x but still can see the delay.

I will try on some boosted HW but do not expect any improvement...
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Cloudane:
I cured my scrolling lag by disabling Lastpass in the Accessibility extensions (you should disable all Accessibility extensions if possible). https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=81950

After that it's fine, with only the occasional pause.

Please star this issue if you're affected, as it's a shame to have to turn off Lastpass to have a usable browser.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] leojani:
Amazing phone

I would strongly recommend you to go with nexus 5x as I'm using it since 6 months and I'm loving it.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] S.Nahid:
Less responsive touch when charging

I got a three pin charger with Nexus 5X. As my room has a two pin socket I use an adapter to plug the three pin charger. But I am seeing that when my phone is charging the touch seems less responsive. Scrolling stutters a bit, typing is most inconvenient. I am guessing that it's happening due to adapting three pin to two pin but the third pin of my charger is made of plastic not metal. Should be like this?
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] movielover76:
Ok during light usage, when your heavily multitasking though things can start to slow down and scrolling begins to stutter. I think it's when the cpu throttles that scrolling starts to suffer.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Andrewtst:
Extremely smooth, no comment here.
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] VOLTAGEROCK:
So much for 4GB RAM, I'll wait for the multitude of devices already out and coming out with 6gb. Perfectly happy with the 5x for now. Not spending a grand on a phone where most of the money went into hardware, camera, advertising. Imo

Sent using my 5X on XDA
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] Deleted member 5638945:
sometimes, it's not the device itself that has the problem, it's the app itself. official twitter app has scrolling lag whereas fenix twitter apps does not. it just comes down to optimization. :o
[Nexus 5X Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the LG Nexus 5X stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.

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