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[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
My Nexus 5x was bought last year from Hong Kong and got a bootloop issue just after the warranty :crying: So far, i know google has known this issue and there is a recall in US, Korean LG has offered a unlimited warranty to this bootloop issue. However, LG customer center from Hong Kong has rejected any maintenance of the cpu if outside its warranty :rolleyes:

Thereafter, i decided to send my 5x to China for CPU fixing, as the RAM is packed with the CPU together, the guy suggested me upgrading it to 3 or 4 GB RAM. That's how the 4GB RAM 5X comes out. :D

I've tested the OTA works fine from 6.0.1 to 7.1.1, all functions works fine too. :highfive:

How does it work? #106

Thanks RO.maniac has provided the information of the repair shop #241, if you are going to contact him, please do communicate in CHINESE!!!

These are the photos of original 2GB RAM and Upgraded 4GB RAM Chips #164
[Nexus 5X General] paul222008:
wow cool, no bugs/problem encounter so far?

how i wish that i could upgrade the ram of my 5X too
[Nexus 5X General] Xmata:
Where you sended phone? Official center in China? Or unofficial? It's amazing! I want this.
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
it is unoffical, btw anyone know how to re-enable the SECURE BOOT, as my 5X has disabled it :confused:
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
no bugs at all, i felt opening the camera is must faster than before :laugh:
[Nexus 5X General] hakimogk:
hi
[Nexus 5X General] paul222008:
haha nice :D how much is all the cost sir? can you send a screenshot of cpu-z ? :D
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
this?
[Nexus 5X General] GuestK00409:
wow! this is amazing. how much did it cost to you?
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
i paid CNY 400, roughly USD $60 to fix it
[Nexus 5X General] lesbianu:
Can you provide us an email address, or any other way to contact the guy who "upgraded" your 5X? I would be interested (me and many others) in ordering the necessary part/s, and to do the transplant/implant operation at a local service...

Thanks in advance! :)
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
i just contact him via WeChat, however i don't believe he knows English well :eek:

btw, if your devices isn't get into Bootloop issue, i don't recommend you to upgrade it,

take your own risk if your devices cannot boot up after upgrade

pm me if you still want to do it.
[Nexus 5X General] Siljorfag:
That is cool dude! I saw nexus 5 with upgraded storage but nothing with upgraded ram ;d

Battery is this same? Maybe better, worse?
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
yes, is same.

I heard that the storage can be upgraded as well, but 32gb still enough for me.
[Nexus 5X General] EvilHowl:
OMG, that's incredible
[Nexus 5X General] paul222008:
do they have a online shop? i would love to try this one 4GB ram is :D
[Nexus 5X General] Siljorfag:
I would do same thing but my phone is under warranty so it's useless upgrading. Thanks for anwser.
[Nexus 5X General] zurik:
Wow that's nice. You have not issues?
[Nexus 5X General] TheIronLefty:
Can u ask him what LPDDR3 module he used for the ram??
[Nexus 5X General] tauio111:
Wouldn't any 256FBGA chip fit?
[Nexus 5X General] paul222008:
Thanks! He doesn't speak english right?
[Nexus 5X General] benyben123:
Thanks for that! [MENTION=4825246]Cathair2906[/MENTION]

So I download WeChat and look his him up by username?

Also - have any idea how much does he charges?

Thanks again
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
not sure about that......
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
yes

RMB 280 for fixing the CPU issue
[Nexus 5X General] benyben123:
U mean upgrading to 4GB right?

(I am not aware of a CPU issue. My 5X works great)
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
RMB 400 for upgrade to 4GB ram, however if your 5x work great, why you have to modify it?
[Nexus 5X General] SKUndef:
For the sake of more ram ofc ?
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
I can't find him by that ID, it says the user does not exist. Did he go private or something because too many people were hitting him up?

I picked up a bootlooping 5X for €60 in otherwise mint condition.

I already have a 5X as a daily driver that shouldn't bootloop because it has left the factory in oct 2016 - they should have fixed it by then, right?

Still, I really want to see if I can get an upgraded backup one. :)
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
how do you know it left in OCT 2016?
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
ESN Date: 19.10.2016.

What about the wechat ID, any idea why I can't find it?
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
I think he blocked finding him by ID
[Nexus 5X General] rahulrxs:
Ram nexus 5x

I NEED ALSO...I can pay amount for this 2K-3K....:confused:
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
Of course. I am a Chinese it guy. If you trust me. You can email me! Lol. My email address is gylixucd@gmail.com

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It's too much. Lol I am a Chinese IT guy. You can email me. cdlixucd@gmail.com

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Yeah. I am chinese. WeChat ID is 15528088574
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
Yeah. I am chinese. WeChat ID is 15528088574
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
Yeah. I am chinese. WeChat ID is 15528088574:laugh:

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WeChat ID cdlixucd

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WeChat ID cdlixucd
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
samsung 4g single-stick, i can do it email me !! cdlixucd@gmail.com

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i can update or fix your nexus5x, wechat id cdlixu,or email me :cdlixucd@gmail.com

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i am Chinese IT guy,if you trust me, i can help you update or fix nexus5x

wechat id:cdlixu
[Nexus 5X General] wirts:
Ok I want your help
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
Email me. cdlixucd@gmail.com

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I can update. 400rmb

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Give me your wechat ID. I send wechat request to you
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
We did already chat on wechat, I'm the dude from RO. Stop quoting me like ten times. Thx.
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
Ah. So sorry about that quote.
[Nexus 5X General] Annoyingmouse:
Hi, I'm from Romania too . I want to make this upgrade to my slow Xiaomi mi4c 2gb ( which has the same cpu and storage ) . Have you managed to do the upgrade ? If yes how much it costs and how have you dealt with the transport ? Thanks in advance : )
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
I haven't sent my 5X yet, I don't have the time do deal with our crappy national post service right now. But I will do, since it costs around €15 to ship one-way to China in about 2 weeks.

For me it's convenient because I have a functional daily driver 5X and I'm looking to get an upgraded backup, so time isn't really of the essence here. But I don't see​ why anybody would be fine with this if their daily driver phone would be the subject.
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
it's not worth
[Nexus 5X General] TheIronLefty:
does replacing the 2GB ram with 4GB ram actually solve the bootloop issue?
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
I am not sure about that. It's just a RAM updating. I can not promise your device will not go into bootloop anymore
[Nexus 5X General] TheIronLefty:
is bootloop fixing much cheaper than upgrading the ram?
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
Actually. Yes. Its much more expensive If your bootloop due to hardware broken.
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
Since RAM is stacked over the CPU, I highly doubt that you can replace the RAM without the CPU needing a reflow as well. Reflow that'd fix the bootloop.

So your reply should be that unless the CPU is absolutely fried, upgrading RAM fixes the bootloop problem related to bad CPU soldering.
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
I have so many nexus5x customers like you. If u don't trust me. Ok. It is fine

通过我的 Nexus 5X 上的 Tapatalk发言
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
First of all, I don't mean to offend or disrespect you, but I think you should understand why this is a bit sketchy for me.

A junior member basically spamming a thread with offers to repair phones that would be sent to him with no actual proof of identity, skill or good will. You can see why telling me not to worry and to trust you isn't enough for me.

At least the other guy that we can't find on WeChat anymore was kind of recommended by the OP.

It kind of pisses me off when you keep bragging about your skills and clients more often than I can read, that's why I'm saying all of this.
[Nexus 5X General] malstroms:
Agree with you, i'm kinda interesting in upgrading my RAM too, but i still not sure about sending my phone to him until one of the user in here actually done it and success as proof hehehehe
[Nexus 5X General] wsqsma:
well ,I find his WECHAT id, it is 784439978！
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
https://lihkg.com/thread/159418/page/5

Just talked to the dude on WeChat, he confirmed RMB400 for CPU r̶e̶f̶l̶o̶w̶ reballing and 4GB RAM upgrade.

I also made sense of his address in somewhat of an international format:

Mr. Huang Jinhui

Yuanwang Digital Mall, 1st floor 1065

HuaQiang North Road

Shenzhen, Futian District, HuaQiang North

518000 Guangdong

People's Republic of China

WeChat ID: 784439978

Phone number: 15919836083

I will ship my other N5X first thing on Monday with the Romanian National Post Service. I will keep you updated, as soon as is gets to China. In like 2 weeks.

Later edit: That shipping never happened. Exams and some poor money management sucked me dry of time and cash for a while. I will probably resume this some time in fall.

*Payment seems to be a problem since it would be done through WeChat Wallet that isn't available outside of China. Even if we make it pop up in the app by changing the language to Chinese, I'm having a hard time believing that it would support our variety of bank accounts and cards.

So this is put to bed for some time...

**Another method would consist of purchasing the BGA Reballing stencils from Aliexpress and then finding a local shop that specializes in BGA Reballing for various chips and let them do it. It may be more expensive than the Chinese way and you're stuck with the existing 2GB of RAM, but I find it more convenient.

http://goo.gl/9F5xum - Snapdragon 808 MSM(8992MS) BGA Reballing stencils for CPU and RAM.
[Nexus 5X General] Ham3dt:
I don't understand why you guys want more ram on your nexus 5x device!

i mean you were aware of hardware specifications of Nexus 5x when you bought it, now if you think 2gb of ram isn't enough just sell the device and buy another device with 4gb ram!
[Nexus 5X General] brian13th:
I think it has to do more with exploring things! And discovering how our 5x's whould be better hardwarewise if lg and Google wouldn't be such dumpf*cks!:D

Each one of us that still have a 5x, are loving it! Despite the disadvantages!:o

Sorry for bad English...
[Nexus 5X General] TheIronLefty:
Because 5x is literally a perfection without those issues the overheating sd808 2gb ram and horrible speaker, it has the same camera as the pixel for half the price and has minimalistic design with grippy back cover and let's not mention the stock Android and alot of custom kernels and roms.
[Nexus 5X General] abdess47:
Android 8.0 ?

Work's with last beta android 8.0 version ? :rolleyes:
[Nexus 5X General] Annoyingmouse:
Because not every phone with 2gb of ram and a snapdragon 808 is a Nexus 5x rocking stock Android , you have no idea how bad the ram management is on miui 8 ( well 2GB of ram on miui is equal to 512 MB of ram on iOS ) you can't literally keep open more than one ( not even two ) apps in the background at the same time . Also the main screen is relaunching every freaking time you have to close an app . The apps are not crashing and the phone is really smooth but it's still very annoying . I don't want to change this phone because I'm still in high school so earning money is hard for me and why would I do this at all ? The phone is perfect in every aspect except the ram ( and the storage - 16gb ) . Upgrading to 4gb would end all my pain with it and would save me from spending the money which I could use to buy books :P Also as I understand the Nexus 5X is even better than my phone but it's bottlenecked in the same way ( of course - it has the same CPU ) .
[Nexus 5X General] Akopps:
As others have pointed out, there aren't many devices out there that get monthly security updates. This one should get Android O (among the first) and monthly security updates until the end of summer of 2018, at least. It has a great screen and camera. It runs a relatively lean stock android ROM. It's basically a near perfect no-gimmick device for people seeking pure android experience with good developer community.

You can certainly regard the newer Google Pixel phone as the "Nexus 5x done right". However, just look at the prices. The Pixel is a 650USD phone. The Nexus 5x we all already have, and if we could get the RAM upgraded for a reasonable price, that's a good value. If Pixel was offered for the same price as the Nexus 5x, then it would have been a love letter to the Nexus community, but they chose not to do it.
[Nexus 5X General] Ham3dt:
alright, as i noticed the cpu and ram are on one chipset and we have to change both, what do we know about the "new" cpu performance.

beside isn't it a risk sending the device to someone we don't know to china!
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
They are soldered on top of each bother. So each one can be swapped out individually.
[Nexus 5X General] LazerL0rd:
Well... Weaker low light camera. Pixels is much improved. But more or less similar

Also Pixel camera is 16MP ours is 12MP
[Nexus 5X General] TheIronLefty:
umm no pixel is 12mp its a IMX 378 instead of nexus 5x IMX 377 and its near indentical if u use Camera NX
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
dude, sorry that i haven't followed this post for a long time already, but you've provided a correct info of the repair shop,

To be honest, someone still getting a bootloop issue after his 5x has been fixed by re-soldering the cpu, that means no 100% guarantee that bootloop issue can never happen again. :eek:
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
i've quoted some of the information which is useful from the post please check the #1
[Nexus 5X General] lordc:
someome that can help with chinense?
[Nexus 5X General] lordc:
the seller
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
Impressive stalking skills, mate. :)

I also digged a bit into Google Maps but found nothing.

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WeChat translates a line of chat if you long press it.

You shouldn't need more than that, since you know the address, price and all. Just let him know you're sending a package to him and where from.

This seems to be all about trust. :)
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
don't you know, China has blocked the Google?
[Nexus 5X General] lordc:
the problem is how i pay. he said 微信支付 that is wechat pay but not sure how it works
[Nexus 5X General] lordc:
the problem is how i pay. he said 微信支付 that is wechat pay but not sure how it works.

we chat translate use microsoft translate. and always you can use google now translatiin feature
[Nexus 5X General] kennlopez:
I thought the bootloop issue would never happen to me until one day it did. I tried the various methods suggested to revive the phone but they never lasted more than a few minutes.

I then decided to try getting it fixed in China seeing that someone here mentioned taobao - I figured what the heck, the phone is dead anyway. I found a few ads on taobao.com and chose one guy. Next challenge was communicating with the repair guy since I don't speak Chinese but Google translate helped - not perfect but it did it's job. I then found out that I could not send the phone to China - HK Post won't do it because it has a battery and courier services wouldn't accept it (didn't get into why). By chance my wife was visiting China so I managed to get her to mail the phone to the repair guy while she was there.

Within a week, I received a message from the repair guy with a video showing the phone working again with 4Gb ram. I was elated. Then he dropped the bombshell - to which address in China does he send the phone to. Apparently I missed/misread one of his messages saying that the phone cannot be sent out of China! Some restrictions on 'branded' electronics. Again, I was meant to have my phone. A friend in Beijing was coming to HK for a visit and I managed to get the phone sent to her and now it's back with me.

The verdict - I can't do without my 5X so the hassle was worth it. Everything seems ok with the phone so far. I used the nexus root toolkit to load NPG47W, rooted the phone and even installed Pixel Mod 5X npg47i chromloop.com. To be honest, it feels the same as when there was just 2Gb though I did see once that 2.2Gb ram was being used. But again, performance wise, no dif - maybe cos I'm just a simple phone user.

NB - I only found out later that I was supposed to walk the phone over to ShenZhen to have it fixed :D
[Nexus 5X General] TheIronLefty:
try taking couple of HDR+ pictures then come out to the launcher i gurantee in 2GB version it would have reloaded the launcher only from taking 1-2 HDR+ picture
[Nexus 5X General] lordc:
did you pay with wechat pay? i want to order but the payment is throug wechat pay and here in spay is not avalaible.
[Nexus 5X General] kennlopez:
My guy was from taobao.com so I used their payment options
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
Yeah that's probably right. I read about that hassle some time ago but didn't really think they blocked it.
[Nexus 5X General] Tawsif Ahmed:
[MENTION=4825246]Cathair2906[/MENTION]

bro please check your inbox
[Nexus 5X General] Kumczak:
Hi bro. Any chance you could share the seller on taobao you have used? Or what did you search for exactly? I'm currently in China until the middle of September, and while my phone hasn't died on me yet, i was wondering if they can prevent the bootloop from ever happening, while upgrading the ram in the meantime.

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 5X General] kennlopez:
I'll PM the link to you. I can't post links here for now.

I searched using a suggestion in one of the replies earlier in this thread and chose the store in the link.
[Nexus 5X General] KillerVamp09:
Can I also get a link to the seller for repairs/upgrade?
[Nexus 5X General] scoliosis:
Can you PM me the link as well? Thanks!
[Nexus 5X General] aaraya1516:
can somebody post the link here?

Also, is there more than one success story?
[Nexus 5X General] kennlopez:
Looks like my inability for posting links has been removed so here it is.

https://world.taobao.com/item/549749619850.htm?fromSite=main&_u=

Hopefully the fix lasts until the price of the pixel drops significantly!
[Nexus 5X General] lordc:
Sad that chinense only bit thaks mate
[Nexus 5X General] usaid.shafqat:
To the people who have their phone fixed/upgraded through the chinese guy(s):

Once that my phone is fixed or upgraded, are there any other steps that I should worry about? Such as going through any software processes and adbs and bla bla, because I'm not good at that stuff one bit. Also, should I get my phone rooted or just upgrade it to the latest Android version after being fixed? If there are any software processes that I will need to go through, please let me know so I decide to send my phone to China accordingly.
[Nexus 5X General] martinzamorav1:
how did you contact to the people who fixed your nexus 5x

how did you contact to the people who fixed it? please can you give me a mail? I need to fix my nexus 5x
[Nexus 5X General] mem101296:
May I have the method of contact, the last of RAM and internal memory is the only reason I'm using the OnePlus 3. Could you please PM this information.
[Nexus 5X General] abdess47:
Works with Android O dp4 ?
[Nexus 5X General] tristanva:
Is there any way to do this yourself?

Somekind of tutorial?

My Chinese isn't that good ?.
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
of course,i am a Chinese in China,the fee is $100 without shipment
[Nexus 5X General] omgdwong:
Recently purchased a 5X with boot issues. Should've browsed XDA to read major device issues prior to purchasing, figured a bootloop would be easily fixed.

I've been in conversation with a repair specialist in CHINA. He has the parts and is familiar with the 5X. Upgrade to 4GB AND fix (assuming reflow, I could not translate this properly) will cost 490RMB ($74.40 USD) NOT including shipping.

He requested to only ship motherboard to avoid any custom issues. He has never shipped to USA before, and cannot guarantee any delivery/receiving.

Will the upgrading to 4GB ram resolve the boot issue with the chip or do I need to instruct him to reflow the IC?

As shown in RED https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5X+Teardown/51318#s112144

[? FREE SOLUTION or FIX ?]

https://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/general/untested-nexus-5x-bootloop-death-fix-t3641199

Does this work or will it negatively impact device in the long run?

SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS

请各位亲们务必留纸条信息在包裹里面，不然会延误维修时效。快递不要求，拒签到付件。

为了更好更快地处理您的快件，请清除屏幕锁或用纸条写下密码，并且填写您的旺旺名、贵姓、联系电话、机子故障及原因、回寄地址（订单地址一致可不写） 如果其他方面要求请一并注明。

手机原包装，内存卡，SIM卡，手写笔等尽可能不要邮寄过来，这个漏发回就不好了，除非你不在乎它。一般主机+电池即可）

Please put all necessary information in the package inside, or it will delay maintenance time. Express is not required, refused to sign to pay.

In order to handle your shipment faster and faster, please clear the screen lock or write the password with the paper, and fill in requests, name, contact phone, machine failures and reasons, and return address. Please indicate if any other requirements are required.

(Mobile phone original packaging, memory card, SIM card, stylus and so on are not to be mailed over, unless you do not care about it. Best if only motherboard)
[Nexus 5X General] NJ5499:
It disables the problematic cores, so ya the performance might be degraded. But I think it's worth a shot. It should not impact negatively.
[Nexus 5X General] anubhavrj2:
i want to do the same as my nexus 5x went into bootloop after oreo update.

i want to upgrade my nexus 5x as it went into bootloop after the oreo upgrade and my phone is out of warranty too!
[Nexus 5X General] Bowen Miao:
I had the bootloop issue early this Monday, and I deliver my phone to ShenZhen, a cellphone fixing store fused a new CPU and upgraded the ram to 4gb. That costs 490 cny, that's like $75. This is just amazing. I'm a Chinese, but I think you guys who are having the same problem should try this!! Ask some friends who live in China or just find a Chinese local, send the phone to him/her, let him/her contact a handy fixer for you. But still I think you should do this only if you are have a bootloop issue
[Nexus 5X General] kountry83:
Please help me upgrade my Nexus 5x to 4gb ram and emmc memory. Mine is 16gb storage and I need more storage preferably 64gb please. Thank you
[Nexus 5X General] NJ5499:
Hey by any chance u know if there is any modification done to nexus 5? Sorry for OT.
[Nexus 5X General] Bowen Miao:
nope, there is no search results on nexus 5 upgrade
[Nexus 5X General] Tosspipet:
Hello Mister. I need your help.

Hello Mister. I saw your topic about the LG nexus 5x upgrading .That's awesome. I have a completely dead Nexus 5x after bootloop defect (No red light, Can't turn on device. Not any life signal. But the temperature is warming up around the CPU chip when I connected the USB charger or try to turn on by press the power swich) I thing your expert can hand on with it. But I have no skill of Chinese to communicate with him. I need your help.Sir

Can you ask him about my defected phone? I need to know can he repair my phone? If he can. How many cost? (Without upgrade to 4GB ram. Just fix the problem) And how long does he work for fix it?

I hope to see your reply. If you can tell me. I will sent my phone from Bangkok Thailand to him as fast as I could.

Sorry for my poor English.

Thank you for very useful topic.

And Thanks you very much for your help.