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[Nexus 5X General] paradoxiumwind:
we pay you $100 and send phone to you, and you send to the guy to have the upgrade, then ship back to us?
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
yes the price just including one side shipment

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I can do them both. The price is 200 dollars with one side shipment
[Nexus 5X General] Ph@nta:
If you're having this problem, you should be able to send it to LG to repair it for free, rather than paying someone in China to do it. LG is fixing any device affected by the problem even if they are out of warranty.
[Nexus 5X General] Tosspipet:
I need to do that but my phone is out of warrany and The LG mobile customer service in my country has been closed.
[Nexus 5X General] Ph@nta:
I know that they're repairing even out of warranty devices because it's a manufacturer defect.

As to them closing customer service, I don't know how that will affect it. I would just try to go straight to LG's support website and try to send it in.
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
I've just updated this. **
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
I have a Nexus 5x with 128g storage and 4g RAM. The Color is green. Its just 350 dollars without shipment. Wanna it ? Just email me. cdlixucd@gmail.com

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Its unlock version

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H791
[Nexus 5X General] paradoxiumwind:
has anyone bought from here? https://world.taobao.com/item/549749619850.htm?fromSite=main&_u=

I can't find out where to contact them to ask for the prices (I assume you buy the quantity to match the cost for each option, eg; 4gig ram upgrade)
[Nexus 5X General] cdlixucd:
No. I will help u fix it

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No the price is slower. Its 75 without shipment

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Y the price is lower. Coz there are so many clients from all over the world just like u to find me help them fix it

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+86 18512827694 this is my allo number. Aldo my phone number. U can text me
[Nexus 5X General] paradoxiumwind:
Is this that same guy? https://world.taobao.com/item/549749619850.htm?fromSite=main&_u=

Can anyone read/write chinese to translate that properly/talk to him?
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
I have taobao account and try to write him in wangwang chat client. (I'm not from China)
[Nexus 5X General] fuzybaby:
Have you enabled the secure boot?

[MENTION=4825246]Cathair2906[/MENTION]

Have you been able to enable the secure boot on your Nexus 5x? I'm curious as i have also upgraded my ram eventhough it hasn't been shipped yet to me. Also what is the performance of the phone now compared to previous?
[Nexus 5X General] Felix92x:
I`m tried

Hello, I'm calling my name Fèlix and I apologize for my frightful English, I have experience in repairing cell phones and I found this subject and I found it interesting, I wanted to ask the person who opened this topic, my question is the nexus 5x comes with snapdragon 808 with 2gb of ram and you that did increase the ram also they changed the processor to the sanpdragon 810 and 4gb ram or it is the same 808 that with 4gb of ram? ....

I am thinking of doing the procedure of reballing the ram memory to my nexus 5x myself, and if it turns out well to just change the RAM memory of the LG V10
[Nexus 5X General] paradoxiumwind:
How many people have had the RAM upgraded?

My phone has no bootloop right now, but does t he 'bootloop fix' service involve replacing the chip? That way I won't get it and have to ship it back later..

Trying to find a good mediator between UK and someone living in China but the guy seems weirdly unresponsive about it etc.
[Nexus 5X General] Felix92x:
Stuck

Well it's me again, I tell you that I can remove the RAM from the processor without apparently niguno be damaged, but I found myself in a situation where I can practically not change the RAM since I need a BGA stencil for the new memory but in my country (Ecuador) is almost impossible to get a BGA stencil ...

I think so far my experiment

[IMG="N5X"]

https://imgur.com/M3yD39u[/IMG]
[Nexus 5X General] Octane70:
Curious how the OP's devices is holding out with the reset cpu and ram, has it boot looped yet?
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
I don't think the OP is going to have the bootloop issue anytime soon if the reballing was done well.

But I guess we'll never know what is the actual problem. If the actual reballing is necessary or there are faulty chips that are fixed by the heat applied to them in the rebaling process, like some laptop graphics chips.
[Nexus 5X General] Octane70:
Funny you say that, I had the same problem with my laptop, apparently mine over heated and came un-solderded so i took it apart and re-flowed and it came back to life. I feel its a overheating issue with the 808 myself. The 808 and 810 had problem with that. Reason why Samsung would not use the 810 in there s6 i believe and use the exynos processor that year. my 5X cooks when its doing big tasks, i cringe wandering how hot that thing is internally. Would be great if its just a balling issue. Thanks for the reply!
[Nexus 5X General] CLPose:
I'm using Ex Kernel Manager and, according to ExKM notification, CPU can reach as high as 96° C when taking pictures with HDR+ enabled. :silly: It's completely crazy! That's why I disabled 2 big cores. :cool: The same pictures can take the CPU to 60° C, but not higher. ;)
[Nexus 5X General] Octane70:
Do you use the EX manager to disable the cores? or the 4core boot image? I am thinking about just disabling them in my kernel i just built.

Thanks
[Nexus 5X General] CLPose:
Yes, I disable 2 bugs with the app, but now and then the 2 big turn on automatically so I have to turn them off again. It would be great if every rom have its 4-core build version
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
I don't think you need to disable the big cluster.

I am running the ExtremeV4 thermal engine, ElementalX Kernel along with EXKM, GlassCannon profile for the interactive governor, throttling limit at 51 and Touchboost off.

I think this config should be a no-brainer at this point.

Mine doesn't go over 60-65°C at pretty heavy usage.

It works better than stock because it allows the package to run at higher temps constantly and it raises the throttling limit from 46 to 51, so the big cluster doesn't go offline so often.

You end up with a bit higher temps at all times, but it won't throttle like crazy and go into 70° or 80°C.

My experience with this tells me that having the big cluster offline is not actually saving on the temperature side, since it leaves the little cluster with a lot to do, so it stays pinned at 1440 Mhz almost all the time and it heats a lot. Maybe on the stock thermal engine you might think it's cooler, but I highly doubt it.

*That 90°C of yours is crazy, make sure you have the right temp picked in EXKM, it's way too high, you should have the display robbed of blue light at that point and it would probably turn off.
[Nexus 5X General] CLPose:
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll be flashing soon, so I'll try your config. About the temperature, I don't know if it is the correct one, but that's the temperature displayed. When I saw the 96°, I left the phone. I thought it would explode or something. Off course, temperature goes down 2 seconds afterwards, but that temperature is displayed. That's why I just turned big off to make sure temperature never goes beyond 60°. Thanks for all!
[Nexus 5X General] Flyview:
What was the deal with EX kernel in combination with editing the thermal config? I seem to remember that when using EX kernel, some of the changes to thermal config no longer do anything. What does the "throttling" temp in EX KM actually control?

P.S. has anyone else other than the OP actually managed to upgrade their RAM? I am getting so tired of every second app reloading, or my FOREGROUND services being killed because I opened up Snapchat or Instagram....
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
Running EX Kernel gives you more control than the stock kernel. Profiles for governors work better and so on. The 'throttling temp' is the temp over which the cpu starts thermal throttling, meaning it shuts down the big cluster to begin with.
[Nexus 5X General] Flyview:
Oh I know that. I mean that certain temp thresholds from the thermal.config file no longer have an effect when running ElementalX, and I forgot what those were. What I'm actually trying out right now is disabled big cores completely as suggested above. They would go offline on hard tasks pretty soon anyway and get the phone super hot. I've over clocked the little cores to the max 1.63GHz and disabled the big cluster through EX kernel manager. So far I like it, it's ample performance and the phone is staying within 60c and not throttling it seems.
[Nexus 5X General] CLPose:
I think that we are going OT, but this subject is very important to many users. So, would you [MENTION=2584205]Flyview[/MENTION] or [MENTION=4956718]RO.maniac[/MENTION] make a new thread to share the best thermal config to avoid overheating, please? :D I could help you with whatever you need. There are many N5X users that can't claim warranty anymore and we're looking for the best configuration to avoid bootloop. :eek: Thanks!
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
That's not going to happen since there already is a lot of info on N5X thermals, just look it up. Governor profiles, kernels, thermal engines - it's all there. As for the optimal or best one, there's no such thing, our usage is highly subjective.

And yes, we are a bit OFF, sorry.
[Nexus 5X General] Caner092:
Hello,

I found a guy in my country who fixes LG G4's bootloop issue and reached him. He tried and reballed my 5X. Here is his video of reballing and fixing. I haven't got my phone back yet, what do you think? Can I say that my problem is gone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqZK-eGFl04
[Nexus 5X General] CLPose:
Great! Did you upgraded to 4Gb RAM too?
[Nexus 5X General] Octane70:
Correct me if i am wrong, but all i seen was him re-ball the ram. The processor also needs to be re-balled as well no? which is located under the memory. The memory and cpu are in a package (memory on top of the cpu)
[Nexus 5X General] Caner092:
No, He only reballed the old RAM chip.
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
That's right, he only did the RAM. Maybe reflowed the CPU a bit since it got pretty hot.

The thing is there shouldn't be any work done on one without the other. I mean once you heat the RAM high enough to take it off, the CPU is hot too and the soldering weakens. That's why they go together, as the OP's contact said.

And the bootloop problem is CPU related, not RAM.

So aside from this being the jankiest 'fix' ever, I don't think it permanently fixes the bootloop problem.
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
I'm reball my 5X (after deadloop) and 4GB RAM upgrade in China through mediator (agent).

Service man send me video in WeChat with proofs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0TzNFdOjg8

This is my 5x 100%.

Full cost of Deadloop fix (reball) + 4GB upgrade = 75$. (without shiping cost and % agent)

I haven't got my 5x back yet (post issue, I'm wait and can say about success story in the end of week)
[Nexus 5X General] paradoxiumwind:
anyone else managed to get this done yet...?
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
My 5X is come back from China.

All ok! 4GB + Bootloop fix
[Nexus 5X General] rotmistr:
Do you feel any performance boost?
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
Yes. 4GB is great.

UI became fast and responsible like Google Pixel.

All applications starts very fast. Switching between application without lags or reload apps.
[Nexus 5X General] Flyview:
Wow! We need to find someone who can do this in the USA/Canada. Surely someone can!? Do we know what replacement parts they use for the RAM?
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
Any shop that specializes in BGA reballing can do it for you. Just like they source the stencils needed, they can source the 4GB chip.

But everybody here seems to be cheaping out...
[Nexus 5X General] gingus7:
I'd be up for it
[Nexus 5X General] zurik:
Tell us if your phone work with 8.1.0 with 4GB Ram. Sounds interesting
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
What you want to know?

All work fine! Very fast, without any lags.

I have not 2GB 5x near me for compare speed, but I can shot short film about standart operations. Do you need it?
[Nexus 5X General] zurik:
Its fine. I don't want a short film, screenshot was OK. Thanks anyway.
[Nexus 5X General] zed011:
Is there any place in the city of guangzhou that will do this repair and upgrade or is it shenzhen only?
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
For everyone, who want to upgrade mainboard 5x with 4GB, you can buy this

H791 Mainboard Motherboard 4G RAM

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/oud...for-LG-H791-32GB-Motherboard/32846103543.html
[Nexus 5X General] rickywood:
Update and MTP

My phone could not use MTP to transfer data to windows after upgrade to 4GB RAM.

Anyone have any solution?

Thanks a lot! XD
[Nexus 5X General] zurik:
I read somewhere that need to update the drivers from C:/Windows/INF , in YT you can find something.
[Nexus 5X General] paradoxiumwind:
Use a USB OTG device and transfer to that then plug that into PC.

SAMBA.
[Nexus 5X General] rickywood:
OTG not working

I have a OTG line with type B. It works on every old devices. After I bought a type b to type c convert, it wont works on my nexus 5x. But the convert to transfer data from computer to phone last month. Do you have any idea of this problem?
[Nexus 5X General] rickywood:
Thanks

Thanks, I will check YT and the root again. I do think it is a problem of driver, but when I update driver automatically the computer say it could not find a suitable one.
[Nexus 5X General] zurik:
I will DM to you with the fix.
[Nexus 5X General] Zaknium:
Went down to the repair shop in shenzhen

Was at Shenzhen back in OCT and went to look for that guy to get my 5x fixed and upgraded. Nice dude, he got it done in less then an hour. Now after repairing, my 2 cores are still disabled. Should I re enable the 2 big cores or simply leave it to be safe?
[Nexus 5X General] rotmistr:
Tomorrow gonna try to fix one of my dead nexuses and put a new 4 gigabytes RAM.
[Nexus 5X General] gingus7:
Is there a way to do it in US?
[Nexus 5X General] CLPose:
Where are you from? I want to know just to make a list of the places where this fix can be made.
[Nexus 5X General] rotmistr:
Moscow, Russia. Will keep you all updated.

Also I know for sure one guy in Kiyiv who successfully does an upgrade to 3gb (the cost is about 50 usd altogether bootloop fix and RAM upgrade)

In my case the cost should be 2500+1000 rur which is about 50 EUR
[Nexus 5X General] djdedonrg:
thanks

thank you, order the motherboard, now to wait, greetings from mexico
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
Not at all, seller write, this is motherboards after reballing CPU, risk of bootloop decreased.
[Nexus 5X General] zed011:
I was able to get in touch with this seller. My relatives that went to china helped me ship it to him and he shipped it back before they left china and now I have a 4GB nexus 5X

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a211ha.10565794.0.0.e9dd404sdwVlg&id=549749619850&toSite=main
[Nexus 5X General] jaanalind:
How much did it cost for you?
[Nexus 5X General] Tawsif Ahmed:
he demands RMB 490

meanwhile, Mr. Huang Jinhui(who was the first one to do this ram upgrade & cpu fix) can fix it for RMB 400
[Nexus 5X General] rickywood:
Hey everyone. I could not get OTA since I upgrade to 4GB.

Is there any solution?

THX!
[Nexus 5X General] abdess47:
Can you send me the contact adress please .

Thanks
[Nexus 5X General] altintorr:
I received it 1 week ago. No bug detected, all is working perfectly. 4GB are very well for multitasking on nexus5x.
[Nexus 5X General] abdess47:
This parts can be mont on nexus 5X 16G ?

Can you upload benchmark ?
[Nexus 5X General] altintorr:
Sorry I can't upload image or link due to my junior profile.

I replaced a WORKING 16gb SoC (with no bootloop)

The custom SoC is delivered with Android 7.1.2 stock on it but you can install what you want like with original SoC.

So I have now 32gb (29.12gb available after system install) and 4Gb RAM (3.6Gb available for Android user apps)

For info, I'm testing it since 1 week and I can see a huge difference in multitask management : I can open many apps and switch between them without always reloading them.
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
It's funny how most of the people who claim to have done hw modding always seem to confuse basics like SoC, RAM, eMMC, reballing and reflowing.
[Nexus 5X General] altintorr:
Sorry for my english.

I replaced my original motherboard which had 16Gb storage + 2Gb RAM by the one bought on aliexpress which has been modded in china to have 4Gb RAM. I didn't reballed anything by myself. All have been done by the seller. I just disassemble my n5x, replaced the motherboard and reassemble it. I dont know if I'm a hw modder with that... I dont want to convince you to buy anything from this seller I just wanted to share my (little) experience on this topic. 4gb RAM on nexus 5x is a musthave and if you struggle like me before with the poor 16gb storage, it can be a profitable operation (more storage, more ram, instead of buying a new phone).

Bye :)
[Nexus 5X General] flatpedals:
Yeah that's ok. But you can see how I thought that you allegedly did some reballing since you said you had replaced the SoC.
[Nexus 5X General] LeonF:
Needed an inexpensive spare phone. Picked up a Nexus 5x 16GB for less than USD50, with problems (Unable to turn on, only red LED when trying to charge) so starting a project to revive it.

Stumbled across this thread.

Bit the bullet and bought the oudini UNLOCKED H791 32GB Mainboard with the 4GB RAM and a Da Da Xiong 3400mAh Battery to go with it.

Planning to do the copper heatsink mod too.

Was thinking of expanding on the idea of the copper heatsink mod with this Experimental "home-made" modding for heat dissipation mod. Aluminum foil was used along with liquid metal thermal compound in that thread. Not a good idea as liquid metal with aluminum is a recipe for disaster. I was thinking of using copper foil instead. Haven't decided on whether to use thermal paste or liquid metal. Also thinking of creating a bigger surface footprint for the "heat dissipation pipe" like the attached picture.

Your thoughts? :confused:

Will update once all parts arrive and I begin assembling. :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 5X General] CLPose:
Good luck! :fingers-crossed: Let us know what your "frankenstein" N5X works like! :highfive:
[Nexus 5X General] Punkiderma:
Very interesting!

Actually I'm waiting for my copper pads to get shipped from china, but this "heat pipe" thing is new to me: I was planning to do the mod only with one copper pad (and obviously thermal paste)
[Nexus 5X General] LeonF:
Perhaps I should start a new thread instead of hijacking this one...

Edit : started a new thread here.
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
Taobao service now can change internal storage for 32/64/128GB in Nexus 5x

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a211ha.10565794.0.0.e9dd404sdwVlg&id=549749619850&toSite=main
[Nexus 5X General] paradoxiumwind:
My N5X with upgraded board ram from tabao
[Nexus 5X General] LeonF:
Would you have to fix the partition tables to support the larger capacity storage? I heard that it wouldn’t recognize the upgrade.
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
I'm don't use this new service. I'm only fix bootloop and add 4GB RAM few month ago.

Try this -)
[Nexus 5X General] LeonF:
I don't even have my parts yet so I can't try. Maybe you should try first. ;)

Edit: @Mortihead, I contacted the shop and he said 128GB no stock. 64GB is RMB280.
[Nexus 5X General] zed011:
I am selling my extra nexus 5x that has 4gb ram, in my signature on swappa
[Nexus 5X General] kiza1:
of course he just payed 60-90 bucks the ic price is that he not payed for who working he just paying for the ic

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of course he just payed 60-90 bucks the ic price is that he not payed for who working he just paying for the ic
[Nexus 5X General] scynthero:
I was about to buy one of those 4gb boards from aliexpress, but i've seen people reporting some problems with bootloader relocking. Will i be able to flash custom ROMs with such board?
[Nexus 5X General] firstrayofsun:
Would you provide links for the same? I am also interested in topic.
[Nexus 5X General] scynthero:
https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/5X-o...acy-dla-LG-Nexus-P-yta-G-wna/32846103543.html
[Nexus 5X General] firstrayofsun:
Thanks for the link to product, I was actually looking for the reference to the bootloader issue that you mentioned. Never mind I found it here on XDA :).
[Nexus 5X General] Cathair2906:
you are totally wrong, that 60-90 bucks is included labor fee :highfive:
[Nexus 5X General] culdaraul:
Hi,

I have two "dead" Nexus 5x devices and I plan to do the repair all by myself. I won't mind if I will damage these boards as I have another main phone.

Anyhow, I did not found any source where I can find and buy such chips. Do any of you have a list of compatible RAM chips for this CPU (Snapdragon 808 or by name MSM8992) ?

As I understood, the old chip is damaged internally and a reball would simply not work. Do you agree? Or should I try to reball the old one?
[Nexus 5X General] CLPose:
Hi! I think that you should go to https://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/general/nexus-5x-32gb-4gb-ram-3400mah-battery-t3745832 and take a look at it. Good luck!
[Nexus 5X General] rotmistr:
Just got my 4g board from AliExpress (my earlier experiments with 4g upgrade were not successful). The phone is fully functional. No issues so far. Bootloader state is ok (OEM unlock stays enabled) and file transfer through USB also works fine.
[Nexus 5X General] Azick:
I use one of these boards since February. the bootloader is relocking after unlock and restart. but i've flashed TWRP, Lineage OS and root and everything works perfect.
[Nexus 5X General] vewa52:
Got my 4 gb board from oudini last week only to find the proximity sensor was not working!! Figured out that the motherboard didn't come with the proximity sensor gasket. Replaced it from my old phone. Everything is ok now and overall i am impressed with the upgrade.

Based on my experience I would recommend checking whether all the sensors are working prior to flashing a custom ROM. Took a whole day to figure out it was a hardware and not a software problem.
[Nexus 5X General] rotmistr:
It really worth it
[Nexus 5X General] sMsMaG:
I will try with the Oudini motherboard (Aliexpress) for the upgrade to 4 GB. The only question I have is if I have to buy the H791 or the H790. When I opened the N5X I could see that it is H790. If I ask the H791 can there be a compatibility problem? Does anyone know?
[Nexus 5X General] Mortihead:
H791 and H790 is more similar.

Difference only on LTE bands:

H791: LTE Cat6 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 (Bands 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,17,18,19,20,26,28), TD-LTE 2300/2500/2600 (Bands 38,40,41)

GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-A

H790: LTE Cat6 700/800/850/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 (Bands 1,2,3,4,5,7,12,13,17,20,25,26,29)

CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev A, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-A
[Nexus 5X General] one282:
Hello gents, just recieved new mainboard - when try to unlock OEM, it gets relocked again after reboot. Could you please give an advice/instruction how you were able to unlosk it flash recovery and lineage os + magisk eventually? I have second device, but there I have fastboot/OEM unlocked - so being a bit nervous, if make something wrong, I can brick my new device.¨

Many thanks
[Nexus 5X General] aalleexxnn:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/5hj0r0/bootloop_after_lg_replaced_mainboard_bootloader/

this board is repaired by official LG (No RPMB in fastboot mode) , then modified to 4G RAM in China.....:rolleyes: