Nexus 5

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:05 pm

Yeah right.. I've got us English and SwiftKey set to AU..

Post by **Shonky** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:03 pm

That's what I had as well but it made no difference, Swiftkey on AU still kept giving me £ instead of $ but all good now.

Santaria · Post by **Santaria** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:06 pm

Thinking of upgrading my Galaxy Nexus up to this, but will need to do a Telstra bundle because of the business etc. Is everyone liking the phone? The Mrs has had enough of her iPhone 4 and the new OS was the straw on the camels back. Will grab 2 if you guys are happy with it. Has anyone compared it between the S4?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Post by **Shonky** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:27 pm

I'm happy with mine San, can't comment on the S4 comparison, never seen one let alone played with one.

Forgot to add this, my 1st experience with 4G and good signal.

Post by **Shonky** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:39 pm

Was out for a ride earlier and coming home with the sun low in the sky I thought I'd try out this HDR function of the camera. Not too bad a result I guess, pretty sure I couldn't do this in one shot with my SLR.

dvestate · Post by **dvestate** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 10:10 am

Finally got my Shipping Info at 11:30pm last night...... should be at home waiting for me Monday arvo

Now to make sure the Mrs stays home all day

dvestate · Post by **dvestate** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:02 pm

Well I have my Nexus 5, loving the speed of the thing compared to the S2, but anything would be faster than that.

Hated that it installed all the apps I ever had when I turned it on, I let it do its thing then had to root it for Titanium Backup so install stuff again, this time auto update off!

OK Google is ok but would be good to do from a locked screen.

Also the battery seemed super low when I got to work and it was charging overnight..... Had BT connected on the way to work but will see if the same result happens tomorrow.

Happy I bought it so far

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:37 am

4.4.1 is on its way boy's! Sounds like the camera will get fixed!

http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/12/5/51 ... ves-camera" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **Shonky** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:00 am

If it's as good as the hype in that Verge piece I'll be happy.

Sent from my Nexus 5

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 4:14 pm

Update is out.. http://ausdroid.net/2013/12/06/android- ... -available" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:45 pm

Camera is better.. Not massively.. But better.. Phone feels even more responsive.. If that's possible :-D

Post by **Shonky** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:20 pm

Mine still shows no signs of wanting to update, I wonder if changing the locale is causing there to be no update available.

nutty · Post by **nutty** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:47 pm

I did the sideload, camera is a little better and they fixed that bloody exchange bug, so overall im hapyp

Pinger$ · Post by **Pinger$** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:21 pm

Audio review... http://www.anandtech.com/show/7567/smar ... ty-testing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **Shonky** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:58 pm

nutty wrote:I did the sideload, camera is a little better and they fixed that bloody exchange bug, so overall im hapyp

Ahh yeah, I did consider sideloading but since there's no pressing need for me to update, I'll just wait until the OTA update is available.

Post by **Shonky** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:24 pm

Pinger$ wrote:Audio review... http://www.anandtech.com/show/7567/smar ... ty-testing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting read Pingers, thanks for the link, can't say I've heard the distortion that they are seeing when using the Nexus 5 into a line input on a stereo which I assume is a 1K ohm input which doesn't load the output anywhere near as much as a set of headphones. Anandtech did mention a little bit about driving different loads at the start of the article but didn't go into any real detail and the iPhone earbuds they used according to Apple are only 23 ohms which strikes me as low for headphones, hopefully they will do some more tests with different sets of cans to see if the amp gets better with different loads.

I also came across this while looking for more info regarding your article and as per standard ARSE off topic policy I'll add this info here, I can confirm the difference between my old S2 and the Nexus 5 connected to the same stereo system at work is like chalk and cheese as far as battery use goes, the S2 would chew through 50+% of it's battery playing for a couple of hours, the Nexus played for about 6 hours last week and used about 20% battery.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10/31 ... ing-audio/

Pinger$ · Post by **Pinger$** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:32 pm

Shonky, I'm assuming they're testing sustained load with a sine wave... which is always going to be the most taxing load (to my knowledge). Perhaps under normal listening conditions (music) where the max load exists for fractions of seconds, the distortion isn't nearly as much of an issue. This is just a guess given my total lack of electrical/audio engineer background :P

Santaria · Post by **Santaria** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 5:15 am

Had mine delivered yesterday. So far so good! Call and cheese over my Galaxy Nexus. I find my little finger covers the speaker when I hold it in portrait, but I'll work that out. Amazing battery compared to the Galaxy. Screen is brilliant, speaker could be better though and was confused at the double grill at the bottom thinking it might have been stereo. See how battery goes for a full day today. Going to stick with stock ROM as there wasn't any Telstra bloat and trying to stick with the stock launcher, but chances are I'll change to Apex at some stage but in order to do that, I'll lose the transparent top bar which I like a lot. Overall, I'm happy with my purchase so far :-)

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:54 pm

Nova Launcher has transparency and tons of features over stock!

nutty · Post by **nutty** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:12 pm

I got 4.4.2 this morning, cant see any difference

Santaria · Post by **Santaria** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:49 pm

I'm trying to decide whether I root and load CWM for the nerd factor, or just leave it. I haven't played with ROMs and stuff for quite a while and this phone... actually feels like I don't need to fuck around with it if you know what I mean. Anyone else is running custom ROMs or anything?

I also changed the run time form Dalvik to ART because apparently it gives better battery and a bit more noticeable speed. Mrs has the exact same phone and is leaving it in Dalvik, so we'll see side-by-side which one is different. Only thing is some apps don't work. Strava went a bit funny and I haven't been able to re-install it without errors.

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:55 pm

Unlock it immediately as it wipes.. I have the stock rom but am rooted and have clockwork recovery. It enables you to flash some mods..

Post by **Shonky** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:05 am

Unlocking it wipes? Aww shit, that will slow the urge to root and stick on a recovery, I'm pretty settled into the stock rom now with Nova launcher and don't really want for much.

Santaria · Post by **Santaria** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:40 am

Shonky wrote:Unlocking it wipes? Aww shit, that will slow the urge to root and stick on a recovery, I'm pretty settled into the stock rom now with Nova launcher and don't really want for much.

That's kinda where I am. It's the first phone where it just.... Works. No need to tweak just yet. I had to revert back to the Dalvik run time due to strava not working. Also did a fresh wipe to start again after halfway unlocking it and going: "Nah, I'll be ok without it." I might give Nova a crack today too. Loving the phone. Hangouts can go blow itself. It feels so clunky!

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:34 am

Yeah they haven't got the sms integration right with hangouts but I'm sure it will get there.

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