Google Nexus 5

tdawg said:
Thank man...will try them out.

Guess there is no one that does this locally then. Even spoke to LG and they just said sorry cant help...
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Hey...

I dropped my N5 this weekend the screen is pretty eff'd. Did you order your screen and digitizer already?

Info found:

Anyone here follow this guide or have replaced the screen and digitizer unit already?
FYI: I am not in a position to buy a brand new unit so that's not an option.

Assistance is appreciated:)
 
developer preview

howsit guys
so who is going to try the developer preview ?
 
SaiYaN said:
Enjoying the changes? Any bugs?
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As for the changes , I really like them. It is light, flat and clean looking. I like the "cards" which tend to over lap and layered over each other. See example of multitasking. The transitions follow this trend as well. It is a lot more cohesive as an OS.
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ngwe23 said:
As for the changes , I really like them. It is light, flat and clean looking. I like the "cards" which tend to over lap and layered over each other. See example of multitasking. The transitions follow this trend as well. It is a lot more cohesive as an OS.
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I like what I see, but those play, record and stop buttons... Oh boy...
 
soldierboi said:
Hey...

I dropped my N5 this weekend the screen is pretty eff'd. Did you order your screen and digitizer already?

Info found:

Anyone here follow this guide or have replaced the screen and digitizer unit already?
FYI: I am not in a position to buy a brand new unit so that's not an option.

Assistance is appreciated:)
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UPDATE:
Ordered my screen replacement from etradesupply last week Monday, arrived this morning, installed within 30mins and no more cracked screen and I have replacement parts (camera, headphone, charging etc. :)
I purchased the OEM housing with all parts, just migrated motherboard and battery to new housing.

Screen works perfectly, actually seems better...

FYI: total cost R2608 incl. shipping.
 
I'm also running the Android L dev preview via MultiBoot. My thoughts:

I love the design- the animations, effects and transitions are much improved, basically iOS-esque in terms of polish. They add a whole new layer to Android from a design standpoint. It also has a much cleaner, less cluttered feel. Even the new multitasking menu feels simpler to use, simply because the design and flow is similar to other Android apps (notably Chrome). It's still missing a few things here and there (a clear all button would be nice in the aforementioned multitasking menu; a few elements of the UI still exhibit the Holo Blue design) but for the most part, it looks damn good while still being immediately familiar.

The colour scheme is not as overtly different and jarring as the iOS 6 to 7 jump was. The palette is brighter, but it is also cleaner, layered and it does well to provide a unified approach to navigating Android, and soon all of Google's services. When you add in the justification of UI elements, visual tactility present in buttons, tiles and even scroll bars, all tying in with the lighter justification of the Roboto font, it all adds up to a much more pleasant to look at UI.

I must say, ART in this implementation is far snappier than anything I have ever experienced on the current Dalvik runtime, or the corresponding ART runtime found in the current builds of Android. Honestly, it's close to a night and day difference. Google weren't kidding with their performance improvements.

I haven't run it long enough to gauge how efficient it is on power, but it doesn't seem to be excessive. The battery bar is a bit inaccurate in terms of what it defines your usage time left to be (normally quotes me an hour or so on 90% battery life), but that may just be a bug in this dev build.

Overall- for a development build, it's very stable. I would go so far as to call it a beta build, and it is good enough to use as a daily driver for some. A few small tweaks, a larger rollout of the Material-designed apps, and compatibility with more apps, and this will be very welcome come Q3.

I have a feeling that this will be officially launched with a new device, probably a tablet. Here's hoping :)
 
soldierboi said:
UPDATE:
Ordered my screen replacement from etradesupply last week Monday, arrived this morning, installed within 30mins and no more cracked screen and I have replacement parts (camera, headphone, charging etc. :)
I purchased the OEM housing with all parts, just migrated motherboard and battery to new housing.

Screen works perfectly, actually seems better...

FYI: total cost R2608 incl. shipping.
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thats great news dude

how much was the shipping only?
 
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Ecco said:
After my upgrade to 4.4.3 I am picking an intermittent bug with the release.

If I am in a whatsapp conversation, and I hit the back button to close the conversation, and then the back button to close whatsapp, I do not get taken to the home screen, even though this was the last screen I was on prior to opening whatsapp.
I get taken to existing apps which were running the background, Go SMS pro, Opera Mini, Seesmic etc. I then have to close all of those to get back to the home screen.

Anybody else experiencing similar?
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Ecco said:
I check this issue out, this is actually the issue:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=71067

Appears i have been pressing the back button too fast. But thats still a bug.
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A lot of updates on this issue. In case on of you guys also experiencing this.
 
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