Nexus Experience

Martin714 · Oct 3, 2013

hey guys just dropping by on the nexus forums i wanted to know ur guys opinions since i will soon be joining nexus line up with nexus 5 is there certain stuff u guys would like to let me know? like hows the nexus experience? Any major issues with nexus devices (like samsung, htc, or LG)? Enlighten me please=] and most importantly are u guys getting nexus 5=o?

charliecc · Oct 3, 2013

It's the best, certainly wouldn't consider anything else at the moment. And yes, I am getting the Nexus 5.

As to enlightening you, judging by your devices I'd say no enlightening required, it looks like you're fully versed in the world of Android and ROMs.

ooberandy · Oct 3, 2013

Im totally happy with my Nexus 4 & almost as happy with my Nexus 10.

jhawkkw · Oct 3, 2013

Locking a device down in any way is a major pet peeve of mine. With just about every manufacturer locking bootloaders and carriers blocking the usage of unlock methods, sim locking a phone even when bought at full retail to force you to use their service for a period of time, and now Samsung region locking phones. It's nice to know that there's one set of devices out there where I can use it how I want, where I want, with which carrier I want with no interference. It's also great to know that buying at full retail won't break the bank like buying any other flagship line at full retail would. Having a great development scene for the device is an added perk.

SiempreTuna · Oct 3, 2013

Very happy with my stock N4. Thought I'd really miss Sense but it turns out I don't - vanilla Android's actually pretty slick.

Won't be getting an N5, but that's because, barring accidents, there's still plenty of life left in my N4

lion7718 · Oct 3, 2013

SiempreTuna said:
Very happy with my stock N4. Thought I'd really miss Sense but it turns out I don't - vanilla Android's actually pretty slick.

Won't be getting an N5, but that's because, barring accidents, there's still plenty of life left in my N4

I agree, my N4 will last awhile. The only thing I miss is T-Mo's Wi-Fi Calling, but I've gotten used to not having it.

dunjamon · Oct 3, 2013

The N4 was my first nexus phone and I'm never going back. I've put some cash aside for the N5 already and will be pre-ordering it as soon as I can.

I came from the Droid\Galaxy line and never really played with customisation, but I've done all sorts with my N4. It's been a good learning process for me and I don't think any other range would allow anything like that.

runtmms · Oct 3, 2013

Love my Nexus 4. I expect the 5 to be great. My brother who has been a dedicated Samsung guy is now looking to make the switch to the Nexus line.

Martin714 · Oct 4, 2013

Sweet so im coming from an s3 and ive been wondering is there something certain that will be different with nexus other than it being stock android?

lion7718 · Oct 4, 2013

Martin714 said:
Sweet so im coming from an s3 and ive been wondering is there something certain that will be different with nexus other than it being stock android?

There is no TouchWiz on the N4..so you wont see text notification numbers, texts won't be blue & yellow..just white with the user icon. Mostly cosmetic things.

darthlinux · Oct 5, 2013

I have come from the S3 to the Nexus 4 and I can honestly say I am really impressed, I don't miss touchwiz at all, the nexus is so smooth and very easy too root I can see myself getting the Nexus 5 at some point, not sure if I will buy it out right or get it on my renewal suppose depends if Virgin offer the Nexus 5 on contract.

aurora40 · Oct 6, 2013

charliecc said:
It's the best, certainly wouldn't consider anything else at the moment.

I agree, this is my second Nexus device and at this point I wouldn't buy one that wasn't. I won't be getting the N5 when it comes out, but perhaps when they drop the price in a year.

My GNex was more than adequate (thanks in large part to timely updates to the latest Android) up until the N4 price was just too tempting for me to ignore. I see no reason the N4 won't age similarly well.

bjacks12 · Oct 6, 2013

lion7718 said:
There is no TouchWiz on the N4..so you wont see text notification numbers, texts won't be blue & yellow..just white with the user icon. Mostly cosmetic things.

Yup. Here is an example of the nexus text screen.

Martin714 · Oct 7, 2013

another question for u fellas is aosp roms on the nexus more stable than the other device aosp roms?

jhawkkw · Oct 7, 2013

Martin714 said:
another question for u fellas is aosp roms on the nexus more stable than the other device aosp roms?

Absolutely. The AOSP code is meant for Nexus devices and all the drivers/binaries are all provided for the developers. So therefore the devs don't need to reverse engineer them which is why you often find hardware broken on some AOSP roms on skinned devices. The same idea is transitive to the kernel as well.

jhonb · Oct 8, 2013

I had the Galaxy Nexus and now the Nexus 4. Great phone, but there are issues just like any other phone. I think it is a battery hog when idol. And I wish the nexus 4 had a removeable battery like the Gnex did. I don't know what the Nexus 5 will have.
Also, read through this forum and you sill see the good the bad and the ugly.
But the great part is the fact that it is totally unlocked. Yours to do what you want.

Martin714 · Oct 14, 2013

ANother question i thought of how hard is it too root a nexus device and return it to stock for when there new google updates?

jhawkkw · Oct 14, 2013

Martin714 said:
ANother question i thought of how hard is it too root a nexus device and return it to stock for when there new google updates?

The hardest part about both is making sure that your drivers are installed correctly. The general procedure for rooting is the following:

Install & Configure ADB/Fastboot drivers
While in fastboot mode, unlock the bootloader with a simple one line command. This wipes the device clean.
Reboot the device for the changes to take, get SU.zip file onto the phone, and then reboot into the bootloader
Flash custom recovery through the bootloader
flash SU.zip file in recovery

To flash back to stock:

Boot the device into the bootloader
run the flash all script

However, if the device is rooted, the device can still update as long as certain conditions are maintained. However you will likely lose root. But this can be easily restored since the bootloader is unlocked

PlayfulGod · Oct 14, 2013

Martin714 said:
ANother question i thought of how hard is it too root a nexus device and return it to stock for when there new google updates?

lol, fastboot oem-unlock, fastboot flash cwm, flash superuser.zip, done!!!

I usually wait til CM gets the updates added in, but on occasion I want to see the new shyt now. In those cases I dl the new factory images from google and dl a flash-all which will flash it to the newest AOSP, bootloader, radios, etc.

jhsrennie · Oct 15, 2013

Martin714 said:
ANother question i thought of how hard is it too root a nexus device and return it to stock for when there new google updates?

If you download the stock rom from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images you'll find it comes with a script to do the flashing. You just need to install the Android SDK to install the drivers for the phone.

2prevail · Oct 15, 2013

No more Galaxy's. No more Optimus'. No more Xperia's. No more One's. There is only NEXUS! The stock android experience is the best. The phones are cheap but you would never know. Any sane person should pick up a Nexus ASAP!

John Bean · Oct 16, 2013

2prevail said:
The phones are cheap but you would never know

Well put, and so true.

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