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Nexus 5 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

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  • #2
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Does SMS within Hangouts make sense?

    One feature I'm wary of, to be honest.


  • #3
    IrishStuff09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭IrishStuff09


    Amalgam wrote: »
    Does SMS within Hangouts make sense?

    One feature I'm wary of, to be honest.

    It's been coming for a long time. A rival to iMessage I think.
    To be honest, I'm a fan. Haven't checked to see if the SMS show up on other Hangouts installations on my tablet though.


  • #4
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,392 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    root, (stolen from the other thread)

    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507211


  • #5
    IrishStuff09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭IrishStuff09


    Just added some links to the OP for others wanting a N5 / have a N5.


  • #6
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    IrishStuff09 wrote: »
    Haven't checked to see if the SMS show up on other Hangouts installations on my tablet though.

    That's what is creeping me out a bit, that your SMS have now been co-opted into Google. I always saw SMS as an offline thing, which I wanted to keep 'away' from online.


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  • #7
    IrishStuff09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭IrishStuff09


    Amalgam wrote: »
    That's what is creeping me out a bit, that your SMS have now been co-opted into Google. I always saw SMS as an offline thing, which I wanted to keep 'away' from online.

    You still can disable SMS in Hangouts and install a third party app such as GO SMS. I'm sure it wont be long before someone ports the 4.3 and below SMS app over.


  • #8
    gzoladz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,211 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Big upgrade being downloaded now... Has anybody rooted it yet?


  • #9
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    Defintely going to order one of these bad boys. Or possible road trip to the north.


  • #10
    seanaor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭seanaor


    Handcent SMS already has 4.4 support, and can be set as default messaging app, but Textra, my own personal favourite, can't yet. Ah well. Don't really like Hangouts handling the SMS, as it mixes all contacts from Google+ in with phone numbers. Just looks cluttered to me.


  • #11
    Tragedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭Tragedy


    Picked this up an hour ago, already starting to miss the screen on my Note 2. Was expecting the bump from 720p to 1080p to be more noticeable...or noticeable at all!

    A85A4E48684E455A807CFA11FECA33C1-0000353442-0003423200-01600L-46F5B38E401541D48797C50F1DCF40ED.jpg


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  • #12
    rovoagho
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭rovoagho


    I'd appreciate the opinions of people coming to this from the HTC One, in particular battery life and then general experience.

    Google and LG have played this one close to their chest, with very few test units in the field, so battery tests are very limited, and all over the shop -- some reviews are saying it's bad, whereas some on XDA are saying it's good. Feedback here would be useful.

    On the UI front, I'm actually not a fan of "the pure Google experience", I have a Nexus 7 and I find it restrictive and frustrating compared to Sense on the One, so again, it would be nice to hear from One users on usability.


  • #13
    elderlemon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭elderlemon


    Hangouts doesn't store sms in the cloud. It's just the same as using handcent or any other 3rd party sms app. "hangouts" messages do sit in google but not text messages.
    Amalgam wrote: »
    That's what is creeping me out a bit, that your SMS have now been co-opted into Google. I always saw SMS as an offline thing, which I wanted to keep 'away' from online.


  • #14
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Absolutely love the animation when you lock the screen.


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Anyone give a definitive battery life yet?

    At only an extra 200mah I'm really struggling to see do I need to upgrade from my N4 tbh....


  • #16
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,830 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Might be worth installing the snapdragon battery app to maximise the battery life.


  • #17
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    This is my first phone with LED notification. What's the best app for assigning different colours to different apps?


  • #18
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,900 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Tragedy wrote: »
    Picked this up an hour ago, already starting to miss the screen on my Note 2. Was expecting the bump from 720p to 1080p to be more noticeable...or noticeable at all!

    [/URL]

    The clarity is better on the N5 with the images you supplied (quite noticeable)


  • #19
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    listermint wrote: »
    The clarity is better on the N5 with the images you supplied (quite noticeable)

    Indeed look at that beautiful IPS display


  • #20
    Technophobe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,125 ✭✭✭Technophobe


    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    This is my first phone with LED notification. What's the best app for assigning different colours to different apps?

    Light Flow for me..


  • #21
    el_greco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭el_greco


    Nexus arrived this morning, looks very sleek! Any suggestions to a poor fella with chronic iOS syndrome on how to transfer contacts, texts etc from the iPhone to the Nexus?


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  • #22
    rovoagho
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭rovoagho


    Flush the iPhone down the toilet and start afresh. Don't you feel better already?


  • #23
    el_greco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭el_greco


    I would be tempted to do that allright, but it may not be wise :-)


  • #24
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Should be doable through Bluetooth, or if you can save them through your Google Account that's even easier.


  • #25
    D_BEAR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭D_BEAR


    el_greco wrote: »
    Any suggestions to a poor fella with chronic iOS syndrome on how to transfer contacts, texts etc from the iPhone to the Nexus?

    This should help you.

    http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-switch-from-iphone-to-android/


  • #26
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,830 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Had a load of emails to print, did it straight from the phone faultlessly there. Even with the hp app on the Note 3 or HTC One it never ran as smooth as that. Very impressed.


  • #27
    Nexarz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭Nexarz


    Anyone find Hangouts only sometimes puts a name to who you are texting by sms? seem to only show a name if its in my favorites otherwise it seems to just show me the number!! kinda annoying!


  • #28
    BionicRasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭BionicRasher


    Nexarz wrote: »
    Anyone find Hangouts only sometimes puts a name to who you are texting by sms? seem to only show a name if its in my favorites otherwise it seems to just show me the number!! kinda annoying!

    I find the Hangouts and SMS a bit confusing.
    If I SMS someone its in its own thread and not linked to a Hangout thread for that same person or am I doing something wrong?
    Its a bit all over the place and hard to follow - I thought it would choose between Hangouts and SMS depending on your connection and the person you are contacting. :mad:


  • #29
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,751 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    So, do we need to unlock the BootLoader to root this puppy? :)

    EDIT: Just realised that we do!

    Feck it anyway, just spent all morning setting this up, so that I can just drop in my SIM and be ready to go! Now I have to go through all that again :mad:


  • #30
    String
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭String


    Just opened it up and installing day 1 update now. Coming from an iPhone 4 the screen is massive! :D


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  • #31
    Nexarz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭Nexarz


    tui0hcg wrote: »
    I find the Hangouts and SMS a bit confusing.
    If I SMS someone its in its own thread and not linked to a Hangout thread for that same person or am I doing something wrong?
    Its a bit all over the place and hard to follow - I thought it would choose between Hangouts and SMS depending on your connection and the person you are contacting. :mad:

    Yea you need to make a new thread, pick your contact and choose the number to sms, on the threads list there should be the name and a little sms box on the botton right corner of the contact's icon


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