All the Nexus 5X are dying?

[Recycool]

Hi,
I'm looking to buy a second hand device because my old phone got screwd, while looking I found a Nexus 5X which looks good and also is working perfectly for now, but I'm reading everywhere that almost all the devices from LG that have the SD808 are dying (bootloop) (G4, V10 and N5X) and instead of repairing them, they are offering LG G5, which makes me also think that it just can't be repaired in any way, so right now I'm starting to think that this Nexus 5x problem is something like the Note 7 but less violent.. I mean, that it will happen to every N5X device sooner or later, and it being a second hand device I don't really want to spend 180$ for a 1-2 months device...

Is this looking like the Note 7 problem or? What are the chances? Would you reccomend me the Nexus 5x second hand in 2017?

And which other device can you reccomend me? I've been looking for the Original Nexus 5 but the camera and the SD800...

I'm very newbie on the forum so if this question doesn't go here change it's section please, thanks.

 

[Mitachben]

I have my Nexus 5X for over 6 monthes , without any problems...
maybe its a luck thing, but I trust this device to continue wokring ..
hope I helped you in somthing
(pay attention that not *all of the nexus 5x are dying , just some of them.. you can see that by the usage of the nexus 5x forms here at xda)

 

[neth15]

I would go for Nexus 6P instead, maybe Pixel if your budget can handle it.

IDK if they are repairable, but AFAIK one reason is that N5X is no longer being manufactured.

 

[Recycool]

I would go for Nexus 6P instead, maybe Pixel if your budget can handle it.

IDK if they are repairable, but AFAIK one reason is that N5X is no longer being manufactured.

I can't afford it, I found a S5 Plus at about 165$ that lookgs good too... But It don't have too much community support :silly:

Hmm, I see, well, if there is someone who got it in bootloop before they stopped manufacturing it and can tell me if they repared it or directly changed it for a new one and still working, please.

 

[pitt93]

i hope mine will die during next 12 monts to have a refound and by a new smartphone
Actually is working fine

 

[kevtrysmoddin]

I actually had a g4 that died a bootlooping death before I got the 5x and if you can afford it go for the 6p.

 

[Recycool]

I actually had a g4 that died a bootlooping death before I got the 5x and if you can afford it go for the 6p.

6p is about 100$+, and I'm reading it have the bootloop problem too...

BTW turning off the big cores solves the problem? If it works I would buy it anyway, I love the design and the camera on this phone, at this price.

 

[kevtrysmoddin]

6p is about 100$+, and I'm reading it have the bootloop problem too...

BTW turning off the big cores solves the problem? If it works I would buy it anyway, I love the design and the camera on this phone, at this price.

Well I'm that case go for the 5x and another plus is that when official support stops the custom ROMs usually don't do you should never be stuck with outdated software

 

[Siljorfag]

I think that was becouse of 7.0 early release. Mine nexus died too but i recovered him, from that day i still using 7.0 and now 7.1.1 without any problem. If you dont have enough money for 6P (wich i recommend, better battery life, performance, and display) You can try Nexus 5X, it's a great device but battery life would be better. :>

Choose Nex with warranty. If anything goes wrong Google will fix it (or LG). Good Luck

 

[Recycool]

I think that was becouse of 7.0 early release. Mine nexus died too but i recovered him, from that day i still using 7.0 and now 7.1.1 without any problem. If you dont have enough money for 6P (wich i recommend, better battery life, performance, and display) You can try Nexus 5X, it's a great device but battery life would be better. :>

Choose Nex with warranty. If anything goes wrong Google will fix it (or LG). Good Luck

Yes, that is what I'm looking for, there is a shop that sells it (second hand, but with warranty from the shop), btw, how you recovered it?

 

[ikfe]

Have my 5X (16b) since a year, and I think personally it's a really good phone (coupled with an external battery btw and with PureNexus 7 rom ), never had any bootloop brick.

Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

 

[Siljorfag]

Probably my EFS was messed up. Died in about 2 weeks after 7.0 release. I was fighting for his life almost 2 days! I was lucky that my phone was in unlocked state. I dont know exacly how i recovered him but i tried diffrent stock images, and twrp backups (incl. EFS) but no luck, when i was gonna to give up and send my device back to LG for repair i flashed old marshmallow stock image and on top of it backup from 7.0 (without changing vendor) phone booted up! And from that moment so far no problem with this bootloop. Nex is working strong from about 1yr no problems. Everything is working like this first day, but build quality is really crap.

 

[gnome_mo]

I have my Nexus 5x working fine with Cyanogen 13 (so Marshmallow obviously).
As far as I can see, problems begin with Nougat.
As for bootloop, have you guys tried downgrading? I will not touch 7 until they fix all issues.

Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

 

[Recycool]

I have my Nexus 5x working fine with Cyanogen 13 (so Marshmallow obviously).
As far as I can see, problems begin with Nougat.
As for bootloop, have you guys tried downgrading? I will not touch 7 until they fix all issues.

Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Here, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...D3_E-rXRZ-QMmxpR4D4IdwEWZYb2NKA/viewanalytics some people saying that happened on 6.0 too, maybe because of the lapse time, or maybe they got another type of bootloop.

Btw the ratio is very good, 103\1558.

 

[gnome_mo]

I like that ratio

Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

 

[GuestK00409]

Since November my phone's battery started showing weird graphs in stats. There is an idle drain of almost 1.2%/h without any apps installed or even in safe mode. And when i calculate per-app breakdown it does not matches the drain percentage. I ignored that since i it has rapid charging which doesn't take that long to completely charge the phone.
But 4-5 days back my phone just rebooted while browsing chrome and kept on rebooting on boot logo for 3-4 times. After that it rebooted again and showed 'This device is corrupt' but phone was working as it was before reboot. Then i unlocked the bootloader and flashed the factory images. There was no issue for 2 days but last night it did the same i.e. rebooting again and again but this timei had to force restart it by holding power button since it got stuck on Android logo this time. After force restart I again got the message 'This device is corrupt'.
Hardware issue? If that's the case i am really just frustrated with this phone. Last September i got my phone's Display replaced because of dead pixels, then battery and now this.
I am going to visit LG repairs tomorrow.

 

[jody2k]

I would go for Nexus 6P instead, maybe Pixel if your budget can handle it.

IDK if they are repairable, but AFAIK one reason is that N5X is no longer being manufactured.

Nexus 6P has nothing more to offer than a slighty faster cpu on paper

 

[neth15]

Nexus 6P has nothing more to offer than a slighty faster cpu on paper

Yes, what results in Daydream support. Additionally, it has bigger AMOLED display and full metal build (which is quite brittle, but that's not a problem for me personally). AAAND more RAM.

 

[jody2k]

There is daydream support for nexus 5x too, check the apps section
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ne...d-daydream-vr-support-nexus-5x-t3518570/page2

2 gig ram is perfectly fine for me never had any issues. I play heavy games and use multitasking all the time.
On pure nexus rom everything is insanely smooth

I dont like metal build it doesnt feel good for me

Not that i want to argue but this phone is perfect, no need to pay 100€ more 6P has nothing more to offer

 

[mikeprius]

There has been also growing number of issues where the phone will completely die on the 6p despite having adequate battery:

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/1...hutdown-issue-after-android-nougat-update.htm

I don't know if there is really anything conclusive about this or the 5x, it's like which comes first the chicken or the egg (software vs. hardware).


I can say one thing though, if you get the phone cheap enough like I did (brand new 32GB, $200), then who gives a f--- if it messes up after 6 months. That's why I don't buy expensive phones anymore that way if it breaks or something happens I'm never out too much (I don't buy insurance, waste of money).