New Nexus 5 Owner

[defectiveleader]

So I'm new to the Nexus 5. Mine will be hear tonight. What are some really nice things I can look forward to?
Thanks

 

[stevemw]

So I'm new to the Nexus 5. Mine will be hear tonight. What are some really nice things I can look forward to?
Thanks

Congratulations on you new device.

The first thing I noticed was the speed and smoothness and crisp, bright screen.

You should enable the ART runtime in Developer options as soon as you can.

 

[aooga]

So I'm new to the Nexus 5. Mine will be hear tonight. What are some really nice things I can look forward to?
Thanks

I don't mean to be rude, but there are about 50 threads exactly like this. No one can really tell you what to expect besides yourself. :good:

But just to give you something. Unlock the boot loader as soon as you get it.

 

[jsgraphicart]

You have an awesome experience to look forward to, that's what.

What device are you coming from?

 

[TurdWiper]

Love these threads. Agree 100% unlock bootloader. Rom. Mod. Profit

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[markdapimp]

Love these threads. Agree 100% unlock bootloader. Rom. Mod. Profit

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Id just hold on stock for now Android 4.5 is coming

 

[TurdWiper]

Id just hold on stock for now Android 4.5 is coming

You sillys and your obsession with stock and ota updates. You know you can manually get the newest likely even before ota is pushed. But if you want to sit around and wait that hopefully it gets pushed on time, go right ahead. Plus its a nexus. Returning to stock after unlocking is so incredibly easy that you should not fear experimenting in the meantime. But do as you wish, its your device.

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[MisterRich]

Understandable, and definitely exciting, mine was shipped when I was away from home on vacation, so not only did I have to wait for it to become available, but then for it to ship home, and then again for me to return home. The wait is well worth it.

Unlock the bootloader, as if you decide to do this later it will wipe your data if you do not backup
Unlock developer options and switch from dalvik to ART runtime. This will make your device run much smoother than it does
Disable unused and background processes ( I disable Cloud, Printing, Language packs personally )
Under developer options, I personally change "Don't Keep Activities" as I notice it greatly assists my battery life.

Everyone's experience may vary, but have fun finding out what works for you.

 

[markdapimp]

You sillys and your obsession with stock and ota updates. You know you can manually get the newest likely even before ota is pushed. But if you want to sit around and wait that hopefully it gets pushed on time, go right ahead. Plus its a nexus. Returning to stock after unlocking is so incredibly easy that you should not fear experimenting in the meantime. But do as you wish, its your device.

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I love stock i don't need to worry about losing my IEMI randomly, or some random bug/ random reboot, battery drain and all those other hassles

Personally me coming from an iPhone i like stock and that's how some people think it should be

 

[TurdWiper]

I love stock i don't need to worry about losing my IEMI randomly, or some random bug/ random reboot, battery drain and all those other hassles

Personally me coming from an iPhone i like stock and that's how some people think it should be

All the power to you. Good luck.

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[kraven001]

my 2 cents are: for a few days / weeks keep the thing as it came. if there are any hidden bugs, well it will be easier to rma.

then up to you what you want to do, there are "endless" possibilities.

 

[b.spec]

I always like to unlock the bootloader first at least, before I get too comfortable with stock.

 

[defectiveleader]

Thanks everyone! I too love threads like these. Feels like I'm part of the community

So I'm going to unlock the bootloader, root, enable ART (which should be fun to try out!), and pull out a few tweaks.
I think I will stay stock, but maybe use Xposed.

Thanks for all the input! I really like the suggestions.

 

[defectiveleader]

You have an awesome experience to look forward to, that's what.

What device are you coming from?

I'm coming from the Galaxy Note 3

 

[jsgraphicart]

Thanks everyone! I too love threads like these. Feels like I'm part of the community

So I'm going to unlock the bootloader, root, enable ART (which should be fun to try out!), and pull out a few tweaks.
I think I will stay stock, but maybe use Xposed.

Thanks for all the input! I really like the suggestions.

FYI, Xposed doesnt work with ART. The Nexus 5 works great on Dalvik anyway.

I'm coming from the Galaxy Note 3

So you're coming from a fast phone to another fast phone. The things the Nexus 5 has over the Note 3 is better Google Experience, better customization, no crappy TouchWiz.

 

[phazerorg]

Thanks everyone! I too love threads like these. Feels like I'm part of the community

So I'm going to unlock the bootloader, root, enable ART (which should be fun to try out!), and pull out a few tweaks.
I think I will stay stock, but maybe use Xposed.

Thanks for all the input! I really like the suggestions.

I was using ART for a while, but switched back so I could try Xposed + GravityBox. Not going back to ART now... the customization features GravityBox provides are worth way more than the minor speed increase ART gives... and with those features I don't really even feel the need to use a custom ROM. If there's one thing I could recommend, it would definitely be this.

 

[mistahseller]

Yes I would educate myself about rooting/ unlocking the bootloader and make that one of the first things, reason being is that unlocking the bootloader erases everything on the phone. I mean you can make backups but I personally have never made a backup of anything.