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Nexus 4 vs at&t htc one x+

Ok so I was originally going to try the nexus 4 but of course missed out. I ended up with the htc one x+ and nice device but definitely has wifi issues like when screen turns off it loses connection 90% of the time for alot of users not just me. Also signal is spotty around the house. Bluetooth audio in my car sounds pretty bad.
My question is does the nexus 4 have any of these issues, or similar? I'm about to order it if not.

For me it doesn't have the problems your talking about.. But it sounds like I was one of the lucky ones out of the bunch that came in..
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Don't have a single issue with my N4.
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My cell signal is noticeably worse and I've seen others complain about poor wifi reception and poor bluetooth support. Use search, there are plenty of issues with the N4 it is just a matter of how bad they will affect you, for me the wifi reception has been fine and I don't use bluetooth audio.

I am on my 3rd One X because of the wifi issues, when you can get it to connect well it stays connected even when you leave that hotspot (keeping you from getting any notifications). Sometimes when I go into a Starbucks it grabs on to their wifi and will not let go unless I turn wifi off.
I honestly mostly use my Galaxy Nexus still (and have a Nexus 4 on the way to replace that) because I so much prefer stock android. The One X with Sense does some things that drive me NUTS like the wifi and the horrible multi tasking. An example of the multitasking agony is if you are on a web site and you get a text message your web site goes away most of the time when you go to return that text and it has to reload when you go back to it. What a pain. I really wish HTC would get over SENSE, it was nice when phone OS's sucked (I am looking at you windows mobile) but now it is just so unnecessary.
The One X is gorgeous, the LTE is incredible when you have it available and the camera is superb. I use it when I am going out somewhere and want to take pictures, or if I will be somewhere where I am mostly on laptop and not really needing the phone that much. I also use it for tethering (via PDAnet) when I am in a strong LTE area, the LTE on AT&T is soooooo much faster than crappy Hotel "high speed" internet. I know you can root the OneX now and get cyanogen mod but I have been down that road before and just ended up making everything look like stock android. It is worth keeping around if you are going to have two phones, but if given the choice between the One X and the N4 I would lean heavily to the N4.

Nexus 4 any day, has a better gpu , vannila android 4.2
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barondebxl said:
Don't have a single issue with my N4.
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+1 what he said.

bmolloy said:
I am on my 3rd One X because of the wifi issues, when you can get it to connect well it stays connected even when you leave that hotspot (keeping you from getting any notifications). Sometimes when I go into a Starbucks it grabs on to their wifi and will not let go unless I turn wifi off.
I honestly mostly use my Galaxy Nexus still (and have a Nexus 4 on the way to replace that) because I so much prefer stock android. The One X with Sense does some things that drive me NUTS like the wifi and the horrible multi tasking. An example of the multitasking agony is if you are on a web site and you get a text message your web site goes away most of the time when you go to return that text and it has to reload when you go back to it. What a pain. I really wish HTC would get over SENSE, it was nice when phone OS's sucked (I am looking at you windows mobile) but now it is just so unnecessary.
The One X is gorgeous, the LTE is incredible when you have it available and the camera is superb. I use it when I am going out somewhere and want to take pictures, or if I will be somewhere where I am mostly on laptop and not really needing the phone that much. I also use it for tethering (via PDAnet) when I am in a strong LTE area, the LTE on AT&T is soooooo much faster than crappy Hotel "high speed" internet. I know you can root the OneX now and get cyanogen mod but I have been down that road before and just ended up making everything look like stock android. It is worth keeping around if you are going to have two phones, but if given the choice between the One X and the N4 I would lean heavily to the N4.
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I was referring to the one x+ not the one x, but I believe the one x+ has similar issues I'm experiencing.

I had an HTC Sensation that accumulated dust under the screen. That was the last HTC phone i will ever own.

nexus 4 the way to go straight updates from android cant beat that!!!

oniddy said:
nexus 4 the way to go straight updates from android cant beat that!!!
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Btw battery is not very good

Nexus 4 is an awesome phone, but HTC One X and One X+ are also awesome.
Nexus 4 is faster and smoother than the HTC one X and One X+ but the music quality from speaker and headphones is a crap load better on the One X and One X+. So much so it is embarrasing.
The Nexus 4 has issues with wifi when the screen is off. Notifications stop coming through for email. This issue does not occur on 3G.
Check for wifi issues thread. This issue is on an official google bug report and affects Nexus 4, 7 and 10.

Active display?

Hey guys just want to ask a little question about the 6P. One of my favorite features on my Moto x at the time was the active display, dont understand why other company's like samsung wont do this since they also use a AMOLED screen. I havent heard anyone talk about this so im wondering if the 6P has some sort of active display like the N6 had or that just a moto feature? Im trying to break away from my S6 for reasons (biggest being it cant multi-task) and the LG v10 and Nexus 6P are both on my radar.
*edit* Thought I posted this in Q&A section, if a mod can please move.

6P's active display is hit or miss according to reviewers. May be they'll fix it in next update. Afterall we should have something to look up to and cheer when it gets fixed in an update, right?

Pretty sure the nexus 6p has active display, or some variant... I've seen it in a few videos. It doesn't work like the moto x style as it has no IR on the front (booo) but pretty sure if you move the phone it can show you notifications/time/date etc.
Also, shouldn't this be in a QA section?

What's active display¿,I seen one review saying you should put display in SRGB !ode for beat quality
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combat goofwing said:
What's active display¿,I seen one review saying you should put display in SRGB !ode for beat quality
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Active display is a feature Motorola came out with when they launched the 2012 moto x. Since the phone had a AMOLED screen it allowed them to use the screen as a notification display. I would love picking my phone out my pocket and it showing the time/date without me having to hit the power button. The more I think of it the more I realize that the moto x was the best phone I used.

WolfsFang said:
Hey guys just want to ask a little question about the 6P. One of my favorite features on my Moto x at the time was the active display, dont understand why other company's like samsung wont do this since they also use a AMOLED screen. I havent heard anyone talk about this so im wondering if the 6P has some sort of active display like the N6 had or that just a moto feature? Im trying to break away from my S6 for reasons (biggest being it cant multi-task) and the LG v10 and Nexus 6P are both on my radar.
*edit* Thought I posted this in Q&A section, if a mod can please move.
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samsung note 3 used to have a feature where you went to pick it up, it used to show time/notifications...forgot what sammy called it

For the Nexus 6P it's called "ambient display" and it will work when you pick up the phone. It'll show time, date and notifications plus the notification LED will work at the same time. Pretty nice feature
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.vermilion said:
For the Nexus 6P it's called "ambient display" and it will work when you pick up the phone. It'll show time, date and notifications plus the notification LED will work at the same time. Pretty nice feature
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Awesome thanks for the info, now I just need to wait for it to come out near me.

Hi, so I got my Nexus 6P today.
While I love the phone, I must say that (at least in my case) ambient display is hopeless. I've now disabled it.
It never seems to come on when I want it too without a few seconds delay, by which point I might as well be using the phone, and when you don't want it to come on it pops up every 15 seconds even when say completely still on my desk. No idea what's going on, but hey.
On the plus slide, Light Flow works a dream with the LED and that's good enough for me for the time being. Hopefully Old Good will fix ambient display shortly (assuming I just don't have a dodgy device).
Edit: Just occurred to me that it might be lightflow messing up Ambient display even though the LED works fine itself. I'll uninstall & report back.

Quick update. Seems to be the LED that causes the issue, turn if off in settings and ambient display works fine again. Hopefully something a quick software fix will sort out.

Higadeb said:
Quick update. Seems to be the LED that causes the issue, turn if off in settings and ambient display works fine again. Hopefully something a quick software fix will sort out.
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Thats kinda strange, on the 2012 moto x there was a led light but was disabled for some reason, not even lightflow could bring it on.

What is the proper way to make active display even turn on? Can't figure it out, it's so random. Tried with LED on and off.

just4747 said:
What is the proper way to make active display even turn on? Can't figure it out, it's so random. Tried with LED on and off.
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This Ambient Display feature is so frustrating! It should be great, but it's just so unpredictable. How is it supposed to work...?

Same problem here. Hope it will be fixed though

Holding the phone parallel to the ground then lifting the top up until the phone is vertical in one quick motion activates the display pretty reliably for me.

mine never thriggers the display when i take it out of pocket. when on my desk is sort of meh :/

EXTREMELY slow download speeds from the Play Store

Anyone experiencing this? Its a bit random as it doesnt always happen but the speeds are worse than dial up when it does, horrendous. Happens on wifi and LTE. Everything else speed wise is fine, just the Store. Force stopped, cleared data and cache, rebooted....its like I went back to the 1999.
Looks like people with 6Ps have been complaining about the same thing with no solutions. Maybe XDA can come to the rescue.

Yes it seems to happen frequently with me while the Motorola 6 has no issues.
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Makes me wonder if its a Marshmallow issue.

Happens to me also. Weird stuff

And right now it's fine.

Happened to me on my LP Galaxy S6 Edge, Nexus 6 and 6P, wife's Nexus 5X, OPO, OPT and OPX, leading me to believe it may be something screwey server wise at Google...

I've been having issues with many Google services for a number of weeks. Play store and music are the main ones, but chrome (x64), Gmail and docs are all laggy and often disconnecting. This happens on my 6p, xt1092, work win7 machine and home win10 laptop. Doesn't matter which network. The only one that seems unaffected is my Dell Chromebook. I too reckon it's server side rather than android or MM.

I noticed that too. Happens randomly from times to times. Sometimes I have to cancel a download or an app update and restart it then it goes away.
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Decided to keep my Nexus 6!

Hello,
So I'm on my second Nexus 6. I originally had a Midnight Blue 32GB but I sold it after picking up a Cloud White 64GB when Amazon had them for $250. I have had it for about a year now and it still works great.
Well, I sporadically listed it on Craigslist to sell and started to look at new phones. That is when I realized, there is nothing out right now that I really want. Sure, a Google Pixel would be nice but that price tag....
So being I decided to stick with my Nexus 6, I want to make it like new again! I just ordered a New OEM Mid Frame, New OEM Back Panel, and New OEM Battery. It all cost me under $30. My display is flawless, has always had a screen protector but my frame has some dings and my back panel is starting to come up on the corners a little. I figure a new battery and some new housing will make it like new again.
Anyone have any tips on cleaning the speaker grills? I figure they may be easier to clean when I have it apart. I plan to try to clean them out along with the charger port when I have it apart.

Any chance you can list where you got your replacement frame? Thanks.

Links to the 3 products you replaced would be nice, also I used a slightly damp toothbrush to clean the speaker grills.

Good choice!
mine still looks like new being I keep it in a Supcase.

I purchased the mid frame on Amazon for $9.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01AL4IS3U/ref=ya_st_dp_summary
The battery and back cover I got off eBay. They are all over on there. The battery is a Motorola EZ30.

I decided to keep mine as well! The phone still rocks. Far as speaker grills I use a fine pick and pop the metal pieces out and use a toothbrush or qtip
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Same here, I want to change my Nexus 6 but it seems I can't find anything else I like to replace it.
I was thinking on Nexus 6P but I've heard a lot of issues with it turning off/bootloop/death so Im going away from it.
I've had mine for more than a year now and it doesn't have any single scratch/mark/dent (Always had it on Poetic Case + Intelliarmor screen protector)

I still enjoy and appreciate the benefits of my Nexus 6 compared to other phones out there, also not wanting to spend many hundreds of dollars on a Pixel XL that would be just OK in comparison.
My *only* reason for considering a future model change is the camera, which is incredibly laggy (especially if location tagging is turned on, but even without that set). For now, I continue to put up with the shutter lag, since it's been happening since the first year and I'm used to it.
- ooofest
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I order me a Mate 9 is the same Screen size and the rest over all should (is) better as on the N6. Don't get me wrong i love my N6, is the best that i ever had until now, but it's time for a new and better Phone :good:

ooofest said:
I still enjoy and appreciate the benefits of my Nexus 6 compared to other phones out there, also not wanting to spend many hundreds of dollars on a Pixel XL that would be just OK in comparison.
My *only* reason for considering a future model change is the camera, which is incredibly laggy (especially if location tagging is turned on, but even without that set). For now, I continue to put up with the shutter lag, since it's been happening since the first year and I'm used to it.
- ooofest
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I have to agree! The camera is the only thing I don't like about my Nexus 6. Lucky for me, I hardly ever use it. About the only time I do is when I am taking a picture of something to post or sell.

I use a modified version of Google's camera called Camera nx1. Also I unencrypted my phone and for me the camera lag was gone.
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Can you tell us where to find this app? I've tried looking it up (Googling) but I was unsure which one is it.
Thanks

I was hell-bent on replacing my Nexus 6. It was getting super laggy (I was part of the Android N developer's preview), it had battery issues, etc. But before I jumped ship, I did a complete wipe + factory reset of my phone. I deleted every single byte of information on it. Then I flashed Google's factory images (+TWRP). I also used the Nexus Root Toolkit to flash the unencrypted kernel (or whatever)
Finally, I gave myself a nice new wallpaper.
It's been amazingly better since then. My battery is great, the lag is gone. And I know it sounds silly, but between flashing and the new wallpaper, it feels like a new phone. This will be my first smartphone ever that I've kept for 2+ years. Maybe in a few months I'll start looking (and I'll be looking at the Chinese phones, like Huawei, Xiomi, Honor, etc) because I ain't got no time for no $800 Pixel phone.

genti.b said:
Can you tell us where to find this app? I've tried looking it up (Googling) but I was unsure which one is it.
Thanks
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I found it here n XDA Nexus 6 apps section. I have sent you a PM with the link.

ozzmanj1 said:
I found it here n XDA Nexus 6 apps section. I have sent you a PM with the link.
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Hey man, thanks for the link. It looks (hopefully it's not just a placebo effect) a little bit faster when taking a picture and maybe even processing a little bit faster. I'll try it longer and see how will respond.
Cheers

genti.b said:
Hey man, thanks for the link. It looks (hopefully it's not just a placebo effect) a little bit faster when taking a picture and maybe even processing a little bit faster. I'll try it longer and see how will respond.
Cheers
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Your welcome man. I'm not sure what happened to the original thread here on XDA. I couldn't find it either. My wife's and my nephews nexus 6s both use this camera apk. Also when I unencrypted my phone the camera lag is completely gone. Not sure if it has to do with the camera image having to become encrypted as it's processing,. Not sure. Anyways let me know what you think. Also sent you another PM.
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Me too
I was so hyped about the Pixel XL ordered thru Big Red and waited two months to get in stock only to find out they screwed up the order and they told me it would near the end of march before they could fill the order. I cancelled and stayed with my Nexus 6. Mine is only a 32gb and I would like bigger storage, the only thing I'm considering is maybe a 6P over the 6 but other than that I'm not upgrading.

ozzmanj1 said:
I use a modified version of Google's camera called Camera nx1. Also I unencrypted my phone and for me the camera lag was gone.
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can you send me link also please? I found the thread on xda but it says its only for 5x and 6p

Camera, and the sluggish ui. Compared to the n6p, it's slow.

DogzOfWar said:
I was hell-bent on replacing my Nexus 6. It was getting super laggy (I was part of the Android N developer's preview), it had battery issues, etc. But before I jumped ship, I did a complete wipe + factory reset of my phone. I deleted every single byte of information on it. Then I flashed Google's factory images (+TWRP). I also used the Nexus Root Toolkit to flash the unencrypted kernel (or whatever)
Finally, I gave myself a nice new wallpaper.
It's been amazingly better since then. My battery is great, the lag is gone. And I know it sounds silly, but between flashing and the new wallpaper, it feels like a new phone. This will be my first smartphone ever that I've kept for 2+ years. Maybe in a few months I'll start looking (and I'll be looking at the Chinese phones, like Huawei, Xiomi, Honor, etc) because I ain't got no time for no $800 Pixel phone.
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Can you plz advise the steps you took to:
"did a complete wipe + factory reset of my phone. I deleted every single byte of information on it. Then I flashed Google's factory images (+TWRP). I also used the Nexus Root Toolkit to flash the unencrypted kernel (or whatever)"
I too replaced my battery with a new supposed "OEM" one from ebay...and it didn't change a damn thing. I still only get about 2/3 of a day out of it. When the phone was new I'd get a day and a half!
I then recently bought a brand new Mate 8 and am less than impressed with the IPS LCD Screen, vibrate mode and battery life among other things.
Would love to give "Shamu" a new life, she's been an amazing phone over the last year or so. I too have never kept a phone for more than a year.

Nexus 6P vs Galaxy S7

What You think guys? A friend of mine wants to exchange his Nexus 6P for my S7.

I'd never go back to Samsung and all their bloat.
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ccalixtro said:
What You think guys? A friend of mine wants to exchange his Nexus 6P for my S7.
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Do 150 on top for your s7 and use that to replace the battery for your new nexus 6P
Edit in saying thy though you do get waterproof and an sd card so it all depends on what you want.

The Nexus 6P has serious build quality issues that were never fixed so these phones are basically time bombs. Samsung phones have great build quality and last until you are sick of the phone and ready to move on. Google phones including the Pixel seem to be designed so the phone will burn out and force the owner to buy a new one after a couple years.

jhs39 said:
The Nexus 6P has serious build quality issues that were never fixed so these phones are basically time bombs. Samsung phones have great build quality and last until you are sick of the phone and ready to move on. Google phones including the Pixel seem to be designed so the phone will burn out and force the owner to buy a new one after a couple years.
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My phone besides battery wearing a bit thin, has almost hit the 2 year mark. My s7 edge had serious quality issues and had a failed microphone issue. Touchscreen issue, all started with a nice purple line through my scrsen. so I had to sell it. The nexus 6P has had issues but if they have been proven not to have the issue (with time. Being used by someone else) then you are good.

jhs39 said:
The Nexus 6P has serious build quality issues that were never fixed so these phones are basically time bombs. Samsung phones have great build quality and last until you are sick of the phone and ready to move on. Google phones including the Pixel seem to be designed so the phone will burn out and force the owner to buy a new one after a couple years.
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Agreed, i regret buying mine. Don't know if it's a faulty unit but mine gets hot ( not warm) , the fingerprint Reader died, the screen have a discolored band in the bottom and the battery ......is weird but it may be a software thing.
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I'd take the 6p it's still top tier in my eyes. Especially with it's large screen. Add latest Oreo with some mods you got a poor mans pixel 2. ?

Exodusche said:
I'd take the 6p it's still top tier in my eyes. Especially with it's large screen. Add latest Oreo with some mods you got a poor mans pixel 2.
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Poor but intelligent. Why pay so much for incremental improvements offset by beta units?