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This reminds me my Nexus 5X is now two years old. Because that’s all the updates I got. Yay. At least it was cheap.

craftyguy 9y ago
It's still alive and well on LineageOS! I'm hoping it'll continue to get support when Android P hits AOSP/LineageOS.. At least until the Librem5 arrives!
- pasbesoin 9y ago
  Does the camera produce the same quality of image under LineageOS?
  - craftyguy 9y ago
    Not sure, because I've never used Google's Android image on it. I'd take continued security updates over a slight difference in image quality any day though.
    - pasbesoin 9y ago
      Thanks. I belatedly got my bootlooped Nexus 5x repaired. So, I have another phone for "connectivity". The Nexus 5x still has a better camera. I'd like to keep it connected, for various reasons. But I like the pictures it takes, too. And I'm not ready to drop circa $800 on one of the current "premium" phones.
      - aorth 9y ago
        I had five or so Nexus devices over the years, ending with my Nexus 5X bootlooping 18 months into owning it. I picked up a Xiaomi Mi A1 and I could not be happier—it is part of the "Android One" initiative so it runs AOSP, gets security updates every month, and only cost $300. Great build quality too.
        pasbesoin 9y ago
        Thanks for the suggestion. I bought a Xiaomi Mi Band 2 direct from China when it first came out. Circa $20 for a fitness band with a heart rate monitor. (Well, plus shipping.) But then they DRM-ed the interface, and the third party app I wanted to use first didn't work with it, then didn't work without the official Mi app in place and active. And I started worrying more about data collection and the China connection. If you don't mind a couple of questions. And no worries if no response. Any thoughts on this with respect to their phones? I just imagine that if the Chinese government wants to be all up in their firmware and apps/customizations, they will be. Also, how's the camera, specifically? Do you think it matches the Nexus 5x's? I've read too many reviews of these Chinese models to remember specific ones, but I do recall that camera performance frequently lags somewhat. (On the other hand, the Huawei P20 / P20 Pro's camera performance is lust-worthy.)
bscphil 9y ago
It's an absurd situation. After starting what's arguably the most successful phone hardware program ever (Nexus), Google has stopped making Nexus phones. The only phone they're selling at all right now is the $650 Pixel 2 with a gigantic 6 inch screen and no headphone jack. And even at that price they're only guaranteeing 3 years of updates. After getting great and steadily improving hardware like Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, we're now in a place where you can't get a high quality 5 inch phone with a simple rectangular display and headphone jack running vanilla Android at the $300 price point. Exactly the thing Nexus promised to provide. I fear the day that my 5X dies. I guess I'll end up with something like a Mi A1.
- kuschku 9y ago
  > And even at that price they're only guaranteeing 3 years of updates. 3 years of security updates – you only have a guarantee of 2 years of feature updates. And even worse, it’s not $650 in Germany, it starts(!) at over $900. Fuck this, I’m just going to develop for iOS, even that’s cheaper.
- oblio 9y ago
  Nokia 6?
- vbezhenar 9y ago
  Check out https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/ https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/
- jdofaz 9y ago
  The $650 model is 5 inches, its $850 for the 6 inch model. Don’t forget the 3 year clock started 6 months ago.
ausjke 9y ago
my nexus 5x suddenly died one year ago, before I can get my pictures out etc. since then I got a cheap moto phone($200) with pictures backup etc, so far so good
- Casseres 9y ago
  If you still have it, and it is/was bootlooping, you can probably still recover your pictures by applying some heat to the chips. I think the problem is bad solder connections. Some people were successful using their oven, I was successful using a heat gun. It worked just long enough to recover my pictures. The second time I tried it, it started sizzling :-)
  - ausjke 9y ago
    if i put it to a freezer for a few minutes then I can boot it up, the it gets warm and shut down on its own in about 1 minute. I do have a heat gun, never got a time to pry open the case and try that fix.
com2kid 9y ago
Honestly Android 8 was already horrible on the 5x. Android 7.x was lightning fast, super responsive, everything was great. After the upgrade to 8, I had less than 500MB of memory free after boot, and maps could take 30+ seconds to load, and I frequently had pauses ranging from 10 seconds to over a minute. If my 5x could have stayed on 7.x I would still be happily using it today.
- vbezhenar 9y ago
  You can't install old Android with Nexus?
xyzzyz 9y ago
You're very lucky then! I'd think that most Nexus 5x phones are stuck in the bootloop by now.

It's still alive and well on LineageOS! I'm hoping it'll continue to get support when Android P hits AOSP/LineageOS.. At least until the Librem5 arrives!

pasbesoin 9y ago
Does the camera produce the same quality of image under LineageOS?
- craftyguy 9y ago
  Not sure, because I've never used Google's Android image on it. I'd take continued security updates over a slight difference in image quality any day though.
  - pasbesoin 9y ago
    Thanks. I belatedly got my bootlooped Nexus 5x repaired. So, I have another phone for "connectivity". The Nexus 5x still has a better camera. I'd like to keep it connected, for various reasons. But I like the pictures it takes, too. And I'm not ready to drop circa $800 on one of the current "premium" phones.
    - aorth 9y ago
      I had five or so Nexus devices over the years, ending with my Nexus 5X bootlooping 18 months into owning it. I picked up a Xiaomi Mi A1 and I could not be happier—it is part of the "Android One" initiative so it runs AOSP, gets security updates every month, and only cost $300. Great build quality too.
      - pasbesoin 9y ago
        Thanks for the suggestion. I bought a Xiaomi Mi Band 2 direct from China when it first came out. Circa $20 for a fitness band with a heart rate monitor. (Well, plus shipping.) But then they DRM-ed the interface, and the third party app I wanted to use first didn't work with it, then didn't work without the official Mi app in place and active. And I started worrying more about data collection and the China connection. If you don't mind a couple of questions. And no worries if no response. Any thoughts on this with respect to their phones? I just imagine that if the Chinese government wants to be all up in their firmware and apps/customizations, they will be. Also, how's the camera, specifically? Do you think it matches the Nexus 5x's? I've read too many reviews of these Chinese models to remember specific ones, but I do recall that camera performance frequently lags somewhat. (On the other hand, the Huawei P20 / P20 Pro's camera performance is lust-worthy.)

bscphil 9y ago

It's an absurd situation. After starting what's arguably the most successful phone hardware program ever (Nexus), Google has stopped making Nexus phones. The only phone they're selling at all right now is the $650 Pixel 2 with a gigantic 6 inch screen and no headphone jack. And even at that price they're only guaranteeing 3 years of updates. After getting great and steadily improving hardware like Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, we're now in a place where you can't get a high quality 5 inch phone with a simple rectangular display and headphone jack running vanilla Android at the $300 price point. Exactly the thing Nexus promised to provide. I fear the day that my 5X dies. I guess I'll end up with something like a Mi A1.

kuschku 9y ago
> And even at that price they're only guaranteeing 3 years of updates. 3 years of security updates – you only have a guarantee of 2 years of feature updates. And even worse, it’s not $650 in Germany, it starts(!) at over $900. Fuck this, I’m just going to develop for iOS, even that’s cheaper.
oblio 9y ago
Nokia 6?
vbezhenar 9y ago
Check out https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/ https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/
jdofaz 9y ago
The $650 model is 5 inches, its $850 for the 6 inch model. Don’t forget the 3 year clock started 6 months ago.

ausjke 9y ago

my nexus 5x suddenly died one year ago, before I can get my pictures out etc. since then I got a cheap moto phone($200) with pictures backup etc, so far so good

Casseres 9y ago
If you still have it, and it is/was bootlooping, you can probably still recover your pictures by applying some heat to the chips. I think the problem is bad solder connections. Some people were successful using their oven, I was successful using a heat gun. It worked just long enough to recover my pictures. The second time I tried it, it started sizzling :-)
- ausjke 9y ago
  if i put it to a freezer for a few minutes then I can boot it up, the it gets warm and shut down on its own in about 1 minute. I do have a heat gun, never got a time to pry open the case and try that fix.

com2kid 9y ago

Honestly Android 8 was already horrible on the 5x. Android 7.x was lightning fast, super responsive, everything was great. After the upgrade to 8, I had less than 500MB of memory free after boot, and maps could take 30+ seconds to load, and I frequently had pauses ranging from 10 seconds to over a minute. If my 5x could have stayed on 7.x I would still be happily using it today.

vbezhenar 9y ago
You can't install old Android with Nexus?

xyzzyz 9y ago

You're very lucky then! I'd think that most Nexus 5x phones are stuck in the bootloop by now.