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A proud owner of Nexus-5 for five years waves hi. It's still in top-notch condition; only had to replace the screen protector once, and did a small surgery to

A proud owner of Nexus-5 for five years waves hi. It's still in top-notch condition; only had to replace the screen protector once, and did a small surgery to replace the "irreplaceable" battery. I keep telling my friends that I am planning to use this for 10 years. /me hopes that the fine community of LineageOS provides at least security patches for Nexus-5 for the upcoming five years.

vongomben 8y ago
I assume you are using Lineageos on it. Are you using Gapps as well?
- kashyapc 8y ago
  Afraid, I'm still in the process of switching to LineageOS :-( I am first doing my homework by reading related forums, etc. On the current Android OS, I don't use much of GApps. All the applications I use are: Keep 'notes', Maps, Google Translator, Spotify, LifeReminders, Dutch–English dictionary, an OTP generator, SMS, WhatsApp, Signal, Firefox, and from time-to-time the camera; that's it. No native email apps, no "social media" (I don't even have any accounts) or such. And of course, everything and everyone is on mute, except one person; so no notifications. From a recent IRC chat on #lineagos (on Freenode), folks there said I should be totally fine switching Nexus-5 to Lineage. I'm just being cautious before I pull the trigger.
zozbot123 8y ago
Nexus 5 is expected to be the flagship device for PostmarketOS, running on a mainline kernel, even. So, it will be in very good shape for the foreseeable future, even after it's no longer able to run a supported version of Android. (Besides, I don't buy the notion that current phones are more expensive than in the past. A good baseline-to-midrange device, costing around $300, can do everything that the N5 could and more. The Xiaomi A line is very good, or you can pick Asus or BQ if you're concerned about Xiaomi being from China. Really, just pick something that's trivially unlocked and has good support by the modding community, and you're good to go.)
- kashyapc 8y ago
  Oh, very interesting information on "postmarketOS"; didn't come across it before. I'll need to do some research about what that community's goals are (although, the name implies some), how sustainable they are in the long-term, etc. Apparently it's based on Alpine Linux. And from a quick reading, it sounds very promising: "... postmarketOS is developed in the spirit of regular Linux distributions ... Furthermore postmarketOS will not impose arbitrary restrictions on you. Use the apps from any ecosystem you want (even desktop software). With Alpine's simple package format, you do not need more than a bit of Linux knowledge to package your favorite programs (assuming that they run on Linux already)."
vibrolax 8y ago
I'm still enjoying my 2013 Nexus 5. The first replacement battery (2015) was a winner, but last year's was a dud. I wonder if the batteries sold by ifixit are any good? It began boot looping a few months ago, which I fixed with a factory reset.
- shaklee3 8y ago
  I just got a battery from them for my 6p. It was the same model, but looked different. It was also sightly too large compared to the old one, and the circuit board was sticking out. I had to really cram it in there for it to work.
  - vibrolax 8y ago
    It's frustrating that there's no trusted source of supply for device batteries, at least for the DIY market.
nicoburns 8y ago
I would still be using my Nexus 5, if it hadn't developed an issue with the power button (which caused it to constantly boot cycle - purely due to a physical defect with the button). I'm using a Samsung S7 now, which is definitely a superior device to the Nexus 5, but the Nexus 5 was absolutely fine.
shaklee3 8y ago
I wanted my Nexus 5 to do that. But alas, the wifi chip died, and replacing the whole logic board didn't make sense for a $200 phone.

vongomben 8y ago

I assume you are using Lineageos on it. Are you using Gapps as well?

kashyapc 8y ago
Afraid, I'm still in the process of switching to LineageOS :-( I am first doing my homework by reading related forums, etc. On the current Android OS, I don't use much of GApps. All the applications I use are: Keep 'notes', Maps, Google Translator, Spotify, LifeReminders, Dutch–English dictionary, an OTP generator, SMS, WhatsApp, Signal, Firefox, and from time-to-time the camera; that's it. No native email apps, no "social media" (I don't even have any accounts) or such. And of course, everything and everyone is on mute, except one person; so no notifications. From a recent IRC chat on #lineagos (on Freenode), folks there said I should be totally fine switching Nexus-5 to Lineage. I'm just being cautious before I pull the trigger.

zozbot123 8y ago

Nexus 5 is expected to be the flagship device for PostmarketOS, running on a mainline kernel, even. So, it will be in very good shape for the foreseeable future, even after it's no longer able to run a supported version of Android. (Besides, I don't buy the notion that current phones are more expensive than in the past. A good baseline-to-midrange device, costing around $300, can do everything that the N5 could and more. The Xiaomi A line is very good, or you can pick Asus or BQ if you're concerned about Xiaomi being from China. Really, just pick something that's trivially unlocked and has good support by the modding community, and you're good to go.)

kashyapc 8y ago
Oh, very interesting information on "postmarketOS"; didn't come across it before. I'll need to do some research about what that community's goals are (although, the name implies some), how sustainable they are in the long-term, etc. Apparently it's based on Alpine Linux. And from a quick reading, it sounds very promising: "... postmarketOS is developed in the spirit of regular Linux distributions ... Furthermore postmarketOS will not impose arbitrary restrictions on you. Use the apps from any ecosystem you want (even desktop software). With Alpine's simple package format, you do not need more than a bit of Linux knowledge to package your favorite programs (assuming that they run on Linux already)."

vibrolax 8y ago

I'm still enjoying my 2013 Nexus 5. The first replacement battery (2015) was a winner, but last year's was a dud. I wonder if the batteries sold by ifixit are any good? It began boot looping a few months ago, which I fixed with a factory reset.

shaklee3 8y ago
I just got a battery from them for my 6p. It was the same model, but looked different. It was also sightly too large compared to the old one, and the circuit board was sticking out. I had to really cram it in there for it to work.
- vibrolax 8y ago
  It's frustrating that there's no trusted source of supply for device batteries, at least for the DIY market.

nicoburns 8y ago

I would still be using my Nexus 5, if it hadn't developed an issue with the power button (which caused it to constantly boot cycle - purely due to a physical defect with the button). I'm using a Samsung S7 now, which is definitely a superior device to the Nexus 5, but the Nexus 5 was absolutely fine.

shaklee3 8y ago

I wanted my Nexus 5 to do that. But alas, the wifi chip died, and replacing the whole logic board didn't make sense for a $200 phone.