03-18-2017, 07:59 PM | #1 |
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Nexus 5X Bricked
Sitting at home 4 days ago, watching Colbert with - literally - my phone lying on my chest. Felt a buzz picked it up and it's rebooting.
No big deal, right? Well it seems somewhere in downloading 7.1.1, it bricked! Have tried all recovery options, no dice, Even the power+down volume lands me back at the Google logo. So this is what kills me, am on two factor for work - and a ton of other stuff - and was forced to run to a T-Mobile store and by a new phone. Picked up a S7 as it's the closest in performance to the 5X, but now after 2 days of real use, totally unimpressed. Google gets UX, the S7 is miles behind where I was with the 5X, a two year old phone. So my point, is there any chance to recover the 5X? Or am I toast? Wanted a Pixel, but those are sold out and work requires a phone *now*. Thoughts? Suggestions for recovery? |
03-22-2017, 01:05 PM | #2 |
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http://hackaday.com/2017/03/21/fix-a...s-5x-bootloop/
Was just reading about this yesterday. Apparently this is pretty common during upgrades as these phones age. The processor gets so hot while updating that some shield or underfill separates from the chip. |
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03-22-2017, 05:06 PM | #4 |
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Thanks guys, actually got Google to RMA one for free, it'll be a refurb, but still better than having a paperweight.
Bad thing is that I bought an S7 - Pixel was sold out - and not sure it'll be here in time to meet the 14 day return...we'll see! |
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03-23-2017, 08:29 PM | #6 | |
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That's what I told the rep and they honored what was stated in the CNET article. I'd give that a try! |
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03-30-2017, 09:31 PM | #7 |
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Update, got so have switched back to the 5X, I was past the return for the S7, but just hated the UI on that phone, especially the text messaging and phone apps. Tried to download a couple of APK's but no luck, Samsung has a lock on the S7
If they'd pay attention to material design UX like google did, I may have stayed, but the crappy fingerprint scanner, horrible phone UI and text messaging apps killed it for me. Hope you read this Samsung. Now that $500 phone is going to my 9yo as an app device...ugh! |
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03-30-2017, 10:23 PM | #8 |
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Yeah I have had Nexus phones since the Nexus 3. Never looked back. Now I am sitting on the 6P and my wife has the Pixel XL. 6P is amazing.. My nexus 5 (the original 5) is still in my drawer, I could never part with that phone... Legendary!
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03-30-2017, 10:31 PM | #9 | |
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Scary, but am so bought in that I have an OnHub and Mesh network, love that I can 100% control our kids content and access. Bravo, Google! |
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04-07-2017, 09:34 PM | #10 |
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Well, I joined the club today.
Tried opening a text message and the screen froze like it had a memory leak or something, then endlessly restarted itself until the battery ran out. It made it to the android start screen a couple times, and it actually booted up one time for about 5 minutes, then crashed again when I tried opening an app. |
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It ran itself out of battery twice, and actually booted up 3 times. I cleared the cache one time, and factory reset it another time. When it finally started up after the reset, I was able to use it for a solid 20 minutes or so with no issues, but the first time I tried to restart it, it never came back. One odd thing comparing the new one to a friends 5X, it feels like my replacement is slightly heavier than the old one. Maybe they put a small heatsink on the chip or something? |
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04-19-2017, 08:22 PM | #13 | |
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To that end, I went and bought a LG G5 last week that was on sale since the G6 was coming out for $300 unlocked and have not looked back. The 5X is now for "the kids". Can't have a phone for work - where everything is two factor to log in - crashing like this. Lame, as I was such a Google enthusiast |
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I had to call Google Fi support a couple days after receiving my replacement 5X because the SIM card stopped being recognized. But it's been working fine since then. This one is a little more "creaky" between the back cover and the rest of the phone, but otherwise no complaints. |
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