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Android Nexus 5 Solutions

How to Enable Notification Light on Nexus 5

Nexus 5 comes with a beautiful multi color notification light. This can be used to notify events when the screen is off.  This feature is disabled by default and can be enabled from here:

  • Goto Settings -> Display
  • Check the tickbox option next to “Pulse Notification Light”

You might need to configure the color of the light, frequency and other options in the specific application’s settings(like Whatsapp and Gmail), for which you want the notifications.

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How to Insert Sim Card in Nexus 5?

To make calls and use mobile Internet on your Nexus 5, you will need to insert an active micro SIM Card. If no card is inserted, the message “No SIM card” appears on the phone’s lock screen.

To insert the sim card you will need to eject the SIM card tray or slot. This is located in the right hand side of the phone. The eject button is a small hole just below the tray door(on the top below the Power on button).

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How To Disable Vibration on Touch in Android

Android gives vibration feedback on some touch events like press of back button. This can be useful and also be a pain. Here is how to disable this feature:

  • Go to Home -> Settings -> Sound
  • Uncheck the option “Haptic feedback” or “Vibrate Feedback”

 

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How To Disable Keyboard Touch Vibration in Nexus 5

UPDATE: For Android 6 (Marsh Mallow) use these steps

Google Keyboard is the default keyboard in the Nexus 5. By default, its configured to enable vibration on key press. If you are someone who dislikes this feature, here is a simple way of disabling it:
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  • Go to Home -> Settings -> Language and Keyboard
  • Locate “Google Keyboard” and press the settings button next to it.
  • Uncheck the tick next to “Vibrate on keypress”
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Nexus 5 Not Booting: Possible Reasons & Solutions – Updated

UPDATE: There are multiple confirmations that the issue can be caused by using the wrong charger to charge the device. Nexus 5 comes with a different specification of the charger(particularly the cable for charging) and using alternate chargers might lead to the device not charging properly causing the issues.

Note: The solutions explained below can damage or brick your phone. Please exercise caution when implementing them. The author has tried most of these solutions but under expert supervision. If you are not sure about the solution please contact your Google Support

There seems to be a common problem in some Nexus 5 phones wherein the phone switches off and just refuses to start up. This happened to a colleague of mine too and here are my observations and possible solutions to the problem:

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