Recent content by xstinkyx

Correct. The accelerometers started getting flakey awhile ago and then just stopped working altogether. Things like photospheres and panoramas require accelerometers. I think my worst fear is that I'll pull the trigger, get a 5X, and then 8 months from now Google announces The Most...

I've had my little Nexus 5 since November 2013. It has mostly served me well, but lately it's been harder to ignore the troubles with it: - the sensors inside are broken so I can no longer: - rotate the screen to horizontal - take photospheres, panoramas, lens blur photos...

Update: Deleting the above mentioned files did no harm. In fact, it was good I deleted them. For starters, it freed up a lot of space. But also, deleting them helped remove leftover junk on my device. Back when I used the Whisper app I deleted stuff (messages, posts, etc.) within the app...

On my Nexus 5 I used to have the Whisper app. I uninstalled it months ago (after clearing the app's data and cache via the App info screen) but I noticed that in the Misc files area of Storage I still have: 0.99 GB whisper-chat 12.27 MB whisper On my older Nexus 4 the Misc files area shows...

They know that but they're hoping more people will want to dial by voice (i.e. "call mom").

A few months back the accelerometer sensor on my N5 got flakey and then stopped working altogether. (I can't take panos, rotate screen, etc.) I read that Doze works by using accelerometer data. If the accelerometer isn't reporting anything, does Doze still function or is it like it doesn't...

Re: no incoming text messages after low storage space issue Update: I've discovered that if I make an outgoing call then I receive some text messages. For each call I make I seem to receive another batch of messages. What does this indicate?! Is there anything I can check in network/sim...

Re: no incoming text messages after low storage space issue I was hoping to avoid that action (and it doesn't reveal why the problem is happening? Will that fix it for certain?). Additionally, I'm still confused how to backup certain app data. I used Helium to backup my N4 app data and...

no incoming text messages after low storage space issue (See update three messages below this one) So for weeks I've been dealing with a low storage space issue on my N5. I've been hovering at about 500MB of free space. I delete some photos, some cached data, etc., and get some more...

I know this probably isn't what happen to you, but.... A few days ago I pulled my N5 out of my pocket and it was asking me to sign in. The splash screen was the default looking one, everything looked odd. For a few moments I was puzzled and wondered if all of my data got wiped out via some...

A few weeks back I noticed that my N5 would sometimes rotate on its own. It would be laying flat on a table and suddenly the screen would rotate. Then it started *not* rotating when I expected it to. (Yes, I know the difference between the auto-rotate and portrait settings.) I eventually...

Re: Android Chrome Bookmarks - I don't like it losl, even ignoring the bookmark issue, your browser looks nothing like the stock Chrome browser. the regular Chrome browser has no reload button on a toolbar. the regular Chrome browser has no back/forwards button on a toolbar. etc. Are you...

Just got it today. Installing it right now....

My "solution" was to stop using Google Hangouts and instead use Google Messenger. That solved other problems too (like constantly being automatically logged into my google account in Hangouts even though I only wanted to use it for sms). With Messenger I haven't yet had that weird date problem.

How much space does the system caches normally take up, generally?