Nexus 5 2015 refresh

[scritchyrat]

My friend had this exact issue, he called Google and they said common after phone getting old known issue, they just replaced it within 5 days he had a new one, this was a year and a half ago tho. He also factory reset the phone and it was totally hardware related.

Bugger. I thought this may be the case. I'm well out of warranty I'd imagine (coming up on three years) so I doubt Google would do anything, plus, I bought the phone from Carphone Warehouse as I wanted the blue colour

Thanks for confirming what I'd already suspected though. Now I guess I'll have to decide what phone to get next. Been eyeing up the Nokia 7+. Seems a good deal for £250.

 

[Wizzkidy]

Bugger. I thought this may be the case. I'm well out of warranty I'd imagine (coming up on three years) so I doubt Google would do anything, plus, I bought the phone from Carphone Warehouse as I wanted the blue colour

Thanks for confirming what I'd already suspected though. Now I guess I'll have to decide what phone to get next. Been eyeing up the Nokia 7+. Seems a good deal for £250.

I had a 5x as well for over 2 years but my son dropped it and the screen smashed good phone imo shame about common hardware issues. I have a 6p now sim only as my mate sold me it cheap. Too big, I liked the size of the 5x. I don't know what I would buy next time round all too expensive

 

[michty_me]

Is the fingerprint scanner paired to the motherboard or can they be swapped?
The Nexus 5X is fairly easy to open up and change things in it. Plenty guides too.

 

[scritchyrat]

I hadn't thought of that. I suppose there is nothing to lose by trying it. If something goes wrong I'd have been getting a new phone anyway.

Good idea!