I never got 4.4.1 ota, just 4.4.2 yesterday.
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I just loaded 4.4.2

For me, I actually never really noticed the camera improvement.. maybe I dont use it often to really know... :okay:

^ You probably didn't take very many photos with subjects moving. It's definitely a huge improvement in shutter speed. Been using it for work purposes, and initial pictures were garbage; I wasn't able to use 90% of the pictures for any of my reporting.

I never knew what was the point of prefocusing the camera on 4.4. I would click the object I want focused in the frame, the camera would focus on it, then I would hit the shutter button and the camera would go through the focus process again.

Hopefully 4.4.2 fixes this.

I have a general question.

I've read positive reviews on franco kernel on how it improves battery life and speed of your phone. Is the franco kernel itself already tweaked, or does one have to tweak the settings with the franco kernel updater to reap the benefits? I'm asking because having owned the GNex for 2 years, finally started flashing stuff on it. I'm running CM 10.2 and franco kernel on it, but so far, I haven't notice any change in battery life. On the contrary, I find the phone uses battery more, ie. I actually lose 1-2% of battery life when I'm using the phone even when I'm plugged in.

I went through a couple of the pages and what most people are talking about is difference configuration etc.

My question was whether the kernel itself provide any performance/battery gain if I left it alone and not change any settings at all. I would've post on XDA and asked, but unfortunately, I don't have enough posts so I can't post in the developer forum.

Most custom kernels you flash work great out of the box. There is really no need to tweak anything aside from changing governors or if you plan to undervolt. Your device will still benefit from any acclaimed statement relating to "bettery battery life".

Thanks! That was what I was looking for. I've been experiencing quicker than before battery drain on CM 10.2 and franco r394, so I'll probably look into it elsewhere to find out what's going on.

I would suggest Faux kernel.. his app is much better layout IMHO... plus I bought the app, well worth it.. he also suggest his recommended tweaks as well, which is really good..

Are any of you running the GravityBox module for xposed framework? Any feedback and thoughts vs just flashing a custom rom instead?

Sorry if you don't mind, can you direct me to a link of Faux kernel?

When I googled up franco kernel, it would link me to some sort of official link for it on xda for individual device.

Just making sure, is this the official app for faux kernel?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...auxclock&hl=en

Yeap that's his app.

Kernel: [KERNEL] (005) Nexus 5 (3.4+ Hybrid/UV/OC/FauxSound/Intelliplug/demand) [12-07-2013] - xda-developers

If it hasn't been asked, is there any app that can analyze how fast your battery is draining?

I looked through Play Store, and I'm inclined to try some of them because they don't look very legit. I'm having trouble finding answers on xda as well.

Basically I've installed franco kernel, and I've noticed that battery drains a lot faster, and I feel that way because I set the battery percentage on display.

I just want to see if it's the kernel itself, or I'm actually seeing things.

The only method I can think of is to charge my phone to max, and leave it alone to drain till it's almost empty, then record the time. Repeat again with franco kernel install.

I use battery monitor widget. Another one would be better battery stats.

Kernel wise I use Faux kernel with his recommended settings.

Kind of sucks they revised the buttons to prevent the rattling and revised the speaker grill. Shouldve just waited.
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Oh didn't know they revised the N5
Nexus 5 with revised design now shipping | Digital Trends

the bigger speaker holes seems neat but i wonder if there will even be a noticeable change

Has your battery life improved? Mine is still flakey on 4.4.2. Yesterday I had around 15hours unplugged with 2.5hr SOT. :/

Thinking of wiping and reinstalling clean to see if that helps.

Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claiming Its Release Was Accidental
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/1...er-adding-them


Yesterday, we published a blog post lauding an extremely important app privacy feature that was added in Android 4.3. That feature allows users to install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data like the user's location or address book.
The App Ops interface removed in Android 4.4.2The App Ops interface removed in Android 4.4.2

After we published the post, several people contacted us to say that the feature had actually been removed in Android 4.4.2, which was released earlier this week. Today, we installed that update to our test device, and can confirm that the App Ops privacy feature that we were excited about yesterday is in fact now gone.

When asked for comment, Google told us that the feature had only ever been released by accident — that it was experimental, and that it could break some of the apps policed by it. We are suspicious of this explanation, and do not think that it in any way justifies removing the feature rather than improving it.Many instances of apps "breaking" when they are denied the ability to collect data like a location or an address book or an IMEI number can easily be fixed by, for instance, giving them back a fake location, an empty address book, or an IMEI number of all zeroes. Alternatively, Google could document for developers that these API calls may fail for privacy reasons. A good hybrid would be to use fake data for old versions of the Android API and cleanly defined Java exceptions in the next API level. As with many other changes that occur across Android devices and Android versions, some app developers might have to do minor updates to keep up.

The disappearance of App Ops is alarming news for Android users. The fact that they cannot turn off app permissions is a Stygian hole in the Android security model, and a billion people's data is being sucked through. Embarrassingly, it is also one that Apple managed to fix in iOS years ago.

A moment ago, it looked as though Google cared about this massive privacy problem. Now we have our doubts. The only way to dispel them, frankly, is for Google to urgently reenable the App Ops interface, as well as adding some polish and completing the fundamental pieces that it is missing:

Android users should be able to disable all collection of trackable identifiers by an app with a single switch, including data like phone numbers, IMEIs, information about the user's accounts.
There should be a way to disable an app's network access entirely. It is clear that a large fraction of apps (including flashlights, wallpapers, UI skins, many games) simply don't need network access and, as we saw last week, are prone to abuse it.
The App Ops interface needs to be smoothed out an properly integrated into the main OS user interface, including the Settings->Apps menus and the Play Store. There are numerous ways to make App Ops work for developers. Pick one, and deploy it.

In the meantime, we're not sure what to say to Android users. If app privacy is especially important to you — if, for instance, you want to be able to install an app like Shazam or Skype or Brightest Flashlight without giving it permission to know your location — we would have to advise you not to accept the update to 4.4.2. But this is also a catastrophic situation, because the update to Android 4.4.2 contains fixes to security and denial-of-service bugs. So, for the time being, users will need to chose between either privacy or security on the Android devices, but not both.

Google, the right thing to do here is obvious.
https://www.eff.org/files/2013/12/12/aolauncher2.png

Just wondering will installing a custom Kernel add that function back?

^Custom kernel doesn't change the underlying OS functions in anyway.

Still wonky for me. I did a full charge before bed and unplugged it before sleep to let it drain. Phone was awake for maybe 20min from all those apps. So not sure what it is. This 10% drop overnight is not cool

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Are there 2 speakers at the bottom of the N5? (each set of speaker holes)

because i just noticed the sound is only coming out from the left set

One is speaker other is microphone.

They fooled you!

thought it may be that :okay:

at least it's not broken :thumbs:

Hopefully I will get a new batch on the phones.

My current one is a 311K batch but I still have the physical hardware problem.