En Androidsis A few days ago I started a series in which I promised to do an analysis of all those things that caught my attention about the terminal that I bought a month ago and with which I couldn't be happier. It It is true that my Nexus 5 is luxurious, and now I no longer have any problems understanding its functions and where things are. But I admit that having to manage SMS in Hangouts was one of the many things that impacted me. But since it was not the only one, today we continue this series of Discovering the Nexus 5 that I think many of you will be able to use as a guide and many others, those more advanced in its use, contribute more curious things through the comments.
In this case we go with the most practical things, those that you should know due to the fact that they will facilitate access to you and that are also in many cases a fairly exclusive function of the Nexus 5, and in others, an improvement that has been introduced with the new versions of the Android 4.4 Kit Kat operating system. Be that as it may, I am sure that if you have just bought a Nexus 5, as if you have already been with it for some time, there will be one that you have not used yet, and that therefore with our article today you will get it match. And you already know that if you want, you can complete the list with functions that you have found curious in the comments.
5 things you should know about the Nexus 5
- Accessing the camera from the lock screen: on the Nexus 5 lock screen we have a small icon with the camera. If you click on it, even with your phone locked, you will be able to access your phone's camera so that you do not miss that capture with which you were supposed to get a photo of those memorable ones. Of course, if you have activated the unlock by pattern it will not work.
- Better photos with HDR mode: it was one of the novelties and to activate it you just have to press the button on the right when activating the camera. The first of the options is precisely the HDR that will get better captures especially in low light. Don't worry, because we will have a full post about the mobile camera shortly.
- Quick settings: as in any other Android terminal, from the main menu we have access to the phone's Settings. However, in Nexus, if you scroll down on any screen the part that hides behind the upper right icons (battery, network, clock…) you will find a small logo with some kind of photos. If you click on it, the already famous quick settings menu appears from Jelly Beam.
- Half screen lock: sometimes when we have music playing, we see how the screen lock ends up annoying us. In the case of the Nexus 5, the player has a special menu that will allow you, even with the terminal locked, to access the classic Pause, Forward and Back controls. If you are one of those who listens to a lot of music, a long time, you will greatly appreciate it.
- Telephone numbers by locations: in case you dial the phone number of a public place, for example, a restaurant, an agency, or an agency that Google is aware of is a public-facing site, instead of the number only, in your The screen will magically appear the name of the site. Kit Kat stuff that I love.
Extra: Change the default application of sms
Although it was what I told you about in the first article of our series, for those of you who do not know how to change the default application and want to remove Hangouts by replacing it with another that you can download from Google Play. The path to follow is: Settings> More> Default SMS application.
You are missing in section 3 (apart from many more things) that if you lower the bar with two fingers you access the menu directly.
Nice input 😉 Thank you for completing our list today. There will be more. Greetings!!!
On my Nexus 4 I have the same.
Even if you have the pattern lock, if you slide with the camera icon pressed you can enter the camera and take photos. Of course, you will be "locked" in the camera and until you put the pattern you will not be able to leave.
You could also explain the voice functions of "OK, Google…."
Regards!
Of the Nexus I would say that the battery is scarce.
Going to the marker and looking for the name of any company / bar / hotel ... and finding it for you (if it is registered in Google of course) is very very useful
Excuse me, how can I get a nexus 5 here in Guatemala?
Lauro, you can buy it through Pidelorapido.com, you quote it on Amazon.com and they bring it to your door, I bought mine through them. I'm from Guatemala.
Greetings.
There is a major problem with the Image camera. has two camera applications the image is after 2 minutes a mess. Well, nothing comes back and at least in my case of the photos taken, Google is in limbo, or yeah, because there are two tools for managing the camera, which would be in the gallery and the new Google photos program.
Something important to highlight is also the ease of installing custom roms (I recommend revolution by neophite) on the nexus 5, with all the advantages and configuration options that this opens up, and the integration of google with phone calls, that is, when You enter the phone number of your dentist to call him from the nexus, the phone tells you the name and address of your dentist automatically (if your data appears in google, of course)
The data is appreciated, thank you very much.