iFixit - Answers With Device "Nexus 5X"

Nexus 5X: phone stopped working/photo retrieval

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 08:59:37 -0700

I had dropped the phone and the screen cracked. The phone still worked but after a long time, it stopped. I desperately need to retrieve photos from it. Is there a way I can do this?

Nexus 5X: red led flashing, does not turn on. How can I repair it?

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:05:57 -0700

My phone died and it won't turn on again, only the red LED is flashing.
How can I fix this problem?
I had it on the charger for multiple days already and disconnected the batterie already.

Nexus 5X: Looking for Nexus 5x Schematics

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 02:32:28 -0700

I have a Nexus 5x that won't charge because of water damage. I opened it up and it looks like there might be damage on the quick charge circuit but I don't know what to test for. I need some schematics to see what parts are supposed to be capacitors and what parts are filters or resistors. I have tested the battery connectors on the motherboard and I don't have any voltage there. Also the place where the quick charge chip is heats up when it's plugged in. Does any one know where I can get schematics for a Nexus 5x? I can't seem to find them anywhere on the internet.

⟐ Commented June 14, 2023 at 2:32 MST

Nexus 5X: How to reset frp

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:14:11 -0700

How to remove frp from nexus 5x

⟐ Commented March 24, 2021 at 13:14 MST

Nexus 5X: internet interface card, what is the max download speed

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 04:47:04 -0700

what is the internet interface card speed. otherwords, what is the max download speed available on the 5X. We have installed fiber for our internet with 250mg download available and the max that I can get is 40mg.

⟐ Answer edited October 17, 2020 at 4:47 MST

Nexus 5X: Phone no charge after screen change, it gets hot instantly

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 03:08:37 -0700

I just changed a broken screen on my Nexus 5x, and I used a brand new replacement form ifixit, as well as a new battery. I followed exactly all the instructions from ifixit. I also transferred every single small piece of rubber from the old assembly to the new one, but it doesn’t work! When I try to charge, the top part of the chip quickly gets very very hot! What should I do?

⟐ Commented September 25, 2020 at 3:08 MST

Nexus 5X: ghost touchscreen inputs due to water

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:18:20 -0700

I got some water into my phone and the screen has been wonky since then. Sometimes it behaves like normal, but most of the times it does this thing where random touch inputs occur in a column in the middle of the screen.

Edit: It seems like the orientation of the phone has something to do with the touch inputs. When I leave it screen down for a period of time it's fine, but if I turn it screen up, after a while the random inputs start occurring again.

⟐ Commented July 30, 2020 at 17:18 MST

Nexus 5X: Thermal Pads for Phones

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:43:35 -0700

Hi guys, so right now I’m doing a screen repair on a Nexus 5X and I’ve realized that there is a thermal pad on the phone’s screen assembly (see picture). I don’t think I can transfer this pad without breaking it so I was wondering which thermal pad should I buy.

Is it fine to use pads that are for PCs eg. GPUS?

Should I be buying 0.5mm thickness or 1mm thickness?

Are AliExpress/eBay thermal pads fine to use.

eg. ++https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32716660...

++https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32839304...

Thanks.

⟐ Answered July 24, 2020 at 13:43 MST

Nexus 5X: wont start please help

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 14:50:20 -0700

please help i dropped my phone a years ago when i record a movie and it worked for idk probably 6 months and now when i want to start it,it dont show anything,when i start charging it show up the charging logo in it turn off permanetly please help

Nexus 5X: Repurposing Nexus 5x display as external display for RPi

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 01:46:47 -0700

I have a Nexus 5x, it's motherboard is broken. I am interested in repurposing its Display as a external display for my RPI. Is it possible?

⟐ Answered February 01, 2020 at 1:46 MST

Nexus 5X: Nexus 5X does not turn on after battery swap but screen shows charging

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 01:35:37 -0700

I recently replaced a swollen battery in a Nexus 5X. The phone powered up and operated normally with the swollen battery. Upon replacing it with this battery from amazon: (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H40OF4U/ref...)

…the phone no longer turns on. It does show the battery charging imagery on the screen.

I left it to charge overnight, and while it shows me it’s charged, the power button does nothing.

Looking for some advice and troubleshooting steps. Thanks.

I already disposed of the swollen battery at Home Depot’s disposal bin. I didn’t want a swollen battery in my house.

⟐ Answered December 03, 2019 at 1:35 MST

Nexus 5X: Phone boots and backlight turns on but display is blank

Sun, 20 Oct 2019 18:52:06 -0700

Hi,

So I bought a Nexus 5x off of eBay that didn’t turn on. Tested a new battery and the phone booted up but was stuck on the Google logo, then eventually turned off and wouldn’t turn back on. I then tried another battery but it still didn’t power on.

Next I tried the bootloop/no power fix using a heat gun with solder flux on the memory chip. This has caused it to boot up completely into the OS and shows up via USB on my PC but there is no display, only backlight. I then tested a known good screen with the same result. I also checked the display pins on the mainboard which look normal.

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this or experience in fixing this issue? Or how to go about testing for further information.

Thanks.

⟐ Commented October 20, 2019 at 18:52 MST

Nexus 5X: Phone Will Not Power On

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 18:26:12 -0700

Randomly my 5X stopped working, and I can’t get it to turn on no matter what I try. It doesn’t flash any lights or have any response on my PC, but I’ve been able to verify that the battery is working and providing power, and all switches are working.

Nexus 5X: Hard brick, no signs of life due to bad flash. Nexus 5x

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 07:39:59 -0700

N5X has been degrading overtime, but for the most part I felt pretty lucky because I didn't boot loop like a lot of others. Yesterday I had the android oreo 8.1.0 update and well... Today it happened wouldn't start at all and it was rebooting endlessly. I left my bootloader unlocked for just this sort of situation, but unfortunately seem to have made things worse for the time being. I tried to use a "4 cores fix" as most people are calling it and there was an error midway though. I figured I'd reboot the bootloader and try again... I didn't get a second chance.

I could pop it open at this point but I'm not sure it would do much good considering software-wise it is (likely) toast.

Currently no signs of life hard brick.

nothing with power button
nothing from pwr + vol up/dwn
no charge animation
windows does not recognize it.

Nothing super valuable on the phone besides authenticators and 2FA ... Just a phone I enjoy and would like to get working again if possible. I've repaired a couple phones before with no issue.

⟐ Answered October 04, 2019 at 7:39 MST

Nexus 5X: The chip on the board heats up when the phone is turned off.

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:45:30 -0700

The chip on the board heats up when the phone is turned off. So the battery keeps discharging very rapidly (new battery). Help identify the chip on the picture please.

⟐ Answer accepted July 20, 2019 at 16:45 MST

Nexus 5X: What should I do if I spill juice into the earpiece?

Thu, 30 May 2019 03:51:22 -0700

The Earpiece works but I just what to know if there is anything more that I can do?

The device is the LG Nexus 5x.

⟐ Answer accepted May 30, 2019 at 3:51 MST

Nexus 5X: Replaced screen, phone screen turns off during calls

Wed, 29 May 2019 23:48:24 -0700

So after replacing the LCD screen and a new frame on my Nexus 5x, the phone works perfectly fine until I use it to make a call. The phone stays on and the call goes through, yet the screen goes off and cannot be turned back on until the call is ended by the other caller.

My question is should I reassemble the phone again, or is this a software issue. To reiterate, the phone works perfectly fine otherwise.

⟐ Answered May 29, 2019 at 23:48 MST

Nexus 5X: Charging burnt the USB port - replacement?

Sun, 19 May 2019 10:14:25 -0700

I burnt my charging port - where can I find a replacement for the board itself since or send it in for repair (I’m no good with soldering to replace just the port)? I’m near San Francisco.

Natasha

Nexus 5X: Nexus 5X battery drain (even after battery replacement)

Sat, 11 May 2019 07:48:04 -0700

Hi all,

I know there is already a ton of questions about battery drain on a smartphone, but I couldn't find one that matched my experience. This is particular hard to get rid of.

I have a Nexus 5X which after a couple of years started to drain the battery faster and faster. So I started to do some looking around and some troubleshooting.

First I started to keep an eye on Android's battery stats to see if any weird app popped up, using a lot of power. Nothing out of the ordinary. Most used apps used most power, but not exceptionally much.
Started to be more conscious about device usage. Switch wifi, bluetooth, location off when not in use. Going through individual app-settings to make sure they weren't trying to get a gps fix in the background or something.
Since the device was a couple of years old and heavily used, I figured it might be time for a new battery. Ordered one, replaced it (yay for ifixit guides). Same story.
Reset the device to factory settings and got rid of most apps (kept the ones I used daily because, you know, I use them daily). With fresh software and a new battery surely, things would look up? Nope.
Hmm... Installed an app to closely monitor the battery (Accubattery). Again, no apps that stood out as exceptionally batteryhungry. After a couple of weeks of use, it did show the max capacity of the new battery was only at 75%.
Contacted the shop I bought the battery at. They were cool, sent fresh one so I replaced the battery again. Reset to factory settings just to make sure.

That's where I'm at now. Overnight, with zero screentime, the battery dropped about 40%. I get about half a days' use out of it before it is completely dead.

Are there any other things I could be looking at? Any tips, hints? Any advice is welcome.

Thanks in advance!

Nexus 5X: Phone doesnt charge, although charging symbol appears

Wed, 08 May 2019 03:06:40 -0700

Hey guys,

I have a Nexus 5X that from one moment to another simply doesnt charge anymore. I really have no idea, how this happened.

What I have tested so far:

-Different USB-C charger cables

-Different USB-C chargers

-Replacing the battery

-Connecting it to the PC to see if i get a connection.

In all cases, the charging symbol appears,but the battery just wont load. I can also without a problem, connect the phone to the PC and copy data to or from the phone..

So what exactly is broken here?

⟐ Answered May 08, 2019 at 3:06 MST