Google Nexus 5 Signal drop problems - Emergency calls only mode

Have you observed any Signal issues in your Google Nexus 5? It's turning out to be a very common issue in Nexus 5 and a lot of users have already requested a replacement from Google play store. The symptoms of the network issues are - randomly getting Emergency Calls Only mode, Losing GSM signal after SMS, Losing all the network signal bars twice or thrice a day.

Solution for signal drop - the Emergency calls only mode

Restarting your N5 is the easiest temporary solution, but it can be very annoying for the users. The problem has been observed for worldwide networks such as AT&T & T-Mobile in USA, Rogers and Fido in Canda, O2 and Three in UK as well as TIM in Italy. Most of the users have experienced signal drop after sending a Text SMS. SMS message gets delivered then it loses partial connection to the network. SMS and voice calls fail to function, but data are still accessible.

So far we have found a few workarounds like

1. Go to Settings > Mobile Networks > Network Operators > Choose automatically. This should do the trick.
2. Turning off the LTE helped few. The problem is less likely to occur in 3G devices.

This is definitely a bug in the Nexus 5 and we are hoping that Google could correct it with the next software update. The very first update for Nexus 5 couldn't resolve this problem.

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Xperia Z1 Honami - Broken, cracked front & Back Glass

We've got picture of Xperia Z1's cracked front glass. Though Sony has been claiming that the new Xperia Z1 is completely scratch resistant and shatterproof phone, one of the Xperia Z1 Honami users got his front glass broken. The most shocking thing about this incidence that this did not happen because of the any accidental drop.

Picture of cracked xperia Z1 front glass

As per the users, the culprit behind those cracks are pressure and temperature. One of the users got his glass shattered (which we see in a picture ) on a flight where pressure was more than it's supposed to. Another user claimed that the sudden change in the temperature was responsible for the broken glass of Sony Xperia Honami.

We have seen drop test of the device and there is no doubt that Xperia Z1 Honami is very sturdy and it did not get the cracks or scratches even after throwing it on the floor in the height of 2 meters. check out the video showing how Sony Xperia Z1 survived all the drops.

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