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I purchased a used Nexus 5 because I got tired of all modifications and dropped support on my verizon branded phone. I assumed that as a Google product it would have the best functioning version of Android.

But in the past few weeks it's become readily apparent that Android 5.0 is beta software. It just has too many major issues like the one in OP. For me, the most major issue is the memory leak that causes the entire home screen to be knocked out of memory. Usually a few times a week the leak is so bad that the currently running app will be closed down while it's in the foreground!

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The only thing that has consistently frustrated me with Android on Nexus devices (Can't speak for non-Nexus devices) is the "safety" feature when plugging anything into the headphone slot.

Seemingly randomly it will cut volume to 50% to protect hearing and you can't turn up the volume until you agree to a notification warning you about the potential dangers of high-volume listening.

I use this in my car. I need the volume max -1 click. Plugging in my phone and then wondering where the music is is infuriating. I don't want to have to pull over out of traffic just to unlock my phone so I can agree to a notification and then turn up the volume again. This wouldn't be a problem if it only asked me once, but it tends to "forget" at random times, usually when I'm in a rush and don't want to fuck with my phone.

You can disable that if you root your phone or install a custom ROM. Just saying.

Yes, that's true and I do know that, but the reason I bought a Nexus device and not the better Galaxy was vanilla android. I'd rather stay away from a ROM.

Although Google is getting on my nerves lately so I've been thinking of switching anyway.

You don't need a custom ROM. There's an Xposed plugin to do it. One of the first things I installed on my Moto X (2013)!

No shit.

This should be a disclaimer when buying the phone then.

Iphone does the same thing when the media volume is set above the "safe" limit. It's a regulatory requirement not some Android bug.

From where did you get that regulatory requirement information?

"Now all personal music players sold in the EU after February 2013 are expected to have a default sound limit of 85dB.

The user can choose to override the limit so that the sound level can be increased up to maximum 100dB. If the user overrides the limit, warnings about the risks must be repeated every 20 hours of listening time. "

via http://www.bbc.com/news/health-21294537

The "repeated every 20 hours" would explain why OP was seeing the warning seemingly randomly.

No, it doesn't.

> But in the past few weeks it's become readily apparent that Android 5.0 is beta software. It just has too many major issues like the one in OP. For me, the most major issue is the memory leak that causes the entire home screen to be knocked out of memory. Usually a few times a week the leak is so bad that the currently running app will be closed down while it's in the foreground!

This is why after a T-Mobile G2, a Nexus One, a Galaxy Nexus, a Nexus 4, and a Nexus 5 I finally moved to an iPhone 5s. I refuse to spend any more of my life dealing with a terrible product.

I understand perfectly this because I had a Galaxy Nexus and as soon as I got Jelly Bean update Bluetooth stopped working properly. Now I have a Nexus 5 and it's by far the best phone I had but recently and as much as I like Lollipop this kind of bugs without updates are unacceptable. For use iOS also had have problems and I remember my first week with iPad air 2 where safari crashed the whole system but Apple managed to fix this.

So this leaves my thinking I will not get a Nexus as my next phone. I would rather get an iPhone or a HTC/Samsung. I won't do the same mistake for the third time. I love nexus and his potential but Google doesn't care about their costumers.

I can see the leaks manifest during app switching as well. It takes longer than 3 seconds to change.

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