I've solved the problem! There is another way to wipe the cache/data, which is to go into Settings from the pull-down screen. When I did a wipe from this point, instead of from the boot screen it restarted ok. No idea why, but it's working fine now. I'm going to give it a while until I try to...

I was just using whatever firmware came with it. I would also be happy just to use it to play from SD card- it sounded great during the brief window before I tried the double wipe and then it stopped loading at all! Would it help if I did a firmware update? I've never done anything with an...

Hi, I'm hoping this thread is still active as I'm at a loss as to where to seek help with an N5 problem. I got an N5 yesterday and it worked fine straight out of the box...except for the continual 'Google Play ceased working' pop-up, which many have posted about. I tried clearing the cache...