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[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Very well, let us simply agree to disagree. :)

I've always used stock kernel so I can't really compare to anything else, but battery life has always been great.
[Nexus 5 General] snappycg1996:
Since Lolliflop I've gotten 2 hours continuously. No, I am not a noob, I have greenify and wakelocks under control and no rogue app. Also did I mention my phone is in airplane mode 24/7?
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
Custom kernels have a lot of useful features, but when it comes to tweaks for battery life i think stock kernel is just as good or even better

I actually get equal or better battery life with better performance on google stock kernel when compared to custom kernels. when using custom kernels towards battery efficiency i always get some lag here and there (probably because of using lower cpu frequencies to save battery or something) but with stock kernel performance is great and battery life is very good. The heat bothers me too, but since it does not harm the device or give us lower battery life i started to not care about it...yeah i also like the lowered min brightness, but there are alternatives for that (twilight for example, or darker)

I have used both and have similar battery life. Actually it is quite similar to what you get! So now i am only using stock kernel=p

what do you mean?you use your phone for two hours continuously and you waste your whole battery?
[Nexus 5 General] fuarkgl3:
Im not really sure how i got this, but i fell asleep while watching twitch and woke up with 30% battery or so :victory: (9h SoT)
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
Lucky you. Summer is coming and people like me goes outside and play Ingress... sweaty palms and hot devices are something you really start to care about :D Huh, I hate hot phones in general!
[Nexus 5 General] jpjdlv:
Someone with purity and code blue could give some tips? My sot is 2h30m at maximum
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
There isn't much you can do...you probably already know it but here are some things to make your battery better:

Low brightness

Wifi off(turn on only when you need it)

Wifi scanning off

Data off(same as wifi)

Location off(same as wifi)

Don't do heavy stuff like gaming

Sync off(use manual sync)

Don't use 4g unless you have good cell reception(use 3g instead, this makes a big difference if your 4g signal is bad)

If you want more battery life you have to sacrifice some things..
[Nexus 5 General] jpjdlv:
And about kernels what kernel do you use and what configuration?
[Nexus 5 General] SurferLTU:
I recently installed elementax kernel ver 2.11. From 2 weeks of observations I can clearly state that I get around 20-30% of extra battery life with my usage habits! While installing kernel I undervolted by one step from default value and having no issues.

Highly recomended!
[Nexus 5 General] :
I hear somewhere that cm based roms drain more battery. And so much customizations and functions too. That's real?

If it's true I gonna use stock rom lal
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
i think it really depends on which functions you mean. If we are talking about themes and UI stuff then no, they should have no impact on battery life. If you mean features like ambient display, double tap to wake and etc then yes, you will have extra drain (if you enable them).

If the funtions are well implemented with the possibility to turn off if you dont need them, they should not impact battery life. What does impact battery life is kernel mostly. Im not 100% sure about what i said, if anyone has any correction be my guest.
[Nexus 5 General] :
What about the cm based? Someone told me that use aosp rom is better to battery.
[Nexus 5 General] Gandalf:
Rather than flaming, try to be constructive. Keep it civil.
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
my nexus makes me angry
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
Looks like your signal is weak and any Facebook app is a battery drainer
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
it very annoying. I sometimes need fb messenger but if I;m using for example greenify i don't have notification when somebody text me. messenger in this way is usless... but even without fb apps i don't have good results but I'll try uninstall apps now and I'll give last chance to my n5
[Nexus 5 General] KodRoute:
Update (as requested)

Usage: youtube, whatsapp , chrome, soundcloud, reddit, etc

-full signal

-rooted

-managed services
[Nexus 5 General] XeLLaR*:
Thats nice, but well i have a question..whats up with that OTA notification?

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] KodRoute:
I get an error everytime I attempt to update. I'm not sure why. It bootloops with a little android guy on the screen with the message 'error' below it.
[Nexus 5 General] silvertrain78:
It's because you're rooted. OTA will fail if you modify recovery & system partition.

What do you mean by "managed services?"
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
How is that some people don't get the mobile radio active for long periods of time while others do?
[Nexus 5 General] KodRoute:
I disabled some of Google Play Services' to control wakes. Not many though, just a couple.
[Nexus 5 General] JonasVFC:
is there any way for solving the "mobile radio active" bug?
[Nexus 5 General] 350Rocket:
Because its so hard to pull down the toggle shade and click the toggle? Life is difficult sometimes. This is one thing I hated when I tried iOS, having to go into the settings to toggle mobile data off. Big waste of time. It's a lot easier to do on Android.
[Nexus 5 General] Mahir02:
everything is something happened

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[Nexus 5 General] luisaosan:
Awesome battery life and performance with Optipop + eletroactive kernel.
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
Does the kernel do the trick for you? Have you tried the optipop with other kernels? Is the result similar?
[Nexus 5 General] luisaosan:
The kernel did the trick for me, i was using elementalx(basically the same settings that I use with electroactive) with optipop before(only tried these two kernels) but my battery wasn't that good compared to the electroactive

I noticed a big difference between those two, I could get around 4 hours sot with elementalx using my N5 the same way(which is my routine use)
[Nexus 5 General] :
So you're saying that this kernel gived to you +2 hours of sot?
[Nexus 5 General] luisaosan:
Well basically yes

The only differences are CPU and GPU frequencies, CPU governor and undervolt(a little less uv then elementalx)
[Nexus 5 General] :
Lal. I'm actually using Android M, but I'll try Stock and this kernel. Do you think optipop makes some difference?
[Nexus 5 General] luisaosan:
I don't really know because I only tried this kernel with Optipop and resurrection remix. But between those two I had better battery with Optipop. I think stock with this kernel will be an awesome combination
[Nexus 5 General] a5pe4:
Goodness I can't stand chrome and Google services sucking my battery dry. Any ideas how to prevent them from keeping the phone awake or waking it constantly?
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Thats why i rooted..installed servicely by francisco franco...no drain since then.
[Nexus 5 General] ACHILLES R32:
Terrible battery life on my nexus 5, less than 4hr SOT. Stock 5.1.1 rooted with elemental x . Starting to think my battery is going bad.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
4hrs 20 mins on stock 5.1.1 , charged upto 90% only, rooted and servicely installed (stock kernel). . mine is about 18mnths old
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
The only thing out of the ordinary is that crash/reboot and a large drain that comes with that. It has happened to me once or twice before as well, I'm guessing it's not a regular occurrence for you either?

However even with that glitch the end results look normal to me, especially when considering this was from 90% to 15% (75% of total battery drained). If we were to calculate an estimation based on 99% being drained this would be at or near 5 hours SoT.

If you still think you're having battery issues I would recommend doing another run of screenshots without the crash/reboot and see what your results are then.
[Nexus 5 General] ACHILLES R32:
Did a full charge , will see how the results end up being.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
which services did you disable?and will they not affect other stuff by being disabled?
[Nexus 5 General] thesebastian:
I'm going to try this app too.

I've tried "disable service" before (its a different app but also to help save battery) but didn't work for me.... because they were hundred of services and I didn't know which of them were useful for me or not. (I use many google apps & sync).

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Servicely is simple and francisco lets u enable pro mode for free :)
[Nexus 5 General] efx456:
My N5 was running smoothly and battery life was great since I updated to 5.1.1. But since Friday I've noticed the battery being drained again at a much faster rate. Must be some app or system component was upgraded in Play Store recently. Gsam tells me that Exchange Services is using lots of battery life which is unusual because it was running fine before and I haven't changed anything in my email settings for a long time. Anyone notice unusual drain in the last few days?
[Nexus 5 General] Tanged:
Damn son, what settings? :o
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
You can probably do that with almost any custom kernel optimized for battery. His second most drain app is whatsapp and he used the phone non-stop for 6 hours(same time as sot). Whatsapp is light usage so cpu was probably on the lower frequencies(especially if he is waiting for a reply the CPU will be at the lowest frequency probably). Combined with low brightness... If you changed whatsapp for Chrome sot time would probably be very different..
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
This is normal. Around 4 hours is average.
[Nexus 5 General] Angel2k6:
Rom Chroma, kernel elementalx.. Downgrade to 1.7 Ghz and greenify etc..

It's not a great result because I've used it only for 10-11 hours.. But WiFi always on and network 2g..

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
Have you used other ROMs? Does other ROMs give you the same result?
[Nexus 5 General] Angel2k6:
Only cm with default kernel.. It gave me 3.30/3.40 hours of screen on..

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
View attachment 3359155

I never reached even 75% of this on lollipop...stock 4.4.4 ..unrooted and will stay the same till i own this beast..

Pretty good for a 18months old device, isnt it ? :)

U can see doze working :p , not even a single percent battery loss overnight ;)
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
going back to kitkat after lollipop...not for me..Its not to hard to achieve similar results with lollipop imo. Yesterday i did 4 hours sot over 36 hours of use and still had like 10% left. Btw are you using 2g??
[Nexus 5 General] sherbibv:
what kernel/rom ?
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Yes .. 2g. Airtel has no 3g in my area..

I never reached 4hrs 30mins SOT wid lollipop... :( i need good battery
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
Cataclysm rom with code blue kernel(i really like this kernel, didn't change any settings)

Ouch, 2g=p. Cant imagine going back to 2g...i dont use lte, but i need at least 3g because mobile internet on 2g is just frustratingly slow
[Nexus 5 General] jazzh:
Can you give me the instructions on how to downgrade from 5.1.1 to your rom?
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
www.digictrl.com/how-to-downgrade-from-lollipop-5-0-to-kitkat-4-4-for-nexus/

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Was a 3g user but then i switched to airtel. M okay wid 2g..i use opera mini ..wikipedia..whatsapp .. For downloading i use my dad's phone :p i pay ₹197 (<$3) for 2gb 2g ..not bad
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
Kitkat roms will always use less battery because lollipop introduced a lot of animations..and those animations have an impact on gpu and cpu. If kitkat had as many animations as lollipop battery would probably be the same or it would have been even worse
[Nexus 5 General] mtnine:
My phone gets a better battery after upgrading to lollipop.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Not only will 2G be very slow, but it's not especially battery efficient on this phone either. A good LTE signal would use less battery, and theoretically 3G should use less as well as it would be able to complete the transfers quicker and enter an idle state while 2g is still struggling to transfer. That's if it's being used as an internet connection.
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
That may be theoritically correct bt practical variation is about 20% . i get almost 4hrs sot on 3g, even less sometimes and 5hrs+ sot on 2g . unfortunately no LTE in my entire state :p
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
well technically he is right because with the same signal strength, 4g is more efficient than either 2g or 3g, but the problem is that its practically impossible to have the same signal strength on 4g because of bad coverage...so any gains that would benefit 4g go down the drain. 2G will probably be better in any phone currently(on standby, not with data active) because it has a lot better cell reception than 3g or 4g almost everywhere. Counting mobile data, probably 3g will be the best because it has a lot better cell recption than 4g and still has high download speed
[Nexus 5 General] :
I think my battery is dead... Xstrasmooth and Code Blue kernel. Even in Stock 5.1.1 the battery is the same thing. I don't think is some application or the system, I think it is the battery. After 06/05 my battery started to be a crap.

The problem is I only have 8 months with Nexus. =(
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
during 12-36 hour of one charge is hard to get even 2h SOT on my N5. I'm a good dad for my Nexus, I was trying to not overcharging battery, I'm not playing games (sometimes Kung fury in metro), Uninstalled all facebook app because I had much worse battery life. Earlier I tried to using greenify but was not much helpful at all. My device is 12 month old. Sometimes when im on 50% after full charge I can't even get 1h SOT. Any ideas people?
[Nexus 5 General] gaosphappy:
Some screen shots of battery stats may help here else we'll all guess and you'll get no where.
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
[MENTION=4175672]gaosphappy[/MENTION] my latest screens

http://imgur.com/tmP4jZd,39OqDA6,cz...UYH6V,isI6NQD,B4KM6pE,k6uhchl,1TGdI1p,n3cw7n9
[Nexus 5 General] gaosphappy:
They look all over the place. Some look stock some look custom rom. And they all look bit mixed up. Any how Facebook messenger if not gone is a killer. Otherwise as the images are so mixed up can't make head nor tail of anything.

Are you stock or custom rom now?

What custom rom (if any) is it?

What kernel (if not stock) are you using?
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
I used a lot of roms at my nexus 5. Roms used when I caputred screens are Pure white and CM 12/12.1 propably. Kernels I Have been used are Code Blue. Now I'm using elecroactive. I have some time with elementalx too. I uploaded mixed up screeens because no matter which rom I will use my battery life will be alway bad
[Nexus 5 General] gaosphappy:
Try installing better battery stats or gsam battery monitor. See if your getting any wake locks. Last option would be battery replacement. There not overly expensive so worth a punt just to rule it out. Although looking at your battery graphs I wouldn't say its that.

Good luck.
[Nexus 5 General] preclajsz:
I guys, last night i had -10% i didn't use my phone for almost 9 hours, could someone helo me how to improve my battery life? Or is my battery dead? I am using cataclysm and franco kernel.
[Nexus 5 General] gaosphappy:
You could turn off your Bluetooth when not using it. That will go a little way to improving your battery as it won't be looking for devices to connect to. ? that and the usual suspects (WhatsApp and Google play services) can't help with what's app... Do you have location switched on?
[Nexus 5 General] preclajsz:
gaosphappy: Thanks for reply. I use MiBand, so i need to have bluetooth on. Anyway locations i have off.
[Nexus 5 General] :
I have a question. Using a ROM in MultiROM make difference in battery?
[Nexus 5 General] kirmr:
Cataclym + CodeBlue
[Nexus 5 General] silvertrain78:
Please share details of your setup. Very impressive results; obviously you want others to know how it's done, or you wouldn't have posted, right?
[Nexus 5 General] rishusngh:
how can it be possible??

did u stay on 2g ?

default kernel settings?
[Nexus 5 General] JonasVFC:
just keep the screen on without doing anything and you'll get better than that
[Nexus 5 General] gaosphappy:
rofpmsl ?????
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
Yes, just charge whenever you like. It is not expensive phone. The time the battery dies is the time to change your phone.
[Nexus 5 General] naan-consensual:
i woke up this morning (after 6 hours) to find out my battery went from 70% to 15% - from 'cell standby'. this is a first for me (never happened on my n4) i've actually been pretty happy with the battery until this completely drained it. it's just so weird to me to see this happen. am i supposed to be throwing my phone into airplane mode when the signal goes bad? (for what it's worth i think there was a steady signal all night)
[Nexus 5 General] hicks12:
I did manage 3 hours screen on time ( watched episode of walking dead, rest browsing etc) with 5 hours of Google music (not streaming, local data), lasted me the day which is me checking/sending emails and texts and my day is defined as when I get up (7am) and when I go to bed (11pm) so it lasted quite awhile on MOBILE data only with all location settings on with battery saving mode and okay google etc.

I think you need to check for wake locks as you can achieve okay battery life :)
[Nexus 5 General] waveuk:
I can't complain, it was not very good the first charges but now manager to improve it.

Main ticks, installed Lux and CPU runner. Is all on but Google now. Location is set as battery saving mode.

Please note I charged the phone by USB in the office and unplugged when it was a 92%. Commuted for an hour+ and then at home has been on WiFi. What is amazing is that in standby there is almost no drain.

I think I could manage get 7 hours on screen.
[Nexus 5 General] cobyman7035:
4hrs SOT using 72% battery

Via my NeXus 5 on Tapatalk⁴
[Nexus 5 General] JD250:
Yesterday my phone arrived with 80% battery. I used my phone until the battery gone 4% and then I charged to 100% but now is discharging so fast

Why? How do you get these fantastic results?
[Nexus 5 General] barondebxl:
For some strange reason my screen on time got stuck at 3h57 min but I got at least another 15 min on top of it
[Nexus 5 General] cobyman7035:
whos got stock all LTE usage/ battery SOT?i don't think it will get past 3hrs SOT with LTE on and all syncs on/location on

can't see this phone having better battery then stock nex4 on 4.3
[Nexus 5 General] faultytowersdude:
I've lost nearly 10 % of battery from full charge only used it for 15 minutes..... Is that normal ?
[Nexus 5 General] nikeman513:
Guys, seriously try doing a factory data reset, or what I did, install factory image using fastboot. I had all of your problems. I know exactly how you feel. I put locations to battery saving BTW (still works the same with GN). Remember when you first turned on the phone you had an update? Sometimes that can cause conflicts within the OS. My phone used to go down 25% in sleep mode in just 30 minutes. This is what I get now.
[Nexus 5 General] tylerdurden83:
Guys I've had the N5 since 3-4 days now and I noticed that the Google Play Services consumes a LOT of battery... CPU time of 4 minutes yet kept active for 1 hour 8 minutes...?

This is on stock everything, battery saving geolocalization...

Is this happening to you too?
[Nexus 5 General] waveuk:
I had that problem until I switched Google now off. I still do not see the point of it special telling me how to go home/office during the whole day.
[Nexus 5 General] tylerdurden83:
How can I do that? Im in italy, i dont even have it deeply integrated (no OK GOOGLE or swipe to the left homescreen options here).

Can I do it without rooting the phone?
[Nexus 5 General] LegendaryLengend:
how do a switch google now off? i cant find it...
[Nexus 5 General] KTT16:
These are my results. I have Google now on as well. I may turn it off. To say I could have gotten about 5.5 hours out of the battery is awesome. Then again, I was mostly on Wifi throughout the day. If on LTE, probably like 4.5 but amazing compared to what my Photon battery could get...
[Nexus 5 General] KTT16:
Open google now, and click the Menu (the 3 dots, lower right hand side), tap Settings, and turn it off! :)
[Nexus 5 General] Jiyeon90:
According to anandtech you can get just over 10 hours of screen time while browsing the web on wifi, anyone managed to get the same results?

To me it sounds like BS, since that would beat the G2
[Nexus 5 General] faultytowersdude:
There we go.

This is with Google now off, location on power savings. Losing battery quite fast
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
Probably doing something that keeps the cpu at the lowest frequency..Coupled with codeblue kernel(that goes to the lowest frequency faster than stock kernel) and low brightness you will have excellent battery. It is quite easy to do it, but almost no one uses the phone that way(you can try it yourself, if you leave the screen on without doing anything you will have a really high SOT, but its completely inaccurate compared to real life use)
[Nexus 5 General] kirmr:
Highest frequency at 1574MHz and lowest at 300MHz. Stock code blue governor and a little under voltage. Of course brightness was always very low, it was impossible otherwise. But I didn't let the phone stopped as someone was saying... Most of the time was spent reading a book, but at least one and half hour was spent browsing the Web, Google+, Facebook and watching an YouTube video. Had also music playing for at least two hours.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Oh ok now I understood.
[Nexus 5 General] mr_zuff:
Chroma 20/06 + HellScore b17

300-1900mhz, -50mv UV, al the rest is stock.

Around 1h of 3g, otherwise under WiFi.

Whatsapp, FB, xda app, 20 minutes of YouTube,some photos. Automatic brightness,most of the time was on Low.
[Nexus 5 General] eldar4uk:
Cataclym + CodeBlue wifi around 3 hours, phone calls, music 4 hours, working around 2 days
[Nexus 5 General] Magnifik81:
Hi everybody,with cm12.1 and stock kernel i'm getting about 3.30-4 hours sot.I'm planning to install the newest release and one of these kernels:ElementalX,francokernel and codeblue.I'm courious about undervolting.Is it hard to do?Is there a risk,does it save battery,does it affect the performance because I love my Nexus 5 it's very fast and everything is smooth.So my question is which kernel should I pick for best performance and best battery life,and can someone explain my questions about undervolting.Cheers!
[Nexus 5 General] god.fsl:
Any one have latest build of code blue 5.1.1? Zip?
[Nexus 5 General] gaosphappy:
Yep. Pm me ?
[Nexus 5 General] Ben Jake Griffiths:
I've been having battery issues as well....
[Nexus 5 General] YoYoDawg:
Cataclysm + Elemental X
[Nexus 5 General] Mr.Jay:
What theme are you using?

Nice stats btw

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] YoYoDawg:
I used Layers Manager for the theme:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3012172

[BitSyko] Official Layers and BitSyko Apps [RRO]

And

The name of the theme is InversionUI which can be found in the Play Store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.InversionFree
[Nexus 5 General] fix-this!:
I dunno whats with my n5 latley. I replaced the oem battery a few months ago and used to get really good life. the past week its utterly terrible. Ive tried a bunch of different roms and kernels.
[Nexus 5 General] 350Rocket:
Same with my nexus 4. The battery appeared to be a genuine oem one but its gone way downhill especially after switching between it and a g2 that lasts seemingly forever in comparison.
[Nexus 5 General] fix-this!:
how high should the battery drain be with double tap to wake enabled? seems extreme to me on my device.
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
Pretty high
[Nexus 5 General] fix-this!:
Figures. :(