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[Nexus 5 General] dcfella:
2:45 off charger and I'm down to 60% with 1 hour 6 minutes in screen time. Been on wifi most of the morning. I'm hoping the battery improves. I greenified the hell out of my apps too.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] gfdsaorg:
GPS navigation use case

Had a trip today, plugged n5 into the 0.5A motorcycle charger and got it running with google's turn by turn navigation until the low battery warning at 14% popped up. All radios were up, autosync on, data on 3g. Two google accounts some other background stuff. Brightness on auto during the day.

4 hours. Dropped it into the backpack connected to an external battery with 2.1A output. Got charged to 100% in two hours.

I am satisfied actually, my latest daily drivers, both with anker batteries, sgs2 and htc sensation, they didn't last that long. But I certainly have to figure out something with the amperage ...
[Nexus 5 General] Dan1909:
While I'd love what you're saying to be true, or even possible. It's simply not.

I'm not sure what/how exactly you made those numbers, but they're absolutely not possible.
[Nexus 5 General] dazz87:
Hey guys could low to no bars cellular signal cause battery to eat up. I have very bad battery life on a full charge i am lucky to get a lil bit over 3 hours of screen time. Both at work and at my home I am only getting at te more 2 bars. There is even times, when theres no signal. Could this be the issue why im getting terrible battery life? Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] jonathan3579:
You missed the point. Disabling is an unnecessary step. The battery difference is negligible. Don't try to be a smart ass...
[Nexus 5 General] vittogn:
Wile driving and in theatre gymn is a good advice. Allo gold for safety!

The reset of the day no.

IM replaced sms, for urgent staff u need to have it always on.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] :
How's my battery? PA4.3 Beta 4 with code blue kernel.
[Nexus 5 General] Donnie Sins:
I would say it's not quite as it should be.

Sent from the Matrix

Edit: Misunderstood the percentages. Screen on time looks promising. But how is your phone doing over a longer period of time? There seem to be pretty much wakelocks.
[Nexus 5 General] :
The wakelocks are bluesleep from my pebble and the Google Now location reporting wakelocks. Also about 20 minutes of phone calls.

The screen-on time is me using the phone continuously in one long chunk of time so I think if I didn't use my phone to browse Reddit for 2 hours at once then the overall time should be much better.

Does that sound right to you?
[Nexus 5 General] Donnie Sins:
If you're able to reduce wakelocks as much as possible then I would personally be happy with those statistics;) Maybe you can compare these with a cycle over a longer time? 24 hours or something like that? Just a suggestion.

Sent from the Matrix
[Nexus 5 General] darkghost568:
Not really decent. Before I was only posting battery stats from the stock battery screen because my phone kept dying before I could screenshot GSam. That's why I called them proper; not because they're actually good lol.
[Nexus 5 General] adeelraj:
3g and 4g are pure battery killers.
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
Although I don't have any evidence to support it, AFAIK LTE only uses a tad more power than 2g. 3G is the real killer.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Signal strength is a bigger factor but even with a flakey 3G connection I can expect 4-5 hours SoT over a day or more.

Here you go: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7517/google-nexus-5-review/3
[Nexus 5 General] falcons2:
I've been using purity with elementalx and my battery has not been very good. Location is set to battery saving using greenify. I usually only get 2-3 hours of SOT. I mainly use my phone for texting and occasionally checking twitter with maybe less then 2 hours of listening to music. Any suggestions for better battery or a different ROM and kernel?
[Nexus 5 General] marf28101995:
Perfect combo to me is Franco + slimkat

I've reached 6h sot

Nexus 5/ PA 4.3 Beta 4 /Franco#49/ Art
[Nexus 5 General] :
Good battery has little to do with ROMs and kernels and much more to do with setup and usage. And if you have any issues or not. :)

Screenshots from something other than the stock battery usage screen will help us know better. Personally I prefer gsam. And you need gsam root companion for the good stats. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
Well color me impressed! (Pun intended)

Carbon Rom, Code-Blue kernel, UV to 1267mhz with a 700mv base (300mhz), Auto-sync on, Location On (battery)
[Nexus 5 General] falcons2:
I switched to Franco kernel last night and noticed a nice improvement in battery life
[Nexus 5 General] Donnie Sins:
Underclocked to 1267mhz..? Why would you do that if have the newest Nexus device?:p

Sent from the Matrix
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
UV = Under-volted
[Nexus 5 General] Donnie Sins:
My bad:o Have to read more carefully.

Sent from the Matrix
[Nexus 5 General] xXghostXx313:
Delete
[Nexus 5 General] ndevries:
I'm pretty average in terms of usage - mostly texting, and I browse only when I'm out because I use my Nexus 7 for that while at home. I have Google Now off, all location things turned off, running stock ROM and Kernel, rooted with Xposed, Greenify + Donation package, with a few other modules, and brightness on absolute lowest 90% of the time. I've noticed Android System moves up the chart in long stretches like this but it's never been an issue for me. Very please with this considering how small the battery pack actually is.
[Nexus 5 General] paras:
I love the battery after using ART.

Sent From My Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.2 ART
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
ART has been shown to only save about 1-2% battery versus stock Dalvik. It looks like app usage is draining most of your battery.
[Nexus 5 General] Gnaget:
Various

Someone had aknowledge why the battery somedays only get around 15 hours another day 36 hour.

I'd one stock with same pattern use. Around 3 SOT.:confused:
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Check your cell coverage. If it's weak and your phone is searching for service, that will cost a lot of battery. I'm guessing that's why you see a difference between different days
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Various things can cause the battery to drain faster than usual. Wake locks would be the most obvious answer, but also things like Google services (such as G+ photos) can behave differently from day to day.

Of course the phone might also be experiencing low signal some days or you may keep more apps running in the background from time to time.
[Nexus 5 General] :
See, without gsam (my preference) or BBS screenshots... it's just guessing.

Please guys, post meaningful screen shots with your posts if you want help. ;)

And not stock battery screens..... They say nothing useful.
[Nexus 5 General] vickyjusme:
Pretty happy with my battery. PA+Franco kernel .
[Nexus 5 General] :
Nice!
[Nexus 5 General] paras:
Using ART and auto brightness.

Sent From My Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.2 ART
[Nexus 5 General] nui_e:
wifi vs 3g both strong signal, which uses less power?
[Nexus 5 General] erisboxx:
WiFi by alot
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
Just a heads up guys, I just got hit with the 4.4.x updates for the Google services. Expect to take a minor hit on battery life (at least in my case), I'm seeing around 8% usage in battery stats with a ton of awake time, still scouring for a workaround.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Awake time with sync and/or location on or off?
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
I have a Tasker profile for Sync, 2 minutes/hr its on. Battery saving on Wifi networks, Device when disconnected. But the point was, nothing has changed in my setup and Google Services has suddenly appeared in my list. I checked a few days ago to see if I had the 4.4.x updates and I didn't (after reading an article about the update and the comments on it).
[Nexus 5 General] :
I hear ya. And that is a good set up. ;)

Just seems sooooooo many battery issues, or wake issues are related to location services. Android really needs to work on this.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Same here. I essentially use no Google services on battery, it never showed up on my list before. Now I get 30+mins of awake time on Google Play Services though luckily only 5% drained or so. Still, nothings changed on my end it's purely Google's updates that decided to start running in the background for no no apparent reason.

In apps> running> the new Google Play service is called "ApiService" that was never showing up before. Also Google Search is always using 15MB or so as a running process where it wasn't before.
[Nexus 5 General] :
That's why my phone does not auto update apps. I can see feedback before updating. And choose not to. ?
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
I took some screenshots before I went to bed last night...

I took some screenshots before I went to bed last night...

GSAM 4

GSAM 5

WLD 1

WLD 2

WLD 3

WLD 4

BBS 1

BBS 2
[Nexus 5 General] klaud004:
is this normal?
[Nexus 5 General] :
Can't tell much from 12 minutes of stats. Need several hours worth to get an accurate picture. :)
[Nexus 5 General] klaud004:
im losing 2% every ten minutes without touching the phone.cant trace what apps is killing my battery.
[Nexus 5 General] :
You need to get gsam root companion if you don't already have it, go to app screen and check time held awake, times waking device and kernel wakelocks. (From the drop down menu in app screen) Hopefully the answer is there.
[Nexus 5 General] azlan96:
Up to this point, I couldnt be bothered anymore, Everytime I drive, my N5 will be plugged into a car charger, and whenever I am not at home and out somewhere, a powerbank is always with me...
[Nexus 5 General] zujko:
Slimkat build 5 stable+ franco kernel r49.
[Nexus 5 General] Vdvx:
Nexus 5 stock rom, franco kernel r50
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
I'm curious, do you know why your WiFi keeps switching on and off?
[Nexus 5 General] filthygoat223996:
He's probably setting WiFi to be off when screen off
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
Good day for the N5 today, Carbon Rom, Code-Blue Kernel.:good:

Had a wakelock for a little over an hour from BubbleUpnp, didn't realize it kept a wakelock when streaming from my server to my xbox.
[Nexus 5 General] OptimusVDarwin:
Ever since I installed CM 11 nightly along with Chaos kernel nightly my battery has been golden!
[Nexus 5 General] darksizzle:
CM11 with elementalx. Looks like my pebble is the main battery muncher but I love the little thing and the nexus is getting me through the day.
[Nexus 5 General] iPWNtehNOOB:
I don't know what it is, but for the last week, I've had some seriously good battery life. I've been getting a minimum of 5 hours screen on time, an average of 6 hours, and a maximum of 6.5 hours of screen on time - and still surviving 8am-11pm. Typical use has included a few hours of 2048 ( can't stay away from it :silly:) casually checking Instagram, Facebook and Twitter throughout the day, web browsing, and using my bank's app.

The only difference is that I'm on holidays overseas, and instead of getting my usual 2-3 bars of reception at home, I'm getting full reception all day long.

I'm on stock 4.4.2, with Franco Kernel #36.
[Nexus 5 General] dkv2222:
That's pretty good. First charge with the nexus :D
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Here's my latest
[Nexus 5 General] inconceeeivable:
How??? Do you have nothing syncing? I'm lucky to get 3 hours with a very light setup. I think my problem is a signal one maybe?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
I sync every 15 minutes, 3 email accounts. I'll admit I was going for sot so had location off and the display dimmed, but usable. But with location on, bt on and display on auto I still get 5+ sot. Stock rom and kernel. It's how you use the device and your signal. I don't do games or social media which suck battery.
[Nexus 5 General] kurtyyyyyy:
I've broken my arm, so last night I was on my phone for hours straight with boredom. Here's the result. Using spotify through a Bluetooth speaker, heavy browsing, texting, Facebook, messing with gravitybox etc

Using carbon and elemental x
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
^-How did you get those screenshots wrapped on an N5? Thats pretty neat.

EDIT: Found the app here.
[Nexus 5 General] filthygoat223996:
Franco r51 and pa 4.3 beta 6
[Nexus 5 General] dkv2222:
That's pretty awesome.

Here's mine.

And that's with 20 minutes of FIFA. :p
[Nexus 5 General] OptimusVDarwin:
Cm11 nightlies, Chaos kernel nightlies, 3 emails sync, Google keep sync, Google now on
[Nexus 5 General] mattia23393:
Cm 11 is a good rom for battery life :). .. I'm trying liquid smhoot with her kernel, the battery life is very short.. Im in testing..

Mattia

Nexus5
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Stock ROM and kernel are also good for battery life :)
[Nexus 5 General] mpiwosal:
This is my best... How do you get 4+sot? I'm on PA, stock kernel (tried Franco and elementalx but they're not affecting battery life), sync on for gmail, keep, contacts. No widgets, auto brightness off, google now off, location on battery saving, turning on Wi-Fi when I'm home. Mobile data on but with Smart radio in gravity box (changing network to 2g when screen is off). Greenify on... Dalvik ('cause I depend on xposed)

Any suggestions?
[Nexus 5 General] :
Your getting average times for your setup.

To get it better....location off. Sorry, but after weak data signal and gaming....location services is about the worst thing for your battery. People always dislike hearing that....but its usually true. Tho it can be better or worse depending what and how many apps you have that use it. I toggle it on when I need it and off when I don't.

Chrome is pretty high, unless you did actually use it a lot?

And....screens from gsam will tell a much more detailed story than the stock battery usage screen. Need gsam root companion too to see wakelocks. :)
[Nexus 5 General] nexodus:
6h 30 SOT, wifi on all day, streaming music and videos, auto brightness off, Google now off, location off.

Mahdi ROM and elemental X
[Nexus 5 General] inconceeeivable:
I'm getting miserable battery life on stock. Been off the charger 12 hours. I've got an hour and a half screen on time. 20 minute phone call. Mainly texting and Newsstand. Down to 20%. Horrible.

Is it possible that my Pebble is doing this??
[Nexus 5 General] :
Again, without meaningful screenshots (aka, something other than stock battery screen)...all anyone can do is guess.

Get those, and help will follow. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] inconceeeivable:
Eh. Considering I'm on stock with a very minimal setup, I'm not sure what else I can do... I don't want to root or install a ROM.

Probably going to get something with a beefier battery in the next couple weeks. I'm on the original Jump program, so I might just get a Note until something else comes along... My Note 2 lasted twice as long as the stock Nexus has been lasting for me.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Well, the choice is yours obviously. There's a lot you can do without root. Tho, sacrifices can be made sometimes I admit. Like location services. Want more juice... turn it off unless you need it. Dim the screen a bit. Still, gsam can help find things, not as well unrooted, but it can help.

I get 24 plus hours with 6 hours SoT...but I'm a toggler. If I'm not using it at the moment....its off.

Are you on data with a low signal? That can wreck a battery fast.

These things apply to any phone. But yeah, G2, Droid Maxx...moto G and probably X...all better battery life out of the box. But the N5 is no slouch with a bit of tweaking. :)

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Also, buying an N5 with no intention of rooting isn't the best choice. ;) The biggest draw to the N5 is the freedom you get to flash anything and everything with ease. If not for that, I'd still be using my X. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] inconceeeivable:
Yeah, my signal isn't great by any means. I just like stock AOSP. It's soooo fast. Plus the Qi charging is nice. In fact it's generally a fantastic phone, but I'm getting terrible battery life using the same setup that gave me very little trouble on a Note. I'm going to try turning off location and see if that helps.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Are how it goes with no location. But if its weal signal, that's a tough one. You can go into settings,mobile and unchecked data. Just when you are spending time in a horrible reception area. You'll still get calls and texts. Or try to get on WiFi. :)
[Nexus 5 General] mpiwosal:
Thanks, turned the location off and installed gsam. Will post screens later today. Also yes, chrome is high because of using it for almost an hour:)
[Nexus 5 General] rancur3p1c:
really tired of using only 2 cores @ 1.728ghz. I want quad and 7 hours screen on time at full speed. I want a G2
[Nexus 5 General] TenaciousChaff:
Then go buy one. No one is stopping you from selling your Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] georgios73:
Almost 72 hours without charging!

OK so I didn't use it much but goes to show what we can get out of our battery.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] daveve:
Stock or Customrom?
[Nexus 5 General] georgios73:
Completely stock

Brightness very low

Location set to battery saving

Google now off

I sync everything manually

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] mantakos:
Here is mine. Rastakat lichis build, uber kernel. Stock kernel settings. Some facebook, a bit gaming, medium browsing. Everything is syncing, no gps bt etc. only wifi.
[Nexus 5 General] aeoveu:
And data? On or off? LTE or 3G or wifi?

I can never get that much SOT (would love to though!)
[Nexus 5 General] georgios73:
About 4h30 of wifi and 3hrs of 3g overall. Toggled when needed. I try to use a black background on any apps that have that option and the lowest brightness unless I'm outside.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] LDH2K10:
Here's my results. Screenshots taken 15 minutes ago. Included screenshots to show battery used by everything else.

{ROM} Graviton V2.9

{Kernel} Franco Kernel R51
[Nexus 5 General] MarlX:
SOT is about 4 hrs, using SlimKat and franco.kernel 51

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] aeoveu:
Thanks for that info. One thing - with IPS displays, using a black background won't save you power (but its nicer on the eyes).

I wanted to actually know how much SOT we get with 3G on, cause we recently had our networks turn it on here...so... Yeah. Thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] Invalid_GR:
I sometimes wish Google would announce a new nexus 5 model with 3000mah battery, 3 GB ram and 64 GB storage!
[Nexus 5 General] dkv2222:
Hope that happens with the Nexus 6 ?
[Nexus 5 General] bmwjnky:
I'm averaging about 9-10 hours before I get the connect to your charger message on the lock screen. All stock, mostly just text and check/post to facebook and instagram but I'm not getting the best cell coverage inside at work or at home so I think that's whats killing my battery pretty quick. I used to get over 24 hours out of my battery so I'm not sure what changed. As much as I have loved my Nexus phones I might get a GS5 because its getting really good battery life reviews and the good dust and water resistance would be a nice thing to have with the outside activities I like to do.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Gsam screen shots ? Maybe we can get you good battery life without buying a new phone. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] bmwjnky:
I'm going to root and try and CM rom today but I think its mostly just poor indoor reception. My house is cinder block and my work is a concrete tilt up. Outside my home or work I get 2-3 bars of LTE but inside I struggle to get one bar of HSPA.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Yeah....if you're not on WiFi with one radio bar....battery killer for sure!
[Nexus 5 General] TheCybertronian:
LTE all day with everything on and brightness about 40% aospa with stock kernel. No crazy settings changes and no greenify or any of that garbage.
[Nexus 5 General] ercxar:
Would you mind share your rom and kernel too? Any tweaks?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Want my guess, 100% stock
[Nexus 5 General] TheCybertronian:
Close but no cigar lol told you I'd work on improving my times I think I'll get there soon I only in the last two days put this phone on my home WiFi. I'm trying to find my biggest issues lack of a life aside.
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Lol, then it's your own cooked rom.
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
I personally can't imagine killing my phone in 8 hrs, regardless of what I'm doing with it.
[Nexus 5 General] TheCybertronian:
Those times given my usage and settings are actually pretty good. Do you think you can do better? If so I'd like to see it because I'm all about more use time.
[Nexus 5 General] ercxar:
So far so good!

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
Ha, no I'm not saying I could do better. 40% brightness is pretty damn bright, and we all know screens are the biggest battery killers. I just need my phone to last a heck of a lot longer than 8hrs in a day.
[Nexus 5 General] TheCybertronian:
I work at a desk job not much running around.
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
You could probably pull some more life out of it if you use a different governor. Faux had a great explanation of "interactive" (stock google) and how it was not written with battery life in mind, but rom smoothness instead.
[Nexus 5 General] TheCybertronian:
I prefer to use things close to stock it works for me and I get fantastic performance with all the reliability I could need.
[Nexus 5 General] :
And one of my best...
[Nexus 5 General] TheCybertronian:
[MENTION=4036181]KJ[/MENTION] that sir is impressive.
[Nexus 5 General] :
That's most things off. For everything on, yours is quite nice too! For sure! ?
[Nexus 5 General] TheCybertronian:
I'm a firm believer in let android do what it was built to do. It works well for me and I strive for more.
[Nexus 5 General] :
I agree, but...I also get rid of or turn off anything I don't use. I run lean and mean. And I toggle. Swipe, click, on. Swipe, click, off. Battery life is a definite bonus to that. ;)

But everyone is different! You're doing great for the everything on side on the fence. Lol
[Nexus 5 General] hikarugo:
Yea me too. Google knows what they do. They are the ones who made the phone after all. They have huge developers team and testing team that contain genius people there

Using 100% stock 4.4.3 with stock kernel here and it's the latest and the most stable, and it offers both good performance and good battery life.
[Nexus 5 General] unsivil_audio:
Been movin the past couple days...

Charging my phone hasn't been convenient, so this is my last cycle.
[Nexus 5 General] inconceeeivable:
Found that my idle problem was a Pebble watchface. Getting much better standby times now.
[Nexus 5 General] -DroidIsDNA-:
I use the pa hybrid ROM built with saber mod. For a kernel, I use uber kernel by cleaner. Over the past two days, its been gold!
[Nexus 5 General] KerryWood34:
100% Stock 4.4.3. First full day of use on Wi-Fi the entire time. Tomorrow will be able to test using combination of 3G and Wi-Fi.
[Nexus 5 General] ercxar:
Thanks for sharing your rom and kernel information. But would you mind tell me the exact roms name? Do you mean PA saberdroid builds the one in my sign? Or the minuxbuilds by [MENTION=2638401]Minux31[/MENTION]? Cause I could find only these two PA roms with sabermod.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] freshage:
Question, a hypothetical one at that.

I use, on a daily basis:

What's app

Wifi always on

4G always on

With some random internet clips here and there (no more than 30 mins a day). What should I expect from Slimkat in terms of battery life?
[Nexus 5 General] -DroidIsDNA-:
Pa saberdroid, my bad. I didn't know there were two :) it's a fantastic ROM with just enough features and builds every Friday