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[Nexus 5 General] surrealjam:
You'll be able to use the full ability of wakelock detector then: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector&hl=en_GB

And once you find the app (assuming it is an app) then the easiest option is something like Greenify to stop it running in the background: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=greenify&c=apps&hl=en_GB
[Nexus 5 General] hh.bb.mm:
What's the verdict? L5.1 any better?
[Nexus 5 General] Samip430:
I have Gsam with root access. wakelocks don't seem out of the ordinary
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Still on stock 5.0.1 myself, no sign of memory leak or battery issues on my part but I look forward to any enhancements that the 5.1 OTA may bring.

40% Adaptive Brightness, Locations and Hotword off. Compared to my last example where mobile data was enabled for the full 3+ days, this time I toggled data on and off as needed which netted an extra hour and a half of SoT over a 3+ day period with similar usage.

http://imgur.com/a/3bfv1
[Nexus 5 General] askor:
Strange results on cataclysm 5.1 and elementalx 2.11. Google service drain and good sot results.
[Nexus 5 General] Daimonion1980:
God damn it.

Having a strange battery drain in 5.1 without using the phone or moving around with it. See screenshots.

This was last night. having 20% drain. Everything stock, no root (too lazy because bootloader is looked), GNow and Hotword detection on, but Play Services doesn't show up.

Anyone else having such an issue?
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
My sad battery stats.

SOT 2H 12MINS :(
[Nexus 5 General] thesebastian:
Is normal that the latest quarter of battery drains much faster?

I.e.: from 25-30% to 0% lasts the same time that lasts from 100% to 90% (after a full charge at night).

Is there a way to fix this? (I had this issue with many phones but this is the first time I ask).

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] MrObvious:
Don't forget to turn off background WiFi scanning. I forgot it was on.
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
You guys should keep in mind that this is a battery results thread, there is a dedicated battery help thread that is stickied in the Q&A section, you should use it instead if you're having issues with your battery life (make sure to read OP first): [Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
[Nexus 5 General] Azurael:
What on Earth is wrong with the battery life of this phone? I fixed one I got given with a broken screen and I'm using it so I can send my G2 off to be repaired while it's still under warranty (it developed an intermittent line of dead pixels about 6 months ago but I lacked the desire to go back to my old Nexus 4 even temporarily.)

I got at least 6, sometimes 7 hours of screen on time running CM12 on the G2 and could scrape through 2 days of normal usage if my charger accidentally got unplugged. This Nexus 5, also running CM12 with the same software on top barely scrapes through a day. The best I've seen so far is 3:30 SOT. I'm trying Rastapop 5.1 to see if it helps at the moment.

I would have thought that being such similar hardware, the Nexus 5 should deliver roughly 2/3rds the battery life? Unless somehow the G2's larger LCD uses less power (I'm pretty sure the screens in both support panel self refresh?) Having said that, I seem to recall Anandtech's review noting some differences in the RF amplifier hardware on the G2 versus the Nexus 5. Still, such a large difference is puzzling to me. I'd say the battery in the Nexus 5 might be more degraded, but it's a similar age and from what I'm reading in this thread my battery life seems typical for the device... I'm almost tempted to do the G2 battery mod but I suppose I shouldn't risk killing it just to satisfy my curiosity. I'm convinced that there's more than a 700mAh difference in battery capacity at work here though, they're both deep sleeping fine at the moment.

Oh, by the way: Battery is low. 15% remaining. *sigh*
[Nexus 5 General] MrObvious:
There is a sticky thread for that in q and a.
[Nexus 5 General] Azurael:
Well, there's a sticky thread about improving battery life... I didn't ask how to improve my phone's battery life, I asked how it can be so bad compared to the G2 running near enough exactly the same software, which is largely hypothetical question unless the team who designed the phones happen to be members of this forum. I'm not sure if that was some kind of snarky comment or if you were actually trying to help, so sorry.
[Nexus 5 General] :
maybe 700 mah is a BIG difference in terms of battery? it's a small number but has huge effect in performance? not sure tho ;)
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
its not always just mah of the battery .. there are other aspects too to measure the capacity and the actual performance .
[Nexus 5 General] Azurael:
Well, according to Anandtech's review, the Nexus 5 has a better PMIC than the G2 and the RF interface should thus be more power efficient. AFAIK, like the G2 it also supports panel self refresh... So failing that smaller, lower contrast LCD somehow using more power to deliver equivalent brightness, there's no logical reason for why a Nexus 5 would have worse battery life relative to the capacity. It's a mystery!

Edit: Funnily enough, I also noted from Anandtech's review that the Nexus 5 does appear to deliver more than two thirds the battery life of the G2; weird how that's unreplicable.
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
Nothing's wrong with N5 battery.

You say it's a broken phone you repaired : how old is it ? Was it properly used, then stored when broken ? Did you reset battery stats ? How many cycles in how much time has it gone through ? There are many points you should clarify before making such claims.

What's the point of having 6h sot on a day anyway : just buy a laptop or a tablet...
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
While I'm here :

The whole 32 days history :
[Nexus 5 General] Azurael:
It's about the same age as and has seen similar use to my G2, it wasn't 'out of action' for more than a couple of weeks, and had plenty of charge remaining in the battery when I first powered it on - I discounted battery wear since I seem to be getting similar life to everybody else here anyway. They've probably all been through more charge cycles than a G2 with similar usage in the same period if the battery life is so much worse though :p Both devices show around 80% deep sleep with my typical usage patterns.

I know most modern notebooks (certainly Apple machines) store a cycle count in the battery, is there anything similar in the Nexus 5? I've never seen it, but then I haven't really looked!

And you're right, I think anybody who isn't permanently glued to their phone need SOT like that, but there certainly is a point having a battery that can comfortably last 2 days of regular use if needs be, rather than just about scraping through 1.

This isn't a personal attack on Nexus 5 users or an attempt to gloat about the G2 being better. I'm genuinely intrigued by why there's such a difference with near-identical hardware beyond what battery capacity implies. If it's something different in the kernel configuration, perhaps there are things to be learned for the Nexus 5 by looking at what our devs have achieved on the G2. I don't think I ever got more than 5 hours SOT on a stock LG ROM, which is far closer to linear scaling with the battery life I get from the Nexus 5. Having said all that, I am on track to get home with half the battery remaining today, which is a decent improvement.

I'm not sure how this works out in practise, but supposedly the RF envelope tracker in the Nexus 5 uses ET mode, versus the APT mode part in the G2 - if the RF hardware is genuinely the third biggest power consumer (behind the LCD and SoC) in a modern smartphone, the G2 should use notably more power to achieve the same results?
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
Yes good point, it would be surprising that there's not a life tracking chip in the battery as well. Anyway, according to you the wear seems normal, storage was done by the book (not empty, not full) and no obvious reasons for premature end of life... I can't tell you more about N5 technology, but it reminds me that radio rom can make a big difference : did you care to update it as well ?

Beyond that, as you said, everybody here seems to have the same sot, and despite my 4 avg days between charges, I doubt mine could do better but that's because of the beast they put inside...

Compared to what is a good small tablet (apple, samsung, asus 7-10"), 5-6h sot is half that you can expect from those high end devices with not much more power according to press and benchmarks : to me it is still is a good deal regarding the N5 price, size and characteristics.

Don't know much about the G2 or others but from I've seen and tried (+1, s5, ...), I won't be looking for another phone unless my N5 become unusable. I kept a HTC Hero for 5 years, and it was still ok when I switched for a N4 which I broke ? ... hello N5 !

As suggested (btw I don't think it was sarcastic), I think you should take a look at N5 batt maintenance threads and perform batt recalibration, radio updates... : what was ok on a G2 may not on a N5.

Despite this, welcome to the N5 users community, I hope you'll get to enjoy this phone as much as most of us do ?
[Nexus 5 General] hikarugo:
Stock Android 5.1. It's never been like this before when I sleep. Even airplane mode was turned on and wifi was off.

100% at midnight. 10% in the morning. No wifi no location. Screen was turned off all the time while sleeping.

Yes apparently it was awake all the time.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Some people with G2 get terrible battery life, and some people with the N5 get amazing battery life. We have to conclude that the main differentiating factor (besides the 30% or so battery size) would be software drains inherent to the devices and the users. As for radio drain, Anandtech showed the N5 is more battery efficient than the G2 when using WiFi and LTE but considerably less so when using 3G or voice calling. If your routine involves usage of 3G mobile data or voice calling that would be a large factor.

That would be a wakelock caused by Google Play Services. If rebooting your phone doesn't resolve the issue you can try downgrading to the last version or disabling services. For more help check out the Battery Life Help Thread.

Last 5.0.1 result here as I have the OTA awaiting my approval. One hour of 3D gaming but still managed a 5 hours SoT result.

As always stock ROM and kernel. Locations and Hotword disabled with 20% Adaptive Brightness this time.

http://imgur.com/a/sdx3a
[Nexus 5 General] Pezmet:
[MENTION=2738685]hikarugo[/MENTION] ; Since smetimes apps tend to try to connect or sync with the internet endlessly airplane mode can result in keeping the device awake.
[Nexus 5 General] Lim Wee Huat:
When the play drain really pushes you to the edge and nearly off, nandroid and try a 5.1 without gapps.. That's what I did..
[Nexus 5 General] onthecouchagain:
I keep reading about how the Nexus 5 has weaker radios/antennas or something to that effect, and so people are getting quicker battery drains cause the antennas are constantly trying to find and keep signal.

Is this true?

Also, do we know yet why the Nexus 5 only features a 2300 size battery while the LG G2 offers 3000? I originally thought the Nexus 5 was smaller and thus had less space for a larger capacity battery, but it turns out the Nexus 5 and G2 are comparable in size. What happened here?
[Nexus 5 General] MrPhilo:
One word: Cost
[Nexus 5 General] Ulver:
All services on, highest accuracy location, mixture of WiFi and LTE
[Nexus 5 General] shakuyi:
I have actually been getting much better reception, just get ****ty reception at home and that always causes a battery drain. I am definitely getting LTE in places I did not before.
[Nexus 5 General] dazz87:
I get zero to 2 bars most of time at work and at home, I think thats whats killing my battery. I dont have any phone to test out my sim (At&t) to see if its my coverage or the Nexus.
[Nexus 5 General] nikeman513:
Idk how or what changed it. I used to have 20% drain in 35 minutes with phone off. This is what I'm getting now and it's just getting better. Let your phone die, then recharge. Also, I reinstalled factory image from Google using fastboot. That's when everything suddenly got better.
[Nexus 5 General] onthecouchagain:
That's alarming because when I had the Nexus 4, I noticed in all the same places I'd go (home, commute, work) the radio signal seemed weaker. In the battery stats, the radio signal would always be yellow or faded out.

Then when I got the HTC One, going to the same places again (same home, same commute, same work) the radio signal seemed stronger. In the battery stats, I often saw green. And indeed, the battery life of my HTC One is phenomenal.

Now, it seems like reports are saying the same thing with the Nexus 5. This is very troubling. What is up with Nexus radios/antennas being so weak?
[Nexus 5 General] nikeman513:
I've had nexus s, galaxy nexus, nexus 4, Samsung s4, now this. This has the best signal. Notice I have one bar on my screenshot. That's in my basement 5 feet underground. Used to zilch.
[Nexus 5 General] Soldier 2.0:
I dumped my s4 for this phone. I also get more bars with this phone.
[Nexus 5 General] pert_S:
Yep better reception here. Getting LTE in places I've never used to.

Had the Gnex and then Note 3.
[Nexus 5 General] TONY206:
Battery seems worse then the N4. This is my first time running the battery down after a reflash of stock due yo even worse battery life. I usually get closer to 4 hours. Also, I used greenify on this device and didn't use it on my N4.
[Nexus 5 General] TurkzZ:
17 hours 16 mins today, been on since i woke up until now, 3% left.

4 hours 10 mins screen on time, Wifi all day, will try with auto brightness tomorrow. This phone doesn't lose anything while on standby :D
[Nexus 5 General] w451208:
Here is my battery life. I had it connected via bluetooth to my google glass all day as well.
[Nexus 5 General] Soldier 2.0:
Wow, Google Glass. You must be one of the CHOSEN ones! :D
[Nexus 5 General] nguyenvn:
Faux kernel, uv -50, greenify, wifi, autobrightness
[Nexus 5 General] hbkekko:
Guys do you think that an "all time in 3g" could reach the 3h display battery? I'm thinking to change my HTC one with this phone that I'm really loving for its design, camera (yes, camera. Mine in purple), new experience. But the battery field is stopping me at the moment. Anyone?
[Nexus 5 General] the803:
Had my phone since Monday. The battery is terrible for me. Just over 2 hours screen time on average. I have all autosync disabled. Close apps when I'm done

The other night I slept with 100% connected to WiFi. Woke up 6 hours later and was on 40 odd percent.

Do you guys think I have a dodgy unit?
[Nexus 5 General] cobyman7035:
yes, use betterybatterystats to check your wakelocks, something must be preventing your phone from deep sleep , did u disable that google OK speech thingy?

i got 2.5 hrs of SOT while just wifi browsing on my phone using like 45% battery , so i think it can do 5hours on wifi if your a light user,

biggest drain is brightness, i have mine set at only 10% brightness
[Nexus 5 General] the803:
I haven't disabled that. I do use it sometimes but if its causing a battery problem I won't have a problem sacrificing it. I will disable it now and see how it goes and also download the battery app you have told me about.

Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] b00ster:
My phone does not sleep after the wireless charger on 5.1. Reboot solves the problem.
[Nexus 5 General] marjune23:
Flashed Stock Images before flashing Rom

Cataclysm ROM Setup

Sync On

Adaptive On

Disabled sound and vibrate

No UV/UC

Smart Radio On

Battery Saver Off

Location Off

Auto Rotate On

Data Off

Wifi On

With latest Google play services ver7 (disabled keep awake, start on boot and location)

Disabled automatic date and time

Results w/ Cataclysm Kernel (4hrs SOT)

Results w/ Code_Blue Kernel (5hrs SOT)

Deep Sleep
[Nexus 5 General] semirr:
Thats what made my signal a lot better. Im on 2g cause i dont use cellular data. Ive been using cm12 nightlies but i got tired of updating every day so when 5.1 came out i immediately flashed it and also code blue kernel, battery life is amazing, I never get below 4 h sot.

P.S. disable service to disable some play services
[Nexus 5 General] exhibit1234:
Switched to 5.1. Results seem good so far.
[Nexus 5 General] Xami:
Exactly the same here, I was having a phenomenal battery life on 5.0.1 but after updating to 5.1 the play services keep eating and and keeping the device awake
[Nexus 5 General] 458_Italia:
One stupid question.. How did u install code blue kernel on catcylsm5.1? Which kernel do u recommend for cat 5.1?
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
Why only I have 2-3 hours SOT? I'm not playing games, mostly connected by wi-fi.Screen brightness 0%-25% Max. Any ideas guys? I'm using pure white rom and code blue kernel
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Your WiFi signal looks very weak in those screenshots, is it always like that? Weak signal would cause WiFi to drain more as well.
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
Quote myself - after more than 6-7 attempts to settle witj Lollipop and going back to Kitkat, I found what was causing idle battery drain on Lollipop roms! It was f* modem! I tried 2 versions of modem - latest modem for 5.0.1 LRX22C and now latest version for 5.1 LMY47D. I didn't try preview version modem LPX13D... On Kitkat I'm using KTU84P or KRT16M.

Since Cataclysm 5.1 gave me similar (average/bad) battery in idle, same as previous 5.0.1, I was curious and flashed KRT16M. Bang! I can't say I see any difference in real life usage, but now battery in idle is excellent! I can totally eliminate any wakelock issue because I have no wakelocks. Since I'm using Cata 5.1 since release date I clearly notice improvements in battery consumption. 10 days on Lollipop in a row. I would say I'm satisfied :fingers-crossed:

My setup is nothing special: latest bootloader, code blue 901, UC 1,9GHz, UV -40mV. SoT is around 4-5h, depends on usage.
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
It depends where I'm spending my free time. At work and at my girlfriend's house signal is weak but in my room I'm 2-2,5 meters from router
[Nexus 5 General] ichundu:
Very satisfied with 5.1 until now.

Running cataclysm 5.1 stable rom with codeblue r911 kernel.

Been all the time on wifi.

Data off

30 min on skype

Location on battery saver :)
[Nexus 5 General] 458_Italia:
I too am on 5.1 with code blue.. But my ph ocassionaly hangs a bit.. Only when ur scrolling thru pages.. It gets twitchy and sometimes jumps a few scrolls.. Happens in chrome too.. Also get a ui failure error.. Ru experiencing the same? Apart from that I must say it has a great battery life.. Was relieved to see abt 2 n half hours of sot with 50% battery :)
[Nexus 5 General] ichundu:
I haven't experienced any lag till now. To the contrary 5.1 feels smoother than 5.0.x. Try with stock rom/kernel to rule out options. I've also read somewhere that some Google ads are causing chrome to lag.
[Nexus 5 General] 458_Italia:
Yup.. I think I shud reflash the ROM n code blue kernel too.. If it doesn't help, gonna head to the stock one to see if that helps! Thanks man!
[Nexus 5 General] KodRoute:
Follow the instructions in third post of Battery Troubleshooting thread.

That solved the problem with Play Services drain on my device.

Good luck.
[Nexus 5 General] Xami:
Would you be so kind to link the thread or post it slef ?

Thank you
[Nexus 5 General] KodRoute:
Sure.

Here's the link: http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/battery-life-help-troubleshoot-battery-t2785128 -- (third post)
[Nexus 5 General] Unknownkj:
realised my battery is worn out. battery life is 3hrs with about 1hr sot. gonna order a replacement battery and see how it turns out
[Nexus 5 General] Unknownkj:
I always get a big drain when I reboot, look at that huge drop. Sot is only 50mins. Is my battery faulty? It's loosing charge too fast.
[Nexus 5 General] maxell505:
I get about an hour and 30 minutes screen on time for my nexus 5. I'm currently downloading the files so I can downgrade to kit kat 4.4.4. Lollipop is nice and all but until Google fixes atleast the battery bug, I will not be using it. Hey, I can use xposed framework without any worries now!
[Nexus 5 General] JamesHamilton588:
Had my nexus 5 since it was released. Lollipop has destroyed my battery life. I compared my statistics with a friends nexus 5 both at 85% battery, I had 2 and a half hours left, he had 11.

In regular use I get around 40-60 minutes of screen on time.

Went from 90% to 4% in my hour lunch yesterday just browsing reddit.

Ordered a new battery so will see if that helps.
[Nexus 5 General] Unknownkj:
Same thing bro. My battery life got destroyed by lollipop. I could get a day Worth of battery on slimkat.
[Nexus 5 General] Hunter008:
Time to order a new battery I think.
[Nexus 5 General] rbs_uk:
Time to fit G2 battery I think :D
[Nexus 5 General] maxell505:
lolol wtf. I recommend flashing Euphoria OS for lollipop 5.1 and than flashing the code blue kernel on your nexus 5. It helps significantly with battery life.
[Nexus 5 General] KidWave:
Not sure if this will help others, but I've had great battery life by always reverting to the radio from 4.4.2.

I have no clue why, but every update since 4.4.2 has nuked the battery life in half much to my disappointment. After letting it play out a couple battery cycles in each update, I've basically reverted to flashing the 4.4.2 radio and gotten back to great/normal battery performance.

Worth a shot if you have underwhelming battery performance.
[Nexus 5 General] luckana:
Well, different modems are strongly individual. I think they mostly depend on where exactly are you around the globe. If 4.4.2 radio has done its magic for you, for others it may be the worst one. I've found for myself that the best radio is the one from the LPX13D build (The L preview).
[Nexus 5 General] rbs_uk:
Why not? Its much bigger 3000mAh battery:

http://imgur.com/gallery/V4yVG/
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
I've noticed that too. I wrote a post few pages before... Basicaly, I flashed KRT16M modem and it still rocks fine (no issues with 2G/3G/H+).
[Nexus 5 General] NoteboyTech:
Quite good battery life

Lollipop 5.1
[Nexus 5 General] maxell505:
Do I just flash the radio through recovery or do I have to follow a specific process to do it?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
You'll either have to find a zip to flash in recovery. Or, extract the radio from the factory image and use fastboot to flash it. I'd do the later because it's easy to find the factory image.
[Nexus 5 General] maxell505:
So I get the radio image and than use adb and say "fastboot flash radio *radio name*.img

Am I correct?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Yes, exactly. Technically you're using fastboot, not adb. They're different. Fastboot you use in the bootloader. Adb you use in recovery or the os.
[Nexus 5 General] maxell505:
What about that weird s-off stuff??
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
What s-off stuff? It's a nexus device, there is no s-off
[Nexus 5 General] maxell505:
OK sorry I was just wondering cause I read about it somewhere in an article. I have euphoria OS(lollipop 5.1 with the 5.1 radio) right now so I'm about to flash the 4.4.2 stock radio over the 5.1 stock radio. Wish me luck!
[Nexus 5 General] zerosum0:
Sent from my Nexus 5

Good grief! I've never had the nightmare of seeing a battery screen like that! The average battery looses 20%capacity per year. Changed mine a month ago, and it was it way better shape than that, and I use mine 24/7.(sleep with line on to the love of my life, next to my phone..)

---------- Post added at 02:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 PM ----------

Use it for hours at a time. My fiance is 8000 miles away thank god for voip

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
My November 2013 16Gb Nexus 5, kk pac rom, lollipop radio, also used 24/7, only using qi charging :

Details :

Wakelocks :

The whole 37 days history :
[Nexus 5 General] sxeMonster:
I usually get like 2.30 hours of on screen time, it's so irritating, the phone sleeps well...