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[Nexus 5 General] thesebastian:
My idle battery drain in 5.0.1 was huge compared to 4.4.4.

So I finally disabled location in 5.0.1 and my battery durability increased a lot. (More than KitKat).

Note that I always used "Battery Saving" profile without Location History and Reporting. And I am 80% of the day using mobile data.

I was having 10% battery left at 22~PM everyday. Now I have 30-60% or even more with the same daily usage.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] MrObvious:
Go to the Q&A section and read the first four posts. If you're rooted also install an adblock as ads drain your battery if you use a browser.
[Nexus 5 General] GorfDroid:
8+ hours of SoT!!!!

Cataclysm + elementalx

[emoji15] [emoji47] [emoji2]
[Nexus 5 General] Vivek_Neel:
Now that's unbelievable
[Nexus 5 General] patelhim101:
Friends my nexus 5 stock, not rooted, lollipop 5.0.1 with location complete off and screen brightness 10-15% approx all day, using WiFi most of the time, mixed use with some WhatsApp, chrome browsing, gaming Boom Beach and text+calls all day, gives me this much juice form the battery. Phone is 1 yr 3 months old. I think battery is still going great. Any suggestions?
[Nexus 5 General] eshopper:
I never use wifi and even the advance options is turned off.. still my battery stats shows Wi-Fi as running :mad:

Is it affecting my battery?.. and why does it show like that even though I'm not using..

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] MrObvious:
For having crappy signal at work this is pretty good.
[Nexus 5 General] mo976:
I had some craziness with my battery recently and replaced it and that seems to have sorted it out. Took less then 10 minutes and cost like $16 on eBay with tools.

Some examples: Lots of drain even with screen off, screen on was around 20% for ten minutes or so both wifi and 3g, phone would suddenly shut off with plenty of battery left 80%~ and upon restart report close to nothing left 7%~ etc etc...

Now at 30% left see screenshot
[Nexus 5 General] pgptheoriginal:
I noticed that my phone's battery lasts much more if I keep it connected to a WiFi source: with WiFi off (3g only, 4g disabled) I can't get past 3h SoT; with WiFi connection I get more than 4h.

In usage stats Cell standby is never shown among the first though.

My setup is full stock + root, location reporting, bt and nfc always on.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] mo976:
That's pretty normal to get about 2/3 of the sot using mobile data
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
This is to be expected. The Nexus 5 is most efficient when using WiFi and LTE with a good signal. 2G and 3G including voice calling are the least battery efficient signal types for this device.
[Nexus 5 General] pgptheoriginal:
Really? I've always thought that LTE consumed more power than 3G, but I don't know much about it...

Anyway, LTE is not that widespread where I live; it's only available in the biggest cities, and therefore is not worth the extra costs. That's why I am sticking with a 3G data plan for now.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Each device can be different depending on the modem used, RF front end differences etc. With the N5 in particular LTE is more efficient as can be seen in Anandtech's review, though in the real world it will depend mostly on the signal level you can receive. Of particular interest in that review is the comparison to the N5's sister device, the LG G2.
[Nexus 5 General] Derrick21:
Stock ROM with Franco r70 kernel .. On WiFi most of the time and cellular for about an hour ..
[Nexus 5 General] marjune23:
Latest code_blue

Latest Cataclysm

UV by 75

Sync on

No sim card

Adaptive on
[Nexus 5 General] Jwizzled:
nice but no radio use must help. :)
[Nexus 5 General] askor:
Not good, I got only one time this results (with good signal). Sync on, brightness 10-30%, wifi on, chrome etc.
[Nexus 5 General] Unknownkj:
Battery life have been pretty bad for me for a while. Usually 5 hrs and my phones dead. Running Franco kernel on bliss pop. Any advises for me?
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
5 hours is very good sot.
[Nexus 5 General] Unknownkj:
It's probably 2 hrs of sot and 3 hrs of idle use. Even idling it's draining fast. Maps with location on are worst.
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
I would suggest you to use the less features rom such as purity plus or purity. But I do not recommend you to lower your max cpu in order to achieve the longer SOT.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Stock 5.0.1, 20% brightness. Locations off.

http://imgur.com/a/13Ec4
[Nexus 5 General] MrMarques01:
Latest Cataclysm, latest code blue, sync on, location on (battery saving), adaptive brightness on, wifi on. Best result I've gotten so far on Lollipop.
[Nexus 5 General] kamajikaciya:
Is everything stock? It's incredible.
[Nexus 5 General] MrObvious:
All because you have a good signal.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Yeup, all stock no root access. No greenify or battery saver mode/app either.

Usage, Settings and Signal determine battery life. Signal would be 1 of the 3 reasons, using mostly WiFi certainly helped too.
[Nexus 5 General] MrBelter:
Blimey mine fully stock on 5.0.1 is dreadful, i'm lucky to get 2 hours SOT and it loses 20% just sat doing nothing overnight (on KK it lost 2% overnight)
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
You can try clearing your storage cache (Settings > Storage > Cached data and rebooting) or if the issue started when you did the upgrade you can also try a factory reset (preferably without restoring). Otherwise it just might be with your Usage, Settings or Signal including the apps you have installed.

You can also check out the Battery Help Thread for more ideas. Good luck!
[Nexus 5 General] MrBelter:
i did a factory reset immediately after i installed Lollipop and i have recently cleared cached data :)

I have the same apps on i was using under KK and i am with the same network, the only thing different is lollipop :crying:

Like i said it is losing 20% just sat there overnight, my Sony Xperia S (on 4.1.2) loses 4% in the same time and my 2012 N7 (on 5.0.2) loses 3% in the same amount of time.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
One of your apps might be having compatibility issues with L in that case. There's nothing that should make your phone regularly drain 20% over night so I would be searching non-stop for a solution if I were in your situation. Even if I turn on Locations and idle on a data connection I wouldn't lose anywhere close to 20% over night, perhaps 10% if I had very low signal (0 bars) with all features enabled.

When you did a factory reset, did you let Google restore all your apps and settings? One way you can test if it's a 3rd party app or not is to boot the phone into safe mode. If the drain persists then it's not a 3rd party app.

To boot into safe mode, when the Shutdown button appears on your screen do a long hold instead of a tap and choose safe mode.

But I don't want to crowd this thread with too much battery help stuff since this is more just for sharing results. If you'd like we can continue in that Battery Help Thread I linked to earlier.
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
As usual : PAC Rom, no gapps, uv+ov@2,5Ghz (41000-42000@antutu), 4G/lte always on, local db for gsm location always on.

Phone is more than one year old and was mosty charged using QI.

==> On a 4 day run it achieved nearly 1h45 of sot, 27 mins of calls, many messages, more than 300 mb of data (updated gsm databases) and 34% battery left... ?
[Nexus 5 General] slightpepper:
PA 5.0 + Franco 71

Easy 6 hours of my life
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Your results would be more meaningful if you included the 2nd screenshot of the apps list, as well as any information on clock speed adjustments assuming any were made. Thanks for sharing though.
[Nexus 5 General] Corvo007:
Resurrection Remix, WiFi only

[IMG="aa"]http://i.minus.com/iFd4GFhIqB7w5.png[/IMG]

[IMG="aa"]http://i.minus.com/imhY4sxRwVuMb.png[/IMG]
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
WiFi is the best for battery but I wanted to see how Stock was on standby using a constant mobile data connection. This was 100% 3g/H mobile data (less battery efficient than LTE on the N5), Locations off, GNow off, Auto Syncs on, 20% brightness. Light usage, mostly SMS using Google Messenger.

Unlike when I'm toggling radios and WiFi this had the added benefit of not causing Mobile Radio to get stuck "active" for any length of time, though the standby drain is noticeably faster and the end result for SoT is about 2 hours less than when using mostly WiFi.

http://imgur.com/a/gANkM
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
Not sure if this is true for everyone : although I use 5,2 Ghz when on Wi-Fi, I usually have less drain when on lte (sometimes 3g/h+ when 4g not available), and I never switch it off (20 GB/month of allowed "fair use").

I have what some would call a light or moderate use, thus achieving easily 3-4 days autonomy with 2-3 hours sot (see previous post from me in this thread for details and screenshots).

Couldn't find more explicit graphs as I don't use much Wi-Fi... (blanks are reboot).

I should add that I have no background sync or apps running. Wifi is then more likely to be draining when screen is on : so I'll say it depends on the way you use you phone; but when it comes to screen off, lte clearly causes less drain on my battery (don't know why : deep sleep optimisations, good signal, ... ?).

On the other hand, I didn't try but if I keep this set-up, I think I may end-up having less sot than average if try to keep it always on, surfing or gaming as some would do in this thread : 2.6 ghz cpu and 450 Mhz gpu oc can cause a huge battery drain when screen is on ?... But I can't see the point in such intensive usage (buy a tablet ?).

But that's the way I set it up according to my needs : good autonomy when sleeping and good perfs for the few minutes it's used through the day.

PS : using lollipop radio rom update on PAC Rom (kitkat).
[Nexus 5 General] BreckZeBoulay:
Untouched AOSP 5.0.2 with EX kernel
[Nexus 5 General] naveenvyas:
Poor Battery

Dear All,

I have a Nexus 5 32GB running on stock Lollipop. I have been facing worst times with a poor battery life on my phone since my upgrade to Lollipop. The worst thing is that even when I am in the office, and the phone is on standby, the battery goes down from 90% t0 14-15% in 3-4 odd hours, without even using the phone. :crying:

I have made my mind to root the phone, I seek your suggestions on the best Kernel and ROM for a better performance and primarily a superb battery life.

Thanks in advance :)

Cheers

Naveen
[Nexus 5 General] LiamAtkins90:
If your having battery drain like that, your battery maybe going bad.
[Nexus 5 General] naveenvyas:
Thanks for your response Liam, But the last I was using was Mahdi on 4.4.4 Kitkat and I was getting 7hr plus ... Since Lollipop, I have started facing these issues, I feel that I should go back to the rooted world, any suggestions on the best ROM+Kernel combo ?
[Nexus 5 General] MrObvious:
"There is no best ROM". I use Optipop and Code Blue and get decent results.
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
I upgraded to lollipop recently. 4.4.4 was way faster especially with purity.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
While that is certainly possible it would indicate an abnormally high drain rate when using WiFi. The Nexus 5 should be able to get roughly 25% more battery using WiFi than it can using LTE and closer to 30% versus 3g/H as seen here in the Anandtech review.

So the battery life you're seeing now using a mobile data connection, add roughly 25% to see what you should be able to obtain using a WiFi connection that is draining normally.

There is no best ROM or kernel for battery life, actually their impact for battery life is over emphasized IMO. See here.
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
[MENTION=5530350]bblzd[/MENTION]

Yes I've already read that review, and other about the wonderful envelope tracking tech and battery drain of the nexus, and they're all good and I won't argue over those facts; but this is the world of benchmarks and constant sot/surfing/gaming, not the one I'm living in.

In my world of light to moderate usage, the screen is off most of the time, lte is 5 to 6 times faster than my dsl or workplace wifi, (60 mbps vs 12 mbps, unlimited data plan and good coverage where I live), and I don't use my phone 6 hours in a row or if I do, I just plug it to the wall or a battery bank and I dont complain about poor battery life.

So if use wifi I should set it to be disabled on screen off (for when I'm away, or I'll lose data) as most of us may have, thus having to keep the screen on longer in my case, and having it to re-auth each time I look at my phone, even for no reason as most of us do . Not sure benchmarcks do it that way but I may be wrong.

Besides, all battery gauges I've been using showed more drainage when my wifi is on, no matter the radio roms or android versions (currently kitkat rom and lollipop radio) and I can't see any issue on my device.

Dont know much about it, but data is needed because of sms/mms and vvm can be accesed only via the operator network, thus involving the use of both wifi and carrier data anyway ?

You'll tell me then that there are apps/frameworks than can manage my wifi (location, inactivity, ...), but then you'll have the drain those apps running to add to the drain of the wifi radio to have a fair comparison ?

Truth is I'm quite happy the way I set it up, again according to my usage, and I've yet to see set-ups that makes me change mine for better perf/autonomy compromise.

As you answered wisely in your previous post, the harder is actually to find a rom that fits your needs and allows you set things up the way you want : trial and error will teach you more than asking "nonsense" questions
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
Sorry : I messed up with the screenshots for previous post and xda app is buggy with attachments when editing...

re-Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app
[Nexus 5 General] Habitate:
These are my results. The phone lasted from 11 in the morning and to 18:50 at night. don't listen to people who claim to have **** results. They probably have a battery hogging app that's all.

Nexus 5 - Stock ROM, Kernel - Rooted.
[Nexus 5 General] Unknownkj:
Battery life is bad. Need some advise on getting more juice. I'm euphoria rom with stock Franco.
[Nexus 5 General] marf28101995:
Install code_blue is the 1st step lololol
[Nexus 5 General] Unknownkj:
I could try that pal. Seems to be performing slightly better with stock EX. Could it be rom selection? I tried cataclysm and slim pop, only performing slightly better only.
[Nexus 5 General] marf28101995:
Check battery tips in Code_Blue g+ community links
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Looks like wakelocks, for more info check out the Battery Life Help thread. This thread is more just for sharing results. :good:
[Nexus 5 General] Sanjay Varma:
Nexus 5 (16gb)

Rooted : NOPE

Using any battery saver apps : NOPE

Andriod : Lollipop 5.0.1

Brightness level was : 2/10 (Manual)

Location Service was : Turned off

Connected to : DataNetwork/Wifi (through out the test)

Would be happy to provide any missing information. Also please provide me any other tips to save my battery.
[Nexus 5 General] MrObvious:
Honestly that's pretty good 4 hours SOT for completely stock. Outside of disabling stuff essential to Google Play Services or whatever that's about it or rooting.
[Nexus 5 General] HandzUp:
Meanwhile on the xperia forums
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Kewl
[Nexus 5 General] :
what phone? lol
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
We're doing fine here actually, thanks for your concern though.

http://imgur.com/a/BC5Od

http://imgur.com/a/vQpoz
[Nexus 5 General] :
lol, my N5 cant even surpass 3hrs 30minutes screen on time. all features off except wifi for some time. 2 cores set manually plus underclocked gpu to 320mhz.
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
21 days history : I needed to charge only 6 times... Just look for my older posts in this thread for details (config, sot, perfs).
[Nexus 5 General] dadme:
And what kernel are you using with PAC?

---------- Post added at 03:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:28 PM ----------

I got my answers, thanks. But what do you mean with "gsm geoloc with local db"?
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
Using my words : it's a database of the antennas and their location, for the providers of your country, that you have on your phone : it's not gps accurate but enough (+- 1500m) for most location based services like weather, timezone, traffic, ...

The point here is I think it helps in battery savings, location is always on but the gps chip isn't draining the battery and you don't generate network traffic as well.

Screenshots will tell you a lot more :

- The app details (in f-droid store) :

- Android localization setup : note the 2nd category, kind of "location provider" (in french, but you got the idea...)

- the app itself :

- selecting a backend (separate app) : I only installed gsm location but other providers and means exist (apple backend, wifi geoloc...)

// I messed up... to be continued in next post
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
- the gsm backend config : it allows to generate the local database using a country provider code filter to avoid having all the world antennas locations on your device

- the backend on f-droid

- using maps.me : it's centered on the antenna but I'm rarely out of the blue uncertainty (google maps doesn't show the circle anymore).

- the "gapp-friendly" version for the provider
[Nexus 5 General] dadme:
Thanks! I make i try. Nice tutorial!
[Nexus 5 General] KodRoute:
I'm super-excited with the battery. Now I can easily get 6h SoT thanks to Lethargy.

(No UV/UC, everything stock, only rooted.)
[Nexus 5 General] dadme:
Lethargy?
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
My old username.
[Nexus 5 General] sheshuvadrevu:
Unbelievable results... Awesome...
[Nexus 5 General] KodRoute:
Yep, I'm amazed too. Notice that I wouldn't get the same results without managing wakelocks. Also, I use the phone mostly for school, socializing and browsing. I hardly ever play any game.
[Nexus 5 General] Pezmet:
It seems that you use it in airplane mode all day.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
I don't think managing wakelocks had as much to do with this result as being in airplane mode 24/7. Generally speaking, if you remove the SIM card (ie Airplane mode) then you will always get good results. Nothing should even wake your phone without an active voice or internet connection as there's nothing the phone can hope to accomplish without a signal of some sort.

BTW you can disable your data connection and leave your voice + SMS connection enabled if you would like to receive calls and texts.
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
A good one, very light usage this week (see previous posts for conf) :
[Nexus 5 General] semirr:
Your signal strength is soooo bad! You could try setting it to 3g or eve 2g, i think that would help a lot. If not, messege me for more tips or search the forum :D
[Nexus 5 General] dadme:
And what version of PAC-Man are you using, exactly? Are a lot versions on Pac-Man servers. I try to replicate your setup, becouse i use my device in the same way with you. My setup is Purity 4.4.4 with gapps removed and no google sync, with Ethernity 1.13. Works nice but not so good as yours.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
Actually I didn't charge yesterday, so :
[Nexus 5 General] luisaosan:
I'm pretty impressed with this battery(sokp + elementalx 2.10), these are my stats of a normal day
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
I'm using the RC3 release with elementalX. (oc & uv) and lollipop radio :
[Nexus 5 General] Unknownkj:
hey bro yes my signal is really bad, it switches around constantly between 3g and lte. im trying to put it on 3g to see how well it goes. any tips to improve signal strength?
[Nexus 5 General] psycho693:
Here is mine ;)
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
What are the settings, rom and kernel?Underclock
[Nexus 5 General] psycho693:
Latest purity with code blue r877 stock kernel settings. GPS turned off, WiFi 2.4 GHz only.
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
This is an amazing!!. Does that wifi 2.4ghz only helps? What are your main activities? such as chating etc.
[Nexus 5 General] psycho693:
My usage during that day was...

Twitch 1 hour

YouTube half hour

Facebook off and on all day

Some quick phone calls

Twitter

G+

Text messaging

And a few games

WiFi on 2.4 GHz does help a lot. But I noticed the little climbs in the battery graph. I can assure you I didn't charge it. So if anyone knows why that happens please inform me lol.
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
i will try the 2.4 ghz only mode .. see if this one works for me?
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
welcome back ... 6 hours SOT .

5.1 complete stock .. always on wifi , location on power saving mode .. , g+ and sync on . lowest brightness , few minutes of youtube and watching some videos ..

(on 5.0.1 i could barely get 5 hours SOT with exact same usage)
[Nexus 5 General] Gentaz:
Maybe this question has already been addressed, but couldn't find anything about it : does having 16Gb or 32Gb makes any difference in the battery drain ?

I would intuitively say yes : if 32Gb has more memory chips would it increase storage consumption ? unless different, more evolved memory chips are involved for 32Gb version ? Or maybe it isn't noticeable ?
[Nexus 5 General] Pezmet:
Does everybody get better battey results while useing WiFi in 2.4Ghz mode?, I'm testing as i write this but i have not noticed any differance yet.
[Nexus 5 General] ZaltysZ:
I have noticed a battery drain issue related to wireless charging. If I charge with no case or with slim TPU case on, everything is fine. If I charge with thicker case (thick enough to stop magnets in N5 qi charger aligning my phone correctly), sometimes I get constant 2-5%/h drain on idle after I remove the phone from wireless charger. Reboot fixes this drain. It seems, this "bug" manifests only when charging starts while phone is misaligned/too far from the charger. I wonder if people reporting huge overnight drains might be also using wireless charging?
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
Tried it on Kitkat, and LP 5.0.1 - it's the same. My wifi router is set up on a+g and my N5 is set to auto since I've seen no difference.
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
Yes, confirmed. No difference
[Nexus 5 General] Samip430:
Unknown battery drain

Upgraded to 5.1 and battery drain is still insanely high. No idea what is going on. I'm charging 3+ times a day.
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
I can't imagine your SOT stats. I always have 2-3 max SOT. It's my stats on stock 5,1: 50% battery and 1h 10 mins SOT, using only Wi-Fi and some messenger, xda, playstore, always 0-20% screen brightness. I can't edit post and add my screens on xda app

Now trying on pure white rom with newest code blue for 2 days.
[Nexus 5 General] surrealjam:
I know this isn't at all helpful but that looks like a classic wakelock issue. You can see this as the phone is showing as being awake for long periods while the screen is off. The good thing is, all you need to do is find the app or process causing the wakelock and stop it somehow. The downside is, unless you're rooted, that can be a bit of a pain in the rear.
[Nexus 5 General] fattymcdirty:
What are the possibilities of finding and eliminating wakelocks?
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
Are you rooted?
[Nexus 5 General] fattymcdirty:
Yes.
[Nexus 5 General] BaltazarIX:
btw are you recommend to use apps lie: battery doctor, clean master od CM backup?
[Nexus 5 General] fabulous69:
LOL

you have been doing nothing with it... no apps eating.

Stop posting stats with no activity while screen on, this is USELESS

and i bet screen luminosity were like 10% maximum.

8h... seriously. Stop

i'm using my phone for mailing, whatsapp, clash of clans, internet and messages, 35% screen brightness, and getting 4.30H SOT. This is a normal usage.
[Nexus 5 General] :
seriously, what is the highest SOT you can achieve with normal usage? i've been thinking to replace the battery of my nexus 5 coz i always get 3h sot in any setup. no wakelocks, no location, no sync, just wifi/data with chrome. brightness into lowest.
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
Try wakelock detector then. If that doesn't show you try gsam with root companion