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[Nexus 5 General] dioxide95:
Not impressive.

I achieve about 3 hours SOT on the following config. And that's with regular usage.

Tweaked min freq to 400MHz and screen off freq to 400MHz too. Undervolted to 725000 for min freq.

Screen brightness around 20%.

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Nexus 5, Android 5.1.1 (Stock LMY48B), ElementalX 4.02, Xposed 3.0(alpha2), Viper4Android Audio, rooted (duh)
[Nexus 5 General] murfi:
i used to have dead phone at the end of my work at 4 pm if i didnt charge it.

i bought fkupdater and played with the settings - setting a lower max. frequency, undervolting, generally using power-saving and setting power-saving for specific apps (usually games)

performance-wise i dont see a huge difference except slightly longer loading times and sometimes a stutter or 2 in games, but now i can make it back home and still have around 30% of battery in the late evening.
[Nexus 5 General] silvertrain78:
You realize that he had 51% battery remaining with 2 hrs sot right? And there's nothing to suggest he wasn't using phone in a "regular" manner.

Your 3 hr sot.. Was that a full charge cycle or half?

What is regular usage?
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
stock kernel+ stock rom (Cleancore rom from general section) gives me great battery life

with 38 hours uptime, 2 hours SOT and 40 minutes of talk time and have 49% battery left.

The only thing i changed was governor to interactive(and tweaked some of the parameters because on stock kernel it was going to the highest frequency a lot) and this gives me the best performance. On custom kernels i always notice some performance issues...
[Nexus 5 General] dioxide95:
3 hour SOT with 30% battery left.

Regular usage includes a few calls, whatsapp, twitter, Snapchat, XDA etc.

And yeah, I run a heavily modified System UI so that too consumes battery.

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Nexus 5, Android 5.1.1 (Stock LMY48B), ElementalX 4.02, Xposed 3.0(alpha2), Viper4Android Audio, rooted (duh)
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
what?A modified system ui consumes extra battery?why would you say that?
[Nexus 5 General] dioxide95:
I was initially on stock, didn't know about Xposed then.

Downloaded Xposed, Gravity box and many other modules which modify the System UI.

Now,

I've noticed more battery consumption by System UI on GSam Battery Monitor.

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Nexus 5, Android 5.1.1 (Stock LMY48B), ElementalX 4.02, Xposed 3.0(alpha2), Viper4Android Audio, rooted (duh)
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
there should be no difference with xposed unless it activates some kind of feature like pocket mode or ambient display or something like that(which shows up as system ui if im not mistaken).
[Nexus 5 General] dioxide95:
There is definitely a difference between stock system UI and modded.

I could disable all mods and compare with the modded one, but too lazy to do that :p

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Nexus 5, Android 5.1.1 (Stock LMY48B), ElementalX 4.02, Xposed 3.0(alpha2), Viper4Android Audio, rooted (duh)
[Nexus 5 General] intoxicated.mad:
Euphoria os 1.1 june 30th build with ElementalX 4.02 Underclocked to minimum ! Satisfied :cowboy:
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
what does underclock to minimum mean?im assuming you didnt underclock to 300mhz lol
[Nexus 5 General] fix-this!:
whats shocking to me is that ambient display- lift to wake doesn't drain that much battery compared to the dt2w feature.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
different things...one keep the proximity sensor/accelerometer active, the other keeps the touchscreen active. Keeping the touchscreen active on our device wastes a lot of battery because it was not prepared for that
[Nexus 5 General] intoxicated.mad:
I mean 1.4 ghz ... which ElementalX aroma installer offers during installation...
[Nexus 5 General] dioxide95:
I had a crappy signal for some time.

But still, results are awesome!

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Nexus 5, Android 5.1.1 (Stock LMY48B), ElementalX 4.02, Xposed 3.0(alpha2), Viper4Android Audio, rooted (duh)
[Nexus 5 General] billy662:
This is the fisrt day I start using xtrasmooth 5.1

So far I got 4hrs SoT and 20% left.

:(
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
That's a good sot..
[Nexus 5 General] :
Best ROM for 5h30min + SOT

Hi, all running cm11 m11, max battery settings, (stock cm kernel settings), I am very happy to say cm11 is the only ROM which gives me 5h sot without fail, recently I just replaced my battery, u can find a thread I started for the URL to 1000% original genuine lg BL t9 battery, took several attempts to find, anyway, I'm on my third full cycle on my new battery, from 100%-0% ( and don't say that's bad, because I study electronics,and just to let u know, the max discharge voltage for each cell is 3v for LIPO AND LION BATTERIES, the nexus 5 IN THIS CASE USES LION AND discharges and shuts down at 3.4v, that's 0.4v left till the lion batteries discharge limit to consider it dangerous. so I'm 82% with 1h sot right now, mix gaming, browsing, on/off WiFi/data, social apps, camera, half brightness, location off, Bluetooth on, very happy, and still needs more full cycles to reach optimal performance.

Look below at screen shots

All lollipop ROMs never can achieve, this type of battery results, and remember cm11 is kit kat rom

Looking at calculations, I get achieve 5:30 SOT PLUS, AND HAVE ACHIEVED MANY TIMES BEFORE,BATTERY GOT OLD
[Nexus 5 General] dioxide95:
Exactly why you get a better battery life.

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Nexus 5, Android 5.1.1 (Stock LMY48B), ElementalX 4.02, Xposed 3.0(alpha2), Viper4Android Audio, rooted (duh)
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
[MENTION=5637841]HasnaCuz[/MENTION] how many more full cycles does it need, according to your knowledge in electronics, to reach its optimal performance?
[Nexus 5 General] slmklc:
quite old post I know but thanks mate. I read your post last night and tried to flash KRT16M, went for a sleep 8-9 hours and battery still %100.No idle drain whatsoever.Battery now %90 with 48minute SoT.Still testing,will post certain screenshots.
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
Glad to help. I can say I still rock this same setup: latest cataclysm + latest code blue 955 + krt16m modem. Same battery performance as when I wrote that post.

EXPECT one thing... that nasty weird LP battery drain related to "mobile radio active" which sometimes occurs. Simple reboot fixes it but I hate it :)

I flashed dualboot Slimkat in order to go back to KK, but goddamn, that UI. Still considering if it's worth it :D
[Nexus 5 General] slmklc:
"mobile radio active" did not happen for me yet, where can I check it ? I am using wakelock detector + greenify + cataclsym's build-in app opp setting.
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
Mobile radio active is the main battery hog for me. One of the things which need to be fixed
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
This wakelock is not related to any app so I don't know how to block it. It happens only when you're on mobile data. Under battery consumption graph, you can even see how idle drain has rised and awake bar shows activity (a lot of small dashes).

http://imgur.com/pmOpN1g

When you spend some time on mobile data, you can notice some apps jump on battery usage list (in battery settings). You could think "oh wait, I didn't use chrome/twitter/whatsapp that much. What happened?"

http://imgur.com/9GiQm3x

If you click on that app, under details you will notice high "mobile radio active" amount of time. For example, I haven't send any message with Telegram, nor I opened it once and it is 5th on the list. You can guess why.

http://imgur.com/X8PK2Ht

Same thing goes for Play Services above.
[Nexus 5 General] slmklc:
latest cataclysm 5.1.1+elementalx kernel default settings (only fsync disabled don'T know it matters though)+greenified all user apps+used cata's built in app ops for turning off keep awake for google play services and google application.biggest difference is using KRT16M radio, instead of 5.1.1's stock radio.(big thanks again [MENTION=2692781]dakore[/MENTION])

daily usage :

battery saver always off,

wifi full on,

2 hours 3g-2g(using cataclysm's smart radio feature)

10~mins phone call

1-1.5 hours indie gaming,

1 hour facebook via app

30 mins youtube

1-1.5 hour whatsapp,facebook messenger,twitter,periscope(you know this is total battery killer)

1 hour browsing through Firefox

etc..

really happy about that result after flashing KRT16M last night,I think you guys must try this.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Mate I'm on 4 and half full cycles and it gets better and better, the more cycles the better, at least 5 full cycles for new battery and then, once every month do a full discharge cycle, the best way to discharge the whole battery is by putting phone on full brightness and then play a 1080p video thats duration of at least 4hours, that's what I have been doing then, leave phone on charge for the night, then u have a cycled battery, just one note, once phone shuts down automatically, wait and hour and try turning on, my magically charges its self to about 7% battery, and discharge till phone can't boot up anymore. These are clear and useful tips to optimise battery life, don't it to my lg watch amazing battery life after 2 full cycles.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Please don't tell people to do that lol. No, that doesn't improve your battery life. You're just using up your battery's precious charge cycles so it degrades faster. If you want to burn up your charge cycles for no reason that's your decision but convincing others to do the same is just evil. [MENTION=6779018]slmklc[/MENTION] [MENTION=4860276]amir7777[/MENTION]

Not true, have you even looked through some of this thread?. 5+ hours SoT on stock Lollipop (ROM and kernel) has been achieved many times and there are endless examples of that in this thread. Your result is not unique to Kit Kat or KK based ROMs.

Here is one example for you but I have many others if you'd like to see them. You can also look back through this very thread that you posted in and see many others with similar results. Screen time is based on Usage, Settings and Signal, not which ROM or Kernel you're using.
[Nexus 5 General] bekasulaberidze:
Hello guys ! I am new Nexus 5 user, had Note 4... any tips to improve battery life ?
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Check out the Battery Life Help thread here.
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
Your 5+ h sot result means nothing to me, him or anybody else if our usage pattern is different. Sot is really hard to compare or even copy from person to person. I think he wanted to say that HE managed to get better battery on KK than on LP with HIS usage pattern and experience.

From my experience, I'm getting around 4,5h sot on LP, but with same usage pattern I got 5+ h sot on KK and nobody can tell me opposite :) So I would agree with HasnaCuz in this question
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
He said no LP ROM could ever achieve such a result. That is not true and that's what I pointed out. He also said discharging your battery will give you better battery life (ie wearing down your battery) so I also pointed out that was wrong. Zero for two of course will get a call out.

I also mentioned that screen time is based on Usage, Settings, and Signal so I'm not sure why you're typing that to me TBH. Of course usage will determine the results. That's kind of my slogan here lol.
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
In that case I agree with you as well. I got different understanding of his post/statement, nothing more. Sorry for missunderstanding, I sometimes get lost in english and start imagining things that have never been said.
[Nexus 5 General] preclajsz:
Please can somebody help me? I have terrible battery life. Please check screens below. Currently i am using CM12.1 CAF with default kernel
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
You guys cant really compare kk to LP...most of you guys used KK a while back, since then (6+ months or even more) battery has suffered degradation of course. We can see from this thread that a lot of people did 5+ sot and even more a year ago. its obvious that now on LP you might only do 4+ sot, in one year the battery can suffer a bit of degradation. Its really innacurate to just say "oh yeah on KK i used to get much better battery" unless you are using KK now and comparing both(which most guys who complain KK had better battery do not)

Whats your screen on time?You have some wakelocks, probably due to the most ****ty apps ever(facebook and facebook messenger). Just check the alarms screenshot you provided, in one day, facebook woke up the cpu 440 times and messenger 300+ times lol its ridiculous

if you want to continue using those apps, my advice is turn off your wifi/data and only turn on when needed so those ****ty apps dont keep waking up the cpu so often(not 100% sure it will work, but probably will)
[Nexus 5 General] :
No worries buddy, say what u have to say, however once u have completed ur electronics engineer course than I'll listen, mate u don't understand how many ROMs and kernela mods I have flashed and tested,
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
thats exactly the problem, you keep flashing roms. you just need to discharge your battery once after flashing the rom, so that your phone calibrates and shows up the correct battery percentage. No point in doing 4 full discharge cycles after flashing a rom. One is enough. And then do it once a month at most. Of course if you keep flashing roms you will have to do this again

As it was said before, many people here got even more sot than you on LP on similar usage, so thats pointless

btw keep doing those full discharges, no wonder you needed to replace battery rofl

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

check that out
[Nexus 5 General] preclajsz:
Yeah, thanks. As you say they are ****ty as hell, but there is no good alternatives. My SoT was 1 hour 30 minutes.... So bad. Problem is i need to have messenger always on :(
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
in that case my advice is getting xposed+greenify pro(this combination enables you to hibernate those apps and still be able to receive push notifications, dont forget to enable all the option that allow this). It will improve your battery significantly
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
Few months ago I used KK and LP at the same time, switching back and forth, 1 week on KK, another on LP. I saw significant difference regarding achieved sot and battery in general. My usage pattern haven' changed for at least 1,5 year.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
It is still very different...it depends on which kernel was used.you might have used a battery friendly kernel on kk and a better performance one on lp...kernels have significant impact on battery
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
KK doesn't have all the beautiful animations LP have. How kernels have a significant impact on battery? Cuz I read a lot that kernels and ROMs doesn't have any impact on battery
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
you didnt read enough then...roms have almost 0 impact on battery life, kernels are a whole different story. I will give you the example of code blue kernel, it has its own governor(called blu active or something like that) that puts the cpu on 300mhz(and lower cpu frequencies) for as long as it can without compromising performance too much. More time at lower cpu frequencies=better battery life. On kitkat most kernels kept the cpu at the lowest frequencies, so lower cpu frequencies=more battery life. Elementalx kernel also has its own governor, but its more performance oriented, keeping the cpu frequencies a little higher than code blue
[Nexus 5 General] :
Why don't u guys read what I am, an electronic engineer, battery university is showing what would happen if battery goes through deep discharge cycles BELOW 3V, AGAIN NEXUS 5 SHUTS OFF AT 3.4V AND WITH MY EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTROS, LION AND LIPO BATTERIES HAVE THE MAXIMUM DISCHARGE VOLTAGE FOR EACH CELL OF 3V, NOT LIKE NEXUS 5 LEAVING ANOTHER 0.4V OF JUICE, I AGREE WITH BATT UNI, HOWVEVRR UR GETTING CONFUSED WITH OUR BATTERIES AND REGULAR LIPO, NIMH, ALAKINE AND ETC, UR TALIKG TO A 5 YEAR EXPERIENCED R/C FREAK and an graduated electronic engineer WHOM PLAYS WITH LIPO BATTERIES, BALANCE CHARGES THEM AND DISCHARGES THEM,AND EXPERIEMENTS, AGIAN DONT TELL ME IM DOING WRONG, I WILL AGAIN LISTEN IF U HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE

WHO THE HELL SAID I FLASH AND TEST BATTERY LIFE RIGHT AWAY, I KNOW THE PROCEDURE, ANDROID SYSTEM TAKES TIME YO SETTLE, ITS LIKE WHEN U UPGRADE TO A NEW HOME IT TAKES TIME TO SETTLE, I KNOW THE BASICS AND I KNOW THE EXTREMES. IM NOT ARGUING, PEACE, HOWEVER IM TRYING TO PROVE A POINT WITH MY EXPERIENCE WHICH IS 100% RELATED TO WHAT I STUDY IN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING COURSE.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
Take a chill pill bro. Funny thing is, your super expertise in batteries has already led you to having to replace your battery. So keep it up;)
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Precisely. I've had the same battery for 19 months or so and though there are minor signs of degradation I have not needed to replace it yet. The reason for that is simple, I've set my phone up for longer battery life which means I haven't charged it daily and haven't used as many of the battery's rated charge cycles.

In your course did they mention how these batteries are only rated for about 300 charge cycles? That means if you charge it daily it will degrade noticeably after 1 year. If you're wasting some of those charge cycles on the hopes of increasing your screen on time (a useless pursuit IMO, but you're free to use your cycles how you want) and you charge daily then it will be degraded in only months and need to be replaced.

Trying to "condition" the battery is not the way to pursue longer screen on time as that is based on your Usage, Settings and Signal.
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
Umm guys, what is amount of that "after 1 year degradation" exactly? Have anyone measured it yet? Are we talking about 5 or 55%?

My phone has different story to tell. I own it since november 2013 and I play a lot of Ingress. This is a game which drains your battery within couple of hours. My battery very often drops to <20% before I put it on charger. I charge my phone twice a day - overnight and in the middle of the day. I carry powerbank all the time so sometimes I charge phone just to keep it close to 100%. When I take break from Ingress my phone lasts all day long and really cannot complain. So far I didn't notice any battery degradation, especialy not that >significant< as some mentions. My average batt consumption when playing Ingress over night is mostly the same - 35-40%/h. On sunny days it raises to 50+%/h.

My sot when not playing Ingress hasn't changed much since I settle on same and familiar setup (slimkat final rom and eX kernel 1.13). My usage is always the same, litterly, same apps, same setup. Only app versions have changed.

I was looking to buy new battery just in case but I asked myself "why"? I still believe those degradations are marginal.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
I'm probably somewhere around 350-400 charge cycles in and what I've been noticing in the past few months is:

-the first 10% drains quicker, the battery seems to have a harder time holding a completely full charge on a consistent basis even after 3+ hours of charging time.

-the last 20% of the battery consistently drains quicker than usual. Even during idle the last 20% will drain at about twice the rate.

Each battery will degrade at a different rate depending on various factors, so we can't say for sure how much efficiency will be lost over time. The most common factors for battery degradation are:

-Charge speed. The faster the battery is charged the quicker it will degrade. This also includes any device with Turbo Chargers, Quick Charging, etc. It is a trade off between battery longevity and charge speed which is why if you value longevity slow chargers are preferred.

- Extreme temperatures. Heat and cold are the battery's enemy, especially during the charge cycle. A battery that is consistently too hot or too cold while charging will degrade quicker, which is why you'll will often hear it recommended not to charge the device while gaming.
[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
Nexus 5's battery degraded fairly quickly compared to other phones i have used. Its not that bad but still noticeable .
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
I've bought new battery (oem, users said it's original, we'll see when it arrives). I have feeling I spent money without need.

What [MENTION=5530350]bblzd[/MENTION] said, I really don't have such experience:

- First 20% of battery I achieve 1-1:20min sot. Same is on LP and KK. Actualy, I have constant pattern day after day: 100-80% = min 1h sot, 100-60% = min 2h sot. 100-50% = i expect min 2:30h sot. And that is my battery routine every working day :)

- last 20% is fine. When idle and powersave active it holds quite good with LTE (very good signal)

- i use stock charger with stock cable. I doubt it can be charged any faster. Often I use wireless chargerduring the day/at work.

- I often play Ingress/games and charge via powerbank - that produces some heat, especially now at summer.

I would say that I don't take care of my battery and yet it works ok for second year. I'm really interested to see if new battery will act better than old one.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
With battery saver mode on I wouldn't notice the last 20% either, but I don't use that personally.

The Nexus 5 can certainly charge faster. The stock LG charger is 1.2A where as I occasionally use my 1.8A Black Berry folding blade charger which is considerably quicker.

Those names you see on new phones like QuickCharge and Turbo Charge etc they're all just marketing names, our phone already supported similar charging speeds before those devices.
[Nexus 5 General] brianyoon:
Flashed Chroma and ElementalX but the battery life is...

I have flashed the latest versions of Chroma and ElementalX three days ago but I have still had dismal battery life.

The SOTs have been 2HR10MIN, 3HR10MIN, and 2HR20MIN.

When I looked at other people's results, most have been able to achieve over 4HRs of SOT time.

What can I do? Should I just wait and see for a few more days?
[Nexus 5 General] dioxide95:
That is normal. People here have highly underclocked CPUs, stopped background services etc.

In Simple words, their configuration is not normal.

I know I'm generalizing, but most people have been doing that.

So you don't need to worry, really. I get around 3 hours SoT on stock ROM and ElementalX.

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Nexus 5, Android 5.1.1 (Stock LMY48B), ElementalX 4.02, Xposed 3.0(alpha4), Viper4Android Audio, rooted (duh)
[Nexus 5 General] askor:
Hmm... I get around 4,5h SOT/~30h standby with only UV -75 and aggresive task grouping (some option in kernel, I don't remember how its really called). In your opinion it's cutting much options of this phone?

Lastest chroma + CB r955
[Nexus 5 General] dioxide95:
If you don't feel your phone lagging then it works fine.

It is all up to you actually. Settings are usually different and unique for each user.
[Nexus 5 General] brianyoon:
Can you give me a link to the CB kernel? I can't get hold of it...
[Nexus 5 General] humzaahmed155:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl6idge79h07bij/Code_Blue_r955-5.1.1_hammerhead.zip?dl=0 here you go.
[Nexus 5 General] aliquzwini:
I never update my phone since 3 months because of exams 3:
[Nexus 5 General] bekasulaberidze:
HELP !
[Nexus 5 General] gie62001:
Help with what? Don't see anything unusual.

I get around 2 hours SOT. Normal usage, everything on. For a 2 year old phone it's pretty good I'd say.
[Nexus 5 General] -SmOgER:
What I personally noticed, is that during heavy usage my SOT is quite a bit higher higher (around 4 hours) as opposed to 2 with something h of SOT when it has more standby time. Gotta try disabling LTE when I'am not using mobile data.
[Nexus 5 General] bekasulaberidze:
aa OK
[Nexus 5 General] nokiagye:
I have the worst battery on 5 from any other..????
[Nexus 5 General] slimshaddy.:
Which rom are you using ?
[Nexus 5 General] nokiagye:
On many custom roms..?
[Nexus 5 General] Donnie Sins:
Well.. Not sure if you want to get help, but in this way I'm afraid you aren't going to get it (assuming no one has psychic powers).

Sent from the Matrix
[Nexus 5 General] nokiagye:
No my friend I don't post the comment for help.. I am just saying ..I have try everything.. Nobody can't do something..