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[Nexus 5 General] :
Some people haven't found this thread yet.....its stickied, and post 2 has all the tips I personally know. There's tips in there some won't want to do....but any little bit helps. ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2785128

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Of course, we all use our phones for different things....some people's usage can make it impossible to get anywhere near 6 hours SoT. Gamers, heavy social app use, and a million other things. :)

Me, mostly Tapatalk, texts and browser use in a typical day. So not very battery demanding tasks. :)
[Nexus 5 General] Snow24:
My "best" results
[Nexus 5 General] thakrew317:
After reconfiguring it the way I want it this is my stats from the first day..more to come
[Nexus 5 General] RogerPodacter:
You get 1% drain overnight. That's what I'm trying to achieve like my other phones do.

Can you post some details, what ROM, setup, location AMD google now on? Finally could you use "current widget" and lot your mA values overnight and post your logged results? Thanks if you can!
[Nexus 5 General] rancur3p1c:
NOPEEEE I get an extra hour compared with stock when I set Eco Mode (only use 2 cores). All the time. I've been back and forth. It's only common sense. thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] Boonyard:
If you only want to use two cores, why didn't you buy an older, cheaper phone?
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
I easily get 4+ hrs of screen on time... To be precise some where around 4hrs 40mins.... Wid net of wcdma only (3g preferred)

My usage

Mostly forum runner ..opera mini.... Lots of whatsapp...lots of camera usage...maps sometimes

What is dont use... Fb app...wechat...g+ or any app that generates too frequent wakelocks...always switch off my gps when m nt using maps. Stock rom 4.4.4 stock kernel
[Nexus 5 General] p-d:
my feeling is that the battery life with each new release was worse
[Nexus 5 General] :
From what I've seen....I agree with that. For the "everything on" devices anyway. ;)

For me, as an "almost everything off" guy....(and using my toggles when I need features on)....I've noticed no difference.

My guess, always....is its mostly location services fault....combined with the apps that use it.
[Nexus 5 General] VisionNN:
My best battery results. Could have kept going but eh....

Running stock 4.4.4 with ElementalX kernel, xposed framework with a bunch of modules, g3 bionic and z2 dalvik. I run on LTE all day, leave my wifi, Bluetooth and NFC off as I don't use it.

Has been quite great, but I have no idea how you guys manage to get 5 SOT, that's crazy haha
[Nexus 5 General] aeoveu:
Cause they dim the brightness to the minimum and stay on WiFi all the time, and turn off location services as well.

And maybe have full signal all the time, since that's known to have an impact on the battery consumption.

And maybe some other mumbo jumbo that I don't know, but follow these two pointers and you should be good to go!
[Nexus 5 General] :
See post number 2 for tips,

>*Google Nexus 5*>*Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting*>*[Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!

;)
[Nexus 5 General] Rajaasim1980:
I said 7 hour screen on time which seem normal if you use your phone frequently and spend most of your time outside home. These days people use their smart phones intead of laptop for surfing/gaming/youtube/facebook/gps etc and these all drain battery quickly. Internet is also hobby and so is posting on xda
[Nexus 5 General] genaro12543:
What phone is getting that consistently though? With everything you mentioned those things use a lot of battery especially on mobile data. The fact that a phone can still last over twelve hours easily and get you over 4-5 hours of usage during that time is great and a lot better than past phones

Everyone has different usages but I think people are getting picky here
[Nexus 5 General] Rajaasim1980:
Note 2 give me 7 to 8 hour screen on time and heard same about lg g2 which i am.consdering as next phone. I love evrything about this phone except loud speaker and battey life
[Nexus 5 General] genaro12543:
Yea well they do have huge batteries but I'm hoping at some point that'll be achievable with a smaller battery so it charges faster and can stay slim and I'm thinking that the battery stats will only improve for the n5 considering it has a very new very capable processor
[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
Not everyone wants to carry a tablet in their pocket.
[Nexus 5 General] .jond:
My phone has been off the charger for 1 hour. So far, 0% drop. Still sitting at 100% an hour later.

On wifi, mobile data off.
[Nexus 5 General] Rajaasim1980:
Lg g2 is not tablet lol its very.much same as nexus 5 but with 3000mah battery

Note 2/3 is also 5.5 inch..its not bad once you get use to it although i agree its not as hand friendly as N5 or lg g2
[Nexus 5 General] Soldier 2.0:
Nexus 5 has a better signal than S4 from my experience. I get two more bars at the office with the N5.
[Nexus 5 General] crzycrkr:
Network strength is BY FAR the biggest influence on battery life. That is why all these battery "tests" are for the most part pointless
[Nexus 5 General] kumarshah:
Can we get everybody posting battery results to post their brightness settings?

The result on full brightness vs auto vs 20% will differ widely with 3h screen times.
[Nexus 5 General] J_Dutch:
True, it depends very much on brightness level. I'm always around 25% cause higher values will cause a headache...:D

Right now I'm on first cycle: 1 day and 6 minutes, sot is 1 hour and 50 minutes. In no gamer, just chatting browsing and 1,5 hour spotify.

Edit: forgot to mention I have 52% left. Been on 3G for twelve hours.
[Nexus 5 General] cHarOn99:
I am so happy with the battery life, take note that I had the phone two times very short connected to a PC to copy something as you can see on the screenshots, so it charged it a little bit. But this battery will give me around 5-6hours SOT and that's perfect for me.
[Nexus 5 General] .jond:
That's behind my point of turning off 'mobile data' when you're not using it.

Your 3G/4G network card burns the most out of anything in your phone(short of maybe the screen when on).

The cards are slinging data MILES away. That takes power...
[Nexus 5 General] Waltsch:
Can someone please advice / explain?
[Nexus 5 General] J_Dutch:
Instead of switching it off you can select battery saving mode in settings/location. Then Google services will also use a saving mode.
[Nexus 5 General] patrickn22:
I used it as normal for an entire day as I was studying... Brightness on the setting shown and WiFi on all day. I probably sent 100 or so texts and about 10 minutes of voice calls.

I don't know about you guys but this is pretty good for my needs.
[Nexus 5 General] Waltsch:
Well It was already set on battery savings... I mostly was on 3g but nonetheless it isn't supposed tot be such a hog, is it? What can I do to find a fix?
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidKills:
Currently I'm very pleased.

Had early morning class. So my phone was unplugged since 8:30.I use it pretty heavily, texting, whatsapp, browsing the web. LTE was on all day. Brightness about 15-20%

Its been about on for 8-9hours.

The screenshot I've attached is a little bit flawed it says 5hrs but its should say about 8/9. I had switched runtime from dalvik to ART ( required me to close/restart phone, which restarts the battery time total)and that took a whopping 10 percent as it was "android is updating apps". And i went through the process again switching back to dalvik because ART caused app problems. So that killed a lot of batteries switching runtimes.

Currently at about 40 percent(should be about 60)
[Nexus 5 General] stewart1988:
14% - 10h 30m

Im more than happy! And for some reason I have 100% awake... Need to look in to that!
[Nexus 5 General] :
This phone has great battery life! Sorry I doubted you Google

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Pretty much, but don't forget trimmed down Auto Syncs. That's a key one as it will constantly be syncing hundreds of things a day otherwise. If you're on a data signal (especially low signal) this can be a huge drain. Best option is to automate them to only turn on at certain times of the day, that way you can still sync everything without any manual intervention.

Automate everything to turn off what you're not using, is one of the best tips as you can save tons of battery and still keep the functionality available (only) when it's needed.

Also if you do use data, turn off the WiFi (easily automated) completely so you're not "double dipping".
[Nexus 5 General] p-d:
I will try for some days using toggles...
[Nexus 5 General] peikojose:
Using SlimKAT 6.2 and Franco Kernel r55

Using this config:

AutoSync ON, manual brightness, location services set to device only, only Wifi.

I don't play games, only whatsapp, plume, tapatalk, evernote, instagram, g+ and chrome.

One hotmail account synced by exchange. Took like 10 pictures.

Greenify.

Best regards.
[Nexus 5 General] ercxar:
I found out that SlimKat rom is the most battery friendly rom I've ever used! And changing your runtime to Art will even help that a lot with exact same usage you will gain 20% more battery juice at least!

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] rancur3p1c:
what's that got to do with anything? I want 4 cores and use 4 cores 90% of the time. I don't see why anyone would want to give up 2 cores just because they like to have longer battery life once in a blue moon. the point is, kernels DO make a difference in battery life
[Nexus 5 General] peikojose:
I forgot to put my specs http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5...kernel-r53-t2508284/post53928753#post53928753
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
I have to agree with kj, they don't make that much difference. It's how you use the device, the apps you use, and your signal quality. Kernels make very little difference.
[Nexus 5 General] Boonyard:
So you get an extra hour (as you've claimed), by only turning off 2 cores for ten percent of the time?

Interesting... I also race Unicorns for fun.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
They can make a difference but it's not the magical insta-savings that people try and claim. You're doing real world things like disabling cores, underclocking, disabling services etc. These have obvious trade offs.

Also if the CPU needs to keep the phone awake for longer to complete the same task then it might actually use more battery then its faster brethren.
[Nexus 5 General] PunchTheLion:
Since November I've noticed the Nexus Battery isn't as good as it used to be.

But after flashing Franco Kernel, there is easily a significant difference. I'm a pretty routine based individual during the week, usually I'd finish the day with around 40% battery, but with Franco it's around 60%-70%.

Not scientific proof of course, but the effect a kernel has on battery life is more than a placebo.
[Nexus 5 General] Traxex_:
Does the keyboard vibration of SwiftKey (5ms) drain much battery?

I kinda like it but would disable it if you guys recommend it in terms of much better battery results when typing much.
[Nexus 5 General] :
More than likely flashing Franco just fixed an issue you had.

Did you flash a ROM, then kernel...as they recommend? A fresh ROM and kernel flash would certainly refresh battery life...

Not trying to argue, but claiming a 20 to 30 percent gain just from flashing a kernel is why guys get disappointed when they flash the same kernel and it changes nothing. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] PunchTheLion:
I've always used stock ROM with the N5. So this was just a kernel flash.

You're right, I agree that it probably isn't a 20/30 percent gain because I'm not measuring like I mentioned, but it certainly "feels" that way as I don't worry about having to watch the battery levels anymore after a full day at work listening to music and easily achieve two or three hours of OST.

The only way to prove or disprove obviously would be to do a proper side by side test. :)

It certainly is better than stock kernel though. Love the Nexus.
[Nexus 5 General] chiefy009:
This is by far the worst phone I have owned for battery life. I can't even get through a day without having to charge the phone. Really disappointed had it a week but can't live with the battery
[Nexus 5 General] rancur3p1c:
that's fair. it might not be magical instasavings. I think the most savings comes from governor selection.

regarding 2nd point,if the screen is on during this time then yes. if screen is off then no

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what's your screen on time? Depending on signal and how much I navigated, I am getting 5--6.5hrs screen on time with PA4.4.4, faux123 kernel, and ART (vs. dalvik)
[Nexus 5 General] Traxex_:
I've disabled Google Location History and only using Battery Saver Mode for GPS and still getting many Nlpcollector wakelocks.

Is there a way to reduce this wakelocks except by disabling the Location service completely?

Im usually get 3 hours DoT with 10 hours runtime and I'm only using Tapatalk and some messenger, no games or anything else.
[Nexus 5 General] peikojose:
Using device only (only pure GPS)
[Nexus 5 General] :
Try some troubleshooting? Screen shots?

Try post 2 in this thread for help. Post 3 shows the best screen shots to post for help. ;)

>*Google Nexus 5*>*Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting*>*[Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
[Nexus 5 General] Traxex_:
But then it won't know my current location when I'm indoor, so Google now won't work correctly and I don't wanna miss that functionality.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Then unfortunately you sacrifice some battery life. ;)

Guys chasing the 5 or more screen time hours that some of us get....need to realize that most of us have most features off, period. No point in striving for what we get. Won't happen.

3 to 4 screen on hours is more normal for those that have most features on. Less than that could be from games, low signal, many apps accessing location and syncing...like social apps. So its not unusual to struggle for 3 screen hours.

And total battery hours is a useless comparison. It all depends how often you use your phone. I can get 5 hours screen time in 30 hours, or 8. Depends how bored I am. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] Traxex_:
I just didn't use my phone for an hour and had zero "active" time in the battery graph, even in location battery saving mode.

It seems to just sometimes drain battery, so I can live with it without losing the Google now functionality.
[Nexus 5 General] mertzi:
2 hours SOT. I had to crop the image because I got an SMS notification when I made the screenshot which I don't want to share.
[Nexus 5 General] thakrew317:
That's some good battery life right there but **** it looks like you didn't even use your phone hardly
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Typical 2 day battery life

55 hours standby with 5.5 hours SoT.

Stock and unrooted, 20% brightness, GNow on, automated account syncing, wifi/data toggling and locations services. On day 2 the data connection was unstable and Steam drained more than I would've liked.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Impressive. ?
[Nexus 5 General] Bonez1802:
Stock, non rooted..
[Nexus 5 General] Saenchai:
Same, very first startUp of the new device, without trained battery. Everything active (GPS, GoogleNow, 3G, Wifi, etc). All Apps from old mobile installed automatically over google update, so its not an emtpy device. Around 40 Apps installed, including all known messengers:

Screen-On time around 2 hours 50 minutes. If i think that this 2 days include the first time setup process that drains quite some battery, the installing of all the old apps, and an untrained new battery i can only say im happy for now.

Im aware of current battery drains from google play services and all that, but you will get that with every Android Device, with kitkat at least.

https://app.box.com/s/t63c8a4dfso0cwjtdz4e
[Nexus 5 General] ThomasVanhoutte:
Thanks Saenchai for the info :)
[Nexus 5 General] simonarturo:
PA + franco r57

G-Now on, Location off except occasional toggle for maps. Lux managing brightness.

Using browser, forums, lots of texting and the occasional call.

Would have gotten 5 hours, which is my normal SOT if it weren't for 10% drain overnight (I blame my terrible data signal while at home)

That's for everyone claiming that latest Franco or PA are battery drainers
[Nexus 5 General] Saenchai:
Sadly I got trouble from one day to the other. Now my WiFi seems broken, it works but causing drain, Google+ keeps uploading data (3gb per 2 days) when WiFi is on and battery is out in one day . but I made already post somewhere here (see my profile) with pics... So bad, things can change fast :)

Send from Nexus 7 & Tapatalk - Please excuse spelling errors
[Nexus 5 General] :
Get rid of Google + and use your browser. Guaranteed to fix that issue. ?
[Nexus 5 General] iPWNtehNOOB:
I've been having trouble with battery when in areas with low coverage levels. At work, I get basically no reception, and the battery drains heavily. Today, it went from 100%-30% in 4 and a half hours. I know some excess drain is normal in these situations, but this seems ridiculous. My first N5 didn't have this issue, but my second, and my girlfriend's both do. The device also gets really hot.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Its getting hot and the battery drops fast cause its constantly trying to sync over data. Its completely normal. And the more things that are searching for data...the worse it'll get.

All you can do is turn location services off. Turn sync off. And turn data off. You'll still get calls and texts, but that's it. Signal permitting.

Turn data on at break and try to check things if you want, then turn data off again.

Other than that....there's nothing you can do. ;)

Airplane mode will work too...but then no calls or texts either.
[Nexus 5 General] IWRH:
G-Now off, Location off,Sync On. 30 min to 1 hour gaming and lots of whatsapp + browsing . Greenified lots of stuff (only 5 apps out of 56 is not greenified). Installed couple of apps ( and NFS:MW downloaded 2 gb from Wi-Fi).After all Titanium Backup all my apps to usb stick. Underclocked the screen off cpu frequency max to 1.267 ghz. Non OC.

----+++ I know this is very detailed lol.But all will ask what you do etc. +++---

***Latest Stats***

(CyanogenMod 11 Milestone 8 + Chaos Kernel 12.0)
[Nexus 5 General] topgeardave:
Everything else stock settings mate?
[Nexus 5 General] IWRH:
Yeaap kernel setting are same as i remember, im using faux sound nfc is off and bluetooth is off as well :D
[Nexus 5 General] topgeardave:
I presume the whole time under wifi? Cheers
[Nexus 5 General] IWRH:
Yea only 30 min i was with Mobile Data. But all the time i have full coverage so no problem for me :D

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What you think about my battery sir :3
[Nexus 5 General] topgeardave:
It's quite good haha, but I use a mixture of H+/Wifi which only allows me to get 4-5h SOT. Under H+ I'd only get between 3-4h SOT with chaos kernel. If you look on the chaos thread you could see my latest post. It might help you eke out more battery :)
[Nexus 5 General] jtdc:
full stock 4.4.4 only the gsm radio on and the consumption is 1.6% per hour which isn't good in my experience. way back 4.4.2 i get like 1.25% only an hour. i hope the upcoming android L would fare better.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Depends on your setup...but that's terrible. Have you checked Gsam...with Gsam root companion installed. See held awake stats???
[Nexus 5 General] jtdc:
thanks, but i am not rooted. i have betterbatterystats on, any specifics i should look for?
[Nexus 5 General] :
Without root....you can't see the stats that help the most unfortunately.

So unless an app seems high, it your signal is really low on data.....then pretty hard to track down the issue.

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Just start with turning off location, and gnow. See what happens the next long standby.
[Nexus 5 General] nitinvaid:
Just mahdi ROM all defaults
[Nexus 5 General] topgeardave:
Turn off wifi and mobile data when you're not using it for an extended period of time. It'll save you a lot of juice whilst screen off :)
[Nexus 5 General] Leogrina:
very very light usage, do you think is good?

4.4.4 everything stock, on wifi with quite low screen brightness, tasker that enable auto-sync every 40 minutes
[Nexus 5 General] IWRH:
Which is great imo :D Nearly same battery drop if i calculate. You can see my results in the tread as well :D At 01:08 my battery was %60 percent , i went sleep and woke up 12:33 and it was still %60 ^-^ Awesume :3
[Nexus 5 General] bloodymackey:
My gf's N5

Slimkat + Franco Kernel + Per App Modes
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
That's very impressive!
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
CPU under clocked?
[Nexus 5 General] gamaral:
Witchcraft I say! I can barely get 4 hours SOT out of mine. :(
[Nexus 5 General] :
You're doing fine! Lol. He obviously was doing extremely light duty tasks....extremely. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] limzm:
Or setting the screen timeout to 30 minutes and let the phone sit there without turning the screen off.
[Nexus 5 General] bloodymackey:
Min: 300MHz Max: 2.1GHz

I always get 4+hrs sot in my s4, mobile data always on with 3+hrs internet surfing

Maybe.. Wattpad, wechat and a little calls & texts are only used in that screenshots.

Lol. The tweaks made to achieved that sot are:

Per app modes by franco - for screen is on

Better battery when idle thread (link on my sig) - for screen is off/idle

Next time i'll post ss when she play clash of clans/walking dead and watch movies.
[Nexus 5 General] dubledude:
purity and linear kernel

wifi, when not wifi i use 3g, 200-300 sms, voicecalls and sync gmail...facebook tapatalk and browser
[Nexus 5 General] Royal King:
Carbon, Elemental X
[Nexus 5 General] PhilipHU:
All day using it, unrooted, original stock.
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
Which per app mode options did you choose? Just underclocking all apps when screen is on? I just started using franco kernel and noticed that while idle time seems to be better, screen on time actually seems to drain faster.
[Nexus 5 General] :
I wouldn't worry too much....I've seen many get 5 hours SoT, some get 6, a few get 7...occasionally I'm sure. Getting 10plus hours SoT is unheard of. Lol. You can duplicate his setup....but unless you duplicate his usage.... No one will come close. Obviously very minor activities are happening to get that...the CPU must not barely be sweating.....Lol.....cause setup alone isn't even half responsible for that screen time. :)

I'm not saying he just left the screen sitting on and walked away.....but whatever he did do was pretty near as easy on the CPU as that. Lol
[Nexus 5 General] bloodymackey:
i create profiles in per apps mode. for example: 1.2ghz + 2cores online only + 200 max gpu, then i set it to all apps that i know it will be appropriate.

agree. same setup, different activities = different sot. the main reason why my gf achieved that 10hrs sot is because she only used apps that is not cpu hungry. wechat(100msgs), wattpad, and a little call & text(10mins call/30sms).

i will post screenshot again if she play or browse the internet.
[Nexus 5 General] C1S12OB:
A typical charge cycle.

- Mostly 3G Browsing 3 hrs / 1 1/2 hr WIFI or so

- 30 min tethering

- SMS/Phone about 20 mins

- Camera and social apps/ other apps

GNOW OFF, AUTO Brightness, Franco Kernel, ROOT, G3 Bionic, ART

Very happy with this phone. It is by far the most responsive android phone i have used. Art + G3 Bionic has made it even quicker and responsive. Will be purchasing the next nexus upon release.
[Nexus 5 General] limzm:
Well this is interesting. My first 7 hour SOT and 1 day plus of battery life on Code Blue kernel Android L.
[Nexus 5 General] der_sascha:
ROM: Paranoid Android 4.5 Alpha

Kernel: Franco r57 stock settings
[Nexus 5 General] aniel300:
Using android l as daily drives only few bugs here and there but nothing more.