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[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
If you'd like some tips on how to get more screen time out of your device please check out the Battery Life Help Thread.

4-6 hours SoT is obtainable on a stock device without root. It mostly boils down to Usage, Settings and Signal.
[Nexus 5 General] optimummind:
My 18-month old N5 was only getting 2 hrs SOT in a 14 to 16 hrs period. So I put in a new battery & now I can obtain 4.5 to 5 hrs SOT on the same setup on 5.1.

I highly recommend others do the same if you're frustrated with your battery life.

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Nexus 5 General] marjune23:
Same setup as before...

Cataclysm + code_blue...
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
Is that easy to replace the battery? You are very good

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Recently I have been using the stock 5.1. Surprisingly the SOT is around 4 hours as usual. I always think that the stock is bad but actually it is not bad.
[Nexus 5 General] YoYoDawg:
Cataclysm + Code Blue ..... Mostly on Showbox today
[Nexus 5 General] optimummind:
With the right tools, yes, it was easy. If 10 is the easiest (popping the backcover off & putting in new battery like some Samsung phones) , I 'd say it's a 8.5.

No need for a heat gun, just used thin plastic spudgers and Philips screwdriver.

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Nexus 5 General] marjune23:
You're right mate, stock is not bad...it gives me an average of 4hrs also...

You can see it in my previous post about my comparison...
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
I found that not many choices for the 5.1 custom rom comparing to the 4.4.4rom.

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Is there any bigger battery we can install? :o
[Nexus 5 General] optimummind:
Not that I know of. Some people are putting the LG G2 battery inside but it's only possible with some heavy duty grinding & cutting. Not worth it, IMO.
[Nexus 5 General] Wdustin1:
OK maybe somebody has ran into this before. Everyday I get about a 15%-20% awake when it shouldn't be. I check BBS and its always a different app but always the same wake lock. *alarm* does anybody have any ideas?
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Stock 5.1

5.5 hours SoT over 31 hours. Mostly Reddit, Twitch (Source quality) and gaming (Iron Clad Tactics).

Locations Off, Hotword Off. CPU state times included.

http://imgur.com/a/MPhWy
[Nexus 5 General] thor1k:
very nice
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
What vendor do you suggest? I know there's tons of fakes out there and I don't want to end up with a worse battery. I have a launch week Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] peikojose:
What is the date of the new batteries is everyone buying ? Someone is selling me a one with February 2014 date, it is new , but I think it is too old. What do you think ? My phone has one made I think in November 2013 (first batch n5).
[Nexus 5 General] optimummind:
I purchased my replacement battery from this seller on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NCJMQXK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My launch day Nexus 5 OEM battery was manufactured on 2013-10-10. The replacement battery was manufactured on 2014-12-27.
[Nexus 5 General] dweekie:
Was it from Shine-ebuy? Just asking because amazon sellers change on the listing based on price and availability and reviews don't seem to differentiate based on the seller :-/
[Nexus 5 General] optimummind:
Yes, it was. The only bad thing was the SUPER long shipping time. But worth it in the end.

Here is my BEFORE stats with the original OEM battery from 2013.

As you can see, I could not break 2 hrs SOT and the phone was draining at 6.7%/hour.

Here is the AFTER stats.

Even after 20 hours of being off the charger and 2 hrs 39 mins of SOT, I still have 44% left!! :D
[Nexus 5 General] dweekie:
Thanks, default seller at this moment now is gdcdirect, so good thing I asked ;)
[Nexus 5 General] mousefai0922:
I can only get 4 hrs of sot

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Can anyone tell how much more battery drained from using 4g, 3g and WiFi
[Nexus 5 General] harysick:
Everything stock android 5.1.

I don't know why Google Play Services consume a lot of battery :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
4 hours SoT for most usage scenarios is actually quite good. Here you can see how WiFi is the most frugal internet connection type, followed by LTE and finally 3G/2G.
[Nexus 5 General] mousefai0922:
were they in hours??

like 6.5 hours???

and 4g is actually better than 3g??
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Time is in hours as is described on each graph. Keep in mind that Anandtech's test is not designed to simulate real world usage, it is a repeatable test designed to compare devices in the exact same situation.

LTE is more battery efficient than 3g and 2g on this device. It's a small enough difference that signal will be the determining factor on which uses less power.
[Nexus 5 General] mousefai0922:
My shot

50% left
[Nexus 5 General] Keelo:
Hi guys, I'm getting really bad battery results so I was thinking about sending back to Google the phone in order to get a new (hopefully functional) one, since it's still under warranty. I'm coming from Cataclysm w/ stock kernel and usually I get 1h30/45min SOT, Google operator asked me to perform a factory reset and bring everything back to stock to make sure there's still some problem with the battery.

This is my result after nearly 4h (removed from charger at around 11.30, now it's 15.20): with stock ROM 5.1 battery is lasting a bit longer but I don't think it's still enough (+30 min SOT). I'll edit this post later with final results. Do you think I should keep going with substitution?

USAGE: Wi-Fi ON (30mins), 4G ON, Location service: Battery Saver, GNow ON, Brightness 70% + automatic, Whatsapp, Facebook, music streaming (1h)

EDIT: New screens, battery lasted from 8.00 until around 15.00 with normal-heavy usage...
[Nexus 5 General] stewarta:
Exchange server issue

This is my experience of poor battery life and solution: http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5...es-battery-t3059585/post60395452#post60395452

[IMG="Battery usage after tweaking"]http://www.stewartadam.com/nexus5/battery-usage-n5.jpg[/IMG]
[Nexus 5 General] inimaitimepass:
Stock rooted; 2G data and Sync always on; SystemUI modified for smaller navbar.

Sometimes back read this about calibrating the battery and it did the wonders. Previously the best I got is 2.30hrs SOT and with custom kernels this would go up a bit. But now after the battery calibration 4hrs SOT is more and more consistent.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Can't read the link. Keeps sending me a 404 error
[Nexus 5 General] inimaitimepass:
Link works perfectly for me. Anyway here is the content copied from the G+ post.

"I see that many people usually don't charge-discharge from 0 to 100 to 0 again, etc. Usually these people are the ones that get worst battery life. The reason? Using the phone in this way for long time, you lose calibration, so here's a guide to calibrate your Nexus 5:

1- Make your n5 go to 0%;

2- Wait 10 minutes and boot it up again;

3- Does it turn off suddenly after boot animation? If yes go ahead to step 4, if you have some percentage left, go back to step 1;

4- Charge it up (from turned off) from zero to full battery;

5- Turn on your device (without unplugging it);

6- Check battery percentage. If it is at 100%, you can unplug, if it is not, wait that it goes to 100%, finally unplug;

7- Use your device normally, but discharge it all, to make it keep the calibration. (really this is optional, but reccomended, the first time after the calibration)

That's all, at that point you should see the difference in battery life.﻿

When you see your battery life has worsened, maybe after freezes or ROM changing, follow this steps again. ?"

Hope it helps. :good:
[Nexus 5 General] KodRoute:
Here are my results with Full signal:

http://imgur.com/doXIBgA

http://imgur.com/X2TLkPl

http://imgur.com/dfmVxCH

(I can't upload them from Gallery, it doesn't work.)
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Going to try it out. Thank you
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Good result though it's probably worth mentioning background data is completely disabled (looks like cellular data disabled + WiFi during sleep: Never). An internet connection and the background services (email, notifications, etc.) that come with one are a large and unavoidable drain for most folks.

Also you're missing the 2nd screenshot that would give an idea of what apps (besides Chrome) were used.

I'm not trying to flame as I believe you should use the device however you like, but this info is helpful to users who are looking for ways to increase their battery time.
[Nexus 5 General] a5pe4:
Over the past few weeks I've been having a lot of issues with Google play services and mainly chrome. Haven't had issues with either before. Have reset ROMs and apps multiple times. Can anyone point me in the right direction with this?
[Nexus 5 General] KodRoute:
As soon as I can I'll try to provide a screenshot with the apps used. But here are some results I had last week (I was pretty impressed).
[Nexus 5 General] morfei1:
My battery results. Cataclysam + Code Blue
[Nexus 5 General] MrBelter:
Had zero impact on my battery life :(
[Nexus 5 General] MrBelter:
In fact it's looking like I've dropped from 3 hours SOT to 2 hours SOT since following this to the letter [emoji20]
[Nexus 5 General] 350Rocket:
Yeah this guy has it backwards in my opinion. All my ex girlfriends had ruined batteries in their iPhones iPods and laptop from always running them dead. It takes a big chunk off the lifespan.

My old htc desire had the original battery last 3.5 years before losing a majority of its capacity and it was always recharged before getting below like 40%
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Keep in mind that article was written about 5 years ago, before Li-Po was commonly used such as the battery in our device.
[Nexus 5 General] MrBelter:
my battery life seems to have balanced back out to where it was now but i am looking at a new battery if i can wade though the minefield of buying one that's actually genuine.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Started off with 2 hours of mobile data screen usage (ugh, waiting rooms) and the rest is on WiFi with some Hearthstone (gaming) sprinkled in.

Brightness 20-30%. Stock 5.1 with no root access. Launch device with its original battery.

Full album with CPU state times and Apps>Running here: http://imgur.com/a/G4LNe
[Nexus 5 General] xlife18:
7 Hours of SoT Goodness

Okay folks this morning I charged my device like I usually do. But the unusual thing is that the battery lasted for so long it had me drop my jaw... We are talking about almost 7 hours of SoT with internet browsing, texting,a bit of music and gaming!!! I just had to share this with the community.

I should mention that all this happened thanks to the amazing developers at XDA. I am running 5.1 boost pop coupled with code blue kernel. F2FS + Undervolted CPU. It's buttery smooth with fantastic battery. Thanks devs!
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Omg that's crazy
[Nexus 5 General] choosetobelieve:
Are you using the battery saver mode for most of time?
[Nexus 5 General] xlife18:
[MENTION=5720753]choosetobelieve[/MENTION] nope, I have set it to turn on automatically once <= 5 percent battery is remaining. However I should mention that I use my device at 0 brightness (the least allowed on slider). I think the undervolted CPU is doing the magic here :)
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
The screen brightness is what takes a lot of juice in the Nexus, setting it to 0 (or the lowest but comfortable for you) is a huge battery saver
[Nexus 5 General] tonyt3rry:
Wow do you have a guide for that please?
[Nexus 5 General] :
How much you undervolted your cpu? Any another thing?
[Nexus 5 General] xlife18:
[MENTION=4860276]amir7777[/MENTION]

I am well aware of that mate, but I have been using it on zero brightness almost ever since I bought it. And I barely could hit 4 hours mark with similar activity.

[MENTION=3397459]tonyt3rry[/MENTION]

All the things that I did are mentioned on the post. Google is your friend :)

[MENTION=6334394]paaDOW[/MENTION]

I have -100 on 300 MHz. -80 on all other frequencies
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
You didn't say you did that everyday, you just said you did that but not specifying for how long, assuming that was the main cause of your long battery life
[Nexus 5 General] silvertrain78:
Undervolting has almost zero effect on battery life
[Nexus 5 General] xlife18:
I see then what could it be? The kernel? Can't be low brightness alone because, as I mentioned before, I have always used it on lowest brightness. Except when I am outside.
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
1. Low brightness

2. Continuous usage pattern (you used phone/screen 7h out of 9h in total on battery). High Sot is expected in this kind of scenario.

3. Low brightness :)
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
its really no big deal...if you check techradar review ( http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/google-nexus-5-1194974/review/4 ) they tested the battery:

"Our 90 minute video NyanGareth battery test, with the screen at full brightness, knocked the Nexus 5 from fully-charged down to 74%."

1h30 SOT @ full brightness leaves 74% left. Use lower brightness and it will achieve much more. Like it has been said before, its the continuous use that made a difference along with the low brightness=p
[Nexus 5 General] :
Lol, I do 50% 2 hours of screen with brightness in medium. How 74% left in 1h30m full bright? My battery is a ****, so.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
[QRCODE][/QRCODE]

Remember that this test was made with a new battery, yours could have degraded quite a bit, it really depends on a lot of things. If you are careful with your battery it will still last long. If you keep your phone with high temperatures, let the battery fully discharge, etc the battery will suffer big degradation!
[Nexus 5 General] :
Lol, only 4 months with Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
Then your battery is f*ucked already or kinda defective dude lol
[Nexus 5 General] peikojose:
Today I received my battery bought from Shine-ebuy,

Will report my experience.
[Nexus 5 General] a5pe4:
Alright I'm starting to get frustrated with not being able to figure this out so I decided to ask for advice here. I have been experiencing drain over the past month or two due to Google services and also chrome. I have every Google sync off besides Gmail and rewards. Also over the past two weeks, at random times I notice that chrome is keeping my phone awake and I have no idea why. Here are some screenshots I took. I would greatly appreciate any advice!
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=165558
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
It's simple really. That was 90min "video battery test". Your usage is not from a "video battery test", so why would you expect to see the same battery time? Of course battery life is dependent on exactly what the phone is doing!

No, it's not. Do you tell everyone who doesn't see 6 hours of SoT (at 100% brightness none the less) that their battery is defective? If you have no clue what you're talking about please refrain from posting as you're just spreading misinformation. He said he gets 4 hours of screen time with 50% brightness, even without knowing his usage we can say that he sees ABOVE AVERAGE battery life.

Any device will see varying battery life depending on how it's used including things like Usage, Settings and Signal. This is basic, basic stuff man.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
No I don't, but it's not normal for a 4 month old battery to waste 50% with 2h sot on continuous use unless he is doing some really heavy stuff like 3d gaming, which I'm assuming he doesn't since he didn't mention it. Since the review mentioned continuous use(and we were talking about that) I assumed that he was referring to the same usage, not that he does 2h sot over a long period of time. That's basic stuff too, unless he doesn't know how to read

And btw he never said he does 4h SOT with 50% left;)
[Nexus 5 General] amir7777:
I'm getting 84% with 1 hour SOT
[Nexus 5 General] :
Underclocked and undervolted my Nexus, now I do 80% and 55 minutes of screens. Some bit of gaming(10 mins Hellrider), wifi on, browsing Flipboard and playing Clash of Clans.

That's pretty good, but the Nexus battery in any ROM is bipolar, some time is good, some time don't.

And a cool part, when I f*ck got a better battery, the camera isn't working. It says that can't connect to the camera. Now i don't know if it's problem of the Nexus or the ROM. Sad =(.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
He said 2 hours SoT uses 50% battery and no other information was given. This means 4 hours SoT after 100%, but we have no idea if the phone is used continuously or over 10 days so we shouldn't assume either way.

Even if it's used continuously for 2 hours 50% that would still be normal and still ABOVE AVERAGE. With an average set up (nothing disabled) and using a data connection you'd be lucky to have much more than 1.5 hour of continuous screen time after 50%. Never mind gaming, downloading, GPS navigation, multitasking etc etc.

Please do not scare people and tell them their battery is defective when it is clearly functioning normally.

No one should compare their battery to a test that was done online unless their usage is the exact same as the test. Especially one that's showing 6 hours of SoT at maximum brightness running a video battery test.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
You think it's good to have 1.5 hours sot of continuous use and have 50% left? Lol ok, nevermind. No point in continuing this discussion. Have a nice day
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
I said it's normal on a data connection with all settings enabled and would not be a sign of a defective battery. Do you understand the concept of how battery life is dependent on exactly what the device is doing and what settings and signal is being used?

Possible signs of a defective battery:

- shuts down with battery still remaining

- refuses to charge

Not a sign of a defective battery:

-My Screen on Time isn't quite as long as an example I saw with completely different usage, settings and signal

I hope you understand what I'm trying to say.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
Yes I understand, defective was probably not the best choice of words, but given that we were talking about continuous use and he said he did 2hours sot with 50% I assumed he was using it continuously. And in that case, it's not normal for a 4 month battery to have such results...he even quoted me on the continuous use and said he did 2 hours lol. Nevermind, it doesn't matter. Let's not continue this
[Nexus 5 General] jbl0ggs:
That is the same one that I have ordered for my Son's 18 month old Nexus 5 phone. The Nexus 5 has progressively gotten really bad with battery drain issue. It would get charged to 100% and then after unplugging and 10 mins of use the battery goes down to 10%. It got really bad after upgrading to Lollipop. I have ordered a new battery and now I have to figure out how to install the new battery. Google, of coarse, told me that I'm SOL since it's out of warranty.

I look forward to your report on experience with the new battery. :)
[Nexus 5 General] 350Rocket:
My nexus 4 is the same as that with the new battery too. Started with an update to lollipop. I don't think its the battery itself. It lasts the same roughly as the original battery did.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Just know that if you open a new Nexus 5 from the box and use it continuously on a data connection with 50% brightness, it will drain to 0% in 3 hours or even less.

So unless you think every Nexus 5 ever made came with a defective battery, 4 hours of continuous usage is actually above average and would indicate that his battery is operating properly. To suggest that there is an issue with that battery is utterly wrong.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7517/google-nexus-5-review/3

Really? They set the display to around 200 nits(and from their review the max is 430) so almost 50% brightness and they do almost 7 hours with 4g and 6 with 3g out of the box
[Nexus 5 General] luckana:
do you guys calibrate your battery after a new rom flash ?
[Nexus 5 General] LiamAtkins90:
Not really, if their is an obvious difference.. Like battery draining twice as fast... Usually charging the device to 100% whilst it is turned off is enough to calibrate it (for my device anyway).
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Anandtech's test is not a real world usage test. That's why you've probably never seen 7 hours of 4G web browsing or 10 hours of WiFi browsing. Their test is designed to compare two devices against each other, but is not a representation of what one should expect for their phone's battery life. Some sites try to make "real world usage" battery tests, but they're still never going to accurately represent what you personally might obtain.

Out of the box is around 3 hours SoT or even less depending on the usual stuff: Usage, Settings and Signal. That is every Nexus 5 ever made, and it can be higher or lower depending on what you do with the phone, what settings you've enabled/disabled and what connection type and signal is used.

Just to repeat it one more time in case it's not clear: Battery life is dependent on exactly what the phone is doing. If someone can watch a video for 6 hours or automate a web script for 7, doesn't mean someone who's actually using their phone will see the same thing. For instance just touching the screen activates the CPU at a higher clock speed, something that automated battery tests or video watching will never do as there are no touch inputs detected.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
Lol nevermind, no point in continuing this discussion...
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Most importantly though is Anandtech does not test the phone in an "out of the box" state, as that would not facilitate a repeatable and comparable battery test. So things like Auto Sync, Locations, Hotword, Google Now, and everything else is disabled in Anandtech's test.

I certainly see a point in continuing this discussion. You seem to be under the impression that every Nexus 5 should see 7 hours or more of SoT. You also seem to be under the impression that no matter what someone's Usage, Settings and Signal are they should see more than 4 hours of continuous SoT or they have a defective battery. Both could not be more wrong.

If you take a look through the very thread you are responding in, you would see hundreds of examples of less than 4 hours SoT.
[Nexus 5 General] migueldbr:
No I'm not under that impression. Don't want to keep talking about this, since you don't seem to understand that I was replying to one user when we were talking about continuous use of the phone. If you check most battery pics of continuous use of the phone, you will see many of 5 and 6 hours sot. And that is on N5 with 1+ year. Since he mentioned he did 50% with 2 hours sot on a 4 month battery and quoted me on continuous usage I assumed that he was also using the phone in that way. I think that is below average, unless he is using high brightness and gaming, but complaining about battery using your phone that way is just plain stupid. You don't seem to understand that. This is my last reply on the subject. Have a nice day

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Does anyone still use the stock kernel? I have tried both code blue and elementalX and stock google kernel seems to give the same or even better battery life without compromising performance. Anyone experiencing the same?
[Nexus 5 General] silvertrain78:
Here's another vote for stock kernel. Honestly, I don't think the battery benefits (which are marginal at best) of custom kernels are worth the hassle, or sacrifice in performance. So reliable, no mystery reboots, etc
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
I flash custom kernel mainly to reduce heat (undervolt) under heavy load. This is something that always frustrates me on stock kernel/setup. Not to mention slightly lower battery performance (in my case) and to high min.brightness settings (too bright in dark). Everybody likes something else.
[Nexus 5 General] peikojose:
So far so good. I am seeing an increase of at least 20%. My old battery wasn't that bad.