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[Nexus 5 General] JamieFL:
Yea. But mostly you will read people bragging or complaining. There is a lot of good information in those threads, but to find it, you will have to dig. My intention is that this thread will be a place to find, test, and compile solutions for those suffering with poor performance.
[Nexus 5 General] JamieFL:
I also use Google + every day with little impact. I checked my settings and I have it set to only back up while on WiFi and only while charging.

I also use Tasked to turn off sync when the screen is off keeping the phone in deep sleep.
[Nexus 5 General] prstorero:
I greenify most apps, keep screen brightness down, GPS Bluetooth always off, data only on when screen on, etc. I got 1 day 15 hours with over 6 hours screen time with my usage. I mostly use my phone for xda, 9gag, some chrome browsing, and a couple other things.

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[Nexus 5 General] jbdan:
Yup I use that same setting thanks for pointing that out :good:

Nexus5
[Nexus 5 General] biscuitownz:
IMO, I shouldn't have to do any of this to "save" battery life. It is what it is.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Google+ kills my battery regardless of what my settings are. I literally only used it as an offline photo gallery - there was no syncing being done at all, no auto-awesome, no photo backups or any of that. I don't know how there could possibly be any user error in my setup.
[Nexus 5 General] muyoso:
I think literally the only thing that should be done to save battery life is to disable location reporting and to possibly disable autobrightness when indoors. Other than that, nothing needs to be done to get spectacular battery life. All I have is a tasker profile to disable autobrightness when connected to my wifi network and re-enable it when I am not connected, and then location reporting turned off. I get 6 hours screen on time daily.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Location reporting is such a huge battery drain and it doesn't seem to have any real benefits. Google Now works fine without it.
[Nexus 5 General] muyoso:
Yea. I was very surprised that it had absolutely zero impact to turn it off for me. Google Now works perfectly fine. Maps works. Everything works. I guess the only negative is that you are not contributing information into the Google hivemind to help out others with traffic information and crap like that. . . . Otherwise there are no negative effects to turning it off, and doing so squashes the nlp wakelock bug completely.
[Nexus 5 General] R3ap67:
For me at least, I went from about half a day on full battery to almost a day and a half by turning off LTE and Wi-Fi scanning with constant usage. I was conflicted a bit for choosing either LTE or battery life but I'm happier with choosing battery life.
[Nexus 5 General] JamieFL:
I added the suggestion about setting location reporting off. Thanks.

I've heard that if your area has poor LTE signal, that can cause a big battery drain. Can anyone confirm that? If this is true, this could be a big contributor to unexplained battery drain.
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
Were you still able to get traffic notifications? It's weird that it doesn't seem to affect weather updates as well.
[Nexus 5 General] muyoso:
Not sure about traffic notifications as I work from home and Google cannot comprehend that and thinks I work at the grocery store, but weather notifications work perfectly. Just traveled for Christmas and it was tracking me perfectly from city to city.
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
Gotcha. I mean it's not a huge deal. Google often thinks I'm driving to work/class when I'm not actually doing so and it's more useful to check traffic within the Maps app anyway. I'll try the reporting off for a few days though and see how much of a difference it makes.
[Nexus 5 General] sbrown23:
I've had my phone for about 3 weeks now. Battery life has been good for the most part with the exception of software issues described below. I generally am on Wi-fi most of the time. Settings are mostly default, though auto-brightness is off and screen brightness is usually lowered somewhat (~15%). Google+ is set to backup on Wi-Fi only and based on what I saw in this thread I just enabled backup only while on charger. Location Mode is high accuracy.

I generally get sub-1% per hour while idling. I don't really ever use the phone for 5+ hours in a day, so I haven't maxed out the SOT yet, but I have gone 3+ hours in 15 hours off the charger and still had in the 35% range left. With very little use, I've done well over 1.5 days without charging and still had battery left. I really haven't tried to run it down under 20% yet.

Software issues: a few days ago my son played a number of games. Following that, I started having terrible battery life, with Google Play Services taking a ton of battery. One day, in 6 hours off the charger, with about 30 min SOT I had 40% battery left. I had never seen it that bad. After closing everything, I am back to sub-1% per hour idle use. I don't know what it was, but there was something specific that was hammering Google Play Services that stopped when it was killed. I am going to have to go through apps and see if I can trigger that again, but it'll take a long time to figure out. But I'd imagine that this is what a lot of people are seeing ... some app that is killing battery life in the background as opposed to being Android itself that is the culprit. Generally KitKat seems very efficient, it seems like some apps are murdering batteries.
[Nexus 5 General] cobyman7035:
best battery tips:

disable all google crap, no location, no gps, greenify apps, use 10% or less brightness, UVing,UCing, franco kernel, use only WIFI, limit your LTE usage

garanteed 6 hrs SOT
[Nexus 5 General] unanimousarc:
My battery was completely bombing within 7 or so hours until I disabled Google+ image upload except on battery. It's useless anyway because the photos app also uploads images.

I implore anyone who is seeing battery issues to first check battery in the settings and check for any signs of quick downfalls. Look for anything that could be keeping a wake lock on your phone.

Ever since I set photos to only sync on battery I'm easily getting 2 days out of the battery (about 40 hours) light to moderate use.
[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
Is this thread really necessary?

Personally I don't get why'd ppl. turn screen brightness all the way down, it's giving a TERRIBLE experience. I have Lux auto-brightness manually adjusted by -10% on my Nexus 4, which is about 30% brighter than the phone's stock auto, and the experience is so much better. I get 3hr SoT over 1 or 2 days with about 25% left when put on charger, standby is great, screen and SoC is draining anyway, so why not enjoy it while it lasts instead of compromising everything for 30m more SoT?

Ppl. don't shoot yourself in the foot and use the great screen to it's full potential.
[Nexus 5 General] ehcool:
I've done some battery saving tips of my own

-Don't use Auto Brightness find a place where you like the brightness in my case its around 20% and stick to it

- the biggest way to increase battery life is to replace the kernel in my case I chose Franco because it is very flexible and very well set even at stock

-use tasker to turn off things like WiFi and mobile data while your sleeping this will save a few percent

Here's my results after one day of testing
[Nexus 5 General] bekyndnunwind:
All I did on my N5 was disable Google Now (realized it wasn't really doing much for me), and turned off location reporting and location history (all apps that access GPS still work just fine). Besides that I use Wifi at work/home. Brightness is set to ~20%.

I love the battery life of this phone! :good: Especially coming from Verizon Galaxy Nexus LOL.
[Nexus 5 General] GuitarGuy96:
I recently bought my nexus 5 about a week ago or so and I love this device ￼ but here's what I just found this morning....

I went to sleep with 31% battery...and when I wake up...

35% ?!? Whaaa? Without even charging it!!!

I am a heavy user and I find myself charging the phone atleast twice a day on an average... My day begins by around 7, and when I get back home I charge it by around 2:30-3:00pm... And will again last me till around 12:00am ish.. At times if I'm still awake around then I charge it till its full and unplug once it says "charged" on the lock screen or in the quick settings.. I plug it in only after it tells me to..

As much as I'd love to believe my phone charges itself without a charger, I have to ask..

Is this normal?? Should I be worried or just keep seeing if something changes?

I place the phone overnight on my computer table; could that cause some sort of interference!?!

Someone check the screenshot xD
[Nexus 5 General] prstorero:
That's just due to messed up battery stats being reported. You can wipe them out with a battery calibration app from the play store and recalibrate to get rid of that.

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[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Unless you're in a brightly lit environment 30% brightness is going to be plenty. Dealing with screen glare is the reason high brightness exists. I'm not sure what brightness levels you're actually advocating here but 10-30% looks perfect in low to moderately lit places and you will get more SoT then using 50%+.

Auto brightness does a pretty good job in low lighting and get's it down to about 5% minimum I find. The random spikes under certain lights doesn't help it's use though.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Using franco kernel. First off settings within fku was - 75 across the board for uv and 675 [MENTION=409989]300[/MENTION], Max 2265 min 300 interactive and 70 vibration amp everything else stock. I always have sync on for 2 Gmail and a imap email which is syncing every hour. I use Google keep and drive which is syncing as well. Apps I use a lot are instagram, Tapatalk, Chrome, mx player, textra for texting, sports center. I have location on all day on battery saver. Brightness is never so high, at home its all the way down and outside it's just slightly up. I found that removing always searching for wifi setting and removing google location report for Google search increased my battery. I also use greenify. Lte on all day as well.
[Nexus 5 General] JamieFL:
As I added your suggestions to the OP, I also made the changes on my phone. Below is my most recent screen shot showing more than 2 days of on time before finally reaching 15% charge. This is with almost 4.5 hours of screen time.
[Nexus 5 General] JamieFL:
I have been experimenting with kernels. Using Franco Kernel, I see an improvement in battery life while the screen is off. I've only experimented with Franco, so I was wondering what people have found with other kernels.
[Nexus 5 General] creatlovex:
working pefect :victory:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dolhq:
I can not upload on any website. No matter on cm11 or paranoid. Is it bugs in AOSP browser?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dolhq:
Does anybody have the same issue?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dolhq:
I beg your help. Thanks!!:silly:
[Shield Q&A] james24rocks:
I noticed I have scratches inside the shield on the black surface. How can I remove them? Also I think the micro USB on the back might be pushed in a bit. How can I fix these problems?
[Shield Q&A] fern420:
I'd say get a good skinomi skin for it to eliminate any scratchs from happening, as for the USB, couldn't tell you but a drop and spill warranty wouldn't be a bad idea since your here in the XDA forums ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwhittl:
Anyone have this issue? If I set it down it comes on for every notification and also randomly.

I have switched to ART if that matters.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markospena:
AT&T G2

I'm trying to update to the latest CM11 nightly. Typically, I download the latest via the CM updater in the About Phone section and then I flash it manually via ClockworkMod 6.0.4.4. However, this time around, after wiping the cache, I tried to wipe the dalvik and also flash the rom all i get is "E:/ Can't Mount sd card"... Any suggestions on how to fix this?

I encountered this once before a couple of weeks ago and I had to format the internal sd card via CWM. I'm hoping to avoid that this time around by seeking help here.
[Android General] dj88:
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[Android General] Atrvscet:
Try this Without PC:

download framaroot from below link,select superuser,click on Faramir and then reboot.

Framaroot

Original thread for above method:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2130276
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Deleted member 267841:
Hi,

please, i'm programming a tool in c# and i need to accede at the sim card to obtain the imei number. i have encountered a code to accede to the imei (in this forum), but is a c++ code.

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=13455

is possible to accede to the sim imei number using c#? what?

regards
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dav7:
Hi,

I used this example and converted to C++ to read a hard drive serial. I think you could use this example (maybe) but change it so you read from the SIM and not the hard drive. I think the principles are the same, just go tot make sure you read from the SIM....

Cheers..

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/hard_disk_serialno.asp
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Deleted member 267841:
you have attached a harddisk at your pocket? :shock:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yrmnex:
Problem:

ARC S - Stuck in Safe Mode

connected usb:

automatic boot in fastboot

back button isn't recognize for flashtool

Question:

is there another way to install firmwares without using FLASH TOOLS?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popthosegaskets:
Flash a custom kernel, then install a ROM through the recovery.

It's that simple.

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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevsman:
We need to know if you have an Unlocked bootloader, if you have a custom kernel installed at the moment, and if it's a custom rom that you want to flash.....

If your bootloader is unlocked and it's a custom rom you want then the menu button is the only one you need :)

Nathan
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 3493119:
You might have a broken menu button which doesnt trigger properly, I had a waterdamaged phone with this issue a while ago and I fixed it by replacing the secondary board with microphone and buttons.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yrmnex:
Guys, i have unlocked bootloader and currently using MIUI 5 because it's the exceptional rom that i'ved used without any issue while

using GB, ICS & Jelly bean will always end up in SAFE MODE.

to Devstaff, how did you replaced your secondary board with microphone and buttons ?

Thank you ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] killacam1989:
*No signal strength after multiple flashes and recoveries I have flashed multiple Touchwiz and Aosp Roms as well as restored the original stock firmware. (JediX20 and JediMaster + PacMan 4.2.2 and 4.3 + Stock Firmware Samsung 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 and even updated to 4.3 and downgraded back to 4.1.2) Nothing seems to work sometimes when I boot up ill have signal and my phone will work. Sometimes ill make a call while I have 3 signal bars or more and the phone will just be in dialing mode and after 10 seconds or so my signal will cut off and the call will disconnect saying there is no signal or "out of service area" and as soon as it hangs up my service bars reappear. And then there are times where the phone will show no signal strength at all for the whole time. In all instances data will still work. I have flashed and recovered through odin multiple times but I know the issue lies within the software I just dont know where. EFS maybe? I even thought it was in factory mode and downloaded titanium backup and deleted every "Factory Test Mode" I saw. Still no luck and im bout to the point im about to chunk it. Any ideas of why it is doing this? Any help would be much appreciated. A phone aint nothing if the basic functions of call text and web doesnt work.*I have also tried flashing K7 MA4 J2 and UCAMH3 Modems. None seem to help the problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Possible on the EFS...but that file is really an all or nothing deal...

It is possible to have a bad antenna or radio chip....but I do agree with you on a software fix first...to include a custom APN setup with experimented entries...

I've also heard that arbitrarily bouncing between 4.1 and 4.3 roms does alter the partition structure slightly ...but after looking into the EFS on both frameworks....I've noticed they have the same size and the information is identical...

I wish that I had more help for you....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Are you really on straightalk like your profile says? Have you checked your APNs? You've been bouncing back and forth I'm wondering what's in there. Sounds like something in there is not happy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] killacam1989:
My apns are fine and have always worked. The problem is not with that but rather signal strength, being able to make and receive calls. Messaging and data work fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] killacam1989:
My phone has always worked flawlessly until now. The signal can be normal but when I make a call it rings forever. .. the signal drops..my phone says it's out of service area and hangs up. .. and soon as it hangs up the signal bars reappear. .. in that specific order. It had never done that before until recently
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Well you can try this.

[RIL] AT&T I-317 UCALK7/UCAMC3 RIL Update Packages Collection CWM/TWRP Compatible

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2280462

What is RIL:

RIL is like a driver for the modem

Use the ATTI317UCAMC3RILRecovery.zip

Then grab the ATTI317UCAMC3ModemCWM.zip from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2274854
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
If a radio/ril package doesn't repair the situation for you...and a complete return to stock fails also....(stock contains radio/ril )...

Then you should consider a hardware repair...

The note 2 had antenna issues on some devices...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Sherio1000:
no signal

Greg,

Do you know where I can get details about the antenna issues. I searched several forums that pointed to the usb flex. I just replaced mine and still have the same problem of weak signal and constant signal drops.

Thxs
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] killacam1989:
Thanks man ill try this out. Isnt there a way to just wipe the efs, system,data, dalvick, cache in TWRP and start fresh?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Do "NOT" wipe your EFS FOLDER...and do "NOT " re-partition your device in Odin either...

Simply use TWRP and wipe system ...data....dalvik...and cache...

Also ....you can wipe your internal storage as well if your important items are stored on the external SD....(photo's etc.)..

And as for the antenna question ...just Google it....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] killacam1989:
I was poking around in my efs folder and went to Factory Apps and found a factory mode script. I opened it up in RB text editor and found that the script said on so I assume that it being on must have had something to do with the call feature. I changed the script from on to off and saved it. Soon after I tried making a bunch of calls its been working flawlessly but in exchange the lockscreen will not show up nor does the option to reboot/power off/airplaine mode shows up. Im going to Keep testing the calls in the meantime.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ibfromoakcali:
Im experiencing a problem nearly identical to yours. I have an i317 unlocked using a Tmobile SIM. Everything was working fine until I flashed a rom (I believe I accidentally flashed a rom with a Tmobile radio which boot looped the phone). After fixing the bootloop and flashing the cyanogen mod rom, I started experiencing the frequently dropped signal.

I have downgraded and gone back to stock several times which has not fixed the problem

After reading this thread I changed the factory mode script to off, but it doesn't seem to have affected the radio performance.

I remember reading that the partition could possibly be corrupted in a bad flash. What is the best way to reformat the partion?

Any help greatly appreciated
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] killacam1989:
Did you reboot the phone afterwards?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] killacam1989:
Yea still no luck. But after about 3 days and a crapload of flashes I ended up flashing jedix20 and added the alexander theme..which suprised the hell out of me...the stock jedi had less signal bars like 1 or 2. I flashed alexander theme and my bars are from 2-4 with 4 being the best. Everything seems to be working. I had also did a test and made sure that my Network in setting was registered to the HOME network. That may have played a factor as to why the network wouldnt work even with signal bars. I flashed JediMasterX2 and ran across an issue like that. I flashed the att carrier files and it didnt work. Then I flashed the 7105 version and checked the Network operators and searched for a network. It pulled up AT&T and Verizon and when I chose AT&T and it registered my phone everything started working. I dont really like messing with the system files but I investigated the Jedimaster zip and looked under Jedi> carrier> att> and opened up the cscversion.txt under rb text editor and it showed an incorrect version. I317ATTAMA4....which im assuming was supposed to be I317ATTUCAMA4. Also under the SW Configuration. Xml the csc version was still the same. AMA4 it may be nothing but I would have thought it would have needed to match up. Ill have to look into it some more. I really want to update but hell idk. Might be done trying to flash roms on this device if everything works right
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] killacam1989:
Would the phone having factory test and factory mode on the phone affect it any. I seem to have 2 factory mode apps with one being 560kb and the other 84kb. I don't know if those could affect the signal performance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Sherio1000:
Is your phone working now. Do you have details on what you did exactly. Thxs
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] killacam1989:
Tbh. I honestly never got it to work right. I tried for months to get it to work right and to no avail. I ended up selling it and getting the note 3.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj88:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2587699

Hit thanks if i help you..

:)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterfong:
Hi I need your help. I just received my lg g2 yesterday and have only loaded around 15 applications with only WiFi turned on. I only use some apps, but when I went to try and play pvz 2, it really drained my battery. Is this normal on the g2? Plus people online boast 15 hours of hard usage but I can barely get through 12 on minimal use. Is this a problem? Should I get a replacement?

Thanks.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steamer86:
15 hours of hard use is pushing it. Average of heavy constant use is about 5-6 hours w/ screen around 50 brightness and a clean ROM. 50+ easily light use. 18% is a bit high, but that depends what else was going on and brightness. If it's a bloated stock ROM, wouldn't surprise me.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterfong:
I keep my brightness on around 20% and I only lightly use it. I was playing that game with no other applications open... What do you mean a bloated stock ROM? Also what do you mean by "50+ easily light use."?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] votinh:
"bloated stock ROM" is the original LG-GUI ROM with preinstalled apps.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterfong:
Ohh okay! Do you thing that I should try and get a replacement phone since I just got it 3 days ago?