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[Nexus 5 General] sherlock5545:
They are still under Google. It takes months before the take over is finalised. That aside, Nexus devices do get updates first in the form of factory images. The OTAs are spread out slowly.

I got the notification on Wednesday here in the UK, by the way.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Static-xy:
I continue to have problems with huge battery drain after I updated to 4.4.3.

Last night I installed GSam Battery Monitor app, charged my phone to 100% and unplugged it. I woke up after ~8 hours to see battery down to 59%. Android OS used 78% of that. Phone was awake 6 out of 8 hours. I never had this issue with 4.4.2.

I did not root my phone, and did not change any settings since I updated it. I'm not sure what is going on, but I don't like it :(

I uploaded Screenshots.rar that has few screenshots from GSam Battery Monitor and battery stats. If anyone can figure out and give me some clues what is keeping my phone awake entire night, please help..
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
OTAs aren't available instantly, it's rolled out slowly much like apps on the Play store. :)

I was surprised I got the OTA the day the factory images were released lol, useless as I have a custom ROM anyways.
[Nexus 5 General] bdcrim:
I had the same problem on 4.2.2 and 4.4.3. If you haven't already, go to developer options and set the Animator duration scale to .5x Having animation off caused the issue for me.
[Nexus 5 General] gado45:
After reading a few pages on this post, I see Lots and Lots of users reporting a Very bad performance on battery life on 4.4.3.. So is it worth the new features and updates loosing battery life ?
[Nexus 5 General] phazerorg:
I had exactly the same issue - massive battery drain after updating 4.4.3. All Android OS using it, keeping the phone awake most of the time. It was driving me crazy for days, trying to find out what it could be.

I was just about ready to do a full wipe and reinstall when I realized I couldn't remember if I had wiped cache after flashing, so I did that... wiped both cache and dalvik cache in TWRP and I no longer have the problem at all. In fact, my battery now seems to last even longer than it did on 4.4.2.

Regardless of how you updated (regular OTA should wipe cache anyway), wiping cache and dalvik cache in recovery might be worth a try. It solved your exact problem for me, so I thought I'd mention it in case it helps.
[Nexus 5 General] Static-xy:
So how exactly I can do that. I'm not too familiar with these things. Like I said previously, I did not root, phone is set as it was when I bought it, just added few apps to it.
[Nexus 5 General] phazerorg:
If your phone is as when you bought it then your bootloader is probably locked, yes? So that limits your options. Unlocking the bootloader will wipe your phone, which will probably solve your problem anyway.

With a locked bootloader, you could try going into Settings -> Storage -> Cached Data to wipe it. I'm not sure if that does exactly the same thing as wiping cache in recovery or not though. If that doesn't work you could try a full wipe of the phone and start from scratch (use something like Helium to backup your app data)
[Nexus 5 General] Static-xy:
Yes, it is locked since I have not done anything to it. I did Settings -> Storage -> Cached Data, now I have to put it to the test.

If it does not work I''ll probably do factory reset, and if that does not work ... well I'll be very mad
[Nexus 5 General] blyndfyre:
Must be my location. Still no update for my Nexus 5 or Nexus 7 2013.

In in Alberta, anyone else not get the update yet?
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Not much has changed really. Certainly not enough to effect battery life in any meaningful way. I think there is always a chance of things going wrong when people try to update but it's not specific to these set of changes.
[Nexus 5 General] frazbox:
I wonder how many people were using custom Roms and switched back to stock image to get the update? Now everyone who hasn't got the update complaining. Why do they find it so hard to flash the new stock image
[Nexus 5 General] Scythe024:
I still haven't gotten it :/ Seems like everyone else I know with a nexus or GPE device has though.
[Nexus 5 General] bhavstech:
anyody facing problems transferring files from phone to pc in 4.4.3?
[Nexus 5 General] Diesel779:
Hi guy's

Both my brother and I have Nexus 5's, anyway, I flashed Vomer's 4.4.3 but my brother isn't rooted with a custom recovery and he doesn't want to go down that route. We live in the UK and he's still not receiving the OTA for 4.4.3. Are then any tricks to force the update? I just find it strange he hasn't had the OTA yet. Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 5 General] Deoy:
Only one thing to say:

4.4.2 - I get 3:30-4:00 hours SOT

4.4.3 - 2:00-2:30 SOT

Pretty much same usage and same apps installed. Tried full wipe and second install, no luck. Anybody else got bad battery life and able to fix it? Share your battery experience.
[Nexus 5 General] Semetery:
I've used a stock ROM with it's kernel, Mahdi ROM with Elemental and crDroid (CM) with Chaos and I've gotten much worse battery life than before with almost identical setups to those mixes on 4.4.2. That's not a shot at any custom kernel or ROM, that's my experience with 4.4.3 so far.

With that said though, mobile data is nice and fast. I've gotten faster data speeds than my home wifi connection at times, at least fairly equivalent almost constantly.
[Nexus 5 General] ozzmanj1:
I am having a PITA issue with my PC and transferring files back to my phone. Even tried two different computers, same results. I was able to transfer by copying all files to a folder on the internal storage, then when it was done, I moved all the files/folders from folder back to root of internal storage.

internal storage

-Folder/0000 (example)

All folders/files

Then move:

-Folder/0000

to

-internal storage
[Nexus 5 General] cleancorekiller:
Hi guys, I've been looking for a while for a flashable version of the new bootloader and can't seem to find one -

Does this file exist?

If it does can someone pleaaaase point me in the right direction, or better still, attach it in the forum so I can download it. I would be very grateful.

Thank you.
[Nexus 5 General] blinde:
There isn't new bootloader.
[Nexus 5 General] cleancorekiller:
Isn't HHZ11K new?? I must be reaaaaally outdated then!!

Either way, does anyone have this ZIP file to hand?
[Nexus 5 General] bahaa89:
I didn't get it also, I'll keep waiting for the OTA
[Nexus 5 General] 33t:
clean flashed the individual components via fastboot Running very smoothly. Excellent battery life.
[Nexus 5 General] deusfaux:
Can someone explain to me why so many apps need to be updated to run at all after Android gets an update? It seems like the apps are written to do a version check or something and if a newer version is reported it simply won't be allowed to run.

If the OS update doesn't change anything about how the app works, why is this necessary then? Why can't an app run regardless of what version # is reported, or at least higher than some baseline version.

It is really frustrating to have to depend on developers to update old apps to run on what is exactly the same bits code and same hardware.

Windows apps will either work or not because the newer versions of windows run old programs with enough compatibility. They don't fail to refuse to run because a newer version is detected than what existed when it was originally released.
[Nexus 5 General] gautampw:
So far in 4.4.3, if you turn animations off and open dialer it goes blank
[Nexus 5 General] sharpehenry:
I'm with you. I'm in California and my nexus 5 hasn't gotten any notification for the update. (Stock with bootloader unlocked, not rooted)

Two of my friends who have nexus 4 got 4.4.3. They live in same city as I do..
[Nexus 5 General] Rusty!:
They don't, when you update your Android version the existing caches (Dalvik or ART) are invalidated and must be recreated, hence the message.
[Nexus 5 General] deusfaux:
What do you mean they don't? I've absolutely experienced it several times. Also I don't know what message you're referring to.
[Nexus 5 General] Rusty!:
Are you not talking about the 'Android is upgrading' thing on first boot after an update?

If not, ignore me :D
[Nexus 5 General] zebarias:
I have one Nexus 7 32gb wifi, one Nexus 5 16gb and one Nexus 5 32gb. Both Nexus 7 and Nexus 5 16gb have received the update. The 32gb Nexus 5 is still waiting....
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
The message should be something similar to "Android is OPTIMIZING app 1 of 141" or similar.

As Rusty stated the apps are not being "updated". Rather, the Dalvik cache for the apps is being rebuilt.

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No. Which transfer protocol are you having issues? Bluetooth, MTP, ADB, other ?

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Do you have you wifi enabled? Do you have data enabled over mobile network. What do your battery stats show? Check your wakelocks. See what happens when you set to restrict background data?
[Nexus 5 General] Miqueas111:
me too!

I have several problems with my phone network (calls and 3G/2G. It's not changing)
[Nexus 5 General] eyeconic:
From Linux

I ran ./flash-all.sh

I've got <waiting for device>

Is it doing what it should be doing or did I f*ck up?

+++++++++NEVER MIND. I forgot to do this from the bootloader mode. Ugh!
[Nexus 5 General] idiopathic:
Since upgrading to 4.4.3 I notice an issue. I use a 2.5 mm ear bud with mic. Whenever I switch during a call with headset to unplugging the headset and talking with the phone on my ear, phone call would play through the speakers. Speakerphone icon will not be highlighted even though the call is blasted through speaker phone. I would have to hit speakerphone twice to get the call though the ear speakers.

Unplugging headset during a call defaults to speakerphone, anyone else experience this problem?
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
Yes happened to me today, had to press the speakerphone icon 2 times and then it switched to the earpiece
[Nexus 5 General] Dawei87:
I felt like I was getting pretty bad battery myself for the first couple days, but it seems to have fixed itself. Right now my battery just hit 51% and I have 1:52 SOT. I'm hoping it keeps up like this.
[Nexus 5 General] funnel71:
Same thing here. I was getting bad drain for the first couple of days. Then it started to settle down I'm getting a normal drain
[Nexus 5 General] deusfaux:
reposting edited post for clarity
[Nexus 5 General] MikeOIF08:
I've been getting a lot better battery life. I just have been using greenify for awhile now on stock. I don't do gaming, but I'm surfing the web a lot like usually.
[Nexus 5 General] trollguy96:
Battery life has improved from ~4hrs SOT to ~5hrs SOT. But too many bugs. The screenshot is with light usage though.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] trollguy96:
Also I've been getting notifs like "restricted access changed". What does it mean?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] k1silver:
In a Japanese forum, some guys confirmed that flashing radio image of 4.4.2 obviously improves battery life in case he had battery drain issue after upgrade to 4.4.3.

Is this possible? Any bugs in radio image in 4.4.3?
[Nexus 5 General] lolcopter:
Seems app specific like a tapatalk/xda error
[Nexus 5 General] midgarsormr:
That and I can never open links on the app.
[Nexus 5 General] Dawei87:
That's pretty impressive! I have never really been able to get more than 4 hours SOT myself. Are you using a stock setup? Any tips for improving my battery life?
[Nexus 5 General] ozzmanj1:
After fastboot flashing the system/radio & boot images a few days ago I was getting severe battery drain. I completely wiped and factory reflashed a clean install to see if this fixes the issue. Need to give it a day or two to confirm. But if this still continues I will switch back to 4.4.2 radio, even though I get much faster data speeds on the new radio, the battery drain is not worth it.
[Nexus 5 General] bhavstech:
mtp
[Nexus 5 General] IVS IVRIS:
Do others also have a serious battery drain since updating to 4.4.3? I've flashed through sideload.. no wipe etc.
[Nexus 5 General] trollguy96:
Yeah I'm running stock. I didn't do anything extra though.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] MrKaon:
Wipe cache and Dalvik cache.
[Nexus 5 General] IVS IVRIS:
Thanks, just did. Let's see if that works.. otherwise factory reset + rooting haha
[Nexus 5 General] cas8180:
I did a fresh wipe factory install and like others I have noticed slightly improved battery life nothing too dramatic like some though.
[Nexus 5 General] sherlock5545:
Bad coding practises. Some developers simply implement a version checker. If the Android version detected is newer than the allowed versions, the app simply won't run. In most cases the apps are perfectly fine and would work with no necessary changes though.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] skinien:
My battery life has been horrible. I lost 27% in 8 hours overnight on wifi with the phone untouched.
[Nexus 5 General] NaterTots:
That's an issue on your end. I never use WiFi and let 3 gmail accounts sync with gnow on and only lose 3% overnight usually.

Maybe try bbs and check for a wake lock or if a tower by you is down that will also affect it greatly.
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
Hey, I'm on 4.4.3 now. I used to get the problem on 4.4.2 but now it's all good. Wonder what changed but it's smooth now. Let me know if you still have the problem.
[Nexus 5 General] sherlock5545:
I actually do have it. Pressing the back key closes instantly any app. The home key has a slight delay.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
I don't think so we are on the same page here. I'm talking about app drawer and then clicking home button used to give lag in 4.4.2. You seem to be talking about apps and back button. :) btw what you are sayin gis completely different bug, but yes it's there aswell. It happens to me sometimes only though, wonder why? Can you tell me a procedure to get it to reproduce again and again?
[Nexus 5 General] bobby janow:
To me the unlocked bootloader and easy root is more important than sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for an OTA and wondering if I voided my warranty by unlocking and rooting. Especially when the minute an update is released I can flash it in bootloader. Radio, kernel and update in one sitting. I've never waited for an OTA since I've owned my Eris, (which I still have right here) and I've never been more pleased with a phone since I've had this Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] sherlock5545:
Oh sorry, my bad. But yeah, you can reproduce it by opening the settings app. Then try going back by using the back key and see how smooth and fast the transition is. Then open it again and press the home key. You'll notice the glow animation of the home key lagging a big and the home screen appearing after a slight delay. Though I just realised it isn't lagging anymore for some reason.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Seadra:
Tried your way, nothing :( All good here. Lemme know if you find out how to reproduce it again. :)
[Nexus 5 General] Dawei87:
I think that is mostly being caused by the Google experience launcher and the lag is the launcher reloading. When you press the back button out of an app you return to where you let off on the launcher so it comes up real fast, but when you press the home button it's kinda like launching the app fresh.

Edit: Sometimes I get that same lag and sometimes I don't. This is just my best guess as to what causes it.
[Nexus 5 General] Static-xy:
I had huge battery drain since I got 4.4.3. I just did factory reset and reinstalled everything. Will see if this would fix it.

BTW when I did factory reset 4.4.3 was still there. I expected it to go back to the state I bought it
[Nexus 5 General] MrBelter:
Im not sitting on the edge of anything, the update will arrive when it arrives, its not like its going to change my life or suddenly give me a weeks battery life.

People seem to have completely missed my point.
[Nexus 5 General] MrKaon:
No it wouldn't go back to 4.4.2 by factory reset, because system partition has been updated to 4.4.3.
[Nexus 5 General] Static-xy:
So if I don't like 4.4.3 update I can't go back to 4.4.2?
[Nexus 5 General] galaxys:
Banks Standard gapps working great on latest smooth Purity rom (4.4.3)! Smoken!!

So far no issues dirty flashed over purity 4.4.2.
[Nexus 5 General] deusfaux:
That sucks. Mostly devs like Square Enix come to mind. They have games that still cant run in Jelly Bean (which was what Nexus's had when it the games were released) cuz they never bothered to update them. Can we start an XDA naming and shaming thread that encourages developers to stop writing apps this way?
[Nexus 5 General] NaterTots:
Yes. Either by using a custom rom based on 4.4.2 or by flashing the factory image Google provided for 4.4.2
[Nexus 5 General] phazerorg:
You'll have to unlock your bootloader and flash the 4.4.2 factory image. It's really not hard, (see this thread) and you will have increased your knowledge by doing it. Time to become part of the flashing community ;)
[Nexus 5 General] Bas-NL:
Installed 4.4.3 Mahdi-Rom 2.6 yesterday together with linaro.Kernel-nightly-r53test3

Works great!
[Nexus 5 General] Claghorn:
Better yet, can we come up with a way to lie to individual apps when they query the android version? That would be more generally useful than just hoping developers would do the right thing :).
[Nexus 5 General] alvaretto:
Contact sync issue

Hello mates,

I did a full wipe and then installed the factory image using the script "flash-all.bat", but now my google contacts are not syncing. I tried cleaning up cache and app data for "phone" and "people" apps with no luck. When I try to sync my google account everything works except contacts. It display a message saying "Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly".

Any ideas?
[Nexus 5 General] deusfaux:
It is completely unacceptable that someone spends $15 on a game, and then they have to wait for Square Enix to update the app before they can continue playing, if they do it at ALL.

And they're not the only offender. Several apps over the past week have updated with changelogs saying ONLY "compatibility with 4.4.3"

What the hell is that ****?
[Nexus 5 General] MilkyJoePD:
Have you tried deselecting then selecting the contacts tick box? That worked for me.
[Nexus 5 General] Static-xy:
I wouldn't have problem doing that if it isn't because of the warranty.
[Nexus 5 General] nsxalwayz:
still no update here!!
[Nexus 5 General] MrKaon:
Just side load the ota. What are you waiting for?
[Nexus 5 General] nsxalwayz:
i don't wanna have to backup all my stuff. i got the 4.4.2 within 2 days, so i dont know what the hold up is
[Nexus 5 General] whitedragonz83:
OTA side load doesn't wipe your phone. It'll likely show up by Wednesday at the latest. 1 week for near full roll out.
[Nexus 5 General] bobby janow:
Just curious. What if he doesn't have an unlocked bootloader? His phone will be wiped right?
[Nexus 5 General] mmmmBACON:
No. the OTA only updates specific files, it's different from a complete factory image that wipes the whole system. You can easily sideload it without root or an unlocked bootloader.
[Nexus 5 General] CatThief:
And if an app breaks after an OS update there would be complaints about how it doesn't work. Some devs prefer to test it first, e.g. MX Player which was updated several days after the release of 4.4.3.

Abandoning app development is an entirely different matter, so while max version restrictions may be irritating please be careful not to start shaming devs who are actively working to perfect their code.
[Nexus 5 General] Dperks88:
Anybody realize how slow the phone charges on 4.4.3? 4.4.2 was super quick.
[Nexus 5 General] bobby janow:
You can sideload the boot image without being unlocked?
[Nexus 5 General] MountainDrew:
Yes you can. Just need to boot into stock recovery, select the side load option, then connect to your computer and run "adb sideload <ota zip file>". There are detailed instructions in one of the sticky threads.
[Nexus 5 General] nsxalwayz:
thanks i was under the impression that your data would be wiped even if i sideload
[Nexus 5 General] deakelem:
i havnt noticed any difference no. STill just as fast

dumb question but have to ask.. are you using the exact same charger and cable?
[Nexus 5 General] kopower:
Happened to me when I flashed Vomer's 4.3 rom. Go to settings, and under accounts, select Google. You should be able to sync from there. Last time I tried, there was a sync error, but it eventually worked after a few tries. Good luck
[Nexus 5 General] roundel77:
That background that you have is awesome! Can you pls share? Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 5 General] deusfaux:
Um, what? What do you think I'm complaining about? I'm taking issue with exactly that. Apps that break after an OS update. Only because the devs wrote in, what appears to me to be, a version check.

So to avoid an update breaking an app, it's good practice to automatically break an app? That makes no sense. Apps should work until unforseen NEW CODE in the OS update release breaks them. Not because the version number check doesn't account for higher numbers than now exist.
[Nexus 5 General] bmakk2055:
Go to setting/ battery and check if it say charging USB or ac .
[Nexus 5 General] mmmmBACON:
Sure, no problem.

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[Nexus 5 General] nomancoolboy:
Try wiping Data of google play services play store and google framework. .and then reboot ...

Now check the update.....

Worked for me
[Nexus 5 General] Miqueas111:
Turning airplane mode on before all this steps can be helpfull.
[Nexus 5 General] nsxalwayz:
thanks! worked for me as well!
[Nexus 5 General] Miqueas111:
After several issues with my phone network. I'm think I just leave it there.

Anyway, the battery life I'm getting is fantastic. I dunno why so many people complaining about it. Just do a clean update and zero problems.

5 Hours SOT. I'm think I could get better but the last hour I did some heavy use.

Almost happy with the new update.
[Nexus 5 General] LMSilva69:
OMG, wiping cache from google framework works with me too!! thanks :good:
[Nexus 5 General] Deoy:
My battery is getting fixed itself too, Slightly every cycle.. Let's see what happens after a couple of days

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Hmm, Everything is normal, just like I had on 4.4.2, there shouldn't be a massive difference, havent checked wakelocks yet, will do today.

I mostly use my phone a lot (vacations lol) so i get around 5hour cycle with 2-2.5 hours screen on time. Battery seems to be fixing itself, lets see how it goes.
[Nexus 5 General] iulipepe:
For me as well. Bucharest, Romania. Bought from Google Play Germany.
[Nexus 5 General] invisible69:
Worked for me as well :D
[Nexus 5 General] chainsuk:
Yes i noticed its slower charge since update
[Nexus 5 General] vit4u:
I have a problem with my cell provider near home - almost zero signal. After flashing 4.4.3, I noticed a bigger battery drain when I'm at home/overnight. No problem when I'm in the office. I did not have this issue on 4.4.2. So, flashed radio from 4.4.2. Let's see how it goes.
[Nexus 5 General] sudman:
Since the 4.4.3 upgrade I can no longer stream audio via bluetooth to my car stereo (BMW Base radio/satnav model) car will not connect via bluetooth for audio, however bluetooth phone calling is fine. Worked fine previously with 4.4.2. Weird. :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] phazerorg:
To clear or not clear this data has caused arguments around here in the past, and even Google recommends against it.

I'm not going to tell anyone what to do or not do with their own device, but anyone who wants to do this should at least read this before doing it: Don't clear data for Google Services Framework

(not trying to start the debate here again, just providing information)
[Nexus 5 General] NaterTots:
That's weird. Mine works fine in my VW for both calls and streaming Pandora.

Maybe try deleting the pairing from the car and also phone then do the sync process all over.