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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrasLOHF:
Here's a noob general battery question. I've noticed that on both this phone and my previous phone that right around the one year mark of ownership and later whenever a random reboot happens or sometimes a user initiated one, I lose anywhere from 10-20 percent battery. Is this just a general degradation that happens with phone batteries? Poor calibration from ROM/kernel flashing?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamajikaciya:
Yes.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porman:
Alright. Here's todays usage. A little bit of game playing as well (around 45 minutes of Boulder Dash).

I still think that it's too much for a simple 2D game to drain that much battery.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
All games are big drainers.... Just some more than others. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porman:
I know. I will post a sample of tomorrow's usage as well, when I hit the gym and only use the phone to listen to music.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brumgav:
Although I'm not on a Nexus, using the information and advice from this thread I got 6hr05 screen on time and still 15% remaining the other day on my LG G2 using a Lollipop ROM.

Thanks guys ? [MENTION=4036181]Darth[/MENTION]
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
That's why we made the thread! Awesome! ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porman:
Looks like a great start. Pulled out the charger 22 minutes ago and 6% is already gone... The phone was just standing idle.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brumgav:
When idle I get 3 hours per 1%...if you post the chart that is titled other and the app sucker screen that is for % held awake by I'm sure the guys on here can help u
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
It's probably just a bad calculation, as all battery stats is, is an estimation. After something like that it should go back up by itself or decline slower. I've seemingly lost 50% before after a crash then it went back up after a few minutes. Again, battery stats are nothing but an estimation.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousefai0922:
got a question,

u knwo those battery saver (juice defender), they turn off ur data when you screen is off and on ur data and screen is on right?

For a light to mild user, who often turn on the screen, does turning off and turning back on drain the battery?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Don't use juice defender. It does more harm than good. That goes for all battery saving apps in my opinion
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousefai0922:
oh really, i m still using it still waiting to notice the difference

but like say other app (not just juice defender), do on and off data drain battery?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
The only battery saving app I'd consider is greenify. The others use more battery than they save.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Post one basically makes my thoughts on those apps known too. ?

They will waste more than they save. When I tried juice defender... Way back... I had over 2000 wakelocks in 9 hours.

Uninstall. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Sorry, it's post 2, paragraph 1. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousefai0922:
really, let me try without jucei defender and let u know

---------- Post added at 02:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:53 AM ----------

one of the reason i use juice defender is that they will disable your connectivity once your screen off, and save battery.

once i unistall, is there anyway to disable connectivity once the screen is off? I mean method without installing any apps?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I can only say.... Why? Should not be necessary.

Check your wakelocks with juice defender. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
I don't know how, but I'll take it [emoji14] ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exhibit1234:
I didn't have to flash. I guess after some reboots it fixed itself. I was getting ready to flash though :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tegodwin:
Kernel Wakelocks - JuiceDefender

I'm taking interest in the wakelock comments above regarding JuiceDefender which I've got installed on my Nexus 5 (5.0.1) and Nexus 7 (2013: 5.0.2).

See attached images which shows no wakelocks registered on the Nexus 5 whilst the Nexus 7 which shows lots. Surely there must be wakelocks occurring on the Nexus 5. Anyone any ideas?

Also the App Sucker screen always shows very low battery usage for JuiceDefendar i.e. 0.0%. Is its real usage indicated in the wakelocks?

Regards

Trev
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
Honestly Juice Defender makes things worse nowadays. I wouldn't use it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
Yes, you don't need Juice Defender to do that. There are two options which in conjunction will do the same thing.

First is the setting Disable background data. This means as soon as your screen turns off, the mobile data connection will also turn off.

Then there is the setting Keep Wifi On during Sleep: Never. This will disable the WiFi when the screen turns off.

Both of these together will mean no internet connection with the screen off. Battery drain will be minimal but you will never receive internet based notifications with the screen off.

There is drain from enabling and disabling radios, so turning on and off the mobile data and WiFi incurs its own brief drain. That would easily be offset by the battery saved from not having an internet connection during sleep.

Just to confirm because I know there is a misconception about the Wifi During Sleep setting. If you have both WiFi and data disabled this setting will save you battery, however if you leave your data connection on and it's disabling your WiFi during sleep that will cause more drain as WiFi is more efficient.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousefai0922:
I'm having the same wakelock on my screen, does it drain battery?

---------- Post added at 05:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:53 AM ----------

If u disable WiFi druring sleep, won't it cause more drain since data is on.

Or u r saying turn the data off too when screen off?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousefai0922:
Anybody know what is bam and combined wakelock?

And how can I fix or disable it
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Here's a thread from a different device section about it,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1811365

But 9 minutes of it so far in 4 hours isn't that bad really. I'd see what it is after a full discharge and see if there's cause for concern.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
It would cause more drain unless data is also disabled.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wh1t3Rose:
Hey [MENTION=4036181]Darth[/MENTION] :). Got a new N5. Screen on my last one went out. Also I think it had battery issues because my battery life on this N5 is better.

Anyway. I have an hour of held awake time but can't figure out why. Also i can't figure out why kernel wakelocks is an empty list. I do have the root companion installed. Can you help?

GSAM Screenshots
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
What does your stock battery chart look like with wakes?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
An hour isn't totally nuts... But not great. I had nothing for kernel wakelocks on moto X either. Never did figure it out. Had great battery life, so never tried hard to figure it out either.

If you have Google now on, location on.... And what's the running thing? It doesn't seem bad alone, but could be contributing to Android OS wake time.

I'd do some stream lining of services, freezing unneeded things, and greenifying a few things... And I bet you get it down some.

No music?

No M8 yet eh? Lol ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
I get 2-4 hours of wake time but I still get 5-6 hours of screen-on time on my Nexus 5, Android Wear likes to wakelock a lot but the effect on battery life is negligible which is surprising. My LG G Watch technically gets 36-48 hours of screen-on being on the entire time lol..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Not bad for a device attached! ?

And yeah, awake time doesn't always mean battery drain.

The M8, how I have it setup is nuts! 17 minutes of awake time in 20 hours total. Never had a device sleep so well.

And my gsam averages ... Collected since October, so very accurate, are 22 hours total, 8 hours of SOT. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousefai0922:
I noticed something is strange on the battery on the nexus 5, not sure anyone encounter it as well.

For the top 10% of the battery (100-90%), the phone drained super fast. But then below 90%, the phone drained very much slower.

For example, 12am to 6am, the phone drained drained from 100-90%. HOwever, from 6pm to 11pm, the phone only drained from 61-60%.

Im saying, once the battery goes below 90%, the battery life seem to back normal again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wh1t3Rose:
Running app is a tracker. Tracks my stats and maps out my run. I had about 10 minutes of music with Poweramp (non streaming).

And I am impressed by the M8s battery but can't give up my nexus and stock android and amount of custom ROMs ;)

[MENTION=5666997]Lethargy[/MENTION] here's the other SS.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
Doesn't look like that big of a deal to me, not that many wakes.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wh1t3Rose:
Anyone notice I lost like 10% in an hour? Compare my GSAM SS with the Stock Graph. My phone was idle!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
We have GPE, aosp, cm.... And a lot of roms. Not nexus numbers, but still a lot.

And..... Double tap to wake that doesn't drain anything. ?

K... I'll stop. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Replace battery or not?

[MENTION=4036181]Darth[/MENTION], hey man, I uploaded all of the screenshots you needed. I was the one asking you if I should replace my N5's battery with a new one or not. Just quote me if you ever need more info/screenies. :) The quicksettings picture is to show what connections I used. If it's turned off then I didn't use it. I used 3G for about 15 minutes though. Thanks for your help. :highfive: :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bei60:
I cant get good battery life!

Cm 12 5.0.2

Elementalx 2.05

Greenified all

No location
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It's your signal. See the battery plummet when your signal bar turns red.

And those social apps, and location services will keep trying to get data.... Boom, down drops your battery. All you can do with that is disable data when you have a weak signal. Enable it only when you want to use it, then off again. Or airplane mode, but then you won't get calls or texts either.

(I see you said location is off... But still, data + weak signal= huge battery loss.)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Sorry to interrupt but I edited my post 2/3 posts before this. Your help would be really appreciated by me. It has GSam screenies, too. :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamaX320:
Anyone know what sometime Use Since Last Full Charge will show and sometime won't show ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
As post 4 says, run from 100 to about 10 percent left, to show a more accurate picture of things.

But, those have you on pace for near 4 hours screen on time. I see no issue.

Depending on what services and options you have enabled and what apps you have, and your usage style.... that can be perfectly normal.

Guys getting 5, 6 or more screen on time have nearly everything off, don't game, don't have that many social apps.. Etc... Etc. So you can't always think you should get that too. ?

3 to 4 hours of screen time can be perfectly normal and is more the average on the N5.

Follow every single piece of advice from post 2, don't game, don't use too many social apps.... Or any... And maybe you can stretch it out more.

But again, I see no issues for you right now. Not from those shots. ?

If you replace your battery, you'll likely be disappointed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
well, wifi is almost the only thing that was turned on in that report. anyways, i was just jealous of the people who get 5++ hrs of screen time. maybe im just paranoid. thank you btw. :) and why would i be disappointed? i was thinking of really replacing my n5's battery if i had the chance though.

edit: i dont have social apps. i didnt turn on location & bluetooth & sync even for a second. i used mobile data for like 15 minutes and that was full bars 3G signals. n5 had no vibrations because i turned it off. just level 1 ringtone/messagetone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cosmionnn:
Stock 5.0.1

Hello. I just flashed the factory images for 5.0.1 yesterday, and I noticed terrible battery life. Location is turned off, voice is turned off, google now is turned off, etc. I come from 5.0 stock and the battery life there was amazing. Here's a screenshot after I removed the charger at 70%.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Please see post number 4. ?

Can't tell anything from that screen shot. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bei60:
Nope, my battery sucks with a full signal anyway.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
I don't blame you. Screen brightness is another huge factor. I didn't realize it until I tweaked everything then finally got great battery life. You want to keep it as low as possible.

Android needs a bit to settle in. Also stock with all the bugs IMO (Lethargy will disagree) and the stock kernel will not yield best results. Custom ROMS may help but even something like Code Blue or Elemental will do wonders. Also extra tips I'm not sure are covered in the 4 first posts but work for me:

Keep screen as low as possible

Disable the two fitness sub services of Google Play Services with the Disable Service app

Disable as many syncs as possible

Install an ad blocker

The point about ROMs vs stock isn't as valid in 4.4.4 because that is as stable as you can get stock. Lollipop needs a bit more of code maturing.

How much SOT do you get?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wh1t3Rose:
[MENTION=4036181]Darth[/MENTION] I think my phone is back to normal. New phone just needed time to settle. Had two hours of music over LTE today as well. I am still at 20% but I'm to tired to stay up. Night.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Very nice!! :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
it was always at lowest brightness my friend :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porman:
Funny thing. I went to recovery mode and cleared the cache partition. Battery life suddenly increased. I though that the cache partition was cleared when you did a factory reset, which I did after updating from 4.4.4 to 5.

I didn't wipe after updating from 5 to 5.0.1 though. Could that have something to do with it?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bei60:
2 hours of minimal use. Like a bit if browsing, reddit, 9gag, no gaming at all. Facebook also for a little. All sums up to 2 hours sot
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porman:
Anyway, here's today's battery stats.

Stock rom 5.0.1, non-rooted. Phone was bought in December 2014.

Google Now turned off, location reporting/history off. Greenify on most apps that I don't start often or need notifications from. In case anyone wonders, I have to use at least 3G, since my provider doesn't use GSM anymore. So if I turn it off, I can't make any calls, text, etc...

Been mostly browsing with Chrome and playing a little bit of NBA General Manager. Nothing excessive or cpu-demanding.

Still only getting about 2 hours of SOT. Got my new battery today though, but I will wait until at least the next update before changing it. Perhaps 5.1 will add a bit better battery.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'd say it's the gaming. Maybe some social apps too? Don't see another issue really. Is location services off, or just history? Try it off a day.

You mention 3g, but it looks like that's all WiFi? So data is irrelevant here.

Should post your times waking device and held awake time screens... And kernel wakelocks.

Oh... Sorry, your not rooted for the app wakelocks.... So check kernel wakelocks in gsam, and try wakelock detectors pc version for app wakelocks.

Not sure a new battery is the cure unfortunately.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Also... Data and WiFi can be off, and you'll still get calls and texts. So you know. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porman:
No social apps. I'm using the web version of Facebook and I have my GPS set to low battery usage.

Should I turn off Wifi when I leave the house? I can't recall if that made any difference. I have scanning off on everything on wifi.

I'm not so sure about that. My service provider (Tre) doesn't use GSM/2G, only 3G, so turning it off would result in basically the same thing as putting it in airplane mode.

Is that the screenshot you were asking for?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Well, location on at all will take some juice. And actually, "device only" tends to be the most battery friendly setting. Obviously it won't work indoors usually though.

And no, airplane mode cuts off everything. Data is for data, not texts and calls really. However it works, toggling off data, and WiFi for that matter, will still let you get calls and texts. Airplane mode will shut it all down.

But again, weren't you on wifi for the whole time? Then data is off anyway.

And personally, I always toggle off WiFi when I'm not on it.

And I meant kernel wakelocks in gsam, from app screen drop down. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porman:
Wifi was on for the whole time, but I was away from home during the morning (8-12 am) and afternoon (1-4 pm), so I used data while I was out.

Actually, you're correct. I can still get calls and sms when data is off, but I can't toggle down to 2G and keep it on.

About kernel wakelocks, it says :

"No data available. There are no apps that have consumed the specific resource during the last device power cycle."

Not sure if this is because I just charged my phone. Also, charging usually takes 1 h 30 minutes at the most.

Maybe it's my imagination, but I feel that the battery drains faster when the screen is on than before.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parideboy:
Samsung Galaxy S4 (jfltexx) on AICP 5.0.2 aosp rom

I'm having lots of battery drain. I used to have like 4/6 h of screen on, now I can barely cover 2. I thought it was the battery, so i bought a new one. Same issues.

I use greenify for the apps I don't use (some system apps included) and I have GPS turned off, so with it's history. Don't have either Google Launcher and Google Now installed.

Today I had wifi off most of the time, while having mobile data on for like more than 6h. Played some games (not heavy ones) and surfed on the web.

View attachment BatteryStats.rar

Those are the screenshots. Sorry but I still can't share urls :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'm not even sure where to begin. Lol

Your device was kept awake over 8 hours, so yeah... That's going to drain you. When it's OS wakelocks, they're very hard to track down. Though, if you had clicked on that wakelock, it would show you the processes associated with it. That may help track it down.

Now, you have a tonne of social apps it appears, by your status bar icons... And you're gaming and I'm betting location services is on? Location services combined with a bunch of social apps is going to hurt.

I'd go a day or two with no gaming, and every single social app/messaging app greenified. And turn off location services. Just to see if the problem lies in there somewhere.

Then go from there based on the results.

As far as an S4 goes.... You may want to post this in your devices help or battery threads.... There could be specific known issues with the S4 that most of us here wouldn't know about. ?

Try what I suggest and see what happens anyway.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parideboy:
The location service is off. I'll try to check the wakelocks to see what is the process that drains battery. One question... Could this battery drain be caused by the memory card?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If you mean external sd card, possibly. As I said though, you might want to check in the S4 section or ask there, I don't own the device, and most regulars of this thread own Nexus 5's. So we won't be familiar with device specific issues, not that the tips in the first few posts don't apply to all devices, they do.... But we can't know issues specific to other devices. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parideboy:
Ok, thanks for the useful tips. I've just got a new micro sd card. Tomorrow I'm gonna give it a try. Let's hope for the best ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Just trying with the card removed will answer that question. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godlyatheist:
I bricked my kitkat install when I disabled google search. Updated to 5.0.1 Cataclysm. First day GSam reports 4 hr SoT so it's about the same as KitKat. It seems that in standby Lollipop is much more efficient and actual use is about the same as KitKat.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex.X:
I can't get passed 3hr SoT even when no wifi brightness down and ni localisation is this normal ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
Post the screenshots mentioned in post 4, otherwise what you're saying doesn't tell us anything.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex.X:
Okay i'll post them tonight all i've got is:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epiphone:
Anyone knows how to resolve CheckInHandoff and EventLogHandoff wakelocks?

Already tried to disable these from the Google Services Framework using Disable Services app, in fact I have everything unchecked in there except for GCMIntentService and StatsUploadService, but still cannot resolve these wakelocks. Also disabled all the recommended items in the first post under Google Play Services.

From the BBS thread someone else suggests using either System Tuner or Android Tuner or Autorun Manager, doesn't these work similar to Disable Services app?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falco33:
My brother has a really bad battery drain. Screenshots are attached below, please let me know if you guys need additional screenshots. (Nexus isn't rooted!)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
Disable Service only disables the service, not the receiver. Sometimes if you disable a service but not a receiver then it'll wakelock even more, trying to find the service.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sir_Bruce_Lee:
BetterBatteryStats vs. GSam Battery Monitor Pro

What are the difference?

Which would you recommend?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parideboy:
Both do their job well, it's all about the ui really. I'll recommend Gsam, even if only the free version.

Having a similar drain, if you find I fix would you be so kind to share it? [emoji16]

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 AICP 5.0.2
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jwizzled:
Background processes are probably your issue. Facebook known wake locks and background data use. Also 9gag too.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dnzdeniz:
When I use my phone regularly (30 minutes or more), battery drains a little bit after I close my screen.

For example: If I use my phone 30 minutes or more, my battery drops like %2-4 when I close my screen.

And weird one is, I don't experience any wakelocks (as I see from my stats).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brumgav:
Do you use BetterBatteryStats or GSam...I'd be interested to see a post from you with screenshots from those apps
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wh1t3Rose:
[MENTION=4036181]Darth[/MENTION] am I the only one who's GSAM doesn't show kernel wakelocks on Lollipop?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parideboy:
How do I check those wakelocks?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 AICP 5.0.2
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falco33:
If someone can help me fix this issue. [emoji14]