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[Nexus 5 General] whmaurer:
I think I broke something when I replaced my battery...

So, I bought a replacement battery for my Nexus 5 off of eBay a couple of weeks ago, and it seemed to install fairly easily. Unfortunately, I think I did something to the antennas, because my phone can't resolve a T-Mobile connection anymore.

I checked the 4 antenna connections that I know about (i.e. the white and black cables running along the sides of the battery). In case it was a software thing, I also reset my APNs to default and even did a factory reset for good measure, but my T-mo SIM won't work anymore. The odd thing is that my spare AT&T GoPhone SIM seems to work fine (I get solid LTE signal), so the issue is specific to T-Mobile service.

Has anyone ever seen this? If so, is there a fix (hardware or software)? The basic explanations that make sense to me are:

1. Hardware is damaged, but AT&T signal penetrates better than T-Mo or whatever I broke affected T-Mo bands more than AT&T LTE bands; if this is the case, could I replace the broken hardware (perhaps the flex cable)?

2. There is a goofy, non-obvious software setting somewhere that I need to find; maybe I need to create new APNs from scratch?

Any advice?
[Nexus 5 General] cbowens:
Have you tried a spare T-mobile SIM card? It sounds like it would be more likely that at some point in the procedure you damaged your t-mobile sim card, rather than that you somehow damaged the antenna in such a way that it no longer picks up t-mobile signal but still works with ATT. Maybe head over to your local T-mobile store and try popping in a sim card there.
[Nexus 5 General] whmaurer:
I had the same thought, so I popped my wife's T-Mo SIM card into my phone, it didn't work either (though her card was a nano SIM, so it was in an adapter tray, if that possibly affected things). Also, my T-Mo SIM is currently being used in a Moto E and it seems to work without issue, which leads me to believe that the problem is with my N5 while using T-Mo.

As this point, I'm considering ordering a replacement back cover and/or a replacement flex cable in hopes that they might help, but I'm not sure that it's worth $40-50 to possibly fix it. Then again, I'm not sure I want to use the Moto E as my daily driver until November, or whenever the new LG Nexus comes out (not to hate on the Moto E too much, it's actually a decent/great phone for $99, it's just a little laggy compared to the N5).
[Nexus 5 General] nokes31:
I bought a replacement battery from ebay, watched all the battery replacement videos on Youtube and had a bit of a struggle pulling out the old battery from the casing.

Bad news is, the new battery didn't work, I can't turn the phone on and there are no charging indicator when I plugged in the charger. Even worse news is putting back the original battery didn't help, can't turn on and no charging indication as well..

Check all connections and all seems ok, anybody encountered this problem before? Any advice on where did I screwed up would be helpful, thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] JanSchotsmans:
I updated to Android 6 last weekend and have to say my mind is blown in terms of difference in battery usage.

My usage profile is "heavy" surfing, redditing, etc in the morning during my commute. No direct usage at all during the day, and again heavy usage in the evening commuting home.

During the day my usage however does include my phone and G Watch R communicating in an office that's right under high voltage power distribution network. With several area's in the office having faraday cages built into the walls.

Over the last few months, my phone would be dead before I got home at 6, while having been 100% at 7am.

Now the first week with Android 6, I'm looking at going almost 2 days on a single charge.

After reading about the Nexus 5X and having a feeling it's barely more powerful or useful then the real Nexus 5, I also ordered a new 3200mAh battery to gear up to use my Nexus 5 for a couple years more.

It's still plenty fast, other then a fingerprint sensor, it's still up to date with all the other sensors and well, the Nexus 5 is damn sturdy. Mine has landed in the toilet a total of 5 times so far and after disassembly and careful drying, it's still a perfect little trooper.

Now I hope the same kind of software magic happens for my G Watch R, because going more then a day with a charge on a watch would be quite welcome.
[Nexus 5 General] TTerc:
After updating to 6.0 i'm getting 3,5 SOT which is really good, compared to Lollipop's 2,5-3h. Doze works great too, all-night deep sleep results in 1-2% battery usage. No wifi drain, no issues.
[Nexus 5 General] Pastorelli's:
Could you try this and use the original battery :

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-wont-battery-icon-charging-t2978392
[Nexus 5 General] phantom146:
I do not recommend any other replacements on the battery unless its directly from the manufacturer but just a question have you tried doing everything to stop the wakelocks?
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Which battery did you use specifically. Do you have a link for it? Any screen shots of the battery usage? I'm going to do this mod soon.
[Nexus 5 General] nokes31:
Tried disconnecting the daughterboard and battery connector and left it for 2 hours, didn't work..

Many thanks for your help anyway..
[Nexus 5 General] WarningHPB:
Bought a replacement battery from replacebase.co.uk, seems to be a legit OEM battery.

The difference it made was quite dramatic since the battery that was originally in the device had swollen up and was giving me like 1 hour screen on time. But now I'm back up to like 3.5 hours SOT, worth doing for about 10quid

Nope the one received is not OEM, but could be! confused i am!

See post for more info: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63273852&postcount=116
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
[MENTION=3618496]WarningHPB[/MENTION]

I highly doubt they sell original batteries. I got 3 batteries from them because first 2 were not working. Third one works fine, but this is why I think they are not genuine batteries:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62033958

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62043132

On the other hand, I ordered battery for Nexus 4 and after 1 month it inflated and almost broke LCD screen (LCD has popped out of case due to inflated battery). This battery hasn't worked fine since I instaled it. Phone dies at 10/20%, later it started to die after every reboot.

I bought new batteries for N4 and N5 at spareslg.com. N4 works fine and phone shuts down at 1% like it should. I should get N5 battery in several days.
[Nexus 5 General] WarningHPB:
@dakore

i cant seem to see your photo it gives me a 404, but here are my batteries: one on the left is the orginal battery (which expanded/swelled up) and the new on right hand side (hopefully you can see the pictures):

http://i.imgur.com/2uO7SGB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bBrRD0Q.jpg

I can't comment on the sizes since the original battery is bad and expanded like i said before.

its not uncommon for phone companys to have the same battery but with a differant part number, because of things like supplier changes (which i would guess from one of the batterys being made by sony and the other samsung)

but theres three things i can definitely say about this battery i've got and that are:

1. 100% noticable improvement in battery life

2. Battery fits

3. for the price if it does expand/swell up/goes bad i don't mind spending another 10quid on another battery

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EDIT: just scanned the QR codes on the batteries heres my findings:

The original on the left shows on the label

P/N: EAC 62079101 SLB

Date: 2013.10.15

The QR Code reads: EAC 62079101 ST 131015

Which translates to:

P/N: EAC 62079101

Date: 2013.10.15

The new battery on the right shows on the label:

P/N: EHJ 62078701 LLL

Date: 2015.03.18

The QR Code reads: EAC 62078701 LT 130917

Which translates two:

P/N: EAC 6207870

Date: 2013.09.17

So you might actually be on to something with the batterys not being 100% legit! But atm im happy to use it since it has improved my battery life. Might have to look into ordering from spareslg.com in future tho!

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EDIT 2: Just pulled the specs from the Samsung TSDI website for the cell using info from the dot printed side and ignoring the LG label

Link to where i found the info (http://www.samsungsdi.com/lithium-ion-battery/mobile-phone) but there is a message at the bottem of the table saying: "Cells with specification different from the above products can be provided upon customer’s request."

Yeah I don't know if its legit or not but the info is there and people can take it and interpret it! Once again im happy since i've gotten better battery life!
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
[MENTION=3618496]WarningHPB[/MENTION]

Thanks for quite a lot information! I didn't go so deep.

I can confirm my original battery looks like yours, and replacement one(s) have LG dotmatrix marking on the back instead Samsung. The rest is the same.

I think I already wrote it somewhere here - I haven't seen such battery improvement after replacement. It has nothing to do with wakelocks, I tested it in depth. It lasts and behave just like my older 2 years tortured battery (you're talking with an Ingress player :D ).

My battery from spareslg is on its way and I could write few words in 2-3 days when it arrives. Cheers!
[Nexus 5 General] prashanthkp:
Hi everybody,

Just a query here ! can nexus 5x 2700mah battery make it with nexus 5 ?

Thanks & Regards,

Prashanth
[Nexus 5 General] jocampeao:
So where can i order an OEM battery for my nexus 5?
[Nexus 5 General] gabrielelucci:
Well, if you're trying to say "can a the nexus 5x battery fit into a nexus 5?", this is very unlikely to happen, they have completely diffrent form factor.

---------- Post added at 11:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:38 PM ----------

Depends on where you live. I bought my replacement on eBay, but you can find it on Amazon.

I have a question for you guys: how do you know if a battery is a genuine OEM or just an "unofficial" replacement? Mine seems pretty good, indistinguishable from the original i pulled off. There is a date on the back that says it was produced in July 2015. Is this possible? The device was retired before july...
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
[MENTION=3618496]WarningHPB[/MENTION]

I've receiver spareslg battery just now so here are few photos:

http://imgur.com/pTIZrJ1,AytHOHd

QR code says: EAC 62078701 LT 150715

Dot-matrix says LG

I could post my impresions on battery life after few cycles.I don't expect much, really.

Previous replacement battery from Replace base ltd:

http://imgur.com/K5eg1Yc,EIK94Gu

QR: EAC 62078701 LT 130917

Dot-matrix text says Samsung

You can see how narrow it is in comparison with new one. Don't look height since it's hard to meassure it due to empty space underneath black foil on the top where battery controler is located (you can squeeze foil with fingers).
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
I have to admit, I got better battery life than expected. Recently I updated to Cataclysm Marshmallow + hellscore b11. My battery wasn't much different than LP before. Then I installed new battery and here are results/comparison.

Usualy I get ~4h sot for my daily usage pattern + some Ingress (as seen on photos delow). I see improvements in this case!

I also see improvements in low power wifi usage with low brightness and browsing/IM only: usualy I got 100-50% = 2.5h sot. With new battery I noticed I can easily reach 3h sot in first 50% of battery.

So far I'm quite satisfied with this replacement. I'm affraid it's far from Kitkat era where I got 5h sot for the same usage as on screenshots below. Don't ask me for kernel settings or anything, it doesn't matter since you cannot copy someone else's sot. I was speaking is sot values to present you improvements ;) My usage is always the same, it is my routine usage, same apps, same signal strenght, setup etc...

Cataclysm 6.0 + hc b11

http://m.imgur.com/H4lN63d,EsrTfND,4fCOxUO,fW6NhGH
[Nexus 5 General] maccboy2010:
https://www.uk-mobilestore.co.uk/ lg recommends this seller in the uk for nexus 5 battery's. I have just received mine and its real
[Nexus 5 General] telekenetix:
Thanks

Thanks for all the great info! I might have to do this soon, as my N5 has been declining in overall battery performance for the last few months.
[Nexus 5 General] Pretoriano80:
Care to share how do you know LG recommended this shop because the reviews of this shop tell people to stay away from it?
[Nexus 5 General] maccboy2010:
Lg recommended me to them when I called them about my battery. And where are these reviews you've seen because I haven't seen them anywhere. My battery seems to be fine.
[Nexus 5 General] Pretoriano80:
This is one of them - - > http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews220211.html
[Nexus 5 General] maccboy2010:
It's hit and miss. I ordered two one for me and one for the misses nexus. One was real and one was funny enough a nexus 4 battery even people on Amazon and ebay the reviews arnt great. It's a nightmare looking for the nexus 5 battery. I ordered off a seller on Amazon first and it was fake as hell.
[Nexus 5 General] nolook:
another forum user suggested this and ive ordered it and everything's working... my new battery had a april 2015 manufacture date..

http://m.ebay.ca/itm/261431163466?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&_mwBanner=1
[Nexus 5 General] klappa:
Which brightness? Many here fail to mention brightness when they're talking about their SOT (screen on time).
[Nexus 5 General] broddoi:
Great thread! I just bought my battery from Amazon UK, it says LG so should be original. Honestly looking at phone reviews I can't find a phone that fully satisfies me as my actual Nexus 5, so if this is a valid solution for my battery life is well worth 11£ :)
[Nexus 5 General] hayzooos:
My 4 hour reference wasn't SoT, it was just time on in general honestly.

To answer your question though, my brightness was set somewhere around 35% I'd guess, and it was always adaptive. I've since moved on to the N6 though and liking it quite a bit.
[Nexus 5 General] Earic:
I have exactly the same experience about my old battery and 22 euro for like new mobile is great :)
[Nexus 5 General] nokiagye:
I change my battery with an original lg but the temperature stuck at 29 c

I put the old one again and it goes up to 35 like before what happens anyone knows?
[Nexus 5 General] RenaldiDroidXDA:
Lithium-ion batteries don't get 'calibrated'. What you're seeing is Android showing you 100%, when in actuality, the charge is oscillating between 95% and 100%. It's a battery managing mechanism to keep the battery from overcharging.
[Nexus 5 General] tebore:
It's a counterfeit one that's why. A really bad one that doesn't even have basic temperature sensing.
[Nexus 5 General] nokiagye:
Is original lg battery the same like the old one the seller says he will send me another one but if the second one is the same??
[Nexus 5 General] maccboy2010:
That review isn't even for a Nexus battery. Had my new battery in for 3 weeks now and I'm happy to say my battery life is brilliant and with marshmallow my nexus is like a new device, its that good I think I'm keeping it for another year. 2 battery's ordered from that seller and both were original lg battery's. Android marshmallow 6.0 has made the Nexus 5 a brilliant device to own. Gotta give Kudu's to Google this is there best new software version by far.
[Nexus 5 General] amphi66:
Once I replace my battery, I assume system & all data will be lost due to time w/o power.

How best to go about reformating, reflashing, and/or restoring (whatever is needed) to the previous ROM and configuration?

Thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] m52 power!:
Dude, No and no. None of that happens, you'll be fine.
[Nexus 5 General] michaelopolis:
New battery + marshmallow = best nexus 5 experience
[Nexus 5 General] amphi66:
Phone does not lose data & formatting? Good news.

Is info flashed to an eprom or is there a secondary "retention" battery?
[Nexus 5 General] dakore:
Google it, flash memory. It's like USB pen drive or memory card.
[Nexus 5 General] davi12_99:
for me is the same....but i want to try the lg g2 battery mod
[Nexus 5 General] Sheik.AlQla:
I'm using M and new battery and nothing really change

اللهم صلّ على مُحمد وآل محمد
[Nexus 5 General] bloc79:
Isn't there any battery health check for android devices? such as Macbooks have in osx
[Nexus 5 General] akash3656:
iOS devices can be checked using a Mac. This is one aspect Android lags behind iOS. We don't know how many charge cycles and the capacity of the battery :(
[Nexus 5 General] playitlouder:
I don't think the nexus 5 logs that.

In OSx and iOS the battery itself has the intelligence to log the battery health.

I'm using CM12.1 CAF and my battery life is pretty poor. I have not managed to get over 2h screen on time in recent days (got a replacement phone from google, wich probably has an abused battery in it).

I am sitting in the train 2h every day during the week. Guess what, my phone almost allways dies on the way home. :(
[Nexus 5 General] Tenhi:
I guess it's time to replace battery on my N5 too, even though I plan to sell it soon. Up till now it was fine, but just few minutes ago I was browsing web at around 60% of battery left and phone just died. After reboot battery was at 12%:

Hope replacing the battery will help a lot. Ordering one right now!
[Nexus 5 General] xxgg:
I have had my Nexus 5 since day 1 and three days ago I have replaced the battery which I bought from amazon.ca (toronto based seller) and what a difference it has made.

I have been home for past 3 days for being sick, so I haven't really used my phone much so I had more than enough to time to see how it was in idle/standby.

With the original battery simple over night battery drain would be anywhere from 5~10% drain, very inconsistant. With the new replacement battery, with just over 2 days of being unplugged, i am at 85% and extremely light to non use for reason I provided above.

Even with the old battery, my typical usage would give me almost 3 hours of screen on time before battery percent was between 5~10% left.

I am running 6.0 and did notice better standby time but I noticed that whenever i have a good standby time and when I started using the phone, battery would drop very very fast. Not sure what is going on there.

Anyways as for the new & old battery, labels and such all looked the same but date stamp showed "2015.04.28" with label on the back showing "Sony, something something". I assume it is Sony lithium battery. Where as the original battery was "LG soemthing something".

So far so GooD.

ps.

I wish there was a battery that is same dimension but maybe 30~40% thicker battery,

PLUS, a maybe a custom 3D printed back cover for that slight extra hump.

Now, that would be cool. What ya think? I am sure non of you mind a ever so slight thickness of a phone for much greater battery size.

I guess finding a custom made back cover is harder to find than a possible same dimension battery with larger capacity? In which case one could actually use a one of many after market phone case to protect the phone and maybe cut open the back portion of the original cover to allow slightly thicker battery. hahaha

Sorry, some random crazy thoughts came into my mind. I should probably just get me a Moto X Play when this replaced battery dies.

Atleast let me know what you think of this crazy random idea I thought of.... :D
[Nexus 5 General] nolook:
for those in canada wanting a real oem battery from a LG canada recommended place:

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/accessories/oem-battery-shipped-to-canadsa-t3211166
[Nexus 5 General] amphi66:
+1 !! Took a couple.of charging cycles, but SOT & battery life is even better than when new.
[Nexus 5 General] Sheik.AlQla:
charging is slow with new battery
[Nexus 5 General] rohanhole:
I did the same. But I ordered the battery from local LG service center directly. And did the replacement at home using the guides available on the YouTube and ifixit. Took 40 mins.
[Nexus 5 General] nokiagye:
Be careful when you reinstall the back cover. Or the vibration will not work or the wireless charge or the NFC

Press first in the middle until you hear a click and then around the case
[Nexus 5 General] springy:
I just got my new battery and it is claimed to be new and it does look legit, but I am worried about the manufacture date.

Do you think this will be any good considering it must have been sitting around for over 2 years...

[IMG="Front of Battery"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OMwjUDgNyTv4d-3a1CvQsBTV5q-cPwSLJxLvsxLqunp5ZNZWNKfWOUS4Mi89ZxMOsXSxu9ZjMZvrSs3Q-uljlD5y8SnHu9ITrgnMYb7ufU3iI8ysDt2Kqh79i6nZu3tsU6TbBf1Sfd8XPt21E2Syri0EC9KxSlztMPaGlhczyKiwz_T0PzNBwGICv_nQyddNEEXsYFjzkbPeJkK-snlyexXyIscg_rKZPwkAjCvxdRbidsA8zl3Z8M1Th_5QtnvfxZSrgAVNXAPZv6IB8GS2Ova5ulyTuiFGog_bSmqxGOnJTZWJz0aEl33T5js80XsvO735qgaxZjXaDaVFd8VZZkzSc6JhHfZeaSM9cvreNlwVPtIRG_TywfGIADJntgmy5BgxCzYlKVWWSQwwAOowWxrWvRKdamADEKho67KoiSDSAP4QMMf7wV4iFn2sjEtGfwcwp52C-PH8cChen6K4LEh0_rJcVxUidG6NlXdETJr_jR0bjeNHSISlb1NW-W4mFhKg0f2hfc7Udjwull26VLM9cskOAQvhR5zqhKcRsvY=w1168-h1556-no[/IMG]

[IMG="Back Of battery"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Xa4kJLU_zAOwBpuwo_NQ-sj3lmpfpqrW_DKYjpRQkVOilxuzudC2u56nLxyG1Ke2kjAskE19_7kwszH6TEZ3BPdOJTWMpknmQFi92ZBUh8ItxBbWJ77tKpesVSvI-PS76Xnaan5uMQUr54PTML7UF5yEiRovyEdKeWmeX7mLxjgVNDxMpcicSnQjvMXsOU-IJmh4cT4Wo5IGHwlce7pNCt21_IX8Yp5yWG6YkxlSwF4NZGPlfQersCNg0MMJrcSw4x_J05kanBBA-OkCYPXxdjPu7_11-OwKW3fGatGP_gzAw1whxZqBbUo7n4f4Xmym5BbdDOB3iNU-h0ugY4z7EQmPeimeKWySE6D1g5lEbsjAMCTmBOTSpT6-HpoS_3fQgdPf0l6uoetWURk1a5EYixvOsJy1udoQAZcceVqCPHLYG-hPYYOAeKa1x6zAVTx9H3GH7ggiC51AIZX-nUnnQXtyEyoMoZJkrldawRZbK9RNGJPutit4fY22DL_tCu0dnkxWXOogw8z3N_zGZWMS--tG1Y7snCUWA7Y6yefAoqA=w1168-h1556-no[/IMG]
[Nexus 5 General] Tenhi:
I ordered mine yesterday from ebay seller claiming that batteries are from a new batch (2015) and it arrived this morning. Installed it just now, and everything seems fine. Battery date is from April this year, so I hope it will be great.

Btw. pay extra attention to the battery connection ribbon when installing new battery. Bend it the same way as it was on the old one. It seems there are many people having problems later with damaged ribbons...
[Nexus 5 General] 中秋节:
我换电池把电池的拍线弄坏了
[Nexus 5 General] Primokorn:
I also bought a new battery but I can't charge my device now. It seems that several folks had the same issue, whatever the seller.

I have just requested a refund or a new a battery. Let's see what will happen...

Ampere app says that the new battery is "cold", -30 degrees (Celsius) :eek: with a status "Not charging". I already saw "charging" or "discharging"...
[Nexus 5 General] Tenhi:
[MENTION=4958579]Primokorn[/MENTION] It can be faulty battery, or you damaged battery's ribbon cable during installation. I know my friend did the same because he did not pay attention how old battery was installed and he just connected new battery while ribbon cable was sticking out. Then he put a plastic cover over that, squeezing and damaging the cable in the process...
[Nexus 5 General] Primokorn:
I guess and I hope it's a faulty battery since I did take care of the cable & connectors. The seller is sending me a new battery :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 5 General] zerosum0:
One way to weed out fake battery is to check the temperature. If it moves it's a genuine one. The fakes don't have a temp gauge on them...
[Nexus 5 General] khandelwalgaurav:
Same here. LG service centre charged 12$.it gave phone a very good backup
[Nexus 5 General] maccboy2010:
Iv got mine installed and the temp has stuck at 29© mines a fake. I need a real seller that sells them in the UK. Iv tried 4 different sellers and everyone of them has bin fake. This one I have now actually works fine but the temp sticks at 29 and iv only kept it in because I need this phone working, its my only phone.
[Nexus 5 General] IWantedTheUsername'nern':
Is this the best way to check? Is there anything that would indicate it could be a fake from looking at the writing or marking on the battery?