A little help from people who know Android well? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This problem is not actually on my phone, it's on my missus' but I've changed the rom and the problem persists. So I assume it's something on the sd or internal storage or an app perhaps that isn't getting wiped when flashing roms....
When she presses her power button to turn the screen off, it goes off, but then lights back up again for no reason. She even says it can randomly light up to the lock screen when just sat on the side not even touched.
Any ideas anyone? It's really bloody annoying. Lol
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It will just be an app waking up the phone. Perhaps using better battery stats with reference set to "screen off" looking at "alarms" can help identify what caused it.
It certainly wont be easy to track down the culprit though
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Thanks, I've got it downloaded and installed so I'll see if it can help
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Screen Broken turn on

What are your thoughts on this scenario? Won't turn on due to a fall off a bike had this in my pocket.
Based on it not turning on; it doesn't look like that there's major damage to anything except where you see I punched through the bottom; not sure if there's critical components in there. I want to confirm that there's no parts to be replaced before I replacement it.
If not, is there a way to get data off of Internal Storage? I didn't make a backup to external SD card that is as recent as I would like.
Guiding me through what'll probably happen is appreciated in advance very much
What happens when you plug it into your computer?
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What happens when you plug it into your computer?
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Couldn't properly detect device; it sees something and I get a red battery charging light but now it's staying off after a minute or so. Device still shows up in device manager as pictured even though it's making the noises for connecting.
My phone got really hot around the SD card area afterwards even though the phone was clearly off; took out the battery to "reset" anything that was happening.
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Insane wakelocks draining battery.

Just got my Nexus 5 after having a Nexus 4 for approximately a year. This is my third or fourth cycle and out of nowhere I'm getting a horrid amount of wakelocks. I usually run Google Now, and have without issue (battery wise) for months and months (at least on my N⁴ running 4.2/.3 AND 4.4). I had Google now on for the first half of the day but it had nearly 80% of battery usage and kept my phone awake relentlessly. Upon shutting it off a few hours ago,I'm still experiencing terrible drain. Can someone give me some insight? I've already rebooted multiple times, cleared cache in Play Services/play store/Google search, etc.
The battery is down to about 30% at 2:30 pm with very little sot (less than an hour) unplugged at 7am at almost 90%. At this point on a regular day I'd have 80% remaining with the same usage on my Nexus 4
Check my screenshots for the bbs stats. These wakelocks are mostly unfamiliar to me.
Thanks in advance for any help.
PS: running latest version of Cataclysm and FK r14.
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Hello
I think it will be good if you go to Google Settings > Localization > Off
Sorry for my english, don't hesitate to tell me if you don't understand.
Otalgia said:
I think it will be good if you go to Google Settings > Localization > Off
Sorry for my english, don't hesitate to tell me if you don't understand.
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Between that and and always on Google Now, seems to be most of the problem.
OK Google is a battery hogging gimmick. It has zero real world purpose. Use Nova/Apex/Action Launcher.
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I think it will be good if you go to Google Settings > Localization > Off
Sorry for my english, don't hesitate to tell me if you don't understand.
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Location is already off.
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nyyankees1237 said:
Location is already off.
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Also suffering from this, seemed ok to start with but now it is horrendous even after turning off Google Now, Location off and only syncing the basics
ricey1986 said:
Also suffering from this, seemed ok to start with but now it is horrendous even after turning off Google Now, Location off and only syncing the basics
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Battery is so bad I'm about to go charge up my old Nexus 4 and use that until this issue is sorted out. At least that won't die on me for a while and I can actually use all the gimmicky goodies.
Even shutting off EVERYTHING on this phone (mobile data, sync, low brightness, Google now, location, device manager, OK Google, etc.) does nothing to improve battery longevity.
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Turn off the key sounds and vibration. That should take care of the audioin.
Ps, how did you get bbs to work on 4.4? I'm using the rc's but can't get bbs to have root privileges
I have the same problem too. It all started with the Google now update.
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Best way to get rid of the wake lock is to reboot the phone.
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jd1639 said:
Turn off the key sounds and vibration. That should take care of the audioin.
Ps, how did you get bbs to work on 4.4? I'm using the rc's but can't get bbs to have root privileges
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These are already off! I'm getting so fed up with this!
And it just works for me, I'm using RC5 at the moment and going into advanced settings and enabling root works fine on my end.
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I have the same problem too. It all started with the Google now update.
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Best way to get rid of the wake lock is to reboot the phone.
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I rebooted multiple times, as stated in the OP. Wakelocks came right back.
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I rebooted multiple times, as stated in the OP. Wakelocks came right back.
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Is your wifi on during sleep? I'm experiencing really bad standby battery drain IF I leave my Wifi on, but if I use mobile data I end up getting excellent battery life (down from 8-12% / hr to 0.5-1% / hr) Really strange...
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Is your wifi on during sleep? I'm experiencing really bad standby battery drain IF I leave my Wifi on, but if I use mobile data I end up getting excellent battery life (down from 8-12% / hr to 0.5-1% / hr) Really strange...
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This was on mobile data (mix of LTE and HSPA+)
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This was on mobile data (mix of LTE and HSPA+)
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Try the reverse then?
Have you Google the "event" wake lock?
Have you tried a (what may seem drastic but actually is not) factory reset?
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I had similar problems losing at least 5% an hour most of the time, but in the end I returned the phone to google. Maybe I will buy one again later while this gets all sorted.
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Try the reverse then?
Have you Google the "event" wake lock?
Have you tried a (what may seem drastic but actually is not) factory reset?
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Ok, did a little research on my phone. Turn off the "ok Google" thing in the Google search bar, just change your language to English UK. That'll get rid of the audio in and a lot if the other stuff.
I think its the new Google search update, I had this issue since the update and uninstalled the updates in the apps section and the problem has gone away.
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I just wiped the phone and installed a new ROM and kernel (PSX and Linaro FK 13). Let's see if the problem resolves itself. Will update at the end of today! Thanks everyone for the help but it seems as if Google needs to fix this problem on their end. Me having to constantly wipe/reset/reboot/shut off features/etc. my phone just to get it to function properly is a great annoyance.
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Well, the same thing happens with pretty much every 4.4 rom I install on my Nexus 4. The only way I was able to fix this craziness is installing Matrix kernel. I have a feeling its some kind of conflict with superuser. My battery was reporting screen on all the time for some reason. And yes, my locations have been turned off and left on GPS only
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I just wiped the phone and installed a new ROM and kernel (PSX and Linaro FK 13). Let's see if the problem resolves itself. Will update at the end of today! Thanks everyone for the help but it seems as if Google needs to fix this problem on their end. Me having to constantly wipe/reset/reboot/shut off features/etc. my phone just to get it to function properly is a great annoyance.
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Hopefully this will fix it for you. It seemed like from the screen shots the app better battery status or whatever it was you were using to analyze your phones state had a lot of wakelocks itself.
If you still have issues I'd try a different app to analyze the problem tho. I still havn't even bothered to root mine yet I'm hitting around 75% after 20 hrs.
if you use the following in combo w/ greenify it helped me huge on my old phone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector

Auto turns off feature

I have this "feature" on my NX5. What it does is it locks itself when I set on the table. Sometimes it works.... sometimes it doesn't.
I'm using the Stock Kernel and Stock ROM with gravity box. I looked at it and noticed that feature is not included inside gravity box.
So I wanna know if anyone has this rather buggy "feature" on their phone. If I try to unlock it it'll lock itself again... And if I try again it'll lock itself yet again. Eventually it stops though. Only works when on a flat surface too
I have a video if anyone wants it see it. It's really weird. Anyone got this at all?
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I have this "feature" on my NX5. What it does is it locks itself when I set on the table. Sometimes it works.... sometimes it doesn't.
I'm using the Stock Kernel and Stock ROM with gravity box. I looked at it and noticed that feature is not included inside gravity box.
So I wanna know if anyone has this rather buggy "feature" on their phone. If I try to unlock it it'll lock itself again... And if I try again it'll lock itself yet again. Eventually it stops though. Only works when on a flat surface too
I have a video if anyone wants it see it. It's really weird. Anyone got this at all?
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Try turn off Daydream in settings under display
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Try turn off Daydream in settings under display
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But it's not charging or daydreaming..... It just locks itself... And then unlocks itself if I pick it backup....
Edit: it's off I'll test it.
EditII: STILL DOES IT MY FRIEND
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What is VERY weird is it knows how high above the surface it is.
If I hold straight above a few cm above the tbale it turns itself off. Few cm up and boom it's on.
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What is VERY weird is it knows how high above the surface it is.
If I hold straight above a few cm above the tbale it turns itself off. Few cm up and boom it's on.
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Might be defective sleep/wake button
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Noooo. It's not even touching the table and it would turn itself off it held just cm from the table. Any higher then a few cm and it will turn itself on. It's extremely weird
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Noooo. It's not even touching the table and it would turn itself off it held just cm from the table. Any higher then a few cm and it will turn itself on. It's extremely weird
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Have you flashed anything recently?
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No @markdapimp .... This feature is incredibly weird.
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Dragn4rce said:
No @markdapimp .... This feature is incredibly weird.
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Sorry never heard of this issue I guess you have to wait for some other responses
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Sorry never heard of this issue I guess you have to wait for some other responses
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Lol I don't think anyone has.
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Same on multiple tables in multiple rooms?
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I'm uploading the video to YouTube
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rootSU said:
Same on multiple tables in multiple rooms?
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Dude it's a crazy ass feature. It works on CERTAIN surfaces and ONLY corners.
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It's extremely weird. It works on one corner of my computer and on the other corner it doesn't. You'll see in the video.
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I think you are having the sensor being tripped that activates the sleep feature. If you hold a magnet above the screen very close to the volume button and slightly higher, it shuts the screen off. It is a feature to make cases power off the screen when the case closes. Try it with a magnet, you'll see what I mean. I'm willing to bet there is something magnetic in your table triggering this sensor.
@BCSC sounds like a logical answer.
Tested your answer and yup 100% correct.
Link of the video that shows his answer is right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9b05J0_82g&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I think you are having the sensor being tripped that activates the sleep feature.
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Yes, this was my reasoning behind asking about whether it was only on certain tables. I was wondering if the table had some kind of magnetic charge or something
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Yes, this was my reasoning behind asking about whether it was only on certain tables. I was wondering if the table had some kind of magnetic charge or something
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Naw man you know the Samsung flip covers that have a magnet that turn on the screen when the flip cover is opened? The nexus 5 has one of those magnetic sensors so something in that computer is emitting a magnetic field enough to simulate the flip cover closing when it goes closer to that corner and turns on when farther (flip cover opening)
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Woops looks like a couple posts back its been explained
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markdapimp said:
Naw man you know the Samsung flip covers that have a magnet that turn on the screen when the flip cover is opened? The nexus 5 has one of those magnetic sensors so something in that computer is emitting a magnetic field enough to simulate the flip cover closing when it goes closer to that corner and turns on when farther (flip cover opening)
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Yes I know. Like I said, THAT was the reason behind my question!
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Yes I know. Like I said, THAT was the reason behind my question!
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I added a snippet of the post before you can quoted it.
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Proximity Sensor during Skype calls not wokring

Is anyone else having this problem? My screen is not turning off during Skype calls. The battery drains a lot faster obviously, but the real killer is that I continue to navigate my phone with my face, often times to a disastrous result... I searched for this issue and found a lot of results for Nexus 4, but none for Nexus 5.
Same with my Nexus 5. In call the screen doesn't turn off, but when I hang up then the Skype kicks in and acts like mad turning screen off every time I cover the sensor, this is stupid and drives me mad.
I bet you could set up something in Tasker, such as, when Skype is loaded and the phone is vertical, disable touchscreen.
Surely you'd expect a "video call" app to not turn off the screen ?
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Could this be perhaps caused by a dpi setting?(I've got it set so that everything is a lot smaller so that more things can be fit on the screen) Looking at my Skype layout it looks like it does on my Nexus 7 tablet. Maybe skype thinks that it's on a tablet, hence the proximity sensor is not being employed. I don't have a Speaker phone button either. This is just a theory, I'm not willing to test it by going to default Dpi as it screwes my entire layout, icons, folders etc.
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rootSU said:
Surely you'd expect a "video call" app to not turn off the screen ?
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op might be referring to skype audio calls
jj14 said:
op might be referring to skype audio calls
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Indeed, I am talking about audio calls...
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Phone Locking Up

I'm hoping that this isn't a unique problem just for me but this is literally the first time I've had this problem. Depending on the use of my Note 5 will determine if I can even unlock my phone the next time I turn it on. I'll go about my usual use of any phone should be able to accomplish (browsing Instagram/Facebook/Chrome/Email/Pinterest/etc.). After a little while it become noticeable that the phone is starting to slow down considerably if I continue to use it. However, the one that really grinds my gears is I'll do my typical browsing and then lock my phone, put it back in my pocket. Something we all do, however, the next time I go to pull out my phone I can't even get the screen to come on for sometimes five minutes. I can hear it thinking with random sounds of the lock screen either responding to my fingers touching the screen or the un/lock sound but nothing happens. Sometimes, I can see the screen and all the notifications that I want to check on but nothing is happening. Sometimes, I'll double tap the home button to get to the camera shortcut programmed to it and sometimes the camera app comes up like it should but it is completely unresponsive.
So the steps I've tried to resolve the issue:
Restore to Stock ROM
Different ROMs
Even leaving the Stock ROM alone and just seeing if it still occurs
I'm just not sure what to try next. There's a chance the problem could be a memory error that's occurring physically but I'm not 100% sure.
Attached is my Note 5's current state of customization. Any help with this would be very very much appreciated.
Thank you
Giving a slight bump here. Does no one else have an idea of what c could be wrong?
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Giving a slight bump here. Does no one else have an idea of what c could be wrong?
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Have you removed or disabled any system files? Also have you tweaked the kernel in any way?
I will say that I've had issue with v11 of that kernel you are using. I bounce between v4.1 and Sky-high v4.5 depending on what I need my phone for that day.
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I will give those a try. Thank you!
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