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How is your N5 Battery Life ?

how is your N5 battery life discussion ? when you turn on everything such as bluetooh on , NFC on, sync on, gps on, and brightness set to either 100% or to auto, I wonder how long is your nexus can get through since you fully charged the phone itself from 5-6am in the morning . can it last till evening 10pm if the whole day you use it for texting , facebook, instagram, chrome with 5 tabs minimum , youtube, mail, reading news, recording video and take a snap from the camera .
a humble experience from all of you will be highly appreciate guys.
p.s = the reason why I making this thread is to compare with how good the battery with moto x.

No one even has the phone yet.

zephiK said:
No one even has the phone yet.
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Sure they do... how else are people taking pictures to compare the N5's camera to the iPhone 5S??

tkoreaper said:
Sure they do... how else are people taking pictures to compare the N5's camera to the iPhone 5S??
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I should be more specific, I'm talking about ordinary people. The people taking pictures using N5 and comparing it to the iPhone 5S are media outlets who have had prior access to the device (or early access from Google).
And honestly if they DO have the phone then they cannot comment on the battery life because it'll take at least 3-5 days (given a week) for the battery to settle in. Not to mention, you won't be doing your daily things on the phone as you'll be busy setting it up with the apps you've used in the past/transferring data/etc.

zephiK said:
I should be more specific, I'm talking about ordinary people. The people taking pictures using N5 and comparing it to the iPhone 5S are media outlets who have had prior access to the device (or early access from Google).
And honestly if they DO have the phone then they cannot comment on the battery life because it'll take at least 3-5 days (given a week) for the battery to settle in. Not to mention, you won't be doing your daily things on the phone as you'll be busy setting it up with the apps you've used in the past/transferring data/etc.
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Nothing a little Titanium backup can't solve. By the looks of the other threads in the forum some people have had the device for a while... As early as the beginning of October. No point in shooting down someone's thread just because you have nothing to contribute to it.

zephiK said:
No one even has the phone yet.
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Funny I do and too early to tell.
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recklesslife85 said:
Funny I do and too early to tell.
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Not meant to hijack the thread, but how do you like it in white? how's the look and feel?

recklesslife85 said:
Funny I do and too early to tell.
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Cool , please kindly review the battery performance to us if you don't mind .
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recklesslife85 said:
Funny I do and too early to tell.
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OT: I know this isn't the right place but...How is the back of the white N5? It get dirty fast? Could it turn yellow as someone said? :s
IT: It should take a week for the battery to stabilize, so the first real impression could come just in some days

namartlu said:
Not meant to hijack the thread, but how do you like it in white? how's the look and feel?
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Its lovely but so is the black I got both here but prefer the white.
The OS is the biggest change, a lot has changed in kitkat. Different ways to access different things and the app menu is completely different. Battery life I got near 3h 58 with 10 percent left from 82 percent and that's from restoring all my apps and more so I'm kinder hoping we'll reach 5h or a little more. Screen is beautiful but speaker isn't great. Though I'm comparing the speaker to a 5S which is pretty good.
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Alfonso87 said:
OT: I know this isn't the right place but...How is the back of the white N5? It get dirty fast? Could it turn yellow as someone said? :s
IT: It should take a week for the battery to stabilize, so the first real impression could come just in some days
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Looks pretty white to me but that could change in time. Looks lovely and white right now.
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tkoreaper said:
Nothing a little Titanium backup can't solve. By the looks of the other threads in the forum some people have had the device for a while... As early as the beginning of October. No point in shooting down someone's thread just because you have nothing to contribute to it.
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I have nothing to contribute? ...... you can't tell the battery life with having the device for less than a week.
This thread is just as pointless as the threads asking for the best ROM/Kernel or threads asking when TMobile will have N5?
I'm not shooting anyones thread but its just a silly question to ask when the phone was released just a little over 24 hours when only <1% of orders requested has been fulfilled. The only ones with the phones right now are media outlets or the individuals who ordered immediately and live in a close proximity to the point that they can have next-day shipping pretty much.

recklesslife85 said:
Its lovely but so is the black I got both here but prefer the white.
The OS is the biggest change, a lot has changed in kitkat. Different ways to access different things and the app menu is completely different. Battery life I got near 3h 58 with 10 percent left from 82 percent and that's from restoring all my apps and more so I'm kinder hoping we'll reach 5h or a little more. Screen is beautiful but speaker isn't great. Though I'm comparing the speaker to a 5S which is pretty good.
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Looks pretty white to me but that could change in time. Looks lovely and white right now.
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3h58 on battery or sot ?
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banboy said:
3h58 on battery or sot ?
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Screen time it was 4h something on battery. Can only get better and won't have load of apps downloading this time. I'm happy so far.
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recklesslife85 said:
Screen time it was 4h something on battery. Can only get better and won't have load of apps downloading this time. I'm happy so far.
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Are you able to get through from morning fully charge till 11pm ? What is the latest battery stats in the evening ?
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banboy said:
Are you able to get through from morning fully charge till 11pm ? What is the latest battery stats in the evening ?
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Don't know yet. Will report tomorrow, got it at 11 this morning and let it run down download loads of apps and using it for calls and texts and more.
I think battery will be fine.
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recklesslife85 said:
Don't know yet. Will report tomorrow, got it at 11 this morning and let it run down download loads of apps and using it for calls and texts and more.
I think battery will be fine.
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Thank you n I will the next day for your report my friend
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Mine so far and should hit 6 hours hopefully. Plus I got Google now on which is draining the battery it seems. Its off now.
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recklesslife85 said:
Mine so far and should hit 6 hours hopefully. Plus I got Google now on which is draining the battery it seems. Its off now.
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Hmmm not bad , you get through 11h , and Google now drain most of battery huh ? How do you know
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banboy said:
Hmmm not bad , you get through 11h , and Google now drain most of battery huh ? How do you know
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Google Search is Google Now. I've not used it so why would it drain. I've turned it off and its stopped draining the battery.
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recklesslife85 said:
Google Search is Google Now. I've not used it so why would it drain. I've turned it off and its stopped draining the battery.
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Sorry but do you know how to turn off Google search ?
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Battery Usage

I've had nexus nexus 5 since the 5th... I was wondering I'm I getting normal battery usage ? Is this normal ?

Looks about normal to me. Given high pixel density and 1080p plus network connectivity and google apps.
You can improve it by turning off GPA, Location services, and other useless activity you have going on to give it a boost.

dia_naji said:
I've had nexus nexus 5 since the 5th... I was wondering I'm I getting normal battery usage ? Is this normal ?
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How bright is your screen? I turned it down a bit ~ 15% level to save some battery.
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I forgot to mention I was running ART instead of Dalvik

KTT16 said:
How bright is your screen? I turned it down a bit ~ 15% level to save some battery.
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I have it on auto

Getting off topic... What's it like running ART? I don't really understand it. Auto brightness will eat some more battery.
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KTT16 said:
Getting off topic... What's it like running ART? I don't really understand it. Auto brightness will eat some more battery.
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Sorry about that..... ART promises faster and more efficient execution, better battery life, and a more fluid experience, stock is dalvik. Google said ART is in beta and may not be %100, but my friend is running ART and he's getting amazing battery life.

[Q] Nexus 5 or LG G2 Same Price

In my country they have same price. So which one would be a better choice? I love stock android, but the specs confuse me. I am planning to use the phone about 3-4 years.
Thanks.

Zhoene said:
In my country they have same price. So which one would be a better choice? I love stock android, but the specs confuse me. I am planning to use the phone about 3-4 years.
Thanks.
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U should opt for Nexus 5 as the developer support for this phone is mind blowing... And, You get to taste almost all the flavours of Android...
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Zhoene said:
In my country they have same price. So which one would be a better choice? I love stock android, but the specs confuse me. I am planning to use the phone about 3-4 years.
Thanks.
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I would take the nexus 5 over the g2. This seems like the longest ongoing argument in the Nexus 5 forums. There is a thread "g2 v nexus 5 I have both" but I stopped looking at it after like the second page because it was a useless thread that just makes you go what the hell. Nexus 5 will have the most support unless you are just going to buy it and slap CM on it. I think the g2 has a better speaker for listening to music but the Nexus 5 is easily fixed with a flash of a zip here and there. Camera wise I do not know. Remember nexus 5 is unlocked and is easystreet to root and unlock the bootloader. Make sure the g2 isn't carrier subsidized because it's a little more difficult to get through those phones, still can be done just not as easy as n5. :good:

mistahseller said:
I would take the nexus 5 over the g2. This seems like the longest ongoing argument in the Nexus 5 forums. There is a thread "g2 v nexus 5 I have both" but I stopped looking at it after like the second page because it was a useless thread that just makes you go what the hell. Nexus 5 will have the most support unless you are just going to buy it and slap CM on it. I think the g2 has a better speaker for listening to music but the Nexus 5 is easily fixed with a flash of a zip here and there. Camera wise I do not know. Remember nexus 5 is unlocked and is easystreet to root and unlock the bootloader. Make sure the g2 isn't carrier subsidized because it's a little more difficult to get through those phones, still can be done just not as easy as n5. :good:
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Hmmm, so is Nexus 5 fine battery wise, does it take you through all day long?

Zhoene said:
Hmmm, so is Nexus 5 fine battery wise, does it take you through all day long?
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Hi mate,
If you stick to Wifi and mobile data the whole day, 6-7 hours backup you will get :-|
Else with minimum usage of everything, it gives you a day backup
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I would definitely take the N5! I come from a LG G2 myself, but it just wasn't doing it for me.
The Nexus 5 just seems so much more professionally made - both hardware and software wise (mostly due to the lag of LG UI). It feels so much better in the hand.
I too was scared that I would be disappointed by the smaller battery in the N5, but I took the step because everything else would be so much better.
AND I LOVE MY NEXUS 5! I don't regret it one bit!
Luckily the battery didn't disappoint me at all. As you can see in another post of mine, it actually performs almost as well as the G2! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49901859&postcount=1822

Mr hOaX said:
Hi mate,
If you stick to Wifi and mobile data the whole day, 6-7 hours backup you will get :-|
Else with minimum usage of everything, it gives you a day backup
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6-7 hours backup? I just went over 3 days on a charge. Granted it wasn't heavy usage, but I'd say 3.5+ hours screen time over 3 days is pretty great. 100% stock unrooted mobile data on the whole time.

95Z28 said:
6-7 hours backup? I just went over 3 days on a charge. Granted it wasn't heavy usage, but I'd say 3.5+ hours screen time over 3 days is pretty great. 100% stock unrooted mobile data on the whole time.
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@95Z28,
Are you getting that much amount of battery back up on your Wifi??
Because I'm using stock too and getting one day battery backup on usage of Wifi + mobile data :-|
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I actually don't use WiFi as I have unlimited data. In the past I found WiFi to cause more of a battery drain in standby, but most people will say WiFi uses less battery. I usually charge every 2 days with about 4 hours screen time.
Everyones use varies though, if you look in the battery life threads you'll find all kinds of different results. Some considerably better than mine, others much worse.
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mistahseller said:
I would take the nexus 5 over the g2. This seems like the longest ongoing argument in the Nexus 5 forums. There is a thread "g2 v nexus 5 I have both" but I stopped looking at it after like the second page because it was a useless thread that just makes you go what the hell. Nexus 5 will have the most support unless you are just going to buy it and slap CM on it. I think the g2 has a better speaker for listening to music but the Nexus 5 is easily fixed with a flash of a zip here and there. Camera wise I do not know. Remember nexus 5 is unlocked and is easystreet to root and unlock the bootloader. Make sure the g2 isn't carrier subsidized because it's a little more difficult to get through those phones, still can be done just not as easy as n5. :good:
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How do you fix the speakers? Thanks.

Anderson2 said:
How do you fix the speakers? Thanks.
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its just a low volume thing. This would be the zip to flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532788
or you can load viper4android
theres also a few other audio mods in the themes and apps section

Mr hOaX said:
@95Z28,
Are you getting that much amount of battery back up on your Wifi??
Because I'm using stock too and getting one day battery backup on usage of Wifi + mobile data :-|
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I get great battery even on WiFi. 3% battery loss all night.
Bare in mind I still had 1/3 of battery left at these screenshots. So based on them numbers I can get 2 full days at least with at least 6 hours of screen time.
This was at home pretty much all the time constantly connected to WiFi.
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Alex240188 said:
I get great battery even on WiFi. 3% battery loss all night.
Bare in mind I still had 1/3 of battery left at these screenshots. So based on them numbers I can get 2 full days at least with at least 6 hours of screen time.
This was at home pretty much all the time constantly connected to WiFi.
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@Alex240188
It's an ideal time mate!
When you use it on normal usage, I don't think it will give you!
It's a cool battery back that you are getting
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I'd pick the Nexus 5 if you either like to flash new stuff or want a phone that is updated for longer. If pure speed is your thing, I saw a comparison and the G2 was clearly faster.
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Mr hOaX said:
@Alex240188
It's an ideal time mate!
When you use it on normal usage, I don't think it will give you!
It's a cool battery back that you are getting
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It's given almost as good today under normal usage.
WiFi left switched on but under DC-HSPA for most of the day.
16hrs on battery
Over 2 hours screen time
2/3 of battery left
Lots of xda
Some Browsing
Some YouTube
A little music and a few calls and texts
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Alex240188 said:
It's given almost as good today under normal usage.
WiFi left switched on but under DC-HSPA for most of the day.
16hrs on battery
Over 2 hours screen time
2/3 of battery left
Lots of xda
Some Browsing
Some YouTube
A little music and a few calls and texts
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Hi mate,
It's pretty cool battery backup you are getting
I do lot of heavy usage all the time
Synching, remote control, streaming videos etc
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By remote control are you meaning like vnc/remote desktop. If so that is a major killer on battery life.
Don't know why but every android device I have used with remote desktop seems to make it run at full throttle, get really warm then kill the battery.
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If you're going to have it for 3-4 years, it should definitely be a nexus 5.
The ease of development on this device will allow smooth upgrades even after google drops support after its 18 month cycle.
Look at this:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...s-android-4-4-and-joins-its-younger-brothers/
This is a 4 year old device now. It runs kitkat, and personally as I've modified a friends nexus one to run this, it runs pretty decently enough.
Nexus man.

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I don't understand why the Nexus 5 speakers are always called into question in threads like these. Am I the only one who thinks the stock speaker settings are just fine and are capable of reaching volumes high enough for me to never use?

Killing apps is it worth it??

I have a bad habit of frequently clearing all apps from my recents
I somewhere read that it's not good (can't remember where)
So is it worth killing apps frequently ?? Does this effect battery life too??
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Hi,
I would say you "kill" multitasking...

...which is actually not good, because opening an app that is already in the phones RAM loads much faster plus it doesn't consume that much battery juice

Just leave em. Don't be obsessed with closing stuff all the time
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Apps running in your multi tasking window still drain some battery. Even Google suggests closing them if you're not using them, to extend battery life.
Launching apps doesn't doesn't spike my current widget readings so I don't think much battery is used there. I've noticed rebooting the phone does cause huge spikes though so try and only do that while plugged in.
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sohail77 said:
I have a bad habit of frequently clearing all apps from my recents
I somewhere read that it's not good (can't remember where)
So is it worth killing apps frequently ?? Does this effect battery life too??
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This topic has been debated again and again. It makes no tangible difference in battery life. If you want to swipe your apps, go ahead and swipe them. You will never see a difference in battery. And that's because there isn't one.

I notice that if I don't reboot my N5 for a long time, my available RAM goes down to <150mb regardless of what I close. Does it sound like I have a bad app?
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no point. the device is more than capable of handling multiple apps open in the background.

inconceeeivable said:
I notice that if I don't reboot my N5 for a long time, my available RAM goes down to <150mb regardless of what I close. Does it sound like I have a bad app?
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Or a bad kernel
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inconceeeivable said:
I notice that if I don't reboot my N5 for a long time, my available RAM goes down to <150mb regardless of what I close. Does it sound like I have a bad app?
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Doesn't happen with me
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Usually its best to just keep pressing the back button repeatedly to exit an app and let it be in the recents. I read that just swiping the app off the Recent doesn't completely exit the app and there's still some background process that will be running for some time.
Read this article http://www.howtogeek.com/169549/wha...ipe-an-android-app-from-the-recent-apps-list/
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greenify em

Ben36 said:
Or a bad kernel
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Running pure stock. Haven't flashed a thing.
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What works best for me is leaving all the apps that I'll be using more than 2/3 times during the day and closing all others.

Cyanogenmod kernel

Im fed up of having to set up everything after an update. How good is the included kernel?
From the app that F/C's every 10 min....

Check it out for yourself. Some claim it's not good - others love it.
By the way, that applies to all kernels

CyanogenMod kernel is great!! I have yet to pull off as good of battery life using anything else and you don't even have to tweak anything when you use CM kernel just flash and roll with it. Check it out you won't be disappointed.
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flashback7 said:
CyanogenMod kernel is great!! I have yet to pull off as good of battery life using anything else and you don't even have to tweak anything when you use CM kernel just flash and roll with it. Check it out you won't be disappointed.
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Kernel hardly influences battery life.

Lethargy said:
Kernel hardly influences battery life.
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First I ever heard that one.
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flashback7 said:
First I ever heard that one.
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I can get 5-6 hours screen on time with my Nexus 5 regardless which kernel, I've tried them.

Lethargy said:
I can get 5-6 hours screen on time with my Nexus 5 regardless which kernel, I've tried them.
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You should start a thread and share your settings. I'd sign up for sure!!! I've only ever gotten 5 hrs and 2-3 mins max and I live in a great coverage area and while I'm no pro im no noon either. I'd love to know your settings.. Pls.
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flashback7 said:
You should start a thread and share your settings. I'd sign up for sure!!! I've only ever gotten 5 hrs and 2-3 mins max and I live in a great coverage area and while I'm no pro im no noon either. I'd love to know your settings.. Pls.
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There already are battery threads so no thank you.
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flashback7 said:
You should start a thread and share your settings. I'd sign up for sure!!! I've only ever gotten 5 hrs and 2-3 mins max and I live in a great coverage area and while I'm no pro im no noon either. I'd love to know your settings.. Pls.
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You can hear it again, I get 5+ hours consistently on stock everything, no greenify or other battery saving apps. Kernel makes very little difference
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