Better battery life with 4.4.3? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone, I have installed yesterday the 4.4.3 version on my phone and I found out that it has better battery life. I'm using greenify which I was also used back on the 4.4.2 but still i believe the battery is still better. Does anyone else found out that there is a slight improvement on the battery life?

one full day use cant tell you how battery life is. battery life can change every cycle, its all about your use for that day and the quality of signal. after 4 days to a week you will have an idea about battery life.

simms22 said:
one full day use cant tell you how battery life is. battery life can change every cycle, its all about your use for that day and the quality of signal. after 4 days to a week you will have an idea about battery life.
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I know but based what i have done today (and i'm doing every day) it should be half of the battery and not 70%.

about the same as 4.4.2.... CM11 is still better choice if you are concern about battery life, probably due to the complete Google Play Services package.

comscier said:
about the same as 4.4.2.... CM11 is still better choice if you are concern about battery life, probably due to the complete Google Play Services package.
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I love the stock rom and i don't have any problem there are plenty solutions about the battery life. but anyone found out that there is slightly better battery life let me know.

I have noticed the same thing, was using franco kernel before and decided to try the 4.4.3 stock kernel for a while, battery life is definitely better than 4.4.2 stock kernel!
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I'm on stock 4.4.3 with Franco R53 and I am definitely getting better battery life. Probably mainly due to Franco though!

I mentioned this in the 4.4.3 thread. It is quite possible that the update brought better battery life. However, people in this thread (and OP) should specify if they wiped their phone and flashed factory img. If that's the case the clean install might be the result of the battery, and not the update itself.

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I mentioned this in the 4.4.3 thread. It is quite possible that the update brought better battery life. However, people in this thread (and OP) should specify if they wiped their phone and flashed factory img. If that's the case the clean install might be the result of the battery, and not the update itself.
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I did a full wipe and I am on day two and noticing better battery life.
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comscier said:
about the same as 4.4.2.... CM11 is still better choice if you are concern about battery life, probably due to the complete Google Play Services package.
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i disagree. cm has nothing good for battery. battery life is determined by your personal use, your personal setup, your apps installed, and the quality of the data/phone signal. kernels and roms do very little for battery.

MUCH better battery life here.. (4g) , before with 4.4.2 i had around 1-2 bars 4g reception (which is bad). the signal killed the battery i think, but now with the new modem i have 3-4 bars 4g reception. the battery life has been improved from 8-9 hours with my usage to 12+hours (same usage). i am really happy now (stock rom + stock kernel)

I have definately had better battery life so far. I flashed the factory image and then uber kernel. It seems to be about 30% better. The drain on the battery WHILE USING the phone isn't as bad as it used to be.

There seem to be fewer NLP wake locks than before for me. So I'm getting better battery life. Although I don't think Play Service was updated...
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I did a dirty flash/update yesterday and today I've noticed better battery life all day long.

I think better battery and very good performance too.
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Hmmmm....so I can get more than 28 hours and 6 hour screen time, lean and mean? Interesting. ?

simms22 said:
i disagree. cm has nothing good for battery. battery life is determined by your personal use, your personal setup, your apps installed, and the quality of the data/phone signal. kernels and roms do very little for battery.
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As I have said in my previous post, "due to the complete Google Play Services package."
I used the same settings regardless of roms, be it Stock or CM/others. I am comparing "Stock as in no root, no alterations.", it does perform poorly in terms of battery life (even when you disable most of the Google apps), when compared to CM or other AOSP roms with Gapps.
I am comparing it under same settings and usage.
And that's what I get.
"cm has nothing good for battery" .... please, you may dislike cyanogenmod all you like for whatever reason, but in the end, it all comes down to what to you are comparing it to. and ease of use.
Cyanogenmod is the best option for someone who is not a tech geek and yet wants the customization features and with a stable updater to stay up to date.

I also observed slightly better battery life. Dirty upgrade.

Hi guys. I'm really considering buying a new phone. I already have a Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi) and I have fallen in love with Nexus 5, but I heard everyone saying that its battery life is bad. I see that many of you are owners of Nexus 5. Can you help me with my decision? I use my phone for browsing (3G mostly), music, calls and messages. Will Nexus's battery last more than a full day?

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Hi guys. I'm really considering buying a new phone. I already have a Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi) and I have fallen in love with Nexus 5, but I heard everyone saying that its battery life is bad. I see that many of you are owners of Nexus 5. Can you help me with my decision? I use my phone for browsing (3G mostly), music, calls and messages. Will Nexus's battery last more than a full day?
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[Q] GB installed on my G2X, so when does the cool stuff happen?

Ok so GB is up and running since yesterday at about 5:30pm.
The phone seems snappier and quicker and has a different look to it, but the one thing I was hoping for was better battery life and it seems the same if worse.
I have had any reboots yet, but I'm not willing to say that the issue has been fixed because I don't get them everyday.
If this isn't the official TMO/LG fix, do you guys think there is still a chance they will address battery life because they didn't do anything IMO.
I have to agree. My battery life is no better then it was from FroYo. This better not be the official release.
My battery life is way better on this stock GB than on the stock FROYO. Maybe you have an application that is persistently hogging resources?
I think you may be right. I just noticed that TeleNav was stuck in a continuous restart. I never even opened that POS software. Cannot wait to root with SuperOneClick.
Yeah android as a whole OS needs to release a major update concerning battery life, its easier said than done though the hardware is different on every phone.
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Just another quick piece of advice. If you are coming from a different ROM and/or different kernel let the battery charge to 100 then unplug from charger > Boot into CWM > advanced > Wipe Battery Stats
Exactly, which is why the manufacturers really need to fix battery life for each of the phones they put out.
I really want to wait for ice cream sandwich, but if I get the chance to get an iphone4 I'm going for it, even though it might be considered a downgrade specs wise, the apps, and better battery life make up for all the losses.
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Why wouldn't you wait for the five to come out?
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Well I don't really have cash to spend on a iphone5, if I can do an even trade for the 4 I will.
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Bhatch said:
Ok so GB is up and running since yesterday at about 5:30pm.
The phone seems snappier and quicker and has a different look to it, but the one thing I was hoping for was better battery life and it seems the same if worse.
I have had any reboots yet, but I'm not willing to say that the issue has been fixed because I don't get them everyday.
If this isn't the official TMO/LG fix, do you guys think there is still a chance they will address battery life because they didn't do anything IMO.
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I decided to use the rooted version that came about yesterday afternoon and let it fully charge overnight and I've had it off my charger for 2hrs. My battery got worse, I'm now at 85% and all I've done was watch 2 short videos and came here a few times for a few mins. Also downloaded the newest cm7 nightly.
Overall I'm not impressed with the work LG put into this, seems like this was the CEOs teenage stepsons work so he could have his devs work on their other pos electronics.
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kdunn1994 said:
Well I don't really have cash to spend on a iphone5, if I can do an even trade for the 4 I will.
I really want to wait for ice cream sandwich, but if I get the chance to get an iphone4 I'm going for it, even though it might be considered a downgrade specs wise, the apps, and better battery life make up for all the losses.
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A friendly word of advice. I came from the iPhone4 to the G2x. Even with the shortcomings this phone has had the iPhone 4 will only make you want your G2x back. Getting caught up in Apple's iron fist of control over your device sucks. I have had every iPhone since the original release. The battery life is decent on the iPhone 4, but not any better in my opinion than what I am getting now since I flashed a different ROM. So from experience I can say that is not a good thing.
I am running CM7 with faux's kernel on my G2x. since doing that I have had great battery life, no re-boots and no other issues. If you haven't done that it's worth a try.
Yeah, now with ios 5 u are no.longer tied down to iTunes, I have tried just about all the roms and kernel combinations, the best I got was 15 hours with heavy optimization that was running cm7 with faux oc UV kernel with set CPU profiles and juice defender, basically I disabled every feature that made my phone a smartphone, if I recall when I had an iPhone 3g (and the 4's battery has to.be better) I never needed to carry around my charger and I could actually play games, I just dropped from 100% to 90% in 27min, cmon, this is running the phone how it was made to run with gb rom from yesterday and bloat removed w root at 20% brightness.
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Whenever I want serious battery life, I just turn on wifi calling. Since it disables the cellular radio completely I get way, way, way more battery time out of it. Just the other day I had the phone off the charger for 18 hours and was at 40% battery life. This on on the stock rom.
I manage cell phones and can confidently say that even the iphone users are unhappy with their battery life, as is nearly every smartphone user coming from a dumbphone or a blackberry.
Oh and I forgot to add, with ios5 you still are forced to use itunes for all of your music and syncing, you just don't have to physically hook up the cables. It's like a wireless tether sync.
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Yeah, now with ios 5 u are no.longer tied down to iTunes, I have tried just about all the roms and kernel combinations, the best I got was 15 hours with heavy optimization that was running cm7 with faux oc UV kernel with set CPU profiles and juice defender, basically I disabled every feature that made my phone a smartphone, if I recall when I had an iPhone 3g (and the 4's battery has to.be better) I never needed to carry around my charger and I could actually play games, I just dropped from 100% to 90% in 27min, cmon, this is running the phone how it was made to run with gb rom from yesterday and bloat removed w root at 20% brightness.
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Apple has absolute control over everything software and hardware, allowing for ultimate optimization. Add that to the massive battery and lack of true multitasking and you have a phone that will last a long time.
What you describe should not be happening though, and I suggest trying juice defender and reading on battery saving tips for android. But understand that phones are getting more powerful, while battery tech stays the same.
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I've done all that, today I'm gonna use my phone the way it was meant to be used, I'm thinking of buying a 3500ma battery off of eBay for $10.
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jrfaulkin said:
My battery life is way better on this stock GB than on the stock FROYO. Maybe you have an application that is persistently hogging resources?
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I don't think I do. I have had this crappy battery life since release day. I tried the factory reset stuff and ran with no apps. Once I noticed it didn't improve battery life I put the apps back on.
To me it is just the cell stand by/phone idle stuff always killing my battery.
I would love to use the wifi calling, but it didn't work very well at my house (no option to do so at work).
For people with battery life changes....Did you just upgrade to GB via the ROM available, or did you use the LG Tool that also updated basebands?
My phone is great on Froyo with the exception of battery life. I had read GB has better battery life. Trying to determine if changing the basebands will also help.
Any advice?
If you think you have bad battery life, my friend has an HTC Thunderbolt he tells me he only gets 4 hours of battery life... Takes him 6 hours to charge to full, 10 AM disconnects from his charger and at 2PM he has less than 10% left.
I get less than four hours if I don't turn off the screen, and constantly use my phone with brightness at 25%.
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back to stock for me

Well I am going back to stock for good (atleast for now). I have been with android for about two months coming from 3 years of iphone. I didnt mind the iphone, but wanted to be able to do some customization to it.
I have played the ROM swapping game since day 4 of having the android. Tried several versions from 4.04 to superlite gingerbreads. The thing is, people always say they get better battery life etc etc... but I have yet to see it.
I keep data, wifi, GPS off when not in use and all notifications off. I love the android dont get me wrong, but when it comes to battery life, the iphone kills this phone. But, in defense of the skyrocket, it has a much bigger screen which I am sure contributes to large battery uses. I have found that the stock version tends to give me better battery life.. so stock it is for me.
I don't really see the additional benefits that custom roms offer over stock for the battery life, despite how often the developers update their custom roms and peddle that they save battery. But the additional features that come with custom roms are indeed nice.
Still, should outlast the iPhone 4S any day. I get over a day's worth sometimes if I'm not doing heavy usage.
If you haven't tried MHX's Superlite 3.1, I recommend it. Using it on GB, I got fantastic battery life.
But understand this, ROMs do have only minimal effects on battery life, the level of debloating being the big thing. Kernels will have a bigger effect when used correctly with good CPU management.
But the biggest effect on battery life is you and the apps you install. You need to watch like a hawk with BetteryBatteryStats and CPU Spy to see what's really going on. See what apps are killing your battery and why. Eliminate the problems and you will be set.
dakpluto said:
If you haven't tried MHX's Superlite 3.1, I recommend it. Using it on GB, I got fantastic battery life.
But understand this, ROMs do have only minimal effects on battery life, the level of debloating being the big thing. Kernels will have a bigger effect when used correctly with good CPU management.
But the biggest effect on battery life is you and the apps you install. You need to watch like a hawk with BetteryBatteryStats and CPU Spy to see what's really going on. See what apps are killing your battery and why. Eliminate the problems and you will be set.
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I’m with you.
I can get outstanding battery life with the stock rom and exceptional life with a custom rom with wifi on GPS on Ect.... I never seem to have a problem.
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Thanks for telling us?
Another worthless noob post as far as battery life he clearly never learned how to rtfm
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Yea... it's like im sorry you couldnt figure out whats eating your battery... but do you really think everyone on here just uses custom roms regardless of horrible battery?
OP, your aruguments might apply for the iphone 4, but no way it does for the 4S. This would be like comparing the original galaxy s. The 727 is a powerful phone and lte is a *****. When i'm on Wifi, i can easily have a 30h battery life, but as soon as i'm on 4G or Lte, battery life is a *****. Its life and until they make some kind of super capacity compact battery, it will be the reality of a decent smartphone.
On the other side, i also reverted from ICS leaked roms to stock GB, unfortunately, stock has always been the best choice for me, much stabler than any rom
Cm9 ftw
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nitrocraze said:
Well I am going back to stock for good (atleast for now). I have been with android for about two months coming from 3 years of iphone. I didnt mind the iphone, but wanted to be able to do some customization to it.
I have played the ROM swapping game since day 4 of having the android. Tried several versions from 4.04 to superlite gingerbreads. The thing is, people always say they get better battery life etc etc... but I have yet to see it.
I keep data, wifi, GPS off when not in use and all notifications off. I love the android dont get me wrong, but when it comes to battery life, the iphone kills this phone. But, in defense of the skyrocket, it has a much bigger screen which I am sure contributes to large battery uses. I have found that the stock version tends to give me better battery life.. so stock it is for me.
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Yo try faux kernel with stock gingerbread and if you don't get better battery life then somethings wrong with your phone. I've gotten up to 4 hours screen time on with it. I also froze a bunch of bloatware.
Dude again my aokp I had over 8 hrs screen on
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You guys just don't know how to make the proper tweaks to save battery, that's all. It's just lack of knowledge, you'll get the hang of it eventually.
nitrocraze said:
Well I am going back to stock for good (atleast for now). I have been with android for about two months coming from 3 years of iphone. I didnt mind the iphone, but wanted to be able to do some customization to it.
I have played the ROM swapping game since day 4 of having the android. Tried several versions from 4.04 to superlite gingerbreads. The thing is, people always say they get better battery life etc etc... but I have yet to see it.
I keep data, wifi, GPS off when not in use and all notifications off. I love the android dont get me wrong, but when it comes to battery life, the iphone kills this phone. But, in defense of the skyrocket, it has a much bigger screen which I am sure contributes to large battery uses. I have found that the stock version tends to give me better battery life.. so stock it is for me.
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And you felt the need to post this why?

Can't get past 3 hours screen on time - please help!

Hey guys. I've tried multiple ROMs (Cyanogen, Cataclysm and Stock), multiple kernels (Faux, ElementalX and currently Franco R32).
I've got Greenify and most things are Greenified, I've got the latest play services, I've disabled location, I use Lux on 15% brightness for most conditions, I'm even on Wifi for most of my days. I have no idea where I'm going on, but almost every day my battery craps out after around 12-14 hours with almost always bang on 3 hours screen on time.
I've seen so many people reporting 4.5 as a low end of what to expect on a regular day, and I'd love that. I've posted my Better Battery Stats log below - if anyone could have a look and see what's causing my problem, or give any advice, that'd be so great. Thanks for reading.
Log: http://pastebin.com/FqCtnSft
4.5 wont be possible for everyone. Signal is the biggest drain besides screen
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Thing that jumps out for me is wakelocks 49% by audiomix with Facebook as the leader..as well as alarms..with again Facebook as the leader. Could you survive with the online version?
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Use a custom ROM with quick tiles or powertoggles and disable data when you aren't using it.
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Thing that jumps out for me is wakelocks 49% by audiomix with Facebook as the leader..as well as alarms..with again Facebook as the leader. Could you survive with the online version?
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Run a few cycles of betterbatterystats and post your data in their thread. They are great at tracking down partial wakelocks and resolving the issues.
Make sure Settings, Wifi, Advanced, is set to No always scanning available. Set Location to Device only. Turn off Sync when not needed. Go in to your Settings, Accounts, and disable anything you don't need sync in the background.
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Time to buy a phone with a bigger battery
**Team Nexus 5 battery is crap**
dicecuber said:
Time to buy a phone with a bigger battery
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While a bigger battery would always be welcome, the N5 certainly doesn't need one. I average 4.5 hrs screen time and can go 2 full days on a charge if I'm not playing any games. The only other phone I've owned (which is a LOT) to beat it in battery life is the Moto X.
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I disagree. For a 5inch 1080p screen, the battery is underpowered, for its higher end specs. I feel like they should have powered down the screen to 720p and reduced the size is 4.7-8inches.
To each their own.
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i get great battery life with my N5 better then my htc one.. better the my GS4 also.. yes i have a custom kernel but i dont undervolt or underclock at all.. and both my one and gs4 have custom kernels as well... the N5 beats any phone i have ever had in battery life and speed/smoothnes
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I disagree. For a 5inch 1080p screen, the battery is underpowered, for its higher end specs. I feel like they should have powered down the screen to 720p and reduced the size is 4.7-8inches.
To each their own.
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What you're saying makes no sense. The Nexus 5 has been proven to last longer then an SGS4 which has a bigger battery, and the HTC one with the same size battery (under proper testing conditions) all while using a faster SoC. Do you troll the forums for those phones as well?
Maybe a Moto G or LG G2 would suit some people better for their increased battery life, but that doesn't mean you need to troll every thread on here with false accusations.
If you'd like any more proof on how the N5 battery lasts longer and is more efficient than competing phones of higher prices, just let me know.
zukа said:
Hey guys. I've tried multiple ROMs (Cyanogen, Cataclysm and Stock), multiple kernels (Faux, ElementalX and currently Franco R32).
I've got Greenify and most things are Greenified, I've got the latest play services, I've disabled location, I use Lux on 15% brightness for most conditions, I'm even on Wifi for most of my days. I have no idea where I'm going on, but almost every day my battery craps out after around 12-14 hours with almost always bang on 3 hours screen on time.
I've seen so many people reporting 4.5 as a low end of what to expect on a regular day, and I'd love that. I've posted my Better Battery Stats log below - if anyone could have a look and see what's causing my problem, or give any advice, that'd be so great. Thanks for reading.
Log: http://pastebin.com/FqCtnSft
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What version of FK?
bblzd said:
What you're saying makes no sense. The Nexus 5 has been proven to last longer then an SGS4 which has a bigger battery, and the HTC one with the same size battery (under proper testing conditions) all while using a faster SoC. Do you troll the forums for those phones as well?
Maybe a Moto G or LG G2 would suit some people better for their increased battery life, but that doesn't mean you need to troll every thread on here with false accusations.
If you'd like any more proof on how the N5 battery lasts longer and is more efficient than competing phones of higher prices, just let me know.
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Having had the s4 and HTC One, I can safely say the S4 has better battery life than the n5. HTC One battery life is atrocious I agree with you on that. Personally, I am waiting on the 2014 releases to upgrade.
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dicecuber said:
Having had the s4 and HTC One, I can safely say the S4 has better battery life than the n5. HTC One battery life is atrocious I agree with you on that. Personally, I am waiting on the 2014 releases to upgrade.
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You're arguing against facts but then that does not surprise me. SGS4 battery is bigger and get's less time powering weaker hardware then the N5, probably due to AMOLED and I've already provided the link which shows this. Proper testing conditions might not align with you're own subjective views but then that doesn't surprise me either.
It's personal views having had those devices. N5 is snappier but the battery is a disappointment. Why can't I have my own views?
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It's personal views having had those devices. N5 is snappier but the battery is a disappointment. Why can't I have my own views?
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no one is saying you cant have your own views. they are saying that your views are redundant facts. Of course the s4 is going to be better battery wise. anyone who bought an n5 expecting fantastic battery either didnt do enough homework on the phone or are thinking something along the lines of "oh em geez xda will have the magical bean to make my battery 10000000000x better then a phone with a bigger battery just because i want it"
as for the op, 3 hours of screen on time is pretty much average and normal for this phone. if you want anymore out of it either get a battery case or a different phone. though you can probably get more out of it by setting your network mode to "prefer 3g" instead of "lte".
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It's personal views having had those devices. N5 is snappier but the battery is a disappointment. Why can't I have my own views?
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A quick review of your post history/sig makes your 'views' look more like an agenda. But you're free to continue your troll...er..crusade.
Guys, can we please keep this thread about my battery problems? Maybe make another thread for debating the size of the N5's battery. I'm just looking to increase my Screen on Time
zukа said:
Guys, can we please keep this thread about my battery problems? Maybe make another thread for debating the size of the N5's battery. I'm just looking to increase my Screen on Time
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I was just curious if you tried deleting the FB app for a any given time (like a day)...I suspect it is causing audio wakelocks well beyond a normal app. In the wakelock thread, it has been mentioned as one of the apps jettisoned for the mobile web version due to poor impact on battery.
zukа said:
Guys, can we please keep this thread about my battery problems? Maybe make another thread for debating the size of the N5's battery. I'm just looking to increase my Screen on Time
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Still didn't answer my question.
Disable anything and everything you don't use.
I've got tasker set to turn location on when I launch Maps (or any other app I need Location for) and turn it off when I exit that app, and have uninstalled or disabled every other app I don't use. You can also root, install xposed and use Greenify. I can get 3 hrs SOT, while using navigation with gps on the entire 3 hours, and have 40% left.
There is nothing wrong with battery on Nexus 5. It could be bigger, but it doesn't need it to have good battery life.
Since you've done most of that, you definitely need to run BBS to see what is draining it.
Edit: didn't see your log at first. Can you post battery graphs?
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Rom based around battery?

Hey im looking for a rom that is great on battery. I just got up an hour ago and my battery is already at 90%. I feel like its going down too fast. Im using Purity rom with greenify.
Hi,
Better is to try by yourself, battery life is mainly based on your own settings and usage. If you have some rogue apps, bad network reception and your brightness at 100% (it's an example but I think you see what I mean).... Whatever the rom it will be the same thing.
1 hour... 90%... all depends of what kind of wackelocks you have, synchro, etc...
There is a ton of thread about battery life, take a look in them for help.
And: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477889.
And also purity is awesome on battery life when I was using it... There are way too many factors to consider when talking battery life.
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ponzi314 said:
Hey im looking for a rom that is great on battery. I just got up an hour ago and my battery is already at 90%. I feel like its going down too fast. Im using Purity rom with greenify.
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Stock Rom works very well. But it really does depend on the processes you run and the apps you install. Thus "best" becomes a relative term. If you have very bad network reception I'd recommend installing a kernel like Franco kernel. It stopped draining my battery even in areas of bad reception.
As it has been mentioned, battery life depends just as much on you and your usage / location / etc / etc.
Something tells me though that the roms that have in their title: Battery Saver Script might be something that focuses on what you are looking for. Just a shot in the dark...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611759
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2619357
One of those was literally on the front page of roms listed in Development.
I use omni rom with franco kernel r31 and I get 3 hours screen time with about 13 hours battery life most days. I use the internet a lot and text all day.
There are too many factors that affect battery life but also these threads are not allowed on XDA, as pointed out above. Try some out yourself and see which best suits your needs.
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[Q] Battery life

Recently I've been experiencing absolutely terrible battery life. I lose about 1% every five minutes with the screen on - sometimes even faster - and find myself increasingly unable to last a full (work) day without having to plug in at least once. My current ROM/Kernel are LolliGPE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716306) and Elite kernel from when I switched from stock Kit Kat back in December. It's worth noting that I haven't gotten around to updating either since their installation. I can't remember how my battery life was back in December nor before Lollipop, but I'm almost certain it was better than it was now.
My questions are:
What ROM/Kernel do you recommend for the best battery life?
Are there any apps I should check for and uninstall that drain battery?
In general, how can I increase my battery life?
Thanks!
Klayderpus said:
Recently I've been experiencing absolutely terrible battery life. I lose about 1% every five minutes with the screen on - sometimes even faster - and find myself increasingly unable to last a full (work) day without having to plug in at least once. My current ROM/Kernel are LolliGPE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716306) and Elite kernel from when I switched from stock Kit Kat back in December. It's worth noting that I haven't gotten around to updating either since their installation. I can't remember how my battery life was back in December nor before Lollipop, but I'm almost certain it was better than it was now.
My questions are:
What ROM/Kernel do you recommend for the best battery life?
Are there any apps I should check for and uninstall that drain battery?
In general, how can I increase my battery life?
Thanks!
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1. Rom/kernel combinations in regards to battery life, or pretty much anything, is a completely subjective experience. You're better off trying different combinations for yourself and seeing what works best for you.
2. To see if you have any rogue apps, better battery stats probably does the best job showing what is using your battery. If an app is an issue it'll show you exactly what's causing it.
3. Best way to improve battery life is to monitor your battery stats with a battery monitor and try to control your wakelocks as much as possible. You can Google search exactly what process is keeping your phone awake and fix your problems one by one.
In my opinion, the three biggest things that truly affect battery life is mobile signal connection, Internet connection strength, and Google services such as Google now. Trying a different firmware version could increase your battery life as well as trying different rom/firmware combinations.
I'm running Adrenaline 1.2 with quantum kernel 1.25 on stock 4.4.4 firmware. I'm getting the best battery life I've ever had with that combo. Then again, in bright light where the screen has to run at full brightness and with a less than stellar signal, it will still eat through power pretty quickly. It's just the nature of the beast.
Odd I am stock non-root and see the best battery I have ever had with Android
Klayderpus said:
Recently I've been experiencing absolutely terrible battery life. I lose about 1% every five minutes with the screen on - sometimes even faster - and find myself increasingly unable to last a full (work) day without having to plug in at least once. My current ROM/Kernel are LolliGPE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716306) and Elite kernel from when I switched from stock Kit Kat back in December. It's worth noting that I haven't gotten around to updating either since their installation. I can't remember how my battery life was back in December nor before Lollipop, but I'm almost certain it was better than it was now.
My questions are:
What ROM/Kernel do you recommend for the best battery life?
Are there any apps I should check for and uninstall that drain battery?
In general, how can I increase my battery life?
After experiencing the same problem as yours with the two mentioned kernels, i seek for solution and found one. backup all my contacts, sms, call log, bookmarks, apps then i did a clean install of fluent rom based on sprint port cos i love lollipop and the two devices are similar in many ways. Surprisingly i get 6hours of usage with just 20% gone and at least about 3 -4 h screen on at the same time. so my advice is to try clean install.
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Here are Buckmarble's own recommended settings with the Elite Kernel:
Governor: ragingmolasses
Ioscehd: fiops
Read ahead: 1024
UV: -24 across the board
2265 max 300 min
I use Trickster Mod to set these. I have heard that the frequencies don't stick, but I haven't bothered to check because battery life (running Fluent ROM 2.0) is stellar. I put my M8 on extreme powersave yesterday when it was at 100% because I'm testing a different handset and when I returned to the M8 late yesterday evening it was "all the way" down to 95%.

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