Dear Fellow XDAers,
After years of abandoning my lovely nexus 5, I am back and want to use it as my MAIN phone. But before I wanted to get your overall opinions for some questions I have in my mind...
I happened to find some archived photos of my screen shots where I saw I was getting around 4 hours of SOT (maybe even more!) with KitKat with various roms (both stock and custom) and sometimes with Xposed. Over the years I have replaced batteries ( I always tried to buy the originals, hopefully I wasnt fooled on Ebay) of course none of the batteries last forever.
Long story short, I am on stock latest marshmallow rom as of now with a 2-month old battery, but SOT barely goes over 2 hours. So my questions to you:
1. Any rom and/or kernel suggestions with good battery life. I dont really mind the android version, I am okay from lollipop through Nougat, as long as it performs a solid SOT.
2. I bought batteries online, which again might be a problem. I would like to know if you know any good source for getting a decent battery.
I do appreciate all of you for the amazing, continuous Nexus 5 spirit.
battery life i think many factor, like wakelock, kernel, brightness, radio and etc
i'm now dirty unicorn 6.0.1 DU
and using kernel bluspark
I have 2 Nexus 5's... One is normal with CM14.1
Max 4 hours of normal use (screen on time).
And the secound one is modified with a additional battery that I got for 3€ from a friend (Thx Slonek).
https://imgur.com/a/1y3NP
Ill add a picture of the mod later.
Edit #1: The modified one is running PureNexus with the blu_spark kernel. Also that was the SOT at 100% brightness.
Edit #2: Updated the gallery with pictures of the device.
I am also switching back to my nexus 5. From what I have read in the forum people like the stability and battery life. That will suite me. If someone has a better suggestion let me know!
What about the rom? A button in the quick options to switch 2g/3g would help saving battery
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Hey guys, I have some questions, about the n5. I ordered one second hand with 1 year and 4-5 months warranty and I am waiting for it these days to come.
I want to ask is the phone worth it? I will play some games on it and when the official software updating stops I will install custom roms. I usually like doing these things and installed and rooted roms on every phone that I had. I am going to use the phone for 1,5-2 years.
I really don't know if I should get a g2 instead? The problem with the g2 is that it has good unofficial development, but you need to have the same version or else you can have problems.
The battery on the n5 is good enough for me so a little weaker battery is not a problem.
Overall I like lag less performance and that is why I think n5 is better for me
The n5 is a great device. Very good development and very easy to root and rom. You also don't need to worry about what version of android you're on. You can go back to whatever version you want.
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The battery life of the Nexus 5 is horrible other than that, it's a good device. Fix the battery problem to 5+ hr screen on time without mods to the kernel etc and we have a winner. Stock is subpar. Until then invest in a decent power bank.
Howdy folks,
New OnePlus One user, coming from a Galaxy S3 after years of holding out on an upgrade.
Looking to keep the phone reasonably stock for now (although some of those custom ROMs sure look tempting!) so I've decided to stick with CM12 (which is what I believe it came loaded with) until the OTA to CM13.
But I'm finding the battery life a bit tough to swallow - I'm getting about 60-80 minutes SOT with a total battery life of about 8-9 hours (email checks, browsing the web 3-4 times a day, one GPS check daily) before I hit 5%. Ideally I'd like to have 100-120 minutes SOT with a total battery life of 16-18 hours before I have to charge.
So I'm thinking an underclocked kernel may be the way to go. Problem is - I'm not sure which kernel is even compatible with CM12 at this point, or what would fit my needs, as everyone seems to have moved on to CM13 already, and I'll be honest with you all - I feel lost.
Can anyone suggest a path to better battery life through kernel?
Thanks in advance!
Go back to CM11S. 8 hours sot on Wi-Fi, slightly less on mobile data. No new features are worth the crippled battery life. All roms after 4.4, both custom and official are plagued by the mobile radio active bug and it hasn't been fixed yet. So stick to 4.4 stock and you will get mind-numbing battery life.
devilsshadow said:
Go back to CM11S. 8 hours sot on Wi-Fi, slightly less on mobile data. No new features are worth the crippled battery life. All roms after 4.4, both custom and official are plagued by the mobile radio active bug and it hasn't been fixed yet. So stick to 4.4 stock and you will get mind-numbing battery life.
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Thanks for the advice, but I'm looking to try an underclocked kernel first on CM12 before I downgrade. Besides, with CM13 around the corner that should help with battery life, no?
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Thanks for the advice, but I'm looking to try an underclocked kernel first on CM12 before I downgrade. Besides, with CM13 around the corner that should help with battery life, no?
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underclocking doest do anything when the phone itself doesnt sleep. I'm on CM13 nightlies and doze doesnt work half the time, the other half battery drain is just insane from all kinds of sources (Cyanogen System and mobile radio active). I've had this phone for a year and a half now and I've tried all the roms and kernels one can try but nothing so far has come even close to any 4.4 rom. Again, if you want the newest features and don't give a damn about battery life over extended periods, if you don't spent more than 4~ hours per day staring into your phone, if you charge daily, go for any rom you want. If you want a dependable phone that could keep you going for even 4~ days on a single charge with moderate usage (messages, light browsing, bit of gps) then go for a 4.4 rom. Preferably stock CM11S.
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underclocking doest do anything when the phone itself doesnt sleep. I'm on CM13 nightlies and doze doesnt work half the time, the other half battery drain is just insane from all kinds of sources (Cyanogen System and mobile radio active). I've had this phone for a year and a half now and I've tried all the roms and kernels one can try but nothing so far has come even close to any 4.4 rom. Again, if you want the newest features and don't give a damn about battery life over extended periods, if you don't spent more than 4~ hours per day staring into your phone, if you charge daily, go for any rom you want. If you want a dependable phone that could keep you going for even 4~ days on a single charge with moderate usage (messages, light browsing, bit of gps) then go for a 4.4 rom. Preferably stock CM11S.
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Okay, thank you for your input. Doesn't really answer what I'm looking for, but I guess I'll keep it in mind.
Update - decided to stray from stock and loaded Sultan's CM12 ROM - currently have 3.5 hours SOT and 20 hours total with 40% left. That's good for me!
I have been going back and forth on rooting. I have a Sprint s8+ and know I don't have a full bootloader unlock. So my question is, are the modified stock roms such an improvement that you would endorse rooting over just running unroofed? Was there ever a resolution to the wierd battery thing going on? Just looking for some help from our XDA community.
Thanks everyone.
I used a lot of different custom roms and found there was no real improvement in battery life.
Now i use Light rom for about 3 weeks and i really have a outstanding battery life on this rom, it's super smooth and with GPS and Bluetooth enabled whole day (for my gear S3) I still have about 55% battery left at the end of my day with 3 hours of SOT
I used Nexus 5 from 2013 until S8 was released. I got the S8 from Samsung but kept N5 as backup.
Now I am planning to sell S8 at a loss to cover up other expenses.
Here are my issues
1) I used the Nexus 5 completely stock (No, I am not light hearted, i was doing way too much mod on previous android/apple, but cut all those fun to concentrate on other things in life)
2) Now the battery is pretty bad on N5 (lets just say i get 1.5 hour on screen or 12 hours of battery life or 2 hours of talk time before I need charge)
What I need your help
1) Need a rom/kernel (just point me the thread), which is stable and good in battery. I dont do games, very little youtube, lots of web browsing
2) Need a battery (all i see in amazon has mixed reviews)
3) I think i used Titanium or some thing for recovery or backup, if you can point me to the one which just works it would be great.
All I need is a reliable phone to talk, browse and light video watch. No fancy pants on latest android is needed.
If stock is what you are suggesting, I am okay with that too (I am not sure if there are app dependency on OS versions). Its been 4 years I am out of any technical stuff I used to play with. So please go easy.
I know its almost 5 yo device, but any help is appreciated.
If you want something thing that works all the time stick with stock if not go with 7.1.2 with elemental X kernel and as for battery try replacebase.com they do good parts and battery's and I used them myself when I had the Nexus 4.on stock I get 3 to 4 hours from full charge to flat on custom setup I average the same so the preference is up to you
I've seen a couple posts about this on nexus5 subreddit, and most of the highly upvoted posts were for official LineageOS 14.1, Opengapps, and elementalx kernel
Personally I've used EucOS and dark ROM but if you want absolute reliability I'd go with the above
Coming back from the S8 to the N5 must hurt a bit, though
Btw this really should be in the Q&A forum...
xenyz said:
I've seen a couple posts about this on nexus5 subreddit, and most of the highly upvoted posts were for official LineageOS 14.1, Opengapps, and elementalx kernel
Personally I've used EucOS and dark ROM but if you want absolute reliability I'd go with the above
Coming back from the S8 to the N5 must hurt a bit, though
Btw this really should be in the Q&A forum...
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Thanks!
I am not sure how would I move the thread.
Hi guys, I bought my P5 a month ago but I'm not very satisfied with it.
I mean, it's a fantastic smartphone but battery drain is very strange: when I have screen on it drains slowly but when I lock it, it drains faster.
Obv I tried to change every settings like 5G, 90Hz and also freeze some apps (pixel ambient services, digital wellbeing...) but didin't solved at all.
Now I'm on LOS 18 and seems to be a bit better, but I would ask you if you have seen big improvements using a different kernel.
Thank you, waiting for suggestions!
I've been on stock ROM and EX kernel for almost a year and my battery life is outstanding. I just had a stint where I went two full days without a charge. I do not have facebook or other known battery eaters on my phone, nor do I play games. I also set almost every app to battery restricted so they don't run in the background. But EX kernel is the real deal.
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I've been on stock ROM and EX kernel for almost a year and my battery life is outstanding. I just had a stint where I went two full days without a charge. I do not have facebook or other known battery eaters on my phone, nor do I play games. I also set almost every app to battery restricted so they don't run in the background. But EX kernel is the real deal.
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Absolutely agree with you.
After posting this, I tried ElementalX & stock rom for the first time and it's insane compared to stock rom & kernel.
LOS & EXKM is still the best combo but Gcam is a bit worse so I will keep stock with ElementalX.
Did you set something special in EXKM?
I appreciate a lot your answer, thank you
Well, every battery cicle for me is about 2 days with over 10 hours of total activity with podcasts and music and 2 to 4 hours of screen. That's stock, and never dipping below 35% or so.
The 5's battery life is quite good for this size just as a baseline.