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Nexus 5
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what device? Did you do set the device up as new or just update? The reason I ask is b.c I have a nexus 5, did a clean install, and the device is very smooth.
Try installing the Greenify app. It'll drastically increase you battery life while the phone is idle by automatically hibernating apps that you aren't using. I'm at 80% battery right now from 14 hours of mostly idle/screen off time overnight. It's a huge improvement as my phone would usually be dead by now if I left it idle overnight. Also, the radio antennas take up a huge chunk of battery life so try and turn off bluetooth, gps, wifi anytime you're not using them. App wise, I found chrome and maps the biggest battery drains while idle so these are the main apps that are auto-hibernated by greenify.
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Thank you! I'll do that right away. You mentioned Chrome and Maps being the biggest battery drainers, any others that you've found?
It sounds like it will only benefit a small group of people. Most of us charge our phones at night, so having everything powered down at night is not a big benefit.
During the day I have to leave bluetooth and location services on. Not have to, but I have a pebble and like location services.
I very much agree about the radio being a huge battery drain. I was without a sim card a few weeks ago, and my n5 had nearly double the battery life left at the end of the day. I am on tmobile, and I have heard they drain faster on the n5.
Weak radio signal and battery drain are strictly related, you can check it on the screenshot you have posted
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I am very happy with Lollipop, everything seems smooth as silk (for the moment)#
When you go to your battery setting it'll show you which apps are using the most battery. If you download the greenify app, just add those apps to greenify so it'll put them to sleep when you're not using them. This really saves a lot of battery life while your screen is off. For me it was Maps and Chrome, for you it may be different but apps that are constantly using your data/internet etc are usually the biggest drainers (facebook, web browser, email, maps etc) although turning off notifications for some of these apps may work also.
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Hmm I don't know about that. When I'd leave my phone idle at night (not charging/screen off) I'd wake up to it dead and just thought that was weird how I'm not using my phone at all and the battery is just draining. I think this'll help extend overall battery for the periods when your phone is not in use (when the screen is off). I added an updated screenshot of my battery. Note this is extremely minimal use but a huge improvement from before I had this greenify app.
And yes anytime your phone has to search for a wifi network, a cell network etc this'll be the biggest battery drain of all. Like I'll only turn wifi on when I am at a place that has wifi. If you have wifi on and there's no wifi signal your phone is constantly checking for a wifi signal which will decimate your battery.
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Been running Lollipop on my N5 for the past week and im loving it. The animations are silky smooth and look great, the phone itself is running like a dream, runs smoother then any custom rom or stock Android ive ever used and surpasses the smoothness of iOS imo. Battery life seems to have improved slightly aswell over kitkat.
Bought the N5 from a coworker before the holiday and updated it to Lollipop.
Why did I wait so long to get this smartphone was a huge oversight on my part. Total love!
Camera and battery life are not issues for me if someone is going to intervene as to why I might not have so again a huge oversight. I was looking towards the N6 with its specs and after trying it at T-mobile but not now especially with the price I paid for the N5.
Battery life dropped off a cliff before Christmas with mine. Then realised that the battery has swollen and the phone is now pretty badly warped. Sent some photos to Google support who have approved a free warranty replacement. Phone is almost exactly one year old.
Hopefully this one will last a bit longer. Any ideas about user behaviour that can cause this, or is it purely hardware?
Hopefully this one will last a bit longer. Any ideas about user behaviour that can cause this, or is it purely hardware?
Nexus 5 is no longer available for purchase, but with the launch of the new Google Store comes brand new product pages for Nexus 5. Perhaps they hadn't intended on discontinuing Nexus 5 when the new Google Store site was being developed, but I still find it interesting that they'd discontinue it and launch new product pages for it on the same day.
https://store.google.com/product/nexus_5_black_16gb
https://store.google.com/magazine/nexus_5_magazine
https://store.google.com/product/nexus_5_black_16gb
https://store.google.com/magazine/nexus_5_magazine
Weren't there rumors that Huwai might make the next generation Nexus 5?
That could be interesting...
That could be interesting...
It's fine. My N5 is snappier now but i dont think the battery is much better if at all.
I just found out that Google discontinued the Nexus 5. Can anyone tell me why? I know they released a new smartphone (Nexus 6) but why the need to discontinue the predecessor? Do they usually do that after releasing a newer model? So for instance when they release the new LG Nexus in October/November, will they discontinue the current Nexus 6?