Nexus 5 Battery Results

[NatTheCat]

Post your screenshots with a description of the test you used. ​

I'm doing a low to medium usage test with Bluetooth, Location Access on High accuracy, WIFI, HSPA,Auto Brightness and google now. From 100% down to 0%. Then doing a Full charge time with phone turned on.

Will be posting screenshots via dropbox below with a few hours in between.

Battery usage screenshots. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/zwr2s240knxqove/_FZDWDZWmT

4hr 6mins screenshots of time on. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/zzvlu7oplnax7qf/IeDdDl9Nb_

8hr in with screen on time. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/ww0uwt5fo8tbuk9/mw_LPAcrB3

19hr screenshot with 7.5hr overnight standbyhttps://www.dropbox.com/sc/t64536q9a0l0axd/RWJ6_Oq4gJ

In addition I've used a2dp audio stream for an hour or so. I'll do a full screenshot of all the on times later.

Still very low usage scenario. Battery looking good. @22hrs 40% with updated screenshots above.

Final Result only took me to 15% with 1 Day 16 Hours. Screen on time 3hr 16mins. Needed a full battery for the day and couldn't risk it but atleast it's a general ballpark. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/oaj33ji9kssx5rt/BFiLIz-Jef

40 Hours is still pretty good for light usage. During a busy working day i would be happy with 9 hours max usage.

 

[gredberd]

Post your screenshots with a description of the test you used. ​

I'm doing a low to medium usage test with Bluetooth, Location Access on High accuracy, WIFI, HSPA and Auto Brightness. From 100% down to 0%. Then doing a Full charge time with phone turned on.

Will be posting screenshots via dropbox below with a few hours in between.

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/2hshzh4s09e4ppj/V6ZzUXB_Nr

I know this is off topic but I havn't ben able to confirm this anyway: Does the nexus 5 have a LED notification light?

 

[MasterGGM]

Post your screenshots with a description of the test you used. ​

I'm doing a low to medium usage test with Bluetooth, Location Access on High accuracy, WIFI, HSPA and Auto Brightness. From 100% down to 0%. Then doing a Full charge time with phone turned on.

Will be posting screenshots via dropbox below with a few hours in between.

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/2hshzh4s09e4ppj/V6ZzUXB_Nr

Can you also please post the screen on times. Thanks.

 

[chowster]

I know this is off topic but I havn't ben able to confirm this anyway: Does the nexus 5 have a LED notification light?

Yes it does have a notification light. Its in the same place as the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 4. Here is a video of it in action;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRF6jZX2b7Q&feature=c4-overview&list=UUgd4ILPETW7nG1tSttVdSmQ

 

[NatTheCat]

Can you also please post the screen on times. Thanks.

Screen on time is in the screenshot.

 

[MasterGGM]

Screen on time is in the screenshot.

Not to be rude, but no its not. I meant the actual time the screen has been on not the % of it. When you click on screen you'll see what I mean.

 

[shr33kant]

Here's a link to mine from the other battery thread;

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47056316&postcount=130

 

[NatTheCat]

Not to be rude, but no its not. I meant the actual time the screen has been on not the % of it. When you click on screen you'll see what I mean.

Sorry i understand now. Yes i'll upload them as well.

 

[yuan_1202]

Here's a link to mine from the other battery thread;

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47056316&postcount=130

Looks like it's not that great...

Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

 

[lukas_s]

Looks like it's not that great...

Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

Were you expecting Galaxy Note or LG G2 battery life from a phone with a 2300 mAh battery?

Those battery stats seem perfectly fine for a phone with a 2300 mAh battery.

 

[dakore]

Looks like it's not that great...

Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

It looks ok with almost 2h of BT streaming calls + 2h of music. Other results in thread seem more "realistic" (if you don't use BT). Let's wait for more feedback. If it could make 4-4.30h screen on for me, that means with custom kernel and UC it could easily hit 5h or more. *thinking out loud*

 

[shr33kant]

Looks like it's not that great...

Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

Here's my reply from the previous thread...

Well you say it's disappointing but I disagree;

If you look at the screenshots you will see how much battery has been taken by the voice calls compared to screen on time;

30% of the total battery use was from the 3hr47m for screen on time but...

A whopping 26% for only 1hr28m of voice call time! If we use that ratio and just double it (assuming all network strength was the same) you'd likely lose 52% of your battery in just under 3 hours...(this is just an estimation based on my results btw).

I honestly don't understand the hard-on people get for screen on time when voice calls seem to drain the battery much much harder... doesn't anyone use their device as a phone anymore?

Also if you take into consideration how bad my signal was the battery life I had today was all the more impressive.

A Random Afterthought:

IF that 26% that were used on Voice calls were used for screen on time...although realistically it'd probably be something like 17-20% with the rest on random android processes and processor usage; the screen on time could easily be above 5 hours possibly pushing 6 with bad signal and no wifi O_O...

 

[dinodude]

Well nexus 4 with Trinity kernel gets 6-7 hours so with nexus 5 I expect around 8 hours on a custom kernel and stock should get around 5 hours which is pretty darn good.

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[hamad138]

Well nexus 4 with Trinity kernel gets 6-7 hours so with nexus 5 I expect around 8 hours on a custom kernel and stock should get around 5 hours which is pretty darn good.

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He is liar dont believe him

 

[MasterGGM]

I honestly don't understand the hard-on people get for screen on time when voice calls seem to drain the battery much much harder... doesn't anyone use their device as a phone anymore?

Nope. Who uses a smartphone for phone calls?

 

[NatTheCat]

Nope. Who uses a smartphone for phone calls?

Haha I only really use it for work tbh. Most of the its just texting or what's app.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

 

[NatTheCat]

Updated the screenshots above for the 8hr mark. Not many phone calls been made and phone has been idle quite a while.

 

[Cronis]

Haha I only really use it for work tbh. Most of the its just texting or what's app.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Think I had like 32 mins of actual phone calls on my phone bill last month lol. So yea, a lot of people dont use their phones for calls all that much.

 

[NovaSlim]

Updated the screenshots above for the 8hr mark. Not many phone calls been made and phone has been idle quite a while.

The Default battery app doesn't give enough information imo, Could you install GSam Battery Monitor? It is free & very informative.

 

[fcng]

Perfectly acceptable

Here's a link to mine from the other battery thread;

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47056316&postcount=130

shr33kant,

The battery performance results you have are perfectly acceptable for a typical phone user that uses the phone for calls, web surfing, google services, movies etc. I only get 2 to 2hr. 15mins on my N4 with typical phone usage as you. So the N5 is basically getting better battery performance then the N4. :good: