Google Nexus 5

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Fletch79

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1,641 posts

196 months

Sunday 26th January 2014
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Even after I uninstalled it it continued to drain .... So I've gone back to a factory fresh model

Fresh phone and I was getting wake lock 100% of the time ... From Google search.

Battery useage was Still minimal but the cpu was awake all the time and being attributed to Google search

Quick Google said this was linked with Google now so switched it off and I'm back to hardly any CPU usage and less than 1-2% in 2 hours

Gonna start installing my apps as I need them and monitor one by one rather than reinstalling them all at once and having no idea what the hell is going on

Gonna install a much better batter monitor to ...



Edited by Fletch79 on Sunday 26th January 13:35

Fletch79

Original Poster:

1,641 posts

196 months

Sunday 26th January 2014
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So ... Rooted and unlocked

GSam battery monitor now installed

Let's see what happens

V-spec

754 posts

250 months

Thursday 30th January 2014
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Is this normal? I can't see a way to turn off Google Play services


wjwren

4,484 posts

134 months

Friday 31st January 2014
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anyone else use google maps (navigation)? I find the turn by turn voice prompts very slow. I come to an island and after ive left the island it will say "take the 2nd exit on the roundabout" etc. I had this problem with my Nexus 4 as well and that was on a different network.

Fletch79

Original Poster:

1,641 posts

196 months

Friday 31st January 2014
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Mines been doing that recently with Google play services ... But doesn't seem to actually use that much battery ... Justlooks bad against everything else

Chlamydia

1,082 posts

126 months

Monday 3rd February 2014
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Having upgraded from a Nexus 4 to the 5 I'm amazed at how much better the battery is. I took it off the charger this morning at 7am, I've used it a lot today for surfing the web, making and receiving calls, texting, Facebook, viewing documents etc, and at 8:20pm now it's still on 51%. My 4 would be into the 15% remaining now and warning me to connect a charger.

TotalControl

8,016 posts

197 months

Monday 3rd February 2014
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Mine is quite temperamental. Some days it's amazing, others it last up to six odd hours before hitting 20%. Usage is the same.

Mr Will

13,719 posts

205 months

Tuesday 4th February 2014
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V-spec said:
Is this normal? I can't see a way to turn off Google Play services

It's used 38% of the battery that has been used, which in this case looks like next to nothing.

Those percentages can been quite misleading until a reasonable amount of battery has been used up.

garreth64

663 posts

220 months

Tuesday 4th February 2014
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Not sure if it has already been mentioned in the previous 27 pages, but if you want to improve the battery life it is worth enabling ART (Android Run Time) instead of Dalvik in developer options. Made a big difference to my N5.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2013/12/13...


LocoBlade

7,621 posts

255 months

Tuesday 4th February 2014
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Be aware that it can break some apps though, Keepass2Android just crashed on startup when I tried ART before Christmas so I switched back.

ajprice

27,317 posts

195 months

Tuesday 4th February 2014
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Theres a red N5 in the Play Store now.

Wheat

505 posts

129 months

Wednesday 5th February 2014
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Just won an auction for a black 5. Looking forward to comparing it to the iPhone 5s I'm currently using, excited to use a naked android rather than sony/htc skins I've used before

Gren

1,947 posts

251 months

Wednesday 5th February 2014
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Wheat said:
Just won an auction for a black 5. Looking forward to comparing it to the iPhone 5s I'm currently using, excited to use a naked android rather than sony/htc skins I've used before
My missus has a 5s and they are pretty much on a par as far as performance goes. I think the N5s browser is a litte faster.

The rest is just down to preference. The wife wants a phone that just works and I want a toy to arse around with

TotalControl

8,016 posts

197 months

Wednesday 5th February 2014
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I've moved over to ART from Dalvik and have noticed a bit and of an improvement. Not an amazing improvement in speed as it is already pretty damn quick but an improvement none the less. There doesn't seem to be that slight stutter I experienced from before in some apps when opening them.

I've had to log back into all my sites on chrome though.

Now to test the battery and see if there is any improvement.

Edit - scrap what I said. I can see a better difference in loading apps now and I've tried almost all of them on my phone (I've got about a hundred apps). Quite impressive.

Edited by TotalControl on Wednesday 5th February 09:51

Wheat

505 posts

129 months

Wednesday 5th February 2014
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Gren said:
My missus has a 5s and they are pretty much on a par as far as performance goes. I think the N5s browser is a litte faster.

The rest is just down to preference. The wife wants a phone that just works and I want a toy to arse around with
Yer I like to play around with gadgets but never liked the skins the phone company's put on android so hopefully the nexus will right up my street. How does the battery compare on the two phones?

Gren

1,947 posts

251 months

Wednesday 5th February 2014
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Wheat said:
Gren said:
My missus has a 5s and they are pretty much on a par as far as performance goes. I think the N5s browser is a litte faster.

The rest is just down to preference. The wife wants a phone that just works and I want a toy to arse around with
Yer I like to play around with gadgets but never liked the skins the phone company's put on android so hopefully the nexus will right up my street. How does the battery compare on the two phones?
Battery life between the two seems similar - on an average day we're both at about 50% when they go on charge. It's my 3rd Android handset and by far the best for battery.

Mine's rooted with a custom kernel and rom although no undervolting or underclocking. Not sure whether it made any difference to battery life anyway but as I said, I see it as something to arse about with.

Fletch79

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1,641 posts

196 months

Wednesday 5th February 2014
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i swapped to ART last night ... appears to be a little more battery friendly

Wheat

505 posts

129 months

Wednesday 5th February 2014
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Gren said:
Battery life between the two seems similar - on an average day we're both at about 50% when they go on charge. It's my 3rd Android handset and by far the best for battery.

Mine's rooted with a custom kernel and rom although no undervolting or underclocking. Not sure whether it made any difference to battery life anyway but as I said, I see it as something to arse about with.
Cool. Thanks for your reply. I should receive my Nexus tomorrow and so I'll set it up over the weekend and towards the end of next week I'll give a full report of nexus v apple on battery, performance, ease of use, suitability for certain tasks. I've had a 5" screen in the past (xperia z) and found it too large. But my work is rapidly heading to more emails/ more PDFs so I need a small computer in my pocket at all times. Hope the Nexus will fit in as I love the pricing, the immediate and naked android updates and the range of 5"7"&10" products.

Will I need a case for the Nexus of is the screen fairly scratch proof?

Macd355

320 posts

173 months

Wednesday 5th February 2014
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I've a case and screen protector on mine. Definitely worth the money as the case is pretty scratched. Phone back is good, mine is the white one though, so gets grubby quickly

Wheat

505 posts

129 months

Wednesday 5th February 2014
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Thanks, mine comes with a case so if it's sub standard, at least it will do until I can get a better one though. Can't stand screen protectors though, I haven't payed 100s£ for one of the best phone screens around just to cover it in a 99p film of plastic. Never needed one on the iPhone. It lives with coins/ keys and is compleatly unscathed. In thinking with gorilla glass the nexus will match it