Nexus 5

dastardly00 · 12-10-2015 9:47pm

Discodog wrote: »

Thanks. Just spotted it

It took me a good while to spot it when it was downloading for me so it's not just you!

jesseps · 13-10-2015 7:47am

No battery improvements for me. Oh well.

murfilein · 13-10-2015 11:12am

jesseps wrote: »

No battery improvements for me. Oh well.

i think android takes a while to "settle". maybe it helps to delete cache or even make a factory reset.

youngblood · 13-10-2015 5:52pm

Definite improvement in battery life, not sure exactly how much yet and will post back but noticeable so far

JohnK · 13-10-2015 9:01pm

Just after getting the ota update, hope like hell it does something about the battery

murfilein · 13-10-2015 9:07pm

Just got an ota on both my nexus 5 and 7. However on the 5 it was marshmallow, but on the 7 it was a small 9 MB update. Security maybe? Stage fright? What's up with that?

AlmightyCushion · 13-10-2015 9:18pm

JohnK wrote: »

Just after getting the ota update, hope like hell it does something about the battery

Same here. It would really want to do something about battery life.

scudzilla · 13-10-2015 9:18pm

murfilein wrote: »

Just got an ota on both my nexus 5 and 7. However on the 5 it was marshmallow, but on the 7 it was a small 9 MB update. Security maybe? Stage fright? What's up with that?

Same here, OTA on the N5 2 days ago, a tiny 9mb update on my N7 30mins ago, think the N7 is just a little starter for the full MM upgrade

Bored_lad · 13-10-2015 9:55pm

Got the update last week and its definitely helped the battery life. It's mainly on stand by that the battery is improved rather than in use. I could have the phone on standby for hours and would only loose 1% where as before I'd be looking 10-20%.

youngblood · 13-10-2015 10:42pm

Battery at 12% after a days use, its never lasted this long without a midday charge, will see how it goes after a week

murfilein · 14-10-2015 8:33am

scudzilla wrote: »

Same here, OTA on the N5 2 days ago, a tiny 9mb update on my N7 30mins ago, think the N7 is just a little starter for the full MM upgrade

same here. yesterday both my nexus 5 and 7 showed an update. 400 something mb on the 5 which was marshmallow, but just 9 mb on the 7.

Discodog · 14-10-2015 6:39pm

So my battery started draining more today. I checked & discovered that wifi was using lots of battery only, according to my drop down & status bar, wifi was off. I clicked on wifi & it said that it was on

Bored_lad · 14-10-2015 7:04pm

Discodog wrote: »

So my battery started draining more today. I checked & discovered that wifi was using lots of battery only, according to my drop down & status bar, wifi was off. I clicked on wifi & it said that it was on

When you click on it this turns it on as far as I know. Check your settings there is one that allows Google to search for WiFi networkseven when WiFi is off this is probably what's draining your battery.

Discodog · 14-10-2015 7:05pm

Bored_lad wrote: »

When you click on it this turns it on as far as I know. Check your settings there is one that allows Google to search for WiFi networkseven when WiFi is off this is probably what's draining your battery.

Yes it was. I had it turned off but the update turned it back on.

BarnaP · 15-10-2015 7:10pm

I got the Android 6 upgrade last night. I have had a lot of battery trouble recently. I notice almost every time I take a photo with the phone it takes the photo and shuts down. Looks like the camera is totally draining the battery. Has anyone else come across this and is there anything I can do? Apart from not using the camera!

Discodog · 15-10-2015 7:22pm

BarnaP wrote: »

I got the Android 6 upgrade last night. I have had a lot of battery trouble recently. I notice almost every time I take a photo with the phone it takes the photo and shuts down. Looks like the camera is totally draining the battery. Has anyone else come across this and is there anything I can do? Apart from not using the camera!

Yes it's a known issue but it was supposed to be fixed. The camera doesn't shut down after use. A restart usually cures it but I installed current widget which can warn you if the drain is above a pre set level.

Another option is to use an app like Cameraless which turns off the camera.

murfilein · 16-10-2015 8:55am

BarnaP wrote: »

I got the Android 6 upgrade last night. I have had a lot of battery trouble recently. I notice almost every time I take a photo with the phone it takes the photo and shuts down. Looks like the camera is totally draining the battery. Has anyone else come across this and is there anything I can do? Apart from not using the camera!

try a cache wipe and maybe even a factory reset. my n5 works perfectly fine with marshmallow, camera is not making problems at all.

BarnaP · 16-10-2015 1:05pm

I am using messenger for text messages. How can I backup the messages before doing a factory reset?

Technophobe · 16-10-2015 1:42pm

My phone (dialler) is playing up....
Proximity sensor not working properly and I am not able to hang up calls..

anyone else experience this since upgrade ?

murfilein · 16-10-2015 2:16pm

BarnaP wrote: »

I am using messenger for text messages. How can I backup the messages before doing a factory reset?

use "g cloud" to back them up and restore them.

Alun · 18-10-2015 12:50pm

Some funny stuff going on with WiFi power usage. It's showing WiFi as the main power user almost all the time, even if I have it manually switched off! All the settings are correct as far as I can see including disabling the "scanning even if Wifi is off" one, or whatever its called. The only thing that I can think of is that location is set to "high accuracy" which includes WiFi, so maybe that's switching it on even if it's manually disabled which is a bit naughty.

Discodog · 18-10-2015 1:34pm

Technophobe wrote: »

My phone (dialler) is playing up....
Proximity sensor not working properly and I am not able to hang up calls..

anyone else experience this since upgrade ?

I had problems with Gravity Screen which uses the Prox sensor. I am sure that it has something to do with the new power saving Doze mode. The developer confirmed this & said that the polling had been changed on the Prox sensor.

Try settings > battery > battery optimisation > all apps

You can turn off any app that you don't want Doze to effect.

Discodog · 18-10-2015 1:39pm

Alun wrote: »

Some funny stuff going on with WiFi power usage. It's showing WiFi as the main power user almost all the time, even if I have it manually switched off! All the settings are correct as far as I can see including disabling the "scanning even if Wifi is off" one, or whatever its called. The only thing that I can think of is that location is set to "high accuracy" which includes WiFi, so maybe that's switching it on even if it's manually disabled which is a bit naughty.

I posted this earlier

So my battery started draining more today. I checked & discovered that wifi was using lots of battery only, according to my drop down & status bar, wifi was off. I clicked on wifi & it said that it was on.

I think that the wifi switched itself on.

ixoy · 19-10-2015 5:12pm

Also having battery draining issues with WiFi. I believe everything is disabled that should be.
I also had a huge battery drain of about 20% yesterday in the space of an hour when the phone was barely in use.

Something is going rogue. The doze feature performing poorly too. No difference from Lollipop.

nukin_futs · 20-10-2015 10:41am

Since I updated I have constant issues with wi-fi connection (only tested with UPC at home).
This seems to be limited to my phone as two other devices connect and stay connected with no problems.

The wi-fi will drop out, both while browsing and while locked, and then keep trying to reconnect. If I check the status it is usually stuck on "Obtaining IP address", or else will cycle through "Connecting" - "Obtaining IP address" - "Connecting".
It is not coming up high on my power usage.

I wonder is this contributing to the some people's battery drain?

And has anyone experienced/resolved this?

Discodog · 20-10-2015 6:48pm

nukin_futs wrote: »

Since I updated I have constant issues with wi-fi connection (only tested with UPC at home).
This seems to be limited to my phone as two other devices connect and stay connected with no problems.

The wi-fi will drop out, both while browsing and while locked, and then keep trying to reconnect. If I check the status it is usually stuck on "Obtaining IP address", or else will cycle through "Connecting" - "Obtaining IP address" - "Connecting".
It is not coming up high on my power usage.

I wonder is this contributing to the some people's battery drain?

And has anyone experienced/resolved this?

You can stop apps from "Dozing" but it appears that you can't turn it off for wifi

I have noticed a definite difference in the way that wifi behaves

JohnK · 22-10-2015 7:05pm

JohnK wrote: »

Just after getting the ota update, hope like hell it does something about the battery

After a few days to settle down my battery is doing fantastic now; took it off the charger at about 7:55am this morning and about 11 hours later it had only lost 25%. Typically I'd be down to around 40% by now if not lower; no comparison to how it was so long may it continue... or you know, until my 6P arrives in two weeks :pac:

Discodog · 22-10-2015 7:24pm

From what I have read it suggests that the battery will last longer if the phone isn't moving. Apparently Doze uses the accelerometer to decide if it can shut apps down.

pah · 23-10-2015 10:38am

For people complaining of problems with marshmallow have you upgraded ota or flashed/factory reset. I always go for a fresh flash and never have a problem with new software.

jesseps · 23-10-2015 6:05pm

If your battery is dying, check in settings and search "wifi scanning" and you may see "wi-fi scanning is on"

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