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michty_me · 23 Jul 2015 at 21:26

Be as well replace the battery for all it costs. Tempted to do mine again.

Swarfega · 23 Jul 2015 at 22:54

A cheap one for £6

How much is an official?

michty_me · 23 Jul 2015 at 22:57

About £11 delivered from replace base.

Rimsy · 23 Jul 2015 at 23:41

This is why sealed non removable batteries are awful awful things....grrrr

(unless you own an iPhone as of recently that is)

michty_me · 23 Jul 2015 at 23:58

It takes 5-10 minutes to do start to finish if you have half a brain. Pop off rear cover, remove six screws, remove that cover, disconnect battery and remove, reverse steps to complete.

this_is_gav · 24 Jul 2015 at 09:54

Swarfega said:
I figured the same as my battery was crap. The replacement battery has has no affect though. Lollipop really rapes my Nexus 5

Wiped the cache and "dalvik" cache in recovery recently? Give it a go if not.

Simps · 24 Jul 2015 at 10:55

michty_me said:
It takes 5-10 minutes to do start to finish if you have half a brain. Pop off rear cover, remove six screws, remove that cover, disconnect battery and remove, reverse steps to complete.

You forgot, lever the stuck in battery out with a clenched bum

Etheco · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:37

I ordered mine on the amazon, £9 for the original lg battery replacement BL-T9 not bad really.

Just waiting for it to now arrive to get my phone back to normal.

Wiping the battery cache helped mine a little not loads mind, but it made some difference.

Sinny · 24 Jul 2015 at 21:57

I have a new battery I ordered from ebay that I no longer need as I sold the phone for an upgrade. I'd let it go for a reasonable price if anyone needs one

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I have a White carbon wrap as well I'll chuck in as I really have no need for that lol.

Etheco · 25 Jul 2015 at 22:44

Replaced battery today, Seems better already.

Although after removing the old one the connector on the motherboard seemed snapped :/ so i had to bodge it a little to make it work after replacing it.

All good now though i think

Nexus18 · 26 Jul 2015 at 17:02

My battery life has gone to **** as well, lucky if I get 1 hour screen on time, cba replacing the battery so will be getting a new phone, probably the next nexus and if not then not sure what I will get....

kona786 · 26 Jul 2015 at 18:04

That battery didn't last long at all. My S3 was still good ever after 2 years.

Nexus18 · 26 Jul 2015 at 19:18

Perhaps a factory reset might fix my issues but I really cba with that either

muon · 26 Jul 2015 at 19:34

kona786 said:
That battery didn't last long at all. My S3 was still good ever after 2 years.

Remember the Nexus 5 had bad battery life to begin with. So in 2 years it would go through more cycles.

The number of cycles actually gets even worse as the battery life gets shorter and shorter.

Changed my battery back in May.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28027492&postcount=9252

Nexus18 · 26 Jul 2015 at 21:28

When I first got the nexus 5, I found battery life to be very good, getting 1-2 days with at least 3 hours on screen time, closer to 4 hours.

muon · 26 Jul 2015 at 22:24

Nexus18 said:
When I first got the nexus 5, I found battery life to be very good, getting 1-2 days with at least 3 hours on screen time, closer to 4 hours.

3-4 hours screen time isn't really that good.

GSM Arena has the Nexus 5 at a continuous 4:55 web browsing time and 6:27 for the GS3 (which isn't that good in itself).

Video playback is 5:01 vs 9:27 for the same phones.

Rimsy · 26 Jul 2015 at 22:59

That may be so but bear in mind all these tests wjll be done on stock phones with no Facebook/WhatsApp/ whatever other apps syncing the the background using juice. 4hours sot for a normal phone that actually has things installrd is very good.

Silly Goose On The Loose · 27 Jul 2015 at 00:23

It would be but when you've got phones like the Xperia Z3 pushing 7 hours we should expect that from all phones.

Nexus18 · 27 Jul 2015 at 10:10

What rimsy said, to get 4 hours on screen time with a constant wifi or/and data connection over 2 days with gmail etc. and auto brightness is pretty good going. I don't really go by reviews when it comes to battery life as they generally don't match end users experience with proper usage

And yes the z3 is a lot better for battery life, not really surprising though considering the more efficient screen, CPU and bigger battery

If the next nexus and Motorola devices suck or/and are a rip of, I might pick one up or possibly a GS 6.

this_is_gav · 27 Jul 2015 at 10:33

Nexus18 said:
What rimsy said, to get 4 hours on screen time with a constant wifi or/and data connection over 2 days with gmail etc. and auto brightness is pretty good going.

A wifi connection is fine and shouldn't drain power too much (I used to get a 2% battery loss overnight - a little lower now given the 2 year old battery, but still 4-5%). Poor reception can drain a battery quite quickly, and if you're using a data connection only, especially a poor one, it will just rip right through it. Still, despite the limited size battery in the N5, I can't say I've ever been found wanting or even the need to buy a portable charger.

AlecR said:
It would be but when you've got phones like the Xperia Z3 pushing 7 hours we should expect that from all phones.

We shouldn't expect it, but we all want it. But few phone manufacturers sell phones based on battery size, they sell it on form factor, and think slimmer is better (I disagree of course, but I don't work for a phone manufacturer). How many S2/S3 extended batteries do you think Samsung sold? I bet it was less than 5% of the phones sold. Hardly an ideal gauge, but still, if it mattered to most people, most people would do something about it.

Motorola made the Droid Turbo with a huge battery, but it's only been sold by Verizon in America. Big phones do happen, but they clearly feel at the moment that the market is so limited that it's not worth it rolling them out world-wide.

Sony's approach was the best of both worlds. They had a large phone (partly due to the speakers I assume) so they were able to fit a large battery while keeping it slim, but I doubt they designed it to fit a large battery first and foremost and then designed the rest of the phone around it.

For us techies who use our phones regularly most of us will consider the battery important, and something we always look for when a new phone is released. For the general public it seems less of a concern, or certainly the manufacturers think so.

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