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Cyanide · 14 Oct 2015 at 21:12

Just in time to get used to it before my N6P turns up

Rimsy · 14 Oct 2015 at 22:17

Had mine pop up last night. Too early to say anything re battery life but overall seems great. App permissions and battery life % in task bar alone make it worthwhile !

opethdisciple · 14 Oct 2015 at 23:20

Rimsy said:
Had mine pop up last night. Too early to say anything re battery life but overall seems great. App permissions and battery life % in task bar alone make it worthwhile !

How did you enable %?

Is this the system UI tweak? I just wish it was a simple on off option like on IOS.

The batter percentage is there when you charge the phone, so why not make it an on off option in the settings!!

neverender · 15 Oct 2015 at 12:02

Got Marshmallow two days ago and all seemed good. Battery life certainly improved a lot on my Nexus 5.
Fast forward to today and I now have no carrier signal (EE). Restarts, APN updates to no avail. Not exactly ideal...

Mr Gimp · 15 Oct 2015 at 12:08

Pull down the notification shade and then hold down the Settings cog. It should enable the SystemUI tweaker in options which allows you to add the percentage to the battery.

michty_me · 15 Oct 2015 at 13:36

I think my improved battery life was short lived. Saying that, I still have an odd issue of not charging after a few days until a restart and a few ins and outs of the charger.

prescott28 · 15 Oct 2015 at 14:01

I've got marshmallow now too. I have turned on battery saving as it has used over 40% in the first 5 hours of use. I'm hoping this will make it last better. I'll report back tomorrow.

VeNT · 18 Oct 2015 at 11:16

I've noticed a little white line at the bottom edge of my screen, as if the backlight is getting through?
Anyone else getting this?

stoofa · 18 Oct 2015 at 14:44

michty_me said:
Yes, It sounds like you are suffering from a battery failure. If you aren't scared of opening it up then I would change it out.

Just pry off the rear cover, Take out 6 screws on the upper plastic cover and remove that. Here you will find the connection for the battery. Just pop that off then carefully pry the battery out.

Just like this

https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-manually-replace-nexus-5-battery

A link for a decent battery.

https://www.replacebase.co.uk/lg-nexus-5-d820-replacement-battery-bl-t9-original-6818/

Talking of replacing batteries.
The LG G2 was the "LG branded" phone released around the same time as the N5.
However, that had a 3000mAh battery as standard as opposed to the 2300mAh in the N5.
I see you can buy a replacement battery for that for around the same price:

https://www.replacebase.co.uk/lg-g2-replacement-battery-bl-t7-original-6718/

What do you think the chances are you could do a straight replacement?
Maybe worth considering for a bit of extra battery life?

michty_me · 18 Oct 2015 at 14:57

stoofa said:
Talking of replacing batteries.
The LG G2 was the "LG branded" phone released around the same time as the N5.
However, that had a 3000mAh battery as standard as opposed to the 2300mAh in the N5.
I see you can buy a replacement battery for that for around the same price:

https://www.replacebase.co.uk/lg-g2-replacement-battery-bl-t7-original-6718/

What do you think the chances are you could do a straight replacement?
Maybe worth considering for a bit of extra battery life?

There is a guide on how to fit a larger battery but requires grinding/filing away internal parts of the phone and soldering connectors to the battery. I'll see if I can find it again.

IC3 · 18 Oct 2015 at 17:49

VeNT said:
I've noticed a little white line at the bottom edge of my screen, as if the backlight is getting through?
Anyone else getting this?

Yep, my mate from work has had this with all 3 of his N5's... :rolleyes:

I've this issue too.

Rusty! · 18 Oct 2015 at 18:52

Mine had it too

Rimsy · 18 Oct 2015 at 19:09

mines on top of the screen on mine but heard its pretty common and doesnt bother me enough to get it fixed

loltim · 19 Oct 2015 at 07:46

Mr Gimp said:
Pull down the notification shade and then hold down the Settings cog. It should enable the SystemUI tweaker in options which allows you to add the percentage to the battery.

It's in the style of the kitkat % enabler app from the play store, rather than the proper font you see when you charge it or swipe down the notification area.

What a bodge.

Rimsy · 19 Oct 2015 at 07:54

I prefer it - keeps the task bar less cluttered and all battery info taking up 1 unit of space instead of 2

IC3 · 30 Oct 2015 at 23:03

Ok, I got sick of stock Android again. It's hard to change over once you get use to all the features of a custom ROM grr...

Here's my battery life on the new ROM, I'm impressed. I thought my battery was slowly dying, but it came out to be that Android M is draining my battery really quickly.

Oh yeah, the ROM is cm-12.1-20150901-SNAPSHOT-YOG4PAO237-hammerhead.zip (281.77 MB)

prescott28 · 31 Oct 2015 at 12:28

I'm not doing that well with battery life with Android M. Is it hard to install a different ROM?

rexehuk · 31 Oct 2015 at 13:08

Just as per other thread. Had the horrible power button issue today, just short of 2 years from ownership (have the original models from release day).

Google have honoured the warranty, I only have 7 days left on it!

Christmas themed thank · 31 Oct 2015 at 13:11

rexehuk said:
Just as per other thread. Had the horrible power button issue today, just short of 2 years from ownership (have the original models from release day).

Google have honoured the warranty, I only have 7 days left on it!

You'll get another two years on the replacement

michty_me · 31 Oct 2015 at 13:27

rexehuk said:
Just as per other thread. Had the horrible power button issue today, just short of 2 years from ownership (have the original models from release day).

Google have honoured the warranty, I only have 7 days left on it!

Eh? I tried contacting them about my battery issue and they werent interested. I've had mine for 18 months.

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