Father's nexus 5 was completely dead in the morning.

[tonyr6]

My mother called me yesterday morning saying that his phone would not turn on. It just showed a lighting battery. It was around 90% the night before and suddenly rapid battery drain.

My mother was angry. I then plugged it in even after doing that cache wipe thing. Also the device is set to ART.

Now mine also set to ART was at 100% charge and 2 hours layer of was down to 96% I then rebooted it before I left the house. If I did not check it I would have to lug around a charger to.

There is no reason for this sudden rapid battery drain. I disabled every service possible but just like that it suddenly sucks battery life like water no reason and a reboot only fixes it.

Also my mother and fathers nexus 5 they don't know how to reboot there devices even though I showed then they are technically challenged.

Yes I have to say this since someone will mention it none of our devices have Facebook app installed.

 

[B. Diddy]

Sudden battery drain is usually due to some misbehaving app, but obviously the challenge is to figure out which one. I've see this happen on my Nexus 7, and which I have attributed to certain live wallpapers that have network access, but I can't be sure.

 

[p3ntyne]

Is it just me, or does 4% in 2 hours not seem to bad - especially if it was backing up photos or performing some other task...

 

[B. Diddy]

Is it just me, or does 4% in 2 hours not seem to bad - especially if it was backing up photos or performing some other task...

Yes, but I think the OP was primarily concerned about the mother's phone that drained from 90% to presumably 0% overnight.

 

[tonyr6]

My phone after rebooting it the other day was still draining quicker then before. I had about 74% battery and after about 6 hours of doing nothing it was down to about 68%. I since cleared the partition cache and rebooted it again and now in only 4 1/2 hours it only went down to 2%. I notice that this all starts whenever they update the Google Play services.

Also B.Diddy you mention that you have this problem on your Nexus 7 (2013) but the Nexus 7 rarely if ever starts to rapidly drain the battery. I usually don't have to reboot it for weeks and I just do it anyway just to refresh the device. I also rarely if ever have to clear the partition cache.

 

[B. Diddy]

Oh, actually I was referring to my 2012 N7 (I have both generations). You're probably right--I don't recall my 2013 version draining quickly, but I've definitely seen it happen with my 2012. Sorry, should have been clearer.

 

[p3ntyne]

Yes, but I think the OP was primarily concerned about the mother's phone that drained from 90% to presumably 0% overnight.

Oh yeah, I misunderstood...