So some thoughts on Nexus 5 coming from iOS

[tonyr6]

I switched over from a iPod Touch which was plugged in 99% of the time (never owned a iPhone) and a dumb phone to the Nexus 5 after using the Nexus 7 (2013) tablet and loving how Android lets you do so much more than Apple (with its crazy restrictions everywhere).

If anyone babies there battery on the Nexus 5 it is me. I turn off Location services. I do keep WiFi on at all times though. I wake up my phone every 15 to 20 minutes to see if the battery goes down. I force stop every app I see possible if it is running in the background. I use the Task manager app to close all the background apps every time I am done using it. I Greenify (non rooted version) and stop apps. Then after I do all of this I see the battery go down 1%. Kind of annoying but the picture of my cat next to the battery makes me happy.

When using the phone and streaming music the battery can go down nearly 10% a hour but it is much worse if I have the screen on as the phone gets very warm. What I don't get is my Nexus 7 (2013) tablet gets much better battery life. With the Nexus 5 I unplug it from the charger and it is 100%. I check my email and load a couple of websites for news and not even 5 minutes later my battery is down to 99% yet I on my Nexus 7 tablet I can do the same thing and it still says 100% charged.

 

[jj14x]

I force stop every app I see possible if it is running in the background. I use the Task manager app to close all the background apps every time I am done using it.

ouch..

 

[UJ95x]

I switched over from a iPod Touch which was plugged in 99% of the time (never owned a iPhone) and a dumb phone to the Nexus 5 after using the Nexus 7 (2013) tablet and loving how Android lets you do so much more than Apple (with its crazy restrictions everywhere).

If anyone babies there battery on the Nexus 5 it is me. I turn off Location services. I do keep WiFi on at all times though. I wake up my phone every 15 to 20 minutes to see if the battery goes down. I force stop every app I see possible if it is running in the background. I use the Task manager app to close all the background apps every time I am done using it. I Greenify (non rooted version) and stop apps. Then after I do all of this I see the battery go down 1%. Kind of annoying but the picture of my cat next to the battery makes me happy.

When using the phone and streaming music the battery can go down nearly 10% a hour but it is much worse if I have the screen on as the phone gets very warm. What I don't get is my Nexus 7 (2013) tablet gets much better battery life. With the Nexus 5 I unplug it from the charger and it is 100%. I check my email and load a couple of websites for news and not even 5 minutes later my battery is down to 99% yet I on my Nexus 7 tablet I can do the same thing and it still says 100% charged.

This is really unnecessary, especially clearing apps in the RAM. That's more detrimental than helpful.

Sent from my Galaxy S4 running SlimKat 4.4.2

 

[zkSharks]

Another quick question: I just got down cleaning my phone screen with a bit of LCD screen cleaner on a microfiber cloth. I Didn't press too hard when wiping it, just a bit of pressure. I'm assuming that cleaner is cool to use on my phone screen?

I'm also noticing that some pictures I look at in my Dropbox app have this weird blotchyness and blackiness in parts of the image. Look like a smear of sorts. I also notice this on my new us 7 as well. Is this JPEG compression or artifacting? I don't know too much about that stuff. Or is it a screen quality issue?

It's possible, though unlikely, that it's a result of JPEG compression. Were the images captured as photos on the same device? If so, the artifacts may indicate an issue with the camera sensor. Barring that, unless you can find another commonality between the images, I can't say what the cause is. It's unlikely to be a display issue if the images are displaying identically on each device, though as B. Diddy noted, it's not unheard of to see similar effects when viewing the display at low brightness in a dark environment.

I switched over from a iPod Touch which was plugged in 99% of the time (never owned a iPhone) and a dumb phone to the Nexus 5 after using the Nexus 7 (2013) tablet and loving how Android lets you do so much more than Apple (with its crazy restrictions everywhere).

If anyone babies there battery on the Nexus 5 it is me. I turn off Location services. I do keep WiFi on at all times though. I wake up my phone every 15 to 20 minutes to see if the battery goes down. I force stop every app I see possible if it is running in the background. I use the Task manager app to close all the background apps every time I am done using it. I Greenify (non rooted version) and stop apps. Then after I do all of this I see the battery go down 1%. Kind of annoying but the picture of my cat next to the battery makes me happy.

When using the phone and streaming music the battery can go down nearly 10% a hour but it is much worse if I have the screen on as the phone gets very warm. What I don't get is my Nexus 7 (2013) tablet gets much better battery life. With the Nexus 5 I unplug it from the charger and it is 100%. I check my email and load a couple of websites for news and not even 5 minutes later my battery is down to 99% yet I on my Nexus 7 tablet I can do the same thing and it still says 100% charged.

Adding to UJ95's sentiment above, I'll drop in a previous post of mine:

The individual application lifecycle and system resource management are both significantly different on mobile devices than traditional desktop environments. Application state is not unregulated while using your device; apps are paused, stopped, and resumed in multiple ways, in multiple situations, and typically without visual indication to the user. If you leave an app in the multitasking/recent apps view, and return to it later to find it looks exactly how it did before, it is entirely possible the app was fully stopped while not in use and its Activities (think 'windows' or 'screens') fully 'destroyed' by the system. That's rather unlikely unless you're running low on memory, though. I highly recommend reading through this article by Jerry:

RAM: What it is, how it's used, and why you shouldn't care | Android Central

The bottom line is that you shouldn't be overly concerned about managing running applications. Background and foreground components of apps are managed separately, but are both influenced by what else you have running, how you're using your device, currently available resources, and your actions in the multitasking/recent apps view. I highly encourage those interested to read up on these topics, as well as to become familiar with what's running on your device and how system and third-party apps behave. Combining such knowledge with task manager applications and battery analysis tools will offer a lot of insight into your device's software routine.

 

[tonyr6]

This is really unnecessary, especially clearing apps in the RAM. That's more detrimental than helpful.

I know but I have always been a control freak when it comes to it. On Windows 7 and 8 I try to reduce as much junk from running in the background. Even on my Ipod Touch I use to close apps all the time and run a free memory app then even close that. So you are saying that I don't have to close any apps in KitKat that the running services won't drain the battery quicker or slow down the device.

 

[RavenSword]

Ugh, well after sending the nexus 5 off for return, I'm really missing it I now want to rebuy it again. Even if the battery wasn't perfect for me, I just want to go to android for my phone and I can't afford to pay full price for a S5. I'll carry a small external battery for the nexus 5 if anything on long days out.

 

[li2327]

I don't have a nexus 5 but lowering the brightness, not using live wallpapers and closing unused apps have all helped save my battery life. I keep my s4 on the charger when I'm not using it regardless.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 using AC Forums mobile app

 

[dkhmwilliams]

Ugh, well after sending the nexus 5 off for return, I'm really missing it I now want to rebuy it again. Even if the battery wasn't perfect for me, I just want to go to android for my phone and I can't afford to pay full price for a S5. I'll carry a small external battery for the nexus 5 if anything on long days out.

That happens to me a lot. I sell or switch my tech often. And sometimes I get a little overzealous and get rid of something too fast. I really don't know how much I liked the product until I actually get rid of it and realize that I had just made a mistake. I had a similar feeling when I got rid of my Note 3 the first time. I was desperate after a couple of months to get it back.

Sent from the Samsung Galaxy Note 3...yeah, it's spectacular.

 

[RavenSword]

That happens to me a lot. I sell or switch my tech often. And sometimes I get a little overzealous and get rid of something too fast. I really don't know how much I liked the product until I actually get rid of it and realize that I had just made a mistake. I had a similar feeling when I got rid of my Note 3 the first time. I was desperate after a couple of months to get it back.

Sent from the Samsung Galaxy Note 3...yeah, it's spectacular.

Yeah. I wish return windows were a bit longer.

 

[tonyr6]

Well I left the DI app which is a battery hog while streaming open for three hour with the screen off but of course not streaming at the time and my battery did not go down. I did not force stop it so I think you are right.

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